Thursday, 14 February 2019

Fallout Tactics: Hummer Time

[Part of the Fallout Tactics story]

The last raider outpost is destroyed easily, as the team managed to use a herd of wild brahmin to "disarm" their mine field. General Barnaky then orders the squad south to the next Brotherhood bunker, with an ultimate goal of finding the mythical Vault 0 that is supposed to contain secrets of the past, and gateways to the future.

The migration hits a speedbump at the town of Macomb, where hostile locals put up barricades in an effort to pilfer a Brotherhood convoy. Frances' team is tasked with clearing the way - shooting down packs of dogs while carefully taking down the many roof top snipers lying in wait.

Night time also lowers chances to hit at range.

Despite their best efforts Robin takes a bullet to the face early while traversing a rooftop, Stitch is taken out by a grenade, and Dianne bleeds out from rocket shrapnel at the last hurdle. For their efforts, the survivors aquire a humvee which certainly beats walking. It also can store a lot of loot and is made use of right away to flee from the giant, acid spitting radroaches of the wasteland!

Fallout Tactics: New Recruits

[Part of the Fallout Tactics story]

"Cut them loose," ordered Frances as she reloaded her pistol. Behind her Dianne, now better known as her callsign - Farsight, took up an overwatch position covering one of the exits to the large hut with her hunting rifle as Stitch made his way through the tribal hostages, cutting their bonds free with a scalpel.

Vault boy wasn't one of the prisoners.

Frances couldn't help but be reminded that it was her in that position not long ago, having been taken by rogues and then sold to these raiders to suffer unspeakable indignities. She and Dianne were lucky, surviving until the Brotherhood of Steel rescued them and recruited them into their ranks. Their other friend Brenda was less fortunate, and ended up as dinner a week before the rescue.

These tribals wouldn't suffer that fate though, now they were free... Free to serve the brotherhood. With this success Frances was allowed to expand to a full squad, gaining recruits Trevor the fat, goatee Brian and Robin who does his best to emulate his favorite comic book sidekick.

The Wasted Land

Because you can't have enough stories about a post nuclear wasteland... This started as a Fallout Tactics story but has expanded to include other post apocalyptic games.

Book 1 - Fallout Tactics
Chapter 01 - New Recruits
Chapter 02 - Hummer Time
Chapter 03 - Bugged
Chapter 04 - Beastmaster
Chapter 05 - Defeat
Chapter 06 - Vengeance
Chapter 07 - Meat Shields
Chapter 08 - Sole Survivor
Chapter 09 - Possession
Chapter 10 - Heavy Metal
Chapter 11 - Tank You
Chapter 12 - No Reactor
Chapter 13 - Brainless Fools
Chapter 14 - Nuke the Door
Chapter 15 - Barnaky
Chapter 16 - Vault 0

Book 2 - LISA: The Painful RPG
Chapter 17 - She's been taken!
Chapter 18 - Hot Wheels
Chapter 19 - An Acquired Smell
Chapter 20 - What Luck!
Chapter 21 - Pretty Boys
Chapter 22 - The Fate of all Bullies
Chapter 23 - Hopes and Dreams
Chapter 24 - To Build a Boat
Chapter 25 - To Build a Boat 2, the Epic Conclusion of Boat Building
Chapter 26 - That's RANDO
Chapter 27 - Joy 

Book 3 - Wasteland 2
Chapter 28 - Re-Activation
Chapter 29 - Dam Choices
Chapter 30 - Wreck-It Ralphy 
Chapter 31 - Darwin
Chapter 32 - Side-Tracked
Chapter 33 - Mutually Assured Destruction
Chapter 34 - Grave of Airplanes
Chapter 35 - The Other Side
Chapter 36 - Poor Execution
Chapter 37 - Nearing the Source
Chapter 38 - Show Business
Chapter 39 - Going Offensive
Chapter 40 - Incandescent 

Book 4 - Fallout Shelter
Chapter 41 - Vault 40
Chapter 42 - Horrors in the Dark 
Chapter 43 - The Great Purge
Chapter 44 - Vault 465
Chapter 45 - The Raiders
Chapter 46 - Forty Two 

Book 5 - Borderlands Pre-Sequel
Chapter 47 - In Charge
Chapter 48 - Business Propositions
Chapter 49 - Not Eye to Eye
Chapter 50 - Vault of Elpis
Chapter 51 - Vengeance Begins 

Book 6 - Borderlands 2
Chapter 52 - Up Yours Captain Trainwreck
Chapter 53 - The Evil H
Chapter 54 - Firehawk - Ashes and Dust
Chapter 55 - Un-Netted R35CU3
Chapter 56 - Trainwreck 2 - The Wreckening
Chapter 57 - Overlooked Help
Chapter 58 - Flipping the Bird
Chapter 59 - Just Take It
Chapter 60 - The Stuff of Movies
Chapter 61 - Get that Booty! 
Chapter 62 - Eaten by a Rumor
Chapter 63 - Invincible Comeback
Chapter 64 - The Face of Killing
Chapter 65 - Gaming is Training
Chapter 66 - Vanquishing Evil
Chapter 67 - Boss Killers 

