What looks promising really isn't.
Car Jack Streets is a Grand Theft Auto clone and it does a lower than average job at doing it.
Graphically, this game isn't that bad, you get a pretty big city, top-down view (like in GTA & GTA 2). Instead of playing an immigrant or a biker, you play as a normal guy, who owes 1 million dollars to the mafia. So you do little jobs to pay off your dept over time. The thing is the only jobs I could do were pizza deliveries and taxi missions, I eventually ran out of time or crashed my car but when I wanted to do other missions, I went to them and walked around in this red circle which I thought would start the mission the moment I walked through. The mission never started, I pushed every button, nothing happened. I played at 4 different times (One in the morning, afternoon, evening and very late at night) and the circle was always in red and I could never do the mission (It was the same mission I was suppose to do for one of the guys). One mission that randomly came up, told me to stop this guy, but when I got to a intersection, it said I failed to stop the guy. The controls are decent and take time getting used to and the GPS is a really screwed up way of getting around since there's much to know on how to work it and how it works. It's audio is pretty cool, you get some songs when you get into a different car but I never heard no classic rock songs or classic rock rip off songs. So I wasn't that pleased with music. For 800 points, this game has really cool ideas, like the way the game uses the real date & time, it's graphics are decent for a DSi downloadable game, controls aren't that bad but it's just the fact that I couldn't do any of the missions, and I was killed by the mob 3 times before I wrote this now and I downloaded this game the day it came out (March 15th, 2010). Yeah, this is one game I don't think I can beat because I can't get into the missions. If the mission would start when you walk into the circle, I would like this a lot more and if there would be a...oh what's that called again? A STORY!!! Tag Games, if you're reading this, please eventually make a second game, I would like you too, and have a story in that game and please have a button start the missions! Until that second game is done, I'm gonna have to give Car Jack Streets on the DSi a 4.0 out of 10. Please Tag Games, fix the issues and then make a second & better game.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
AiRace (DSiWare) Review
AiRace: Tunnel was 200 points. AiRace is a different game and costs 800 points.
At first you must be thinking 800 points, a second game, it must suck. Wrong, this game is easily becoming a favourite game of mine. In AiRace, you get 6 different courses to race around and you can race around the same track but in reverse. Each track is beautifully detailed and huge, for a DSi downloadable game. My personal favourite is split between the City Streets & Storm Drains courses. You can choose between 9 different types of planes, 3 of which are slow, 3 are fast and the other 3 are very fast. The opening cinematic randomly reminds me of those old PSX opening cinematic. That is a good thing. For controls you could use the stylus and buttons or mix it up, but for me I used the D-pad & buttons. If you use the buttons like me, then the game is another pick up & play. The audio was cool but it wasn't anything special. In championship mode, you can upgrade your plane and you can customize your plane but I don't think there's no point in customizing the plane because when I raced, 2 of the 6 planes looked exactly like my plane.You get some really cool power-ups in this racer, even though most of them end in the plane you're shooting at or you're plane crashing. Most of the power-ups are missiles anyway, but they do different things, like one can turn off your plane and you'll just die. Which is my favourite, another spins your plane out of control and crashes. You also get speed booths. Sometimes the A.I. is easy to beat and other times it's a little tricky, considering I had it on normal the whole way through Championship mode. You do get multiplayer, only 6 player offline. I want to know, why this doesn't have online multiplayer? AiRace: Tunnel was the practice and this game is the 'Put your skills to the test racing game' and I think you should check out this one before you check out the first one. Even though there's no online, this game is a hell of a lot of fun, it's addicting, and it's just awesome. I'm giving AiRace for the DSi a 8.5 out of 10. A must download for any DSi owner.
