Nate Viramontes

This game way amazing, Miles brings something completely different to the world of Spider-Man in a way I feel Peter never could. The game has its own sense of style in every swing and hit Miles made. With a fun twist on a classic villain like The Tinker as well.  A villain I never thought would work very well in a game setting either really turn into a likable villain with a  great story of her own. Oh yeah and we can’t forget about Spider-man the cat! One the most silly yet wonderful addition to the game. On that note lets get started on breaking this game down!

Gameplay

This games plays for the most part exactly like Spider-man PS4 but with a whole new set of powers as well. These two powers are Venom Blast and Camouflage: one is Miles ability to use his own Bio electricity to perform powerful attacks that could even take down Rhino, and the other allows you turn completely invisible which is really great for stealth sections! I had a lot of fun fighting both the Underground and Roxxon with this new power set it gave me a whole new way to look at the fights in a Spider-man game. Venom Blast was the definitely the more useful of the two to me however dealing massive damage and sending bad guys flying!

Characters

I loved a character in this game Miles is such a different character from Peter in the best way possible. He feels somehow even more down to earth and you just get this feeling that he truly wants to help others. While his mom Rio isn’t in it to often her scenes with Miles are some of the most powerful in the game. She is this amazing caregiver that is doing her best to raise Miles without Jefferson Davis their to help anymore. Ganke is an amazing friend and ally to Miles, while I would have loved to have seen Miles tell Ganke his is Spider-Man he does a great job as Miles guy in the chair. He also has some of the best puns in the game he was such a fun character to listen to Miles banter with. While Pin Mason Miles oldest friend in the game is a great foil to me Miles. I feel as if she shows us what could have happen to Miles if Rio wasn’t there after his Dads death. And let us not for get Simon Krieger head of Roxxon who is voiced by Troy Baker, he killed this role and gave a great performances as this sleezing CEO. The whole cast as a whole killed it.

Story

The story of this game is on par with the story from Spider-man PS4. I love this message its sharing as well about being yourself. Miles getting his true costume felt so much likes Into the Spider-Verse it gave me that feeling like he was stepping out of Peters shadow truly in this moment. Miles and Phins story is wonderful getting the chance to see how good of friends they were in flashback only to watch go to opposite side in the present was incredible. Without spoiling while my favorite scene was at the end when a crowd of people look to Miles and simply said “Thats our Spider-man.” It completed Miles arch in the story in a great way that allow us to see him be just as amazing as the original.

Overall

Miles Morales is an Amazing Spider-man who deserves all of the attention this character has been getting. I feel that not only was this a great true first outing for Miles but I feel also a great beginning to a whole nw franchise with Miles at the center. This game took familiar villains and change while also changing and tweaking mechanics to make it feel like Miles is adding his own personal touches. Miles Morales is here to stay and I can’t wait to see what he does in Spider-Man 2. 10/10 for being a perfect Spider-

In the words of the game itself its about time! Crash Banidcoot 4 is without a doubt the best Crash game that has come out. It felt worth the wait to me, from new mechanics to a great return to 3-D Platforming. The game is so great but be warn this game is a real pain sometimes and by that I mean it can just be difficult. So let’s get started.

Levels

The game levels are varied and nothing in those level felt under used at all. The games works like most platformers the longer you play the harder it gets. With levels that take all across time and space from apocalyptic wastelands to giant space station! I loved that this game just had so much color every it was so vibrant. And this game has plenty of levels to play as well even levels where you play as other classic crash characters! The levels also offer and inverted mode that gives players the chance to to see basically and instagram filter over the level with small changers hear and there like coloring the level as you go. This is by the far the weakest part of this game.

Mechanics

This games brings back the classic spin and jump feel of the old games and as a plus this game gives you all the normal abilities the Crash has.  Which means you can slide, crouch, and double jump from the start! The four new masks bring a whole new level of fun to the game as well the four new mask offer the ability to: Shift dimensions, use dark matter spinning, slow down time, and change gravity. They never felt like gimmick or overuse to me either, they would come in certain parts of levels and then leave after that area. So, each level gave you plenty of time to just play the game and use these new masks as they unlocked. The game also has a way to play it with lives or a death counter these modes are called Modern and Retro. It gives gamers who aren’t as good at platforms a chance to play as well even then the game can super difficult. It is just nice to have the option to change how hard you want your life to be as you play through the game.

