Well, just woke up an hour ago and though to start the roster. As I said yesterday, I'll begin with Best Male Character. This may include: heroes, anti heroes, secondary characters and villians. Well, this is the runner up.

THE RUNNER UP ISSSS...

Miles Edgeworth, from the Ace Attorney series

One May consider Egdeworth an anti hero or a hero. Well, he is the main protagonist of his main game but still. His character has two things I that make him so memorable: his cocky attitude around Phoenix Wright and his will of always helping him. His backstory was incresingly explored in the series, and it just became more complex and interesting, from the death of his father and his decision to become a prosecutor to his mentoring by the crazed Manfred von Karma. A deep and interesting character, he is also someone you could regonize with, since his decisions are ones any human being could have, regarding what happend in his past.

Why he is not the 1st: While he is a very interesting and likeable character, quite often in the games he acts a bit too cold hearted, and not shows much emotion. Again, this is explained by his backstory, but makes him look like a jerk at times.

AND THE NUMBER ONE ISSSS...

A tie between:and

Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series Phoenix Wright from the Ace Attorney series

Considering the games this two characters were in they have the perfect personality and characteristics I think are necessary: realism. Both Nate and Nick are everyday man, in the sense that they guys anyone could regonize with.

Phoenix is a lawyer, and shows a lot of determination in his works, specially when he has to save the ones that he loves. Drake is an explorer, determined to get the tresures and uncover the secrets, regardless of anyone who is trying to stop him.

Phoenix, being a lawyer, you would think he is a boring characters, but he is funny, gentle, strong witted and determined. He is someone you would really like to be your lawyer if you were in a tight spot. He is also someone you can belive, someone you can really see acting like that.

Drake on the other hand is a bit far fetched, as hardly anyone would do what he did in his games, but he is overall just a very likeable character. He at times is a jerk, and at times very carrying. On the course of the first game, his personality is distingishiable, but at the same time one that you can see a real person there. Considering the context of the game, this fits perfectly, and goes on a very memorable character.

This is a tie because I seriously couldn't choose between the two. They are similar yet very different, but undeniably, are my favourite male characters from video games.

Tomorow (or late today) I will post the best female character.

PS: Neither Link from LoZ or Solid Snake are here because I haven't played any game from those franchises to completion, but even then I just don't really relate to those characters, neither find them terribly interesting. Please leave a coment with what your favourites are.

This is something I've been wanting to post for quite some time. After looking at GameSpot's and some other users list of best video game characters, I've decided to compile a list of my choices in this areas:

-Best Male character

-Best female character

-Best Villain

-Best Protagonist

-Most overrated villain/hero

-Worst protagonist

-Most non-threatening villian

-Most interesting character

-Best cast in a game

-Best character

I also want to note that some of winners may repeat a category. I'll also note runner upsThis list is also of all the games I have played, not only from last year. I would also really like to see what are yours too, but in each blog. Will try to post one a day.

That is it. Tomorrow (17/01) I'll start with Best Male character.

I bought the PS2 version of Silent Hill 4: The Room a long time ago, along with a copy of 2. The first time I played the game, I hated it. I though " this isn't Silent Hill" and actually dislike the 3D controls. If I were to write a review of this game 6 months ago, I would have given it a 3 or 4. I decided to sit down and play this game, and I feel a bit empty.

What I mean by that is that this is a good, scary game. But it has one huge, gapping flaw: it dosen't feel like a Silent Hill game. Well first of all, the game takes place in South Ashfield, a town near Silent Hill. The name of the game is SILENT HILL! All the previous games on the franchise took place there, hence the name of the franchise, and this game taking place in another town with only light references to the haunted town is almost insulting. I'm sorry, but I really belive this game should have been called something like The Haunted Room or something else. Lacking the flashlight and the radio that becomes static also alienates this game.

Also, the story has barely anything to do with the whole plot. It mentions The Order and the father of the main character of Silent Hill 2 appears, but besides this and the appearance of Robbie the Rabbit from Silent Hill 3, there is nothing else to relate this game to the others and the over arching plot. Yes, I know that suspicious holes and the main villain Walter Sullivan were mentioned in Silent Hill 2, but they were really brief. The story itself is cool, and really dark, but has a big problem that plages more the old school Resident Evil game: backstory. If you played any of the games on the RE series prior to RE4, you know that memos tell the story of Umbrella and such. But in this game, most of the story is told in backstory. The identity of the main villain and his actions and why he did that are also only in backstory. It works, and Sullivan's backstory is very interesting, but I wish there was another method. Story segments in the game itself are brief.