At first you must be thinking 800 points, a second game, it must suck. Wrong, this game is easily becoming a favourite game of mine. In AiRace, you get 6 different courses to race around and you can race around the same track but in reverse. Each track is beautifully detailed and huge, for a DSi downloadable game. My personal favourite is split between the City Streets & Storm Drains courses. You can choose between 9 different types of planes, 3 of which are slow, 3 are fast and the other 3 are very fast. The opening cinematic randomly reminds me of those old PSX opening cinematic. That is a good thing. For controls you could use the stylus and buttons or mix it up, but for me I used the D-pad & buttons. If you use the buttons like me, then the game is another pick up & play. The audio was cool but it wasn't anything special. In championship mode, you can upgrade your plane and you can customize your plane but I don't think there's no point in customizing the plane because when I raced, 2 of the 6 planes looked exactly like my plane.You get some really cool power-ups in this racer, even though most of them end in the plane you're shooting at or you're plane crashing. Most of the power-ups are missiles anyway, but they do different things, like one can turn off your plane and you'll just die. Which is my favourite, another spins your plane out of control and crashes. You also get speed booths. Sometimes the A.I. is easy to beat and other times it's a little tricky, considering I had it on normal the whole way through Championship mode. You do get multiplayer, only 6 player offline. I want to know, why this doesn't have online multiplayer? AiRace: Tunnel was the practice and this game is the 'Put your skills to the test racing game' and I think you should check out this one before you check out the first one. Even though there's no online, this game is a hell of a lot of fun, it's addicting, and it's just awesome. I'm giving AiRace for the DSi a 8.5 out of 10. A must download for any DSi owner.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Guitar Hero: Van Halen (Xbox 360) Review
What happened Eddie?
Now I love the music rhythm genre of games, and I love Van Halen. Now when I heard Guitar Hero: Van Halen was coming out. I was hyped, I thought of seeing interview videos with the band like in Aerosmith & Metallica. You get no videos with the band. The graphics look like Guitar Hero: World Tour but crappier. Even Van Halen looks crappy, the only good things I can say about the graphics is that, it is really cool seeing Eddie play his guitar with a screwdriver and foot. This can only be seen while playing "Intruder / Oh, Pretty Woman" and the way the animations of Eddie & David next to each other on some songs are okay like "The Cradle Will Rock..." and the animations of the singer & guitarist while playing Master Exploder is really funny to watch almost every time. Can someone say "Create custom Jack Black & Kyle Gass players?" One of the other things I liked about this game are the loading screens and pause menus, very Van Halen-ish. The song list is disappointing. To those people who love classic & hard rock music, this game is not for you unless you want to play through "Stacy's Mom" just to see more Van Halen. Hell, all you do in career mode is the usual play through songs, get more, but in this one. You get 5 songs, you get stars, unlock more songs, in a way where it's 5 songs from Van Halen and than 5 other songs from the other bands. What I don't get is why are most of these songs from this decade when Van Halen is a band from the 80's? The only songs in this game I can understand being here are Queen's "I Want It All", Deep Purple's "Space Truckin'", Foreigner's "Double Vision" & Billy Idol's "White Wedding". 4 songs that are classic / hard rock while the other songs don't fit. When I think Van Halen, I don't think Foo Fighters. Why aren't these songs in Guitar Hero World Tour or Guitar Hero 5 as DLC? Why doesn't this game look like Guitar Hero 5 graphically considering this came out after Guitar Hero 5. Where's all the modes? Why downgrade graphically & mode wise from Guitar Hero 5 to Guitar Hero World Tour? Why do you play as the current Van Halen with Wolfgang Van Halen as bassist? Why is it just David Lee Roth songs? Where's Sammy Hagar? Where's "I Can't Stop Lovin' You" or "Little Dreamer"? Why do you have to go through the career to unlock the classic Van Halen with the tight pants & long hair? Why is Wolfgang Van Halen dressed up like he was in the group in the 80's? The only fun in this game is playing the Van Halen songs you get & some of the other songs but most of them are already in Rock Band as DLC or in the actual game. Why play it in this disappointing piece of crap? Even though this game was a really big let down for me, the only fun I had was playing most of the Van Halen songs, Queen, Billy Idol & surprisingly Tenacious D. I think if you love Van Halen when David Lee Roth was singer, you'll love this game but if you're like me and you love Van Halen and you think Eddie should deserve MUCH better. Stay away from this game. Stay far away from this game & buy a music game based on a band that was made with care, go get either The Beatles: Rock Band or Guitar Hero: Metallica. I still love Van Halen, I just wish their game was given more care & love. I'm giving Guitar Hero: Van Halen for the Xbox 360 a 5 out 10. I think there's a mercy point or two in there because I really thought this idea would have been awesome.
