While it's great to see some older, fantastic Xbox 360 games come out for free such as Halo 3 and Assassins Creed 2 along with some newer games like Battleblock Theatre and Hitman: Absolution. While it's awesome to see so many free games, it's a big problem for the Xbox 360 Hard Drive. I have a 250 GB Xbox 360 and never expected to fill it seen as though I prefer getting a physical copy of my games, but it's free so I download it. I'm now down to 70 GB and there are plenty more free games coming out. Free games are great, but NOT when they take up so much memory. 250 GB is a quarter of 1 TB (Terabyte) which is quite a large bit of memory.
The reason this is a problem is that downloading a game will take up a couple GB's of space, or in Hitman: Absolution's term 7.1 GB. Which is almost 10 GB for an OK game. However, if you have a physical copy of the game then it will probably only take up 1 or 2 MB after you do the standard update process. It's absurd, my friend has the same Xbox as me and is now down to 17 GB, he's going to buy an external hard drive and if it comes down to it I will have to as well.
Microsoft, while I appreciate the fact that you're giving away games for free, I don't appreciate how much space they're taking up. Maybe release some arcade classics like Doom, you released Charlie Murder for free and that was a great game! You did it for A World of Keflings, even though I all ready had it I'm sure many people appreciated that. It doesn't have to be a blockbuster title.
Another problem is that I own most of the games they're giving away for free. As a game collector, I like to buy lots of games. So I all ready have Halo 3, A World of Keflings, Fable III and Dead Rising 2. An alternative should be made, like a different game or some money on your Xbox account instead of waiting another two weeks for another free game.
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Monday, 7 July 2014
Is It Worth Watching: We're The Millers
Before we begin.
SPOILER ALERT
Well, this is awkward. I'm a fan of movies. I'm especially a big fan of comedy. But this movie was...meh.
Our story begins by introducing three of the four main characters in pretty slim detail, the fourth character is "introduced" later on. We don't even get to know her real name, I don't think. Anyways, I guess I should run over the main characters, but in the movies spirit. So very, very briefly. David Clark is the drug dealer, played by Jason Sudeikis. Jennifer Aniston plays a stripper called Rose. Casey, a runaway and thief is played by Emma Roberts and finally a random person from the building called Kenny who is played by Will Poulter.
So, somehow David gets roped into a drug smuggling to pay off a debt that isn't explained and he heads back to think about how he'll get across the border and back. He then sees a motor home family by some sort of crazy coincidence. Now, I'm telling you all now. Coincidences happen a lot in this movie, coincidentally. Now, he recruits his family, they take a plane ride and get their motor home. They cross the border, take the drugs and leave. Smooth sailing, until their van breaks down, they then find the people they saw at the border. Don, Edith and Melissa. Played by Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn and Molly Quinn.
They tow their RV to a repair shop but find out it's closed on Saturdays. What a coincidence. They spend the night playing Pictionary and, other... things. Really, saying anything else would spoil the movie. They finish up that, the other family go on their way and then more comedic actions occur when the drug dealers find them and want to kill them. It ends up with a high speed get away to a carnival because Kenny got bitten by a tarantula. How convenient that it gives the drug barons time to catch up.
They go to the hospital and then they find out how much David is being paid and they all have a family argument. Then the other family that towed them shows up. Convenient. The the drug barons show up. Convenient. Then there was actually a fairly decently choreographed fight scene which wasn't that bad and they arrest the two drug barons. Because Don is in the DEA. Conveni-you get the idea. Anyways, Don finds out that they're smuggling drugs and let's them go. Which could get you fined, fired and arrested.
He gets the drugs back to whatever his name is and is told that he is too late. Then the DEA RUIN his roof window thing and break it, crashing the party and arresting him. Don shows up and thanks David for his assistance and they were put on a three to six month protection service. He then lives with his fake family and call themselves the Millers.
There you have it. We're the Millers. While it's short on humour, has loose ends in the story and fairly forgettable characters, I can forgive it for making certain characters stand out, the parts of the story that made sense were good and the comedy was fairly entertaining I did enjoy the movie. But...
