Story Line of GTA 4

When the original Grand Theft Auto 4 came out you were able to play as one character.  This character was Niko Bellic,  he is an Eastern European who has a shady past.  After being involved in a war and serving in the merchant navy, Niko decides its time for a change.  After receiving multiple emails from his cousin Roman who is living in Liberty City. In his emails to Niko he tells him that he is living the American dream in a mansion with women, money, sports cars and many other fine luxuries.  This gives Niko the option to Immigrate to Liberty City which he decides to choose.
Upon arriving at the city Niko meets up with his cousin and finds out that his cousin has stretched the truth a little and that the only way they are going to achieve the American dream is if they work together.  All Roman has is a shitty apparent and works for a cab company, he does have a girlfriend that he loves very much.  Roman has a problem with gambling that lands him in a lot of trouble with leads Niko to constantly help and save his cousin.  This ranges from stealing, beating up and killing a lot of shady characters.  Niko also gets involved with people dealing with a lot of illegal doings, he also crosses path with agents ether from the FIB or just regular police some of them.  This leads Niko all around the city getting into all different types of situations which more than likely require him to have to fight for his life in order to survive.  But hey how else are you going to achieve the American dream if you can't crack a few skulls.

JV

Hot or Hype? Pokemon X/Y

So it's been a few weeks since the release of Pokemon X/Y and I thought it was definitely worth the money! Here's my take..

Game play is very easy- I understand that it's geared towards the younger fan but, maybe it's time Nintendo realized that a good percentage of people playing these game have grown up with the franchise. Maybe put levels of difficulty in the next game? That'd be cool!

Poison & Walking- I was shocked. For the first time in 6 generation walking with a poisoned pokemon had no effect on it's HP what so ever! No static noise when walking is the greatest thing.

Roller Blades- You're given them fairly early in the game and they definitely make things go a lot faster, that is, once you get used to them. Sometimes they just go to fast and then you are forced into using the arrows and who wants to use them anyway?

Overall the game actually met most of the hype. Awesome Sky battles, amazing detail in the 3D world, mega evolutions were a hit, you are given a Lucario by the third gym, and my favorite aspect of the game is the playing field is now level when it comes to breeding and EV training.

Something I never bothered with to much because it just didn't seem worth it was training the EV's and breeding for perfect IV's. But now, X/Y make it so simple that even people like myself, who have no experience with the whole breeding aspect, can become the best competitive trainer!

OVERALL- If you've ever loved Pokemon once, you should buy this game.

-CS

Angry Birds is $50?

An insanely addicting game that YES, I loved at one point too. I downloaded the free demo and once I fell in love shelled out the big buck to get the game on my iPhone. Because it's a dollar who cares? Now ask me if I would have done the same thing if it was $50.

The creator of the game Activision released this statement on Oct. 29th:

"Angry Birds Star Wars is available now for a suggested retail price of $49.99 for Wii U, $39.99 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 system, PlayStation®Vita system and Wii, and $29.99 for Nintendo 3DS. The PlayStation®4 system and Xbox One versions will be available for each console’s respective launch in November, both priced at $49.99."

What? It's cool that it's Star Wars themed too, but wait, wasn't that version on the iPhone also?

Personally I think it's just another corporate move to see how much money they can sell something for before people have had enough. And with a brand like Angry Birds, that has become so big and recognizable, there's no doubt in my mind people will be buying this game. Some not even realizing that deep within the app store on their phone, lies the same game. For one dollar.

-CS

Left 4 Dead 2

With today being Halloween I decided to blog a game that ties into the horror category.  The game I chose was Left 4 Dead 2.  In this game you are placed into a world over run by zombies and its up to you with the help of your teammates to navigate your way through zombie infested areas in order to reach the safe zone.  This game is a first person shooter and a hack and slash so the action is fast paced.  Created by Valve in 2009.
 Based in the Southern part of America.In this game you play as either Coach who is an African American male he was a coach at the high school he worked at.  Rochelle who is a young African American women. Nick who is a Caucausian male who is your typical rich gambler type and Ellis who is a caucausian hill billy.
In this game you can choose to play as one of them at the start of the mission.  Zombies in this game are your typical zombies who are infected with the rage virus this means they aren't your slow paced zombies.  Zombies come charging at you full once they see you and they also attack in numbers so teamwork is the key to survival in this game.  Without the use of your teammates your gonna end up being "zom bate"  The game was programmed to give you a different experince each time you played this means that certian things in the map may change such as different rooms being barracaded, zombies spawn in different locations and certian weapons area based on how you are playing the game.  Health items such as medpacks, and pills are also affected by the different location spawning.
This game contains single player mode and multiplayer.  In single player you work your way through the campaign.  Online you can ethier play the campaign with people or do a verse match where one side is zombies and the other side is survivors.  The game contains a mode called realism in this the game becames realistic in the fact that only shooting zombies in the head will stop them and you can't pause the game until you complete this mission so you need to keep moving.  Left 4 Dead 2 is an amazing game that provides hours of entertainment. Anyone who enjoys tons of zombie killing with a variety of weapons such as guns and blunt objects will enjoy this game.
Jv