Silent Hill 4 is a good game, and I really should have given it a bigger chance long ago, but it dosen't feel like a Silent Hill game. It should have been something else.

Be sure to check my review of this game too, where I sumarize everything I just said and some other coments.

If you don't agree with me, I'd be happy to discuss with you. A nice discussion between inteligent people.

What comes in your mind when you think of horror in games? Probably Resident Evil and Silent Hill. A big fan of both, untill last year I had experienced every game on the Silent Hill franchise but the first game. Here in Brazil a copy of it costs at least R$120, which is about 70 dolars. Finaly I found a way of adding money to my PSN account, with the use of a PSN card, and the first game I bought was this one. Finaly I could experience where the nightmare begun, and I do have a lot to say, and some other coments on the whole franchise.

Having played all the other games first, it is weird to play the first one last. The gameplay is exactaly like SH2 and 3, which were great games as well. The tank like controls worked those games and in Resident Evil, and is manageable in the first game. Having the PSN port means that you can use the control stick to move, and it is infinitely better than using a D-Pad. If you have a dual shock for the original game you can also use that. It is interesting to see the refinements made on the sequels. Aiming is more solid, there is better draw distance and the facial features are much better. These last two are mostly due to the limitations of the PS1, but the character models look ugly still. Too pixelated and with almost nothing in the face. The draw distance in due to the limitations, yes, but still looks a bit akward.

But what is more important in a game in the Silent Hill franchise than the scare factor and the story. First of all, this game genuinily scared me. The atmosphere set by the game is amazing, and the sound departament is very subtle, with little music in the dundgeons. So, when something randomly makes a sound, it is scary. When it comes to story though, it is another story. While it is good, I think what exactaly happend to Alessa is not very well explained, and the different endings aren't that different, exept the Bad ending. The story and storytelling is much better is Silent Hill 2. That game also was really confusing, but the story was better, more complex, with really different ending and all.

The music in all games of the franchise is fantastic, and it is no different in Silent Hill 1. The opening theme is fantastic, and other songs in the game are also really good, such as the song that plays when Lisa is dying. But I still think SH 2 and 3 have overall better songs.

I once made said that Silent Hill 3 was my favourite game on the franchise, but looking back it made me realize that Silent Hill 2 is my favourite. It has the better story, a great atmosphere with great music, multiple endings, despite being the most depressing game I've ever played. Granted, SH3 has better combat and better graphics (due to coming latter), and is the most balanced game. But what matters in this franchise is the horror and story, which Silent Hill 2 is better. I still maintain my rating of 9.5 to SH3 and 9 to SH2, but still.

On a last note, I still haven't beaten SH4, but I'm close, and the game is really good though, unlike my first thought of it.

Remember to check out my review for Silent Hill 1 too.

2010 was a great year in video gaming, and while I think I might have missed some great game, I still think that I have played some great ones. So here is my list of the best games of last year.

PS3: Bayonetta

Bayonetta has the formula for a great action game. Great graphics, great soundtrack, amazing list of combos, interesting weapons and different difficulty settings. What the game lacks in story telling it makes up for great action. Definitely one of the best action games i've ever played.

DS: (tie) Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Pokemon SoulSilver

These are both two of my favourite franchises ever, the Ace Attorney and the Pokemon franchise, and these instlments definitely show what they are capable of. The first one provides an amazing storyline with incredible gameplay and super music, while the second provides infinite replay value and just plain fun gameplay that never gets. While I don't think Investigations is the best game in the AA franchise, it still is a fantastic game, but SoulSilver is definitely the best Pokemon ever to date.

PSP: Persona 3 Portable

Persona 3 on the PS2 is one of the best RPGs ever made, and bringing it to the portable system with a different character to play as, changing some storyline events makes this version appealing to people that have already played other versions of the game appealing. Tackle amazing music and gameplay changes of its succesor Persona 4 and you get the best RPG of the year, and the best version of one of the best games ever.

Wii: Super Mario Galaxy 2

Not being a great fan of the original, I was really surprised with how incredible this game was. The level design is far superior, the power ups are more fun to use, there is Yoshi and a remake of a Super Mario 64 level and the music is just incredible. This is one of the best sequels ever created and one of the most fun games I'ver ever played. While the Wii had some incredible exclusives this year (Metroid Other M, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Donkey Kong Country Returns...), this is the best of them.

