DayZ – Worth The Hype?
With the recent explosion in popularity of the mod DayZ for Arma 2: Combined Ops, Seb and I decided to dive in and see what all the fuss was about. Note that I have played approximately 15 minutes in total of Arma 2 before installing and playing this mod. So without further ado, to our deaths!
Lone Survivor review – In a post apocalyptic world, only you can be confusing
As I said in this weeks Video Mondaily, today's review is on Jasper Byrne's indie survival horror: Lone Survivor. Now it's worth mentioning from the word go that this was indeed a solo project from one single man, so that ought to be taken into consideration when you have a look at the video from Monday and any other bits and pieces of information that you pick up about the game. I say this but honestly, I don't need to make any excuses for Lone Survivor because it is actually absolutely fantastic!
The game focuses on your character, an unnamed and unknown survivor of some apocalyptic disaster which has turned most of the population into weird shambling horrors. One hesitates to call them zombies because it's never mentioned that they are dead, rather the creatures are the victims of some virus which ravaged the population of the world/city/apartment complex. Generally I thought of the creatures as "mutants" so that's what I will call them for the duration of this review (this name was helped along by the appearance of some other unusual enemies, but I digress). The game's premise is rather simple your character ("you"?) have been holed up in your flat for weeks now and have decided that it is time to escape your apartment complex and escape the city itself - perhaps the idea is to search for survivors or to head to Pacific Playland (WOO! TWINKIES!), whatever survivors do.
Video Mondaily – Lonely Seb takes on Jasper Byrne’s Lone Survivor
Ladies and Gentlemen, lend me your ears! And I would appreciate it if those of you whose ears have already been lent would also lend me your eyes because in my experience it's rather difficult to read something by listening to it. I mean don't get me wrong, I have tried to press my ear to my laptop before in order to listen to whatever article I was trying to read but that only works once in every ten times, and even then I don't hear everything.
It is that time of the week where we once again delve into the world of games with an awesome video in which we show off both our own awesome and the awesome of someone's game. The game in question this week is Lone Survivor, a recent Indie Survival Horror game, by Jasper Byrne. I personally delve into great depth and detail in the game to show it off to it's fullest extent (pfffffft)!
Torchlight 2 – Revel in the Loot-y-ness
I've been most fortunate to be among the people who were granted a Torchlight 2 beta key and have therefore decided to attempt to let you guys live vicariously through my good fortune. So, I shall tell you what I like about the game, what I dislike about the game... and finally why you should absolutely be buying it.
Also, I shall not be referencing the 'other' action RPG until the very final paragraph... so if you've been wanting to read a review of this game that doesn't have to do with the Blizzard game, this is the one to read!
NHL ’12 review – The Champ is back
In a move compared by many to Dean Portman, re-signing for the Mighty Ducks in D3, Euan Forsyth has agreed to commit himself once more to the wonderful world of MMGaming. After a few reviews, success went to his head, and he spent many a night out in the wilderness. That’s all in the past however, as Forsyth returns to the site with a bang, and a whole new meaning to the words, gaming review!
Video Mondaily (Bit Late) – League of Legends vs. AI
Welcome to another Video Mondaily! This one is a bit different from previous ones in the fact that I'm just going to screw around with this one. A friend of mine (Ruralgeek) was playing some League of Legends with me and we decided that it would be fun to post the videos of our failings against the AI. There's nothing revolutionary, perhaps... but we honestly enjoyed it!
(This is super late, I know... and the reason is that I was taking a bit of a break because we should have had this week covered. Since somewhere something fell through, posting this to hold you over! Enjoy!)
Endweek News
You will have, obviously noticed that last week we had no news on Sunday and that this week we actually had no news on Wednesday either. And there are very good reasons for both of these things. As you might be aware I am in the middle of my exam period and I'm finding it a little more difficult to make the time to do the news. But don't worry, after next week things ought to return to pretty much normal as both me and Tim will be finished.
And so we'll need to come up with an excuse other than "We are lazy sons-of-bitches!"
Also, we are still playing around with our new "4 posts per week" system and have decided to only have one session of news on most weeks. While you might still see some Midweek News at some point in the future, for now we are going to be doing two reviews a week, on Wednesdays and Fridays. Anyway, "reasons" over! Let's see what's been happening in the world of video games for the last two weeks.
Why the Mass Effect 3 ending is absolutely bullshit!
Now hopefully you've already read my actual review of Mass Effect 3 (if not click here) and understand that I loved the game. Seriously, if that game were a girl I would have proposed the moment it turned up on my doorstep. Hell, despite it being a game I did almost take all my clothes off... (I managed to regain control after I got my jeans off).
That said, I, unfortunately, fall into the group of people who believe that the ending of ME3 was, without a doubt, awful. Had it not been different the game would have been, pretty much, perfection. On their own though, the ending/s were quite simply horrible. No matter how cliché it is to say so, it's true.
This article will endeavour to explain just why the endings are so bad. Pretty much everything I say here has been said all around the internet, but I have to say, I came up with several of the arguments on my own before I even started to look around for other people's opinions. Plus I want to make it clear now this article contains MANY SPOILERS! I have to talk about the ending in order to explain why it sucked...
Mass Effect 3 review – I’m Commander Sabor117 and this is the best review on the internet
I find myself in the awkward situation of having to look back at my review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and say "Welp! Taking your title away from you!" I genuinely thought that Skyrim would remain my favourite game for a good few years before something truly epic knocked it from that coveted top spot. Unfortunately for it, after a few months of enjoying it's position as top dog, Skyrim has had to take a back seat (for me at least) behind the game of truly epic proportions: Mass Effect 3. It is fair enough to say that it is one of the best games of all time (even if you disagree with it being "the best") as it has been praised and accoladed by fans and critics alike.
Warlock: Master of the Arcane – Conquer Ardania!
Steam released information based on the pre-order of their new game in the Majesty series, Warlock: Master of the Arcane. I also got a chance to preview the game and so I get to share some thoughts about it with you guys before you get a chance to buy it. So, now you get to read this real quick before you run over to your favorite digital distributor and pick this one up. So... read on, fellows... read on...
Contest Time – It’s Like an Adventure, Right?
Posted by Nick Axmaker
Alright, folks... I've decided that it's about time for a contest here on MMGaming.net, don't you think? To my knowledge, this is the first one that we've done here... and we're super excited about it! Also, we're even more excited to see some of your thoughts and reactions to our articles that we have here. So, without further ado, welcome to the first ever MMGaming.net contest! (Apparently that's a lie... this is not the first...but it's my first... so yay for new contests, right?)