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Recent Blog Posts
-- My Top 10 Favourite Video Games --
1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64)
2. Tales of Symphonia (Gamecube)
3. Ever 17 _the out of infinity_ (PC)
4. Okami (PlayStation 2)
5. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (PC)
6. Tales of Hearts (Nintendo DS)
7. The World Ends With You (Nintendo DS)
8. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GameBoy Advance)
9. Paper Mario (Nintendo 64)
10. Shadow of the Colossus (PlayStation 2)
-- My Top 5 Favourite Anime --
1. ef - A Tale of Memories (2007)
2. Shakugan no Shana (2005 - 2007)
3. Kure-nai (2006)
4. ef - A Tale of Melodies (2008 )
5. Rurouni Kenshin (1996 - 1998 )
-- My Top 5 Favourite Manga --
1. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (2003 - Ongoing)
2. Angel Sanctuary (1994 - 2000)
3. Hunter X Hunter (1998 - Ongoing)
4. CardCaptor Sakura (1996 - 2000)
5. Bleach (2002 - Ongoing)
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27Dec 09
My Game of the Year 2009
Well, here we are again! Honestly, it hasn't been much of a year in terms of great games for me. Some good stuff has been released here and there, but I think I've played a lot more rubbish than anything else this year. Luckily, there are still a handful of fantastic games out there and they're the ones that are awarded my games of the year!
Important Note: These awards are based off games I have played for the first time this year, not ones released this year.
-- Special Achievement --
Most Surprisingly Good Game:
Mini Ninjas
Best Story: Tales of Hearts
Best Characters: Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
Best Graphics, Technical: Devil May Cry 4
Best Graphics, Artistic: Odin Sphere
Best Atmosphere: Silent Hill: Homecoming
Best Music: Katamari Forever
Best Voice Acting: Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
Funniest Game: Escape from Money Island
Best Multiplayer:
LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
Best and Most Innovative Control Scheme:
Knights in the Nightmare
Best Boss Fights: Devil May Cry 4
Most Memorable Moment:
Chaos;Head (The Murders)
Scariest Game: Dead Space
Most Dramatic Game:
ef-The First Tale
-- Dubious Honours --
Most Disappointing Game:
Scribblenauts
Worst Game:
X-Blades
Best Game No One Played:
GrimGrimoire
Worst Voice Acting:
Puyo Pop Fever
-- Genre Awards --
Best Action/Adventure: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Best Adventure: Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy)
Best Beat-'Em-Up: Devil May Cry 4
Best Action Role-Playing:
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
Best Fighting, 2D:
Jump Ultimate Stars
Best Fighting, 3D:
Dissidia: Final Fantasy
Best Horror:
Siren Blood Curse
Best Platform: LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
Best Strategy
GrimGrimoire
Best Rhythm:
Kira Kira Pop Princess
Best Role-Playing:
Tales of Hearts
Best Sports/Extreme:
Pangya Fantasy Golf
Best Visual Novel:
Chaos;Head
-- Platform Awards --
Best PC Game:
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher's Bay
Best PS2 Game:
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
Best PS3 Game:
Devil May Cry 4
Best Wii Game: - (Didn't finish anything good this year)
Best DS Game:
Tales of Hearts
Best PSP Game:
Pangya Fantasy Golf
Best GBA Game: The Legend of Zelda
Best DS Graphics:
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
Best PSP Graphics:
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
-- Game of the Year 2009 --
Nominations:
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core
Pangya Fantasy Golf
Tales of Hearts
Winner:Tales of Hearts
- Posted Dec 27, 2009 3:42 pm PT
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17Dec 09
Tales of Hearts - Finished
And boy was it a damn awesome game. I've played many Tales games before and this is definitely one of the best around. Definitely the best of the 2D ones. It certainly tested by Japanese language skills but I managed to get myself through and thoruoughly enjoy it. If you own a DS, like RPGs and are willing to play a game in Japanese then you absoloutely need to go and order a copy of this game! It's quite possibly the best one I've played this year!
I'm not going to do a full review for it right now, but here's a little bit of information:
-- Pros and Cons --
+ Amazing storyline that spans a world and its two moons. + Featuring some of the bext characters to grace a video game.
+ Terrific sound track with some really memorable themes.
+ First class voice acting. Most of the game is voice acted.
+ Around 50 hours to beat plus an extra dungeon and side quests.
+ Hugely succesful battle system with heaps of moves available that you can chain together.
+ Stunning 3d environments and great 2d character sprites.
- When you're not on the world map, but walking on the roads, they basically all look the same.
-- Scores --
Gameplay: 10/10
Graphics: 9.9/10
Sound: 9.8/10
Stroy: 9.8/10
Value: 9.7/10
Tilt: 9.9/10
Overall: 9.86
Is that enough to convicne you to buy it?
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My only question is what score to rate it on GameSpot. Should I round the 9.87 to 10? Or 9.5, because it's not quite perfect?
Oh, and for those of you in the know, definitely get the Anime edition. Not the CG one.- Posted Dec 17, 2009 8:38 pm PT
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29Oct 09
It's My Birthday Today!
Yup, October 29th! My 19th birthday!
I had a great day and just spent some time with family. As for presents I got:
~ Fate/Unlimited Codes [PSP]
~ Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure [DS]
~ Suikoden Tiekries [DS]
~ Knights in the Nightmare [DS]
~ Hunter X Hunter Vol. 11 [Manga]
~ Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children [Blu-Ray]
~ Without a Trace: Second Season [DVD]
~ and some Jelly Beans! :-)
Pretty good I reckon!- Posted Oct 29, 2009 3:22 am PT
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My Recent Reviews
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Mini Ninjas
"Just plain fun" Lots of fun to play and definitely not just for kids! Continue »
- Posted Sep 28, 2009 9:44 pm PT
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Escape from Monkey Island
"Grows on you" A classic, hilarious adventure game marred only by some fiendishly cryptic puzzles! Continue »
- Posted Aug 22, 2009 10:55 pm PT
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ef - A Fairy Tale of the Two
http://www.youtube.com/user/barkera0 This video combines both opening videos from both 'ef' visual novels. The first half is from 'ef - the first tale' and the second half is from 'ef - the latter tale'.
- Posted Sep 1, 2009 7:47 pm PT
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PS2 Blog Part 1
The first part of a probably 3 part Video Blog about the PS2 games I bought!
- Posted May 4, 2007 10:01 pm PT
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Twilight Princess Gameplay
Some brief combat in Twilight Princess showing off some hidden skills.
- Posted Jan 2, 2007 5:46 pm PT
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Dec 28, 2009 3:09 am PTbarkera0 added Seikan to their tracked list
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Dec 28, 2009 3:09 am PTbarkera0 added Kurayami to their tracked list
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Dec 27, 2009 3:42 pm PTbarkera0 posted a new blog entry entitled My Game of the Year 2009
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Dec 26, 2009 10:07 pm PTbarkera0 added Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey to their tracked list
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Dec 26, 2009 10:05 pm PTbarkera0 gave Chaos;Head a score of 9.0
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Dec 26, 2009 10:00 pm PTbarkera0 added Band Hero to their owned game list
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Dec 26, 2009 10:00 pm PTbarkera0 gave Band Hero a score of 7.0
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Dec 25, 2009 3:20 am PTbarkera0 gave Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda a score of 8.0
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Dec 25, 2009 3:20 am PTbarkera0 added Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda to their owned game list
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Dec 23, 2009 4:41 pm PTbarkera0 gave Patapon 2 a score of 7.5
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