Is It Worth Watching?
Yes.
SPOILER ALERT
Well, this is awkward. I'm a fan of movies. I'm especially a big fan of comedy. But this movie was...meh.
Our story begins by introducing three of the four main characters in pretty slim detail, the fourth character is "introduced" later on. We don't even get to know her real name, I don't think. Anyways, I guess I should run over the main characters, but in the movies spirit. So very, very briefly. David Clark is the drug dealer, played by Jason Sudeikis. Jennifer Aniston plays a stripper called Rose. Casey, a runaway and thief is played by Emma Roberts and finally a random person from the building called Kenny who is played by Will Poulter.
So, somehow David gets roped into a drug smuggling to pay off a debt that isn't explained and he heads back to think about how he'll get across the border and back. He then sees a motor home family by some sort of crazy coincidence. Now, I'm telling you all now. Coincidences happen a lot in this movie, coincidentally. Now, he recruits his family, they take a plane ride and get their motor home. They cross the border, take the drugs and leave. Smooth sailing, until their van breaks down, they then find the people they saw at the border. Don, Edith and Melissa. Played by Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn and Molly Quinn.
They tow their RV to a repair shop but find out it's closed on Saturdays. What a coincidence. They spend the night playing Pictionary and, other... things. Really, saying anything else would spoil the movie. They finish up that, the other family go on their way and then more comedic actions occur when the drug dealers find them and want to kill them. It ends up with a high speed get away to a carnival because Kenny got bitten by a tarantula. How convenient that it gives the drug barons time to catch up.
They go to the hospital and then they find out how much David is being paid and they all have a family argument. Then the other family that towed them shows up. Convenient. The the drug barons show up. Convenient. Then there was actually a fairly decently choreographed fight scene which wasn't that bad and they arrest the two drug barons. Because Don is in the DEA. Conveni-you get the idea. Anyways, Don finds out that they're smuggling drugs and let's them go. Which could get you fined, fired and arrested.
He gets the drugs back to whatever his name is and is told that he is too late. Then the DEA RUIN his roof window thing and break it, crashing the party and arresting him. Don shows up and thanks David for his assistance and they were put on a three to six month protection service. He then lives with his fake family and call themselves the Millers.
There you have it. We're the Millers. While it's short on humour, has loose ends in the story and fairly forgettable characters, I can forgive it for making certain characters stand out, the parts of the story that made sense were good and the comedy was fairly entertaining I did enjoy the movie. But...
Is It Worth Watching?
Yes.
Thursday, 26 June 2014
E3 Sony Roundup: More Guff and Tat at the 3 E's.
Well, it only seems fitting that I do coverage on all of the big company's in the running and EA. Because leaving EA out is a cardinal sin that will get me killed most probably. Any ways, here's the Playstation crap.
Well, coming out of the gate and leaping over the first hurdle is Playstation with the release of a bundle pack for Destiny. The system will come with the game Destiny, which doesn't look that bad to be quite honest, any who, let's move on to the next item on the agenda. Which is the Destiny beta which will be launched on 17th of July which is the perfect opportunity to see what it's all about.
Entwined is made by one of Sony's new little brand things and it looks OK I guess, doesn't interest me so I'll leave that. Sounds like a Disney movie more than anything to be honest.
Little Big Planet 3. NOOOOOOOOOOO. OH GOD PLEASE NO. NO. NOOOOOOOOOO.
As you can tell from that, I'm not looking forward to it unless Stephen Fry is voicing it, but not even he can save the repetitiveness of the series. LBP 2 was a push to say the least.
Same goes for Magicka 2, a great game that has no need for a sequel what so ever, but it's intrigued me to say the least. Bloodborne looks like it's a cash in on Dark Souls, but it's a "spiritual successor" to Demon Souls, so it should be good.
