Davideo7 : I'll have Hitman: Absolution please

(Shovel Knight isn't in the Video Game Room.... >.< I'll just post it here)

One day, I was looking through some amazing recently released games. One that got my eye was Shovel Knight. It caught my eye
because, it was a retro platformer. Most games just make their graphics 8 – 16 bit to get nostalgia hungry gamers to waste $10 on a horrible game. This game is so different than the other indie retro games, not by nostalgia, but by giving a modern spin on old gameplay. Come with me as up dig up this masterpiece. (I’m so sorry, I’ll try to keep puns to a minimum.)
Graphics: 9/10 This game is a 2D action platformer. Now, I heard about this game, and I thought it was one of those games that wanted to make gamers from the 80s and 90s buy it just for nostalgia and make it really bad. In terms of graphics, this is an 8/16 bit platformer. All the
sprites look great; every character model looks exactly as it is in the artwork, but it still keeps the 8-bit flare to make it retro. The backgrounds
look gorgeous and even the color pallet is of the NES’s. One thing wrong with the graphics, though is the fact is that it uses parallax scrolling. If you didn’t know, parallax scrolling is when the foreground moves faster than the background. The NES was incapable of this, so I can’t give the graphics a perfect score if the game doesn’t stay true to the console it was inspired by. (I know parallax scrolling makes it look better, but…. minus 20 points from Gryffindor, TIME FOR THE STORY)

Story: 10/10 The game begins with a beautiful NES style cutscene (ala Megaman 10, even though it was on Wiiware.) Two adventurers,
Shovel Knight and Shield Knight, roamed the untamed land going on adventures. They had wealth, fame, wealth, and WEALTH. Their adventures suddenly stopped when they came to the Tower of Fate, where the two fall to the dark magic of a cursed amulet. When Shovel Knight awakened, he found that Shield Knight was nowhere to be seen and the tower was sealed. Grieving for his lost partner, Shovel Knight went into a life of solitude. That is, until a dark magician name the Enchantress opened up the Tower of Fate and sent out her eight evil knights under her, the Order of No Quarter, to subdue the population. Now, seeing the chance to find Shield Knight, Shovel Knight grabs his shovel and embarks on an epic quest, fighting all of the Order of No Quarter and eventually reaching the Tower of Fate. Wow. NES styled games usually have a simple story, like “Yo dude, are you bad enough to save the president?”, but this is some deep stuff. I won’t ruin the ending, but it’s kinda obvious once you reach almost halfway.

Sound: 10/10 This game has amazing music. One of the best 8-bit soundtracks I’ve ever heard IN MY LIFE. Every song is catchy and fits the stage well. I had the main theme stuck in my head to this very day! (I bought Shovel Knight 3 weeks ago).

Depth: 9/10 There is, frankly, not a lot to do in Shovel Knight. There are 8 main bosses, and you can battle them in any order (there are limitations, however. You can fight the any of the first 2 bosses, than 3 more bosses are given to you.) There are some ministages which revolve around using a certain relic you obtain. I wish there were more of them, those stages were amazing (and sadly unreplayable.) There are 4 roaming bosses on the map, ala Super Mario Bros 3 that you can challenge. After you beat the main story, new game plus is now available. This mode is where all the food items are exchanged for bombs, and there are a lot less checkpoints (like a stage with normally 6-8 checkpoints now has 2). This really felt more like one of the NES hardcore games (like Castlevania).

Addictiveness: 9/10 This game really had me strapped on for the ride, and it didn’t want me to leave. I kept coming back to stages I failed in the past and learned all the platforming puzzles and beat the evil knights. The biggest reason I wanted to finish this game is to find out what
happened to Shield Knight (even though it was obvious).

Difficulty: 9/10 This game, at first, is not very hard. There are plenty of checkpoints that will take you back after you die, but the is a sort of risk/reward system in this game. You can break the checkpoint to get more gold, but the checkpoint is permanently destroyed for the remainder of the level. I actually liked this concept, and I wish more games can somehow incorporate this more often. Oh, and new game plus mode is hard. Like, really hard.

Overall: 9.3/10 This game is amazing, from the gameplay, to the story, and to almost every aspect of it, but it’s not perfect. Sometimes the levels were infuriatingly difficult that I would never want to play the game again (looks at Polar Knight’s stage) but, I can overlook those
flaws and recommend this to anyone and everyone who likes 2D action platformers.

