GTA V Portal right here in J Veron's World!

So if you have been following the news for the past week, you would have noticed that One game took the limelight. GTA V, GTA Five whatever you call it. 

After the release of the second GTA trailer, gamers all around the world were hungry for more info, and Rockstar were happy to oblige. With the news that GTA V will feature 3 main characters, the map is going to be huge, demo of the first mission, GTA V was the talk of the town.

With so much info all over the internet, yours truly decided to do a GTA V Portal. A hub where you can find all information about the game. I will be putting up screenshots, trailers, links to news articles, previews and much more all on one page. Anything that you need to know about the game will be in there. You can come view the trailers over and over again, read the latest news, find more info about the game all there.

Why did I decide to do this? 
It's GTA! Even though I wasn't one of the fans that kept bugging Rockstar about GTA V, I wanted it badly. Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire, Max Payne 3 are fabulous games but GTA is in a league of it's own. 

This is also the first GTA game that I will be anticipating.. Wasn't really a gamer back in the PS2 era. I didn't really know what GTA is about until friends told me. GTA IV came out before I got a PS3. So GTA V will be the first GTA game that I will be looking forward to and get it on it's release. So thought of doing up a hub/portal for people just like me to get their fix.

Do check out the GTA V Portal here or click on the tab above. Do comment below or on that page and let me know what else you would like to see!

New but crappy PSN Store

What the fuck is wrong with the new PSN store?!!

I appreciate the new interface and all.. but it's incredibly laggy and keeps giving me error messages. Max Payne 3 was having a triple xp weekend just this past weekend and I decided to jump back into the oh-so-addictive Multiplayer yet again. 

And then I wanted to download the Hostage Negotiation DLC pack which was free since I had the Rockstar Season Pass but the stupid PSN store kept giving me the "error occured" message. What's up with that? And the loading between "add to cart" and accessing the cart itself takes ages! Isn't a new store supposed to speed things up?

These was after it kept giving me a blank screen whenever I logged into the PSN store..

It isn't all bad though.. I like the new Game Pages where you can access all content associated with a particular game. Accessing the Max Payne 3 page, I could find all trailers, DLC content, avatars, themes etc all in 1 page. Much more neater than the previous store where each category was in a different page and you had to go back to the main page to access it. 

But then again, it's not really easy to find the Game Pages of older games unless you use the search button. Even with that I couldn't find the AC: Brotherhood Game Page. Still needs lots of patching but in the long run, it will most likely be better than the old PSN store.

What do you guys think? Like the new one? Or still prefer the old one? Chat with me, comment below!

Assassins's Creed 3 Freedom Edition - Freedom Baby!

Finally the 1 edition that I was most excited for!

Though I bought 4 different CEs for Assassins Creed 3, the one I was most excited for, was the Freedom Edition.

Why? Firstly, for the Connor Statue that's included in it.. True the US Limited Edition also has the same statue but the PS3 game from the Freedom Edition is also the one I will be playing. It comes with the most DLC content plus I have been playing R2 discs for all the Assassin Creed games up till now. So just keeping with the trend...

Thanks to a friend in UK that I got to know on the Collectors Edition forums, he was the one who helped order the Freedom Edition as well as ship it to me. So when it finally arrived, I was very happy. So here it is..

Very cool-looking box. 

Once you take off the outer cover..you see the same design inside but without the PS3 logo and all the other necessities..

A little disappointed that the box wasn't made of hard plastic like the Assassin's Creed Revelations one, especially when they were advertising it as a "Collectors Box".

Another reason why I believe Collectors Edition boxes should be made in plastic..

Cardboard boxes won't survive shipping. It has happened over and over again.. and it will happen again. Unless factories and retailers take very special care when shipping the items, damages to CEs are going to happen. Problem is they won't.. (The guy who shipped it to me wasn't at fault, it was already damaged when he received it..)

Lucky I'm not too fussy about the original Collectors Edition boxes so damages don't bother me too much. I usually throw away the boxes cause they take too much space and aren't usually that awesome looking. (I see death stares...) 

But of course, seeing mint boxes arrive is always nice!

Ok so now you know that it's not really the box that I'm interested in.. let's see what's inside..

Surprise Surprise! The Game!

George Washington's Journal and a Bookmark

A Steel Book!

The Back

Don't really collect Steel Books but this looks pretty amazing! Was thinking of selling it off but I'm tempted to keep it now..

Lithographs!

Another collectible that I don't go buying are Lithographs but I got plenty of these from various Collectors Editions. Very nice..

And the most amazing item in the Freedom Edition..

The Connor Statue! This one is different from the previous Connor statue that I have. Both statues are made by different companies (but could be the exact same China factory worker!) but still have a similar feel and look to it. 

Both Connor Statues look good together and together with all the rest of the statues, they look amazing! I was too excited to place this guy in my display cabinet with the rest of the figures that I forgot to take a picture of it with the Flag attached but you can see a picture below with the rest of the items. 

With this Statue, my Assassin's Creed Statue Collection is now complete!

Freedom Edition with all contents..

Very nice Collector's Edition. Highlight for me was obviously the Connor Statue but the Steel Book and Lithographs would have probably excited other collectors as well. The George Washington's Journal was also a nice touch and the PS3 game with extra DLC content is always a plus.

