So I still have yet to finish my portfolio or get to working on my next music project, but I've acquired quite a bit of games this month.
Remember how I said I wanted to finish Dark Souls, Final Fantasy XIII/XIII-2, and Persona 3FES/4 by the end of this year? I don't see that happening anymore. Dark Souls is taking longer than I expected to finish, but I am having fun with it. Besides that, I put Pokémon Y on hold while I started up Kid Icarus: Uprising for the 3DS. The game isn't Kid Icarus anymore in terms of gameplay, but it still holds the lore and music from the original. The dialogues all have voice overs and are VERY cheesy, but the amount of humor they pour into it makes for a light-hearted experience. The game's very challenging and really hard to play without the stand because the 3DS XL is pretty heavy compared to the original, so I get tired from playing it fairly quickly. Still, it's a lot of fun with lots of action in it. Among these two games that I'm playing, I also bought 10 games this month. 4 3DS games, 4 PS3 games, and 2 PC games. Amazon Black Friday Sales have begun this week and Steam Autumn Sales start this Wednesday, so I might be picking up a few more.
Among the 10 that I bought, Senran Kagura Burst for the 3DS was one of them:
I was looking forward to this game when it was announced for a Western release. When I saw the screen shots for the first game was first revealed, it didn't look that great of a game. And the amount of fan-service also made me question whether the game itself was good or not. But when the game finally released, I saw gameplay footages and was amazed by how fluid and fast the combat looked. I got interested and learned more about it thinking that it wasn't a game that would see an English version. Burst came out and then eventually XSEED games made an announcement saying that they were going to localize it with the condition that it will be digital only. I was glad and sad at the same time. I don't like to buy games digitally on any system other than PC for various reasons, but that was the catch here. So I finally made my first digital purchase on my 3DS for Senran Kagura Burst and I'd say it was worth it. The mechanics feel very similar to Dynasty Warriors and all attack link into one another very smoothly. Sad to say, but in terms of gameplay I think Senran Kagura Burst is even better than Code of Princess, and I really liked Code of Princess. I've been just blessed with so many awesome beat-em-ups this year and one that I haven't even played yet is Dragon's Crown which I order a few days ago. I'm just waiting for that to come in the mail.
Besides my ever increasing backlog of games, I've been sucked back into Super Smash Bros. again. I've been messing around on Smash 64, Melee, and Brawl and then ran into Project M on Youtube just last week.
It's a mod of Super Smash Bros. Brawl to make it play more similar to Melee while changing the characters to be more balanced for a competitive level of play. One of my favorite character changes is Sonic the Hedgehog and I've just fallen in love with playing him in Smash. I've uploaded a video demo on my FB page if you want to check out what he's capable of now. So that's been another lovely distraction for me this month.
Right now, I think I need to focus on finishing my portfolio because I think I want to take a break for December and just relax and enjoy Winter. My sister is coming home to visit, friend's are coming back for the holidays, and I have a stack of games waiting for me to play them. Then I go back to turbo working mode in January!
