Bioshock

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I have a new love for this gaming series and it was absolutely fantastic. Waiting for the next shock creates an interesting gaming experience.

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This is a great game. There are some issues with the controls. Certain commads share buttons and so in the middle of the action some unintended actions happen. It is the first game of the series and so these things can be overlooked. Combining attacks gets annoying at times, but usually works well. However, it is a great game!!!! BUY THIS GAME!!! Once you played this game, Bioshock 2 is going to be a must, and as for the control issues in the first game, Bioshock resolves them all!!!! BUY IT!!!

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Lord of the Rings: Conquest

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Unfortunately, there were no recent reviews of Lord of the Rings: Conquest when I bought two copies to explain that Electronic Arts stopped supporting online play for this title back in March of 2010. More dissappointing, Amazon continues to advertise that it does have online play and none of the vendors add a note of warning. It also appears after a lot of investigation and trial and error, that there is no way to even use multi-player over a LAN so you can use your own monitor. Co-optimus states that it still has this feature, but I think they have not updated their information either. Without this feature, the game becomes practically worthless, at least to me (and to many others if you google the situation). Now I have to deal with trying to get a refund for a misrepresented product. Here's my warning to you.

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Pandemic, the maker of Star Wars Battlefront has given its familiar engine a facelift and have taken it to Middle-Earth. To be honest I was never really a big fan of Star Wars: Battlefront having been more accustomed to the solitary lightsaber battles of the Jedi Knight series but at least to me the Battlefront concept just seems to work significantly better in the Lord of the Rings universe. I downloaded the demo and couldn't wait to play the full game because it's just fun as hell.

In the Singleplayer campaign you can pick your character class: Warrior, Mage, Archer or Scout and hack and slash your way across the battlefield by rallying your troops in basic "Capture the Flag" strategic objectives or destroying specific tactical goals to achieve victory for your armies. Occasionally you can play a character from the movies such as Aragorn or Gandalf depending on which character class you have currently selected when more "experienced" reinforcements are called upon. The nice thing is that you can change your character class mid-game so you are not always restricted to certain classes/abilities though it is prudent to know when to select specific classes for certain campaigns. For example, a Scout may be called in because of his ability to render himself invisible to sneak past enemy lines, or an Archer would be better suited for ranged attacks. The Mage is very powerful with his staff and can smack down hordes of enemy orcs in close melee or can fire ranged lightning strikes, toss fireballs, and heal wounded troops to bring reinforcements back up to full strength. The Warrior is very powerful with a sword in hand for close action melee and can quickly plow through enemy hordes with a spinning firesword or throw axes for ranged attacks.

The graphics are stunning in HD along with Howard Shore's awesome thematic score playing in the background and Hugo Weaving (Elrond) narrating the game really puts you into the action of the epic battles of Middle Earth first hand.

The Multiplayer campaign allows you to connect with up to 16 players or you can just do a two-player splitscreen co-op with a buddy. You can also choose your side, Good or Bad and change the fate of the ring by destroying Frodo and the Shire by fighting for Saruman's forces, the Lord of the Rings equivalent of turning to the Dark Side. And now you can download expansion packs through the Playstation store to add other characters/classes such as Boromir, Arwen and Gothmog as well as new campaign arena maps like Weathertop and Amon Hen.

This game is mandatory for Lord of the Rings fans and even for the casual players who just want to hack it out, I'd recommend the no-nonsense Instant Action and Deathmatch campaigns. Conquest easily blows away EA's titles, even though I enjoyed playing Lord of the Rings The Two Towers on PS2 which I went back and breezed through again for old-time's sake, Conquest makes it look like a warm-up exercise by comparison. The Battle of Helm's Deep in Conquest is similar to Two-Towers but vastly improved for next-gen gameplay. Plus you get to battle at Minas Tirith, Isengard, and all the way to the Black gates of Mordor in the War of the Ring campaign.

Lord of the Rings: Conquest is one game to rule them all.

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I think this game achieves most of what it promised to be. It's fair to call it a 'hack n slash' game. I'm a big fan of the Star Wars: Battlefront series. So far as that goes, you can see how Pandemic has started with that system and progressed it in a few ways, and this, in the LOTR setting, seems like the next logical step. Also, it is a lot of fun, and creating the dark storyline accounting for what would have happened if Frodo failed was quite enjoyable. So I enjoyed both campaigns, particularly the splitscreen with my brother. Pros of the game for me would be playing as just about everyone from the Naz-gul and Balrog to Aragorn and Ents. Also the evil storyline. And the mindless hack and slashing is quite a trip. Just fun to wreak havok and go to town on a bunch of enemies. One big con for me was that it doesn't tally your kills or really keep track of your deaths like Battlefront did. I really like saying to a friend after a weak performance, 'where the heck were you on that one' or if I underachieved to try all the harder to bounce back the next time. And no mentions of 'most kills', or 'most accurate' after the level is over. I really missed that not being there. Also playing as some of the heroes was not all it could have been. It was great but some like the Balrog and Ents are destructive, but so slow I think a lot of destruction and mayhem are unfortunately left on the table. Maybe there is no way to fix that, I don't know. Overall, I thought it was easy to pick up and play. It gave clear goals to focus on, and I think it was a logical progression in the series. I was not sure how they would adapt Battlefront from a shooting style game to a hand to hand style, but I think Pandemic pulled it off. After kills you can pick up small health increases (bigger for bigger kills) and a second meter that builds to unleash more vicious attacks. People complained about no unlockables, which is a valid point, but with enough good content in the game from the start, I didn't miss that as much. I do prefer Battlefront's paintball style way of keeping score (i.e. letting you know how many guys you have left vs. the enemy's total tally) to the Conquest style which is more like 'every other game'. You know you've got 3 lives or whatever to finish the level. That 250 vs 250 style was one thing that made Battlefront stand out for me. So anyway, this is a great game. I think most would have fun with it, especially recommended for those who enjoyed the Battlefront games, hack n slash style, and like the LOTR books/movies.

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I recently rented this game from GameFly. If you're reading this review, hopefully you know that the online play is no more, which is sad. I got this game hoping it was going to be like the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, a game I loved playing on my Nintendo GameCube. I enjoyed the Return of the King because it made hack and slash fun, you got multiplyers for good, excellent and perfect kills. You often had to fight through hordes of enemies and aside from your main weapon, you had bows and arrows and stuff like that, you could also pick up spears and stuff and the game really added a variety and spice to the gameplay.

In Lord of the Rings Conquest, you have four different classes to choose from: warrior, archer, mage and scout. Each has their strengths and weaknesses. You can also play occasionally as a hero that often falls into those various categories. You rack up hits much like in the previous LOTR hack & slash games and you have strong, medium and light attacks and you have various objectives much like the last one, opening doors, claiming positions, protecting things, collecting things, killing baddies and always heading to the next arrow.

This game looks ok. It really disappoints actually, it's nothing special to look at. The recreation of locations looks much like movie locations which is quite something, but the locations are EMPTY. Battlefields looks EMPTY. I can't believe no other review I've read has stated this. This game is NOT EPIC, IT'S EMPTY. I was running around like a crazy person in the Battle for Helms deep LOOKING FOR ORCS TO SLAUGHTER. The game doesn't give the feeling of overwhelming odds and there's more enemies when you invade the Shire then at other key times like the Battle for Helms Deep or the Fields of Pelennor.

You don't use too many of the various classes, you end up just using like the warrior and using the same combo/moves over and over (I realize this same argument could be made about many hack and slash games). But it's boring as heck, and the only thing that helps make this game fun is the occasional break where you get to be some kick-butt dude like Sauramon, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, an Ent, a Nazgal and my personal favorite, the Balrog. These moments are shining examples in the game that stand out from the time you're that faceless/nameless grunt that will probably die a hundred times by a hundred deaths.

Let's hope that the Lord of the Rings: War in the North will give us a real Lord of the Rings game that will make us proud.

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This game is really fun and cool. This game actually is set up very much like the Star Wars Battlefront series. I like the way it is played. You have certain point in which you have to either defend, or attack. In doing so, you earn checkpoints. These checkpoints allow you to change your character in the middle of the game. In certain parts you get to select a Hero for battle!! The great thing about this game is that you can actually play as the enemy. So, you have the choice of being the good or evil side. The graphics are incredible. The music and the sound put you into the action. The voices of the characters are really cool as well. The controls are pretty easy, although there are many different combinations that you can perform using your weapon. It is a very challenging game and learning each character's attack is essential. For example, I couldn't beat Sauron using Gandalf, or an archer or scout because I wasn't used to playing as those characters. I ended up beating Sauron using a warrior. Which I played most of the level with and so I was used to using.

