Sometimes I find that there are times in a day whereby I need something to do for a very short period of time, where reading may be more than I want to get myself into, and paying too much for verizon store cell phone games just won’t do.  Where do I turn?  Well the iTunes store where I can get endless fun, productive, and stupid things to mess around with for my iTouch, iPhone, etc.  What have I enjoyed this week? Well for starters, there are numerous are things available all the time.  One only has to open the “hot new games” or “Featured” apps page in the App store, and away we go!

This week, my picks are one free and one paid app.  Both of which take me back to earlier periods in my life when gaming was much simpler, yet satisfying, somehow.

Pick Number One: “Air Assault.”  A free OpenFeint enabled game, which is reminiscent of one of my favorite PC classics “Night Raid.”  In this game you defend your meager little base against waves of choppers, parachuting Russians, and psycho ground assault troops with a 50 caliber machine gun and a mortar launcher.  The waves get harder and more vehicles assault you until you just give up due to the sheer impossibility of this game type, but I happen to like spending hours on it.

Pick Number Two:  “Robot Rampage.”  This game is like what if Godzilla for the NES met Rampage, and then had a simplified child.  You storm the city as an unstoppable atomic robot and use your eye beams and crushing limbs to squash buildings and burn infantry for minutes of fun on end!  It seems this game never ends, it just goes on and on in a survival mode where you destroy each block fully to proceed.  Very fun and addictive in that simple side scrolling destruction game kind of way.  This game was 99 cents when I got it on sale, so if you want it I suggest you take advantage as it’s well worth it.  I’ve gotten to block 35.  Let me know if you do better!

That’s it for now, I’ll be posting these periodically when apps catch my eye.  Let me know if there’s anything I should check out, or if you have an app reviewing job available for me

Later!

Hey SparkBox Listeners! It’s time for the JungleTrek Check-IN, giving you the latest on whats coming out in theaters and the video game stores. Check out this week’s update right now:

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Well, its been hyped for months, and here it is! BIOSHOCK 2, the sequel to the original, Game of the Year, “Bioshock”. I, like hundreds of other Bioshock megafans have been waiting a long time for it and I spent my entire day yesterday playing completely through it. Ready for the whole inner scoop? Here is what I thought of my return to Rapture…

I bought Bioshock 2 the day it came out, and I did what any other mega Bioshock fan would do… I went to work and bounced up and down holding the Game Disc and drooled heavily on it wishing the day would end so I could go home and play already! Which fortunately happened after about 8 hours. And man, was it worth the wait.

I was very, very worried about Bioshock 2… the first Bioshock is my favorite game of all time and I was sure that a second one would ruin it. I am very pleased to announce to Bioshock fans everywhere that I was dead wrong! This sequel matches the story quality and magic of Rapture in all its glory; shedding new light on the city in a whole number of defining areas without messing with the formula. The city we had come to know in the first one was suddenly much larger and more open, with more beautifully designed areas and visual stories in each room.

Let me cover a few of the newer perks of this second game.

First off, the duel welding control system that was established in the first Bioshock was maintained and perfected. As in the first one, it feels bulky and bizarre for about five minutes and then begins to feel very, very natural. The menu and inventory system was streamlined just a little bit to make smoother transitions to get to inventory during battles. And finally, my favorite feature, the button that once made you instantly use a MedKit was relocated to the D-Pad so that you aren’t using unneeded Medkits during battle. (Trust me, my brother did that a lot in the first Bioshock.)

The weapons are super charged! Heavy duty weapons that only a Big Daddy could handle. Rivet guns, grenade launchers, and of course the almighty drill! My own person favorite was the Spear Gun that pierced through your enemies and nailed them to the wall with one powerful stab… an effect that could only be better if you could attach an explosive to it… which you can! (Quick tip, any Big Daddy can be taken down with 6 headshots using your Rocket Spears.)

The Plasmid system is again fun and easy to understand. Having just spend the past two months playing “Borderlands” and having to use a calculator to figure out what gun is better, its nice to have a system that tells you these things.

Plasmids have evolved in Bioshock 2, letting you do far more then in the first Bioshock and giving you powerful new add-ons to the original Plasmids we all know and love. One new plasmid called “Scout” lets you ghost out of yourself and scout the area ahead unseen, later you can use the ghost to hack machines and attack enemies without being anywhere near danger.

