• 2Aug 09

  300 Word Review - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

  Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 for the Playstation 2 is a stylish Japanese turn-based roleplaying game. The game follows a group of high school students as the discover the truth behind a string of serial murder cases that are occuring around the once peaceful country town of Inaba and the truth behind the mysterious Midnight Channel that appears at midnight on a rainy day.

  The style of the game is very unique and interesting. Sharp graphics and colourful displays makes the game play like nothing you've played before. The fast-paced battle system works with a trial and error approach as you find the enemies weakness and exploit it. The absense of random encounters gives this game an automatic thumbs up.

  The characters are memorable and well established. During your 60 hour stay at Inaba, you will become attached to most of the main characters and will be saddened when the game eventually ends.

  The soundtrack involves catchy J-pop with English lyrics. The insertion of a free soundtrack cd was a good move on behalf of Atlus as you will want to listen to the music when you want to.

  Every day in Inaba you will have to decide what you will do for the day. Will you hang out with friends and get stronger or rescue people who are in danger? Even though there is a time limit almost constantly above your head, it will never feel like you are wasting your time as you seem to be always getting stronger in the game no matter what you do.

  Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 is an interesting and enjoyable experience and it proves that the Playstation 2 can still pack a punch. My recommendation is that you should definitely seek this game out.

  • Posted Aug 2, 2009 3:12 am PT
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• 10Dec 08

  GTA IV Has it's Flaws

  Okay, before you complain about the fact that this game came out all the back in April and it might just be a little bit late to post a blog entry criticizing it, I want to point out something. I only got my first Xbox 360 a month ago and I got GTA IV with it. So I've only had it for about a month and I feel that's a good time to start pointing out it's flaws. Maybe it's actually a tad late as it is. Oh well. Let's start this mini-review.
  
  The first thing I noticed about this game is the fact that it has so much to do i it. I mean, you can catch rides in taxis, watch tv, go bowling, get drunk, err, watch tv... There's a problem here. There's so much to do in it but it seems to wear a bit thin fairly early. The only thing these activities I mentioned are there is that they are to distract you from actually playing the game, except for the taxi rides of course.
  
  The driving controls are pathetic. In previous GTA games, it's easy to turn tight corners but on this one, trying to turn a corner will send you sliding straight into an unsuspecting police officer. Don't say that I should slow down to turn the corners because that's what I was doing. Also, don't try to handbrake. It just makes things much more difficult.
  
  The fact that when you crash into a solid object at a high velocity will send Niko through the windscreen and into oncoming traffic is cool at first but it soon becomes a major annoyance. For example, you're chasing a guy and you almost get near him and a barrier comes out of nowhere and sends you flying into the water as you watch helplessly as the man gets away.
  
  A problem with the previous example is that some objects don't render themselves fast enough when you are going at a high speed and you hit an invisible object just before it becomes visible. I've only had this happen to me a couple of times but it is a bit annoying and maybe I shouldn't complain this much about it.
  
  There are many more problems with this game but it is overlooked by the ability to run innocents over with a bus, before you run into a tree and kill yourself.

  • Posted Dec 10, 2008 11:30 pm PT
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• 27Nov 08

  No Internet = Buildup of Updates

  Over the past week, I had no internet. Yesterday I got it back and the amount of updates to the sites I go to was fairly staggering. I'll try summarising the updates into a short list.

  • 55 New Emails, none of them spam.
  • Approx 10,000 words on stories that I read.
  • Approx 10 new comics for webcomics such as 8-Bit Theater and Penny Arcade.
  • Countless videos including a new AVGN video and two new Zero Punctuation episodes.
  • Posted Nov 27, 2008 1:48 pm PT
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