Far Cry 4 and Dead Island 2, more mediocre tat. Far Cry 4 didn't need another sequel and Dead Island was awful, so, staying away from the both of those. Maybe a quick look into Far Cry 4 though. Diablo III, Battlefield...uhh. Give me something worth looki-what's that? Tim Schafer is making Grim Fandango for the PS4.
BUY A PS4 10/10 LIKE SYRIM WITH GUNS.
As you can hopefully tell, I'm a fan of Grim Fandango because it's a great game. Devolver Digital are making a load of games such as Hotline Miami 2 and Titan Souls so that'll be great.
Let it Die genuinely confused me. A lot. Not sure what to make of it, so we'll have to wait and see. Abzu and No Man's Sky don't look too interesting to me, lots of indie games for PS4 which is nice to see. Free To Play games such as Planetside 2 and Loadout are coming to PS4 which is awesome.
Like they say, leave the best 'till last. Let's take a look at what's worth trying:
Destiny Beta
Magicka 2
Bloodborne
Far Cry 4
Grim Fandango
All of Devolver Digital's Games
I'd say E3's winner so far is Sony because of all those interesting titles, much better when comparing it to Microsoft's "meh" conference.
Well, coming out of the gate and leaping over the first hurdle is Playstation with the release of a bundle pack for Destiny. The system will come with the game Destiny, which doesn't look that bad to be quite honest, any who, let's move on to the next item on the agenda. Which is the Destiny beta which will be launched on 17th of July which is the perfect opportunity to see what it's all about.
Entwined is made by one of Sony's new little brand things and it looks OK I guess, doesn't interest me so I'll leave that. Sounds like a Disney movie more than anything to be honest.
Little Big Planet 3. NOOOOOOOOOOO. OH GOD PLEASE NO. NO. NOOOOOOOOOO.
As you can tell from that, I'm not looking forward to it unless Stephen Fry is voicing it, but not even he can save the repetitiveness of the series. LBP 2 was a push to say the least.
Same goes for Magicka 2, a great game that has no need for a sequel what so ever, but it's intrigued me to say the least. Bloodborne looks like it's a cash in on Dark Souls, but it's a "spiritual successor" to Demon Souls, so it should be good.
Far Cry 4 and Dead Island 2, more mediocre tat. Far Cry 4 didn't need another sequel and Dead Island was awful, so, staying away from the both of those. Maybe a quick look into Far Cry 4 though. Diablo III, Battlefield...uhh. Give me something worth looki-what's that? Tim Schafer is making Grim Fandango for the PS4.
BUY A PS4 10/10 LIKE SYRIM WITH GUNS.
As you can hopefully tell, I'm a fan of Grim Fandango because it's a great game. Devolver Digital are making a load of games such as Hotline Miami 2 and Titan Souls so that'll be great.
Let it Die genuinely confused me. A lot. Not sure what to make of it, so we'll have to wait and see. Abzu and No Man's Sky don't look too interesting to me, lots of indie games for PS4 which is nice to see. Free To Play games such as Planetside 2 and Loadout are coming to PS4 which is awesome.
Like they say, leave the best 'till last. Let's take a look at what's worth trying:
Destiny Beta
Magicka 2
Bloodborne
Far Cry 4
Grim Fandango
All of Devolver Digital's Games
I'd say E3's winner so far is Sony because of all those interesting titles, much better when comparing it to Microsoft's "meh" conference.
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
E3 Microsoft Roundup. Mediocre Game after Tasteless Tat.
Oh great, E3 is here and now it's gone. So let's do a round up of the games and stuff shown. Let's begin.
Microsoft - Xbox
Well, Microsoft zoomed off onto the track and fell at the first hurdle with another "new" Call of Duty. There are over 20 games in the franchise, including ports over to the Nintendo DS and iOS devices. So, what's so great and new about this one? Nothing. At all. Nothing changed, didn't notice anything even if they did do something. The fact that the crowd began to CHEER when they announced DLC to Xbox first was absurd. Is it really that much of a fan war when one console can brag to another about spending £20 on a couple maps and a gun?
