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Tiny Review: Destiny Beta

(Played on Xbox 360, Gameplay will vary on next gen.) Note: This is ALL subject to change as this is Beta. Anything that I knock or compliment in this review could end up being completely visa versa. I could also be wrong on somethings, as this was not the full game. Keep that in mind while you read. Destiny. One of the most anticipated games of the year had its first beta end last Sunday. I was one of the few who never really cared about the game much, although I thought it looked cool. But thats about it. My opinion of the game drastically changes throughout my time playing the beta. Destiny starts you off with, what I felt, was a very lacking character creation system compared to other games. After character creation, you’re thrown into this unknown and beautiful world, the story picks up immediately with Ghost (who is poorly voice acted by Peter Dinklage), bringing you back to life. After you beat the mission you fly off and go to the mmo-like hub called the Tower where you get your rewards for completing a mission and where all of the venders are located, once done with this you hop back on the spaceship and suddenly are looking at a weird menu. Missions are accessed in a space map-esk UI, that feels very clunky and easily breaks immersion, continuing the disappointment I was experiencing, the loading times were uncomfortably slow and bothersome. And suddenly, I’m back into this world of great beauty thats surrounded in enigma, almost immediately my adrenaline starts pumping again and everything is enticing and entertaining, quickly bringing me the joy I was looking for when I first booted up the beta...and then the mission ends and I’m thrown back into the space map. The space map rapidly starts to make me angry again as it pulls me out of this great world. I understand using this for travel to other planets or quick travel, but its not. It causes missions to feel very boxed in and limiting. Continuing through the game, the missions progressively become more difficult, and more and more fun. Destiny has great gameplay inside missions, but from what I experienced, the story is very discombobulated. It’s told via Ghost who isn’t very enthusiastic about anything, and is just a very bland character with the Navi (Legend Of Zelda) like shouts of, “Watch out! More enemies!” or the “Hold on, almost done.” while he does tell the story, he does it as if it wasn't important, and causes the story to be one of my biggest issues with Destiny. Now, while it may have seemed I have been hating on this game the majority of the review, let me explain what is so amazing about it. It’s addicting. Even though I have so many complaints about it, I kept wanting to play. I was on the fence the whole game, until the very end where I played the Strike mission. That mission, changed everything. It was around an hour long and was unbelievably entertaining. The Strike showed me that if Destiny has more of this kind of gameplay in missions throughout the game, it could become crazy fun. Playing that one mission, caused me to be excited for this game, and confirm my eventual purchase of a PS4 just to play Destiny. I did play a little of the Crucible, Destiny’s competitive PvP, but not enough to say much besides, “it’s fun”. I won’t give the beta a rating, as I feel that it’s unfair as it isn’t the complete version of the game, but I still will list the pros and cons. Pros: -Addicting -Beautiful art and soundtrack

-Fun missions, and fun PvP

-Amazing Strike missions

Cons:

-The story is not apart of what could be an unbelievably amazing open world.

-Mediocre voice acting

-Poor storytelling.

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Pokemon X and Y Review

After nine days post release, I have beaten Pokemon X and Y

Pokemon X and Y are the newest entries into the Pokemon franchise, and the first Pokemon games to release to the 3DS. With the series’ newly obtained 3D graphics the game feels fresh and new. The 3D feel brings back that same nostalgia we felt when Pokemon first hit the stores, and when it took the leap to the DS. Even though the main core mechanics of catching and training pokemon are still untouched, the game does things to allow them to feel less tedious and more entertaining. In Pokemon X and Y the game flows much faster than the previous entries, and has a quicker pace to the game, even though you're in a bigger region. With the addition of the roller skates, a new travel method that is far superior to our old running shoes, that allows you to explore at a much more enjoyable pace. But once you get deeper into the game, things like leveling and battling have also become much more immersive. In the games, the Exp. Share, a item that used to have to be given to a pokemon that allows it to take half the experience the fighting pokemon gains, has been turned into something more on the lines of Gen. 1’s Exp. All. It gives your fighting pokemon 100% of the exp received, and half to your entire party, allowing leveling to go much much faster. The games also grant you experience for catching a pokemon now too, helping you feel more enticed to “Catch em’ all”. And the introduction of Mega Evolutions, a new in temporary in battle only evolution is a cool way to help bring a new excitement to older Pokemon. Outside of the battling scene, the story that you play throughout the game is rather slow than usual, and not as in depth, whilst being still child friendly, is somehow much darker than most of the stories we have seen, as it talks directly about mass murder of people AND of pokemon. After the story ends, the post-game begins, which in my eyes, is the most fun part of the game, but sadly doesn't really exist. There are only 3 catchable legendaries (post-game); The Z-Legendary, One of the 3 Kanto birds depending on your starter, and Mewtwo. The post-game in X and Y are seriously lacking which is something to be sad about, but seeing how they had much work to do, is acceptable.

Game Freak has successfully created one of the best pokemon games out to date, with a new slew of pokemon, mechanics, an intriguing story; Pokemon X and Y get 9.5.

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Reasoning For Rating:

Positive:

New Geourges 3D Visuals

A New Breath of Air to the old training and battling mechanics

Fun interactions with your friends

Mega Evolutions

Negative:

Slow Story

No End-Game      

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I'm Anthony aka CodeLine I'll be posting news, leaks and reviews for upcoming games. Ill do what ever you guys want really but expect stuff for Pokemon X/Y and GTA V up soon.