Grand Theft Auto IV

Everyone, from casual gamers to Hardcore, knows about this game, and I want to tell you just a bit more about it. The main character is Russian who immigrated to New York city and has a background of violent and harsh crimes. His name is Niko Bellic, and he has a cousin who acts as his cockaroach-like sidekick named Roman. The game consists of all the GTA style gameplay and adds a touch with the new characters who could bring a more serious feel to the game.




Niko Bellic


The gameplay/story will have you saving Roman's ass quite a bit because of his big mouth, and you'll probably feel like killing him too. Roman is the guy you are staying with as well as your cousin so you have to go by his rules. The games Graphics look beautiful, and for anyone who has played previous Grand Theft Auto games, the graphics, well....... the graphics honestly suck.


The sound as far as anyone knows will be fine, although I hope that we don't end up with the 20 character model city in this game, because then you know you'll hear the same punch lines over and over. But Rockstar won't miss on that one, at least they didn't in the last big game, San Andreas. Let's hope for more info and I'll leave you with a lasting impression,

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Smokin' Hot Shooters to Come

Tom Clancy's

RAINBOW SIX:

VEGAS 2
(X360, PS3, PC)
Once again we have Team Rainbow in Vegas!


For many years gamers have been waiting for shooter games that can have good sequels that live up to the previous game. We all want fun multi-player and complex single-player and we all want a series that we can trust. Well Rainbow Six Vegas will most likely give us all of those things and maybe show us some new tricks that Developer's at Ubisoft have up their sleeves.

Stay tuned to read more news on the second time main character Logan bust into vegas with his team.











Battlefield: Bad Company
(X360, PS3)
Destroy Everything and Anything!




The Multi-player in Battlefield has always been the best part about it while the single-player has always lacked our desires and we turn to games with good multi-player and single-player. Dice, EA and other co-operating Developers seem to be working mainly on the singleplayer and will be showing us a great new way to play shooters. The way that they've changed this game from many others is that you can destroy practically anything in the game. You might have seen, or played a PC game called Crysis which has this same feature, but you might also have noticed that the destruction of things in the game whether it be walls, vehicles, land ect. it was not a part of the strategy of the game, and with Bad Company the makers want the environment destruction to be a part of the strategy in the game.












Condemned 2 : Bloodshot





(X360, PS3, PC)
A Psyco Cop is their only chance

Yes you play as a psycopathic cop who gets a buzz from killing mutant zombies and he out of every cop is the only one who is willing to do his job. He hunts down criminals and, well like I said, he is a crazy one.



The first game had no online play so no one expects that from the second but we saw some intense survival elements that we, I look forward to.










Left 4 Dead (X360, PC) ?PS3? Killing Zombies Never felt so Good!







Yes another survival horror, this game is being hyped by all of the games media though not as much with gamers. The game gives you 4 player co-op campaign and survival mode which is to survive as long as you possibly can.



The 1up Editor Ryan O'Donnel said that this is the game everyone has been waiting for.





1up also mentioned that the publisher for Left 4 Dead is Valve who developed The Orange box.

Valve is sure to put a good flick of their wrists on this one.









Killzone 2
(PS3)

Great Graphics, hopefully some great gameplay



Killzone 2 is a sequel to Killzone on the Playstation 2 and wowed few players. The changes that needed to be made were big if Guerilla Games wants this sequel to be a success. The PSP game which featured entirely different gameplay was great, but to get the Killzone console games to par with nex-gen shooters like Call of Duty 4, or Rainbow Six: Vegas, Guerilla Games and Sony need to put that edge that we all want out of a First person shooter.

10 Coolest Henchman in a Game

10. Grunts Halo

The Grunts in Halo just add the right amount of humour with the right amount of technique that you want in a smaller enemy, they will attack you straight on, alert everyone that you're there, grab a turret and cause you all sorts of trouble, Scream and they will often trap you with a grenade where you either have to lunge in at tonnes of enemies or take a grenade to your spartan crotch.

They add a lot of single player value to gamers especially in Halo Combat Evolved, AKA Halo 1. You can find them asleep, and you can either surpass them and deal with them later, or you have to wake a whole bunch up and really make the game that much more interesting. The Grunts are something I thought should have been playable characters in the Multi-Player.

9. Skullwalltulas-Zelda games

I hear a lot of people complain about the Skullwalltulas in Zelda Ocarina of Time and Twighlight Princess, but for those of you who do, imagine the game without them. They own the first little bit of your time in Zelda games and they pose a real threat that if you think about it, they aren't too bad, but as easy as they are, the rewards are great, but they will ultimately punish you if you mess up with bad timing, or pressing the wrong button combination. Usually people get through them if they've played many Zelda games, and they grow a custom to these undead spiders.

