Let me all up in your sandbox.

I really couldn't think of a good title this week... So I am just going to put it bluntly, this month's Top 5 is about my top 5 sandbox games.

Grand Theft Auto V is at number 5. I loved it when I played it on my X360, and one of the reasons I got my PC was to play GTA V, but slowly I lost interest when they kept delaying it to the point I'd rather get my X360 out and go play some Red Dead Redemption. I enjoyed the world but I didn't engage with the characters and they expected you to connect with Micheal or Franklin, but I didn't. They felt too stereotypical for me to enjoy.

Speaking of which, at number 4, Red Dead Redemption. This is probably my favourite Rockstar game to date. It was an unusual setting, we rarely see games set in the Western times which gave it a fresh feeling from the overused WW2 and Modern settings that were popular at the time. Its a shame that no PC port came as I loved playing with my old buddies on the 360. I would always ride around on my horse and take in the landscape. If there is one game that deserves a HD re-release for XO, PS4 and PC it has to be this game.

At number 3 we see Skyrim.... I lie. At number 3 we see my favourite Elder Scrolls game and probably a lot of people's Elder Scrolls game, Oblivion. The reason I prefer Oblivion over Skyrim is that, sure Skyrim was expansive but I didn't feel that the landscape was that detailed. It was bland. However Oblivion's landscape was much more detailed, varied. Sure the combat wasn't as crisp (unless you installed mods) but it felt rewarding starting a quest as there was no quest markers to follow and you actually had to figure out where to go to find things. You were not treated like a baby, which is what I liked.

Number 2 sees a game I talk about quite a bit. DayZ, specifically DayZ Standalone. Its a weird game to include. The world often features you dying to Bandits or Zombies but that's what I love. I love the adrenaline from a firefight, I love the challenge of avoiding zombies, I love the thrill of almost dying of starvation to find a can of peaches (which is the best food in the game). Its a joy to play with friends, even if you have to run 30 mins - 2 hours to find them. I love it when people actually roleplay and not just shoot you on sight.

I am going to make a few honourable mentions, I considered Dark Souls, Garry's Mod, Borderlands 2, Metal Gear Solid 3, Middle of Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Resident Evil 1 HD Re-remastered.

But there can only be one top sandbox game in my opinion. Its another game published by Bethesda. It is Fallout: New Vegas. I had a hard choice between Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, but I thought I would put New Vegas as, although many claimed it was a spin off or a DLC with DLC, it improved greatly on Fallout 3 with the Hardcore mode and the factions feature. The only thing that Fallout 3 has over Fallout: New Vegas is that Fallout 3 had Liam Neeson in it.

This weeks song is House of the Rising Sun by Five Finger Death Punch. The music video give off a Fallout vibe, which is one of the things I like and I could imagine it would be a good driving song. It has a techno intro which most people don't like so if you want to skip that go to 1:42. Anyway that's all for this time, have a nice week and until next time.

Tanks for the memories

This weeks late review is a review of World of Tanks (WoT).

If you don't know what WoT is, it is basically Tank TDM. You start out with a tier 1 tank and you must battle and earn EXP to be able to research other tanks. You then buy the tanks and repeat.

It isn't the most realistic tank combat game, it is based on Hit Points as oppose to killing the crew or engine like War Thunder's tank combat. Its fun though as it is more like an arcade tank shooter. WoT is to War Thunder what the good CoD games are to the good Battlefield games. Its less realistic and faster paced but somewhat enjoyable at times.

I like playing as the Americans or Germans as they have some of the best Tank Destroyers but it depends how to like to play. The game can be played anyway you want to and sometimes you can dominate the enemy with a certain tactic.

WoT has spawned World of Warplanes (which failed badly because War Thunder came out first), World of Warships which is in closed beta and World of Tanks: Generals, which is a 1v1 turn based strategy game which is mediocre.

World of Tanks, its available on PC and Xbox 360 with a Xbox One version rumored to be coming soon. Will let you know in an update.

