Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Video - Guild Wars 2 Play Video! 3 Day Headstart!

Here is some quick video I did during the 3 day head start of the release of Guild Wars 2.  Apologies, that I didn't figure out the hide GUI button sooner!  

The game is gorgeous and very fun to play.  Its very easy to slip into and get going with creating a very customizable character.  Navigation is a breeze, and the starting story lines are engrossing.  

Also something to note that the crafting system is the first to allow you to level to 80 in a MMO, you don't have to leave the city confines if you choose not to!  Some of the nice things are that you can send crafting materials straight to your bank box from anywhere in the world via the "gear" icon in your backpack and selecting the collections option.  Then when at a crafting station you can then open up your bank box and get those crafting items you need without the needless running back and forth! Brilliant!

I haven't encountered any real glaring issues yet with this game except for the occasional error connection, but even the "patch" system is nicely done if they have to do a "hot fix" mid stride, they alert you the game shuts down, patches, reloads and you're back into the action in minutes.   

The only minor quibble is that upon error connection or when switching from "zone to zone" you might get put into a "holding queue" for that zone which only means that you're not in the "main zone" and if your friends are in the main zone you won't be able to group up.  Your friends can, of course join you in the holding queue if they wish and you can join up there.  Eventually you'll get a message when a spot opens up in the "main zone" and you'll see a loading screen and then appear right where you were in the holding queue.  Now can see world vs world info, group with friends if they're in the main zone too, etc.  This seems to happen way too often with only to be prompted to join the main queue minutes after being put in to the holding queue. Its frankly distracting.  I'd rather just be put in a zone and not prompted about going to the main zone, and let me check manually to see if I want to go to the main zone if a spot is open.  Just a thought.

Here is the video footage I snagged while playing, its a mix of interesting things to see, vista view points panorama, map overland views and descriptions,  and some other interesting combat action I took part of.  There is even a volcano!  (this is all in the human starting area)



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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Video : Mis-Adventures in MineZ - A Minecraft Mod Based On The Game DayZ

You've got your peanut butter in my chocolate, and you've got your chocolate in my peanut butter!  Two great tastes you say?! You Betcha!  The creators of MineZ have a hit on their hands I think. (you can find both private and public severs to play on at that link!)

It would seem they've taken the concept of DayZ and melded it with the game of Minecraft.  While minecraft is inherently a survival game per se, this mod takes it to a whole new level! The best thing is that you don't have to install anything besides the generic minecraft game!  Everything is server based, and like DayZ, persistent across servers!

Be sure to check out my video of the very first time playing it, I go through the spawn point and instructions and then try my had at a bit of murder.  Of course like always I get my butt handed to me as both Zombie, they're super fast!, and player both gang up on me! Hehehe.



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Monday, August 20, 2012

Video : DayZ - The world on Fire! Fun with Chemlights and Flares!

Here is a screen cap of a shot of myself and friends all running around with blue chemlights and flashlights, because we ran out of flares.  

The idea worked pretty well, so far in that we were on a low pop server. If we were to try this on a high pop server then i'm sure we'd be sitting ducks for any bandit or newb with a rifle, as you can see the glow from pretty far off.  We had two people with flashlights shining around looking for zombies if we were in an area that would have them and one guy who was the executioner.  Occasionally two of use would have to use axes but we got pretty good at the system we came up with.   Same idea goes for use of the flares except that the flare will illuminate a very large area so flashlights aren't really needed. 

You can video below our fun with flares, chemlights, and looting various buildings in town.  Speaking of town, I don't know why but the town I started up in last night was on fire, as well as the surrounding area!  Certainly made for easy navigation in an otherwise pitch black night!



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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Video : DayZ Water, Water Everywhere... S01E05


So a buddy and I the other day were playing DayZ.  We finally were able to "acquire" some gear via some quickly raided military tents, so while armed to the teeth we still needed basic items, food, and water.  This little video shows our escapades on how to try and get some water from a well as well as the discovery of a function and fully operational battle stati... err motorcycle.  Sadly it was late and my keyboard wasn't configured so we had to abandoned the idea of the two of us joy riding around in game.  Check out the video below!



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Friday, August 10, 2012

Video : DayZ - You Don't Bring A Hatchet To A Gun Fight!


So last night a buddy and I, still high on adrenaline from the success of a kill previously in the night, wandered across another player while traveling to a big city.  As you can see in the video, you don't bring an hatchet to a gun fight!  While we put up a decent effort, ultimately were greeted by ,Mr. Death.  Note: the voice you hear is my buddies, as i forgot to enable the mic in fraps, you can kinda hear me in his headphones. Hehe.



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Thursday, August 9, 2012

First Kill In DayZ, Celebrate With A Victory Pepsi!


Check out the short video of my first kill in DayZ mod for Arma2.  Also DayZ is going to be a Standalone Game, Woo Hoo!  


Mmmmmm, Tastes like murder.  ;)

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Video : DayZ - Hey! Are You Friendly? Stop Or I'll Shoot!


Its funny how people get your attention in a survival game. Take for example this guy... He wanted to stop and chat but his initial "Hello" was all but friendly. Here is a pro-tip for DayZ players. You see someone else, RUN!
Hehe.



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