Grettings and Salutations!

I wanna see SP soooo bad. I think it's going to be awesome! how awesome? I might actually go to the movies to see it! shock! gasp! oh noes! the horror! :P

But that's not what this blog is about. It's about the Game based on the movie. Short story? I'm in Love with this game!

Think Final Fight meets River City Ransom, with a little Super Mario Brothers 3, of all things, thrown in for good measure. The combat is always intense, using punchy-kicky-chop moves. The list of things that can be used as weapons until they break is...Long. It goes RCR one better in that when you chose to buy food? The stat boost is Permanent. The enemies are REALLY varied, some getting right up in your face, some taking pot shots at you, and others using every single weapon on the screen( I'm looking at YOU, blond bad guy!). the stages are HUGE. which is good, means more XP. oh yeah, did i forget to mention XP? In what should have been a staple of the beat'em up genre from the start, you level up!

The graphics are crisp, sharp, and will remind you of a cross between RCR and Total Drama Island somewhat. lol.

But now for the best part, besides the Trophies. the Music! I don't know who did the music for this game, but it's the most coolest thing ever! I love each and every single piece of tunage; from the rocking beat of a paticular lvl, to even the music from character select screen. (yes, you can play as four characters, including Ramona.)

All in all, this is the best $10 i've spent in a long, long time.

Peace, Love, and Bullfrogs!

Mage

Greetings and Salutations!

I see that it's almost been an entire year since my lost blog (Anywhere, not just here..). There hasn't really been anything keeping me from it..except mass quantities of gaming. I plan to update my gaming lists to reflect it all. Played some really excellent games, played some stinkers, and played some that i could never get far enough into to know if they were good ior bad. (Killzone 2, I'm looking at you!)

On a personal note, my dog Scooter died about a month ago now.

I am a Trophy Whore. I admit this. I do it because each Trophy presents an added challenge. But the last week I've done nothing but play Puzzle Quest. And not really caring about trophies!

Anywhoos, that's what's happening, if you care.

Peace, Love, and Bullfrogs!

Greetings and Salutations!

Sorry it's been awhile. Massive gaming. You know how it is.

Anyway, on to the crux of this post....Soul Calibur 4.

Now, I absolutely adore the Soul Calibur franchise. I like it better than any other fighting game, including Tekken. But...

What were they on when they made this installment?

First of all, the whole concept of facing multiple characters back to back seems really cool, and is rather neat in execution, but can lead to totally unexpected ring outs due to the always hard to judge direction of appearence of the next opponent. My next gripe is that it seems that half of every character's move list is designed to be used against a grounded foe. Which will be obvious to anyone who's suffered what would have only been a split secong knockdown, then had their entire energy bar depleted by a constant stream of moves while defenseless.

Then, there is the actual Story. It's gotten to the point where i only use my created characters, because the motivations of a lot of the 'good' guys has become retarded. Destroy Soul Edge? Check, no problem. Destroy Soul Calibur? What in the name of Zues are you thinking?.... Balance? No. As in life, this is Good vs. Evil. Good should v anquish Evil, not 'live in harmony with it.' Crock of poo, that it.

The bright spot to all of that is the Character Maker. There are so many options just in looks, and then when you figure in that armor affects your stats..and then you add in having enough skill points to equip abilities.. It's just immense. Very Satisfying.

What isn't satifying is the 'Tower of Souls'. Although I do like the fact of redoing any set of floors you've passed to unlock armor, I really, really miss the centralised character and story of SC3's extra mode. That, and some of the requirements are absolutely INSANE! Which actually leads to a funny story..

Okay, I'm at the floor that asks you to do a voluntary ring out to get some armor. Should be no problem, right? Wrong! The do-it-yourself death is a lot harder to pull off the some fighting games. Okay, no sweat..just switch to Talim since she's known to have almost lemming like tendencies with the edge of the ring. Three opponents and me doing nothing but TRYING to ring myself out.

I wupped all three with Talim who was only trying to commit suicide.

SC3 was so much better on almost every front. The graphics are better in 4 though, and lord knows, that's all anyone cares about anymore.

Oh, and Darth Vader and the Apprentice? Vader was tough to beat, and is pretty cool to use. His apprentice was an almost impossible Monster to beat, and that was with my best character! Using Vader? Don't make me laugh. So, I cheated the system and just constantly did the 'Emperor Toss' throw on him. Only way to beat him.

I give this game about an 8 to 8.5.

Peace, Love, and Bullfrogs!

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I. Can. Not. Wait! Diablo 3 is the sequel i've been waiting forever for.

Diablo Rules! It might actually make me forget all about Oblivion.

Shock. Gasp! Awe.

Peace, Love, and Bullfrogs!

