Destiny Beta is Here!!!!

  I will start this just saying WOW and REALLY?

  Beta is here, and I was one the First ones to play it. NOT thanks to Bungie... I had to use the European Beta, because Bungie did not send the codes by 10 am, Hour that the Beta was supposed to start. Game was supposed to be around 14gb in size but instead 11gb, and to make matters worse it was not until 4PM that I was able to Download it. I know that the Hype was really Huge, and they just want to give the gamers something special and fun. But if you say 10AM please don't be more than 2 hours late. Other than that the Beta Phase is Beautiful!!!!

  Pros and Cons. 

  Beta starts with a beautiful scenery, and you are DEAD..... Yes dead. That is how your Story begins. I wont give much detail, but trust me to see Death in the eyes and and rise from it, is a rare way to start an adventure. Well there are some adventures that start that way, but not a FPS. They go deeper in this phase, once you get the hang of it, you get to meet the Speaker, he is the Traveler's Voice.That in itself is pretty awesome because they give you more information that what we had available during the Alpha Phase. These were some of the "Pros" of the game. Now let's look at some of the "Cons".

  Cross play with the PS3 and PS4 is not possible. The reason is simple. Bungie explains why Destiny Cross-Platform play isn't happening. Destiny has decided not to feature any sort of cross-platform play, meaning those with a PS4 can’t compete against someone on PS3. This isn't due to a technical issue though, it is more the developer trying to even out game play by not wanting to give players on the newer consoles an unfair advantage, as Bungie's Engineer Roger Wolfson told Digital Trends:

     I’ll speak for the hypothetical player. I have a disadvantage sniping across the map because [my opponent with a new-gen console] is only two pixels on my screen and I’m four pixels on his. You see that often in the world of PC gaming, where people are always racing to have the best video card, in order to give themselves the best advantage possible.

 
   Regardless of where the reality is, there’s definitely a perception among gamers that better hardware means you have an advantage. We don’t want to have to enter that fray, so to create the best, most level playing field, both actually and perceptually, we separated it by platform.

   There is No doubt that the Graphics are just Beautiful on Every console. Bust as a PS4 Owner let me say that Destiny on the PS4 has the Advantage.
  

Hey I don't have to be Impartial here. Do I?? 

As I told you before, you have three classes to chose from and three races. The crate a class has not change that much. Instead of improve they took out some of the REALLY FEW color choices.  But Still you can have your own character that only 23% of the world population will have. But it wont matter much as you won't be able to see their faces once they are inside their environment suits. Every corner of the Earth is destroyed. There is only one City and that is you Job. Defend the City and the Traveler.

There are tons of missions to do and a huge arsenal for you to discover, buy or create. Not to mention that you can customize your armor. As you lvl up your powers will develop and you will become one of the few (actually millions) Defenders of Earth. 

Don't take my word for it, play the game and get to your own conclusions.I sincerely hope you enjoy the Beta Phase of Destiny. -N- here from Game Theology to your computer. Inviting you to play Destiny Beta for the  PS4, PS3, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. (SKDBGA gamer ID for the PS4 add me)

The Legend of Drizzt!

Hi Gamers!
       Today we want to show you something special. I recently got my hands on this Awesome Board Game.

  This game got my attention almost a month ago, yesterday I finally got my hands on it. Trust me it was worth the long wait.

 What’s In The Box?

   Legend of Drizzt comes in a fairly large game box that includes 40 detailed (but unpainted) miniatures, 200 standard sized cards, 8 cardboard double sided hero cards, 4 double sided villain cards, 1 rulebook, 1 scenario book, 32 interlocking cavern tiles, 4 double sized interlocking tiles, 22 interlocking cavern edge tiles, 1 20 sided Die, and enough cardboard bits to keep the logging industry in business. All this gaming goodness ships in a nice, form fitting, compartmentalized, plastic tray and can be yours for the MSRP of $64.99.

   Legend of Drizzt comes with 40 detailed but unpainted plastic miniatures. They are cool looking Heroes, Monsters and villains that with a little patience and a steady hand you can turn from simple plastic to some realistic creature. Like this ones HERE.

After and Before

Set Up
Players select one of the adventures from the Adventure book, making sure to follow any special set up instructions for that adventure.