GTA 4

So the other day I was at Game stop in the mall where I came across Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City (the two expansions for GTA 4). It was only 25 dollars so I decided to buy it.  GTA 4 came out back in 2008 with its expansions following later in the year.  This game drops you into Liberty City (Which is suppose to be New York City).  Originally Rockstar wanted to make New York the actual city in the game but city officials felt that having NYC star in GTA 4 would give the city a bad name.  Hence the creation of Liberty City.   Like other GTAs you have to do a variety of missions while exploring the open city and all its glory.  GTA 4 has more crude humor, some of the things people say in the game are very bizarre.  The civilians in the game are somewhat dumb witted giving the game more humor.  There is nothing like hearing some crackheads shouting or causing some disturbance in traffic and hearing someone yell "Cmon I need to take a dump" or some other random stuff to give you a good laugh.  As soon as the game loaded up I was absorbed back into the craziness that the city contains. After playing GTA 5 you realize how much lower the graphics were in GTA 4 but this is no reason to put this game on the back burner. In GTA 4 it is also much easier to make money where almost everyone drops at least 20 bucks or more.  It is much more easier to stay alive in GTA 4 then it is in GTA 5 though this may add and unrealistic feel to the game still no reason not to like it.  In my opinion GTA 4 is a game that is worth every cent and I never will regret it.
JV

Call Of Duty: Ghosts

If I could be honest here, The Call of Duty franchise hasn't captivated me for a while. That being out there, I'm not going to be getting Ghosts. There's just nothing to special about a game when all I can think positively about it is how it's going to clear up the Grand Theft Auto servers.

There's just so many new guns, maps, perks, and designing of a little avatar I can take before I just get bored with it. But what makes it so different? Essentially all Super Mario games are the same. Just running through the levels to try to save a princess. Or you could even go further and say Tetris, Pacman, or Candy Crush are the most repetitive games out there. I understand that and believe me I'm actually a huge fan of the solo play in Call of Duty and am the biggest poster boy for nazi zombies there ever was. Zombie mode is the greatest thing in a Call of Duty game since the helicopter missions.

I think what killed Call of Duty for me was the expanding online play. Call of Duty 4 was so simple compared to how elaborate it became with javelins, care packages, and 25 kill streak rewards that are impossible to reach. At least for me. I just think the customization expanded so much I could barely follow it because as much as I enjoyed playing it, I haven't been a diehard fan since Call of Duty 4 and all that elaborate new stuff just turned me away.

-CS

My Top 5 Zelda Games

Legend of Zelda is the best game series ever. Done. Discussion is over, and i could end the blog here also but, there's just so much awesomness in each game that narrowing down to 5 is nothing short of a miracle!

5)Wind Waker

Let me be the first to say when this first came out I had a very hard time accepting the graphics. Yes, you should never judge something by its cover, especially something that has not let you down ever in the past, but what can I say I was 12.  Also important to note I did have to play this game a few times before actually appreciating its story but in the end, it won me over! I started to love this game right at the beginning where you're shot from the canon and land in the fortress to find your sister. Sneaking around without a sword. Totally different than sneaking around Gerudo Fortress because giant pig monsters. To make this short what Wind Waker lacked for me visually it made up with giant awesome bosses and an underwater Hyrule Castle. So awesome

4)Twilight Princess

A game I was so stoked for its release. This game sold me right away with the whole dark world adventure right at the begining of the game. I liked how it went back to the "ocarina of time hyrule" but even without that familiarity factor running around with Midna as a wearwolf turned out to be one of the greatest adventures. Also Zant. And battling Stallord while using the spinner to attack his spine? SOLD!

 3)Ocarina of Time

The greatest game of all time. For me it was also. Even after beating it 67 times it cant get old. For me this was the first game I ever knew, so it will always have a special place with me. I actually had some trouble with this game in the beginning to the point that I would beat the game as far as I could without attaining the bow and arrows cause I HATED the forest temple. I mean Hate. More than the water temple(which is not that bad). I hated the shadows of claws from the ceiling, I hated the twisted hallways, and for whatever reason I never realized by myself you can move those giant blocks. ya know the ones in like, the third room? Terrible. But, when I finally slayed Phantom Ganondorf those feelings of hate turned love, because its my greatest accomplishment to date. shut up.

2)Skyward Sword

In short, my opinion is that they finally found the happy medium between every other Zelda game and incorporated it into this game. I know a lot of critics and fans hate on this game and probably because of the repetition of going back to the desert the forest and the volcano. O and don't click on Hero mode at the end if you haven't finished the side quests. That being said this Zelda game was way more of a challenge for me than any other I've ever played. Mainly because the enemies got just a little bit smarter and blindly waving your sword at them blindly wont be a definite kill. The upgradable shields and weapons made it so much more satisfying and when you finally get the Hylian shield you feel as though you deserve it!

1)Majora's Mask

The darkest and most original Zelda game. A game so in depth and scary you completely disregard the timer clicking away at the bottom of the screen. I've read a million theories on this game of how this game is just the four stages of death, and how Link wandered so far into the lost woods he is just becoming a Stalfos. Which is supported a little bit by the appearance of the Hero's Shade in Twilight Princess. The death theory also explains why everyone looks the same as Ocarina of Time, as Link is just in a "limbo" state that his mind just creates images that he's know. Collecting masks with individual abilities and used for different tasks is just a better goal  than running around trying to rescue Zelda. What really sealed the deal for me was Goht the mechanical bull. Never had I had so much fun fighting a boss in a game as I did rolling around as a Goron trying to catch the bull. Also Goron races. I think mainly I'm just a giant fan of being the Goron!

-CS