tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91646993844511548742024-03-08T15:06:44.459+08:00The Cat GamerYour source for news, reviews, and information on videogames for PCs, Game Consoles and Handhelds.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-43805414284545282162011-02-22T01:45:00.004+08:002011-02-27T09:21:03.146+08:00New Move For MeI have just received a new Playstation Move Starter Pack from my girlfriend as a birthday gift. Really didn't see this one coming, so I'm all giddly right now thinking of getting home and experiencing some 1:1 motion sensing yumminess :).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/georaldc/Cat%20Gamer%20Blog/076b8de9-64bc-4dd5-a3ac-50d205a84a7e.jpg" /></div><br /><br />Hopefully it works much better than the Wii's motion plus hardware, which in my opinion already works amazingly good.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com69tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-55145238654461579362010-09-16T13:20:00.009+08:002010-09-16T13:45:35.468+08:00Mobile Phone Gaming (and a little something about the Samsung Wave)Mobile phones aren't exactly my cup of tea when it comes to portable gaming (I have my DS and PSP to keep me company there), but there's been a pretty good supply of games coming out for these phones that I can't help but be intrigued by what they can actually offer.<br /><br />I recently got myself a Samsung Wave, Samsung's new flagship phone that debuted side by side with their new Bada OS. Now the phone itself is pretty slick, has a really good camera and runs very very smooth. I mean, I haven't had the pleasure of toying around with today's smartphones but from what I've tried, oftentimes they felt sluggish when compared to the inevitable iphone. The Wave on the other hand feels just as smooth and the screen is something to die for! It looks like they slapped a really good LED HDTV in there for the screen, its that good.<br /><br />Moving to the nerdy stuff, this phone packs hardware that can give almost any modern phone a run for its money (yes, even the new iphone 4). Unless I'm wrong, this phone contains the same cpu as the iphone 4 (a 1 ghz custom designed chip that's leagues faster than the usual snapdragon cpu in some android phones) but a more advanced gpu. More like a 1.5 version of the GPU of the iphone 4, so that should mean better game performance. Unfortunately from the many Gameloft ports I've tried on this phone, they seem to depict the opposite (read: really shoddy framerates). Please Gameloft, put a little bit more love on your ports. Maybe Bada is to blame for being an OS in its infancy stages, but other games seem to run just as good as their iphone siblings so c'mon, at least put a little bit more effort and don't just do it for the quick cash-ins.<br /><br />Anyway, paid apps just arrived here in the Philippines and I was able to purchase both Twin Blades and ExZeus for my Wave and let me just say, these games look awesome for phones! I may be a bit behind since these were already released on other platforms before, but at least I didn't have to shell out a fortune just to have a phone that can run them.<br /><br /><object width="380" height="392"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2ncmwgJzqw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2ncmwgJzqw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="392"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: center">Epic's Project Sword, aka Unreal Engine 3 drool, on the iphone 4, courtesy of IGN</div><br /><br />Mobile gaming seems to be hittng a high note nowadays, with big time developers jumping aboard and testing the waters. ID has their latest engine running on the iphone 4 at perfect 60fps and Epic just released an amazing iphone playable demo of unreal engine 3. I hope though these developers and publishers give other competing mobile phones some love since they are more than capable to doing what the iphone's capable of.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-88747828018535800642010-09-16T06:02:00.002+08:002010-09-16T06:17:59.928+08:00I've reached the end of Halo Reach<div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/georaldc/Cat%20Gamer%20Blog/halo_reach_logo.jpg" /></div><br /><br />Beaten and conquered (well, not exactly until I beat it in Legendary), I've finally completed all the main Halo games' campaigns yesterday. ODST is the only thing that's missing so I'm still trying to find time to beat that.<br /><br />So what do I think about Bungie's final Halo game? Can't say much about multiplayer but the single player campaign seems to deliver everything Halo fans wanted. More epic set pieces, larger levels with lots of vehicle driving, and none of that corridor map crap found in previous Halo games. Yeah graphics are a mixed bag but overall, the game is just awesome! I always loved the single player campaigns of past Halo games but always put Halo CE on the top of them all. Now I can finally put that to rest as Halo Reach has finally succeeded in overthrowing the original in just about everything.