Monday, 28 October 2013

Brand New Segment, App Review

Hey Block Orcs, for this post I will be releasing the App review, it basically works like the game reviews except for its about App for iPods iPads and iPhones.
You can also comment on a game app that you want me to review, just make sure it's relatively sensible. The first app's I will be reviewing will be Angry Birds. Anyway thanks for reading, I will see you Doodz later

Sunday, 27 October 2013

Spore Review

Creation DetailSpore is an extremely creative game where the player creates there own race, creature, building or vehicle. You can buy a few expansions for the game, Creepy and Cute, Robot parts and Galactic Adventures. Spore has one down fall though, its creators show no interest in updating or improving Spore in any way, choosing to simply leave Spore as it is. Despite this Spore is very fun and easy to play, probably not a game for first timers though. Apart from the game itself its forum and community are amazing and friendly, especially on the Sporum (Spore Forum) which I am a part of myself. Although the Sporum also needs a bit of work it is easy to use and there are some cool contests on it (Build offs, creature making...) I do find that while creating the restrictions are annoying, as you can only place a certain amount of parts on one creature even
when your not playing on a world, just creating with the Create option. I played Spore and no other game for about two years and now my computer refuses to run it, I would still be on the forums but I forgot my password. \*_*/  Overall Review; Spore needs some work which probably wont happen. Spore has an amazing community. Spore is also very fun to mess around with and I would recommend it to about an audience of Nine to Twenty-five. That's it for this review, I hope this was useful to you and I will see you later!
PS: The images on the left is one of my Spore creations, the Rinuhawk
-Tulak the Block Orc

Saturday, 26 October 2013

Cube World Review

Cube World is a Voxel Base games which was inspired by Zelda, Minecraft and a dozen other games. You have some freedom in this games and it is similar to Minecraft in more then one way but it is definitely more restricting then Minecraft as crafting is very minimal, among other things. You start out by creating a character, this is also more restricting then Minecraft since you have to pick a race and you can't change it like you can with Minecraft skins, without mods anyway. Although the games base is extremely complicated (As most bases of games are) the controls are fairly simple once you learn them. Overall I find the game very fun and I would highly advise it to a slightly older audience then Minecraft as it is more set on Quests and Challenges. Although Cube World is still in Alpha it is already extremely complicated and has Online Multiplayer set up, although there are quite a few glitches and it is fairly easy to Hack. On the left you see a picture of one of the races, The Orc, which was my inspiration for my latest Minecraft skin which inspired Block Orc, is one of the races you can pick. There is also a Human, an Elf, a Frog, an Undead, a Goblin and a Dwarf.One of the many things they are working on is the creation of more playable races, the latest example of this is the Undead playable race, which was added recently. So far there hasn't been an update since July but it is still very fun despite that. Overall Thoughts: Although it needs a bit of work Cube World is an extremely fun game, I would highly recommend it and the Creators are really good at what they do and at answering questions.
Ok Doodz that's it for this review, don't forget to leave a comment and follow me by Email if you found this useful in anyway and I will see you later!
-Tulak The Block Orc

Friday, 25 October 2013

Minecraft 1.7 News

Minecraft 1.7 was released the other day and now we are up to 1.7.2! Although its only a pre-release it is still a really fun thing to mess around with. 1.7 has added I believe the most new things for quite a few updates. 1.7 has added these features and bug fixes that I find the more interesting;

A ton of new biomes have been added such as the clay biome.

Along with the new biomes new blocks have been added and two new tree types.

You can now catch different types of fish, pufferfish, salmon...

Along with the new woods they have added new stairs and slabs to match.

The following blocks have been added; Stained Glass (all colours), Red Sand, Packed Ice, There are now Thirteen different types of flowers

Two new enchant books for tools, Luck of The Sea and Lure.

That's all the updates I can think of, this list may be updated so make sure to look out for that!
And I will see you Doodz Later!
-Tulak The Block Orc


Minecraft Review


Minecraft is a game that relies slightly too much on the imagination of the player. It has other aspects but you really do need a good imagination to play it, apart from this I would highly recommend the game but mainly towards the younger readers as when young most people have a large imagination. Even if your imagination isn't too good there are certain aspects that you may find enjoyable, such as the survival factor. I find when playing a survival game on Easy is slightly too easy but still holds some challenge. The fact that you build and craft and battle are three things in the game which make it good. The one thing that I enjoy (personally) is going on servers, discussing different things and playing games, just doing a multiplayer survival game or making a PVP arena and seeing who is a better fighter. With swords and bows being the only weapons it can get kind of boring fighting with these common weapons that you read about or use on other games. The mods for this game really do help add a different feel to the game. There are a few mods that I will review later such as Mo' Creatures or The Helicopter mod that just add a bit of fun to playing, like adding different things to make, different enemies and peaceful mobs. Although some people who play a range of fighting games would think that Minecraft is too easy or boring for them, it might just be that as they are used to playing games where you don't need an imagination, where the graphics are amazing and it's already imagined for you. Minecraft adds the feel that you can create your own world and not just use ones other people have created (although you do have that option with adventure maps). Over all I would recommend this game but to a younger audience and/ or someone that hasn't played to many different games as these may by games that do not require imagination.

That's it for this review I hope this was informative and I will see you guys later!
-Tulak AKA Block Orc

Thursday, 24 October 2013

First Post On My Gaming Blog!

Hey Guys, this is my first post on my new Gaming Blog, Block Orc's! This post is mainly about what I will be posting on this blog. I will be posting game reviews, at least 1 every 1-2 weeks. My first review will be up soon as soon as I finish it. Anyway until next time. Bye Doodz!
-Tulak AKA Block Orc