IGN Scores Brutal Legend
I hope you didnt put this game on the back burner, because roadies don't like back burners.
IGN US have scored Brutal Legend, a fantastic 9.0/10 - That usually means it's 'very good' In IGN's standards, so get the game preordered.
Brutal Legend is a tour de force that wraps up humor, music, and clever gameplay into one highly polished package. You haven't played a game quite like this before and won't want to miss it. Tim Schafer is one of the funniest guys in games and Jack Black is one of the funniest guys in movies -- together they'll keep you ROFLing (although the laughs do taper off as you work your way through the game). Brutal Legend isn't quite perfect and there is room for improvement (it's a little short, side quests are repetitive...), but when the credits roll you'll find yourself hoping for a sophomore release. Double Fine created a rich heavy metal universe and backstory full of great characters and creatures, with potential for an out-of-this-world sequel. Here's hoping Schafer and company get a chance to take us there.
Demon Souls, Uncharted 2 & Brutal Legend – Heaven
You'll need a PS3 to play all Three
Forget about Demon Souls (actually don't) forget about Uncharted 2 (actually don't) the game that's going to really 'rock' is Brutal Legend! We at GameCovered are looking forward to getting our hands on this game, and can say with great certainty, this game is going to rock!
If you think GameCovered is going to be getting updated from Friday next week, you must be living In a shell, or something, I'll be busy knuckling Uncharted 2, and then Brutal Legends Single Player modes!
All the while, playing demon souls which is amazing.
Still Want A PS3?
Awesome deal. £269.99 for a 250GB Slim PS3 with the following.
X-Men Origins Blu-Ray
Batman The Dark Knight Blu-Ray
Blu-Ray Remote Control (This comes in handy for PlayTV too)
Uncharted 2: Multiplayer Impressions
I'm loving the Uncharted Beta Trail. At first I was planning on staying away from the trial all together, because we got access the the first Beta, and being a big fan of Uncharted, didn't wanna spoil the game.
But I thought what the hell, this time I can play with friends, and check out the party system, I was surprised too see how much better this build was compered to the old beta.. A few more maps added too, and some extra modes.
I waited until my friends, and brother downloaded this trial and we all launched into the beta. Firstly the party system made things a breeze, you don't even have to send invites, as the player can just click on his friends name and select to Join Party, or infact - Create his/her own party... Pretty damn cool.
Once we joined the party, we all noticed instantly how clear the voice comms where, in fact - I've never heard better voice comms, even on other low latency PC VOIP utilities... Amazing. I actually think it's one of the first games to utilise the Sony headset HQ mode?
We checked out all the coop modes first as we are all big fans of coop, and loved the difficulty range! After that and some death-match games, we found the gold... Objective mode.
Objective mode IS the mode for Uncharted 2 - It's a random game set of things like capture the zones (Chain Reaction) and capture the flag (Plunder). Amazingly, Naughty Dog have made a valiant effort in creating a unique flavour of these tried and tested game modes, and molded them well with the Uncharted universe!
We all found this to be the mode that drives the Uncharted 2 MP, and is the mode we most constantly play online. Amazing job Naughty Dog - Enjoy your time off guys.
If you've not yet tried the Uncharted Trial, It's still available on the PlayStation store, and will be running until the 10th of October. Then we have a looooooong week until the real thing hits the shelves!
Retailers Hate PSP Go! Gamers Dont!
After all the bad press of the PSP Go! Today, It's unsurprisingly where all this negative feedback is coming from... Retailers.
I'm liking how, it's perfectly fine for Apple to update (yearly) and sell products, of which the users are going to be buying the music/games from apple directly. Sony come along, WHILST still offering the PSP UMD versions, and the uproar from retailers is almost funny! In fact, It's hilarious!
We happen to love our new PSP Go! It's a lot more practical as a handheld, and Sony have the network to support the game downloads, it's overall a better handheld for watching movies on than other equivalents. Expensive? Yes, but the price will fall, like everything else.
Retailers - Get over it!
Sony - You've listened to fans, and provided a UMDless Alternative. Well Done.
News In Pictures: Uncharted 2 Metacritic Score Impresses Most, Suprises Some…
I'm happy the current Metric rating for Uncharted 2 is 98, and I kinda expected it. But are some people as happy as we are over here at GameCovered? Well we've happened to find someone called 'Master Chief', he seemed to have been taken by suprise by Drake and his uber gun/stealth games!
We've got the exclusive picture of the moment when Drake 'pwned' Master Chief!
Drake pwns the green Chief with his 97 Metric score!
Where to Go! To Buy The PSP Go!
With the launch of Sony's brand spanking new digital only PSP just a day away, I thought it would be a good idea to find the best prices for our fellow GameCovered.com readers. Here is what we think is the best two deals currently on the market.
We think the PSP Go! Is going to be a fighting success, and we can't wait to get hold of one for ourselves. Once we do get hold of one, we'll be sure to give you our full hardware review!
