Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

 I just beat Spider-Man 2 last night. Omg it was so good. The combat felt and traversal felt better than the first game . However the story wasn’t really as good. The game is open world throughout basically the same New York as the first game which is cool. The game lets you play as Peter Parker and Miles Morales. Both are similar but have different special attacks. At first Peter has the mechanical arms from the marvel movies. But later he gets the black symbiotic suite. It’s very powerful and plays a role in the late game. Miles has electric attacks and they’re very potent. He can turn invisible too but I often forgot I could do that.  You also get access to upgradable gadgets like the upshot that really help out a lot in battle. This game has quite a bit of enemy variety too. Early in the game you’ll be facing alot of Kraven’s hunters. There’s a lot of different types. There’s just regular dudes, shooters, snipers, shield wielding ones, and sword wielding ones. The sword gu...

 I recently beat this Super Mario game. I have beaten the first Super Mario Galaxy game too. I gotta admit this might have been a better game. The two games are similar but the way you go stage to stage is very much more linear here. You basically travel with a chubby Luma named Lubba as you travel on a Mario head shaped spaceship.  The plot is kinda of a retelling of the first game. You are trying to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. There are a lot of returning elements from Galaxy one like Launch stars which can take you to a completely new planetoid in many cases. There are a lot of returning enemies from Galaxy one as well like Goombas, those little things that spit rocks at you, boo ghosts, bullet bills, Chomps, and hammer bros. Some of the boss fights were really creative. There was a big creature that was only vulnerable from underneath so it constantly forced you to go to one of the openings of the arena and ground pound it from below. The Bowser fights were consider...

 I recently beat Astro Bot for PS5 and oh my god was it a blast to play! The game is a literal love letter to the Sony Playstation brand. Astro Bot is cute little protagonist. He has the ability to punch enemies and objects.  He also has a booster jump which can also be used to beat certain enemies too. In addition you get certain devices that help you such as a rocket boosting dog....or a monkey with extending arms. There's a whole lot more too. As with the PS5 tech demo the game has incredible haptic feedback for all your actions. That PS5 controller is awesome! The game has so many incredible stages. It kinda of reminds me of Kirby and the Forgotten Land in that you are looking for your lost crew mate robots on each stage. You'll go through a stage and find (sometimes very cleverly) hidden crew mates and also these puzzle pieces. The puzzle pieces unlock new building on your crash site home planet. Unlike Kirby tho you must find a certain number of robot buddies to take on ...

 I happened to beat this game recently for the first time in I was just in awe at how epic this game is. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is a sequel to Final Fantasy 7 Remake (which I played on the ps4). This game was a ps5 exclusive however. I know I needed a ps5 if I was gonna play it. And last year I made that happen. This is a continuation of the story of Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, and Barrett as they fight against the Shinra Corporation and the evil Sephiroth. I'll try not spoil much. When the game starts you play as Zack who is a solider like Cloud. You saw Zack at the end of Remake. Basically story wise there is another dimension in this game and you play as Zach in it here and there. There is a relationship meter that the main character Cloud has with every party member….answering certain questions one way or another will change the relationship. I found this to be a cool touch that the first game barely had any resemblance of. The game's graphics are outstanding and characters look ...

 I meant to review this game way back in the day when I first beat it but this is coming after my 2nd play-through. This time I played the game on hard difficulty and man was it tough. Compared to Jedi Survivor I think the game has a better story. You join Jedi padawan Cal Kestis as he escapes a scrapyard planet Bracca , fleeing from the Empire. Cal comes face to face with an Inquistor called 2nd sister. You end up fighting her a total of 4 times in the game.  The main story is Cal must help a former Jedi named Cere and her pilot Greez to find a Jedi holocron that has a list of force sensitive children to rebuild the Jedi Order. I gotta say the planets you visit are all for the most part pretty flushed out . I found Zeffo to be the main planet and navigating it is truly awful. Well I’m glad they made navigation better in Jedi Survivor. Of all the planets Dathomir (Darth Mauls planet) was by far the worst. There was tough enemies around every corner there and hard boss fights w...

 So if you've been following the blog you knew this post was coming. Last month I finally was able to get a Playstation 5. OMG was it well worth the wait. It was looking like I'd be stuck on the last generation forever lol.  The graphical upgrade on the PS5 is pretty noticeable. Of course I'm sure it would be better with a 4k TV but my smart tv is 1080p so its fine for now. I do notice more details and such in the games. For example in NBA 2k26 the players are far more expressive and move more lifelike. I don't have a lot of games right now, but I have played some like NBA 2k26, Tekken 8, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Expect a review on that one day). The load times are insanely fast. It's really noticeable from the PS4. There is a game switcher in the controller home button menu that can switch games really easily. The PS5 can do a lot of things. The controller has a built in mic and streaming is so easy. You don't have to stream of course you can choose to re...

 About a week ago or so I beat Star Wars Jedi Survivor. Im so happy I got a chance to play it cause they put it on PS4....yes I sadly as of early 2025 do not have a PS5 yet. But anyways I thought the game was considerable improvement over Jedi Fallen Order in most ways.  The game is set a few years after the end of the first game. One thing I like is you keep all your Jedi techniques from the first game Jedi Fallen Order. You can force push and pull and double jump right from the jump. Early in the game you also get access to a new lighstaber form dual wield. In this game there are 5 lightsaber forms. Single is good in any situation but not the best for ideal situations. I think double bladed has good defense but low range. Dual wield is fast but has low defense. Later on you get access to a blaster form which has great range. Then there's the Cross-guard which is Kylo Ren's lightsaber form...its slow in this game but has high damage and defense to it. The enemy variety in the...

