Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 PS5 Review

 

Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 is a 3rd-Person Shooter was released in 2024 for PS5, XSX/S, and PC. 

It was developed by Saber Interactive and published by Focus Entertainment, and it is a sequel to 2011's title such as Warhammer 40k: Space Marine for PS3, X360, and PC which was developed by Relic Entertainment.

Before I begin reviewing the game, I wanted to share history of the Warhammer 40k franchise that was started back in the 80s.

The Warhammer 40k is a miniature wargame created by Games Workshop, a table-top game set in the distant future where the players takes control of miniature models across the playing field comprising models of terrain features and simulate a battle between the miniature models are determined by a combination of dice rolls and simple arithmetic.

It became hugely popular among with the table-top fans and communities especially in places like UK has spawned numerous of spin-off media including graphic novels, board games, animated TV series such as Hammer and Bolter and Animated film such as Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40k movie, and of course the video games.

I never actually tried out with these Warhammer 40k games which I heard it had a shares of decent amount of titles such as Space Hulk, Chaos Gate, Fire Warrior, Dawn of War, and Shootas-Blood & Thief. 

(but I did recently played Warhammer 40k: Boltgun which is a fun retro-style FPS plays similar to classic shooter like Doom).  

Until I've discovered the 3rd-person shooter title called Space Marine is one of the game that caught my attention.

I remember back in my days of 2010s when I've used my brother-in-law's PSN account on my PS3 system to use a PS Plus subscription which is a online services that offers you a monthly free games that are free to download and play it on your system, so that's when I've first discovered the Warhammer 40k: Space Marine which is a ultra-violence 3rd-person shooter where you take control of super soldiers goes on war fighting their lives to protect their home planet from the invasion of evil alien empire.

My initial impression on the first game is somewhat positive in terms of combat system which is a combination of 3rd-person shooter and Action Hack N Slash type of style just really fits it together well for the franchise and I'm pretty sure the single-player campaign action is also fun to play by blasting, slashing, and ripping the hordes of enemies in pieces throughout the stages just never got old is the reason why the first game is quite decent to play.

In around year 2021 when the sequel just finally got announced with the cinematic trailer at The Game Awards 2021, I was really hyped to see the Space Marine made the return with the second title for the PC and 9th-gen console, so the game just got released in Autumn 2024 and it gained much better reception than the 2011's first title at the launch release which is why I've bought the copy of Space Marine 2 for my PS5 console to cover my review of this title, so I'm proud to say is that this game is surprisingly outstanding which I did not expect the developers team is doing something incredibly well on this sequel, so I will discuss the pros and cons further on my review to analyse what makes the game so great to play and how this title actually compares with the first original game in terms of solo or co-op campaign missions, combat system, visuals and performances, and story presentation.

So without go further do, let's start the review.

Presentation

The game sets after the event of the first game where Captain Demetrian Titus's dishonorable charges of heresy and had disgraced his chapter that led him being taken into the inquisition as an punishment for his corruption.

While he's being imprisoned, he was then rescued by other members of inquisition who offered him to join the Deathwatch group as the Blackshield.   

It began with the opening prologue scenes of Deathwatch group travels to Kadaku to hunt down the alien threats, then after the prologue had finished you are greeted with the next scene with the Titus was fully recovered by the ultra-marines after his brutal injury he had from the previous mission, so he met a guy with mysterious mask named Chaplain Quintus has told Titus that he has been reinstated into the ultra-marines as a Lieutenant.

He then joins up with the new squadmates such as Sgt. Gadriel and Brother Chairon, as Titus and his squadmates went on their mission to defend their home planet and fight against the invasion of the alien race known as the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Leviathan. 

I say the opening sequence is excellent which I really liked the beginning of the prologue mission with the Titus as a Blacksheld of Deathwatch group fighting with the hordes of aliens and then after the recovery in the next scene where he's been returning back in action with the ultra-marines as a Lieutenant to continue his fighting in the war on aliens.  

As the game does have a great start, the character such as Captain Demetrian Titus, which you may know him as the primary protagonist from the first game, is tremendously a badass space marine carries with ultra heavy blue-armor and his gritty chainsword, and has stronger tone of his strengthy power which makes him very likable throughout the story campaign.

He also has supportive characters like Sgt. Gadriel and Brother Chairon are also join forces with Titus to fight against the hordes of the aliens.

There are multiples of enemies which I find them extremely awesome in terms of design overall and aggressiveness, so stuff like you have Carnifex, Hive Tyrant, Neurothrope, Helbrute, Heldrake, Imurah, Lictor, Ravener, Zoanthrope, Lesser Sorcerer, Scarab Occult Terminator, Spore Mine, Tyranid Warrior, Rubric Marine, Gargoyles, Hormagaunt, Termagant, Cultists, and Tzaangor.

I say the presentation is fantastic because I'm really into with the futuristic medieval Sci-Fi which really made the tone of game look gritty and dark, shares with great locations such as gloomy old jungle from the outside, completely wrecked structures of abandoned areas, has research facilities, dark cathedral palace environments, some industrials areas, and the heavy vibrant of dark world is just looking marvellous which I consider the game has the best looking campaign stages they ever designed for Warhammer 40k series. 

Overall, it has excellent story and characters, and has fantastic presentation settings.

Gameplay

The game has 6 campaign missions, one is a prologue while other 5 are mains, whether you play it on offline single-player solo or 3-player online co-op, so you're playing as one of the ultra-marines in 3rd-person perspective, as your main mission is to complete the whole objectives while battling against the hordes of the enemies throughout the stages. 

You move around the player by pushing the left-stick around and using the right-stick to rotate around which has the crosshair symbol on the centre of the screen shows where to point and aim at things.

You can sprint and run by pressing the left thumbstick button, as well as dashing and rolling by tapping with the cross button which are used for evading the enemy's projectiles. 

For combat controls, press the right trigger button to shoot at the enemies, but you can also hold the left trigger button for over-the-shoulder perspective view while aiming around with the right-stick control giving a much steady aiming and firing at the same time.

You can reload your weapon by pressing the square button, and you can cycle your weapons with the d-pad down button, and you can also swap your weapons that lays on the ground by holding the square button which you can only carry two weapons at the time such as your pistols and rifles.

You can also use grenade as a throwable explosive weapon by pressing the circle button to throw at the enemies till it explode them with the heavy impact damage. 

You can also perform the close-range combat by tapping the right shoulder button for quick melee attack, and holding the same button again to perform a fierce melee attack deals a significant damage on the enemies.

When the targeting blue-symbol appears on the enemy indicating their incoming attack, you can perform the parry system by pressing the left shoulder button at the right time, so when successfully parrying on enemies which leads you to do counter-attack on them or deflecting them away from your distance, but if the targeting symbol goes amber which means you had to dodge and avoid their incoming attack rather than parrying.

If you successfully staggering your enemies, the red-crosshair symbol appears on the enemy's head which allows you to do one-shot firing damage by pressing the right trigger button, and also if you see enemy being fully highlighted with the red color while they being temporary stunned then this will allow you to finish them off by pressing the right thumbstick button to perform a deadly kills on enemies such as ripping and crushing them into pieces with the melee weapons. 

