What the hell is a Burnt's Quickie?

A Burnt's Quickie is a quick review by Burnt Crust. By determening the expression of his face, you can tell how he likes or dislikes the game. It is also followed by a one to three sentences review. Expect this for every review for the lazy people who don't like reading that much can just scroll down and look at the quickie.

Here is how the face criteria goes...


= 0.0-3.5=Trash

= 4.0-5.5=They Tried

= 6.0-7.5=Aight at Best

= 8.0-8.5=Pretty Good

= 9.0-9.5=Must Buy

= 10.0=Instant Classic

Guitar Hero III Review

(PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, PC, Mac)
Released: 10/28/07 (US)
Rated T

Guitar Hero III is the sequel to the highly sold Guitar Hero II. Funny thing is that this one is developed by Neversoft, the people who brought you Tony Hawk. While this one might not be by Harmonix, Neversoft totally nails the trick. Guitar Hero III will make you feel like that you are playing a Harmonix game.

One problem with Guitar Hero II was, that the playlist wasn't as strong as the first game. The songs did indeed get boring after a while. So did Guitar Hero III fix the problem? Sort of. The playlist in GH III is much better than II's but they do get less fun to play.

There are many new things GH III has that II doesn't. One gripe people had about II was that you couldn't play Co-op Career mode. Well now GH III has it. This makes the game fun to play with your friends. There's also new characters in the game as well as the old ones. And for the first time ever, online.

Online play was one big thing announced for GH III. It was interesting at first, but I lost interest fast. The online mode is great and all, but it was very hard for me to find a match. Then when you find one, you fight one of the greatest GH players and lose horribly. Still it's a awesome mode added for GH fans and it runs smooth.

The gameplay is the same from the other GH games, but they added Boss Battles to somewhat change the gameplay. Throughout career mode, you will fight guitarists, such as Slash. The gameplay still is the same, but they add these little traps for the other player. Think of Mario Kart, where you get a red shell and mess up the other player. Well it's kind of like that. If you strum all the notes right, you will get a power that you can throw at the opponent. Like a string cutter that will make one of your opponent's guitar strings useless and he/she will have to jam on that button to make it work. Boss battles are interesting at first, but they are nothing special.

Guitar Hero III is still a good game, but if you can't handle hard mode and will not have time to be good at it, I suggest you just goto a friends house and play it. But if you 5 stared almost every song on expert and you are hungry for more Guitar Hero, then this is the game for you.

Final Score: 8.5
Pretty Good

~MoeShiznit

Burnt's Quickie
"Welcome to the Jungle, this game ain't fun to play!"

Welcome to the new Tri-force headquarters

I decided to move the site to a blogger so people can leave their comments without signing in to Clickcaster. Now clickcaster is cool and all, but its not for blogging. So now the podcasts are at Clickcaster and the previews and reviews are at http://triforcepodcast.blogspot.com/.

Now you don't have to goto clickcaster to get our podcast, we will post Podtrac links here and downloads.

Also sorry about the delay of Episode 9 of the Triforce podcast, I had to finish my motion picture, Halowulf. A 23 min epic'/commedy based on the epic poem Beowulf. You can check out Halowulf here....

Veoh
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1404078R2gWJSt8

Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgwSbR2CPp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArUvq7VLuqM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRRlJX8ktE0

Myspace tv
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=21294701

As for Episode 9, it might come out today or tommorow. So please be patient!

Listen to episode 8 if you didn't already.

~MoeShiznit

Yaris Review

(Xbox Live Arcade)
Released: 10/10/07
Rated: E

Ladies and gentleman, Yaris Sucks, and shouldn't even be purchased even with its free price tag. This game feels like your old high school days when you were a freshman, and all the cool senior kids gave you a swirly . Yup son, this game can bring back some of your not-so-glory-days back to a reality because this game is covered with toilet shit stains. I'm sorry for my language, but who gives a fuck when your reviewing a game like Yaris. You control some car, with an alien looking thing sticking out of the roof of the car that can shoot tiny balls of crap, So your driving around a plain looking track shooting targets for points trying to get the highest score ( "which no one would beat because no one would play this game") and thats it.

