So glad I had the opportunity to finally finish this game. Anyway, lets get to the point.
I think out of all the Final Fantasy games I have ever played, I hated this one the most overall. I admit that the storyline was rather intriguing but I just couldn't really get into it and often found myself confused by it. The entire time I played it I kept constantly asking myself "how the hell did they get the idea for this?" There must have been a lot of drugs involved.
I thought that the whole being able to customize your "paradigm pack" was pretty cool. If I would have had more time to spend messing with it I probably would have really enjoyed it but I didn't bother during this playthrough. The crystarium monster upgrades kind of reminded me of the leveling system from FF 10 where you had to use certain spheres for upgrades.
I was VERY pissed off at the ending of this game. I'm not going to spoil it for anyone who hasn't played it but in my opinion it was NOT worth the two hours I spent fighting the final boss. When I deliver the finishing blow on the last boss in the game, I expect to be rewarded with fuzzy feelings, and happy tears that are in the form of beautiful CGI animation. However when I finished this game I started with those fuzzy feelings, only to feel like I had the floor ripped out from underneath me and the happiness changed to sadness mixed with frustration.
So yeah, very mixed feelings on this game. Definitely enjoyed the original more than this. Hopefully "Lightning Returns" won't be as much of a disappointment as this one was.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
When I first purchased my 3DS this was one of the games that I bought along with it. I had never played a Zelda title before so I figured since they remade it and it was easier to get a hold of I'd give it a try. I didn't really know what I was getting into since I had only known about the series from playing Super Smash Bros. and watching my cousin play Majora's Mask wayyyyy back on the Nintendo 64. So I decided to just jump right in and hope for the best.
I fell in love with this game as soon as I started it up for the first time. I understand this was the remake but I loved how well it was represented in true 3D form. They really used this feature of the 3DS to its full potential. The game also looks great with the 3D switched off as well.
I didn't really have any complaints about the game mechanics except for a few things. First of all I hated not being able to jump! This is how you know I play wayyyy to many platformers. I also wasn't a fan of being able to control the "L-targeting" by simply aiming the 3DS in the direction you wanted it. This just didn't feel natural to me and I died quite often because of this (there's probably an option to turn it off somewhere but I never bothered to look for it).
I liked that this game was very challenging although it was definitely a game that I had to sit down and focus on. I often got very angry and frustrated with the dungeons and temples and ended up rage quitting quite a few times. The mini games were also a tad bit frustrating but they were still enjoyable. Some of the boss fights were very confusing and I often had to google how to beat them.
Its games like these that make me question why some people still believe that video games are only for children. I know when I was younger if I ever tried to play this game I would probably have given up and never looked back since my attention span was so thin.
Overall I found this game to be awesome and very enjoyable! It definitely convinced me to play more Zelda titles. I already have purchased Skyward Sword and am eagerly awaiting the rerelease of Majora's Mask. I'm glad that I had the opportunity to play through this game.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Lollipop Chainsaw
Ah yes, another Suda 51 game to add to my list. I initially found out about this game because I am a big fan of Jessica Nigiri and she cosplayed the main character Juliet. After researching it a little more I decided I had to buy this game. I mean, who doesn't want to play as a blonde bimbo cheerleader, with a decapitated boyfriend, chopping up zombies with a pink, heart-covered chainsaw while "Hey Mickey" plays in the background? You'd have to be crazy to pass up that opportunity.
Even though I did thoroughly enjoy this game, I found it to be a tad bit repetitive. Pretty much every stage consists of slaughtering a bunch of zombies, playing some sort of aggravating mini game, killing some more zombies, and finally a boss. I liked how you could buy more attack combos but I pretty much spammed the same two the entire game because I couldn't remember all of the button combos. I didn't really mess with the outfits or the mp3s too much either.