When the gold shaped icon appears on the screen meaning that you can activate the rage mode by pressing the triangle button temporary allowing you to perform a much heaver damage attack works effectively on against the large and tough enemies and bosses in short time. 

You can press the d-pad right button to use medstems to increase your health bar, so you can only carry two medstems which I can only say is just use it when it necessary, so don't try to waste it too much otherwise you get an ass-handed by the enemies in some places.      

I say the combat control is working smoothly because I find the responsiveness of melee combat is quite balanced depending on what melee weapons you're using, so stuff like the chain-sword which I find this melee weapon doing quite decent amount of damage attack on enemies with a moderate-speed slashing, and I also liked the power sword which is like the standard looking blade but provide a great amount of damage attack making it a versatile melee weapon, and you have combat knife which deals a weaker attack but provides a high-speed duelling, and there are a power fist that deals far-reaching wave damage attack, and finally my favourite of them all is got to be a thunder hammer which is slow but deals a powerful area-of-effect damage.   

While I really liked the choice of these melee weapons, I wanted to say that these melee combat responsiveness are actually worked mostly on close-range battle thanks to parrying system which feels very natural when I see the blue targeting symbol being appeared on enemies and I did hit the left shoulder button at the same time as the enemies are being close to my distance before they successfully made an attack, and I also wanted to praise the speed of the swinging motion such as when I'm using the chain-sword which is quicker and faster does a fair damage on the smaller or medium sized enemies where as the thunder hammer moves really slow which really shows how hard can you swing and pound at them just feels very realistic to play which I really liked how it plays.  

It also has a amazing selection of gun weapons that the game has to offer such as bolt rifle which is a standard auto-fire gun that launches self-propelled explosive rounds, Auto bolt rifle has a rapid ammo loader with more rate of fire at close range, heavy bolt rifle provides a better armor piercing power and higher rate of fire and range, stalker bolt rifle has scoped aim which fires in single shot, bolt carbine has a foregrip that are quicker to aim and fires incredibly fast at short range, marksman bolt carbine provides rapid continuous fire and is extremely accurate when aimed, instigator bolt carbine offers a good accuracy and little recoil which fires in 3-bullet bursts, oculus bolt carbine has low-damage but provides targeting assistance from its multiple specialised lenses, heavy bolter is a fully automatic version of bolt rifle which fires even larger explosive shells, plasma incinerator which shoots a projectile are capable of melting through armor, heavy plasma incinerator has larger charging coil and provides slower to fire but even more powerful, melta rifle are short-range anti-tank weapons that use concentrated bursts of microwave radiation to melt them down at very close range, multi-melta has twin-barrelled being attached with even more power, pyreblaster is a flamethrower used as the close range flame attack to clear out the flesh, bolt sniper rifle has a superior sights which packs a punch and does extreme headshot damage, las fusil is a long-range laser powered weapon which fires a charged laser beam, bolt pistol are semi-auto weapon which fire a weak self-propelled rounds, heavy bolt pistol fires a large calibre rounds with more stopping power, plasma pistol uses a magnetic chamber to heat gas which it can fire as a projectile, so holy shit that is a hell-a-lot of the gun-weapons to chose from because I really liked these choices that you can use any of these weapons such as the light ones are suited for taking out on those regular enemies where as these heavy and bulky ones are effectively works better against those large and tough enemies which I got to say that I am really happy with the choices of firepower, accuracy, and fire-rate that keeps the flows of the combat system a very balanced and precised to play.

I got to say the story campaign is little bit short, but also an enjoyable shooter experience packed with many epic action going on like you're facing with the hordes of alien enemies are scattered across the rooms and there are bunch of armored enemies carries with their arsenals in whole single room is just insane to fight which keeps me playing the single-player campaign or you can also enjoy the entire campaign with the 3-player online co-op where you'll be teaming up with your friends through online lobby to join forces with you to complete with the 5 campaign missions to play just makes the game even fun to play.

If that is not enough for you to experience the game, you can also enjoy other game mode called the operations which is a solo or co-op PvE game mode where you or your friends must complete 6 or 8 operation missions with multiple objectives, but I've mostly preferred to play it on the offline single-solo.  

What I've loved about this mode is that it has 6 playable classes to chose from such as tactical which is a versatile all-rounder with adaptive combat skills, assault is a high-mobility melee specialist with aerial prowess, vanguard is a resilient close-combat fighter able to close in on enemies fast, bulwark is a defensive anchor with powerful area control abilities, sniper is a precise marksman with stealth and support capabilities, and of course heavy is a durable firepower expert with squad-buffing abilities, so each of them will have their own beneficial perks and loadout options effecting on combat play.              Completing an operation mission will reward you with experience points for your player's weapon and classes, so the more you level up your XP the more you unlock the amounts of perks which you can able to customise your stuff such as your weapon and class appearance, upgrading your stats level of your weapons, and of course unlocking the new abilities on each classes which enhances your strength and power which is why I really liked the game modes where you can able to keep playing the same mission to gain enough XP level and unlocking perks and abilities feels really rewarding to play. 

I say those operation missions is insanely chaotic fun with tons of action filled with great mission objectives, well challenging difficulty with tons of trials and errors to learn, and of course working with the team together while fighting on the warzone filled with hundreds of thousands enemies and bosses to fight with is what I considered as the best part of the game to play Warhammer 40k games.

You can also participate the online multiplayer battle called eternal war which has competitive PvP modes such as seize ground which consists of two opposing teams fighting over a number of control points on the map, capture and control has 3 specific zones in the arena and each team fights to control them so gaining and keeping control of a zone grants your team points, and lastly annihilation is essentially team deathmatch where two teams must complete against each other. 

Sadly to tell you the truth, I never had a chance to play the eternal war is due to the requirements of PS plus subscription to play online matches which is why I rarely played these online modes, but I do heard many good things from the users comments said that they did managed to enjoy playing the competitive online matches which is really good to hear the positive things from them, so if you're one of those people who really get into with the online multiplayer games then just give it go. 

I wish the game could have had a offline split-screen would have made the game quite fun to play which sadly it's not been featured in the game, so hopefully the game developers will considering add it to the game in the future with patch update if they had a time to work on these things.    

So far, the game itself is fantastic in many ways which I had fun playing the single-player solo on both the campaign and operation mode which is why I liked this title.    

Overall, it has solid combat gameplay, and has great campaign and operation mode. 

Graphics

The graphics is stunningly outstanding for its visual perspective felt very rich and detailed is what the 9th-gen gaming is all about providing a best visual experience that you may never seen anything quite impressive.

The level of crispiness with no signs of blurred textures and slow pop-ins really shows that the game is being optimised really well on the system, and I got to say this is the cleanest textures in many areas which you can see how nice and sharp on the surfaces.

I got to love the structures of the level design is actually wide open with great space to explore around the area proving how great the level environment being designed in the game.

The game does have a gruesome amount of gores and blood where all the particles and guts of enemy's blood being scattered around the floor, and you got to love a finishing kill where those enemy being shredded and pounded to death by ripping, toning, stabbing, and crushing them in pieces is quite entertaining to watch.