Generic Forza Game etc...moving swiftly on.
Halo 1, 2, 3 and 4, all in a HD upgrade for Xbox One! No thanks, seen as though they seem to have left out Halo Reach and ODST, I'll stick to my Xbox and Xbox 360 versions thank you. Oh yeah, Halo 5 was "announced". 100 Multiplayer maps on the box set thing for Halo. That's great, but they'll be mixed in with each other, so at one point you may be playing Blood Gulch and the next you're on one of the mediocre Halo 4 maps. Not bad, not good. May be worth a look if you got rid of your Xbox 360 to get the Xbox One, you idiot.
Ori and the Blind Forest. It's not my type of game but I'll check it out, looks nice. It was probably the most good looking game on the roster of Xbox.
Sunset Overdrive. Ehh...it's OK. Doesn't excite me because it's just far too over the top, but let's see how it goes. Another Assassin's Creed? Oh for God's sake. Then all that bother over the "No Female Character" stuff, so, not checking the new Assassin's Creed out. Another Dragon Age game, never played it, so not interested.
Fable Legends. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. NO. WHY would you do this? "Well, we may as well give the player control of the AI seen as though we're no good at making enemies in the game." Terrible idea, it might work, but not for me. Rise of the Tomb Raider, nope. Not taking any chances after what they've done to the Tomb Raider franchise.
Witcher 3, much like Dragon Age, I haven't played it but might have a quick look at it. Another Tom Clancy game. Probably just another generic one like most of the others. Crackdown! Because we needed a mediocre sequel to a sequel of a game nobody remembered. First Crackdown, good. Second Crackdown, pretty much the same but with zombies. Crackdown the Third. No ta.
So, let's see here. Mediocre game after mediocre game. Let's list the ones worth looking at, shall we?
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Ori and the Blind Forest
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Crackdown 3
Microsoft - Xbox
Well, Microsoft zoomed off onto the track and fell at the first hurdle with another "new" Call of Duty. There are over 20 games in the franchise, including ports over to the Nintendo DS and iOS devices. So, what's so great and new about this one? Nothing. At all. Nothing changed, didn't notice anything even if they did do something. The fact that the crowd began to CHEER when they announced DLC to Xbox first was absurd. Is it really that much of a fan war when one console can brag to another about spending £20 on a couple maps and a gun?
Generic Forza Game etc...moving swiftly on.
Halo 1, 2, 3 and 4, all in a HD upgrade for Xbox One! No thanks, seen as though they seem to have left out Halo Reach and ODST, I'll stick to my Xbox and Xbox 360 versions thank you. Oh yeah, Halo 5 was "announced". 100 Multiplayer maps on the box set thing for Halo. That's great, but they'll be mixed in with each other, so at one point you may be playing Blood Gulch and the next you're on one of the mediocre Halo 4 maps. Not bad, not good. May be worth a look if you got rid of your Xbox 360 to get the Xbox One, you idiot.
Ori and the Blind Forest. It's not my type of game but I'll check it out, looks nice. It was probably the most good looking game on the roster of Xbox.
Sunset Overdrive. Ehh...it's OK. Doesn't excite me because it's just far too over the top, but let's see how it goes. Another Assassin's Creed? Oh for God's sake. Then all that bother over the "No Female Character" stuff, so, not checking the new Assassin's Creed out. Another Dragon Age game, never played it, so not interested.
Fable Legends. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. NO. WHY would you do this? "Well, we may as well give the player control of the AI seen as though we're no good at making enemies in the game." Terrible idea, it might work, but not for me. Rise of the Tomb Raider, nope. Not taking any chances after what they've done to the Tomb Raider franchise.
Witcher 3, much like Dragon Age, I haven't played it but might have a quick look at it. Another Tom Clancy game. Probably just another generic one like most of the others. Crackdown! Because we needed a mediocre sequel to a sequel of a game nobody remembered. First Crackdown, good. Second Crackdown, pretty much the same but with zombies. Crackdown the Third. No ta.
