Three – Zombies in Paradise

On a recent trip to Best Buy I was checking out the game deals they had when I saw a bright red greatest hits box for the PS3 version of Burnout Paradise. I had heard this game discussed on many podcast and knew that it got very favorable reviews. Best of all was the price tag at $20 brand new. On the next aisle over I was checking out the 360 games when I was the GOTY edition of Left 4 Dead for only $30. I picked up both games even though I had already rented and finished L4D before.

Burnout Paradise-

I don’t know where I’ve been the last year because Burnout Paradise is pretty awesome. My favorite thing about the game is chaining stunts together. I really like hitting my boost, jumping a huge jump through a billboard then crashing through a few gates and hitting another jump. Nothing beats that. I also like the fact that in Burnout they encourage you to takeout other drivers by running them off the road. I recently played Midnight Club LA where every time you hit an opposing driver they complain about it. I do like the car customization better in MC:LA though. Burnout Paradise is filled with fantastic crashes which go in slow motion so you can see your car being crumpled. These look excellent unless you are in 1st place at the very end of a race, then I’m not as excited to see a crash. I’ll be riding around Paradise City if anyone wants to race.

L4D Crash Course impressions incoming.

Two – Uncharted 2 MP – What it Needs

All judgments are based on the Uncharted 2 Demo only.

I have spent an extensive ammount of time with the Uncharted 2 Demo and I really love it. However, there are a number of tweaks/fixes that might improve the multi-player aspect of this game even more.

First of all there seems to be an issue with damage accuracy. I have experienced and judging from the screaming in my headset by other players they have experienced it too. Recently I played a game of team death match where I walked up behind an opposing player and unloaded a full clip from my AK-47 directly to the back of head (actual screen shot pictured above). He did not die. There have been other instances where I have re-watched my games via the cinema mode where I can clearly see I hit other players in the head with multiple shots and they did not die. Again this problem could be due to the fact that this demo is still technically in beta or my complete lack of skill, only time will tell.

Second: The melee attack is severely flawed. In order to get a melee kill you must hit your enemy twice. This would not be a problem if not for the fact that after you punch them once you have to wait and let them hit you back. Then in almost every melee encounter I have been in both myself and the enemy end up killing each other at the same time, even if I punched them first. This needs to be fixed soon.

Third: I am a huge fan of the cinema mode feature however the lack of a rewind button makes the feature much less enjoyable. If you are for instance watching another player in order to learn some techniques of the game and they do something towards the end of the video that you want to see again, your only option is to hit the “rewind to beginning” button and then fast forward back to the spot you wish to see. A simple rewind button would be a great addition to the cinema mode.

Fourth: The ability to back out of a multiplayer match while still in the lobby. As of now you have to let the game begin then select quit from the pause menu in order to play a different game.

Thanks for reading and be sure to list any other problems you’ve encountered in the demo in the comments below.

One – Uncharted 2 Demo

Well this is my first blog so here goes!

I recently pre-ordered uncharted 2 from game stop to get into the early demo. It was 100% worth it, the demo is incredible. Now for those of you who bought inFamous when it first came out, you know about the Uncharted 2 demo and how great it was. To my surprise they have actually added quite a bit more content in this demo from the previous one. So far I have noticed two new multiplayer maps: the first is a sow level with an ice cave that goes right down the center of it and the second is inside of some sort of temple that has been shown in the most recent trailer. Both are great (Ice Cave is better imo). Also added to this demo is Arena mode which is Uncharted 2’s version of the Gears of War 2 horde mode. Basically you and a couple buddies are running around a level and bad guys just keep coming at you, the twist though is that while they keep coming you have an objective of moving a large piece of gold from one side of the map to the other. Another amazing thing added to this demo is the Cinema Feature. While you are playing a multiplayer death match or objective match, your game is being recorded. You can go back later and watch that recording and even tweak settings such as light or color.

Anyways, I’m really enjoying the demo and can’t wait til the full game comes out next month! Please leave all of the positive/ negative comments you can, suggestions are appreciated. Thanks for reading!