New releases: Dark Sector

Yes, that's right, Dark Sector was released today!

I really like the look of this game as it's got quite a few original concepts...the Glaive being one of them! It's an awesome weapon that promises to change the way you play this sort of game, and is a refreshing break from standard guns (seriously, if I see one more frickin' Desert Eagle, I'll cry!)! The fact that the Glaive is also a part of his body gets rid of the whole "Well if he'd thrown that in real-life, he'd never have got it back" argument...

However, that's not where the originality ends...Hayden Tenno (the main character) suffers from a disease call Congenital Analgia...this illness is not fictional, but quite rare, and it means he cannot feel pain! A highly original concept that I've never seen before in a game, and it should lend itself extremely well to the game's backstory!

Digital Extremes also got in a pretty decent voice for Hayden....Michael Rosenbaum, who I remember as Kip from Kickin' It Old Skool...most of you will know him as Lex Luthor from Smallville...let's face it, he plays a blinder in both! Having a decent voice actor for the lead role is, in my opinion, one of the most important things in a game. I'm not sure why, I just don't think I'd enjoy running around as this awesome character, and then having a this really terrible voice come out of it's mouth...it'd just ruin the game (for me anyway)! More on Voice Acting in games soon...

So yeah, Dark Sector out today, may be picking it up later on...who knows? If it's awesome, we could have a good series on our hands...if not? Well then today's a glaive, glaive day in 360-land (I'm sorry)

Stupid Achievements

They say opinions are like armpits - everybody has them...well here's mine!

There are some seriously stupid achievements out there, but there's just one that's really got my goat! I'm all for a tongue-in-cheek kind of achievement (The Simpsons Game's 'Press Start' springs to mind!) as these can be entertaining and don't really harm anybody...hell, EA are basically taking the piss out of their bad (read: terrible) track record with these things! No, it's not games like The Simpsons Game, with their tongue-in-cheek achievements, that've got my goat...it's games like Turok...

You may or may not be aware of the 'Grab Bag' achievement that the game features, but let me tell you this...it's a new low for achievements! The 'Grab Bag' achievement requires you to kill at least 1 creature, 1 enemy, 1 team-mate and yourself in the same round of a public match...

1 team-mate?! This game is rewarding you 10G for team-killing...well that's just great...

As if team-killing wasn't bad enough...it happens all the time in games like Halo 3 and COD 4, games that don't reward you for team-killing...but no, Propaganda (developers) took it upon themselves to increase the number of team-killing incidents...who knows why? Maybe they didn't think it happened enough? Seriously, this is the last thing online 360 gamers need! We all know what some will do for gamerpoints anyway...if there are people willing to get every single costume and shop item in Rumble Roses XX, then they'll sure as hell stab you in the back (maybe even literally)! It's the sort of thing that we shouldn't even be ALLOWED to do, let alone ENCOURAGED!

I may be overreacting, I don't know (let me know your thoughts!), but what I do know is this: That's one achievement that will never be on my list...