~Burnt Crust

Final Score: 2.5/10
Trash
Burnt's Quickie
"Read Above"---------------------------^

Portal Review

(Xbox 360, PC)
Released: 10/9/07
Rated T-M

Portal is a first person puzzle game developed by Valve, the makers of Half Life. When Portal was first shown, I was impressed with Valve's new invention, the portal gun. Now the game is out and available in The Orange Box or on Steam.

The gameplay of Portal is very simple, but challenging. The game consists of 19 chambers of crazy portal action. The only weapon in the game is the Portal Gun which progresses you through the game. The Portal Gun can shoot out two portals and it can grab items, but can't shoot it like the gravity gun in Half Life 2.

The controls are easy to learn and very responsive, you just have to time your jumps right. All you need is the left and right triggers, and a jump button. You don't have to be a FPS nut to play this game, beginners are welcome.

All in all, Portal is a amazing game with a satisfying twist. You can finish the game in about 3-5 hours. Completing the puzzles will make you feel satisfied, also the ending of Portal is worth beating the game for. It's a short game but it does contain some replay value with adding advance mode portal puzzles and other time challenges. Of course if you own the PC version, you can download community maps made by the people.

For the price of $19.99 on Steam, its pretty good, but I suggest getting the whole Orange Box Package. Portal does a very good job being its own game and sucking you in the challenging and innovative experience.

~Moe Shiznit

Final Score: 8.5/10
Pretty Good

Burnt's Quickie-
"Portal your ass to the store and buy Portal!"

Our Rating System

The rating system of the Tri-force is pretty simple. We go by .5 increments, so for example...

0.0-3.0=Trash
4.0-5.5=They Tried
6.0-7.5=Aight at Best
8.0-8.5=Pretty Good
9.0-9.5=Must Buy
10.0=Instant Classic

NBA 2k8 Review

(Xbox 360, PS3)
Released: 10/2/07
Rated: E

Gameplay-This year, they have added a 'great new feature' which is lock on D. I have said before that I like the concept of Lock on D, but not exactly how they decided to implement it. It does at times feel like it's too easy to play defense, especially offline. Then, of course, they have the cellphone bars and so-called hot spots. Which work well in theory, but I've still seen people make a lot of shots that they shouldn't have made. They've definitely taken this 'wide open shooting' thing a little too far.

The post up game is way too powerful this year. The drop step spin move is still impossible to stop and it takes forever for the computer to realize you should be double teamed, like at least 25 points from one player. It does feel like there's more of a battle in the post, but it doesn't matter because in the end the shot you flip up is probably going to go in. Either that or you're just going to dunk it. Although, the pump fake inside is a huge plus.

I absolutely love the new isomotion. For once, it feels realistic. I don't see where people say it's sluggish because it, to me, is very responsive you just have to have a plan when you dribble and not just swing the stick around while you hold turbo. You have to pull off a pretty sick move to get into the lane when the computer is guarding you.

They improved the rebounding, which is great. It feels like you are actually rewarded for boxing out, and the foot planting system is a great idea, too. Although I don't believe that they are planting their feet every time. Apparently, there is no foot planting on dunks.

The new get open feature and 'run the play' feature are both good for people who don't want to memorize plays.

This game really shines is animations, all of which, to me, look like real life. The foot planting system really helps here, too. I actually feel like I'm watching a real game at times. The players' interaction with each other is great as well. High-fives, helping people up, and I swear I've even seen people step to someone after making a shot on them. There are still problems, though, like which animations trigger when. I've had a few instances of Durant pulling a Kobe and sucker punching his defender after he made a shot because he was trying to do the fist pump with someone in front of him. Overall, I like the graphics but still needs to improve the player models.

Online Play: This is where we've seen the most improvements. Unfortunately, there is still a long ways to go in this aspect as well. The dunk as a scoring option is still an over powerful weapon, as is the post game. The double team effectiveness is a good idea, but, again, it's poorly implemented. Lock on D shines online, but I have still met people that could get by me with a superstar. THE SUPERSTARS ARE SUPERHUMAN. I can see one or two crazy dunks, but over and over again, come on!

In summary, 2k made a great game this year, but at times it does feel rushed. It is missing a lot of features and that is unacceptable but it’s still the best basketball game on the market.

~Mr. Striker

Final Score: 8.5/10
Pretty Good

Burnt's Quickie
"Razzle Dazzle he's on fire!" This game is HOT!
"Razzle Dazzle he's on fire!" This game is HOT!