In anticipation of the April release of MH3,I picked up my demo for
Monster Hunter: Tri from my local gamestop a few days ago. The Demo
comes with two missions-one Single Star Mission and the second being a
triple star mission. After giving the demo a shot I gotta say I'm
really impressed, visually MH3 looks AMAZING this being my first time
experiencing MH on a home console (Ive played FRONTIER on my PC and all
the Monster Hunters on PSP except the first).
When you boot up
the game you are shown a screen where you select your controller
scheme(one of three) the first option was to use the wii-mote and the
second and third were different variations of the classic controller
set up. I chose the option to use the classic controller as my means of
playing.
After Choosing your controls you are taken to a "weapon
select" screen, several hunters with different weapons and armors are
shown-If your familiar with Monster Hunter games you will undoubtedly
be familiar with all the weapons save one. "The Switch Axe" is a new
addition to the MH weapon types and is quite a versatile one allowing
me to switch between two different weapon types.
When I selected
my hunter and weapon(a Great Sword) I went out on my first mission. I
Immediately noticed the visuals of MH I'm not one to be picky about
graphics but I was thoroughly impressed right off the bat. I quickly
grabbed my items from a nearby item box and made my way towards my
first monster.
As soon as I found the bastard I quickly went on
the attack and found no problem with the combat at all.The transition
from playing MH on my PSP for all these years didn't effect me taking
down monsters on my Wii. The second mission had me taking on a more
serious threat this one monster could summon other monsters by
mimicking their calls.
The monsters that were called upon were
nothing more than a few raptor-type creatures but as the battle drew on
the creature summoned an even LARGER boss-class monster (one that was
more fitted to be slayed by a expert monster hunter than myself). Least
to say the battle soon turned towards my opponents favor as I faced
down the dragon from dragon heart and his chortling friend in the
background. My tour with monster hunter:Tri was promptly ended with a
game over and a "thank you for playing" Screen.
Monster
Hunter:Tri will be released this coming April and those who pre-order
can get Monster Hunter:Tri and a classic controller(don't forget to ask
for it!)
All the Zero games are gathered into one DS cartridge. Elder-Geek.com loved it in their review.
Elder-Geek: Recently, there has been a resurgence of Mega Man love and I, for one, couldn’t be happier. Those who know me would say I might be a tad obsessed with the series but I say a Mega Man themed wedding is perfectly normal. That aside, my respect for the franchise has been dragged through the mud with its numerous useless incarnations, like Star Force and, to a lesser extent, ZX. Even the retro MM9 and MM10 had me severely disappointed and wanting more. Mega Man Zero, however, is a testament to the great things that can be done with the franchise while keeping true to the series roots and with all four games wrapped neatly together into one edible cartridge, there has never been a better time to give these spinoffs a try.
SCS Software released a large chunk of gameplay of the upcoming Illinois DLC for American Truck Simulator, focusing on Chicago.
MINOS lets you construct your own perfect Heath Robinson/Rube Goldberg murder machine.
