Metal Gear Solid HD Collection

Earlier today Konami revealed the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection for both Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. This collection will feature reworked games such as, MGS2 Sons of Liberty, MGS3 Snake Eater and MGS Peace Walker. A shame the first one isn’t included, but me getting HD version of MGS3 is more than enough.

All the games in this collection will have trophies/achievements. And this collection will be released in November this year. Remember, “Take care of the box and the box will take care of you.”

Ar Tonelico Qoga cleared!

Since Playstation Network came back and I could sync my PS3 slim with my PSN account, I’ve been playing Ar Tonelico Qoga like a madman!! This is also my 50th Playstation 3 game I’ve finished. I’m glad a JRPG took that spot. So what can I say about the game? It has its ups and downs, and I think I’m fairly pleased with it.
Even if the older games are better, this was the best of the two Gust games I’ve played this generation, I feel much more satisfied with this game than I ever did with Atelier Rorona. It took me about 37 hours to complete and there is still a bunch of stuff to do. If I want to do all the extra stuff that is, but I’m gonna save that for some other time.

Well, I’m heading off to bed now and when I wake up, I’m gonna give No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise a shot. Looking forward to see what I’ll be thinking of that. Now I’m gonna go dream of my wonderful Saki and be happy since I got her best ending in AT Qoga. Yay! (Saki is the one to the right)

Some Playstation 3 games I want

2011 seems to be a good year for games, a lot of big squeals are coming out. And of course being a Playstation 3 owner that I am, I have a few treats to look forward to. Games like Infamous 2, Uncharted 3 and Batman Arkham City (also on PC & X360). I’m a bit sad to say that I’ve only kept eyes on the Playstation 3 games, well since its the only console I have right now. I think that’s pretty understandable, I just wanted to make it clear to people I’m in no way a fanboy. I like all consoles they each have something to bring to the table, but right now I’m mainly focused on Playstation 3. So sadly, I have no idea what’s coming to the other consoles.
2011 in all seems to be a pretty big gaming year Nintendo 3DS has been released, the squeal to Nintendo DS. And Sony’s “NGP” (PSP2) might also see a release this year.
And then there are rumors about Nintendo showing their newest stationary console on this years E3, can’t wait to see all the goodness that will be shown this year. Well here is a little list of games I’m looking forward to this year. Well here is my list of some of the games I’m really looking forward to, they are in no particular oder. I wrote them down as I remembered them. So tell me, what games are you looking forward to?

Batman Arkham City
The sequel to one of the best games in 2009 is of course on this list! Anything else would be a goddamn shame! The world in the game seems to have expanded a whole lot. From being in Arkham Asylum in the first game, to run around in Gotham City. Or rather Arkham City that it has been renamed too. The whole city has become a prison, which Hugo Strange seems to govern with an iron fist. I want this game, I want this game now! I have complete faith in Rocksteady and can’t wait for them to give me my next Batman kick!

Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten
The Disgaea series is about the only SRPG that I really like. Thanks to my friend Kntheking who introduced me too the series and since then, I’ve just keep on liking it more. The fourth game has new HD sprites, which looks really tasty. I’m hoping for the same kind of wonky humor I’ve come to love and expect from this series. It will be released sometime in September is nothing changes and I’m hoping it don’t. So in September its time for some crazy ass leveling again/grinding again!!

Infamous 2
I really liked the first one, it took some time for me to get into it. But once I was there I was caught. I loved running around in Empire City and frying people with my electrical powers! Whahaha! Sure, I helped people too. But it was a fun game and the sequel seems to be more of the same. But hopefully there is more variation, guess I’ll know next month. And boy! I’m having a hard time waiting!

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Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions

I was interested in Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions for some time. It seemed to actually be a pretty decent game and it actually is. It has its problems but its one of the better Spider-Man game in years.
One thing I really do love about this game is the humor, I think they’ve successfully captured Spider-Man’s humor. And that they have reused some old Spider-Man voice actors to do the voices for the four Spider-Men in the game is a really nice touch.

Shattered Dimensions tells the story of four Spider-Men from different dimensions, I’ll be coming to that very shortly. The game starts with Mysterio breaking into a museum to get a hold of a mystic tablet. Let’s sell it on the black market he says and make a fortune!
But good old Spidey comes in to save the day. But he accidentally shatters the tablet, sending its pieces into three other dimensions. And this whole scene has been narrated by the man himself, Stan Lee. Don’t know who he is? Shame on you, go google him right away.

