Unplayed Impressions - The Last of Us.

Now we all know that E3 2012 is here, and we as gamers have been keeping a close eye on things. Even to the greatest detail. The Last of Us is a game I have been keeping my eye on ever since I found out Naughty Dog was behind it. Everyone has been talking about this IP since it's debut trailer, but yesterday they release gameplay footage, and let me tell you. It's been quite a long time since a trailer gave me chills, Naughty Dog has found there nitch, and it's to deliver on the best possible gameplay story driven experience. I thought I was excited before... Hmph!... Now I'm freakin stoked.

Female Protaganist in Military Shooters

Now we have plenty of First Person Shooters, they are practically flooding the market, and plenty of people are getting quite fatigued by it, including myself. Now I like military shooters, but when they all begin to look alike and tell the same damn story, it gets.... well how do I say this... well it gets freaking boring. Another thing I noticed is, where's all the damn women.

Now I understand that there is going to be that one trollish asshole to say "Ugh who wants to play as a fucking girl" Hell I would like to see what they're side of spectrum of war looks like from there eyes. I've done I'm the male hardcore badass who's seen plenty of combat, I know there is women in the military, I know two who are currently in the marines.

If this is another marketing thing, and they are catering to just the male ego, then you know what... whatever, I'm just saying it would be nice to see a change, cause women play BF3 and MW as well as men.

Unplayed Impressions - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

So it's 4am and I'm having the worst insomnia ever created in the history of mankind, I can't sleep so I surf the web, to get the latest in E3 coverage. Now I was expecting to get a mediocre story on another shooter and how it makes it different from all other shooters when in clear black and white they are doing nothing different at all. From all the things covered this caught my eye more than the new Metal Gear... That right there, is a problem, that needs to be remedy. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 the debut trailer rocked my socks like a high school girl losing her virginity on prom night. I was really impressed, it looks good, my only question is, where are the skyscrapers, taxis, business folk walking down crowded city streets, hopefully they will show more of that, cause I really like where the Lords of Shadow story is going.

Too Busy Gaming

Whoa!!! Man, games, games, games, too many of them are coming out and it's a little hard to keep up with all the great or mediocre titles. I've been tied up in so many games I didn't have time to write anything. Ha! no im just bullshiting myself, I had time just didn't feel like it at the time, but I've been playing so much i figure I show off what I have been playing.

Operation Raccoon City - A great game it is not, but fun non the less, can be a little frustrating but i had a blast with my buddies for the short time it lasted.

Shadows of the Damned -  I haven't been this entertained by a game in a long time. Yea I know it kinda plays to close to RE4, but the characters, and the atmosphere of the game really drew me in. I really hope that a sequel is on the way.

Max Payne 3 - Ughhh!!! *Sigh* Max Payne, Payne to the Max, what can I say about this... It rocked my socks Nuff Said.

Ghost Recon FS - Hmmm, I have mixed emotions about this, mostly cause it didn't feel like a Ghost Recon game to me. It felt like I was playing a game made by infinity ward. Ghosts of Duty.

Batman Arkham City GOTY - All I have to say about this is, MOTHAFUCKA IS IT AWESOME!!!

ok so as you can see I've been quite busy, don't worry I will be doing a old school game review soon, just you wait, a no holds barred fuck the bullshit review... yes i like to say fuck a lot. No editor can stop me, well cause I'm my own editor. got one more game coming this month and it's LOLLIPOP "FUCKING" CHAINSAW. stay tuned.

Does Ethnic matter in Video Game marketing?

Video Games of today feature all types of different cultures, but with this said, looking back on a majority of triple A titles, they always feature one of two ethnics as the main characters of the video game's plot. White American, or Japanese characters are usually the main focus of a lot of popular games, "Is it because White or Japanese influenced characters are more guaranteed to sell more copies?"

