In This Issue!
Tazer News: Giveaway Reminder: Due to last months late edition of The Gamer Gazette, we have extended the giveaway closing date to 9/9/2014 so don’t forget to head over to www.TazerCG.com and find the “Prizes” page for details on how to enter! Transferring “TazerCG” to “Tazer Community Gaming – Vlogs”: This month we made the really hard decision to move our old channel that has been with us for the last 2 years to a brand new channel. Why? Because we wanted both
of our channels partnered with Freedom! And it wasn’t possible for that to have as the AdSense account linked with our old account had been disabled. For more information, please check out the video on the “TazerCG” channel called “We’re Moving”. Twitch Bought By Amazon: Up until no everyone had been pretty certain that Google were in the process of taking over Twitch.TV. So certain that to most people it was already fact. However, this week it was announced by the CEO of Twitch in a blog post that they had decided to accept a different offer for the website...from Amazon!? What does this mean for the future of the website? We have no idea, but it certainly was an unexpected decision that shook the gaming community this week! For more info, check out our video on the new vlogging channel called “Twitch and Amazon? AKA Twitazon.com!”
The Forest By Nathan Scullard This game has had me captivated since the first time I saw Pewdiepie play it, but wanting to try it out for myself, I contacted Endnight Games, the developer of the game and asked for a review copy. Here at Tazer, we have a system for whom gets what games when we get free copies to review, that way it works out fair for everyone, but I have to admit that when this one came across my desk I did pull rank to make sure I got it. (Tee Hee) I was really excited to play the game, and rushed straight on and did the video for the channel just so I could go ahead and try the game out. But I’ll be honest and say that I
was actually really disappointed in what I saw. Now, I know that the game is Early Access, hence the title for this month’s issue, but at the same time I think I was expecting more. I remember the first time I played it I jumped out of the planes to be met by a native rummaging through the passenger’s luggage. And having seen Pewds play the game and not get killed “too” often, I assumed I would be able to handle one single native with the axe I found on the plane. So I walked up to him and was like “Hello there.” Thinking it would be funny, and then proceeded to get beaten to a bloody pulp by the unarmed half naked man! Ah, ok...I’ll be more careful next time, I thought. Well no matter how hard I tried to be smart around the natives, I still managed to get battered to death all the time. The
longest amount of time I spent alive was when I hiked out of the forest to the shore of a river, which had some very questionable physics, and huddled around my half built lean-to shelter and cigarette lighter in the pitch black. I nearly froze to death, so I decided to head back to the forest (in the dark) to collect some sticks for a fire, and got battered to death by a native...ARGHHHH!!!! RAGE! And since then, I haven’t picked up the game at all. That is until I realised that I had to do a written review on it too. This time though, the game had been updated and a lot of new stuff had been added, including sharks and houseboats! Great, I thought, something else that can kill me! But I was still determined to learn from my mistakes and build a functioning dwelling away from the dangerous natives and the hungry sharks. And I am happy to report, I actually succeeded! Yay me! I managed to build a whole set of the shelters including a whole and completed log cabin! I had traps, log storage and a
decent fire. Better yet, the spot I picked was hidden enough away that the natives didn’t know I was there, so they just left me alone! And then the game got updated...sigh. Now the reason for the sigh there is that every time the game gets updated, you have to start again from scratch, which as you can imagine is very frustrating in a game which takes real time and a lot of effort to scrape together even the smallest of shelters, so when the game gets updated and the palace (by palace I mean the tent made of stick, hey, it’s a game that makes you appreciated the small things in life!) you built gets deleted and you start over, it’s kind of debilitating. This aside though, the game does still have a few issues. It’s much better, but not perfect. In my opinion, the biggest of these issues are the natives themselves. Take for instance the very first time I stepped off the plane and got battered by the “unarmed half-naked man.” He was unarmed and halfnaked...and I had an axe... but I died and not him? The natives are far too powerful and should die a lot easier than they do, especially the unarmed ones. Don’t get me
wrong though, I get that they have probably be toughened through generations of living in the wild, but I still believe that in a one on one situation with an unarmed man and one with an axe, the one with the axe would come out on top 9 times out of 10! The game is still a little glitchy too, whether it’s water physics, instant kills for no reason or animals that cook themselves for you on the fire. But these sorts of things are to be expected, the balancing of bad guys such as the natives should be a really obvious thing to change, but as yet I haven’t noticed a difference in that since the first time I played the game till now. So here’s the million dollar question... “Is it worth buying?” Well, it all depends on what you are expecting to get from the game itself. If you want a game that you can play now, then...NO! Don’t buy it. It is as I have mentioned, an Early Access game and is not finished, and that is all well and good, but they could at least let you keep the save files when they update. That’s really annoying in this type of game and just makes me want to wait until the game is finished.
