Assassin's Creed: Revelations

For my last blog I will be talking about Assassin's Creed Revelations, and I will also rate my Top 10 games. Revelations is the newest rendition of the series. It was created by Ubisoft Games, and is one of the most popular games of its time. This game lets you become the perfect assassin, and it offers one of the best story line campaigns that I have ever played. You also have the choice of playing online against people from around the world, and that offers an extra incentive for people to buy. The online allows you to pick your type of assassin, and also choose the weapon you like.

This game offers a very appealing campaign, and now an alright online server. Ubisoft is now making the next version of the series, and it will take place during the Revolutionary War. Since there is a new version being made I am making this a must rent. I will now share my Top 10 games that I play. I am more into the competitive side of gaming, but also like RPGs. My Top 10 favorite games are: 1.) Modern Warfare 3  2.)NBA 2K12  3.)Fallout 3  4.) Skyrim  5.) Dead Island  6.) Gears of War 3  7.)Fallout New Vegas  8.)AC Revelations  9.) Arkham City  10.) Madden 12. Those are my favorite games to play right now.

NBA 2K12

This week I reviewed NBA 2K12. This has always been the premier title for basketball fans, and this year it got even better. If putting Michael Jordan on the cover wasn't enough, they made much more realistic graphics. This game offers realistic shooting options, and also has updates that make the rosters as real as possible. You have the choice to play a quick game as your favorite team, make your own superstar, or create your own team to start a franchise with. Whatever you want than this game has it.

Another positive aspect of this game is the online play. You can connect to X Box Live, and play against other people from around the world. This makes it very competitive, and makes players compete to be the best in the game. Many people though just get this game to make their own version of themselves, become the best player in history. The only bad thing about this game is the trading aspect, and it is pretty tricky to try and not spend over your team's salary cap. This game can be played for hours without getting bored, and I am making it a must buy for any basketball fans.

   

Gears of War 3

This week I will be reviewing Gears of War 3. This game was released in September of 20011, which was a much earlier release date than other notable titles, such as MW3 and BF3. This game follows with its last two titles, and if you want to really understand it than you must play the first two. This game is action packed, and is full of monster killing action. You can kill the bad guys by filling them full of bullets, or you can chop them in half with you chainsaw if you want it to get gory. That choice is all up to you.

This game is only available on the X Box 360, but it still made loads of money when it came out. This game just got bigger, because the creators just released some new downloadable content. This added new maps for multi-player, and has already become a big hit. Unlike other shooters, Gears of War 3 is played in 3rd person, and this makes the game different, and a little more challenging when trying to take out a target from a distance. I am making this game a must buy, because of the great story line and good multi-player.

Battlefield 3

This week I will be reviewing EA's newest game, Battlefield 3. EA created this game to try and compete with Modern Warfare 3. They didn't come close to matching MW3, but they had some pretty good sales. If you play computer than this game has amazing graphics, but on normal game systems the graphics are good. The campaign on Battlefield is short , and isn't that fun to play. The multiplayer is where they mainly tried to get people. With large maps and tons of gun customizations, this game sounds like it would be amazing, but it's not. The maps are so big that people camp like no other, and helicopters and jet fighters make killing on the ground pretty difficult.

This is a game that you either love, or just completely despise. It sounded good when the commercials showed amazing graphics, but when I realized that that was just on computer and that X Box and PS3 couldn't handle those graphics it made me less interested. EA has made some popular title, and will keep competing to beat MW3. Battlefield 3 has some good potential, but didn't live up to what it was suppose to be. I am making this game a must rent for PS3 and X Box, but for PC gamers I am making it a must buy.

Madden 12

This week I played the newest installment of the Madden series. This has been one of the most popular series since it was first made. Madden 12 though offers some new additions to change things up. One new thing was the ability to allow you to trade future draft picks for players, and also it has got some better graphics. Though the game hasn't changed much over the years, it still is addicting. One of the most popular things to do is create your own player, and make all of his stats 99. This makes him unstoppable, and able to crush all the records.

Madden 12 also offers an online service, which means that you can play against other people from around the world to see who is the best. This makes the game very competative, and allows players to earn some bragging rights if they win. Electronic Arts is the creator, and they have made such games as Need for Speed and Battlefield 3. Madden is a good overall game, but can get pretty boring and repetative after playing for excessive amounts of time. I am making this game a must rent.

Arkham City

This week i played the very popular Batman: Arkham City, and i have to say i loved it. This game got a 10/10 rating, which was better than Skyrim and MW3. This sequal to Arkham Assylum lives up to its reputaion. You get to play as the Dark Knight, and have to try and take down Dr. Strange. Every evil enemy has been put into one place, and you must stop it. In this game you get tyo opperate all of Batman's famous gear; like the Batarang and Grappling hook. This game also offers tons of side quests that add to the amount of time needed to beat this game, and trust me it takes a lot of gaming time to finish this one.

Along with the typical missions you get to also have the chance to download some extra missions. You can get new characters, like Catwomen and Robin, and these give you the oppertunity to stray away from Batman, and have some different cappabilities and gameplay. I didn't play Arkham Assylum so this made a little hole in the story line, but if you do want to play this one I suggest that you play Assylum first. This is a great game that is different than most others. This game is hard to stop playing once you have started, and has a great story line. I am making this a must buy.

The Run

This week I went away from the shooters, and tried out Ned for Speed's new installment, The Run. This racing game was created by Electronic Arts, who have created other games such as Battlefield 3 and Madden, and they changed this one up a bit form the early Need for Speed games. You start of as a street racer who is being hunted down by the mob for not paying them their money you owe them. Now you must race from San Francisco to New York in order to win $25 million dollars, and get your life back. You have help from an friend who in return wants most of your winnings. You travel through snowey mountain trails, big cities, and vast desert plains.

This one allows you to have some time spent outside your car, but instead of actually controlling your character, you just push a button repeatedly to accomplish your goal. The cars look amazing as usual, and they have great detail, but you really don't get much of a choice of what car you want in you adventure. Unlike older Need for Speed games that let you customize cars to your liking, this one only offers you certain cars that can only have the color changed. This was a big disapointment due to the fact that creating a car to your liking was one of the funnest things about Need for Speed. This game may have had good graphics, but the repetative missions, and not being able to have much customization, I will make this game a must rent.