Another Plasmid, which was featured in the first game, “Security Command” now allows you to summon Security Bots to come fight for you at anytime. For once in Rapture, YOU are leading the attack and you get to watch the fear in the eyes of the Splicers as you, a massive Delta Big Daddy slams into a room with rockets and grenades blasting and Security Bots unleashing waves of machine gun ammo into your enemies. It is just awesome! There is one more Plasmid that you get right towards the end of the game… but I’ll save that as a very special surprise for you players

Ok, lets talk about the thing that really matters here: the story.

I, like other Bioshock fans, understand that Rapture far more then just a game world and reaches into your own emotions and feelings, playing with your mind in a way no other video game ever has. This second installment is no different! For those of you who spent as much time playing the first game as I have know that Rapture is not as scary as when you first stepped out of that Bathysphere. In Bioshock 2, they understood that the players of this game have also emotionally evolved. We are very much comfortable in Rapture and therefore this second game does not entail much horror as in the first one. It is seen through the eyes of someone who knows Rapture and has lived there a long time.

I was terrified that 2K Games was going to ruin the first game by revisiting old places and altering the story of Andrew Ryan and Fontaine. I am so happy that they did not touch it at all and completely took a new direction with the story! Bioshock 2 features a much more personal story and is much more isolated. Your choices alter greatly how this game is played, far more then the original.

((Quick Note: You get to hear Fontaine’s voice only twice in this game in Audio Diaries and it is so weird… because you find you actually miss him.))

The gathering Little Sister aspect continues; but this time, you’re part of it… many, many times. The developers really worked to create a connection with you and the Little Sisters this time around and it really pulls at your heart strings in several places. In the end, the choices you’ve made will affect them all and you… just keep that in mind while playing.

The story itself is completely entrapping and lives up to the tale-telling traditions of Bioshock, with twists and turns and sudden stops and gos that make you never want to put down the controller. I was afraid that this Bioshock 2 would be overly science fiction with monsters and other unbelievable things that were alien to Rapture’s world… again, I was wrong! There is nothing that I could find that crossed overly the line of “unbelievable stupidity”.

There is no major story twist as in the first one, but some jaw-dropping climaxes. But we DO finally get to see something we have all wanted to see: Rapture at its peek back in the day. And yes, it is stunningly beautiful and elegant.

After completing this game, I literally sat on my couch, held the controller, and needed a few minutes to digest what had happened. Finally, I opened my mouth and said: “Woooooooooooow.”

Ok! To be fair, I need to point out two things I did NOT like in this game!

First one, the new design and character animation was way too cartoony for the Rapture. The splicers ran like “Woody” from Disney’s “Toy Story” in places and their faces were almost comical in a spot or two. Fortunately, Splicers usually die before they can get too close to you.
((Note: Splicers have many, many more spoken lines this time… so those of you who got sick of hearing the splicers shout: “RYAN.. RYANNNNNN” in the first game will be happy to know that phrase is NOT in this game even once.))

Second thing I didn’t like: For the most part, the voice acting in this game is incredible, however a couple characters were simply too stereotypical. The “Irish Preacher” was just simply too Irish and was too much a “God-flangled, hallelujah-shouting, TV evangelist” which reflects a modern view of religion, and the only African American character felt the need to call me a “Tin Daddy”… which just didn’t work.

I really need to wrap up this review, but here is a very quick lowdown on the multiplayer!

The Multiplayer feature of Bioshock 2 again changes everything you know about Multiplayer games. It is fair and balanced and comes down to your skill and not just the weapons. And best of all, they actually worked the story into the action and they gave you something you always wanted in Rapture: Your own apartment overlooking the city that you can walk around in freely… I want to really live in that apartment so badly.

In conclusion, Bioshock 2 only cements the Bioshock series as the ultimate video game series of all time, always paving the way for a new generation of games and raising the bar. I am proud to award this game 5 Stars out of 5.

Your Buddy,
JungleTrek

As we celebrate Memorial Day here in the USA, let us not forget the brave souls who fought tirelessly and against all odds to defend our country and our world virtually. Join me now in paying respect to our Video Game Veterans and let us look back on some of their heroic deeds…

Lt. Jimmy Patterson
Medal of Honor: Frontline

Lt. Patterson bravely fought and kept at bay the evils of the German war machine during World War II. It was he who made Operation Market Garden a success and, in the end, lived to tell the tale. Great work, Jimmy!

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Zack Hammond
Dead Space

It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Zack Hammond. He was a great leader and great man. Only because of his noble sacrifice, was Isaac able to defeat the spreading space evil that surely would have wiped us out if it had reached Earth. We salute you, Zack!

