Ben's Blog about tech, games, music and stuff

Games I'm playing at the moment:

Black Ops 2

Forza Horizon Demo

Minecraft (Xbox 360)

With little time to really dedicate to anything at the moment the latest COD seems to best way to get a bit of time on the Box. Like the iterations, the multiplayer in this one is just as faced paced, exciting and varied enough to keep it constantly interesting. Currently I've rediscovered the hardcore modes, which are in many ways far better than the standard modes. Not dissimilar to Counter Strike, only a bullet or two are required to take down a target meaning the player is much more vulnerable than normal. Long shoot outs a la Halo this is not.

I saw this on amazon for a mere £15 (Forza Horizon) and decided to give this a go. I've never been a huge racing fan, though I did enjoy the PGR games back on the old xbox and the new one. Forza though has never taken me. The price though seemed tempting so I gave it a go having heard good things about it. Whilst there's no question its a good driving game with pretty graphics, decent recordings of the car screams and race cars that handle well and realistically, I just wasn't that taken with the whole thing. I really appreciated the setting of the game: a music/car festival in a fictional city in Colorado. The views are fantastic, as are the weather effects which show off the games stunning lighting effects. Being set at a festival, the soundtrack is also killer, with so top UK dance and electronic tracks from last summer. Well worth a purchase if you are into racing, but not my cup of tea.

Yep I started playing minecraft again much to the annoyance of my family who find the zombie moans and the mooing cows rather frustrating to listen to. After hearing the game had received numerous updates with new items, changes to the world and terrain as various other fixes, I decided to see the improvements for myself by starting a new world. Whilst the core game is the same, the changes are good enough that I should keep at it at least until I've built something decent... 

That's all for now on the games I'm playing!