What'cha Been Doing Pt. 8: Get your wrestling out of my blog
by thegamergeek
This week New Super Mario Bros. Assassins Creed 2 Ballad of Gay Tony WRASSLING New Super Mario Bros. Wii (singleplayer only) New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a game that I fount difficult to really point out what the developers worked on the most, on one hand, you'd think it was the co-op as that has been what they have been touting the most. On the other, most of the rest of the game is so well do...
This week
New Super Mario Bros.
Assassins Creed 2
Ballad of Gay Tony
WRASSLING
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (singleplayer only)New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a game that I fount difficult to really point out what the developers worked on the most, on one hand, you'd think it was the co-op as that has been what they have been touting the most. On the other, most of the rest of the game is so well done that it leaves you thinking, this game must have been in development a good while. One shocking thing to me is that this game is not for kids. The look of it may be, but the difficulty seems like it would be incredibly daunting to a young child. New Super Mario Bros. Wii looks damn good unless you get real close at the textures, they then look a little janky.
One thing you really notice when you boot up New Super Mario Bros. Wii is dude it's a Mario game. From the title screen to the poor save system, can't get much more than this. That's something I have to touch on, the save system is jacked. Nintendo should really step into the 21st century and revamp that save system to where it saves after each level and not after every mid-boss. You don't really have to worry about that if you break the rules and New Super Mario Bros. Wii still allows you to do that. On World 2-3, at the end, it's 1up central if you want. That really isn't a fault because that 'cheat' is very much a part of Mario games and always has been, shouldn't take it out now. The newest adventure for our plumber and friends is a great albeit hard and sometimes frustrating experience that even with it's negatives, I still recommend.
The Ballad of Gay Tony
I tried a bit of Gay Tony and I won't get too deep into it because while the characters are all still fantastic, the controls of walking and some shooting feel so outdated, I
just couldn't get sucked in like I did with GTA IV. To be honest, I think that if I would have put around 3 hours into it, I would've gotten used to the controls and have been pulled right back in in but with me having the games I have now, I would rather just play them. More than likely though, I'll buy the Episodes From Liberty City collection next year as the world still seems fantastic and is a world that I definitely want to go back into.Assassins Creed II
I'm one of those rare people that absolutely loved Assassins Creed 1, it's one of my most favorite games of all time so obviously going into Assassins Creed II, I had the feeling that they was gonna change it so much to the point where it detracts from some of the greatness of the first. Luckily, that is far from what happens. The main character, Ezio, is an extremely loveable character. You know why he's an assassin and you know why he has no problem with killing many people in his way. It may be his look, it may be the way they actually delve deep into Ezio's background to tell you pretty much how his life has went, or it may be his cockiness but I love Ezio and I wouldn't be shocked if he gets my best new character of this year. The original platforming and combat is the main things I did not want Ubisoft to change, and they do
slightly but they don't destroy the previous assets, they add on to it. You can still press X and counter an attack with a brutal finishing move but now they've beefed it up to where you can disarm enemies (as well as do different attacks) and get weapons such as a huge ass hammer or a War-Axe type thing. Which when you get them, you get brand new execution styles. All the weapons, which you can buy more from a Blacksmith, add so much more depth to this already fantastic game.One thing almost everyone complained about in the last game is the repetition and they fix that fully while still not fleeing from the point of Assassins Creed, the assassinations. You still get that kind of nervous type feeling before going into an assassination, which is weird as it is pretty easy to assassinate a target, it's as simple as pressing X with the Hidden Blade, but something about the tension in the air is so engrossing. Every game has it's problems and of course, Assassins Creed II has some. The environments look a little ugly when you get up close to them (Similar to New Super Mario Bros. Wii) and I've run into a few woes with the platforming although it is usually silky smooth. I think that even if you hated Assassins Creed 1, you'll love this one. It's shocking how they changed it from Assassins Creed 1 so much but not to the point where it does a dis-service to huge fans of the first. A buy for everyone.
TV
Saturday Night Live- January Jones: B-
Family Guy- Brian Gets a Brand New Bag: B-
Dexter- Road Kill: B
Family Guy- Quagmire's Baby: A
Modern Family- Great Expectations: A-
South Park- Pee: A
Survivor- The Day Of Reckoning: A
The Office- Shareholders Meeting: B
Glee- Ballad: A- This would have easily gotten an A+ but the story of
Mr. Schue/Rachel was just bad.
Movies
Drag Me To Hell: A
Farmhouse: C+
Wrong Turn 3: D-: The movie was horrible but if I graded it on sheer
entertainment value, it'd be a B. I recommend to anybody that likes
dumb horror movies that don't take themselves seriously whatsoever.
I am actually going to post my wrestling shenanigans here, I will keep them completely seperate as I'm sure most of the people reading this don't give two shits about wrestling so feel free to skip it if you like, I will still love you.
Wrestling!
Survivor Series predictions! Since this is Survivor Series and there is a lot of tag matches, I'll predict the order the people will be eliminated because I hate myself.
Team Miz vs. Team Morrison:
1st. Jack Swagger
2nd. Drew McIntyre
3rd. Finlay
4th. Shelton Benjamin
5th. Matt Hardy
6th. Dolph Ziggler
7th. Evan Bourne
8th. Sheamus
9th. Morrison
WINNER: Team Miz
Batista def. Rey Mysterio- Could care less, neither of the wrestlers entertain me much but I could see Batista winning because of Rey's bum knee.
Team McCool vs. Team Mickie
1st. Eve Torres
2nd. Jillian Hall
3rd. Layla
4th. Kelly Kelly
5th. Gail Kim
6th. Alicia Fox
7th. Beth Phoenix
8th. Melina
9th. Michelle McCool
WINNER: Team Mickie
Team Orton vs. Team Kingston- Ted Dibiase Jr. swerve time.
1st. William Regal
2nd. Mark Henry
3rd. R-Truth
4th. CM Punk
5th. Christian
6th. MVP
7th. Cody Rhodes
8th. Randy Orton
9th. Ted Dibiase
WINNER: Team Kofi
Triple Threat World Heavyweight Championship Match: Chris Jericho def. Big Show The Undertaker- Would not be shocked to have 'Taker walk out the champ but I'm hoping and praying for Jericho to get the title.
Triple Threat WWE Championship Match: Triple H def. John Cena and Shawn Michaels- Hopefully this ends DX and Michaels and Trips can start a feud because they need one.
Next Week!
...ummm...yep. TV?
And boom, done with week 8, any questions or comments, post below!
Until next time,
Güle güle!