So I'm back on track on practicing music again. I've been doing practice sessions, experimenting with recording, and playing piano/guitar a bit more regularly. Despite all the efforts I'm putting in, I feel that I should've done more this year. I made good progress with completing games, and I learn a lot for sure; however, I've also accumulated a lot more games and possibly have a larger back-log than before. I also didn't draw anything other than the Team Fortress 2 picture at the beginning of the year. I think I need to go back into drawing comics to get myself hyped up about drawing again. I never got around to making my online profile, but I think I have the materials I want to put up now through the work I did for Camera Obscura. In any case, I'm putting a lot of work behind me these next two weeks as I relax and enjoy the games I've bought and will be buying as Steam Winter Sales has started today!
This past month, I made progress on a lot of PC games. I finally got around to playing Shank and surprisingly enjoyed it a lot. It's a game that you'd have to play to know what it's like as the videos don't really convey the controls and feel of the game the way it does when playing it. I finally beat Resident Evil Revelations a few nights ago on my 3DS.
Source: Youtube Channel IGNentertainment
It seems IGN didn't really like the story. I actually really enjoyed it. The game still holds on to more of its action-orientated combat system of the newer Resident Evil games, but it also feels closer to the originals where they're more scary and put tension on the player. After completing it, I continued playing Raid mode and really liked how I was able to mow through enemies, find stronger weapons, and level up like in an RPG. But right now, I practically completed all my 3DS games and crave for a new game. I'm thinking of getting Code of Princess or Paper Mario Sticker Star, but not sure if I should at the moment as I'm going to be spending quite a bit on Steam Winter Sale games.
This past week, I've been feeling some odd pain in my lower left abdomen. Two nights ago, it got really bad and it got me worried. I'm not sure if it's a muscle spasm or if I have a lot of air trapped or what. I'm feeling a lot better today than earlier this week, but I still feel a bit off which worries me. Hopefully it's nothing serious and nothing I have to worry about.
In any case, I'm off to finish the remaining work I have and start enjoying my binge on gaming for the next two weeks. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone!
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The holidays closes in
Ever since I finished my major part of Camera Obscura, I haven't really been doing much. I did a little bit of job searching (though I'm not as diligent as I used to be), did mostly writing, and practicing a bit on music since I haven't in a long time. There's one last major thing I wanted to work on Camera Obscura and I suppose I'll share that when the time is right. I should be working on my portfolio so that it'd make job searching somewhat easier, but I still haven't gotten around to that. Then of course, I've been working on my ever-growing backlog of games.
For PS3, I'm mostly working on Eternal Sonata as it's been 2 years since I've had it and I want to lower the amount of RPGs I have so I'll have free time to actually start Final Fantasy XIII. It's so sad, I bought FF13 on the first week it was out and even bought FF13-2 this year, yet I have not started on it yet (first 15 minutes, but that's about it). I finally got through the campaign of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It was surprisingly good, but the ending I didn't know how I felt. I kinda liked it, but also felt...empty? Maybe I just wanted more closure, but I wouldn't be surprised if Activision wanted the developers to start another trilogy off of the series.
I've been trying to get back into my backlog off PS2 games since I really want to play Persona 3 and 4 now (I bought Persona 4 Arena for the PS3 and am now curious about the original game).
I had finished Devil Kings (Okay, only one of the characters...) and Silpheed: The Lost Planet I skipped because it was just way too boring. I then started up Castlevania: The Curse of Darkness and totally felt lost until I looked up where I was on Gamefaqs. It seems I stopped playing the game right before I go into Dracula's Castle, so I'm pretty close. So I want to complete that and Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven before I start on the Persona games. I had finally finished Nightshade, and it was painfully bad. Perhaps I am bias liking Shinobi so much, but Nightshade doesn't feel like it was developed by the same team.
On my 3DS, I completed Heroes of Ruin and enjoyed but was shocked to find that there wasn't any end-game content. A lot of RPGs like those have end-game content nowadays. I'm currently working on Resident Evil: Revelations and understand why so many people liked it. It's a really well designed Action-Horror game and has incredible graphics for a handheld.
I want to say I've made the most progress on PC, but it doesn't seem so looking through my completed list of games. I had bought The Darkness 2 for $6 and ended up enjoying the game a lot and completing the main campaign in 5 hours. I also completed Borderlands 2 with some friends. It was a lot harder than the first game. In the past week or so, I have bought Hero's Academy, The Lord of Rings: War in the North, Awesomenauts, and Spec Ops: The Line.
