Some of you might be groaning at the thought of yet another installment of the Lego series, but I hope you keep an open mind and check this one out. I am a big fan of the Lego games and Lego Batman is probably my favorite. The same style of gameplay is still here. Collecting Lego studs as currency, find the mini kit pieces and the power up bricks. There are a couple of new twists that are totally Batman though. Along with the myriad of characters available for play Batman and Robin get new costumes to handle the dozens of puzzles you run into. Heat resistance, Sonic blaster, Magnetic boots and a Scuba suit to name just a few. These add a new dimension to the gameplay that the last iterations didn't have. You start out with the normal Batman and have to locate a special suit in the level to pass certain obstacles or reach a bonus. Probably the best thing about this game though is the ability to play as the villians and not just in free play. You can play the story from both sides of the coin (sorry, bad Two-Face pun). Good guy levels are played from the Batcave and bad guy levels are played from Arkham Asylum. Batman and Robin might have to defeat the Joker to save Commissioner Gordon, but you can play the level where Joker kidnaps him in the first place! This is a great addition to the Lego franchise. If you liked the previous ones or you are just a big Batman buff you will definitely get a kick out of this one. That's my two cents anyway.
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"Better late than never" fits perfectly for my excuse why this podcast is 2 weeks late. Oh well, press play and let's forget this even happened...
On this one, you can hear Dead-Weight playing Bejeweled 2 on his iPod Touch. If you want to play a drinking game, take a shot everytime you hear him start a new game. Enjoy!
Microsoft News - Tomb Raider Bitch Slap, and 360 Owning Japan
Sony News - Valve WTF, Price Drop No No, and We Be Buzzin'
Nintendo News - Let's Tap... into Your Wallet, and DSigasm
PC News - FREE Demos... oh wait...
The 6Cents Crew went to go see Max Payne on opening night. Here is what we thought about it...
Maverick:
Going into the theater, I had high hopes that this would be the first video game movie that wouldn't suck. I was thinking to myself, "Its Max F'in Payne, you can't screw that up!" Well, I was semi wrong.
I've played through the first game, but never picked up the second, yet mostly everything that was going on in the movie seemed to be very confusing. I sympathize with the people that were there that night, who haven't played the game, because I understand if they had questioned looks on their faces. Not only was it confusing, but it seemed to be all over the place. This is pretty much the formula of the film: Introduce new character, cut to a flash back of Max Payne's past, then cut to a fly-by scene of the city, repeat. Very random.
Now, you might be asking, "but Maverick, what about the gunfights and bullet time, those had to have been good, right!?" Not quite. There was really only 2-3 scenes where Payne was fighting badies, but it seemed like they failed at this too. I thought that they were too quick and easy. The Bullet Time scenes were pretty good, but it's sad that only 5-8 seconds of Bullet Time were the best parts of the movie.
All I have to say is, go see it for yourself. Maybe I'm being too hard on the movie. There was definitely potential in there some where, and I kind of felt that this wasn't the final version the director wanted, but it is what it is. Oh, and please tell Ludacris to take acting classes, my god.
I give it 3 out of 5 cents.
Smoof:
Kind of hard to come up with a review when five minutes into the show Fringe, everyone's eyes start bleeding and some lady's head literally blows up! So anyways, Has there ever been a great video game to movie adaptation? With that in mind I saw the movie with no high expectations... okay maybe a little since I'm a fan of the games.
Oh how I loved diving in slow motion and all the gun fights in the game. The movie however, was lacking some of those basic elements from the game. I felt that there wasn't too much of a connection with Payne and all the other characters in the film just felt like kind of flat. You do get the idea that Payne is feeling emo because he's wife was murdered, but they don't really go into detail until the middle of the movie. I think they should have really showed his past in the beginning and then go on to scenes of him out looking for revenge!
Mila Kunis played Moana in the flick. Her character didn't seem too developed for the movie at all. She's here one second, gone another and comes back to look cute again. She was just better off speaking in Russian and shooting the whole time. That would look hotter. Her role was pretty significant in the second game. She was pretty much your hot ass side kick. The way this movie played went... they probably could have just left her out.
So in the end, I would have just liked more real gun fights if they're not going to develop the characters and story well. There were only really two gunfights in the movie. After this movie... maybe Hollywood should really stay away from video game to movie adaptations like kids should stay away from Michael Jackson.
2 out of 5 cents for Max Payne.
Dead-Weight:
Have you ever wondered about puzzles in Resident Evil games? Don't get me wrong... they're fun and makes the game a bit unique. I mean... who the hell sets up puzzles to hide things or restrict access to areas in a mansion or a police station!? Can you imagine anyone doing this in real life? OMG I need a first aid kit, but I can't because it's locked in an indestructible see through enclosure. To unlock it I need to move statues, located on the other side of the building, onto pressure plates thus releasing the enclosure. Not to mention I need to navigate my way through hallways filled with puzzling traps.
Just imagine puzzles applied to everyday scenarios. Do you think this would be fun? I sure as hell don't think so. Especially if I need to solve a problem to get into the bathroom. Sometimes you just don't have the time to solve anything.
So I'm just curious what events in life do you think would be a bad time to have puzzles or good times to have them. Like maybe someone should have thrown a puzzle at Bush before he could wage war LOL! So please leave comments or email your ideas! I'd love to hear them.
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Unsubstantiated rumors are flying around the net that the SOCOM Confrontation Beta will be extended yet again until Saturday or Sunday! This is so that the newest patch 1.6 can be tested and is supposed to be available tomorrow, Thursday the 9th. With the game coming out on next Tuesday this will possibly cut our W.O.S. (without SOCOM) time down to 2-3 days max! W00t!
The popular trivia gameshow game has finally been upgraded from PS2 to PS3! I was pretty excited to hear this considering I am a self-proclaimed god of trivia games. I picked up the game this weekend and have spent considerable time making my family and friends feel dumb as a box of rocks. I actually felt sorry for them and had to put the buzzer down for a couple of rounds to give them a chance.
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If the stories sound like they are old news... its because they are, so tough
luck.
In this episode, we talk about very important stuff, like Smoof's birthday and how
"Massive Action" sounds like a porno.
Microsoft News - Duke Nukem ... out Forever? 360 outselling PS3 again!
Sony News - The sad truth about non-retroactive trophies, and subscription fees
proposed for MAG.
Wii News - The girlfriend chimes in, and new DS information.
PC News - Sims 3, Steam, and Bejeweled, oh my.
-Maverick
I just wanted to extend my deepest apologies to everyone out there, including the Autobots for being extremely late on posting our third episode of our podcast. I could give you excuses to save myself, but I won't because it would just be a waste of your time. I will try my hardest to post it as soon as possible.
We talked about in the podcast, but since its not up yet, I'll just tell you guys (and gals) now. Our SOCOM Beta contest is still going on. You have until... well, the beta should have been over by now, but it seems like its still going so what the hell, I'm still giving it away anyways. All YOU have to do is email me at Maverick.6Cents@gmail.com, telling me why you want the SOCOM beta key. It doesn't have to be long, just be creative. We will read the submissions on the next podcast and announce the winner. Good luck!
Again, sorry for being late. Please don't hate me :'(
-Maverick