I think you are a Lord of the Rings fan, this is a definite item to put in your collection. Also, the PS3 allows you to download the upgrades to the game to further enhance the experience.

The game also has a cool multiplayer game where you and another player can be on the same screen fighting the same battle. Or do a head to head battle.

I have not yet played on-line, but looking forward to trying it once I get the hang of the game by completing the many levels of difficulty.

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Dante's Inferno Divine Edition

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Make no mistake, this game is pure guilty pleasure, hack and slash, dim the lights and camp out on the couch, eye candy goodness. It's LOOSELY based on the poem and isn't about to change your life in any profound way, unless you really love graphics and design work I guess. They basically use the structure of Hell that Dante established and build their own descent from there. The thing about their design that I am absolutely beside myself about is that they had Wayne Barlowe doing the concept. The man is amazing and has basically built his career out of conceptualizing Hell and you can find his books of Hell re-imagined on Amazon as well, which I highly recommend if you're a Dante (the actual poet) fanatic like myself.

His work here is amazing and the graphics are astounding. My only complaint, really, is that you can't actually angle the camera yourself. Which tends to become a bit of a nuisance at best when you're trying to admire the terrific landscape and at worst when you're trying to fight and your enemy moves out of sight. Having the camera adjust itself can really become a thorn in your side at times, but overall, it's an issue I'm willing to overlook in light of all I enjoy about the game. As they've stated multiple times on their production videos, they use a pretty high framerate (believe it's 60 fps) and it definitely shows. The flow is fantastically smooth and seamless. The animated clips are a bit on the cheese side, but the CGI cutsceens are pretty high quality. They also don't make the mistake, like a lot of current games do, of overburdening the game with these cutsceens. For me, they can become a major hindrance to the game's flow very quickly, as I like to play my games, not watch a glorified cartoon. Luckily, Dante does not suffer from this in the least.

The graphics and sound in this game are truly impressive, however. Honestly, the attention to detail is simply fantastic. The walls made of trapped sinners, Minos shouting out verdicts in the background as you approach, the screams of sinners, a man calls out for Ulysses in the bowels of Charon's boat, the detailed backgrounds such as a giant skull spitting out the corpses of the damned at the start. It's simply on a massive, grand scale and if you've ever read Dante and lived to see his Hell brought to the big screen... you will NOT be disappointed playing this video game. From the second I heard they had Barlowe I knew they were interested in the details and the audio and visuals couldn't be more captivating. The soundtrack, which is included with the PS3 version, is really quite great as well. Sets the moods perfectly and makes the whole experience engrossing and just a lot of fun... which is what games are supposed to be.

Gameplay / Controls are easy to learn and have a pretty good configuration. You upgrade your Scythe and Holy Cross talent trees to learn new combos and I'm very pleased with the ease of picking up these new combinations. Again, some games can really go overboard in this area, to the point where you basically have to pause and look up the combo sequence every time you want to execute it. None of that here and I'm exceedingly glad for it, because once they become too convoluted, it really hinders gameplay, flow and inevitably spoils my fun. Along with your two upgradeable trees, you have Magic talents, the ability to dodge, block and jump. While those might seem like minor options, recently playing Darksiders and having to be perfectly still to block, or else it DASHES you across the room, was a HUGE inconvenience and annoyance to me. As well, being able to jump, as silly as it seems, can break a game if it's not an option. I hate feeling restricted in my character's movement and after playing a no-jumping-allowed Demon's Souls (one of PS3's BEST games hands down) for more hours than I wish to reveal, it's nice to have jumping back on the controller.

Also, having come from playing copious amounts of Demon's Souls, I think it's fair to mention this game has pretty frequent save points and when you die, you restart at the beginning of whatever encounter you were on. So, if you're at the boss and die, you start over at the boss, not back at the save point. I know for some it's more of a nuisance to be dropped off at the start of the level / last save point after death, so rest assured, you pick up essentially where you left off / failed and get right back to it.

Last, but not least, this is definitely not for kids. Violence and Nudity are basically the name of the game here, so if you have concerns regarding either of those two things, either don't bother or rent first.

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First off I'd like to say that I don't review games unless I have completed the game. How can someone review a game with only playing it for an hour? I was very excited for this game; the graphics are great, creepy atmosphere, good story, lots of blood and guts, spectacular controls, great stuff. Unfortunately there were a few things about this game that really sucked. It was only 6-7 hours long. That was a huge disappointment. Also, the first 3 levels were very good, but the rest seemed to be lacking in development including enemy variety. Also, the puzzles were really not that interesting and just seemed to slow you down. I did really enjoy the game, and would definitely recommend it, but I wish I had rented this game first. $60 is a lot of money to spend on a game that you only play for 12 hours tops. The games that are really good I play at least 30 hours.

Pros

1) Graphics and sound

2) Creepy and Grotesque atmosphere

3) Controls

4) Battle is fun

Cons

1) Way to short 6-8 hours

2) Recycled enemies

3) Puzzles

4) Some level designs

Conclusion

I feel this was a very entertaining game and I had a good time playing it, awesome graphics and sound, disturbing and gross, and fun battle scenes. Because it was so short and the enemy's were recycled I wish I had rented the game instead of buying it.

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Okay, I picked this game up and it has exceeded my expectations. It plays like God of war and it has a very interesting story line. The only thing I would take out of the game is all of the blatant sexual inuendo. I am an hour into the game and I have seen babies explode out of pus filled nipples with tongues, huge golden penis statues, vagina wall entrances and last but not least, the flaming rectal sphincters. Yes, I said flaming rectal sphincters. Who thinks of this stuff? Seriously, I think the game could have done without that, but it is truly disturbing and it adds hellish authenticity to the game. After seeing this depiction of hell I think I am going to start going to church again! The game plays very well, just make sure your kids dont walk in on you when you are playing it because it makes for an awkward moment. I actually pushed the off button on the console to make the nipples squirting babies out of them dissapear so my kids did not see it. I ended up having to retrace the level because I did not save before that. With all of that said, the game is a solid 4.5

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First of all I want to address the God of War aspect. For you people complaining about the GoW fanboys dissing Dante's Inferno...

IT PLAYS LIKE GOD OF WAR!!!! Take Kratos, make him a Crusader in a monotheistic world, and chuck him into hell. Basically, picture a blatant ripoff of the level where Kratos is in Hades from the first GoW and throw in several bloated disembodied sexual organs.

This game feels so...disjointed. First, I sew a cross-shaped tapestry into my chest, then I take down dozens of humans with a giant pole arm right before a wussy jabs me in the back with a dagger. I then face death and steal his scythe...and then move on to save my wife...who's named after a cow.

There are little mutant babies that pour out of a giant evil woman's nipples...sphincters that erupt flame while you swing past them on intestines...and succubi that have giant female...uh...organs...that they fling out and smack you with. Apparently the succubi also have a screaming case of gonorrhea because they can squirt it out and splash you in the face with it, which stuns you. The best badguys are the big fat gluttons who fart when they walk and barf all over the place.

My biggest gripe with this game is the rappelling. I want to take this game and drive to the house of whoever thought it was a good idea to take a game with imperfect camera control and somewhat inaccurate controls and then make it to where you have to hit certain areas in JUST the right spot or you fall to your death and then I want to ram the game sideways right up his fire-spurting sphincter.

I also wish a serious case of syphilis on whoever thought it would add to the game to make me hit the "O" button REALLY REALLY fast whenever I want to drink from or "open" a fountain. What the hell? I stab my cross down onto a fountain and then... What? Does pressing the "O" button mean I'm praying REALLY hard? If I could take true control of Dante I'd jump up, squat down, and drop a big giant deuce right in that fountain so that whoever came along next had to stare at what came out of MY flaming sphincter. Pray over that you a-holes!

The game is alright if you have an X-Box 360 but if you have a PS3 rent or borrow but do not buy. I don't care how butthurt the fans of the game get. You have a PS3 for Pete's sake...and Pete says wait for God of War III.

I want to add that I've given this game an extra star to offset the morons that automatically gave it one or two stars. There was some dipstick spouting retarded crap in the forums and though I feel this game isn't a work of absolute perfection it certainly doesn't suck...it just has a few quirks that annoy the ever loving crap out of me.

