which is better, xbox games or Ps3 games????

There are a ton of great games for the Xbox 360, but occasionally the PS3 will come out with games that dont come out on the Xbox. Even though I have both systems this is the one thing that really pisses me off about the gaming world. It pisses me off because some of the good multyplayer games come out only on the Ps3, or some of the really good single player games only come out for the Xbox. Games like Socom Navy Seals would be more fun on Xbox Live instead of the Playstation Network.

In my opinion games like Socom would be so much better on the Xbox, because all of my friends dont have a PS3. That is why I get multyplayer games for the Xbox and single player games for the Playstation. Since the PS3 has better graphics due to the fact that it can be hooked up to a tv via HDMI cable (which allows my system to have high definition sound and picture) i like having games like Assassins Creed and Fallout on the pS3. it just seems that multyplayer games drop the graphics a bit to add more room for online play. thats not true in some cases but in most games there are a few glitches in the graphics. Although the new Xbox systems can use a HDMI cable, i dont think that the quality is  the same, but ill talk about that in another blog.

One the most amazing games i have played in awhile is Heavy Rain which is only for the PS3. in this title you take control of four separate people, 2 detectives, a photographer and a killer. your job as the detectives, of course, is to track down the killer and bring him to justice, and the other two people are tied into the story as you progress in the game.

 I know this blog is suppose to be about Xbox games only so here it is. Heavy Rain is made by the same developers who once made a similar game for the Xbox several years ago called Indigo Prophecies. both games have a similar storyline where 2 detectives search for a killer, and as the killer you try to prove you innocence. Since this game did come out on the original Xbox, the graphics are a bit sketchy and the controls are not as smooth as they should be. other than that overall it is still worth getting based on the story and creativity of the game itself. which brings me to wonder if the game developers chose the PS3 to fix some of the bugs they had the first time around. Visually this game is fantastic, as you can see from the picture on the right. the graphics are that good throughout the whole game. the best part of all is that the controls are very  smooth, even in the fighting scenes.

Scene It ?

 So i recently got a new game called Scene it? which is a movie trivia game for the Xbox 360. it sounds gay but its actually pretty fun, if you like movies and think you know everything about them this game is for you. It has a ton of achievements for any type of gamer. Whether your a hardcore gamer or just want to chill with friends and play a game just for fun, Scene it? is a great game. 

the main reason why i wanted to get it was because my Supervisor at my work told me a little bit about it and he said that the game comes with these crazy looking controllers that really make the game fun. which mad me really made when i went to Gamestop the other day and found out that they have been discontinued for some random reason.This game surprised me a little bit, since I'm not really into those types of games i was hesitate to buy it. but i maned up and just went for it. I thought since i like watching movies it couldnt be too bad. the creators (in my opinion) did a good job with a few aspects of the game, graphics and difficulty.

Graphics

It is a bit cartoony but it adds enjoyment to the game. for example if your not doing to well the host will say something stupid and make fun of you, but because he is a cartoon he does it in a goofy way  which makes it easier to forgive him, opposed to a more realistic character making fun of you which would just make someone mad and want to quit playing.  The graphics are still pretty sharp and and movie clips(depending on the type of Tv) are in High Def.  i would give the graphics a 9/10

Difficulty
some game modes are pretty difficult like Sequential. in this mode you have a list of like six movies from different years and you have to put them in the order of which came out first. sometimes they have movies range from the 30s to current year, it thought it sounded pretty easy when my Supervisor told me about this mode but when i tried it i was mistaken. other game modes are a lot easier like POP Quiz. in this it will be focused on one actor, which makes it pretty easy if you have seen some of their movies. for difficulty i would give it and 8.5/10

over all this game is pretty fun. if you like to get a lot of achievements or just like to play for fun this game has over 2,800 questions not including up coming downloadable content, so you never get the same question twice and if you do, well you must be playing it too much.
 for an over all score i would give it a 9/10.

Mass Effect

So I recently bought Mass Effect 2 and it is amazing. Everything about it really is flawless. The graphics are ridiculously good, and the story line is pretty deep for a video game. In the first Mass Effect you play as a human soldier for the Alliance Army in the year 2183 and your job is to make sure that humanity isn't totally whipped out by an alien race called the Reapers. Essentially it is a suicide mission that most really good action packed movies are about. Which I think makes for a really good game.

One of the key features i loved is that the decisions you made in the first game affect how people react to you in the sequel. It takes the saved game data, (if you have completed the first game) and transfers it over. i have know idea how it works but it does. At the end of the first game you can choose to save the Alliance council members or let them die and have a humanity take over. Since i had already beaten the game as a "Good Guy"I let the council die. So in the Sequel I went back to the Citadel, which is were the council resides, and i was labeled as the human who let the council die, and most stores wouldn't give me business until I proved that I made the right choice. So every major decision i made actually had a consequence. Since I haven't tried to start a new game without using my old game data I'm not entirely sure how the game would play out.

