Killing floor 2 for the PS4 is a good addition to anyone who is a fan of: action, zombies, head exploding, hoopla or chaos (lots and lots of gory chaos). A game that it is fun for all ages above the age of 18+ according to PEGI. a varied amount of guns, maps and enemies. This game is only for multiplayer so don't buy it expecting an intriguing story to get your hands on. This is a game to get said hands and plant an exploding sledgehammer in them and then drive it through a zombies head and watch it explode into tiny gory pieces in slow motion whilst listening to a rock guitar solo in slow motion. Have I got you excited yet? Well then good sir or madam please read on! Gameplay Killing floor 2 is a multiplayer zombie shooter. The game has two modes survival, a co-op experience, and VS survival which is PVP, zombies vs humans. You are a character (of your choice with customization options that are unlocked by playing the game) that kills ZEDs (zombies) in various ways. You don't have to be an accurate shot, you could use a mace and shield or a flamethrower or if you want to show off those sniping skills you can with a rifle or even a crossbow. You can play with a group of friend or with strangers to bash/crush/explode some skulls with the power of teamwork(YAY!) or you can play solo (for those intimate moments). The match has a difficulty and wave length. this will decide how long the match is and how quickly the match will get more an more harder. Killing floor 2 has a nifty feature called ZED time. This makes the game go slow- mo and adds a greyscale tint but turns up the vibrant crimson of blood and the explosion of a RPG. This can be done by killing ZEDs. To summarise you are an average joe that has been placed at a holiday destination(maybe hell, space, a volcano island or the city of love, Paris). You will have to survive the hordes of ZEDs that want to tear your flesh off of your body and perhaps make a warm jumper for the chilly afternoons. You can play with a group of friends (so maybe the ZEDs can get matching hats and scarfs) or by your self and see if you can mow down those god damn ZEDs. The only bad thing is that micro transactions stop you from getting some customization rewards Weapons and enemies Weapons can vary from shotguns, assault rifles, melee weapons, explosives, FIRE! Or a nice shovel. There are a few cool weapons like a microwave gun or rail gun for example. The guns are graphically well made and in slow motion you can see each compartment move and vibrate. Enemies vary from braindead animated corpses to a brute with two tenderizers for hands that will not stop shredding you until you are a nice piece of meat to put in between his buns (wink*) for a nice burger. The enemies are fun to fight and play as. The only weak point is the head. So when someone says "Shoot for the head" you better shoot for the head because you will rack up those kills like a champ. The bigger zombies will need a volley of explosives or a barrage of bullets. This also includes working as a team to takedown large threats. AI do try to block headshots by raising a forearm but that isn't enough for a stone cold killer like yourself. At the end of the waves you are presented with a boss. One of Two. Good ol' Hans Volter who is a 100 year old Nazi doctor who just really wants a hug or the patriarch a guy who looks like he auditioned to be a resident evil boss. Now I wouldn't want to rub him the wrong way. This has been a Killing floor 2 review which I deeply recommend to anyone because it is a reasonably priced game with endless amounts of fun
Love from Connor. Disclaimer: All images I have used I have got from my own copy of PS4. I don't know if I have to put in a disclaimer but I don't want to be punished for plagiarism.
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As a casual gamer myself, I have a few opinions on Nintendo’s latest release, the switch, and it seems a lot of buyers of the switch also share these opinions. In this article I will argue points for and against and overall decide ‘is it worth it?’