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Graphics: A

Gameplay: A+

Mechanics and Controls: B+

Storyline: B+

Artwork / Visual Design: A+

Originality: B

Fun Factor: A+

**First and foremost, THIS IS AN ADULT GAME, NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN.**

Storyline: The original Inferno is basically a guided tour through the nine circles of Hell itself. Dante tells the story of his journey, what he sees, and who he encounters in each circle. While this makes level design a breeze, and could make an excellent movie, video games require more interaction, so some tweaks are needed. The end result is that the poet Dante has been replaced by the crusader Dante, a skilled and powerful knight who has stitched a red cloth cross onto his chest. While this is a far cry from the reality of the man, he makes for an amusing character and it certainly makes for better game play. The overall storyline is a pretty typical rescue the damsel in distress scenario, though Hell makes for a unique setting. The literary purists out there will not be thrilled with the changes made, but from a gameplay standpoint, they are fairly necessary. The developers could have approached it a bit differently, by naming the main characters something else and having them explore Dante's vision of Hell, perhaps with Dante as the guide. Personally, though, I'm not enough of a literary purist to be bothered by this.

Gameplay / Mechanics: Anyone that has played God of War will be familiar with the gameplay mechanics of this game. Personally, I don't think that's a bad thing. The combat is smooth and familiar, and you can pick it up and start playing right away, without having to familiarize yourself with a new system. Leveling is actually improved here, in my opinion. You have two paths of abilities to upgrade, holy and unholy. Both paths have different levels of abilities, which are advanced by punishing or absolving enemies of their sins. As you fight your way through the level, you will earn souls to purchase new abilities. The advantage here is that you get to pick specifically which abilities you want to unlock or upgrade, rather than simply which weapon. You also meet and get to judge some famous historical and mythological characters, and pass judgment on their sins, which certainly adds an interesting element to the overall theme of the game.

The gameplay mechanics are not quite perfect, however. I was disappointed by some of the mini games. In order to use a health fountain, you are required to button mash O. Many of the absolution finishes and some of the punish finishes require the same. If you were bothered by the tank and helicopter mini games in Prototype, this will annoy you. It's not a huge problem, but it feels unnecessary. After all, there's not even really any skill involved in simply mashing a button repeatedly.

Graphics/Artwork: This is one of the areas in which this game truly shines. It is amazingly conceived and detailed, and while beautiful might be the wrong word considering the subject matter, you will quickly find yourself immersed in the hell swirling around you. The levels and the enemies are minutely detailed and stunning to behold. The artwork and the world that is created here definitely adds a lot to gameplay. Unfortunately, I'm not a big fan of some of the cut-scenes, many of which feature old school animation, and frankly feel like a plug for the Dante's Inferno movies that they released alongside the game.

The bottom line to this game is simple. If you like God of War style gameplay, you aren't going to be offended by the subject matter, and you're not a literary purist, buy this game. It's not for kids, and it isn't strictly true to the Inferno storyline or Dante the man, but it is definitely a fun, enjoyable game, and it does take you Inferno's nine circles of hell, which makes for quite the trip.

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Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds: Special Edition

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Got this game for my nephews...it is really fun and flashy, but some things could have used improvement. The online is just atrocious, they should have improved it greatly before releasing this game. There are a lot of characters which is nice. Besides Jill/Shuma (which aren't that great IMO), the DLC is pretty crappy. I wish the arcade mode would be longer. Sometimes the game seems kind of hectic, but this is to be expected with MvC. The fighting is overall very fun and I like the stages.

Kinda feel ripped off that Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is coming out so soon after this.

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Intro:

I'm a LONG time fan of the fighting game series and when the announcement for the game was done ALL of my friends who were fans and me jumped for joy. I pre-ordered originally from Best Buy and long story short they sold my copy, cancelled ordered one on here that was about $80, made me wait 3 weeks until telling me their supplier could not get them the game. So one last time on Amazon and I happily received my game .

Game play:

The game play is a simple 3 vs 3 tag team battle. Players fight using teams of both Capcom and Marvel characters. First person to lose all health on all 3 characters loses or the one with the lowest life loses. Players can "tag in" their team members anytime, while their opponent also can forcefully switch their team by performing a "snap-back". The other team members not being used can be also used as an assist who can jump in for a moment (along with the character you have control over currently), perform a move of combo and hop back off screen. There is also a specials bar meter that the player can store and use to pull off devastating special moves. The controls have 2 set of buttons "normal" or "simple". Normal has 6 button use:

Normal:

"Light", "Medium", "Heavy", "Special" (Essentially the launch for air combos), "Partner 1", "Partner 2"

Where as simple mode makes it easy for players just starting:

"Attack"(Replaces "Light" and allows players to perform combos with one simple button, "Special" (Replacing "Medium" button does moves such as for Ryu, Hadouken), "Hyper Combo" (Replaces "Heavy" and does a bar special.), and the same 3 other buttons.

The current roster is 40 (38 without DLC characters). People complain about the character selection but I, along with others see no problem with it. Sure we lost old favorites (Megaman and Gambit to name an example) but we've gained new interesting notable ones (X-23 and Amaterasu for example). Future DLC characters are TBA but will eventually be out.

There is a training mode to practice new moves and combos. There's also mission mode which helps you get use to a character as well and improve your game play. Online has player (Friendly/Casual Like) and ranked(Serious/Competition Like) matches. There are online leader boards and statistic trackers so you can review yourself and compare yourself to friends/other players. There is also customizations for player title and emblem (not Black Ops custom level, think MW2 custom level). The gallery has character models and profile viewers to learn more of their origins.

Video:

Graphics are great and make me not mind the 3D model transaction opposed to the previous 2D model. Also like the comic feel and presentation of the endings with it. The gallery has concept art, character art.

Sound:

Like the video I am very impressed although it was a given. Players also have the choice to change Capcom characters to either English or Japanese voices. (I prefer Street Fighter and Megaman Characters in Japanese while Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, and Resident Evil characters in English voices.) There's also a gallery to view sounds or characters and BGM.

Overall:

I hate to admit it but I love it as I do with all or most games. I even bought a Hori Real Arcade Pro V3 SA for it. The game is aimed at casual players with the simplified "normal" controls (rather than a standard fighting game Light, Medium, Heavy punch/kick. or the MvC2 buttons (Light/Heavy Punch, Light/Heavy Kick, Assist 1, Assist 2). I can still have fun with it and my friends who consider me good when I don't (Ha...) enjoy watching me and sometimes playing against me. The online may be an issue for some, but I have no problems. However like any fighting games there's also problems with some players (spammers, etc.) so be warned.

If you want tips or more info here's a game guide to it:I give the game a 5/5.

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Has it really been a decade since Marvel VS Capcom 2? It seems like only yesterday I first discovered it in an arcade and eventually played it to death on the Dreamcast all those years ago, so saying that Marvel VS Capcom 3 has big shoes to fill is saying it lightly. Featuring graphics similar to Super Street Fighter IV and Tatsunoko VS Capcom; Marvel VS Capcom 3 takes all the insane combos and crazy character team-ups and gives them a serious upgrade. There is so much chaos going on on-screen that keeping up with it is difficult at first, but the game delivers everything that fans of the Marvel VS Capcom series have been yearning for. It looks and plays spectacularly, is easy to pick up and play, and it's final boss in Arcade Mode is Galactus (!), which makes the game worth checking out regardless. The only gripes I have with Marvel VS Capcom 3 is that the character roster isn't nearly as massive as it was the last time around, but that's understandable. However, while giving both Normal and Simple control schemes before you start playing gives button mashing gamers a whole new way to inflict damage. This choice between Normal and Simple comes off as being a bit cheap, especially considering how surprisingly deep the fighting engine was in Marvel VS Capcom 2. Still though, Marvel VS Capcom 3 is a spectacular achievement, and is more than worth picking up.

