Coming in the New Year...
- My Fallout 3 Review...finally?
- Kitsune's Fable II Review.
- Prince of Persia Review
- EndWar Review
- Call of Duty: World at War Review
- Rock Band 2 Review
- Left 4 Dead Review
- Mirrors Edge Review
- Podcasts...FINALLY!
- Additions to the VGToday Crew
- And everything else we always post (News, Previews, Videos, etc.)
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Happy New Year!
Us at VGToday just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year. We also have a special report from a Private Investigator finally proving how the Xbox 360 copied the Playstation 3! Click to view the rest of the post to see it!
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Free Limited Editons
Participating Gamestops have now made all Limited Editions of games released before December 25th the normal price of $59.99. Limited Editions used to cost 10$ more than the normal game. Below are some great ideas for limited editions!
- Fallout 3 Limited Edition ($59.99 at Gamestop): Basically, a lunchbox with lots of neat collectibles in it. Including and awesome Bobblehead.
- Prince of Persia Limited Edition ($59.99 at Gamestop): Has the full soundtrack included, a Prima Strategy Guide, "Making of" videos, and much more.
Enjoy!
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Guitar Hero: World Tour Review
The game is principally the same as it has been in past iterations of the series. You have the choice to play a career mode, quickplay, or multiplayer online. Though this time you are able to create your own ‘rocker’. I’ll discuss that further down.
If you happen to be one of those people who live under rocks, you may be wondering what these games are, and how to play them. Basically games like Guitar Hero, and Rock Band are games that allow you to ‘rock out’ even when you have no true musical skills. The guitars work by pressing and holding down the colored ‘fret’ buttons, and strumming at the correct time. The drums work by pounding on the correct color coded pad at the correct time, and the mic works by screeching into it.
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*Beginner: The easiest mode ever created. All you have to do is play your instrument the same time the multicolored line passes the strike line. On the guitar and bass you strum, you don’t even have to use the fret buttons. On drum you hit any of the pads, or the foot pedal. Recommended for anyone not able to walk and chew gum at the same time.
*Easy: This mode is easy, hence the name, but still requires a basic sense of rhythm, and hand-eye coordination. When playing either of the guitars, requires you to use the first three fret buttons. On drum it uses the pads, and every so often it may have a single foot-pedal for you to press. Recommended for those who consider themselves ‘casual gamers’.
*Medium: The best stage to start on if you already have the ability to follow things on a screen, and understand how the game works. The most balanced difficulty in the game not too easy, and not to hard. Just, right. Introduces the blue button on guitars, and adds the kick petal and more notes on drums. Recommended for normal gamers.
*Hard: Hard is well…hard. It introduces the orange fret button for the guitars, and just makes the drums a lot harder. Recommended for those who are tired of Medium.
*Expert: This is the hardest difficulty, and adds in the ‘Open Note’ for the Bass. Open Notes are notes you don’t have to hold down a fret button for, you just strum. The drums are 1:1 to real drummers, and the guitar is just harder to play. Recommended for those who have gotten the hang of Hard.
* Guitar: The guitar is of a decent weight, not heavy, but weighs enough for power strumming. The fret buttons feel nice and are evenly spaced out. The slider bar is a little too close to the fret buttons, so you may find your hand slipping down sometimes and ruining a note spree. The guitar comes with a Sunburst face plate, and two AA batteries. The battery life of the guitar is superb. I’ve had the game for like 2 weeks now, and have yet to need to change them.
* Drums: They are a definite improvement over the rock band drums. It takes around 5-10 minutes to assemble them the first time, and with my set, every pad and cymbal worked like a charm. The kick Pedal doesn’t even move while playing.
* Mic: It’s a Logitech USB microphone…not much to say about it. Oh, it says Guitar Hero on it…
The game features a “Create a Rocker” feature. It goes very in-depth with being able to change everything from skin color, to eyes, to creating your own tattoos, and make your own guitar.
* Face Off: Two players compete in a guitar, bass, drum or vocal match, while alternating play on the same not chart. Each player can play on a different difficulty.
* Pro Face Off: Two players play on the same full chart, and choose their own difficulty.
* Band Quickplay: When on LIVE you connect with other players to play in a online 'band'.
* Band VS Band: You and three other people play against another band, the band with the highest score wins.
Some times it takes awhile to get matched up with people online, and that's annoying when you just want to playEnjoy!
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Guitar Hero: World Tour Songlist
Here is the full song list for Guitar Hero: World Tour. To view the entire post please click to read the rest of the post at the bottom. If anything is missing, please leave us a comment and we will promptly add it in.
