Posts
i'm such cool.
---
It feels good to finally have beaten Professor Layton for the DS, although really it could have had a better ending. Also, somehow I missed one single puzzle which would have rewarded me with the final piece of the robot dog. As I found out from my brothers, they all completed their dogs about halfway through the game, while I was missing one single piece to it for about 7 hours of playtime...
Showing posts with label video games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video games. Show all posts
9.16.2010
6.08.2010
Random Thoughts Recap
we need more oil for the machines to burn
---
I finally beat Shining Force 2, or in this case Resurrection of the Dark Dragon. Doing nothing but taking it easy since my heart acted up gave me a lot of time and motivation for finishing all the shit I never completed. Shining Force took me almost 11 years to beat since I've played it multiple times on emulators for PC, Dreamcast, and finally completed a game on my GBA copy. Feels good man. Ending was good, but nothing terribly amazing or over the top. Either way, it was a blast to play with all the fun characters and battles.
So now I've started playing Professor Layton and the Curious Village which I messed around with last year but never started a file on. This game fucking rocks. The animations are well done, the characters are well designed, the fact that there is an adventure type game on the DS is awesome, and the hundreds of puzzles are all really entertaining and occasionally frustrating. I can't begin to describe how annoyed I get when I try to figure a puzzle out for 15 minutes only to finally realize the question itself features some sort of wordplay or oh-so-subtle hint that instantly gives the solution away.
E3 is only a week away and I am pretty excited to see what everybody is going to be showing off. I'm most pumped about the 3DS since I love Nintendo handhelds and since its an actual successor to the DS which I think is one of the most quality systems I've ever used. I'm curious to see what the new Zelda will look like and feature as well as if there will actually be a new Kirby game(hopefully for Wii since there's very little console love for Kirby). Outside of Nintendo, I want to see what Natal has in store, and especially how much it will actually cost. For some insane reason I doubt that a majority of xbox users will want this thing -they want SHOOTAN GAEMS. Sony is the most questionable for me since the PSP essentially sucks, PS3 has no appeal to me outside of it being a blu-ray player, and their motion controller looks pretty ridiculous.
I've got a lot more to say, but that will be tomorrow...
---
I finally beat Shining Force 2, or in this case Resurrection of the Dark Dragon. Doing nothing but taking it easy since my heart acted up gave me a lot of time and motivation for finishing all the shit I never completed. Shining Force took me almost 11 years to beat since I've played it multiple times on emulators for PC, Dreamcast, and finally completed a game on my GBA copy. Feels good man. Ending was good, but nothing terribly amazing or over the top. Either way, it was a blast to play with all the fun characters and battles.
So now I've started playing Professor Layton and the Curious Village which I messed around with last year but never started a file on. This game fucking rocks. The animations are well done, the characters are well designed, the fact that there is an adventure type game on the DS is awesome, and the hundreds of puzzles are all really entertaining and occasionally frustrating. I can't begin to describe how annoyed I get when I try to figure a puzzle out for 15 minutes only to finally realize the question itself features some sort of wordplay or oh-so-subtle hint that instantly gives the solution away.
E3 is only a week away and I am pretty excited to see what everybody is going to be showing off. I'm most pumped about the 3DS since I love Nintendo handhelds and since its an actual successor to the DS which I think is one of the most quality systems I've ever used. I'm curious to see what the new Zelda will look like and feature as well as if there will actually be a new Kirby game(hopefully for Wii since there's very little console love for Kirby). Outside of Nintendo, I want to see what Natal has in store, and especially how much it will actually cost. For some insane reason I doubt that a majority of xbox users will want this thing -they want SHOOTAN GAEMS. Sony is the most questionable for me since the PSP essentially sucks, PS3 has no appeal to me outside of it being a blu-ray player, and their motion controller looks pretty ridiculous.
I've got a lot more to say, but that will be tomorrow...
4.25.2010
It Starts Again
starcraft2 beta- time to neglect loved ones
---
I'm completely in love with the Starcraft 2 beta. It's the same game I fell in love with years ago, yet still completely full of surprises and awesome moments that keep me playing and playing until I can't think anymore, then going back and watching my replays.
I'm alright with Terran, I've almost got my Zerg build orders straight, and although I initially wanted to play Protoss they're the only ones I have had difficulty getting right while fighting people. Thankfully the new, expanded beta brought a lot of newer players into the game which made it easy for me to rack up a few wins and get some easy time to get a grip on how everything works. Unfortunately, I get distracted watching the battles and cool graphics on the units and end up not building or managing economy for a few moments.
