The Wii U WILL make a comeback!

Not much has been going on for the Wii U, but I have a feeling it's going to come "Out of Nowhere".

I was reading about Nintendo's DRM Strategy and it's a lot simpler then you may think, Make a game you don't want to sell. How is this possible?

Here's an example Nintendo gave, you have Super Mario Party and you think "Oh, I'm done with this, time to sell it." But before you do, another thought comes into your head, "What are we going to play when a friend comes to visit?". That then convinces you not to Resell it.

That's the best DRM strategy I have ever heard, and it seems to work really well for them. No one expected them to be at E3 (including me), yet they were there! Showing off a new Donkey Kong Country, new Mario Party, and New Mario Kart.

Nintendo understands that the Wii U is lacking 3rd party support, and the reason for that being the Wii U isn't selling and those 3rd parties want to make games for a system that sells. I think once these games come out the Wii U will start to sell, making 3rd parties develop more games for them. However, Nintendo is a family brand, will they lose that if too many of the "Big games" come over to the Wii U? Or will those 3rd parties make games to fill in the gaps while Nintendo works on making another amazing First party game?

Let me know in the comments!

Did Microsoft find it's gaming audince?

Hey everyone! I'm back! Sorry for the delay, I've been busy with a few things lately.

I was at my bank today talking to someone about the Xbox One, when I mentioned that I wasn't a big fan of it he told me that he wasn't a big Hardcore console gamer. When he games it's all PC, that made me think, did Microsoft just snatch the Casual Gamer Audience? If you think about it (for me at least) Sony and Nintendo have always had a core audience, Sony with the Hardcore Gamers and Nintendo with the Family Gamers, Microsoft never really had a core audience and had to fight for what they have now. It looks like a big mix between Casual, Family, and Hardcore gamers, which could be good but could also be bad. Which one should they focus on? Maybe this generation they will have an audience to focus on.

I know they reversed their DRM policies and they are trying to "reboot" after the massive smackdown at E3, with Sony's conference. I just see more benefits with Sony though.

1. Microsoft offered 2 Free games a month to Gold members until the Xbox One releases, with the first two games being Fable 2 and Halo 3. Sony has already been offering multiple free games a month and discounted prices to PS+ members.

2. Microsoft will release a Kinect free version of the Xbox One, but I feel a lot of the games will require the Kinect to work, thus leaving those without the Kinect to a small amount of games.

3. It looks like the Xbox One controller WILL require you to buy a Play + Charge kit to replace the use of batteries, Sony has never required batteries with any of their controllers.

4. It is argued that Xbox Live is a better online experience than PSN, but I believe that could change with PSN becoming a $49 a year fee to play online, which is $10 cheaper than an Xbox Live Gold Membership.

With all of that aside, there are some franchises that I will miss Forza and Splinter Cell being the main ones. I just don't think those are going to be enough to make me get an Xbox One like it did with the 360.

As for the camera peripherals of the systems, I'm really happy that Sony FINALLY updated the Eyetoy, it looks to have a higher resoulution and it's EXTREMELY small, it looks shorter in length to the Wii Sensor bar, but taller in terms of height.

Let me know what you think in the Comments!

Are games becoming "Too Easy"?

Depends on which game it is.

That would be the obvious and mostly true answer, but there's another aspect to it. There are of course multiple difficulty settings, and even more precise difficulty settings in racing simulators such as Forza. For me racing has mostly been a nice progressive-style difficulty, the more you get into it the longer the races become and the harder the opponents become. However with games like Far Cry 3 they seem to stay on the same level.

I managed to complete Far Cry 3 in a few days, not 100% just the storyline, while there are other games I have where I've been stumped on a mission/level forever. The Ninja Gaiden series for example is pretty difficult, but could that be from the camera angles? 

I heard terrible comments of the Ninja Gaiden Series' camera angles which kept me away from the series for quite sometime. Then one day I was browsing PSN and I came across a demo, still intrigued by the gameplay and ninja-esque moves I started the download process. Once the download was complete I started to play the game, to find out that the reviews were spot on. Sometimes you couldn't even see what you were doing because, the camera was stuck behind a car. A lot of games have fixed this by mapping the camera controls to the right thumbstick, and from what I remember the Ninja Gaiden game I played did as well, the only problem was it was a very little amount of control.

Why put a storyline with War Based FPS games?

You can only tell the same war from so many perspectives, no matter how many times you try to re-invent the storyline the end result will be the same, I honestly think that Battlefield 3 didn't even need a story, I was stuck on the multiplayer 99% of the time. More fictitious FPS games obviously need a storyline to keep you interested, such as Bulletstorm, but other then that the War Based ones are basically getting graphic enhancements, and different soldiers. I think it would be really interesting to play a game, and see soldiers from previous games in the series.....but then again that might fail miserably because it would be the same story, from a different perspective.

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Knock Off Systems

Since it's almost Christmas

I figured this may help the previous generation when buying gifts for us gamers. 

The Following list are ACTUAL systems, not wannabe's 

1. PC

2. Xbox 360

3. PS3

4. Nintendo 3DS

5. Nintendo DS

6. PSP

7. PS VITA

8. Nintendo 3DS XL

9. Nintendo DS XL

10. Nintendo Wii

11. Nintendo Wii U

KNOCK OFF'S REALLY IRRITATE ME!

Why trick unsuspecting buyers into buying a make believe system? The real thing that irritates me is why aren't these systems being regulated and banned from being sold. There should be some type of world law put in place to prevent this from happening, Don't you agree?