The character's animation is by far the best looking I've seen in any of Warhammer 40k games thanks to in-depth detail of facial and body figure just seems to be realistic in many cutscenes and in-game action.

The game's performance is quite important for both PS5 and XSX/S is because this game has two graphical option such as the image quality mode which runs on 1440p resolution with locked 30fps which I got to say it runs pretty well on both the PS5 and XSX/S with no signs of slowdown sounds like a good news for those who are looking for a best visual quality with stable frame-rate may going to have no issue with the game, where as the performance mode which runs on 1080p resolution with 60fps does seems to have a frame-drops in some areas such as multiples of swarming aliens gathers around on the single screen does make the frame goes down a bit which mostly it may occur on PS5 version drops to between 35 to 60fps as opposed to XSX/S are drops to between 50 to 60.

I say please set it to image quality mode which I finding it more responsive to play.

Overall, it has outstanding visual design, best performance on image quality mode, and gruesome amount of gorefest level. 

Music and Sounds

This game does have a wicked soundtrack that made your heart go pumping for action with epic orchestra sounds really fits the game's atmospheres and it was composed by Nima Fakhrara and Steve Molitz did a spectacular job on their score. 

The sound effects is quite amazing in the game which I really liked the audio surrounding where you can able to hear the environmental sounds coming from the left to right, and I also liked the weapon's sound effects which is gritty and loud just made the speakers thumping noises which I really liked how its sounds.

The voice acting in the game is amazing which they did a good job for their performance on character's role providing a epic and powerful use of dialogue.

Overall, it has wicked soundtrack, amazing sound design, and very good voice-role performance. 

Special Features

The game does have a collectables stuffs such as the audio logs which can be found in each missions, and has unlockable skins and perks which can be unlocked by gaining more player's skills level or DLCs if you want to purchase a season pass which comes with armor, weapons, and some cosmetics from the mission chapters, but unfortunately the price for season pass is dead expensive which is not worth for £35.

The good news is that you will receive a great free update content meaning that you will get these stuff for free that's been included on the roadmap such as new PvE mission, PvP game mode, PvP arenas, horde mode, new enemy, and new weapon will be added to your game via patch update, so thank god it's not absolute mess at all.  

Overall, it has horrible season pass's cost, but saved by great free update content.

Advantages

Fantastic overall presentation. 

Solid combat gameplay.

Has great campaign and operation mode.

Outstanding visual design.

Wicked soundtrack and amazing sound design.

Disadvantages

Missing offline split-screen mode. 

Ridiculous cost for season pass.

Performance mode aren't quite stable as image quality mode.

Final Verdict

Presentation 9/10 -  excellent story and characters, and has fantastic presentation settings.

Gameplay 9/10 - solid combat gameplay, and has great campaign and operation mode. 

Graphics 9/10 - outstanding visual design, best performance on image quality mode, and gruesome amount of gorefest level.

Music and Sounds 8.5/10 - wicked soundtrack, amazing sound design, and very good voice-role performance. 

Special Features 8/10 - horrible season pass's cost, but saved by great free update content.

Overall 9/10 - Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 is a strong shooting action that the sequel we all wanted after 13 years of wait since the 2011's first original title.

It a solid improvements over the 2011's original game thanks to story campaign action, epic operation missions, smooth combat and levelling progression, and rich graphical design is what makes it a worthy 3rd-person shooter game for both PCs and 9th-gen consoles.

I am really happy to say that the Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 is the major example of how to create a true shooter experience that are exciting to play, full of action-packed, and tons of epicness is the reason why I enjoyed it, as much as the Warhammer 40k community had loved the game.        

The physical copy of the game cost around between £35 to £40 is easy to pick-up, where as the digital release for PS Store, Xbox Store, and Steam are the expensive side which has three bundles to purchase such as the standard edition cost £45 to £60, the gold edition cost £60 to £85 comes with season pass, and lastly the ultra edition cost between £70 to £90 comes with season pass and ultramarines champion pack. 

Is it a recommended to play title? yes...for those who are into with Warhammer 40k series or 3rd-person shooter in general, this game is a definite must play in all available platforms for both PCs and Consoles.    

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5 Christmas Wishlist of 2024

 

Ahh, the festive holiday season are about to start soon. Just got the decorating walls sort out, the bright and colourful of lights and bobbles are hanging on the trees, the snowman is nicely build-up outside of the house with hat and scarf on, the roast dinner is fully prepared on the dining table, the reindeers is still flying with the Santa's sleigh while the old father Christmas himself start giving out a wonderful gifts to everyone with wrapped presents...wait! did I just say Christmas? well yes everyone, we will be celebrating a happiest winter holiday that keeps us busy with the Christmas stuff going on this year.

Watching favourite Christmas classic films, sing a long with a Christmas songs, and of course playing video games with friends and families in the same room is what makes it everything so fun.  

I also went for my gaming hunt journey to collect many gaming related stuffs adding to my room for collection including modern games, retro games, gaming accessories, and you name it.

I had listed my 5 things that I wanted to consider getting one for Christmas day or is it just the item that I wanted to add it on my most wanted list, but it's all down to my luck if I ever had a chance to get one soon depending on my budget.  

         

So without go further do, here is my 5 Christmas Wishlist of 2024.

1 - Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 (PS5)

Going back in my early-2010s days of gaming, the time when I had a PS3 console which is the 7th-gen system along with the X360, which are best known for being a pinnacle of HD gaming providing a groundbreaking visual level of realism and being able to create a new game engine are fully designed to run on system's hardware technology that are certainly looked impressive at the time.

I remember back then when I've used my brother-in-law's PSN account on my PS3 system to use a PS Plus subscription which is a online services that offers you a monthly free games that are free to download and play it on your system, so that's when I've first discovered the Warhammer 40k: Space Marine which is a ultra-violence 3rd-person shooter where you take control of super soldiers goes on war fighting their lives to protect their home planet from the invasion of evil alien empire.

My initial impression on the first game is somewhat positive in terms of combat system which is a combination of 3rd-person shooter and Action Hack N Slash type of style just really fits it together well for the franchise and I'm pretty sure the single-player campaign action is also fun to play by blasting, slashing, and ripping the hordes of enemies throughout the stages just never got old is why the first game is quite decent.

In around year 2021 when the sequel just finally got announced with the cinematic trailer at The Game Awards 2021, I was really hyped to see the Space Marine made the return with the second title for the PC and 9th-gen console, so the game just got released in Autumn 2024 and it gained much better reception than the 2011's first title at the launch release praising for the single-play solo or 3-player online co-op campaign and competitive online battle is the reason why the people had enjoyed the game which is why I wanted to add this on my wishlist, so that I can able to consider myself checking out the  second title to see how much this game has to offer for the shooter fans.

2 - Astro Bot (PS5)

I'm a 3D platformer fanatic myself starting from the likes of the classics 3D platforming adventures such as Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Sonic Adventure, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, and Rayman 2 which is the reason why I loved spending my time on playing video games everyday.

