Outlast and Whistleblower DLC opinion

I played Outlast and the whistleblower DLC over the span of about a week. The only thing I had known about the game was what I had seen on 15 minutes of a lets play. The game itself is beautiful graphics wise and the story is very straight and to the point. You are a journalist who gets an e-mail saying to check out an asylum for its treatment of patients. the game has a style that it sticks to and it works as a one play through game. Both in the main story and DLC the game is filled with moments that will make you jump. With the right audio setting (headphones or suround sound) and a dark environment to play in. You may actually end up screaming. The one thing that can be said about this game is that where it is meant to be dark, you have to use your camera which has a night vision setting in order to even have a clue as to where you need to be going. While the game does have its moments, it almost can get frustrating depending on the difficulty level you are playing on. while dying is something that can happen on normal it will just reload you back a few minutes. The true terror of this game is Insane mode which will not care how close you are to the end of the game. Death in this mode means starting back at the beginning and getting to experience it all over again especially if you want those achievements. Overall, this game is amazing on the first play through. you spend time not wanting to turn every corner as you are unsure what is going to be there. The fear is real when you start out. however on other playthroughs it becomes less so as most scare moments in game are scripted and easy to see coming after one playthrough. overall the game by itself will take possibly 6-10 hours depending on how thorough you are. While the DLC which can be described the same way just with creepier antagonists and even creepier moments rounds out at about 2-3 hours to finish. I still say for the price which is 20 for the main game and 8 for the DLC I consider this a game you can enjoy and go after achievements in

Achievements
I can say I have the full 1500/1500 available for this game and its DLC. While the game as said before will take time on the first playthrough to enjoy the scares and the story. A second playthrough on normal may be needed to pick up all collectibles, which are moments you have to record with your camcorder and documents you need to find and pick up.  Big achievements in both parts require you to run through the game on insane mode. The easiest way to help with this is to take the Gamma all the way up in the options for the game. This will help you with running around in the game and seeing enemies. This will also help with the Energiser achievement which is not reloading your camcorders batteries at all on insane mode. This is when you will find out how much of the game you can safely run through. researching on youtube can also help you by finding videos for speed runs on both the main game and DLC. These runs take a little over an hour a piece but are the best possible ways to help in perfecting this amazing game.

Valiant Hearts opinion

I wanted to play this game the moment I watched the trailer at E3. The thought of a plat former that covers World War 1 sounded like a great idea to me and I wanted to see where this game went. The game covers the lives of 4 people and how they intertwined during the war. The game overall is much more like a piece of art. It is beautiful in the style it is made and it sends the message that  lots of people died needlessly during this war. Not to give spoilers, but the one proof of that is how most of the people fighting were neighbors and then due to a lot of treaties they got thrown into a War. Just as how I handle most of my games, I did a run through for the story and a second run through to get all of the collectibles. The collectibles are what get you in taking the longest amount of time in this game. There are over 100 collectibles but they are evenly placed out between the levels and thankfully the game is nice enough to show you what collectibles you have from each level. The one thing I truly loved about this game is the information it has. The game covers parts of World War 1 that happen before the United States entered the conflict. With all that being said the game itself is amazing but really only lives up through the 2 play throughs you need for all the collectibles. It is an incredibly informative game as each level comes with facts about the war and each collectible you pick up is something of information about the war. I believe the game is worth its current price and continue to recommend it to people who are looking for a filler game in between the bigger company games.

Achievements
Overall the game is an easy 1000/1000 and should only take the 2 play throughs to gather all or any collectibles you may have missed during the first play through. Only a few achievements are missable based away from the games storyline but are easy to get. overall the game may take possibly 8 hours to a few more to finish up for the full 100%  overall this game was amazing and made for a fun 100% on the Xbox one

Arcade title Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon.

I decided this week to go with a back logged game since it was on sale not that long ago. Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon is by far a great game in itself. It stylizes everything you can remember about the 80's through catch phrases and overall look. What really helps with the 80's art is the cut scene sequences. all done in the style of watching cut scenes from an old cartridge game. All together the game was amazing especially not needing to own Far Cry 3 just to play this Arcade title. The pricing on it now even after the sale being over is still worth looking into and having some fun. The campaign is very short and when you start a mission but are near something you need, you have to save it for later. The total time to beat the game would be less than 4 hours. Add some time on to that however if you are a completionist. the only other true complaint is that during cut scenes around the final missions they tend to get really long and drawn out. other than that this game is highly recommended.