Now I'm not that great at first person shooters, but I really liked how they incorporated the chainsaw blaster. That baseball mini-game, however, made me want to KILL MYSELF! The controls were a little iffy in regards to this aspect and since I already suck at using the right analog stick, Zombie Baseball took me DAYS to beat. It also involved a lot of cursing and rage quits. The chainsaw blaster was also kind of hard to use during certain combat situations as well since it was so hard for me to aim with.
Another thing I was really bad at was saving the fellow classmates. Half the time I honestly just let them die just so I could kill the zombie version of them because trying to keep them safe was just too much effort. I also liked how you could change the difficulty level to offer yourself more or less of a challenge. I started the game on the normal setting but then once I got to Zombie Baseball, I switched it to easy. Its good that if you're struggling on a certain part that you can change the difficulty level at any point in the game.
I was very pleased overall with this game. It was a nice quick game to play after just finishing a rather lengthy one. I was definitely not expecting the ending though. Maybe they'll be making a sequel?
Even though I did thoroughly enjoy this game, I found it to be a tad bit repetitive. Pretty much every stage consists of slaughtering a bunch of zombies, playing some sort of aggravating mini game, killing some more zombies, and finally a boss. I liked how you could buy more attack combos but I pretty much spammed the same two the entire game because I couldn't remember all of the button combos. I didn't really mess with the outfits or the mp3s too much either.
Now I'm not that great at first person shooters, but I really liked how they incorporated the chainsaw blaster. That baseball mini-game, however, made me want to KILL MYSELF! The controls were a little iffy in regards to this aspect and since I already suck at using the right analog stick, Zombie Baseball took me DAYS to beat. It also involved a lot of cursing and rage quits. The chainsaw blaster was also kind of hard to use during certain combat situations as well since it was so hard for me to aim with.
Another thing I was really bad at was saving the fellow classmates. Half the time I honestly just let them die just so I could kill the zombie version of them because trying to keep them safe was just too much effort. I also liked how you could change the difficulty level to offer yourself more or less of a challenge. I started the game on the normal setting but then once I got to Zombie Baseball, I switched it to easy. Its good that if you're struggling on a certain part that you can change the difficulty level at any point in the game.
I was very pleased overall with this game. It was a nice quick game to play after just finishing a rather lengthy one. I was definitely not expecting the ending though. Maybe they'll be making a sequel?
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Final Fantasy XIII
Due to my busy schedule, I have not had that much free time for gaming but since it is a holiday I took advantage of my weekend and finally beat Final Fantasy XIII. I am proud to say that after three tries, this game is the 20th game I have beaten in my lifetime.
Many people have had their qualms about this installment in the Final Fantasy series but I thought it was just perfect. Final Fantasy XIII has a wonderful storyline that had me gripped from the very beginning. Now I don't do this often, but I honestly found myself crying at certain points throughout the game, especially at the ending. I felt that the many hours of gameplay that led up to the end definitely made it more worthwhile.
The gameplay for this game is absolutely superb. The battle system was probably my favorite aspect of the entire game. In previous Final Fantasy titles that I've played I have often missed crucial opportunities and ended up dying multiple times due to the fact that I had to concentrate so hard on what buff, or attack I had to scroll to in the battle menu. This game got rid of that frustration for me. All I had to do was set my paradigms ahead of time and the game took care of the rest. All I had to do was scroll through them and hit auto and the game already knew what to do.
I didn't spend too much time on the missions in Gran Pulse. I think I got up to 16 and decided that I finally wanted to continue with the story. Then again I was never much of a completionist so it didn't really bother me. I played around a little bit with the weapon upgrades as well. I'm not that great with this aspect of gaming so I basically googled a weapon guide and picked whichever ones looked the prettiest. Since I never really bothered with item use, most of my gil went towards buying components from the shop. I also ended up selling a large majority of my accessories towards the end of the game to fund my upgrading endeavors.
