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!
Monday, November 25, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
October's over already? How Spooky...
Last month, I wasn't sure what I wanted out of October other than maybe work on more music projects. Instead, I tried to focus on finishing up my portfolio. It's the last week of October and I honestly don't know what I really did this month. It passed by so quickly! I've been feeling tired and unmotivated to finishing up my portfolio, but it's something I really have to complete. In terms of work, I think I got one cover art done and one remix done. Both of them were done early October, so I suspect I was pretty distracted in the middle of this month up till now.
Thinking back on this month, I was pretty focused on getting some games done. I finally completed Titan Quest and the expansion. The game seemed to drag on after a while and I wasn't able to enjoy it as I did in the beginning. This makes me worried about Grim Dawn as the developers use the same exact game engine. I found a new copy of Sonic and the Black Knight for $14.99 for the Nintendo Wii and decided to finally get it after all these years of waiting. I've heard many awful things about Sonic and the Black Knight, but I was still curious. For one thing, the game is super short. So I thought "perfect, I'll finish it over the weekend". I played it and finished it all in one day. Strange enough, I was pretty entertained by it. There were only 2 levels that annoyed me and reminded me of Sonic 2006, but other than that I had fun. The game has really nice environments and the graphics are really nice for a Wii game. The game's fast-paced and arcade-like. There is a lot of swinging involved, and I knew my arm was going to be sore the next day (and it was). And the last boss was a little tedious, but still pretty good for a last boss fight. Sega had just released their newest Sonic game, Lost World, for the Nintendo Wii U. It seems like critics didn't really like it and I'm not surprised. After playing Sonic Generations and experienced how incredible a Sonic game could be, I had my doubts that they'd make the next Sonic game as good as that one. I worked on finishing Red Faction Guerrilla up for a while and finally completed the main story. The game wasn't anything amazing, but it was pretty fun destroying everything and causing mayhem. I got around to playing the entire story mode of Mortal Kombat 9 and really enjoyed it. I wasn't expecting too much from Mortal Kombat 9, but the story mode definitely made it into a memorable experience. I had bought "Legendary" for $2.49 and saw that it took an average of 5 hours for most people to beat it so I thought I'd rush through it. It has a LOT of problems and the gameplay overall felt boring and forgettable, but I'd be lying if I didn't say I had some fun with it. Unfortunately, I didn't truly finish the game as a game breaking bug caused me to fall through the elevator that brought me to the last scene of the game. It was only the last 15 minutes of the game and I decided to just watch it on Youtube and consider it completed. The two games I'm most proud of completing this month has to be Skyrim and Uncharted 3 though. I bought Skyrim two years ago and always had trouble finding the time to play it. So I eventually decided to skip all side quests half way through the game and complete the main story. It was a lot of fun and there were still a lot more I could explore in the game, but my PS3 is running out of hard drive space and I still have plenty more games to play. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception I borrowed from my friend over a year ago and haven't found the time to play. I decided to rush through it and finished it in two days which is really fast considering how long it takes me to finish a game most of the time. I didn't like the game as much as the first two iterations, but I was pretty proud of myself to finish a game so quickly in 2 nights of playing it. The way the plot progressed and how so many of the twists were "deceptions" made it too predictable after a few times and it really wears out the story. Another big thing that bugged me was how the game always slowed down every time the game got exciting. All the problems the series had with the first game that they fixed in the 2nd returned in the 3rd. I wasn't very happy with Uncharted 3, but I'm glad I got through it so I at least know what it's like.
I did a decent amount of purchases this month apparently. Nordic Games & Focus Interactive Humble Bundles, Pokémon Y, Enclave, Teleglitch, Resident Evil 6, Bionic Commando, Dark Void, Onimusha 3, Demigod, Nail'd, The Last Story, and Pandora's Tower. I read, research, play, analyze, buy, and look at so many games everyday that I forget how much I actually do in a month sometimes. I'm doing a decent job of getting through my PS3 games at the moment as I plan on finishing up Dark Souls, Final Fantasy XIII, FF13-2 on PS3 and Persona 3&4 on PS2 before the end of the year. This is pretty ambitious to get through 5 RPGs in just 2 months. But I've been looking forward to playing these 5 games for a very very long time, so I think I'll be able to enjoy them.
I'm not sure what else to say about this month. November is coming up. The PS4 and Xbox One is going to release. Battlefield 4 comes out in 6 hours. I'm still waiting for Phantasy Star Online 2 to release in the US.