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Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is in a word...PERFECT. But since this is a review I have to say more. MvC series goes back a long time to PS1 and I loved those games, so my expectations were very high for this game. And this game is absolutely wicked, first of all I have to talk about the game has the same tag team feature like the past games so no worries on that. This time the fighters are 3D which really set them out from the stage and environment , the gameplay is slower than the ones of the past and you have 3 attack buttons like Tatsunoko vs. Capcom if you have a Wii. When playing this game the fighters and their moves are so fluid and precise, I can imagine if these people were real that's how they'd do it because they look so good doing it. Now for the fighters there's 36 of them plus 2 if you got DLC for preordering so the list is shorter than MvC2, the list is awesome some fighters made it that I didn't think would like: Taskmaster, Super-Skrull, Albert Wesker and Chris Redfield from Resident Evil and I can't forget one of my favorites X-23 she's better than Wolverine and they dropped fighters such as Venom, Captain Commando and Gambit but it's hard to focus on the negative. Of course you got your usual fighters like Ryu, Hulk, Captain America and Chun li. The combos are incredible the whole linking, juggling, tagging in and out and the versatility of the combos are spectacular. Then the Hyper Combos how they have improved are really great even linking them are cool and how some of them make good counters and anti-air attacks like Iron Man cannon now can be angled for a jumper as well as Ryu's hadokens. I can't spoil it for you because I can talk about this game for hours. You know Capcom is truly on a hot streak with fighting games they hit hard with SF4 then SSF4 and of course Tatsunoko vs. Capcom on wii all of these were perfect. So for my review: GAMEPLAY 5stars this feels/handle better than previous MvCs and the combos are better too , GRAPHICS 5stars this game is 3D and looks beautiful, FIGHTERS 5stars they improved on an already great roster, ONLINE 5stars some minor drops here and there but what multiplayer doesn't have that. MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3: FATE OF TWO WORLDS 5STARS... PERFECT!!!

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MVC3 took away a lot of the variation for combos by changing the button layout. What they did was dumb down the game to try to make it easier for new players to just pick up the game and start mashing. Also, if you don't know what you are doing or mess up slightly with ANY CHARACTER, you will lose the the character to a short combo and two supers with minimal effort. For example with MVC2, You could lose a character to a long combo BUT, it REQUIRED SKILL(precise timing) to do so. (Magneto, Iron Man, Sentinel, Storm, Anakaris, Cable, Etc.)

Not to mention the fact that they are, or so it appears to be, doing the same thing with the MVC franchise that they did with Street Fighter 4: Release an INCOMPLETE GAME and release ANOTHER VERSION with a few more things added in, rather than using an on-line patch/update for the game. Also, lets not forget the SELLING of "extra" characters. They really should not be selling an incomplete game.

An eye sore in the game: The OVER EXAGGERATED visual effects when a character gets hit by an attack. They get in the way when one is trying to use an opponents animation to visually time a combo.

Walk away people.

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DJ Hero: Start the Party (Stand Alone Software)

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Awesome game with lots of great old school tracks. Especially if you have always been a wannabe dj... Now you can with very little skill and feel like you are a pretty cool dude... Lol... oh don't forget to buy some beats headphones for added affect....

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I already knew that this game was a blast, but i never thought that all my friends would jump into it gladly. This is not only a game, it's a great setlist for your friday/saturday drinking with friends time. DJ hero is far superior then dj hero2 when it comes down to the mixes (IMO), but you should buy dj hero2 party bundle and then buy dj hero, due to its great price.

I apologize for the grammar errors, i'm not a native english speaker :)

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Product arrived earlier than expected. (always a plus) The game is pretty fun. The mixes are great. Everything is as it was explained. No complaints from me.

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Yes, this is another music game. Yes, you will have yet another piece or two of plastic that is completely useless without the DJ Hero games. And it isn't without a number of minor issues. But, even considering all of that, this game deserves 5 stars. Here's why I think that is the case:

Almost every track in this game consists of a mash-up (two popular tunes mixed together to create something you've never heard before). This offers a fresh take on familiar songs, which will make anyone who may just be sitting around listening to you play enjoy the experience a bit more in addition to making everyone want to dance. I cannot say enough good things about the musical content and depth of this game.

Then you have the controls. They are an entirely new experience; even for those of you who've already become experts at most every other instrument available for play in music games. You'll tap buttons on a spin-able record with one hand while using the other to adjust the fader and perform various other nifty tasks. The complexity seems lacking early on, but the game will quickly throw some serious challenges your way. It's a lot like the focus required to play the drums on Rock Band or Guitar Hero; only with a few more bells and whistles, easier and more responsive controlling, and it's a damn sight more enjoyable (and, mind you, I LOVE playing drums on those other games). There are also two different scratching options, no matter whether you are right or left handed. It really lets the player personalize their experience.

One thing most anyone will be able to appreciate here is the fact that you CANNOT fail. You'll earn more stars for unlocking things the better you play, but the game won't lead you halfway through a song, just to throw curves at you and make you start over. Further, most things are thrown together as collections of setlists; meaning you move directly from one track to another without having to sit through loading screens after each track.

You may experience the occasional failure of the controller to recognize your scratching, or being hypersensitive to the fader slides. But that's really all that hinders this game. And it happens much more rarely than I'm used to with other music games. Is it worth owning? YES. Buy it now. Buy two turntables and a microphone! Your guitar controller may even come in handy from time to time in DJ Hero. Trust me, this is not your average music game.

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I am happy and impressed with the shipping, especially since it was all the way from the opposite side of the U.S. This game is so fun and has the best mixes in the game!! Even some classics, like Queen. Thank you so much >:D

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I bought this game for the PS3 because their aren't many good old fun kid's game like Mario from back in the day for the PS3. This one is as close as they come to that kind of Mario fun. I also bought this because it is these are the only types of games my wife likes to play. I like all genres but I mainly stick to FPS and some fighting i.e. Street fighter 4. This game is really fun for kids I'm sure and great for adults that like to connect with their inner children, like myself and my wife. Definitely worth it.

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This title is meant for a younger audience and is a blast. Lots of fun, the kids won't stop playing it. If you're looking for gorgeous fun for the kids it's worth every penny.

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I bought this for my girl (6 years) and she loved it. It's fun and not violent. For PS3 is difficult to find a game like this. I recommended for little people who wants to play in a console made for other target.

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I'll spare you with the usual "games based on movies usually suck" intro that most people do for things like this. Truth be told, I downloaded the demo for Up when I first got my ps3 a few months ago, thinking it'd be something fun to play with my daughter since she loves the movie, and since you can play as Dug in this. The demo was decent, and it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Standard adventure/platformer, run around collecting stuff and solving pretty basic puzzles, and 'experience' the movie as you play it. Nothing special, but nothing all too bad either. After playing through the first couple of levels of the finished product, I think the demo was more fun.

Since most people interested in this game have probably already seen the movie and are just wondering how it holds up, we can skip the story portion of the game since it's basically the same. You play as Carl or Russell for the majority of the game, working your way through the jungle, caverns, mountains and skies to get to Paradise Falls and escape from Muntz and his dogs. Most of the gameplay consists of platforming and collecting items, though some levels have you sliding down tunnels and engaging in literal dog fights with Muntz's planes. Carl and Russell play the same for the most part, and have their own unique abilities they can use once you've gotten the right items (but in all honesty, you can get through the game without using any of the abilities after the first hour). They'll need to work as a team in order to progress, like having Carl jump to higher ground using his cane, then using it again to pull Russell up. Or have Russell walk across a thin ledge and use his scout rope to pull Carl up too. Ok, so basically they ARE the same but with different animations and items to do the same things. Through the levels there are a lot of things to collect like mementos, artifacts, bugs, merit badges, etc. They help you unlock extra things like artwork and work towards the trophies, of which this game is very generous with. Anyone looking for an easy platinum, look no further.

So if it's such a basic game, what happened to make it be just 3 out of 5 stars? Well, I'm actually being generous there, though part of it is because when it was over, I did enjoy the couple of hours I spent playing the game. The problem is that this game -needsto be played with a second person in order to not be frustrating. At times, the second character wouldn't move anywhere, and I'd have to switch characters just to get them going, then switch back to who I was using as my main guy. Other times, the CPU would run off cliffs or into traps over and over. It got annoying, and I highly recommend any parents getting this for their kids to be around when they're playing it so you can help them when the time comes. Other times the other character would freeze in place or get stuck on an invisible object, and I'd have to restart from the last checkpoint. And get thissometimes I'd jump towards an edge for Carl to grab onto, only to jump THROUGH the wall and die. This game could've used a lot of polish, and even an extra month for testing would've helped it out big time I'm sure. But as it is with 'kid' movies that get made into games, the developers figure they can rush something without putting any effort into it. I was especially ticked at the hit box for the final plane fight, because I'd pass under another plane, and then blow up despite it having went past me 3 seconds earlier. Finally, boss fights and encounters with Muntz's dogs were a pain. Sometimes the boss wouldn't move at all, and I'd have to die a few times touching it just to get things going, or Muntz's dogs would run in circles for their attack while I'm a good 10 feet away, causing the fight to drag on. When fighting them, you have to block when they attack, then after the second block, you make them go away. Nope, you can't use your attack feature that you'd use in any other situationyou can only block for those encounters.