8. Troll Witch Doctor-Warcrarft

These guys could not be ignored on the henchman list. they are so useful, so funny and lets face it, sooo cool. you start of with them and they respond to you clicking on them saying "who called for the docta". They fight with the orcs and whether that makes sense or not they are great units.

Troll headhunters are their inferior who are goofy but not necessarily funny.

Troll Witch doctors are good mixed units with Melee which in warcraft the orcs are based on melee with a few exeptions. The "doctas" are trained in the Spirit Lodge, and share the lodge with Shaman, which I don't understand because Shaman are so uptight, my goodness. No they just take their job more seriously.

Anyway, they are helpful, and maybe under-used, though not under-loved.

7. Combine-Half Life

No you dont combine these enemies it's pronounced like "calm-byn" with of course the silent E.

These guys are, unlike warcraft, always your enemy. They are chasing after you, Gordon Freeman, for whatever crazy plans they have to kill you, you are putting halt to their plans for the destruction of mankind.

Boy do they have that scare appeal. Nothing is more thrilling than sitting down and fighting freaky guys in gas masks. Perhaps the masks add the lack of Identity or lack of knowlege you have of them that will send chills up your spine.

The game is fast pased when you want it to be, but you can't hide behind cover for long when dealing with the Combine troops. The cool concept that the game has is the four enemys. the Zombies, the Combine, the ant lions and the ressistance. You'll run into zombies fighting ant lions or ant lions fighting combine or combine fighting zombies, and you can use them against eachother (not with in-game instructions, but you wild imaginations) and maybe leave one alive to fight and hold off the stronger force to help you indirectly. the Combine are really an awsome sort, if you get to know them.

6. Cops-Grand Theft Auto

Yes the Games of Grand theft auto you can go around completing missions and satisfying your inner soul, or you can go around killing random innocent civillians, and when the police arrive to beat you with rather hard batons, you have to kill them for your own survival.

The police are the funniest concept of an enemy, just because they walk around in their nice blue suits and all serious, but really it's just a game and the polie are portrayed as jerks, payoffs and if not they will hold shotguns at you and shoot to kill. You have the choice of fooling around and trying to get your stars up to fight stronger forms of authority, you go through like I said police with thier batons, then hand guns, then rangers with shotguns, then helicopters with heavy guns and after that you will fight the swat and then the Army.

The cops need some credit, when there's 30 of them at once, they might just catch you.

5. Chainsaw Ganados-Resident Evil

The Scariest type of person is the person with a chainsaw, but these guys aren't even people, they are infected with a virus causing them to do saddlers will. Dr. Salvador however, is the leader of the Chainsaw Ganado, supposedly the richest guy in town. You can't help but freak out about these guys and with your friends you will have some, "remember the chainsaw guy?" moments.

These guys surpass illuminati, and Prisoners in my books, because they do one hit kills with the chainsaw and in a trapped room they are more lethal than any other enemy.

4. Koopas-Super Mario

Yeah Koopas are awesome, you know it!

Koopas brainwashed by their evil master Bowser to search and Derstroy Super Mario at all Costs. Sure it doesn't seem like it all the time but the koopas are evil, and Bowser has obviously captured princess peach and they should at least slow Mario down shouldn't they.

No they aren't the scariest, or the funniest, but they have a place in everyones heart in gaming, they are priceless and really in the old games they are quite stupid. The AI has always been thick skulled, but the game actually puts that into the originlity and puts the Ai (which doesn't realize that it will fall off a cliff if it walks any further) in perfect places to put the challenge on you, and even when games were side scrolling narrow and you couldn't rome, Super Mario gave you all sorts of choices to make during the game.

3. Stormtroopers-Star Wars Games

Have you ever dreamed about force pushing a stormtrooper into a wall 50 feet away?

Stormtroopers take all the beating in the starwars movies, and games, so I think they deserve third.

They have that look about them that you could just throw them down a cliff, sorry if that scares anyone. They are the kick the cat syndrome of the games, you get mad or your character does, well why not rip apart a storm trooper for no charge.

I really look forward to the new Star Wars game coming to stores 08 or 09 call Star Wars: the Force Unleashed because they really take a beating in it.

2. Terrorists-Metal Gear Solid

They don't see you coming, hopefully, but they might hear a noise, ask if anyone saw something (in your general direction), or they might see you and send every one of their comrades after you, but you're solid snake, you can handle them right? well the answer is that you can't get away with being caught through the whole game without dying, but you can get through it without dying if you have those special stealthy skills that few have.

The henchmen in all stealth games cause tension, but in the king of stealth games they are the most comical, tense, and difficult to get around.

1.Croc-Donkey Kong

Lead by King K. Rool, the seemingly unbeatable army of crocodiles?

