Which gaming console should you buy?


Which console to buy has becoming increasingly more complex? It's now not simply a case of picking the one with the top games or the next generation console/upgrade of the one you already have. The main consoles to choose from are the PSP3, Wii and the Xbox 360.

If you read my Wii review it describes this console as the most ground breaking when it was first released changing the course of gaming for years to come and spawned the newer controllers from its competitors. Since this original review Nintedo have improved its original Wii Remote, with the MotionPlus for an improved/increased accuracy. The Wii is great value if the type of games and controller appeal to you, a very good alternative to the other power-strong consoles.

If high grade graphics is what you're after, you should be looking at the Xbox 360 or the PS3. The PS3 specification boasts the best console graphically and is free to play online. The unit also doubles as a Blu-ray player and the PlayStation Move controller gives a wireless experience similar, if not better than the Wii MotionPlus.

The Xbox 360, on the other hand have a system called Xbox Live for online use, which does unfortunately come at a cost financially (but it is very reputable). The most interesting feature is its newest form of its controller, which is something a little different called 'Kinect', a controller less system that allows the users' body movements and speech to directly interact with games, like spinning a roulette wheel in a casino. A highly ambitious project leaving us in intense anticipation of its final results.

An in depth comparison can be seen in my console comparison review.

Thursday, 30 December 2010

Activision-James Bond 007: Blood Stone

So, you are given the opportunity to design a James Bond games. You sit and start ticking off all the essentials a fan would expect from a 007 experience. Flash, fast cars? The check box. Spectacular explosions, breathtaking hunting scenes, beautiful women? The check box. Exotic locations, cool gadgets and megalomaniacal villain bent on world domination? Check, check, check.

But the ingredients are just the beginning. Without the right care and attention, what you can produce is James Bond 007: Blood Stone-action 3D Bond alignment, who manages to combine all these features and a host of others-and yet is shown as a disappointment.

Everyone seems originally very promising. You play Daniel Craig lookalike expression of the man himself, will be ordered by an extra-wrinkly lookalike Judi Dench (again acted by the original Lady) in order to prevent the murder of several heads of Government at a G20 Summit. Circle one fast boat hunting, followed by plenty of shooting, explosions and a flurry of car hunting. Throw in a few witty one-liners, and it is time for the impressive specially ordered Bond-style title sequence, complete with a song by Joss Stone.

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Have the necessary compulsory preliminary side-plot, is now launched in the main story, involving the theft of biological weapons technology to the usual skurkagtige ends. Of course, hold Bond with a glamorous MI6 agent on the road (also expressed by Joss Stone)-even if they hope to any steamy love scenes will not be able to find them here.

For the majority of the time we hopping from Athens to Istanbul, Monaco, Siberia or Bangkok, follows the gameplay the familiar (though repeated) pattern of the find coverage and then use the coverage to the blast furnaces, many of the bad guys. Most of the time Bond will rely on his silence, P99 or other form of SML to his firefights (occasionally a predominantly redundant Garnet Launcher to turn off). The enemy AI is usually pretty clueless, wanders into open spaces or to keep their heads above lean.

However, there is a stealth mode, which makes it possible to make diversity takedowns, which then rewarded with a focus on purpose ' bonuses-up to three one shot instant kills. In addition, the one gadget that you want to use in detail is a Smartphone, which not only reveals the whereabouts of enemies, explosive goals and lost weapons, but also want to crack computer codes, disable the cameras (with a little of the timing of your button push) and lock the doors. With all of this assistance, you'll rarely feel seriously threatened in what is a relatively short games (around six hours).

When it comes to the game's presumed highlights-car chase scenes-what should the relatively free-roaming sequences with surprise threats thrown, are instead tightly scripted choreographies each page-swiping the vehicle can be predicted on the second attempt. The control system also fluctuates between arms and totally not responding, adds to the frustration, which can result in ruptured television across the nation.

Blood Stone graphics also feel dated with enemies, looks like a clone army more than rounded individuals. Even the three main characters dependent mainly eye movement to offer any form of facial expressions. This feeling of being rushed and unfinished expands to the timing of the multiplayer action, which offers an even slower paced fight through his deathmatch and goal-based team modes.

Much effort has gone to make Blood Stone like a James Bond movie-even in the scale to use the original actors, score and screenwriter-but for all its explosions and lush locations, the result still feels like a rough diamonds rather than a polished gem.

£ 49.99 Inc. VAT


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