Sorry about how late this has been, it's been hell of a busy week and I only managed to get this game finished late Friday by which time, I'd already got people round and then the staff party last night so this has been the best chance to do this mini-review, so I'm going for it!

[SPOILERS AHEAD! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED]

This post will be covering the game Metro 2033 made by THQ and released in Spring 2010. I have one question though before I start this post? Why is this game not as popular as it should be? So I'm going to blag my way through this and maybe you can add your own thoughts to it later about what you think. Here we go then...

To me, this is one of them games you will pick up in the future from your old dusty collection of old games and have some urge just to play it all through again. Similiar what we'd do now with one of our old Nintendo games or Playstation 1 games :P This game seriously did not receive the reception it deserved, because this game is actually really good in my opinion and I never hear or see many people mentioning. I'm not sure why though, I guess it just never got out there in people's faces like other games have done in the past, that's one of the reasons I've heard, that THQ barely did much advertising for this game. Why not? I'm not sure, I'll do my research later...But seriously this game is completely worth it and you can pick it up extremely cheap for the time it's been out, I think £10 on PC from most places and £20-£25 on Xbox 360, maybe even less.

Well for the purpose of trying to get this out to you guys as quick as possible, I played the game through on Easy so I could quickly do it, I'd already had a save half way through but I couldn't recall the storyline as well.  So Metro 2033 is Nazi's, Mutants and a post-apocalyptic Russia. Sounds pretty good to me, sounds different, maybe similar to such games like Fallout etc.  and in some aspects it is. So the story of the game is the citizens of Moscow have moved down into the Metro tunnels where they live until they can one day live on the surface again. They have the stations which seem to operate themselves as the small settlements people have set up which have their own laws and rules, so it's different in every station pretty much, so this was a nice aspect of expecting something different every time. The game starts up and your on the surface, something happens and you find yourself playing from a week ago after this point, so it's the build up to what you've just seen.

You play as a young Russian man called Artyom and are introduced to another Ranger who seem to be lone warriors who roam the metro. He gives you a task to bring awareness to the Metro you currently live in, so that the Dark Ones do not destroy that station like they have with many more. Due to the strong feelings your character has, he accepts the task and makes his way though the metro tunnels, coming across different companions, stations, monsters, factions and even the surface. Overall though, I think the story is definitely a good one, it's a nice plot and has a nice ending which seems to leave us on a cliffhanger (More on this later). At times the story does feel stale and you just cannot be bothered any more, but then something happens and your completely thrown in again!

I love the combat in this game, great weapons which many customisations, they have a good variety with a nice control lay-out. They brought out a DLC pack which contained a feature which would change the control lay-out so it was specific for console controllers rather than PC. The fun thing about the combat in this game is, you have got to be concious about the amount of bullets you use. Why because they is hardly any of it? Nope. Ammo in Metro 2033 is the currency for the game and depending on the condition of the bullet determines how much it is worth. Again sometimes it does seem that the combat does drag on, but like the story line, events happen which turn everything again and drags you back for more.

What other little touches are there...Well there is the torch light which can be charged up every so often to increase the strength of the light and it's range which is pretty cool I thought. While wearing a gas mask during combat as well is pretty cool and fun. While in combat the gas mask will take damage which will make your screen look dirty and cracked, making you feel like your the character especially when your in the dark alone!

Cracked gas mask in Metro 2033

There is a ton of awesome stuff in the game which I am yet to find all of it, but what I've come across so far is pretty amazing tbf. Obviously the game has it's flaws but they can be vastly improved on in the upcoming sequel. Yep that is right. THQ have confirmed they are currently working on a sequel to Metro 2033 which shall be called "Metro 2034". No release date or estimated date has been given apart from it will be a few years before we see it. I will definitely be getting that one to see how this story is going to further expand. Anyway, I believe that will be it for now! I hope you've enjoyed reading my post and I'll be back soon with some Red Dead Redemption updates and hopefully some DLC!

Any feedback negative or positive is highly appreciated! Contact me if you have any questions regarding the game or blog and I'll try answer them!

Daz-Noob
Happy gaming!

Current Happenings...

Heya guys. It's been a while since I properly posted a gaming review or thoughts since the Zombie edition post. Reason I haven't updated my blog is due I haven't acctually  decided what to write about yet really, and I've been working a lot on trying to get my blog more appealing to people by adding new pages, content and features! 


