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Welcome to my humble abode! I have no idea how to use this thing, but hopefully I'll figure it out soon enough. >_>
-Disco
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I've already beaten it, but I'm still working on a 100% completion. Really, really good stuff. Especially the co-op multiplayer. I can't accurately describe the feeling of joy I get when I pick up my friend's character and hurl him into Bowser's lava pits. Mwahaha!
Not to mention the last boss fight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Sl1ECQsMk
Mood: Devious
Game of the Day: NSMB Wii
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIVQ2Wunz3k
"I'll be damned! The toilet broke!"
Mood: Bored
Game of the Day: Metroid Prime Trilogy
Song of the Day: Boy With the Blues
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRwqXN5SP_s
Got it, beat it, reviewed it. The story is surprisingly well done, and there are enough twists to keep things interesting. I like how this was treated as a standalone title, despite it being a sequel. If you haven't played the first game, you won't miss out on a major plot point. The pacing is really good, too; you'll never feel too bogged down by the puzzles, and there's always some new clue or revelation just a few challenges away. The voice acting and animated cutscenes(including a brief but badass swordfight) are pretty damned good, too. The soundtrack steals the show, though. Whoever did the instrumentals for this game needs to come back for the next title.
I'm still in the process of getting a 100% completion, but I can honestly say that this is the best DS game of the summer. At least, until Scribblenauts comes out...
Mood: Clever
Game of the Day: Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Song of the Day: Iris: The Box of Happiness - Professor Layton OST
Gah, how could SNK botch this so badly? It's playable (offline, anyway), but it's nowhere near complete. Where's the Survival Mode? The Challenge Mode? The insane amount of unlockables and easter eggs?
And the worst part? There's not even a boss.
I want a newly-drawn Rugal, dammit.
Mood: Moderately ticked.
Game of the Day: King of Fighters XII
Song of the Day: We Didn't Start the Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdZP4PjAT1Q
You know you're a badass when your supermove gets an exclusive, epically cheesy J-Rock song. He's not just a ninja. He's a hero, a righteous defender of justice and honor, and a valiant protector of the weak...
Too bad everyone else in the game just thinks he's senile.
BlazBlue is awesome, by the way. Get it if you want some great 2d fighting action. Check out some of the gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juUJJ1bRNa0
Mood: Bangalicious
Game of the Day: BlazBlue
Song of the Day: Whatever the Hell Bang's song is.
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It‘s great to see the return of the Team Tournament, even if I am just a spectator this year. I’m having flashbacks from 2007, like getting drafted first and all those AIM sessions scheming with Lisanne. It’s kind of funny, looking back. None of us expected to win anything, so we approached the whole thing as a learning experience. It was serious business, though. I don’t know about my old teammates, but my high point was the build-up leading to the match against Zigfried’s crew. We were going to be crushed - no question there - but I liked the prospect of going mano-a-mano with Espiga (Suskie was the third one, if I recall correctly) and seeing how I would fare. I can’t remember how many times we lost (I‘m sure someone can dig up the stats), but after a while I just accepted failure as inevitable and gave up taking things seriously. I’ve always blamed myself for our performance; competition has never been my thing, and it showed in that tournament.
That’s probably one of the reasons I didn’t sign up this year. I didn’t want to drag a new team down, even if my writing has improved somewhat. But it’s more about a lack of drive and focus than anything else. I used to be able to belt out two or three reviews a week. An hour to write each one, if that. Now I’m struggling to make one review a week. It’s been like this for months now. It’s not that I’ve got less time to write; I’ve still got my weeknights and weekends, even if I am working a full-time job. It’s not that I’ve run out stuff to review. I’ve got access to enough games to last me for years. I haven’t fallen out of love with writing, either; once I get something started, the words come out as easily as they used to. But getting inspiration to type something out? That’s another beast entirely. I’ve noticed that I’m spending more and more time staring at a blank MS Word document and that damned blinking cursor, and less time getting the stuff on the screen…and that bothers me.
Immensely.
How do you guys deal with that annoying rut of writer’s block?
Mood: Unusually angsty.
Game of the Day: Street Fighter IV
Song of the Day: The Next Door (SFIV Soundtrack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nttxwsKl7LI
Yeah, that's my most anticipated game now. >.>
Mood: Impressed
Game of the Day: inFamous
I found a used MGS4 bundle for $379 being sold at Fry's. Got that, SFIV, and Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus. Win?
You should have seen me in the store. As soon as I saw it, I grabbed it off the shelf and just carried it with me while I did the rest of my shopping...for another hour. I wanted to make sure no one else would swoop in and seize the opportunity.
Before I got it, I asked specifically why it was being sold used. According to the manager, the previous owner said that there were issues with overheating. Can you guys give me some advice so as to avoid it? I can still return it within 30 days, so I want to make sure this thing can last. >.>
Mood: Stunned
Game of the Day: Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus
Song of the Day: Just Communication
http://kotaku.com/5127251/nintendo-patent-reveals-potential-paradigm-shift-in-design
Interesting idea, but there's no way in Hell I'd ever use it.
Mood: Sleepy
Game of the Day: Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN2WkHLIweE
Mood: Snake Eaterific
Game of the Day: Sonic Unleashed
Song of the Day: Spagonia Night
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If you've played 3 and loved it, you'll probably like this one even more; it takes all the good stuff from that game and improves upon it. Pick it up if you're even remotely interested.
Mood: RPG-ish
Game of the Day: Persona 4
Song of the Day: The Pretender - The Foo Fighters
I had to be on campus by 7:45 AM at the latest. That means I was up since about five AM. Had to register and stand in a line for nearly two hours, did the processional, listened to the speeches, and walked across the stage. While both my folks are usually way too busy to see me, they at least dropped in to see me walk. They both left on their respective trips before the ceremonies were over. My grandmother, aunt, and uncle were there as well, so at least I had some support.
