Welcome to ABR

ABR is what I do when I’m more than just bored – really bored. Don’t underestimate this, boredom led to some of the best inventions of mankind. Like movies, recreational fornication or movies depicting recreational fornication. Uhm. Well, anyway, reviews of Xbox 360 – games. Highly subjective, and I’m insane so my opinion may or may not have any meaning to you.

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

I know I said I would review games in order, and whereas Monkey Island SE (Where I reviewed LeChuck’s Revenge before Secret of ~) is the only exception to this rule so far, I seriously don’t feel like reviewing Most Wanted right now because I already know it wouldn’t get a particularly good score (we’re looking at some three stars here), and I am also quite drunk right now, so here’s Hot Pursuit.

Now, there are in fact three games who bear that title (rawr). The third installment of the franchise, aptly named “Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit” still has a place in my heart, whereas Hot Pursuit 2, some years later, is my least favourite installment of them all, including the dreadful Carbon. Ah, beer. Since I recently bought a DLC pack for the latest game to call itself “Hot Pursuit”, I thought “hey, why the hell not”.

Currently under Construction

I like writing reviews. I mentioned that. What I don’t like is how WordPress doesn’t allow for forced line breaks. That’s not that much of an issue when writing the reviews, but it is one hell of a hurdle to take when making the lists, because of the images and all. Without a few forced line breaks, the text and images don’t line up properly or, in the worst case, stack: One image next to another next to another. I got around this by adding a small bit of code manually, but the longer the list gets, the longer it takes to find the correct spot. It’s tedious and I don’t like tedium.

So, I just began restructuring the categories: There will no longer be a shot of the box art or the rating, thus eliminating all images from the page. It will be a simple list, quicker to skim through and a hell of a lot faster to add things to.

Battlefield: Bad Company

Nice 'nades, though.

I was never much of a Battlefield kind of guy. The most Battlefield I ever played before getting this one was probably about two hours worth of BF: Heroes, which I’ve been told doesn’t even count for a real Battlefield. Why haven’t I played the others? Well, mostly because I’m not that big on Multiplayer, really. But since Bad Company appeared to have a real, proper single player campaign, I went for it.

Poker Night at the Inventory

I don’t do PC reviews on here. However, I wrote one today. On another blog, because it has no place on this one.

So, here you go:

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Mass Effect 2

Inaccurate. My Shepard is a chick.

Since I’m currently downloading five episodes of Tales of Monkey Island, I find myself in a spot with absolutely nothing to do. So, another review.

Mass Effect 2 got here on the same day as Skyrim. For obvious reasons, it didn’t get much attention until much, MUCH later. But in the end, it did and here it is now, in all it’s glory.

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

War on un-music I guess.

After I bought Guitar Hero: Metallica, a GH microphone and a Rock Band drumkit (which has yet to arrive), I noticed that the drum layout for Guitar Hero and Rock Band are different and possibly incompatible (a thought which excessive googling could not conclusively resolve), I searched Amazon for Guitar Hero drums. Which are pretty damn expensive: The one I was able to find was about seventy bucks (holy crap). I found that a complete Guitar Hero set (game plus all instruments) is only marginally more expensive. So, I first added the cheapest one of those to my cart. It was Band Hero. Then I actually checked the setlist an within seconds my cart was empty again. Guitar Hero 5, maybe? Despite 2 Minutes to Midnight, no. Warriors of Rock it was then. Now I got two microphones, two guitars and a drumkit. More than enough for someone without friends.

Guitar Hero: Metallica

Per definition 176% awesomer.

Metallica are awesome. That’s not much of a secret to anyone who has heard anything they made back in the eighties, though people who only know the newer stuff may not fully agree on it. It’s probably the most main stream metal you will ever find, and I’m okay with it. What the hell do I care what others listen to, I listen to what I like and Metallica happens to be among that.

So, Metallica got their own Guitar Hero game. Go ahead, accuse them of selling out.