• Each of the turns the play decks are shuffled and put within easy reach of every player.
• Unless the Adventure says otherwise, place the Start Tile in the center of the table and place two Healing Surge tokens within easy reach of all the players. These are the group’s healing surges for this Adventure.
• Each player selects from one of the eight 1st-level Heroes and decides which Power Cards to use for that Hero.
• Each hero is placed on the start tile, unless of course the adventure states otherwise.
• Each Hero draws a Treasure Card, drawing and discarding until they obtain a Treasure Card with an item on it.
• Set up the Cavern Tile stack (the deck of tiles) using the setup instructions in the Adventure you have selected. The Adventure will advise of any additional rules you need in the “Special Adventure Rules” section, or any rules that change the core game rules.

Each game turn is broken down into 3 specific phases that must be fully completed in order before the next player can begin their turn.

 Hero Phase

1.  If your Hero has 0 Hit Points, use a Healing Surge token if one is available.
2.  Perform one of the following actions:

           ✦  Move and then make an Attack.
           ✦ Attack and then Move.
           ✦ Make two Moves.

Once this phase is completed move on to the next phase.

 Exploration Phase

1.  If your Hero occupies a square along an unexplored edge, go on to Step 2. If your Hero doesn’t occupy a square along an unexplored edge, go on to the Villain Phase.
2. Draw a Dungeon Tile and place it with its triangle pointing to the unexplored edge of the tile your Hero is exploring from.
3. Place a Monster on the new tile.

Once this phase is completed move on to the next phase.

 Villain Phase

1.  If you didn’t place a Dungeon Tile in your Exploration Phase, or if you placed a Dungeon Tile with a  black triangle, draw and play an Encounter Card.
2.  If the Villain is in play, activate the Villain.
3. Activate each Monster and Trap Card, in turn, in the order you drew them making sure to follow the tactics on each respective card.

Play then moves on to the next players turn. (This set up was taken from the Official WOTC Site)

We talked about the miniatures. There are 40 of them From Heroes to Villains and Monsters.

  First we have our Feral Trolls and Goblins, we have some Hunting Drakes too, Archer Goblins a Goblin Champion and Goblin Cutters. This Nasty little creatures may look weak. Bust trust me they can be a pain.

   Now here we have Some Drow Duelists, The Drow Wizard, Swarms, The Shadow Dragon and Dinin she is a Half Spider Half Drow and a merciless Creature.

    

   Here we have our Water Elementals and some Hypnotic Spirits.

 
   Here we have our Villains. The Mercenary, The Assassin, Methil el Viddenvelp (Heck of a Name), Yochlol (some kind of creature with a Huge eye) and Yvonnel Baenre Matron Mother. Some of these are playable characters. Yes that means you can be Hero or Villain. That is a really cool. Just think of this. The story begins with five adventurers. And at some point some one will betray the group. At the end that betrayal could have been a false cover for the completion of the Quest. Or simply was a cruel way to show the players that you can't trust anyone!








 
   Here we have Errtu, Balor. Now we know what happened to Gandalf. But we never really knew the were about of his Lava Diving Companion. Now we do. (JK lol) This dude here is HUGE  and does not occupy squares on the map, he occupies entire Tiles. He has some devastating AOE attacks and his AC is really challenging.










   And now here they are. The Heroes of this Board Game.  Drizzt The Drow Ranger, Athogate a Dwarf Battlerager, Bruenor Battlehamer Dwarf Fighter, Cattie-Brie Human Archer, Regis Halfling Rouge and Wulfgar Human Barbarian. The Panther is Drizzt's pet companion.

   The Basic game is really easy once you get the hang of it. I played the Solo adventure and it went like this. I had a lot of fun and can't wait to start a new Solo adventure or with some companions.

   That's all for now on The Legend of Drizzt. -N- here telling you see you soon and Let's talk Board Games!

More Info on Destiny Beta!!!!

   I have some Info on the Beta version of Destiny for the PS4. And I will share with all of you right now. You all know the Beta Version of destiny will come out This July 17. Well we found a way to download it NOW and you wont have to spend looking the download bar every second on the release day. 

   The lucky people across the pond are able to preload the Destiny Beta for PlayStation 4. Thanks to some nice people on the internet, we’ve figured out how to preload the Beta if you reside in another region. Join us below for this completely easy process. If you don’t want to pre-order the game through the European PlayStation Network, we’ve also included a guide on how to cancel this pre-order.

  What you’ll need:

  PS4

EU PSN account (steps to create one can be found here. If you’re doing this on PS4, it should be relatively the same).

How to do it:

   After creating your European PSN account, login with it on your PlayStation 4.

Navigate to the PlayStation Store.

Search for Destiny.

Pre-order the game (EU PSN doesn’t charge until release) and it should begin downloading the Beta.

Wait until July 17th to play.

How to cancel the pre-order:

On your EU PSN account, navigate to the Settings tab.

