Speaking of Game Development, I took up 6 game projects and now put myself in a very busy schedule. I'm on Sound/Music for an RPG, Side-Scroll Shooter, 3D Action-Platformer, and 2D Action Horror Game. Then I have 2 independent games I'm working on. One game I'm making is a follow up to something I created for class and the other is for a professor I'm working with in my Game Culture Concentration. Yup yup, very busy and wish I had more time away from the boring classes I have to go through.
I feel very videogame deprived since I haven't been playing all that much lately and because of all the good games suddenly coming out and tempting me. 2 Games for sure I'm buying is Phantasy Star Zero for DS and Castle of Shikigami 3 for Wii.
I'm super excited for Phantasy Star Zero since I enjoy the Phantasy Star series, the amount of weapons and story they're implementing into this game, and the ability to play over the internet cooperatively with people around the world!!! Castle of Shikigami 3 is actually getting somewhat old (about a year or 2) but I've been getting back into shooters after playing Touhou and Valkyrie Sky as well as re-watching the video Mushihimesama-Futari. It's also because CoS3 has 2 player co-op and I wanted something to play with my sister and friend over this winter break.
The graphics are nice, the game is challenging, but I hope I can at the very least change the voices back to Japanese (I played the Japanese demo on PC).
It looks impossible, but I think it'd be fun to try it out.
Free Online game with 4-player co-op and RPG elements. Check on Right Panel.
Putting Phantasy Star Zero ($40) with Castle of Shikigami ($30) would cost me up to $70 plus tax. I'm not even working in a real job right now, so using money really puts a hole in my wallet. This makes it hard for me when I look at the other games out there. Left 4 Dead 2 is coming out very soon:
Then this week, I got to try out DJ Hero (on its launch day no less) and I gotta say it's pretty fun. I also love the stuff Daft Punk does:
Today, I went back to try out Tekken 6 since I forgot to on tuesday when I was playing DJ Hero:
This guy makes him look like nothing, but I got to the boss today. It wasn't even fair..... One game in particular that really caught my attention though was Borderlands. It's an Action sort of FPS RPG that can be played online with 3 other people for a 4 player co-op.
It's $60 for Console and $50 for PC, and I'm having a really hard time deciding whether I should get this game or not. I'm leaning a lot more towards waiting for it to become cheaper before I actually buy it, but it's an RPG I can play with my FPS friends!!! Yeaaaaah, lot's of good games out. For those of you that play DotA, "League of Legends goes free-to-play". No seriously, check their website. It's created by those who were involved with making DotA, so the designs of the game is sure to be familiar and entertaining to those who've played DotA before. Not sure when I'll get around to trying it since I have so much work...Another game to look out for if you're a DotA fan is "Heroes of Newerth." The game "Demigod", that was also inspired by "DotA", was/is fun, but didn't have as many characters which was something that disappointed me a little. But the game mechanics were a lot easier to pick up and play with others.
Moving away from Videogames, I got a chance to watch the first episode of the anime "K-On" and loved it. I like the way Kyoto Animation animates and draws their characters as it's easy on the eyes and enjoyable to follow. The stories that they transition from the manga (as it is a 4-Koma style Manga) are true to the story with more details that make it its own (like they did with Lucky Star). And I love music, so a story about 4 girls getting together and playing music really interested me. There's a Bassist, guitarist, drummer, and keyboard player (and I play all 4, yay!) all have a distinctive personality and charm about them that really relates to the viewers or makes them a bit more attatched.
Yeah, that's Mio (mmm, I wouldn't mind having that figurine, but it's $88...- -;). She's my favorite character so far which surprised me since I play the Bass the least (I don't have one, I play my friend's). I liked the part in the first episode where Ritsu kicked Mio in the leg, made me sorry for Mio, but still laughed. I didn't know it before, but appearently EVERYONE loves Mio as I read stuff on forums and blogs. I don't blame them after seeing the amazing ending credits theme song "Don't Say Lazy" at the end of the episode.
Mmmm, sexy right? XD Yeah, this anime is fairly new, but I think they already brought it over with english dubs to the states already. It's voiced by Christine Vee. No offense at all to her, but I don't like the english dubs of any of the Kyoto Animation animes, they sound so weird and out of character. I think what really urked me was the english version of "God Knows..." from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu. If you've watched the original Japanese version, avoid listening to the english version. On the other hand, I think Christine Vee did a decent job on the english version of "Don't Say Lazy". Still, I perfer the Japanese version more.
Okay, time to cook dinner and go to Kendo and hopefully play some videogames tonight before I work like crazy tomorrow!!! XD
