Almost finished reading American Psycho now. Great read and Bateman is getting crazier and crazier.
I have also been playing a spot of Genji today, i've read alot of reviews citing this game preety average and the action being totally dirivitive. I have to disagree with them, but then im not a fan of reviewers period.
When i first played it i would have agreed with the above, the sword movements seemed too artificial with no emotion. But after awhile i got use to it and it didn't seem that way, it felt like the way a real samurai would fight(kendo for example). I begun to chain air attacks with normal attacks and then it all started to feel all nice. You can also unlease a special move called the amahagane, which is a special jewel of sorts from the gods. This allows you to slow down enemy movements to allow you to counter and attack enemies, which is devastating for your unlucky foes. Its very simple when you have unleashed it, all you have to do is tap the square button when it is displayed on screen. The designers could have opted for a more complicated system of doing this, I think they went in the right direction for this. Besides all the enemies have different types of speed, attack patterns and timings, so it always keeps you on your toes regardless.
The graphics, the artwork, and environments portay a beautiful japanese painting of the 1800's. absolutly beautiful, one of the most beautiful and colourful games i've played on the ps2 to this day. It does have some cheapness most probably due to the ps2s old hardware. The many character faces for example could have done with some more work. The story is incredibly simple, but then a story isn't really needed in an action game, nowadays i tend to ignore the stories in games unless its needed, i just want to play the goddamn game not have a 15min cutscene...sigh, what happened to the days of contra/probotector. Its a stunning simple game and for the price i paid which was £9.99 in GAYMESTATION "New" its a bargain! Its a worthy investment and nice to see in your collection, next to the likes of God of War, Devil May Cry 3 and the Onimusha series.
On friday i said i bought some stuff in GAME. Well in that entry i forgot to mention that by coincidence, i met a friend in there who i haven't seen in ages. The thing is i didn't realise it was her or not, she just entered my mind. So i didn't really stop to think of it, it was my mission at the time to find a cheap copy of Megaman X8, which i never found...poey. I only started to think about if it was her or not when i left the shop, then it struck me with a bolt of lightning, im not kidding..IT WAS HER! As soon as i got home, i sent her an e-mail and contacted her on her blog hoping she would respond because i haven't heard her in ages and thought that she might not use that e-mail address anymore. But as luck would have it she still did ^-^.
Its great getting in touch with a mate you haven't seen in ages, she was a cool chick that knew her shit. she obviously still does because she bought bujingai at the same time as me, So the girl indeed still knows her SHIT! I also found out that she thought it was me in the shop too, she was too nervous to find out if it was me because shes a girly girly (those are her exact words :P). I probably made her nervous, with my sudden change in appearence, i have been bulking up. It could also have been the rediculously huge headphones i was wearing, im going with the latter. Either way, im really happy i managed to get in touch with her again, shes most probably reading this entry because i gave her a link to this blog. Hopefully this blog wouldn't scare her off, i wouldn't be suprised though!^_-
Anyway, that was a random thing to happen and another random entry to my blog!
I have also been playing a spot of Genji today, i've read alot of reviews citing this game preety average and the action being totally dirivitive. I have to disagree with them, but then im not a fan of reviewers period.
When i first played it i would have agreed with the above, the sword movements seemed too artificial with no emotion. But after awhile i got use to it and it didn't seem that way, it felt like the way a real samurai would fight(kendo for example). I begun to chain air attacks with normal attacks and then it all started to feel all nice. You can also unlease a special move called the amahagane, which is a special jewel of sorts from the gods. This allows you to slow down enemy movements to allow you to counter and attack enemies, which is devastating for your unlucky foes. Its very simple when you have unleashed it, all you have to do is tap the square button when it is displayed on screen. The designers could have opted for a more complicated system of doing this, I think they went in the right direction for this. Besides all the enemies have different types of speed, attack patterns and timings, so it always keeps you on your toes regardless.
The graphics, the artwork, and environments portay a beautiful japanese painting of the 1800's. absolutly beautiful, one of the most beautiful and colourful games i've played on the ps2 to this day. It does have some cheapness most probably due to the ps2s old hardware. The many character faces for example could have done with some more work. The story is incredibly simple, but then a story isn't really needed in an action game, nowadays i tend to ignore the stories in games unless its needed, i just want to play the goddamn game not have a 15min cutscene...sigh, what happened to the days of contra/probotector. Its a stunning simple game and for the price i paid which was £9.99 in GAYMESTATION "New" its a bargain! Its a worthy investment and nice to see in your collection, next to the likes of God of War, Devil May Cry 3 and the Onimusha series.
On friday i said i bought some stuff in GAME. Well in that entry i forgot to mention that by coincidence, i met a friend in there who i haven't seen in ages. The thing is i didn't realise it was her or not, she just entered my mind. So i didn't really stop to think of it, it was my mission at the time to find a cheap copy of Megaman X8, which i never found...poey. I only started to think about if it was her or not when i left the shop, then it struck me with a bolt of lightning, im not kidding..IT WAS HER! As soon as i got home, i sent her an e-mail and contacted her on her blog hoping she would respond because i haven't heard her in ages and thought that she might not use that e-mail address anymore. But as luck would have it she still did ^-^.
Its great getting in touch with a mate you haven't seen in ages, she was a cool chick that knew her shit. she obviously still does because she bought bujingai at the same time as me, So the girl indeed still knows her SHIT! I also found out that she thought it was me in the shop too, she was too nervous to find out if it was me because shes a girly girly (those are her exact words :P). I probably made her nervous, with my sudden change in appearence, i have been bulking up. It could also have been the rediculously huge headphones i was wearing, im going with the latter. Either way, im really happy i managed to get in touch with her again, shes most probably reading this entry because i gave her a link to this blog. Hopefully this blog wouldn't scare her off, i wouldn't be suprised though!^_-
Anyway, that was a random thing to happen and another random entry to my blog!
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