Playable Characters

Crash 4 offer not only Crash and Coco to play as but Twana, Dingodile and Neo Cortex as well! Each having their own skills sets minus Crash and Coco who are the default characters. Twana uses a grappling hook to move and smash crates from a far. While Dingodile use a vacuum gun that reminds of something Ratchet and Clank would use, this gun allows you to hover and such of TNT to shoot at other objects and enemies. While Neo Cortex and a ray gun that turns enemies into blocks! One a solid block and the other a bouncing block, he also has the most annoying dash to control. Each offer their own sets of levels to play as well that are a ton of fun to play. It was such blast playing as some of favorite bad guys from the series.

Story

The story reminds me of a early 2000s  Nickelodeon Saturday morning cartoon even having Invader Zim himself Richard Steven Horvitz voice one of the new mask in the game. While the story wasn’t the most important part of this game it was so much fun to see everyone back together. The story had a ton of jokes and references that were pointed towards what felt my age range making jokes about the older games. Which made it even funnier when they completely wipe out the old series of games by saying they have only fought Cortex 3 other times. It felt like being in inside joke with a game.

Overall

Overall, the game is amazing return to the series and felt like it paved the way for more sequels and I am hoping that this means we can see more 3D platform icons return with new games like Spyro. Only time will tell with that though. For now this game is challenging and fun, and offers players a ton of stuff to do. Without having to pay a huge amount of money for DLC or mircotransactions everything you see in the game you earn in the game. I loved the game and can’t stop playing it trying to new modes and racing for relics. I give this game a 9/10 for being a wonderful return to a classic platforming series.

At PlayStation Showcase Sony announced the official price of both it’s new PlayStation Consoles. The PlayStation 5 with a the disc tray will be priced at $499 while the all digital PlayStation 5 will be  $399. These console will release November 12th  and featuring Demon’s Soul Remaster and Spider-Man: Miles Morales as two of it’s launch titles with the console. With Sony matching Microsoft price tag this now becomes a fight about what games are on the console along with the specs.

Here you can see some of difference that four consoles have and honestly there aren’t that many. Memory being the thing that Series X has over it with a 1 TB hard drive.  This will be a war of games more then anything else and right Sony really made a point to show us what they are bringing to the next generation. Only time will tell who comes out on top. For now PlayStation 5 pre-orders are already starting in most retailers.

Microsoft just announced the price tag and launch date for not only the Xbox Series X but also a new Xbox as well. I can confirm that Xbox Series X will be officially be $499 and release on November 10th of this year. If you are looking to pre-order this new hardware you can starting doing so on September 22nd.

The new Xbox that was announced as well by Microsoft is simply called Series S and is $299 and is an all digital console which means no disc trays for this version of console. This is also a no 4K native Xbox for those of us who don’t have a 4K TV/Monitor.

Now obviously these console are expensive so Microsoft is also going to be doing payment plan with both of these Xbox consoles. Series X will have a monthly payment of $35 a month while Series S will have $25 payment.   Making this to me an even easier console to get behind.

But wait there’s more EA Play EA own game pass subscription is now merging it’s pass with the game pass for Ultimate members. You will now have access to all of the games EA has on their subscription for free if your already a Ultimate Game Pass member.  That will be following the sometimes this holiday as well. It looks likes it a great time to be an Xbox owner.

Currently Playing: Marvel’s The Avengers

Marvel’s The Avengers had to be one of the most polarizing games I have played all year, on one have you have a clearly unfinished game but on the other hand, you have a really fun action game with the worlds greatest heroes. I love Marvel and have wanted this game since the MCU first started but it has so many problems from glitches that re-lock skins to straight-up crashes. This is truly a tale of two cities when it comes to this game because there are two great games mesh together in a way it doesn’t need to be.

