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I’m definite there is a collective sigh amongst the gaming community, when the PS3 managed to sell over 150,000 units this past November. That’s the one year with the Xbox 360, or even remotely near, but the Nintendo Wii sold. So, depending on your point of view, and what side of whose fencer sitting behind 150,000 units may or may not be a lovely thing. There are those among us who would have us think, at Sony doesn’t think about, or care about the success of the PS3 as a gaming console. They’ve already hit their targets, as far as the PS3 is concerned.

How The Sony Playstation Won The Game Console Wars

The Sony Corporation, have a lot riding on the blu-ray format. Though they won the war between blu-ray, and HD-DVD, arguments can be made to the Sony PlayStation PS3 played a powerful role in that battleground.

there is some speculation among specialists in the market, but the original design of the Sony PlayStation PS3 was optimize for video playback. definite, in the event you think about all the current specifications of the Sony PlayStation PS3, on paper it stacks up as one of the best gaming consoles ever created. But possibly Sony can more about promoting a machine that can deliver a few media streams, and possibly play a few games.

Nintendo resides in their own way with the phenomenal sales record of the Wii, and Microsoft is definitely got a stranglehold on gamers in both the computer, and Xbox arena, while Sony they wiggled away in with the licensing of the blu-ray expertise. Whether they like it or not Microsoft, Nintendo, and anyone else need to provide high-definition a living room game consoles, or handheld gaming consoles, when the pain some server licensing fee for blu-ray to Sony. Hopefully, Sony will abandon the PS3, as more competition there is in the gaming console market for both hardware and application, the better for gaming consumers.

It’s highly unlikely, that another high definition format will come up in the near future to challenge the blu-ray dominance of high-definition tv. If that’s the case, Sony stands a lovely chance, of controlling high definition expertise. All the high-definition movies consumers select to watch in the future, together with your portion of those costs due to licensing agreements finish up in Sony’s bank account. Where do you suppose Microsoft will go with the next version of the Xbox when it comes to playing high definition content. Even if the PS3 can compete with the Xbox 360 in terms of sales, they may still ultimately finish up with a piece of the Xbox high, if there expertise for blu-ray somehow incorporated in to the Xbox platform. Sony’s been down this road before, after losing the battle with the Betamax format.

One of the not so lovely things about on PlayStation 3, is that the games you need to buy for it are definitely not cheap. I’m sure it’s crossed her mind, but there’s got to be a better way of getting cheap PS3 games, than in the course of a break plus entry at your local video store. Well, today is going to be a cool day for you, if you’ve got a few ideas plus a few games listed that are great for the PS3 plus barren plus pricey for you.

Not so long ago spending upwards of $60 or more was necessary to receive a respectable PlayStation PS3 game title. basically were plenty of other choices to go with, plus you couldn’t do much other than pay what the seller was asking. At the time used games weren’t an option, since there weren’t elderly games around the people require to get rid of. So, you are faced with paying full price for brand-new games. Nowadays, there is plenty of places where you can trade, by, plus sell used games. Ebay is one of them, but there’s plenty of others as well.

I wouldn’t recommend plenty of of those limitless download type sites. They’re basically scams, selling your program that’s already free like bit torrent, to download illegal copies of videogames. That’s going to get you in to trouble in the long run. You’re much better off, taking a glance at the cool deals on cheap PlayStation PS3 games here. They’re already cheap, plus you can sleep elementary at night knowing there’s nothing illegal about purchasing games this way. Is no shortage of games to decide from either, think about how long the PlayStation PS3 has been out for, plus how much better is getting for consumers. For the hard-core PS3 fans, this is great news. It means you have an limitless number of names to decide from, plus is no longer a need to break the bank or your wallet to get the names you require to play. Not to mention the Sony PlayStation store, allows for downloads right through your PlayStation PS3 console.

check out a quantity of the games you see available here. They’re fun plus even in the event you look for those games, by following the links, there’s plenty of other games to decide from as well. plus it’s not the elderly games plus nobody desires to play anymore, it’s plenty of new releases as well, only at very reasonable prices. You know quality plus customer service won’t be an issue, as these are all quality video stores, selling quality games. Go ahead give them a try.

Puzzle Chronicles is offensively ugly. The artwork on display here looks like it was scraped off the bottom of some budget game developer’s trash bin. With that said, though, Puzzle Chronicles is fun. It comes by way of Infinite Interactive, developer of Puzzle Quest, and is another fantasy adventure that finds you matching gems while fighting monsters. The puzzle mechanics are addictive and engaging. However, the game is quite painful to look at. This serves as an excellent example of how important visuals are in games, as the pathetic artwork in Puzzle Chronicles significantly reduces my ability to enjoy it.

You are a Conan-style barbarian whose entire tribe has been kidnapped by slavers. After you are set free by a saucy sorceress, you’re off to rescue your people, challenging any monsters you meet along the way to puzzle games. Instead of the Bejewelled match-three exercise that Puzzle Quest used, here you and your opponent battle for territory on the puzzlefield. Groups of three gems fall into the board horizontally and you arrange them into like colors along the center divider line. By destroying Rage Gems, represented by skulls, you push the divider line towards the enemy, thereby reducing their real estate and forcing them into a corner. When they can no longer make a move, you have won the match. It’s an enjoyable game, especially when you add in the special abilities and Warbeast attacks. Your Warbeast is a sidekick animal that will attack the enemy when you’ve cleared enough gems of a certain color.

