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LET'S TALK WITH THE DEAD!

     

Today's gaming update is gonna be a short one what with it being Easter and everything, I felt that you guy's would be interested in this one so here it is, enjoy

      -StormWulf

Title: Murdered: Soul Suspect

Developer: Airtight Games

Publisher: Square Enix

Genre: Mystery/Crime, Action/Adventure

Platforms: PS3, PS4, Xbox One, 360, PC

Release Date: June 3, 2014

Plot: When a dectective with a checkered past, Ronan O'Connor, is caughtup in a burglary, his life is brought to an untimely end at the hands of a brutally relentless killer.  After the shock of waking up in the afterlife, Ronan must used his new found powers and the help of a girl in the human world, Joy, with the power to talk and see the dead, in order to survive this limbo world of 'Dusk', and solve his murder and bring the killer to justice. 

Gameplay/Overview:  Murdered:Soul Suspect takes place in the town of Salem in the state of Massachusetts. Okay first off, that's pretty cool, especially when you throw in the fact that in order to learn more about the case and the persons invovled players have to talk to all the 'past' citzens of this city wrought in a diabolical history. Players will be unable to talk to human NPCs and must instead rely upon 'reading their minds' which allows you to influeneces their thoughts and decisions at will. Players will also have the assistance of a human ally in the character Joy, a girl with psychic abilities which obviously include seeing and speaking with the long departed. Add in a pottery scene with Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg to voice the girl and we would have a Hollywood hit on our hands, but oh well back to the review. Soul Suspect contains a bit of a horror element mixed in with all the supernatural crime-fighting, with the addition of soul-sucking demons that players can evade by opening dimensional tears (...wait a minute...doesn't that sound alot like another certain game inwhich players run around as a detective with the assistance of a young girl with interesting powers...hmm...nahh must just be my imagination.) in addition to a phenominal looking environments that really helps to give the player a true sense of all things dark and foreboding. As the game approaes its June 3rd release date hopefully more things will be reveal, but as with all good things developers tend to keep major aspects under wraps, so be sure to tune in again next week for your gaming update. Stay frosty folks!

 
 



   

UPDATE MINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 GREETING MINIONS! It's I your fearless leader CLAP- I...er...STORMWULF!!! Here with this week's gaming update, so don't move a muscle cause you're not gonna wonna miss what's out and coming out.

Currently on gracing the store shelves:
      - Firstly we have Elder Scrolls: Online for the PC, the PS4 and XBXONE versions will be released...let's see here...damn, you's guys will have to wait til June to recieve your copies. 
      - Titanfall made it's belated debut on the XBX360 on April 8th (Why they couldn't have released it when they released the XBXOne version is beyond me....).
      - Finally for those of you lucky enough to own a PS4 (cough, Mister Gray, cough), Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was released on the 14th. 

Coming Attractions:
      - First on March 2nd we have Kirby: Triple Deluxe  for the 3DS.
      - Now we skip to March 20th and the release of Wolfenstien: The New Order for PS3, PS4, XBX 360, XBX ONE,  PC. 
      - On the 27th of March we see the release of Ubisoft's new babe Watch Dogs for the PS3, PS4, XBX ONE, XBX 360, and PC.
      - Finally March 30th we get the 8th, that's right people 8th title in the Mario Kart series, they seem to be catching up to Square Enix's very own Brady Bunch the FF series. 
That's it for the update BUT be sure to check in with me totmorrow when I will be giving you guys the run down on Murdered: Soul Suspect an interesting new game wherein players assume control over the soul of a murdered Dective, to find and bring to justice the person resopnsible for his untimely end. So be sure to tune in ifin you wants to learn more!!! Stay Frosty folks!! PEACE!

PREVIEWS AND REVIEWS: THE WORLD OF THIEF AND BEYOND!!!!!!!!!!!