 Another feature I found out about was in a article I read in a monthly magazine I get called  GAMEINFORMER. The article said the game has over 40 hours of gameplay. Which is crazy to think about because thats like almost a day and a half of nonstop gaming. The best feature of all in my opinion is when you finally beat the game you can start over and still use the same character and continue to buy equipment and upgrades to make the ultimate soldier. If you love to play role playing games for the 360, Mass Effect is a must have.

Movies and Games

I recently watched some pretty good movies and i couldn't help thinking why movie based games are without a doubt a complete waste of time. Take the Iron Man movie that came out a couple of years ago or pretty much any of the superhero movies like Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Batman, and Superman Returns, which were are great movies in my opinion, but the games were a big let down.

As a superhero fan I always cant wait for those type of movies to come out. Even though I know the game will be garbage I still rent them just in case the game designers finally did something right. Usually the story line of the game barely follows that of the movie, which I have no idea why they feel compelled to change or add things to a already great story. just the story isn't always a deal breaker for me, part of it is based on the controls. If the controls are too simple or the fighting technique is lame, i immediately trade the game in for something else.

All movie games are not complete garbage though, Xmen Origins-Wolverine is by far the best movie based game that has come out. The story line has a few extras in it but I think it adds to the story line. the difference between this game and the others that came before it, is that the game designers did a fantastic job on incorporating the extras into the main missions. instead of just throwing in random robots to blow up, the extras seem to make sense. unlike many of the other movie based games this game is not meant for kids. There is a lot of gore so it stays true to the Wolverine character. This game is incredible if anyone hasnt played it they need to.

Newest and Greatest

There are a lot of great games coming out soon. Games like Halo Reach, Dark Void, Star Wars the Force Unleashed 2, and UFC Undisputed 2010, but what I want to talk about right now is Red Dead Redemption, a set in the old west where the only type of justice is justice served with a bullet. Since Red Dead Redemption is the sequel to Red Dead Revolver, which came out in 2004, Rockstar Games has made a lot of improvements since then on the title, in my opinion. 

The two games are similar in the aspect of, you dont really have to finish your mission right away. It has the same playing style of Grand Theft Auto 4, which i think is the best type of gameplay. If the main story line of Red Dead Redemption has not surfaced yet but some of the key features have. One of the main features is very similar to that of Grand Theft Auto, the ability to do side missions while still doing a main mission, which makes sense because Rockstar makes both titles. I think that is the best way to make games these days. Sometimes the main missions are crazy hard, and you need a little break without having to start all over again.

Rockstar has released some of the features besides the side missions. In this Red Dead title the player has his own horse unlike the first one where you could just take whatever horse you wanted as needed. The significance of this is that you can train your horse to be loyal to you. They gave an example of how the character was riding in the desert and a person came up to them asking for help. As soon as they got off of their horse, the man started to laugh and tried to ride off with the characters horse. Since the horse was loyal, all the character had to do was whistle and the horse bucked the bandit off and trotted back to the character.

The best feature of all is, the decisions that you make in the game changes the way the direction of the game goes, and what people think of you. You can either do good deeds by helping people out for money, or you can be a criminal and rob banks and things like that. This games has all of the makings to be incredible, and i cant wait to buy it.

Xbox Live

I was playing Call of Duty (or as hardcore gamers like to call it COD like the fish), and it seemed like every time before a game started someone would talk trash for no reason. In one particular match i played in It started out as joke. A few that's what she said, or some your mom jokes, but then it would get personal real quick, and the game turned into a crazy, uncontrollable rage filled grudge match.

It's not like it was just one person trying to piss me off in that game, it was the entire team saying some of the most ignorant unnecessary shit possible just because my gamertag is Santos 007. Since the other team was a clan some of the people on my team already had it in their minds that we would lose by saying stuff like "man we are done for sure." Being in a clan did not help that team out one bit. Needless to say I kicked some serious ass. I think my ending kill to death ratio was something like twenty-three to five. Which definitely pissed the other team off. They started saying how I was cheating, and had a modded controller, which I have no idea what that means. All I said back to them was scoreboard. For me thats my nicest way of saying fuck you ass wipe when I play online.

Im not sure why most people feel like they have to be such an internet tough guy, but at least one person in every game i have played comes out of no where and feels compelled that he has to talk trash. I personally think that whoever starts crap is over compensating for something.

Here it is

Hey everyone my name is Chris and this is my first time blogging. This blog is directed towards  video games that i currently play, games that i look forward to coming out and some games that i was disappointed with and daily occurrences while playing online. Whether I'm playing Call of Duty on Xbox Live or just hanging with friends playing RockBand, you're going to hear about it.