Minecraft-Video Game Reviews

 

Minecraft XBOX 360 

I hear people talk about this game all the time.  Lots of people just love it.  So I finally decided to pick it up from redbox.  I just don't get it.  WHAT?  I played it for a few hours by myself.  Walking around the world building things.  If you don't know much about Minecraft it's a game where you just simply go around the world collecting supplies and building objects from it.  I liked it at first when I went through the tutorial and there were objectives that I could complete.  The picture below is of the objects you can use to build things. Once I finished the tutorial though, and I was on my own I was a little bored.

Never fear though.. I was really excited about the mutiplayer mode. I kept trying to find someone online to play with but no game was showing up that I could join.  I thought.. well that can't be.  I know a lot of people play this!  Turns out you can only play it with friends who are actually on your friends list on XBOX Live.  So my friend jumped online who owns it and we joined up in a world together.  We walked and walked.. and sort of built some stuff.  It was really laggy.  What he was doing I couldn't really see until a few seconds later.. even my own stuff I was building was lagged.

 

I guess people build some pretty amazing stuff.  The above house was not built by me, I wish.  I expected the multiplayer to be way different.  I thought I was going to be able to join a world where there were lots of XBOX live members playing and we would all run around together.  Yes.. these people online might be able to burn down or knock down what you built but I think they system should be set up more like Halo maybe.  If they do that you can boot them from your game.  I don't know .. this game just wasn't for me.  My friend did tell me he plays it while listening to a book on CD.  

Conan O'Brian plays this video game on his show and as usual just like his other video game videos it's hilarious!!

For those of you wondering what the game play looks like that video will show you what to expect. I thought I would enjoy it a little more. I only played it for a few hours. At least I only paid $2 to rent it!

2 out of 10

Halo 4 - Video Game Review

Halo 4

Halo is one of the best video game franchises of all time. There I said it. I love love this series.  I have been playing it for years.  Halo has one of the best multiplayer platforms.  Halo and Call of Duty are usually compared by gamers.  You are either in the Halo camp or the Call of Duty camp.  I am in the Halo camp obviously.  In Halo 4 Bungie (who is the original developer) has stepped down and 343 has taken over. 343 did a pretty amazing job of revamping the series.  They made an amazing live action series to watch prior to playing the game. Really it's a great series.. even if you don't play the game you should watch.  This is what a Halo movie should be like:

The story in Halo 4 is really good too.  Humanity is under attack by an alien race, Master Chief (the main character in the series) is back to help save us.  Since this is game 4 in the series you can read more about the history of Halo here.  Multiplayer on this game is just as fun as past games. Many people call it Red VS Blue since you are a team of 4 fighting and shooting another team of 4.  One being Red one being Blue.  There is even a hilarious internet show called Red VS Blue.  I am posting episode one here but the difference between episode 1 to the newest episode from today is amazing.  The graphics and technology has changed so much in between now and then.



If you haven't checked out the Conan O'Brian series where he plays video games.. you must. It is hilarious. He plays Halo 4 in the next video (which allows you to see the gameplay too). He is actually a voice in the game which is really funny when he encounters his character. I love how he has no idea what he is doing but has fun.


I have played the Halo series for years. Sometimes every night with my friends in multiplayer mode. It is fun to just be online and chat with them while we run around on missions.

Love it 10 out of 10

Tomb Raider (2013)- Video Game Review

Tomb Raider (2013)

Wow.. I loved this game.  The revamp of the Tomb Raider series really impressed me.  I have always attempted the previous Tomb Raiders but never beat them.  They were complicated and since I rented them I didn't have much time to play them.  I wish though I could rent some of the old ones to play again (I don't have a GameFly account and now that Blockbusters is gone well... there went that).  I kept hearing about this new Tomb Raider and the changes that were made.  You could finally have some good combat!  To be honest this game reminds me of the gameplay of the Uncharted series. I love that you can power up the weapons you find... power up even your skills.

Lara Croft is the main character in this series.  Some of you may know that there have been two movies based off this game series both staring Angelina Jolie as Lara.   She does a really good job of portraying the old Lara Croft.  The new Croft in the game is much softer and smaller boobs!  I love that there were secret tombs to find all over the different levels of the game.  Also... treasure to find.  Though I didn't find all of that since I rented the game and couldn't spend forever on it.

Did you know Conan O'Brian plays video games and does a segment?  Well this is hilarious!  He isn't actually a gamer so that makes it more fun.  I love his sense of humor so this is funny!



I think this is a really fun game. I give it a 9 out of 10.