The MAD Reviewer

Overview:

Ghostbusters: The Video Game was the best out of all of it Franchises games. Ghostbusters TVG originally came out in 2009 and had some of the best graphics compared to other games like COD. Not only were the graphics and story good they got the original cast to play their roles and the director who made Ghostbusters help make the game and said this would’ve been Ghostbusters 3. And finally for the last thing for the overview, the game got a remaster. So let’s jump into the plot/gameplay one last time.

Plot/Gameplay:

One thing about the remaster is that they got rid of Multiplayer. Multiplayer was were you played with 3 other people and played game modes to see how many ghosts you can catch or how long can you survive waves of ghosts. But I’m not mad that it’s gone because the story is so enjoyable. The game starts off with you, the rookie, becoming a ghostbuster, your 1st mission you go with Ray, Egon, and Peter to the Sedgewick Hotel to capture Slimer since he escaped from is Capture Unit at the firehouse. They find that the hotel is now haunted by dozens of ghosts, and that the Destructor Form of Gozer, the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, has returned and is wreaking havoc throughout the city.^[25] They successfully destroy the Marshmallow Man, noting that it was weaker than their previous encounter with it and that it was pursuing Dr. Ilyssa Selwyn.

Another haunting at the New York Public Library draws the team into a confrontation with the Librarian Ghost. They learn that while alive, the Librarian Ghost had been murdered by the Collector, a serial killer, after refusing to give him a rare book, the Gozerian codex. After capturing the Librarian Ghost, a portal opens to the Ghost World. The Ghostbusters travel through and defeat the spirit of the Collector, reborn as the god Azetlor. A recurring symbol the team sees in the haunted locations is revealed to be a mandala representing a spiritual labyrinth running throughout the city with major nodes positioned at the library, museum, hotel, and in the Hudson River.Egon hypothesizes that ghosts are drawn into the mandala, increasing in power as they pass through each node, before being fed into its core to power a Destructor Form, and the energy is gradually merging the Ghost World into the human world.

Mayor Jock Mulligan places Walter Peck in charge of keeping the Ghostbusters from causing too much destruction. The Ghostbusters successfully cleanse the museum and hotel, defeating Shandor’s guardians. At the final node in the Hudson River, the team discovers an island emerging from the water. They learn that the island belonged to Shandor and that Ilyssa is his descendant. It was her presence that triggered the Mandala, after Peck apparently recommended her to curate the Gozer exhibit. They also discover machines pumping ectoplasmic slime into tunnels beneath the city, which had been used in the resurrection of Vigo the Carpathian. They disable the pumps and defeat the final guardian, closing the last node and sealing the mandala, trapping its accumulated energies.

Returning to the mainland, the Ghostbusters find that Ilyssa has been abducted and their ghost containment unit shut down, releasing all of their supernatural captives. The team suspects that Peck is responsible and that he is trying to summon a Supreme Destructor. The Ghostbusters battle their way to the center of a massive mausoleum that emerges in Central Park. They discover Ilyssa and Peck are both prisoners, and that Mayor Mulligan is the true culprit, having been possessed by Shandor months earlier. Seeing his god fail twice, Shandor decided to usurp Gozer and become a god himself. After the mandala was disabled, he released the Ghostbusters’ captives to provide the energy for his Supreme Destructor Form and required Ilyssa’s blood. The Ghostbusters exorcise Shandor from the Mayor but are dragged into Ghost World where they battle Shandor’s Destructor Form, a Satanic being called the Architect intent on building a new world over the remains of the Earth. The Ghostbusters cross their proton streams, causing an explosion that defeats the Architect and returns them to the real world. They escape the collapsing mausoleum with Ilyssa, Peck, and Mayor Mulligan.

