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.

Fallout: New Vegas

This week I am doing the 4th chapter of Bethesda's series Fallout New Vegas. This time it takes place on the west coast side of the US. This part of the country wasn't hit as hard by the nuclear weapons, and still has electricity flowing everywhere. You start out by getting shot and left for dead, but before you die a robot, who saw the whole situation, takes you to the local doctor. Now you must search to find the man who tried to kill you, and on the way you can take part in tons of little side quests. As you look for the man who tried to kill you, you find Las Vegas, or as it is now called, New Vegas. It is lit up with lights, and all the gambling casinos are open for business.

Bethesda yet again created a never ending world to explore that has unlimited adventures to do. This game allows you though to interact, and control your teamates now. This game has also taken a sort of political tern by adding groups of different, surviving societies. You can choose if you want to join one, or you can destroy others. Just like Bethesda's other games, like Skyrim and Fallout 3, you have different types of customizations from your guns to your overall character. If you find yourself finished with the game then don't worry, because Bethesda has released 6 new downloadable content pactages that have many more new quests, and things to unlock. This is another great game that is a must buy, and now is for sale for only $20.

Fallout 3

This week I will be going back a couple years to 2008's Game of the Year, Fallout 3. This game was created by Bethesda, who also made Skyrim, and it is the same format, but is set when the world is destroyed by nuclear war, and you are a lone survivor who has to save the wasteland by finding a way to fix the wasteland's only water purifying plant. Just like Skyrim you have the choice of being the wasteland's hero or the evil wasteland killer. You start off by creating you character, and then you are forced from your home in an underground vault, and you have to find your father who up and disappeared out of nowhere. This game offers lots of weapon choices, that have to be repaired and maintained vigorously or else they will break in the middle of battle.

The enemies you fight can be just normal human raiders that want to rule the wasteland, mutated super mutants and ghouls, or the Enclave soldiers that are trying to stop your father, and take the purifier to have to themselves. This game offers a long main quest, but also allows you to go and complete tons of smaller side quests to help you level up, and become even stronger. One big aspect to this game is the ability to acquire teammates to help you along the road. Some teammates you are allowed are your faithful dog, Charon the slave, and Butch. You are only allowed to have one human and a dog at a time, and all characters have a certain criteria you must reach in order for them to follow you. Butch for example isn't bad or good, so you must be neutral. This is a great game, but since it is an older one i will make it a must rent.