The occasional rantings of a disgruntled PC gamer

• 7Oct 09

  I seem to be very disappointed lately (new review and the Wii).

  It seems that lately most of the games I've played left me feeling really disappointed. Both Bionic Commando and Red Faction: Guerrilla turned out to be boring as hell, and Wolfenstein was nothing more than a mediocre shooter that holds no real interest. I am looking forward for some actual good games for my spanking new PC, but apart from the occasional Adventure game, there is a bleak wasteland of disappointment. The only ray of sunshine on my PC is Batman: Arkham Asylum (an awesome, awesome game). But that's no what I'm here to rant about (well, maybe just a little).

  As I mentioned in previous blog entries (i think I did anyways) my girlfriend bought herself a Nintendo Wii, a console I have strong feelings of raging hatred for. She has little time to use it though, so every time I come over, I try it out a bit with a very miserable expression on my face. Nevertheless, I've decided to make good use of said console and get some of the more interesting games for it:

  I got No More Heroes, which I'm bored with already;

  I got House of the Dead: Overkill, which is quite fun actually (but only with a friend);

  I got Dead Space Extraction, which I haven't had the time to try out yet;

  I got Broken Sword 1: Director's Cut, played it all the way to the end, and enjoyed it so;

  and of course some games for my gf: Mario Galaxy, de Blob, Rayman Raving Rabbids and that Brawl-Mario-Thingy.

  But the game I want to talk about is Cursed Mountain, The Wee, sorry, the Wii's first attempt at survival horror, a genre that is very close to my heart (and my PS2). My full opinion on the game can be found HERE in my new review, but there are a few things I'd like to address here as well:

  
  Cursed Mountain is not a good game, and I don't know if I should blame the developers or Nintendo. Most of the game's problems stem from the fact that it is a Wii game. The biggest problem is the controls, or to be more specific, the motion controls; they are simply unresponsive at a frustrating level. There are some more issues, but none as major as the controls.

  
  Cursed Mountain is boring. Its slow pace and lack of any story development can really take the wind out of the most enthusiastic gamer. The story's premise is good, but I would have liked to see it go somewhere...

  Cursed Mountain is uninspiring. There it nothing rememberable about it, and as soon as it is over, any trace of the game's experience simply fades away.

  But most of all, Cursed Mountain is disappointing.

  • Posted Oct 7, 2009 8:52 am PT
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• 21Aug 09

  Remember my Mothership Zeta review?

  Of course you do!

  Anyways, it is now available as an official review on the site www.gameobserver.com. Check it OUT!

  On a side note, my new PC hasn't arrived yet, and I must say it pisses me off quite a bit... I want to play some more games! I sick of second rate adventure games, and I need my new uber-computer to play the awesome recently released or up-coming titles!

  But enough about that. Have a great Weekend everybody!

  • Posted Aug 21, 2009 11:49 am PT
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• 7Aug 09

  New review!

  Last night (or was it morning) I finally set down in front of my computer and wrote a short (just one page) review for Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta, which you can read here!

  There isn't a lot of other progress to report, apart from the usual new videos I've recently posted,but I would like to notify you all I'm buying a new PC soon (already got the list of parts I'm getting), so I will be able to play all these cool new games my current 2 year old (!) heap of junk can't run properly. It is sad that just after 2 years I already need to buy a new one, but thats what you get for going to the cheaper parts... the only good piece of hardware I've got in this machine is the nVidia 8800 GTS 320, and these days it is pretty obsolete. My new graphic card will be the X275 (again, nVidia) so I'm hoping for a longer life span...

  That's is all for now! don't forget to check out my review and videos!

  • Posted Aug 7, 2009 11:05 am PT
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