As you jump around from location to location on the map chasing the bad guys you’ll encounter optional side quest opportunities, mini-games, and shops where you can spend the monies you earn in battle. Equipped items will boost your abilities in combat or defend from your enemy’s crippling attacks. There is a nice variety of activities to explore in Puzzle Chronicles.

Closing Comments
Puzzle Quest super fans will be able to look past Chronicles’ awful visuals and enjoy the fantasy puzzling it offers on the inside. But it is ugly as sin and doesn’t do anything remarkably different from its inspiration. Let me put it this way: If Puzzle Quest is a super hot girl, Puzzle Chronicles is her homely friend with a nice personality.

Developer Relentless Software is no stranger to the PlayStation universe. One of the studio’s most famous projects, Buzz, has garnered a respectable number of fans, and the Buzz name is now the definitive trivia experience for the PlayStation platforms. Last week, Relentless Software launched their next project on the PlayStation Store. A series of downloadable episodes, the Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mysteries of Little Riddle is a co-op puzzle game where players attempt to solve murders and a number of other dastardly crimes.

Unfortunately, Blue Toad Murder Files is nowhere near as fun as Buzz. In fact, I found it to be downright aggravating. But before we get into the review, let’s clarify just how the game is set up.

At the time this article was written, the Blue Toad Murder Files episodes can be downloaded as a three-episode set for $14.99 or individually for $7.49. The final three episodes of the Riddle season are not currently available. Although there will be three separate reviews for Blue Toad (one for each episode), readers will notice that the reviews will be largely the same. This is because the episodes are almost identical in terms of their aesthetics, structure, pacing and mechanics. So while I will touch on a few specifics in each article, the reviews can be generally applied to the entire Blue Toad experience. If there’s something groundbreaking in an individual episode, I’ll be sure to let you know.

Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mysteries of Little Riddle puts players in the shoes of the detectives at the Blue Toad agency. This group solves crimes and does all sorts of heroic deeds that one would expect from such an intelligent organization. Up to four players can play at one time, with each player taking a turn in order. Each turn usually involves choosing a place in the quiet (or not so quiet) town of Little Riddle, talking with a suspect and solving a puzzle. The next player then repeats these steps until the players have worked through the 16 puzzles of each episode.

In Episode 3, players begin the episode right where Episode 2 left off. During an interrogation with the uncovered thief, a fire breaks out at Town Hall. The players must uncover the arsonist while investigating the mysterious relationships between the Little Riddle citizens.

Blue Toad Murder Files only does a few things well. I very much appreciated the idea behind the series (a co-op murder mystery game), but the execution is all wrong. First and foremost, the price just seems absurd for the amount of gameplay that buyers are getting. Each episode can be completed in about 45 minutes to an hour. That means, if buyers are purchasing the episodes individually, they would be paying more than $7 for a 45-minute episode.

This issue of length is exacerbated by the game’s puzzles, which do not change on subsequent playthroughs. I will admit that changing things up would be difficult, as some of the puzzles/riddles are story-based and could not be changed without affecting the narrative, but that’s still no excuse. There are roughly 16 challenges in each episode, ranging from deciphering anagrams, to riddles, to math problems, to colored puzzles. If you play through an episode, you’ll know the solutions to these puzzles and they’ll never change on a subsequent playthrough, which means that there is virtually zero replay value to this game.

And the more players you add to the session, the less you actually play. This is almost the complete opposite of Buzz, where more players generally means more fun (as players can partake in a session simultaneously). In Blue Toad, each player is taking turns, which means that a full four-player group will still face the same 16 puzzles — and each person only gets three puzzles to solve.

One might argue that part of the fun is helping out your fellow crime solvers during their riddles, but the game design is in opposition to this idea. Players are supposed to be competing as you earn medals depending on how quickly and cleanly you can complete a puzzle. If players are supposed to be competing, then why should they help each other out during their respective puzzles?

These are just a few of the problems that plague Blue Toad Murder Files. The pacing of the game is dreadful, as there is no way to skip cutscenes, even after you’ve viewed them on a previous playthrough. This wouldn’t have been too problematic had the cutscenes been interesting, but the pacing is so slow and overly-wordy (in an attempt at comedy, no less), they’re just no fun to sit through. You can luckily quit out of a playthrough and return to it at a later time, but you’ll be unable to change the number of players once you’ve started that playthrough.

Closing Comments
Blue Toad Murder Files: The Mysteries of Little Riddle is built around a good idea: cooperatively solving murder mysteries. But the execution of the entire affair is poor and even the occasionally clever puzzle fails to entice when the pacing and structure is so frustrating.

There’s something seriously wrong with a party game that loses gameplay when you add on more players. I recommend leaving the mysteries of Little Riddle unsolved.