Every now and then, there's some big video game list that comes in talking about either who's the greatest villain in video game history, or the most terrifying moment in video game history... Anything that has to do with the most, the greatest, or anything in that kind of nature, expect to see Final Fantasy 7 making the list.
Now, there's probably going to be some haters for this blog, but understand where I'm coming from. I am not a Final Fantasy fan. I played it once, Final Fantasy 10-2 was my first game and I fucking hated it. All it is are three girls gasping, smiling, and acting very innocent. A complicated story line to understand even while going back and re-reading what 10 was all about. The fighting system seemed so unbearable to comprehend, I literally just used a Gameshark-like cheat throughout the entire game and I still couldn't figure out what the heck to do. I mean, I'm using Paine's secret special, only-her fighting costume and I'm blasting enemies with a one-shot... That's still not telling me what I have to do.
I watch my boyfriend play Final Fantasy 7 that I bought him for his birthday a year ago, and even just watching him playing that, I'm lost out of my fucking mind trying to understand the main plot of the game. Even while he's explaining everything to me, I found myself drifting away into a state of lost-ness due to the amount of stuff that I'm just receiving. Ridiculous!
To get back what I'm trying to say, majority of these lists are always having the main bad guy, Sephiroth, be the number one top bad ass of all time. So he kills Aerith out of nowhere after everything she's done for you and blah-blah-blah... Why does this scene need to be THE scene in video game history for more than a decade? I understand how it made people so freaked out after everything you did up to that moment, but this game cannot always be the best with villains and moments anymore. There's a ton of games out there with great moments that we never expected... Heck, even Portal's unexpected ending is starting to annoy me too...
I guess it's just that I'm not a huge Final Fantasy fan to understand the full potential of that scene... But I really don't see how this game is great when Egoraptor's Final Fantasy 7 spoof literally told me that the game is about two whiny guys complaining about life, here's Tifa trying to get Cloud to notice her but he's in love with Aerith in a way.... Some... love triangle? Then some army he was apart of that Sephiroth is like a captain to... I just... I just have no idea at all...
Then there's 13...
>'-'<
Monday, July 16, 2012
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Johnny Cage Got Killed Because Of This?
Bloodstorm was a fighting game that was set out in the early 90s as another game that was destined to outdo Mortal Kombat. Problem is, this game sucked ass big time and hardly did anything to its competitors... Well except one. If anyone could remember back during when Mortal Kombat 3 came out, we can clearly see that there's no Johnny Cage and no Raiden. Why is this? Well, apparently the actor who played as Johnny Cage in the previous games decides that he's going to help promote a rival company's game while still being Cage. Midway (at the time) found out about this and fired him on the spot. Bye-bye Daniel. His brother Carlos, was also having difficulties with the company, and I believe he got fired too (or he quit on his own) but of course, later on, Carlos came back, Daniel did not.
I stated before, this game hardly had any kind of competition against it's rivals. It's not that great of a game whatsoever. It's so glitchy, it tried to make it as gory, or a bit gorier than Mortal Kombat, but it failed in so many directions. The problem, is that they intended on making this game really bloody that it just lost all aspects of being a gory game. They tried making it to where, get enough hits, your opponent loses their legs and becomes a moving torso with intestines flooding out of them. Oh, but they can still fight, and they can still win the game if allowed to. You'll get this, "Legless victory" announced. Okay?
A lot of the characters couldn't be more unoriginal if they tried. A lot of the characters have moves that we've all seen before. They try over exposing the female's boobs although they did a poor job at it. And they have these huge shield-like things on their hands that just look so bogus, it takes away a lot from the character. Half the time, they get in the way of a lot of things, it just doesn't make sense on why they have them.
I will give them credit on one thing though. In order to actually beat the game, you must find and eliminate these secret characters that works with the final boss of the game. To do so, you have to do all these random things on certain stages to get a hold of them. Example, in order to find "Golem" you're on a stage that as a pitfall on both sides of the platform. At a particular time, you are to actually fall down in the pit and successfully land on this tiny platform that automatically makes you head off to where Golem is at. So, I'll give some props for creative secret fights but... it's not like other games have done something like that before.
Throughout the fight, each fighter has the ability to rip off the limbs and such to their opponent. As mentioned previously, this is where the "legless victory" thing comes into play. But what's stupid is that this occurs on both rounds. So if you successfully blasted a guy's head off in the first round, they're perfectly fine the next round. What? Come on. I don't like when games do that. But, it's all right, it's not like this game went anywhere anyways.
