Captain America looks... cute
Ah Marvel, The Avengers came out and it was so good; that just meant there had to be another game. It's cool, I love money too. I probably love the Avengers even more, but this trailer did not foster that love. For a PC only title, the gameplay looks and sounds like an arcade. Corny punchlines, comic worthy sound effects (BLAM!), and disjointed attacking make Marvel Heroes a game that looks like 2012 but plays like 2004. Thank goodness I still have my copy of Roller Coaster Tycoon.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Halo 4 "Red vs. Blue" Trailer
Talkin' bout November 6th
Rooster Teeth has really found a gold mine with their flagship web series "Red vs. Blue", and 343 is making an excellent choice using them in their advertising. I will now never forget November 6th, 2012 as the release date for Halo (how could I anyways?).
Most of the RvB goodness is in full effect here: Griff sarcastically questioning everything, Simmons kissing ass, Sarge being generally clueless and brutish, with the bonus of a Blue spy session. My only question: Where the hell was Caboose!? He's easily the most entertaining member of the Blue team (although Tucker making uncomfortable sexual jokes never gets old) and having him in the video would have been awesome.
Nevertheless, using RvB to promote the new Halo is a brilliant choice, and lots of their fans will be very happy about their inclusion.
Rooster Teeth has really found a gold mine with their flagship web series "Red vs. Blue", and 343 is making an excellent choice using them in their advertising. I will now never forget November 6th, 2012 as the release date for Halo (how could I anyways?).
Most of the RvB goodness is in full effect here: Griff sarcastically questioning everything, Simmons kissing ass, Sarge being generally clueless and brutish, with the bonus of a Blue spy session. My only question: Where the hell was Caboose!? He's easily the most entertaining member of the Blue team (although Tucker making uncomfortable sexual jokes never gets old) and having him in the video would have been awesome.
Nevertheless, using RvB to promote the new Halo is a brilliant choice, and lots of their fans will be very happy about their inclusion.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Sim City "Water" Trailer
Don't drink the water...
Video Courtesy g4tv.com
So calling this video a "trailer" is a bit of a stretch, but what we see here is really cool. Sim City is synonymous with nostalgia for many gamers (including myself) so getting to see some features is never a bad thing. Proving that Sim City will be pushing for both realism and terrifying difficulty, we have the water system.
Coloring the ground to show where the water is makes for an easy way to determine where you're town should go; any good simmer should know that you go where the water is. However, this quick trailer showed us that placement of other buildings, especially the ones that create pollution, can have a detrimental effect on your populations. As we saw here, keeping the power plant too close to the water tower caused pollution in the homes, and therefore some very sick sims.
So it looks like water is going to be one of the many challenges facing you in the new Sim City... just behind the giant alien that comes from space to destroy everyone.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Batman: Arkham City Lockdown - Poison Ivy Trailer
Girl, I must *warn youuuuuuu*
What could possibly make an Arkham City port on iOS better? Obviously throwing in Poison Ivey as extra bad guy and getting to kick the tar out of a possessed Robin. Not much else to see here in this quick 52 seconds, lots of the same Batman ass kicking with a little bit of Robin punching that I know tons of caped crusader fans will be dying to get their hands on. Someone get me an iPad!
...But seriously, can someone buy me an iPad?
What could possibly make an Arkham City port on iOS better? Obviously throwing in Poison Ivey as extra bad guy and getting to kick the tar out of a possessed Robin. Not much else to see here in this quick 52 seconds, lots of the same Batman ass kicking with a little bit of Robin punching that I know tons of caped crusader fans will be dying to get their hands on. Someone get me an iPad!
...But seriously, can someone buy me an iPad?
Monday, March 5, 2012
Assassin's Creed 3 Reveal Trailer
Can't... stop... watching...
I don't even know where to start. Ever since screen shots have been getting leaked for AC3 with a very patriotic protagonist, I've been no less than giddy for a Revolutionary War title. Maybe it was my selfish wish to see a colonial Boston or just being generally bored with foreign history ('Murrica) I felt that a move to the states, or thirteen colonies in this example, would be a brilliant one for Ubisoft's giant franchise. I spent all of my time between then and now praying that it was real.
Then we finally got a reveal trailer, and it blew me away. I can finally be a flying squirrel with tree running, and the hatchet/musket pistol is a lock to be my favorite weapon combo yet. Now just add more awesome combat combos and a compelling story with recognizable locations and characters (what's good, George Washington?), and we will have ourselves a game! Still, hopes are extremely high and I can't wait to see more footage released.
