Review of Thief the Dark Project and Guitar Hero Legends of Rock

Review of Thief the Dark Project:

It seems that most single player FPS games at some point force the player into a sort of "stealth" game mode where all the weapons they have been using till that point either become lost or useless and the player has to get from A to B without being spotted by a variety of enemy guards.

If you are one of the people who love this part of a game then Thief is made for you. The concept behind the game is that instead of going into places with all guns blazing you have to slowly work your way around a building perhaps taking out a few guards using silent methods and stealing a specific item before escaping unnoticed. Your biggest aid in this is the shadows. You will spend a large part of this game hiding in a corner hoping that the guards walking by wont detect you so that you can get by.

The downside of this game is that it requires immense patience to complete the levels and often silly little mistakes cause you to die and have to restart the level again. So I would recommend this game, but only if you are willing to put a bit of effort into it.

Review of Guitar hero: legends of rock

There can't be many people in the UK who haven't heard about the success story that is guitar hero. Starting out as a small game for computer nerds this series has exploded into a staple party game.

This installment features just over 70 tracks supposedly all written by "legends of rock". Whether you agree with that I guess all depends on personal preference.

The game play is the same as all other guitar hero's in that you start off with just a few tracks to play, if you perform them well your "band" progresses to different venues and you get a larger play list to choose from.

The game also features a "duel" mode where you can compete against other players in guitar fights that involve trying to be more precise when playing than the opponent whilst using power ups to try and distract them.

This game is basically more of the same successful formula that has made the guitar hero series of games so popular. If you like guitar hero then you'll like this. if you don't like playing on a tiny plastic guitar whilst pretending to be in a rock band then you probably wont have much fun with this.

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Xbox 360 Guitar Hero 5 - A Review and Commentary

Guitar Hero 5

In the past, Activision was a name that I automatically assumed gave a quality gaming experience. There were times when I was disappointed in a particular effort or project they had put forth, but not this time.

Guitar Hero 5 is one of the latest Video Game titles in the Guitar Hero Franchise, but not by any stretch of the imagination "the least". One would think that a lot of the best Guitar Hero songs had been used in earlier titles. It is true there are indeed an entire list of kick ass tunes for you to jam to on the earlier GH games,and considering this is GH5..that's a long list. Do not fear however, there are priceless gems on this game for you to enjoy no matter your music genre preference.In fact there are 85 songs by 83 Artists on the Game Disc. I think it's important to remember I'm not even counting DLC* yet.*DlC-(Downloadable Content) can be free or purchaseable, this usually would be extra songs.

As we all probably know, Guitar Hero songs are performed by pressing the appropriately color coded keys and moving the strum bar on your guitar controller. If pressed and 'strummed in time to the moving notes on your television screen... you advance your score and move forward in the game. Press the notekeys and strum out of time, and the crowd Boo's you off stage to try again in another venue.The graphics are sufficient for most as they are actually quite good for this type of game,and although important are not as integral to a game of this type as they would be to an action/fps style game. As well it is important to note that as usual,this game is playable with ALL guitar hero controllers, microphones, guitars and drums. Yes,that is correct! Guitar Hero 5 is not just another guitar game.

You can indeed use peripherals from other activision titles to play "Band" oriented gigs. Now that is a great time for all, and a lot of quality 'Family fun'.You may 'jump in' and out of Songs at any time, in an all new mode available for GH5. It's called Party Mode, you'll want to keep that in mind.Another interesting side note is the ability to rock out on stage as your Xbox Avatar.Playeable online and off,Solo or Group, with a complete mixture of music styles and Genres,this game is actually pretty great!

Bad points? Well yeah Guitar Hero Songs are like "Reality Shows".There is a new one popping up every twenty minutes and it is very hard to differentiate between quality and garbage without putting out some dollars. Basically it's a great addition to a game market that is already flooded with games of this type, that seems counterproductive and more like a money grab than anything for fans and consumers. My other bad point,although the following may be fine with some, it's a 'deal breaker' for other hardcore GH fans.That bad point is the music selection is multi style and genre. I had earlier listed that as a positive, but I ALSO must list it as a negative. There are a lot of gamers out there who just WILL NOT buy and play a style of music they do not like. So in the end a lot of these gamers buy the game for a small portion of the songs only. Worse even, there will be others that are so put off by this, they will NOT buy the game period.

All in all they wouldn't have made a Guitar Hero 5 unless they believed people would find it worthwhile and fun.In this they succeeded. And although I believe it to be one more occasion of trying to capitalize on the GH style music game, I also must say we wouldn't buy it if we didn't want it, and apparently we as gamers, want it.

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