(Note: I used the 3DS version for the review of this game. This is an unpaid review)

(Note: Davideo7 just put Team Fortress 2 in the video game room, so I'm posting my review twice.)

Now,time has passed since my last Team Fortress 2 review (like, I literally can’t find it) so I decided to make a new one. Now, you may be thinking “How good is this TF2?” My layout is of TF2. It’s that good. Anyways, since the Love and War update launched a few months ago, and that was like one of the ‘major’ game patches, I’ll make a review.

Graphics: 9.5/10 Now, I use an emachines. The graphics can get pretty good, but I need to make it look ugly. (Like everything on low
except model detail and texture detail, high and medium respectively) I don’t mind for graphics, and I think this game looks pretty good. The art style is amazing, and it won’t look ugly like some other games (*cough* Call of Duty *cough*). The optimization for this game isn’t very good, as I go 15 – 50 fps and with a lot of framedrops and freezes, but hey, that’s my computer’s fault.
Sound: 9/10 This game’s music is amazing. Each class’s theme fit perfectly with their personality. And the voice acting is amazing, though
it usually racist (making the Russian speak in broken English and the Australian says crickey, bravo Valve). The sounds of gunshots and all that seem perfectly accurate, yet still a bit cartoony.

Addictiveness: 10/10 This game is downright addicting. You’ll spend upwards of 100 hours customizing your favorite classes, learning cool
tricks (rocket jumping and perfecting the trick stab), and playing against all the 12 year olds.
Depth: 10/10 This game has a lot to do. You can do one of three things, 1. Play the game like you usually would, blasting and shooting
enemies to complete objectives, 2. Be a friendly and just make a lot of friends and talking about the latest update and so forth, or 3. Collect thousands of hats to customize your favorite classes. The last one is the biggest draw, as I have spent hours trying to get the best looking hats for the Medic, Sniper, and Scout. If you aren’t looking for hats, you could always play the game normally. There are (I think) 10 gamemodes you can play in, each having (almost) a dozen or more maps  for each gamemode.

Story: 7/10 Here’s the worst part of Team Fortress 2. The story isn’t really told ingame, it’s told in comics on TF2’s official website. However, I’ll try to tell you it as good as possible. It’s the 1850s and 2 brothers, Redmond and Blutarch, convince their father to buy land in the US.
Long story short, the land was useless and he gave each brother 50% of the land and they fought for it until the 1960s. It’s one of the better stories in a FPS, sure, but it’s not enticing enough to just the play the game for the story, as I previously said, it isn’t even told in the game.

Difficulty: N/A It really depends on who you play against.

Overall: 9.1/10 I love this game to pieces and I recommend
this to everyone that plays on PC or has a PC, but be warned, the optimization
is crap.

If you’re anything like me, I hate really slow
games. RPGs, Their okay, but visual novels, I actually like to get some
gameplay, please. But one game that really interested me is Phoenix Wright: Ace
Attorney. And the concept seems pretty good. Play as a defense attorney and
defend the innocent and expose the guilty. Also, say objection a lot. Enough
chit chat, onto the review!
Graphics: 7/10 This game’s graphics are pretty
decent, but not at all the best on the DS (Yes, I know this is a Gameboy advance
game, but I’m Amurican, eating cheeseburgers and misspelling American so it
fits a southern accent). All the sprites for the characters look alright, but
sometimes something doesn’t look to polished and it looks out of place.
Sound: 9/10 Where do I begin? This game’s soundtrack
is amazing. The music got revamped when it was ported to the DS and it shows,
this game sounds beautiful. All the music is perfectly placed to fit the mood
(sometimes) and the music will stick in your head for weeks. The sounds though
are kinda goofy, but eh, whatcha gonna do?
Addictiveness: 6/10 Another so so category. On one
hand, this game can keep you coming back to complete one more trial, and on the
other, sometimes some parts are some excruciatingly hard I want to throw my DS
across the room.
Story: 9/10 The game’s story is the real beef and
potatoes, if you know what I mean (America). You are Phoenix Wright, a rookie
defense attorney. You live in California and you are inexperienced in the
field. You work your way through trials and through murders to uncover the
truth! (I’m sorry I kept it on the light side, no spoilers ) One of the only
grudges I have with the story is the fact that the game is set in California.
As in the U S of A. This game is obviously Japanese. It doesn’t even try to
hide it.
Depth 7/10 This game has 5 cases you can play
through. The first you can blast through it in like 10-20 minutes in the first
go. The later ones get… increasingly challenging. The last one I’m not even
done with (I know that this is “cheating” not playing through the whole game,
but I got enough from the graphics, story, and Sound from the first 4 cases.
And the 5th case wasn’t in the GBA version sooo….. America),
Difficulty: 9/10 This game gets hard, and kinda
fast. I think it’s my fault because that whole “remember everything, it’s
important” philosophy. The first 2 cases are easy, but the others are more
difficult. I honestly got stuck and had to look up a walkthrough. (please don’t
condemn me).
Overall: 7.8/10 I love this game, don’t get me
wrong. This is my first visual novel I have ever played. The sound and story
are top notch, but some things like the difficulty and some visual quirks keep
it from scoring any higher. Join me next time when I dig up an amazing game…. Hehehe….