The ceremony finished at noon, just before the temperature started to get unbearable. I rode with my relatives to this nifty little seafood place down at the marina. After a brief stop at home to change clothes, I went with my relatives to my cousin's house for his graudation party. I spent the afternoon giving him advice for college (he's starting in two months) and basically told him what he needed to do between now and the Fall. Afterwards, we picked up a Cold Stone Creamery ice cream cake (Oreos FTW) and went out to dinner for a few hours. Then we headed back to my house for dessert and some presents. I got a cool little keychain with my initials and graduation date etched into it, a badass red and white graduation lei, an autographed copy of Halo: Contact Harvest (Joseph Staten apparently knows my aunt), and a book of quotes from plays and poems.
Basically, I've been up since five AM and I'm only just now sitting down and relaxing. Now I know how Jack Bauer feels. ._. As for what tomorrow and the rest of my future will bring...I don't know. I never thought I'd make it this far; Hell, I thought I'd be dead by now. I've thrived in the academic setting, paid my entire tuition out of my own pocket, and I've worked damned hard to get to this point. What am I going to do now?
...Guess I'll go write.
Mood: Exhausted
Game of the Day: Life
Song of the Day: Piano Man
I started having back pain late last night. Thought I was just sore from just sitting at my desk for so long, so I thought I could just sleep it off. After laying down for a little while, the pain spread to my side and gut. It hurt so much that laying down in any position hurt like Hell. I knew I wasn't going to get any sleep, so I went to the hospital get to get checked out. A few shots, some blood extraction, a scanning, and urine sample later, the docs told me I have a kidney stone. They gave me a prescription for Vicodin and told me to go home. The exhaustion and the morphine in my body caused me to sleep over 12 hours straight.
Summary: I have kidney stones, and I have to take Vicodin to deal with the inevitable pain. All I need now is a cane and some sarcastic wit. Then I can be just like House!
Mood: Irritable
Game of the Day: Arcana Heart
Song of the Day: Just Communication
It's like a blend of Killer 7's weird stuff and God Hand's characters, with some Dynasty Warrior-eqsue button mashing combat mechanics and a little bit of GTA mixed in. And it's really, really violent.
Travis Touchdown is one strange dude. He wields a lightsaber. It's even got those damned Star Wars sound effects to go with the swings. He's got all the badass moves (chopping people in half, auto-decapitations, wrestling grapples and throws, etc) and the right lines. But he lives in this crappy little room in the No More Heroes Motel. His room is filled with anime posters and figurines (the man has a freakin' six-foot Gundam in his living room), and other memorabilia. One of the running gags is him recieving voice messages from the video store concering his rentals; he has "How To Please a Woman in Bed Vol. 3" on backorder. Whenever he talks to the representative from the United Assassin's Association (who looks like a grown-up version of Viewtiful Joe's Sylvia), he usually flirts with her or spends way too much time looking at her breasts. He's one horny (but still sadistic) killer.
The goal of the game is to kill the top ten assassins in the town of Santa Destroy. The thing is, there's an entrance fee that needs to be paid to secure a venue and get everything prepared. So before he fights, Travis has to take side jobs (killing businessmen, murdering the local baseball team, mowing lawns, etc) in order to get enough money to pay off the UAA. It's kinda like San Andreas as well; you can buy new clothes, get upgrades for the sword, get physical training from a perveted old man, and rent videos to learn new moves.
The combat is very, very button-mashy. You can either attack entire groups of enemies, or you can lock onto single targets (think 3D Zeldas) and attack or dodge accordingly. You can alternate between high and low stances, then just mash the A button to rack up combos. You can also use physical attacks (punches, kicks, and grabs) and break through an enemy's guard. Once you attack someone enough times, they'll start getting dizzy, which leaved them wide open to a finishing move (which requires you to make a slicing motion with the WiiMote) or a throw. It's repetitive, but the occasionally diehard AI can make fights interesting.
As for the bosses...they're pretty messed up. I'm not even halfway up the ranks, but I've already fought an old man covered in tattoos, a singer/gunslinger (think Angel Eyes from the Good, The Bad, and the Ugly), a high school student trying to avenge her father (samuari style), and a man cosplaying as a comic supervillain.
Oh, and Travis can occasionally go into overdrive mode. Sometimes he'll just run faster, other times he can kill people in one hit, and sometimes the a giant targeting reticule will appear onscreen and let you fire off energy projectiles. Regardless of what happens, Travis will spout off some insanely random one-liner, like: "BLUEBERRY ON THE SHORTCAKE!" or "STRAWBERRY CHEESE!"
Weird, weird ****.
Mood: Bloodthirsty
Game of the Day: No More Heroes
I'm only about thirty some-odd stars in, but this blows away any of the Mario titles in recent years. It's like all those Bowser levels from Mario 64, but much longer and better designed. There are tons of references (some more subtle than others) to previous games as well.
Thankfully, Nintendo didn't make the controls too gimmicky; the A and Z buttons are used to perform the majority of the jumps/ manuevers. The only blatantly gimmicky things I discovered had to do with specialized levels, like tilting the WiiMote to turn during a race, or holding it in a certain position while rolling a giant ball. The rest of the motion-sensor based controls are meshed well with the gameplay; you just have to shake the controller to do the Spin Attack (which you'll be doing A LOT) and using it as a pointer to nab stray pickups.
I'd go more into it, but it's late, and I've got an early start tomorrow. Later, folks.
Mood: Sleepy
Game of the Day: Super Mario Galaxy
Song of the Day: 21st Century-RHCP
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