I'll explain a few ideas which I have thought of at the moment and I guess you guys can tell me what you think. Okay first of all, I will be uploading Zombie Story Part 3 by the end of this week, mainly when I can be bothered to write it up as I've got a hell of a busy week! I want to write about Metro 2033, as I feel it isn't well recognised as it should be tbh, so I'm going to shed some light on that, and hopefully tomorrow (Tuesday), I'll have a new background which will be featuring Metro 2033, so look out for that! Hopefully it'll look pro!


Also been playing the old Call of Duty games 4 and 5, which I find to be some much more enjoyable online than the frustrating CoD6 MP! I might write up some thoughts about this in the next post along with Metro 2033...Just maybe! 


Last two mentions which shall be short and sweet,I've started a side blog which shall be smaller and be updated whenever I have a moment with it at Tumblr! Last thing is I have my first ever graphics tablet coming soon, so expect some work to be uploaded soon as well! I don't know whether it'll be good or not, but hopefully with enough practice it will be!


Daz-Noob
Happy gaming!

Sponsored Leg Waxing - Charity Event

Me, Nick, Jon and Sophie are doing a sponsored leg wax at College Llandrillo for St. David's Hospice. We thought it would be a fun idea to do and would appreciate any sponsorship or support you can send.


Here is a link to the online donation site - http://www.justgiving.com/damian-farrell all donations are greatly appreciated and go to a brilliant cause. We take no money from this at all, it all goes directly to the charity. We hope to be able to take pictures and maybe video the event for all to see.

http://www.stdavidshospice.org.uk/
About St. Davids Hospice
St David's Hospice offers its services free of charge to the people of Conwy, Anglesey and Gwynedd. St. Davids Hospice is a local registered charity which helps care for adults living with cancer and terminal illness and also cater to meet the needs of people with special needs, whether they be physical, emotion or spiritual.
The Hospice does not charge for its services and is not goverment funded, the hospice keeps going solely off charity donations and is an amazing organization.
Thank you for reading this.

New Features Incoming!

Heya guys. I'm currently looking at ways of making this blog more interactive rather than just viewing and reading my posts so I'm going to try get some new things going on in the blog...

Current plans are -

Poll System

Music Player

Animations

Q&A feature

Video of the week

There were just some quick ideas, some of these my not get through, some of them may, maybe even different ones will come in, but nif you have any suggestions or anything that could potentially help me, please let me know ere or FB or anyway you can :)

Thanks again guys!
Daz-Noob
Happy Gaming

Halloween may have come and gone, but not for this blog...ZOMBIE EDITION!

Well well well.. it has been like just over a week since I last updated my blog! That's a bit crap tbf! I shouldn't be neglecting this! Well I have decided to make this post a zombie edition, I dunno why, maybe cause there is just zombies. Zombies everywhere! I mean we have the new Dead Rising 2, RDR: Undead Nightmare, zombies in COD:BO and I've completed part 2 of my zombie story *Cheers* Anyways, sorry that it has taken me a while to get this part out, hopefully it'll be good for now until I start writing up part 3! If you haven't read part 1 yet, I strongly suggest you do if you want to understand anything that is going on so far, you can read it here! Anyway without further delay, let's get this post going!

Now I was bit worried about buying this game at first, due to the fact that I thought this game would be too much like Dead Rising 1, yeah there definite improvements and new game play aspects, but I wasn't too sure. The multi-player mode also didn't catch my fancy too much. Well this was until Sophie (Check her blog here!) lent me the game, and boy did my worries drift away quickly! Now before in dive in and give my feelings about the game, I haven't played much into the storyline, but even so, I don't think you have to understand how great this game could potentially be to play. I like the little intro, you are thrown straight in to the Terror Is Reality game show and you find yourself riding a bike with 2 chainsaws equipped to the handle bar! Sounds awesome right? Well trying playing it, just riding through hordes of zombies cutting them to pieces, while facing off against three other players was just thrilling enough! I still wonder what it'd be like against other players, but I'll try that soon enough! So after this, I got straight into the game, watched the cut scenes and started playing, straight away, the HUD has been greatly improved, everything looks nicer and more smoother, just making it straight away look like a very nice game! Eventually you are introduced to combo cards, what are they? They are cards which show you what items you can combine together to create an even better weapon, I mean who wouldn't want a drill bucket? Plus the music while creating the items was pretty cool, personally like it a lot! The survivors around the city seem to be a lot easier to have accompany you now! Rather than getting in your way or even just standing there letting themselves get attacked by zombies, they react to situations quite well and do quite the opposite of what they used to, they stay out of your way and fend off zombies themselves. +1 so far to Capcom! Now...I've gotta say, my personal favourite improvement thus far, is that you can now SKIP conversations! YES! Thank you, no longer do I have to sit there and wait 30 seconds for the next line to come up, I can skip them whenever I like! YES Thank you Capcom, 10+ to you!