GL HF DD KA
---
I'm completely in love with the Starcraft 2 beta. It's the same game I fell in love with years ago, yet still completely full of surprises and awesome moments that keep me playing and playing until I can't think anymore, then going back and watching my replays.
I'm alright with Terran, I've almost got my Zerg build orders straight, and although I initially wanted to play Protoss they're the only ones I have had difficulty getting right while fighting people. Thankfully the new, expanded beta brought a lot of newer players into the game which made it easy for me to rack up a few wins and get some easy time to get a grip on how everything works. Unfortunately, I get distracted watching the battles and cool graphics on the units and end up not building or managing economy for a few moments.
GL HF DD KA
1.17.2010
Distortion World
wouldnt be caught dead in this place
---
I started playing Pokemon Platinum again. It's the shit. Have 7 badges, caught Girantina, about to get the 8th badge tonight or over the course of the week. Infernape is an alright starter, its the first time I have ever not chosen the water type. Gengar is sweet as hell, of course, and I still have a Dragonair and Pupitar, both level 48. I'll have both Dragonite and Tyranitar soon since they also both evolve at 55 which is sorely needed.
I don't know what it is, but Pupitar is kind of shitty with its spread of stats. It barely excels in any one area (technically it has high attack, but whatever...) and its low speed usually means I don't even get to go on a killing spree since hes forced to take more hits than any of my other guys. He's been the hardest to level up, but once I get Tyranitar I'll be perfect. I've never actually used a Dragonite or Tyranitar on a team before except for filling up the pokedex and I already like how it's going to turn out. Dragonair is already the shit and it only gets better once it learns hyper beam.
6.01.2009
E3 2009- Day 1
>l4d2? GODDAMN
---
Alright, totally forgot e3 was actually this Monday, a.k.a. today, even though I've been reading about it for days.
My predictions for this year went something like this:
Microsoft: We are the best hardcore gamin' console EVAR. We show of 15 BRAND SPANKIN' NEW FPS GAMES WITH INSAAAAANE GRAPHICS. Also, more Guitar Hero sequels, and sequels to everything else under the sun. Expensive DLC, more arcade bullshit, maybe some streaming video.
Sony: PS3 is best console in world. Ever. No one even understands our true power to be awakened. WE have great grafix and crazy processor. METAL GEARZ N FINaL FANTSYYYY 13 omg omg omg. PsP redesign will totally overtake DS fo sho. No price drop. Just some new games. Oh, and blu-ray is here to stay.
Nintendo: Uh, our pants don't fit anymore because our pockets are so full of the cash we're stuffing them with. Wii motion plus, AGAIN. No new, good, first party titles. You're lucky we went as hardcore as "Excitebots". DSi rocks hardcore, probably some exclusive games in development for that, though nothing mind blowing. Still no hard drive, or quality online system.
~~~
Well, today was kind of a surprise with the Microsoft press conference and all. The Natal camera controller gizmo looks interesting, though like others have said, I have reason to doubt how powerful it actually is, and how long it will be here to stay for since the 360 is already in what, its third year? Almost fourth? They have to be getting ready to announce a new console by now. Plus, I have to see the price on it. I bet it's not cheap.
Next up is the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2. What. The. Fuck. Valve. Really? REALLY? I'm not sure how to react to this one. On one hand, I love the game, and the new one has a lot of promising features like the Director 2.0, more campaigns, better graphics, and weapons. But really, It hasn't even been a whole year and their already coming out with a new one when the first one doesn't even have half of what I expected it to. They never released the new matchmaking system, a new campaign, new weapons, or any real game changing twists. Survival mode is cool, but it gives us ONE new level, which consists of a house and a bunch of gas cans. Oh, and still no SDK support, which is what people need in order to program their own mods and user created levels. Basically, $50 for a game we were told was going to have all these awesome features, they delivered minimally on some of them, blew off the rest as of now, and now decided to announce a whole new sequel which apparently delivers all the stuff we've been waiting for. Very un-Valve like. Just look at Team Fortress 2, they do huge updates to it every 2 months. Full class updates, new weapons, new game modes, they always add at least 3 new official maps, plus reoptimizing the game for newer computers.
Sigh...
