Anyways, now im in a great mood to continue posting again~!
What i'll do for this post is to bring ya up to speed in some of the H!P news and reviews of games that ive been experiencing this year. And it's gonna old news so this may roll your eyes in boredness - how do you even roll your eyes like that? doesnt that stress your eyes? lol
First up, GAMING~!
- Plants vs Zombies
who knew our last line of defense against the zombpocalypse are plant seeds :\
Yes yes, i know its a game released last year but i started to take interest of it now since alot of ppl recommend playing it. To put it simply: it's an active desktop tower defense of plants vs zombies. What i meant by active is that unlike any other DTD games, you are not just watching your defnse beat out the zombies. instead, you are always trying to gather enough sun and constantly beefing up your defense and always rearranging your offensive plants. This game is both deep and fun. This has lead me to finish the main game over 6 times over now. This game is addictive to GeN. Like what others say, "I really recommend playing Plants vs Zombies"
- Super Street Fighter 4
HADOKEN! SHORYUKEN! SONIC BOOM! YOGA FLAME! PSYCHO CRUSHER! TIGER!
This is the expanded version of Street Fighter 4 last year. It has more characters from previous Street Fighter games plus two new characters. ppl say that they tweaked the gameplay a bit but i cant tell lols. i havent played SF4 that much so i can recognise the little differences. But still, this game is now fun to play. I started playing this coz i watched on some of the matches during this year's EVO. EVo is a tournament open to the world. The biggest names in street fighter style games came to participate to versus each other in this better version of SF4. Watching the matches in youtube had inspired me to play much better in SSF4 and often played online in XBOX Live. ppl are still better than me though....(stupid 360 controller X\)
- Yakuza 3 (jp name: Ryu ga Gotoku 3)
Like a dragon~! Touched for the very first time~! Like a dra-a-a-a-gon~!
The sequel of 2008's Yakuza 2 in the PS3 and THE only game that can immerse you in modern day tokyo. An open world of the red light district in tokyo that has limited yourself into a few block radius. But this does not limit you seeing the exquisit detail of authentic aesthetics of the tokyo streets.
This game have a movie style plot of a yakuza flick which keeps you guessing and hitting unsuspecting twists. Between each plot cutscenes, you get to explore and experience that Tokyo and Okinawa has to offer. This can range from completing side quests taken from strangers in need to hitting a couple of swing in a batting cage or getting you ball out of a sandtrap.
Also in the streets, there are loitering thugs that think you owe them money or some lame ass excuse for us to kick their asses. The battle system in this is pretty simple to master the deep move list that your yakuza hero can perform. What makes you drive to fight more is the HEAT actions. This executes the many uses of objects that you can pick up and deal massive bone crunching and nose bleeding hard hitters on your helpless foe.
The dedication of this japanese experience made by the developers is unbelieveable. It is unfortunate that they took out some of the activites that they think us western audiences cant comprhend, like hostess clubs and mah jong. I truly recommend this game for ppl who have a keen interest in japanese culture and want to explore the world of the yakuza. And also, there is a free demo in the PSN store. You hear that? THE DEMO FOR YAKUZA 3 IS FREAKIN FREEEEE!!!!!!
- Final Fantasy XIII
The most hyped RPG for 2010. Was it worth the wait?
Old Final Fantasy verterans have turn some heads from the gameplay choice that is embeded into this game. This "RPG" involves a couple of characters that live in the world of Cocoon. Each having a doomed curse upon them and they have to "find a way" to get rid of it, while also trying to save their loved ones who has also been doomed by this fate as well. This kind of story would have been in a more epic scale but failed the most strenuous close minded thinking in most, no wait, all of the characters. There are times that made me want to skip cutscenes coz all they did is whine and talk poetically about their views in life. i know that alot of the japanese RPGs fans eat that stuff up but this would not fly into worldwide appeal.
But what is impressive though is some of the detail of the backgrounds and graphics in the game. Though i say "some" because travelling long straight paths between each hotspots had burned out the creativity of the level designers. cutscenes are truly boastful, up to the Square-Enix's standard of gorgeous cinematics.
The battle system is the most flashiest turn-based type yet. Though it suffers by limiting on one character vital to the fights and what each character's set jobs that they have equipped.
But after all the great flashy things that are present in this game, I ended up hating on this game. It didnt give me the amount of fun of 30+ hrs ive put into it. Square-Enix has self indulge themselves into making a very casual gameplay oriented RPG. There's no true exploration around the world, the job system and items arent as deep unlike its' predecessors. The story blew ass. Well, to be fair, i 'thought' this story would go somewhere but after finishing it, it was a TOTAL LETDOWN. The story wasnt deep after all :\ I have only finished it coz i was playing it with my friend at the same time and he finished first. I was kinda close to beating it, so i did finish it. That gave me the absolute right to say, "FUCK THIS GAME!" And i know ppl who may differ from by saying, "you dont understand the genius of this game. make sure you finish it until it opens up", but I did finish it and made me bitter that i have not got any fun out of it.
- Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Join our favourite professor and his apprentice to discover the world in the future.
Right after the previous Professor Layton game, us fans have been starving for another brain teaser game. It only took a full year to finally give us another hit of Layton crack into our veins. This game is the final of the curent trilogy of Professor Layton, which has made this the best layton to date.
The game starts off by Layton receiving a mysterious letter from the future, both Layton and Luke are transported through time, 10 years in their city of London. As a avid fan of solving puzzles and mysteries, he and Luke are forced to travel around London to expose the threat to the city. As fun as the story maybe, the true fun actually lies in the thing that you'd be doing the most, solving puzzles!
The puzzles range from simple logic questions, graphic questions, mutliple choice, sliding puzzles, and the all time favourite, math puzzles :\ After hearing some of the complaints from fans about certain puzzle types in the previous layton games, those particular types are reduced in this game. Unwound Future have over 100 puzzles and 3 new side puzzles. Hint coins are aplenty because it introduces the Super Hint. Normally, you get three hints (each cost one hint coin)while solving a puzzle. A Super Hint (costing 2 hint coins) basically pretty much spells out what you need to do to solve it.
This game is polished like crazy. This game has the most voice acting than any other DS game that ive played. The characters and backgrounds have a nice auburn cellshaded design. The music in this game is very atmospheric that sets the mood of the event or location and the repetitive sound cue of telling you whether you have the correct answer or not. This game is a buy for fans that are willing to make youself sit for hours for just solving brain teasing puzzles. I now wait for the next Professor Layton game that is part of a prequel trilogy of the first professor layton game.
That is pretty much my highlight games since my last post. Ill come back another day to give my views on some of the Hello! Project news and singles/albums that has been released this year.
Until Next Time!
-GeN
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