Time Surfers

         

    Hey guys, JB here. Today I'm reviewing Time Surfer, an app that I've been wanted to get for a while, but now it's free, so it's a great excuse to get it. Let's hop right in.

       Time Surfer is a 2D game where you try and avoid the end of the world. The only way to do this is by rewinding time and diving. When I say diving, I mean shooting to the ground when flying through the air. however, if you aren't flying through the air, it also helps to dive when going down hills. Also, you can only rewind time so much. There also are 4 modes, Time Surfer, which is a mix of all of them, Holiday Hills, which is a set course where you have to complete it in a certain amount of time, Hell Zone, where it has lots of spikes and gaps, and The Kepler Run, where there are lots of asteroids. You can also take a pet with you, and gain different powers. Overall, this game has solid coding and hasn't glitched in the month I've had it.

Platforms: Mobile

JB's Rating: 8/10

             

Star Battlefront

      Hey, guys. JB here. In this blog, I will be reviewing Star Wars Battlefront 3. If you didn't know, this is the second remake of the 2004 first/third person shooter Star Wars Battlefront. Let's hop right into it.

      As I mentioned, Star Wars Battlefront (Which I will be calling SWB from now on) is a first and third person shooter. This basically means if you are playing as Darth Vader, you can either be looking over his shoulder or seeing out of his eyes. (Third and First person). Examples of FPS include the Halo saga, the Call of Duties, and Battlefield. Third Person shooters include Gears of War, Grand Theft Auto, and the Hitman series. There are many different modes, and most of which I have not explored. I really like SWB, and a very solid game overall. If you are interested in buying this game, it is $55 pre-owned from http://www.gamestop.com/browse?nav=16k-3-battlefront,28zu0. The first listing is the season pass, so scroll down a bit. You also should watch all the movies. Gameplay is fantastic, and all the guns are well balanced.


JB's Rating: 9/10

Platforms: Xbox One, Playstation 4, PC

Bloons Tower Defense 5

Bloons Tower Defense is obviously a tower defense game, which means you place different towers with different abilities to try and stop a type of enemy from getting off the track. There isn't much to say, so let's hop right in.

In Bloons (yes, that is how you spell it) Tower Defense 5, you buy different towers to try to stop balloons from getting into the monkey villages. All the towers are monkey-themed. The tower balance is terrible, but that's the idea. every balloon popped grants you one point, and to buy a tower, you spend points. You can buy special agents with monkey money, which is obtained by purchase or track completion. I can't say much because it is a fundamental game.



JB's Rating: 8.5/10

Platforms: PC
Link: http://ninjakiwi.com/Games/Tower-Defense/Play/Bloons-Tower-Defense-5.html#.VputSyorK70

Halo 5

Hey guys, JB here. This is the fifth game in the Halo series which is owned by Microsoft ( and partially developed by 343) , which means that Halo is only available on the Xbox consoles. If you haven't seen or played Halo before, you are a super soldier, or Spartan IV, and you wear a super suit of armor. You stand at over 7.5 feet tall, can run up to 60 KPH and have many augmentations that allow you to operate the armor. Your Artificial Intelligence unit has reached the end of her operational "life". That's all I'm giving away about her. You have been reunited with you old squadron titled Blue squad.

This game is another excellent installment in the Halo series that includes a campaign and multiplayer. It also includes "The Flood", or a zombies-like mode. The campaign is unparalleled and the multiplayer is pretty good too. There is a new currency called REQ points which allow you to purchases weapons or vehicles to use in-game. You cannot buy REQ points, so this system is completely fair. There isn't much bad to say about Halo, except this new game is only on the Xbox One. This is my favorite Halo game so far and my favorite game overall. Weapon balance is excellent and now all weapons have a scope. There is minimal human blood and it is truly awesome to play this game.


ESRB's Rating: T for teen, or 13+
JB's rating: 10/10. 'Nuff said
Platforms: Xbox One

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3

        Hey, guys. This is JB. I apologize for not blogging in a while, but today I will be churning out quite a few blogs. I have been gifted an Xbox One over Christmas, so I will be doing a few Xbox game reviews. Today's first will be on the new Call of Duty. If you do not know, Call of Duty (CoD) is an FPS (First Person Shooter) game franchise owned by Activision. Every year, Activision releases a new CoD featuring a guest studio. Treyarch made this game, and a few other alternating guests are Sledgehammer games and Infinity Ward.


     Call of Duty: Black ops 3 (which I will now refer to BO3) is a futuristic shooter that takes place after CoD: Advanced Warfare. BO3's gimmick is that you are a soldier with a Direct Neural Interface in you head. This allows you to hack and remotely operate things in the campaign. BO3 allows you to remove some of the graphic content like most of the blood, gore, swearing, and potentially disturbing scenes. It can get pretty bad, so I would recommend turning the filter on if you are more squeamish. In multiplayer, you now have augmentations allowing you to slide, boost jump, and wall run. There is also new Specialists which each have an ability and a weapon. The balace is excellent and there is no "God Gun" like previous CoDs. You can now buy CoD points, which are the in-game currency to buy supply drops and new things for zombies called "Gobblegum" this for a time gives you a buff to allow you to kill more zombies quicker. Nightmare zombies is back and a new mode titled Freerun allows you to get comfortable with the new movement abilities before going into multiplayer.


 The ESRB has rated CoD: BO3 M for mature for mature or 17+
I give this game a 9.7/10
Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox 360, Playstaion 3, Playstaion 4, PC
Note that map packs and other DLCs will come out 30 days earlier on the Playstation consoles

The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Hello. It's JB, and I just wanted to apologize for not posting in forever, but I will be doing a posting spree today. If you don't know, The Simpsons is an animated comedy running since 1989.




In The Simpsons: Tapped Out, you take the role of a city builder rebuilding Springfield after Homer slept on the job and blew everything up. You can build various buildings to bring back characters, and buy land expansions to make more space. This game has many fun quests and is very entertaining. You need to be connected to WiFi to play this game. This game is free, and rated 14+.
The show itself is rated TV-14.
JB's Rating: 9/10

Modern Warfare 2

Hey, guys. I apologize for not being able to blog in a while. I figured I would change things up a bit and review an Xbox game. I would also like to funnel you over to my YouTube channel. Please check it out at www.youtube.com/JBFisher. I know it's not the best, but please check it out.


 Modern Warfare 2 (or MW2) is a first-person shooter in the Call of Duty series. This is my 3rd favorite game in the series and many people's first. MW2 has most of the standard features of other CoDs, but no bots. I know for some people this doesn't mean anything, but for some it does. You can buy this game for 9.99 USD pre-owned at http://www.gamestop.com. In case you are wondering, I have not done any videos on MW2 on my channel. The ESRB has rated MW2 mature, or 17+.



JB's Rating: 8/10