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First Impressions: Grand Theft Auto Online

4:33 PM 2014, 8bitdrum, Grand Theft Auto V, GTA V, PS4, rockstar, SilvaSwordSam, Video game, Videogames, XBOX ONE No comments

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.

Image from polygon

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.

Image from Reddit.

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.

image from jagatplay

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

image from tinypic

Review: Destiny

12:00 PM Activision, Bungie, Destiny, halo, ItsComicKid, next gen, PS4, Review, Triple A, Video game, Videogame Reviews, Videogames, XBOX ONE No comments

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.

Review: Smash Brothers 3DS

10:35 PM 3DS, Nintendo, Review, SilvaSwordSam, smash bros, Triple A, Video game, Videogame Reviews, Videogames No comments

When first playing Smash Brothers for the 3DS I was extremely excited. After the 6 year gap of no smash brothers, smash brothers 3ds was completely worth the wait. First impressions of the game I honestly felt no change in it switching from Super Smash Brother Brawl, but as I played the game more I seen slight changes that made the game better and gave everyone a fair chance at winning.

Examples for changes they made each character capable of knocking off an opponent at any percentage. Yes most characters build percentage faster, but it is still more leveled field than Brawl ever will be. There is no longer any edge guarding in the game for the people who enjoy grabbing edges before someone else can. When a character is going to grab an edge the other character will be forced off for the oncoming character.

Let's talk characters, with some new additions and old and the ones who didn't quite make it to the next game. Adding new pokemon like Greninja and Charizard (without the pokemon trainer) was a win. They essentially picked two fan favorites from pokemon and gave them both freedom. With Greninja's powerful water shuriken that can knock a foe off the stage at full power and Charizard with flare blitz that does some major damage to its opponent and minor damage to itself just like in the regular pokemon game. Another character I just have to talk about is my favorite Kirby. Super powerful in Brawl and still as powerful, but made even better and faster. Kirby's hammer now has a hold effect like King Dedede's hammer with all the same effects of holding the hammer. The longer you home it the stronger the hit is, but you take damage for holding it for that long.

This game is everything I can asked for and I cannot wait to play the Wii U version. Stay tuned for more on Smash Brothers. Rated 10/10 Fantastic job on the game Nintendo.

Review : The Evil Within

3:08 AM horror, Jp, NiceGuyJ2P, PS4, Review, The Evil Within, Triple A, Video game, Videogame Reviews, Videogames No comments

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

Twitch purchased by Amazom for $970 Million!

3:13 PM Amazon, Big Business, Streaming, Twitch, Videogames No comments

It is official as of August 25, 2014 Twitch the number one video game streaming service has been purchased by Amazon. Contrary to earlier reports that google were the ones who were gonna purchase Twitch fora billion dollars, Amazon instead bought them for $970 million. Why go with Amazon instead of Google's cool billion, Twitch CEO Emmett Shear states-

New Pokemon Game! A Fighter!?!

1:46 PM Bandai Namco, Fighting Games, NiceGuyJ2P, Nintendo, Pokémon, tekken, Videogames No comments

How would you feel about playing arcade fighting game with Pokemon in it? Thanks too the wonderful people of Bandai Namco and Katsuhiro Harada, the director of the Tekken series a possible 3D arcade Pokemon fighting game is the in making. In the video below it shows a small taste of whats to come a fight between Lucario and Machamp. Lucario, already being a star in Smash Bros, shows some fluid quick combos; even a moment where he turns into his Mega Evolution. I have high hopes for the game due to the Tekken series being so successful and Pokemons popularity. The fighting combos for Tekken are amazing and there is a large variety of Pokemon to choose from for the roster. For me, I think Charizard would be an amazing edition to the roster but hey, that's just me.

If you want to see the official first look trailer from the Pokemon Official YouTube channel.

Developer Interview : Robert Maher from "Rex Rocket"

10:17 PM Indie Games, interview, Matsura, Rex Rocket, Robert Maher, Videogames No comments

I had the pleasure of interviewing the creator of Rex Rocket Mr. Robert Maher. He was the lead developer behind Indie Game Rex Rocket! Hope you enoy!

8BitDrum Podcast test 2

12:15 AM Anime, Comics, Indie Games, ItsComicKid, Matsura, Nintendo, Podcast, Retro Games, sony, Tripple A, Videogames, xbox No comments

New Episode of the 8 bit drum podcast! were still trouble shooting so bear with us.

First Impressions: Road Not Taken

1:42 AM First Impressions, Indie Games, ItsComicKid, playstation +, PS4, Road Not Taken, Videogames No comments

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.

First Impressions: Rex Rocket

2:30 PM First Impressions, Indie Game Reviews, Indie Games, Matsura, Rex Rocket, Videogames No comments

Look down at your goolies (Irish slang for balls). Is your name OG Mudbone? Then your balls aren't as hard as this game, and they never will be.