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-29194155242603697982010-01-23T13:51:00.002+08:002010-01-23T13:57:03.157+08:00Mass Effect Marathon? Hell Yeah!Getting ready for Mass Effect 2, I'm set to complete the prequel on my PC just so I can get my save game to carry over haha. I never finished Mass Effect 1 due to my 360 suffering a heart attack, so it'll be refreshing to play it at the best settings on my PC (hopefully my e8400 will cope. Heard that you need a quadie for the best possible performance)the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-90475134943190480222010-01-21T02:07:00.006+08:002010-01-21T02:44:27.284+08:00Dark Void = Straight to the Void<div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/georaldc/Cat%20Gamer%20Blog/dark_void_logo-1.jpg" /></div><br /><br />I'm sorry to say this but it looks like Capcom and Airtight Games' Dark Void is destined to be a complete failure. In fact, the game never even grabbed my attention with the 1st trailers shown last year. I might be talking too early since I've only played through the training and 1st mission on my PC, but from what I've seen (andheard from other people who have tried out the demo), things are not looking good.<br /><br />Controls are not that responsive (especially during flight), graphics are damn mediocre for a 2010 title even at the highest settings, and the gameplay itself plays like a crippled Gears of War wannabe with Rocketeer-esque sections that just are not enjoyable based on that short training course in the beginning. Plus despite the bad visuals, performance on the PC doesn't make much sense especially with all the stuttering and crap. My GTX 275 should be handling the Unreal engine with ease but that doesn't seem to be the case here!<br /><br />So what just happened here? Airtight Games is composed of people who worked on one of the best Xbox games released back then, Crimson Skies, so its surprising to see them come up with a game this bad. If you ask me, Capcom should have just developed this title themselves instead of having another company do it since I believe their proprietary engine would have done wonders here (I mean, just compare this to something like Lost Planet, which was one of Capcom's first next generation games lol. Leagues apart in both performance and quality). So sad to see a very cool concept executed so poorly.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-46044363859419301932009-09-10T02:56:00.005+08:002009-09-10T03:37:56.413+08:0009.09.09Damn, I skipped this all important date because of work. Anyway, what's so special with it you ask (particularly the numbers)? Why, it was when the Dreamcast first launched in the US silly (September 9, 1999).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/georaldc/Cat%20Gamer%20Blog/dc.jpg" /></div><br /><br />An amazing console backed by an amazing lineup of games, the Dreamcast was one of the best things that ever happened in the gaming industry. Heck, I loved it so much that I actually have 3 working units at home right now (c'mon, their dirt cheap now).<br /><br />Launching in the US, it went head-to-head with the Playstation's own Final Fantasy 8. As much as I loved the Final Fantasy series, we bought a Dreamcast instead for Christmas. The first time we laid eyes on NBA 2k and Soul Calibur, everyone at home was floored. It was crazy, truly a generation ahead of everything! All the other games were great and the Dreamcast was just in a league of its own.<br /><br />So how did it fall so badly? Yep, Sony and their senseless "Playstation 2 will be better than God" banter stole a lot of the thunder. Now don't get me wrong, the PS2 was a great machine, but it wasn't exactly the behemoth Sony was preaching. In fact a lot of times, it had a lot of inferior looking games compared to the Dreamcast. If Sega's console didn't just die so quickly, I can assure you that it would have been able to stand up against the PS2's best looking titles.<br /><br />In the end, for all the true gamers out there, the Dreamcast will always live in our hearts (yes, can you feel the cheesyness haha). Let's all celebrate this 10th year anniversary by showing our lil friend here some gaming love :)the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-6709805064262593652009-09-06T06:24:00.007+08:002009-09-06T06:40:38.351+08:00Leaked PC Game "Batman: Arkham Asylum" has problems?<div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/georaldc/Cat%20Gamer%20Blog/joker_arkham_asylum.jpg" width="400" /></div><br /><br />Yep, if you are one of those downloading the leaked direct2drive copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum right now, be warned that it contains a lot of game breaking and irritating bugs in it. It might be an early beta copy because some of the core files are actually older than the ones found in the demo. Or maybe its just a part of the Joker's gloriously sprung trap lol.<br /><br />Anyway, one fix to get physx working was to copy over some of the demo files. Unfortunately, you'll still encounter frequent crashes due to some other files missing. The grappling hook also doesn't work in some key points and there are places where NPCs will just stop spawning. Game breaking indeed.