Swing Copters

 The mobile game market has skyrocketed in the past couple of years.  There have been many popular games like Angry Birds, Clash of Clans and more.  One of the most popular and infamous is Flappy Bird...which I will not be talking about today.  Instead, I will be talking about another game made by the creators of Flappy Bird, Swing Copters.  Is it as frustrating as it's more popular older brother, or not.  Let's dive right into Swing Copters.

There is no story.  You're just some guy with a propeller hat that flies through girders with random hammers on them.  There's no story until the Youtube channel, Lore gets on it.

There are some positives to the game, like Flappy Bird, Swing Copters is incredibly addictive.  You want to keep playing the game over and over again.  It's an aspect that makes many apps popular today.  Although, I wouldn't get hooked on the game a lot like those crazy people that get into the thousands.  Overall, pretty addictive.

There are negatives as well.  First off, I want to point out that a lot of people bash Flappy Bird for it's difficulty, honestly I think it's a good level of difficulty that is sort of like classic N.E.S. difficulty.  Swing Copters is a bit overboard with it's difficulty.  For starters, it takes a bit of getting used to the controls.  Second, the hammers are bit too much.  It's already hard to use the controls at the start, and now you throw in hammers to torture us.  Also, the hammers will be off screen sometimes and you can't see them, so you'll be doing good and them hidden hammer comes in.  When you get used to the controls it gets easier, but that's due to getting good at the game, at the start, it's annoying with the hammers.

Overall, Swing Copters is a challenging game.  It is entertaining for the challenge and for those people that love games that torture you like Cat Mario for example, but other than that it's a tad bit frustrating.  Thanks for reading, and remember to keep ranting n' raving.

Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

 Star Wars is one of the biggest science fiction franchises out there along with Star Trek and Doctor Who.  With a franchise this big, it seems right to make video games involving Star Wars.  One of the video games was Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy.  This was one of many games in the Jedi Knight game series.  I can talk about the other games later, but now, let's dive into Jedi Academy.

You play as Jaden Korr, a new student at the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4.  While on your flight to the Academy you meet Rosh Penin, an pain in the butt who becomes your friend.  Suddenly, the ship crashes on Yavin 4, the cause was due to an evil sith cult called the cult of Ragnos.  Their goal is to bring back an ancient sith lord named Marka Ragnos.  So it's up to Jaden to defeat the cult and get stronger as a jedi, and ring peace to the galaxy.

Let's look at the positives:  First off, I like the creativity with customizing your character.  Jaden can be a boy or a girl like most games, but you can also change what species he'll be.  He could be human, or alien.  Not only can you customize Jaden, but you can also customize your light saber.  You get a basic custom light saber at first, but later on you can give yourself two light sabers or a staff light saber like the one Darth Maul had.  You can also learn many force powers, before a mission starts, you can select which force move you'd like to learn.  You have core moves like force push and pull, but you can learn force moves from the light side, like mind tricks, healing, and absorbing force moves used on you, or you can learn moves from the dark side, like lighting, choke, or draining the health of an opponent to restore your health.  You can also select what blasters you'd like to bring.  The combat is nice and as well.  You go into a third person perspective when using a light saber, and then go into a first person perspective when using a blaster.  The game has great customization.

There are negatives however:  First off, there are some glitches that you will notice when playing.  Also, there is one part of the game that decides if you will be a part of the light side or the dark side, this is a good idea, but it would have been more interesting if you can have moments like this throughout the game.  For example, if you kill innocent people it will influence you to the dark side, and the opposite if you do what's right.  Just a nitpick, but it would be cooler if I had more decision.

Overall, Jedi Academy, is a fun game for Star Wars fans, fans of the Jedi Knight series, and gamers alike.  I recommend the PC version of the game.  With talk about episode seven coming out later next year, I hope it will be better than the prequel movies.  Thanks for reading, and remember to keep ranting n' raving.