The mechanics of the proton pack are quite cool as well. The 1st 2 upgrades for your pack are the Bozon Dart and the Proton Stream. The Proton stream is the regular blast you see that captures ghost and the Bozon Dart does a lot of Damage but can overheat your Proton Pack. Then you get your Ghost Trap. You also get your PKE Meter and a PKE Googles. You use both to find ghosts/scan ghosts for their weaknesses and discover new ghosts and you can use the gadgets to scan artifacts. Then there is the Shock Blast and Stasis Stream. The Stasis stream freezes enemies and the Shock Blast is easier to kill Spirits like Flying Skulls or Books. The Slime Blower and Tether are the next upgrade. You use the tether to pull things down or destroy things and the Slime Blower to destroy black slime and Black Slime Coated Enemies or anything Possesses Teammates or Civilians. Finally there is the Meson Collider and the Overload Pulse. The Collider once you hit one enemy with the Collider it then tracks the enemy where ever it goes and the Overload Pulse those a lot damage but automatically overheats your pack.

Review:

The game is absolutely fun to play and really fun still to replay! So my final review on this game is a 5 out of 5.

Overview:

Anthem is a third person shooter, open world, and RPG game. It’s initial announcement everyone was hyped for the story, graphics, multiplayer, but sadly it bombed on released it did not live up to it’s trailers.

Plot/Gameplay/Multiplayer:

Anthem has various enemies, weapons, abilities, and quests. There are 4 classes for each Mech/Javelins you can choose from. There is the Ranger, Colossus, Storm, and Interceptor. Ranger is like a classic soldier class. Colossus is the heavy class. Interceptor is the stealthy/speedy class. Storm is the wizard/mage of the classes. Each have their own unique classes/abilities. The storyline is very confusing so I’ll go over it very briefly. The Freelancers were the heroes and one day they were all wiped out to a unknown entity and the heroes the people once knew vanished. Some became bounty hunters, drug dealers, smugglers, and etc. But some still stopped Earth threatening attacks. Rookie(her/his only known name) was one of the only people to witness the freelancers downfall. She/he and her/he teammates separated after the battle. It is up to you/Rook to continue the freelancers legacy and help save your world. During the story you can play with 3 other people. There is Co Op and Multiplayer but if I’m being honest they are both the same thing. You and your team go against various alien like creatures and powered up smugglers/mercs.

Review/Final Verdict:

Anthem was a huge disappointment when I bought it and I thought it was going to be better. But sadly even a year later it still is a let down. The rating is a 2.5 out of 5.

Overview:

GTA V is a open world multiplayer game where you rob banks, run drug businesses, or cause chaos. GTA has a campaign but I won’t be covering it because of how huge it is. I’ll be going over the multiplayer heists, gameplay, and customization.

Gameplay:

In GTA Online you can group up with 3 other people to complete heists or be in a open city with 23 other people who are either in gangs or businesses. Recently in the meme world there is this war in GTA that involves purple and green aliens fighting each other. Which I don’t understand but back to the game. The heists you can play go from robbing a small bank called Felucca to robbing a high end casino. Each heist requires you to get items before robbing/rescuing the main objective. Then there is businesses like Counterfeit Cash, Drug dealing, and Car smuggling. Some of the businesses missions could involve actual players trying to kill you. Lets go to customization. You can make your character into whatever you want. Look how ever you want. The customization is really good. Then of course a game called Grand Theft Auto has to have cars. And their is 100+ vehicles to choose from. submarines, Cars, Tanks, and planes. When in the final heist comes you decide what type of cut your teammates get. But no matter what you/leader will not be able to go under 45% of the cut. While anyone who isn’t a leader can get a 0% cut.

Review:

GTA V is a really fun multiplayer game but sometimes it can be boring after playing for a long period of time. My rating is 4 out of 5.

Plot/Gameplay:

