The story is focused on Altair, the legendary and top assassin in the Creed. Your mission is to eliminate corrupt officials and help the helpless… cheesy but it feels very rewarding to finish each missions, including side missions too.

Graphics is outstanding, well detailed environment and characters. 3D rendering and textures looks incredible especially in 1080p High Definition TV sets.

Gameplay – Assassin’s Creed is an Open-World action game, you can kill anyone you like, throw knives, torture people, ride horses, etc… You can run over walls, run on top of buildings and jump from high towers. Assassin’s creed is very fun to play especially with those tons of achievement points.

Overall, Assassin’s Creed is a very well refined game, there are some glitches but nothing annoying.

Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers

I have been playing Magic the Gathering trading card game since the 4^th Edition Came out, that was 1995 I think. Then I sold my deck to get myself an upgrade to my PC. Since then I have been playing Magic the Gathering:  Planeswalker, one of the most convincing Magic Gathering game that time.

Then Wizards of the Coast and Xbox Live released Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers on Xbox 360 as a Downloadable Xbox Live Arcade game. The game costs 400 Microsoft Points ( $5 ), pretty cheap for a well packaged game.

Just like the real thing!

Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planewalkers features the same concept as the real thing. You battle your way through the game using your in game decks/cards. Duels of the Planeswalker uses brand new decks/cards and new rules, this may turn down some old school MTG players but you’ll like it if you get the hang of it.

Graphics are solid, Gameplay is a blast especially if you’re an avid MTG fan. The levels are challenging and you can collect a lot of powerful cards throughout the game not to mention a lot of achievement points as well.

In every great game, there are always downsides. Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers suffers from extremely annoying repetetive background music and confusing control scheme. You can’t virtually create your very own deck although you can edit some but that’s just about it.

Overall Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers is a pretty awesome game. For just $5, MTG is a must have for your Xbox 360.

Castlevania: SOTN - Remembering the true nature of games

If you like RPG, Action and side-scrollers then Castlevania: Symphony of the Night ( SOTN ) is the game for you. Upon it’s release, This instant classic Castlevania title ruled the Playstation console for years. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is a hybrid of RPG-Action-Sidescroller. You’ll get to use Richter Belmont as your intro character in the game and then Alucard all throughout. Alucard’s equipment roster is fully customizable, you can change your stats by changing and mixing weapon attributes. Just like any RPG’s Alucard’s level go up as you progress through the game, you can reach as high as level 70 – 90 although it will be tedious and dragging as at that level state, you will be ultra strong and indestructable. Castlevania: SOTN is somewhat Open-Ended in a sense that you don’t need to follow quest or linear instructions. You can go anywhere you want in the castle as long as your transformation skills and equipment are complete.

Stop looking at my genitals!!!

You get to battle hundreds of monsters and bosses, some of the enemies came from other Castlevania titles such as medusa heads, skeletons, flea, werewolves, etc….

More stylish vampire than Twilight cast eh? suck that Edward!

The story starts with Richter Belmont – The youngest in the Belmont clan. You are on the hunt for Dracula, and then you’ll get to slay him and then the first story comes to an end. Then you will run off to the Castle as Alucard, Dracula’s son. Your main mission is to destroy the castle but there will be a lot of twist along the way.

Now that's a true artwork

Soundtracks of Castlevania: SOTN are epic and catchy, arrangements are very well orchestrated and elegant. Although Voice acting are overly ugly and cheesy, don’t get me wrong, Alucard really does have that big manly voice, but the script is a piece of crap. Dialogues are ugly.
Despite the short comings on the voice acting, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is still one of the best games out there. The Graphics, Gameplay, and Soundtrack are all close to perfection. If you haven’t played Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, then you’re missing half of your life as a gamer. Castlevania: SOTN is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace and Playstation Store. You can play it too on that Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles title for the PSP as a bonus/unlockable game.