GTA V Trailer

New GTA 5 Trailer



Fucking Awesome! That's all I have to say!

Actually I got more.. I'm planning to do a GTA V Portal page with all the GTA V information that I can find out there. Your one-stop fix for everything related to GTA V.. What do you think?

Connor the Hunter statue

One of the things that I bought to add to my collection for Assassin's Creed 3 was the Connor the Hunter statue. Yes there was already a different Connor statue in the Freedom Edition, which I also purchased, but how could I let up the chance to add yet another Assassin's Creed figure to my ever-growing collection.

So in it came..

Fantastic looking display box with a nice window display to see the statue inside.

But that's not going to deter me from opening the box..

Connor comes in this pose where he sits atop a tree branch aiming an arrow at possibly a templar or animal. Hunting is one of the activities that you can do in the latest Assassin's Creed 3 game and traversing trees is also an option.

A different pose compared to the standing poses chosen for the previous Assassin's Creed statues but it still fits well with the rest.

Connor also comes with a range of weapons that he will use in the game..

The weapons are nicely done. They don't look cheap and it doesn't feel like they are there for the sake of it. All weapons are finely detailed and nicely painted. The bow 'string' is made of a real nylon string from the looks of it so it feels and looks real.You can also remove it from his hands, but no real purpose in that.

The only flaw in the figure I received was the arrow..

The material used to make the bow is bendable and it seems the top part of the arrow wasn't stretched out straight before it was glued so it looks bent now. 

You can have the best sculptors doing the original statue but if the bloody China worker in the factory screws it up, then you are fucked!

Other than that, this figurine is awesome, much more detailed than the previous Ezio and Altair statues but still fits in well if you display them altogether. 

Now just waiting for the Freedom Edition to arrive with the other Connor figure and my Assassin's Creed Figure collection will be complete!

The last image a Templar sees before he hits the ground..

More images below..

J Veron's World Updates - 09 November 2012

Ok Status Check!

I bought a whole load of things related to Assassin's Creed, especially Assassin's Creed 3. Some of which have arrived while others haven't.

So just a list of things that I have already received and opened as well as stuff that you can expect to see in the near future.

Assassin's Creed 3 Ubiworkshop Edition (Arrived!)
Assassin's Creed 3 Tomahawk Replica (Press Version) + Altair Crouching Figure (Arrived!)
Assassin's Creed 3 Connor the Hunter Statue (Arrived!)
Assassin's Creed 3 Join or Die Edition
Assassin's Creed 3 Freedom Edition
Assassin's Creed 3 US Limited Edition
Assassin's Creed 3 Collectors' Guide + Other video game books

Hmm.. can't think of anymore.

3 parcels received.. All without any problems except the Great Ubiworkshop Swap. So quite happy with that..

4 more to arrive. The Collector's Guide and other books from Amazon won't arrive anytime soon as I chose the cheaper shipping option. Estimated delivery is Dec 13 2012.. Wait what?! Dec 13?! I can cycle to Amazon's warehouse, pick it up and come back to Singapore faster than that! Oh well.. pays to be cheap. But there shouldn't be any problems with orders from Amazon..

Freedom Edition was shipped out by a friend from UK few days back and tracking shows it should arrive today! Hell yea! Can't wait to get home after work!

US Limited Edition was due to arrive yesterday at my local retailer but still no news as of now. I have still have to make time to go pick it up.

But I'm a little worried about the Join or Die edition from JB Hi-Fi in Australia. Shipped out on 29 Oct but still no sign of it. They didn't have a tracking option so I have no clue where it is now.. Hoping for the best..

So if the Freedom Edition does indeed arrive today, pics will be up soon after. And yea I still have yet to put up pics of the Connor the Hunter statue.. Here's one I took on Instagram for now..

Mortal Kombat Gangnam Style and MK Movie

Fine.. Fine! I know I promised no more Gangnam Style videos on here any more but how often do we keep to our promises.. Besides I couldn't resist..


Oh god.. It's gonna take a while before I play Mortal Kombat again.. I'll need to wipe this horrific memory off my head.. I don't want to remember this video while I'm playing Mortal Kombat..

In other normal MK news..


Hope the movie's good. The first 2 movies had cheesy lines but still awesome.

The Mortal Kombat Legacy webseries had better acting and lines but were missing the costumes, probably due to the low budget. But a Mortal Kombat movie will need costumes and make-up to work. If I'm not wrong, Michael Jai White and Jeri Ryan(among others) will be cast as Jax and Sonya respectively. Cool! But when I watch the MK movie, I want to see Jax and Sonya Blade, not the actors.

I remember there was a Street Fighter movie sometime back, Street Fighter: Legend of Chun Li. Had a pretty good cast of actors but the costumes and make-up were bad, almost none! It looked more like a kungfu movie rather than a Street Fighter movie!

So hoping to see good use of costumes and make-up in the MK movie so that we can actually easily recognise the Mortal Kombat characters. Shouldn't be too hard to make.. I see MK costumes all over the place.. If it's too hard, just go find the guys in the Mortal Kombat gangnam style video above!