1. 311 - "Beautiful Disaster"
2. 30 Seconds To Mars - "The Kill"
3. Airbourne - "Too Much Too Young"
4. The Allman Brothers Band - "Ramblin' Man"
5. Anouk - "Good God"
6. The Answer - "Never Too Late"
7. At The Drive-In - "One Armed Scissor"
8. Beastie Boys - "No Sleep Till Brooklyn"
9. Beatsteaks - "Hail to the Freaks"
10. Billy Idol - "Rebel Yell"
11. Black Label Society - "Stillborn"
12. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Weapon of Choice"
13. Blink-182 - "Dammit"
14. Blondie - "One Way or Another"
15. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - "Hollywood Nights"
16. Bon Jovi - "Livin' On A Prayer"
17. Bullet For My Valentine - "Scream Aim Fire"
18. Coldplay - "Shiver"
19. Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Up Around The Bend"
20. The Cult - "Love Removal Machine"
21. Dinosaur Jr. - "Feel The Pain"
22. The Doors - "Love Me Two Times"
23. Dream Theater - "Pull Me Under"
24. The Eagles - "Hotel California"
25. The Enemy - "Aggro"
26. Filter - "Hey Man, Nice Shot"
27. Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"
28. Foo Fighters - "Everlong"
29. The Guess Who - "American Woman"
30. Hush Puppies - "You're Gonna Say Yeah!"
31. Interpol - "Obstacle 1"
32. Jane's Addiction - "Mountain Song"
33. Jimi Hendrix - "Purple Haze (Live)"
34. Jimi Hendrix - "The Wind Cries Mary"
35. Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle"
36. Joe Satriani - "Satch Boogie"
37. Kent - "Vinternoll2"
38. Korn - "Freak On A Leash"
39. Lacuna Coil - "Our Truth"
40. Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way"
41. Linkin Park - "What I've Done"
42. The Living End - "Prisoner of Society"
43. Los Lobos - "La Bamba"
44. Lost Prophets - "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)"
45. Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Sweet Home Alabama (Live)"
46. Mars Volta - "L'Via L'Viaquez"
47. MC5's Wayne Kramer - "Kick Out The Jams"
48. Metallica - "Trapped Under Ice"
49. Michael Jackson - "Beat It"
50. Modest Mouse - "Float On"
51. Motorhead - "Overkill"
52. Muse - "Assassin"
53. Negramaro - "Nuvole e Lenzuola"
54. Nirvana - "About a Girl (Unplugged)"
55. No Doubt - "Spiderwebs"
56. NOFX - "Soul Doubt"
57. Oasis - "Some Might Say"
58. Ozzy Osbourne - "Crazy Train"
59. Ozzy Osbourne - "Mr. Crowley"
60. Paramore - "Misery Business"
61. Pat Benatar - "Heartbreaker"
62. R.E.M. - "The One I Love"
63. Radio Futura - "Escuela De Calor"
64. Rise Against - "Re-Education Through Labor"
65. Sex Pistols - "Pretty Vacant"
66. Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye"
67. Smashing Pumpkins - "Today"
68. Steely Dan - "Do It Again"
69. Steve Miller Band - "The Joker"
70. Sting - "Demolition Man (Live)"
71. The Stone Roses - "Love Spreads"
72. Stuck In The Sound - "Toy Boy"
73. Sublime - "Santeria"
74. Survivor - "Eye of the Tiger"
75. System of a Down - "B.Y.O.B."
76. Ted Nugent - "Stranglehold"
77. Ted Nugent's Original Guitar Duel Recording
78. Tokio Hotel - "Monsoon"
79. Tool - "Parabola"
80. Tool - "Schism"
81. Tool - "Vicarious"
82. Trust - "Antisocial"
83. Van Halen - "Hot For Teacher"
84. Willie Nelson - "On The Road Again"
85. Wings - "Band on the Run"
86. Zakk Wylde - "Original Guitar Duel Recording"
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Soulja Boy Makes Gears 2 Montage...Wait, What!?
You heard it right, Soulja Boy has created a Gears of War 2 montage that was posted on his official youtube channel. Whether or not this is really "Soulja Boy" playing, is yet to be confirmed. If you are interested in seeing your "favorite" hip-hop artist playing Gears 2, be sure to watch the above video.
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Left 4 Dead DLC Coming Soon
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My Games of the Year
The year of 2008 is finally coming to a close, after a great year of gaming. Many great franchises have gotten their anticipated sequels, and some good, new IP has arisen. As most other gaming websites do, I'd like to present you with my personal Game of the Year picks. Note, these are my opinions, not VGToday as a whole. Kitsune will be posting his shortly. Now, without further adieu...
