Demon's Souls Hard? Ha Ha Ha

There are a lot of people saying that Demon's Souls is a hard game, well I have to say damn right it's hard. The bastard thing is a pain in the ass to play, but in a good way. Demon's Souls is kinda like a throw back to games of old as it punishes you for not learning how the game works. Take the enemies early on in the game for example, these bastards all attack in different ways and have there own strengths, weaknesses as well as patterns of attack. One of the Knights you meet pretty early on in the game he is extremely vulnerable just after he has tried attacking you, this seems really simple but until you actually sit back and think why the hell is this cunt killing me all the time as you try going toe to toe with him, that you actually realise where you have been going wrong. The game punishes ignorance and impatience, every enemy in the game can kill you given you half the chance.


Demon's Souls is an intelligent hack and slash RPG, yet it is so much more than you first see on the surface. This is a game I can see myself getting equally pissed off with and also enjoy playing. I can see a lot of people getting this game and putting it in their PS3 only to take it out 5 minutes later and throw it to one side.There is one thing every high scoring review of this game says and that is stick with it and you won't be sorry. Let's face it you will either hate the games difficulty and give up or stick with the game and try to complete what is being called the hardest RPG made to date, either way this is one game you should at leat try.

PS3 OCD

Well I decided to make a list of my PS3 games for some unknown reason in excel, while doing this my girlfriend repeatedly told me I was a bit mental and should get treatment for my OCD. Maybe I do have OCD to a certain extent my behavioural patterns do seem to support the theory, with me doing stuff like turning the light switch on and off four times in my old room at my dads before leaving the house. Then there is the need to arrange games and cd's into alphabetical order.

If I do have OCD though then at least I am putting it to good use making pretty little lists of things like my PS3 collection and other stuff. lol

Why games will never be an essential purchase..

This game can't arrive soon enough

.....According to your girlfriend that is! My girlfriend doesn't share the same passion for video games as me, don't get me wrong she does play games such as More Brain Training on the DS, random crappy Facebook games like Christmas Crunch and Bricks Breaking. My favourite game that she plays has to be guess what you have done wrong to piss me off this time. This is also one game I can also join in on as I try to guess what the hell I have done this time; this can range from not picking up socks, using 4 pans and 8 plates to make myself a sandwich, saying I will do something in a minute then not doing it for hours or as she sees it wasting money on video games when I already have so many.

You can try explaining to your girlfriend that not all games are the same, only you will occasionally hit the stumbling block when you end up getting a sequel to a game that looks exactly the same as the previous incarnation when seen through a girlfriends eyes. (Ratchet & Clank, Command & Conquer, Skate and the yearly sports updates spring to mind) OK she has a point with the yearly sport title updates to a degree, But how can the last Ratchet & Clank game look like the new one? It has different weapons in it and er.... OK yeah that looks the same to a certain extent. Still if I like the series and want the latest game in the series I will buy it as would any other gamer.

Huge Monsters!! Hell Yeah

The other day I bought Overlord II and Fuel as they were in a sale so only cost me around £15, really they cost me an extra £10 as I felt guilty about buying them, so I ended up giving my girlfriend £10 for petrol/gas for her car. (A car I should really be paying petrol towards since she drops me off at work and then picks me up in when I have finished) Am I really doing anything wrong though buying these games? The way I think about it is this is my hobby and I really don't spend as much on games as I could do, plus I have something to show for it afterwards. (Not just Trophies and Achievements but an actual physical object) Mind you the same can be said about many women and there obscene amounts of shoes, I guess games are the male equivalent of that.

Worth getting in trouble with the girlfriend for??

I don't think that she really minds me buying games though, If Nessa did she would be the first one to tell me in her own unique way of slamming her fist against my head and yelling (Only joking) She does however begrudge me buying them when we need some non-essential purchase like food or something. So just how do I tell her that I have just ordered Demon's Souls with the art book and cd for £50 from ebay?

That's an easy one, I am not going to tell her to save on getting in trouble. The only way she will find out is if she catches me sneaking it into the house after getting it sent to my dads house instead of ours. (Or reads this blog entry) That is unless my dad gives Nessa the games you are getting delivered to his house (Just like with Overlord II and Fuel) to give to you when you finish work. (Thanks dad) Hopefully it will be here by Monday as I can't wait to get my grubby mitts on it.