<br /><br />It might be a faulty crack, or a faulty beta release or whatever. The game is still a few days away from release and its a leaked copy so you can't blame the developers. Just buy it when it comes out, the developers deserve it for giving us the best comic book game ever.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-83279514161863200352009-09-04T02:04:00.002+08:002009-09-04T02:10:51.601+08:00Assassin's Creed 2 "Visions of Venice" Gameplay TrailerA new (first?) gameplay trailer of Assassin's Creed 2 was shown by Ubisoft to world today. Called "Visions of Venice", feast your eyes on what I believe will be the best looking multiplatform game coming out this year.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="gtembed" width="480" height="392"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=55401"/> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <embed src="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=55401" swLiveConnect="true" name="gtembed" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="392"></embed> </object>the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-71053105329455717972009-08-08T00:06:00.003+08:002009-08-08T00:19:35.967+08:00Batman: Arkham Asylum PC Demo Available NowThat's right! Despite the game being pushed back for PCs due to the integration of physX (I doubt that's the reason. More like to even out consoles and pc sales I guess, or prevent piracy. Like that's possible haha), looks like all you dark crusader fans are still in luck. The demo just got released after showing up on PSN and Xbox Live and weighs in at around 2gb. Initial impressions around the web show that this here might just become the best batman game ever (not like it has any serious competition with previous games in the series lol).<br /><br />I'm pretty excited myself. Downloading the demo right now as I type. Hopefully with physX enabled + AA, I'll still be able to max it out with my GTX 275 ^^. Here's a link to the download:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/14922/Batman:+Arkham+Asylum+Demo" target="_new">http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/14922/Batman:+Arkham+Asylum+Demo</a>the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-84623873279059712732009-07-31T22:39:00.004+08:002009-07-31T23:05:47.731+08:00Yu Suzuki Retires As Creative OfficerYup, you read that right. The main man behind the arcade hits you grew up with such as Virtua Series has officially retired from his position as "Creative Officer" at Sega of Japan.<br /><br /><div style="border: solid silver 1px; padding: 5px; background:#FFFFFF;color:#000000">The creator of titles like Virtua Fighter, OutRun and Shenmue has "retired" from his Creative Officer position at Sega of Japan, Sega announced this week. But the company isn't done with Yu Suzuki just yet.<br /><br />While Sega-Sammy notes that Suzuki has "retired" from his role as Creative Officer of the AM Plus R&D department, he'll still have some influence at Sega. The developer will continue on as manager of that group, in a role that GameSpot, by way of Sega reps, says is of "diminished capacity."</div><br /><a href="http://kotaku.com/5197880/shenmue-creator-yu-suzuki-retires-from-sega" target="_new">Source</a><br /><br />Man, does this mean that there's no more hope for Shenmue 3?? For cryin out loud, the game's entire story has been set in stone already for years I believe.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-7526782980849517212009-07-26T11:22:00.003+08:002009-07-26T11:38:54.731+08:00Halo LegendsHalo mecha-esque anime for the win? Lol, not exactly mecha but some of the spartans seems to have been decked out with your traditional over the top japanese-animation-style designs in this new anime based on the mega popular Microsoft IP, Halo. Coming out late 2009 with the title "Halo Legends", here is the first trailer shown at Comic-Con:<br /><br /><div style="width: 480px;"><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="gtembed" width="480" height="392"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=53157"/><param name="quality" value="high" /> <embed src="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=53157" swLiveConnect="true" name="gtembed" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="392"></embed> </object><div style="font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana; text-align: center; width: 480px; padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: black; height: 32px;"><div><a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com" title="GameTrailers.com">Video Games</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/game/11761.html" title="Halo Legends">Halo Legends</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/player/53157.html" title="Exclusive Debut Trailer HD">Exclusive Debut Trailer HD</a></div><div style="padding-top: 3px;"><a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/platformlist/xb360/index.html" title="XBox 360">XBox 360</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/platformlist/ps3/index.html" title="PS3">Playstation 3</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/platformlist/wii/index.html" title="Wii">Nintendo Wii</a></div></div></div><br /><br />Hopefully they don't stray too far from the Halo Universe and fill it up with your usual array of generic anime characters and cheesy storylines.