September was quite a busy month with getting audio projects done and getting through some games. I created a few songs, covers and remixes for fun and practice while most of September was spent working on two remixes that's part of the 4 remix albums I set off towards working on last year. I wasn't sure if I could even finish the Ninja Gaiden remix before the end of the month when I suddenly got really sick in the stomach and threw up last week. Thankfully, I made a speed recovery and worked hard on it to get it done so I could enjoy the final product. I had those two remixes uploaded last night.
I really liked how the Double Dragon remix turned out. I wanted it to be kind of laid-back, but still be upbeat. But when I finished the Ninja Gaiden Remix, I felt like it paled in comparison since a lot more thought, work, and inspiration went into it. I've been wanting to make this remix for a while ever since I started listening to more music from the Synthwave/Retrowave and Darkwave genre. And it was no surprise that I was going to work on remixes from Ninja Gaiden when I decided to make a Ninja themed remix album. I was thinking about participating in INKtober this year like I did last year. But because of the momentum I gained from the work I've done in the past 2 months, I decided I would focus on my own projects throughout October. After getting the two remixes up last night, I have a bit of leisure time today to write and reflect as I'll probably continue working on Monday after some rest over the weekend.
Aside from work, I've been enjoying the games I've pre-ordered for the month of September and October. I've been so busy that I haven't had time to write about NieR: Automata. There are a few games I want to get into an in-depth analysis on, so for now I'm just going to briefly go over some of them.
After completing NieR: Automata and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD back in early August, I wanted to complete a few more games before all the pre-orders started rolling in. I managed to finish up Touhou Genso Rondo: Bullet Ballet and the original main story of Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate before Warriors All-Stars came in the mail. What I mean by that is that Warriors Orochi 3 originally had 4 chapters (or was it 5?) and it looks like all the other ones were added afterwards (10 chapters in total). So I'm probably going to go back to it and try to finish the extra content when I get the chance. It looks like I managed to finish Koihime Enbu, Necropolis (with a friend), and Kirby Triple Deluxe before I finished Warriors All-Stars. Nothing much to say about a lot of these games: Touhou was okay, Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate was a lot of fun, but there's still more I want to get around to playing in it, Koihime Enbu was pretty fun but frustrating sometimes, Necropolis was rather disappointing and bare-bones (not to mention how unreasonably difficult it seemed if we didn't find a ranged weapon that made it much easier), and Kirby Triple Deluxe was mediocre with a ridiculous 7 phase final boss. Warriors All-Stars is one game I'll probably want to get into a deep discussion about because I absolutely loved the game and had a lot of fun playing it. I finished Metroid Samus Returns and felt rather conflicted on what I thought about it throughout my playthrough. That's another game I want to go into detail with. I finished Story mode of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite with a lot of disappointment for the entire game, but still like the overall feel of gameplay. So I'll definitely talk about that game as well since I have a lot to complain about it. And just a little over a week ago, I downloaded a free Half-Life 1 modded game called "Half-Life: CAGED". I didn't like it very much. The puzzles and platforming were pretty good, but combat was quite awful. It made me want to play Half-Life, so I finally downloaded and played through Half-Life 2: Episode 1; it's a game I bought back in 2011. I started Half-Life 2: Episode 2 last night.
There's a lot I want to accomplish this month, so I'm sure it'll be interesting. I'm probably going to be writing quite a bit about the few games I mentioned in the following days or weeks.
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