Why is it that a fighting game is only good for 2 or 3 months? Why do we wait for them anxiously and just return them within months of that time?

Now I'm not saying this is everyone, but it seems that when I traded in my copy of Soul Calibur 4 the other day I saw 10+ copies sitting on the wall and thought "Did this game really take that short of time for people to be bored of it?"

It's not just Soul Calibur though. It's fighting games altogether. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit was excellent, but I beat the campaign within a week. It only went up to the Cell Saga But to get my full view on that I'll post my review on it later. Fighting games in recent years have come out short, redundant, and have almost no replay value. We buy them in the first place because they seem to be even more fast paced and more in depth than it's prequel, while that may be, we seem to forget the fact that fighting games become obsolete within such a short amount of time. We realize that we've figured out how the AI for each character works. We've decided which characters we're good/bad with and we have our strategies figured out and can't seem to mix up our strategies.

It's not that fighting games are bad, they're just short and repetitive. There's relly no reason a fighting game should cost more than $40 upon release, unless they promise an indepth story. an adpting AI and gameplay that just gets mixed up everynow and then.

Until next time Brantley "The Resident Evil Maniac" is out

I gotta be honest, I'm so happy that 13 is comin to the 360. I thought I was gonna haveto buy a PS3, but instead I get to keep the $400 I have saved up in my bank account to buy it.

There are those who won't shut up about the port to 360 being a ad idea. But let's be honest, you know that Square-Enix made the best move in the world by going to 360. PS3 is not doing well. The sales are raising but not enough to prove that it'll be the dominating system in the near future. The PS3 is more technologically capable but game designers dont have the technology to make something utilizes even 3/4 the PS3s power. In the long run the PS3 is better even, but it's abilities are overall useless at this time. But back to 13.

By 13 going to 360 the Final Fantasy fanbase will be widenened and the current Final Fantasy fanbase will be able to feep up without blowing money on a currently useless system. Even more outrageous are the people who say Square is a traitor. But does this one incident make them a traitor? NO!!!

Keep in mind that Square Started with Nintendo and jumped to Sony. You know why? Because disc technology was where the money was at. When your a gaming caompany you have to go where the money is. Had Nintendo swapped to discs when they made the N64 I'm sure Square would've stayed with them until the PS2 was released. Calling Square a traitor is not even relevant. They simply wish to make money. in the words of Vince McMahon "It's all about the mon-aye!"

So think next time you call Square a traitor. Because Square-Enix is a company, and what do companies do? They make money. How do they do it? By spreading their horizons and producing their product so more people can enjoy it.

Until next time. Ziila "Resident Evil Maniac" Out