This game only has storyline so there will be very minimal gameplay descriptions. From “No Russian” to “An Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend” this CoD games deserves this newly remastered edition. Spoiler Alert: The rest of this article will reveal the plot of the game, read with caution. The various CoD characters you play in the game are Soap, Roach, Rodriguez, and James. James is the tutorial character and sadly he dies while being in deep undercover work while trying to learn more about a man named Markov. While the game goes on you join Task Force 141. Both the CIA, Task Force 141, and the Rangers are leaded by General Shepard. You, Soap, and the infamous Ghost are trying to find Captain Price. You invade a snow mountain base to gather more intel on the situation then go to South America to interrogate the man called Red then you escape South America with your teammates. Then Ghost , Soap ,and you go to a Oil Rig to rescue hostages and gather intel to find Price. Then you and your team go to a gulag to rescue Price. You all make out in one piece and Price is back in command but he has his suspicions about Shepard. Taking a break from the 141 we go to the military group called the Rangers. The Rangers go to various areas in the U.S fighting back against Markov’s men. The Rangers eventually end up in a Warzone at the Washington Monument. The Rangers push their way forward getting rid of Markov’s Heavy artillery and men. You eventually take down Markov’s air support but then suddenly a nuke has touched down in the U.S. but the nuke is a country wide EMP getting rid of any type of Machine. The missile came from a Submarine the 141 were trying to stop but luckily by not stopping the missile because of Price they ended the war in Washington. Shepard commands the 141 to tie up some loose ends by going to 2 places were Markov has been spotted. Ghost and Roach go to a cabin in the middle of nowhere, while Soap and Price go to Afghanistan to find Markov. Ghost and Roach gather a lot of intel from the Cabin but no sign of Markov what so ever, same thing with Price and Soap. Price is thinking something is wrong. Ghost and Roach make it back to the pick up spot to deliver the intel where Shepard is waiting for them. Shepard takes the intel then says “Good, that’s one less loose end” then shoots Roach and Ghost then dosing in gasoline then burning them. As tis happens you can hear Price saying don’t trust Shepard. Price and Soap realize they can’t trust anyone anymore. They call in Nikolai an old friend to come pick them up. After that they ask Markov’s help to get rid of Shepard, and Markov gives some intel but only a location. Shepard and Soap make it to the location take out Shepard’s men then pursue Shepard in a boat chase. But both boats fall of a waterfall and end up crashing in the desert below. Soap kills of any remaining enemy’s then finds Shepard and finishes him off in a very satisfying knife throw to the head. That’s it for the Campaign.

Review:

Overall very fun to play! It’s nice to relive these missions again. Hopefully we get a remastered campaign to! Rating is 5 out of 5.

Overview/Plot:

Injustice 2 is one of the most popular fighting games. Injustice 2 is based off of the Injustice Comics made by DC Comics. Injustice is an alternate dimension from the original storyline and in this world when the Joker kill Lois Lane and Superman’s unborn child, Superman looses his cool and kills the Joker which causes Batman and Superman to fight over how they shouldn’t be tyrants. Superman built his Regime taking over most over the world and killing any criminal or capturing them but brainwash them to be his slave/soldier. In Injustice 2 Superman and Batman form a temporary alliance to take down a upcoming foe, Brainiac.

Gameplay:

Injustice 2 has many characters to select from. Starting with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Aquaman, Atrocitus, Gorilla Grodd, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, The Flash, Blue Beetle, Bane, Poison Ivy, Brainiac, Robin, Black Cannary, Swamp Thing, Catwoman, Cheetah, Cyborg, Doctor Fate, Green Lantern, Firestorm, Green Arrow, Black Adam, Captain Cold, Scarecrow, Darkseid, Joker, Red Hood, Star Fire, Sub Zero, Black Manta, Raiden, The Atom, Hellboy, Enchantress, and finally Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Each character can be personally customized, the gear can be swapped, the color of the suits can be swapped, and you can level up characters. The game starts with you having a full bar of health. Once you get rid of your opponents 1st health bar the next health bar is their last aka they are defeated. Each character has a custom ultimate ability once you reach 5 power bars. You can also use these power bars to enhance your basic attacks or combos.

Review:

The game takes time to understand but once you finally get the controls down its very fun to play with friends. My overall review is 4.5 out of 5.

Overview:

Overwatch came out in 2016 and has been one of the most popular games ever since. It’s had its ups and downs but it still an amazing game. Overwatch is mainly a multiplayer game with the matches you go into are usually a 6v6 an you either have to capture a point for a certain amount of time or push the payload or defend the payload. There is plot to the game but since it’s not clearly stated in the game I’m not including it.