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-86632576596194676432009-07-16T10:11:00.004+08:002009-11-27T23:52:55.087+08:00Bayonetta Japan Release DateFancy a Devil May Cry game with a woman as the lead? If your a fan of the father of Devil May Cry, no doubt you've heard about his latest creation featuring the ass kicking witch (Bayonetta) famous for having her hair make up her clothes lol.<br /><br />A release date was just announced for Japan, October 29, and if you pre-order, you get to nab a special soundtrack disc. Cool eh! Well let's just hope the other territorial releases aren't too far out.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-12926230554096796572009-07-14T09:47:00.006+08:002009-07-14T10:01:47.769+08:00Slim PS3 Spotted in the Philippines!?!Wow, now where did this come from? Looks like the Philippines has been stirring up the videogame world again, and well some of the news articles on this have been very saddening to me. Making the Philippines look like its stealing stuff doesn't sound good to me, especially when we've already been associated with so much piracy crap. Anyway, here's the controversial video in question:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EUBn3_5IbGE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EUBn3_5IbGE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Legit or not? Looks pretty damn real to me, and I heard its being sold for 20000 pesos which is a reasonable price for a PS3 and not something like a Polystation or anything fake like that. Plus, it looks very very close to the PS3 slim images that were leaked a while ago and the craftsmanship is just something you wouldn't find in a cheapo mockup:<br /><br /><img src="http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t91/micromagic1313/ps3slim.jpg" width="400" /><br /><br /><img src="http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t91/micromagic1313/ps3slim5.jpg" width="400" /><br /><br /><img src="http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t91/micromagic1313/ps3slim2.jpg" width="400" /><br /><br />Hopefully, more news comes out on this. If only I had the time, I'd go do my own investigation on this hot thing.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-34726251096090511732009-07-13T18:17:00.003+08:002009-07-13T18:21:36.380+08:00MTV Asia Top 10 Blogger Contest Entries<a href="http://www.mtvasia.com/Funstuff/Contests/BloggerContest/" target="_new">http://www.mtvasia.com/Funstuff/Contests/BloggerContest/</a><br /><br />Was browsing at home when I figured I'd check MTV Asia to see if the judges found the winners yet. To my surprise, they finally changed the blogger contest page and announced the finalists ^^. Congratulations to everyone :).<br /><br />Too bad my entry didn't make it, but it was all still fun :).the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-76160777054106073032009-07-12T01:26:00.004+08:002009-07-12T08:09:41.574+08:00Zeppelin 2gb Ram SticksJust bought some new RAM earlier. I currently have 1x2gb ddr2-800 team elite ram on my rig but found out (after installing Windows 7 64bit and playing Crysis Warhead lol) that my system was basically begging for more. So I went out to the local computer shop and found 2 types of ram available. The Godly expensive Geil Evo One 4gb kit and the Godly cheap looking Zeppelin 2GB sticks haha. I figured I wasn't OC'ing anyway so I went with cheap ones and bought 2 of them (well, at least they had heat spreaders) for a dual-channel config and to bring my total to 6gb (just like triple channel i7 6gb kits haha).<br /><br />Seeing the specs in the little sticker attached to it, I was hoping there wouldn't be any issues since they were CAS5-rated ram sticks like my Team Elite ones. Unsurprisingly (given their unknown brand), they were CAS5 only at ddr2-667 speeds and CAS6 at ddr2-800 T_T. So I had to run the Team Elite ones a notch lower at 333mhz, unless I loosen their timings to match Mister Zeppelin here.<br /><br />The good thing is that I didn't really feel any performance decrease with the lower speed. It also eliminated my stuttering problems now in Crysis and I could even run it at DX9 64bit now ^^. Windows 7 feels a lot snappier now too, and a lot more responsive even with multiple things going on. Guess it isn't so bad if you run everything at stockthe-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-17335208095122882482009-07-10T01:02:00.003+08:002009-07-10T01:12:04.603+08:00Mechwarrior 5 Debut TrailerI'm no big follower of the mechwarrior games, but I did play the Mechassault 1 and 2 on the original xbox and those were some pretty good games. I'm guessing a lot of PC and 360 fans will be anticipating this game a lot. I will too not because of the name, but because of this amazing reveal trailer that was just shown. If you ask me, I'd rate this the same as that old Killzone 2 video. Hopefully, its all ingame ^^<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GLEujCDbujA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GLEujCDbujA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-71043029990522749632009-07-07T18:24:00.004+08:002009-07-07T18:31:31.514+08:00"GT 5 Will Set a New Standard"Bold words coming from the Gran Turismo 5 head Kazunori Yamauchi huh. Will be interesting seeing that Forza has always seemed to be ahead when it came to the actual racing element.