 I haven't done a video game review in a while...and trust me I had a ton of video game reviews I planned to do. Hey here we are at a review of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom. I gotta admit this game was WAY better than I expected. Lets get into it. In this game you start surprisingly as Link (as every other game in the series)....and you fight Ganon right away at full hearts etc. Its pretty exciting...but after that Link falls into a portal and you find yourself playing as Zelda. Zelda goes to the castle only to see her father, the king fall into a rift (portal) and then imposters come out. After that Zelda gets blamed for the rifts and is thrown in jail.  I'll try to minimize spoilers but you get help from a little yellow fairy thing called Tri. Tri can make copies or echoes of objects or enemies. Its so helpful and unique. While watching other play this game on twitch I'd be like "wow I didn't solve the puzzle like that..." or "wow I didnt beat the enemy that ...

  So I beat this game earlier this year and man I loved it. I had barely played the original for Wii so it was very much like a fresh playthrough. The story was very much a strongpoint for this game. I won't go through it for this review however. Instead I'll focus on gameplay and dungeons etc. For my playthrough I played with button controls which even that took some getting used to. I would use motion controls to aim certain projectiles like the slingshot and bow. However with the sword I would flick the right stick in a certain direction. There's a little bit of lag with that but you get used to it. Of course when I was fighting the first boss it was a nightmare as most of my attacks he would block as I wasnt very good yet. Flying your bird is pretty fun too. Besides one airborne boss I didnt really have any issues with that. This is a classic Zelda game in every sense of the word which is very diffrent from Breath of the Wild. And for the most part I really enjoyed this...

I recently beat Final Fantasy 7 Remake. It was an incredible game. No it wasn't perfect but it did so many things right. First off the graphics were truly amazing. The characters looked really realistic for the most part. The voice acting was also a stand out. Even NPCs have voice acting which is really cool. I really liked the main characters voices. I loved that you get to not just control Cloud in certain points of the game. Tifa, Barret, and Aerith are also controllable.  Of course no matter how the game looks and sounds it wouldn't be good without a great battle system. It's kind of like Final Fantasy 15's real time fighting combined with a turn based system. I really liked it. There were some encounters where I didn't have to really do anything, but most fights were tough enough to require me to stay on top of it. The Materia system is really cool, which came from the original game.  I ended up beating the game in about 36 hours. I did most of the side quests ...

Welcome to another My Thoughts. This time I'll be talking about what's been going on in this world or just giving you my opinions on some things. Music wise I honestly haven't been all that impressed with the offerings from my artists this year. Sure albums from Rick Ross, Jeezy, and Nas were good; but none were really stellar. The new Common album is pretty good. I wasn't really feeling the Schoolboy Q album much. Shocking, I know. Despite this I got a lot of music reviews to get to. And I plan to keep them coming. Bear with me y'all. Politics wise I am so goddamn sick of Donald Trump I don't know what more I can really say about him. Just impeach the bastard already. He's got our country going down the toilet. On a positive side I've been following the Democratic Debates. I'm really feeling Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar. I'm not a big fan of Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. I love impersonating Bernie tho. Whoever gets the nomination better ...

Call of Duty Black ops 3 is an interesting game. On one hand you have a COD game with all the right features. I mean there's  a campaign, Zombie mode, free run mode(which i never play past the first playthrough), and a zombie campaign mode. So on the surface this game had the potential to be the very best COD in years. Its a good looking game and controls are great as usual. The campaign starts out fresh, but quickly grows tiresome. The story is quite lame and stupid. On the game's last stage i couldnt wait for it to be over, which is the last thing you want to be thinking on a game's last level. Like what the f*** bro! lol. Its some dumb Artificial intelligence thing that makes your comrades go crazy...yes all of them. Im like dude get the f*** outta here with this bull **it story! Its difficult sure, but all CODs are tough. Multiplayer is great. There's so much to do and unlock. There are even Specialists that give you more playing options. A Specialist can...

Splatoon is Nintendo's custom made shooting game, and its alot of fun! You can customize the playable characters, the Inklings down to gender,clothing,and weapons. So this game is basically about shooting turf or enemies with ink instead of bullets. You refill your ink by turning into a squid and moving in ink thats your color. If you move in ink thats not yours you'll be immobilized then get splatted. Splatoon looks and sounds great. From the first time you play you feel like your in a gaming community. Theres tons to do, especially online. I still havent gotten to level 10 yet but you can play turf war at lower levels to gain experience points. The more turf you get the more of a reward you get. If you win you get even more. They even give you a little squid minigame to play while you wait in a lobby. Offline multiplayer isnt as fun...its a 2 on 2 affair...instead of 4vs4 like online. However, the single player campaign helps you hone your skills and get better. Its ...

N64 -The N64 was a terrific system at the time of its release. It was superior to the Playstation 1....although many games came out for both systems. I really like the N64, or course back then game systems were just that; and the N64 was designed to do just that. Zelda Ocarina of Time - I already blogged about this game. Its not only the best N64 game but its also the best game period. From the stellar story, to great gameplay,. sound and controls. Ocarina reigns supreme. Its never too hard, nor is it too easy. Goldenye 007 -A terrific FPS.....that quite honestly was the blueprint for the shooters that would come after it. This game had tremendous style, not to mention a 4 player multi player mode which was incredibly fun. My only dislike is that some stages bordered on unbeatable without codes. Super Mario 64 - This is another game for the 64 that was a benchmark. Yes it seems every adventure game has been compared to this game in some form or fashion. Its not an easy game, esp...