Heading back to my mid-2010s of gaming where I had PS4 console, I remember the time when Sony had reveal their gaming accessories called Playstation VR which is a virtual reality devices where you had to wear the VR headset on your head to display the realistic looking environment, so I think it's really sounds like an innovative piece of technology for the modern gaming platform but I decided to skip the VR gaming because of how really expensive the VR headset to purchase which is why I decided to avoid spending on stuff that had a same price cost as the PS4 console is not worth for my budget.

When I first heard the announcement of the Astro Bot: Rescue Mission for the PS4, I'm kinda feel buggered when they created the game that requires the VR headset to play the game which is a shame for me because I heard the game had many positive reception at the release which is sounds really good to hear, but there's no way in hell I would able to play this on my PS4 if I didn't had a PSVR headset. 

Luckily in around summer 2024 when I got busy playing the PS5 console, I just discovered the game that I totally forgot about it was pre-installed on the system, so there is Astro's Playroom which is a 2020's 3D platforming game which acts as free tech demo which demonstrates the DualSense controller's ability designed for platforming gameplay.

I am really happy to say that unlike the first game, the second title do not require the VR headset to play which I am glad that I had a chance to play my very first Astro bot game for my PS5 console. 

I find Astro's Playroom is quite enjoyable to play thanks to creative stage design, innovative gameplay system, and has tons of wacky platforming adventures makes the game quite entertaining to play for those who grew up playing with the 3d platforming genres. 

What makes it even sounds awesome is that they had finally revealed the third title called Astro Bot which boasts over 90 levels to play, brand new abilities, and of course more collectables and discoveries to explore around, so the game got released in Autumn 2024 and had gained universally acclaimed by the gaming medias and fans calling it the best 3D platforming game ever made for PS5 libraries as well as it had sold 1.5 million copies worldwide, and it also had won the Game of the Year 2024 from The Game Awards show which really proves the success of the Playstation's wacky and fun 3D platforming game became one of the signature title for the PS5 owners really needs to go buy it.

This is one kind of the game that I really begging myself to buy one which is why I've added this on my wishlist.

3 - Stellar Blade (PS5)

Around in 3 years ago, I remember the time when I'm watching the Sony's Playstation Showcase 2021 video on the YouTube to discover the teaser trailer of upcoming games coming soon to PS5 console, there's one of the teaser trailer that caught my attention which titled as Project EVE which stars the gorgeous female protagonist named Eve going on action fighting against the creature at the beginning of the footage which I really liked how they made the fight sequence goes on slow-mo and she did sort of a acrobatic movement in stylish ways, while showing off the large scale of environments, has rich-detailed presentation, and of course the combat gameplay design on the middle of the trailer footage is looking quite spectacular which really reminded me of similar game that I've played it quite long time ago such as Nier: Automata.

In around year 2022, the South Korean game developer Shift Up had confirmed that the game is been renamed it as Stellar Blade which I really liked the name of it because it just feels that it really suits the name of the product title.

The game just got released in Spring 2024 and had gained mostly positive reception for its visuals, sounds, and combat.

It also sold about 1 million copy which made the game likely to be a fan favourite Action-Adventure title.

This is kind of the game that I really wanted to check it out which I also add this to my wishlist because as I previously enjoyed the other action-adventure games like Nier: Automata in terms of open-world exploration, story presentation, and combat gameplay, Stellar Blade is one of the game that I'd love to play this on my PS5 console.

4 - Black Myth: Wukong (PS5)

It's really interesting to see any of video games titles that were created by Chinese developers, so I had previously enjoyed the metroidvania indie game like F.I.S.T: Forged in Shadow Torch are basically an impressive 2D side-scrolling adventure that does a job well done for it's stand-out visual quality, well-built exploration and solid overall combat just made the game a worth to play.

There are some of the free-to-play online games like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail which I haven't played those because I don't really play online-only games as much, as opposed to single-player solo which I rather much preferred to play it on offline mode, but I also heard these games are very popular among with the players and communities which is why these games had becoming quite successful at worldwide release.    

There are one of the game that got me interested which I've discovered the video trailer of Game Science's Action-RPGs title called Black Myth: Wukong, which I am really amazed with the visual presentation design of Chinese folklore settings looks stunningly beautiful which I have never seen anything spectacular that the game development teams had to pull off the richest game's design you'll ever see, and I also heard the game's reception at the launch release is mostly positive among with fans and critics, and had become a fastest-selling game which surpassed over 20 million units which makes it the first AAA game from the Chinese video game industry made the huge success at worldwide.           

After hearing many positive things about this game, the reason why I find this game appealing is because not only just the visuals and presentation are incredibly fascinating, the way they designed the gameplay is kinda has the soulslike elements with kung-fu style combat which is why I finding the actual trailer looked really cool with the badass monkey protagonist goes out fighting against the monstrous foes is the reason I've added this on my wishlist.   

5 - Marvel Vs Capcom: Fighting Collection (PS4)

Ahh, I had a wonderful nostalgia when I remember playing good old Capcom's fighting classics back then, so stuff like Super Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter 3rd Strike, Power Stone 1+2, Plasma Sword, Darkstalkers, Capcom vs SNK, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, and of course the top-class crossover series such as Marvel vs Capcom which is a 3 on 3 fighting games featuring the rosters crossing over from Marvel comics and Capcom franchise.

I grew up playing the MvsC 1+2 on Dreamcast and Ultimate MvsC 3 on PS3, so these are the games that had everyone talks about how awesome Marvel vs Capcom series really is back then.

You had a multiple cast of fighting rosters from Marvel comics like Spider-Man, Wolverine, Rogue, Psylocke, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, and all others comic book heroes, where as the Capcom's own rosters had Ryu, Chun-Li, Cammy, Morrigan, Strider Hiryu, Mega-Man, Jill Valentine, and you name it, is the reason why the series had become quite popular among with fighting game community and participating with the event of fighting games tournaments. 

   

I am really glad to see some of these classic fighting games makes the return for modern platforming releases including X-Men: Children of the Atom, X-Men vs Street Fighter, and of course Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter are the only three titles that never got any of re-releases which took three decades to get it released on 8th-gen console, where as others like Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel vs Capcom 1 + 2 did previously released on 7th-gen console which sadly it got removed off from digital store shelves due to Capcom's licensing contracts with Marvel Comics had expired in 2013-14 which is a shame for those who had PS3 and X360 really wanted to play these games for their nostalgia were out of luck for not purchasing these titles in time before the date of expiry, so thankfully all these 6 games that I've mentioned are included on the compilation titled Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection just got a physical copy release for PS4 and Switch last month which I am glad to hear that Capcom had supported the physical media for the game collectors to add their collection, so I also added this to my wishlist.     

Honorable Mentions:

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PS5)

Silent Hill 2 (PS5)

Persona 3 Reload (PS5)

Metaphor: ReFantazio (PS5)

Castlevania (PS2)

Resident Evil Survivors 2 (PS2)

Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes (Gamecube)

Pac-Man World 2+Pac Man Vs. (Gamecube)

The Story of Thor (Genesis/MD)

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Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition PS5 Review

 

Devil May Cry 5 is a Action Hack N Slash game was originally released in 2019 for PS4, XBONE, and PC, and it was later expanded for PS5 and XSX/S released in 2020. 

It was both developed and published by Capcom, and it is the 5th mainline installment in the series.