<br /><br />The short interview on this can be found by following the link below:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.psu.com/GT5-to-set-new-standard,-says-Yamauchi-san--a007705-p0.php" target="_new">http://www.psu.com/GT5-to-set-new-standard,-says-Yamauchi-san--a007705-p0.php</a><br /><br />Can't wait to see how this'll turn out.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-9675031709280454782009-07-04T01:55:00.002+08:002009-07-04T01:58:05.568+08:00IGN's Extended Project Milo DemoWant to see something funny? Remember Peter Molyneux's Project Milo demonstration for the Xbox 360 during e3? Well, here's IGN's extended version if you haven't seen it yet lol:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ji_1UQU--ig&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ji_1UQU--ig&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-21457841482706240942009-07-04T01:33:00.005+08:002009-07-04T01:59:44.316+08:00Sapphire Toxic HD 4890 Vapor-X<div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/georaldc/Cat%20Gamer%20Blog/Sapphire_Radeon_HD_4890.jpg" /></div><br />A 1ghz core clock GPU?? Insane and unbelievable if you ask me, but that's what Sapphire's 4890 card is all about (with a teeny little OC touch). Defaulting with a monstrous 960mhz core using the 4890 core (RV790), what we have here is a card that rivals even the GTX 285 in some games, while trading blows with its current competitor, the GTX 275. Need a review? Check out <a href="http://www.guru3d.com/article/sapphire-toxic-hd-4890-vaporx-review/1" target="_new">guru3d</a> and see how fast this card can go.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-78289005031076879122009-07-04T01:23:00.004+08:002009-07-04T01:33:11.646+08:00More Forza 3 GoodnessJust saw a new video posted on <a href="http://forzamotorsport.net" target="_new">http://forzamotorsport.net</a>. Shows more gameplay and people's impressions during the E3 09 unveiling. Check it out ^^<br /><br /><a href="http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/media/videos/default.htm?mediaid=781#/video/781/" target="_new">http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/media/videos/default.htm?mediaid=781#/video/781/</a>the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-71146203934261382772009-07-03T11:02:00.003+08:002009-07-03T11:07:14.544+08:00Batman: Arkham Asylum - Behind the ScenesA new behind-the-scenes clip for the upcoming Batman game was just released by Eidos. Have yet to watch it, but I'm eagerly awaiting the release of this game. Just might be the best batman game to come out. The free-form combat gameplay really catches my attention and I want to see how it'll play out once you have the controller in your hand.<br /><br />Anyway, on with the video:<br /><br /><div style="width: 480px;"><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="gtembed" width="480" height="392"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=52302"/><param name="quality" value="high" /> <embed src="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?mid=52302" swLiveConnect="true" name="gtembed" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="392"></embed> </object><div style="font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana; text-align: center; width: 480px; padding-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: black; height: 32px;"><div><a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com" title="GameTrailers.com">Video Games</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/game/10111.html" title="Batman: Arkham Asylum">Batman: Arkham Asylum</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/player/52302.html" title="Behind the Scenes of Arkham Asylum">Behind the Scenes of Arkham Asylum</a></div><div style="padding-top: 3px;"><a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/platformlist/xb360/index.html" title="XBox 360">XBox 360</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/platformlist/ps3/index.html" title="PS3">Playstation 3</a> | <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/platformlist/wii/index.html" title="Wii">Nintendo Wii</a></div></div></div>the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-90105687514741103652009-07-01T23:11:00.004+08:002009-07-04T01:31:05.266+08:00Forza 3 Japanese Cars and TracksSome sweet new images for Forza 3 popped up the other day showing some cars and tracks from the land of the rising sun.<br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://images.gamersyde.com/gallery/public/11031/1856_0001.jpg" target="_new"><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/georaldc/Cat%20Gamer%20Blog/forza3_jap_1.