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After arriving to my short and juicy holiday I bring you some impressions of what is Scott Pilgrim against the world, one Beat'm up of pre developed by Ubisoft for digital platforms Playstation Network and Xbox Live! Arcade,

Scott Pilgrim against the world is based on a comic by Bryan Lee, which tells the adventures of Scott, a rather peculiar girl who falls for Ramona Flowers and must cope with her 7 evil ex-boyfriend to be with her.

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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is a title beat'm up with a retro format that will delight many users who were waiting for a title but with a completely new gameplay and view a few years ago. The end game will consist of Ramona's ex-girlfriend, a task that can be solo or in co-op to four players on the same console, a pity that does not include online options.

We can choose from Scott (star), Ramona or two friends Stephen and Kim Pine Still also along the 7 different levels we can see glimpses of the odd game, as happens in the comic book or movie we see it in theaters in December.

This title is very reminiscent of games like TMNT: Turtles in Time or even the mythical Double Dragon, and the same exact gameplay mechanics that we teleport directly to the 90 where we could enjoy these incredible games. We found a perfect art section, where despite being at the potential of games 8/16-bits disregards the care you can have all the objects and characters on the screen.

Throughout the adventure your character will level up and can unlock special attacks and attacks, an incentive that will make this game totally replayable title. As in virtually all Beat'm up, we will have three attack buttons (fast, strong and special) in addition to being able to jump, block and combine buttons for different aerial maneuvers. Every so often the character is set to "anger mode" and you can chain combos based mash the button that the speed also increases considerably.

The audio section is not far behind, again, we totally retro soundtrack that the game will make us feel like we're playing our precious NES.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is undoubtedly the best title available on digital download systems for retro game lovers as positive points should be noted that the multiplayer on a console is the very best that we can find to play with three campion friends and spread everywhere, without neglecting the artistic and musical section, while as negative points we have to clarify that the short duration and the few ways left to play this title on the ground.

We can acquire this title for just over € 9, a very reasonable price for the quality that follows.

Not too many days out to see Iron Man 2, I got the bug out of sheer curiosity to try the game, and the PSP platform is picked for two reasons.

The first to get out a little of the usual and try it on Playstation 3 and the second to take a little powder on my PSP and give it some use, as excluding football games, basketball, F1, Fat Princess, or any casual, not too much I give life and that most titles do not have good quality, and in this case, it would not be an exception.

The game was developed by the recently deceased studio Secret Level (to be called so before SEGA acquired the company in 2006), the same team to bring the game's development based on the first Iron Man movie, which could expect little or nothing, since in the gaming world there are no miracles.

The idea of the title was to follow the story right where we left her in the movie, something that made him very interesting and attractive to expand the feelings left by the saw in the theater.

The first thing that scares you so great is the dubbing, the very beginning we see a Tony Stark (to be frank, I assume) and put a completely horrible voice, devoid of emotions and not get passed you to be a hero rather the voice gives the impression that you're tired of being so, and does not improve as we go into the game, as the other voices are just as terrible for the little more than 4 / 5 hours of the game ( and this easy).

Graphically the game is quite just past, with some images worthy of a DS game and without any ambition to improve, placing this as a mediocre title.

It has interesting possibilities as to evolve the suit of Iron Man or War Machine as we beating levels, and using the points made in the previous level, something you have a little fun and motivates you to do well, but apart from this option and talking about the gameplay, the PSP is quite messy and at first a bit difficult to adapt to the configuration of buttons.

In paragraph sound the thing does not improve much, with a sound more than just that after a while I did not even pay attention because it just does not change, except for the sound of the shots that we can do about it and the voice of JARVIS (which if they had put the voice of Kitt from Knight Rider,''''I had petado) that occasionally gets in the middle of that (con) fusion of melodies.

Conclusion:

I advise spendest those 40 euros it costs half the game Iron Man 2 PSP to invite the bride to the movies or a drink (like after a couple of mixed drinks the game has its charms), since this game is terribly bad, and I assure you that the word evil is the best adjective I can put it, since there is no reason to put such trash in your laptop.

