Games you may like, but don't know it!

As a gamer that try's everything, I come across games that most people, who consider them self games, would probably not like. One of these games is The Sims 2.

The Sims was a big hit, and most people bout it, I how ever, missed the boat on it, and, due to my curiosity for the game, I went out and got The Sims 2 last year.

Before I go any further, I would like to just say that I play a lot of different games. FarCry 2, GTA, Wic, and DoW just to name a few. So, I have a lot of...... experience in the art of what a good game is about. The Sims 2 is a good game. Why? Because it is good at what it dose. What dose it do? Well, in truth, it is a virtual doll house. But, it is also a very cheep house or public venue designing program. It also teaches budgeting, in a way. It dose many things. You can make your Sim what you want. There are a lot of looks for them, and you can customise most of the stuff.

Another game you may have heard about, but thought 'Not for me' is X3. If you have not herd of the X sires, I would not be all surprised. The X games are space games. The beast way to described them is Space Trading simulator, however, it is not just that. You can become a pirate, and take down trade ships, or become a bounty hunter. There is a lot of possibility. Moving on, X3 is the third game in X series. There are, how ever, 2 X3 games. There is X3: Reunion and X3: Tern Conflict. X3:R was the first of the tow, with X3:TC coming out just last year.

At this point it is a very hard game to get in to. It is not because it gets boring, but because if you play it, it will suck time like a Black hole sucks light. However, it has a very big learning curve. X3: Tern Conflict is the, at this point, by far, the easier of the tow X3 games to get in to, but it is still rather hard to get in to. The beast way to described it is that you are basically thrown strait in, with out any sort of tutorial to speak of. However, with a lot of help from player made guides over at the Egosoft forum, and some patience, it can be a very rewarding game.

These tow games get overlooked regularly, both for different reasons. The Sims for being a 'girls' game, and X3 for being to hard. The fact is any game can be for you. You just need to look at it in a positive way.

Until Next Time, Josh.

The Dumps Review! #1

Hello, and Happy New Year. For my first blog of 2009, I am going to do a review. So, lets get in to it.

Item #1: City of Heroes
Class: Video Gamer for PC
Sub Class: MMO
My Score: 8/10


Ok, I have been playing this on a 14 day trial, and am still playing it. So, I will start at the beginning. Before you do anything ales, you need to pick weather your a Villain or a Hero. I decided I would be a Hero. The next thing is the look of your character. I chose female as the sex of my character, and, as guys do, gave her the biggest boobs possible. :D The next step is making customising the costume of you hero or Villain. After about 10 minuets, I had something that I liked. The last tow things you do is picking your powers and name your Avatar for in the game. I went for a Wolverine style power, with blades coming out of my hands. I then named her Ginger Fire. Now I was done with that, it was on to the actual game! YA!

The Avatar selection Screen

The tutorial is pretty good, and gives you a good imprison of how the game works. The tutorial it self will last about 20 min, so it is a relatively shot one, if you consider other games on the market. It dose get a little repetitive going from one person to the next, and back in some cases, but it is not as repetitive as other games, so it is still all good.

So, once you are finished with tutorial, you are sent to Atlas Park. Well, to be honest, you can pick between tow This is were things get good. Unlike other MMO's, yer grinding consists of going in to 'dungeons', you can just walk around Atlas Park, and protecting the civilian population from the thugs that are around the city.

Atlas Park

For example, you could be running down the street, and you see a women being robed by some thugs. You can go over, and defeat them, she shows her appreciation by telling you something like 'Your my new favourite hero!' or 'Nice Costume!' Yer, you don't get anything from them, but every time I defeat them, and I feel like I have done something worth while.

There are sewers, but I am yet to have a good go at them, due to the fact every time I go in to them, I die. YA for being a low level. That, and I think the idea is that you go down them as a team. I am yet to have a go at teams and clans out, but from what I here, they are very well set up.

Anyway, moving on, the mission system is good. You start with a contact, witch you then go to to get the missions. When you have done everything for him, he then points you to another contact. You can also find NPC's that will give you more missions, but for some of them, you need a certain level.

All in all, City of Heroes is a great MMO. Infact, it is one of the beast MMO's I have played in a long time.

Until next time, Josh