Following Games I look Forward to Playing by the end of 2014

E3 2014 is approaching and I have a great list of some amazing upcoming games I look forward to playing.


Watch Dogs will be released on May 27, 2014. I've been waiting for this game to be released for months. It was supposed to be a launch title for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One but was delayed to Q2 2014. It will definitely be released on May 27, 2014(which is within the Q2 2014 window) and include stealth action such as manipulating the city's electronic infrastructure to escape certain situations such as police. Aiden Pierce is able to become the hidden Emperor of Chicago thanks to his smartphone hacking into the computer systems.

Pierce will be able to do almost anything electronically as his smartphone is the ultimate hacking tool. Watch everything electronic be turned into Pierce's weapon in an open-world Chicago.


The Sims 4 is set to be released this fall. I have been anticipating for The Sims 4 to be better than The Sims 3 and it looks like by anticipation came true as the sims in The Sims 4 look superior to the cartoonish and mushed looking sims in The Sims 3. Plus, The Sims 4 will be less picky than predecessors with computer hardware and run better.

That's my ideal woman up there. E3 2014 will show the Sims 4 like people have never seen it before. There's so much customization to be had with this upcoming game including easier house-building. I sure hope my sims in this upcoming game can drive cars and go to different neighborhoods including vacation destinations, multiple cities, and even universities.

DriveClub will be a PS4 exclusive and has an announced release date of October 8, 2014. I've been anticipating this racing game for months and have recently learned about the release date and the only racing game for PS4 now is Need For Speed Rivals. I was really expecting this game to be released already but it appears the Sony team needed to make some more improvements to the game. I would like to see what other environments and cars there are since all I see is European sports cars.

DriveClub will NOT be a racing simulator like Gran Turismo or Forza Motorsport but compete mainly with Grid 2. DriveClub will be foucsed mainly on social aspects and bring a whole new world in for social gaming. I hope to see more out of DriveClub as it is said to have been delayed due to needs of improvement.

Project Cars is set for release in November 2014. I've seen Project Cars and I am impressed with how the game developers managed to pull this off, including a unique method of funding as private investors will get shares from he game's sales. How many cars and types of environments could there be in this racing simulator?

Just look at these screenshots! Amazing. Project Cars will be for PC, Steam OS, PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U. Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo series are only for one console. I expect Project Cars to be the Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo we've never seen before in our lives! Project Cars in my view will be far superior to Gran Turismo 6 and Forza Motorsport 5 combined. I can clearly see there will be far more cars and types of them in this game, making Forza Motorsport 5 look like it lacks content.

Tropico 5 is a sim-city style game where you rule over a Latin country in the Caribbean like a dictator.

What I find the most amazing is 1950's Hispanic style society as Tropico 5 looks like a game you can make an amazing city with. Within the time frame of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, actions will affect the outcomes of your island so make wise decisions including military, trade, economics, and foreign relations. As the supreme leader, you can decide the country's constitution and create any laws that please you.
From Wikipedia:
Gameplay features include:

• Eras - You will be able to advance through 3 different eras - from the 19th century to the 21st. Various challenges and events will occur as time progress.
• Dynasty - 'El Presidente' will now have a family present on the island, who can be appointed to key leadership positions including the man with the title of 'El Presidente' after his death, while earning skills and experience.
• Research and renovation - New buildings and technologies can be discovered as time advances by using research. Old buildings may be renovated into more modern variants.
• New trade system - You can create a global trade fleet and use it to import/export goods to neighbouring islands and nations.
• Fog of war and native tribes - Explore the island to discover new mineral deposits or hostile native tribes.
• New buildings - Over 100 unique buildings from each of the 3 individual eras.
• Multiplayer - Up to 4 players can work together - or against each other - on any given island map. They can share resources or citizens, or declare war on each other.

Tropico 5 will be released on May 23, 2014 ONLY for the PC while Xbox 360, OS X, and PS4 versions will be released later. The PS4(presumably the best version) will be released at the latest time, which is to be autumn of this year.

Carmageddon Reincarnation hasn't received much attention as competing games have but I did hear this game is supposed to be a vehicular combat game

Above image is an early access version of the game and while it doesn't look finished yet, it will be released for PC, OS X, PS4, and Xbox One. Early Steam access was granted on March 27, 2014. If I were to buy this game, I would buy a console version of this game. PS4 and Xbox One versions will look better than the early access for sure.