Overall I thought that this game was pretty awesome. I didn't find any major problems with it at all. Now I can finally enjoy Final Fantasy XII-2 and anxiously await the release of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
Many people have had their qualms about this installment in the Final Fantasy series but I thought it was just perfect. Final Fantasy XIII has a wonderful storyline that had me gripped from the very beginning. Now I don't do this often, but I honestly found myself crying at certain points throughout the game, especially at the ending. I felt that the many hours of gameplay that led up to the end definitely made it more worthwhile.
The gameplay for this game is absolutely superb. The battle system was probably my favorite aspect of the entire game. In previous Final Fantasy titles that I've played I have often missed crucial opportunities and ended up dying multiple times due to the fact that I had to concentrate so hard on what buff, or attack I had to scroll to in the battle menu. This game got rid of that frustration for me. All I had to do was set my paradigms ahead of time and the game took care of the rest. All I had to do was scroll through them and hit auto and the game already knew what to do.
I didn't spend too much time on the missions in Gran Pulse. I think I got up to 16 and decided that I finally wanted to continue with the story. Then again I was never much of a completionist so it didn't really bother me. I played around a little bit with the weapon upgrades as well. I'm not that great with this aspect of gaming so I basically googled a weapon guide and picked whichever ones looked the prettiest. Since I never really bothered with item use, most of my gil went towards buying components from the shop. I also ended up selling a large majority of my accessories towards the end of the game to fund my upgrading endeavors.
Overall I thought that this game was pretty awesome. I didn't find any major problems with it at all. Now I can finally enjoy Final Fantasy XII-2 and anxiously await the release of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Hold on to your seats boys and girls because this is gonna be a long one. Out of all of the series I have ever played in my lifetime I'd have to say that Kingdom Hearts is definitely my favorite. I know most people hate this game because "the disney characters are stupid" or "all the characters are just from final fantasy" but that stuff doesn't matter to me.
I feel like I pretty much grew up with Kingdom Hearts. I remember getting the original game like it was yesterday. I remember seeing advertisements on tv for it and begging my mother to buy it for me. When I was in second grade I remember opening my presents Christmas morning and when I found the one with this game in it I completely ignored all my other presents. I was so excited to play this game and so was my dad. So I put it in my PS2 and made it through most of the tutorial. Then I got to the Darkside boss, and being only 7 years old at the time, I got scared. I chucked the controller at my dad and ran out of the room crying. It took me about a year to gain the courage to finally beat that boss. I think I only got as far as Deep Jungle before Chain of Memories came out for the GBA. Then a year later Kingdom Hearts 2 came out and had the honor of being my first preordered game. I remember being extremely upset because the shipment didn't come in to gamestop on time and I had to wait an extra day to get the game. Kingdom Hearts 2 was the first game in the series that I had actually played all the way through and beaten at this point. I continued preordering all of the games in the series as they came out but I never played any of them all the way through. That changed last summer when the release date for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance was announced.
I made it my goal to conquer every Kingdom Hearts game in the series before I played the latest addition. I actually had just finished Birth By Sleep so I was already off to a good start. I continued through each and every game, putting all of my other games on hold until I could start Dream Drop Distance.
Then the day finally came. I remember waltzing into my local gamestop with only one thing on my mind, Kingdom Hearts. Normally it takes a lot of courage for me to enter a gamestop due to the fact that I am a girl and I don't want to be hit on by the workers there, but today was a different story. I successfully made my purchase and excitedly rushed home so I could play with my new pride and joy. I popped the cartridge into my 3DS and sat amazed as I watched the opening credits even though I had already watched it 100 times on youtube. That was when I became hooked.
At first I was a little confused with the flowmotion controls but after a while I ended up being dependent on them for most battles. They also made it a lot easier to get to certain areas on the map. The dive modes gave me a bit of a hard time especially the boss ones. I feel like the controls were hard to get the hang of and that was usually why I ended up dying.