   GREETINGS NERDS AND FELLOW GAMING ENTHUSIASTS!!!!!!!! Stormwulf has return from parts unknown, to bring to you a new console gaming update. This update is going to be special because, Stormwulf (out of his love for his readers mind you) has spent the last month or so trecking into unknown lands and countries to bring to you, for your reading pleasure, a little review of...THIEF! So stay tuned for that. Before I get too far ahead of myself I would like to take a minute or so to go over new releases and some updates on past posts. 
 First off, as many of you have probably noticed quite alot has hit store shelves over the last month starting with;
      -South Park: The Stick of Truth (PS3, PC, X360)
      -Dark Souls II (PS3, X360)
      -Titan Fall (XBO, PC)-For those of you wondering, Titan Fall WILL be on X360. However you will have to wait till April 8th before you can recieve your copy. For whatever reason EA and Respawn Entertainment thought it would be fun to make 360 owners wait another month before they can play it. It have damn well better be worth it. 
 Sorry got off on a bit of a tangent, returning to primary directive: 
      -Yoshi's New Island (3DS)
      - Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (PS3)


      -Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS3. PS4, X360, XBO)
      -Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (PS3, X360)
      -Infamous: Second Son (PS4)
      -Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (PC)
*FANS OF THE BATMAN: ARKHAM SERIES WILL WANT TO READ THIS NEXT SECTION!!!!*
For those of us lucky enough to have played them, the Batman: Arkham series have held a since of enjoyment and thrill. That all is about to change for us though be cause Rock Steady have annouced that the next and final title, Batman: Arkham Knight will not be returning to the Playstation 3 and XBOX 360. Rock Steady has instead decided to release it EXCLUSIVELY onto the PS4 and XBOX One. 

 Okay I think that about covers things on the update side of things, now for the real reason we're all gathered here...Thief.

 Now bare with me here this is my first game review...like ever...so just keep that in mind. I will try my best to make this simple and easy to read and understand without giving away too much of the game because, this is after all just a review and not a complete walkthrough, you want hardcore details about secrets and hidden treasures your gonna have to go somewhere else. 


                                      Thief
Platform: 360, PS3, PC, XBX ONE, PS4

Genre: First-Person, Stealth

Plot Summary: Take on the role of Garrett, a master thief, as he steals his way through The City, and tries to find answers to over a years worth of questions: What happened at the Baron's Manor? What is happening to the people of the City? and What happened to his former apprentice? 

                                                       Rating

Over all Game Score:  8.5/10  (With an ingenius and enitcing story,  near flawless stealth oriented gameplay, diferent ways to complete missions and objectives, coupled with some of the most intense moments in gaming this year. Thief makes players want to come for the gold but stay around for the phenominal story.) 



Game Replay-ability: 7.75/10 (Moderately High)

Graphics: 7.5/10 (Phenominal character, environmental, and textural designing helps to makes player feel as though they are actually experiencing this dirty, grimy, yet some what beautiful city as they trapse along in search of precious boubles and trinkets)

Sound Quaility: 8/10 (An excellent musical score and great sound effects combine to help further engross players in to this exciting new world)

Combat (Non-Stealth): 4.5/10 (do to a lack of an efficient melee weapon and somewhat poor, non-stealth oriented, combat mechanics)

Combat (Stealth): 7/10


Over-all Story/Plot: 9/10 (Thief excells at keeping the player guessing what will happen next and in effect coming back for more time and time again to find out what happens next)

Over-all Game Mechanics: 7.75/10

Review:  Over recent years we have seen a almost significant increase in reboots of older and classic games. Some of them were good, and in some instances better than their predecessors, games like Tomb Raider (2013), DmC: Devil May Cry, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and Rayman: Origins. While some have not been very good at all, we're talking games like: Duke Nukem: Forever, Golden Axe: Beast Rider, and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). This year we saw the release of another reboot in Thief, and you can rest assured that it will be counted amoung those game reboots worthy enough to be label as sucessful. Thief, which has some of the best developemental predigree around, was developed by Eidos Montreal and published by Square Enix. The game puts you into the shoes of Garrett (no lastname apparently), a master thief extrodinaire, as he piliages and plunders his way to answer and so much gold that even Scrooge McDuck would be jealous of. Combine that with an intriguing and exciting story and throw in some pretty intense horror elements and you go yourself the makings of a pretty decent game.  
     Now for the not so shiny side of this otherwise perfect diamond. While Thief shines at the stealth stuff, it dulls in combat. Players, when prgroessing through the game, are equipped with a compound bow, and more arrow types than a hillbilly can swing his banjo at, and a Black-jack. Now while this is a menacing combo when used as a part of stealth combat, it's really not a good thing for players who prefer open combat, because once spotted and combat commences, the black-jack becomes as about as useful as a toddler with a foam sword against the city watch who are armed with long swords and crossbows. You can completely forget about using the bow in open combat because, even when full upgraded, it takes too long for it to aim properly and once you take a hit players have to completely re-orientate themselves as well as aim again, which by the take you do all of that you been hit again and have to do it all over again.
    Along with its shotty open combat mechanics comes one of the poorest attempts at a character progression system I've seen in a while. In most games continued use of an ability or eliminating enemies generally rewards the player with Experience points players can then use to progress character abilities or skills. Thief takes a completly different route by forcing players to either seek out impoosible to find Focus Points or to spent hard earned money to upgrade skills, Which in itself I wouldnt mind, if you didnt have to use money to upgrade your equipment and to purchase more supplies. So if a player only has 2,000 gld they have to then choose whether or not to spend that money on focus points, refilling their supply stocks, or upgrading their equipment (which mind you gets extremely expensive as the game progresses). 
  With it's intense story, exciting stealth gameplay, and the assurance of a possible sequel, Thief shines as a bright beacon of hope in the dark and dreary world of gaming reboots and seals in position as one of the best games to hit store shelves this season. I can fully as your gaming guru can feel no remousre in telling you to go out purchase this title, if only so that you as readers can expericene this game for yourself.