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Master Chief
Halo

What can be said about this heroic soldier? The Master Chief has protected our world time and time again. Overcoming the odds, he kept the invading forces of the Flood and Elites from over-running our soils. But, this hero’s journey is not over yet! We wish you luck, Master Chief, in your coming battles.

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The EDF
Earth Defense Force

Again our world was threatened by the alien scourge and who answered? The EDF, of course! Ranked with the best fighting men of Earth, they were able to slam back the insect invaders. Many of them fell in the war and they have our deepest thanks.

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The Gears
Gears of War

Well, we aren’t sure just which world they are protecting. But, they are doing a bang up job!

Your Buddy,

Jungletrek

]]> http://sparkboxshow.com/2009/05/memorial-day-game-veterans.html/feed 3 http://sparkboxshow.com/2009/05/gaming-for-cheapskates-peggle.html http://sparkboxshow.com/2009/05/gaming-for-cheapskates-peggle.html#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 16:39:17 +0000 JungleTrek http://sparkboxshow.com/?p=1298 Are you enjoying your Peggle trial game, but don’t want to take the plunge to buy the full arcade game? Well, here’s how you can get a little more gameplay time from your trial game without having to spend a dime…

When you first enter the Peggle trial game, you’ll notice that all play modes are unavailable in the trial except for “Adventure” mode. (“Master Duel” appears to be available, but its not.)

Play the Peggle Adventure mode completely through to the end. The game allows you to play the first five levels before kicking you back out to the menu.

Think you’re done? Don’t go back to the arcade just yet!!

Re-enter the Peggle Mode Selection screen and you’ll notice things are just a bit different! “Challenge” mode is now unlocked and provides you with three NEW additional maps to play, adding a great amount of gameplay in the trial game… at no cost to you!
Also, you can now choose “Quick Play” mode where you can replay any of the levels instantly from “Adventure” mode without having to beat them consecutively.

Enjoy your gaming! And stay cheap!

Your Buddy,

JungleTrek

Why do you ask? Read on to see why.

So I was going through my game drawer and saw Halo Wars just sitting there gathering dust. Realizing that I haven’t played it in about two months I decided to call game-stop and see how much it was worth in trade. Well the woman tried to sugar coat the fact that it was only worth $12 by saying I could get 20% more if I put it towards some game I never heard of. I thanked her, hung up the phone, and proceeded to curse aloud. How is getting $12 for a game I paid $60 for justifiable? I was on my way out the door when I remembered hearing a while back that Amazon was doing game trade-ins. So I went on their site and after a minute or two, my game was ready to get mailed in. And how much did they give me for Halo Wars? $29 that’s how much! $17 more bucks then game stop offered.

Now here is how it works. You find the game you want to trade in on the Amazon game trade page (where all games have prices next to them so you can see what they are worth off the bat), add it to your trade in list, log on to your Amazon account, and print out a pre paid mailing label. That’s right, you don’t pay for shipping! Just tape it to the package (a 6×9 bubble mailer works perfectly) and drop it off at the post office. I live in Jersey and I had my account credited the $29 the next day! Best part is you can use the Amazon credit for anything on their site.

So if you are tired of getting crap in trade for your games, head over to Amazon.com and see what they offer next time you feel like trading one in.

Seeing that there isn’t much out there at the moment in the way of new games, I decided to hit eBay and see If I  could find anything that catches my eye.

After going through the 80Th page of 360 games, I came across a copy of Too Human for $7 shipped to my door. Even though I wrote an article a while back saying that the demo don’t impress me at all, I figured why not give it a go since it was a whopping $7 and that happened to be in my pay pal account anyway.

When it came in I tossed it unopened on my desk and forgot about it for a few days. But this morning I rediscovered it and loaded it up. While the controls still don’t do anything for me, I am liking the game a lot more then I liked the demo. Sure there are no differences between the demo and the finished game, but it’s like a whole new experiance now. I don’t know what it is, but I am loving this game! The story is interesting and the cgi sequences are moderate. But the game itself is a ton of fun and I cannot stop playing.

I picked the Defender class to use for my first character, though I do wish I would have picked someone more offensive. Sure the defender can take some nice damage, he is better suited for a co-op experience in my opinion because of his moderate damage output an ability to take the aggro of all attacking creatures. I think I will go commando with my next guy… Wait, that doesn’t sound right. (Update, Commando is ok, but for pure butt kicking, Berserker is the winner hands down!)