OBEJECTION,

That
was a horrible Shovel Knight pun.

SHUSH,
Nick,
they mustn’t know….

Everyone, settle down. I have 1361 hours on Team Fortress 2. Valve can't even handle me.

Now, time has passed since my last Team Fortress 2 review
(like, I literally can’t find it) so I decided to make a new one. Now, you may
be thinking “How good is this TF2?” My layout is of TF2. It’s that good.
Anyways, since the Love and War update launched a few months ago, and that was
like one of the ‘major’ game patches, I’ll make a review. (I can’t find Team
Fortress 2 in the game Video Game Room, so I’ll just post it in PS3. I did use the
PC version, so... eh?)

Graphics: 9.5/10 Now, I use an emachines. The graphics can
get pretty good, but I need to make it look ugly. (Like everything on low
except model detail and texture detail, high and medium respectively) I don’t
mind for graphics, and I think this game looks pretty good. The art style is
amazing, and it won’t look ugly like some other games (*cough* Call of Duty
*cough*). The optimization for this game isn’t very good, as I go 15 – 50 fps
and with a lot of framedrops and freezes, but hey, that’s my computer’s fault.
Sound: 9/10 This game’s music is amazing. Each class’s theme
fit perfectly with their personality. And the voice acting is amazing, though
it usually racist (making the Russian speak in broken English and the Australian
say crickey, bravo Valve). The sounds of gunshots and all that seem perfectly
accurate, yet still a bit cartoony.

Addictiveness: 10/10 This game is downright addicting. You’ll
spend upwards of 100 hours customizing your favorite classes, learning cool
tricks (rocket jumping and perfecting the trick stab), and playing against all
the 12 year olds.

Depth: 10/10 This game has a lot to do. You can do one of
three things, 1. Play the game like you usually would, blasting and shooting
enemies to complete objectives, 2. Be a friendly and just make a lot of friends
and talking about the latest update and so forth, or 3. Collect thousands of
hats to customize your favorite classes. The last one is the biggest draw, as I
have spent hours trying to get the best looking hats for the Medic, Sniper, and
Scout. If you aren’t looking for hats, you could always play the game normally.
There are (I think) 10 gamemodes you can play in, each having (almost) a dozen
or more for each gamemode.

Story: 7/10 Here’s the worst part of Team Fortress 2. The
story isn’t really told ingame, it’s told in comics on TF2’s official website.
However, I’ll try to tell you it as good as possible. It’s the 1850s and 2
brothers, Redmond and Blutarch, convince their father to buy land in the US.
Long story short, the land was useless and he gave each brother 50% of the land
and they fought for it until the 1960s. It’s one of the better stories in a
FPS, sure, but it’s not enticing enough to just the play the game for the
story, as I previously said, it isn’t even told in the game.

Difficulty: N/A It really depends on who you play against.

Overall: 9.1/10 I love this game to pieces and I recommend
this to everyone that plays on PC or has a PC, but be warned, the optimization
is crap.

Edit: ugh, i have no idea how to call the local/global mods, I've haven't posted a thread for a long time

Hm..... a game focused around totally destroying giant hordes of Zelda enemies, or an open world Zelda game..... I like Zelda Wii U better at the moment. (I might change my mind if they add Groose to Hyrule Warriors).

greenluigi : greenluigi, please. More like.... lameluigi? (I'm so bad )

supernerd117 : Here is a banana, imported straight from Africa.

