You heard it right, the two DLC episodes of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is now free on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Both the Jetstream Sam and Blade Wolf DLCs can be downloaded free of cost on PSN and Xbox Live. The timing could not have been better as I was just considering buying both DLCs a few days ago.
Here's our review of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.
Check our Migoy's full let's play here.
Last Tuesday, Battlefield 4 was released for current gen consoles and PC. Carlos went for the PC version and has been playing it all week and has a few words for DICE's next gen title-- "Stop crashing on me!!".
Inconsistency
I go for games on day one because I believe I'll have a great time with it. Just like how everybody mindlessly buys Call of Duty regardless of what they change, I do the same with Battlefield. Is there a big change for Battlefield 4 though? Visually, sort of. Gameplay, well you still shoot people, and the stages are..bigger with more structures to blow up. But my frustration doesn't come from the gameplay, I'm loving the feel of the game, but if it crashes on you every so often...that doesn't count for anything really.
Joining large conquest maps with 500 tickets can take a lot of your time. Halfway through one match, I was enjoying raking up the kills in different ways in the match. Then, it crashes. Losing any progress you made. 20 minutes wasted. So imagine that happening 50% of every match you join. The game feels like its running on dutch taps to keep it together. My PC specs is well enough to run the game on ultra with smooth gameplay, so believe me that's not the case, I've checked.
Game crashes happening often detached me from the experience. When it happens, I'm left with the thought of turning on the TV to watch a movie instead. What's more troubling is that the servers can be unstable as well, making you stare at loading screens more than having someone lined up in your gun's scope. The mix of both of these issues makes it hard to really enjoy the game when you can't stay on one server for at least 5 games. It's inconsistent, and it makes me want to do something else with my time. These issues are also present in the campaign. Which is hard enough to get into since I'm annoyed by the characters in just 3 missions.
Battlefield 4 is a great game, but only if it cooperates. Put game crashes and server shutdowns aside, you still have to deal with the random rubber band lag that occurs even though you have less than 100 latency stated on the scoreboard. People can argue that it hasn't been a week, but a rocky start is a rocky start. They will eventually get around to making the game as smooth as butter, but it seems like the pressure to make the release date is being felt on launch.
War never changes
Okay, game crashes and server issues...check! How does the game feel? I did mention earlier that it feels great, but overall you are still getting the same Battlefield experience. For some, like myself, that's all I want. But if someone wanted a groundbreaking game? you'll get disappointed. Don't even consider getting the game for a good campaign. Battlefild 4's campaign is tolerable now compared to Battlefield 3, but it isn't good at all. I'm not even done with it since multiplayer has caught most of my attention. As it should since that's the only reason why I bought the game. Don't be fooled by the "Levolution" term as well. The stages that alter the map are appealing, but only if people bother to activate it, and if your actually there to see it happen. And when they do, just hope you are not in front of it when it happens. Having a skyscraper falling on you or a dam breaking did make me break a smile when I saw it happen, but when it's over, back to shooting. Some are also pretty dull if you compare it to the skyscraper Levolution found on the Siege of Shanghai map. I'm having a hard time finding a server where I can always see it trigger, so I can't really say to how much of a degree it affects the experience.
Unlocking and leveling in this game is just the same as Battlefield 3. The more you use one weapon, vehicle, or class, the more stuff you unlock for that category. As you go through levels, you are given Battlepacks, which up to level 12(current level as I write this), seems to be the only benefit in getting higher levels. Inside those Battlepacks can provide random attachments for specific guns, and weapon/vehicle skins. And if your lucky, you get experience boosters that lasts for only an hour.
That's it for now. The game is great only if it wants to be, and hopefully DICE can resolve these crash and server issues soon. If you are considering the console version, take note that there's a player cap of 24 while next-gen titles and PC has a player cap of 64 players on each match. Why the very low cap? Ask DICE because the player cap was a big factor to why I opted for the PC version.
Have the same opinion as me? Or experiencing the same problems? Vent on the comments below.
Tis the season to be scary and the general consensus is to watch a bunch of horror movies. But since we like to play video games, this is the perfect time to revist the genre of survival horror.
Migoy and Bud get down and dirty with a few indie horror games on PC and one game on the Nintendo Wii.
Games featured:
PC: Slender One Late Night SCP Containment Breach Wii: Calling
We also did a short LP of the original Silent Hill on the TMG Let's Play Channel with one of our friends from GenesisPH.
OPM released a new gameplay video of Killzone: Shadow Fall, a PS4 exclusive showing a section of the game being approached differently. Have a look below.
I've always liked Killzone, and it's no doubt the game looks visually stunning. What's shown in the video isn't really the different ways to play the game, but more like the different paths that will be available to you, encouraging players to explore and think on how it's going to be played out. A good addition, but nothing groundbreaking. That robot though is pretty neat.
Killzone: Shadow Fall will be available on launch day with the PS4 on November 15 for North America and November 29 for Europe. Jumping in on next-gen on the first day? Or are you going to wait it out to play it safe? Let us know in the comments below.
So I got the Beyond Two Souls Special Edition to ride the hype train and to see if David Cage's latest "movie" is an immersive masterpiece or a failure of the game designer.
My playthrough is in nine parts with each being an hour long and the finale being two hours. Bud and Jikz join me for the first three parts then I ride it solo until the end. Since I did get the special edition, that means I also have the "30 minutes of extra content". When I first started recording, the game crashed on me but I will get down to recording that and it should be up soon at the end of the LP. Check out the full playlist below.
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