The graphics are standard, and look more like something that even the PSone could've done. Character models and level designs are very simple, and there aren't any fancy CG cutscenesit's all in-game graphics. But they get the job done, and the characters look like they should. They actually got Ed Asner and Christopher Plumber to do their voices here, and everyone else sounds like their respective characters in the movie. The music is ok, but forgettable, though they do have the main theme from the movie at times. All in all, the soundtrack is average just like most aspects of the game.

I'm not trying to be mean for a game geared towards younger gamers, but this sucker needed more time in development. After playing another movie-based game that was actually good (Where the Wild Things Are for ps3 also), this one was disappointing. Too many glitches, stupid AI and nothing aside from trophies to make me or my daughter play it again make for something you should only get for less than retail price. Heck, just rent it for a weekend and save some time and frustration.

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My husband just got a PS3 for christmas, and this is the closet thing I found to play with two players that wasn't an action or killing game. My husband and I enjoyed playing this game together, and did it as a routine every night for about 30 minutes. By the third or forth night we completed the game, and shocked me. I couldn't believe it was over already. Now we are having a hard time finding other games similar to this which are longer. I think this is a great game to play with the whole family for fun, just remember it's not very long. I am not one who enjoys killing games, and action. I tend to enjoy adventure games, and for me personally I love how they instructed what to do throughout the game so you never get stuck.

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Playseat Rookie Gaming Seat

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I tired for a couple years driving my logitech driving wheel for my PS3 on many different objects to make it work. Tables, chairs, TV trays, my lap and needless to say nothing worked that well. I thought this seat would be the perfect solution, but I was somewhat disappointed in the seat. I didn't realize it was mostly hard molded plastic. This made the seat extremely uncomfortable. This also made the seat hard to put together. On mine the bolts didn't line up exactly making it hard to put together. The steering wheel support arm mounts to the plastic seat as well with a single bolt making it less stable than a truly solid base. The steering wheel mounting plate and the pedal supports are plastic making it somewhat unstale too. It also lacked a good place to put the gear shifter. At this point I have to say even with all the drawbacks it was still the best solution I had used to date, but after a couple of weeks being miserable sitting in the seat I decided to return it. I know not everyone can afford a more expensive seat so moving up to an EVO or better may not be an option, so this seat maybe be a good enough solution. I however I decide to bite the bullet and go with a WRC that I found on sale on Amazon also. I will say it is worth ever penny of the difference. It is so much more stable because there is so little plastic in this seat. The steering wheel arm mounts to the metal frame with four bolts making it rock solid. The seat is a thick padded cushion on springs making it so comfortable I sometimes sit in the chair even when I am not playing a game, but simply watching TV. I will say the gear shift mount is a little low compared to the shifter in my real car, but still better than the options I had to come up with on the rookie seat. Bottom line: if even $200 stretches your budget get the rookie seat, otherwise the full seats are worth every penny you spend on them.

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I saved a bit of money because this is my second playseat and lets face it having one is a luxury. The seat is plastic with no cushion and even though it looks like the regular seat it is not. It is a butt killer. The wheel support arm is a tad wobbly and it secures into the plastic seat so I worry about its long term durability. The seating position is also not as good as the regular seat.

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This seat really improves the racing experience. I bought it to play Forza 4, and the difference in immersion between mounting your wheel on a seat like this and setting on your lap is immediately noticeable. I recommend it for anyone who wants to take their simulation experience to the next level.

It assembles easily, and can be quickly adjusted to fit taller or shorter players. The seat itself is hard plastic, but I've found it to be very comfortable. You might want to a pad of some sort if you intend to use it for extended periods, but I can easily sit in it for at least an hour without any discomfort.

The frame feels sturdy and stable, and it is light enough to pick up and move out of the way when you're not using it.

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THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT RACING. REASONABLE START FOR HOURS OF COMFORT & FUN. ABSOLUTELY MADE MY GAME TIME MORE EFFICIENT & IMPROVED. EXCELLENT START FOR THE HARDCORE RACER....

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PS2 to PS3 Controller Converter Adapter for Sony PlayStation

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I have heard that some of these converters don't work very well, but this one, called the "PIII Charger" works very well with Sony official ps2 controllers. It did not work with my generic Mad Cats controller at all, but worked completely fine for the genuine Sony controller. You won't get the Sixaxxis feature, but it will work for games like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. I just couldn't bring myself to spending 45-50 dollars for a controller, yet alone buying two! I highly recommend this adapter.

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Great product, works fine on my PS3 except that I couldn't upgrade in Resident Evil 5 using this on the PS2 controllers.

I was desperate to play RE5 co-op with a friend but was not willing to spend $54 on a PS3 controller, so I looked online and found this. I can proudly say that I saved $45. Buy it to use with your PS2 controller and save yourself lots of money instead of buying a brand new PS3 controller for $54 plus tax.

I heard this usb converters don't work with guitar hero controllers, so guitar hero players beware.

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This worked fine for official Sony ps2 controllers to get them to work on ps3. I tried it with my ps2 wired guitar controller (the original red one) the ps3 recognized a controller as plugged in, but not a guitar, and hence it didn't work. Was trying this on Guitar Hero World Tour, and Rock Band 2 for PS3. Oh well. If anyone has found something that makes the original ps2 guitar work on ps3 please let me know those old ps2 guitars are simply the best.

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I have the 160GB PS3 -the one that doesn't play PS2 games, which I didn't realize until I bought it.

Anyway, I used this adapter to connect a PS2 controller and it works great. The PS2 controller I tried was one of the Sony ones. I haven't tried a third-party controller.

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It was cheap and worked. I am glad I didn't spend alot of money because we hardly play that game anymore.

The product was want I wanted

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PS3 White TrueFire-Fusion Rapid Fire modded Controller

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I ordered this and got it a day early and use it for all of the call of duties. I am satisfied with my purchase. The only thing is that its gonna take a while to memorize all of the mods and how to control them

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my son is in love with this mod. her says its always good to have a back up and you can turn the mods off and on.

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This is a great controller it is easily compatible with Call of Duty Black ops and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3.

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Dual Charging Station Compatible with Sony PS3 Controllers

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While this is a convenient charging stand that quickly charges all the different types of PS3 remotes, it did not address my original reason for buying it. I was looking to get a charger that I could use to charge my peripherals without needing to keep the PS3 on to charge them. I was surprised to find that this only shipped with a USB cable to connect the charger to the PS3 thereby defeating my original purpose. I thankfully had a charging accessory from another device that enabled me to plug in the supplied USB cable to an electrical plug point thereby solving my issue. Would have given this a 5-star rating if it provided out of the box capabilities to charge from the electrical plug points.

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I was under the impression that this came with a wall adapter so I could charge my PS3 Move without connecting it to the PS3 USB port. But nope. So it's kinda pointless. Also, it doesn't hold the Move controller very well. Mine keeps falling off the holder.

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This is a great deal. This will charge both of my move controllers at the same time. Also, solid construction.

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This was needed as I got a PS Move and did not want to use up all my usb ports on the PS3...

Dual Charging Station Compatible with Sony PS3 Controllers and PS3 MoveBlack 2 in 1 allows for two controllers or two moves, or one of each, and has connectors for all.

I plug the Dual Charging Station in to my usb dock and no more use of the PS3's as the move camera takes one up now. It does seem to charge pretty fast. If I do want to add more players, I may have to buy a bigger charging stand, but this fits my lifestyle fine right now.

I do find sometimes the controller is tough to get situated in the charger, so that might be when I am too tired to think straight I am doing that..... hrm.

I do wish the charging or done light would be toward the outside of the item, there is a little cut out on the front of the move, but the controller is under it. That is why one star removed.

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I'm really happy with the charger and how i can switch to charge my move controllers too, exactly what i needed

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Sony PlayStation 3 Blu-ray Disc Remote

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I did not think I needed yet another remote control because I thought the six-axis had everything it needed for movie playing on the PS3 and, yet, I bought one. There were 2 initial reasons:

my wife was missing a 'magic wand' shaped remote for playing movies

Amazon had it at a great price in one of them lightning deals

I ended up using it myself and, in fact, using it for more than just movie playing see below.

But, let's do a quick inventory of features:

= It's blue-tooth enabled and, therefore, it's not taking any ports on your PS3. This is probably important for anyone who has a "2-USB ports console".

