• 1Aug 08

  August 2008 Wish List

  Okay, so after the huge avalanche of games last month I'm finally ready for a nice, slow one. Seriously though, it's actually a pretty good thing since I'm going to be pretty busy with other activities throughout the next month. There's only two games on the list this time and both of them are 360 games that I'm not exactly crazy for, but interested in playing.

  Too Human (360): 08/19/08

  

  Oh Too Human, I remember when I looked forward to playing you on the Gamecube. Well, its been a couple years and you're completely different from what I thought you would be, but now the time is finally here. What I'm really worried about with this game is that when things get worked on for insanely long amounts of time, they tend to pass a point where they stop getting better and start getting worse. I'm worried that's going to happen with this one. Though the premise and gameplay st.yle do seem promising, I want to wait until I hear what the reviewers say before making any purchasing decisions.

  Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (360): 08/31/08

  

  I never played the first Mercs game, but the promise of GTA in a war zone is mighty tempting. Honestly, I'm not expecting this game to be much more than average, in which case I'll probably hold off on buying it until the price goes down. But, hey, I've been wrong before and if it surprises me I might just be inclined to pick it up right away.

  So that's basically it...

  Just as a bit of an update, I bought Final Fantasy IV the other week and LOVE it. That was actually the only game I bought last month since I really haven't been playing that much for some reason or another. Hopefully that'll change soon.

  - Zombie Eric

  • Posted Aug 1, 2008 12:34 am PT
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• 23Jul 08

  Playing Final Fantasy IV DS Is Like Injecting Myself with Nostaglia Morphine

  Seriously I love it!

  The game is good and hard, and I wouldn't have it any other way. It reminds me of when I was younger and played the SNES Final Fantasies obsessively while eagerly anticipating IX and X to be released. Some people have complained about the less than stellar voice acting, but I think it's perfect that way since its just like back in the 32-bit days.

  Well, that's all I have time for, I need another fix...

  - Zombie Eric

  • Posted Jul 23, 2008 11:31 pm PT
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• 15Jul 08

  My Thoughts on the Nintendo and Sony Press Conferences

  So after all the rumors, all the speculation, everything Nintendo finally announces its big game for 2008. And what is it? Wii Music... WTF!!!!!!!?????? WHO CARES? I can already play a REAL guitar. I don't need to play a fake one! And I could understand this maybe being a fun little title worth mentioning, but the grand finale of the whole conference? Please!

  But, oh no, Nintendo didn't forget about us "core" gamers. Guess what we're getting guys! Animal Crossing!... and GTA: Chinatown Wars for the DS!

  What? Are you kidding me? That's it? Well, I don't know about you guys, but instead of buying Animal Crossing I'm planning to put my money into MUCH better simulation games like Spore and The Sims 3 for the PC... where games of that nature belong. And if GTA: Chinatown Wars gets treated as well as every other GTA game ever released on a handheld (poorly), it's nothing to jump up and down about.

  Thank GOD (yes, I'm thanking God even though I'm an atheist that's how relieved I am) for The Conduit and (hopefully) Tales of Symphonia coming from 3rd parties, or else it'd be a LONG time before I dusted off my Wii again.

  Sony didn't suck quite as hard as Nintendo, but that hardly wins them any praise. They showed off a bunch of games that we already knew about, and it was nice to see them but I would've liked a surprised or two thrown in there. They also told us about how they refuse to believe that the PS2 is dead and the PSP is just barely clinging on. And they revealed their evil plans to trick unknowing consumers into buying these dead platforms by releasing bundle packages this holiday season. Oh and there's a Resistance game coming to the PSP... that's kind of cool, I guess.

  Overall I just have to wonder what the hell these two companies were thinking. This was their chance to really knock us off our feet with something, but neither took advantage of it. I mean, Microsoft's new stuff isn't exactly the most creative, but at least it's NEW, and we didn't know about it before E3. So all in all, I give Microsoft props, but only by comparison because the other two companies had NOTHING. I'm cool with Sony because they gave me just about what I expected, there weren't any surprises like I'd been hoping for, but that's just the way it goes. And I'm PISSED at Nintendo for completely FAILING to deliver ANYTHING worth spending money on.

  - Zombie Eric

  • Posted Jul 15, 2008 10:01 pm PT
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