Gameplay:

Overwatch consist of many Characters and Game modes. But there are 30 + characters so I won’t be discussing their abilities but I will categorize them into there respected role. In the Tank Role there is D.VA, Orisa, Reinhardt, Roadhog, Sigma, Winston, Wrecking Ball, and Zarya. The Damage Role characters are Ashe, Bastion, Doomfist, Echo, Genji, Hanzo, Junkrat, McCree, Mei, Pharah, Reaper, Soldier: 76, Sombra, Symmetra, Torbjorn, Tracer, and Widowmaker. And finally the characters in the Support Role are Ana, Baptiste, Brigitte, Lucio, Mercy, Moira, and Zenyatta. The gamemodes consist of 6v6 Push/Defend the Payload, 6v6 Capture the Objective, 6v6 Team Deathmatch, 6v6 Elimination, 3v3 Elimination, 1v1 Elimination, 6v6 Mystery Heroes, and many more limited time gamemodes. Elimination is first to 3 and each round you must kill the enemy team and once you kill a enemy they can’t respawn unlike other gamemodes. But if you win the round you can’t use the character you used last round. Deathmatch is the 1st team to 25 kills but for solo Deathmatch its 1st to 20 because its a free for all. Mystery Heroes is when you spawn into the game you don’t pick your character but the game does. But every time you die you get a new hero. Other than gamemodes you can actually make your own type of gamemode and it’s really fun. Since there are endless custom gamemodes I can’t tell you all of the custom gamemodes. There are many maps for all the gamemodes, some are specific to certain gamemodes while some are for all gamemodes.

Review:

My overall opinion on Overwatch is that the game is really fun to play with friends and by yourself and it defiantly still earns its title as one of the best games of this decade but the one thing it does lack is the fact that there is no content updates for at least every 3 to 4 months. My final review is 4.5 out of 5.

Gameplay from Overwatch:

(Some of these images are very old so they are not up to date gameplay)

Overview:

The Call of Duty franchise has published 16 games and the franchise is 17 years old. Call of Duty is a First person shooter/ 3rd person shooter depending on the COD game you play, but Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) is one of the newest and best COD games there is. CoD MW (2019) is a soft reboot of the original Modern Warfare Trilogy but with more modern weapons and a modern day storyline.

Gameplay:

There is a lot to cover in CoD MW (2019) but sadly I can’t go over the campaign of the game because of the mass amount of violence and how it involves terrorists. But I can go over the multiplayer mechanics and game modes the game has to offer. Now game modes there are many variations of certain game modes so I’ll just go over the original mode. Team Deathmatch is where on a team of a certain amount of players and the goal is to reach a certain score by killing the enemy team over and over. Deathmatch/Free for All is where you are trying to reach a certain kill score but everyone in that game is against you and each other aka no teams. Ground War is where you and your team of 50 are against another team of 50 to see who can secure the most points by securing objectives/locations. Warfare is a brand new edition to the popular game and warfare is another battle royale but instead of 100 people there are 150 people. In Warfare you never can really die unless your team is completely dead. You can be brought back if your team has enough money. Or you win a match while in the gulag. It’s a very fun expansion to the very entertaining game.

Opinions from others:

No opinions this week.

Review:

Modern Warfare has no issues to me as a player. It’s really fun and It’s definitely something you cant get bored of that often. My overall review on CoD MW (2019) is a 5 out of 5.

Objects that I made or gameplay that I have taken screenshots of:

Overview:

Fortnite is 100 player Battle Royale game. With many weapons to use, a lot of locations to drop into, and many Victory Royales to earn. Fortnite has been out for almost 3 years now and it’s still one of the most played/popular games ever. They come out with weekly updates with new items, cosmetics, weapons, and more! They fix almost every bug immediately even right after an update. They have had many crossovers with popular brands, movies, shows and comics. They separate every big update into these Seasons. These Seasons included a Battlepass which includes a bunch of cosmetics, when the new season comes out usually there are new POI’S, Point of Interests/Locations, along with new weapons and sometimes the retiring of old weapons.