Now I love the music rhythm genre of games, and I love Van Halen. Now when I heard Guitar Hero: Van Halen was coming out. I was hyped, I thought of seeing interview videos with the band like in Aerosmith & Metallica. You get no videos with the band. The graphics look like Guitar Hero: World Tour but crappier. Even Van Halen looks crappy, the only good things I can say about the graphics is that, it is really cool seeing Eddie play his guitar with a screwdriver and foot. This can only be seen while playing "Intruder / Oh, Pretty Woman" and the way the animations of Eddie & David next to each other on some songs are okay like "The Cradle Will Rock..." and the animations of the singer & guitarist while playing Master Exploder is really funny to watch almost every time. Can someone say "Create custom Jack Black & Kyle Gass players?" One of the other things I liked about this game are the loading screens and pause menus, very Van Halen-ish. The song list is disappointing. To those people who love classic & hard rock music, this game is not for you unless you want to play through "Stacy's Mom" just to see more Van Halen. Hell, all you do in career mode is the usual play through songs, get more, but in this one. You get 5 songs, you get stars, unlock more songs, in a way where it's 5 songs from Van Halen and than 5 other songs from the other bands. What I don't get is why are most of these songs from this decade when Van Halen is a band from the 80's? The only songs in this game I can understand being here are Queen's "I Want It All", Deep Purple's "Space Truckin'", Foreigner's "Double Vision" & Billy Idol's "White Wedding". 4 songs that are classic / hard rock while the other songs don't fit. When I think Van Halen, I don't think Foo Fighters. Why aren't these songs in Guitar Hero World Tour or Guitar Hero 5 as DLC? Why doesn't this game look like Guitar Hero 5 graphically considering this came out after Guitar Hero 5. Where's all the modes? Why downgrade graphically & mode wise from Guitar Hero 5 to Guitar Hero World Tour? Why do you play as the current Van Halen with Wolfgang Van Halen as bassist? Why is it just David Lee Roth songs? Where's Sammy Hagar? Where's "I Can't Stop Lovin' You" or "Little Dreamer"? Why do you have to go through the career to unlock the classic Van Halen with the tight pants & long hair? Why is Wolfgang Van Halen dressed up like he was in the group in the 80's? The only fun in this game is playing the Van Halen songs you get & some of the other songs but most of them are already in Rock Band as DLC or in the actual game. Why play it in this disappointing piece of crap? Even though this game was a really big let down for me, the only fun I had was playing most of the Van Halen songs, Queen, Billy Idol & surprisingly Tenacious D. I think if you love Van Halen when David Lee Roth was singer, you'll love this game but if you're like me and you love Van Halen and you think Eddie should deserve MUCH better. Stay away from this game. Stay far away from this game & buy a music game based on a band that was made with care, go get either The Beatles: Rock Band or Guitar Hero: Metallica. I still love Van Halen, I just wish their game was given more care & love. I'm giving Guitar Hero: Van Halen for the Xbox 360 a 5 out 10. I think there's a mercy point or two in there because I really thought this idea would have been awesome.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Top 10 - Songs that should be in a Guitar Hero or Rock Band game/DLC
10 - Heaven & Hell by Black Sabbath
9 - I'm Burning for You by Blue Oyster Cult
8 - Gaslight by The Ugly Ducklings
7 - Games for Days by Julian Plenti
6 - Down on the Corner by Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 - The Good Die Young by The Scorpions
4 - For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield
3 - You & I (Acoustic Version) by The Scorpions
2 - Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
1 - Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty (Not Another Live Recording, I want the actual song)
9 - I'm Burning for You by Blue Oyster Cult
8 - Gaslight by The Ugly Ducklings
7 - Games for Days by Julian Plenti
6 - Down on the Corner by Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 - The Good Die Young by The Scorpions
4 - For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield
3 - You & I (Acoustic Version) by The Scorpions
2 - Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
1 - Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty (Not Another Live Recording, I want the actual song)
Songs that should have been in Guitar Hero Smash Hits
Okay, so I've been playing Guitar Hero Smash Hits on the 360 for the past while and one thing I know about this game, its song list is 50/50. Because there are going to be too many songs in this list, that is the main reason this is not a Top 10. To me, this should have been the songs that should have been in the game from the start. If you see a song that is in this list that is in the actual game, it's there because I'm fine with it being in the game but the other songs should have been in there as well with them.