If you want a game you can have a bit of a laugh and dick about on, then go ahead and show your support for the game by buying a copy, but just bear in mind that you will most probably have to wait till the full game comes out before you get any serious game time out of this. But I want to finish off on a high note, because all glitches and unbalanced natives aside, it is a game with potential, and I eagerly await the finished product. I highly expect it to be a very good game because all the updates they have done so far have massively improved the game each time they’ve done them. So by the time it comes out officially, I expect it to be EPIC! Thanks for taking the time to read this review, and please don’t forget that you can find more from us on our website and YouTube channels!
Planet Explorers By Nathan Scullard Hmmm, now here is a game that I feel I have gone full circle on. Part of the reason why we do a video and then a written review a bit later is because I like to give the games chance to show us what they are going to do in terms of updates, and as you can imagine with Early Access games, updates are a really good way of determining what they game is going to be like when it comes out. If the developers make regular updates, and you can see notable changes for the good each time, then the chances are that the game will be good when it is finally released. However, if the developers don’t
update often or even if they do, but every time they do you don’t notice anything happening or things are getting worse. Then you start to question the direction they are taking the game in.
Let’s be honest here, buying ANY Early Access game is a risk, as you’re buying an unfinished game, meaning that it can still change dramatically from the time you bought it to the time it’s released. When I first looked at Planet Explorers, I praised it a lot, and I still standby that praise, the game is very good and shows a lot of potential. The key word there was “potential” meaning that it’s not there yet but I can’t see any reason why it won’t get there. But I recently played the game again since I made a video on it and
was very disappointed to see that nothing had been updated, or at least nothing noticeable.
and just generally survive, but is that it? Because if it if, I’ve got to be honest and say, I’d rather play Minecraft.
In fact, the only change I noticed was that previously you had been given the option to use the mouse to move the camera or click and hold a button on the mouse to move the camera, has been removed??? The option is still in the settings, but doesn’t appear to work anymore?
The game looks awesome in terms of environment, with huge open plains, massive alien tree/structures and lots of beasties roaming around the place, but like I said, that appears to be it so far. And without much in the way of update improvements it’s hard to tell where this game is going. Is this going to be it or is there going to be more of a storyline? Are we going to explore other planets or just this one? Because if we are just going to explore this one, then improvements NEED to be made to keep people interested in playing it. You can’t just have it Minecraft style and leave people to their own devices, because like I have already said, I’d rather play Minecraft.
Planet Explorers is a kind of Minecraft (yes I know everything gets referred to as ‘like Minecraft’ nowadays) large world creation game. At the beginning of the story, you’re trying to land on a planet when your ship crash lands and you have to scavenge for supplies, chop down trees and dig for resources to craft things that you need, such as spades, buckets and weapons. But after that, your tasks get a bit blurry, you kind of left to your own devices, apart from odd jobs given to you by other crew members, it’s not really clear as to “what” you’re supposed to be doing? I’ve played a good few hours on this game and am still none the wiser as to what the finished game is going to entail. I know you have to build, gather supplies and resources
In its current state, and once you have got past the initial “this game looks cool, there is so much to explore” it quickly get boring, as so far (at least that I’ve seen) it’s just more of the same over and over. So in terms of whether I think this is a worthwhile purchase at the moment, I’ve got to say no. It still has all the potential that I mentioned in the original video, however, potential is not enough. We need
to be able to SEE improvements, and as yet, we have not. As always I will point out that this is an Early Access game and is as such not finished. But I still like to see a bit more coming out of the updates and for the love of god, please put the option to have the mouse move the
camera without clicking back in, made the whole experience that much more annoying! Thanks for taking the time to read this. If you enjoyed it, please take the time to check out our website and YouTube channels. Thank You!
The Sims 4 PC Simulation Electronic Arts September 2, 2014
Worlds of Magic PC RPG Wastelands Interactive September 18, 2014 [Early Access]
Gauntlet PC Action Warner Bros. Games September 3, 2014
Roundabout PC Action No Goblin September 18, 2014
Fable Anniversary PC RPG Microsoft September 12, 2014
Wasteland 2 PC RPG Deep Silver September 19, 2014
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution PC Fighting Bandai Namco Games September 2014
FIFA 15 PC Sports Electronic Arts September 26, 2014
Dark Souls II: Crown of the Ivory King PC Action , RPG Bandai Namco Games September 24, 2014
The Long Dark PC Action , Adventure Hinterland Studio September 2014
Fenix Rage PC Platformer Reverb Publishing September 24, 2014
Tulpa PC Puzzle Rising Star Games September 30, 2014
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad PC 1C Company September 28, 2014
Age of Empires: Castle Siege PC Strategy Not Available September 2014
StarDrive 2 PC Strategy Iceberg Interactive September 2014