Naaaw, holiday cheer.

See you in the New year, with some exciting new stuff.

Have a good one kids.

RT

A next Metal Gear is........ Disappointing.

Really Hideo? OK then. Not exactly what we were all hoping for but lets just see how this one pans out.

Mr Metal

Playstation Home Alone 2: Lost in PSN

So Brother N pointed out to me today that the Home Beta launches globally today, so there really is no need for me to give you a detailed review of Home's features as you will find out for yourselves in the coming hours................

That doesn't mean I'm not gonna talk about how fucking BOOOOORING it is. Man! I know its not a game but when you bring something like this out on an "entertainment console", forgive me for expecting a little entertainment. I mean, come on. Draughts?! Really? Is the Home universe set in the 40's? I mean it was sorta fun, but fun in the way that it is only fun because nothing else is fun at all. Like when your bored at work and you play minesweeper, or you miss the train so you play snake on you Nokia 3210. Listen to Brother N, Sony. Noone wants to play pool in a virtual world! We can do that at the local bar, and drink delicious drinks too.

One thing I thought was going to be kinda cool was the movie theatre which allows you to watch trailers for games and movies etc. Great idea, until they make you sit there watching a progress bar of your clip of choice download with no background download option. WOOOOO HOOOOO! Fun City Sony! More effing progress bars and another fine example of your achingly slow download speeds over PSN. Once it finally does download, rather than watch the clip in full screen, you have to watch it in a virtual movie screen complete with curtains and front row seats about half the size of our own screen. That's ok though because you can change it to full screen......... oh wait a minute..... NO YOU CAN'T! Good thing I have a reasonable size HDTV, too bad for anyone still using a smaller SD set though.

It does however sport pretty sweet looking visuals and a half decent physics engine which brings back the question, why waste it on draughts and pool? Do something entertaining with it like some over the top mini games we can play while we wait for noobpwner69 to get online so we can play....... something together. There is seriously more fun in LittleBigPlanet's Pod than there is in the WHOLE of Home.

So far.

With all that said, Home to me does have some possible potential, but its going to need a tonne of interesting and fun improvements if its to appeal to gamers. All they need is the FUN patch.

Mr Metal

ps. At least the character customization is good................. If you like looking like every-fucking-one else. Do not even get me started.

Breaking up with Guitar Hero

A few years ago, on a recommendation from a one Mister Metal, I picked up Guitar Hero for the PS2. Walking out to my car with a kiddy sized plastic guitar I have to admit a little twang of shame.

Not helped by the slight look of pity from my girlfriend who shot me that 'Oh thats just sad' look as I stood in front of the TV, missing notes and jerking the guitar around. Months passed and we all grew to love it, so much though that when Guitar hero II came around, I bought her her own shiny red Gibson.

Guitar Hero 80s was the first sign that shit was going wrong. That game straight up sucked. It felt like a shitty mod. So by the the time GH3 came out we were quite dubious. Apart from the gross product placement, it was pretty good and the new wireless guitar was pure magic.

Then came Rock Band. Oh wait. No it didn't. It never came. But after some a friend did some importing, we did manage to have a nice 7 hour session that confirmed just how good it was.

Guitar Hero World tour should be just as good right? It's not. I hate it. The new guitar is awesome and the drums are fine...so where's the beef?

I play this game with my friends. I don't care if I never five star a song on expert. I play it for shits and giggles over a few well placed ales. So when that game says 'FAILED' and boots us all out because one person looses the plot, I am totally turned off. Everyone is.

So, to quote the wonderfully eloquent Omoclese when asked if we should trade it in for Rockband DLC money; ' Yeah, Fuck that game'

Fuck it indeed.

One copy of Rock Band II please.

-n

A next Metal Gear is... Huh?!

This image is taken from a new Konami/Kojima Productions teaser page. WTF? Are we getting another new Metal Gear already? So far, the best info I have been able to uncover is that it could be either MGS4 ported to Xbox 360 or the original Metal Gear Solid coming to XBLA.

Let the speculation begin!

Mr Metal

Argh! More trailer hotness with "new" Riddick trailer

I say "new" because its not a "new" game. Its a re-imagining of the original Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay which i have expressed my love for in a previous post. Looking REALLY good. Somehow, they have managed to pack in MORE SHINE TOO!

Aaaaaaaanyway, check it.

Highr quality video from Giant Bomb. Recommended.

Drooooooooooooooooool.

Mr Metal

New Ghostbusters Trailer looks the goods

Woo!

There is not much gameplay footage shown, but what I am most excited about is the story stuff. Its definitely got the feel from the movies so far. Fingers crossed it maintains that vibe throughout the game because thats whats going to sell it for me personally. Hopefully the gameplay will be good too, of course :)

Mr Metal