Resident Evil: Revelations 2 - Chapter 1: The Penal Colony

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 - Chapter 1: The Penal Colony

   October 18, 2015       Mizu

---

So I procured this game some time ago and I finally got round to playing it between study and life. 
This is my first impressions.

So, you start off with Claire and Moira.
The intro only gave so much and the next thing you know, you are trapped in a prison. Unsure of where you are and why you are there but you do have a trusty bracelet with a voice that somewhat mocks and educates you. 

The mechanics of the game is simple, to a degree. You can switch between Claire and Moira and exploit their unique skills, such as Claire’s markmanship and Moira’s flashlight.

The enemies are a bit of a pain and you need to rely more on shooting weak points, they are not always their heads. This also applies to when you play as the other two characters.

The point of this chapter in Claire’s case is to escape the prison and find some help. After a lot of learning to play and backtracking with little direction, you manage to get out and find a radio tower. Which is great, considering here you find out you are trapped on a fricken island (code Veronica much).

Then you switch over to Barry, whose goal is to save Moira.
Here you meet Natalia who is more than what she seems.

She is, personally, the most helpful character in the whole game. she can see where the enemies are, I mean, how bloody awesome is that.
So, after going through the prison, again, you manage to also take an even longer route to the radio tower, but big news awaits you there.

That is the gist of chapter 1.

I personally like the build up for the next chapter and what this whole game contains and I look forward to playing more at a later time.

Read More

Mermaid Swamp: A First Impression

Mermaid Swamp: A First Impression

   October 10, 2015       Mizu

---

So the gist of the story is that you and your friends are traveling and end up having the car breakdown in the mountains.
An old man helps you out and lets you stay at his manor of a home. At first this is pretty awesome but the next day, the car is not shaping up any better and one of your friends is ill. That's not all.
The old man mentions he needs to leave for a few days and your character being a rash but kind person somewhat agrees to take care of the place until the car is ready to go.

This is just the beginning. For you and your friends now have to figure out the secret of a legend about the Mermaid Swamp.

Read More

Mini-Rant: The Banning of Hotline Miami 2

Mini-Rant: The Banning of Hotline Miami 2

   October 10, 2015       Mizu

---

In Australia, Hotline Miami 2 is banned for possibly, a dull reason.

I do not condone rape nor anything like that but after managing to buy a copy of this game, I decided to see what the huff is about.

After a quick research and play through the game, I discovered it only occurs at the intro gameplay called Midnight Animal and it is probably very brief.

If you don't like spoilers, please stop reading but if you don't care, then do go on.

Midnight Animal is basically a smut film style and is in fact meaning that no one is being raped, it's only insinuated.
Now, let me get something out. Today, I watched the first episode of American Horror Story: Hotel and in that episode, a drug addict is raped by a masked person with a spike shaped dildo, yet Australia is okay with showing this on television, ON TELEVISION, let that sink in. Should I mention you can see this in great detail.
Should I also mention that American Horror Story is notorious for it's dark and deeply sexual themes and is basically a MA rated show. Many other shows do the same thing and is allowed to be shown on our TV.
The game itself only shows one major thing, the man on top and pulling down his pants. That's it. Did you expect something more than pixels pretending to be in a sexual moment? Well, sadly, this game doesn't do more than that. Heck, even Grand Theft Auto and Saint's Row games show more, even The Sims are more raunchy if you activate cheats and remove the pixels obscuring the naughty parts.

The people they are trying to protect from this game can watch it on a prime time TV show and not bat an eyelid, but as soon as a game puts it in, let's not forget the player is warned about the sexual explicit scenes, also when it gets up to the scene, for those who said no, it allows you to skip it. therefore, it is okay for the game to be banned cause it's a game and children only play games, not the fine adults of the Australian society.

Yes, Video Games are for Children, possibly according to our fine leaders who still think that the gaming industry brings in no money for the economy which is a load of BS.
It's funny that in 2013, Adult gamers was treated like children and had to petition the government to grow up and let them have cake, I mean, R18+ classifications for games. Several years on, games are still banned despite this being out for us gamers to indulge in games of a more graphic and mature nature. Fun Fact: more games have been banned while the R18+ rule has been in effect. Yes, this is a sad but true fact for Australians.

So, dear people of the world, enjoy your games while us Australians remain envious and hopeful to one day drink from the enjoyment of these fine games.

Read More