So, let's see here. Mediocre game after mediocre game. Let's list the ones worth looking at, shall we?
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Ori and the Blind Forest
Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Crackdown 3
Thursday, 29 May 2014
Is It Worth Watching: This Is The End
This is a more controversial idea I had after watching This Is The End, made by Seth Rogen and also starring Seth Rogen. This is a review sort of. I'm going to do this with any movie that I think is worthy of a review, so, let's get started. Before we begin, I should put this out here:
SPOILER ALERT
This is The End begins with Seth Rogen's friend Jay coming over to his house, the two friends share a couple drinks and play some games, watch TV and so on. The first thing you should notice is that the "actors" actually star as themselves, as the movie is a take on real life. This is a neat touch and it isn't lost through the movie, it's strengthened as it goes along. The two head off to Jame's Franco's house party, where not much happens apart from weak jokes relating to drink and drugs. However, take note of what happens at the house party, as many cameo's are spotted here. Such as Rihanna, Emma Watson, Mindy Kaling, Kevin Hart and more. Only to find out that most of them die about five minutes later after being stupid enough to get shocked at a large hole.
So shit hits the fan and our five, heroes? Head back inside. Just for the five of them are:
Seth Rogen
James Franco
Jonah Hill
Jay Baruchel
Craig Robinson
The group goes through a pretty funny slide show check of the food and drink they have, which leads up to an argument about a Milky Way. The team agrees to allow Jonah to have it on medical grounds. Not a lot happens after that, apart from a building montage, a helicopter crash and a sleepover. The next morning we find out that Kenny McBride survived and makes a nice breakfast for the gang, using most of the food they had. Obviously they don't take to the idea of having breakfast and tell him to stop.
I can't remember much of what happened between this, it was very forgettable. A couple of things stick out, like the guy that tries to get in which is pretty funny, especially when he dies. HA. HA. HA. Also Emma Watson shows up. She asks the guys to let her in, they oblige, open the doors and let her rest up. Then she leaves, with all of their water. Wasn't that a fun cameo? The guys realise that there are two bottles of water in the basement, using a burnt matchstick to decide who goes out to the basement. I think some design faults are here, as James Franco's house doesn't have an entrance to the basement inside the house. I'll just pretend that's an American thing.
Anyways, Craig is nominated by the holy matchstick and goes along to the basement, then runs back after being scared by an off screen prop presumably. The men have another breakthrough idea, which is to literally break through the floor. It succeeds. The team enjoy their spoils, until Danny McBride decides to have another glass of water and wastes their water. The gang throw him out, giving him a prop gun before he goes. He decides to try and shoot everyone with it, only realising then that it is a prop gun. Before he leaves he gives us quite an hilarious speech, then makes his departure.
Some more weak jokes pass and then Jonah gets possessed. This leads up to an encounter with a demon-possessed Jonah with Seth and Franco running around, while Craig and Jay are out getting food, they are also attacked by a demon dog thing? The design of them isn't really the best but none the less it gets the job done. They return to the house and tie Jonah to the bed, which has one of the best references of the movie. Jay ties some Spatulas together and performs an exorcism on Jonah, it fails as it gets out of hand and Seth begins fighting Jay. Which leads to the hidden food stash of James being found. Then the house sets on fire. They leave and Craig is taken up with a beam? Forgot to mention that part because it feels so minor at the start of the movie, I honestly thought it was an alien race taking them up, but apparently it's God or some mythical creature like that.
Anyways, this leaves James, Jay and Seth to get to Malibu apparently, when they realise they need to start doing nice things. This has gone on for a while now so to quickly wrap things up I'll tell you what happens.
Danny McBride is alive, eats James Franco. He doesn't go to heaven. Jay and Seth meet Satan, Jay apologises and is sent to Heaven, takes Seth with him and they kill Satan. Congrats, happy endings.
In all, if you want some cheap laughs then this is the movie for you, the actors give some good performances and put some genuine emotion into their respective pieces. The plot is a mess, key features of the plot are brought in about five minutes before the end of the movie.
