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Heroes /Megadeth [ The Best Game Ever ]

Posted in Review with tags , , , , , on June 15, 2008 by Neerod

 

DCT GameBdgHeroes of Might and Magic series is the best game ever. period. Nothing more to say. I have spent countless ages enchanted in the dpeth of the beautiful game and I played all its iterations, from Kings Bounty to the Tribes of the East. It is linked up deep within my soul.Heroes V

To think of it, when I first bought Heroes of Might and Magic III: Restoration of Erathia and fired it up in my pc -I was not impressed. What is this carotgrapher type of game?! So I uninstalled it and left the disk to rot in a corner of my room. After six months, when there was no new games to play, I decided to give it another spin…and then I was mesmerized. The enchantment was complete with breathtaking graphics, the maps were dazzling and full of adventure and legendary creatures -and the battles were spectacular to say the least. The game never left the confines of my hard disk and I began my quest of ogling up any Heroes title I could find.

Now in the end of its fifth iteration, at the hand of a new producer and developer (Ubisoft and Nival Interactive), I am sure my beloved series future is bright indeed. The HOMM V set up a high bar of Heroes V toteturn-base strategy games which other venerable titles like Age of Wonders, Disciples and Warlords (is it still alive?) will be hard pressed to meet. The interactivity with the gameworld and the players have increased due to fluid 3d animations and gorgeous visual effects. The gameplay remains the same at core with innovations that were required to increase the depth of the game to even a greater degree. I would put it up nearly on par with HOMM III (the best of the series, imho). The latest expansion pack Tribes of the East (HOMM V: ToTE) is the best version of the fifth installment. With alternative unit upgrades, it has changed the strategic layer of the game. One gripe I have is that the alternative levels renders some units totally useless.

I would and do recommend Heroes of might and Magic to any person looking for a fun, indepth, engrossing strategy game with roleplaying elements. It simply cannot get any better than this. However, I do hope they beat event his standard in Heroes of Might and Magic VI. Long live Heroes. As tuned in by Megadeth -Heroes never die -

Enter Sandman /Metallica [ Best Metal Album. Period. ]

Posted in Metal with tags , , , on June 4, 2008 by Neerod

 

DCT MusicBdg1990. I was an average school boy with my music experience as deep as John Denver’s country songs -that too limited to one cassette which I could only gulp down to track four ‘High Calypso’. Thats when I saved enough money to buy my second cassette, boy was I excited! After half an hour of searching I came up with this album of a half-naked, unbalanced blind lady, failing measurably to hold the scale of justice in her hand (She should have used both hands imho). I took the album, plugged it in the cassette player -and my life changed.

MetallicaNo, this is not about ‘..And justice for all’. Yes, this is about that band. This is about the album that to mind, showcases the strength of the legendary epic band Metallica -The Black Album. I do vouch that all of its songs are epic in their proportions. The composition, the lyrics, the growling, the tone -and yes, I am getting ecstatic to write about them.

Sure, this is not speed metal at its finest. Ofcourse Metallica have made better Heavy Metal albums. But this is not about being heavy metal individual songwise. This was being an all encompassing album turning Heavy Metal into an art form. This may not be raw Heavy Metal, but this was vintage Metallica -a treat to its fans for its epic talent and diversity -yet comprised in a solid, all star album. And frankly -nothing else matters!