Friday, December 16, 2011

Anarchy Reigns Delayed, massive shockwave of depression stuns internet


Crack your wishbones and buy some lottery tickets because today is a lucky day. This is because this may be the only post ever about up to date video game news.
You heard it here first people, Anarchy Reigns has been delayed. You can cry now, I'll wait.
This news should come as a surprise to just about no one considering the only thing we've seen about the game are those little character introduction trailers Platinum scattered into the public earlier this year.

Despite almost no information about the game, the hype for this game has been disappointingly low. Why doesn't the internet care more about this game? This isn't one of those setup questions that I ask now to answer later, I really don't know.
Anarchy Reigns is being developed by Platinum, these guys have a pedigree for awesomeness for goodness sake! The only game they made that can even be considered mediocre is just guilty of being grimdark and disliked by Yahtzee (a little repetitive too, but nobody would know that since five people bought Madworld). A competitive 3D brawler? NOBODY HAS DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE! In addition, Anarchy Reigns is being made by a company that ONLY MAKES AWESOME 3D BRAWLERS!
Get excited people! This is big! Right now this delay is seen as barely a fart in the ocean of video game news. This is a tragedy. Anarchy Reigns looks awesome dammit. Yes I am mad, that is all, you may return to your Skyrims and your Minecrafts now.

Saturday, December 10, 2011

The Not Saya no Uta post

So originally this post was going to be about Saya no Uta. But I've kinda lost interest in doing a post about it recently. Once the official release comes out I'll reread it and do a post about it. Saya no Uta does some really interesting things that no other VN I have read even attempts and I really want to talk about, so a full post will come later. For now I'm just going to rant about some stuff that I really like.

Bastion- If you haven't played Bastion yet, go play it right now. While the game isn't perfect it does so many things right that it is impossible to not enjoy. The narrators voice sounds like Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood had a sexy cowboy baby. The background art is absolutely stunning and I bought the soundtrack immediately after finishing the game. Combat can be hit or miss and you get so many weapons that you will never have time to use them all. Other then that the game is borderline perfect. I am seriously thinking this is game of the year here. Plant it.

Sundome- A pure and innocent manga about a young couple and the joy of abstaining before marriage. Sundome really excels in its ability to swap tones between its humor and seriousness. The characters growth is handled with stellar precision so even the side characters feel like real people. The pacing can be a little slow at times, but it all leads up to a stellar finale. Also they get off by peeing on each other.

G-Senjou no Maou- While not at Saya no Uta levels, 'Maou' is a great read. A suspenseful page turner, 'Maou' is the story of the son of a Yakuza boss and his struggle between humanity and his lust for money and power. While being a Japanese visual novel, 'Maou' reads like an English paperback novel. Normally this would be a demeanor rather than a highlight, but I just couldn't keep the damn program closed. Some of the characters fall a little too well into anime archetypes (the genki girl imoto in particular) but it never detracts from the great writing. Some of the voice acting is great too, especially the best friend character who channels a young Wakamoto disturbingly well.

Fate/Zero- They must have pulled this anime straight out of my dreams. It is everything the Fate/Stay Night anime could have been and wasn't. Nasu fan or not, don't skip this one.

More target focused posts to come. I plan to update more frequently on winter break.