Review incoming for High Velocity Bowling!!!! First thoughts, very good!Review: High Velocity Bowling is a very well done bowling simulator. The highest score I ever got in real bowling was a 153 and in this game my highest I got was a 158. I'm not much of a good bowler so the game is a bit tough, not much tougher than regular bowling. High Velocity Bowling uses the Sixaxis to move your guy and through the ball etc... You hold the controller vertically placing your index finger and middle finger in between R1 and L1, and with your thumb in between the analog sticks. You tilt the Sixaxis right or left to move your guy, then you press X to keep him there, next you will see an arrow showing what angle you want, then press X to keep that angle, finally you pull the controller back and swing it forward to through the ball. Just like a real bowling. This game is one of the first, if not the first to support in game soundtracks. you just press select and you can access all of the music on your Playstation 3. High Velocity Bowling can output a resolution of 1080p and as far as I can tell has no multiplayer, it has leader boards which is nice to have. High Velocity Bowling is $10. For $10 you would think there would at least be splitscreen multiplayer but there isn't. They have mny characters to unlock some of them are very annoying, like Berry who always says "Hurry up I gotta pick up the mini-van from the shop" well thats great I really don't care. while there is 4 modes ( Practice, Head 2 Head, Tournament, and Trick Shots). By completing theses you unlock Characters, Bowling balls, and cloths. The game is very good even though its missing multiplayer and your custom soundtrack music isn't very loud, its still a solid BUY.8.8
Last Thursday I bought a couple things from the Playstation Store. One of them being PAiN. PAiN is basically Burnouts Crash Mode where you have to cause as much damage as possible, except with a person. The game costs $10 and comes with 1 level and two playable characters, one is a guy named Jarvis with 3 costumes, "Regular", "Gangster", and "Hippie". PAiN uses the HAVOK physics engine for realistic rag doll and environment physics. Also the game supports DualShock 3, so you can experience PAiN in its full glory. The game gets kinda boring luckily the multiplayer and heavy downloadable content support keeps the game fresh. PAiN has two downloadable characters right off the bat a Santa Clause and a sexy Elf (?) type lady. Both are $1 which isn't bad but makes you wonder why they couldn't include them with the game. I would buy the game again since Idol Minds (developer) says to expect downloadable content monthly.
8/10
Tomorrow the Xbox Live fall update goes live, you should be able to get it at 3:00a.m. est. The update doesnt really do to much except for enable DivX support, make the Dashboard/Guide (2x) faster and allow people under 18 to use Windows Live Messenger, and allows your friends to see your other friends. You can see the full list at xbox.com. Now a few reminders; make sure your not playing an online game around 3:00am est or you'll get kicked off and be asked to update. Another this is the update may not go live right away or you might have problems connecting to Live. If anything we've learned from past updates is they don't (always) go as planed. So chill out and everything will work its self out!
Today I bought Everyday Shooter for the PS3 off of the Playstation Store. The game cost $10 and it has around 8 levels. The game has a really cool art style and the back grounds are really cool because they shift by where you are and change colors. The game is really for its music, every time you hit something it plays a note that goes along with the background music. With the cool style and lots of unlockables make this as good if not better than Geometry Wars. When I saw the game was $10 I was like is it worth it, the game is like 38MB, GO! Sports Ski is around 300MB and its $3. Well I bought it, and so should you!9/10
Last week October 5, after many problems I had with my Xbox and 5+ hours of Microsoft's "good'' customer support and all of my game saves getting deleted, I beat Halo 3! Halo 3 has a great single player game, the graphics are really good, even though the game runs a 640p and gets upscaled to 720p, 1080i, 1080p. The sound is well done and when you blow up stuff the explosions look amazing. The multiplayer is basically Halo 2 with crisper graphics, new vehicles, and new weapons. Halo 3 is much better than halo 2 and I would argue that Halo 3 is better than the first Halo. I went at midnight to wait for Halo 3 and it was really worth it! If you have a 360 and you don't have Halo 3 you are probably the only one and needs to go pick it up right now!
9.8/10
Today on the Playstation Store Sony released LocoRoco Cocoreccho! I guess you suppose to scream when you say the title, but after buying it for $7 there isn't really anything to scream about. The game is about a hour, hour and a half max. The game is really complicated you can have up to 200 loco's following you at one time. Unlike the PSP version where you use R1 and L1, which would of been a perfect fit for the sixaxis but instead someone thought it would of been a good idea for you to be a butterfly and have the loco's follow you. This is aggravating on a whole new level. When you want them to jump they don't, so you have to go all the way back around and try again. You can use the sixaxis to control certain platforms, flowers and levers like the one in the picture. Unless you really want it because you enjoyed the music and the funky graphics from the PSP version, I wouldn't pick this one up until the price drops.
7/10
Finally some good news for a Playstation 3 game. According to vgchartz.com Warhawk has sold around 100 thousand copies a week after its release. I'm thinking that this is the retail versions since no one really knows about PSN sales except Sony. That goes to show you that people will buy "Online Only Games" as long as its good. This Game is a lot more fun and is selling faster than Shadowrun which is only at 210 thousand units almost a year after its release. Its about time us Playstation 3 owners have something to play other than Resistance. This game is a lot of fun and if you have a Playstation and your online I recommend you pick it up! See you in the skies.
Tuesday September 4 I beat Ninja Gaiden Sigma. It took me a lot longer than expected, around 21 hours to beat. This was the first time I played through a Ninja Gaiden game and I was very pleased with it and I'm excited for the sequel. Hopefully the sequel will be announced at T.G.S. later this month. If you haven't played Ninja Gaiden yet i would pick up Sigma! The game is Cheap at times but still enjoyable! For some this might not seem like a big deal but for the people that have beat it know how much of an accomplishment it is!
