Halo 3 - Halo Box

Halo 3 is considered the most played video game of all time. At first I didn’t find Halo 3 exciting because I was just playing the campaign mode. The story was good but there are a lot of dull moments in the campaign mode. Just like the other 2 games from Xbox 1, you’ll play as Master Chief. As usual, you’ll hunt and shoot covenant forces but this time you’ll be tagged along Arbiter.  Like I said, the story was good but the gameplay in the campaign mode lack climatic moments.
Then I tried redeeming the 2 Day Multiplayer trial code I got from Modern Warfare 2 and logged in my Halo 3 game in the Matchmaking Multiplayer and all I can say is WHOA!!
I was playing the Matchmaking Social Slayer game for hours. I got hooked pretty much in the Multiplayer mode of Halo 3, then I just realized the main meat of Halo 3 was in the Multiplayer Mode. The campaign was just a small bonus and it quite sucked.

Halo Box!

Sword Fight!

Operation Dessert Storm! LOL

The Graphics were pretty awesome especially if your Xbox 360 is hooked on an HDTV.
The Sounds were good too although I was not impressed on the musical scores.
The Gameplay is Awesome in Multiplayer! Matchmaking Social Rumble pit and Slayer ROCKS!!

But I wouldn’t recommend playing the campaign mode except if you’re collecting achievement points, Halo 3 is packed with achievement points.
Controls are perfect! Halo3 was meant to be played on console. You’ll have to play the game to find out for yourself.
Overall, Halo 3 is a must have if you have an Xbox 360. Your Gold Subscription is nothing without Halo 3.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

It’s finally here, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 finally arrived last November 13, 2009 (here in the philippines). It’s a no brainer this is the best First Person Modern Shooter ever created, Activision and Infinity Ward had done it again.

Cliffhanger

FarCry 2

Have you ever played Crytek’s Original Far Cry? those sci-fi stuff and all? Well Far Cry 1 has definitely nothing to do with Far Cry 2. Let’s talk about the specs and engines first.

Far Cry 1 uses the gut-wrecking Crytek Engine, the era of Pentium 4 was totally abused by Crytek Engine but in return, Far Cry players experienced Eye-popping visuals that looks incredible until now even with the next-gen Graphic Engine Technologies.

Snipy Snipy!!

Years have passed and Far Cry 2 was born, this time it uses the all new DUNIA Engine. A state-of-the-art graphics engine where all physics can be seen and interactively play with it. You can destroy almost everything and create incredible Forest Fires, well actually Fire Art is the main attraction of DUNIA Engine. With all that great features, DUNIA does not eat up much resources as much Crytek Engine 2, you can run Far Cry 2 in a medium-high spec machine and the Xbox360 is by far the crispiest version of all.

The Story:

Like i said Far Cry 2 has nothing to do with the first Far Cry. While Far Cry 1 focuses on aliens and other Sci-fi Stuff, Far Cry 2 focuses on a realistic story. The storyline revolves around africa, politics, rebels and the Jackal (the main antagonist in the game, well sort of…)

You can play with more guns such as MP5, Carbines, RPG’s, Makarovs, ETC…. if you love guns, Far Cry 2 is your game. It’s an inceredible open-world First Person Shooter, play it in anyway you want, kill the enemies at night for stealth tactics or kill them upfront on daylight for maximum fire power.

The Bad Side: the in-game map is around 50sq km. it’s very tedious to drive around to do some missions.

Battlefield Bad Company

I’m a big fan of First Person Shooters particularly in Modern Age War setting, for me World War II setting is now kind of overrated. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare really caught my eye for sometime now and I just can’t get enough. Then I was in a Game Store and I saw this Battlefield: Bad Company on the store shelf. I already read reviews about this from Gamespot.com and IGN and the rating were pretty damn impressive, now I’m doing my own review about this console exclusive shooter.

Happy New Year!!!

 

The Good:

Battlefield: Bad Company features a Fleshed-out story packed with excellent voice acting and funny lines, you’ll get hooked with it and definitely enjoy every moment of the game. Lots of weapons and vehicles can be used here such as heavy guns, RPG’s, laser guided missiles, tanks, helicopters, etc etc… You can destroy almost every in your path, houses, buildings, trees you name it.

The Bad:

Grainy graphics and horizontal tearing may get a boring impression on some gamers. AI are sometimes too accurate or too stupid. Echo-y sounds are too much

Why is this Console Exclusive?? No love for PC gamers?

Verdict:

Battlefield: Bad Company is a all out badass game and is definitely worth the money, if you are into First Person Shooter, Battlefield: BC must not be missed out, especially if you love lots of guns and artillery weapons

Gears of War 2

Marcus Fenix and company returns to the Smash Hit sequel Gears of War 2. Gears of War 2 features a more tolerable story than the first game, well it still have many unresolved plots but it has more sense than the first Gears of War. The story evolves around the Locusts aliens and world invasion plus add-on stories such as Finding Maria – Dominic Santiago’s Wife and more.

One Dead.... Grub??!!

The gameplay is still a Tactical-Shooter like the first game with new weapons, vehicles, Chainsaw match and the Brumak. Multi-player is incredibly addictive too but if you’re not into online game or don’t have an internet connection to your Xbox 360, you can play the very addictive Horde mode. It gives a Multiplayer feel and at the same time you’ll unlock massive achievement points.

Gears of War 2 was my first reason why I bought my Xbox 360. With it’s gripping, intense and rewarding gameplay, GOW2 is highly recommended for everyone with an Xbox 360 unit.