Will start with the campaign for this game I love every character in this game the voice cast truly has some of the most legendary voice actors in gaming. From Troy Baker to Laura Bailey they are all great and capture a whole new side to these heroes. As someone who comes from reading the comics, I can really see the differences from the MCU counterparts that they are getting compared to.

This leads me to the two not as well know voice actors Jeff Schine who plays Captain America. He brings that great level of righteousness to the character that I love. Once you see Cap I felt like I was seeing an old friend who you wanted to follow into battle. Now the other voice actress who is a lot newer to the scene is Sandra Saad who plays Kamala Khan AKA Ms.Marvel and oh my god she is the very heart and soul of this game.

I was sold on Kamala as soon as the game opened up with her and her Abu (Father). She reacts to meeting The Avengers and being a huge fan of them the exact way I would have. She was so relatable in a way to me that not even Peter Parker in the MCU felt like. She is this story’s main character and I felt makes the whole rest of the cast that much better as characters because we get to see a different side of them from what we are used to. One of my favorite interactions is between her and Tony Stark when she is feeling awkward in her costume. He didn’t make fun of her he was there for her like a big brother and you really feel she is just as excited to be there with The Avengers as I was.

Overall, the story first two acts are much stronger then it’s third where you can clearly tell they cut stuff out. For example, Dr. Tarleton just all of a sudden becomes M.O.D.O.K. without really any reason for the name change at all. It felt like there is so much missing in the third act I felt like that was because this is a game as a service and maybe was getting rushed out because other unforeseen issues.

The last thing that made me disappointed beyond all belief is that there is no back up saves files so once you beat the story your done and can never play it again unless you want to delete your current save and lose all of your multiplayer progress as well. It’s disappointing and I hope Crystal Dynamic will add a fix to that part soon.

This leads me to the other side of this game Avengers Initiative while you can tell this is clearly the stronger side of the game the first problem is they open up all of these other currencies and modes without any indication as to what they do or how they work. Now I have no problem not being handheld by any game I feel here we really needed to know what we are supposed to be doing with all of the useless items we are getting.

On top of that be ready for a grind if you are not a grind type of player then this side of the game might not be for you to play at all. This is the first game as a service style game I have played that I am having fun playing. It just sucks that we have to figure out what we are doing all on our own without any help from the game at all.

The gameplay itself is amazing everything plays in a way that makes sense to me my favorite being Iron Man. Everyone has so many options on how to make a build that will work for whatever mode your playing in. While this game is a 4-player co-op game with all the bugs in this game I am having much more fun just playing on my own.

Speaking of bugs this game has more then I have seen in a launch title in a long time. I’ve fallen through the floor, lost one of my favorite skins (Still haven’t gotten it back either), crashed my whole Xbox One S, and had massive framerate drops. The most annoying of these was losing a skin all you can do if this happens is wait for a patch which according to the devs is coming very soon. It amazes me the devs let this game come out this broken at all when it clearly shouldn’t have.

From a great story to a bug filled multiplayer this game is a combination of fun and pure frustration. There is a truly great game within this game and I am hoping that in a year when I take another look at this I hope I can give it a higher score. Because I truly can’t put the game down I love playing as The Avengers they are all fun and unique in their own ways. It was clear this game needed at least six more months of polishing and you might have had a much more incredible game. For now, I am giving this game a 7/10 for an amazing story that is stuck in an unfinished game as a service style of game. I highly recommend playing this game in like six months it will be much more smoothed out hopefully by then. But only time will tell.

Currently Playing: Marvel’s The Avengers

At the most recent War table Stream for Marvel’s The Avengers the dev team announced a new hero for the game. This new hero is Kate Bishop she is another Hawkeye and from I can tell this is sort of like an echo fighter from Super Smash Bros. We know Clint Barton is already confirmed to be playable so this is an interesting movie by Sqaure Enix. It could even mean heroes like War Machine could be an echo for Iron Man. Giving us in theory more heroes! The stream also paid tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman. It also appears that they said Black Panther will be in the game as well by showing us his symbol, but this seems more like speculation then confirmation. On that note here is the trailer for our first echo hero Kate Bishop.