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Dungeon Hunter: Alliance: A Worthy Predecessor to Sacred 2

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Posted by Rob on April 19, 2011 – 5:02 pm
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If anyone knows my gaming habits, they know I’m a sucker for the hack-and-slash/dungeon-crawler/RPG genre. Ever since getting the PS3 I’ve been itching for something that equaled the awesomeness of Champions of Norrath and Baldurs Gate on the PS2, but that has been a challenge. The closest game was Sacred 2, which is incredibly under-rated in my opinion, but I do acknowledge the limitations it had. There were a few other games that tried to squeeze into the genre, but just didn’t cut the mustard (Untold Legends didn’t have online voice chat and was otherwise mediocre, and the Marvel Ultimate Alliance series just didn’t have as much replay value as I would have liked.)

Then I started hearing about Dungeon Hunter: Alliance; a PSN-exclusive that enables up to four players to raid some dungeons. Being a PSN title, I was initially skeptical for the replay value, particularly in the number of maps and the max level. After reading co-optimus’ review on the game, my worries were tossed aside as there are over twelve levels and the character level cap is set to 75. So I jumped on the PSN and put my birthday money to good use, and had some time to check the game out. Read More »

Complete WWE Allstars Roster

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Posted by Rob on February 24, 2011 – 10:49 am
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Today IGN finished unveiling the entire WWE Allstars roster, including the first batch of DLC. Here are your wrestlers:

Legends:

  • Andre the Giant
  • Bret Hart
  • Eddie Guerrero
  • Hulk Hogan
  • Jake “The Snake” Roberts
  • Jimmy Snuka
  • “Macho Man Randy” Savage
  • Mr. Perfect
  • Ricky Steamboat
  • Roddy Piper
  • Shawn Michaels
  • Sgt. Slaughter
  • “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
  • The Rock
  • Ultimate Warrior Read More »

Pros and Cons of Mass Effect 2 Going Cross-Platform

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Posted by Rob on August 19, 2010 – 8:11 am
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To the horror of 360 “fanboys” and the cheers of PS3 users, it was officially announced yesterday at Gamescom that Mass Effect 2 would be released on the PS3 next January. To add on to my anti-fanboy argument, when I looked at the post on Joystiq (see above embedded link) for this news, I saw several comments where people were either saying “nooooooo” or “this sucks now all we have is halo and fable”. That is just stupid talk, and I hate it. I would be pleased as punch if God of War went to the 360, and I think it should!While this is a major victory for gamers who only own a PS3, it also has some problems.

The Pros

First and foremost, the biggest pro is that more people will be able to enjoy the wonder world of Mass Effect. If I didn’t have a 360 I would be just as happy, and being a 360 owner I’m not crying over this…I hate console-exclusive games. The fact that before I had a 360 I never got to touch the likes of Left 4 Dead, Mass Effect, and Castle Crashers, and that I know that there are people out there in the world who have never played Uncharted, God of War, or Resistance, just makes me so angry. There is absolutely no way any gamers win from console-exclusive games…unless they count “bragging rights” as a pro. Personally, I don’t, and I think the only people who benefit from exclusive games are the system owners (Sony of Microsoft), since a person like me has to own both systems to enjoy all the greatest games. Not even the game developers win, because they would sell a hell of a lot more units of a game if it appeared on both systems.

So that all being said, gamers will win because more people will be able to enjoy the story of Mass Effect, and Bioware will win because more copies of the game will sell. It can also be assumed that, with this happening, that Mass Effect 3, due out next year, will also be a cross-platform game, which is great. Read More »

The “Not so Exclusive” Juggernaut Character from Gamestop

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Posted by Rob on September 16, 2009 – 7:58 pm
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So this whole thing really got me mad. I had pre-ordered MUA2 for the “exclusive” Juggernaut code. I generally hate pre-ordering, but when the benefit was this good, I had to.

Then last Thursday Juggernaut was available on PSN for a $1.99 DLC.

Now, maybe its just me, but an “exclusive” Juggernaut character is one that is only available through Gamestop, and not through PSN. Dont get me wrong, Im not mad that its on DLC. Im glad…I think that making something as beneficial as an additional character an exclusive offer is stupid.

Anyway, my point is that Gamestop is messed up for claiming it was going to be exclusive, when it clearly was not. I only pre-ordered (thus paying the MSRP of $59.99) to get this once-in-a-lifetime character. Had I known that PSN would offer it, even though it was not free, I would not have pre-ordered. I would have just got it through Gamefly, do the “keep it now” for $47.99, get my 10% discount for having the year membership, and then use my $5 game credit you get every three months.

Bottom line is that I could have got MUA2 and Juggernaut for about $45 or so in the end (getting the game from Gamefly and then buying Jugs from PSN), but instead was misled into paying $60.

For shame Gamestop, for shame.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Hits Stores Today

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Posted by Rob on September 15, 2009 – 5:56 am
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I havent been this excited for a game release since Sacred 2, and Ive been counting down the days til Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 came out. As you know, I ended up pre-ordering my copy from Gamestop so that I could get their “exclusive” Juggernaut character…only to find out its not exclusive at all and I can buy it from PSN for $2. Whatever.

Anywho, Im looking forward to getting out of school, speeding to the mall and picking up my preorder, then heading home and loading it up. I already know I want to have Venom and Juggernaut on my team, but I dont know about the other two. Probably a flyer and a projectile-user. Ironman does fall into both those categories…maybe I’ll join his side first.

I will definitely post about my first impressions of the game tonight, with a full review to follow as I play more.