First Impressions: Grand Theft Auto Online

Here it is, a first impression look on Grand Theft Auto Online for the next gen systems.

I have to say this is a great remake of the game. Making online a much larger world, there's so much chaos going on you can't even get a break to stick up a store.

When I first heard about first person mode I was like "ahhh man it's about to get real." Playing first person mode in the game I was not very impressed with it. To me it just didn't feel like it matched the game. For so long its been on a fixed camera and I'm just not ready to see this game in first person.

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Online gaming has also become both fun, but a drag. There's so much going on in the game they just leave you outside for a good ten minutes looking for a server to put you on. I feel like I'm being put on hold and they forgot they put me on hold. It isn't a good feeling, but the minute you're in that world well you get to release the anger you had by being on hold for so long. Ain't that amazing.

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Raising money is also so much easier to do in the game. Doing online missions for the Xbox 360 and the PS3 your payout wouldn't be so great. Now you make at least 12,000 for doing a small Gerald mission stealing the baking soda ;). Now that's how you get into a half a million home real quick. Do missions and sleep in cars for a few nights. 

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Who needs to change clothes now-a-days anyway, when you can live like my home slice Gerald.

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Review: Destiny

It looks like that time has finally rolled around the long awaited Destiny review is here. For the most part I have been avoiding writing this article for quite some time, even though I knew for quite some time how I felt about it. The reason being is Destiny (the game) is that pretty girl you always wanted to date, but once you got to know her you realize things are not how you imagined. That sums up my experience with Destiny.

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Review: WWE 2K15

Being a big WWE fan I was excited to play WWE2k15 for the Playstation 4. The first thing I did was jump into singles one-on-one to see how the much has changed and how good of a job was the games visualization is. So far, I've noticed that 2k has worked really hard on the visuals for a lot of the male superstars but Divas could have been done better with likeness. As for wrestling moves the moves are spot on , its beautiful to hit someone with an RKO from outta no where. The actual fighting takes time getting used too; if u don't have a manual to learn how to do more complicated moves then it's going to be a lot harder to play. The My Career mode is great you start at the performance center and build your way up to NXT ,Superstars ,Main Event ,Smackdown and then Raw. I believe they could have made it a little more interesting by putting you in more story lines  as opposed to just beating down wrestlers till you get to the top. Especially cause it takes way to long to get there. Overall I am enjoying the game and I love the realism that 2K brought into the game. I give this game a 6.5 outta 10 and the reason why I give the game this score was because I feel that game still has its imperfections that could be fixed even though its small its still annoying.

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2014NYCC: Hands on-Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris

Are you ready for more tomb raider well technically this is but isn't a new tomb raider it's Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris and if you don't know it's a 4 player co-op dungeon crawler essential a sequel to Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light . Square enix was nice enough to let me check it out at New York comic con. From what I can tell Temple of Osiris takes the ideas from the Guardian of Light and super charges it with game play designed to make you work together,  if you have that second player but each level is fitted with a single player version for those of you like me who can't find a gaming co-pilot. The game takes place in ancient Egypt where Laura and another explorer get cursed and have to team up with the son and or wife of Osiris each player can pick any combination of the four selectable characters and can drop in and out with ease. Temple of Osiris takes full advantage of the next generation systems with destructible environments and a complex lighting engine. Temple of Osiris is packed with action and puzzles, that the tomb raider is known for. Coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox one and is an interesting take on the tomb raider franchise.

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Review : The Evil Within

  If I had to describe "The Evil Within" in one word, the word would be challenging.  Being developed by Tango Gameworks and the project is led by Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, (whose been Executive producer and director of some of my favorite games such as Resident Evil 4 and Goof Troop)  Evil With In has a Resident Evil 4 feel to it but with a lot of twist and turns. Even With the fighting chance DLC, I'm having a hard time staying alive against hordes of twisted village and large boss creatures. Following Detective Sebastian Castellanos the main character who you find more about as you play through the story is man who understands lose. Stealth and strategy is what your going to need to survive save ammo hide in a closet enjoy a little wait under someones bed and then strike.The story line its self is a puzzle and more and more you proceed through the chapters of the game, everything starts to become clear. Shooting is difficult because enemies can take a lot of damage and they run at you. Also, with a limited amount of ammo this is truly a survival game. There are alternative weapons, the Ax and the torch, there for only one time usage but great way to save ammo. I'm really enjoying Evil With In and cant wait for DLC to come out for the game.

I'm giving this game a rating of 8.5/10

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2014NYCC: First impressions - Resident Evil Revelations 2

At this years Comic con i saw the Resident Evil Revelations 2 booth and knew i just had to play it. Even after waiting an hour i was still excited to see that Capcom came out with a second "Resident Evil Revelations". The game starts out following Clair Redfield and Moria Burton(Barry Burtons Daughter ) being abducted and waking up in a prison cell on an unknown island. The booth had the demo for Playstaion 4, and the graphics are great and the game play is smooth check out the trailer below.