The spirits were also a fun little addition. I felt like they were they "nintendogs" of kingdom hearts but I liked that their traits and disposition changed depending on how you interacted with them. I wasn't too big on collecting every type of dream eater in the game so I liked being able to fully develop mine. I pretty much had the same team throughout the entire game. The little mini games to train your spirits were also quite amusing and were a nice break from the regular gameplay. I also liked how it incorporated the 3DS camera when you viewed your spirits. I never really did anything with the flick rush games. Those I found to be extremely confusing so I just kinda pushed them aside.
I felt like the story got a little slow towards the middle but at the end it hits you like a brick! I know a lot of people don't like that about Kingdom Hearts but I feel that's what makes the games better. I feel like it makes you appreciate the epic endings more, like its the prize at the end. I didn't unlock the secret ending or the secret message. (I did however watch them on youtube xD!) I'm not really a completionist and I just like playing games mostly for the story, and boy does Kingdom Hearts have a doozy of a story.
Honestly, trying to explain the story behind Kingdom Hearts to someone who has never played the game is like trying to teach calculus to a three-year-old, IT JUST CAN'T BE DONE! I feel like thats the reason why a lot of people hate on Kingdom Hearts. They lack the ability overlook the disney characters and get frustrated with the story because they haven't played the games enough to understand it.
Kingdom Hearts is my favorite game series of all time! Every time a new game comes out it does a wonderful job of impressing me and outdoing the previous installments of the series. This is the reason why I absolutely cannot wait for news about Kingdom Hearts 3. I feel like its definitely going to be worth the wait, even if it takes another 10 years to do so!
I feel like I pretty much grew up with Kingdom Hearts. I remember getting the original game like it was yesterday. I remember seeing advertisements on tv for it and begging my mother to buy it for me. When I was in second grade I remember opening my presents Christmas morning and when I found the one with this game in it I completely ignored all my other presents. I was so excited to play this game and so was my dad. So I put it in my PS2 and made it through most of the tutorial. Then I got to the Darkside boss, and being only 7 years old at the time, I got scared. I chucked the controller at my dad and ran out of the room crying. It took me about a year to gain the courage to finally beat that boss. I think I only got as far as Deep Jungle before Chain of Memories came out for the GBA. Then a year later Kingdom Hearts 2 came out and had the honor of being my first preordered game. I remember being extremely upset because the shipment didn't come in to gamestop on time and I had to wait an extra day to get the game. Kingdom Hearts 2 was the first game in the series that I had actually played all the way through and beaten at this point. I continued preordering all of the games in the series as they came out but I never played any of them all the way through. That changed last summer when the release date for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance was announced.
I made it my goal to conquer every Kingdom Hearts game in the series before I played the latest addition. I actually had just finished Birth By Sleep so I was already off to a good start. I continued through each and every game, putting all of my other games on hold until I could start Dream Drop Distance.
Then the day finally came. I remember waltzing into my local gamestop with only one thing on my mind, Kingdom Hearts. Normally it takes a lot of courage for me to enter a gamestop due to the fact that I am a girl and I don't want to be hit on by the workers there, but today was a different story. I successfully made my purchase and excitedly rushed home so I could play with my new pride and joy. I popped the cartridge into my 3DS and sat amazed as I watched the opening credits even though I had already watched it 100 times on youtube. That was when I became hooked.
At first I was a little confused with the flowmotion controls but after a while I ended up being dependent on them for most battles. They also made it a lot easier to get to certain areas on the map. The dive modes gave me a bit of a hard time especially the boss ones. I feel like the controls were hard to get the hang of and that was usually why I ended up dying.
The spirits were also a fun little addition. I felt like they were they "nintendogs" of kingdom hearts but I liked that their traits and disposition changed depending on how you interacted with them. I wasn't too big on collecting every type of dream eater in the game so I liked being able to fully develop mine. I pretty much had the same team throughout the entire game. The little mini games to train your spirits were also quite amusing and were a nice break from the regular gameplay. I also liked how it incorporated the 3DS camera when you viewed your spirits. I never really did anything with the flick rush games. Those I found to be extremely confusing so I just kinda pushed them aside.