Maybe I'm wrong and I see the greatness of the game, but from what I've read versions for next generation consoles I'm not misguided.

If however you are interested in trying it, here I leave the ink to buy some, that if, then can not return, I have already warned me that it is bad.

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One of the advantages of buying the collector's edition of Heavy Rain was, among other things, that the first downloadable content for the game, which carries the name '' The Taxidermist '' free since we left this edition had the same price to the normal version of the game.

And after playing it I'm glad he did not have to pay a penny for her because she seems like a big joke.

In Heavy Rain Chronicles: the taxidermist to get back into the skin of Madison Paige in his search for The Murderer of Origami where he decided to visit the house of a taxidermist without knowing what is going to find.

Graph has the same essence as the game, and is grateful for the visit a new place full of details and curiosities, all spaces of the house of this character are care to detail, and minimal false move you make can cause you problems .

The problem of the DLC is really short duration, the first time acabártelo takes you around 10/15 minutes, and try to get the different endings you can extend the experience a little more than an hour, and as it happens in Heavy Rain has the "" default '' that once finished the first time loses much essence (that if one of the rooms makes you really impressed with what you see there).

The best:

• An entirely new environment in which to investigate
• Requires you to be much more aware of your actions that in Heavy Rain, since history varies radically
• One surprise in the last room very interesting and surprising

The worst:

• It was supposed to be a middle chapter of Heavy Rain, which makes sense to take one end of the game.
• Excessively short and little replay
• We have to pay for this DLC

You can not extend much as there is no where to shoot, in principle, this DLC will be available on April 1 at a price of 4.99 €.

I personally would not pay for this content, but if it's interesting that if you have chance to experience it at least one end of the taxidermist, but it still seems scandalous that we try to charge for such content.

There are honorable exceptions like Fallout 3, GTA or Dragon Age offering content with a higher price but give you much more than an hour of play.

If I had to put a note would be a 4 for everything mentioned above, and hoping that the next DLC people Quantic Dream to stretch a bit.

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Every now and always get a game that draws attention above the rest, in every generation have had great icons that show the way forward, and certainly in this generation Heavy Rain is the symbol of a job well done.

Although it really could be considered as an interactive movie than a game, Quantic Dream has managed to convey emotions that are beyond what we can show a game, because in this case, every decision we make directly affects the course of history Some allow us to have second thoughts a few seconds and others however require us to react quickly, which causes the immersion and empathy with your character is complete.

Critics and users have supported the game, and many of us are going to have as much respect to the choice of similar-themed games. Although at first glance may seem just a game of QTE (Quick Time Event), nothing is further from the truth.

It is true that in games like God of War or Resident Evil are used in some moments in history such attacks, but in both games if you can return to repeat failures. In Heavy Rain a mistake you can cause a fall, shock or even death, because normally you only have two opportunities for you to get it right, and that at best.

Referring to the graphic quality is amazing for me, although at times you see strange things, the models of the city and of the characters is really good like the rain that will be present throughout history, causing that feeling of uneasiness that we try to get into the body.

About the dubbing, which is quite correct to mention save the voice of Michelle Jenner not hit me with the character that adds a voice, and that in part may be partly because sometimes the gestures and faces of the characters do not match what you're listening (happens a lot when one of the characters screaming, shouting can be while looking shoes), but usually this does not prevent a part of history.

The music is also quite good and helps create that atmosphere of tension, entertainment or other things that you will experience throughout Heavy Rain.

Apart from everything mentioned above, the only downside (and rather important) gets Heavy Rain is undoubtedly slowdowns, audio sync with the image and the occasional crash that make you think that something can happen to the reader.

Conclusion:

Heavy Rain is undoubtedly one of the most interesting games of this generation that deserves to be played as it contains everything you need to give you a 8 / 10 hours of fun. David Cage (director and creator of the game) has already commented on occasion that this game is to play only once, because after finalizing the first time, magic and intrigue is not the same at the following times you play.

To say that the list of trophies is hidden among other things not to eviscerate the game's storyline, and I suppose if our decision is not based on that list, and we're the ones who give shape to a story that allows you to reach many combinations the end.

