Finally some updates

1) A little note concerning my Mafia 2 review
I did give it a 10/10 and I do consider it a must play, even though it lacks the good ol'freeride and it doesn't have multiplayer (but that's not a drawback since Mafia 1 didn't have multiplayer either) which may be annoying for someone whose friends are all a bunch of gamers and like playing games together. In my case, though, I didn't really care about this little inconsistency, since I spend very little time on the Multiplayer in any game I play.
I've seen complaints that the game is too linear... well, it should be like that. If you want to do hundreds of side missions before getting 100% go play some GTA. The lack of outfits... well... I guess I could do with a leather jacket, a few shirts, a casual suit and a tailored suit. I mean, it's not like you were expecting rapper clothes in the fifties, right? OK, maybe I should be fair and square and give it a 9/10 just to mix up with the other reviewers on the internet. Anyway, I'd never give this a 4/10 as Eurogamer did. I think they exaggerated. I realize that nowadays only FPS games get good scores on gaming sites. WAKE UP PEOPLE! WHERE IS GAMING AS WE KNEW IT? A GOOD GAME DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FPS! THESE ARE FOR IDIOTS WHO CAN'T SOLVE A CHALLENGING PUZZLE! Not that there's been anything challenging in Mafia 2, though. Played it on Normal, barely died a few times, the cops are easy to get rid of, way easier than it used to be in GTA IV and the missions are quite short. I mean, 15 hours of overall gameplay (even less for some people) is not what you come up with after working 7 years on a game that only has story mode incorporated. I admit, I didn't see the negative parts of this game in my first review. I was just enthusiastic. But now, having woken up, I'll give it it's correct overall mark: 8.5/10.

2) Broken Sword Playtrough Delayed!
Broken Sword the Angel of Death Playtrough is delayed as of now. I like calling it "delayed", but it's very likely I'll just drop it and only continue it on special request (which I don't think it will be coming any time soon). What am I going to do instead of this? Well... Sam and Max season 3 finale is out now, so... don't you dare go to sleep 'cause "The City that dares not sleep" is fresh out of Telltales' labs and I'm ready to exploit it and show it to you guys and girls.

Mafia 2 Review

!!! SPOILERS BELOW!!! DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU !!!

The year: 2003. Gathering of Developers releases a game made by Czechs, about the 1930's. Or, to be exact, about the Mafia and how it operated back then. Everything took place in the city of Lost Heaven. That game followed the story of Tom (I won't add Angelo, that last name might be a fake one, made up by the feds later), a cab driver who has the "luck" to meet up with a couple of Don Salieri's goons that he has to rescue from their pursuers. This event and the fact that by his actions Tom made a lot of enemies lead to him joining The Family and doing stuff for Salieri. Stuff that involves killing people, sabotaging race cars, rescuing damsels in distress etc. Eventually, Tom and his best friend, Paulie realize that the boss is treating them like simple pawns, even after they "took care" of Salieri's nemesis, Morello. Therefore, they decide to do something on their own, so they rob a bank without the Don knowing. Of course, Salieri eventually finds out about it and orders them to be killed. Tom, on the other hand, has a wife and daughter to protect, so he confesses everything he did on behalf of Salieri to the police in return for his family's safety. In the end, though, he is shown a few years later, in a different town, being found out by two goons who send "Mr Salieri's regards".
This was it, the main character being dead at the end of the game, the future of the Mafia series was kinda dark. But the producers weren't done yet. A few years later, a lot of small game companies, including Gathering of Developers fusioned into 2K Games. A website was launched, announcements went all over the internet and people were waiting for Mafia 2 for more than four years. Then, in August 2010, it finally came out. SO! Is it the best game of 2010? We'll see.
Mafia 2 follows the story of Vito Scalleta, a young man who came to Empire Bay with his family, immigrants from Sicily. Once in Empire Bay, he befriended Joe Barbarro, a guy who did what he had to do in order to survive: things like stealing from people's homes, or robbing stores. After one of these robberies, Vito is caught by the cops and is enrolled in the army, as the world is in war (WWII). He is send to free Sicily from Mussolini's troops. The campaign is a success, yet Vito is sent back home with an injury, after three months. He returns to find out his father passed away while he was gone and that Joe got rich in a short time. Of course, Joe confesses working for the Mafia, the Clemente family to be exact. There they meet a guy called Henry, who gives them a dangerous job. Vito has to break into a federal institution and steal gas stamps which then he has to sale to gas stations before midnight, as the expiration date is "tomorrow". After this operation, someone turns Vito in and he is sent to prison. In prison he meets Leo Galante, an old man working for Frank Vinci, another family boss. During his time there, Vito learns how to fight, as Leo runs an underground fighting club. Leo manages to get Vito out of prison earlier than he was supposed to be released. Now there's an advance in time, we're in 1951, when most of the game takes part. Vito finds out his mother died while he was doing his time, and his sister doesn't want to have anything to do with him, thanks to the fact that he is involved with the Mafia and kills people. At some point, Vito and Joe find out Clemente was screwing with them and they go to take their revenge on behalf of Carlo Falcone, head of the Falcone family. After taking Clemente out, Falcone wants to go after the Vinci clan as well. At this time, Henry changes sides, as his former boss, Clemente had been killed, and is sent to kill Leo Galante, now released from prison. Vito gets to Leo first and manages to save his life by convincing Henry not to kill him.
Being tired of getting orders from the Family and wanting their own money, Vito, Joe and Henry plan to start selling drugs (and in the same time making competition to their boss, Falcone, who had been doing the same thing and got rid of Clemente in order to avoid competition). [This action is similar to Tom and Paulie robbing the bank in the first Mafia game. They want more money so they do something without the Don's permission]. In order to obtain the drugs, they borrow 35000 bucks from a loan shark. They have to pay back 55 grand. They use the money to buy drugs off some Chinese dealer. On their way back to the car they're attacked by some fake cops (which turn out to be feds later). But the three amigos escape the feds and manage to sell the drugs. Unfortunately, Falcone finds out about their business and wants his cut, leaving them with too little cash, obviously not enough to pay the loan shark back. To top it all, when Vito arrives to a park where he is supposed to meet Henry in order to do a job that will get them enough money to pay the loan shark, he sees his friend butchered by a bunch of Chinese guys. He and Joe follow the Chinese and waste them in their bar. Later on, the leader of the Chinese reveals to Vito that Henry was a rat, and he sold them all out to the feds.
Then Joe and Vito get the job to eliminate a guy who ratted out his Family and head to their target. The target is none other than Tommy Angelo, whom they eventually whack, after delivering the message. They get their payment but it's not enough to pay the loan shark. When they finally pay their debt and Vito goes to report to Joe that everything's OK, he finds out Joe is nowhere to be found. Eventually Vito tracks his friend to a construction site, where he is being tortured by Vinci and his men who want to know why the Chinese Triads are on to them. Vito and Joe manage to escape Vinci, but Joe is hurt, so Vito has to take him to the doctor.
In the final mission, Vito gets a phone call, asking him to go to Falcone's Observatory, as the boss wants to talk to him. On his way there, a car parks in front of him, and his old friend, Leo Galante calls him in, asking him to make things straight by killing Falcone. So Vito goes to the Observatory and gets ambushed. His best friend, Joe, holds a gun to Vito's head, but eventually decides to help him get rid of Falcone. After completing the job, they both get out and are taken away by Galante in two different cars. On the way to the "celebration", Vito sees the car carrying Joe take a different turn and then the credits roll.
SO IS IT OVER?! I guess so, since there's really nothing else to do around there. Of course, there are a few side missions and stuff to collect, but the game is really linear. Jeez, they left space for a sequel. I sure want to know what happened to Joe! But I hope this time I won't have to wait seven fucking years in order to find that out.
Anyway, back to the review. The story is awesome, kept me hooked up to the PC for 14 hours and a half - as long as it took me to finish the game. Of course, I didn't finish the game in one continuos play. I mean, who'd be nerdy enough to do that?! I finished in in three days. It's still a lot of time dedicated to playing a game, but it was totally worth it. I loved it. The first mission takes you to the army, then you get to the city, then you get to the can (that's what they call the prison) and then back to a more modern city. The evolution of the main character is something interesting to observe. I won't get into details, but you should be real careful at his actions. One last thing about the story - it's structured on 15 chapters that can contain one or more missions in each of them.
The soundtrack is amazing. And I mean both the 40's and 50's radio songs and the orchestrations. I just loved the atmosphere they made.
The graphichs are stunning. OK, they kinda remind me of GTA IV, but here they're far better and the characters are far more realistic.
The gameplay is great. This game has the best cover system I've ever seen in a shooting game. The AI is not as stupid as it usually is in a shooter. Your friends actually help you killing your enemies and your enemies actually TRY to kill you instead of shooting blindly in your direction. I had fun playing this game. I also notice your health meter gets refilled every time you get back into cover. That's good (I guess it only happens in Easy mode, I don't know, haven't tried the other difficulties yet). The driving is great, I loved driving 40's and 50's cars. I missed good driving in a Mafia videogame ever since the first Mafia came out. OK, maybe The Godfather I had decent driving but in Godfather II (FUCK THAT GAME!!!) the driving was a joke.
Fun fact! Jack Scalici, one of the game creators was asked in an interview if you're the boss in this game and he replied, I quote, "being the boss is boring". That's a punch in the face of the EA Games team that made Godfather II. I totally agree with Jack. Being the boss is boring. I'd rather grab a gun and perform the hit myself any time than having to send the guys to do it and manage my family and shit like that.
One thing they forgot to add in this game is robbing a house. There was a mission like that in Mafia I and I would have liked to see Vito and Joe stealing documents or cash from some asshole's safe. Anyway, the game has diversity when it comes to the missions, so I haven't got any reason to complain.
What else is left to say? Ah, yes, for being the best game of the year, Mafia 2 lacks a feature that's going to piss a lot of gamers. It doesn't have multiplayer! I'm OK with that, my friends aren't exactly hardcore gamers, at least not as I am, so I'd rather play by myself any time. Other people may have a problem with the lacking multiplayer, but I don't.
Overall, I LOVE THIS GAME! It's the best game ever! The shooting scenes are awesome (WHERE'S THE FUCKING SAWED OFF SHOTGUN?!), the driving is awesome and the story is great, except for the finale, as I don't understand what happened to Joe and I'm looking forward to Mafia 3 if it will ever come out.
One more fun fact before the final judgement. On some hungarian site, I found a comparison between Vito Scalleta and Marlon Brando in his youth. Check it out here.


Story: 10/10
Graphics: 10/10
Soundtrack: 10/10
Gameplay: 10/10
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Overall: 10/10 --> PERFECT! This is a must-play for all gamers!

PS! There's a new Mafia type game, set in the 40's coming soon. It's called LA Noire, you can check it out here, but don't get any hopes up, it's being published by Rockstar Games, so it might not be released on PC, because these guys, for some reason, hate the PC as a gaming console.

Broken Sword The Angel of Death Playtrough

While I'm eagerly waiting for the release of Mafia II, I decided to make another one of my famous playtroughs. This time, I'm playing Broken Sword The Angel of Death, the fourth game from the BS series, one of the best adventure games ever made and my all time favourite series of games. I have three parts up to now. The first two are in 720p HD and the third one is in 1080p HD. The rest of the videos that will come out will be in 1080p as well. Enjoy!

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjIt9AfAKUA
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBeteW4Tq4c
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CHVv22zlcc
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LbVNhj21Y8

By the way =))

Fun fact!!!

Why did Van Damme refuse to appear in “The Expendables”?  Easy. Because he’d get his ass kicked by all the other guys. Well, actually that’s not the real reason. Apparently, Stallone wrote his role so that he gets beaten up by Jet Li. WOW, I WISH I COULD GET BEATEN UP BY JET LI! But hey, Van Damme is too busy playing mom and dad with Romanian whores, right?

Now, why did Chuck Norris refuse to appear in the movie mentioned above?! That’s because he would have made Stallone look like a Barbie doll when they faced off, so “Rambo” decided not to cast him =)). Nah. Actually, Chuck refused the role, probably for the same reason. He likes Sly and doesn’t want him to look bad.

Also, Kurt Russell turned out a role in this movie and Wesley Snipes had to turn down Sly because of some legal stuff.

Heck, I know another guy who would’ve done a great role in this movie. No? Nothing? Al Pacino, dudes! The guy’s a freakin’ genius!

Tom and Jerry meet Sherlock Holmes

Care to watch a totally different Tom and Jerry? Do you want to see Jerry as Sherlock Holmes’ mouse and Tom as a messenger cat trying to catch him while causing destruction everywhere? Do you want to see Tom and Jerry team up to solve the case and stop the culprit? Do you want to see characters like Spike and Tyke or Droopy and Butch and some other MGM guys all in the same movie?

Then this is the perfect choice for you. Watch Tom and Jerry meet Sherlock Holmes. It’s awesome. I laughed all along the 46 minutes (yeah, guess WB chose to keep it short, guess money is a big problem everywhere nowadays) and I still laugh when I remember some of the hilarious scenes, even though the whole thing seems like a reenactment (hope I wrote that right :D) of the supposedly upcoming sequel to Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, in which Professor Moriarty builds a big piece of shit of a laser weapon only to break through the Tower of London and steal The Crown Jewels. I won’t be surprised if this is going to be the plot of the next Holmes movie. Overall… watch it! It’s totally worth it! And once I find a kind enough site that allows me to stream the whole thing in HD I will convert my version of the movie in 1080p HD (believe me it’s close to HD but not quite - I think it may already be 720p, based on the size) and post it here. IT’S TOTALLY WORTH IT GUYS!

Ok, I’m done here. I gotta go, Kane and Lynch is installed and ready to go! LET’S SHOOT SOME DAMN COPS!!!

WOW! Just WOW!

Can you believe the internet?! The new Kane and Lynch game, ”Dog Days” is supposed to be released in August 20th. BUT! It’s been posted on Torrents ever since… TODAY. Guess IO didn’t put too much effort in the DVD protection. That, or Reloaded got themselves a digital download. But that’s unlikely since the only place digital downloads are available right now is Steam, and they don’t release the game until the 20th. THE INTERNET ROCKS!!! Download link below.

http://www.newtorrents.info/torrent/36764/Kane.and.Lynch.2.Dog.Days-RELOADED.html

My impressions on Mafia II Demo

Yeah, you might be surprised there's no video as I previously promised... but the thing is, my fucking bucket of a video card isn't good enough so that my game recorder could give out an acceptable framerate. I set the game to 800x600 resolution (yeah, I know, that's humiliating) and it still didn't give me more than 8 FPS. Otherwise, the demo worked perfectly for me with max settings (1280x1024 resolution).
My impressions on this are... well... THIS IS THE BEST GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED IN MY LIFE! I can't believe it! You can actually open the fridge and choose to get a beer, a burger or a bottle of juice. Also, you can screw around with the faucet or flush the toilet. That's what you do indoors. Outside (I used a time patch, download link at the end), after bypassing the 10 minutes time limit set by 2K Games, I drove a car, went to the tuning garage and... well.. tuned it. I even set the licence plate to display my name =)). You can also buy clothes or food while in town. There are gas stations (yeah, like in the first game - this is what makes the game feel way more realistic than GTA IV - you can wake up without any gas and that's it, you're fucked) from where you buy gas and... surprise surprise, you can open your car's hood and FIX THE ENGINE! You heard it well! If you crash too much and fuck up your engine, the car stops, you have to go to the hood, open it up and fix it. The cops are as annoying as usual. Once you do something wrong they're on to you. One star means they want to fine you, two stars means they want to arrest you and three stars means they're gonna shoot at you. At least that's how I understood it.
The shooting is absolutely awesome! The cover system is amazing! Way better than in Kane and Lynch where if you're in cover and shoot you immediately get out of cover and have to press the cover key again. Kicking doors is usual for Vito (the main character), or at least it was while I played the game. Of course, it's way more polite to open them nicely. The demo mission was funny. I laughed out loud when one of the guys called your target "Porky" because he was fat.
What really killed me was the ending. I mean... you're in front of a police blockade, trying to get your injured friend to a doctor. And then they argue about stopping or not and the screen goes black and you hear the sounds of a car accelerating and... TO BE CONTINUED.
Nice one. Now I want to see the full game even more.

Mafia II Time Limit Bypass Patch:http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O773E0AR

Notes:
1)The Kane and Lynch II Demo Multiplayer video was cancelled. Sorry.
2)I will try to see if I can record some of the demo anyway.

Kane and Lynch II: Dog Days Demo Playtrough

This is going to be yet another series of videos. My notices here are: I suck at shooters, the Fraps framerate sucks and... enjoy if you can. The demo is awesome, can't wait for the full game to arrive. Also, when I finish these videos, the August 10th demo videos will be released as well.
So, let's rock:

Single Player
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj3aaBC8cGs
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Noa9IBr7oSI
Multiplayer:
DELAYED. Sorry, I've got a bigger fish to catch right now.

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men Review

Kane and Lynch: Dead Men is a 3rd Person Shooter, developed by IO Interactive, the same developer that made the hit series ”Hitman” (lol, nice word usage over there). This time, though, you don't play as the famous silent assassin and you don't have time to plan a strategy and walk through the levels as quietly as possible. No, no. In this game you'll be too busy shooting everything that moves.
You take control of Kane, a former member of some organisation called The7 (no more details, I don't want spoilers!!!), which supposedly doesn't exist anymore. But things go totally wrong when, as he is taken to his execution day, Kane is broken out of police custody by his former organisation and made to retrieve something (it's never revealed what exactly does Kane retrieve) in exchange for his family. Yeah, the old "we kidnapped your wife and daughter and we won't give them back unless you do something for us" cliffhanger is present in the game. God dammit. Eventually, the organisation doesn't respect it's part of the deal and Kane goes on rampage along a gang of people who are supposed to help him take down his enemies and rescue his daughter. The confusing part is, though, that the game has two endings and there's gonna be a sequel released in a few days. I mean, what ending is the sequel going to follow?! Jeez!
Now on to the gameplay. I gotta say, this game is awesome. The best shooter I've ever played in my life (though I haven't played a lot of shooters in my life :D). You can cover behind walls and stuff (the physix is not as great as in GTA IV but it'll do) and you can command your allies to attack, find cover or follow you. That's useful, since the AI goes wherever the heck it wants in this game.
The graphics is great for 2007, the year it was released in, so I've got no comment here. Except for the looks of the characters. Why the fuck are both allies AND enemies dressed THE FUCKING SAME?! That's at the later levels, like in Havana. The only thing that differentiates allies from enemies is a red hat the enemies wear. I mean, who the fuck has the time to check if the guy wears a red hat or not?! I need to shoot or get shot! Jesus!
The multiplayer is awesome all the same. I didn't have time to test it at it's full potential but I liked what I've seen.



Story: 8.5/10
Graphics: 8/10
Gameplay: 9/10
Multiplayer: 9/10
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OVERALL: 8.62/10