Mario Kart 8 isn't a game I plan on buying but looks amazing as ever. a new feature for this game will include Hover racing, making the 21st century more like the 21st century. Mario Kart 8 is expected to be the best of the Mario Kart games as there will be much content to enjoy. Mario Kart 8 will be released in Late May 2014.

Roller-Coaster Tycoon 4 has not been getting very much attention yet has already released for mobile platforms. This game will be released by Holiday 2014. It's unclear what RCT4 will look like on the PC exactly but it is guaranteed to be more awesome than the mobile versions. RCT4 comes a decade after the last Roller Coaster Tycoon game. The above image looks like RCT3 but RCT4 will look even better than the mobile versions.

I bet Roller Coaster Tycoon 4 will be amazing as it will feature present day technology and amazing graphics while keeping up with the Roller-Caster Tycoon nostalgia.

MLB 14 The Show PS4 review

The PS4 version of this game has been released recently and it looks phenomenal. It looks so much like a photo-realistic game as you can clearly see how real everything looks, and I mean EVERYTHING. The players, the moves, the stadiums, everything. The sounds also scream amazing. The announcers sound so real and you could swear it looked photo realistic. Shadows are realistic too.

Some game modes include Exhibition(where you play baseball the old fashioned way by controlling a team by batting and pitching, Road to the Show(which has you playing as one character regardless of teams as you become part of a team), Franchise, and mini modes that have to do with practice modes. There are also online modes included and the amount of content to this game is bountiful.


The top photo is PS4 version vs. the bottom PS3 version. As you can see the PS3 version looks more flattened and blurred compared to the sharp tool in the shed known as PS4. A marvel for baseball fans here as you can clearly see that the PS4 is much more preferable to the other two(PS3, PS Vita) versions due to the PS4 version having more pleasurable visuals. PS4 graphics seem to make objects pop out compared to the objects in the PS3 version looking flattened.

The players for the PS4 version look much like real players. I must say that I enjoyed going through the Road to the Show mode of the game as I found being put in the place of your very own player gives you a more realistic experience of what it's like to be a single baseball player. Exhibition was fun to as you controlled a team by batting and pitching with the goal of the game being to win. As for Road to the Show, you pretty much create your own baseball player and work your way to the top. I like how the training points are a plus as even if your team loses the game, you still have training points to make yourself a better player.

I heard this game had a rating of 4/5 but a more realistic rating would be a 9.3/10.

A Batch of Apps for Review

Pinocchio Story App(Pink Paw Books)-There are a lot of apps like these but the one I've read through had some interesting visuals. The strange and deceitful Fox and Cat looked creepy and realistic which is good fit for their personality. Pinocchio is basically made to come to life and must behave like a good boy in order to become a real boy. Pinocchio fails to follow the 6th Commandment of "Honour Thy Mother and Father" by disobeying his parents(Gepetto and Blue Fairy) by committing truancy.

He sold his bag and books for a puppet show ticket where Pinocchio would be a performing puppet himself. He was given five coins and fell for the Fox and Cat's of planting gold in the ground to make gold grow from trees hook, line and sinker. These two thieves tie Pinocchio to a tree and steal his gold coins. Pinocchio lies to the Blue Fairy and his nose grows, just like the story.

Pinocchio makes another foolish decision in trusting an even shadier yet more appealing stranger by getting in a Wagon to Toyland. Pinocchio enjoys himself with other kids but everyone is turned into donkeys. A place where people could just magically forsake responsibilities sounds too good to be true. Pinocchio was lucky enough to escape into the sea but was swallowed by a giant whale only to find Gepetto was swallowed up trying to find Pinocchio. Gepetto and Pinocchio reunite and Pinocchio sets a fire with his longed nose to make smoke come from out of the whale's blowhole so it would sneeze both Gepetto and Pinocchio out. Pinocchio was rewarded by the Blue Fairy and became a real boy.

This storybook app teaches the moral of obeying your parents and not wandering off with stranger because Gepetto was Pinocchio's father while the Cat, Fox, and Toylanders were complete strangers who actually hurt children. As for the sound effects, I didn't hear too much of them but I did hear a narrator speaking clearly.

Jo In Paris app-Here you can see Jo & Me Around the World see Paris. This app will show you the major sights of Paris in cartoon form but when you click on a quotation you can see a photograph of 1-5 pictures of the real life counterpart. This app has over two dozen places of interest to click on and look at. You can even take the quiz to test your knowledge. I'm not too interested in the cartoon visuals myself but I do like the information given of how you can see what Paris would have to offer, even though I'd prefer the internet.

