I have always been a huge fan playing sports games on different consoles, but I have always thought the best sports game out there is basketball, NBA 2K series to be precise.
In the past couple of years 2K has produced some of the greatest quality sporting games such as: NHL, Major League Baseball, Top Spin and my favorite, NBA 2K.
With the release date of October 7th 2011, 2K had released the best basketball game ever made, NBA 2K12, reviews were in the high with this game, in fact was even labeled "#1 Basketball game of all time".
The game play is so realistic and the controls are not perfect but they are quality, the graphics are awesome and the sound and music quality of game play is top of the line.
Some things I love about the recent NBA 2K games in the series is My Player mode.
This is where you get to create a player with custom options to change how he looks, how he shoots and different features about your player, and then you take it to the court where you play tom get drafted and you get skill points so you can increase ability levels (eg. Mid range shot and Dunk).
The down side for My Player mode is that they took away the game mode that allows you to play online with your My Player and team up against other My Players, that was the only downside in 2K12 My Player mode. I think it was for the best though because of the hackers and cheaters out there who wreck the game for all of us.
Another great feature from the NBA 2K series is the commentating, its just so fluent and ties right in with the game play, it's like your actually watching a live broadcast of a real NBA game. This is one of the reason it is the 1# Sports game of all time.
One Downside that was on 2K12 was the rating of players, I know these players a really good in the real NBA, but some are just overrated, they just dominate in the game and you cant stop them for example: LeBron James and Derrick Rose, I know they are Awesome Players! but you just cant defend them they blast right past you and score nearly 90% of the time, it just gets really annoying. - IMO
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NBA 2K12 was a Fantastic game and i hope they can top it with NBA 2K13 coming this year, they'll have to step it up a notch though because they have some competition coming back with EA Sports NBA Live 13.
Don't get me wrong here, but EA Sports has also created some great sporting games as well. i would have to say NBA Live is right up there in some of the best games they have created.
The Popular NBA Live 10, is the most recent Live game in the series, they have backed off making Live 11 and 12, but are making a come back with NBA Live 13. They might be giving 2K a run for their money this year.
There has not been much information of NBA Live 13 yet but there is some on Kotaku located in the link just below.
Kotaku - NBA Live 13 Link: http://kotaku.com/5915198/first-look-at-nba-live-13-shows-a-game-making-great-passeseven-the-bad-on
I haven't played much of NBA Live 10, but it was a great game at the time, I mean you gotta admit that there were cooler dunks in Live 10 then there were in 2K10 and the game in general had a more fun feel to it.
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-Mars
DayZ is an open world survival horror video game mod for the 2009 computer game ARMA II and its 2010 expansion pack, ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead. It has been widely praised in the game media for its innovative design elements, with Kotaku and Eurogamer describing it as possibly the best zombie game ever made, and PCGamer saying it was one of the most important things to happen to PC Gaming in 2012. The mod was responsible for putting the three year old game into the top seller charts on Steam for over seven weeks, spending much of this time the top selling game, and is responsible for over 300,000 unit sales within two months of its release.
- Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DayZ
So, DayZ mod for Arma II, it looks great, sounds great and just well... simply an awesome zombie survival game.
I have not had the privilege to play DayZ yet but I am thinking about getting it in the near future. after all of the great reviews and game play, also what my friends think of it.
I cannot compare DayZ to any other zombie survival game, its just unique and has that real zombie apocalyptic feel to it.
So comment on my post about, your experience and what you think of DayZ, i would love to hear your thoughts on the mod, also any good tips for new players starting out.
Thanks for reading again!
-Mars
Diablo III - Flaws, Problems and Opinions
After playing diablo II for a while, i thought the game was great, fun and just a blast so i decided to buy Diablo III a couple months back. I have been watching all of the trailers and You tube channels all about Diablo III leading up until the release date, I was excited to get right into the game, it was fun... at first.
I mean, the story line was a little short but was still good.
The Game is okay, but its not a Great game, i mean, the replay ability is just so boring... same level after same level, sure it gives you a harder challenge each time you beat the game on a certain difficulty, but really what are you going to do when you finish on Inferno and reach level 60? oh and dont get me started on the stupid low - mid level cap. Diablo II was unique for having such a high level cap and it just made the player want to only reach the higher level and keep playing.
So you finish the game on Inferno and reached the level cap? now you farm weapons? thats not as fun as i thought Diablo 3 would be, i mean there is only just about 100+ hours of play ability per class.
The only upside to replay ability is having a good 5 classes to choose from, each having different abilities to use.
One of the many things that really annoys me is the bugs, glitches and connection problems in game, if you have a look on the Diablo Sub-Reddit (On Reddit) you will find nearly every 5 posts are about how the game could be improved and things the players hate about the game? i know usually in the first month the developers iron out bugs and problems with the games, not in this case.
For example: the connection is terrible in some countries, it says there connection has 100 - 120 ping and they just lag and there is terrible rubber-banding.
The next thing that i hate about Diablo III, is the RMAH (Real Money Auction House).
Well... it is not that bad, i mean its a great idea but really, paying $250 for a virtual item that you will probly use for about 1 or 2 days before finding some better weapon on the Auction House? i mean sure go ahead you fans of Diablo who are really passionate about the game. Although i love the Normal Auction House on the other hand, i think that is a great addition to Diablo III IMO. Blizzard has already made enough money selling around 6.5 MILLION copies!!! but yet they are still collecting some of the money from the RMAH.
Also when cashing out to say Paypal, they tax you $1 off the profit.... seriously blizzard.
The final two things that are my most HATES for Diablo III, is how blizzard has made Diablo III accessible only for people with an internet connection. i mean really. Diablo III is practically a single player game, unless you play with friends, shouldnt that have been an option in the menu, if you wanted to play single player, you could? but Nooo... you had to be online all the time, even when you were playing by yourself, this would have fixed the lag issues in the beginning.
Now, Item Drops. Who inst excited about killing and elite pack and seeing that, Rare/Legendary/Set item drop? well we used to, in Diablo II that is. Unlike Diablo II, the drop rate for Legendarys and Set pieces in Diablo III are SOOO RARE its not funny but that's not all, the items are terrible!, well not the set pieces but the legendarys are just plain letdowns, i mean you farm and farm and farm until you finally get one and its just plain terrible, the stats are bad and you just end up selling it or scrap it for essences, you don't even use them. in Diablo II you head straight into the game and BAM! Legendarys and awesome rares and they are genuinely good with great stats. I am not even going to bother with what happend with MF (Magic Find) haha.
Not to mention the PVP update that will come soon, mabye this will change the game a bit and add more play ability to Diablo III.
Hopefully the team at Blizzard can eventually polish D3 into a great game like the ones in the rest of the series.
These are just my opinions and I hope you agree with them too.
- Mars
I have always been a huge fan playing sports games on different consoles, but I have always thought the best sports game out there is basketball, NBA 2K series to be precise.
This is where you get to create a player with custom options to change how he looks, how he shoots and different features about your player, and then you take it to the court where you play tom get drafted and you get skill points so you can increase ability levels (eg. Mid range shot and Dunk).
I haven't played much of NBA Live 10, but it was a great game at the time, I mean you gotta admit that there were cooler dunks in Live 10 then there were in 2K10 and the game in general had a more fun feel to it.