= It's wand-shaped, allowing the non-gamers to control their movie-watching activities while holding a familiar-shaped device in their hand.

= It maps ALL the six-axis buttons and performs everything a six-axis would do, except for the joystick features of R3 and L3 (but you do have the push-down or 'click' abilities for them).

= 2 AA battery powered (still with the original Sony batteries after 4 months of use)

= Includes additional buttons that the movie-only users would expect on a remote such as:

+ a number pad

+ eject

+ red, green, blue, yellow buttons

+ play, stop, pause

+ slow(step), scan(left/right), prev/next

+ display, top menu, pop up menu, return

+ subtitles, angle, audio

What is interesting about this remote is that you can use it for much more than movie-playing. Given that it has all the six-axis buttons, guess what? You can use it, and I do use it to:

surf the web

play music

shop at the PSN store

play certain games such as Sudoku

turn the PS3 on/off when your six-axis controllers are in the charger and I am playing GT5 that is using a racing wheel

And, yes, you CAN turn the PS3 on and off with this remote. Turning it on is easy you simply press the PlayStation button and the PS3 turns itself on. To turn it off, you either go as far to the left on the X-bar and all the way up and press Enter (the turn-off PlayStation icon will be highlighted) or you simply hold the PlayStation button pressed for a few seconds and then select 'yes' and press the X button a couple of times.

Overall: I am happy with this peripheral. Yes, it's one more remote control but it's a pretty good one, for the reasons I stated above.

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Notes Aug 29, 2009, after 16 months of use

I find that I'm using the remote more and more, not only for playing movies but for navigating the XMB and at the PSN Store, also when playing music or slideshows. Due to its very convenient arrows wheel with an 'enter' button in the middle, navigating the PS3 and doing just about anything other than playing games is a lot easier than using the PS3 game controller. Unlike the controller which normally requires two hands to hold, this is basically a one-hand operation where you hold the remote in one hand and operate the wheel with your thumb. And because it's Bluetooth, not IR (Infrared), you don't even need to point it at the PS3.

And, one word on battery life. After about 15-16 months of operation, this is probably the third set of batteries so I'd estimate battery life to be about 4-6 months. Not too bad.

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Most PS3 owners enjoy not only the gaming abilities of their system, but also the built in Blu-Ray DVD player. The Sony remote control accessory lets you play those movies with great ease.

The remote combines the regular buttons of our other DVD players with the funky look of the PS3. You have a red, green, blue and yellow button labelled with their color names! You also get a circle, X, square and triangle to do a few things like brinigng up the options and back choices.

The main buttons play, stop, forward, back are laid out reasonably nicely at the bottom of the remote with large buttons. There are small buttons up on top for the number keys, and a very tiny eject button.

Missing completely is a power button!! You have to hit the PS button in the center and go through the regular PS3 menus to get the power to turn off. In fact, while I was writing this review, I accidentally hit a button on the remote and the PS3 turned on. We were watching regular TV, so now I have to wait until our show is over, switch over to the PS3 and use the buttons to turn the system back off again. That doesn't make much sense at all to me.

Also, on our Oppo DVD remote, the buttons glow which makes it REALLY nice to use in the dark or dim light that most people watch movies in. This unit is completely black with black buttons. This makes it pretty much useless in low light conditions until you memorize all of the button locations. You would think by now that remote control makers would have their buttons backlit or at least glow-in-the-dark to handle this.

The unit takes two AA batteries which makes it a bit heavy, but certainly within the normal range of remotes.

It's easy enough to sync up the remote with the PS3. It's bluetooth powered, so you go into the PS3 menu and use the options there to indicate you have a new remote. Note that the base level PS3 will not handle this you have to have a connection to the internet from your PS3 and run an update routine. If you don't have an internet connection for your PS3, you have to create an update CD on your PC to do this update.

Well recommended but it really could be much better to be great.

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If you want to pause your movie, you hit "Pause". If you want to start your movie again, you hit "Play". But between the "Pause" and "Play" buttons is "Stop". Here Be Dragons.

"Stop" means it. "Stop" doesn't just stop the video from playing, it quits out of the Blu-Ray player and returns you all the way to the root PS3 menu. To start watching your disk again you need to select the Blu-Ray disk again, wait for it to boot up, wade through whatever previews and coming attractions are on the disk, re-enable the correct subtitles and menu settings, wait for the various FBI and MPAA warnings, locate the place where it stopped playing, and then resume watching. Hitting "Stop" whether you wanted to or not means you're going to spend at least the next five minutes not watching your movie.

The "Stop" button is so big and so centrally located that I can't count the number of times I've hit it in error, either by poking at "Pause" or "Play" in my darkened living room or by sitting on the controller. It's gone from being an occasionally frustrating surprise, to being an infuriatingly common blunder, all the way around to being some sort of perverse comic relief. "What happened? Why did the movie just stop? Did you hit the STOP button by accident again? You did? THE REMOTE GOT US AGAIN. WE HATE YOU, REMOTE."

There are three ways that Sony could solve this problem.

They could re-label the button "Ruin My Evening", and replace the pushbutton with one of those covered safety switches that are used in military cockpits to arm weapons. A button with consequences this significant needs to be clearly marked with a protective cover that you have to move aside, so that there's no way you'll end up pushing it by accident without understanding what it's going to actually do.

They could just remove the "Stop" button entirely. Nobody would miss it. There's already a "Pause" button if you need to take a break. There's a "Top Menu" button to return you to the top menu. There's a "PS3" button to pop up the media bar (with an option to quit the player), and an "Eject" button that also quits the player while ejecting the disk. There is nothing that the "Stop" button should do that another button isn't already doing.

They could make the "Stop" button just return the user to the top level Blu Ray menu, and not quit out of the entire player. They could also make "Play" the opposite of "Stop", where "Play" returns you to playing what "Stop" stopped you from playing.

Apart from the "Stop" button this would be a completely fine remote with a four or five star review. It's well built, it runs for weeks or months without batteries, and because it's Bluetooth (not IR) it doesn't need to be pointed at the player with line-of-sight to work. It's like a well-built Mercedes, with an extra pedal between the gas and brake that makes all four wheels fall off. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT.

Update: It's actually pretty easy to remove the stop button yourself. Undo the screw on the underside at the bottom of the remote and carefully pry the upper and lower halves apart. Under the rubber buttons there's a layer of conducting pads, a plastic spacer layer, and the circuit board. You can either use a hobby knife to cut out the conducting pad that triggers the stop, or you can put tape over the circuit board contact to render the stop button mercifully unusable.

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A must-have accessory for your PS3 Blu-ray DVD viewing pleasure! I love that it works without having to point it at anything, thanks to being Bluetooth... you don't even have to be in the same room! (not that there is much application for the latter, but thought it worth mentioning). Anyway, it works perfectly and helps add to your PS3 experience. We have a nice universal remote also, but the "Bluetooth factor" makes this Playstation remote our family's favorite so far. I hope all remotes go that way eventually... much better than IR!

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Not much can be said that already hasn't. It's an OK remote, on par with most typical remotes that are included with any stand-alone player. Sony really should have included this remote with the PS3, it just makes sense, especially with their renewed push for the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player with the release of the 40GB model.

I can only give the remote 3 stars overall though. The buttons should glow or have backlighting. A few of the buttons could be labeled better or located more prominently. But as far as Sony remotes go, this is pretty good. The bluetooth functionality is great. It eats batteries like crazy.

Many people are incorrectly reporting that this remote does not have a power button. In a sense, that is somewhat true. Any button on the remote will turn on (wake up) the PS3. This was a bad idea, they should have limited the wake-up functionality to the "PS" button in the center of the remote. This center "PS" button is also the "off" button. Simply hold the button down for about 3 seconds and the PS3 will ask if you want to turn it off, push the OK button, it shuts down.

As more and more AV components migrate to bluetooth remote control, I'm sure we will see universal remotes (like the Logitech Harmony) come forth with bluetooth capability. This remote will tide me over for a year or so until that day comes. ...Hopefully before the PS3 has become obsolete.

