Skylanders Giants: Eye Brawl

Hello Portal Masters,

As a first Skylanders Abilities I added Eye-Brawl.

So if you wanna have a look at Eye-Brawls upgrade options, go to his article.

Let me know in the comments, who you wanna see next!

CU soon!

Charon

Skylanders Giants: Upgrade Paths and Wow Pows!

Dear Portal Masters,

I will from now on the Upgrade Paths and Wow Pows of each Skylander.

Since it is a lot of typing, I will not add them all at once, but at least one a day.

I will post when a new one is added!

So keep checking :)

Charon

Skylander Giants: First Impressions

Hello Portal Masters,

so on Friday the 19th of October, the long wait for me was over and I got to open my Skylanders Giants game and some characters.
For those who are interesested I got a lot (please note, I already work, so I am able to spend money on this kind of things! Don't get upset if you don't get as many characters. I do not have a family so if you parents do not buy you EVERY Skylander, it does not mean they do not love you... Money is a limited thing, and there are soooo much more important things than Skylanders... but now let's get back to what this is all about).

Giants:
Tree Rex (Starter Pack)
Bouncer
Crusher
Swarm

Lightcore:
Prism Break
Drobot
Eruptor

New Skylanders:
Chill (Triple Pack)
Fright Rider
Pop Fizz (Triple Pack)
Shroomboom (Battle Pack)
Jet-Vac(Starter Pack)

Series 2:
Whirlwind (Triple Pack)
Trigger Happy (Triple Pack)
Zook (Triple Pack)
Eruptor (Triple Pack)
Chop Chop (Battle Pack)
Cynder (Starter Pack)

The reason I bought the starter pack (PS3) is easy: I wanted a Portal without bateries and Jet-Vac.

Now I will review the game and the characters I got.

Review: Skylanders Giants

I love the game! The characters and the story are lovely.
The gameplay is a lot of fun.
Compared to Spyro's adventure it has all the benefits of the first game, but some great improvements.
I will make a short list of Pros and Cons:

Pros:
The Giants add a really cool new element.
The difficulty settings make the game really difficult (I play on hard and it is really tricky!)
It is trickier to solve all the levels completely (I still have only made it to three stars in the first level)
I love the quests for each Skylander.
The heroic challenges seems more versatile.
I love the new arena challenges, although they are quiet tough.
I like that the Skylanders speak now, gives them more personality.

Cons:
There could be more levels.
I would love them to get into the backstories of the characters more (they have nice stories, why not use them in the game...)
no heroice challenges for Series 1 (but at least they get to do the quests)

I have play a few levels so far (about 6) and they were all nice and a lot of fun plus great design, so I was very pleased with that.

So, for me the game is a great game with lots of things to explore.

Characters:

I have not used any Series 2 yet, so I cannot say much, but I will post the wow pows soon.
The same about Light Core, but I want to say one thing:
Lightcore Drobot is a JOKE! His Lightcore is just a little bit on his back. Compared to Prism Break or Eruptor it is horrible and borring. Sorry.

The Giants:

Tree Rex: He looks a little boring without the light, but when his eyes glow he is awesome.
Playwise, he is not my favourite Giants, but still alright.
Since everyone has to get him, he is fine.
I have not chosen his upgrade path yet (but I have to now) (oh, another thing I really have to post here soon!)

Bouncer: I like Bouncer. He is not my favourite but he is a nice shooter. Out of the four Giants I have he and Tree Rex a probably my least favourite, but I still like him. And as all the Giants, his light up figure looks quiet cool.

Crusher: I liked Crusher from the begining, although he is slow and sometimes a good target for the other monsters. His toy is massive and really cool.

Swarm: The suprise for me, since he is really fun to play and his upgrade path for the swarm form looks like fun (have to chosen any paths yet, but will keep you updated). His toy is nice, although probably my least favourite light up effect of the giants (still much better than Drobot and even Eruptor).

So, if someone would like to buy one Giant (apart from Tree Rex), I would probably recommend Swarm because Crusher is a little similar to Tree Rex playwise.