- Iron Man by Black Sabbath (Guitar Hero 1)
- Killer Queen by Queen (Guitar Hero 1)
- Smoke on the Water (Guitar Hero 1)
- Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie (Guitar Hero 1)
- Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas (Guitar Hero 2)
- Cherry Pie by Warrant (Guitar Hero 2)
- Crazy on You by Heart (Guitar Hero 2)
- Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Guitar Hero 2)
- Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana (Guitar Hero 2)
- John The Fisherman by Primus (Guitar Hero 2)
- Killing in the Name by Rage Against The Machine (Guitar Hero 2)
- Message in a Bottle by The Police (Guitar Hero 2)
- Strutter by Kiss (Guitar Hero 2)
- Surrender by Cheap Trick (Guitar Hero 2)
- Sweet Child Of Mine by Guns N' Roses (Guitar Hero 2)
- Them Bones by Alice in Chains (Guitar Hero 2)
- War Pigs by Black Sabbath (Guitar Hero 2)
- Woman by Wolfmother (Guitar Hero 2)
- Barracuda by Heart (Guitar Hero 3)
- Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson (Guitar Hero 3)
- Lay Down by Priestess (Guitar Hero 3)
- The Metal by Tenacious D (Guitar Hero 3)
- Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones (Guitar Hero 3)
- Paranoid by Black Sabbath (Guitar Hero 3)
- Rock You Like A Hurricane by The Scorpions (Guitar Hero 3)
- Slow Ride by Foghat (Guitar Hero 3)
- Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses (Guitar Hero 3)
- Through The Fire & Flames by DragonForce (Guitar Hero 3)
- Heat of the Moment by Asia (Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s)
- I Ran (So Far Away) by A Flock of Seagulls (Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s)
- I Wanna Rock by Twisted Sister (Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s)
- No One Like You by The Scorpions (Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s)
- Crossroads by Cream (Guitar Hero 1)
- Sunshine of your Love by Cream (Guitar Hero 3)
- All The Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople (Guitar Hero Aerosmith)
- I Hate myself for Loving You by Joan Jett (Guitar Hero Aerosmith)
- Jordan by Buckethead (Guitar Hero 2)
- Less Talk More Rokk by Freezepop (Guitar Hero 2)
- The Light that Blinds by Shadows Fall (Guitar Hero 2)
I just listed 39 songs that should have been in Smash Hits. An actual review of the game is coming soon.
- Iron Man by Black Sabbath (Guitar Hero 1)
- Killer Queen by Queen (Guitar Hero 1)
- Smoke on the Water (Guitar Hero 1)
- Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie (Guitar Hero 1)
- Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas (Guitar Hero 2)
- Cherry Pie by Warrant (Guitar Hero 2)
- Crazy on You by Heart (Guitar Hero 2)
- Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd (Guitar Hero 2)
- Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana (Guitar Hero 2)
- John The Fisherman by Primus (Guitar Hero 2)
- Killing in the Name by Rage Against The Machine (Guitar Hero 2)
- Message in a Bottle by The Police (Guitar Hero 2)
- Strutter by Kiss (Guitar Hero 2)
- Surrender by Cheap Trick (Guitar Hero 2)
- Sweet Child Of Mine by Guns N' Roses (Guitar Hero 2)
- Them Bones by Alice in Chains (Guitar Hero 2)
- War Pigs by Black Sabbath (Guitar Hero 2)
- Woman by Wolfmother (Guitar Hero 2)
- Barracuda by Heart (Guitar Hero 3)
- Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson (Guitar Hero 3)
- Lay Down by Priestess (Guitar Hero 3)
- The Metal by Tenacious D (Guitar Hero 3)
- Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones (Guitar Hero 3)
- Paranoid by Black Sabbath (Guitar Hero 3)
- Rock You Like A Hurricane by The Scorpions (Guitar Hero 3)
- Slow Ride by Foghat (Guitar Hero 3)
- Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses (Guitar Hero 3)
- Through The Fire & Flames by DragonForce (Guitar Hero 3)
- Heat of the Moment by Asia (Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s)
- I Ran (So Far Away) by A Flock of Seagulls (Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s)
- I Wanna Rock by Twisted Sister (Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s)
- No One Like You by The Scorpions (Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s)
- Crossroads by Cream (Guitar Hero 1)
- Sunshine of your Love by Cream (Guitar Hero 3)
- All The Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople (Guitar Hero Aerosmith)
- I Hate myself for Loving You by Joan Jett (Guitar Hero Aerosmith)
- Jordan by Buckethead (Guitar Hero 2)
- Less Talk More Rokk by Freezepop (Guitar Hero 2)
- The Light that Blinds by Shadows Fall (Guitar Hero 2)
I just listed 39 songs that should have been in Smash Hits. An actual review of the game is coming soon.