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Monopoly Streets

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Well since I am 62 years old and played this for most of it, I hoped this would allow me to spend some of my days playing by myself on my PS3 since my wife cheats so bad I refuse to even play with her anymore! I read the first 5 or so reviews here at Amazon and thought "this is it, what I've been waiting for"....Not quite. After 3 days with this game, dealing with the frustrations of resetting ALL the features to MY preferences every single time I begin (it forgets everything you set it to when you start over!!!!), and the worst fault, one of the AI players you play against rolls ENDLESS "doubles" on the dice, allowing them to advance across the entire board, buying up EVERYTHING while I roll endless 4 0r fives and never get anywhere except to their now owned properties? NO thanks. Then, that other AI player begins rolling doubles TWICE at a time and doing so 25+% of the time? My wife doesn't even know how to cheat THAT bad! C'mon......this just isn't fun. I have mine for sale on Craigslist this 4th day of play. Sorry, I wanted this to be a relaxing game of chance. NO chance here and I regret it immensely. Graphics are nice as long as you turn OFF the endless animations that bore you to death after the 3rd or 4th run around the board. I also found myself enjoying the regular old fashioned board (available in this game) WAY more. Simply because it better allowed me to see who owned what. Not really able to tell so much if playing with the new interface board. It seems a choice of be entertained VS play the darn game?

So I regret the designers choice to stack the deck as it were with this idiotic mess of having an AI player who rolls doubles every single time they roll the dice. It simply make me ask, "WHAT'S THE POINT"! My copy used for less than 1 hour is now for sale for $25.00. If I can't dump it, I will donate it to Children's Hospital or similar Charity in hopes that if 4 people actually play head to head, MAYBE the computer doesn't allow this dice "glitch"? I only have one single controller so I am unable to test this. Best of luck to those who buy. They did just a wonderful job if not for the AI & that your settings are not remembered. I'll just go back to playing my old board game with my cheating wife. At least when I catch HER, I can drink up her beer to get even!

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UPDATE: For those who do NOT read the "comments" section, this comment by Anonymous shopper adds a couple points I forgot to mention in my frustration:

Posted on Dec. 13, 2010 5:17 PM PST

Anonymous Shopper says:

I just wanted to add that you are right, the AI cheats. The cheating is blatant, undeniable, inexcusable, illogical, anything but random. In addition to all the doubles, getting exact dice rolls to skip over human-owned properties, etc., two AI players will work together against the human player. For example, they will deny a trade for 200% (or more!) profit in their favor with a human, then trade the SAME property for face value or less to another AI player, giving that AI player a monopoly.

AI players will also barrage human players for trade after trade after trade, almost always a ridiculously bad deal for the human player, and if you accidentally hit the OK button to stop all the pop-ups, you accidentally give away one of your properties for less than it is worth and there is no way to correct that mistake without ending the game.

To sum this review up, I now suspect my wife conspired with this games developers....... :-))

Mike

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This is a VERY fun game!!! The new mode (Streets) is a fresh take on the classic game. I have to say....I don't play very many games online, but this game is a blast to play via the PSN network. You can customize the rules to your liking, and the game runs very smooth and no lag at all. The only gripe is that the avatars are pre-selected to match your token.....and their voices and animations can get a bit stale after a while. Fear not because the game gives you the ability to skip those animations!!! The major difference between this and the version for the Xbox 360 is that you get to use your Xbox avatars in place of the generic avatars provided in the PlayStation 3 version. I am such a fan of games, I ended up getting a copy of both for each system. This is truly ONE OF THOSE GAMES that you can spend HOURS playing!!!

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I've only owned Monopoly Streets for a couple days now but I can already tell it's one of those games that you can squeeze hours and hours of fun out of. The graphics are well done and it's incredible to see the game in a 3-D perspective. All the sounds and animations are fun and you can skip ahead of any you don't want to see. You can also customize the rules and options pretty well so you can turn off movement animations. I have yet to play online but the co-op on a single console works well.

I recommend this to couples or friends that enjoy playing on one console. You can set your CPU opponents skill level which is a big help. The higher the skill level the more competitively they play and less likely they are to make a trade that doesn't benefit them to a strong degree. Overall this game is a blast and highly recommended to anyone who likes the Monopoly board game or games in general.

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I really liked playing this game at first, but there are some unforgivable bugs in it. I have little hope that EA will ever fix these issues as they have lingered for months.

During game play, you'll earn points that you can use to unlock extra game boards or playing pieces. The problem is that any item you unlock(buy) will be locked the next time you start the game and the points you used to unlock the item will not be refunded.

The second major issue is that many users can't play online. Every time they try to, they get a message saying the EA servers are unavailable. For these people there are rumors that purchasing and playing certain games (Need for speed 2 or FIFA) will suddenly allow online play in this game. Personally, I've tried NCAA football 2011 and while I can connect to EA servers with that game, it doesn't appear to be the magic bullet for getting Streets to connect.

If all you want to do is play offline against the AI and don't care about unlocking the extras, then you'll probably love this game. If you want to experience all of the content or play online, you'll probably want to stay away from this title. The fact that these issues still exist 8 months after it was released is unforgivable. I also find it unforgivable for EA to be creating add-on content that can be purchased (with real money) rather than fixing fundamental flaws in this game.

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This is my first review so I hope this reads okay. I was very hesitant to buy this game because of a few reviews I had read. I have to say, my wife and I love this game. We are both 32 years old and we have a 9 month old baby, so we were looking for a game we could both play and enjoy and this is it. One review I read stated that House Rules cannot be saved, they have to be readjusted with every game. This is NOT TRUE. You can label it what you would like and use those same adjusted rules every time. There are 3 pages of rules to change to your liking. (i.e. free parking pays cash, landing on GO gets you double, auctions, etc.). Another review stated the AI cheats and rolls doubles all the time. NOT totally true. They do but so did we. We both made a comment that it was completely even and fair the number of double we all rolled. We also liked the fact that you could turn off the computer players if you just wanted to play with just 2 people. There are around 10 new pieces and also a few additional board styles to buy with your monopoly money and also a few to buy with actual cash.

You can play with your friends or just random people on the web also. We haven't tried that yet so I will update that later.

I definitely recommend this title to any age, it's a fun time and seems like it will be for months to come.

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Call of Duty: World at War

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I have been reading all the other reviews over the past few days and some of them made me wonder if the game was worth it or it was gonna be a dud. I was really worried about the aspect ratio in the coop mode. I was worried about the online play. I was worried about the scoring system. I was worried that a game I really enjoyed, Call of Duty 4, was going to be tainted by a bad game. WoW was I ever glad to be wrong.

Let me tell you about Call of Duty: World at War.

Its realistic. Its honest. Its brutal. Its massive. Its haunting. Its chaotic. Its mind-numbingly astonishing. Its everything COD4 introduced and everything COD4 could not be. It hits home. It makes you appreciate the terror our men faced during those times. It makes you realize that war is not pretty, its evil and sick; and the landscapes, buildings and natural surroundings are just as deadly as the people that hide in them.

For those of you who have ragged on this game I think your nuts. The controls are the same. The ranking systems are similiar. The coop play is amazing. The single player story line is terrifying. The maps on multi player stay with you long after you stop playing... the belfry that you can snip from, the cat walk beside the giant water tower that you can hide on, the tanks, the bunkers, the assylum and its haunting rooms, the air field, the normady beach, the cliffsides, the jungles...

I was playing last night on one of the online maps. I was running away from this guy and I had ditched him and found a small hiding place to make a stand and ambush him. As my heart slowed and I gained my bearings I started looking around... thats when I realized I was in a room with bars on the windows and a broken wooden door not far from me. I started examining the room. I looked up and thats when my heart stopped. I saw a long set of pipes that trailed the ceiling and at the end of each set of pipes was a sprinkler or a shower head... I was in a gas chamber. I was standing inside a chamber that was recreated from images out of a WWII concentration camp.

World at War is incredible. It is beyond imagination. I am floored and I am left without anything more to say than WoW.

Buy this game. If you loved COD4... hold onto your SixAxis controller cause your gonna be blown away.

Happy Hunting and as you play, remember those who have embraced the slumber that they will never be awakened from... who sacrificed their life so you could have the freedom to play a game like World at War.

Never Forgotten! Always Remembered!

Edit:

It is December 22nd and I am reviewing what I previously wrote and I must say that I am even more impressed with COD5 than I originally was. I went back and played COD4 the other day and I was dissapointed at the lack of colors and suspense and at how 'sandbox' the levels are. I have fun with COD4 but to be honest there is just something about COD5 that hooks me.

I must admit that I am fairly new to the COD franchise. I recall playing COD3 I believe or possibly COD Big Red One. But I was not impressed. It was fun. But no high replay value. The WWII stuff was cool but not so much. The game was cheesy and hard and I was not impressed with the COD franchise at the time. When I played COD4 I was really impressed. When I played COD5 I was hooked and I am now a believer in the COD franchise.