All the gamers of course can't be tricked, but parents and grandparents can easily be led astray if they see a Make-Believe system for cheaper then the actual console.

Do you Agree?

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Multiple Perspecitves

Will this be a new step in gaming trends?

I don't know what to say about this, as you may know GTA 5 will give you the ability to play the game from 3 perspectives of three different protaganists. I know there was a game that tried this once, but it didn't turn out so well. What ended up happening was you were redoing some of the same situations just as a diferent character, which become VERY repetitive.

It will be interesting to see how GTA V pulls this off

Will we see more animals in open-world games?

I think Far Cry 3 really opened that possibility up. That's the first time I've seen fully rendered, huntable, interactive, environmentally aware animals in an open world game ever! 

Dogs in GTA V

Yes, there was a dog in the first trailer, but do you believe there will be more varied animals or will Rockstar think it's too risky? I hope they push the envelope a little bit, it would be a very pleasing addition to the GTA universe.

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Late Post

Sorry for the Late Post!

I've been playing Far Cry 3 since Midnight on Dec. 3rd. I went to a midnight release at Reset Games, and played for about 5.5 hours once I got home. I turned on my PS3 and awaited the glory as the main menu showed up, just waiting to be played in all of its glory!

The Terrible

Now, the PC version is far more superior in terms of graphics, but the PS3 version isn't bad either. The PS3 version does feel kind of thrown together, with quite a few glitches such as; The character you're supposed to follow freezes causing you to restart the mission, the game chugs at times, some AI characters get stuck having "Seizures", Multiplayer is just kind of there, and the Dialogue isn't too varied.

The Incredible

The map is HUGE! Just look at the picture below, the skills system is set-up pretty well, the takedowns never get old, hunting is always fun, letting lose a tiger or bear inside an enemy encampment to get rid of the last few guys is ALWAYS fun to watch, Weapon customization makes it feel like your own, and you never run out of guys to kill.

Just Last Night

I was taking over an enemy camp, I thought I disabled all the alarms but that wasn't the case. Reinforcements came charging at me, so I took cover in the bushes. I found a cave and went through to the other side of the hill, sneaking around the hill I came out behind everyone undetected. As I was trying to find a way to get rid of them, they found me and I booked it back into the jungle. As I sat there, waiting I heard a tiger and was instantly alerted. I stayed still as enemies were all around searching, all of a sudden I heard shooting from everywhere, but their were no bullets close to me. I then found out that they were shooting at the TIGER! The tiger was ripping through everyone, and before I knew it everyone was gone and I took over the camp.

Another time I was sneaking around a camp, remaining undetected and I saw a cage that was housing a bear, so like any survivor would do I pulled out my silenced sniper rifle and sniped the cage opne. Unleashing the bear on EVERYONE in the camp rendering them helpless!

I'm not too far into the game yet, I just met Citra and Buck, but so far I'm having a great time. I've still got some fire and explosive tip arrows to use on any unlucky pirate that comes my way.

Crocodiles are UNPREDICTABLE! I was walking along a swamp, when I saw a cave so I decided to go through it, It was very quiet, almost eerily quiet, when all of a sudden I was in the crocodile's grasp, stabbing a machete through it's skull, then I preceeded to skin it to see if I can craft anything from it.

Crafting

Crafting is done using animal skins and plants. plants create Syringes and Animal skins create equipment, extra hoisters, extra ammo pouches, etc.

I haven't found much use for the Syringes yet, but they have some unique effects. Such as being fire resistant or being able to hold your breath a lot longer.

Missions

I love the missions so far. They feel pretty varied, and action packed. Just last night I was escaping a currently sinking ship, with explosions all around. I was in the front of the, underneath the deck, and had to swim my way back in order to escape, it was a little tough and disorienting but it morst definitely was fun.

I'm not too fond of the drug sequences though, they just seem annoying and not as fun.

FIRE!

I love the fire effects used in this game. The fire spreads a lot more then it did in Far Cry 2, and it's fun to watch stuff just keep burning.

Recommendation

BUY IT! IT'LL BE WORTH YOUR TIME!

Buy Far Cry 3 for Xbox 360

Buy Far Cry 3 for PC

Buy Far Cry 3 for PS3

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Far Cry 3

Just a Little Longer

There are only 6 days left until the release of this AMAZING looking game. I have yet to play it, however I have seen a Livestream of the game through IGN and it really looks like it'll entertain you for hours. I've read a few reviews as well, from IGN, Kotaku, and Polygon, I was extremely satisfied wiht what it was getting.

Stealth & Action

All in one game, include that with 3 MASSIVE islands, a Psychopath, Gliders, Boats, a Wingsuit, Parachute, Trucks, Weapons, Weapon Customization, and of course ANIMALS! Yes, you can actually hunt animals in this game, from Komodo Dragons to Great White sharks. It adds a unique element to the game as well. You can have a pefect plan put in place, then get mauled by a tiger, let a beer loose on an enemy encampment, not to mention certain animal skins can create things such as new hoisters and more!

Weapon customization looks like it'll be a blast to use, make any gun your own! With sights, suppressors, bipod stands, and more.

Multiplayer

Multiplayer hasn't gotten the best reviews, so it kind of make seems like it was added because they could. Which is kind of a shame, but honestly the past Far Cry games have felt perfect without multiplayer, the only thing I wish they had was split-screen Co-Op. Luckily, Far Cry 3 addressed this and added it into the game. Rock throwing also returns to Far Cry 3, which is one thing I loved about Far Cry 1. I'm really hoping the Split-Screen Co-op is as open-world and sandboxy as the single player will be.

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