The man just sat there staring at a computer screen wondering what he was going to type. He relaxed in his office chair thinking how he was going to start his review for the game Bastion. Then he had a great idea what if he made a narration joke because the entire game of Bastion is narrated. Aloha B-rod here to talk about Bastion another game that has been re-released on the PS4 and I love it. I tend not to buy PSN games because they always end up free on PS Plus so I feel like I got ripped off. When I saw that Bastion was out I couldn't stop myself from pressing the purchase button, because this game is fucking amazing.
The story of Bastion is very interesting. A calamity hit the world and only a handful of people survived. You play as the Kid. I dig how your character didn't have a name the entire game. The entire story is told from the point of this old west sounding guy. He will comment on shit you do and put backstory on each play you visit and everything you do. The story is about a 4-5 hour long event depending if you explore and do extra shit. It has a nice choose the ending to it and New game plus which means a replayable story which is a big component for a guy who likes to go back to games a year later. The sound is amazing in this game. Not only is the only voice actor just the best in this game. The music while you play is phenomenal. Which is saying something because most music in games is bland and so generic you don't notice it. I could listen to this games soundtrack while in my car. The game doesn't improve much from the original on the 360 graphically speaking. It seems more colorful not and has more junk in the background if you own this on the 360 it isn't a huge jump honestly. Saying that the artwork is still original and beautiful. I love the creature design in this game so much. The gameplay for those of you who don't know is a beat em up RPG. It is light on the RPG but it has the element. The cool thing about this is each board will form up around you so each area feels like a new adventure with Lord knows what'll happen. The game features a variety of interesting weapons and special powers; with each level offering you something new to try out. This is how you make a game developers. Offer something new each level you go to just to keep it from getting stale. The game has an interesting level up system that deals with booze which you can change out anytime you are in the hub world. If the game gets too easy for you, than add some idols to the mix that will make the game as hard as you'd like. Overall for 15$ Bastion is an amazing game and one of my favorite indie games to come out. If give it a 5/5. I don't give that score often but this game is perfect. It has an interesting story, with original artwork. This is something that I believe everyone should check out. I leave with a question. Would you like to see a Bastion 2, or think this game should be a stand alone game?
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Remember playing cops and robbers as a kid? Battlefield Hardline is what you imagined as a kid while playing; well maybe not that extreme. Hello fine folks on the interwebs B-rod here with a late review trying to play catch up. Game industry decided the last two weeks of March to unleash hell on us gamers with five games simultaneously coming out. Anyways the easiest of the five to get through is Battlefield hardline (because of length nothing else). Anyways without further ado let us dive into this mountain of Cocaine that is Battlefield Hardline.
The story is rather interesting. It is a full game but tells the story as if you are watching CSI Miami. It literally has a previously on Battlefield Hardline. Unlike anything by Dick Wolf, this game feels and acts more like a cop show on HBO not like The Wire or True Detective; it just feels like it can be on HBO with all the violence and cussing, and grittiness. You are Mendoza a newish detective who is a stick up his ass cop, so a cop. The only way I remembered this guys name is because his last name is Mendoza like the Mcbain villain from The Simpsons. The story is you (Mendoza) trying to take down the ever growing drug trafficking that is taking over Florida. I can't say anymore to the story without giving it away but it gets way more complicated than that. I will say this is the best single player in a Battlefield game since the first Bad Company. I know that is not saying a lot, but Visceral actually put some effort into this story unlike most of FPS storylines. The game is beautiful in both the environment and cutscenes. The characters don't have that dead durrr face that you seen with many games from a previous generation. The environments aren't repetitive at all they actually vary quite a bit. Something that was nice because you are a cop there was no war zones in the Middle East in this game. I can't tell you how sick and tired I am of killing the same faceless enemies in the middle east. Now because the AI couldn't wear things covering their face I arrested the same guy quite a few times in the same level. Don't get me wrong this is more a nitpick than an actual complaint, but it was noticeable. The sound was equally adequate. The environments felt alive, the slums, felt like people lived there, while the swamps had that annoying gnat flying into the characters ear. The voice acting is on par with the effects. Being that this is a very story heavy single player the voice acting had to be good and this game delivers. The gameplay is unlike any other Battlefield game to date. It is a lot more stealth heavy versus the run and gun, and blow shit up like every single Battlefield before it. They added a ton of components that make you feel more like a cop than even L.A. Noire did. You can flash your badge to make enemies freeze, arrest all enemy combatants if you are stealthy, and even tased the shit out of everyone. This is cool, but (minor spoiler ahead) when you aren't a cop anymore the whole arresting people made no sense even from a story standpoint due to the characters motivation. Otherwise this gun play is a played down Battlefield, you won't get heavy machine guns or RPGs. You will get light machine guns, pistols, and shotguns. I will say on normal the combat can be challenging if you aren't paying attention. The enemies don't fuck around they are a better shot than me. The single player is about a six hour experience which is pretty typical for these kind of games. I know what some are thinking, "who gets these games for single player?". The multiplayer has many of the same modes as Battlefield 4, but has the newest heist mode. In heist you can earn points by making arrest, kills, stealing, doing the objective or stopping the opposing team from completing theirs. Sadly I didn't find this as fun as traditional Battlefield multiplayer, but that is me who digs typical conquest which this is present. My argument against that would be, if you only like conquest stick with Battlefield 4 because this is no different. Overall the game is a lot of fun well worth a purchase, but only if you enjoy multiplayer. The single player is a one and done kind of thing. It has little replay value with the single player; so if you're into that I'd say rent it. This is deffiently worth checking out even from the none Battlefield fans because the single player is something new and different. I give this a 4/5 it is a great game that I think people should check out. The single player is better than most cop shows on TV (excluding HBO). I leave with a question. Battlefield has done a Cop story, but when will they go either into the future again or to the past like WW1 or earlier? |
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