Swarley's Gaming Adventures

[Swarley]

could you elaborate a bit more on the combat of sleeping dogs? my understanding from the initial videos was that the hand to hand stuff may be less than great...idk.. maybe cumbersome? or unresponsive? idk....maybe you can offer some thoughts...thanks

There's a ton of combinations that you can learn throughout the game. Sometimes in large fights it can seem unresponsive, but that's only b/c you aren't hitting the right button at the right time. Sometimes I'd get frustrated when I wasn't countering, but it was only b/c I was hitting it too late. The hand-to-hand combat is very similar to what it's like in Batman, except your guy can't attack someone 10 feet away from you like you can in that game. But there are a shit ton of different moves and combinations that you can learn throughout the game by leveling up your Triad score, your Police score, and by returning statues to the local dojo. After you have your first couple of large fights, you quickly learn when you should attack, when you should sit back and when you need to counter other guys and that's when the fights become a lot of fun.

[jms493]

the fighting takes a bit of strategy. After you get your ass kicked like 3-4 times you start to come up with a plan. You cant just button mash your way out of fights.

[Swarley]

Syndicate

What can I saw about Syndicate's campaign.......it sucks. It's something different, which is a nice change of pace, and the idea behind the story is a pretty good idea for a game (major corporations running the world). When you start playing, it doesn't seem that bad. You've got all these new ways to do things, like breaching different tech stuff to either bring them up or to take them down. However, once you realize that the story really isn't going anywhere, and that you are bored as shit with it, it's already like 75% done. So of course I just finished it out.

It's weird, b/c I keep seeing reviews saying that the extremely difficult boss battles (there are 4 I think) really bring this single player campaign down. I found that to be the complete opposite. If it weren't for the boss battles that kept popping up, I would have given up on this one well before the end. The game is extremely easy and requires no thought at all outside of the boss battles. For me, the boss battles saved this game from seeing an early exit from my Xbox 360.

Despite a very interesting idea, this game just falls flat on its face. The story doesn't go very far, and the gameplay outside of boss battles is mind-numbingly bland and boring. The boss battles prove to be pretty fun, but that's only a small portion of the game. The only thing that remotely saves this game is its co-op, which is really awesome. Too bad there's not more of it. If you're looking for a single player game to play, just leave this one on the shelf and go look at something else.

Syndicate: 5/10

[Twigg4075]

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Ghost Recon: Future Soldier: 8.5/10

Did you ever play through the co-op with anyone? I still need to get this game. Or is the co-op the same campaign as single player?

god be with you for Crysis 2. Generic POS

I tried to tell him. I guess it's still worth a play through.

[Swarley]

Did you ever play through the co-op with anyone? I still need to get this game. Or is the co-op the same campaign as single player?

It's the campaign.

I tried to tell him. I guess it's still worth a play through.

You didn't tell me anything until after I already had the game lol. And who cares, almost anything is playable for $10.

[Swarley]

James Bond 007: Blood Stone

Just finished this game up this evening. I picked it up during the 2nd blowout sale that Best Buy had for $10. The story isn't bad at all. You're trying to stop people who have biochemical weapons. However, I did think that the weapons they had (smallpox and anthrax) was kind of lame. Make it some nuclear weapons or some shit, or even make up a new deadly virus. But it's your typical story, where there's always someone higher up who's calling the shots than you originally thought.

Some of the firefights seemed too drawn out. There were plenty of them where you'd kill everyone, then you'd get up take a few steps towards the exit and BAM, in comes another wave. That just seemed dumb to me. The normal techy type stuff that Bond always has was cool, like his phone. The car chases were a great thing to throw into this game. Breaks up the shooting and all that shit, and they threw in 4 of them. Although I think they're bastards for flaunting that Koenigsegg in front of me all damn game, and I don't even get to drive it lol. But major props for throwing those chases in. The platforming that they had left a lot to be desired. I didn't think it was done very well. It was just, hey, stand still at this ledge and press 'B' and jump 10 feet across. I just think that could have been done better.

Overall it wasn't bad. The game was short as fuck, which definitely counts against it. It was just a hair over 6 hours. But I'm a big Bond fan, so I still enjoyed the game, especially for only $10. If you can find it on sale again like I did, it's worth a play. I will say that I definitely prefer the Quantum of Solace game to this one though (still haven't played much of Goldeneye Reloaded).

James Bond 007: Blood Stone: 6.5/10

[Swarley]

Not sure what to play now. I know I said Crysis 2, but I'm also still in the James Bond mood, which is pushing me towards Goldeneye Reloaded a little bit. Then I also have Deus Ex, but I'd like to bust through some of these other ones before I dig into that one.

EDIT: Think I'm going with Goldeneye Reloaded.

[Swarley]

Dammit. I forgot that you need to get ALL of the objectives to get the mission achievements, not just finishing the mission.

[Swarley]

Taking a break from Goldeneye Reloaded and going to play some Crysis 2. Goldeneye just gets too frustrating at times when you miss a piece of intel or something and then you can't go back for it and you have to restart the entire mission. Shit gets real annoying. I'll try to finish it up this weekend.

[Twigg4075]

I loved Goldeneye on the Wii. Looking forward to playing it on 360.

[Swarley]

I loved Goldeneye on the Wii. Looking forward to playing it on 360.

It's definitely a good game. I just hate the fact that they close off parts of the levels once you hit checkpoints.

[Twigg4075]

Just use a guide then. I'm pretty sure that's what I did.