What makes me happiest is being able to have two chars of different levels play together in coop without the lower one being at a disadvantage. It’s kinda like the sidekick thing in city of heroes where if a lower level parties up with a high level, he would then be boosted up in power to help him survive. This makes it so the higher level doesn’t gain as much exp as before, but at least the two can play together. Also being able to trade items between characters helps a lot since you find a ton of crap that is class specific.

Overall I am very happy with the game and am having a great time. Would I have had the same experience if I would have bought it for full price? Probably not, simply for the fact that the controls annoy the heck outta me sometimes and I would be ticked I dropped $60 for it. I would have gladly paid $45 on release day, but not $60. I think the game companies need to realize some games aren’t worth the $60 price tag. But that’s for another day.

So anyone else have any games they decided to pick up after bashing the demo or just not wanting to bother with at first?

You read that title correctly, the old school publishers of the Duke Nukem series has closed its doors for good…

Sadly with the economy as horrid as it is, 3D Realms was forced to close its doors because of funding issues. This also is a heavy blow to everyone out there who was waiting the release of the latest Duke Nukem game, Duke Nukem Forever which has been in development pretty much forever. While Take-Two entertainment had a publishing deal with 3D Realms, it was not a funding arrangement. Take-Two still has publishing rights to the game if it is ever picked up again and finished, but at this time it looks like Duke Nukem Forever will never see the light of day. Yes 3D Realms hasnt really put anything out there in a while, but this was one of the original big wigs of the gaming industry. It is a sad day indeed to see yet another studio close its doors…

I am happy to say that Marvel vs Capcom 2 is FINALLY being re-released for Xbox Live Arcade/PSN this summer!

All characters will come pre-unlocked. And if you haven’t played this game, its a fighting game where you play as Capcom characters (Ryu, Ken, Morrigan, Mega Man) and fight Marvel comics characters (Spider-Man, Cyclops, Magneto) in awesome 2D. There will be online mode. And it will cost I believe 15 dollars in MS points. Not sure of the PS3 cost. Peek the trailer!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=17BTZoF1S14

Ok I’ll be honest I can’t fully review the content as I can’t access it yet.  Well the quests anyway.  As you’ve heard this DLC takes place after you finish the game.  Project Purity is over and the Enclave have been dealt with……… but not gone.  This DLC adds 3 more quests after the end of the original ending, where you continue on with the Brotherhood of Steel to wipe the Enclave out once and for all.

Now you’re thinking “How can this be worth it with my level maxed at 20?” Well now you have a level max of 30, new weapons to play with (haven’t gotten one yet sadly) and new enemies, like the overlord seen above.  Now he may just look like a regular super mutant, but be warned!  He is armed with the gatling laser and is one tough sob.  I found one and still at level 21 he was a pain to fight.  If you’ve found the alien blaster (if not go find it), you know that every creature dies with no more then 2 hits (deathclaws included). this guy took 6 shots.  Now to be fair I wasn’t using VATS so I probably just kept crippling limbs instead of shooting him in the face, but hey, it was spray-and-pray panic.

So far I like this DLC. Honestly I would have paid the credits just to be able to level up to 30,the weapons, enemies, missions, and new perk(s) are all bonuses to me. Let me know what you think. Also feel free to ask any fallout related questions on the forum or email me @ chris@sparkboxshow.com

So Best Buy had a pretty sweet sale on some games this past week and seeing I am broke as heck, took this oppritunity to snag some new games… I almost wish I hadn’t

So after reading that Bestbuy had some 360 games for $9.99, I rushed out of the house so fast I almost forgot pants! I got in the car dreaming about snagging some games I have been meaning to play for a while, and how awesome it was going to be that they were cheap. But my joy was quickly bound gagged and shot in the face when I arrived because all the good ones were already gone. But there were two games that I wanted to play a while back so I figured why not grab em. What did I get you ask? Jericho and Quake Wars Enemy Territory.

To make this quick and to the point, the demo for Jericho scared the hell out of me when it came out over a year ago. Sadly though, the game itself is nothing but a crappy squad FPS masked with supernatural powers. I am sorry but when I spend all my game time running around healing every single person in my squad every damn minute, I get a little pissed. The game is by no means scary anymore, and the story is just um… Lame! Stay away from this game!!!!

Quake Wars is nothing but a good time waster. If you have 30 mins and dont want to get into a good game, feeling you cant give it its justified time, then play QUAKE! It has no mental drain and you die so fast that its like a brand new experiance every time!!!