 

Before I begin reviewing the game, I wanted to discuss at the beginning of the whole franchise that was started back in the early 2000s days of gaming.

First of all, the creator Hideki Kamiya was attempt to create his prototype of Resident Evil game for the PS2 console as he develops focusly on action-oriented approach as opposed to survival horror formula from the RE's previous three's games, but unfortunately the Capcom's team were dissatisfied with the Kamiya's concept idea that did not fit well to the RE series, so instead he later recreated the whole thing and turned it into a entirely new original game titled as Devil May Cry.

It's a game that took inspiration from the Italian poet Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy in the terms of presentation design and cast of characters.

So what is the game anyway? it is a 2001's Action Hack N Slash game for PS2 where you take control of demon hunter named Dante went on his quest to battle against not only just the hordes of demons who invading the human world, but also taking his revenge on demon lord Mundus who is responsible for the deaths of Dante's Mother.

The game's initial release is critically acclaimed by gaming medias praising the game for its action-packed combat system, gothic themed settings, and of course the stylish innovations of gameplay design is what makes the original title a pinnacle of 3D Hack N Slash subgenre for early 2000s.

The game's success led Capcom went onto creating a sequel such as 2003's Devil May Cry 2 for PS2 which is the first title that Kamiya was absent on the development being replaced by Hideaki Itsuno as a lead game director.

While the 2nd title was commercially success at the release, the game however received mixed reception which was criticised for its lower difficulty, lack of strategy on boss battles, less refined combat gameplay, and dull overall presentation that are nowhere near good as the original.

After the disappointment of 2nd title, Capcom was later going back to its original form with the 3rd title such as 2005's Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening which acts as prequel to 2001's original game.

The game is receiving much praise for its series return to form while avoiding the mistakes of the predecessor, and of course the new battle system elements and more in-depth visual design marks the 3rd title as an massive improvement for the series, as it sold over 2.3 million units and has been labelled as one of the greatest video games ever made.

The 4th title such as Devil May Cry 4 was released in 2008 for PS3, X360, and PC, which focuses on a new protagonist named Nero, a young man possessing demonic powers who is on a mission to confront the series main character Dante, after he assassinates the leader of the Order of the Sword. 

The game has positive reception at the release for its new playable protagonist, smooth combat mechanics, game's difficulty system, and action-packed missions were praised by gaming critics.

The series was later rebooted with the 2013's title as DmC: Devil May Cry was created by Ninja Theory, a same team behind their notable titles such as Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.

The game is considered as controversial at the early teaser was widely negative due to Dante's redesign appearance and drastic change of his characteristic tone is not the same kind of hero as we know him from the original series, and then at the game's release while it has received positive reception by the critics, but was overwhelmingly hated by the fans of the original series were expecting the game to be just as good isn't just the right game for them to play calling the full reboot a much worse than the 2003's 2nd title in terms of story, character, and design choices just completely ruins the great franchise. 

Finally in the year of 2018 when Capcom has revealed a new title for the original series such as Devil May Cry 5 which is a sequel to the 4th installment of the series, so it got released in between 2019 and 2020 for PC and consoles.           

I really loved the classic DMC games like the 1st and 3rd title when I first had a HD collection for PS3, as well as the 4th title which made me loved the franchise, so I am definitely can't wait to play a new Devil May Cry 5 when I seen the game's announcement trailer off from E3 live conference on Youtube in 2019. I was originally planned to get the copy for the PS4 console, but in around one year later when they announced the special edition for the 9th-gen system I decided to change my mind by waiting for a bit longer, which is why I finally got a PS5 copy of the game this year since I first had a slim model PS5 console.

So what do I think about this game, is it anything plays just good as the original's previous installment or does it feel a bit stepped back in comparison? 

I got to say that I am really glad the whole game had turned out to be another best title in the series since the 3rd title which are still remained as my number 1 favourite in the series mainline, but why this game feels like its deserved to be my 2nd favourite game in the list?

I am here to make my review to deliver many positive things that got the game right and where as some others which I will discuss later on this review.

So without go further do, let's start the review.

Presentation

The game sets after the event of Devil May Cry 4, as the story explains the mysterious tree incident that apparently attacked the city by the hordes of demons led by demon king Urizen has took the control of the human world, the plot follows returning protagonists such as Nero and Dante was hired by a mysterious stranger named V as they went on their journey to stop the demon king Urizen.

The story in this game is actually solid which explains what has happening in the Red Grave city was plagued with the large demonic tree planted in the city spawning many hordes of demons attacking all the people for their blood, and you have a demon hunters and their crew went on their mission is to wipe out the wicked lord's curses that harms the human world, so I really liked the story sequences on each parts which delivers a present to past scenes just seems to work really well in the game.

You have likable cast of characters such as Nero as you may know him as the main lead from Devil May Cry 4, so his appearance is quite different from the previous installment with short silver-hair and his prosthetic right arm which I really liked his new design in the game while keeping his personality level between being hot-headed and passionate well intact in many scenes makes him quite likable throughout the campaign.

I say Dante is by far the bestest character of the whole game as much as we liked him in DMC 1, 3, and 4, so what makes him being the greatest video game characters in the series? he wore a long-red leather jacket...check, his medium-sized silver-hair...check, his dual-pistols and sword...check, his level of cockiness with goofy sense of humour...check, his cool and stylish fighting style...check, and of course his demonic power level...so there you go now you know exactly why everyone loves this badass dude.

The game also introduces a new playable character such as V which kinda looks like an emo version of Adam Driver...well judging with the design of the character.

He is also quite an interesting guy has the backstory explaining that he aims to find his way of restoring his original form back and he has ability to summon his 3 demon familiars to fight off the demons such as Griffin Hawk, Shadow Panther, and Nightmarish Golem.                     

The game has supportive NPCs characters such as everyone's favourite 2 babes like Trish which has really nice black leather outfit and her long-blonde hair, as well as the Lady is basically look like Julia Volkova being equipped with jam-packed rocket launcher.    

Then you have a sassy female gunsmith Nico who aided Nero throughout the campaign as she offers him with the upgrades and arm-weapons. She is also quite a smoking hot as the other two ladies I've mentioned above with perfect shape of the body...nice, and I also liked her snarky characteristics which she enjoys teasing Nero, being a reckless driver, and has hilarious southern accent just adds up a good comedy.    

The game's presentation is wonderfully amazing for its gothic settings themes that made the while series quite recognisable over the years.

I really liked getting into with dark-medieval stuff filled with demonic looking environments, creepy looking foes with their ugly-ass faces, gorefest particles all-over the places, and many stuff going on in the game which makes me finding the series quite appealing.

In this game, I wanted to praise the stage layout in each locations such as Red Grave City is a hometown which features mostly neoclassical architecture stuffs like cathedral, where as the recent modern stuffs like apartment blocks, neon-lit district, subway network, and a large bridge.

Alberton Graveyard are filled with abandoned site areas, Clustonbury Theatre used to have a musical play theatre that are completely demolished, Burrow Market kinda looked like a London's market area filed with huge clock on top, graffiti walls, and of course the red telephone booth, Pawn's Avenue is a street area filled with shopping places and large commercial ads screen, and of course the II Chiaro Mondo Hotel has the entrance, lobby, bar area, and 2nd entrance. 

