ROCKLEGEND09 wrote BATMAN ARKHAM CITY


One thing that Rocksteadys prior title, Arkham Asylum, got right was the ability for Batman to take on hordes of enemies all at the same time. That tradition continues, and is vastly improved upon, in Arkham City. There are points where you have more enemies on-screen than you think any human could tackle, and yet with the right timing of button-presses and a bit of patience, you will be flipping all around the area, dispatching the baddies with ease. In the effort of keeping things fresh though, the thugs around Arkham City (and in the various hideouts the super-villains use for their bases of operation) gradually become more well-armed-and-armored. There is a story-line point for this which I will not go into for spoilers sake, but it makes for a great reasoning behind these regular enemies becoming more powerful and harder to defeat.

Speaking of disposing of your foes, you have a bevy of Bat-gadgets with which to tackle that undertaking, in addition to helping the Detective get around the city. From the trusty batarang (including upgraded ones with remote-controlled or sonic capability) to the foaming explosive gel, from the decrypter to the remote electric charge gun, there are many ways to maneuver the varied challenges that await in Arkham City. Utilizing the gliding ability that Batmans cape affords him along with the ubiquitous grapnel gun means being able to traverse the entire expanse of the game in a relatively short time-span, which is very beneficial when it comes to some of the missions you encounter.

ROCKLEGEND09 wrote Need For Speed RUN! ROCKLEGEND09 POST


The notion that playing games is a waste of your time is nonsense, of course, but unfortunately Need For Speed: The Run lets the side down. Stuffed with a procession of long-winded loading sequences, protracted menu flipping and unskippable cutscenes, it often feels like theres as much watching as there is playing. Time wasted, in other words.

The Runs problems are manifold, and loading is only the most acute. In singleplayer, each stage requires a loading screen of well over a minute, the gap from one race to the next a yawning chasm. In multiplayer things are worse: loading can take anything up to five minutes, and often simply gives up altogether and remains in limbo. This is on a patched retail copy, and impossible to defend. As one online compatriot muttered while Las Vegas loaded: You could drive there quicker than this. Purely in terms of the respect it has for its players time, The Run is a failure.

Regular framerate drops and glitchy physics add to the general shonkiness, and even Autolog is spoiled. Its incorporation in The Run makes last years chic and slick innovation feel like an irritant, wheezing for yet more minutes between races while connecting rather than telling you anything useful.

ROCKLEGEND09 wrote Sims 3 Pets Review

(A ROCKLEGEND Review)

The console versions of The Sims 3: Pets may only allow you to play as cats and dogs, but the options for creating them match the PC version in complexity. If you want to create a digital incarnation of your favorite pet, for instance, you can start by choosing from one of the more than 100 available breeds or use the extensive customization interface to bring your memories to life. If you pick up the limited-edition copy of the game, you can even choose from 10 less orthodox pets, such as a Mabari War Hound from the Dragon Age series. As a small bonus exclusive to consoles, you can create pets from any age group, ranging from puppies and kittens to adolescent and fully grown pets. As with any other sim, you can also customize your pet's personality traits, voices, goals, and more.
Indeed, one of the most significant improvements The Sims 3: Pets makes over previous pet-based expansions for The Sims is the ability to individually control your pet much as you would any other sim, which means it's possible to play the expansion with only minimal human interaction. This attention to making pets almost as important as their owners extends to the console-exclusive karma system from the initial release. Not only is gaining karma easier because you can now attain it by completing challenges, but you can also gain six new karma powers, such as the ability to make all the pets in a given neighborhood go feral or the ability to transmogrify pets into another species if one of your sims develops an unusually deep relationship with the pet. If you're feeling particularly rabid, you can also use one of your powers to call down a meteor on a sim's head.