Review: Trine
What Trine!
Earlier last week, I posted my Initial Impressions of Trine, the game I said made me feel like I was playing an awesome Amiga game, that that still stands today as I'm writing this review.
Trine is a mythical adventure set in a true fantasy world, provided with excellent voice overs and music that really do help the story in a book like fashion. This works very well and the story is usually read out while the game is loading on to the next stage, once the game starts you'll hear some sentences spoke from the stories characters you play. But sadly, that's the only places the game has time for story telling, once you start the game becomes a pure plat-former.
Platform/puzzle elements are crafted out by using the three charactors different skills, the Wizard can create boxes and ladders, Theif who can fire arrows, light up torches and graple wooden objects and then the warrior, who, well fights people.
After finding myself very attracted to this game, and writing the Initial impressions, I went back to playing it some more to see what exciting things awaited me. What exciting things awaited me? Nothing. It was like I started playing the game from the start, it all seemed the same, and collecting experience got old fast. Things I did notice, I could now level up my characters, but I soon found your kind of restricted to who and what you can upgrade, making it pointless, and making you wonder why they did just make it an automatic character upgrade system.
After fininshing the campain, I'm not even sure I could go back through this game for the trophies, I'm left feeling bitterly dissopointed from the middle to the end. This however does not mean to say it's a poor game, far from poor, it's just not the game I initally thought it was going to be, and that was a instant PSN classic.
Rating : 7/10
Feature: GameCovered’s Top Ten PSP Games
Since the PSP is getting a relaunch and more support, starting with the release of the PSP Go! On the first of October, we at GameCovered thought it would only be right to compile a list of the best PSP portable games, for people who are going to be new to the PSP and for those of you returning to it.
- Daxter - Daxter is an old-school game at heart but on the PSP it feels original. The guns from Jak II and 3 have been cut out--san the Ottsel's bug sprayer that lets him stun enemies-- which makes the game play much more like the original Jak and Daxter.
- Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror - Almost a year after its release, Dark Mirror still has some of the most robust multiplayer features in a PSP game, which is really not surprising because that was one of the biggest draws in the console series
- Burnout Legends - The controls are very simple and Burnout Legends is a great technical showcase of how much power the PSP has. The same over-the-top sense of speed is reached in handheld form and nothing is compromised in terms of speed.
- Rachet & Clank: Size Matters - High Impact Games took over from Insomnic for this first PSP version of Ratchet & Clank, but you'd be hard pressed to find ANY real drop in quality with story and animation. Plus, you get online multiplayer. This is Ratchet & Clank and anyone with a PSP should give it a try.
- Tekken: Dark Resurrection - Because it uses the directional pad instead of a dual-analog-stick control scheme, Tekken succeeds as THE fighting to own on the PSP. And everything else here is classic Tekken right from the fast and furious gameplay, with massive pop-up juggle combos and devastating multi-throw chains.
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Op's - Portable Ops gets bonus points using the PSP's Wi-Fi in new ways and for being the first game to utilize GPS.
- WipeOut Pure - Its tight controls make racing fun, its trance-y music creates a pulsating aural atmosphere, and its vibrant color scheme and cool futuristic looks really makes Wipeout shine. It's a different type of experience than the Burnouts and Midnight Clubs; one that just fits on the PSP.
- GTA: Liberty City Stories / Vice City Stories - I'm grouping these two games together because they essentially do the same thing: port the core-GTA experience that many of us have fallen in love with to the PSP with flying colors. Rockstar Leeds did a fantastic job in translating the short load times and save-anywhere features from the console series to the PSP, and while the character models are as low-resolution as ever, everything else in the game looks wonderful (OK, the cut-scenes are a bit wonky).
- LocoRoco - Awesome, fun and enjoyable original game using the shoulder buttons for most of the main body of control. This is truly Japanese and makes for highly addictive gameplay.
- Lumines - This was one of the first games to grace the PSP, and it showed off how responsive and colourful the PSP was, it is a great puzzle game, highly original and fitted in well with how Sony wanted the PSP to be at that time. It's a classic that should always be remembered as a PSP game!
That's our top ten list, why not leave some comments and tell us about the games you've enjoyed playing on the PSP!
PSP Mini Launch List
We have gathered up the games we think are going to be included in Sony's 15 title PSP Mini Launch, here's what we at gamecovered.com think will hit come 1st October.
- Hero of Sparta - Gameloft
- AstroTripper - PomPom Games
- Fieldrunners - Subatomic Studios
- Funky Punch - Solus Games
- Kahoots - Honeyslug
- Pinball Dreaming: Dreams - Cowboy Rodeo
- Minigore - Mountain Sheep
- FMX - Xendex
- Vempire - Impressionware
- Arcade Air Hockey & Bowling - Icon Games
- Tetris - EA
- BreakQuest – Beatshapers