Yes Donkey Cong was a hit on the NES and brought it's own series on the SNES where Donkey Knog was the good guy and he fights against the Crocs. the games are memorable in every ascpect and really should be made in the next gen on Wii. too bad that the game is not but it is such a hard thing to get your head around. Donkey Kong 64 was a great game but then again country 1,3 and 3 are way better, but I don't know how much you agree that the Crocs from DK are the best Henchmen, but they showed everyone that AI could be smart and still be equally vulnerable.

Many AAA titles being pushed back

Many of our most anticipated games are not coming out when at the start of 08 they were said to. Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Fallout 3, and Battlefield Bad company have all been pushed back. Super Smash Bros. will release in March. Fallout 3 and Battlefield have b0th been put on the to be announced roster.

Halo Wars and the RTS genre

Your going to like this upcoming title if you find the Idea of Halo, and you enjoy Real Time Strategy games. The game has real potential that can wow players who enjoy the zoomed out battlefield idea. If you sat in your room and played with little army men as a kid and you don't know too much about RTS (Real Time Strategy) then read this.

The RTS Genre is a commanding units kind of genre. In war games you order troops from an overhead view and fight against the enemies using built in-game tactics, upgrades, or you can try your own ideas. Usually the single player is very basics oriented in the way that it shows players how to play throughout the game. The multi-player, hopefully online, is usually quite entertaining and intense. PC RTS games are the ancestors of the genre, but now we've seen a few RTS games out on consoles like Battle For Middle Earth II, and Comand and Conquer. Now you will be seeing 4 new and big RTS games on the Xbox 360, Halo Wars, World in Conflict, Supreme Commander, and Civilizations Revolution.

There are other kinds of real time strategy, although few of them. Viva Pinata is considered a strategy game, and as far as my 35 hours into the game went, it was in real time.

The reason so many people prefer RTS games on the Computer is because a mouse is a lot easier to use then an analog stick. You'd be suprised how far developers are going to try and make better Console RTS games. Take Tom Clancy's End War for instance, the game is a brand new concept that brings the camera view closer in, and makes the battle more specific in where you are. Ubisoft, the developer of all Tom Clancy games is taking a big rsk in making this game, but where would the industry be if everything stayed the same?

No More Heroes IGN says.....

Ign.com gave No More Heroes a dissapointing 7.8 but as we've seen with games like Assassins creed, Gamespot scored it higher and gave it a 9.0. We will review the game and not consider other sites as a balance beam, hopefully.

Announced Games!?

Gears of War 2 in 08? Resident Evil 5? Banjo 3? Alan Wake out in 08? Will we see Animal Crossing for Wii? Mario Kart? These are all questions that will be answered in 2008, but the wait is too long for some thats why we can Confirm that Super Smash Bros. Brawl wil release in 2008, so far it's said to come out in March. Grand theft Auto 4 is releasing 08 in the second quarter of the year. Metal Gear Solid 4 is confirmed for 2008 but when it s released in the year we don't know, most likely in the first half. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is Confirmed and is most likely to come out in March.

Jade Empire 2 Does Exist!

Yes Fans are hyped but it will be a long wait for this one, while bioware has two projects to tackle including Jade Empire 2 and Mass Effect 2, because we all know there's a Sequel.

WARZ BEGUN?

The big question this year when it comes to the consoles is not who sells more games like microsoft or more consoles like Wii, but who delivers the best quality experience?



Well I've sat down with WIi Fans and PS3 fans and as the Admin for G-noise and a 360 owner I have to say the battle this year for the ultimate experience is tight, and sometimes the quality of one game (super smash boros. Brawl) for Nintendo can beat 20 Microsoft games as far as quality goes. And who said quality comes behind Quantity, if you look at Xbox 360's Line up of exclusives there is Fable 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Ninja Gaiden 2 and hopefully Alan Wake and Too Human. these are all exciting titles to release but can they together beat Nintendo's Powerhouse, most popular game. Sony has Metal Gear Solid 4, Little Big Planet, SOCOM, Gran Turismo 5, and a lesser known Infamous. Many People are Hyping Killzone 2, but do we not all recall the first one kind of being bad?

Sony and Microsoft share something more powerful than Nintendo's classic series' and that is Multi Platform Games. Games that come out on both PS3 and X360 are games that are really the best bunch of games in the current generation of games, think..Oblivion, Rainbow Six Vegas, Call of Duty 4, Orange Box, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1,2. These games combined with the Exclusives are plenty to show non-Wii gamers that they can have fun, without those classic games that they hold some hold dear.

The Key for Sony is to equalize their multi platformers to make sure that their market recieves the same or better gameplay then the Xbox Market. They need to make sure there aren't any crazes like with Madden 08 when people said that the Xbox version had a better frame-rate, and look better all around.

Xbox 360 needs to be more reliable online, and Microsoft could give us some more Action oriented games. First person shooters can last a long time, so when Microsoft releases 20 in one year players tend to move to Sony's Action oriented, and more balanced games.

