Dan Murphy's Blog

I was a little worried when this game and The Club came to me from Gamefly and the buy it now price was $13.99.  So I wasn’t expecting anything too crazy from either of these two games.  They did however provide enough entertainment that I would suggest both of them.  This game was very easy at some times and very difficult in others.  One of the hard parts in the game was to always keep your health level high.  This game is different then other games in the fact that you life runs down like a clock.  You have to keep it high for both fighting and staying alive.  There was one point in the game that I hit where I couldn’t pass because I couldn’t get my life high enough to finish the level and I would just drop dead in the same place.  This game provided a few hours of entertaining fun and then quickly an hour or two of high frustration which ended in me returning the game.

YES YES YES….its 1990 all over again, sitting in my bedroom with my dad playing this game, occasionally throwing a controller at the Nintendo because we kept dying!  When I heard that they released this game via PSN network download for $9.99 I was all over it.  The only thing I had to do was finish my final for school first before playing this game!

Graphics have obviously been updated and the weapons and the basis of the game stays the same, go back and forth and shoot everything without dying.  Once I realized there are a few other weapons other than just the guns I got a whole lot further.  Also love the ability to drop a bomb and kill everyone on the screen.  This game has lots of hours of play behind it and sticks to the arcade idea that when you die you have to start all over again regardless of the level you make it to.  That makes you hone in on your skills quickly so you can stay alive.  I would suggest this game to anyone who likes the arcade shooting style and something fun that lots of people can play with little skills required.

Well we finally got our hands on a golf game for the PS3 but it wasn’t Tiger Woods 08 it was Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds.  With all the updates to the PSN store and all the buzz about this game I figured it was work a try to check it out.  So Laura and I fired up the PS3 and put this game in.  I kinda knew what I was in for graphic wise but not so much game play wise.

My assessment of the game is that it is a dumbed down version of Tiger Woods.  After 18 holes that was a very good conclusion.  No more having to worry about flop shots or what angle to hit the ball at it’s basically a hit X to start swing hit X to stop and hit the ball.  As you are playing the other play can press and button on the controller and either shout confidence boosting comments or make the crowed boo and make fun of you.  We found this basically to be an annoying feature but something very addictive to do while waiting for your turn.

When it came to putting the game really gets simple compared with Tiger Woods and is a synch to master.  Once you figure out the power bar and how to use it the game is pretty easy.  Obviously this game is made for a younger generation of gamers.  Which is just fine, but nothing that interested me.

So in conclusion we were not impressed and only played 18 holes and returned the game back to Gamefly this week.  Still waiting on Tiger Woods 2008 as we are a little partial to that game, and we like being able to create our own players with their own looks and play actual golf courses with a little bit of challenge.