Far Cry 3 Completed!

Considering the last post I did was that I had received my copy of Far Cry and I would do a quick review of the game, I haven't been able to tear myself away from it (except to sleep and eat) and now, 3 days later here I am looking for another game to play as I have completed it (including the platinum trophy).

The game starts off as a video showing how you and your friends arrive on an island after your brother receives his pilots license, from there you are captured by pirates and are taken to a hideout, this is where you first meet Vaas, he is the leader of the pirates that captured you, their game is to capture tourists and either ransom them, or sell them off as slaves, as you can tell when you first meet Vaas, he is insane with the way his mind thinks.

After your meeting with Vaas your brother Grant, who is military trained as a member of the United States Army Reserves, manages to shuffle away from his rope ties around his wrists and frees you, you then proceed to escape from where you are being held captive and attempt to rescue your other brother and friends from the pirates.

all the above happens in the first 10 minutes of the game and not wanting to tell too much of the story to spoil it for any of you readers, that is all I will say about the events.

As for the game itself it is an open world much like the second one with excellent graphically rich textures and detail, looking into the distance gets a bit blurry but in your immediate view the game looks stunning, the map is blanked out when you begin as you have to find radio stations, that the pirates have put scramblers on to stop the locals radioing out for supplies, in order to open up the map view, you can still go ahead with the story without ever climbing a radio station however each time you do, you receive a new weapon free of charge in the games many weapons stores.

along with radio stations to climb and uncover there are also enemy outposts to capture in order to liberate the island and make it safer to travel across the roads, each captured outpost also has a gun store inside its hut along with the option to fast travel to it.

The story has many twists in it and it has some great moments in it, but some of the story could have been better with more emphasis on the mindset of your character wanting to become the great warrior of the island, and for that reason I will give the game a 8 out of 10 as there is room for improvement with the story in some parts, but as I first said I couldn't pull myself away.

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January PS3 Sales

Just a quick post detailing the new additions to the January sales on the PlayStation store as posted by Chris Howe on the official PlayStation blog,

Max Payne 3
Was €39.99/£31.99/$59.95; now €19.99/£15.99/$29.95
Additional 10% discount for Plus members

GTA 4: The Complete Edition (Not available in Kuwait/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/UAE)
Was €34.99/£29.99/$47.95; now €19.99/£15.99/$29.95
Additional 10% discount for Plus members

Red Dead Redemption (Not available in Kuwait/Saudi Arabia/UAE)
Was €29.99/£23.99/$49.95; now €14.99/£11.99/€21.95
Additional 10% discount for Plus members

Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare Collection (Not available in Kuwait/Saudi Arabia/UAE)
Was €19.99/£15.99/$24.95; now €9.99/£7.99/$15.95
Additional 10% discount for Plus members

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale – (25th Jan – 28th Jan)
Was €49.99/ £39.99 / $73.95 Now €24.99 / £19.99 / $36.95
Additional 10% off for Plus subscribers

Unfortunately for me I wont be taking advantage of any of these sales as I have all ready got the games but to any who haven't they are pretty good price reductions if you were after the titles.

Far Cry 3

The postman has just delivered me a copy of Far Cry 3, from what I have read it should take a lot longer to complete than Call of Duty did so I'll have a go on it to get the hang of things then post my mid game review on what I think of it so far.

Below is the launch trailer of the game in case any readers want a look,

Enjoy the video and hopefully I shouldn't be too long with my mid game review.

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PSN Final Fantasy sale (EU)

Earlier today Chris Howe put up a blog post on the Official PlayStation Blog showing the latest deals to hit the EU PlayStation Store, any Final Fantasy fans who haven't already purchased the games on the console will be in for a treat if they were looking to pick them up cheaper.

