Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is a game released on the PC, the PSN, and Xbox Live Marketplace. The one thing I will mention straight up is that this absolutely IS NOT a Tomb Raider game. It wasn’t meant to be a Tomb Raider game and good thing, because it is nothing like the Tomb Raider you know.
Let’s first start off with what exactly this game is all about. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light was developed with the multiplayer experience in mind and then had the single player worked into it with a few adjustments here and there to make it flow, but if you’re looking for a single player PSN or Xbox Live Marketplace game, I would recommend skipping this one because you’re going to miss a lot of this game without playing multiplayer.
One side note about multiplayer is that it is couch friendly, it is not internet friendly, so you won’t be able to play between two consoles. This is a fairly big complaint, due to the fact that this game was developed for it’s multiplayer, but I guess you can’t have everything in life right?
Anyway, graphically, this game is comparable to PSP games. The developers didn’t do their own twist on the graphics, or sort of make their trademark with them, they just went for the run of the mill, standard, boring graphics that many other PSN games use as well.
The best way to describe this game would be to call it a puzzle game aimed for the younger audience or casual gamer. The combat involved with the Guardian of Light is pretty weak. There really is no challenge involved, you can just take your time and easily avoid the enemies in almost every situation. Another large problem is the ‘bosses’ in this game are essentially the same exact enemy, except they have double or triple the health. They offer no new abilities or any more of a challenge, so if you’re looking to kick some boss, this is not the game for you.
The controls for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light are pretty simple and easy to get used to. The combat system is a little wacky sometimes and the ‘auto-aim’ attempt seems like it just doesn’t fit well, but overall it isn’t bad.
All in all, this is most definitely not a Tomb Raider game, but it is a nice little game for practicing speed runs and such. For me personally, I don’t think this game is worth the money, but seeing as Gamespot gave it away for free due to a glitch, I’ll take it!
Overall I would rate this game a 2.5 out of 5 and would only recommend this to someone who is looking for a puzzle game that isn’t really focused on challenging combat, but for your hardcore gamer, I would say this is a pass.
So if you guys know anything about me, you know that one thing I am willing to spend a few bucks on is a decent set of headphones. Well, that time has come once again and I purchased a pair of Nox’s Specialist gaming headsets, so this is just going to be the unboxing.
My first impression is that the packaging is a big confusing, but it is very unique and I like how it was designed. I really like the case that was included, they didn’t cheap out on you for once, this case is made to last and it will protect your Specialist Headset and make that last too and that’s what counts.
One thing that is a big turnoff to me is all the wires that are needed to connect this thing to the PS3. There are just so many different wires running all over the place that it just looks like a mess whenever the Specialist is in use. That being said, one of the main reasons that I purchased the Specialist Gaming Headset over Turtle Beach, was because Nox is a brand new company and also I thought that the Specialist would have less wires, but I think I was wrong on that.
One thing that is worth mentioning is that right out of the box, when you hold the Specialist Headset, you feel the body to them. They feel like a full 100 dollars worth of headphones and I really mean that. These things feel like they’re built to last with the gamer in mind.
One other huge plus to these headphones is that they don’t constrict your head during extended gaming sessions and the ear pads are the most comfortable ear pads I have ever felt. They really do make it feel like you’re just wearing a hat, they feel like they were made for extended use and you forget that you’re even wearing them.
I really think another awesome feature is the retractable microphone that enables you to get the mic out of the way for when you use these with your iPod or hand held gaming device.
Overall, right out of the box my only complaint would be that these are not wireless headphones, which for me would really make me willing to pay $400 for these things if only they were wireless.
Whats up!?!? I hope everything is going well for you guys, because I know for me, even though sometimes things come up that you don’t like, overall life is good!
I want to introduce a new segment today to you guys that I will try to do once a month. I’m not sure what I’m going to call it yet, but it’s going to be a monthly update on all kinds of gaming news. So if you have any ideas as to what to call this segment, please let me know!
So lets start with recent and upcoming releases. First off we have a big one that I’m looking forward to, Rockband 3. Can you believe it’s already up to the third installment? I remember when Rockband 1 first was released and that really wasn’t all that long ago. Anyway, the big thing I’m looking forward to with this is the real guitar. There have been haters ever since Rockband and Guitar Hero got big that said it was a waste of time, but now they can shove it because it uses a real guitar now. I’ve also heard news about how they are going to allow you to transfer all your old songs to this new installment for free if you purchase Rockband 3 within the first week of launch and after that they will be charging you $6.00 a game to transfer, so you might want to think about getting this on opening day if you’re a fan of the series.
Next we have Infamous 2, due to be released in 2011 sometime. We really don’t have a whole lot of news on this yet, other than the fact that they’ve added lots of new powers and abilities and also changed just about everything possible with the main character, so this ought to be an interesting release when it finally comes out.
Another title that is a fairly new release was Fallout New Vegas. I loved Fallout 3, but I really don’t think I’m going to purchase this one due to the fact that Fallout, for me, was just one of those games that I would spend a couple weeks on and then just put it on the shelf for half a year and whip it out again and play for another week or so and then just be done with it, so I don’t think it would be the best choice of an upcoming game for me.
Bioshock Infinite is due to be released sometime in 2012, so we have quite a while to wait for this one, but I’m going to call it now, this game is going to be absolutely stunning! Mark my words on that one guys, this is going to be an awesome looking game.
For those Xbox fans I have out there, Halo Reach was just released about a week ago and I heard tons and tons of hype about this before it’s release, but now that it’s out, everybody has kind of been silenced. Maybe it’s because they’re so pulled into the game that they can’t put it down long enough to let the rest of us gamers if it was worth it, but I think a more likely story is that it was just over-hyped and now they are afraid to come out and tell us the truth of how this game turned out.
One last thing I want to mention is the Playstation Move. This thing has had a lot of talk and a lot of speculation and doubters ever since it was announced. As far as I’m concerned though, I think this is going to be huge, there are so many possibilities with this thing and I’m so excited to see what developers are going to do with this. This is definitely going to be on my Christmas list this year and I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these.