It's a shame that someone lost their job promoting this game. This game was supposed to rival Mortal Kombat, but it didn't. The company that also created this game, Strata, went out of business, now that's sad. The game was also hinting in various secrets that there was supposed to have a sequel. Well, now we know the fate of that sequel... It's never going to happen.
What could have been probably a good competition to a powerful game failed in so many aspects, no wonder why not too many people have actually heard this game. I've seen way too many glitches with the game as well, as there's a video out there that shows off a lot of it. As I've seen countless of stuff with this game, I couldn't possibly see how it could be deemed a good fighting game to actually be a rival to others. It didn't have a strong fan base, the story wasn't even remotely interesting to know, and overall, it just pretended to be a great game when in the end we all know it wouldn't. I'd say if you want to, there's videos on Youtube showing a lot of the gameplay, such as fatalities and some random person playing the entire game, exposing the secrets while having crappy music play over the entire thing (I hate that). You can judge for yourself if you want. It's called Bloodstorm.
I stated before, this game hardly had any kind of competition against it's rivals. It's not that great of a game whatsoever. It's so glitchy, it tried to make it as gory, or a bit gorier than Mortal Kombat, but it failed in so many directions. The problem, is that they intended on making this game really bloody that it just lost all aspects of being a gory game. They tried making it to where, get enough hits, your opponent loses their legs and becomes a moving torso with intestines flooding out of them. Oh, but they can still fight, and they can still win the game if allowed to. You'll get this, "Legless victory" announced. Okay?
A lot of the characters couldn't be more unoriginal if they tried. A lot of the characters have moves that we've all seen before. They try over exposing the female's boobs although they did a poor job at it. And they have these huge shield-like things on their hands that just look so bogus, it takes away a lot from the character. Half the time, they get in the way of a lot of things, it just doesn't make sense on why they have them.
I will give them credit on one thing though. In order to actually beat the game, you must find and eliminate these secret characters that works with the final boss of the game. To do so, you have to do all these random things on certain stages to get a hold of them. Example, in order to find "Golem" you're on a stage that as a pitfall on both sides of the platform. At a particular time, you are to actually fall down in the pit and successfully land on this tiny platform that automatically makes you head off to where Golem is at. So, I'll give some props for creative secret fights but... it's not like other games have done something like that before.
Throughout the fight, each fighter has the ability to rip off the limbs and such to their opponent. As mentioned previously, this is where the "legless victory" thing comes into play. But what's stupid is that this occurs on both rounds. So if you successfully blasted a guy's head off in the first round, they're perfectly fine the next round. What? Come on. I don't like when games do that. But, it's all right, it's not like this game went anywhere anyways.
It's a shame that someone lost their job promoting this game. This game was supposed to rival Mortal Kombat, but it didn't. The company that also created this game, Strata, went out of business, now that's sad. The game was also hinting in various secrets that there was supposed to have a sequel. Well, now we know the fate of that sequel... It's never going to happen.
What could have been probably a good competition to a powerful game failed in so many aspects, no wonder why not too many people have actually heard this game. I've seen way too many glitches with the game as well, as there's a video out there that shows off a lot of it. As I've seen countless of stuff with this game, I couldn't possibly see how it could be deemed a good fighting game to actually be a rival to others. It didn't have a strong fan base, the story wasn't even remotely interesting to know, and overall, it just pretended to be a great game when in the end we all know it wouldn't. I'd say if you want to, there's videos on Youtube showing a lot of the gameplay, such as fatalities and some random person playing the entire game, exposing the secrets while having crappy music play over the entire thing (I hate that). You can judge for yourself if you want. It's called Bloodstorm.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
WoW Isn't That Annoying?
I've recently been playing World of Warcraft again after months of being away from it. I miss the fun the game brings at times. But I've certainly not miss a lot of the annoying parts of the game. I'm not talking about how when you've basically reached the "end" part of the game, as in you're all leveled up and got all the good gear for your character. No, I'm talking about when you're doing the Heroics getting the gear!
I'm going to talk about some of the experiences that I have either been through or have seen it with my two eyes. Now, bear with me. I can get over the fact that this is World of Warcraft, quite possibly one of the nerdiest games in existence, but believe me when I say that I can take things to a serious degree while others, not so much. For this game, I don't take one ounce of it as serious as most of the WoW-heads do. I enjoy my time playing my characters, and whenever my brother gets on, I like to play along with him, providing that he doesn't tick me off with the constant orders and such. However, I don't enjoy my game being ruined by a bunch of idiotic strangers who has to be rude for no reason whatsoever. It's why I hardly play online mode with other video games. People are just so goddamn rude and it ruins the fun out of the games. This is one of the reason why I stopped playing WoW for a long time.