Here is the list of what is on offer along with their price and also what regions they are available in taken directly from the blog post,

Final Fantasy VII (Not available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, India, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine)
Was €9.99/£7.99/AU$14.45; now €4.99/£3.99/AU$7.35

Final Fantasy VIII (Not available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, India, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine)
Was €9.99/£7.99/AU$14.45; now €4.99/£3.99/AU$7.35

Final Fantasy IX (Not available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, India, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine)
Was €9.99/£7.99/AU$14.45; now €4.99/£3.99/AU$7.35

Final Fantasy (PSP) (Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Qatar)
Was €9.99/£7.99/AU$14.45; now €4.99/£3.99/AU$7.35

Final Fantasy II (PSP) (Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Qatar)
Was €9.99/£7.99/AU$14.45; now €4.99/£3.99/AU$7.35

Final Fantasy V (Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Qatar)
Was €9.99/£7.99/AU$14.45; now €4.99/£3.99/AU$7.35

Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection (PSP) (Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Qatar)
Was €19.99/£15.99/AU$29.95; now €9.99/£7.99/AU$14.45

Final Fantasy VI (Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Qatar)
Was €9.99/£7.99/AU$14.45; now €4.99/£3.99/AU$9.75

Final Fantasy Dissidia duodecim 012 (PSP) (Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Qatar)
Was €19.99/£15.99/AU$29.95; now €9.99/£7.99/AU$14.45

Final Fantasy Dissidia duodecim prologus (PSP and PS Vita) (Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Qatar)
Was €1.49/£1.19/AU$2.15; now €0.75/£0.59/AU$1.05

Final Fantasy Dissidia (PSP and PS Vita) (Not available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, India, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine)
Was €17.99/£13.99/€26.45; now €8.99/£7.29/AU$13.25

Final Fantasy Tactics: War of Lions (PSP and PS Vita) (Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Qatar)
Was €9.99/£7.99/AU$14.45; now €4.99/£3.99/AU$7.35

Are there any on the list that take your fancy? feel free to leave a comment,

Many Thanks
Peter

Black Ops 2 Campaign - completed!

So today I decided to finally finish the campaign for the latest Call of Duty game, as with most shooters out there the campaign is slightly lacking in the length department, and this latest iteration is no different.

However short the campaign mode was still entertaining, more of an interactive movie, where choices you make throughout the story determine what happens as you make your way through the campaign in order to bring down Menendez.

From ordinary missions involving your main character the guys at Treyarch have also mixed it up a bit by introducing strike force campaigns that can help or hinder you in the end if left uncompleted.

In these strike force missions you have to control a squad of men or machines in order to accomplish the objectives, you are able to zoom out from the normal first person view and enter an aerial view of the whole battle field and control all units at your disposal by giving attack or movement orders to get the job done and help you later in the game.

As for story changing decisions, a few come about in the missions you play, whether it be,without going in to too much detail and spoiling it, to kill a target or let him live for him to then come and help you on your mission, you also see a fair bit of the game from Manendezs view, whilst playing as him or as an enemy, giving you both sides of the story and a bit of background as to why Menendez has set about trying to bring down the people that killed his sister Josefina.

When watching the credits there are also a few extra bits to the story, not sure what happens if you skip the credits if the videos still show or not as i never skipped, pretty good ending to the game overall i rate the campaign as 7 out of 10 as like previously stated it was short but there is some re-playability in it for going back and choosing different events to happen.

Thanks for reading, feel free to leave a comment :)

Many thanks
Peter

PS Vita EU release date confirmed

The new hand held games console from sony has finally had its release date unveiled on their official blog.

The console will be available for Europe Africa, Middle East and Australia from the 22nd of February 2012 with rrp's from £229.99 (€249.99) for the basic wifi model and £279.99(€299.99) for the 3G / wifi model.

Battlefield 3

Not long to go now until Battlefield 3 is released to the world in all it's glory, no doubt there will be a few gamers who won't like it but for fans of the franchise I'm sure they are all getting geared up ready to play.

I played the beta when it was released on the PlayStation Store last month and must admit I enjoyed it and it has made its way onto my pre order list along with Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 and Skyrim.

I can't wait to get my hands on the jets in the game and take to the skies and hopefully not crash with any passengers as I have done in the past on Bad Company 2 in the helicopter (oops :/ )

Any input you readers want to add then feel free to comment in the box :)