I felt like the story got a little slow towards the middle but at the end it hits you like a brick! I know a lot of people don't like that about Kingdom Hearts but I feel that's what makes the games better. I feel like it makes you appreciate the epic endings more, like its the prize at the end. I didn't unlock the secret ending or the secret message. (I did however watch them on youtube xD!) I'm not really a completionist and I just like playing games mostly for the story, and boy does Kingdom Hearts have a doozy of a story.
Honestly, trying to explain the story behind Kingdom Hearts to someone who has never played the game is like trying to teach calculus to a three-year-old, IT JUST CAN'T BE DONE! I feel like thats the reason why a lot of people hate on Kingdom Hearts. They lack the ability overlook the disney characters and get frustrated with the story because they haven't played the games enough to understand it.
Kingdom Hearts is my favorite game series of all time! Every time a new game comes out it does a wonderful job of impressing me and outdoing the previous installments of the series. This is the reason why I absolutely cannot wait for news about Kingdom Hearts 3. I feel like its definitely going to be worth the wait, even if it takes another 10 years to do so!
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
No More Heroes
So thanks to Hurricane Sandy I had no school today and that meant I could finally get back to my long neglected console games! So I spent the last hour and a half finishing up No More Heroes. I wanted to play this game ever since I saw it on Sadie's Gaming Infection (god only know's what happened to that girl) wayyyy back when I was in seventh grade. Now since the game is rated M my mother of course wouldn't let me buy it because she already thinks I'm a weirdo that I play video games (thats what you get for not getting cable tv for our house for the past 17 years). So now over the summer I was really bored and ended up watching a bunch of lets play videos and this game caught my eye once again. So on my seventeenth birthday I finally got my hands on this game and I absolutely loved it! Whenever I was in a bad mood I'd start up No More Heroes and kill a bunch of assassins! Hoorayyyy!
There were only two things that annoyed me in this game. First of all was how long it took you to make enough money to enter these ranking battles. I absolutely hated the stupid side job missions because they took so long and you got shit pay from them. I usually ended up doing all the free fight missions (which I absolutely sucked at) and finding the highest paying assassination mission and just doing it over and over until I made enough money for the next ranking match. This is why it took me sooooo long to finally beat this game because I'd get so bored of side missions that I'd forget about the game for a few weeks. The second thing I hated was the controls on that damn bike! I'd be in such a rush to get to these side missions that I'd crash it into walls on multiple occasions and when I'd get back on it I'd be facing the wrong way. Being the impatient person I am I would try to turn around too fast and would end up crashing again into the opposite wall.
I enjoyed this game overall because there were a lot of different elements to it. Sometimes I'd get bored and would end up walking around every little area on the map to find extra cash and tshirts in various dumpsters and also finding those lolikov balls. I remember how excited I was when I unlocked the ability to run faster! After that I said "Fuck You!" to the bike for a little bit but then I realized that whenever your energy would run out you'd have to stop for a little to catch your breath and I was just too impatient for that shit. I'm pretty sure that I also got every single one of the weapon upgrades, and all those tshirts. I beat the game with the "real ending" and surprisingly I only had to face each boss one time except for Bad Girl. For some reason she gave me a really hard time and it took me like 20 tries to beat her.
So that pretty much sums up my experience with No More Heroes. Now I just have to somehow acquire enough money to buy the sequel.
There were only two things that annoyed me in this game. First of all was how long it took you to make enough money to enter these ranking battles. I absolutely hated the stupid side job missions because they took so long and you got shit pay from them. I usually ended up doing all the free fight missions (which I absolutely sucked at) and finding the highest paying assassination mission and just doing it over and over until I made enough money for the next ranking match. This is why it took me sooooo long to finally beat this game because I'd get so bored of side missions that I'd forget about the game for a few weeks. The second thing I hated was the controls on that damn bike! I'd be in such a rush to get to these side missions that I'd crash it into walls on multiple occasions and when I'd get back on it I'd be facing the wrong way. Being the impatient person I am I would try to turn around too fast and would end up crashing again into the opposite wall.