Now, it's internet law that I give this movie a score, so here goes. Wait, I don't need a score, I need a yes or no answer. So here:
Is It Worth Watching?
Yes.
SPOILER ALERT
This is The End begins with Seth Rogen's friend Jay coming over to his house, the two friends share a couple drinks and play some games, watch TV and so on. The first thing you should notice is that the "actors" actually star as themselves, as the movie is a take on real life. This is a neat touch and it isn't lost through the movie, it's strengthened as it goes along. The two head off to Jame's Franco's house party, where not much happens apart from weak jokes relating to drink and drugs. However, take note of what happens at the house party, as many cameo's are spotted here. Such as Rihanna, Emma Watson, Mindy Kaling, Kevin Hart and more. Only to find out that most of them die about five minutes later after being stupid enough to get shocked at a large hole.
So shit hits the fan and our five, heroes? Head back inside. Just for the five of them are:
Seth Rogen
James Franco
Jonah Hill
Jay Baruchel
Craig Robinson
The group goes through a pretty funny slide show check of the food and drink they have, which leads up to an argument about a Milky Way. The team agrees to allow Jonah to have it on medical grounds. Not a lot happens after that, apart from a building montage, a helicopter crash and a sleepover. The next morning we find out that Kenny McBride survived and makes a nice breakfast for the gang, using most of the food they had. Obviously they don't take to the idea of having breakfast and tell him to stop.
I can't remember much of what happened between this, it was very forgettable. A couple of things stick out, like the guy that tries to get in which is pretty funny, especially when he dies. HA. HA. HA. Also Emma Watson shows up. She asks the guys to let her in, they oblige, open the doors and let her rest up. Then she leaves, with all of their water. Wasn't that a fun cameo? The guys realise that there are two bottles of water in the basement, using a burnt matchstick to decide who goes out to the basement. I think some design faults are here, as James Franco's house doesn't have an entrance to the basement inside the house. I'll just pretend that's an American thing.
Anyways, Craig is nominated by the holy matchstick and goes along to the basement, then runs back after being scared by an off screen prop presumably. The men have another breakthrough idea, which is to literally break through the floor. It succeeds. The team enjoy their spoils, until Danny McBride decides to have another glass of water and wastes their water. The gang throw him out, giving him a prop gun before he goes. He decides to try and shoot everyone with it, only realising then that it is a prop gun. Before he leaves he gives us quite an hilarious speech, then makes his departure.
Some more weak jokes pass and then Jonah gets possessed. This leads up to an encounter with a demon-possessed Jonah with Seth and Franco running around, while Craig and Jay are out getting food, they are also attacked by a demon dog thing? The design of them isn't really the best but none the less it gets the job done. They return to the house and tie Jonah to the bed, which has one of the best references of the movie. Jay ties some Spatulas together and performs an exorcism on Jonah, it fails as it gets out of hand and Seth begins fighting Jay. Which leads to the hidden food stash of James being found. Then the house sets on fire. They leave and Craig is taken up with a beam? Forgot to mention that part because it feels so minor at the start of the movie, I honestly thought it was an alien race taking them up, but apparently it's God or some mythical creature like that.
Anyways, this leaves James, Jay and Seth to get to Malibu apparently, when they realise they need to start doing nice things. This has gone on for a while now so to quickly wrap things up I'll tell you what happens.
Danny McBride is alive, eats James Franco. He doesn't go to heaven. Jay and Seth meet Satan, Jay apologises and is sent to Heaven, takes Seth with him and they kill Satan. Congrats, happy endings.
In all, if you want some cheap laughs then this is the movie for you, the actors give some good performances and put some genuine emotion into their respective pieces. The plot is a mess, key features of the plot are brought in about five minutes before the end of the movie.
Now, it's internet law that I give this movie a score, so here goes. Wait, I don't need a score, I need a yes or no answer. So here:
Is It Worth Watching?
Yes.
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