• 10Oct 09

  School and DS have come back since the last blog.

  I know, I know, it's late to talk about the start of school, as it's already gone for a month. Don't worry though, I'm not going to talk about it. I'll keep this rather short, because I don't have much to talk about, but I just wanted to write a blog for god-knows-what reason.
  So, since my last, technically and scientifically ancient blog, I have gotten my DS back, gotten Scribblenauts, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days for it, and while the former is a neat little game, I couldn't play it for very long, but the latter I love, because everyone who knows of my love for the Kingdom Hearts series (which a very scarce amount of people do) then you'd know that there is no way I could have hated it.
  
  Even with me liking it, the game is definitely worse than the PS2 games and was a disappointment. The D-Pad sucks for 3D action-RPGs, the graphics are good for a DS, but generally still ugly, there is a very small amount of different worlds, and many of them far smaller than they were in the PS2 games, and the missions very repetitive tasks, and the storyline, while it, at the end, turns into something more to what it should have been the whole time, it picks up very slowly, and in the beginning, is almost nonexistent, or at least doesn't provide anything substantial or interesting to the story. Also, a very big minus to me is that the game is a prequel to a sequel. It's crammed between two games, we know what happens after it anyway, so it doesn't feel like this adds to the series' storyline very much. Also, as the Organization XIII is a "secret" organization, they cannot be seen by other people living in the worlds. That means less talking to other characters, and more just doing what the mission tells you (almost always "Kill an unidentified giant Heartless" or "Kill X (type) Heartless"). The game doesn't feel as alive and epic as the others did. Still, a pretty good game, but it's only "pretty good", not among "one of the best ever" that the other Kingdom Hearts games are to me.
  
  So, due to this, and my birthday being in a month, I decided to get myself a PSP. I've always kept my eye on one, mainly because of Crisis Core, the GTA games, Prinny, Dissidia, Daxter, Tekkens, Patapon, LocoRoco, some of the car games, PSX emulation and a few other PSP games, but the main one for me that I am waiting, longing, being crazy for by waiting is Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. Another Kingdom Hearts game, but this time looks like a far bigger and more important part of the storyline, more variety, SE wanted to do it themselves, so they surely have more enthusiasm for this project, larger, more and new worlds (like they said), as much interaction with characters as Sora did, and of course, better graphics, more voice overs, and 3 storylines.
  Ahh, if the game ever comes out, I will die happy.
  
  Well, other from gaming, I don't think there's anything else I have to add. Nothing that major has happened in meat-space that I'd have to tell this here. School, have gone there for a month...and life has been fairly normal.
  
  So, this is the end of my blog. Signing out,
  -Fraught

  • Posted Oct 10, 2009 11:13 am PT
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• 27Jun 09

  New game, old name (?!)

  So, recently, my DS hasn't gotten much activity from me.
  I mean, I went away from the city, and it entertained me with Hotel Dusk: Room 215, but it was more of a novel, and I was hungering for more of a game. Unfortunately, from all of the games I own, none appealed to me/I weren't in the mood for them.
  Luckily, recently (yesterday) I got a game named Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor. The game is a jRPG.
  
  I had heard of Shin Megami Tensei before, and while it seemed I wasn't in the right niché for those games, something about Devil Survivor appealed to me, so I bought it.
  You can move around different "districts" on a list, they have different activities on them (free battles for grinding, story events etc) and then you enter them. In battle, you move around in a top-down isometric view.
  You can have 4 characters, each of them with different abilities, moving distance, bla bla, you've heard it all before.
  It's basically like Final Fantasy Tactics A2, only that when you attack someone, you go into a first-person view and you get one turn every time you attack, plus you can acquire extra turns, as can the enemy.
  
  The game has a branching storyline, and often you get to choose what line of dialogue you want to say (in fact, everything the main character says is chosen by you). Depending on that choice, you get different endings, and it affects the gameplay. For example, you can lose a party member permanently from the game, depending on the choices you make. The game has a wierd, but compelling storyline. The game requires some grinding, but it's fun to do so.
  All in all, this game got me out of my "don't-want-to-play-anything" mood, and that really goes to show that I love this game.
  I'd definitely recommend this game to anyone owning a DS and interested in RPGs. While I've never tried such an RPG like this, I'm liking it.

  • Posted Jun 27, 2009 6:57 am PT
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• 8Jun 09

  Ba-dum-tish (don't ask why this is the name of the blog)

  So, I'm trying to keep my recently initiated habit of atleast trying to do a blog once in a while.
  What shall we kick off with?
  Well, I didn't have the chance to see Sony's or Nintendo's, Ubisoft's or EA's Press Conferences live, but I watched Sony's and Nintendo's later.
  Nintendo's was pretty boring, and Sony's was pretty good.
  A big list of exclusives and awesome footage.
  I've recently become to miss the Xbox 360 (because I had so much games for it), but when I regain a more "stable" economical situation than we have right now, I'm going to buy many of the games I've been wanting to purchase for many, many months, but haven't because of financial problems.
  
  Recently, I haven't played with the PS3 almost at all, with the exception of Resident Evil 5.
  I'm playing through with it on co-op with my brother, and it's great fun.
  We're going to do a second playthrough also, to get the Trophies (damn, why won't the PS3 let two profiles log in at the same time) and because we like the game that much.
  Mainly been on DS.
  Chose to try to play The World Ends With You to find hidden stuff I couldn't before, but I'm not able to go through the game the second time, because I'm just not interested enough.
  The one flaw the game has, is that it's replay value is pretty low, atleast for me.

  Also, Peggle Dual Shot and Big Bang Mini are totally awesome.
  They're more like minigames you'd find somewhere.
  They don't have storylines, and all levels are basically just the previous one, but with more obstacles/enemies etc.
  Both games are great though. They're addicting, and...that's all.
  They're just addicting.
  
  I'm also very much looking forward to Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (loved, loved, luuuvvd KH I and II for the PS2) and Scribblenauts for the DS.
  Both come out in September, 2009 (estimated), so seems like September is going to be huge for my DS.
  
  Now, off from the gaming stuff.
  Schooooooooooooool's. Out. For. Summer. *guitar playing ensues*
  Anyway, summer started.
  Atlast I'll get a break from school.
  The weather hasn't been very warm in the recent days, it's been pretty cold, windy, and for 4 days, it's only rained.
  Definitely not a good start for this summer.
  
  Also, I got a new haircut.
  I cut my really long hair to a much, much shorter haircut that almost lets me stylize my hair without using gel.
  I usually sty|ize my hair after I come from the shower.
  It's easy to do spiky hair all over my head, and experiment.
  Overall, I like shorter hair.
  In my opinion, looks better, and it's fun every day using a different hairsty|e, trying different hairsty|es etc.
  
  Well, that's all, really.
  Nothing sensational has happened, so there's not much to talk of.
  
  Bye, and I hope you found my blog atleast mildly enjoying to read.

  • Posted Jun 8, 2009 3:24 pm PT
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