My song of the week is 2 songs as I couldn't pick."I'm So Sorry" by Imagine Dragons which was used on the Battlefield: Hardline and Assassin's Creed: Syndicate trailers. I love Imagine Dragons, they make amazing songs. And "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa ft Charlie Puth. I love this song as I am a fan of the Fast and Furious series so this one is kind of sad for me but a nice tribute to Paul Walker.
And till next week peeps.

May the month be with you

So. Its the Revenge of the 5th, with yesterday being May the 4th (be with you). Lets look ahead and see whats coming out.

Yesterday we lost the Developer of Lost Planet 3 and Call of Duty: Finest Hour. Rest is Peace Spark Unlimited.

Today saw the release of Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, for next Gen and PC. Its a follow up of Wolfenstein: The New Order and from what I've seen, it looks amazing and one of my friends who is hard to impress is also enjoying it.
     The 7th sees PROJECT CARS being released on PC, with its PS4 and XO release following shortly on the 12th.
     The big hit of the month is The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt on the 19th. I've not played any of The Witcher games, like Dragon Age. I want to play both but I have no time.
     Finally. Ultra Street Fighter 4 is being released on the 26th. I can't be the only one who is getting tired of seeing Street Fighter releases every year or so. Please say I am not the only one.

     TBA for this month, Don't Starve: Giant Edition for the WiiU and Life is Strange: Episode 3 for PS3, PS4, X360, XO and PC.

This time of the year in gaming seems to be slow for releases with only two big releases happening. The Witcher 3 and PROJECT CARS. My prediction is that PROJECT CARS is going to be the sleeper hit of the year as it looks promising and hopefully the best racing game to date. Only time will tell.

So, any games I've missed? Anything you thought should be mentioned? What (if anything) are you going to pick up this month? Leave it down in the comments below. And until next time.

My song of the week is a remix of that one song of last year that everyone seemed to love, Turn Down For What. This time remixed to sound like a song from the Trap Genre. Check it out below.

You want us to buy what?

At the end of last week Valve released what many deemed unmoral, paid mods. Now if you don't know what mods are, they are basically community made modifications for games, commonly found on PC games. They range from unofficial fixes to DLC sized quests.

I get why companies make DLC, its to expand the game and to keep people interested in the game. The modding community in some games is also strong, say Skyrim where there are 100s of mods being made monthly even though the game is 3 years old now. So when Valve added the pay for mod feature, the PC community almost rioted.

I and many others could understand if Valve had implemented a donation service instead of an upright "you must pay to get this mod" system and like many others we think that if a mod is good enough, the creator should get some money for it. The other unethical part about this was that Valve and the creator of the base game were taking a 75% even split (not 7.5%) of the money from sales and leaving the the mod creator, who had put in all the hard work, with a mere 25% of the sales.

In my opinion that is just wrong.... I could understand if it was 5% for Valve and 5% for the creators but any more and that's just a big no-no. Anyway, as of today Valve have removed the paid for system and are going to/ have already implemented a donation system.

This week I have two songs of the week as I couldn't decide which one I should put on. The first one is 'Speedom (WWC2)' released by 'Tech N9ne'. This one came out last week and I love it as it features 2 of my favourite rappers. The second song is 'Wrong Side of Heaven' by 'Five Finger Death Punch'. Till next week everyone.

Sometimes the bad guys are the best.

A new top 5 this week. This week we are looking at the top 5 bad guys in gaming (in my opinion).

#5 - Hitler. Now I know this is kinda cheating but in Sniper Elite V2, Sniper Elite 3 and Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombies you can kill Hitler and what most people like doing, shooting him in his balls. I mean, whats not to like? You get to kill one of the most hated leaders of all time 3 times. Now we just need a game where we kill someone who isn't Hitler or any other form of Hitler.

#4 - Any Dragon in Skyrim. Why any Dragon? Because on PC (which I play Skyrim) my Dragon could be a normal Dragon, Macho Man Randy Savage or Thomas the Tank Engine.... And lets be honest, hearing *CHOO CHOO* off in the distance is the most terrifying thing possible. Don't believe me? Listen to the clip below.