Gameplay:

Fortnite is in a third person view which makes the game even more interesting. There is also a mechanic which no other Bttle Royale game has done before this is that you can build structures. You can build to rush opponents or defend yourself from enemy fire. In the recent months Fortnite had completely made a new map. They kept only 3 of the Original locations while everything else was completely new. Something else that makes Fortnite special is the fact that there is in game events that you as a player can interact with. Fortnite’s 1st ever interactable event is referred to the rocket event (Season 4) people all gathered around to watch this video game historical event. This Rocket event was caused by a character name The Visitor and once his rocket had failed to destroy one of the most popular POI’S it had exploded in the sky and caused a Rift to appear in the sky which was drawing things from the real worl into the game world. Then in all of the next seasons they added hints towards what would happen during that seasons event. After the rocket event there was the cube event (Season 5).The Cube was summoned/created from a lightning strike from the rift. The cube was referred to as “Kevin”. Kevin slowly moved its way around the original map and once it got into the maps lake it destroyed one of the POI’s and made it into a floating island (Season 6) which once again started to go around the map and started to make runes. Those ruins eventually made anti-gravity zones. During this ongoing event Kevin had spawned a new hellish amount of zombies all around the map. The floating island made its way back to the POI it originally destroyed and then drawed the energy from all the ruins which caused Kevin the floating cube island to explode and send all of the players into a different dimension (Season 6). After escaping the dimension the POI had recreated itself, but then energy from the explosion had brought things closer to the island than expected like a frozen kingdom on top of a iceberg(Season 7) which crashed into the island. Over the weeks having the iceberg on the island, eventually the being inside had caused a massive ice storm which had covered the whole island in snow and the return of zombies. The next season (Season 8) had also brought a new extension to the island. A volcano. The volcano had started to erupt towards the end of the season but before we get to that during this season the newly recreated POI that was destroyed by Kevin was getting mined out and revealed a huge vault storing all of the retired guns from previous seasons. Once the vault was open players were sucked in and were able to vote for a gun to be unvaulted. Once this happen players were shot out of the vault and volcano has finally came time to erupt. The eruption destroyed 2 POI’s and were the restored in the next season (Season 9). The map had been more “modernized” the new restored locations got more of a futuristic vibe. During this season a monster had been created in the iceberg. The monster eventually broke out of its Ivey prison then made its way to the water. When it broke out it also had destroyed the POI above it. Then during the season over by the volcano it had now turned into a power plant and the vault had also turned into an energy system for the new futuristic locations. But over by the volcano a mech had started to be built. Once the mech was finished, the monster had finally submerged from the water and it was a full on battle between the 2. The mech overalled won but when getting the upper hand the mech had pulled the vaults energy source out of its socket and now the unknown energy had started to effect the next season (Season 10). The energy that was formed in some type of orb had exploded and created time vortexs. These time vortexs brought back old locations and locations that have never been seen. Some locations had special items and mechanics only to that zone. But the real major event was when the rocket came back with several other rockets to destroy the orb and once the orb was destroyed and the whole game shutdown and when you tried to log back in, all you saw was a black hole. This happened for 3 days. But once those 3 days were gone we saw a new island and locations and thats were we are right now.

Review:

Fortnite achieved things no one thought possible. Constant updates, taking and using feedback from the community, something always happening in the game. Fortnite is truly a game that isn’t going anywhere any time soon. Rating is 5 out of 5

Objects from Fortnite that I created or items that are meaningful to me:

I take various models from Fortnite from their files then plug them into a app called Blender to make custom poses then transfer the model into Photoshop to apply the background and I have then have officially made a Thumbnail.

Overview:

Apex Legends is a game developed by Respawn Entertainment, released on February 9th of 2019, so it’s just over a year old. The game is based off of Titanfall but with a whole new concept and new characters. This game is still a FPS but it’s a battle royale game. The game has 60 players and you and 2 other players are in a team and you and your team must be the last people standing in order to win the game. There are characters you can pick from that have special abilities that can assist you during the game. When going into the game you jump out a huge cargo plane and you and your team land on this huge island filled with locations, players, and weapons.

