Retrozoid

Too many PS3 games unopened…oh dear

retrozoid — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:40:42 +0000

Yes that’s right!! I have all of the games and not even opened them yet!!

I quite often buy the multiple format games for both,like Red Dead Redemption and Split Second Velocity the xbox 360 version gets the first look.

Am I weird?

After the great E3 this year the Playstation 3 in my mind will have the best year yet with the inclusion of the PlayStation Move controller and current games getting patches to support this such as Tiger Woods 2011 and Heavy Rain

So I should start playing these games then? Get some more platinums?

Back to my OWN blog

retrozoid — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:45:30 +0000

This blog has been dormant for quite a while now yet I seem to get at least 200 hits per day thanks to my “Sonic Ruined By Sega” article. What once started out to be just an occasional write-up got me hooked into giving my gaming opinions whether people agree with them or not. I am not perfect by any means and my grammar is subject to criticism but I am learning still and want to become a better writer and a better gamer who can be objective when it comes to gaming.

It has been a few interesting years for me in regards to gaming. I have found time writing for the great NXTGamer with Mike Bell and having had started the World Gamers Blog back in 2008 which had a short but pleasant run and met great people and fellow gaming writers such as Mark Libman who runs OzBoxLive, Lauren Wainwright who is such a passionate gamer and David Doherty better known as SonicAlpha.

While I will be still writing and running NXTGamer with the great MikeStoke this blog will be of just my opinions and please support NXTGamer and the rest of the great team

Over the next few months there will be tweaks to this blog and plenty of updates.

Metal Gear Solid comes to the PSN(finally)

retrozoid — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:19 +0000

Its been on the US PSN Store for a long time now and even longer on the Japanese store. FINALLY Konami release MGS for the Europe regions.

Its ten years ago now since Metal Gear Solid first made its appearance onto the Playstation 1 and it is still one of the best games around.

£7.99 is a bargain price for a 2 disc classic that you can keep on your Hard Drive for aslong as your heart desires.

Peggle Nights Expansion Arrives! and Peggle comes to the PSN

retrozoid — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:57:07 +0000

It has been 9 months since we have seen Peggle come to the Xbox Live Arcade and has shown that it is up there in terms of quality and value for money. It bolsters up with a fun multiplayer mode that has driven me to beat my mates as much as I can and get some nice achievements!

Pop Cap Games have now bought a DLC expansion that costs 400 MS Points or £2.99 for the PSN. This is called ‘Peggle Nights’ and features a new Adventure mode(which is0 VERY Challenging) and a new challenge mode that has a new character called Marina and new Achievements and trophies to boot. In my mind this is the single best DLC this year for value and enjoyment!

In addition Peggle and the expansion Peggle Nights is debuting on the PSN today and is definately worth a look

Video Store Comes To The PSN Today!

retrozoid — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:04:53 +0000

Today sees the PSN update of the movie store and its been LONG overdue!

There are a few incentives to this store and if you register a new account between today and the 30th November you will be mailed a voucher for the BRILLIANT HD Transformers to keep on your PS3 forever!

The second incentive is that if u buy the Da Vinci Code you will get Angels and Demons free.

Well done Sony

Retrozoid goes portable with the Blackberry

retrozoid — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:48:49 +0000

I’m proud to announce that Retrozoid is now going to be a bit more up to date now that I have my blackberry. So soon enough there will be more content for you to see

My PSN Portable ID

retrozoid — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:25:01 +0000

Just thought id share my PSN ID with you all that rivals the Xbox Gamercard.

Get your Portable ID!

Sony launch the EU Blog today!

retrozoid — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:21:45 +0000

It has been a long time coming since the closure of the great “ThreeSpeech” Blog that has kept all the UK PS3 gamers in touch with anything Playstation and today we see the launch of the EU Official Blog to rival the US Blog.

Here is the link to the great new site

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/

Resident Evil 5: First Impressions

retrozoid — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:55:19 +0000

Already we have seen some reviews on the internet of Resident Evil 5 and they are a mixed bag. CVG gave it 7.2 and IGN gave it 9.0.

I dont want to be reviewing this game until i have played all aspects of RE5 but into Act 3-1 and i am seeing some of the bad parts to this Capcom game. In a way Resident Evil 5 reminds me of Metal Gear Solid 1. The reason i say that as like in MGS you face a boss at the end of every stage and thats exactly what i have came across so far and they are really hard to beat and not much of an indication of how to beat them. It took me well over an hour with about 15 attempts to beat the damn guy in the cloak with the battle hammer! Only because the Zombies kept swarming in and as you are trying to shoot that guy the zombies keep interfering!

The difficulties are punishing to say the least and as i am working my way through on Easy im getting very fustrated!! lol

Il update a review when i have finished the game

An update of “Epic” proportions!

retrozoid — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:26:55 +0000

If you have been playing Gears of War 2 online(which most of you have!) then you will be aware of the blatant cheating that goes on and some nasty glitches that prevent a great experience online!

It seems that Epic have now listened to the cries of all of the problems online and IGN have an article claiming that we will see a third update pretty soon that will be the biggest update since we had on the first Gears of Adding the Annex mode for the first time!

Here is the proposed list

Fixing chainsaw invincibility glitch

Shorter duration for smoke grenade downing (standardized to two seconds)

New leveling system that’s experience-based rather than TrueSkill

Five new achievements tied to the updated leveling system

Only the host of a match will lose experience if they quit a game early

Most recent shotgun shield glitch fixed

Country preferences available

Bots on Insane difficulty would replace players who drop out of matches

Meatflag would no longer glitch off the maps

Sniper rifle hit detection would be tweaked

Two-piecing (consecutive double melee attacks) has already been tweaked on the server side and could see more changes

New playlist options

More fixes to address cheating

What do you think of the proposed update?