Quick Update

I'm sorry I have been gone for so long my readers!!!! I have been dealing with some personal problems that I wont bother you with. I WILL start updating frequently soon. Expect reviews for The Darkness 2, Mass Effect 3, and Resident Evil Revelations in the coming months! Also, I will be introducing a new PC hardware review segment where I'll even do unboxing videos. Expect it all to start sometime soon.

Until then....

KEEP ON GAMING.

Game Dissector's stance on SOPA/PIPA

I'm not gonna give a big explanation why.

It's pretty easy to figure out why we don't support SOPA/PIPA.

Snap Judgment Review: AMY

Amy is a new Survival horror game made by Vectorcell. The premise, according to wikipedia is" players escort the strange 8-year old autistic title character Amy as they try to get her out of a city overrun with wild creatures and enemies. The player controls Lana, the woman escorting Amy and protecting her as the two attempt to escape their disease-ridden town. They encounter monsters and the military, among other foes, in their attempt to escape.". The game has been bashed by critics and gamers within the first day of it's release. IGN's Colin Moriarty gave AMY a 2/10 and Gameinformer's Jeff Cooke gave it a 3/10. While both reviewers state that the game is awful, I felt like I had to give it a chance. I've played games that I thought were amazing, but were originally panned by reviewers *cough*BRINK*cough. So earlier today, I downloaded it on the Xbox Live Marketplace. First off, the game isn't very pretty. Actually, it's downright ugly. Sure the game is a downloadable, but ever since games like Trine 2 and many other awesome downloadable titles, that really shouldn't be an excuse anymore. The next thing you'll notice is the awful lag and screen tearing. I'm serious. Every three seconds the game will literally freeze during EVERY cutscene. There will also be some really bad screen tearing most of the time. The next thing you'll notice is the god awful voice acting. Lana's voice is... okay at best. Everybody else sounds like Vectorcell hired people off the street to the voices! Now then, onto the gameplay. It is literally some of the worst gameplay of all time. When you watch someone play it, it looks like the older Resident Evil and Silent Hill games. Cool, right? NO. GOD NO. NO. [WARNING: THE NEXT PART OF THIS IS A RANT] THE GODDAMN GAME LAGS EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE! SERIOUSLY! YOU TAKE ONE GODDAMN STEP AND THE GAME FREEZES FOR ABOUT A SECOND AND A HALF! THAT MAY NOT SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT IT IS WHEN YOU'RE THE ONE PLAYING! THE COMBAT? DON'T F#CKING GET ME STARTED ON THE GOD AWFUL COMBAT! THE GAME LAGS EVEN WORSE! ONCE AGAIN, EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE, THE GAME FREAKS THE F#CK OUT! I'M SERIOUS! THE GAME'S CAMERA GOES NUTS AND IT FREEZES FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS! EVERY. TIME. YOU. MOVE. [END RANT] Sorry about that. Anyway, after the awful cinematics, awful voice acting, awful graphics, and awful gameplay, what did I do? I turned it off. That's it. I turned it off. It is literally, the worst game I have ever played. Not since Tony Hawk's Project 8 have I hated a game so much. I don't even want to talk about it any more.

Graphics - 4/10

Awful. Looks like they threw up the Unreal Engine 3.

Sound - 2/10

Really bad voice acting. Okay sound effects. Soundtrack sounds like a game from the 90's. In a bad way.

Gameplay - 0/10

The worst gameplay ever. EVER!

Please... Please my dear devoted readers... don't buy it. Spare yourself.

Spend that money on another Downloadable game.

I just have one question to ask you Vectorcell.

Game Dissector Review: Bit Trip Runner

Bit Trip Runner can be summed up three words. Awesome. Fun. Hard. This game just oozes coolness. It has a neat two dimensional yet almost three dimensional old school graphics with popping vibrant colors. It also has one of the most awesome original soundtracks I've heard in a long time. The gameplay? Well, the gameplay is weird yet perfect. It only consists of about one button. What does that button do? JUMP! The more obstacles you jump over, the more the music turns into a loud, incredible rhythm. The game is also hard. Really, really hard. I thought Super Meat Boy (An excellent game by the way) was the hardest indie game I've played. Nope. This one definitely takes the cake. If you're someone who enjoys and old-school, challenging side scroller, BUY THIS GAME.

