Exciting news

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I got some exciting news. As many of you know I'm a known Xbox Mastermind player. I have decided to join in MutatedNemy's Xbox Resistance tournament as one. I do have strategies including a new build I'm going to use in the tournament.

No hints what to expect but I'm not taking any chances here. I also apologize I haven't wrote blog entries in some time. I actually got a few reviews I need to write up soon. In the mean time, I will be mostly streaming Sonic stuff up to the tournament. Which starts officially on the 25th of this month in the afternoon.

Personally I don't think I'm going to go further than one match but you never know. I will give it my best, I don't wanna let my fans down. Honestly I was against joining this. Then I realized I always wanted something like this. Originally gearing up for Tekken series. Although I'm a bigger Resident Evil fan.

I know some of these teams, it's going to be interesting. I also know some of these big name MM players as well. Competition wise I need to push myself harder than I ever had before. I hope my new build is good enough to hold back this teams. I put a lot of thought into my strategies even before it begun.

I got a handful of victories against squads. I do know what to expect from them. You will be in for some intense yet amazing matches. I gotta stream as a part of the rules. Maybe my friend, MutatedNemy might let me upload my tournament matches to my YouTube account. I'm already getting asked for that I'm not kidding.

Some people just don't know how frustrating it is to actually win against an squad. It's much easier being a part of that squad in comparison with not many MMs beating you. In vice versa, your loss ratio is incredibly high. At the same time, I felt I done well under pressure. I am going to give every team I face an challenge even I end up getting destroyed late into a match.

I don't even think I'll rank as the best Mastermind in the tournament. I do feel I could maybe get in the top 3. No guarantee since they are great at it as well. My new build is going to be a true game changer in the right hands. You could even say one of my scariest creations to date.

Update: sorry I been busy with some stuff on my end. Long story I'm no longer in the tournament.

Jack Red reviews One Piece: World Seeker (Steam)

Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, among some great deals the last game I bought during it. One Piece: World Seeker, I wanted to play this for a few years now. I am also thankful Steam has the option to label parts of your game library how you want. For example including Jump Force with five One Piece games makes up my One Piece Collection.

One Piece: World Seeker centers on Luffy stopping Isaac who owns an island as well as works with the world government. He is all about using technology, which brings up a point no one else ever brought up. Parts of this game is similar to the movie, One Piece: The Giant Mechanical Soldier of Karakuri Castle.

Both Isaac and Ratchet rules over an island that are inventors. When they both face Luffy, they are using a machine they pilot for the final battle. Despite this, World Seeker is a very different story from that movie. By default, you play as Luffy in the main game itself. If you own the additional story dlcs, you get three more fan favorite characters in their own stories to play as.

In most categories, they did an amazing job with this game. Compared to Unlimited: World Red, the hub world isn't as lively in comparison. Also like that game, this acts as an filler arc. I compared these two games since they're made by the same company. I can't help I'm more impressed by Unlimited: World Red.

Like the fighting works fine with an easy to work upgrade system. It's way better from both Burning Blood and Jump Force in comparison. I felt a handful of bosses are incredibly cheap at times. Like an open world game, there's plenty to do. There is some variety you can do within the mission. It just doesn't get Unlimited: World Red interesting.

The map is easy to use with fast travel spots. Some objectives aren't clear what you need to do at times. Like a particular changes happens then suddenly you got to figure out where to go. There's a good variety of locations to explore. There's a lot of characters that appears even for a short period of time.

I should mention added in for free is a boss rush mode. Luffy is fun to play at this, I just felt he was better in Unlimited: World Red respectfully. Yes even this game has two forms of Fourth Gear. The faster one is used as a powerful finisher. You can use haki to find stuff which is oddly similar to a particular mechanic from Batman: Arkham series.

You can tell those Batman games were a major inspiration in how this game plays. You can get on the Thousand Sunny as well. I also like you can change outfits during the game including dlc ones. This ended up being one of the easier One Piece games to play. I do have to complain about it's one of those games strict when you are away from mission areas.