Okay, and last but not least is the PSP Go. I don't know what to think of this thing. So far, I don't see it doing any better than the original PSP. The DS/DSi has an iron grip on the handheld gaming market, not only because of its massive sales, but because developers actually put out good, intriguing software for it. The touch screen/dual screen combo works so incredibly well, and the amount of new features opened up with the DSi and its SD card slot and improved sound drivers are very big. I don't see how the Go will manage to do any harm, unless they have some impressive pricing on it and its games, which I wouldn't bet on. One of the selling points of it is its 16GB internal memory. Really, I don't think that's a whole lot for a handheld gaming system that is trying to deliver what the Go claims it will. Yes, there are memory cards for expanding space, and the internal storage is actually really nice (especially compared to the pathetic amount the Wii gives us), but I don't think that it will be able to hold that many games. Granted, they cram a lot of shit in a 1 gigabit DS cart, but the PSP has got to deliver superior graphics(which take up a lot more space), or it's got nothing on the competition.
Well then, I can't wait to see what big old Nintendo and Sony have to showcase for us tomorrow. I'll probably watch the press conferences live, or at least Nintendo's.
---
Alright, totally forgot e3 was actually this Monday, a.k.a. today, even though I've been reading about it for days.
My predictions for this year went something like this:
Microsoft: We are the best hardcore gamin' console EVAR. We show of 15 BRAND SPANKIN' NEW FPS GAMES WITH INSAAAAANE GRAPHICS. Also, more Guitar Hero sequels, and sequels to everything else under the sun. Expensive DLC, more arcade bullshit, maybe some streaming video.
Sony: PS3 is best console in world. Ever. No one even understands our true power to be awakened. WE have great grafix and crazy processor. METAL GEARZ N FINaL FANTSYYYY 13 omg omg omg. PsP redesign will totally overtake DS fo sho. No price drop. Just some new games. Oh, and blu-ray is here to stay.
Nintendo: Uh, our pants don't fit anymore because our pockets are so full of the cash we're stuffing them with. Wii motion plus, AGAIN. No new, good, first party titles. You're lucky we went as hardcore as "Excitebots". DSi rocks hardcore, probably some exclusive games in development for that, though nothing mind blowing. Still no hard drive, or quality online system.
~~~
Well, today was kind of a surprise with the Microsoft press conference and all. The Natal camera controller gizmo looks interesting, though like others have said, I have reason to doubt how powerful it actually is, and how long it will be here to stay for since the 360 is already in what, its third year? Almost fourth? They have to be getting ready to announce a new console by now. Plus, I have to see the price on it. I bet it's not cheap.
Next up is the announcement of Left 4 Dead 2. What. The. Fuck. Valve. Really? REALLY? I'm not sure how to react to this one. On one hand, I love the game, and the new one has a lot of promising features like the Director 2.0, more campaigns, better graphics, and weapons. But really, It hasn't even been a whole year and their already coming out with a new one when the first one doesn't even have half of what I expected it to. They never released the new matchmaking system, a new campaign, new weapons, or any real game changing twists. Survival mode is cool, but it gives us ONE new level, which consists of a house and a bunch of gas cans. Oh, and still no SDK support, which is what people need in order to program their own mods and user created levels. Basically, $50 for a game we were told was going to have all these awesome features, they delivered minimally on some of them, blew off the rest as of now, and now decided to announce a whole new sequel which apparently delivers all the stuff we've been waiting for. Very un-Valve like. Just look at Team Fortress 2, they do huge updates to it every 2 months. Full class updates, new weapons, new game modes, they always add at least 3 new official maps, plus reoptimizing the game for newer computers.
Sigh...
Okay, and last but not least is the PSP Go. I don't know what to think of this thing. So far, I don't see it doing any better than the original PSP. The DS/DSi has an iron grip on the handheld gaming market, not only because of its massive sales, but because developers actually put out good, intriguing software for it. The touch screen/dual screen combo works so incredibly well, and the amount of new features opened up with the DSi and its SD card slot and improved sound drivers are very big. I don't see how the Go will manage to do any harm, unless they have some impressive pricing on it and its games, which I wouldn't bet on. One of the selling points of it is its 16GB internal memory. Really, I don't think that's a whole lot for a handheld gaming system that is trying to deliver what the Go claims it will. Yes, there are memory cards for expanding space, and the internal storage is actually really nice (especially compared to the pathetic amount the Wii gives us), but I don't think that it will be able to hold that many games. Granted, they cram a lot of shit in a 1 gigabit DS cart, but the PSP has got to deliver superior graphics(which take up a lot more space), or it's got nothing on the competition.
Well then, I can't wait to see what big old Nintendo and Sony have to showcase for us tomorrow. I'll probably watch the press conferences live, or at least Nintendo's.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)