Overall, it has excellent story, likable cast of characters, and wonderful presentation design.

Gameplay

The single-player campaign has 20 missions to complete, so you take control of Nero, Dante, and V in 3rd-person perspective as your main goal is to beat the entire stage by reaching to the finishing point or defeating bosses as the primary objective, while the secondary ones heavily focusing on scoring system which you need to gain enough scores to reach up to the high ranking spot, yeah only if you're one of those experienced hi-score players wanted for a big challenge. 

Pushing the left stick is to move player around, and pushing the right stick is to rotate the camera system around, while pushing the right thumbstick button to reset the camera position.

Each of these characters will have different gameplay controls, so starting off with these two such as Nero and Dante which they will have melee attack with the triangle button to slash attack on enemies in close-range, and pressing the square button is to fire with gun at the enemies works better in mid-range distance.

V on other hand has his own combat style of attacks such as 3 familiars attack by pressing the square button to use Griffon act as firing projectiles, the triangle button uses Shadow to perform close-range melee attack, and of course left shoulder button to summon Nightmare golem.

V can able to finish the enemies off by using the finishing blow with the circle button if the enemies or bosses are being staggered with low health.

They can able to lock-on target by holding the right shoulder button making an easier to aim directly at the enemies while clicking the left thumbstick button to change target in each foes.

Each of the characters has their own unique action such as Nero has ability to use exceed by pressing the left trigger button to charge up his blade power for higher damage attack on enemies, and he can use his devil breaker by pressing the circle button depending what arm equipment you're using, so he can able to do stuffs like electric bursts on enemies, launch shockwaves of huge energy beam, throwing enemies with devastating force, and creating force fields that warp and slow time for enemies, but he can also perform a massive powerful attack by charging up his arm equipment with holding the circle button then release which deal a severe damage on enemies and bosses but causes to immediately shatter afterwards.

Nero can able to use break away move by pressing the left shoulder button which can breaks the arm equipment, but using them is designed for harming nearby enemies, evade attacks or free him from certain enemy grappling moves can be useful for combat battles. 

Dante has ability to switch his fighting style with the d-pad button which changes his combat play such as trickster allowing him to dodge enemy's attack, sword master that expands the moveset of melee weapons, gunslinger which specialising in firearms like shooting multiple of enemies at once, and royal guard is designed to guard against the enemy attacks that deal damage, and he can also switch weapons by pressing the left and right trigger button.

Dante has the wide selection of weapons such as rebellion which is a default sword are perfect for swordmaster and trickster style, the sparda sword are perfect for combo system, the devil sword deals with devastating damage when using devil trigger, the balrog is a close range weapon with two movesets are quicker for combos but does not deal massive damage, the Cavaliere is a motorcycle's dual-weapon are slow but deals much heavier damage, the King Cerberus is chained with 3 nunchakus deals not many damage attacks but has fast and versatile combos, the Ebony and Ivory is a dual-pistol as a default weapon which are good for keeping up combos and can be charged to deal with better damage, Coyote-A is a shotgun that deals more damage than the dual-pistol, and of course the Kalina Ann is a rocket launcher works effectively against the larger enemies.       

Defeating most of the enemies will fill up your gauge meter which you will see on the top-left corner on the screen, so if the purple bar gauge has been fully filled up, then both Nero and Dante has ability to unleash the devil trigger which transformed them into a powerful demon form, so this will allow them to boost their stats power such as attack, defense, and speed, as well as restores vitality over time, and they can perform various of demonic attacks which deals severe damage on enemies and bosses. 

    

So far, the controls scheme works really amazing especially with the options that give you a choice to change things such as re-mapping the button layouts for suitable control preferences, changing the fields of view, and an option to choose between hold or toggle the lock-on aim just seems to be really helping the gameplay controls.

Aside with the controls, the combat system plays out really great because this series was known for its stylish fighting moveset and over-the-top combo scoring extravaganza which is why I really liked playing the game that heavily focuses on fast and extreme combat battle.

It's really easy to pull off the moves by mashing the combination of shooting, slashing, dashing, and dodging just to get a perfect ranking scores is what I've loved about the Hack N Slash genres.

The game delivers many awesome choices of weapons has an own advantages that allows the player to choose which are these is best used against any types of enemies and bosses have their own weaknesses, so I say playing as Nero is good for the well balanced combat between the swordplay and using the arm weapons are much useful for certain battles, where as Dante is probably the best ones to play because I get to switch his fighting style which changes the movesets and of course cycle the weapons to equip just makes his melee combat a much easier to pull off, and lastly the V is not the strong one but I do really liked his summoning minions like Griffin and Shadow acts as an combat weapons are better for strategic play in some parts.

What makes the game quite interesting to play is that when you have collected many red orbs as an currencies which can be collected by defeating many enemies or break it off from the orbs trees, then you can spend these on the shop via Nico's driving van or Shiny Statue, so you have a choice to choose which ones to unlock stuff such as new moves for combat and ability that adds up your skills including double jump, stepping on enemy head, expands stocks of exceeds, expands multiples of arm weapons, more multiples combo attacks, charging your firing shot, and many more to unlock your new skills that benefiting your combat system.  

There are quite of useful items like blue orbs that extends your vitality life bar and purple orbs that extends your devil trigger gauge bar makes vastly improves on player's health and gauge levels, and  there are a gold orbs that makes the player resurrected back to life when losing all health allowing the player to continue fighting on for action. 

I also wanted to praise the stage exploration where you can go around the levels to find good stuffs like collecting orbs can be hidden on some areas and of course discovering the secret mission which is a bonus challenge where you had to complete the task without failing the objectives, so completing the challenge will reward you with the bonus items.

The segments of the stages does share with platforming obstacles, unlocking the new paths, and of course you'll be forced to fight all of demons before you can able to continue move on to the next stages.

The boss battles is absolutely epic to play is because it feels nicely strategic when fighting with the boss that are tough as nails especially playing on normal or hard difficulty which requires a good strategy to find their weak spot and trying not to get killed in action is what keeps me playing the game further on.

It has gigantic Goliath is a powerful demon that can do massive damage with every attack, Nidhogg is an aggressive parasite has the 3 tentacles creatures with razor-sharp teeth that can sweep and charge you with certain range, Artemis is angelic demon will summon a barrage of arrows and firing various of lasers and bullets, Malphas is a large female demon has ability to use her demonic bird to do their dirty work delivering charging headbutts, heavy body slams, and strong pecks from its clawed feed and beaked mouth, King Cerberus is a huge 3 headed demonic hound wields with 3 elemental powers such as fire, ice, and lighting, and of course the demon king Urizen has the various of his ultimate demonic powers...this really proves the game has the best numerous of bosses that the series has the offer. 

The special edition comes with new playable character such as Vergil which he is basically on the same single-player campaign but has different combat gameplay, and it also introduced a 2 new game modes such as the turbo mode which doubles up the speed of the single-player game making it more intense and wacky to play, and you have legendary dark knight mode which is a extremely a challenging single-player game featuring a huge hordes of the enemies to fight against which I got to say these new playable character and 2 game modes is a fantastic addition to this game.                     