I do not want to spoil too much for anyone but here are some small tips. Go online and try the Co-op campaing modes with your buddies. Or rather go head to head with them in a coop competition to see who gains the most points at the end of the session. COD5 is brilliant and I do not regret a day gone by for having bought it. While you are playing look around the maps, use teamwork that you will need to achieve victory against your opponent. I have to admit that I truly enjoy all of the maps. Each map has the perfect place for every kind of player and ever kind of player class. The only problem is others know those perfect spots too but occasionally you find your sweet spot.

So. Once again. Happy hunting and I will look forward to seeing you on the battle field.

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COD WaW is way different than COD4. The first thing you notice is the grainy (almost Sepia) quality of the graphics. That said, the cut scenes and the graphics are better that COD4. Unlike anything made by Ubisoft or Unreal (IMHO their games blow), this games smokes all of the competition.

Cooperative play is an interesting new feature to the COD series. You can play in split-screen mode with another player. Basically, it's solo mode for two (if that makes any sense). If your comrade is injured, your have to find him and administer first-aid otherwise you both die. I have 2 HDTVs and 2 PS3s and sprung for a second copy so my son and I can play cooperatively. It's really cool playing zombie in cooperatiive play. Oh yeah, don't forget to get your raygun in the second level. Check youtube for some good glitches -especially the one on the second floor in zombie mode (bring a flamethrower and an LMG). Cooperative play on a smaller screens just doesn't work.

I completed solo play in Veteran mode and it took about 20 hours. Yeah, you get killed a lot and it takes forever to complete a mission -but that's the point. War isn't running into a room full of enemies and hosing them down with your machine gun without getting a scratch. It's about tactics, planning and killing the enemy without getting yourself killed. In Veteran mode, you have no choice other than to plan your moves, use the terrain to your advantage and proceed cautiously. Simply put; it's hard to survive. For some reason, I completed a level where you clear out the artillery from the Japanese caves but it doesn't register as a checkpoint so I got stuck and couldn't continue. If you get stuck like I did the download a saved game from the Internet (for free).

Other reviewers said they completed the game in under 10 hours. I doubt it can be done that quickly unless they're playing at the Rookie level. No way at Veteran level.

There's some cool new fetures too: you can drive and fire a tank, and then there's also a flamethrower. The tank is OK and the trick is to hang back and take out opponents one at a time -using the landscape as cover against other tanks. If you're up to flaming-up the enemy and watching them burn (some burning much more energetically than others), then this is a ton of fun in a sick kind of way. In story mode, I've done entire levels with only the flamethrower despite its limited range (even though I was packing a LMG too). This is possible because Activision programmed in a feature that the enemy doesn't shoot at you until you get close when holding the flamethrower. You can prove this by switching to another weapon and you instantly get shot at. It's a bunch of fun to burn down trees too. A word of caution: You can burn yourself up if you walk into the flames.

In Veteran story mode, ammo conservation is always an issue. While your teamates seems to have an unlimited supply of ammo, you don't. Swapping your weapon for an enemy's drop is an option but not in all cases. For example, you don't want to drop your sniper rifle for a machine gun. You're better off locating enemies using the scope and picking them off using a lesser weapon that you have a bunch of ammo for.

Online play is good once you level-up to some decent weapons. Keep in mind this is WWII so there's no lasers, night-vision and barely any scoped weapons. Automatics are slow and not too accurate. It takes several body shots to drop a target. I find myself going for head-shots because a single shot does the job. There's a new level called Bootcamp that you can play until Level 8. There's a glitch that you can exploit to level-up more quickly. Once you're in Bootcamp you can stay there indefinately as long as you don't leave. In other words, you can level up to 44 in about 8 hours in Bootcamp.

This game is rated M for Mature. The rating is justified because there is some pretty graphic material and language. For example, when you step on a land mine your legs get blown off. This is way more intense than COD4.

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Since most gamers are probably a lot younger than me, I'll give a review from an older person's view. This is more on an old school game. If you're looking for a game like COD4 with a modern theme, and advanced weapons, this game will might disappoint you. World at War is a great game, but this game is not really a sequel. It is an entirely different game and theme. This is what COD3 should have been. It takes the COD series back to it's WWII roots. It's not perfect though. It has its minor glitches, and the the single player is a little short. But it's a huge improvement to COD3. For those that feel the old WWII theme might bore you, it does have a bonus mode called "Nacht der Untoten", or Night of the Undead. You get to fight Nazi zombies. The game features excellent graphics and sound. The gameplay is very good. There are enough modes to keep the game fresh. All in all, I give it 4.5 stars. 5 stars for people like me that enjoyed the original WWII themed COD games, and 4 stars for the corwd that enjoyed COD 4 better.

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I've been playing video games since the late 1970s when "Pong" was all that was available. Throughout the years, I've owned many video game systems, including the Atari 2600, Colecovision, Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Playstation, Xbox and now a PS3. I've played many different games over the course of those years and nothing, and I mean NOTHING, compares to "Call of Duty: World at War."

Simply put, it is the best video game ever created, and it keeps getting better. Since it was released in late 2008, Activision has offered several downloadable upgrades that provide additional map areas and additional games. There are so many aspects to this game that it never gets boring. It can be played in a solo mode where the player battles through various WWII battleground sequences as either an American or a Russian, it could be played online in various "versus" modes, and then there is the "Nazi Zombie" modes which lie in their own world apart from the other offerings of this title.

My favorite way to play World at War is online in the "Free For All" mode, which pits up to eight individual players against each other in various WWII scenarios, all fighting for first place by trying to get the most kills.

It is difficult to explain to somebody how great this game really is with words. It is something that needs to be played to understand its neverending greatness.

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Call of Duty needs no introduction as pretty much anyone into this FPS genre has played, let alone, heard of this great series. Yes, there was a mishap when COD3 was not made by the same company, but fear not. COD: World at War is just as good as COD4's campaign was... with some improvements. The only letdown may be the multiplayer this time around.

The core aspect of these COD games is the gameplay. The intense, single player campaign is here again, but this time along with it comes the very well done cooperative campaign mode. I played through this coop campaign mode with a friend of mine, and we were in love from the very beginning. It settles you in beginning in the Japan nation as a POW. After the cutscene, you then join up with your squad-mates and make your escape. The cooperative campaign was very well done. Each player receives points for kills, and your points can increase through multipliers received for chain-kills. As if the campaign wasn't intense enough as it is, this cooperative mode adds just that much more fun to an already amazing game. Props to Activision and Treyarch on this amazing new feature.

I really like the things that the developers though up for possible scenarios in this game. The traps that your squad falls into are realistic and well done. Especially the first one, which I won't spoil, but it was just simply amazing. I will remember moments like these in games forever. One of the coolest moments I had in this campaign was using a flamethrower to burn down trees that enemies were shooting at you from. Neat stuff.

My only complaint with the cooperative split-screen is the unique way that the developers incorporated the split-screen mode. It's just too small. It's a vertical split, giving player 1 a square box on the left, and player 2 a box on the right, but you don't just get the entire screen space to use even when it's split. It's further cut down. You are actually wasting several inches of screen space on both sides by doing this. I'm not sure if this was done to help frame-rates, or if they wanted to maintain a certain aspect-ratio or what they were going for here, but it's a shame that they chose to waste some of the screen space with this split-screen mode.

The audio is intense as ever. Explosions roaring through all speakers in 5.1 blazing glory. It really does sound like you are actually playing out this war yourself. You can hear your squad-mates yelling out commands and can tell if they are right behind you, or beside you. You can pinpoint enemies yelling at you and know which direction to face and return fire at. Great stuff here, no complaints in the audio department. Pure aural bliss.

I have not had enough time to comment much on the multiplayer. I did just test a couple maps quick, but I do not think this COD is a game that will take over the multiplayer aspect of COD4. I believe COD4 is still a better online game, and this new World at War game is really great for its campaign, but not necessarily the online play. If your looking for a great single player, or cooperative experience with a friend, then by all means look into getting this game. If you are wanting to know more about the online aspect, you will need to wait and find out from others who know more about the online portion. However, I really must say that this game deserves the $60 price tag for the campaign mode alone. You will want to play it alone, and with a friend. There is certainly replay value that is added to it with the cooperative mode. It's always fun to see who gets the highest score on each level. You will not be disappointed with this purchase. I'm just not too convinced that the online multiplayer will keep you for too long. If I could I'd rate it 4.5/5 for this reason.

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