Graphics - 9/10

Beautiful, vibrant colors everywhere!

Sound - 10/10

Like I said earlier, this game has one of the catchiest, fun original soundtracks I've ever heard in a video game.

Gameplay 8/10

Fun, addictive gameplay that is hard and isn't for everyone.

FINAL SCORE - 8.5 out of 10

Bit Trip Runner recieves the Game Dissector Seal of Approval!

Game of the Year Awards

Yes boys and girls, it is that time of year again! The time of year when I give at the Game Dissector game of the year awards! Lets get started!

Best Fighting Game-
              There have been quite a few fighting games out this year like Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and King of FightersXIII. But there was one fighting game in particular that stood out.

                                                                      Winner- Mortal Kombat

 Best Shooter -
                   There have been so many shooters this year it is ridiculous! Games like Battlefield 3, Bulletstorm, and many, many more came out this year and are all good games. The winner of best shooter of the year may be controversial, but in my eyes, it was easily the best shooter of the year.

                                       
                                                        Winner- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3

Best RPG-
          The RPG genre is one of my favorite genres. Many RPGs have came out this year, but many of them haven't been that great. The winner of this year's RPG of the year was easily one of the best games I have ever played.

                                                     
                                                       Winner- Deus Ex Human Revolution

Best Puzzle Game-
        Not many notable Puzzle games have came out this year other than Portal 2. While portal 2 is a very good game. I have to say, I enjoyed this one much, much more.

                                                                   Winner- Catherine

Best Racing Game -
             I'm not a very big racing game fan, but this game was absolutely amazing.

                                               
                                                                 Winner- Driver San Francisco


Best Action/Adventure game-
                Not much needs to be said about this one honestly. It's easily the best Comic Book Adapted game and one of the best action games ever.

                                                                 Winner- Batman Arkham City

Game of the Year-
                This is the big one. The winner of the 2011 Game Dissector Game of the Year awards is....

                                                     Winner- The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim

WINNER of the Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic Beta Key!

 Grayson Neal, You have won a Star Wars The Old Republic Beta Key!!! I will Email you the Beta key shortly.

STAR WARS THE OLD REPUBLIC BETA KEY GIVEAWAY!!!

Yes, you read that right. I have an extra Star Wars the Old Republic Beta key for one lucky subscriber!!!
All  you have to do to enter is subscribe to this blog and I will randomly choose a winner on Thursday November the 17th.

Good Luck.

So.... I got accepted into the Starwars The Old Republic Beta.

Yup.

New video shows the beautiful World of Skyrim

Screenshot of New Alan Wake

The unappreciated game Alan Wake is getting a sequel next year. It will be revealed at this years Spike VGAs. It will be released on the Xbox Live Marketplace. I'm extremely excited.

Skyrim released early in some Belgium stores

BREAKING NEWS
People have been saying that some stores in Belgium have released copies of Skyrim to purchase.

Alot of traffic on this site

I've noticed that this site has been getting quite alot of traffic recently. I'd like to say hello to all the newcomers to my blog!

Skyrim has gone Gold

The Bethesda blog has confirmed it.

Its done!!!

We’re pleased to announce that after more than three years of hard work, the team at Bethesda Game Studios has completed over 20 versions of Skyrim — across multiple platforms, languages, and countries. That’s right, Skyrim is officially gold!

Brand new Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Screenshots

Straight from my friends at gamespress.com 

Earthquake... or Skyrim?

There was a 5.1 Earthquake where I live. But we all know what it really was... The awesomeness of Skyrim released a little bit.

Anonymous plans to take down facebook in the next few hours

Unrelated to gaming but.......
Supposedly, within the next few hours, Anonymous will bring down Facebook. If they can, Kudos.