Nintendo busted into the home gaming and mobile gaming scene on the 3rd of March 2017 with their newest console/hand held device. The platform, at first, amazed gamers and reviewers alike with their new concept of being able to play games on a console and a hand held device seamlessly which came in the shape of the Nintendo switch. This was the first anyone had seen that allowed this with gaming. The concept of the switch was great, you can game comfortably in the sanctuary of your own home and continue playing on the bus to your way to work, which was great for casual gamers looking to up their game or simply game on the go. But we need to ask ourselves, is it worth it? The Nintendo switch seems to be a disappointment across the Nintendo fan base as they believe this is “just another Wii U”, and to some extent I can agree with this statement. The Wii u received some backlash on its release but quickly grew on the community with its unique design and play style, with the game pad with built in screen used for gaming on the TV, which can also be used for remote gaming. Very similar to the switch. Although the switch does have the spec advantage over the Wii U with its heavily modified Nvidia Tegra X1 processor, quad-core, 64-bit CPU and an Nvidia Maxwell 256-core GPU which is a lot higher than the specs in a Wii U it still seems that the system is very similar to its predecessor. In my opinion the switch seems to be Nintendo’s response to the backlash that the Wii U received when it was first released back in late 2012. Although the prices for these systems upon release are quite interesting, when the Wii u was first released it was £299 to buy the system, although upon the switches release it was £285, now this seems quite strange to me as with all this added power and tech behind it, why isn’t it more? Which leads me to believe they have skipped corners on the production process which a lot of fans seem to believe as a majority of buyers believe that the switch is “made from a cheap and nasty material and assembled poorly.” This seems to be leading to easy breakages, poor resiliency, and poor connections with the game pads due to faulty slides. It seems a lot of people are disappointed in Nintendo for this and I can see why. So that’s the predecessor to the switch covered, but what about the other consoles on the market? Let’s see how the switch compares to Microsoft Xbox one and Sony’s PS4. The clock speed of the switch compared to these consoles is at least 580MHz short which means the switch will be overall the slowest in this class, let’s try memory the switch has 4gb of standard storage whereas the Xbox one and PS4 both have 8gb. Okay I’ll give the switch some credit, it takes up a lot less space than the other consoles but loses out on a whole lot of power, and in my eyes that isn’t a very fair trade. {referenced from http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/nintendo-switch-vs-ps4-and-xbox-one} So it all comes down to the big question, is it worth it? Well, in my personal opinion based on what I have just discussed. No. It is inferior to the current consoles on the market and only has the added perk of mobile play, but there is better hand held consoles out there and it doesn’t seem worth getting a full console just for one aspect of it when you could just cover it with a better one. Plus the games offered on the other platform are a lot better than on the switch as there only really seems to be Zelda and after that nothing, it’ll just sit in a draw collecting dust. So after all of these facts no personally I do not believe the switch is worth the £285 price tag. New recruit, Slinky What is there left to say about No Man's Sky? The game that was supposed to revolutionise the gaming industry as we know it but as we all know. It Didn't. No Man's Sky came out to very little critical acclaim angered gamers across the globe largely due to the false promises of the games main developer/spokesperson Sean 'The Snake' Murray. The game was a huge success money wise, however after copies had been bought and the game had been played, people started to realise that all the hype that Mr Murray had built up around the game had been false. Once this realisation kicked in, the number of players playing the game declined at a catastrophic rate and where was Sean Murray when all this went down? He was probably sat at home cackling evilly whilst buying beard oil off of Amazon. So Mr Murray, you can give the people their 'foundation' update thinking that it will quell the anger against you. BUT YOU ARE WRONG!!!!!!! It will only fuel the angry masses because if you had this stuff since launch (which you probably did) why wasn't it in the game at launch Mr Murray? Why have we had to wait 4 months Mr Murray? So, all in all, No Man's Sky is one of the biggest cock ups in gaming history and no matter what Hello Games and Sean Murray do to try and salvage this game it will be in vain because they have detached themselves from their audience and are no longer the underdog indie gaming studio, they have become a lying bunch of hypocrites who didn't really care about audience enjoyment. Only the money they would make. COME AT ME SEAN!!!!!!!!
When Deus Ex: Mankind Divided was first announced I'll be honest, I didn't really bat an eyelid at it partly due to the fact that I didn't really play the first game Deus Ex: Human Revolution. So like F1 2016, it came as a bit of a "eh, why not situation" when I decided to buy Mankind Divided and boy, am I glad that I bought it. So, what is the story about? Well, it centres around everybody's favourite gravelly voiced augmented human Adam Jensen as he tries to uncover the reason behind an influx of terrorist attacks and how he received some mystery augments that he never realised he had. The story reflects some modern day worries like terrorism and discrimination very effectively with one scene in the opening act almost reducing me to tears. So, how does the gameplay stand up against other first person shooters out there? The answer is that the shooting feels good and each gun feels very nicely weighted and realised however, in the early stages of the game there seems to be a lack of assault rifle ammunition which bothers me due to the assault rifle being one of my preferred weapons in FPS games so that was slightly frustrating. The stealth elements of the game are nicely done however I don't really know how doing takedowns saps your biocell meter due to it not requiring you to really use any augments. The side missions are also pretty intriguing and don't feel like filler at all instead they feel like they add to the bustling hub world of Prague and also add to the narrative. All in all, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided feels pretty fresh in a world where most FPS's are more or less the same thing repeated over and over again and I can't wait to review the whole thing when I complete it.
I have never really been into Formula One. I mean I will occasionally watch it if it is on television but I find the sport boring. I mean just watching some people drive around a track for over two hours just doesn't seem that fun to me, it seems even worse if you pay to watch the races live because you only get to see the cars for a short time and then watch the rest on a big screen. But anyway you would think, why has John gone and bought F1 2016? The official game of the Formula One season. To be honest, at first I didn't know either I just thought, why not? The last F1 game I ever played was Formula One 2001 on the PS2 and from what I remember, it was pretty fun especially the career mode. So when I dished out the £41.99 for the steel book edition of the game (which is pretty reasonably priced in my opinion with the base game only costing £35.99) I was looking forward to it so when I slotted it in my PS4 I was not expecting much, however, from what I have played so far I think I can safely say this is probably the best racing sim I have ever played. So, how has this F1 game turned me from a disinterested watcher to a casual fan I hear you ask? Well, that would all be down to the excellent revamped career mode that codemasters team have produced. So at the start of this career mode you can race for whichever F1 team you want be it Mercedes or the lowly Manor Racing. The difference between choosing your team is the length in which they want you to win the F1 title, so for example I picked Manor Racing as my starter team and due to them not being as stacked a team as Mercedes they wanted me to win a title in four years whereas at the aforementioned Mercedes they wanted me to win a title within two years so its all about finding that balance of picking the right team for you. So you could pick Mercedes and have the best cars and equipment at your disposal straight away, however you would be under immense pressure to deliver a title very quickly whereas at a lower team, you may not get the best equipment or the best car but you will be under less pressure to deliver a title immediately and will be able to upgrade your car in preparation for that big title push. So I would recommend starting at a low end team and work your way up to the better teams but the choice is up to you in the end. So, once you pick your team you are introduced to your agent who explains how the contract system in the game will work as well as meeting your research and development engineer who tells you how to upgrade your car which is like upgrading in any other game so is simple to grasp. After that you are ready to get out on the track and do your first practice. This is where F1 2016 really starts to shine due to the amount of detail that codemasters put into the tracks you become immersed in the world of F1 pretty quickly and the addition of your pit crew talking to you through your headset further improves that immersion. The graphics are none to shabby either with the tracks looking particularly stunning. So after doing some activities in practises one, two and three. You are ready to race and the controls are your standard racing controls but they work effectively. However, its the tactics where the real racing starts to shine. For example, I was leading by a particularly large margin in the Australian Grand Prix but needed to pit so I bided my time and when I did pit and come back out I was only in fourth place and managed to reclaim my pole position again pretty quickly. You feel a real sense of achievement winning a race especially when you do it with a weaker team. After Australia, you move to Bahrain where your agent once again pops up to explain the rivalries system to you. The system pits you against another racer (in this case, my first rivalry was against my teammate) and you go against them for a couple of weeks trying to outdo them by finishing above them in races and doing other menial tasks, however the system does feel effective and adds some spice to the game so it never becomes boring. So far I am really enjoying F1 2016 and cannot wait to write a full review once I have finished the career mode, early impressions? Give it a go, it really is quite good.
I like Batman. I think he is a well balanced superhero with just enough realism to his character to make a real life person go, "yeah I could be Batman." So when TellTale announced they would be doing a point and click adaptation of The Dark Knight I was excited. I knew that TellTale had pedigree with narrative based games and was intrigued to see how they would approach the dark, twisted world of the Batman and his impressive rouge's gallery. However, the most intriguing aspect of TellTale's game was the ability to play as Bruce Wayne. This was a bold move by the studio seen as it had not really ever been used in a Batman game before other than when you played as Bruce very briefly in the opening moments of the Batman Arkham Origins DLC, a Cold, Cold Heart. However TellTale did a brilliant job in writing the character of Gotham's most eligible bachelor bringing through his tortured psyche along with his mask of brash arrogance brilliantly. Troy Baker excels voicing Mr Wayne and truly brings life to the character and makes him very likeable. However, this excellent character writing does not just stop there with characters like Harvey Dent and Carmine Falcone coming across as both likeable and despicable in their own rights. But... The writing for Dent does fall down a little and does at times make him seem a little bit desperate when he is usually portrayed as a D.A. Who takes no prisoners when convicting a criminal. Falcone is written very well a
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