The new Characters:

Pop Fizz: I love Pop Fizz but I already know that it will be very difficult for me to decide which path to take with him (but since there will be a Light Core One, I can manage :)).

Jet-Vac: Of the new ones, probably my least favourite (close to Shroomboom). Don't get me wrong, I like both of them and I think all new Characters have a lot to offer, but not a fun for me to play as the others.

Shroomboom: He is a nice little mushroom, but I tend to play other characters more. I still try to get him upgraded to really judge him as soon as he is done.

Fright Rider: I love his looks and the concept, so I enjoy him and cannot judge him. I don't think his skills are overly inovative, but I like this one soooo much that I do not care.

Chill: I think she is really strong. Pushing the blocks does a descent amount of damage, so I like her. But I am happy that the lightcore will spare me from only getting one upgrade path :)

So, for Players of the old game who want something new, I would definetely recomend Pop Fizz or Chill.

So, I hope my first overview of the game helped some of you.

I will keep you updated!

CU soon!

Charon

Skylanders Giants: "Official" Variants

Hey Portal Masters,

Before we all start gaming I wanted to share this short info on the variants, found on the official site.

Jade Flashwing

Molten Hot Dog

Polar Whirlwind

Scarlet Ninjini

Royal Double Trouble

Hope you enjoy!

Charon

Skylander Battlegrounds and Lost Island

Hello Portal Masters,

Today I wanna share wto new games for Skylanders.

Skylanders Lost Island

Seems to be a "farmville" type of game.. I don't know. Maybe I will give it a try.
I liked Cloud Patrol, so we will see.

Skylanders Battlegrounds

This is more speculative, but rumours of it are all over the net, so I thought I share them.

 I think the idea of a portal for iPod, iPad and iPhone seems a logical step. But i really hope, this package is not true.
I think Royal Double Trouble would look more like the prototype we have seen.

And I really hope they do not include Jet-Vac and Cynder (since you get both with the normal game).

But only time will tell :)

C U next time!

Charon

Skylanders Giants: Some Videos

Hi guys,

today, I wanted to share some videos again:

Number 1 is a little bit of gameplay.

Now, a look at (some of) Wave 1:

Ok, I am really ambivalent to the videos of FGTV.

First, I like that he always gets good people on his show and newest things (like the unboxings later).
Also, his point of view as a father on the game is interesting.

But, I also have some problems. His music is a little anoying and the intro is too long.
And, as someone who has spend quiet a lot of time on the game and the information about giants, I sometimes wish, he would ask other questions.
He seemed suprise that Chill has a Narwhale attack, a fact we all know.
So I would have wanted him to ask more specific questions about things...
But as a Channel, he does much more than Skylanders so he is probably less involved.
And I have to say, I am possibly a little jelous he gets all the interviews and goodies...
(maybe I need to start a youtube Channel to get noticed by Activision and Toys for Bob...)
And the video had great infos:
Tree Rex gets a Woodpecker (how cool is that ;))
and each Character gets Chalenges (which I think is a cool new feature).
But I would have loved to know more about the "change of the magic moment"...
And we all don't know, how much he is allowed to ask and reveal...

And some gameplay:

Lastly, I wanna share some unboxing:

Hope you enjoy my small selection!

CU soon!

Charon

Skylanders Giants: Wave 2!?

Hello guys,

I just went on the German Gamesstop side and they do have Tripple Pack C and D for "preorder" (you cannot really preorder them, since the add to basket function is not available) but they show a release date:

Battle Pack C
 

Battle Pack D

They say the release date is 16. November which would not even be a full month after the release.

I wonder if this is true..

We will see :)

Talk to you soon!

Charon

This blog

Hello Portal Masters,

I wonder, now that we have all the news of the game and Giants coming out very soon, what the future of this blog should be.

Do you have any ideas or wishes?

Let me know!

Charon

Skylanders Giants: New Commercials

Hello Portal Masters,

I spotted these new commercials and thought they were funny enough to share:

C U next time!

Charon

Skylanders Giants: Wave 1

Hello Portal Masters,

Wave 1 is here!

Who will you get first?

A lot of places already have them for pre-order!

Let me know in your comments!

Charon