So these are my favourite games of last year of the consoles active in the market that I own. Feel free to tell me what your favourites were.

Yeah, I know I'm kinda late to tell it, but since i gained money from a lot of relatives, I had to go somewhere to spend it, and i only went yesterday. So, here are the games I got as presents and the ones I got from the money I recived.

Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii)

Borderlands (PS3)

BioShock (PS3)

Soulcalibur IV (PS3)

Also, my mom went to Chile, so she got me 2 games

Bayonetta (PS3)

White Knight Chornicles (PS3)

I have already finished (and reviewed) Epic Yarn and Bayonetta, and am playing all the other. That's all folks! Have a nice new year!

(NOTE: THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GAMES. IT IS JUST ME RAMBLING ABOUT STUFF. IF YOU'D LIKE IT, PLEASE READ IT AND LEAVE A COMMENT. IF NOT, THEN GO AWAY :D)

Here in Brazil, we have 5 major kids tv channels: Disney Channel, Disney XD, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Discovery Kids. As I have 2 younger siblings, I have to sit though stupid programs that pass on these channels, and it makes me ashamed. Ashamed that the quality dropped so much from when I watched these channels.

First I want to clear one thing: being for kids isn't an excuse for not trying. This applies to games as well. What I mean is that most programs now a days only show cartoons that don't even make the kids think. Take for example "Blue's Clues" or "Dora Adventurer". They suck now that we are older, but they made us think and play attention to what the characters were saying. Dora even said little words in english, which made us learn simple things like "ball" and "map". Example of a nowadays good toddler show is "Backyardigans", since it is colorful, has different plots always and interesting songs for the kiddies.

So, yeah. This mostly apllies for Discovery Channel here. Most of its cartoons are like that. Now, on the other hand, we have the horrible decline that Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon had.

Let's start with Cartoon. When I was younger (i'm 14 now, and I say when I was around 7), we had the first animes to come to our contry, which were "Sailor Moon", "Sakura Cardcaptors", "Dragon Ball" and "Saint Seiya". They were show mostly at night, but they made us stay up at night to watch them. All those had intricate plots, great characters, romantic depths and great dubs. "Sailor Moon" was a bit too sexualized, but we, as kids, loved it. Other animes that passed on Cartoon were "Samurai X", "Ramma 1/2" and "Mirmo Zibang", and of course, "Pokemon". There was a nice balance on the onces for girls and the ones for boys, and my favourite out of those was actually "Sakura Cardcaptors", which still is my favourite anime. For cartoons, there was "Ed, Edd and Eddy", "Dexter's Laboratory", "Cow and Chicken", among other "Cartoon Cartoons". They were all very creative. Just look at "Cow and Chicken"! A cow and a chicken as siblings! This is crazy, and awesome. This is what Cartoon is missing nowadays. Creativity. Nowadays cartoons seem so simmilar to the older ones, and worse versions of them. Take a look on one of the most popular now, "Ben 10". The concept of a boy transforming in different monsters isn't that original at all, and the execution falls flat on the concept of "mosters of the day". Anyone could come up with the plots of it, even though the sequel series is more thoughfull. "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack" and "My Gym Partner is a Monkey" shows the example of how the writers have run out of creative ideas to things that are just plain stupid, and with plots so unbeliviably dumb that is just not fun to watch. Even my brother can barely sit though them.