Go to PSN

Click Account Information

Click Wallet

Go to Transaction History

Click next, then click on your Destiny pre-order and cancel it.

If you have followed the above steps correctly, you should be ready to go when the Beta goes live on July 17th. Note: you can still play with your main account even though you downloaded the client from a different region.

  The pre-load is supposedly only available for those users who have pre-ordered the game digitally on the PlayStation Network. The initial set up download size is 179 Mb which is then followed by beta files of size 13.2GB. But when you install it on the PS4′s hard disk, the final size comes out to be 14.3GB. So make sure you have that much space if you plan to play the upcoming beta. On the other hand, the beta on the Xbox One weighs 12.63 GB.

    -N-

Friday X Freak Day!!!!!

 Freak day Friday its here!!!

    Since the beginning of the gaming era, developers have struggled to make a game that actually scared the hell out of us. Some have attempted it and all though the suspense is there, that thrill we get out of true horror has failed to be there. If we try to search for video games that fall under the  "scary" category, a few names come to mind such as; Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, Dead Island, Left 4 Dead and many more. They managed to keep us tense, but none have managed to have us at the edge of our seats quite like the mother of all the scary video game genera! Outlast!!
 

  This game is freaking scary. Who in his right mind enters an "abandoned" Mental Home? You that's who! 

  Outlast is a first-person survival/horror video game, developed and published by Red Barrels, a company founded by programmers previously involved with video game franchises such as Prince of Persia, Assassin's Creed, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and Uncharted. It was released on September 4, 2013 for Microsoft Windows, on February 4, 2014 for PlayStation 4 and on June 18, 2014 for Xbox One.

You can enter....... Can you get out?

Miles..... Not his best Moment.

   Miles Upshur: The protagonist of the game. A freelance journalist (With Iron Guts) whom uncovers secrets which resides within Mount Massive Asylum.









   Miles goes inside the Asylum armed only with his HD Camera... Yes, not an 9mm or an AK47. Just a recording device and 2AA batteries. Talk about crazy people! Ohh did I mention he goes in at Night?! I guess they no longer enforce visiting hours there.

   Miles, receives an anonymous tip from a source identified only as a Whistle-blower. The lead tells of inhumane experiments committed at Mount Massive Asylum, a remote psychiatric hospital situated deep in the mountains of Lake County, Colorado and owned by the Murkoff Corporation, who is known for its corrupt dealings. Entering the asylum, Upshur is horrified to discover the mutilated corpses of the staff, including a dying SWAT officer who warns him to get out while he still can. As he investigates further, Upshur finds the asylum's patients, known as "Variants", freely roaming the grounds being hostile towards him, particularly a hulking sadist named Chris Walker. Approached by Father Martin Archimbaud, a cult leader who considers himself a priest, tells Upshur he was sent by "God" to be his witness to the night's events. It soon becomes clear that Archimbaud has no intention of letting Miles escape, and that he worships a seemingly supernatural entity known only as The Walrider, which he claims caused the breakout.

Father Martin Archimbaud

   Father Martin Archimbaud: He considers himself a "priest" and helps Upshur throughout the game..... Or does he??

Chris L. Walker

   Chris L. Walker: The largest and strongest of the Variants. Walker pursues Upshur relentlessly throughout the game. This friendly fellow just wants to hug you and play with you.






   As the game progress you will find more and more "friendly" FACES like this fellow. They can be a little dramatic. Lets be real, this place is Hell. You don't know where or when some psycho deformed Variant will emerge and try to cut your head of. The music is awesome too. Some times there is an ominous music just to scare the hell out of you. But were you should be really scared is when silence fill the rooms

    There is a lot of Darkness,which can be troublesome. Your Camera is equipped with a night vision feature, but your battery will be depleted faster...... No Camera NO chance in Hell!!!!!!

Variant

    Variants: Hostile patients and inmates that roam the halls. These guys are vegetables at first but at some point they turn into Killing Machines. You don't have ways to stop them. But they will give chase until you escape or they catch you.

   They were patients and staff from the Asylum and experiments have turn them into this grotesque figures.

Please do not Disturb!!!

  Some people tried to play the game in total Darkness... HERE is how it went for them. LOL!

   I have seen the video a couple of times. And I remember my own fear going through the Asylum. If you are not scared yet. Try the game and tell us about your experience!

  Outlast has a DLC. Whistleblower, developed and published by Red Barrels Games. It is the prequel to Outlast, revealing the reasons of the Mount Massive Asylum outbreak. XXXX.SPOILER ALERT XXXX It also shows the true ending to the asylum after Miles . It was released for PlayStation 4 and PC on May 6th, 2014, and for Xbox One on June 18th, 2014.

