Nerdattude

So Far Cry 3 was one of my favorite games of last year.  The open world, the beautiful landscape, the brutal combat, it was just a really well done game.  Well with Far Cry 4 you get all of that same amazing stuff but with more beauty and more ways to attack objectives.  Unfortunately it sometimes feels like you are treading familiar ground.  This normally wouldn't be an issue considering the game is amazing.  The issue is that this holiday season there was a ton of games launched at the same time and frankly my mind wanders more to my collection.  Ive spent pretty decent amounts of sitting time with FC4 and almost every time I eventually just want to stop and play something else. First off the story is weak.  You are the chosen son returned to the land to free the people of the Kryat.  (all you wanted to do was spread your mothers ashes)  Kryat has been taken over by a leader known as Pagan.  He is by far the greatest part of ...

Alright, I'm going to be honest here and make this review nice and short.  I want you to imagine as if you and I are having a discussion rather than you simply reading a review.  The discussion in your mind should go a little something like this. Me:  Hey you played GTA V on x360 right? You:  Of course I did, it was a great experience. Me:  Sweet, well the remaster is the same amazing over the top game as before.  It just looks as amazing as it plays now.  High end texture mapping everywhere!  Dynamic weather system really shines now.  The rain is immaculate.  The already stellar draw distance is made better by having more detail. You: Did they add anything new? Me: Don't interrupt me, that's really fucking rude man.... You:   ...... Me: Oh and they added several new camera settings, including the ability to play first person!  Higher Traffic Density, More people on the streets to murder.  They ...

  I sit here, a little buzzed listening to my friend constantly restart the beginning of this game.  He is going after an achievement he remembers from the Xbox 360 play through.  This disgusts me.  Not because its frustrating to watch the same five minutes over and over.  Not because I find it to be OCD and perhaps, obsessive?  No, none of those actually.  I'm most disgusted at the fact that he is holding himself back from exploring the metro in full detail.  This version is even better than the PC version. For starters.  It works.... The PC version of Metro 2033 while great looking and of course fun to play,  ran like shit.  Even on high end machines it ran poorly.  The new PS4 version rectifies any issue I've ever had with the Metro series.  For starters, the overhaul.  While it isn't true "Next Gen" it looks fucking great.  Obviously the best looking version of the game you can pick up....

                                                  "I've been playing for 3 days straight" Yes, so I finally have completed D3!  Wait...have I really?  Did I really "complete" it?....No I don't think I have.  I mean I have beaten the campaign....I've finished the adventure, surely I'm done.  No, no I'm not.  There is so much more to discover and do. Dungeons, demons, fucking six characters!  NO I HAVE NOT COMPLETED THIS FUCKING GAME!  I have however enjoyed the hell out of it.  I have spent lost hours deep in the dungeons of hell and beyond.  Ive climbed towers full of the dead all while raining down thunder storms onto my enemies.  These are just some of the very many encounters I've had in D3.  There really isn't m...

DLC is one of biggest and best things going on within the gaming industry....Financially speaking at least.  I myself am very mixed on it.  On one hand I remember and long for the days of, when you bought a game you were buying a complete package.  On the other hand DLC gives developers more time to focus on their creative efforts.  If a DLC comes out that is a true expansion to the game, as in more content that further enriches my game play.  I'll buy it.  What I don't buy into are the things like the season passes.  I have issues with these because the season pass to me is nothing more than a cash cow.  Its grown especially ridiculous with the call of duty games.  Why am I paying an extra 60 dollars for 16 new maps?  Some guns, maybe some cool extinction levels...yeah all right sweet!  Thank you for making me pay more for shit that should have been in the game in the first place! There is always the ar...

OK, so the reason I'm not calling this a review is because frankly I haven't beaten it.  I will say that im in love.  I love it so much that when I am done writing this I'm gonna go play it, even though I have Metro Redux sitting there begging me to pick it up.  It wants my attention, but even now....I only think of dungeons and blood.  Believe me you get plenty of both.  If you have never played D3 on the PC or have lived in an undiscovered tribe for the past twenty years, D3 is a top down dungeon crawl.  On the PC it was a bit of a chore to play.  I had grown so used to using a game pad, I had forgotten how uncomfortable keyboard and mouse gaming is.  This package fixes my woes. The Ps4 version from what I can tell looks exactly like D3 on PC at max settings.  Not only that, but it runs at a silky smooth 60 a second, with very few instances of frame dropping.  This game should have had controller support from the ...

