Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Spec Ops DLC mission 1.

Scene -
Your team of spec ops soldiers sets foot in Raccoon City to sort out rumors of illegal bio terror activity, blah blah blah. The script dictactes you find a person acting strangely who turns out to be a zombie. Zombie attacks you and hell breaks loose. Sounds good on paper, akin to Leon S. Kennedy's first run-in with the flesh eaters in Resident Evil 2.

Epic fail?

How the scene plays out in-game. Your team starts the mission standing in the middle a street, of which the entire block has been ravaged by what can only be assumed as riots or a successful Black Friday. Battered and damaged cars with doors flung open, shattered police barricades, fires blazing in the distance, and yeah, a disembowled and headless dead body RIGHT THERE AT YOUR FEET, but no, your characters will only comment on the strange acting lady standing at
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Last night was the D3 launch. It was a failure. However, this was to be expected. I don't think there's been a single anticipated game that has online authentication that hasn't failed on launch.



A lot of people were getting errors, a couple managed to get to the character creation screen but then ended up getting connection timeout. I got as far as the character creation, gave up and went to bed.

The most hilarious thing though are the people who waited all day in line outside of stores for the midnight launch. By the time they got home it'd be at least 12:30 only to discover they can't play. It took Blizzard a while to get their servers stable.

This goes to show why online DRM is stupid.
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#42 - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest

Donkey Kong Country is about a gorilla who has to get his bananas back from a crocodile. That's probably the best way to sum it up. Oh, unless you're dealing with Donkey Kong Country 2, in which you're a chimpanzee instead of a gorilla.

In my eyes, all three Country games deserve to be on this list for having some good level designs and tight mechanics to go with the excellent visuals and kickass soundtrack, but the reason I put this one on the list above the other two is because this felt more balanced than the first, and did a better job of everything than the third. Many people would cite additions like more animal buddies and additional collectibles as their reasons for preferring this over the first, but for me, it's just the fact that it never gets as ball bustingly hard as the first got at times. The controls feel better, the level des
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So nearly 4 years ago, i read an article in a PS3 mag about about a game called Fallout 3 that would be coming out soon. It sounded decent but it was a time when gaming didn't hold a high place in my heart. I had a Wii and a PS3 and to be honest, the Wii barely got touched. So one day, when my brother said he was having a drive to the local Blockbuster, i thought i'd take my Wii and trade it in, get a few new games for my PS3. i bundled it up into its box and was off. Upon arrival i discovered they'd give me £80 for it. The price of 2 brand new games. At the time none really grabbed my fancy so i simply browsed. I was browsing when i saw a greenish PS3 games box, which had a picture of a motorbike helmet with a light on it. I picked it up and noticed it was Fallout 3, i shrugged and decided to get it, took a chance. I also picked upon Quantam of Solace at the same time and took them home
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#43 - Lufia 2: Rise Of The Sinistrals

This one is a bit of an oddball compared to the rest of the SNES's JRPG lineup. Unlike other JRPGs, this isn't heavy on story. Unlike other JRPGs, most of the bosses may as well be enemies towards the end of the game. Unlike other JRPGs, the world is small, with one town per sector.

And yet, I can't put it down!

It's unlike a traditional JRPG at the time and what it does instead... works out pretty damn well regardless - unlike Earthbound, which just relied on humor to make itself worth a damn. Lufia 2 has some fairly light hearted dialogue that just sounds like people having real conversations (something JRPGs, even or probably even especially today, lack) spoken by characters that feel just right - they're good people, but not goody goody, nor are they angst ridden teens (keep in mind, this was before Final Fantasy 7 came out). These are characters yo
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Randoms! Commoners! Insignificant denizens of this place! Open your eyes and ears! The Great OverLord of Chaos, the Ultimate Organism, has paid a visit to your useless lot! Such an act of magnanimity, such a gesture of God's love and benevolence for you, his lowly subjects, is to be treated with the utmost respect and appreciation! Every being is expected to prostrate themselves before the Great OverLord of Chaos as means of demonstrating their faith! Every peasant must get on his knees and worship the Great Lord! Whether you live in a palace or rolling in mud, everyone should speak as one and hail his name! PRAISE THE GREAT POKEGOD, THE OVERLORD OF CHAOS, AND THE NOBLE KING OF R/B/Y/G/S/C, CHAOSLORD! LONG LIVE HIS NOBLE RULE!

This is the revelation of meaning to your until-now worthless lives! This is the embodiment of the form all of you are trying to reach! Get on your knees and worsh
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DarshD Agent Mo Hurricarno
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This is less about entertainment and more about keeping my gaming interests organized. This will only be useful if you play games with me and are trying to see what my next coop/multiplayer games are.

Games, Release or Coming Soon, that I want to play:

Dragon's Dogma
Lollipop Chainsaw
Starhawk
Max Payne 3
The Last of Us
Dishonored
Sleeping Dogs
Hitman Absolution
Game of Thrones
Prototype 2
Assassin's Creed III
Risen 2: Dark Waters
Saint's Row 3: Enter the Dominatrix
Metro Last Light
Resident Evil 6
Tomb Raider
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Prey 2
Far Cry 3
Borderlands 2
Sorcery
Brave
DMC: Devil May Cry
Dust 513
Sniper Elite V2
Yakuza 3, 4, Dead Souls
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#44 - Kingdom Hearts

The basic idea of Kingdom Hearts is to put some original characters with a bunch of Disney characters and the occasional Final Fantasy character. To put it simply, fanservice is the name of the game, but it's backed up by fun (if almost juvenile-y simple) combat. I mean, the story is a *bleep*ing mess, we all know that, but the fanservice was what mattered at the end of the day.

This isn't just about quality, but also enjoyability. If you ask me, Kingdom Hearts 0 (aka Birth By Sleep) and 2 are much better games with more refined mechanics. However, those games focused more on the story and somehow, it still makes no sense and thinking about this story will only make your head hurt. At least the first game only really delved into the story at the beginning and towards the end of the game. Other than that, there was a lot of fun Disney fanservice and a good amount of var
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Recently, Ubisoft decided to release a promotion for the first ever gameplay trailer for the upcoming Assassin's Creed III. You can read the Neoseeker article on it here.

Essentially, they are looking for 1,776,000 social shares between three methods:

• Recruit friend - via a 'share' on FB
• Tweet #AC3
• Post on your timeline - via FB

Let's take a look at why this was not a well thought out idea to begin with.
The number is the largest factor in why this publicity stunt failed, secondly because the 'prize' at the end of it all really just isn't worth the amount of time and effort for some people.

The game takes place in 1776 so number is relevant to the game in that respect but to put it close to 2mil is a bit ridiculous. Here are some statistical data (which you can even find yourself) to prove why.

Let's assume that every single person who participates does all three, this means that the tota
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