Monday, February 23, 2015

Drive Club PS Plus Edition is Dead

It's not gonna happen.

Sony execs were asked about it this weekend, and they said they can't promise that it will ever come out. Which is saying, it won't ever come out.

I feel duped, and I feel like I was tricked into renewing PS Plus.

Vita's Birthday

Today is the Vita's 3rd birthday. So they're having a sale for the "essential" games.

You know, such jams like

Ben 10 racing.

Little Kings Story.

And who could forget...

Sumioni: Demon Arts.

Thursday, February 19, 2015

The Order reviews are in

And it ain't pretty. Well the game is. That was widely accepted.
But just about every major site agrees.

IGN 65
Jimquisition 65
Destructoid 60
Polygon 55
EGM 55
Giantbomb 40!

Though that last one is skewed 'cause Giantbomb uses 5 stars. So 2/5 stars doesn't seem quite so awful.Plus Jeff's review is mostly positive, he just says to rent it instead of buying it.

Everyone says, hands down the best looking game they've ever seen. It's just a straight forward cover based third person shooter. And it's short. Some leaked complete gameplays turned up on youtube last week showing people beating the game in like 4 hours or less. 100% completion was like 6-8 hours.

To be honest, it all sounds fine to me. I want a AAA looking game that I can actually have time to finish. Screw you Dragon Age and your 100+ hours. I'm a dad dangit!

I can't wait to try it out.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Kid Icarus Uprising

*Turn on 3DS*

*Enter download code cheaply and probably illegally acquired from GTZ*

*Wait forever while game downloads*

*Downloads seize up the system, can't do anything while a download happens. So I play on the Vita*

*Eat dinner*

*Discover myself*

Me: Oh good, the download's done.

*Boot Kid Icarus*

*Turn on 3D*

*Vomit*

*Turn off 3D*

Game: Welcome to Kid Icarus!

Me: Thanks, I've been eager to try thi...

Game: Here's the tutorial, portrayed in anime-like still frames!

Me: Alright, I guess. I heard there was decent combat in...

Game: First, use the circle pad to fly around.

Me: Got it.

Game: Next, use the L button to fire.

Me: Oooookay, but why the L button. That makes me do every action with my left hand so far. While my right hand has nothing to do bu.... Oh...... Sweet Joseph No... Please No! NO NO NO...

Game: ...TO AIM, USE THE STYLUS AND SWIPE THE TOUCH SCREEN...

ME: FUUUU(*&^ S()*&)* G)(*&)D)*(&UJB)&* F(*& F()*&. Seriously F)*(& )*(&)ing S*()&)&*^.. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
...

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*3 hours later. I'm found in a parking lot. The 3DS has been destroyed beyond recognition. I'm bleeding profusely from my nose, and shards of glasses free 3d screen are embedded into my cranial shell.*

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

PS Plus Rant Redaction AE

I take back PART of what I said before about PS Plus sales. The new list just dropped while I was typing the last one, and there are a bunch of PS Plus sales. Nothing crazy like 80% off, but they're on 2014s biggest titles, most of which you already own or have played. Child of Light is $6. I may try that out.

Here's the PS4/Vita list of games we don't have:
Title
Platform
PS Plus Price
Sale Price
Original Price
Child of Light
PS4/Vita
$ 6.00
$ 7.50
$ 14.99
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
PS Vita
$ 23.99
$ 27.99
$ 39.99
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
PS Vita
$ 19.99
$ 23.99
$ 39.99
Disney Infinity
PS4
$ 11.99
$ 17.99
$ 29.99
Luftrausers
PS Vita
$ 4.99
$ 5.99
$ 9.99
OlliOlli
PS4/Vita
$ 2.60
$ 3.90
$ 12.99
The Telltale Games Collection
PS4
$ 44.00
$ 55.00
$ 109.99
Tomb Raider Definitive Edition
PS4
$ 14.00
$ 18.00
$ 39.99


So not much new. All the big ones like Destiny, COD, Mordor, and Far Cry are bumped to $35-40ish.

New Record

I have now written you more than all of my siblings on all their missions combined.
Probably double. I was the worst sibling writer.

Bombcast 2/10/15

I know your time is limited, but skip up to about halfway into last week's Bombcast and hear Jeff's rant about Zelda, it's in the news portion about a rumored Zelda Netflix series.
It's pretty great.