Book 7- Borderlands 3
Chapter 68 - Number Vaughn
Chapter 69 - The Bluehairs
Chapter 70 - The Sword and the Gunslinger
Chapter 71 - Tannis Power
Chapter 72 - Siren Song

Book 8 - Bioshock Infinity
Chapter 73 - Columbian Baptism
Chapter 74 - The Drownings
Chapter 75 - Burial at Sea

Book 9 - Chernobylite
Chapter 76 - Sarcophagus
Chapter 77 - Rent
Chapter 79 - Acquaintance
Chapter 80 - Enemy
Chapter 81 - Heist

Book 10 - Stalker 2
Chapter 82 - Start
Chapter 83 - Sheriff
Chapter 84 - Sabotage
Chapter 85 - Swamp
Chapter 86 - SIRCAA
Chapter 87 - Science
Chapter 88 - Subliminal
Chapter 89 - Strelok
Chapter 90 - Surprise
Chapter 91 - Scar

Book 11 - Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 
Chapter 92 - Prague
Chapter 93 - Poison
Chapter 94 - Prophet 
Chapter 95 - Protection

Book 12 - Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Chapter 96 - Pozolero
Chapter 97 - Private
Chapter 98 - Punisher
Chapter 99 - Pardon

Tuesday, 12 February 2019

Absurd Game Ideas - Superhero Tank

[Part of the Absurd Game Ideas folder]

Many game bloggers, including myself, usually talk about our ideal games or how to improve the games we currently play. Well I thought it would be fun to flip the script and share our most absurd and silly game or game mod ideas! You are invited to blog your own crazy ideas too! :)

Today's one is inspired by Batman: Arkham Knight's Batmobile dependence. I give you...

Superhero Tank

In this thrilling MOBA, play as your favorite superheroes and super villains as they drive their tanks to victory! Not only can you customize and design your tanks, outfitting them with better gear as your rank up, but they gain some abilities of the hero or villain piloting them!

For example, Spiderman's tank shoots web, Flash's tank moves faster, Aquaman's tank can move under water, Wonderwoman's Tank can lasso other tanks and Bane's tank can get a temporary buff from drugs! Take superhero fighting to the next level of awesomeness because a hero without a tank, is not a hero at all!

Monday, 11 February 2019

Batman: Arkham Knight

I hope you like driving games.

With Gotham evacuated thanks to a terrorist threat from Scarecrow, the streets are now filled mostly with goons of the regular rogues gallery and an invading army of soldiers who are mostly there to hunt Batman. Fortunately, Bats has a new toy in this game - the Batmobile - a powerhouse which will either make of break the game for you.

Why? Because as cool as the car is, it's like 70% of the games' focus suddenly shifted to it. There are multitudes of races, chases, combats, and puzzles (yes, damn you Nigma) that can only be solved with it. If you like driving games, then this should be good news for you. If you hate driving games like I do, then it becomes a tedious chore.

Punching the Riddler is one of my fave moments.

It's a pity because the rest of it (other than the ending which I disliked) is great, especially the bits where you can play as other characters... if only you didn't need the damned car most of the time. I give it 2.5 "non-lethal" exploding bat-rockets out of 5.

Sunday, 10 February 2019

LEGO Lord of the Rings

Where one CAN simply walk into Mordor.

Following the events of the movie trilogy, this LEGO retelling is much more humorous despite using the same voiced lines. How much more humorous? Well, Strider managing to lock the Nazgul in the toilet in the Bree Tavern is a good example.

Who do you get to play during this? Well, everyone. In story mode you can switch between active party members at will, and will need to as different people have different skills. Sam can make plants grow, Gimli can smash rocks, Legolas can jump higher etc. It's also not too challenging, though some bugs towards the end might require a few mission restarts.

Had to replay the Black Gate battle a few times...

Speaking of bugs, I also needed to reduce the resolution to get it to run smoothly, but YMMV. This is definitely designed for collectors though, because after finishing all the story content I only had 33% completion. The rest is found in the open world "free play" which is both massive and for me, empty. Still, this was a fun and mostly relaxed way to relive the movies so I give it 3 rings out of 5.

Saturday, 9 February 2019

A Story about my Uncle

If you want to be happy, don't read the signs.

In this first person platformer, you play as a curious boy who finds himself in a strange land full of floating rocks. While you are given solid controls, nifty gear, and many many checkpoints to help traverse this place expect to die a fair bit (hence the many checkpoints).

Really fun while also really challenging!

While most of this is just about traversal, there is an ok story happening too complete with voiced characters. Strangely, the main characters voice acting is the weakest. Also, be warned this is a short game - I finished it in just under 3 hours, but missed many of the hidden collectibles. Still, if you like platformers - especially first person platformers, I would recommend this one. I give it 2.5 eyeballs out of 5.