I want a cherry

I was looking to rom hacks one afternoon (this one) and I found this game, Hypno's Lullaby. I thought like 'Wow, this is gonna be so scary, with Hypno and all'. I was disappointed. This game is barely 10 minutes long, and its not scary at all. The only moment I got scared is from the thunder... maybe it's because all the creepy pasta I read, but this game is just bad. Not even scary at all. (I know some people got scared of this game, but I'm stating my opinion, so please don't hate me.)

juuldude : Granted, but you will have to dedicate 20 hours of your life to Vizzed.

I want my PS2 I bought off of EBay to ship faster

Now, the last review I review the original Metal Gear Solid for PlayStation. But now, it's time for its controversial sequel, Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty. Now, I own the Substance release, so I'll talk a little about the extras.

Graphics: 9/10 Now this game was released on the PlayStation 2, so MY GOD THESE GRAPHICS ARE GOOD. No longer the chunky character models of the N64 and PS1, these are some top notch graphics. Now seriously, I grown used to the models in the original MGS, but these graphics breath new life in the MGS franchise.

Sound: 9/10 Most of the music is by Harry Gregson Williams. Need I say more? But really, I love the music, especially like the main theme for the game. Williams gave MGS a more stealthy environment with his music. Thanks Harry.

Addictiveness: 10/10 Even though I don't like replaying the original Metal Gear Solid, I love going back through this one. It's so fun to go through Big Shell (more on that later) and holding up guards. And shooting them.

Story 8/10 Now this is the most controversial part about this game. It's 2007. It's been 2 years since the Shadow Moses Island incident. Solid Snake and Otacon have joined an anti-Metal Gear group called Philanthropy. Snake goes on a mission to an oil tanker to debunk a new Metal Gear, Metal Gear Ray. On the tanker, he sees Revolver Ocelot, a villain from the previous game that spread the Metal Gear files on the web. Ocelot, now with a new hand, takes Metal Gear Ray and sinks the tanker, presumably killing Solid Snake and everyone on board. Now 2 years later (so it's 2009 now), a new member of Foxhound, Raiden, must infiltrate another oil tanker named Big Shell and must save hostages (including the President) from a terrorist group that takes the name 'The Sons of Liberty'. They demand a ransom for the president or they will destroy Big Shell, causing alot of oil to go into the sea and like end the world. That's pretty deep. Well, everyone hated Raiden, but he grew on me.

Depth: 9/10 There's alot to do in this game. Like I said, you can hold up guards (which is really fun) and you can sneak around big shell and find a bunch of easter eggs! Yay!

Difficulty: 6/10 Now this game is the hardest MGS game I've played. Not saying its really hard, but I died the most in this game out of the original trilogy.

Bonuses: 10/10 Skateboarding. Just. Skateboarding. BEST GAME 10/10

Overall this game gets my rating of 9.7 out of 10. I love the story and controls, but some weird things in this game (vampires? Really?) held this game back from reaching a 10/10. I hoped you liked the review

Um.... I don't think my username needs an explanation XD

Well, my username is alsonic... yep...


I'm going on the server now

*Flies away

Mistress : Okay, thanks, but this is gonna take some time to find the internet explorer files, since I deleted (mostly) everything. Thank you!

Local Mods : Close this

Mistress : No, not that. To already made polls

I can't add more um... how do you say it? Ah, more options to my polls, how do you add more options?

Local Mods : If someone already made this, send me a link and close this

rcarter2 : Oh, I remember that, that scared that crap out of my brother. I'll add those right away sir. 

Well, this is easy enough. Well, since I watched Blink, Weeping Angels are HANDS DOWN the scariest enemy on the show. They terrify me. What's the scariest enemy for YOU? (If I left something out, just say so )

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Sidewinder : Dang, already? Well, 200 Viz coming your way!

So... I got a new Youtube account, and I need subscribers.... That'll be you guys! So just hit the sub button and tell me you subbed, you earn 200 viz! I know it's not a whole lot, but it's something ...

I need a link to the channel...

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWqjBmwJyIO9BiJynBP-jSA

good...

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My channel is about gameplay... that's it. I'm currently playing through Pokemon Yellow using the RGR plugin and Medafen, so no commentary. I'll try to upload every day, or at least, every other day. I hope you sub.