                                                ---This is has been StormWulf on be half of Nerds                                                                                      Socialize...Stay frosty folks....

J-Stars Vs. VICTORY! EPIC CROSSOVER GAME!

This had apparently been announced for sometime, but this game just caught this Nerds attention.
J-Stars vs. Victory is a new fighting game that is set to come out on March 19th 2014 in Japan, as far as I know. The game combines characters spanning across the "Shonen Jump" magazine franchise and have them brawl it out in a 3D open world battle field environment with up to 4 players at a time.

The series that this includes are as follows:

Dragon Ball Z

D. Grayman

One Piece

Toriko

Naruto

Bleach

Rurouni Kenshin

Gintama

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo

Hunter × Hunter

YuYu Hakusho

Medaka Box

Katekyō Hitman Reborn!

Beelzebub

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Jigoku Sensei Nūbē

Assassination Classroom

Saint Seiya

Each series adds the main character from each one, and a rival form each series as well. The gameplay is like that of a battle royal, and the players need to learn the layout of the land in order to formulate strategies to outwith their opponents. I'm hoping this game comes out in America!

From the couch front, to the Battlefield 4!

By Mr. Grey

Everything hurts... My feet, the scars on my face, and hell, I think even my boots feel like they're hurting... And at the forefront of my mind is how hungry I am getting. One can't help bu feel hungry when they are beat, electrocuted, and forced to watch one of your friends get his teeth knocked in. Funny thing is, we did not give them any information. The funny thing is Irish would have spilled his guts for some food, but all that is in the past now. Out objective, we must destroy the dam! I pick up my very expensive, and very fancy PLD (Portable Laser Designator).

I see at least fifteen enemies, with another hundred yards or more to cover as more enemies hide, each one wanting our heads impaled on a stick. I can still hear Irish and Hana fighting about where we should plant the C4. I get very tired of this and pick out two enemies that had wondered off by themselves. I grab my Steyr Scout Elite sniper rifle I hold my breath and let the bullet travel to the first target. He felt nothing as I quickly found the second one in my sights. I follow and lead him as he RUNS OFF the dam!

I switch to my PLD and watch as he lands on the ground safely and still continues to run. I pause my game. Great another thing I can add to the list of crap that has happened on battlefield 4. So far the list of bugs I have found in this game is as follows:

three times my memory and game progress has been wiped along with the awards I worked hard to achieve. So I had to start all over again, I even had to pull an all nighter to get this done. Even so, I tripped up two times in the process. It got to be such a problem that I had to report the problems to Sony. But even then, I had to pick up the game and fight my way through enemies that I already killed before. Another time, as I was climbing up a ladder, I glitched through Irish. After that, I got tossed through the air, landing on a pile of sharp pointy rubble that was on fire. I was stuck, and could not escape as the fire began killing me. Basically this forced me to restart again...

So what do I think of Battlefield 4's storyline? Over all it is good, but having to watch the same crap over and over thanks to all those glitches got old fast. This really does not feel well knowing that the game was not finished. It's nice that they got multi-player polished up, but the holes left in the other aspects of the game made it frustrating. Like the game crashing, and losing memory files. But if one of you were to buy this game, more than likely you are getting it for the multi-player, which they were ACTUALLY able to get done in time. So my question is, when will the new “Battlefield: Bad Company” come out? will they ever finish that story? All questions we want answers to, and so far... no answers... *sigh*