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://images.gamersyde.com/gallery/public/11031/1856_0015.jpg" target="_new"><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/georaldc/Cat%20Gamer%20Blog/forza3_jap_2.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://images.gamersyde.com/gallery/public/11031/1856_0009.jpg" target="_new"><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/georaldc/Cat%20Gamer%20Blog/forza3_jap_3.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />Pretty pics eh. Coming closer and closer to GT5 now (well, in the bullshots department). More pics over <a href="http://gamersyde.com/news_8173_en.html" target="_new">here</a> at Gamersyde.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-179430287542316262009-07-01T22:47:00.003+08:002009-07-03T23:03:44.092+08:00The Age Old Question: Graphics or Gameplay?? (MTVAsia Blog Contest Entry)Whether you're hardcore or just a casual gamer, its easy for any game to catch your attention if the visuals scream pure awesomeness. I mean, just give Crysis one look for Christ's sake. That game is literally the epitome of graphics today. Despite being out in the market for 2 years now, it still raises the bar in terms of visuals and can drop a couple of jaws every time it's shown running on the highest settings. But does that mean it provides us the best gaming experience ever?<br /><br />Try comparing today's games to those of say, during the Super Nintendo days. What you'll see are simple sprites and scaling effects versus your usual array of eye-popping high-res textures, light-blinding HDR and quality blur effects. Looks like a win for the games of present eh. But wait a second, why do the old school games seem more playable and, um.....fun? Gamers who were not present during the old-school days might say otherwise, but if you actually were one of those who owned a Super Nes or Genesis back then, you'll see how life-less games of today have become.<br /><br />A lot of 16-bit games had the perfect balance when it came to showing off the hardware and providing crazy fun gameplay at the same time. Look at Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 3/6 for the RPG side. They both looked amazing for their time (they still do today if you don't mind sprites) and played fantastic, compared to a lot of Japanese Role Playing Games currently out. How about Sonic, Donkey Kong, Mario World, Super Metroid and a whole lot of other games. All these are still fun to play because their gameplay just keeps pulling you in.<br /><br />Obviously if I had to choose one, gameplay is the way to go. Mind blowing graphics wear off over time, but good gameplay can provide a timeless experience. Its good that Microsoft and Sony are investing a lot into doing innovations with motion technology (eventhough it looks like they are just trying to take a stab at the Wii's success). New innovations could lead to better gameplay experiences. Let's just hope that this doesn't mean more of that casual trash the Wii's been throwing out lately.the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-32181819183314747712009-04-16T20:17:00.002+08:002009-04-16T20:21:43.594+08:00New Final Fantasy Versus XIII TrailerSeems like a new in-game video of FF Vs XIII (by the Kingdom Hearts team) was included in the demo of FF XIII. There's isn't much going on in this video, other than 2 really incredible looking player models for an RPG walking and talking lol (near CGI-quality to me). I guess being a PS3 exclusive game will help this take over its multiplatform brother in the graphics department:<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="gtembed" width="480" height="392"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?umid=314337"/> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <embed src="http://www.gametrailers.com/remote_wrap.php?umid=314337" swLiveConnect="true" name="gtembed" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="392"></embed> </object>the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164699384451154874.post-12753732924700023482009-04-16T20:02:00.004+08:002009-04-16T20:22:56.639+08:00Final Fantasy XIII Demo Gameplay VideosFinally some gameplay videos of the much anticipated Final Fantasy XIII demo from Japan. Now, Final Fantasy has to be my most favorite game series so finally being able to watch some realtime gameplay of XIII really made me jump. Can't wait for the game to come out (damn it Square-Enix, as much as I love a 360 version coming out, I think it would be best if you guys focus on getting the PS3 completely up and running and localized as soon as possible). Anyway, here are the videos:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zySU8m15mFg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zySU8m15mFg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5tcN_Gq9nvI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5tcN_Gq9nvI&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>the-cat-gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01830144090639287635noreply@blogger.com0