Defiance. Xbox 360!

Hello fellow gamers, in the third instalment to my blog I'm going to write a bit about a new game I've been playing, hope you enjoy it, and remember, comments are always welcome, and appreciated.

Defiance, well what can I say about Defiance, apart from that it is a viable answer to everything. Just saying it rolls off the tongue perfectly, for example;
"Are you free for lunch?"... "Defiance"
"Should we have a baby?"... "Defiance"
"Have you just had a new tattoo?"... "Defiance..."
I just love everything about Defiance, the word, the game, and definitely the online gameplay.

So this game is a totally an online based game, (and I'm pretty sure you have to have Xbox Live, there isn't an offline option when doing the campaign) which obviously if you don't use Xbox Live then its all extra expenses, I think Xbox Live is about £39.99, and if you're at school or a student I guess that's a lot of money... But Defiance is worth it for. Before I go to much into detail about the game itself I'll just write a bit about first impressions. So the game cost £20.00 from Tesco, which for quite a new release with such a vast map, I thought was a steal, and as if that wasn't enough when I opened the case there were two cool postcards inside, to which I fanboy'd. But to be honest I was a little disappointed with the booklet which was included, it had no real information about the game, just a whole lot of small print legal shit, like, I miss that, I used to love getting a new video game and on my way home looking through the booklet at all the cool features I would later get to enjoy, but it seems the last few games I have bought, the books have been a little slim (especially with The Sims 3) but it did have a cool picture in the centre of the book advertising Defiance the series on Syfy (UK). And to add to my fanboying one of the actors from the TV series who plays Joshua Nolan, Grant Bowler is ina few episodes of Lost. My favourite TV show.

Defiance & My two postcards.

One small feature of the game that I actually really liked was the creation of my character, there was a few different things too choose from with hair, facial hair, scars, tattoos and species, although my character looks nothing like me I still enjoying playing as him, well and the fact that he doesn't have my name, he is named Benjamin Linus after one of my favourite Lost characters (who he also looks nothing like).

                                                                     My Character.

When you start the game throws you right in, its awesome, there's so much combat at every turn but not so much that it just gets tiresome, weapons are easily available and kills and xp are fun too obtain (unlike on Modern Warfare 2, online multiplayer where I just rage) and I also love the fact that you can find an online buddy too help you do campaign missions, side missions or Arkfalls, (which are big fights with really strong creatures) but the being able to play with "online buddies" does bring additional problems to the games...

 

Arkfall's on the map.

 



 



Although playing online is great (as my previous Black Ops 2 blog review would indicate my enjoyment of online gameplay) the fact that there is just so much online gameplay and such a big map the game can get a little lagee, which isn't the end of the world, but still a little annoying. Also another pain with the game, which is also to do with the online thing, is the large amount of patches that need to be downloaded, they can take a long time. But they are necessary to play the game, I mean we want it to play properly don't we guys?

 

A WHOLE FREAKING DAY?!

 

But despite the miner annoyances that come with Defiance it is still an amazing game that I would highly recommend, it is one of those games that you just do not want to stop playing.

 

Rating for this game, a well deserved 8/10!

 

Here is a link to Defiance on the Xbox Marketplace; http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-gb/Product/Defiance/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802545907d1 

It's 3,200 Microsoft Points, which will cost £34.67 but you will get 4,200 MP's for that and its the best deal, but I would advise you just buy the disc for £20 from Tesco.

 

Remember to leave a comment if you want to share an opinion, you don't have to, obviously that's up to you, but I would really appreciate it. And this post was a bit longer and would have been uploaded earlier if my laptop had not deleted half of it! Do not buy a Vaio!!

Hope you guys enjoyed reading my review on Defiance, have a beautiful day and may you have luck prospering in your gaming adventures. Bye guys :-)