To start I have played runescape since the beginning. It started out as a good game and had looked like it had a great future in front of it. I mean what more could you want in a game that had 400 people on it. But then it all changed. People started coming in mass amounts and Scammers and cheaters took over...and the game went to basically crap.
For gameplay, the game when you first start, is great. You have quests to do people to meet, things to buy. There are a large amount of things to do when you first start maybe you want to start leveling up right away maybe try to make some money. Or you could also try your hand at killing monster's and fighting dragons. But you could also go on a adventure do some quest get some goods. Then there are the people. Alot of then are nice and want to help you out. You can make some of the best friends in Runescape (RS) and the people are one of the best parts of the game. But they are also the downfall of it. When you have 2000 people on and you cant get anything done because you are being nagged to hell. What fun is that. Or you have people trying to trick you out of your items that you worked hard to get. And I bet you think that's the worst of it. But oh no you also have cheater that use programs (bots) to play the game for them and they don't do anything to get the level you worked for. However, i think the new updates helped fight against bots.
For the story, I wish I could say something but I cant. There is really no story for this game. It is a bunch of nothing. You start. You walk around you click. And after that you click some more. I mean you do do quest and kill ''things'' but thats the highlight of it. Other then that it is just standing somewhere clicking.
There used to be no sound for this game. Then they made it for members only. And now it is available to everyone. The sound is just some little beeps and tincks that are really just a bunch of rubish and background music, oooooooh.
The graphics used to be very horrible in the late 90's early 2000's. Now they have been updated. Well they are not all that great I mean I am sure they really tried to make them good. Graphics are still pretty crappy compared to other games.
The game is free and that is its best point. yes, you can get some extra bonus's for a sum of cash but its really not worth it. You have things to do and you do find it fun for a while. So If you want a game that most people do find addictive that you dont want to pay for then yes, this game is for you. I did and I still do play it.....Just beware that its not the best game in the world by a long shot, just somehow...addicting.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Crackdown
The only reason people bought this game because it came with Halo 3 Beta. This game is for the Xbox 360. To be honest, I wasn't thrilled with this game, it looked like a Grand Theft Auto (GTA) clone, hands down. And it was...but that doesn't mean it isn't worth playing.
The sound in Crackdown is pretty nice, though it is a bit over the top volume-wise. Stuff is just loud, plain and simple. But the quality of the sound is good. No major problems here, aside from occasionally you won't hear the sound when you land after a large fall. Graphics were not that bad. It was a step up from Grand Theft Auto. The glaring problem here is that it's full of glitches that will randomly make large patches of terrain and objects vanish.
Gameplay was where the developers' focus was, and they did a good job on it, mostly. The controls are essentially the same from a GTA game but with the added bonus of superpowers. The ability to jump 30 feet in the air is a refreshing and fun idea. I like jumping around the city from building to building. It gets old after a while however. The targeting system is rather annoying. If there is more than one enemy in front of you, targeting a specific one is a nightmare. And when enemies are killed, you are, for whatever unknown reason, still able to lock on to their bodies; again, very annoying when dealing with a group of two or more enemies. When breaking into a "boss's lair," the game does compensate for your superpowers by loading the area with enemies that have almost 100% accuracy. You could pretty much get by in this game using only the strength skill (trained by meleeing enemies), and the shooting skill. Agility is painfully slow to level, driving sucks because the only useful cars are the ones from the Agency Garage. Explosives is a really fun skill. Watching realistic explosions is really exciting. However, you might kill civilians or peacekeepers, thus slowing your training in this skill. Still, the gameplay overall isn't bad, there are just some elements to the game that overshadow others. There are also some downloadable content available on Xbox Live, which ruined the game for me because i dont have Live.
A storyline?!?!? I didn't know there was one! Well, alright, TECHNICALLY there is a story but its flat, boring, and only makes the most pathetic of attempts at being interesting. Here's the story: You are in Pacific City. There are 3 gangs each with 7 members. Go around, find the 6 lower members in each gang, then find the leader, kill them all, game over. At the end, they throw in this random "twist" that is a blatant attempt to make the story interesting, but only serves to make you go, "Huh?...Well that's just dumb." It's mostly just lame.
Replay value is another dissappointment. Once again, I didn't know there was any. If there's one trait they didn't inherit from GTA, its the fun side stuff. There are no side missions or anything in Crackdown. The only variance from the main "story" (term used loosely) are the two dozen are so foot and car races, as well as the nearly 1000 agility and hidden orbs around the city that help to increase your skills.
Overall, this game is pretty fun, but only for a little while. You can pretty much accomplish everything interesting in this game in about 6 hours, if even that long. If you are attempting all of the achievements it will take significantly longer, but even the achievements don't really inspire you to play much longer than the feeble story holds out. Rent it, save your money.
The sound in Crackdown is pretty nice, though it is a bit over the top volume-wise. Stuff is just loud, plain and simple. But the quality of the sound is good. No major problems here, aside from occasionally you won't hear the sound when you land after a large fall. Graphics were not that bad. It was a step up from Grand Theft Auto. The glaring problem here is that it's full of glitches that will randomly make large patches of terrain and objects vanish.
Gameplay was where the developers' focus was, and they did a good job on it, mostly. The controls are essentially the same from a GTA game but with the added bonus of superpowers. The ability to jump 30 feet in the air is a refreshing and fun idea. I like jumping around the city from building to building. It gets old after a while however. The targeting system is rather annoying. If there is more than one enemy in front of you, targeting a specific one is a nightmare. And when enemies are killed, you are, for whatever unknown reason, still able to lock on to their bodies; again, very annoying when dealing with a group of two or more enemies. When breaking into a "boss's lair," the game does compensate for your superpowers by loading the area with enemies that have almost 100% accuracy. You could pretty much get by in this game using only the strength skill (trained by meleeing enemies), and the shooting skill. Agility is painfully slow to level, driving sucks because the only useful cars are the ones from the Agency Garage. Explosives is a really fun skill. Watching realistic explosions is really exciting. However, you might kill civilians or peacekeepers, thus slowing your training in this skill. Still, the gameplay overall isn't bad, there are just some elements to the game that overshadow others. There are also some downloadable content available on Xbox Live, which ruined the game for me because i dont have Live.
A storyline?!?!? I didn't know there was one! Well, alright, TECHNICALLY there is a story but its flat, boring, and only makes the most pathetic of attempts at being interesting. Here's the story: You are in Pacific City. There are 3 gangs each with 7 members. Go around, find the 6 lower members in each gang, then find the leader, kill them all, game over. At the end, they throw in this random "twist" that is a blatant attempt to make the story interesting, but only serves to make you go, "Huh?...Well that's just dumb." It's mostly just lame.
Replay value is another dissappointment. Once again, I didn't know there was any. If there's one trait they didn't inherit from GTA, its the fun side stuff. There are no side missions or anything in Crackdown. The only variance from the main "story" (term used loosely) are the two dozen are so foot and car races, as well as the nearly 1000 agility and hidden orbs around the city that help to increase your skills.
Overall, this game is pretty fun, but only for a little while. You can pretty much accomplish everything interesting in this game in about 6 hours, if even that long. If you are attempting all of the achievements it will take significantly longer, but even the achievements don't really inspire you to play much longer than the feeble story holds out. Rent it, save your money.
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