On to some dislikes of this game, main one is where is Frank?! I knew he wasn't going to be featured in the game at all, but why not? He was a great character,oh so manly and he knew how to work the ladies as well. I have heard though, dunno if it is true or not, that is rumoured that he will be featured in a future DLC pack and will fight along with Chuck against the zombie hoards! That would be sweet to see tbh. They both seem to be very cool and fun characters to play! Both together should make the game a whole lot more enjoyable! My other dislike thus far is, I ain't sure if it was the same in the first one, but Chuck seems to move along quite slow, I dunno if that is just me though? He just moves along slowly, admiring the scene...thinking about his daughter...killing some zombies...O.o

Phwoar do I want this? Yeah I do! When I found out about this, I thought it was all lies! They wouldn't would they?! But they did! Yes Rockstar, you complete game developing legends! Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare was the 4th (I think?) and final DLC for the game. They went out with a bang on this one, a whole new story to the single-player side of the game and new game modes to the multi-player side. Playing as John Martson, a plague has spread around and it is up to you to find out what is happening and to find a cure! I've read so much about about this pack, watched some videos and heard so many positive reviews about it! I just can't wait to get it, hopefully for Christmas along with the other DLC packs which I still don't have apart from the free one (Poorfag ftw)! Well there isn't really much I could write about this one apart from the fact I want it that badly. I might just have to do a future post about it when I get the game I suppose! Just thought I'd bang it in here for now to let you guys know!

Here we are with part 2 of my zombie story...Part 3 will be out soon! I promise :} Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it ^.^ Your comments and support is always appreciated!

Part 2

Ha...Kind of makes you grateful for the how simple life used to be compared to what it was like now. I don’t see things’ changing back to normal for a very long time after this is all done. I wonder if anyone will read this, I hope so, maybe they can learn to avoid the mistakes we have made that caused all of this...I am documenting all the events, just so that if this story was to get out to someone, they would know truly what happened...what happened to me, my family and the rest of the country. The truth needs to be told. You think this could never possibly happen, watching it in the films you get scared but laugh about it after. How ironic eh? We aren’t laughing yet.

I woke up the following morning, I thought I must’ve woken up early in the morning, as it was still quite dark outside, regardless it was like 8AM, I rolled over to cuddle with the girlfriend but she wasn’t there. Assuming she had gone into the shower, I went to the bathroom to join her. To my disappointment though, she wasn’t in the bathroom either. Suppose she must have gone to make breakfast or something like that I guess. Nowhere to be found in the house, I tried ringing her mobile to see where she had got herself to. I then assumed she must’ve gone for a jog with the dog as I could not find the dog anywhere either. I grabbed the house phone and dialled for her mobile to see where she had gotten herself to.  I heard the ringing faintly coming from outside the back garden. That’s right she must’ve been hanging the washing up or doing some early morning gardening. I mean who doesn’t? I went to the window and had a look out the window. I noticed the dog was next to his kennel, and next to him was my girlfriend’s mobile phone...covered in blood. I quickly dashed for the back door and ran out towards the kennel until I saw her... Lying there, completely still, her body had been ravaged. The dog turned to straight at me growling as if I were threatening him. His eyes were jet black with red shots going to his pupils, he had blood drooling from his mouth and fur scuffed up. I backed off a few paces, but then the dog lunged at me, continuously snapping it’s jaw and barking at me. I quickly turned round and dashed it back to the house locking the sliding door behind me. I ran straight for the phone and dialled for the police. The service was busy, the service was busy...the service was busy. I have this crazed animal at my window that has ripped my girlfriend to bits and your service is busy! Then I heard a loud smash of glass shattering, I opened the drawer and pulled out a butcher knife, ready to defend myself at whatever was coming. I looked round the corner into the hallway, nothing...I looked in the living room, nothing...This crazed animal had gone missing and I have no idea where has gone. I turn around to try the phone again and there he is, as if he was waiting there for me to turn round, he lunged at me again, taking me to the floor, snapping his jaw at me, I quickly stabbed the knife through his skull to defend myself, then silence. I was there for a few seconds before pushing the dog to the side of me, I couldn’t actually put one and two together about what just happened. Was this a joke? A bad nightmare? Or was this actually happening?