    Similar to its predecessor, combat is impossible and the player must either run or hide from their enemies in order to stay alive. The players can hide in various spots in order to avoid their pursuers, such as nearby lockers, under the bed, in various corners or simply blending in with the darkness. Closing doors will impede enemies and squeezing through small spaces can lose them. Certain scripted events will require a specific action from the player. The only item the player has access to is his camcorder, which is automatically acquired after the main character breaks out of his holding cell. The camcorder is battery operated and comes with a night vision function which is used to navigate through dark areas. Batteries can be found in various spots, usually nearby electronic devices, such as radios, Walkie-talkies, etc. While the camcorder is up and filming, the character will write his thoughts in a notebook. Along the game, the player can pick up various documents, scattered throughout the asylum, that provide a background story for some of the characters. The documents appear as blue folders with "CONFIDENTIAL" stamped on the front. Aside from scavenging batteries and finding documents, certain tasks will require for the player to retrieve a key. If you played thought the main game, you must get the DLC.

   That's all for Outlast. This is -N- here daring you to be scared as hell in the Mount Massive Asylum in this Friday X Freak Day!

#TBT Let's go Old School

Today on #TBT Let's Talk Old School!!!

Yes people we are talking about XENOGEARS!!!!!!

   Xenogears is a science-fiction role-playing video game developed and published by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) for Sony's PlayStation. It was released on February 11, 1998 in Japan later on that same year on October 20, 1998 it was released in North America. It was re-released by Squaresoft under a  Greatest Hits title in 2003, and on the PlayStation Network on June 25, 2008 for Japan users and on February 22, 2011 it was released in North America.

   Ever since 1998 everyone was expecting a New Xenogears fallowing the plot of the original; sadly enough this would not come to happen as his creator Tetsuya Takahashi left Squaresoft later on the same year it was released 1998 along with Hirohide Sugiura, another key person Xenogears creation process. Using funds from Namco, they started MonolithSoft along with the Xenosaga project.

    

   Two years later in March 2000 Sony released the Playstation 2 console. The PS2 was to rapidly become  the best selling console selling over 155 million units, later that year MonolithSoft was to release Xenosaga Episode 1.   The Xenosaga series serves as a spiritual successor to the game Xenogears. Episode 2 would come on in 2004 and Episode 3 in 2006. Later on MonolithSoft in collaboration with Nintendo came together to create Xenoblade Chronicles released on 2010; however it did not get to North America until 2012.There's big hype about a new Xenoblade coming out soon, but we have to wait until 2015.

BUT WE ARE TALKING OLD SCHOOL XENOGEARS HERE!!!!!!

If you don't know Xenogears here is some of the storyline behind it!

Xenogears centers around its protagonist, Fei Fong Wong, a young man in the village of Lahan. Fei was brought there by a mysterious "masked man" three years ago while gravely wounded, he was then adopted by the village chief, Chief Lee. The events that lead to Fei's grave injuries before his arrival at the village, have caused him to have retrograde amnesia.

 The story is really long, but not long enough to put you to sleep. The Battle system is not as simple as just pressing one button, as you progress and level up, you get more combos. Can you master each character? 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This Is Fei Fong Wong (Heck of a Name) Fei is the main Character of the story. He's a very skilled Martial Arts Fighter, Fei can't remember much about his past. But trust me when I say he sure knows how to Fight. 

    Weltall is Fei's Gear, The Black Gear has many secrets. One of them is a series of Black Boxes that can be found inside of him. No one Knows what are they for. But you will find out later in the Story!

   He........ He is simply Called ID. OMG he is Awesome. I will NOT tell you who or why but he is one of the Many things that will keep you wanting to go further and further into the Story.

Weltall-Id

This guy here is Citan Uzuki, Dr Uzuki is one of Fei's companions. He is kind of a Pandoras Box full of secrets. On foot, Citan is one of the best fighters in the game, first displaying a blindingly swift hand to hand combat style and, upon regaining his sword, a sword style similar to that of Iaido. Citan's gear is Heimdal. 

The Sand Pirate Bart. Bartholomew Fatima nicknamed Bart, is leader of a group of sand pirates who ravage the desert in their sand cruiser, the Yggdrasil. He uses Whips to atack his pray. He Pilots Brigandier.

These are three of the Nine playable characters. All of them with their own set of Combos and Abilities. To me, this is my top team! 