  

Overall, it has amazing controls, great combat system, excellent stage missions, and epic boss battles.

 

      

Graphics

The graphics in this game is excellent when utilising with RE engine for 9th gen system just made the game look gorgeous in terms of environmental design which I consider these as crisp and details for the texture mapping and surfaces.

The level design are nicely open but not trying to make it big is because the game is meant for creating a fair amount of spaces to keep the game a straight-forward Hack N Slash action such as the good platforming areas and the simple size of exploration.

I also wanted to praise the draw-distance in some areas which is looking spectacular with the landscapes structures that are nicely displayed.

The use of shadows and lighting effect in any levels are also quite good in some areas giving the game a dynamic look with the reflections of light and dark shades. 

I got to love the special effects for the combat battle because with the heavy explosive sparks from the weapons and those bloody crystal particles all over the places just seems really satisfying to watch.

The character's design has really amazing motion capturing system with nicely animated facial features and body movement just looks really great on the in-game cutscenes.

The game performances may differ on each systems such as the PS5 and XSX/S (X model) uses the ray-tracing system which provides the full enhanced details of the graphics including reflections and lighting system.

The consoles may have different frame-rate performances such as the XSX/S (X model) console are running smooth on the 4k fidelity mode and RT performance mode thanks to system's additional GPUs, where as the PS5 console are noticeably better on the high frame-rate mode up to 120fps which really optimised well for the faster gameplay, but to tell you the truth I didn't had an issue with using the RT performance mode on my PS5 slim which ran just as great being capped in between the 50 to 60fps in some areas just seems to be good enough to play because I much preferred to choose RT performance mode over the 4k fidelity mode in many ways.

Sadly two of the game modes such as turbo mode and legendary dark knight mode just totally missed out ray-tracing features due to system's limitations which is quite a bummer for those who really wanted to have the ray-tracing on to capture a photorealistic look just not gonna happen is because these two game modes really needs to remove the ray-tracing support in order to reach at the stable frame-rate level to keep the game faster and smoother as possible when playing the single-player game with double the amount of speed, as well as adding many hordes of enemies in the one whole screen which I can totally understand that argument, but it really makes the image of the game itself doesn't look good as the regular single-player campaign which is the only game mode that supports ray-tracing options. 

That being said, I believe both of these systems are looking tremendously stunning in terms of visuals enhancements, so I'm pretty sure those console owners of PS5 and XSX/S (X model) are completely fine with the game itself.

Overall, it has crispy environmental design, great character's animation, and stunning game's performances.

Music and Sounds

The soundtrack in the game is actually quite remarkable that fits the demon hunting action, so you have really cool vocal track like "subhuman" by Cody Matthew Johnson ft Michael Barr and "Bury the Light" by Casey Edwards ft Victor Borba which these are full-on metalcore style music, where as others like "Devil Trigger" by Casey Edwards ft Ali Edwards & Cliff Lioret and "Crimson Cloud" by Jeff Rona ft Rachel Fannan are basically an electronic style music.

While sharing with decent vocal tracks, the game also has the original score for most of the part which was composed by Kota Suzuki, Hiromitsu Maeba, and Yoshiya Terayama did such an incredible job for creating their rocking tunes in each stages fits the game's atmospheres. 

The sound effects in the game are quite solid for its use of the slashing and shooting sounds throughout the game, and it does have several of great environmental sounds on some areas especially for the 3d audio sounds which are designed to hear surrounding areas in the game's stages.

The voice over for most of the characters are very good indeed with really cool one-liners and has classy goofy dialogues with sense of humour just makes it sounds really good for the in-game cutscenes. 

Overall, it has remarkable soundtrack, solid sound design, and classy voice performance.

Special Features

The special edition comes with additional content being included in the disk such as Vergil as playable character, deluxe content like costumes, and of course two game modes such as turbo mode and legendary dark knight mode.

It does have unlockable galleries like concept art, characters bios, musics, cutscenes, and etc.

Overall, a very good pack of content.

Advantages

Excellent story and characters

Wonderful presentation design

Amazing combat gameplay

Epic battles with enemies and bosses

Stunning visuals

Remarkable soundtrack

Additional content 

 

Disadvantages

Turbo mode and legendary dark knight mode just totally missed out ray-tracing features

Final Verdicts

Presentation 9/10 - excellent story, likable cast of characters, and wonderful presentation design.

Gameplay 9/10 - amazing controls, great combat system, excellent stage missions, and epic boss battles.

Graphics 9/10 - crispy environmental design, great character's animation, and stunning game's performances.

Music and Sounds 8.5/10 - remarkable soundtrack, solid sound design, and classy voice performance.

Special Features 8/10 - comes with additional content such as playable character and two game modes.

Overall 9/10 - Devil May Cry 5 is another masterpiece title deserves to be a same spot as other classic titles like DMC 1, 3, and 4.

I am very glad that Capcom had learned the lesson from the atrocious 2013's DMC reboot that no one had been asked for, which is why the company decided to go back to the original mainline of the franchise that made the classic DMC games so memorable back in the early days of 2000s, so they had bought the 2019's sequel to the gaming platforms and it really turns out to be a great success that every DMC fans had been begging for the true DMC games.   

A game filled with excellent story, badass protagonists, rich and detailed presentation, and of course the over-the-top Hack N Slash action packed with great combat system, excellent stage missions, and epic boss battles is what makes the DMC 5 a one hell of amazing title to play, especially with the special edition are the perfect ways of playing a fast paced action game for the 9th-gen consoles packs with additional content and ray-tracing support.    

The physical copy of the game for PS5 and XSX/S is quite easy to purchase for between £15 to £20, where as the digital copy from the PS Store and Xbox Store usually cost around £35.

Is the special edition of this title an definite must play for a Hack N Slash fanatic who owns the PS5 or XSX/S console? absolutely because DMC 5 is a solid action game that I can highly recommended to all those who are previously experienced with the fast-paced genres should give this game a worth huge go.  

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Top 5 Terrifying Gaming Console Errors

 

Have you ever been spooked by the gaming system's fatal errors before? well you're not alone because it's almost a spooky holiday everyone. 

Get yourself a dressing-up costumes, trick 'n' treat candies, carving kits for pumpkins, and decorating sorted out, so tonight I am here to talk about something really scary that might going to haunt you for the rest of your days and nights do you know why? 

Well...what I am saying is that you normally had fun playing your gaming consoles which is a everyone's favourite activity device that we all love spent playing every single day and night, but there are some of the things that turns out to be something unexpecting...yes?

I'm talking about the faults of the system that could have an issues that makes your consoles or games unplayable, but it's more horrifying than that.

I am here to make my 5 things that had everyone experienced with the things that they will never forget their childhood nightmares.

Here is my top 5 terrifying gaming console errors.

5 - Game crashing error

There's one of the common issues for the gaming consoles is the crashing and freezing that became the reason why are the games just stopped functioning at all, well...as you pop your cartridge or disc inside your system to run the software you start playing the game for quite a minute till your game starts freezing or crashes which you'll notice something really weird on your TV screen.

