Week of May 17, 2010

song of the week: Holy Diver, Dio- in respects to the great loss of one of the greatest metal gods

This week of i hope to have a review of both robin hood and a review of one of my stash of games by the end of the week. Pull list for comics this week will be on Wednesday.

Game review: Mass Effect 1 and 2

This week i will be reviewing Mass Effect and its sequel. The original game is one of my favorite rpg's. But changing systems from xbox 360 to the pc version of the second id thought id do the first game again to use a transfered character in the second game. Going through and playing it the second time i'm finding a lot more flaws in this game that i thought was near perfect a couple years back. Some of my major gripes with the game are the inventory and combat system, both of which are fixed in the sequel. In the second game you are given a small cache of weapons and spend your time upgrading said weapons. The combat is much improved in the second game cover fully covers you unlike the first and it is much more satisfying. With these two changes and multiple small other changes between the two games it really shows that Bioware is listening to the gripes of the fans. The major flaw, in my opinion, in the second game is the lake of sure size that the first game has. You just don't get the same feel from the citadel in the second game which is reduced to just the human embassy. Those are the few flaws i saw in both games and how they relate to each other.

Now what i find utterly enjoyable about both games is just the amount of information and dialog that permeates through the games. It shows real love for the work that the developers worked so hard on. Possibly the greatest thing is the connectivity between the two games what you do in the first game shows up in the second whether you help a character makes it depend if hes in the second game. Overall these two games turn into my favorite rpg of all time and both are a definite pickup and i cant wait til the third game

Mass Effect 1(2010 playing)- 7/10

Mass Effect 2- 10/10

Until next time

Stay Frosty Heroes,

Vash

afterthought: Oh i didnt mention the fail of the maiko car in the first game a welcome axe in the second game.

Iron Man 2 review and comic pickups of the week

Song of the week Imogen Heap "Hide and Seek"

Went and saw Iron man 2 this last week and have to say i really enjoyed it. A lot of reviewers have been downplaying it saying its not good and/or not as good as the first, and i disagree. The movie itself is a different beast it doesn't have the same WOW factor of the first and by that i mean when you went to see the original you weren't expecting to see a really great movie with really great acting in it. This time around you get the same good acting with a slightly less good story. Though i must say i really enjoyed the character development and the introduction of characters were well done. I do wish they wouldn't have said that the Black widow was in it at all, would have made her later appearances alot more enjoyable. overall i think id give it a 9/10 definitely a must see for action fans as well as comics fans.

All right my pull list of the week was, btw this was one of the best weeks in a long while.

Prince of Power #1- Amadeus Cho is the new CEO of the Olympus group and using all his resources to find his best bud Herc.-pickup

Siege #4- End of the Siege epic what will happen to our heroes with the sentry/void out of control.-pickup

The Sentry: Fallen Sun- Can't say much about this comic its the epilogue to the whole Siege storyline.- if you like the sentry pick it up

The Return of Bruce Wayne #1- Grant Morrison's Grand return of Bruce Wayne- pickup

New Mutants #13- The cross x-comics second coming storyline continues- pickup

War of the Supermen #2- Superman at his best, this whole storyline has gotten me into this character, who i thought was boring due to his overabundance of powers. It really goes the distance- pickup

Justice League: Generation Lost #1- Everyone's after Maxwell Lord after his resurrection in Blackest Night.- pickup

The Flash #2- Continuing the wanted storyline which looks to be good the rogues from the future, which are time cops, are after Barry for killing one of there members. The murder itself hasn't happened yet but the craziness ensues.- pickup

Overall one of the best weeks of the year finishing some epic stories, siege, and starting new ones , The return of Bruce Wayne. And i can't wait to see where certain personal favorites go.

Until later,

Stay Frosty Heroes

-Vash

welcome

Hello and welcome to my wonderful, well in my opinion, blog. In it i hope to talk about whats happening in the world according to me, that includes all things nerdy and fun. Every week i hope to review my comic pickups and hopefully provide you with information to help you with your choices. Also i will try to review a game once a month, sometimes it will be a new game sometime it will be an old classic. So until next time heroes, as a friend once said, stay frosty heroes.

-Vash

Kevin Duggan