1 vs. 100 - Live

Tonight I decided to pop in and play a game of 1 vs. 100  live, what with it being Christmas and all, and I was pleasantly surprised.

I saw four lucky members of the crowd become “The One” (which by the way, must be an incredibly life affirming experience, because If everyone else playing was acting like me, I was cheering this little bastard on like there was no tomorrow. I was physically shouting at the screen at some points) and only one of them won the grand prize (a rather lovely 10,000 Microsoft points which is just… incredible really.

My presence within these live shows is going to be much more regular now that I’ve finally got a chance to take part in one. 1 Vs. 100 may be one of the cleverest little advertisement I’ve ever played before on a home console. Bravo Microsoft, bravo!

2 Kills, 2 Seconds

 

I really, REALLY like Quake Live. It’s fun, simple, and did I mention that it’s fun?

 

I don’t understand how it works. It’s completely Lag free, the graphics are superb and it has everything you would expect from a modern day shooter. Statistics, matchmaking, friend tracking, in game chat etc. I’m really impressed, because it all works.

 

If you can find a way of getting into the beta, then I recommended you exploit that right now. If you can’t, then wait for the release. You won’t be disappointed.

Quake Live

A mate of mine gave me and a few other lads on the forum a Beta key for the much anticipated Quake Live Beta today.

 

I can’t really pass comment at the moment, because I haven't really played much of it yet. I have however, played Quake 3 and it’s amazing. I know this isn’t exactly the same, but It may as well be.

 

Full review tomorrow I would expect!

The Annoyance Of Games For Windows Live

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

Sometimes Game developers set out with one task, and that task is to annoy me. To annoy me so much I actually wish to shout the word rage. Normally, these Games developers have a close link with Microsoft, and surprise surprise my latest rage inducing adventure even had Microsoft in the title!

Games for Windows Live was first packaged with the Windows version of Halo 2, Vistas gaming "Jesus". It's basically Xbox live on a PC. That means the friends, the private chat function and of course those lovely achievements. Oh, and of course the horrific payments that plague the console version of LIVE.

Earlier this year, I heard that LIVE was going to become free to use which sparked my interest. I've always like the cross platform features, especially as a lot of my mates have Xbox Live. So I grabbed a copy of Gears Of War (See yesterdays post) and decided to have a go. Eugh. Fiddly.

I love the game. It's well good. I like the cover system, the story and the fact that it's so full of testosterone it literally oozes from Marcus Fenixes eyes.  What bothers me is the bloody LIVE. I made an account and didn't sign it up for LIVE straight away because I couldn't be arsed to sign up for it. But yesterday night I decided to try and give it a go. Lo and behold, It took me an hour to get it sorted and I lost my game saves. Yea, I lost my game saves because if you sign up for LIVE you have to make new saves. BECAUSE THAT'S SO OBVIOUSLY THE SMARTEST THING EVER. Twats. 

So I started again, with my Live account and everythings been going pretty cool. Achievements, good story, being able to scream at a mate as he plays COD. It's all good. Kinda.

SO now I'm torn. Part of me hopes that cross platform play becomes norm, that Games For Windows LIVE dominates the PC gaming market. But another part of me wants Microsoft to shove the whole LIVE idea up it's arse and leave me alone with Steam.

Conundrums eh?