Wow...It's sad that Hotel Dusk hasn't gotten that much reception. From what I've played it's truly a great adventure game, and belongs in the library of anyone whose interested in noir-detective stuff. I just finished the first chapter, and so far It's been solidly entertaining, and it's great with its detective-esque features. I love the way that interrogations and conversations in general are done.

Oh, well, maybe I should start from the beginning. My friend and I went to EBgames today because we're bored out of our minds with our current software libraries. After a lot of debate, I decided to get Hotel Dusk, and he got Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance as well as Soul Calibur III. He seems to have really gotten into SCIII at this point, and I don't regret my decision either. Hotel Dusk is an awesome game, one of the few to actually stun me with just how graphically excellent it is. And Kyle Hyde is an awesome character. Few adventure games end up engaging me, no matter how much I want them to, but this is a big exception. Being a DS game, I kept expecting immaturity and a lack of style to come through at certain points, but the game is solid with its atmopshere. This is truly one of the *MUCH* more mature games on a Nintendo system. Of course...the price that comes with is that I doubt kids will get a kick out of it. It's a slow-paced, methodical expierience. And even though it didn't bother me at all, even I noticed how long it was taking to get from point A to point B. I don't know how long the game is, but I hope it lasts me despite just how absorbing it is. Atmospheric, absorbing games like that end up feeling to me like sweet grains of sugar almost instantly slipping between my fingers.

I played some of Soul Calibur III, and it's an interesting game. You can tell that the developers just threw in whatever they thought would be cool, and didn't give a crap about making it balanced or fair. Many characters are overall better than others. SCII started down this road, and I guess SCIII decided that it should give up the pretense of abandoning it. (though they say they will in the next game.) I'm also bothered by the fact that you have to unlock everything for the character creation process. I'd like to be able to create my dream barbarian NOW please? I understand leaving some things hidden...but making it so that you have to buy every single piece of equipment in the shop is definetely not the way to go here. It makes it feel like there are so many less options than there really are. What I find ironic about Soul Calibur is that it seems to have gone in a somewhat opposite direction of the DOA series. The DOA series, maintaining it's flash, is now reaching out for substance, whereas Soul Calibur has been losing more substance with every installment in its attempt to have a lot of flash. Still an entertaining game, though. And Siegried is now voiced by Crispin Freeman! I knew his voice instantly. I hope he voices him in the action-adventure game for Wii. I'm glad to see a VA with actual talent in a fighting game.

Well...yeah...guess that's all for now. o_0

Uh...bye! *Runs away*