Prototype Sucks

By the title you may think that i didn't like [Prototype]

You know what?!

Your right!               

The game's basic premise seems good at first: "Virus gives dude powers"
but the game does a horrible job at making anything seem any better.

First off the game play is ok, smooth controls but idiotic wall running and jump recognition causes you to die more often than not.
The powers all flow together smoothly but there's too few and yet they cost too much each upgrade.
Rather than playing more to gain power you find yourself not really caring unless the power is required or cool (eg body surfing)

                                           Body surfing is fun....but...NOT ENOUGH

The game's graphics aren't bad but not good either, the one thing I want to commend is the effects used in the virus related changes.

                                                Tendrils of cool in a bad game

The game is unrealistic but i guess its not possible to say that with a straight face...
However, the game is just TOO damn unrealistic.
For example, you're in disguise as a run-of-the-mill soldier then right in front of another soldier you RUN UP THE WALL, the soldier just shrugs it off without so much as a "what the"..

Then there's the enemies.

You have the soldiers, they do almost minimal damage, are weak and can be killed easily with a single button press. Are mainly the cannon fodder and a means to recover your health.

Then you have the mutants, they don't flinch from the hits you give them until you get the sword upgrade, usually can send you flying especially when they somehow  manage to swarm you.
Give health and good evolution points but not worth the trouble.

The soldiers mainly give you trouble only when they start to cheat you up but spamming rocket launchers as soon as you get up.

The side-missions are horribly repetitive and you can already expect to see a 100% completion fanatic play through the same mission over a million times.The variety of missions is lacking. The missions all include either get to point a to point b in x amt of time or kill these guys in that amt of time and lastly assimilate this guy without alerting anyone.
3 types that's it...

Finally, the bosses all require the same strategy of hit them till they die but each one just eats the hits you deal like candy and deal damage that may kill you even faster than you kill the regular soldiers.
The boss fights for me have been hit-and-run and eating soldiers for health when i need it.

The game could have done much more in sense of it's abilities and missions. The game "Infamous"
that came out at about the same date was the same open world game but the abilities are more fun and are actually required for many different situations and enemies.In fact, i'd actually play this more if the abilities were better developed with a larger variety of powers.

The cutscenes are good on a visual level but are too short and boring. The game moves through one that basically tells you what you need to know rather than telling more of the story.

The game is available on the PS3 and Xbox 360. I recommend you to waste your money on this game just to see how ugly it is...

Test-Play : This is horrible

This time round its gonna be a test-play where I'm gonna be criticizing a game.
Simple right?
And without any delay the game is : [Prototype]

In this game the players take the form of Alex Mercer who wakes up on a morgue's operating table to find that he has apparently gained powers from being infected with an unknown virus pathogen.

He escapes to search for more clues to who or what he is, eventually gaining more powers through upgrades using evolution points or through the game's natural progression.
Powers include disguises, new bio weapons like an arm blade or hammer fists and even armor forms.

The game itself is under the open-world/ sandbox genre, similar to the ever popular game : Grand Theft Auto.

Over the course of the game, Mercer will deal with soldiers, mutated monsters , super soldiers and even tanks and helicopters.The game also allows you to take these vehicles on a drive.

The game also has many side-missions and collectibles like most open-world games.

Without any spoilers, the game ends with a pretty interesting twist that after playing enough you may realise was to be expected.

Obviously by my opinion, this game is horrible...

Already?! My bad

Just to say, the tri-theme pics aren't gonna be continued much, I might resume it some other time but
For now it is discontinued...

Melty Blood Impressions

It in actual fact isn't a very well made game, the game bugs out occasionally and weird stuff tends to happen all the time, but that's not our focus for this post.
What we or at least, you want to know is if it is Fun.

Melty Blood started out an arcade game but was ported to the PC and Playstation 2.
I've played the PC version of Melty Blood(every installment except for Actress Again which isn't even ported).

I am just gonna have to believe that you have read the previous post :Test-Play 1
If you haven't you may not understand what I'm talking about

What was my first impression...
The game was amazing, the characters aren't too unbalanced and provide different play-styles to all types of players.
I, for one like to play as Tohno Shiki and his alternate self Nanaya Shiki.
The fast but weak damage dealt chain together and the win feels that much more satisfying for me.
Pulling off an Arc Drive/Last Arc takes timing and a careful prediction off your opponent's next moves and hitting with one brings with it a stunning attack and a chance for a from-behind-comeback.

 
Screenshot of the character select screen

My friend whom introduced me to the game plays with me over the net often, and we enjoy the way the game sometimes causes something funny or epic to happen.

Main Menu

We have some crazy moments with this game and the music is really catchy that it makes you want to hum it sometimes.
I'm a big fan of Type-Moon's games and stories so it became a must-play at some point.
The game modes are all very typical and not much variety is given but that's how it is with this kind of game.

I actually started playing without much knowledge on the genre and proper play-style but after a few tries i picked up some basics and started beating my friend at his own game.

The game doesn't require any complicated combos unless your aiming to be a professional player.
The usual combos only involve launching your opponent into the air, jumping after him/her attacking ,double jump, attack into an air grab.Not all characters follow this pattern but most do and it's known as a bread-and-butter(BnB) combo. It just means its a basic combo that comes naturally to you.

Complicated combos will include special moves and super moves blending together into a deadly and beautiful instrument of death.Your opponents will marvel at how their health disappears like running water.

My friend doesn't know any proper combos but can often pull out dangerous chains off an ad lib and surprises both me and himself.

                                          Character activating her Arc Drive

                                                 A sucessful Ex-shield


The best parts of the game comes from playing with a friend and that makes the game never get old no matter how long its been since its release years ago.
Even now i still play it when the chance arises.

If you have the time and want to try this game too, Melty Blood Actress Again can be found at the  Zone-X arcades in Ang Mo Kio Hub and Dhoby Ghaut MRT station.