I ran out to the back garden, ran straight to the kennel, following the blood trail the dog had left back to my girlfriend or where she was. What? But she was right here just 5 minutes ago...The body had moved, had someone else moved it? Or had it moved itself? I looked round and saw a blood trail leading to an open back gate, I ran out to see if I could see anything. Oh boy did I see something.

Daz-Noob
Happy gaming!

Coffeee.....Beer....Friends!! Little bit of RDR and some other small thingies...

Win! What else eh? I dunno maybe some booze would do and maybe some more fags, but ahhh well.....!!! So far what can I say, I suppose the gaming side of LoL has kinda failed a bit, I mean trying to connect to the servers...good game fail yeah... :P Haha. What do we do when Gree's computer goes all funny on him !! Ah well, I dunno Sophie getting owned by bots and minions!! Haha. :P

Anyway.... I need another beer. Shit dayum! Okay got one, sound game, hopefully Gree's computer may work pretty soonish so we can get some gaming going on!


Anyway, back to a game blog eh ;) That was just a quick life update !! Haha :D

Red Dead Rederption?

Okay...So I played through this game for about 3 days game play...And I've just recently finished the main storyline to the game, and I've gotta say...Kinda dissapointed...I loved the main storyline, I mean it is a traditional Rockstar company storyline for a game which I'm happy with, but when you finish the second to last mission, your left gob smacked. You don't understand what could possibly happen now? Right...? [SPOILERS] You find yourself playing as Jack Marston. I won't describe what happened in the mission before as I don't want to give to much unless people as me to do a personal review on the game!!

Now..I found this a nice little surprise and I thought this would change some of the things to the gameplay, but come on, nothing was different at all...Somehow, he's managed to keep all my weapons with all the same ammo?  Now that's all fine and dandy...I suppose, I mean it'd be nicer if he just started with a revolver or something instead of all the same weapons! It's just makes no difference to the game apart from your controlling a new character...There is similar dialogue, same weapons, strangers speak to you as if they've spoken to you previouslly, there's just no massive difference to you playing as this character, and tbh IMO I mch preffered John Marston to play...Either way, I like this addition, it was a nice touch and was fun at first to play as this different character.

Next of all, I'd LOVE to rant and moan about how cliche the mission was searching for the last guy! This was a stupid 15 minute run to find this man, and what a stupid way to finish it all. It was your typical predictable, been done so many times ending. I was extremely dissapointed with this as I expected a whole lot more considering the ruthlessness of the Wild West back in the day...I mean come on, they could've left this for some DLC and seriously go to town on the story-line. I guess it is much to late for them to change it now, due to them having it already in the game and now no future DLC is coming out sadly! :( All in all, I would definately love to try give this game a proper well written review and I might just do some day when I've got enough time...I guess!! :D

Final words on this, I suggestif you haven't got this game yet, you have to buy it, it is a an extremely great game with probably the best DLC you can offer to a game! This is definately a contender for GOTY (IMO). If your a fan of cowboys or GTA or RDR. Your going to love this game. Buy it, order it. Play it! You will not regret it kay?! :D Guhbye!

Legend of the West: John Marston

UPDATES CONCERNING YOU!

Now...I've had a few requests to finish off the zombie story which I had uploaded some time last week, I got a lot of great responses for it and a lot of nice feedback which I love to hear so please keep it coming! :D I've got a ton of ideas for what I'm going to do for this story...But your going to have to wait and see what I've got in mind before I say anything else ;) More news on this, I'm going to be releasing this story up in parts every week from now on...I'm not sure which day I'll be releasing them on but I'll definitely keep you all notified. For those wondering where part 2 is...Well it's on it's way I PROMISE...Expect it sometime this up-coming week <3

Also, quick note, I'm definately going to be running a competition for a few people I personally know. The aim of this is to guess the ending of the story (I will have the ending done already). The person who guesses the closest to my ending will win a  small money prize :) I though this might be a small way of saying thanks for the great support you guys have given me since the start! Your all great tbf ! 

Anyway, that's it from me guys, thank you all again for love and support <3

Daz-Noob, happy gaming!!
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