It's not just the game freezes just freaks you out, it's mostly you could hear randomised glitchy noises that made your ears bleed and those scrambled messy screens just suddenly mixes around is what made everyone feel shivering when their game is doing something crazy.

The major causes of game freeze is that your game cartridge or disc is uncleaned or damaged or it could be your system's slot or lens that stops reading your game, so you may gonna grab yourself a cleaning kit to solve the issue.

It's not just only the retro gaming system had an issues back then, but the worst things for today's system is that your game could randomly crash during the gameplay which means once the game is freezes the app will greet you with the error message implying users to send and report the issues to the company. 

It kinda gives everyone an heart attack after seeing these kinds of crashing errors, so be sure to properly update both of your games and systems software to resolve it or rebuilt your database on the safe mode menu.

           

4 - Sony's Console's Screen of Doom 

What's even worst than seeing the start-up screen that display the error implying the player that your console could not read disc is due to wrong CD format...yeah we should know what the game disc is actually used for.

The worst nightmare is that did you know the first two Sony's consoles like the PS1 and PS2 does actually had something that may going to scare little kids or something that really haunts their childhood. 

First up is the PS2 console, so when you power-up your PS2 system it boots-up a regular start-up sequence which is quite normal but what if you insert the wrong format disc that aren't used for PS2 console? when placing with the random disc that aren't playing PS2s, PS1s, DVDs, and CDs music format then it prompt you with the red screen of doom which is not quite welcoming, so you may see a gloomy looking red screen and horrifying noise effect just feels very unsettling to watch.

What's even more creepy is that the PS1 console may going to scare you big time because when you had a modchip installed on your PS1 console or using the techniques like disk-swapping it tricks the PS1 system to play non-protected games, so if playing with the damaged or non-PS1 disc then it struggles to run the software and corrupting the BIOS which prompted you with the black background screen with the PlayStation logo, so what makes even more disturbing is that after being stuck on the screen for an minute will play a slowed down version of the start-up chimes which is very loud and distressing makes your head feel uneasy.  

So whatever you do is please try not to insert something random disk that aren't Playstation format otherwise you'll be greeted to the screen of doom.   

3 - SEGA Mega CD's warning message

Oh my god, can't you believe there's something that one of your own game disk is actually had a creepy message that warns the users not to play it on your CD player, so why is that?

Before I give the details about the reason why the warning message had been playing on your CD player, so first of all is that when you're trying to play out the music soundtrack that's included on your game disk you may discover that one of the track no. something may going to play out the track that contains the warning message urging the players that the disk is for use with a SEGA CD system only and not designed for playing on the audio CD Player.

Not only the warning message track had a scratchy guitar riffs that became louder and louder when the CD track keeps continuing playing through and through is just sounds pretty rad at the beginning which I'm totally liked the sounds of the cool and badass riffs, except one that kinda ruins their childhood was followed by a serious lady voice trying to make users turn off the CD player, I mean Jesus woman just please tone down your voice will you, you just scaring the f**k out of these little kids.  

   

To tell you the truth, I totally understand they wanted to use game disk on the CD player to play out their favourite in-game soundtrack which is absolutely fine and of course the game disk uses the redbook audio format showcasing the SEGA Mega CD's enhanced music for certain of the games, but what I've completely learned from the warning message is that they do not want users to play it on the track no.1 which contains the game data of CD-ROMs format, so it means that the track no.1 is actually used for the console systems to read out the game's file data allowing the system to load up the game.

If you play it on the track no.1 by mistake without realising then it can damage to your audio speakers or equipment which means that the track no.1 being played on the CD player makes a severe static noises could blow up your audio speakers, so whatever you do is please do not play it on track no.1 unless if you're a gaming geek just wanted to listen the soundtrack on your CD player just skip it to track no.2 instead.               

2 - Console's Disk Drive Failure  

There are common issue that the modern gaming consoles, especially with 7th, 8th, and 9th gen systems, had an issue with the optical disk drive that suddenly makes the weird grinding noises meaning there's the faults inside the system that had a loose optical disk drive.

If you pop-in the game disk inside the system's disc slot then you'll be encountered with the noises of the disk drive which means that your system had struggle to read the disk due to optical disk drive is either unstable or gotten quite loose.

The failure of the disk drive can also damage to your game disk meaning that the optical disk drive that are unbalanced had struggled to hold the game disk causing the disk itself to bounce off while spinning could result a awful looking scratched marks which is no good.

It sounded like the chainsaw inside the disk drive just shreds the f**k out of your game disk makes the ring-shaped marked all over the places, which is the worst things that can happen to any console owners did not expect the horrifying noises from your console just instantly kills your favourite game, unless if it's not very severe but just the light scratch then consider yourself an lucky because the light marks can be repairable with the cleaning kit except the ones that are severely damaged cannot be restored then you are definitely f**ked, so be sure to always check your system to see if its nothing fishy before popping the game disk in because there might be a gremlins in your gaming console.       

     

1 - Xbox 360's Red Ring of Death 

Ladies and Gentlemen, you may be witnessed with the dark old times that we will never forget our worst childhood nightmares, so you'll be encountering with the horrifying errors for your gaming system that are refused to continue to run and never be worked again...so that is Xbox 360's Red Ring of Death.

Yes everyone, I am talking about the days in mid-2000s when the launch system like the Xbox 360 had suffered with the most fatal flaws that got the players feel spooked when they discovered the most doomiest things that your gaming system had suddenly starts flashing the red light around the ring indicating that your game console just suddenly stops working and no longer functioning.

It happened many X360 owners since they bought it off from the gaming store at the launch release, so it was been reported in 2009 where the warranty provider company such as SquareTrade had confirmed the X360's system failure rate in the first 2 or 3 years is 23.7% that the customers had reporting a system failure in comparison with 10% for PS3 which the 2007's launch model had suffered the similar fate as the X360 and 2.7% for Wii which is likely related to Wii's disc-drive reading issue.   

What I've learned about the X360's devilish looking red light is that your system may ran with the issues that prevent your console becoming unplayable such as AV cable connector are not been properly detected on your HDTV screen, your system may have power outages due to damaged power plug, and of course the worst part of it is the system's overheating when your console is building-up the heat are the three general hardware failures that your X360 stopped working.

The main cause of the major issues is the poorly designed hardware components with cheaply made thermal paste on CPUs and improperly soldering joints could lead the expose of these components can develop the cracks and brittle that are almost irreparable which is why it made the X360 no longer working.

The X360's Red Ring of Death is definitely being one of the gaming most darkest moments in the history for those who own the launch model X360 back in mid-2000s are kinda got buggered by the doomish looking red ring that prevents them from playing the game regularly.

Luckily after the controversial RROD incident, Microsoft had confirmed the news to the consumers for the repair services to get their consoles fixed as soon as possible to cover up the RROD issue that the X360 owners had experienced with the faults that prevents the system from functioning.  

As in today, if you see your console had an issue then it's possible to take it to the gaming repair store to help you fixing the system or you may consider fixing it yourself by watching the console's DIY tutorial video to give you a guide how to fix and repair the system step by step.     

     

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