Now about Nick. They are best known for "SpongeBob", "The FairlyOdd Parents" and others, and some live action series. SpongeBob was frekin awesome on the begining, and till about 2004. The episodes were incredibly creative and, most importantly, funny. Even my parents saw it and laughed (not just a fake laugh to please kids). I was seeing some videos about Patrick funniest moments, and they were really LOL moments. But unfortunately, the series is just downhill. While it still is reasonably funny, there is one big problem. The plots. They only focus on two things right now: SpongeBob and Patrick annoying Squidward or SpongeBob being dumb with Mr. Krabs. This is not funny or fun to watch, as it only makes you fell either bad for Squidward or with anger with SpongeBob or Mr. Krabs. So yeah, it lost its charm. Worst than this is their other flagship series, "The FairlyOdd Parents". Here in Brazil, 'till half of season 5, it was broadcasted by Fox Kids/Jetix/Disney XD. In 2008, the rest began to be broadcasted by Nickeloadeon. And ever since the begining of the season, the series just became worse, worse and worse. For example, the first episode of the season, which focused on Crash Nebula, is probably one of the worst episodes of the series ever. It just isn't any entertaining, and ever as a kid, I couldn't stand it. Truthfully, there were quite a few episodes I really didn't like, but there were some gems of animation, like "Power Mad!" and "Tiny Timmy!". And ever since they got the baby, it just had an overflow of new characters that just were too stupid or not fun, and Cosmo himself became insuferable. Not to talk about the ridiculously large amout of contradictions in the series, such as Timmy being supposedly frozen in time, that is, 10 years old forever, but there were more than one episode were he had a birthday party, and he stayed with the same age, not to mention a lot of other minimal and major plot holes. In my contry, the series has a huge problem with dub, that Timmy himself is dubbed by the same guy that does the voice for the likes of Cory of "Cory in the House" (which suked), and since he got older, he now has to force his voice, and it just sounds bad. When it comes to live action series, they normally are too simplistic to be greatly enjoyable. I love "The Amanda Show" and "Kenan and Kel", cause they were hilarious, and also enjoyed the way "Unfabulous" portrayed the real world. But then there are shows like "Drake and Josh", which try to mix the two former, in portraying the reallity and being just plain weird. But it fails, having horrible plots, annoying characters and being too unrealistic to viewers relate too or not too crazy to go on an acid trip with it. Also, considering the last shows I got to watch, which are "iCarly" and "The Naked Brothers Band", it makes me realise that the writers at Nickelodeon can do really funny stuff with the former, and a really boring and unfunny one with the last. I don't think ICarly is perfect though, as I think it has problems with character development, specially Spencer, and I think that it at times can be too annoying and stupid, but normally its randomness is funny. The new cartoons on the channel are also a pain, like "Fanboy and Chum Chum" and "Mighty B!", which are really uncreative and just annoying to sit though

I probably sounded really nippicking and an old man trying to find flaws, but this is who I see the downhill of Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. I could give more detailes, but still. I think this is enougth. Just to clarify, this is how the channels are in my country. In yours, it may be a bit better, considering the programation.

In my opinion, one of the most overated games ever is the original Super Mario Galaxy. When I first bought and played it, I almost made me like that game more than I really was. In my review of it, I cited the stupid new power ups and the akward mecanics when turning upside down in a planet. These are true reasons for my disapointment of the game. But, after playing the hell out of the sequel, I could understand better my fellings with the game.

In addition, I have to say that I acompanied a certain Let's Player (chuggaaconroyplaythough SMG (well, actually playing the games a Luigi), and I understoon what I really disliked about the game: it's art style and level design. While level design I already knew, cause, as I said, I don't quite enjoy going upside down too much, as i think the controls become a little cumbersome and it just is a bit silly, but I also found out that I don't like the structure of the game, of (in most levels) going from one small planet to the other, with a lot of emphasis on the jumping. While this is personal, i preffer much more the linear design of the older games or the big, open world from 64, Sunshine and Galaxy 2. I can't be dumb though, because this was done to take use of the galaxy and outer space theme, and made the game more fitting with that tone, but it I still found it to not be appealing to me.

Now, when i say art style, it is what I really dislike from the game. While the graphics are great in a tecnichal level, and there is a lot going on the screen at the same time, and the details are great, there is too much black in the game, making it less appealing. Again, this is not on every level, and one again was made cause of the outer space them, and it really has to do with it, but nonetheless is bleak to me.

My love for the sequel is that it fixes the nippicking I have with the original, as the gravity gimmick isn't as used, and the art style is much more colorfull, plus the new power ups are cooler. You may say I'm really annoying for looking at such details form the gameplay and presentation, but these things add to the experience as a whole, and, while there is some nice plataforming in the game and the boss battles are kick ass, the original Super Mario Galaxy to me is underwhelming.

PS: Don't comment that i'm too nippicking, cause i already admited so.
PPS: This is chuggaaconroy's accout. He is awesome. (http://www.youtube.com/user/chuggaaconroy)

Last night, i couldn't be happier: my mom just came back from her vacation on Chile and brought me a PS3! Awesome. But, right now, as I wake up, i couldn't be sadder: my dog just ran away. He way probably the most important thing for me ever, along with my other dog. Soi can defnitely classify my life as a roller coaster right now. :(

I'm almost leveling up, but i'd like to know, what is Nobunaga's Ambition? Glad if you tell me.