The review that never was...Beatles Rockband

And Oasis can piss off as well the cunts!

Now as some of you may know I write (when I have time, which lately I have had none) reviews for Console Heroes. Well I decided to review The Beatles Rockband after receiving it through the post, however my review was deemed unsuitable because I dislike The Beatles. My point is reviewers don't always get to play and review games that they like, if that was the case then there would be no point in reviewing anything as everything would get a great score, while the people that pay for the game end up getting pissed off that they bought or rented a game they won't like. So anyway on with what I consider a fair review for a game I am not a fan off. (6/10 is still a very good score though, its better than average after all)

The Beatles are one of the best selling artists of all time with a string of hits and a extensive back catalogue. So they seem like a perfect band to receive their own edition of Rockband. A fact that is seemingly backed up by the sales figures of the game and the rate that their Cd's are still selling at today.

It's Rockband with shit music

There is one problem with the Rockband series of games which I am sure you will agree with me about, and that is if you don't like the song that you are playing you won't enjoy it. This kinda leaves a problem with me and The Beatles, you see I am one of those people that dislike the band with a passion. Sure I can admit that they have had a major influence and deserve their place in music history, but I just don't like them.


I know what your thinking, there must be some Beatles songs that I like and there is probably only one song that I don't mind and that is "A Day In The Life" (A song that isn't actually included on the disc but will be released as DLC) So as you would expect the game pretty much sucked for me. Yes I even hated playing "Yellow Submarine", "Lucy In The Sky" and "Here Comes The Sun"

Fab Four? Doesn't look like R.A.T.M. to me

The games spans all of the career with most of the hits of The Beatles included in the game. The characters all look as you would expect them to look through out the various stages of their career and blah blah blah. Lets face it you know what Rockband is already and know what to expect from a game with the Rockband name in the title, and if you don't you have either been in outer space for the last few years or you have had your head stuck up your ass. There are also more Beatles tracks on the way for the game from now until the end of the year as DLC as EA and Harmonix try to squeeze every penny from your wallets.

So should you buy The Beatles Rockband? Well you need to ask yourself 2 questions, "Do you like the Beatles?" and"Do you want to play there songs in Rockband?" If the answer to both those questions is yes then this game is ideal for you, if like me however the answer is no to one of them, then avoid like the plague as you probably won't enjoy the game.


Audio – 2
Visuals – 8
Game play – 8
Lifespan – 5
Presentation – 8
Overall – 6

Red Alert 3 Commanders Challenge

I picked this up the other day for the PS3 and I have to say its pretty cool for the price. You can't really argue with what you get for a lousy £10 or so, especially when you consider the amount of time you will get from the game with around 50 or so missions said to be included.

Commanders Challenge is basically harder missions than you would see in a regular C&C campaign, Something you will learn pretty fast as the game kicks your ass. One of the reasons for this is because you have to complete missions to unlock certain units or tech to use in the game. This just adds to the challenge of the game though and makes you want to replay a mission you have previously cleared, just to get your time under the par time.

For Mother Russia!

One thing I thought would be in the game that was in Red Alert 3 was the chance of teaming up with a fellow commander, which was a unique idea but after some of the AI makes me glad it hasn't returned in this edition. So now you only have the cheating bastard AI to blame for losing instead of the retarded AI on your side. I have still to truly scratch the surface of this game, but after only 8 or so missions in, I am really enjoying the experience.

Rick Flair??? lol

While it may not be the best C&C game of all time, it is certainly one of the toughest and one you would be a fool to miss out on although it is a shame that there is no skirmish mode included.If your new to the world of C&C go pick up Red Alert 3 and give that a go first, as jumping straight in with this game could just have you pulling your hair out.

Moving Again

Well I move house yet again in the morning, although technically I didn't move last time I just kinda shoved most of my stuff in my girlfriends house and never left. We are now getting a house together and move from her house into our new home in the morning. We have now packed everything here ready for the van in the morning, I just need to go to the other house and pack most of the clothes and games I have left there. (While most of my gaming stuff will be relegated to the attic at my dad's house for quite a while) I must admit though even though its a pain in the ass at the minute, I am kinda excited about our new home.