CrossworDS (DS) Review
For the crossword puzzle fanatics out there.
CrossworDS is a game full of Crossword puzzles. Go figure.
But not only do you get just hundreds of crossword puzzles, you also get
Anagrams, which you get a small amount of numbers and you have to make as many words as you can.
Word Searches, which you look around for the word and circle around it and cross it off the list and that's it.
3 different games, all word based. You just turn your DS so you're holding it like a book, and you use the touch screen for all the letter-writing action. I've played one of each, but more of the crosswords, and one thing I don't like about CrossworDS is when I write in a letter, the friggin' thing mistakes it for another letter, example, I write on the touch screen a (Capital) G and it will appear up as a small e. What the ****!? This happened alot and it really got to me. The word searches got to me after the areas got to big. It was fine when the area fit the screen and a little moving around is okay, but when the search area got too big, that got to me and Anagrams...I had no to little fun with that. I always had, always will. I can't really stand Anagrams but I do like a good crossword puzzle now and than and I did like the crosswords, but hated the anagrams. I'm giving CrossworDS for the DS a 7.0 out of 10.
CrossworDS is a game full of Crossword puzzles. Go figure.
But not only do you get just hundreds of crossword puzzles, you also get
Anagrams, which you get a small amount of numbers and you have to make as many words as you can.
Word Searches, which you look around for the word and circle around it and cross it off the list and that's it.
3 different games, all word based. You just turn your DS so you're holding it like a book, and you use the touch screen for all the letter-writing action. I've played one of each, but more of the crosswords, and one thing I don't like about CrossworDS is when I write in a letter, the friggin' thing mistakes it for another letter, example, I write on the touch screen a (Capital) G and it will appear up as a small e. What the ****!? This happened alot and it really got to me. The word searches got to me after the areas got to big. It was fine when the area fit the screen and a little moving around is okay, but when the search area got too big, that got to me and Anagrams...I had no to little fun with that. I always had, always will. I can't really stand Anagrams but I do like a good crossword puzzle now and than and I did like the crosswords, but hated the anagrams. I'm giving CrossworDS for the DS a 7.0 out of 10.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Geometry Wars: Galaxies (DS) Review
Geometry Wars: Galaxies is a sequel to the first Geometry Wars, which was originally included in Project Gotham Racing 2 as a bonus game on the original Xbox. The gameplay to Geometry Wars is you play a ship, a space ship, like from Asteroids and you move around the area, shooting bad guys, avoid dying & getting high scores. There is a single-player mode, a lot of multiplayer (offline & online) & Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved as an added bonus and online leaderboards. For controls, you can mix it up anyway you like, either have the D-pad to move/shoot, touch screen to move/shoot or the buttons to move/shoot, which ever floats your boat, which is really awesome, but the best control scheme is the D-pad to move and the buttons to shoot. The graphics are all retro, neon, bright light graphics and it all looks good, from the bad guys exploding to your ship. The multiplayer is also really cool, the offline & online work well, even though I only played it with someone online ONCE! But at least there is offline and online leaderboards. If anyone plays this game online. I think this game is really friggin' awesome and should be owned by many. Considering, it is a lot of fun, it's really cheap, and there is multiple online & offline multiplayer action and along with some good single player gaming. For Wii owners who own the Wii version of this game, you can link the DS & Wii versions of the game and unlock more planets in the single player game in the DS game. But I heard the Wii version isn't that good anyway but if I get it, I'll see how it is from the portable version. But for now, this really cheap, awesome little arcade shooter that could is getting an 8.5 out of 10.
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