#3 - Yourself? Let me tell you why you are a bad guy. In any game that allows you to make moral choices you either make a morally right choice OR you make a morally bad choice. Personally for me it depends on the situation. If I want to get the good ending then I go for the good decisions, if its Mass Effect I renegade whenever possible, the only good decision I made in ME was letting Kaidan die, because no-one likes him. I'd rather have a space racist than a whiny useless Biotic, plus I got Liara for Biotic needs.

#2 - Master Miller. This one is complicated as it isn't Kazuhira (Or Kaz for short) Miller. Its Liquid Snake impersonating Kaz throughout MGS. Basically, Liquid Snake hijacks a nuclear weapon facility and threatens to cause war if his demands are not met. Kind of drastic but you know, Kojima doesn't create normal games (and we love him for it :D) but its stealth aspect was amazing and at the time it was revolutionary. It was close to being The End from MGS 3 as his battle is amazing, or can be avoided totally.

#1 - Albert Wesker... Albert is a classic. At first he seems to be like a strong team leader at the beginning of Resi 1. Then at the end you found out that Wesker is the reason for the whole outbreak. The interesting thing wasn't the main games but the spin off games, Resident Evil: Outbreak File 1 and File 2. These games didn't have any of the main characters but instead made you play as minor characters during the Raccoon incident. If you haven't played Resi Outbreak and have a PS2, go buy them as they are interesting games that remain canon.

This was a kind of weird list as unlike usual, I worked from 1 to 5. It was refreshing and helped me shape my list instead of thinking for hours on end.

And my song of the week tackles an issue in the world. Just thought I would share it with people in the hopes of it making a different to at least one person.

And till next week everyone.

Lynch everyone on sight!

So, I play a game on my browser that I play every now and then, called Town of Salem.

If I remember correctly, a while ago one of my songs of the week was a song about Town of Salem, from BoyinaBand and Minx.

This game has become popular through youtubers playing it (such as Minx and ChilledChaos). It is basically 15 people in 1 game. There are 3 types roles, Townies (the good people), Neutral (can win with anyone but must complete their objective) and Evil roles (such as the Serial Killer and Mafia) and must be the last man/group standing to win.

The funniest thing is that you could have a really stupid town as a Serial Killer or Mafia. Or you could be a smart townie who has to convince the town of who is evil or not. Or be that one guy who is a Jester and mess the town up.

There are a wide range of roles that each have their own ability such as the Jailor who can jail and execute any target or the Escort who can stop someone doing their duties once a night.

It is a fun and free game, and if you don't feel safe playing it on your browser you can get it on steam for 5 pounds.

Check it out, it is a fun time waster.

My song of the week is a classic from 30 Seconds To Mars, called From Yesterday. I am going to link the full song AND the mini movie that they released.

     Mini Movie

     Lyrics.

A look into April

Hope you all had a happy Easter, I know I did since I got to see my Uncle (we didn't actually go down to his this time). Anyway, here is a look into April.

Insomnia 54 just happened this past weekend, wish I could have gone as it looked epic and a few people I know went.

Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin comes out on the 7th for XO and PS4.
     I am Bread comes out for PC on the 9th, if you haven't checked it out already, you should as it is what Goat Simulator would be if the goat was a piece of bread.
     The big release for this month is Mortal Kombat X for PS4, XO and PC. I am a big fan of fighting games and this one looks to be the most brutal and bloodiest Mortal Kombat game to date. Plus, who doesn't love to pull of the fatalities? Just don't let kids play it.
     XO owners rejoyce, State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition comes out on the 28th, I loved State of Decay, but I am sad that there is no co-op gamemode as that would make the game more enjoyable. Also the XO edition sees that some hidden art assets are removed. Here is a link to the story - State of Decay art assets removed.

No release date yet but Goat Simulator will be released for the 360 and XO this month, so look out for that. Hope you all have a nice week and till next time.

My song of the week is Hero by Pegboard Nerds. I like the beginning the most, then it kind of turns into a dance song which I don't mind but if the song just kept the same vibe as the beginning minute the song would be so much better. Check it out below.