Pictured above : Title Screen

Let's start there, the game is hard as hell. But allow me to qualify the difficulty level; 8 Bit NES generation action plat former difficulty. So yeah, to re iterate this game is hard. Super hard. Frustratingly hard in fact and I think I have identified why.

This game lacks difficulty curve. The process of difficulty curve is this:

1. Easy obstacle
2. Many easy obstacles
3. Medium obstacle
4. Many Medium obstacle
5. Hard obstacles
6. Many Hard obstacles
7. Final Boss

The following is the difficulty curve of Rex Rocket

1. No obstacles/enemies
2. Hard Enemies
3. Final Boss grade first boss
4. Boss so hard that it makes you physically hurt second boss
5. Holy shit I haven't played passed this second boss cause I needed to sleep after beating the aforementioned boss and haven't had the drive to get back on.

You see the problem? This is not authentic to (most of) the NES era action plats, but that's OK.

Pictured above : Hard Boss #1

The difficulty is something I actually enjoy because of the sense of accomplishment you get when downing the bosses. Think of it like Dragon Quest. You grind and grind until your character is just strong enough to beat the boss and the feeling is electric. I feel very accomplished when beating the bosses or passing a difficult platforming section. The game feels amazing to progress in and I think this is one of its strongest suits. (Oh yeah, did I mention limited lives!!!)

Pictured above : Platforming from lower decks area (note I died within 3 seconds of this picture)

Withholding all temptations of spoiling plot, I only have one more area to cover...Music and Graphics. If you've been looking at the stills at all, I think they speak for themselves. This game has beautiful pixel art. And gorgeous 8 bit-style music.

My first impressions off this game are good, the game is aesthetically pleasing, the sounds are good and the game controls well. Again, my one complaint is the difficulty but its a minor complaint if a complaint at all and it tends to not be a complaint once I finish a section or a boss.
If you'd like to see me playing this game on my YouTube channel, click here

Hype Train!: Mortal Kombat X

1:38 AM Fighting Games, Hype Train, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Mortal Kombat, Netherrealm Studios, next gen, NiceGuyJ2P, PS4, Triple A, Videogames, XBOX ONE No comments

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.

Destiny: Breaking Out Of The Map

12:49 AM Activision, Bungie, Destiny, First Person Shooter, halo, ItsComicKid, MMORPG, next gen, PS4, RPG, Triple A, Videogames, XBOX ONE No comments

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?

Dungeon Hearts -Pax East

7:16 AM Indie Games, ItsComicKid, Pax East, Video game, Videogames No comments

At Pax East we were Lucky enough to stumble upon this indie placed far from the rest of the other indie booths, tucked away by its lonesome Dungeon Hearts is an interesting take on puzzle based rpgs. Dungeon Hearts is most comparable to puzzle quest but with an eraser to get into play style. While still offering a challenging yet deep game play that will have you playing for hours. This game came out yesterday and is available on steam for under $3.00 USD, so be sure to give this a charming indie a try and check out the gallery below.

Delver's Drop at Pax East

9:28 PM Delver's Drop, Indie Games, ItsComicKid, Pax East, Pixelscopic, Video game, Videogames No comments

Over this weekend at Pax East we got to to check out at Delver's Drop an action RPG with puzzles and dungeons and a color pallet that catches the eye. Funded by the kickstarter campaign that finished earlier this year Delver's Drop is an interesting take on dungeon crawlers with very tight controls.

Kickstarter May bring us Shenmue 3!

1:15 AM 8 Bit Drum, ItsComicKid, Kickstarter, SEGA, shenmue, shenmue 3, Videogames No comments

As of late Kickstarter has helped bring us the games we want but other wise would not get due to lack of funding and or publisher support. Due to the huge success of kickstarter campaigns for games like Double Fine Adventure, Project Eternity and Wasteland 2 Shenmue project director Yu Suzuki has been fairly interested in doing the same for Shenmue 3 according to French reporter Sebastien-Abdelhamid's twitter.

Three more new Injustice Gods among us Characters

3:58 PM Aquaman, DC, Fighting Games, Hawkgirl, Injustice: Gods Among Us, ItsComicKid, Mortal Kombat, Netherrealm Studios, New characters in injustice, Sinestro, Videogames, Warner bros No comments

Once again Netherrealm studios has unofficially announced Three new additional characters for Injustice Gods among us Aquaman Hawkgirl and Sinestro. More characters will be announced in the Battle Arena Super Fights just as past few have. Also you could find more info on the Injustices website www.injustice.com

Sleeping Dogs Wheels of Fury! DLC with screenshots

6:11 AM 8 Bit Drum, DLC, hong kong, ItsComicKid, Sleeping Dogs, Square enix, Videogames, Wheels of Fury 1 comment

Over this past week across all platforms the Wheels of Fury DLC was released for Sleeping Dogs. This DLC mainly adds the sexy DZS-90 as seen above for $3.00 USD. What a steal as if that was not enough to sell you already it has mountable guns! As seen below (lol) But besides that it comes with five brand new missions and two new Stat Games.