Even got a little too far, not by much I added will cause you to instantly fail a mission. Some enemies are tougher than others in their own way. One Piece: World Seeker does feel like an adventure. Now that's a great thing considering the story itself is one huge adventure itself. The controls including using an controller was done just right.

Jack Red reviews Jump Force again

Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, last time I reviewed Jump Force was a few years ago. Keep in mind, back then that was Xbox One version. This time I'm reviewing the Steam version plus every dlc to make it a more definitive review of an anniversary game. Jump Force is best sum up as a mixed bag experience.

Jump Force centers on your avatar character who nearly dies very early in the game. The only way to save you was transform you into a hero. You get to work with a lot of iconic characters from Shonen Jump's past. There's a long list for even naming every franchise represent in this game. I prefer to go over the good before the bad since I got a lot to talk about on the not great stuff.

For the most part, the artwork is mostly solid. The selection of characters especially adding in dlc ones is amazingly good. Also you can increase your level cap in those missions by winning those fights. Yes you can customize your character for the most part how you want. You also can easily access missions at a few spots around the hub area.

The sound effects to me are more decent than the actual music. Before I talk about all the problems I had with this. Next month, this game with every dlc will be removed from all digital stores. Later this year in August, online support for the game will be shut down. Alright now it's time to bash this game's head in.

The controls were alright on Xbox One version. But on Steam version, I still do not know how to block. I actually went through the campaign with multiple losses not blocking even once. Not only that it didn't register my controller either making it even worse. So I had a rough time trying to play the game.

They did add in missions with dlc characters. Sadly the story itself is actually more forgivable than Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. There is virtually no variety within the main missions at all. It's too fighting based with no real way to spice it up. Oh wait that's not entirely true because the first phase of the final boss fight, you don't have powers.

Which means you can't do anything other than the basics against a very cheap opponent. Sounds like fun right? Well guess what you bet it sure wasn't game developers. There's more going on the other missions not connected to the story. You also fight a lot of the same characters repeatedly. The campaign doesn't just drag on, it means you even sick of all the fighting.

Which is the direct opposite what a fighting game meant to do. Considering this came from Bandai Namco, responsible for both Tekken and SoulCalibur series. I expected much better than this garbage. I will praise the selection of dlc characters. However I also can argue a handful of them should've already been in the game like Law or Grimmjow.

There isn't that many stages either but they all look nice at least. Jump Force is even beaten in comparison to Sonic Forces in a couple of ways. For starters, that does have a more interesting story. More rememberable moments as well as better boss fights. More in depth customization of your avatar character.

Even Episode Shadow that's three stages where you play as Shadow was fine. More fine than the constant fighting with the story being a major missed opportunity. If you expected some interactions with the characters, go look somewhere else. Not only that, the difficulty spikes a lot especially late into the campaign.

You do get to choose which team you work for. Obviously I chose Captain Luffy but Goku would've been my second choice. The ending is kinda lackluster even with one character twist that stood out a bit. Honestly, as much I love anime in general. This game really isn't worth killing myself over.

I played more decent One Piece & Dragon Ball games. Hell a friend let me try out Jump Super Stars on DS, which was way better in comparison. Keep in mind, that's an handheld game. This was released on a few platforms that's no excuse for that. Even for an 50th anniversary game to represent Shonen Jump.

Jack Red reviews One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Steam)

Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, today I will be reviewing a particular licensed game I always wanted to play. I finally got a golden opportunity during late 2021 to score this with Jump Force. Also within the same deal, One Piece: World Seeker. Which will get it's own review as well a revisit review on Jump Force since it's the Steam version with dlcs I missed out on.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is a follow up to One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3. Another truly amazing One Piece game indeed. I didn't think they would push the limits as much as this. There's stages so filled with enemies that isn't much gaps between you or them at times. They greatly improved the upgrade system that also has separation sections for that character.

Yes this game is very replayable with Free Log letting you play who ever you want on any stage. There's a few chapters with the last one being an original one taking place in Wano. Honestly, I'm deeply impressed they gave us a game so faithful to it's source material. I really don't think not even could top this I'm not kidding.

