Were have you been Adam?

Hey guys just a quick update on whats going on since I haven't posted in a while. Don't worry I'm still here and I'm still posting Ive just had a LOT going on at the moment first work has been stupidly busy and since I live in England we have just had 2 bank holiday weekends so I'm having to do 10 days work in 6 :( Ive also just had my 21st birthday so lots of nights out lately :) on top of that Ive split with my girlfriend of 3 years a few week ago so that really sucks :( and finally I've been having a few issues with my Internet connection but that's all sorted now :)

So there you go pretty busy and crazy few weeks I'm still getting my head adjusted to everything that's gone on but I'm getting there and the posts on Top Spec Gaming should be back to normal soon.

Oh another major thing that's pretty bad is the PSN hack I haven't really been on my PS3 since the network was brought down and I haven't really been gaming since really finding the gaming drive hard to come by lately, Ive been playing around on mine craft a bit since its a relaxing game to play around. What ive been doing gaming wise lately is watching "lets plays" on YouTube its great to see another persons view on a certain game, in particular I've been watching mine craft and a new game that's not even been released yet its called Terraria and people are calling this the 2D mine craft the game looks great and I cant wait to get my hands on this game, the guy Ive been watching most is called Dion AKA PBat here's the link to his channel http://www.youtube.com/user/PaperBatVG

So yer if you want to know more about this game give it a look over, looks very promising, So a bit more on the PSN hacking, I'm sure you have all heard whats been going on as its been in the news and nearly every website, whats basically happened is some one has hacked the PSN network for the PS3 and "may" have taken all our personal details including credit card details not cool, being a PSN user Ive probably been effected by this and Ive taken all the precautions I can. (Changing 25 passwords is not fun ill tell you that lol) I really don't know what to think or who to believe in all this but what I know is Sony should not have been able to be hacked and you would think someone as big as Sony should be safe, I guess it just shows if someone wants to hack something they really can, its a scary world out there guys.

Well I think that's everything that's been going on hopefully the PSN will be back soon and everything else will return to normal again. Thanks to everyone still visiting the site and ill see you guys soon :).

Lets try something a little different :)

So far on Top Spec Gaming Ive mostly done game reviews on the main page so since this is essentially a blog I'm going to try and ad a more personal touch to the site and blog a bit about what I'm doing at the moment in the gaming world.

The renting month :)

As Ive mentioned many times before I'm a bit of a trophy hunter on the PlayStation 3 so that's probably taking up most of my gaming time, Ive started renting on Love Film recently so Ive been renting small games that wont take up too much of my time. I started out with terminator salvation which is a OK game nothing special but was worth having a play through and after a few hours *Bling* platinum :)

For those of you not familiar with the PlayStation 3 or trophies there the same as Xbox 360's achievements and are given to the player for completing certain tasks such as finish a chapter in a certain difficulty or more complicated things like kill so many enemies. Its a way of rewarding the player for playing the game and a nice way of showing of your skills as a gamer. there are 4 different trophies: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum as you can guess bronze trophies are easier to obtain silvers slightly harder golds are rarer and usually are much harder and platinum's these are only gained once you have all the trophies in the game your playing.

So after I sent of terminator salvation I next received Trivial Pursuit which is not the type of game I usually play as its more of a multi player game my girlfriend had a few games with me and within another day or 2 of gaming you guessed it *Bling* platinum :) Again the game isn't as epic as other games out there but that's not what these games are about its just a good multi player game to have a laugh with a few friends. The next game I rented was a horror/ Survival game called Alone in the dark, I hadn't heard much about this game but Id seen the game on lots of players stats. This game is great and terrible at the same time, The game has soo many great ideas that no other games have but the only problem is the fine tuning of the game its like the creators spent too much time thinking of all these great ideas and forgot to make sure they all work properly which is a shame, don't get me wrong the game is playable but there's too many glitches and problems for it to be a great game but defiantly worth a play through. And oh yer got the platinum that's 3 in a row in under a week lol.

And now were at the game Ive just received came in the post yesterday, its monopoly streets first of I love monopoly its a great game and to have this in video game version with trophies is great :) so far I'm about half way through the game just have to get into some online play. Now I'm guessing you all know how monopoly is played so I wont explain but this game uses the old game board and has come up with a great way of turning it into a interactive experience, there's a choice of different game boards such as the old retro classic and new ones like the real city which is great. Again like trivial pursuit its a great multi player game and yesterday I had my friend come round and we had a few games. At the moment I'm on 27 trophies out of 41 so I'm guessing by the end of today I should be done.