The other day I was thinking about picking up a copy of Final Fantasy XIII-2, but I refuse to pay for an ending to the game, so that got me thinking... What ever happened to the Final Fantasy game titled Versus XIII. I surfed the internet looking for a trailer, and it wasn't hard to find. I began to watch it and I was enjoying it quite a bit, until I came across a scene where it seems to be the other characters in the game walking dramatically to there car. All the characters seem to look alike, I know they're different, but I couldn't help feel like I've seen these characters before. Where's the variety in ethnics??? and I'm not talking about adding some other ethnic as a Support character, I'm talking main Character. Everyone says, "Well that's there culture." Yea and they're Square Enix, they have enough money to go and explore new cultures, hell! with the internet they can just search other cultures.
Just  because of this one pic I took from the trailer it got me thinking. Is this a marketing thing???, making a main character other than what has become the status quo, are developers afraid they won't see a profit? Not getting it??? ok let me paint you a picture.

Naughty Dog's Uncharted is a well written, adventure game for Playstation 3, and a lot of fans like the series main character Nathan Drake. Now... what if Nathan was Mexican, would this game still be as popular as it is today, what if there was only one white guy in this whole game, and it was Cutter from the third installment, would people be interested in buying it. Gameplay is still the same, Graphics are as beautiful as ever, and the storyline is unlike no other. What if Final Fantasy's Lightning was of Puerto Rican decent, would she be as popular or would the game have even sold?

Look at Naughty Dog's new Title the Last of Us.

The Two Main characters are Caucasians, what if the Male protagonist was a African American, with an Asian American Girl, would the game still recieve the same amount of hype that is now. The game is based off some sort of disaster in a city where I assume there is other ethnics.

Now we have the new Prototype game coming out, and it features an African American Protagonist, but the Hype to this title is minimum, there are some people waiting for this game, but we all know it's not going to be game of the year. Is it the character, or is it because gamers are cautious because of the previous title.

I was recently looking through my game collection, and I notice out of the 200+ titles that I own only Five of them feature ethincs other than White or Japanese as the main characters.
Why am I asking this question??? Simply because I can? and I want to know other people's thoughts, I mean Grand Theft Auto Series did it, added all kinds of ethnic main characters in there games, but GTA games will sell regardless. The main question is, Why don't we have more Ethnics playing as main Characters in video games? and is it indeed a Marketing equation?

Unplayed Impressions - Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City

In just five days, Capcom's brand new Resident Evil title "Operation  Raccoon City" hit's North America's store shelves. Although it's a RE title, not too many gamers are excited for the game, flooded with complaints from a small majority of fans. Fans are already judging the game, and it's developer Slant Six Games, saying it graphically looks to close to the well known Socom Series, that the company is known for. Many say that Capcom is trying to hard, to cater to western Gamers, "Is it them catering to western Gamers, or are they trying something new?". To many are quick to judge. Yes! we all know it's not survival horror, but this game wasn't meant to be, it's a Four player Co-Op Action experience. We also know that the series story never went the way RE:ORC is telling it, Slant Six already explained that it's a what if story, it doesn't effect the main lore. Although the game is off to a rocky start with fans, that doesn't mean it won't be fun, try it first, then judge.

DLC - Deceitful Large Corporations

Now we're all are aware of the, money hungry gaming corporations that use DLC to collect off profits. However!, How far is too far?
Plenty of games have used DLC to profit off of gaming sales, Capcom, Activision, Hell you name it. Although there are complaints from
Gamers all over the world, there are equal shares of them buying it. A large majority are pretty pissed because of the most recent DLC
that was announced, which was from 2 of the biggest games to come out in March.

Bioware's Mass Effect 3 was on top of this list, gamers around the world were so excited for the release of the major conclusion to the trilogy. This excitement would suddenly die out to the shit-storm known as day one DLC, that EA announced on there behalf. The DLC was a key part in Mass Effect 3 story, that included the mysterious Alien race known as the Protheans as A PLAYABLE F**KING CHARACTER. WHY THE F**K DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT???, what makes this worst, they came up with some stupid reason to add it for free to the Collector's Edition, Hey assholes!!! technically we're still paying for it.

  Next is the king of tricking gamers into the DLC goodness train, Capcom. Capcom has made a name for themselves by screwing over gamers this generation, with there incomplete games. We all remember the Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Fiasco don't we, well it seems Capcom hasn't learned there lesson when they just released Capcom X Tekken, and why should they learn, fans still by into there bull crap. Just recently, fans found out that there are 12 additional characters locked away on the disc, that you have to pay for later. WAIT! WHAT!!!, Capcom's response "save hard drive space and to ensure for a smooth transition when the DLC is available." Who else calls bull!!!