We have just taken the Sky satellite dish down at the house we are in now as opposed to paying £60 for someone else to move it. The only problem is that my girlfriends daughter has all her toys packed away, no DVDs to watch and now no cartoon channels to watch. Thank goodness I never packed my PS3 away so she can watch the cartoons on the BBC I-Player on there. Now one stroppy kid saying I am bored over and over is now occupied for the time being, leaving us to pack up the last few things in peace. :)

Hopefully everything will run smooth in the morning, then I just have to wait until the broadband gets installed in the new house. Apparently I have a list of fun things to do until it is installed like decorating and gardening :( If I am lucky I might be able to chop down the apple tree in the back garden. :) Well best get back to packing and dreaming of online gaming again.

Moan, Moan, Bloody Moan!

Most of the arcade games on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network aren't worth shit. A fact I know most of my mates agree with me on, as we moan to each other about how such and such a game is a pile of shit, and not worth the points or money one of us dumb ass mofo`s just dropped on the pile of crap. This could be avoided quite easily if the trials lasted a bit longer than 2 minutes of the game, or in the case of the PSN games actually had a trial version instead of having to dump money on a game hoping it maybe cool.

Topatoi falls into that category after dumping roughly £10 on the game thinking it looked like it could be okay. How wrong could I have been as the preview video didn't show exactly how shite the game really is. (Okay I know I shouldn't be surprised that the preview video looked more fun than the game itself, but I am sure many others have also been fooled by film trailers which do the same thing.)

Shitty Game Topatoi!

On the same day I bought Topatoi I also bought The Punisher and Numblast. The Punisher is a pretty good game overall, well that is until you hop online and suffer from lag issues and invincible opponents. Which in turn made me wish I hadn't wasted £8 on the fucking thing, especially since the online could have been so much more fun as it reminded me of a poor man's Unreal Tournament. While Numblast looks like a piece of shit but is surprisingly not to bad of a game, and one I can see myself wasting away a few hours on here and there. It's your typical puzzler that just draws you in and eat's up your time, so you can never have just on quick go.

I recently downloaded the new Battlefield 1943 trial for the PS3 as I was thinking of purchasing the game. Upon loading the game you press start and get asked to make a EA account. (Something I already have but the PS3 won't let me use for some reason) So I thought fuck it I would make a new one only to be greeted with a screen that basically says "Fuck You, go and play something else!" okay it may not say those words exactly but it may as well do as I can't get the game to work. So as a result I have saved myself £15 which can go towards my beer and whore fund, so thanks EA for that. :)



That's not to say that there aren't some decent games coming out with a few of my favourites being Shatter on the PS3 and Yosumin! Live on the 360. Both of these games have pretty basic game play, but they are fun all the same and are currently taking up quite a bit of my time.

Shatter really is a cool game. :)

Shatter is basically an updated clone of Arkanoid, with quite a few changes to make the game a lot more entertaining today. One of the main ones has to be the bosses that appear every 5-10 stages or so, I really didn't expect to see bosses in this type of game and while they sound out of place are perfect for the game. Another nice touch is the ability to either suck or blow jets of air with your ship, which helps bend the ball around the back of some blocks. Describing the game really does not do it justice. You really should take the time to check it out if you get the chance.

Dumb name, fun game!

Yosumin Live is surprisingly made by Square Enix, which is why I bought the game in the first place. (I am a sucker for most Square Enix and Koei titles no matter how shit the game could be) Yosumin is a puzzle game that has you making rectangles by highlighting 4 tiles of the same colour. It really is a simple game and at the same time quite addictive. If you manage to get 4 tiles of the same colour in each corner of the grid you can highlight them all for a Yosumin! (No I don't know what one is either but apparently it's good) There really isn't much more to the game than that, it is just a simple puzzle game.

If it wasn't for the fact that a buddy bought Shatter and I didn't have some points left on my 360 account that have been sat there months. I would have missed out on both of these games. So thanks to Dave for making me try Shatter and thanks to Microsoft for raising the price of most XBLA titles ensuring I had 800 points for Yosumin.

Oh and as a side note WTF are Koei doing releasing Samurai Warriors 3 as a Wii exclusive title? The fucking tools. :(