Through The Darkness And Rain Returns Our Hero...

Just over two months ago I had take a hiatus from my blog.  I was preparing to move to Vancouver to pursue my dream of becoming a game designer.  Moving involved many tasks and took my mind away from the small delights of gaming.  It also forced me to save money in anyway I could; I cancelled my game pass at Blockbuster, I did not renew my Xbox Live account, and I had to work more which meant less time spent playing great games.  Now after two long months I have returned to the digital world to continue my pursuit of epic games.  And I have returned with a bang.

I have decided to change my blog slightly.  I will continue to review games because I feel strongly about preserving great games for all time and I will keep playing new titles and old favorites.  The changes will bring more content to my blog.  I have found articles on the Internet about game design, I have my own ideas that I would like to bring to you, and I imagine that I will also have plenty to discuss once my studies begin.  This increase in content will keep it updated more often, which will help with my own diligence to the blog.

Now it is time to reveal my first offering to you with my return.  I know every single one of you is dying to ask me the very same question, “Boots, if you were to choose one hundred games of all time, what would they be?  And in what order would you place them?” 

No longer must you wait!  I have used the last two and a half weeks to painstakingly hand pick my favorite games of all time.  I have placed them in an order that directly relates to my all time favorite games plus how they have influenced the game world.  I should define how a game becomes good in my eyes.  The one single purpose of video games is to be a form of entertainment, so the game must simply be fun to play.  I also enjoy when games have excellent stories, great twists, difficult puzzles, beautiful graphics, and bring people together.  As you walk through the halls of the greatest games of all time you will quickly see what kinds of games I enjoy and which games I prefer to play.  Another note on this list, a game can only become one of my favorite games if I have actually played it.  You will notice there is only one Wii game, I do not own a Wii and therefore cannot say that certain games are good.  I do not want to hear some of you wail about how good a game is and how dumb I am for not including it when I have never played it.  This goes for many PS3 titles too.  I will admit that my list might change if I were to have played more games but I guarantee that your list would change if you were to play some of my favorite games.

Enjoy kids, I recommend every single one of these games to each of you.  

Top 100 Video Games of All Time IMO

-Boots

Sorry Kids...

I happen to be moving to Vancouver in roughly a month and a half.  This small time frame is filled with responsibilities and what-nots.  I'm afraid that I don't have time to continue writing my blog until we get to Vancouver.  I'm oh so sorry...




Thank you my friends

Rogue Warrior IMO

November was full new titles that kept me busy playing games and writing reviews but now we find ourselves in a small lull. There is about a week before the sequel to the critically acclaimed BioShock is released and I have found myself renting games to fill the void. Rogue Warrior is one such game. The main character is Dick Marcinko, the rogue warrior. The premise of the game is based upon the life of Dick Marcinko who was the founder of SEAL Team Six and Red Cell. This was one bad ass man, read up kids. Rogue Warrior is in theory a good idea for a game, unfortunately the execution is quite weak. 

As the game begins Dick is asked to assemble a small team for a simple operation in Korea. When the first mission starts your team is killed leaving you alone behind enemy lines with a mission that still needs to be completed. As soon as Dick started talking his "rough" nature came through right away. This game is quite vulgar in its language, which I understand is probably how Dick Marcinko actually talks, but I found myself playing with the volume nearly off because I could not stand to hear him speak. Rogue Warrior would be called a tactical First Person Shooter (FPS) but hardly stands up with other titles in the same genre. Gears of War and Rainbow Six 3 are two games who lead the way in the tactical FPS genre. Rogue Warrior does not bring anything new to the genre. Also, It is painfully easy. I walked through the game in about 5 hours barely having any troubles. The enemy A.I. is simple and easy to handle. There is a pitifully small arsenal to choose from and ammo is bountiful. The story is weak and lacks any depth. Rogue Warrior is predictable and uninventive.  

Rebellion is a fairly amateur game developing company so I need to be somewhat understanding, but Bethesda Softworks was the publishing company and they have earned their reputation by creating games which earn awards such as "Game of the Year", such as Oblivion or Fallout 3. Rogue Warrior was dry and boring, it needed something to drive its concept further than one mans life. It was a decent effort from a smaller company but Rogue Warrior falls short of expectation.  

Thank you for your time my friends.