Month: August 2012

Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes


Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Complete! It takes roughly 20-30 hours to get the 1,000 gamerscore. Not too difficult and features the standard achievement list found in most Lego games of the past.



It’s probably the best Lego game on the machine, but I’m a little burnt on Lego games since I’ve played them all except for Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars.

What’s changed from the 1st Lego Batman?

Open World of Gotham City (not a ton to do in the open world, but it’s where you will find the majority of the gold bricks, animal riding, carnival games, helicopter and boat checkpoint races)

First Lego game where the characters have voices (very well done, I might add)

Features a ton of DC characters not found in the Batman series.

Superman absolutely steals the show since he is just awesome to use (flight, heat vision, superhuman breath, X-Ray Vision and superhuman Strength) and the Superman theme song is played every time you fly in the open world hub, which made me smile every time. Superman and the other characters that have the gift of flight make the helicopters pointless.

A lot to collect: 150 Minikits, 250 gold bricks, and 50 civilians.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10
It’s a must have for Lego fans and probably the best Lego game made to date.

The Expendables 2 Game MINI-REVIEW



The Expendables 2 complete! This XBLA game takes roughly 10 hours to complete. It costs 1200MSP and comes with a total of 21 achievements and 400 gamerscore to be had. 

Note: You have to fully complete the game twice since the difficulties DO NOT stack.


I bought this game for a few reasons:


1) A friend asked me to play co-op with him (it features 4-player coop, which in most cases, is a great thing.)
2) It has Sly Stallone in it!
3) 400 Gamerscore
I went into this game 100% blind to what it was going to look or play like. It’s just so bad that it’s hard to express in words that are not the four-letter variety, ESPECIALLY for the asking price of $15! But I’ll try my best.

Expendables 2 is the least interesting hybrid of a twin stick shooter/Light gun -like sequences of fail on the Xbox 360. More so a twin stick shooter but, hell, it might be the only hybrid of the sort, and I pray it stays that way.  The Light Gun sequences of fail are exactly that, FAIL, to the 9th power!! You’re stuck with aiming a reticule around on the screen with your CONTORLLER while on rails or a set pathway. I don’t even think you can die during these sections, and there are quite a few of them thrown into the mix for bad measure. The only possible way it could have been worse is if they tried to tack on Kinect Support. I really don’t think I could have handled that on an emotional level.

Note to developers: Light Gun games SUCK without a light gun. Peanut Butter and Jelly is good, but not exactly desirable when the P or the J is missing in action. Make a game for a controller. Cool! Great! Make a game for Kinect. Yes! Exercise! Make a game that supports a Light Gun. Awesome! Light guns rock!! But damn you for designing a game and a good portion of its gameplay to work with a controller type that is not even the best option for the gameplay you created. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???? I’ll never understand this type of decision.
Gameplay is dung, graphics are crap, abilities/power-ups=super crap, voice acting is super-mega crapola on a stick! (Sly doesn’t even voice his character *RAGE MODE ACTIVATED*) It had some potential but it was clearly slapped together to coincide with the release of the movie….without any regard for a smidgen of quality control.
I really wanted to like and support this game since I’m a big Stallone fan, but I cannot recommend this heap of vile to anyone.


Not even to those just looking to blow shit up.


Save your money and go watch the movie instead. That’s most definitely cheaper IF you don’t buy concessions.

Rating: 3/10
Expendable as can be.

The Expendables 2 Game MINI-REVIEW



The Expendables 2 complete! This XBLA game takes roughly 10 hours to complete. It costs 1200MSP and comes with a total of 21 achievements and 400 gamerscore to be had. 

Note: You have to fully complete the game twice since the difficulties DO NOT stack.


I bought this game for a few reasons:


1) A friend asked me to play co-op with him (it features 4-player coop, which in most cases, is a great thing.)
2) It has Sly Stallone in it!
3) 400 Gamerscore
I went into this game 100% blind to what it was going to look or play like. It’s just so bad that it’s hard to express in words that are not the four-letter variety, ESPECIALLY for the asking price of $15! But I’ll try my best.

Expendables 2 is the least interesting hybrid of a twin stick shooter/Light gun -like sequences of fail on the Xbox 360. More so a twin stick shooter but, hell, it might be the only hybrid of the sort, and I pray it stays that way.  The Light Gun sequences of fail are exactly that, FAIL, to the 9th power!! You’re stuck with aiming a reticule around on the screen with your CONTORLLER while on rails or a set pathway. I don’t even think you can die during these sections, and there are quite a few of them thrown into the mix for bad measure. The only possible way it could have been worse is if they tried to tack on Kinect Support. I really don’t think I could have handled that on an emotional level.

Note to developers: Light Gun games SUCK without a light gun. Peanut Butter and Jelly is good, but not exactly desirable when the P or the J is missing in action. Make a game for a controller. Cool! Great! Make a game for Kinect. Yes! Exercise! Make a game that supports a Light Gun. Awesome! Light guns rock!! But damn you for designing a game and a good portion of its gameplay to work with a controller type that is not even the best option for the gameplay you created. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY???? I’ll never understand this type of decision.
Gameplay is dung, graphics are crap, abilities/power-ups=super crap, voice acting is super-mega crapola on a stick! (Sly doesn’t even voice his character *RAGE MODE ACTIVATED*) It had some potential but it was clearly slapped together to coincide with the release of the movie….without any regard for a smidgen of quality control.
I really wanted to like and support this game since I’m a big Stallone fan, but I cannot recommend this heap of vile to anyone.


Not even to those just looking to blow shit up.


Save your money and go watch the movie instead. That’s most definitely cheaper IF you don’t buy concessions.

Rating: 3/10
Expendable as can be.

Gamerscore Popcast – Episode 54

Appearing on this show: Stallion83, Pigimus Prime, Omega Deez, and Rand al Thor 19

  • Gaming Highlights and Low Lights of the week: Darksiders 2, Disney’s Brave, Skyrim, Divinity II, Shadows of the Damned, World Gone Sour and more.
  • News, Rumors and New Releases: 
  • Listener Challenge:  This week it’s Team Listeners vs Team Popcast.  Enter for the next round of ” The Listener Challenge” and beyond on our Facebook Page by entering your gamertag anywhere on the wall. All gamertags submitted will stay entered in the random drawing for a to-be-determined period of time.
  • Listener Questions
  • Week to week scoring
  • Bloopers

Call (424) 256-6512 to leave us a message with your questions, suggestions, comments or just a shout out. Or send us an email at: GSpopcast@gmail.com

Download Link: The Gamerscore Popcast – Episode #54 (right click to save as)

Subscribe: iTunes – Zune – RSS


Gamerscore Popcast – Episode 54

Appearing on this show: Stallion83, Pigimus Prime, Omega Deez, and Rand al Thor 19

  • Gaming Highlights and Low Lights of the week: Darksiders 2, Disney’s Brave, Skyrim, Divinity II, Shadows of the Damned, World Gone Sour and more.
  • News, Rumors and New Releases: 
  • Listener Challenge:  This week it’s Team Listeners vs Team Popcast.  Enter for the next round of ” The Listener Challenge” and beyond on our Facebook Page by entering your gamertag anywhere on the wall. All gamertags submitted will stay entered in the random drawing for a to-be-determined period of time.
  • Listener Questions
  • Week to week scoring
  • Bloopers

Call (424) 256-6512 to leave us a message with your questions, suggestions, comments or just a shout out. Or send us an email at: GSpopcast@gmail.com

Download Link: The Gamerscore Popcast – Episode #54 (right click to save as)

Subscribe: iTunes – Zune – RSS


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