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Red Dead Redemption

Dwardus — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:12:26 +0000

I’m a big fan of westerns, so I was pleased to see Rockstar games are releasing a new one. I must admit, I haven’t played the original game “Red Dead Revolver” as it was for the original XBOX, I’m not sure I’ll bother either. What attracts me to this is the fact it looks a lot like Gun, a game I enjoyed immensely but was rather small and not greatly recieved. This looks sprawling, so hopefully it is. Can’t wait!

Check out some screens here. Due early/mid 2010 (gahh wanted it for Chrimbo!)

Far Cry Update/Patch XBOX 360

Dwardus — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:07:31 +0000

Apologies to anyone who has been reading my blog – I’ve clearly been slacking off again! To be honest, there’s just been a lot going on in my life (not particularly bad stuff, just doing bits of work). Anyway…

Anyone who owns Far Cry 2 on the XBOX may well have encountered the complete bugger of a glitch that corrupts your save file so you can’t play any further. I don’t know if this one appears on the PC/PS3 versions, but I was quite angry and annoyed that it had affected my copy. I love the game and it was one of the first I played on my XBOX when I first got it in October. Well, I stopped playing after wasting quite a few hours and reading about the bug, but I’ve been checking the Far Cry 2 site every few days and two days ago they released a patch that is supposed to cure some (but not all) of the instances in which the save bug may occur. Apparently it has been difficult for the developers first to locate then to eliminate because it can come about in different ways. Here’s hoping it’ll allow me to play the game though. I would have thought they could have located this problem in play testing before shipping the product, but who knows, really? sure, it is essentially a broken product when you buy it (so many people have complained about this bug) but perhaps now it’s on the mend. There may be a follow-up post, only time will tell if it’ll be a positive or negative!

R-TYPE Dimensions and Tomb Raider Beneath The Ashes

Dwardus — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:22:52 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything video game/XBOX-y, but the new arcade game R-TYPE Dimensions (1200msp to download on XBOX 360) and the upcoming Tomb Raider Underworld expansion – Beneath The Ashes, have piqued my interest.

R-TYPE Dimensions is an updated version of R-TYPES 1 and 2. I downloaded the trial of the first level earlier. By pressing “Y” you can switch in real-time between the original 2-D in-game graphics and purty new 3-D vistas. It is 3-D in the way that R-type Delta and R-TYPE Final were – still side-scrolling but with 3-D sprites and scenery. It all looks bloody brilliant! Another cool thing about this is the addition of “Infinite Mode” which affords you infinite lives (R-TYPE games are notoriously hard and not particularly generous with extra lives). The best thing though, is that R-TYPE Dimensions allows you to play 2 player co-op on a single machine or using XBOX live. Not even R-TYPE Final (the terminal R-TYPE game on PS2) had this feature, it had only the baffling (and terribly disappointing) A.I. mode, where you sat and watched random spaceships fight while you wished you could actually fly them. Bugger that.

With this brand new R-TYPE news I’ve been reminded of my old R-type site. I thought it was lost in cyberspace, but here it is! OK, not terribly pretty, not compliant or exhaustive, but it was a nice little nostalgia trip for yours truly. I might think about renovating it when they decide Final wasn’t the last game in the series after all, and if Dimensions does well. I’d love there to be another new R-TYPE game as they’re so much fun to play!

As for Tomb Raider Underworld’s “Beneath the Ashes” add-on? well frankly, I’m not sure yet. I’ve read that it is set in Lara’s Mansion, (and juding by the name, after it burns down). Hopefully there’ll be some point to it. More on this when I learn more…

A nice bit of Nick Cave for you:

Fallout 3

Dwardus — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:55:11 +0000

If you know anything about gaming then you probably know more than me about this fantastic game. I’m going to keep this short, but it’s the detail which has made it so cool in the few hours I’ve played of it so far. I’d recommend you have a butchers below if you like innovation, even if you don’t like gaming too much. It’s great to be able to play something the way you want – I’ve been a nasty b*stard so far, always answering back and killing the innocent (for which I do feel some remorse). God knows what’ll happen to my albino tashed psychopath a few hours on when the rot really sets in! Everything from the 50s music and the artwork to the custom weapons you can cobble together from scraps and the ability to pick up anything and change your appearance is really, really cool. Play it if you have a chance.

The Teaser trailer

Gameplay and Environments

Weapons