Roxy The Star- This app explores the USA as there are 5 modes to play from such as naming rivers, states, capitals, landmarks, and even an alien mode that works somewhat like Tetris but with trivia that is imperative to pass. Every mode except Alien mode works the same as you basically slide the correct answer to the correct point. Alien mode has you answering trivia blocks correctly on pain of death as you must touch the ground by eliminating blocks and make sure not to fall into the lake of fire. I enjoyed playing this app and felt that it provides a fun casual gaming experience.

Ken Burns app- This app is a timeline of selected clips from Ken Burns documentary films and will pin-point where the historical event is, showing you the clip and referencing the documentary film the clip is in. I really like how the timeline was put together and I enjoyed the science and technology part the most.

I Love My Dad- A Storybook app that is short but tells the point about a sock-puppet looking fellow who loves his dad and why he has every reason in doing so. You can click on some things and they will move.

Little Red Riding Hood- From Amanuta Editorial, Little Red Riding Hood tells the story of the little girl who was to visit her ill grandmother. Her grandmother is swallowed by a giant wolf while the unsuspecting girl believes the wolf is her grandmother. The girl gradually suspects something as she notices huge ears, huge teeth, wide eyes, and that she was larger than imagined. It turns out that once the girl was swallowed, she found her grandma and a man with an axe cut open the belly of the wolf and the wolf died.

I find the illustrations looking weird but with a creative thought that reminds you of Tim Burton.

BeBop Blox- BeBop Blox has you putting blocks from a conveyor belt together to form the selected shape. It's toddler's play really as the blocks will come in a certain order and you just slide them to the highlighted shade. Effects such as animations and sound are very interesting as you can clearly see and hear the animations and sounds coming from the blocks themselves. There are 12 different shapes to choose from and each have several different animations

Where's My Monster- A storybook that has a mother looking for her son. She looks in several different places but to no avail until she finds her monster son behind a big red ball. I like the animations and detail of the story book itself. The story is rather very short but i does remind you of Monsters INC.

Flappy Jack- A rip-off of Flappy Bird that features the same gameplay as Flappy Bird but in stead of stars you get cherries and the pipes are now logs. The game can feel hard to control at times as getting it at the right time is important as not to flop down by hitting a log or falling to the floor.

Anatomy- A children's app teaching you about the human body. I like the variety of information here since children can learn so much about the human body in respective areas such as digestive, circulatory, respiratory, muscular, and nervous systems. I found this app interesting as it also has some neat slides to look at as well as I came across an activity where you select different food options to choose from which relate to nutrition. This is very important for children as nutrition is important for staying healthy. See things about growth, body parts, and others.

Slice Fractions review

The elephant is here and needs your help to journey past the glaciers and get to the other sides. Just how do you help this cute little guy get across to his promised land?

This is an iOS and Android game that teaches you about rightly portioning the blocks to ensure the glacier blocks are removed with the split hanging blocks landing and decimating the glacier blocks, allowing the elephant to pass. The objective of the game is to ensure the elephant can pass. I actually found breaking up the blocks and popping bubbles to be amusing. These blocks you must slice are called LAVA and this lava comes out in triangles. The backgrounds and visuals are 2D neat as you can clearly see how neat it looks. Your cute elephant can wear a hat and new hats are unlocked with each level. Each higher level will become progressively more difficult as you may even be time limited. But I like that this app game gives you a thorough challenge as levels progress. It starts off first as child's play but patience will be required for later levels.

I really like the app's appeal to kids and elementary math. Slice Fractions is a great cheap activity for children to play with and use critical thinking skills for problem solving.

Lego The Hobbit review

A Lego video game based on the Hobbit has finally arrived for the PC, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, and PlayStation Vita. Lego video games just manage to make the video games they base off of licensed franchises  like "Everything Is Awesome!"

How is Lego the Hobbit awesome? For starters I want to point out how it manages to look and feel like a Hobbit story. You can see the Lego versions of the Hobbit characters make it as real as can be. The sound effects and music are made very much like the movie Hobbit and Lego video games are made as sometimes the sound effects can be loud and clear enough that you may not hear the background music as clearly. The music for this game is amazing and then entire theme of this game makes you assume that you're either in Scotland; Ireland; Zeeland, Netherlands; or Zealand, Scandinavia as for one the environments look like these locations and two a musical sequence was playing where Irish folk music was playing.