So that's whats been taking up most of my gaming time the rest has been on MineCraft, its a game I can go to that has no time limits no stress and is just relaxing to play :) that is unless a creeper blows up in your face :) so that's whats happening pretty much at the moment. Let me know if you found this interesting if its a popular idea ill do some more posts like this and if you prefer the more personal posts to the reviews ill do more like this. See you all later happy gaming :)

Terminator Salvation: Total Top Spec Gaming Score 3.5 / 10

Trivial Pursuit: Total Top Spec Gaming Score 4 / 10

Alone In The Dark: Total Top Spec Gaming Score 4.5 / 10

Monopoly Streets: Total Top Spec Gaming Score 7 / 10

 

MineCraft

This is MineCraft, well not just this picture its more than that :) MineCraft is an indie game which basically means its a game that's constantly being developed and updated and usually is made by a single maker or a small group and as you can see on the first picture MineCraft is made by a man who goes bu the name Notch. Anyway Ive been putting this review off for a few weeks now, its not because the game is bad or anything its just gonna take so long to review, as simple as this game is there is so much to get down. I guess I should start with what your all thinking the graphics. One thing I almost did was look straight past this game as I nearly judged it by its graphics, the one thing that got me looking into this game was the old school look of the game. We all know I love a good old school retro game so it got my interest. After some research and a few months playing Ive got to really appreciate the style of this game and really love the graphics.

So once you get over the graphics and style you can really get into what this game is about, for me its split up into three parts, First is creating and crafting all kinds of worlds, Homes and anything you can think of, the second side is adventure and searching the different worlds that you find your self in, the final part is survival, making sure you survive and live in this world. One thing I always get asked is what do you actually do in this game, and I always say the same thing you can do anything you like its so open ended and anything is possible . . . well within reason that is :)

The first thing that you do in this game is create your world, You can pick a name of your choice and then its time to generate your world there are two options for this you can have the game randomly design your world or you can select a seed. The great thing about this game is that every time someone plays this game the experience is always different. The secondary option of picking a seed allows you to play a set world which is always the same but even then will always be played differently by different players. Once you have your world generated its time to start your adventure. The idea is that you have crashed into this world all alone with nothing and you have to survive, this sounds all well and dandy and from the pictures above it all looks swell, That is until night, if your not in some shelter by the time the sun sets you may be in some trouble because as you soon find out this is no ordinary world, this is a world that changes in the dark Spiders, Zombies, Skeletons, slimes and creepers are all out to do one thing kill and destroy.

Once you have your shelter and survive your night its time to start exploring your world and start building, expanding and creating. You can build tools to help you build quicker and more efficiently, weapons and armor to help protect your self and furniture to store your items or rest. One thing that's most important in this game is light, if at any point you see a dark area a Creature can spawn there not so much a problem in the day but at night torches and light sources are a must. MineCraft does have multi player but for the moment its not a full design and is run by the player creating there own servers, I imagine there will be a built in multi player at some stage.

All in all this game is great and can only get better with every update this game gets at the moment the game is in Beta and costs €14.95 and when the game is released as a full product it will sell at €20.00 so go buy it now and get the discount :) you wont regret it trust me.

http://www.minecraft.net/



Heres a fan made Trailer that shows the game of well.

Ill include a few use full links bellow that are worth the look:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki
http://www.minecraftforum.net/
http://notch.tumblr.com/

Total Top Spec Gaming Score 10 / 10

Sonic The Hedgehog 1

As a PlayStation plus member I received this game for free this month and boy am I glad I did! This game is one of my favorite Sega games of all time and to this day still have it for my Sega mega drive it was awesome in 1991 and its awesome now! One thing that I really liked was the introduction of trophies, now Ive played this before on the PlayStation with sonics ultimate collecting but it only had one trophy for it so I only did one quick play through, with this though they have included 12. Not only did they add 12 but there great each one gets you playing this game differently there's speed ones that have you finding the fastest route, collector ones which have you finding rings and emeralds, and survival trophies that have you slowing down and keeping hold of those Shields and rings its a great idea and one that got me playing 4 playthroughs of this great game great work :).

I'm not sure there isn't anyone who hasn't played this game or seen this game but I'll explain it anyway, this game has you playing the role of sonic a blue hedgehog that goes on a mission to stop the evil Dr Robotnic who has kidnapped all the forest creatures, Shocker I know :) Now the thing about sonic is speed hes a total speed freak and its one thing that sets this game apart from the others. The game is simple there's only one button that's jump and the directional buttons its simple but executed really well.

The level set up is similar to many games of this type and age, there are certain worlds and are split up into 3 levels the 3rd ending in a fight with Dr Robotnic, each world has a different feel and look to it and every level needs a different approach some require speed while others require more precision jumping and accuracy. All in all this game is great its perfect for a pick up and play game and can be picked up by anyone of any age and that's why this game is so successful, its Sonic The Hedgehog 1. 

Total Top Spec Gaming Score 10 / 10