 

First out we have the dimension where is all begins. The Amazing dimension, with the classic lovable Spider-Man we all know. Amazing S-M is voiced by Neil Patrick Harris. This dimension is also more cell-shaded than the others, to give of that cartoony feeling. Then we have the Noir dimensions which is a dark and a bit more mature, its also almost always in black and white. To give that feeling of being an old movie. The 2099 dimension is a futuristic hightech take on Spider-Man, something I didn’t look forward to. But ended up liking really well. And last but not least, my favorite dimension Ultimate Spider-Man. The Spider-Man here is a bit younger and its also a bit more serious at times and sometimes funnier. And it has Deadpool in it, instant win.

The controls are okay, but could use some more work. One thing I do hate is that the Spider-Men have all the same attacks and never feel really special to use. They have a special attack that is unique to them, but its more of a variation between the attack the others have. The game is not free-roaming as the last games featuring Spider-Man has been, they gone for a more level design of it all. Some levels are big and give of a bit of a free-roaming feel, I think if the developers but down more time on an squeal they could make a real good Spidey game. The potential is there, but it really doesn’t come to surface because of the four Spider-Men. It would have been better to concentrate on one Spider-Man and making that game awesome.

All in all Shattered Dimensions is a pretty decent game, it has its problems. Problems that I’m hoping will be fixed, its a fun game. And I think I haven’t enjoyed a Spider-Man game like this since Spider-Man 2 on the GameCube. I’m looking forward to a new Spider-Man game and I hope they don’t do a dimension game again, focus on one Spider-Man that is more than enough. Flesh out that Spider-Man‘s story and level. I think everyone will benefit from this, play the game, borrow it or rent it. I think you’ll enjoy it if you like Spider-Man.

Bayonetta! Let’s dance boys!

So my friend Elden borrowed me this game called Bayonetta. You might have heard of it, it was a pretty big game in 2010. Some even going to far as claiming it as GOTY (Game Of The Year) 2010. While I’m a while year behind most people who played it, I don’t see if as anywhere near a contender for a GOTY game.

I had great fun with it and even learned a few things about myself (more later), and it is a pretty good game! Bayonetta is made by Platinum Games and many of the people in PG where a part of Clover over at Capcom.
The Game is directed by Hideki Kamiya who made the Devil May Cry series and all to easy to see that in the game. But Bayonetta was so much more fun than any DMC game I’ve tried. The game is much more humors and over the top, Bayonetta is the alternative name for over the top action. And if you hadn’t guessed it yet, the games main character is named Bayonetta.

The game itself is a hack n’ slash game ala Devil May Cry, guess you didn’t think of that either! Right!? Bayonetta moves with a dance like style, every move she makes is like a dance. I really like this part, it looks pretty cool, is hot. And also pretty fun. Speaking of hot… Bayonetta is a smoking hot lady and she knows it.
Many of her attacks are very sexual, just as her personality. Which I really like, but then again I’m a bit of a pervert. Like the things I learned about myself, I like lollipops, stripper poles, bit.. I mean witches and being punished. If that’s wrong then I don’t wanna be right. Fly me to the moon then!
The game is fun and challenging if you play beyond the easy level, yes I chickened out and took the easy way out. But when I buy the game and replay it, that’s going to change. So if you haven’t tried it, do it! You might like it!


I can’t stop watching this movie for some reason. I like dancing. And the music, its so nice in this video!

Tales of Xillia

Namco Bandai has announced is newest Tales of series game, this one will be called
Tales of Xillia. I bet this is another one of those games, that they won’t bother to localize.
But I’m hoping they will surprise us this time, who knows? Miracles can happen, so let’s pray.

Saints Row 2, Ice cream and propeller boobs

Saints Row 2 is a fun and pretty nice game, sure its filled with bugs that can be so damn annoying. But the bugs and glitches are so strange and weird sometimes, but you take the good with the bad. In this game you create your own character, the character creator is pretty decent. I’m hoping it will get expanded a whole lot in Saints Row 3.

This is what my character looks like, nothing special but then again I like how he turned out. And of course I gave him the British voice, the one doing the British voice is Charles Shaughnessy.
The guy who played Maxwell Sheffield in The Nanny, he has such a great voice. I really like it and to hear the lines from the game in his voice, is awesome. You can choose from two other male voices and three female voices. But none of them sounds as good as Charles voice. Hope to hear him in more games, he does Eldore’s voice in White Knight Chronicles too.

The game reminds me very much of the Grand Theft Auto series, but has a bit more of a dark humor to it. While GTA series, tries to be serious. Saints Row 2 can take is a bit more easy and just be a bit more fun. I love the humor in the games, like the sign and name for an ice cream place in the game… “Two Scoops, one cup” or the sign for “Turbulence” which is just weird… Its damn fun to play this game online with a friend, I’m really glad I got the game. Hope Saints Row 3 will come out soon.