The gameplay for Lego The Hobbit still uses the same game engine from previous Lego games but has different puzzles with a new game mechanic which allows two characters to merge together and do certain tasks. While some tasks are similar to The Lego Movie Game there are new tasks that relate to the Hobbit franchise. I like how the game developers got creative with this game and how they made it like a Hobbit story fans will be interested in. Many of the Hobbit characters are in this game, including many playable characters. While the open world experience may not be as vast as The Lego Movie game, it does allow for Freeplay to go back and collect anything that was missed. Similar to The Lego Movie game, each character will have a certain ability depending on their weapon.

I will say that while Lego The Hobbit game is immerse and tells an amazing story with spectacular music and sound effects, it can feel a bit shorter and with less content than The Lego Movie Game. I did like that this game manages to make a fun Hobbit story that is not only enjoyable to play but also has pleasant visuals such as high end graphics.

I would like to rate this game a 9.1/10
+amazing storyline
+great sound effects and amazing music
+high end graphics
+great Hobbit characters

MLB 14 The Show review

MLB 14 The Show is for PS3 and Vita with a PS4 port to be released in May of 2014. MLB 14 the Show is a baseball sports game where you play as many different real baseball players and teams.

MLB 14 The Show gameplay mechanics work like baseball and play by MLB rules though there are several gameplay methods. What I enjoyed about this game is that it felt like an amazing baseball experience, with the real players, different pitching methods, real teams and stadiums, different settings for baseball outfits and stadium settings such as time of day and weather. This game plays like real baseball games. Both console and portable versions play the same. You can choose to take it easy or crank it up a heavy notch.

What makes MLB 14 so enjoyable. It plays like an MVP baseball game of course and has so many combinations of baseball games to choose from including teams, players with diverse stats, real stadiums, and changing type of baseball outfit that fits with the selected team. The players have real looks to them as well as being real players, which baseball fans should be clamoring for. There are different ways to pitch, which is a great feature of any game.

The graphics differ for PS3 and PS Vita. While the PS3 graphics will not be as great as the PS4, graphics for this game still manage to be as real as possible. You're going to love how the stadiums and players look. It definitely feels like the best baseball game ever. This game definitely does a great job at making this game feel like MLB baseball.

The PS4 version of this game will be better when released on May 6, 2014! Better resolutions and more enjoy-ability. While MLB 14 The Show isn't perfect, it sure is very enjoyable for the average baseball fan. I give this game a rating of 9/10.

+Great Variety in content such as real players, stadiums, pitching, and teams
+Great rendition of displays(PS4 will be even better)
-lower frame-rate(could change with PS4 version)

Roll Back: Mario Kart Wii review

Released back in 2008 for the Wii, Mario Kart Wii is something to look back on as Mario Kart 8 will be released for the Wii U in Late May 2014.

Why would people want to look back on Mario Kart Wii to call it a game worth playing? The car the player would be racing in depended on the character selected. Some characters are made a secret at first and must be unlocked by playing through the game such as winning trophies in Grand Prix. Mario Kart is a series that follows the same kind of vehicular combat formula in which power-ups and throw-able objects such as banana peels, green-red turtle shells, ability to shock and shrink enemies, transform vehicle into a magnum bill that speeds through the race and knocks out opponents in it's way, bomb, and even a star that makes racers invulnerable to being hit and can even hit other racers by slamming into them. The ones mentioned are not all of the power-ups in this game. The mushrooms have typically been used in Mario games to make Mario larger and have more health but in Mario Kart it has been used to give the racer a boost.

Power-ups for this game look like the power-ups in Super Mario Brothers games. I like how memorable characters from the Mario franchise such as Mario, Luigi, Princess, Yoshi, Toad, Wario and more. The race tracks include both new and tracks from previous games. As for the graphics, Wii games have had to compromise on graphics but sometime you may think that this is a GameCube game. Another complaint gamers would have was the difficulty level on it's highest set had opponents which could shoot you literally from first to last place, which is typically 12th place.

As for vehicles, you can choose between a selection of three karts and/or three bikes and the vehicle selection you get is based on the character you select. Each character will have a different livery but there is a class of characters that conform to a certain type of vehicle as turtle and baby characters will have the stroller for one of their vehicles. Some characters will have the same vehicles as others.

Mario Kart Wii is a great game to look back on and you will be wondering how Mario Kart 8 will be.