One of the experience that I dealt with, happened not too long ago. There's a thing called Heroics, they're specific dungeons that carry more elite enemies and provides a heck of a lot of great goodies for your character to collect, providing that you win the roll of the specific item that drops that is. The whole entire point of a Heroic is to obtain better gear for your character, so that you're able to start raiding soon with your guild. Unfortunately, there's an issue with Heroics at times with certain people... Mostly those who play as a Tank, or DPS that are not a caster. You're going to come across that one player who's not quite as geared as most players are for Heroics. Such as, their gear is somewhat maxed out, while other players managed to reach the level that can allow them to do a Heroic. Mind you, that when you're playing an RPG, (Role-Playing Game for you folks that don't know) your gear has a specific level. Grays are trash, Whites are common, Green is like the first magic gear that comes into play, Blue is Rare, Purple is Epic, and Orange is Legendary, which has a 1% drop rate per item that's that color. Blues and Purples are your basic gear, and when you have a mixture of them, then it shows that you're getting your gear up to all purples. All people that constantly complain are always in Epics. Epics get you into raids. Now, being that I haven't played WoW in such a long time, I'm still wearing a few Rares. But it's not like my entire wardrobe for my character is completely shitty. No. But for some people, it is, and it takes away their fun of the day. The problem that I have with this is that, these guys were once in my character's shoes. They weren't always maxed out with great gear in the past, and I'm pretty sure they were also harassed too. It certainly does suck when some idiot decides they're going to be rude about how you're trying to get epics in a Heroic where the whole entire intention of the part of the game is to obtain better gear!
For some reason, it doesn't sink through in their Easy-Bake Oven head of theirs that I'm trying to get my gear up to date with the max level... Despite that it's going to be low again as soon as the next expansion comes out... Or tier gear, or whatever.
My next issue happens to be the impatient players. I get that there will be groups that you'll come across that knows how to play the entire Heroic from beginning to end. But, when your group is carrying casters, they need to sit out for thirty measly seconds to regain the mana they just lost after a long boss battle. But this doesn't quite go as simple for certain players, i.e. Tanks. I came across this the other day playing a Heroic I have not yet completed. I really enjoyed what I was playing. But after we beaten one of the bosses, the healer and one other caster was not ready. I somewhat was, despite I could have recharged a bit more of my lost mana. The Tank decides that they're not going to wait for the casters to finish what they're doing, and begins attacking a trash mob. Tanks need healers in order to advance throughout the Heroics. No healers obviously equals death. Despite that I play as a priest, I am shadow, which is DPS, which deals damage, which means I DON'T HEAL. I would have liked to switch out of Shadow mode and heal the guy for a bit, but because I am specifically designed for a damaged character and not a healer, my heals would have done absolutely nothing to the guy. So I just stood there and watched him battle away and saw a huge decrease in his health. He decides that he's going to leave the party after managing to wipe the entire party out due to his foolishness behavior of starting to attack a group of four elites without having the rest of the party ready for the move. I've been in a different situation a while ago where the same exact thing happened, except the guy actually talked back to us. He began by blaming everyone doing poorly and taking all the credit for himself. But since I could care less, I just sat back and continue typing "/laugh" while targeting the guy. He eventually left and we managed to continue doing the Heroic with no problems... After all, he was the main problem for being a very poor Tank.
Look guys, we casters can't keep up with you non-casters, we need at least thirty seconds of down time so that we can regain our mana. If you can't wait for thirty measly seconds to run past, twiddle your thumbs or something. But certainly do not start attacking another group without a healer, don't put blame on us when it's your fault, and don't leave the damn party even if you made a mistake.
Last, but not least, I'm going to address kind of a more annoying issue I have to put up with. For playing as a female Blood Elf with a chick name, it kinda leaves me out in the open for some personal attacks of my gender. When guys in this game comes across a girl playing behind the character, they get all delusional and believes that this is the time to whip out their dick-growing abilities and brag how long their Johnson is, when we know that it certainly cannot be over a foot long. Yeah, it's the sexual harassment issue. Sometimes I get people telling me to get back into the kitchen and such, but believe me, the joke has grown so old it really lost its meaning. I mean, I don't take these things so seriously despite that I probably should. But the thing is, how can a stranger, who lives miles away from me, has no clue who I really am, can do any kind of physical harm to me through a computer game? There's two things I can do to prevent this from happening again. I can either report the guy or I can ignore the guy. People take a lot of things way too seriously over the internet, and I can understand. But you guys also have to understand that a lot of this goofballs, have no fucking lives. Majority of them brags about how big their dicks are and how many girls they've fucked over the past, but do you actually believe any of it? No freaking way. I don't because it's the internet. I can pretend to be someone that I'm not and get away with it, all because the people on the other side have no clue who I really am. Granted that, being a girl gamer, guys react a lot differently than when they play with another guy. The jokes crack open and all hell is loose. But, people really shouldn't let this bother anyone. It is annoying, but, you just have to laugh at the people who are honestly wasting their time trying to hit on something that could possibly be a guy pretending to be a girl.