The opening of Awesomenauts is so cheesy that it's great! The game itself is simplistic and a lot of fun, but it can also depend on who you play with much like other Online games. When I tried the game, I had a great experience with a team who knew what they were doing and I grasped the concept of the game fairly quickly from a practice match. But after I bought the game, I have had team members with no team work against players who knew exactly what they were doing. Other times, I went against players when all my team mates were bots. I feel like I stepped into a trap where no one really plays the game that much. Thankfully, the game can still be played against bots, and they can be pretty challenging when set to higher levels. I haven't installed Spec Ops: The Line yet since I'm trying to finish up my other 3rd-person shooters first, but I got it for $6 so I think I'll be at least able to enjoy a meaningful single-player campaign. I haven't had much time with Hero's Academy yet, but I'm already regretting buying the DLCs. LotR: War in the North has gotten poor reviews in the past, but I got it on an unbelievable sale of $3.75 and wanted to give it a chance. I can see some of the flaws the game has, but so far it's a lot of fun.
Thanksgiving is in 2 days and I'll be able to see some of my friends and family which I'm really happy about. Then there are the upcoming Steam sales happening tomorrow and next month. Needless to say, I'm pretty afraid. I don't think I've ever bought as many games as I have this year. It'd be nice if I actually had more time to enjoy them all.
For PS3, I'm mostly working on Eternal Sonata as it's been 2 years since I've had it and I want to lower the amount of RPGs I have so I'll have free time to actually start Final Fantasy XIII. It's so sad, I bought FF13 on the first week it was out and even bought FF13-2 this year, yet I have not started on it yet (first 15 minutes, but that's about it). I finally got through the campaign of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It was surprisingly good, but the ending I didn't know how I felt. I kinda liked it, but also felt...empty? Maybe I just wanted more closure, but I wouldn't be surprised if Activision wanted the developers to start another trilogy off of the series.
I've been trying to get back into my backlog off PS2 games since I really want to play Persona 3 and 4 now (I bought Persona 4 Arena for the PS3 and am now curious about the original game).
I had finished Devil Kings (Okay, only one of the characters...) and Silpheed: The Lost Planet I skipped because it was just way too boring. I then started up Castlevania: The Curse of Darkness and totally felt lost until I looked up where I was on Gamefaqs. It seems I stopped playing the game right before I go into Dracula's Castle, so I'm pretty close. So I want to complete that and Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven before I start on the Persona games. I had finally finished Nightshade, and it was painfully bad. Perhaps I am bias liking Shinobi so much, but Nightshade doesn't feel like it was developed by the same team.
On my 3DS, I completed Heroes of Ruin and enjoyed but was shocked to find that there wasn't any end-game content. A lot of RPGs like those have end-game content nowadays. I'm currently working on Resident Evil: Revelations and understand why so many people liked it. It's a really well designed Action-Horror game and has incredible graphics for a handheld.
I want to say I've made the most progress on PC, but it doesn't seem so looking through my completed list of games. I had bought The Darkness 2 for $6 and ended up enjoying the game a lot and completing the main campaign in 5 hours. I also completed Borderlands 2 with some friends. It was a lot harder than the first game. In the past week or so, I have bought Hero's Academy, The Lord of Rings: War in the North, Awesomenauts, and Spec Ops: The Line.
The opening of Awesomenauts is so cheesy that it's great! The game itself is simplistic and a lot of fun, but it can also depend on who you play with much like other Online games. When I tried the game, I had a great experience with a team who knew what they were doing and I grasped the concept of the game fairly quickly from a practice match. But after I bought the game, I have had team members with no team work against players who knew exactly what they were doing. Other times, I went against players when all my team mates were bots. I feel like I stepped into a trap where no one really plays the game that much. Thankfully, the game can still be played against bots, and they can be pretty challenging when set to higher levels. I haven't installed Spec Ops: The Line yet since I'm trying to finish up my other 3rd-person shooters first, but I got it for $6 so I think I'll be at least able to enjoy a meaningful single-player campaign. I haven't had much time with Hero's Academy yet, but I'm already regretting buying the DLCs. LotR: War in the North has gotten poor reviews in the past, but I got it on an unbelievable sale of $3.75 and wanted to give it a chance. I can see some of the flaws the game has, but so far it's a lot of fun.
Thanksgiving is in 2 days and I'll be able to see some of my friends and family which I'm really happy about. Then there are the upcoming Steam sales happening tomorrow and next month. Needless to say, I'm pretty afraid. I don't think I've ever bought as many games as I have this year. It'd be nice if I actually had more time to enjoy them all.
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