Gameplay:

Above are all of the Free to Play characters you can unlock. Bangalore has an ability that can deploy an airstrike on enemys. Bloodhound can track enemy footprints and also has a strength boost. Caustic has gas grenades that can damage players over time. Gibraltar has shield that he can shoot through and also his shield can deploy a bubble around teammates to protect them. Lifeline is able to heal teammates with her drone and she can also call in a supply crate. Mirage is able to make decoys of himself. Pathfinder can make a zip line for his teammates to use and he also has a grappling hook. Finally Wraith can turn invisible and make a teleported for her team and she can also hear something in her head which are warnings if someone is aiming at you. There are many gameplay elements. Like sliding or ramming through doors when sprinting. There is a way to bring your teammates back from the dead by going to a respawn area which you place their respawn card into a machine which brings them back in a jet. Then there are ares where you can skydive throughout the air by going up a rope. There is also no fall damage.

Review:

The game is pretty good, the gameplay is nice and smooth. But the updates for the game take to long to come out. It takes them about 3 months to push out new content. Otherwise its a pretty fun game to play. Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Opinions from Others:

“Apex legends is a rather new battle royals game. What’s unique about this one is that it only offers squads of three. That is because all of the character abilities are setup to help out other characters. I really enjoy this game and I would recommend it to people who want to play a great battle royals game.”

-Joaquin Greenberg

“I’ve only played apex legends once, but I can say it’s pretty unique for a battle royale game. There have been many interpretations of the genre, and apex has a lot of aspects to the game that many don’t have. Apex is fun and simple, and I’d like to learn how to play the game properly in the future.“

-Jack

“Never really played the game. Played it like once but it really wasn’t a great experience but otherwise i’ve Seen gameplay from others and it really suck still in my opinion. So that’s my opinion on Apex”

-Zoran

General Overview/Plot:

So Five Nights at Freddy’s is a Horror game made by Scott Cawthon which essentially revolves around a local kids pizzeria, Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, that has party animatronics that come alive at night. You took a job at the pizzeria for five nights a week and the shift is from 12:00 am to 6:00 am. You work as a night guard so your stuck in this little office with two metal doors to the left and right of you, you also have a camera system to see different parts of the pizzeria, and you have limited power to use the doors. Your “mentor” or former night guard who worked at that location calls you in every night giving you tips on what to do to make sure you come out of the building alive. The animatronics start to come off the stage and walk throughout the pizzeria and try to get to your office and kill you. So your goal every night is to survive from 12:00 am to 6:00 am and try to make sure Freddy and his friends don’t kill you and stuff you in a spare suit.

Gameplay:

When playing the game you have to survive 8 minutes and 55 seconds of hell as you scroll through all the cameras trying to find the very much alive animatronics. And the more you use the cameras, doors, and lights you loose power. The doors functions as a mechanic to stop the animatronics from getting into your room. Lights let you see if there is still any animatronics still outside your door. And you should know what cameras do. There are in total 4 (5) animatronics. There is Freddy the Bear, Chica the Chicken, Bonnie the Bunny, Foxy the Pirate Fox, and the secret Golden Freddy. Freddy can travel to any place in the pizzeria and any hall except the kitchen, Bonnie can only go in the main room and down the left hall way, Chica is the opposite with the hall way but she can go into the kitchen you can’t see her, and finally Foxy can only come out of his “Pirate cove” after a certain amount of time but he runs like a maniac down the left hall so you have to close your door very quick.

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Review:

Five Nights at Freddy’s is a great thriller/horror game and also for a great price! The details for this game were really good for the time it was created and the lore to the game that leads into the next sequels/prequels is really good. Definitely something that makes you scared with the jump scares that come out of no where with no warning. So my overall rating is a 5 out of 5! Till next week, see ya!

Opinions from Peers/Friends:

“Five Nights at Freddy, a point-and-click survival horror video game that centers around a fictional pizzeria called “Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza” where-in the protagonist plays a security guard who must survive their shift that lasts from midnight to 6:00 a.m. without being attacked by the five animatronic animals that inhabit the facility. With a creepy tone, unique core mechanics, and extensive yet disturbing lore that has taken theorists years to puzzle together, the first Five Nights at Freddy’s game will go down in history among one of the greatest horror games to date. I particularly like the ease that the game has to put the player into the world with the very extensive attention to detail put into the lore, the pizzeria, and each individual animatronic. That’s unfortunately uncommon in modern games.” -Nick Luna

Objects from FNAF that have personal value to me: