Monday, September 9, 2013

Kinect Disneyland Adventures

Giving Mickey Mouse a high five is one of the greatest things a human being can experience. Sadly, traveling to Disneyland isn’t in everyone’s budget, but last year, a game called Kinect Disneyland Adventures did a surprisingly nice job of creating the Disneyland magic without the Disneyland price. It’s only worth mentioning because if you’re expecting this to be the Pixar equivalent, you’re going to be disappointed. Kinect Rush isn’t in the same league, but at thievery least, it’s a decent kids game with memorable Pixar characters...and somewhat less memorable game play. Released just a few weeks ago to the Xbox 360, Kinect Rush is somewhat similar to Kinect Disneyland Adventures.

Playing as a little stylized version of yourself, you walk around Pixar Park and play missions based on five classic Pixar movies—Toy Story, Cars, TheIncredibles and two personal favorites, Up! And Ratatouille. The difference is in scope and authenticity. Kinect Disneyland Adventures feels like Disneyland, and it has a lot of interactivity that really brings you into this meticulously created world. Kinect Rush is a collection of simple missions that are all basically the same, without all the interactive magic and attention to detail.




You really notice that in the hub world. Pixar Park is basically a glorified selection screen. Unlike Disneyland Adventures, which feels like a bustling amusement park packed with things to explore, Pixar Park has missions...with little in between. The missions aren’t terrible, but they are very repetitive, and the motion controls become tedious within minutes. Moving your character on foot requires a constant jogging motion, and unless you’re a perpetually hyper five-year-old, it wears out its welcome pretty quickly...motto mention, it’s not particularly responsive. ( get also the Simpsons Tapped Out Hack )


Speaking of which, registering yourself is a nightmare. Even so, for younger players who really like Pixar movies, Kinect Rush has some appeal, but in the same way a sugary beverage might. It has them bouncing off the walls for a while before crashing into a nap...or in this case, getting tired of crappy motion recognition.








Friday, August 16, 2013

Trevor the Psychopathic Character in GTA 5



GTA 5 is all about playing with the criminals. Are you somehow astonished with that statement? Well, if you ask me, I don’t. I have been a GTA 5 gamer back in the days of Vice City and I know for a fact that ever since the game started its venture in the big screen that the game is all about dealing with criminal characters. This time around with GTA 5, you will be dealing with three of them. But for today, I am going to talk about one specific protagonist by the game of Trevor Phillips.

To give you a little background of this guy with regards to his role on GTA 5. He is on his early 40s and he was raised back in Blaine County from a militaristic family structure. No wonder, he made it to he military but due to some unforeseen things that happened to him, he turned out becoming a crazy, drug abusing military who prefers himself to be secluded in the desert. Despite being away from the civilized cities Trevor managed to keep in contact with this friend Michael, another protagonist of the game, to implement their plan of robbing banks and commit some other form of felonies. In addition, Trevor’s codename in the game is “Simon”. So don’t be confused if you hear such name while in the game.

Despite being a criminal, one thing that you should know about Trevor is the fact that he was once into rehabilitation. Criminal rehab is getting popularity amongst lots of who are forward thinking. Such types of rehabilitation can assist to reduce the number of repeat offenders who return to jail after being not able to adjust to life beyond jail. This can likewise assist to resolve a few of the more severe cases, like the ones that are bothering Trevor in the GTA 5 game which substance addiction.



However despite this attempt made in the story of the game. Criminal rehabilitation did not help to address the issue of by which Trevor was suffering from. His criminal thinking continued to an overpowering part of him that keeps him from doing things which the society expected from him.

Nonetheless, the scenario of the game does have a light at the end of the game. Now if you are curious, what is it and how is it going to happen. Well, my answer to that is for you to buy and play the game. I do not want to spoil the fun from this wonderfully made game.