This week in gaming...for me

Alright guys, I feel so glad to be contributing to Kentucky Gamers and I hope to contribute to the team with some information on what I enjoy best. Therefore, I'll be giving compelling game reviews and I'll try to keep in touch with people on some of the upcoming and highly anticipated games of this year.

To begin I'll start by saying that this week has left me with a little more time on my hands to play videogames so I went to my friendly neighborhood Blockbuster and was browsing the shelves when I felt nostalgic all of a sudden. As a younger lad I enjoyed the hit anime Dragon Ball Z. Now this is wildly popular anime that has different characters of different races, mostly not human, and these extraordinary fighters must protect the Earth from any and all threats. I am not ashamed to say I've watched every episode and I still enjoy it today. Well the newest videogame is called DBZ: Burst Limit. I took it home with me and set of to complete the sagas of the anime I loved. The one thing that I noticed is that you should always play the tutorial first. I did just to get a couple achievements before I got into the game, but there was no tutorial for the main campaign and so I would have been totally lost without going through training first. However, when I got into playing the game I noticed some very interesting elements. The controls went along together very smoothly and unlike other fighting games, there wasn't this massive number of buttons to mash to perform a special attack. It was very straightforward which was appreciated. I also noticed that the style of graphics really helped fit to what the anime was like, but with a more 3-D element. However, the game was rather short and I was disappointed to see the large buu saga missing from the game. I know not everyone will understand what I just said, but if you ever wanna know you can just ask or look it up on wikipedia. Overall, I think it's a good game to rent and play with other friends who loved DBZ as well. If you're not into that then I think you'll still enjoy the fighting elements involved, but it won't be a rich experience.

Now like I said I had extra time on my hands so I took back DBZ the next day (I did say it was short). And I got the Bourne Conspiracy. This was actually rather close to the movie plot of the Bourne Identity. Out of everything in the game I believe I loved the hand-to-hand mechanics the best. You had certain combos you could perform, but the most amazing element was the introduction of take-down maneuvers. You could do uber moves on the other victim just like Bourne could always do in the movies and you could even use the environment into the game. I loved it when I was able to pick up a screwdriver and stab a guys arm multiple times before he could break free. The shooting controls were rather sluggish, but as the game progresses you get the hang of it and I was able to rack up all the achievements for headshots in that one sitting. However, like DBZ this game was just too short. It was fun and action-packed, but it didn't last longer than a day. So again I see an excellent rental, but unless you are obsessed with Bourne, don't waste your time buying it.

Well I think I'll leave it at that for now, but if anyone wants to know something specific in gaming just drop me a line at limpin3d@hotmail.com. I'll try my best to post the videogame news that you want to hear about. Until next time!