Resist Burning the Downloads

So big news. I updated my Downloads [link removed] page. New look and new downloads. Check that out.

I also added my sister-in-law's website to my Links [link removed] page. www.digi-chic.com is the site. So yeah.

Anyways, I feel a new "Games to the Video" post coming up. I think closer to the end of August I will. I looked up my list of games again, and 7 games have release dates set. Then I have 13 that say they will be released this year, and then eight more next year or without release dates. So if I do one, it'll either have the 8 with release dates, or 13 that are gonna be released this year. I'll skip the ones that are suppose to be released next year until the end of this year. So that's my plans for that, if you were wondering.

So the Greatest Hits program for the Playstation 3 has gone into effect. That means that I bought Resistance: Fall of Man for $30. I'm a little less than half way through the game.

So far it's a great game. Better than Halo 3. Sony should have marketed this game as the "Halo killer" instead of that crappy Killzone game. Anyways, the guys at Insomniac games (they made Ratchet and Clank series) did a fantastic job.

I don't normally like first person shooter games on consoles, but they did a great job on the controls. The controls are customizable too, but I got used to the default controls very quickly.

The graphics are great, and I haven't seen any slowdowns, even with 30 enemies on the screen, with explosions happening, among other things. Lots of browns though. I get it, it's setting the mood, but a few more colors would have been nice.

The selection of guns are amazing, and unique. With guns that have a secondary fire that "tags" and enemy, then the primary fire is attracted to the tag, it's just awesome. Or another gun that can not only shoot through walls, but gets stronger if it does, WITH a secondary fire that lays down a temperary barrier, and since you can shoot through walls, you can shoot through this barrier and kill some things without taking a hit. I love it. There's a lot more weapons that are equally unique.

The sound is also amazing in this game. The music and atmosphere play together perfectly. All the guns also have interesting sounds. The enemy sounds are just creepy, which suits them.

Speaking of creepiness, this game has some. Top of my list of scary moments in video games is when I walk past a doorway, and all of sudden a Menial (a creepy little thing) jumps on you and starts to knaw your face off. It scared me more because I didn't know they could do that.

Story time. First time I played, I got to level 5, and had knocked out several of these Menials (who just walk up to you and don't have a gun) by meleeing them. Didn't get attacked once. I played some coop with a friend and got to level 7 and never got attacked. So Then I go back to my single player campeign and Go to melee a menial, and I miss, and shoot him. The other menail walked up to me during this time and before I knew it, I was being faced raped. So yeah. It was a scary moment for me. Now it's not so bad now that I expect them to do it. Those are the only really freaky things in the game.

The coop is fun. It makes it easier for sure. Still die though. Even you die in this game, it's hard to get frustrated.

But multiplayer. This game supports 40 players online, and has your games like Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, etc. I haven't played online yet because I want to beat the game first. I explored some online levels though and they are huge and interesting. There's also smaller ones and equally interesting. So yeah. It still has a community. I'm kinda looking forward to it.

Well that's that.

I'm taking a break from Okami for the Wii. I'm almost 20 hours into that game. I needed a break.

The break happened when I rented Viking. Fun game still. I bought it and I beat it. The final boss was kinda hard. The very last part of the final boss was easy, but The second to the last part was a pain. I won't bore you with the details of it. I definitly say, rent the game before you buy, but I enjoyed it.

Burnout Paradise apparently has been getting sweet content. I can now have a Custom soundtrack for my PS3. Yes! I need to get some good songs onto my PS3 now. Or I wonder if I can just go over my network for it. I can play music like that through my PS3, but I don't know if that'll work with in game. Some new online modes were added. 1080i support was added.

Early Septemember is when the big update will be released though. The update will include motorbikes, night-time driving, dynamic weather system, new bike challenges, midnight ride challenges, and more.

New islands are going to be released some time in the future, along with new cars that you have to buy. I'm not sure of the price tag on these updates, but I think they'll be worth it.

And something else I don't care about, support for trophies in the future. I don't care that much about the trophie system. I like how 360 owners were like, "We have an achievement system and PS3 owners don't" before Sony released the Trophy system update. I said, I don't care, and now that Sony released the system, I still don't care. Just more stuff to do.

Man I really need to get back into burnout paradise. I think I was a little over 10% done with everything. Maybe I'm wrong. I think I might do that now.

Bye.