Guitar Hero 3 is a Guitar-playing Game (GPG) (I made that up) for the Wii, Xbox 360,
PS3, and PS2. This review is for the Wii version, not that it makes much difference.
STORY:
N/A
GAMEPLAY:
The Gameplay is nice and smooth, the objective being to "Play" the coloured notes as they pass by, with your plastic wireless guitar, by strumming and pushing the correct combination of colours. The game has four different difficulty settings, all of which I will explain:
EASY- The easiest difficulty setting, with only three colours to play, and with each song having VERY simple to play notes.
MEDIUM- Slightly harder than medium, with more complex note combinations and the addition of a blue note, forcing you to make use of your pinky as well.
HARD-Starting to get quite difficult, featuring faster tunes and the addition of an orange note, and, since your thumb isn't playing, will force you to slide your hand over to play the orange notes.
EXPERT-The hardest difficulty setting, and, although it doesn't add another note, it does just "Turn it up a notch" and make everything harder.
The game also has a multiplier which goes up with your streak, increasing the amount of points you get for each note. There is also a star power feature, which, once you have hit enough "SP Phrases", can be used to double the multiplier. The note annotations are also pretty good, unlike Guitar Hero AEROSIMTH...
GAMEPLAY: 9.5/10
GRAPHICS:
The graphics are impressive and flashy, even though they don't really matter in this type of game. The PS3 version of the game supposedly has better graphics than the Wii, though.
GRAPHICS 9/10
MUSIC:
The game features songs like "Slow Ride" (By Foghat) All the way to "Raining blood"
(By Slayer). Although there are some bad songs, there aren't too many of them.
MUSIC: 8.5/10
OVERALL: 9/10
Overall, Guitar Hero 3 is a pretty darn good game, if you have quick fingers, and like musical games and GPG's. Discuss your Guitar Hero 3 opinion in the comments.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Legend of Zelda: The Phantom hourglass review
It's the long awaited (And long delayed) Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass (DS) review! By R2D2:
STORY:
The story begins with you, link, a member of a pirate group led by Tetra (revealed as Princess Zelda in the previous game) Getting attacked by a massive "Ghost ship" that kidnaps Tetra, Link finds himself washed up on the shore of Mercay island, where he meets a fairy called Ciela. Link tells Ciela about Tetra, and they embark on a quest to find the Ghost Ship and rescue Tetra.
STORY: 8/10
GRAPHICS:
The graphics will strike you as quite bad at first, but you will get used to them and will soon be admiring the simple art of each of the characters in the game.
GRAPHICS: 8/10
MUSIC:
Nice music, I never really got bored of it.
MUSIC: 8.5/10
GAMEPLAY:
95% Of the game's controls are with the Stylus, giving you a more unique control system than other games, doing things like slashing and moving with the stylus. However, because of this, it can sometimes be frustrating getting the game to do what you want with the stylus, for example, it can be hard sometimes to get Link to roll, for the touch screen might mistake your stylus actions for a sword slash instead. Good gameplay everywhere else, though.
Gameplay: 7.5/10
Overall: 8/10 - Great game!
Discuss your opinion with others in the comments.
-R2D2
STORY:
The story begins with you, link, a member of a pirate group led by Tetra (revealed as Princess Zelda in the previous game) Getting attacked by a massive "Ghost ship" that kidnaps Tetra, Link finds himself washed up on the shore of Mercay island, where he meets a fairy called Ciela. Link tells Ciela about Tetra, and they embark on a quest to find the Ghost Ship and rescue Tetra.
STORY: 8/10
GRAPHICS:
The graphics will strike you as quite bad at first, but you will get used to them and will soon be admiring the simple art of each of the characters in the game.
GRAPHICS: 8/10
MUSIC:
Nice music, I never really got bored of it.
MUSIC: 8.5/10
GAMEPLAY:
95% Of the game's controls are with the Stylus, giving you a more unique control system than other games, doing things like slashing and moving with the stylus. However, because of this, it can sometimes be frustrating getting the game to do what you want with the stylus, for example, it can be hard sometimes to get Link to roll, for the touch screen might mistake your stylus actions for a sword slash instead. Good gameplay everywhere else, though.
Gameplay: 7.5/10
Overall: 8/10 - Great game!
Discuss your opinion with others in the comments.
-R2D2
RPG maker VX review
Hello! This is R2D2!
Like I said about 23 days ago, I had gotten the RPG making software known as RPG maker VX for the PC. I will now write my review about it. Note that this may be an unusual review, for there isn't a story to review, and how good it is may depend on how well I have used it.