Xenogears is a great game for that first generation of gamers born in in the 80's. If not, it is definitely a must play! You can have it rally cheap if you have a PSVita System. Just go to PSN and buy it.

Xenogears Characters

This particular game offers countless hours of game play, secrets to discover and more. You won't find this kind of game for the next gen consoles. At least not yet. Click HERE to see the intro video to this Awesome Game.

 This is -N- telling you Let's Talk Old School Games!!!

Let's talk Destiny!!!!

   The Guys from Bungie, Creators of the HALO Saga and Call of Duty bring us something special. An Actual Open World Massive Multiplayer FPS where you are Earth’s Guardian!!!

   This game is Awesome, and after having the chance to personally be one of the few people to experiment it in the ALPHA phase I have lots to say about it!

  Bungie and Activision have essentially made a huge change on what FPS used to be.
First let’s talk about character options:

Character Class

   You have Three different paths to choose from: The Titan, The Warlock and The Hunter. Within this path chosen you can choose between three races. Humans, Awoken and Exo.

   A First look at the races: Since we all know and understand where humans come from, let’s take a look at the other two races to learn about them.

   The Awoken:  Awoken's resemble baseline humans and tend to be standoffish, their most notable characteristics are their pale blue or gray skin and the luminescent eyes with glowing Irises. It is said the Awoken were born in the Collapse, descending from those who tried to flee its wrath. Something happened to them out on the edge of the deep Black that forever changed them. Today many Awoken live in the Reef, aloof and mysterious, others however, returned to Earth, where their descendants now fight for the City.

Awoken

   The Exo:  Exo are a race of humanoid machines living in the City. They are self-aware machines built during humanity's Golden Age for a long forgotten war, with the purpose of protecting their creators. The conflict itself has been long forgotten and the Exo have become ciphers, even to themselves, for their purpose has been forgotten as well.

Exo

   Destiny lets you create your own character. You can choose between Skin Color, Eyes, Hair and even some scars/parts. That way you can have the look you want.

Character Creation

  Let's go Over to the Character Class!

Titan

      First we have The Titan: The Titan Class specializes in armor and heavy weaponry. The first Titans both built and defended The Wall that protects The City. Their heritage is rooted in strength, sacrifice, and mercilessness.

Warlock

  




  Second We Have the Warlock: The Warlock Class  specializes in combining "magic" powers granted by The Traveler with modern weaponry. Warlocks have long studied The Traveler, which gives rise to their ability to harness some of its powers.

 

Hunter

      Last but not Least we have The Hunter: The Hunter Class can be described as a "combination of speed and strength", and added that it "is about stealth tactics".

Storyline:

GOLDEN AGE

     Everything changed with the arrival of the Traveler. Long ago, it breathed new life into our system. Rain washed over Mars. Fresh air cleansed the skies over Venus. Soon after, humanity raced into the black, and colonized these newly remade worlds. It was a time of miracles – a great Golden Age.

     HOPE IN THE DARKNESS

     It did not last. The Traveler had an ancient enemy. A powerful darkness that found us here on Earth, and nearly destroyed us. No one knows exactly what happened in those final moments, but we know this: we survived, and we owe our lives to The Traveler.

WE RISE AGAIN

     In our darkest days, Humans, Exos, and Awoken found The Traveler where it made its last stand, low above Earth, silent and immobile. We built the City – our last – within its protective veil, fighting countless wars to keep its peace. From that dark age, Guardians were born.

THE NEW FRONTIER

     Now, a new era has begun, and the only hope for our future lies in unlocking the greatest mysteries of our past. You are a Guardian of the last safe city on Earth, able to wield some of The Traveler's incredible power. You are taking this mantle just as a new day dawns. Titans, Hunters, and Warlocks have finally returned to our long-lost worlds, only to find out we are not alone.

     Defend the last safe City on Earth. Defeat our enemies. Explore the ancient ruins of our solar system. Discover all that we have lost.

Become legend.

   I have personally played with the three classes and By Far the Warlock is my Favorite. Each one has his own special ability that can be developed to change the way you take on the Hordes of Enemies that are invading Earth... or what’s left of it. 

    Destiny comes out on September but you can get your hands on the Beta Phase that starts July 17, 2014. With its initial release on September 9, 2014 To Gain Access you need to Pre-order the game either on the Network store (PSN,XBL), in your favorite Games Dealer or Directly in the Bungie web Page.

That’s it for now. I’ll keep posting news from this and new Games as soon as possible.

-N- here telling you, Let’s play Destiny!! Click Here to see the Official Beta Trailer for the PS4 and PS3 Enjoy!!