Am I mad that I spent 9.99 on each of these? Nope, not at all, in fact I am glad I spent it. Why you ask? Well thats because I now have another coaster (Jericho) and a game where I can just load the disk, shoot some stuff, and then go to work on time. Quake is ok, but it will never ever make me late for work. Now to just wait for my copy of  Too Human to come  in the mail from ebay… Has anyone here ever had this situation happen to them?

Thats right, everyones favorite zombie game gets an upgrade.

When I woke up I was treated to seeing some new DLC for Left 4 Dead, and the best part is that its free! So I downloaded it and gave it a go. All I have to say is screw versus mode, I have survival mode now. Survival mode is exactly what it sounds like. You and 3 other survivors have to last as long as you can in special survival scenarios. Plus it opens up dead air and death toll as versus modes.

There were a few tweeks which I cannot say I am very fond of. Remember when you and your team could run to a corner and melee till your arms fell off? Well not anymore, you get about 4-5 quick swings and then a small circle appears in the middle of your screen, its the melee recharge reticle! Thats right, the more you melee the longer it takes between swings! WOOOO Also reloading seems to take longer now. Now an insane amount longer, but enough to throw you off your game and make you curse the controller for not acting fast enough. I also found while playing that there is a bit more collision detection when you and your buddy are in a corner. The one further back seems to push the guy in front out of his way. Making it so you can no longer stack up in corners to defend. Plus it seems you get stunnded longer when a boomer explodes or some big ol infected hits ya.

(EDIT!!!!)

Ok so I gave the story and versus mode a go earlier and came to a realization. The melee timer and reload slow down are only in the survival mode. I had no melee timer or reload slowdown at all in versus and campaign mode.

Overall this is a must have, especially since its free. The survial mode and the ability to use dead air and death toll as versus modes are very welcome. It will take you a while to get used to the game with the few tweeks that were done. But overall the game is awesome again and I have a reason to play it.

Thats right new DLC for everyones (Chris’) favorite wrestling game. Read more for some screenshots.

So this time around we get 5 “Legends” of the squared Circle.

Doink!

Earthquake

The Bushwackers!

And last but not least….

I gotta say that I am very happy to see THQ still putting out DLC for the game. It still may not live up to my man love for WWE Raw 2 for the xbox, but at least the roster is getting some love. Oh and the best part? It will only cost $5 of your hard earned money. When will this hit the marketplace? April 16th (tomorrow)!

yup you read the subject right. I got the ring of doom  two nights ago.

OK,well I at least half of it.  2 red to the left.  it’s a heat thing.  Andy and I  were playing Bikini Samurai Squad and it just shut off, half a red ring, and the fan was going faster and louder then I ever heard it before.  So I let it cool over night and tried it this morning.  all looked well until……… “WIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR”  DOOM!!!

Now normally this is not a huge issue. OK that’s a lie, but I digress. I called tech support (outsourced to a country where English is not the first language) and talked with a fairly nice, albeit dense, woman for most of my lunch break.  I politely gave her all of my personal info (3 times), type of console(once), serial number (twice), and explained the problem (4 times).  after that she asked if I had done any of the troubleshooting options on line. “of course I did you blithering idiot!! Do you think I’d call you if I hadn’t” is what I wanted to say.  actually I told her I did them all (3 times) and had to go so far as to read her the troubleshooting tips to her off of xBox.com (3 times).

Now one would think that after all this, and that the ring of doom is a warrantied issue that this would just be a case of I send it to them and all goes well.  Well sorry friends, it appears that a month and a half ago mine ran out.  figures.  In case you are wondering the fix is $119 plus shipping weather they can fix it or not.

On the happy side, here I sit now with my hard drive plugged into a new xBox arcade for $200 with no shipping and much less time without my beloved xBox

incidentally I just signed up for 360voice.com. check out mine as well as the other blogs. my link is below (sorry I only have 2 entries, just signed up)

http://360voice.gamerdna.com/blog.asp?tag=magnus713

Find out why the heck microsoft would do such a thing by reading more.

Yes this is microsofts version of an April fools joke. Yes horse armor might have been doubled in price, but every other bit of DLC for Oblivion has had its price cut in half! So now you can pick up the 30 hour expansion for Oblivion for only 1200 points (Normally 2400!!!!) If you were a fan of this game and really wanted to play the DLC, this is your time! It’s cheap and with the ability to load Oblivion onto your hard drive now, the game won’t take forver to load when you accidentally go through a door or go out of a city when you meant to talk to a guard.

