Hmm, what to say about this game. Its pretty “meh”. It doesn’t do anything well, and does a number of things pretty badly. I would not suggest this game to anyone looking for a FPS. The AI was horrible, weapons were bland and boring to fire. They all sounded underpowered (and pretty much are underpowered). The level design is pretty bad, everything is scripted and feels like a shooting gallery. The teammate AI is horrible and doesn’t help at all. In fact, they get in the way most of the time. The graphics are horrible too. Overall the game feels pretty old fashioned and more like it was made by a mod team then an actual developer. The only cool thing about it is the cut scenes that are actually pretty neat. I am surprised I bothered finishing this one.
Category: Games
Managed to get one today. I called Target this morning around 10:30 (after staying up all night, so tired) and asked them if they had any of the xbox 360s in stock. The woman said she thinks so and went to go check for me if they had them and if they were the $400 bundles. Well they did but they would not hold one for me so I jumped in the car and rushed over there. So I get there and am looking around and cant find one, fearing that they somehow sold out. But I still asked one of the employees if they had one. Apparently they do but they were not even out on the shelves so they go and get me one. BAM!
Never turn the console from a vertical to horizontal position (or horizontal to vertical) while it is running. Its pretty much guaranteed to scratch your disc to the point that its completely unusable. To see an example, check this:
From 1Up:
Microsoft has always expressed an interest in providing a next-generation disc format for Xbox 360, but there was no way they could incorporate the technology into their hardware if they were going to launch last November. They went with a standard drive.
Tonight at CES, Microsoft corporate VP Peter Moore announced they’ll be producing an external disc drive capable of reading Toshiba’s HD-DVD discs. Moore’s speech notes the drive is for users to enjoy high-definition films, though, and makes absolutely no mention of videogames taking advantage of the device.
Many viewed Microsoft’s decision to skimp out on a next-generation disc drive as controversial in lieu of Sony’s inclusion of Blu-ray into PlayStation 3. Tonight’s announcement helps sidestep that problem, but unless Microsoft decides to splinter their userbase (after splitting them via the dual SKU, one with hard drive and one without), the HD-DVD drive will likely remain movies-only.
Much of the reason for developing the external HD-DVD drive seems to be fueled by Microsoft statistics researched by Penn, Schoen, Berland & Associates. Their research shows 90% of Xbox 360 owners own or intend to purchase an HDTV in the six months, nine out of 10 of the people purchasing an HDTV cite Xbox 360 as the primary catalyst, and 10% of those with an HDTV also purchased an Xbox 360 simultaneously.
There’s little surprise the amount of users taking advantage of and picking up HDTV sets is accelerating due to more devices that take advantage of high-definition. “Xbox 360 is a high-definition growth engine for Microsoft and our entertainment, broadband provider, consumer electronic, and retail partners,” said Moore.
No one learned anything from California, Illinois and Michigan.
Strong pushes from state governors in both California and Illinois didn’t help either state pass legislation making the sale of mature-rated videogames a crime. Such bills never went into action in Michigan, either, yet Republicans and Democrats from Maryland proposed HB 54 and HB 75, and Indiana will reportedly face upcoming bills, says Game Politics.
HB 54 is actually a different approach. Most bills have sought to criminalize the sale of Mature-rated videogames, whereas HB 54 actually bans the rental and sale of Adults Only-rated videogames, with penalties including a year in jail and/or a $5,000 fine. HB 75, on the other hand, is described as “California redux,” which would be much like the legislative proposals in other states.
Indiana, however, has not yet actually encountered proposed legislation, but supposedly such proposals are in the works from both Republican State Senator Dennis Kruse and Democratic State Senator Vi Simpson.
Simpson’s comments paint a similar opinion to what’s been heard from other representatives. “We’re not setting ages or changing the ratings, we are asking retail agencies to enforce it,” said Simpson to the Associated Press. “Right now, kids can walk into just about any store and get their hands on a video game in which they can shoot police officers, use drugs, steal cars, rape women or even assassinate a president. That’s frightening to say the least.”
The road to artistic censorship regulated by the government sounds a little scarier to me, but hey, I’m no state senator, so what do I know?