Greetings and Salutations!

Sorry it's been so long since my last blog, but I've been busy saving the world. The Oblivion world that is. :D

Never before has a game so enthralled me like this. Final Fantasy VII came close, but that was mainly due to me being a completionist, and going after every single Materia in the game. Diablo II consumed massive amounts of time, but over multiple characters and games.

Last Friday I finally finished almost everything I wanted to do in Oblivion. Key Point: I had saved the Knights of the Nine materiel for last. I had finished the main quest, all four faction guild lines, bought houses everywhere, and completed many, many side quests. As soon as the final Knights quest was finished, I looked at my time when I saved.

180 HOURS.

I have never, ever spent that much time on one game in my entire life..and I've beaten every Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy, and Star Ocean. This game Deserves the Game of the Year award it received.

Did I mention there were many side quests left to do, plus almost all of the Shivering Isles content?

Well, I just started a new save the other day, so I gotta go.

Peace, Love, and Bullfrogs!

Greetings! :D

I actually managed to get my copy of GTA last night after work, and it's pretty frickin cool.

First the bad news: I'm not sure whether the song lists are made just for GTA, or just from a bunch of artists I don't recognise, but either way...it blows. The ability to not be able to import your own mp3's make it that much worse. I've gotten to where I either turn the radio off soon as I get in a car, or turn it on the talk-radio channels.

Now for the not-so-good: No discernable ability to improve your stats in any way. Even Niko's running is slow. My weiner dog, Scooter, could outrun him.

Now the good: Just about everything else! The graphics are really good. The G.P.S. is a God-send! The Cell-phone is the coolest innovation yet. Dying in a hail of bullets from thew cops is actually cool now, thanks to the black-and-white effect. Civillians are a Lot tougher now, though.

All around, I would give this game an 8.9 - 9.4.

Peace, Love, and Bullfrogs!

Greetings and Salutations!

I haven't written here in a long time, have I? Oh well. Not like I've been missed.

Anyway, I am now the proud owner of a Playstation 3! (have been for about 2 months actually. thanks, income tax refund!) It is absolutely amazing! I came to the party late, so was forced to get a 40gig, which meant no PS2 games, but oh well. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

Oblivion has been eating every single hour that I'm not at work. The game is just amazing in just about every single aspect. I wish they would have put in some sort of different lvling up system. Seems a little too random as far as stat bonuses go. Oh, and it also makes me want to avoid lvl 11 like the plague. Damn Will-O-The-Wisps! They keep on killing NPC's!

Burnout: Paradise is awesomely sweet. The sense of speed and freedom is unlike any other game I've ever played. Races are HARD now. Road Rages and Marked Man events are my fave. Stunt Runs are difficult. I love all the events, and really like the cars and styles of cars. Right car for the right job. So much to do, and it's all so pretty to look at. Only gripes I have with it are the soundtrack's not as good as Takedown (the ability to do more then just cycle forward in the song list in-game would have helped.) And the other thing is, there's no marker above other cars you're racing with. Makes it really difficult on the road rages to tell foe from plain obstacle. And it really doesn't help trying to shut down cars.

Gonna pick up GTAIV next week. As long as there's not profanity out the wazoo like San Andreas, it should be much better.

Be back next week with a full report!

Peace, Love, and Bullfrogs!

Greetings!

I picked up the new Transformers game about three days ago, and it's pretty sweet. I've been kinda stuck on the first chapter of the Autobot section, but that's mainly due to the fact it just looks so friggin cool i wanna explore everywhere. On the Decepticon side of things, it's all about destruction and wiping out the pitiful flesh creatures! Cool.

ok, that's it for me right now.

Peace, Love, and Bullfrogs!

Hello!

Revenant Wings simply MUST be released over here! The game has so many cool things in it, I don't know where to even begin describing it. If for nothing else, it tells the story of what happened after FFXII. Plus, might get to see Vaan and Penelo as an actual couple!..did I just say that? Plus it has Gambits! Gambits are good. I will pester Square Daily until they agree to bring this game stateside. FYI.

Hello!

I swear I've got about three-five different games in progress on every system I own right now.

GBA: Pokemon Emerald, Sword of Mana, Tactics Ogre

PS2: I'm replaying Final Fantasy XII right this moment, Rogue Galaxy, Tales of Legendia, Disgaea..would play Magna Carta..but turns out the combat sucks way too much.

PSP: Genesis Collection, Untold Legends, Dynasty Warriors

and since a certain friend of mine..um, _> 'pimped' my PSP...i've got over 1,000 NES, 500 SNES, and 15-20 GBA games on it. As well as Vagrant Story.

Can I borrow some hours from someone to play all of these?

Peace, love, and bullfrogs!