Age of Booty
Runner Up: Braid
Did he really...? Yes, I did. Braid did not win my top spot, as popular opinion has expected in most game of the year lists. The reason Age of Booty won was because it was actually fun, and complex enough to keep my attention past an hour or so (The problem with most XBLA titles). Braid was nice, "artsy", innovative, etc. But was it really fun? Did it pull you back to play time and time again? If you said no, then you're right. If you said yes, then just stop reading. In all seriousness, Braid is highly overrated due to its reliance of pulling users in by its art and innovation, rather than actual longevitable fun.
Best Studio
Valve Software
Runner Up: Bethesda Softworks
Valve gets the award for its game Left 4 Dead. Left 4 Dead, in my opinion, is one of the first games to actually make co-op, cooperative. Many games add co-op, but players normally do not stick together and just do their own thing. In Left 4 Dead, especially in the higher levels, players must stick together or the innovative AI Director will pick off the survivors, one by one. The AI Director is another reason for Valve's winning here. The Director makes the game fresh each play through, and challenges you. If it sees you surviving too easy, you will soon hear the noise signaling the dreaded Tank, or other special infected.
Biggest Letdown
Fable II
Runner Up: Fallout's Ending
What can I say except that this game has the typical Peter Molyneux problem. Too many promises, too little follow throughs. Molyneux once again promised that Fable II would be the hit game of the year, improving upon everything in Fable I. It fixed alot, but did not really "improve". The game still, to this date, has many game breaking bugs. Some include falling out of the map when jumping over certain objects. One major problem is the lack of main storyline, and the story it does have is "been there, done that". As for Fallout 3, when, and if, you reach the very end...you will understand why this made the list.
Best RPG
Fallout 3
Runner Up: Fable II
Fallout makes Best RPG of 2008 for obvious reasons. Some people call it "Oblivion with guns", I call it "Oblivion with guns, zombies, nukes, mutants, drinking out of toilets, etc." Fallout 3 is truly a landmark in RPGs, reaching to the ranks of such RPG giants as Final Fantasy. Fallout 3 does nearly everything right...except it's ending. Fable II was also fun to play, but did not make number one due to its lacking story and some gameplay elements that make it unenjoyable.
Best Shooter
Left 4 Dead
Runner Up: Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead gets the rank of best shooter because of what I said above (See "Best Studio"). Gears of War 2 is held back from the number one for reasons I have already posted about. You can read the article here: Click Here. Since my picks have been mostly explained, that is all I am going to say for this section.
Best Strategy
Civilization Revolution
Runner Up: Age of Booty
It seems so long ago, when the big games coming out were Civilization Revolution and Battlefield: Bad Company. Not to be forgotten is Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, the (by far) best strategy game of the year. Many people doubted whether a Turn Based Strategy could work on a console. CivRev proved everyone wrong, it worked magnificently. The game has numerous civilizations to play as, and keeps you coming back for more and more. In fact, I am planning on putting this disc in later in the week.
Game of the Year
Left 4 Dead
Runner Up: Fallout 3
Left 4 Dead received this title for obvious reasons that I have previously stated in this post. It is fun, innovative, has great longevity, great cooperative play, and much more. I was going to make my GotY Fallout 3, and the runner up be Gears of War 2, but I finally put my Left 4 Dead disc in, and was "wowed". This is quite possibly the game of the past few years. If you have an Xbox 360, or a decent PC, and do not have this game you should not consider yourself a gamer until you play it. This is a must play title. Fallout 3 really missed the mark for me after I saw the ending, it was horrible, compared the Left 4 Dead's near flawlessness.
Notice that I missed Best Fighting Games, Action/Adventure, etc? Well, the titles in those category I have most likely not played, so it was not fair for me to judge a whole category if I only played one or two of the titles within it. Hopefully you will see the categories you missed in Kistune's GotY picks. Hope you enjoyed by insight, AND GO BUY LEFT 4 DEAD!!
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You Just got GearsRoll'd
Even though this is merely an internet prank, I thought it to be funny enough to post it for everyone to see...and get GearsRoll'd at. Be sure to spread it around.
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Xbox Live Nation
Xbox Live Nation is a new community website for Xbox 360, and Xbox Live. The site focuses on bringing the community closer together by "creating Xbox Live related programming standards, research on innovating community services, beta testing applications and services, and promoting xbox live community."
Xbox Live Nation is a site aimed at creating Xbox Live related programming standards, research on innovating community services, beta testing applications and services, and promoting xbox live community.
Xbox Live Nation is a joined project of several Xbox.com Community Developers in order to build the ultimate Xbox Live embedded services for the Community.
Link: http://www.xboxlivenation.com
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