For me it is a must-buy for any player, whether or not a follower of this genre, which basically keeps a close resemblance to Fahrenheit, other interesting works of Quantic Dream.

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Along with the Dante's Inferno, which as I spoke a couple of days , also decided to buy Bioshock 2 because the first part, besides being a game in case, I found a coherent story and a compelling storyline that can still give more than yes.

In the first I must admit that I came to a point in the absence of some for the final, where they already wanted to finish it because I was beginning to tire, but like any good game, has an end which I thought was very good to me and will generate a little hype to know how to continue.

That is why I was curious what to learn first hand what it means returning to Rapture ten years after the original story, dressed in the costume of the subject Delta, the original Big Daddy in a city that after the fall of Andrew Ryan, now all power rests with Sophia Lamb.

For the moment, to say that my impressions are based on the first two hours of the game, hence do not do a review, because it would make sense to rate a game by watching just the beginning. Personally I liked the turn that has given the game since getting into the skin of a Big Daddy is always fun (and in part had something similar), the fact of using the drill or the possibility of using plasmids new weapons such as riveting make it different.

We will at our expense on occasion to classical and Little Sisters, that the need to collect Adam from the corpses of splicers and other creatures that kill. We must pay close attention when the girl is collecting as this will alert our enemies who will do anything to stop us, not to mention that Sophia Lamb give notice to anyone who wants to see us killing us.

A new feature of the game is the multiplayer mode, in which live the Civil War of Rapture Andrew Ryan while he was still in power, and use characters halfway between humans and splicers in different multiplayer modes, although only tested is that of all against all and I found very funny.

Conclusion:

You can simply delete 2K continuing the saga Bioshock, but for the people that we liked the first, the changes that have added more than enough to keep up with all the mysteries hidden Rapture. Although it is true that would be very interesting that the third party was a prequel to know the city as it was before it was completely shatter and see and experience the reasons that led to its destruction.

Personally I think a great job and deserve 2K all due respect, we will see if when I finish the game I still think the same.

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Yesterday a handful of fortunate to open our inbox, we find a mail from Sony invited us to try the demo of God of War III expected along with a code to download.

I think we all feel the same excitement, because after months and months watching videos of the beast that has become Kratos, as you put the long teeth and ready to crush the button to load all the enemies that appear in the screen.

The demo weighs almost 3 GB (2.6 GB in particular) and download at a speed good enough if we consider that Playstation Network tends to go a little slow.

What we could prove God of War III is the same show that was in the Sony conference at E3 this year held in June, so the demo is a few months ago and certainly is much more development advanced.

The game raises the maxim that if something works well, not worth changing it, because it follows the same path as the previous two: Kill everything you find, as you prefer and whether it is better beast.

This certainly does not present a problem for anyone, since Kratos has always been violent, and this time he has had to be more, with a cinematic that put fear (special attention to the eye when he starts one of the bugs) and some QTE standard to which we are accustomed to the series, although I admit that the first time I lost them because I did not realize that the mark on each side (right circle, triangle top, etc ...) and not in the center as I thought it would happen.

Regarding the maps, the sense of depth in one draw much attention. The ability you have to look to the horizon, gives you a sense that the map is bigger than you think, unfortunate that at times the camera does not have the proper position and you can not change the angles as in other titles (although I hope that in the final version of the game if we can place the camera where we are more comfortable).

In the section of sounds and soundtrack in general is fine, but with so much movement of strings, bow and all this is the last thing you'll notice, and if everyone who tried it were you as excited as I head to the starting enemies dieseis you may not even notice until we played the demo a second time.

Conclusion:

Although currently nothing new in a matter of playability with respect to other issues, God of War III is kept in shape, with a jump to high definition that has sat well, and both fans GOW universe as they play for the first time, assessed the potential of one of candidates for Game of the Year in 2010.

Since I tried the demo, I've been thinking about how good he set a cooperative mode, although the developers have been discarded, as they'd lose its essence. For my taste I would not, and offer many more possibilities than just play a single player offline.

Now we will play to decide that issue, we're going to buy the regular edition or the Ultimate Edition that you can see the end of the story (click above to enlarge) which will be around 100 euros.