Monday, March 28, 2011

Bulletstorm game review for Xbox 360

I give Bulletstorm for for Xbox 360 5 out of 5 stars. Bulletstorm is a great first person shooter game. Graphics are extremely colorful, yet crisp and clean. The game is based on skill shots and killing with style. It has a good campaign mode and the sound is amazing, especialy with my Turtle Beach 5.1 X4 surround sound headphones. The sniper rifle on this game is great b/c you get to control the bullet as it's flying through the air. There's endless combinations of ways to kill your enemies including shooting them in the balls and then kicking of their head. Pretty entertaining.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Looking to take your Xbox 360 gaming experience to the next level?

If you're looking to take your gaming experience to the next level it's highly recommended that you pick up some Turtle Beach surround sound headphones- either the 5.1 or 7.1 dolby digital surround sound. I use my with my Xbox 360. They really enhance the game play in games like Gears of War,, or any video game for that matter.  Since most games are made in cinematic fashion they all contain surround sound so you're doing yourself a big injustice by not having them, or at least some type of surround sound system.

By having Turtle Beach surround sound or any surround sound systems,  it allows you to pick up on small details that you would not be able to hear on your tv speakers such as footsteps creaping up behind you, the crunching of leaves underfoot in the distance, or an enemy loading his ammunition a few feet ahead of you. It also comes in handy if you like to listen to music while playing your video games.

Another benefit of having  Turtle Beach surround sound headphones is if you live in an apartment and don't want to disturb your neighbors, you can just throw on the headset and turn the sound up as loud as you want with the volume control built right in.

Homefront Game Review for Xbox 360

Homefront is a game with good intentions, but the graphics look like they belong on the first X Box and not the XBox 360. The graphics remind me Resistance Fall of Man on Playstation 3. The story mode is very easy and the AI (Artificial Intelligence) is old school. The story line is very predictable. The atmosphere is limited, you can't walk into certain areas and you can't interact with certain items. There are a lot of glitches in the game. I've already encountered characters getting frozen in mid air, guns suddenly materialize out of nowhere into the character's hands, and ghost characters talking. The guys over Kaos/THQ forgot to make the characters for the script that is playing in the game- at one point there is supposed to be a beggar kid asking the main character for donations, but the character is no where to be found. 

The multiplayer game play in Homefront is entertaining. Online Xbox 360 game play supports 32 players at once in one game which is very fun. The multiplayer would be the only good reason to buy this game. It's a mix between Battlefield and Call of Duty. It mirrors Call of Duty in the way you can unlock weapon upgrades. The nice thing is, you don't have to get extremely high kill streaks before you get perks like drones, helicopters, and tanks. The more kills you get during the match the more battle points you receive, allowing you to purchase heavy machinery such as attach helicopters, tanks, etc, when you need them.

Overall I would give Homefront for XBox 360 2.5 out of 5 stars for story mode and 3.5 out of 5 stars for online game play.