So last month, I said I wasn't sure what I wanted out of October. For November, I want to finish up my portfolio, send out my resume for any open positions I find, and get back to working on my music projects.
Thinking back on this month, I was pretty focused on getting some games done. I finally completed Titan Quest and the expansion. The game seemed to drag on after a while and I wasn't able to enjoy it as I did in the beginning. This makes me worried about Grim Dawn as the developers use the same exact game engine. I found a new copy of Sonic and the Black Knight for $14.99 for the Nintendo Wii and decided to finally get it after all these years of waiting. I've heard many awful things about Sonic and the Black Knight, but I was still curious. For one thing, the game is super short. So I thought "perfect, I'll finish it over the weekend". I played it and finished it all in one day. Strange enough, I was pretty entertained by it. There were only 2 levels that annoyed me and reminded me of Sonic 2006, but other than that I had fun. The game has really nice environments and the graphics are really nice for a Wii game. The game's fast-paced and arcade-like. There is a lot of swinging involved, and I knew my arm was going to be sore the next day (and it was). And the last boss was a little tedious, but still pretty good for a last boss fight. Sega had just released their newest Sonic game, Lost World, for the Nintendo Wii U. It seems like critics didn't really like it and I'm not surprised. After playing Sonic Generations and experienced how incredible a Sonic game could be, I had my doubts that they'd make the next Sonic game as good as that one. I worked on finishing Red Faction Guerrilla up for a while and finally completed the main story. The game wasn't anything amazing, but it was pretty fun destroying everything and causing mayhem. I got around to playing the entire story mode of Mortal Kombat 9 and really enjoyed it. I wasn't expecting too much from Mortal Kombat 9, but the story mode definitely made it into a memorable experience. I had bought "Legendary" for $2.49 and saw that it took an average of 5 hours for most people to beat it so I thought I'd rush through it. It has a LOT of problems and the gameplay overall felt boring and forgettable, but I'd be lying if I didn't say I had some fun with it. Unfortunately, I didn't truly finish the game as a game breaking bug caused me to fall through the elevator that brought me to the last scene of the game. It was only the last 15 minutes of the game and I decided to just watch it on Youtube and consider it completed. The two games I'm most proud of completing this month has to be Skyrim and Uncharted 3 though. I bought Skyrim two years ago and always had trouble finding the time to play it. So I eventually decided to skip all side quests half way through the game and complete the main story. It was a lot of fun and there were still a lot more I could explore in the game, but my PS3 is running out of hard drive space and I still have plenty more games to play. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception I borrowed from my friend over a year ago and haven't found the time to play. I decided to rush through it and finished it in two days which is really fast considering how long it takes me to finish a game most of the time. I didn't like the game as much as the first two iterations, but I was pretty proud of myself to finish a game so quickly in 2 nights of playing it. The way the plot progressed and how so many of the twists were "deceptions" made it too predictable after a few times and it really wears out the story. Another big thing that bugged me was how the game always slowed down every time the game got exciting. All the problems the series had with the first game that they fixed in the 2nd returned in the 3rd. I wasn't very happy with Uncharted 3, but I'm glad I got through it so I at least know what it's like.
I did a decent amount of purchases this month apparently. Nordic Games & Focus Interactive Humble Bundles, Pokémon Y, Enclave, Teleglitch, Resident Evil 6, Bionic Commando, Dark Void, Onimusha 3, Demigod, Nail'd, The Last Story, and Pandora's Tower. I read, research, play, analyze, buy, and look at so many games everyday that I forget how much I actually do in a month sometimes. I'm doing a decent job of getting through my PS3 games at the moment as I plan on finishing up Dark Souls, Final Fantasy XIII, FF13-2 on PS3 and Persona 3&4 on PS2 before the end of the year. This is pretty ambitious to get through 5 RPGs in just 2 months. But I've been looking forward to playing these 5 games for a very very long time, so I think I'll be able to enjoy them.
I'm not sure what else to say about this month. November is coming up. The PS4 and Xbox One is going to release. Battlefield 4 comes out in 6 hours. I'm still waiting for Phantasy Star Online 2 to release in the US.
So last month, I said I wasn't sure what I wanted out of October. For November, I want to finish up my portfolio, send out my resume for any open positions I find, and get back to working on my music projects.
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