Oh boy, how do I start this one?  Well before many of you even read the article I will no doubt be called several forms of "Noob"  These insults will no doubt be hurled by young assholes who dont know anything about "PC Gaming"  Just because you play call of duty with a keyboard and mouse doesn't mean your anything more than I am.  To those of you the previous few sentences describe, please feel free to go fuck yourself.  This article isn't for you... So lets begin.  First off as if it wasn't obvious enough, I use the game pad in every game I play on PC.  More specifically a 360 game-pad.  Support for X-one controller has now been updated to work via USB cable.  I don't use one only because I don't own the X-One, thus don't own any controllers.  I have used an X-One controller with the PC, I will say this.  With the time I had it, it felt better and more responsive than a 360 controller. I would like to address that th...

  Powerman 5000 is one of those bands that really isn't that great.  Which don't get me wrong, I'm still a fan.  The problem is they really only have two listenable albums.  First is of course, "Tonight the Stars Revolt" which is their best. (if you'd like to see a review of that album let me know) Lastly their new album is their second best.  Here's the thing though.  I don't love this album, but I find myself throwing it on all the time.  Its a refreshing twist for them.  You get kind of the best of both worlds that is Powerman 5000.  You get this electronic robot sound, and you also get the crunchy guitars and the almost pop punky rhythms.   The album is much softer (less metalish) than "Tonight the Stars Revolt".  This however isn't a big deal.  So lets begin. The thing about this album is it starts with a bang.  With Invade, Destroy, Repeat, you get a heavy almost punkish vibe.  The gui...

  I own just the PS4, which honestly doesn't effect my opinion.  I have access to an X-One, I just don't use it.  My opinion is the PS4 is the better FOR MY NEEDS.  That's the difference in which console you buy, what do you need.  I mean its known that as of now, the PS4 is the more powerful.  So power is no question to the Ps4.  Libraries are about tied, actually...Day one X One titles were better.  I mean Ps4 had Knack  and Kill zone.  The X One however had Forza, Ryse , and Dead Rising 3.  So Library goes to X-One. (However current game library is titling the Ps4 way.) Controllers, well I think the PS4 controls are more functional.  Mainly because of the built in six-axis support.  The touch-pad while cool, isn't used nearly enough to say its a plus.  X-One controller is simple, but comfortable.  No added bells that I know of.  Controls go to Ps4. Performance, unfortunately there is no real compa...

  OK, OK, I get it.  Its not a complete exclusive, its a timed exclusive.  I still highly disagree that it should be an exclusive at all, and frankly if it has to be exclusive it should be a PS4 exclusive!  I'm, not even a purist but for fucks sake the franchise started on a PC/PS1 platform.  Not only that but when they ported over the Tomb Raider definitive edition they couldn't get it to run on X-One as well as they did on PS4.  So as a company, you knowingly decided to team up with the underpowered console because of what again?  Oh yeah, the almighty dollar.  That is why I am most pissed.  This wasn't done because of creative integrity or a differing in opinions.  This was set into place because Square Enix set an unobtainable goal of selling 10 million units of the game when it was on current gen consoles.  Fuck you SE!  I like your games enough to not be able to boycott but know this.... I still think this is ...

Well, here we are folks.  This movie released on blu ray, thus setting off a chain of events my amazon "recommended items" wouldn't see coming for miles.  Yes the lady friend protested that it was and I quote "It's not really that bad"  So we watched it.  Here is what I think about it. To start with, frankly it really is not that bad.  It falls more into the realm of a 90's high school teen movie than a shitty, girly, stupid, shallow, witless movie.  I don't really want to go into the story but I guess I should.  Ok, so the story is basic.  One cheer leading squad is made up of rich kid white girls.  They have won every year, and the torch is being passed from the former captain to new captain.  their world turns upside down when the new girl from "L.A." tells her that her shitty routine is a stollen shitty routine.  She does this by taking her ass to Compton!  Insert cheer leader squad B.  It comes out t...

      Oh boy has it been a while .  Which is rather fitting considering my latest review is of a game I have been waiting along time to play.  I was not one of the lucky people who played it on the ps3.  My console broke about a month before it came out, and with the Ps4 mere months away...  I said Fuck it, if its great then they will remake it. Sure enough they did!   Which brings us to the now.  How is it? Fucking great!...I considered ending the review here....I really did.However there is much more to tell, so lets begin.  (There will not be many ps3/ps4 comparisons here.  Didn't play the ps3 one, Don't care. )        OK, so first point of interest, the graphics.  Honestly the game was incredible looking on the ps3.  Ive watched many videos to feed my inner nerd.  However that's not to say it isn't an upgrade.  It mot assuredly is.  Biggest thing,...