My only question, what's up with the outfit? I know the hood is a staple of AC, but we're not in the Renaissance anymore. I find it very hard to believe that you're going to blend in with a bunch of patriots and colonial women wearing all white with a hood over your face. Very interested to see how that's going to work.
I don't even know where to start. Ever since screen shots have been getting leaked for AC3 with a very patriotic protagonist, I've been no less than giddy for a Revolutionary War title. Maybe it was my selfish wish to see a colonial Boston or just being generally bored with foreign history ('Murrica) I felt that a move to the states, or thirteen colonies in this example, would be a brilliant one for Ubisoft's giant franchise. I spent all of my time between then and now praying that it was real.
Then we finally got a reveal trailer, and it blew me away. I can finally be a flying squirrel with tree running, and the hatchet/musket pistol is a lock to be my favorite weapon combo yet. Now just add more awesome combat combos and a compelling story with recognizable locations and characters (what's good, George Washington?), and we will have ourselves a game! Still, hopes are extremely high and I can't wait to see more footage released.
My only question, what's up with the outfit? I know the hood is a staple of AC, but we're not in the Renaissance anymore. I find it very hard to believe that you're going to blend in with a bunch of patriots and colonial women wearing all white with a hood over your face. Very interested to see how that's going to work.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The Amazing Spider-Man Teaser Trailer
Buzzwords!
Looks like the Spider-Man reboot isn't limited to theaters this time around, as we have a teaser trailer for a video game featuring Spidey as well. Lots of reactions to the trailer involve the words "open-world" and I frankly can't agree with them enough. Spider-Man 2 was brilliant for having a (sort of) open world feature, and this next-gen attempt and the blue and red has all kinds of potential for an amazing New York City to web sling around. Just by looking at the few seconds of transit shows that Peter Parker will have an amazing amount of fluidity and animation; now let's just pray that it will translate into the rest of the game.
Looks like the Spider-Man reboot isn't limited to theaters this time around, as we have a teaser trailer for a video game featuring Spidey as well. Lots of reactions to the trailer involve the words "open-world" and I frankly can't agree with them enough. Spider-Man 2 was brilliant for having a (sort of) open world feature, and this next-gen attempt and the blue and red has all kinds of potential for an amazing New York City to web sling around. Just by looking at the few seconds of transit shows that Peter Parker will have an amazing amount of fluidity and animation; now let's just pray that it will translate into the rest of the game.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Patriots - Debut Trailer
Holy S**t
If you've started reading this before watching the trailer at least two more times, stop, go back, and watch it. Now watch it again. I'll wait for you. Watched it? Take a few minutes to recover. That was one of the most powerful minutes I have seen in a trailer this year. It wasn't flashy, and it wasn't over the top. The reason why it's so jaw dropping is because it was so damn REAL. The issues were real, and terrorism is very real. These "Patriots" even believe that they are liberators of some kind by strapping a bomb to a dude's chest and tossing him out a window to explode on a crowded city street.
Between this trailer and the "early look" one we got to see last month, this game has me totally sold and looks like it could be Tom Clancy's best to date. The narrative (as of now) doesn't seem forced, and this debut trailer was both amazing and terrifying. My only concern that the realism of the terrorism (I mean for goodness sake you can hear people screaming in horror when the bomb goes off and you can actually see some people getting blown up) is going to raise some concerns from the big wigs in Capitol Hill. Hopefully Patriots can be crafted in such a way that we can keep the intensity and realism from this trailer and still get it onto shelves, cause 2013 is a long time to wait.
If you've started reading this before watching the trailer at least two more times, stop, go back, and watch it. Now watch it again. I'll wait for you. Watched it? Take a few minutes to recover. That was one of the most powerful minutes I have seen in a trailer this year. It wasn't flashy, and it wasn't over the top. The reason why it's so jaw dropping is because it was so damn REAL. The issues were real, and terrorism is very real. These "Patriots" even believe that they are liberators of some kind by strapping a bomb to a dude's chest and tossing him out a window to explode on a crowded city street.
Between this trailer and the "early look" one we got to see last month, this game has me totally sold and looks like it could be Tom Clancy's best to date. The narrative (as of now) doesn't seem forced, and this debut trailer was both amazing and terrifying. My only concern that the realism of the terrorism (I mean for goodness sake you can hear people screaming in horror when the bomb goes off and you can actually see some people getting blown up) is going to raise some concerns from the big wigs in Capitol Hill. Hopefully Patriots can be crafted in such a way that we can keep the intensity and realism from this trailer and still get it onto shelves, cause 2013 is a long time to wait.
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