• 26Dec 09

  Christmas Haul

  Don't feel like writing much so I'll let these do the talking.

  

  

  

  I'll be busy for awhile with these and a bunch of other games I need to finish.

  • Posted Dec 26, 2009 9:41 pm PT
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• 15Dec 09

  Dante's Inferno Impressions

  Believe it or not I keep an eye out for games based historically and or retaining to literature so with the demo being released I finally have something to see. I must say I really hated myself while playing it because I couldn't help but compare it to God of War and take two of the characters and compare it to Devil May Cry and a little bit of Castlevania.

  First thing that ticked me off was at the start screen the selection for the difficulties are just two which makes the game very easy even the description of the difficulties makes it sound easy.

  Classic: "The minions of Hell cower in fear before you"

  Zealot: "The minions of Hell will pose a threat, but ultimately cannot withstand you"

  The difficulties for Hellish and Infernal are locked, which ticks me off because usually if I buy a game I make it as hard as possible to get more time out of it.

  Either way you start off the game with a CGI cutscene of Dante and what appears to be of him sewing a clothed cross onto his chest which is not explained at all. Then as the camera goes along the cross it takes you back to a flashback of the crusades where Dante is killing innocent people in Jerusalem you then take control of him and are fighting against about 30 soldiers which at this point all you have to do is mash the square button. Afterwards a cutscene omitts in where one of the soldiers sneaks up behind Dante and stabs him in the back with a knife. Then ode and behold Death himself appears and states that Dante is damned for killing the innocent, point being Dante gets ticked off and tries to take on Death a feat I haven't seen done since the numerous Belmonts in the Castlevania series. Death does pose a threat but in the end you take him down and kill him with his own scythe another feat I haven't seen done since Richter Belmont in Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. Note that in the end of fight Death called out for help and said "please."

  Dante goes back to the order of his church seeking to redeem himself with Death's scythe on his back to see that the order is dead along with his loved one (I could not spell her name right to save the life of me). Her soul appears and says I'm sorry but I had to tell them I knew you would come here then her soul is dragged by some kind of dark spirit or something its not really explained. Your then told how you can upgrade your techniques by collecting white souls so after thats done you fight what appears to be ghouls in a graveyard not too much to complain about. Afterwards you go into a crypt to see the soul of your loved one being raped in which then after that conversation you obtain a cross embeded with holy powers as a range weapon. After a quick demo on how to use it you fight a bunch of ghouls and flying creatures as the monestary is falling apart. One thing I have to say about the cross is theres no clear way of knowing if your hitting the enemy with it unless you look at the combo counter but a little burn affect would've been nice I mean you see blood being spread about when you use the scythe. You also have more options for the grab since you have the cross once you grab the enemy you get a choice of "Punish" or "Absolve." Punish just works the same as ripping someone in half in God of War, Absolve has Dante point the cross at the enemy which omitts a beam of light by mashing on the circle button biggest flaw in this is your open to an enemy attacking you and theres no consquence of just using Punish so its kinda useless.

  After a talk with the ghost poet Vergil in front of the outer gate to hell you fight a mixture of demons and ghouls. Then a giant creature appears with a rider in which after some slashing and QTE you gain control of the creature just like in GOW 3 with the cyclops. After easily killing the surrounding enemies you use the creature to open up the gates to hell which ends the demo.

  Well thats about all I got to say about it, if this looks to be the final product I think more people will wait for GOW 3 then this which is coming in Feburary. Overall though its a decent game just way too easily.

  • Posted Dec 15, 2009 1:47 pm PT
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• 8Dec 09

  YAKUZA 3 IS COMING! Hells Yes!

  I could bore you with a lengthy blog about how I've speculated Yakuza 3 coming to NA and EU but instead I'll let this do the talking.

  Thank you Sega you may have crushed my dreams of never seeing Shenmue 3 or a decent Sonic game but you redeem yourself with Valkyria Chronicles and Yakuza

  Update

  Along with the release date for Yakuza 3 in the U.S. and EU; Yakuza 4 is being released in Japan on the same date

  • Posted Dec 8, 2009 12:23 pm PT
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