What'cha Been Doing Pt. 6: Dragons, Lombaxes, and Netflix! Oh my!
by thegamergeek
Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time is extremely similar to the Ratchet formula in a sense that the main focus is ridiculous weapons. Insomniac is such a good developer for this game that you expect the weapons to be good and most are but the weapons are just one of the many impressive things in A Crack in Time. The game picks up where Quest for B...
Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time is extremely similar to the Ratchet formula in a sense that the main focus is ridiculous weapons. Insomniac is such a good developer for this game that you expect the weapons to be good and most are but the weapons are just one of the many impressive things in A Crack in Time. The game picks up where Quest for Booty left off and it gives a very good recap of the QfB game to the point where it felt like I already knew everything that happened in that game. A Crack in Time delivers yet another great, funny, yet intriguing story that I loved and it features some of the most beautiful cut-scenes I've seen to date. I would kill for an animated movie done by the people that illustrated these cut-scenes.Like I've already mentioned, the weapons are mostly great. Some of the weapons are kind of pointless such as the sniper rifle type gun, no way in hell that you can pull off some well targeted kills with that during a big battle. Although when I think about it, using it during a boss battle might not be too bad. Also, one gun uses the sixaxis control which using the sixaxis in the first place is stupid but having to control it while people are moving around is just dumb. It may sound like I'm not the biggest fan of the combat, I fount that to be one of the strong-points throughout the game. Running around tossing bombs and using the crazy weapons is just damn fun! Since A Crack in Time does a great job of telling you every thing that has happened in the story up to that point, I have no problem recommending you just buy this one first and that's what this is, a solid buy.
Netflix on PS3
PS3 has finally launched their version of Netflix to rival 360's Netflix and it does just what it should do, play some movies and the movies
look decent. As good as it as at doing 'what it's supposed to do', it does some other stuff poorly. Like the interface, it just looks very plain and at first it was confusing on how to navigate. This is frustrating seeing as how cool and crisp the 360's version is. The rest of Netflix on the PS3 is, I hate having to say this again but, what it should be. Offering all your Instant Streaming movies in your Q and showing you the new releases, etc. It even offered me the category of 'Raunchy Movies' which is always a plus. While it looks ugly, if I didn't already have a Xbox Live Gold membership, I'd still rather use this free service than pay the dumb fee you have to pay on Xbox to see all your latest Raunchy Movies. Netflix on PS3 is good, nothing great, just good.Dragon Age: The Origins of the Age of Dragons. (360 version)
I have to start this off by saying I have never enjoyed a BioWare game ever. I have played KOTOR and Mass Effect and both were very
much 'I know how you could love this but I'm not into it' games. Going into Dragon Age; I had low expectations, which may have helped me quite a bit in the long run. Dragon Age Origins features one of the best stories I've heard within a game in a while. It is constantly pulling me farther into the game whenever something annoying happens. That's not to say that the combat isn't doing the same. Bioware has done the best job anyone can do, UI wise, in porting this game to the 360. It's simple as pressing X, Y, B, or holding RT and pressing the face buttons for a spell. That is only six spells which can sound bad but then you pull up your radial menu and you can view every single spell you have all while combat is paused. It all borders the line on the battles being a huge cluster-fuck and what I mean by that is it's all crazy and hectic but still manageable. That's a rare thing that people do and I'm very thankful Bioware pulled it off.Dragon Age: Origins may have a huge heapload of positive things about it, but you can't help but notice that the look of the 360 version is just bad. Everyone has a weird jumpy animation they do when they first load up. Especially when you go into a conversation, peoples heads seem to shake around like they were D-Lo Brown. (Wrestling jokes!) Dragon Age: Origins definitely blew me away and although I've not finished it, I'm pretty sure I've been sucked in. In the end, if you have a good PC that can run this, get the PC version for the graphics but don't be too hesitate to pick the 360 version up as it's only problems seem to be some lackluster visuals.
TV
Dexter- If I Had A Hammer: B-
South Park- The F Work: C+
Modern Family- En Garde: B
Survivor- All Hell Breaks Loose: A
The Office- Double Date: A
Community- Home Economics: A-
Bored to Death- The case of the Stolen Sperm: B-: This episode was so poorly done story-wise yet I can't give it a bad score as it gave me great laughs and I just love all the characters
Movies
Albino Farm: D
Freshmen Orientation: D-
Next week
I have nothing planned! Huzzah for nothing! My birthday is next week so I may not have time for games.
Nothing besides TV!
I have yet to get sent back the answers to the questions you guys asked Runic Games so be patient.
Any questions or anything, ask in the comments below. Until next time!
Sampai jumpa!