Thoughts on GTA:V Launch

I posted a few months back >here< I posted some comments on the delay of GTA:V. I made some guesses (some might say attempted predictions) as to the outcome of the delay on GTA:V on the sales numbers.

Well, the figures are in, and the figures are huge. According to The Huffington Post, the game mae over a billion dollars in sales in the first few days, the highest sales figures to date, blowing even World of Warcraft and Call of Duty: Black Op's out of the water.

GTA has always been a popular series with the gaming masses, but I am curious as to just how much having the game delayed and letting the hype build made. The local 'GAME' store here had a midnight launch for the game, and by gawd... people cued for a good hundred meters around the high street. The ultimate irony is there was a Tesco express across the road where some people just walked in after midnight and picked it up immediately. No two hours of queuing for them. Mind you, its the experience I recon people do that for. The pure nerding geekgasm of it all :p

I also noticed claims when browsing from an analyst claiming that the games sales were very front loaded, and that we can expect a sharper than normal decline in the sales figures post release. Whilst this is technically bound to be true, the more of the buying population that have it, the less there are available to purchase it, they forget one thing: New console sales in 2 months time. I don't know about you, but I held off buying in favour of buying it once for the next gen of consoles that will be launched. I done the same thing with GTA IV myself, but my consoles blu ray drive has stopped working.

Anyway, just my little waffle :-)
-V

Long time no post.

So yeah, Aside from yesterdays little review of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, it has been quite some time since I have posted. Long story short: Uni and work and life have gotten in the way. I have not even got to play any more recent games. I am HOPING that when the next gen of consoles come out, that I will be getting my hands on GTA:V and The Last Of Us, and whilst I am at it, I will likely be doing let's plays of them if I can set up the system. Also - Avengers 2, Thor 2 - you know the shibbang. They will be getting the crap watched out of them :-) Follow follow follow if you wish to keep informed :)

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D mini review.

Welcome to my little splurge/revied of AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D... and a slightly drunken review at that.

So, Agents of SHIELD (yes, I'm gonna skip the dots...) had it's first airing here in the UK tonight. I figured it has been a while since I had a nice geek out, and felt the urge to post. Warning, thar be spoilers herein.

I am usually skeptical when it comes to new T.V Series, etc, that others are raving on, so I made sure to get in here early to make sure I could form my own opinions before being spammed with others through social media platforms.

And what do I think I hear you ask as your disembodied inner self asks as you read?

I thought it was great, and has good potential. I had a small geekgasm as the cast started rolling in (Missed the credits). It is like a sexy blend of all my favourite sci-fi genres and some fantastic movies. For example, I am watching and BAM. Ron Glass. Aka Sheperd Book from Firefly. Not seen him in anything since - hell I thought at one point that he was dead :s. Next up: Ming Na. Now known as Ming Na Wenn. She was in Stargate Universe and Battlestar Galactica. Next up was Aunt Robyn from how I met your mother (Cobie Smulders). Of course, the biggest star of all that cannot be overlooked: Joss Whedon, along with his sense of humour. A little less punchy than in The Avengers admittedly, but there is a lot of writing.

As can be expected, it is a TV series as opposed to a movie, so there is a much smaller budger, but I have to say, aside from some of the camera work and special effects, there is not a lot of evidence. Much of the cast from The Avengers is present, aside from the big screen names and the big heroes, but I suspect as the series progresses they will find cameos for the original actors. (I will be disappointed if they use different actors.)

My final comment to make is the plot. Just the right level of cheesiness in the names and themes used, but some fantastic tie ins to the other movies, including The Avengers (Naturally) and Iron Man 3. Fingers crossed it holds up! The first episode in these things is always a little rushed and less detailed than the rest of the series, so we shall see!

Keep an eye out for the cross genre slip... "With great power comes great... stuff!"

Go watch, enjoy, I can't wait for the next episode.

Thanks for reading
-V