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Friday, August 28, 2015
Until Dawn (PS4 Exclusive Indie Title)
Wow, so where to start with this one. Until Dawn, was created by Indie Developer ''SuperMassive Games''. Before this, they had two other Indie titles for the PS3 with the PlayStation Move, but that never panned out too well for anyone. The Wii had the market for interactive gaming at the time, and Xbox's Kinect and PlayStation's Move couldn't touch it. So personally I would like to thank PlayStation Move for not being a major success, for if it was, we may not have been given the chance to play this. Until Dawn is an interactive horror survival game where 8 young adults are thrown into a 1980's slasher film out in the mountains during a major blizzard that doesn't seem to know what stop means. The plot is typical for horror survival games of this type but what set it aside was the ''Butterfly Effect''. Pretty much means that every action, has a reaction, so think before you act...And before I call this a game, let me clarify that I do not classify Until Dawn as a game more or less. Because it doesn't play, feel, or act like a game. Until Dawn is a survival horror interactive movie, that gives you the free choice to decides what the characters will do in the story. This works with the insertion of quick-time events, and button sequences that keep your on your toes at all times of the story as the game moves forward. Besides quick-time and button sequences, the only other actual gaming that you do is investigate your surroundings for clues and collectibles. And of course you control where your character moves, most of the time, but you are always on path to your destination and can't really shy away from the direction that is intended for you to continue your story. Ultimately the best way to describe Until Dawn is that you are watching a movie, only difference is you make all the decisions for the characters, so if you want them to live, make smart decisions!
So besides the game debate on whether or not the game is more ''Video Game'' or ''Movie'' based, the visuals are of course beautiful. All the characters are well designed, have interesting personalities that develop as the story continues, and show real emotion to react to the environment that is around them. Speaking of the environment, the scenery is really amazing, the mountain side, the forest, the snow storm, the mines, and the lodge, everything looks great. They also did a really good job with the music, there's not too much of it, but when it does come into play, it's always at the right time. The story itself is very interesting and keep you motivated to play and figure out what is going on. It makes you feel like you are these characters and makes you want to do everything in your power to keep them breathing!
Now I don't want to ruin the story at all because this game really needs to be played or watched completely through and should not be spoiled. But with all they did right, they did do something that seemed to lose a little bit of interest to me. Towards the last couple hours of the game, they throw in a super-natural element, that I think personally took all the glory away from what they were trying to do with the whole slasher film plot. It doesn't ruin the game, but it puts a spin on the game, that I don't believe the game needed, and that maybe they could have saved for a sequel or new game all together. And I know that there will be people that will love this game from start to finish no matter what was thrown into play, but to me, if the game is about apples, then there is no need to throw in oranges unless you absolutely have to. That's the best way that I can put if without ruining or spoiling anything lol.
That's about all I got on this. The game was amazing, looks, feels, and acts as it should, and definitely has replayability with the ''Butterfly Effect'' in play. I personally don't know why the game is an exclusive, and would make a hell of a lot more money if they were to release the game on PC and Xbox, but that's my own personal take. If you are looking for the horror game of the year, then so far, this is it! And I don't believe that we are going to get anything better then Until Dawn. But don't take my word for it, if you own a PS4, buy it yourself and play it, its definitely worth the cost in retail, and will give you plenty of replayability!
9 out of 10
Written By Sam Vaught
Saturday, August 22, 2015
LAKEVIEW CABIN III...THE SORTA, FATALITY RIDDLED, WALKTHROUGH LOL
LakeView Cabin III is an Indie Horror survival game that sticks 4 typical teenagers...or adults(can't tell because the game is like 8-bit graphics lol) in a Jason like scenario, and forces you to find a way to survive the horrors that await your characters! You are given no heads up, and no hints on what you are supposed to do either. You just have to figure it out for yourself. Lucky for you, the internet now exists and you can easily cheat and look for a walkthrough online. But that really does take all the fun in the game away. It is definitely one of the best Indie Horror games I have played since FNAF and ONAF. And the best part is, it's not a clone of FNAF so it separates itself from the hoarding bunch of clones we are so use to seeing by now. So if you would like to peer into the future and see what the game is like before playing it yourself first, keep reading, if not, head over to the Steam store and check it out yourself!
This is a completed version video of LakeView Cabin III! Even though I completed it, there were many casualties lol. But hey, at least it is sort of a walkthrough. No commentary here, just annotations. I will do a commentary version in another video! Hopefully with a better outcome!
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''Man this took some time to make, hope you all enjoy this one. Lots of edits! But of course, you can only see the annotations on PC because YouTube hates mobile devices ...lol''
Written and Played By Sam Vaught
This is a completed version video of LakeView Cabin III! Even though I completed it, there were many casualties lol. But hey, at least it is sort of a walkthrough. No commentary here, just annotations. I will do a commentary version in another video! Hopefully with a better outcome!
Hit that Like Button for me! It helps more then you know! I will be bringing you more videos as well.
If you liked this video, do me a favor and share it with friends! More videos on the way!
If you have any game suggestions for me to play, let me know! Leave the ideas in the comments below!
''Man this took some time to make, hope you all enjoy this one. Lots of edits! But of course, you can only see the annotations on PC because YouTube hates mobile devices ...lol''
Written and Played By Sam Vaught
Friday, August 21, 2015
LURKING
Ok, imagine a game where normal rules do not apply. Imagine a game, where not only bad control or keyboard movements can get you killed. Imagine, LURKING in the darkness not knowing what is coming up next down the hallway, or what may be in the next room. Lurking is a game that literally depends on your own breathing habits, and your own voice. Oh yeah, you still use a controller or keyboard to move, but what good is moving if you can't see where you are going...or worse? In Lurking, you will have to use sound waves from your own voice to light the way on your path to the light. Without it, darkness is all that waits for you. Be careful how much voice and sound you use though....that same voice, that same sound, may attract something else out of the darkness to seek you out. They hear your voice, they hear your sound, they hear your breathing, but most of all...they hear your Fear!
Lurking currently does not support controllers for the PC version o the game, but may support it for use on the Oculus Rift version of the game. For a more up close and personal feel for the game. To take the Lurking to the next level that is.
If Lurking seems like something that you may be interested in, but maybe you want to see more about what Lurking actually is other then words. I will post my play through at the bottom of the blog for your pleasure.
Let me know what you think of Lurking if you watch or play the game yourself in the comments. You can either leave the comments in the blog here, or in the comments on the YouTube channel(YouTube preferred). Hope you enjoy the Lurking...just keep your voice down, and try not to breathe quite so hard or something may hear you.
Written By Sam Vaught
Lurking currently does not support controllers for the PC version o the game, but may support it for use on the Oculus Rift version of the game. For a more up close and personal feel for the game. To take the Lurking to the next level that is.
If Lurking seems like something that you may be interested in, but maybe you want to see more about what Lurking actually is other then words. I will post my play through at the bottom of the blog for your pleasure.
Let me know what you think of Lurking if you watch or play the game yourself in the comments. You can either leave the comments in the blog here, or in the comments on the YouTube channel(YouTube preferred). Hope you enjoy the Lurking...just keep your voice down, and try not to breathe quite so hard or something may hear you.
Written By Sam Vaught
ONE NIGHT AT FLUMPTY'S 2
Didn't get enough of Flumpty? Glutton for punishment when it comes to horror games? Then you are in luck my friends because their is a sequel to the previous title! One Night At Flumpty's 2! Welcome back to the nightmare known as Flumpty and friends for a second dose of jump scares, thrills, crawling skin, and that trembling feeling. Thank God for the door locks right? WRONG! There are no doors, there are no locks, there is no protection! It's just you...and them! You will be stuck in a room with nothing but a Egg Laptop and a light switch, and you will have to survive the night until 6 am! Think you can do it? Good! Because Flumpty has some new friends he is just dying to introduce to you. The beaver is gone...lucky you, but in his places comes the Owl. So what its just an owl, a dumb bird that flies. Right. A dumb bird that flies, and watches you like a hawk, and that will evade into your room using the access vents just to kill you...just a bird right? And Eyesaur...you are going to love him, he sees you all the time, and knows just the right time to come out to play! Don't worry, you can see him too, just he has a few eyes on you that you wish you will have after the night is over with. What fun you will have playing through this title! And if you're so good that you can best Flumpty and friends at their twisted little game. Then there is a ''Hard Boiled Mode'' that will make sure you see Fear the way it was meant to be seen and heard. It's just an indie flash game right? It can't be that bad, it can't scare you! Ok, at least you're confident, and that is a good thing. Well, whether you have the nerve to play, or the only the stomach to watch, I will post my playthrough at the bottom of the blog here for your pleasure.
If you play or watch the video, let me know what you think in the comments. Either here on my blog or on the YouTube video channel(preferred YouTUbe). Have Fun!
Written By Sam Vaught
ONE NIGHT AT FLUMPTY'S
Are you looking for a really good horror game to scope out? Do you want to be able to play it for free? How bout own it for free? Then look no further then ''One Night At Flumpty's''! This bad boy was created with inspiration from ''Five Nights Of Freddy'' and pulls all the stops when it comes to your usual run of the muck horror game. Instead of evil dominic animatronics gone horribly wrong, now you have to deal with Flumpty and friends who too many are far worse than the original gang of Freddy's. Flumpty and his buddy Birthday Boy Blam ignore all the rooms of a normal Freddy game, and can literally transcend time and ignore all rules of the plot. They look all friendly and cheerful at the start, but if you happen to get a closer look and survive, I would be willing to bet that they will frightening you like you haven't' experienced fear in years! And they aren't the only ones you will be dealing with , oh no. On top of them you have The Beaver.....I now a beaver, what's so scary there? Well the beaver has some serious issues, might say he is on the run, and will run right through you if he has too. Grunkfuss the Clown! A terrible clown for all you scared of clowns. You might want to reconsider playing this title, because he will terrify you like ''It'' use to for Stephen King! The RedMan....I would tell you to keep a close eye on him, her, it....but it won't allow you to until it's too late....hope you catch on quick! And if you're lucky enough to survive all of them, you might be blessed with meeting Golden Flumpty. He is a rotten egg to the core! Don't be fooled by his golden appearance! Greed will get you killed every time! Still interested? Well for those of you that are, I have a video on ''One Night At Flumpty's below that I did the commentary myself for. Watch if your brave! Share with your friends to give them something to jump about. And subscribe to the channel if you want more horror goodness in the future!
If you play the game, let me know what you think in the comments, either on the blog here or in the YouTube comments(YouTube Preferred). Good luck!
Written By Sam Vaught
If you play the game, let me know what you think in the comments, either on the blog here or in the YouTube comments(YouTube Preferred). Good luck!
Written By Sam Vaught
Monday, August 10, 2015
Pixels ''The Review''
So once again I am going to be reviewing a movie instead of a video game, but with this movie being based on ''1980's'' video games, I feel I am compelled to review it. With just seeing the movie no more than 5 minutes ago I can't help but feel completely SATISFIED with what was produced. I am not going to go into deep detail about everything that happens in the movie because this is a movie that I feel if you are a ''Gamer'' you need to see the movie yourself. I believe that some of the reasons that so many entertainment and social media outlets gave bad reviews on the movie was based solely on the concept that the reviewers were not ''Gamers' and they also judged the movie on the other aspects other than its gaming roots. And what I mean to say is that the movie tried to produce a love scenario, just like all Adam Sandler movies do, and at that aspect the movie falls flat on its face. Almost all the romance scenes seem thrown together, and rushed, and Sandler and Monaghan don't seem to be into the scenes at all showing barely any emotions and instead just blowing threw them. I understand a need for romance in movies, but this movie didn't need this at all, and would have been better let alone. And that's pretty much all I am going to talk about that because that is the only part of the movie that really fell short of anything. Sandler and James did what they do best, and that is bring out the best acting in each other, the two of them produced comedy throughout the entire movie and made you want to watch more and more. Gad and Dinklage also played their roles to the T! With Gad playing the wimpy geek that he is and plays so nice on the big scene, and Dinklage playing the cast bad ass and why he is so good at acting as the bad guy. With Sandler, James, Gad, and Dinklage they just seem to cover every aspect needed to complete the movie, and there are many actors that could have been used in this game flick but I don't think they could have played up to what was produced. Lets talk about the ''Pixels''. Talk about reliving the 1980's all over again. This movie had it all from Donkey Kong to Galaga, and from Tetris to Qbert. Every classic game was produced to perfection and used in the best possible ways. The best Pixels in the movie were definitely Pac Man, Centipede, and Donkey Kong. These parts of the movie that were portrayed in real life aspects can only be described as epic, as every scene had perfect locations for the mini arcade battles, and had music cues that made you want to get up and dance. The entire plot of the movie was great, could it be better, sure it could, but so could a lot of movies that have come out year to date. I honestly think this is one of the best gamer movies ever produced, and can only hope to see a sequel in the near future involving maybe the NES Saga instead of the Atari Saga. Would I watch this movie again and refer it to a friend? Already have, and hope that you give this movie a chance if of course you are a video game fan. If you are not into video games then this movie is just not for you, but just don't judge the movie based on what other media outlets have previously reviewed it.
9 out of 10
I would have rated it better if the romance scenes were not so over used and pointless to this kind of movie. But nonetheless, the movie was great, and I would watch it over again to relive the 1980's lore! Great job everyone!
Written By Sam Vaught
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Dragon Ball Z Resurrection F
So I just seen the new Dragon Ball Z movie; ''Resurrection Of F'', literally like 5 minutes ago. Figured while I have all these Dragon Ball Z thoughts still in my head I would put out a review on the movie. And I know that we don't normally review movies, but this is Dragon Ball Z, and with Anime I will take an exception. Not to mention Dragon Ball Z to me is the best Anime to ever come out...just saying. Ok on with the review. So ''Resurrection Of F'' starts off with Frieza's men searching for the Dragon Balls so they can wish Lord Frieza back to life. They don't really go in depth about how they are going to find the Dragon Balls, instead they find that Emperor Pilaf has already collected 6 out of 7 of the Dragon Balls and so they go to earth and make him find the 7th ball and take them for themselves. Once they have them all they have a few cut scenes back and forth of Frieza's men and Piccolo and Gohan about sensing danger, but they never jump to action, instead Frieza is wished back to life on Earth and his pieces(He is still in several pieces thanks to Trunks)are taken back to space. Once we get past that boring build up, there is some small comical acts from Frieza killing his men and trashing talking his top commander about his new master plan on how to kill Goku and Vegeta. Frieza says he is going to train for 4 months and gain a power level of 1.3 million....didn't know we were still keeping track of the power levels. But I guess Frieza still can't sense power levels or something, who knows. Back off ship, Vegeta and Goku are training with Whis in Lord Beerus realm to get stronger, and we