We Need More Arcade Titles Like Shadow Complex

I was watching this GameSpot movie and I was totally ENTHRALLED! It's everything Bionic Commando: Re Armed should have been, but was not. Combining 2D-3D and pure 3D action sequences and animations seamlessly. Just take a look:
Note: Also watch for Trials HD. If you've ever loved one of those online dirtbike physics games, this ones for you!

PSS: The video won't embed right on my blog, so just follow this link:

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/shadowcomplex/news.html?sid=6213545&om_act=convert&om_clk=picks&tag=picks;title;1

XBL Avatars Don't Suck As Much Anymore

It has been recently announced by M$ that XBL avatars will have, with the next system update, the ability to receive clothes when you complete in game tasks. Like achievements, but more aesthetically pleasing. If I had any hope of getting a Master Chief suit on that worthless collection of pixels, I would be hoping for it right now.

Kratos in Soul Callyburr 4. WTF, Did I Read That Right?

A PSP SC game is scheduled to come out soon, I'm sure you know. The people who played "Tekken: Dark Resurrection" (like me) are pretty hyped over its release. Actually, scratch that, if you even OWN a PSP you are hyped up about this game because the Playstation Portable has had a game lineup thus far of four words: steaming pile of - okay guys, I'm trying to keep this G rated. A content warning in front of my blog would scare away half my potential audience. But fill in the blanks, you imaginative people! edit: better go change that last post....

Anyway, the PSP hasn't had a great track record of great games. Their are notable exceptions (Patapon, the GTA titles, some other PSP exsclusives that I don't remember anything about), but I don't think they are enough of masterpiece to buy the damn thing for. Oops, there I go again.

But SC 4 was just so good. So good that when I tried to write an iGamer review of it, I realized that I was wasting time I could be actually playing the game. Now I can play SC anywhere! Hooray me!

Or perhaps not.

They put fricking Kratos in a fricking SC game. And its not nearly as awesome as I thought it would be. Just check the video:


Yeah, WHAT WAS THAT? That wasn't Kratos.
"Drown in the depths of Hades"
Kratos would just rip off your head. The video doesn't even have any blood in it. Kratos is the god of war, you would expect maybe a disemboweling, or a permanent disfigurement of some sort. Death would probably be the norm. Or you would be wishing for it.

So what is this monstrosity that calls itself Kratos?

It's the T rated version, thats what it is. Everthing that made the god is gone, except for his clothes (if you can call them that) and his weapon/weapons. They needed to make the game T rated, so they brought Kratos down with it. Its just another victim to American consumerism and morality. Sony wanted to make more money, so they sold out one of their best assets and made him something that he's not.

Why can't they make it like SC 4? The Star Wars characters felt a little goofy in the game, but they didn't change their personas one bit. In fact, with the exception of the apprentice, all their dialougue and mannerisms were almost ripped directly from the beloved films they call home.

They can't do that with Kratos

He rips peoples heads of and does numerous things that defy even the most twisted imagination. He had a partially nude, heavily implied sex scene in his last PSP endeavor. Bandai Namco would never put that in a T rated game. But does it make it any better that they put the same guy in a T rated game? I could just as easily go to his wikipedia page and read about all his misdeeds, and go to YouTube to see them in action. The character is from a mature game meant for mature people. Why are you putting it in a kids game?

To think that Talim could even scratch the god of war anyway is a rant for another day...

Just Checkin in......

Yes, I have not had a post in awhile. Sue me. I've been too busy playing Dead Rising. Picked it up, bargain price, thats how I've spent the past few days. So this is kind of an update post, dare I call it that.

UPDATE:

1. Cameron: You stole my idea! You took your playlist and put it in the exact same place as mine and everything! Even the fact that you have one is stealing my thunder!

I'm just kidding Cameron. But seriously? Why copy my exact style? It's not flattery at all.

2: What have I been up to lately? I think this pretty much explains it:

Yes I have been creating YouTube video projects. They are VERY time consuming but SOOOO rewarding I must say.

http://www.youtube.com/user/13marquartc#play/uploads/8/5pdxA1YZoZg for more



So thats basically it. I HOPE to post more BUT that does not mean I WILL post more. I will TRY.