Music Video of the Day for 9/9/10

The Ting Tings - "Hands"

So clap your hands if you're working too hard...

New MvC3 Trailer confirms Tron Bonne...

GameSpot just put up a new story trailer for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds featuring the characters that weren't in earlier story trailers before like Chun-Li, Captain America, Doctor Doom, Amaterasu, Trish, Viewitiful Joe, and Super Skrull. The only new relevation is the confirmation of Tron Bonne as a playable character, which is also expected. We'll see if she retains her MvC2 moveset especially her projectile assist since its still one of the best assists in that game. TGS is pretty much the next big event MvC3 will make an appearance with more reveals as Tron Bonne will likely be playable there and some more new ones yet to be confirmed. (Crimson Viper & Frank West are among the rumored peeps to be in the roster)

PSN Demo Showcase for 9/8/10

This week for the PSN Demo Showcase features two Japanese-developed games as one features a good ripoff of a long-lasting franchise while the other is a horrible ripoff of a popular shooter...

First up is Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes by Capcom as the head guy that was behind Devil May Cry 4 is the head honcho for this project. If you played any Dynasty Warriors games, this one is pretty much that in a nutshell as you mash the attack buttons to pummel hundreds of enemies that just stand there mostly to get killed. Other than mashing, you may have to dodge some attacks here and there by tougher boss-like foes, but it is pretty much what I described earlier if you're into those type of games. There are two characters to play as in this demo and one scenario that is long enough (like 20 to 30 minutes) defeating waves of enemies gaining new allies in the process for world peace. Some of the attack animations look like Devil May Cry 4's which is why you may get a familiar vibe if you played that game to death also by Capcom. Some of the allies you gain feel useless, so you feel like you're doing all the work, which is not that bad. There is a Basara gauge that gets filled up for one powerful attack string that uses the meter when full, which is useful if you're in trouble. Other than some camera control issues that struggle to keep along in the action, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes is a solid Dynasty-Warriors-like game if you crave those type of repetitive gameplay.

Quantum Theory, on the other hand, is a whole different story. Oh boy, what happened to this game since it was first announced by Tecmo two TGSes ago that has some potential to be interesting being a "Japanese Gears of War?" It definitely feels and plays like Japanese Gears but in worst ways in all areas. Honestly, it is one of the worst games I played in recent years as everything feels bad you feel like why did I wasted all this time to download this and play through the whole demo. The cover-based shooting does not feel as satisfying and fluid as you expected being a Gears clone. In other words, you feel like you have to press more buttons to pop in and out of cover compared to how automatic the Gears games handle cover controls. The weapons feel generic with nothing special such as a single shot rifle, a machine gun, shotgun, etc. Even the melee system feels complicated and disappointing if people expected Quantum Theory to have some Ninja Gaiden flavor. The only redeeming gameplay element is the partner commands in which you can throw her from a distance to take out foes from afar, but even that has its flaws as well.

Besides the overall gameplay being flat out bad, the graphics and sound are more worse. Graphically, it looks like a darker and grittier Gears and yet it is more ugly. Add along poor level design on how the encounters are handled and bad enemy A.I. that just stands there at times to shoot, you have a bad ripoff that even shames the original. To top things off, the voice acting is abysmal with generic one-liners at any moment as the main guy just sounds dumb saying these pointless lines like "mmmm ammo." and the partner chick telling you "nice shot." The main character looks and sounds like the most cliche space-marine dude you're ever meet in any game because seriously its that horrible.

Playing something like Quantum Theory makes you wonder why games like this get green-lit to be released in stores. It is an abomination unlike anything I played in recent times, which is saying something for myself too. Avoid this game at all costs, or better yet play the demo for yourself and see how horrible it is.

Okay... I Want DJ Hero 2 Now. (Demo footage)

In case you don't know, I don't have DJ Hero 1, but I have played lots of it at my cousin's house and master Hard difficulty. I almost bought it for 20 bucks when Toys R Us had that deal, but I was too late, which was a bummer. Anyway, DJ Hero 2 is out next month and already impressing me because it is still up my alley in terms of music and they have been cranking up the features that the first game lacked. A demo came out today on Xbox Live Marketplace and soon on Playstation Network as footage of it in action in below featuring three good mixes (1 of them shows off the new battle mode). Also, you will notice the new gameplay touches as well (vocals are also in too). After seeing this, my excitement meter raised up significantly to the point I would cave in for the pricey party bundle, but we'll see with that. Plus, can't wrong with scratching as Deadmau5 in the game and yes, I want to play this demo now too.

Music Video of the Day for 9/8/10

Bruno Mars - "Just the Way You Are"

Oh hey, its everyone's favorite song out now...

Its Snoop Dogg week in Rock Band... Yeah!!! (Some footage)

This week in Rock Band is something special, which features the one and only Snoop Dogg. Yeah yeah, Snoop is not considered rock, but like Lady Gaga week, this is Harmonix once again branching out to non-rock genres because we all know you would get sick of hearing and playing the same old songs. A little random variety is nice to have here and there especially with some hip-hop. It also seems like a jab at Def Jam Rapstar with Harmonix saying hey - we can do hip-hop too with rock instruments. Most of the tracks got re-recorded for the game like the older ones, but some of them are the original ones especially Snoop's later hits like "Sensual Seduction" (video above). As expected, this is not really meant for guitarists/bassists as vocalists and drummers will have a field day with the new DLC out today on the Xbox Live Marketplace and Playstation Network. In the meantime, here's more full song footage of some songs... Snnnnoooppppp!!

Video of the Day for 9/06/10 aka Ryan Leslie in Genius Mode again...

The Fabolous / Ryan Leslie song "You Be Killing 'Em" is currently on my top 10 songs I'm blasting now and this video shows why this song is dope. I'll let the video speak for itself with Ryan Leslie doing his thing.