bishopcruz

Just beat this game and it rocks my fucking socks. Have to say the demo really didn't sell the game all that well. The game is INSANE, I mean it makes DMC look positively subdued. I'm talking fighting on top of nukes, castrating tentacle monsters, riding a motorcycle upside down across the ropes of a suspension bridge, and that's some of the tamer shit. Gameplay is actually very good, faster than DMC, almost as fast as NG2, though I still prefer that one by a hair. It's also FILLED with Sega fan service, and much of it gives me a happy. Voice acting is pretty good, music is insane (with a few hidden gems) and the set pieces in this game put every other action game I have played to shame. There is just constant insanity, a decent variety of things to do, and tons of ways of killing ones opponents. Plus, it isn't that hard. Also, Action GOTY for having checkpoints in the middle of long boss battles. God bless you Kamiya. If they can keep releasing games of this caliber, Sega will be back with a vengeance.

He should love me more.

Pure is actually supposed to be pretty good. Never played it tho.

I dunno, the empty look only really works for some of the games. The second ICO one being a perfect example. Personal faves are: The Rez one, holy fuckawesome The Wipeout one The Grim Fandango one. 1st Mirror's Edge one.

Gah, remake of the Gameboy game makes me care a whole lot less. Fireballs shooting from the whip is gay.

I like your world of forced ignorance, it must be warm there. I think I will cry again. In another note, they really need to remake Simon's Quest.

Yes, fucking judgment. Wow Maria, you sure changed in the year between this game and SoTN.

Fuck them so hard. And if you hated this game, you have no soul. No seriously, it's a scientific fact.

Legends is non canon, past that I think they all are. Even... sigh... Judgement. http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Castlevania_Timeline I think I'll cry now... fuck that game.

Halo has some awesome music overall, Marty O'Donnell is one of the best composers in the biz. Halo:ODST's soundtrack was a lot different, but amazing. amazing piece. Some of his lesser known stuff: Myth: The Fallen Lords, one of the best Tactical RTS games of all time. and my favorite from Halo 2, best soundtrack in the series IMO: and after the last notes of that were heard at the end of HALO 2, players around the world screamed WHAT THE FUCK?

Some lesser known badass game tunes: This game is 22 years old. Jesus fucking christ! Ultima VIII, a controversial game, but a badass soundtrack moody as hell, and great for PC MIDI Ultima Online had amazing music as well Since I always have to shout out to Konami: Snatcher's Theme, barely heard in the Sega CD version: it's pretty cool, but then we get the Official Konami remix on the Black Disck OST, HOLY GOD!!! Please Remake Snatcher Kojima, and include this as the theme! and because it rocks! Phoenix Wright - Objection! 2001 and the Orchestral Remix of the Objection! Themes from each of the first three games:

I'll give it a try, people hated on FFXII with abandon just because it was different. Maybe this will work. I'm not particularly hopeful from the sounds of things, and the lack of towns and exploration makes worry, but I have yet to play a completely awful FF. Even 8 only sucked in comparison to the rest of the series.

I really thought everybody knew about BS Zelda. On to stuff that likely on Nick and I care about, PSIV originally had 3-d dungeons, and apparently the Sega CD version was a completely different game, it was known as Return of Alisa, but it never happened. Weird, but true. There was also a Mega CD version of Ys IV in the works that never came out, and oddly enough it was the only one that was developed by Falcom. As it stands Ys IV is the only one in the series that does not have a game developed by the development house that created the series. strange but true. Duke Nukem Forever's loss makes baby Jesus cry.

Konami, sitting along Falcom on the game music Mt. Olympus: Akira Yamaoka composer of Silent Hill is a fucking god. Tommy Tallarico is a tool, but at least we got this! Silent Hill 2 live.

BOO!!! Too soon!

Macross Plus Danger Zone Awesome!

I suddenly want to play this game now.

It is an odd game. It makes DMC look sane.

Demo was cool, it's no NG, but seems about on the level of DMC4, with some crazy ass attacks. Shame the PS3 one has some performance issues from what I hear, especially since I know a lot of people prefer that controller for these type of games.

Back to King of Fighters: A WHITE KYO AND IORI? Maggie Q as Mai? Terry Bogard, CIA agent? Why do they always thing this crap will work? I just died a little bit inside. At least Mature and Vice look acceptable.

I never said they would do a good job, I said wait and see and don't assume it will be shit. Occasionally stuff surprises you end up with adaptations that should suck actually being awesome. LOTR is a non-anime example. Also, AKIRA is trippy, but outside of a few scenes it isn't all that surreal.

Man you're all a buncha haters. Considering the film is supposedly pretty damn close to the Manga story outside of some setting issues, it COULD turn out ok, adaptations are not automatically shit. With a good budget it could be amazing, with the wrong crew it could be shit, much like any other translated property. If they decide to dragonball it, and change everything that made the original story what it was, then it will suck, if they stay reasonably close, then it had a good chance of being a fun watch. Neo-Tokyo could look great in live action, and some of the stuff from the last half of the manga would be incredible to see in motion. Passing judgment before ANYTHING has even been shown is a bit premature I think. So I'm glad its back on. As for bebop, again it's a wait and see. It's essentially a Hong Kong action movie in anime form for its main arc, and if they stick to that, it'll probably be decent, so long as the rumors of Keanu Reeves playing Spike end up being false.

Continuing with way to catchy openings: still amazed at how much of an anime influence a lot of these shows had. Then again, Japan was then what Korea is now, the place where a lot of the animation was farmed out to. I'd love to find out who the directors of these openings were. Also, why has Duck Tales not appeared yet?

Moving back to the "Openings with Animation Better than It Has any Right to Be" category, I give you Jem! Much like Thundercats, Silverhawks and Transformers, the quality in the opening was jarringly better than anything the show could have hoped to offer. And now the song is stuck in your head for the rest of the day! You're welcome!