have more of a little build up here about the strengths and weakness of both Vegeta and Goku. I really don't want to bore you all to death so I will skip a head a little bit. Frieza comes back to earth 6 months later with his 1000 troop army and attacks Krillin, Master Roshi, Tien, Gohan, and Piccolo. Of course Frieza doesn't fight them, the troops do, and the fights are entertaining watching all the heroes kill off every troop but two. One of the final two troops attacks and puts up a little fight with Piccolo only to be put down by Gohan in one hit. More talks are said, and Frieza attacks Gohan and almost kills him with one blow. Now I'm not a Gohan fan, never have been, but he has gone so downhill since defeating Cell it isn't even funny. He even admits to Master Roshi that he doesn't train anymore but he can still transform into a SSJ 2.....whoopee. Eventually Bulma reaches Whis and gets Goku to instant transmission him and Vegeta back to Earth to fight Frieza. Frieza and Goku talk trash and Frieza transforms into his final form. Goku tells Frieza that he doesn't have to transform to fight Frieza and beats Frieza to a pulp and makes Frieza transform into Golden Frieza....not to be confused with Golden Freddy from FNAF lol. Now we get a little better action, lots of trashing talking, Frieza has the upper hand as he is beating SSJ God Goku up pretty bad. If you were wondering where Vegeta was, it wasn't his turn to get into the fight, we will talk more about that in a second. Eventually Goku tells Frieza that his power is going to run out and that he should have trained harder and mastered his new form before rushing back to Earth to kill him. Frustrated Frieza starts getting pummeled by Goku and right before Goku has time to finish him he gets shot and taken down by a ray gun from the final troop Frieza had. You heard right, a ray gun took Goku in SSJ God form down and almost kills him. How it didn't just bounce off him in this form is beyond me and how he didn't see if coming is even more mind bending but either way it happened and Frieza loved it. Frieza beats on Goku some more while he is lifeless and right before he kills Goku, Vegeta saves him because he says he needs Goku to continue to grow stronger. He even turns down chance from Frieza to kill Goku and take his side by Frieza in his new empire. Now Vegeta transforms into SSJ God form and is stronger then Goku and literally is untouchable. Frieza can't lay a hand on him and gets the crap beat out of him and eventually loses his Golden Form. Now Vegeta comes in for the kill, but right before Vegeta fires a ki blast at Frieza, he blows up the planet killing all life. Somehow Goku and friends were standing close enough to Lord Beerus and Whis to survive the blast and ask for their help to save their planet. Whis says that he can rewind time 3 minutes to try and give them a chance at redemption. So with that said, Whis rewinds time, and Goku comes in the second before Frieza blows up the planet and kills Frieza with his Kamehameha Blast. And Vegeta is pissed but that pretty much ends the movie. So thats the new movie in a nut shell. Not going to lie, the movie was a huge let down in a lot of aspects. Sure the animations were beautiful, all the characters voices were the same, and there were plenty of good fight scenes. But it was just missing too much from the original series to be considered an awesome movie. What really saved the movie was Vegeta and Frieza's humor, and I'm not over reacting either. If it wasn't for the funny bits and pieces that Vegeta and Frieza put into this title, the movie would have been nothing but low level fighters and another big fight scene where Goku is beating the crap out of the bad guy. And I'm sorry, but that's not very entertaining. The only time that you see Vegeta fight is at the end, and you find out that he is stronger then Goku yet they only let him fight for about 1 minute, and then still have Goku kill Frieza in the end and save the day....Why?!? Just to get the kiddies who watch this movie all to smile because their hero saved the day again? That was pure garbage. Heaven forbid if the bad guy beats the bad guy and makes Goku look weak in the end of a Dragon Ball Z movie. I understand the whole hero thing, but the Dragon Ball series really needs to start re-inventing themselves if they want to continue to support their fan base and not just the 10 years olds that watch these movies. Last time I checked, Dragon Ball Z was a Teen to Adult based Anime, not a child based Anime...just saying!
6 out of 10
Great Animations, good fight scenes, and some occasional humor make you want to watch this movie the first time, but I don't see anybody paying more money to go back to the theatre to watch this again. There is just not enough satisfaction out of this movie to make you really get into the story. The trailer was nicely done, but you feel very deceived after you watch the entire movie through. Hopefully Dragon Ball Z next movie can surpass more then just mere hype, and make an awesome movie that utilizes all the characters, and not just one of them.
Written By Sam Vaught
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