So the next release in Fallout DLC has hit the marketplace. Was it worth the 800ms points, or did it pull another Operation Anchorage?

Ok so after the initial release of The Pitt went all FUBAR, I waited until it was put back on XBox live and gave it a go. I was very weary about this because of how Operation Anchorage rubbed me last time. But hey, its more Fallout DLC and I like most, am a sucker for it. Before I start though, I did turn the difficulty up to the max so it gave more of a challenge and would hopefully make the game last longer. And partial spoilers ahead for the first part of the game. Sorry, but its nothing crazy, just some stuff that happens rather early on, like in the first 15 mins.

As with Anchorage, when you go into the game you get a strange radio signal with pinpoints the location of where you need to head off to. So I went to my house, dropped off the crap I didnt need, and headed off to the northernmost middle point on the map. Once I arrived I found 3 slavers attacking a man with an eye patch. I quickly took off their heads with 3 shots from my combat shotgun. Mr one eye introduces himself as Werhner, an escaped slave from The Pitt who needs help to save his fellow slaves and cure the disease that is destroying them. And aparently I am the chosen one who can help them…

After procuring a slave outfit from the corpse of a rotting slave, I enter an old train tunnel and hop on one of those pump handle train cars. Be warned, you can not go back until you finish the expansion, so get any gear you may need beforehand. So anyway, I get to The Pitt and Werhner tries to get me past some guards. We fail so we blow em away. He then tells me I have to go it alone and leaves me be. But before he goes, he tells me of a contact in The Pitt. So I make my merry way down a road towards the bridge pictured above. I am decked out in my power armor with my trusty missle launcher on my shoulder, blowing away mines that are littered on the bridge and avoiding slaves trying to escape. Here is a tip, just let the damn slaves blow up the mines. Much easier and they pretty much make a path for ya. Finally across the bridge and I think its going to be too easy already, well…….. Out of no where guards come at me guns drawn and the main guard takes all my gear (weapons, armor, ammo, meds, everything!), and tells me to get to the marketplace like a good slave. Yup no weapons or anything. So I go in, find my contact, and start the DLC called The Pitt.

Thats where I stop telling you what happens. Yup ya hate me I know, well to bad! Play the DLC and enjoy it.

The setting for The Pitt is amazing. It pulls off the crazy chaotic crap hole that used to be called Pittsburg by filling the skies with giant smoke stacks that blot out the sun, slaves being made to dismantle everything metal and clean the place up with guards willing to take them out with a shot to the head if they even take a breath without asking, and the feeling that something bigger then you were told is going on here. The visuals make this DLC! Without the ambiance that Bethesda setup here I know I would not have enjoyed this as much as I did. And the story, wowza. Talk about a turning point towards the end. And I gotta say, I completed both endings and neither one has a better outcome then the other. This really plays on your moral standpoint and how much of a d*ck you want to be. But just when that time comes and you think you thought it through fully… Well you don’t have a clue what you just set in motion. And yes, the AutoAxe is freaking amazing. Nothing like a giant saw you carry around on your back!

My only gripe with this is that there is very little to do other then the main quest in this DLC. I want to see a DLC with more sidequests and secondary objectives to have fun with. I am tired of just doing one main quest and having the reward be kinda blah. I thought the reward for this whole mission would be a bit more, but again just like in Anchroage, I was wrong. Overall this is a great expansion and I liked it a lot better then Anchorage, but honestly Bethesda has to pull out all the stops for its next DLC. Otherwise I can with out a doubt say I will not pick up any of their DLC packages again. I still think the price was a bit to high. Maybe 600 points would have taken the edge off for me. But 800 just annoys me because you have the options to purchase 500 or 1000 points. So you have leftovers afterwards. It just annoys me. But enough with the rant. If you are a fan of the Fallout universe, then I say get this DLC now! It is very enjoyable and a lot more fun then Anchorage. It has a little remenance of Oblivion at one point that made me very nestaligic for it.

Any comments? Questions? OMG WTF ARE YOU THINKINGS? Feel free to email me or leave a comment below.

Also if you are interested in becoming a writer for the SparkBoxShow.com website, please feel free to email Andy or myself by going to the staff section and asking us any questions you may have. We will get back to you with all the info you need.

Thanks again everyone. See you next month after The Brotherhood of Steel comes to all our 360’s. Now where did I put that extra cash for that 120 gig drive……