Resident Evil 5 was released on March 13th, 2009 to continue on the ongoing series that we have all come to love and enjoy! Unfortunately I am not a huge fan of the series, so I didn’t purchase Resident Evil 5 on launch day, instead, I purchased it around Christmas of 2009.
After playing through this game a little, it is a game for almost anyone, which makes this a great buy. Also, it’s a great game to have on the shelf for when someone comes over and you’re looking for a multiplayer game to play together.
Overall, the controls work fairly well, the gameplay is good, the graphics are very well done for the time range that it was released, and the overall story was decent. To tell you the truth, I haven’t played Resident Evil 5 by myself at all. The only time I’ve played it is with another person. That being said, I wouldn’t purchase this game if you’re planning on just playing it single player by yourself.
Check back soon for the full review of Resident Evil 5 and all the other unboxings, reviews, and cool gadget reveals!
One thing I’ve been wanting for quite a while now is another 23″ monitor to go along with my 23″ Hannspree monitor I received for my birthday a couple years back and I can now proudly announce that this wish has come true!
Firstly, I want to start off and ask the question, how many of you geeks out there have dual monitors? Or maybe more than two, but how many use at least two monitors for their computer?
Ok, with that answered, lets get started, I’ve wanted dual monitors for years and years, I have always been intrigued with how it works and have always wanted to hook them up for my desktop. Now that I have two 23″ monitors, there’s just one small problem. I need to get a video card with two video outputs, because right now I only have one, so I’m currently just using one monitor for my desktop and the other for my PS3.
That really has nothing to do with the unboxing, but it’s related content because there’s not much to say about an unboxing anyway. Also, I wanted to quickly ask how many of you think you wouldn’t be able to stand having two monitors that weren’t the exact same size and model? I didn’t think I could stand that and I’m still not sure if I will be able to, I guess we will find out when I get that video card and hook them both up to the PC, because for right now, I’m not using them together as one, they’re being used on two separate systems.
That’s it for the unboxing, keep checking back for the full review, I can’t guarantee when that will be released, but it will come out eventually. I have a lot more unboxings from Christmas to release to you guys and then I have to put out the full reviews for all of those products as well, so I have my hands full, but don’t worry I’m working on it!
A couple weeks ago, I had the pleasure of getting in contact with a representative from Kontrol Freek and ended up being sent a set of Speek Freeks and FPS Freeks to review, so this is it!
Make sure if you order you use the coupon code “extremedays” for a 10% discount on your FPS Freek or Speed Freek purchase!
I want to start off firstly with saying, if you haven’t purchased a dual shock 3 controller for your PS3, I would not purchase the FPS Freek until doing so. The reason being, the size of the nubs on the standard Playstation 3 controller is larger than that of those on the dual shock 3 controllers, so the fit isn’t so great on the standard controllers. But if you have an Xbox 360, for once you have the upper hand, because as far as I know, they fit nice and snug, as they’re designed to.
Just encase you weren’t paying attention to the last paragraph, the FPS and Speek Freek nubs work for both the Xbox 360 and the Playstaion 3, so if you have one or the other there’s no difference, they will fit both controllers and if you have both, you can interchange them between controllers without any fuss.
I’ve had a lot of people ask me what exactly the FPS and Speek Freek controller add-ons even do, well to put it simply, it uses leverage to give you more sensitivity, which almost always equals a better overall gaming experience. I personally can’t stand games with low sensitivity and on most of those games I tend to not play very well as a result, but I’m very happy to announce that the FPS Freeks fix this problem and they fix it with great style.
So just encase you haven’t put two and two together yet, the FPS Freek controller add-ons are designed for first-person shooter games, and the Speed Freek add-ons are designed for racing games, but neither of them are limited to just those two genres of games, they both can be used for any type of game that’s on the market. I’ve tried using the Speed Freeks with a first-person shooter game, but I must say they were more of a hindrance than a help because the walls of the Speed Freeks are pretty high and get in the way of you trying to move from the analog nub to the d-pad and back again, but the FPS Freeks work with racing games, so no worries.
There really isn’t a whole lot to say about them, they are nice solid plastic add-ons and do their job just as intended. Some people were saying they were having trouble installing them onto their controllers, but I had no trouble at all. The only way I could see having an issue is if you were trying to install them on a standard PS3 controller, but other than that, installation is quick and easy.
One last question I was asked was, “If you were going to buy one or the other, which one would you recommend?”. My answer to that would be go for the FPS Freeks. The reason being that the FPS Freeks work with all game genres, but the Speed Freeks are difficult to use for, really any shooting game, but I would say to just purchase both because they’re cheap enough that even if you don’t get a whole lot of use out of them both, your wallet won’t notice the difference.
And that just about wraps up this review, but I just wanted to stop and say one last thank you to Anthony for answering all my questions and following through on getting me a set of each to review!
Sorry I got this up a little later than Christmas, but I wanted to spread out all the unboxings from Christmas so you guys would have one or two a week instead of a bunch all in one day.
A couple of weeks ago I got in contact with Andrew over at Kontrol Freek and he sent me one set of FPS Freeks and one set of Speed Freeks to review for you guys. I was extremely excited and have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of both products and they’re finally here!
This is just an unboxing so I’m not going to go into too much detail on how they work because I need to use them for a while to get a real feel for how I like them and how they work, but one thing I want to mention is that, as far as PS3 goes, they fit perfectly on the dualshock 3 controllers, but not so well on the standard sixaxis controller that comes with the PS3. So make sure you invest in a Dualshock 3 controller before purchasing either of these.