GRAPHICS SELECTION:
The game allows you four pages (Each with about 40-50 tiles) to make your own cool-looking landscapes. I have hardly ever felt that there is no tile just perfect for what I need. Also, the game comes with a wide variety of character and enemy graphics. You can also upload your own character or enemy graphics.
GRAPPHICS SELECTION: 9/10
MUSIC SELECTION:
The game comes with about 25 different looping BGM's, around 10 ME's, hundreds of SE's, and about 10 Background looping sound effects, giving you quite a selecion of music and sound effects. You can also upload your own BGM's, ME's, SE's And Background Sounds. That being said, some of the BGM's sound almost exactly like each other.
MUSIC SELECTION: 7.5/10
DATABASE CREATION:
RPG Maker VX also has a "database", where you can manage the stats of your characters, create enemies, create weapons and classes, and...
You get the idea...
It is very simple to use, with, as I said, lots of graphics (Like a green-haired man character graphic, for example) to be used with allies, enemies, or miscellaneous events. This may seem complicated to first-time users, but will be easy once you get the hang of it.
DATABASE CREATION: 9/10
USER FRIENDLINESS:
RPG maker VX is quite complicated to first time users, and it may take a while to get to know the full extent of it's abilities. There is a help function, but, I personally don't find it too useful. However, there is a quick event creation button that will let you create treasure chests, doors, or transfer points. Creating other events, however, may be overwhelming and hard at first. Once you get used to it, though, you can be creating many tricky events with relative ease.
USER FRIENDLINESS:8/10
OVERALL SCORE: 8.5/10 - Great game!
Discuss your opinion with others in the comments!
Like I said about 23 days ago, I had gotten the RPG making software known as RPG maker VX for the PC. I will now write my review about it. Note that this may be an unusual review, for there isn't a story to review, and how good it is may depend on how well I have used it.
GRAPHICS SELECTION:
The game allows you four pages (Each with about 40-50 tiles) to make your own cool-looking landscapes. I have hardly ever felt that there is no tile just perfect for what I need. Also, the game comes with a wide variety of character and enemy graphics. You can also upload your own character or enemy graphics.
GRAPPHICS SELECTION: 9/10
MUSIC SELECTION:
The game comes with about 25 different looping BGM's, around 10 ME's, hundreds of SE's, and about 10 Background looping sound effects, giving you quite a selecion of music and sound effects. You can also upload your own BGM's, ME's, SE's And Background Sounds. That being said, some of the BGM's sound almost exactly like each other.
MUSIC SELECTION: 7.5/10
DATABASE CREATION:
RPG Maker VX also has a "database", where you can manage the stats of your characters, create enemies, create weapons and classes, and...
You get the idea...
It is very simple to use, with, as I said, lots of graphics (Like a green-haired man character graphic, for example) to be used with allies, enemies, or miscellaneous events. This may seem complicated to first-time users, but will be easy once you get the hang of it.
DATABASE CREATION: 9/10
USER FRIENDLINESS:
RPG maker VX is quite complicated to first time users, and it may take a while to get to know the full extent of it's abilities. There is a help function, but, I personally don't find it too useful. However, there is a quick event creation button that will let you create treasure chests, doors, or transfer points. Creating other events, however, may be overwhelming and hard at first. Once you get used to it, though, you can be creating many tricky events with relative ease.
USER FRIENDLINESS:8/10
OVERALL SCORE: 8.5/10 - Great game!
Discuss your opinion with others in the comments!
Final Fantasy 4 DS Pre-Review
Hello! This is R2D2!
I have recently gotten the DS remake of Final Fantasy 4, (So I can now REALLY call myself an RPG junkie, for getting my first Final Fantasy game) and it is so far REALLY GOOD. I haven't completed it yet, but I will be sure to write a review about it in the near future. I will right now tell you in general what are my thoughts of the game:
Story: Good, pretty original
Graphics: Excellent, given that it's on a Nintendo DS.
Gameplay: Good, Easy controls, may be a bit complicated to play for Final Fantasy
n00bs. (Like myself)
Music: Good music, one of the only games that my brother barely ever complains about the music in.
Full review coming soon!
-R2D2
I have recently gotten the DS remake of Final Fantasy 4, (So I can now REALLY call myself an RPG junkie, for getting my first Final Fantasy game) and it is so far REALLY GOOD. I haven't completed it yet, but I will be sure to write a review about it in the near future. I will right now tell you in general what are my thoughts of the game:
Story: Good, pretty original
Graphics: Excellent, given that it's on a Nintendo DS.
Gameplay: Good, Easy controls, may be a bit complicated to play for Final Fantasy
n00bs. (Like myself)
Music: Good music, one of the only games that my brother barely ever complains about the music in.
Full review coming soon!
-R2D2
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