Achievements.

This game is an easy 400/400 arcade title. Only two achievements involving headshots and killing dragons should be your difficulties. Other than that everything else will be completed with the game. Ill try to keep updating on  weekly basis and also try to play more up to date games. Thanks for reading.

Max The Curse of Brotherhood and Fifa 14

Its been long enough for me to have some material on the two games i mentioned before and even though its been amazing outside I managed to find the time to play both of these games. I'll seperate them and let you know what I personally thought about the game based on its looks graphically/ artistically and how it played. along with that the achievements will be rated on whether or not it is easy or difficult to get all the achievements in game. first up on this list will be....

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
This game to me was amazing. I dont take the time to play side scrollers anymore and this one takes it. graphically and artistically with the open cinematic I almost wanted to believe this was a very Disney inspired game. As it had that same look as movies like UP. For a puzzle game there actually ended up being a few moments where I almost didn't even realize what I was suppose to do. However once you figure it out you almost feel bad you didn't catch on to it sooner. The story for the game which I wont spoil is quickly set up and the system of using a marker for a weapon added humor to the game every time I realized what I was doing. I highly reccomend the game right now as it will be free for the remainder of June 2014. However if you miss it this game is worth its normal price.

Achievements wise this game is a very easy 1000/1000 gamerscore. only about 3 achievements are not story based or collection based and those are easy to get after you finish the game. Each level shows you how many of the collectibles you got so it makes it easier to tell what you need to redo. Along with this, the other three involve completing levels without dying. Though it can be frustrating they wont take more than a few minutes to complete. Overall This game especially while free is an amazing buy and should atleast be put into your library to play for a rainy day.

Fifa 14
I have to say I showed up late to the Fifa party. I tend to play other sports games and with no NCAA this year and Fifa being on sale. I decided to give it a shot. Overall the game is fun. It is like every other sports game however where I have seen shots from 13 and not much has changed. Ultimate Team is a blast and of course if you get the hang of the game like all EA games the career mode can make you feel like a monster among men. the one thing however that I feel hurts the game is online mode. This may be due to showing up very late in the games cycle but online play with 2 other friends has always ended badly. We have been looking up ways to increase our Profile levels so we can make our players better. The one way this is done is maxing out our daily XP by playing a shootout game in the phone app. when you are starting out on this mode however, you are being overpowered by people who are still playing in the lowest division with high 80s and low 90s characters. Which makes a big difference when as said by a friend " they can outrun us and hold in the right trigger (sprint/stamina) all day and my guy can't keep up with this."  With this being the only online mode supporting 3 people it takes the fun out of playing when the only thing we can truly pray for is a draw or a very lucky win. with that said the game is still fun and will take up time while I wait for that lack of games over the summer time.

Achievements wise however it is like every other sports game recently. It asks for a few easy ones and a lot of time consuming ones. Overall it will take a long time to even try to complete this game. if your not a completionist your best bet of course is to just play the game modes you want and move on. If not I would almost say just wait until Fifa 15 and give yourself a better shot. The games lowered price for that short while really helped however and I believe I have found my new franchise to sadly replace NCAA.

starting

The thing I want to start with is to say I am by no means a professional gamer. I tend to be more casual and always looking for something fun and interesting to play. To be fair I recently started getting into Achievements when it comes to video games. The idea that getting 100% on achievements is sometimes less time consuming than truly 100 percenting a game like i did in my childhood. This blog will attempt to give my insight on the games I play and if I believe they are worth your  time to play based on playability and the achievements. I will make these distinctions very well known but for now just wanted to get this first starter blog up before i started writing about other games. I tend to play shooters first followed by sandbox and then sports games. If possible i will take suggestions on what to write about after my next post which will be about both FIFA 14 and Max The Curse of Brotherhood. I will always try to have a current title to talk about but I wont pass up deals i find with games I typically miss out on. If you read this thank you and hope you read when I post again.