Rainbow 6 Patriots Prototype Gameplay

Controversial Modern Warfare 3 moment leaked

WARNING: If you haven't watched it yet, it is a little unsettling.

Remember the No Russian mission from MW2??? Well MW3 will have one similar to that scene. But instead of you controlling the character, you can only watch

200th Post!!!

This is my 200th post!!! I just wanted to thank all you guys who read this blog. I'm just some guy who writes about things going on in the gaming industry, and you guys take your time to read it. Thank you. Remember tell your family, friends enemies, pets, cyborgs, and zombies to subscribe! Here's to a sh!t load more posts!

FEAR 3 Review

FEAR 3 Review

Disclaimer : I was Only able to play Point Man's story line so the Paxton Fettel Story line and the Multiplayer sections will not be included in this review.


When FEAR 3 was initially announced, I wasn't very excited for it. I didn't really like the first FEAR and I never played the sequel. I felt like Monolith should've been spending their time on making a sequel to Condemned 2 rather than a sequel to FEAR 2. When I heard Monolith was pulled off the project, I was surprised. But recently, Onlive was having a Free to Play weekend for FEAR 3 and multiple other games. I felt that it would give me something to do so I decided to play it.

The Story
FEAR 3 starts off pretty cool, the main Protagonist from the original FEAR, Point Man, is being interrogated in some prison cell while you see the antagonist from the original FEAR, Paxton Fettel, slowly walking up behind one of the guards holding point man prisoner. What you see next is awesomely gruesome and I won't spoil it for you. The story centers around Alma, the little ghost girl and mother of Point Man and Paxton, is pregnant and Point Man and Paxton have to put aside their differences so they can stop Alma from giving birth. But honestly, that's pretty much all I can remember from the story. The story is extremely forgettable which is a shame since it had some great potential to grow.

The Looks
FEAR 3, in my opinion, looks great. I've heard alot of people talk about how the graphics are sub par but I personally thought they were really cool looking. FEAR 3 doesn't have the realistic graphics that the first two FEAR games had, it has almost a comic book look to it that I really liked.

The Gameplay
The Gameplay of FEAR 3 is it's best asset, FEAR 3's gameplay is extremely fun and addictive. While it looks like any other FPS game out there, it has a cover system that you'll rely on heavily and it also has great melee attacks and the series staple, Slow Motion Shooting. Hiding behind cover, slowing time down to get a few headshots, then popping out of cover, then slide kicking 3 enemies at the same time has never been more fun. While most of the gameplay is extremely fun, there is one major drawback... Difficulty Spikes. You could be having a blast taking down a bunch of soldiers in slo-mo, then all the sudden two huge super soldiers that can teleport and have electricity powers pop out of nowhere and kill you almost immediately. While I'm fine with a hard boss every now and then, moments like the one I described pop up usually when you're extremely unprepared. Another problem the game has is telling you what exactly to do. At one point in the game, I had to wait for a very slow moving garage door to open while fighting off a bunch of creatures. When the door finally opened,  I ran in expecting all the creatures to leave... but they didn't. I died multiple times fighting off the creatures waiting for something to happen. Never once in the fifteen minutes I was fighting the creatures off, did the game tell me to go press the same button again to close the door.While I can't necessarily call this a problem but, FEAR 3 is never at any point scary. I should also mention that after you beat the story line as Point Man, you can replay the game as Paxton Fettel. Sadly, I was not able to play as Paxton since I only had the game for three days. It also had Multiplayer, but once again, I was unable to play it.

In Conclusion
FEAR 3 is a really fun game. The story is flat and the gameplay can get annoying sometimes but the fact is, It's Fun. It's a shame I was only able to play only 1/3 of the game.

Pros
+ Fun Gameplay
+ Cool Art style
+Some Interesting Characters
+ Mech Suits

Cons
- Forgettable Story line
- Multiple Difficulty Spikes

Score
7.5 out of 10