The game has shades of "Resident Evil 4", but with the ability to use combos and switch with the other character. Instead of shooting ooze for an hour( from the last Revelations game), you are now against the afflicted. The afflicted move like the Los Pluga villiage people, but look like a bunch of man-sized Frankensteins.

 I'm a big fan of the Resident Evil franchise, and I have high expectations of the game. Overall, I enjoyed playing the demo and can't wait for the game to come out in November. Also for more Comic con coverage check out 8bitdrum.com and check out this awesome live action trailer.

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Hype Train!: Destiny

 I don't think it's a surprise we Here at 8BitDrum love destiny! With numerous hours clocked in across the Alpha and Beta I cant imagine my self playing anything else once September 9th rolls around, and I'm sure you know the hype behind this game is enormous. But un-like some other triple A releases I have full confidence that Destiny will come out and be the game we were actually promised not some not some half ass shell of what could have been. So if you don't plan on getting Destiny here are some reasons you might wanna change your mind. Check out the 7 minute long trailer below.

 Destiny is a multi-player game with Bungie's Comunity support behind it, and that is a big deal arguably Bungie is the best in the industry when it comes to supporting its online community. Great example is how they handled the Halo franchise a series that has carried a console, and lead to numerous machinima custom maps and a community thriving to this day based upon the foundation they built. With successful series like Red vs Blue that used halo to deliver their content shows how Bungie cares for its community, in most situations some thing like that would be shut down. Another thing to look at is the numbers behind the beta, to show so much off a game and have the hype only increase is a hard thing to accomplish. When releasing a beta or any public pre-access at that you run the risk of people deciding that they don't like it before playing the actual release, and the response has been extremely positive. Check out Beta numbers below.

Also Destiny Is a MMO with out all the tedious MMO things. Bungie has managed to streamline the experience  of questing and made it a really easy to digest for you average gamer. While your die hard MMO player would likely scoff at the idea you can still approach destiny like your classic MMO and repeat quest for better loot. Its lowering the barrier of entry to the genre with little compromise for the core fan base. Last but not least the leveling and class system is amazing with branching trees two characters of the same class could play entirely different. Check out the level 29 Titan gameplay below.

Destiny is set for release on September 9, 2014 on PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360. We will be playing and hope you guys will be too.

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Next Gen Port of sleeping dogs Announced.

For those sleeping dogs fans out there if you could not tell by the title of this article a next gen port of sleeping dogs has been announced. And square has decided to follow up on Tomb Raider's next gen port and call it Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, it is set for a North American release of October 14th . It will come with all 24 packs of dlc an run at a native 1080p and be released on PS4, X Box One and PC. Is Square doing to much? are you gonna buy this re-release? Let us know, And check out this live action trailer below.

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First Impressions: Road Not Taken

PlayStation Plus gives out some cool games every month and for August one of them is Road Not Taken. Road Not Taken is is a cute pastel colored with a dark twist. The game focuses around saving kids from the woods in the middle of winter or they die! It is basically a rouge like puzzle game and a really cool one at that. At first the game was pretty easy but the more you play the harder it gets even after you die it does not scale back the difficulty. the difficulty is based on how many mobs/items you have unlocked and remembering how they interact with you and the other things in the environment. But over all the game is a interesting concept and I cant wait to play more. You can get Road Not Taken With PlayStation Plus For free on steam or through the Dev's website. Check out the trailer below.

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Hype Train!: Mortal Kombat X

Are you ready for Blood, Brutality, and Fatalitys'? Well if so your in luck, Netherrealm studios has announced Mortal Kombat X for 2015. Words can not explain how excited I am for this new entry to the Mortal Kombat franchise. For every new Mortal Kombat game that comes out Netherrealm takes the game to the next level, adding something unique that the last game didn't have. 

So if you enjoy ripping your friends apart as much as I do then your going to enjoy the new Mortal Kombat X. Check out the trailer below.

Netherrealm has already showed four new characters Cassie Cage (Sonya and Jonny cages daughter), Kotal Kahn, D'Vorah and Ferra/Torr. With a new game comes a new system of fighting to even up For example Scorpion has 3 fighting styles Ninjutsu, hellfire and inferno. Ninjustsu is more hand to hand, hellfire is more focused on fire moves and inferno allows you to send a demon minion out sorta like Noobs shadow. Not to much is known at the moment about the hole roster but Netherrealm has stated that the core characters will be in the game. I enjoyed the last Mortal Kombat and what Netherrealm did with injustice. Overall I'm excited for this game, can't wait to see all the new fatalitys' and  X-rays.

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Destiny: Breaking Out Of The Map

So we here at 8BitDrum Can wait for Destiny just like the rest of the world. We have played the Alpha and Beta to death. Any second of free time we had we were playing destiny so its no surprise we found a way out of the map, actually we found a few ways out of the map. But the one I recorded is by far the best. Check out the video below on how to break out of the tower in destiny.

The reason why your seeing this now and not earlier when the Beta was up and running is because we don't want to encourage people to do this. That aside re you excited for destiny? Did you get into the Beta?  Whats your favorite game from Bungie studios?

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