Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Prince of Persia Review

Prince Of Persia
Review

So, I'm just going to rant a bit about how I felt playing through Prince of Persia. The big thing that struck me right off the bat is you can't die. Don't think "o he's saying that just because it's an easy game" no, you literally can not die. If you jump off a cliff, miss an edge, or get slain by an enemy your trust magic friend Elika will be there to pick you back up and let you carry on your merry way. This helps the game be more enjoyable for all levels of gamers, one of my friends who had only played one game in her life got enticed to play as I drove the "you can't die" factor home.

Elika (pictured above)

There is plenty of the old school Prince of Persia, flag pole swinging, wall running, puzzle solving type of stuff with a limited amount of combat. The controls are like Assassin's Creed's but instead of holding buttons you just tap them once you reach a certain point. So to run along a wall you run up to it, tap A to jump, push the toggle stick towards the wall and bam, you're wall running. Tap A again to jump off, or you fall off after a certain amount of time.

There is also these magic "steps" on the walls
The Step of Ormazd(Rebound)(Pictured Below)

Each color does different things, for instance yellow makes you fly, and the red above launches (rebounds) you fast to a set area, after pushing Y upon landing on it.

Combat in the game is all based on combos. At first I got an extreme God of War feel to the combat because how it explains it is "X, then push A, then push Y" that kind of thing, and you watch him do his thing to the enemy. The scenes are sweet to watch when you first start playing the game, but eventually you learn the best combo and stick to it, seeing the same thing over and over. The lack of enemy models also makes combat very repetitive very fast. There is only 2 regular character models, one weak soldier type and one bigger you have to knock him into things kinda boss. Having this boss being beat only by knocking him into certain areas makes the battles sometimes long and aggrivating. That is why it took me this long to finish the game and write this review.

All in all, I enjoyed this game up until the half way point and then it seemed to drag on. The story is pretty bland and the voice acting is brutal, I mean you're the prince of persia and there is no lick of an accent at all. You also pull some witty teenage humor at parts which ruined it for me at times.

I'd give it a 7 / 10.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Dawn of War 2 Specs

Minimum Requirements –

* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
* P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
* 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
* A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent
* 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space

Recommended –

* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
* AMD Athlon 64×2 4400+ or any Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2 GB RAM (XP and Vista)
* A 256MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900, or equivalent
* 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space


You can read more on Kotaku.com.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

It's A Gamers World took a break, apologies

So as you may have noticed, it's been a little while since I kept up with my blogging. School has kept me way too busy and distracted me from keeping the blog up to date. Now, don't get me wrong I haven't fallen behind on my gaming news, I just haven't had time to write.

Video game awards on spike this saturday, (the 13th) supposedly info on the GTA4 Episode 1.

Metal Gear Solid may have a few announcements on friday as it is 6 months after 4 released (if you remember, snake was supposed to die in 6 months).

Age of Conan servers are now being combined due to the huge drop off of players.

PS Home should be out very soon.

That's about all I've got so far, I'll keep this updated more as school winds down and the Christmas break begins!

Monday, November 10, 2008

Gears of War 2

Well, I've been super busy with school but I finally got my Limited Edition copy of Gears of War 2. I am about to put it in and am super stoked to finally play this game.

The only beef I have right now is that, since I live in Canada, they are catering to the french speaking population a bit too much for my liking. The hardcover art book that I paid my hard earned money for is actually 100% in french. There is an art book, soft cover and cheaper quality that is in English, but honestly, there are more English people in Canada than french. I don't understand why they would do this, but I guess it is an art book, you're not really reading too much. Well thats my 2 cents, now it's time to get the gears of war rolling once again.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Far Cry 2 Cheats!


Far Cry 2 Unlockable Missions

To unlock each mission in the game, including an additional four missions, insert the following password at the in-game cheats menu: 6aPHuswe

Start the game with the -DEVMODE command line parameter. Then, press one of the following keys during game play to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Note: All levels will also be unlocked.


Toggle invincibility [Backspace]
All weapons P
999 ammunition O
Spawn point [F3]
Toggle no clipping [F4]
Advance to next checkpoint [F2]
Save current position [F9]
Load current position [F10]
Toggle extra information [F11]
Toggle first and third views [F1]
Increase speed [Equals]
Decrease speed [Minus]
Return to default speed [F5]


Enjoy! Has anyone beat it yet? Is the ending worth it? Drop a comment let me know how it's going.

Left 4 Dead New Level Screens

Left 4 dead is coming out fairly soon and Valve has released a few more screens of a new level “Dead Air”. Looks really good, lots of pictures of closer up character models. They got a nice close up picture of Bill and his cigarette. So many games are coming out soon that have game of the year potential but Left 4 Dead is already guaranteed to be great coming from a company (Valve) that has never disappointed.

Kotaku.com has some great screens up from Left 4 dead.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Fallout 3 Review gives 9.6!

The first of many fallout 3 reviews are coming in and... well.. it got a 9.6.

Read more here at IGN

Sights set on Fallout 3!



Fallout 3 comes out tomorrow and I could not be more excited. Man it's gonna be a blast. I can’t wait to try out VATS and make custom weapons out of random pieces. The first 2 fallout games were very different games it seems, but I like where Bethesda is taking this franchise. It really seems to engulf the player in the environments giving you more of a realistic feeling. There also seems to be a wide range of guns in the game which will keep you searching for others. Well, just waiting for midnight..

There is a new fallout 3 contest running until November 3rd, check it out!

Happy post apocalyptic adventures to all!