There's a lot more playable characters from the previous entry. Of course, some old story while focusing on different sections at times to change it up. The bosses is mostly fair with a handful being surprisingly cheap at times. This is a long but very satisfying game. I would even say this is one of the very best licensed games I ever played period.

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is truly mind blowing. You get exactly what you want especially if you're a fellow One Piece fan. This game doesn't only scream it very loud, even one breath comes a roar. I'm not going to lie, this game is beautifully designed in every category. I did have some issues with the camera in game.

Despite not being able to use my controller, the keyboard controls worked incredibly well. So this was a minor issue compared to some One Piece games I owned on Steam. I can't even praise this game enough. It does everything very right with even it's big flaws aren't really that big at all. What I am saying for me this comes as close to being the perfect One Piece game imaginable.

You also got to buy dlcs but thankfully you got a few ways doing that. It's not as big in terms of adding more what if stories like in the previous entry. But you get even more characters you kinda want to play. It is surprisingly well balance mostly fair level of challenge. I felt when I loss, I loss on my own not because of how flawed the game was.

Oh wait that would be the opposite for Jump Force, yeah you might want to hear me out on that newer review soon. Back to this, This felt like a true love letter to the fans. I hope this very team gets to make one long entry covering the entire manga. Which by itself is a very tall order. But considering most entries are well received, I bet it will be well worth the wait.

Honestly, this game is really that damn good. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is in every sense of the word. One of the absolutely greatest anime games I ever period. To clarify, there isn't many that followed under the same category like Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3. I highly recommend this game especially to fellow One Piece fans.

Jack Red reviews Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack!

Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, during my huge Christmas Steam purchase. I decided to get Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack!. This originally was a game on mobile devices. You play as an headless Kamikaze to reach Serious Sam in every stage to blow up on him.

There's forty stages between the desert & the jungle. It doesn't change that much but it kinda works. Serious Sam is the only boss character this time around. Hazards are worse than frogs & bombs. You can kick as well as jump during the stages. You can change out heads which is kinda interesting the option even in there.

Serious Sam himself has a couple lines in game. The game is very forgiving constantly getting you opportunity to collect more extra lifes. Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! is already dirt cheap as well. There's not much to say on this short game. You kinda wish there's a little more to spike up the game.

Update: Be-Rad Entertainment commented on my playthrough video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRowN2kPtSo

Top 8 2021 Games I Played

Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, I am doing a blog version of my recent list. I got some interesting games to talk about. This year I gotten games across two platforms for a truly epic finale. You could even say this is even better than my last year's list, you likely are right. So let's get right into it folks, keep in mind this is strictly my opinion alone.

8. Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol (Xbox One)

7. Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack! (Steam)

6. Charlie: The Legend (Steam)

5. The Angry Video Game Nerd 1 & 2 Deluxe (Xbox One)

4. UnMetal (Steam)

3. Horror Legends (Steam)

2. Resident Evil: Village (Xbox One)

1. Castlevania Advance Collection (Xbox One)

I will do things a little differently since I don't want this to be longer than necessary neither ruin possible future reviews. I'm going to quickly talk about each one starting from the bottom game working my way up to the best.

Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol

This to me felt notably off with a strange placement of extra content. Also the emulation wasn't perfect while lacking some newer options to make it way more enjoyable experience. I will even say this is far from what it should be.

Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack!

This originally was an app game that got remastered in a way for it's rerelease on Steam. It is a very straight forward game that's easy to memorize how it works. Although, most of it will repeat you still kinda have a good time playing it.

Charlie: The Legend

This is a case even with one person working on the game. It simply needed a little more to help stand out from it's competition. I will confirm it is a decent multiplayer game that's currently flying underneath people's radars.

The Angry Video Game Nerd 1 & 2 Deluxe

Last year, the PC version made the list. This year, it's Xbox One port did. I already talked a great deal about this amazing compilation. To me, it's the definitive AVGN video game you need to play. Easily one of the funniest games I ever played.