I enjoyed this game overall because there were a lot of different elements to it. Sometimes I'd get bored and would end up walking around every little area on the map to find extra cash and tshirts in various dumpsters and also finding those lolikov balls. I remember how excited I was when I unlocked the ability to run faster! After that I said "Fuck You!" to the bike for a little bit but then I realized that whenever your energy would run out you'd have to stop for a little to catch your breath and I was just too impatient for that shit. I'm pretty sure that I also got every single one of the weapon upgrades, and all those tshirts. I beat the game with the "real ending" and surprisingly I only had to face each boss one time except for Bad Girl. For some reason she gave me a really hard time and it took me like 20 tries to beat her.
So that pretty much sums up my experience with No More Heroes. Now I just have to somehow acquire enough money to buy the sequel.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Let the Nerdiness Ensue!
So I've been meaning to start this blog for a while now but I felt that there wasn't a good time to do so. That is, until now, since I'm starting it and all. So basically this blog will be like a gaming diary so to speak. I have this big long list (its up to 52 at the moment) of games that I would like to play and eventually beat and it is growing by the day! This blog is basically my way of keeping track of that (no I'm not going to put that list on here because like I said before I add to it daily). I figured now would be a good time to start it since I am not in the middle of playing any games right this moment (I literally just beat the elite four in Pokemon Ruby and the credits are rolling as we speak). So this post is going to contain my list of games that I have already beaten and it will be updated after every completed game (I'm kinda lazy so this "completion" doesn't necessarily mean I beat it with 100% but that I just finished the game in general.) Future posts will be somewhat along the lines of what I'm playing and my current thoughts on that game. So yeah lets get started with this shindig. *note that the following games aren't in any particular order until I start adding more.
1. Super Mario Galaxy
2. Spyro the Dragon
3. Kingdom Hearts
4. Final Fantasy 10
5. Pokemon Red Version
6. Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories
7. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
8. Pokemon Crystal Version
9. Kingdom Hearts 2
10. Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep
11. Final Fantasy X-2
12. Portal: Still Alive
13. Portal 2
14. Little BIG Planet
15. Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded
16. Pokemon Ruby Version
17. No More Heroes
18. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
19. Pokemon Diamond Version
20. Final Fantasy XIII
21. Lollipop Chainsaw
22. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
23. Final Fantasy XIII-2
24. Pokemon Black Version
25. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
26. Final Fantasy VII
27. Bioshock
28. Bioshock 2
29. Fallout 3
30. Bioshock Infinite
31. Fallout: New Vegas
32. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
33. Uncharted 2: Among Theives
34. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
35. Life is Strange
36. The Last of Us
37. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
38. Pokemon Black 2 Version
39. Pokemon X Version
40. Beyond Two Souls
41. Contrast
1. Super Mario Galaxy
2. Spyro the Dragon
3. Kingdom Hearts
4. Final Fantasy 10
5. Pokemon Red Version
6. Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories
7. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
8. Pokemon Crystal Version
9. Kingdom Hearts 2
10. Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep
11. Final Fantasy X-2
12. Portal: Still Alive
13. Portal 2
14. Little BIG Planet
15. Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded
16. Pokemon Ruby Version
17. No More Heroes
18. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
19. Pokemon Diamond Version
20. Final Fantasy XIII
21. Lollipop Chainsaw
22. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
23. Final Fantasy XIII-2
24. Pokemon Black Version
25. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
26. Final Fantasy VII
27. Bioshock
28. Bioshock 2
29. Fallout 3
30. Bioshock Infinite
31. Fallout: New Vegas
32. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
33. Uncharted 2: Among Theives
34. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
35. Life is Strange
36. The Last of Us
37. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
38. Pokemon Black 2 Version
39. Pokemon X Version
40. Beyond Two Souls
41. Contrast
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