Not too long ago I picked up Rocksteady’s last installment on the Batman series. Their take on the Batman franchise has been well coveted. I do own the games for PC on Steam, as well as having, I think, Batman: Arkham City on PS3 via their PS+. I picked up this game for the PlayStation 4
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Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Impressions [UPDATE]
Just a quick update on my progress on the Definitive Edition of Tomb Raider. Even though I had beaten the PS3 version (100% on the single player campaign), I still find myself enjoying Lara’s rebooted adventure. It’s actually a bit fun now, as I’m just really toying with the NPC’s, even with Lara’s low skill level at this point in the game. Anyway, I find the graphics to be great, and it does add another layer of challenge to the game. Early on in the game, with the weather ravaging and slowing Lara’s progress, with blinding lightning, and rain drops filling the screen, it makes for an added element of hardship, and it makes you feel like you are there.
I mentioned before the jungle seems more livelier on this version as opposed to the PS3 or even the PC version on ultimate. Lara’s clothes also seemed more detailed. These are just initial findings though. I need to catch up on the PC version to see more and do a better comparison graphically. The few little things that they added to the PS4 version is a nice touch, like using the Dual Shock 4’s speakers for foot steps, gun fire, and other arbitrary sound effects. It’s not much, but it somehow add’s a lot. I notice the sound effects sound a bit better. Once I get my capture rig going again, I’ll post more video’s of all 3 versions. For now I leave you with some screen shots done via the PS4’s share button. I did adjust them slightly for clarity.
Lighting effects are great
Facial detail is absolutely stunning
Nice textures on her hand wrap
She really needs a day in the spa
Dual shock 4
Update:
I quickly took the unboxing video, and now we have to dub it, and do all this other stuff. We also will try to get it to work with our PS3, as some reports state. On super early impressions, it feels good, a bit bigger than the DS3, and a bit heftier, but not uncomfortable. It does feel more ergonomic in the hands. Shoulder buttons feel better placed and the analogs feel that much tighter. The touchpad, can also be pressed, which I didn’t know. In any case, here’s a quick comparo pic with my pretty dirty DS3.
Original Post:
We just picked up our very own dual shock 4 for Sony‘s upcoming PlayStation 4. We will have a hands on impressions up soon. Stay tuned.
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Mortal Kombat Legacy Season 2
Possibly the best imagining of a real life Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat Legacy took the you tubes by storm in 2011. After a couple of years or so after season 1, season 2 is upon us, and all of season 2 can be watched right now, instead of having to wait every week for a new episode.
Here’s the link to the first episode.
and here is season 1, if you want to catch up.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCA261E7D7FB23EF7
Grand Theft Auto V
GTA V and the accompanying Strategy Guide
Sorry for the late post, I was kinda up late last night playing the newly released Grand Theft Auto V. This is one of the most anticipated games to be released this year, and also appeared in my top 5 wanted games of 2013. (https://justwroteablog.com/2013/02/28/my-2013-top-5-wanted-games) (more…)
Thank You, Friends
That’s right. I went there, we’re… Friends. And I’m so glad to be able to share this moment of reflection with you all, because The Big Cheese (and of course, NekkedSnake) and I have turned ONE on WordPress. That’s right. We’ve been throwing useless babble, rants, and bad music at you lot for just over a year now.
And we’re all genuinely sorry for slowing down. But we’re getting old-for Pete’s sake, we’re one!-and we try our best to cover what interests us.
Incredibly, we’ve kept such a solid basis of readers after only doing this according to what tickles our fancies. Thankfully several thousand of you share the same fancies!
In the course of the year, we’ve spread word of songs that were unheard of until shortly after we spoke of such (Gangnam Style and Thrift Shop), blamed HTC and Verizon and Samsung for the world’s problems, and updated the bunch of you with great songs and tech news.
So from all of us here at JWAB, thank you!!!! Keep supporting us and we’ll make it our mission to pleasure ourselv-I mean, keep you informed- with what goes on. Stay awesome!
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We Are 1 Year Old!
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This time one year ago, Cheesecake and I were probably playing Resident Evil 5 or Gran Turismo or something, and we came up with the crazy idea of starting a blog. It was a slow start, but we got going soon there after. Sometime down the line I convinced my good friend NekkeSnake to join us in our crusade in giving you useless information. 12 months later we have managed to attract 114 followers and 7,350 views, generate 479 posts, and give you guys information that you can probably live with out.
We still are are trying to figure out what we really need to post up on a normal basis, and, yeah, we slowed a lot in the last month or 2, but, it is the summer, and this is the summer doldrums. We will provide you with more content, as I always say, and we do have some stuff in the works, but we just cannot seem to find the time to wrap things up.
Anyway, we thank everyone who has come and visited, and to those that follow us, and hopefully, there will be more in our second year.
On behalf of the Justwroteablog crew, we thank you all!
Happy Weekend
I have had so many fails in the last few days. I just recently purchased a classic game, knowing that I can play it on one of my current systems, and maybe do some vid cap, and launch our retro re-visits. BUT when it went to that portion of the system, my Happauge decided that it did not support it, so I could not do any captures.
I also tried to play Metal Gear Solid 2 HD and the controls was just oh so old or at least it felt old. In any case, I am planning on taking a break from some gaming, and try to get out and enjoy the sunshine, and catch Man of Steel later on.
What’s everyone’s agenda this weekend? Playing anything? I do eed to get going on the Last of Us. I played it for a bit, and I was impressed for the hour or so I played. I will follow up on that in a bit.
Happy weekend all.
The Last of My Free Time
Just picked up Naughty Dog‘s latest gem. Won’t be able to play it until Sunday though. First impressions and some gameplay footage to come then also.
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Sony teases us with glimpses of the PS4
Photo courtesy of IGN
Not to be outdone by Microsofts next gen XBox announcement set tomorrow, Sony teased us with glimpses of the PS4. We will still have to wait until June when they announce more info on their upcoming console.
I’m really curious also as to what Microsoft is set out to announce tomorrow.
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