UnMetal

UnMetal is a parody/tribute of Metal Gear. Amazingly it is it's own experience with the story as well as the characters. They took the bread crumbs yet molded something truly unique with it. UnMetal in all honestly one of the greatest indie games I ever played period.

Horror Legends

To be honest, I bought this a few years ago while the game was still in beta. Earlier this year, it got an full release on Steam. This is one of my favorite horror multiplayer games I ever played. Honestly, more people need to check this one out.

Resident Evil: Village

A truly amazing entry in the franchise, Resident Evil: Village is a must play. I can't even criticize it much since not all the content is there with what we already have being done so well. This game is easily an competitor for game of the year awards.

Castlevania Advance Collection

A compilation of four Castlevania games. It is a huge improvement over Castlevania Anniversary Collection. Three of the finest entries I ever played. I felt this the entire compilation has the very best ratio how one should be done.

Jack Red reviews UnMetal (2021)

Hello everyone I'm Jack Red aka XboxClown89, I'm a huge Metal Gear fan. It deeply upsets me Hideo Kojima got treated so poorly by Konami during the development of Metal Gear Solid V. I started to lose hope I may never get another decent Metal Gear experience ever again. Then came this parody/tribute game of that franchise called UnMetal.

UnMetal follows Jesse Fox attempting to escape from General X. They took a major risk by making it very similar to classic Metal Gear game play with an increase amount of humor. Surprisingly, it was well balanced in that regard. Honestly, one of the absolute funniest games I ever played. It is more like Metal Gear 1 and 2 from MSX computer than anything else.

At the same time, it wasn't a rip off of what was previously done. Instead it very much was it's own thing, very surprised to see that. There's no question a handful of these characters are parodies of Metal Gear characters. Like Jesse Fox is parodying Solid Snake with younger versions of Big Boss. Colonel Harris is a parody of Colonel Campbell, well you get the picture.

There's some crazy scenarios including a couple you get to choose. Yes you heard correctly there's multiple decisions in this game. Very few of them requires additional stuff in order to correctly solve those puzzles. It's mind blowing how funny this game turned out to be. You got a few bosses you would never face in any Metal Gear games.

Such as an giant eel, an samurai and an nuclear submarine. Like Metal Gear, you got to use your wits to get far. Even one particular boss fight is set up through the conversation. I actually found out about this game through a streamer named Smokaloke's Metal Gear marathon early on. I also bought a lot of stuff in the purchase including this game's soundtrack too.

I just checked twitter, I got a reply from the voice actor behind Jesse Fox. UnMetal is a game with it's own levels of complexity. You got some interesting boss fights with surprising decent voice acting as well. Drill Sergeant is easily one of my favorite characters. For free on Steam version you can download a voice pack with voices from famous streamers including Smokaloke.

UnMetal is broken up into ten chapters. Yes there's a chapter selection to allow you replay the game how you want. You also get some surprises you won't see coming on the way. This comes incredibly close of actually being an Metal Gear game. Actually way more than I ever expected. UnMetal is a love letter to those who love Metal Gear series.

You can save in bath rooms or an empty toilet you carry in your inventory don't ask lol. There's also some game play mechanics in their own sections as well. Like in one chapter you can pilot an submarine while another has a boat with an machine gun. The visuals are truly amazing stuff as well. This game is a huge surprise in and of itself.

UnMetal has plenty of rememberable moments people will be talking about for years to come. I really hope they make an sequel in the future. You get some clever puzzles you wouldn't regularly get in Metal Gear series. Like the wires puzzle or navigate an labyrinth. I'm not going lie even with directions getting through the labyrinth is a real pain.

I am really glad I took a chance on this game. It's witty, silly at times and it does try being serious all at once. UnMetal is easily one of the most impressive indie games I ever played. This concept was a huge challenge, I'm very blown away how damn good the actual game was. Overall, it is a very strong recommendation especially if you're a Metal Gear fan to check this one out.