Hi everyone!
It's been ages since my last post, mainly because I haven't had a lot of time to play any new games!!! I *FINALLY* unlocked the "Aces Wild" acheivement in Tiger Woods '06, so now I'm trying to get the "Eagle Extravaganza" achievement, which involves getting 50 eagles in online play (I'm hoping that hole-in-ones on par 3s count towards this).
I sold my PS2 to a friend a few weeks ago, so now I'm ready and waiting for the PS3 to be released!!! After a lucky stint playing poker at Crown Casino in Melbourne, I was lucky enough to put another $200 down on my pre-order, so I only have $700 to go (for all Americans reading this, I am Australian, and the PS3 is going to cost us $1000 Aussie bucks!).
Kingdom Hearts II is about to come out in Australia (and about friggin time, too), but I can't really see the point in me buying it, because I'll have nothing to play it on!!! I'm glad the PS3 will be backwards compatible all the way back to PS1, because I've really enjoyed the games that I had (and still own) on PS2. I bought my PS2 back in 2002, and with it Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. That title still remains my favourite of the entire series, and I have beaten it close to 12 times. For anyone who wants a great (and dirt-cheap) game with a deep storyline, do yourself a favour and buy it!!!
The PS2 was also home to the greatest game I have ever played: Final Fantasy X. I have never been a massive RPG fan, but I can remember playing this for 8 hours the day that I bought it! It's difficult to put into words just how much this game amazed me. The combination of excellent gameplay, spectacular graphics (just about the best seen on the PS2, at least until FFXII is released), and an utterly riveting story full of interesting characters. I will always remember the first time I saw the cut-scene with Tidus and Yuna at the lake, to me it marked the end of video games just being seen as lock'n'load, shoot'em up, beat'em up kids toys. I have always maintained in a lot of ways video games can be deeper and more involved than movies. Because you're not only watching a story unfold but also having an input into how the characters interact has always appealed to me. Added to this is the fact that FFX takes (on average) 30-40 hours to complete, you're invested a lot more emotionally into the characters you're controlling. Of course this doesn't hold true to other genres of games (like sport games or beat'em ups), but I think it is for this reason alone that stand Square-Enix apart from other video game companies.
Anyways, thats enough out of me today, I am going to a band practice now (which is the reason I haven't played many games!). And for anyone who's curious as to how my aim of completing every Final Fantasy before FFXII is released, I gave up about and hour into Final Fantasy II. So much for that idea!!!
Oh, and for anyone interested, check out the Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots video from E3, looks great!
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