Wii just needs a little more Quantity, sure everyone'll forgive Nintendo if they only release Super Smash Bros Brawl as their Big Guns of the year, but they need to get Games like Endless Ocean and No More Heroes out in the open for their market to see. Preferably Nintendo will come out with more Hardcore titles and seek diferent breeds of gamers that hide in their moms basements playing Warcraft.

As I said Multi Platform games are owning the current-gen, I mean games coming out like Grand Theft Auto 4, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Fallout 3, Devil May Cry 4, Battlefield Bad Company, Street Fighter 4, Soul Calibur 4, Army of Two, Resident Evil 5, Saints Row 2 and many more.

Well we'll see through the end of the first quarter of second quarter of the year an uprising of Nintendo, with Super Smash Bros. Brawl in March, but a huge uprising of the Multiplatforming Market that has never been so big. Now that Microsoft and Sony Have this advantage over Nintendo it's a bigger battle and moretechnological consoles Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 will shine a lot more through the fall and the end of the year.

Burnout Paradise IGN Says...

IGN SAYS: 8.8

Yes Burnout Paradise is releasing on January 22nd, and will be giving you our review and a score, just letting you know that IGN.com has given this game an 8.8 and making sure that we can always compare our reviews with bigger sites to show a sense of guideline or to be able to talk about why we might happen to disagree with a review.

Devil May 4 vs. Ninja Gaiden 2

Devil may Cry 4 is a follow up on the 3 Devil May Cry's which feature a main Character called Dante. He being a demon fighter whos a bit egocentric has quite the attitude and really shows how you cn put good gameplay with a less seriouos character and a good story on the Sony Playstation 2 and Be successful. Now in DMC4 there's a new character who incedently looks exactly like Dante. His Name is Nero. Dante usually fights with an over sized sword and wields a fw guns while hes at it. Now with Nero in the picture he's got a special hand which can do some new tricks, as well as a sword and some guns. The story of the game is not to be revealed because spoilers aren't everyones cup of tea, but you'll really enjoy this one, and it's not necessarily timed right after Devil May Cry 3, (could be in between 1-2 or 2-3) as far as the stories timeline goes.

Ryu Hayabusa is a Ninja fighting for revenge and you'll see in videos that he is really angry with his enemies, otherwise he's just sick. This is Ninja Gaiden 2 and you'll notice how much of a gory beat-em-up this game is, but a very hard game. Ryu Hayabusa is the coolest ninja of all time and he is going to prove something with all very cool weapons such as ninja stars, swords, wolverine like claws (longer than wolverines) and ninja staffs, ect. The first three games of Ninja gaiden did not let anyone down but were never the most popular games.


Comparing the two is a bit harder than I expected. I noticed that in Ninja Gaiden you do have to pause the game to switch weapons, and Devil May Cry 4 is weapon change in real time. Hey you know some people like to take a break, and you might need to after chopping opponents in half, their heads off (ect). Devil May Cry is quite rewarding compared to Ninja Gaiden where you kill an enemy and the bar at the top might fill up and say "Carnage" or "pwmage" or something to that effect. Ninja Gaiden will have a feature more exciting than I thought at first, but it will have a fighting element where you can cut an enemies lims off, but they'll comtinue runing, shaking or crawling their way to you. Devil May Cry has not been said to have this feature, but if you play both you'll see that the physics in Devil May Cry are more freelance, where ninja gaiden everything thats done might be hard but is at least humanly possible, at least most things.

What do you have to say about the biggest action games coming to 08 Consoles?

Dark Sector is pushed back

A less well known game that many editors believe is a clone of Gears of War although they've added an element which is the three bladed ninja star-like thing to throw at enemies. The 1up team claim it is the Emo version of Gears of War. I think it's the best looking third person shooter for 08, but to look even more forward into 09 we will see the release of Resident Evil 5. this will show some competion and hopefully an incentive for developers to make a brilliant game.

Kingdom Under Fire Flops Everywhere!

Kingdom under fire flopped all over the web so a review on G-noise is unlikely. But you can look forward to Burnout Paradise Reviews, and other talk this month. Hopefully we'll see the next few months pickup in gaming and we'll see titles like Super Smash Bros Brawl and Devil May Cry 4 and Dark Sector in February.

No more Heroes

No more Heroes looking pretty good! Suda 51 the developer of No More Heroes made a game called Killer 7 which was an excellent game but no one knew it existed. Killer 7 was a game which was an aquired taste and really only a few who played it liked it.

Now we have seen videos of the Japanese version with no gore, but the North American Version is supposed to be bloody and gory. The game looks fun, with exciting wiimote combos, and something everyone might not be all for is the Freeze frame. I think that the freeze frame is more than required to give you the time to complete the wii remote action.

No more Heroes looks a lot like a beat-em-up game and it looks like a must rent game, and hopefully a buy.