And to be honest, it's really funny when I see a guy trying to hit on my brother when hes playing his female character, who is another priest, and it turns out that he's really a guy behind the character when he reveals that he's a "dude."
People... World of Warcraft is not to be taken so seriously, but I know that I will never get anyone to understand this. Games are meant to be fun, and despite that you need a bit of brains to know how this game works, honestly... it's not that hard to play. But I do wish that there was a level a maturity that needs to be met before anyone could play becuase the immature players really take the fun out of this game. As these examples show you, this is what most of the players have to deal with on a regular basis, and it's reasons why I don't play as much as I should... despite that if I did play as much as I should, I'd be playing a whole lot more... and it woulds seem very unhealthy as well. Hopefully this shows you what goes down in World of Warcraft. I'm not trying to scare anyone by this, but I certainly did want to mention it, just in case you were all wondering.
Despite that I doubt you really were.
>'-'<
I'm going to talk about some of the experiences that I have either been through or have seen it with my two eyes. Now, bear with me. I can get over the fact that this is World of Warcraft, quite possibly one of the nerdiest games in existence, but believe me when I say that I can take things to a serious degree while others, not so much. For this game, I don't take one ounce of it as serious as most of the WoW-heads do. I enjoy my time playing my characters, and whenever my brother gets on, I like to play along with him, providing that he doesn't tick me off with the constant orders and such. However, I don't enjoy my game being ruined by a bunch of idiotic strangers who has to be rude for no reason whatsoever. It's why I hardly play online mode with other video games. People are just so goddamn rude and it ruins the fun out of the games. This is one of the reason why I stopped playing WoW for a long time.
One of the experience that I dealt with, happened not too long ago. There's a thing called Heroics, they're specific dungeons that carry more elite enemies and provides a heck of a lot of great goodies for your character to collect, providing that you win the roll of the specific item that drops that is. The whole entire point of a Heroic is to obtain better gear for your character, so that you're able to start raiding soon with your guild. Unfortunately, there's an issue with Heroics at times with certain people... Mostly those who play as a Tank, or DPS that are not a caster. You're going to come across that one player who's not quite as geared as most players are for Heroics. Such as, their gear is somewhat maxed out, while other players managed to reach the level that can allow them to do a Heroic. Mind you, that when you're playing an RPG, (Role-Playing Game for you folks that don't know) your gear has a specific level. Grays are trash, Whites are common, Green is like the first magic gear that comes into play, Blue is Rare, Purple is Epic, and Orange is Legendary, which has a 1% drop rate per item that's that color. Blues and Purples are your basic gear, and when you have a mixture of them, then it shows that you're getting your gear up to all purples. All people that constantly complain are always in Epics. Epics get you into raids. Now, being that I haven't played WoW in such a long time, I'm still wearing a few Rares. But it's not like my entire wardrobe for my character is completely shitty. No. But for some people, it is, and it takes away their fun of the day. The problem that I have with this is that, these guys were once in my character's shoes. They weren't always maxed out with great gear in the past, and I'm pretty sure they were also harassed too. It certainly does suck when some idiot decides they're going to be rude about how you're trying to get epics in a Heroic where the whole entire intention of the part of the game is to obtain better gear!
For some reason, it doesn't sink through in their Easy-Bake Oven head of theirs that I'm trying to get my gear up to date with the max level... Despite that it's going to be low again as soon as the next expansion comes out... Or tier gear, or whatever.
My next issue happens to be the impatient players. I get that there will be groups that you'll come across that knows how to play the entire Heroic from beginning to end. But, when your group is carrying casters, they need to sit out for thirty measly seconds to regain the mana they just lost after a long boss battle. But this doesn't quite go as simple for certain players, i.e. Tanks. I came across this the other day playing a Heroic I have not yet completed. I really enjoyed what I was playing. But after we beaten one of the bosses, the healer and one other caster was not ready. I somewhat was, despite I could have recharged a bit more of my lost mana. The Tank decides that they're not going to wait for the casters to finish what they're doing, and begins attacking a trash mob. Tanks need healers in order to advance throughout the Heroics. No healers obviously equals death. Despite that I play as a priest, I am shadow, which is DPS, which deals damage, which means I DON'T HEAL. I would have liked to switch out of Shadow mode and heal the guy for a bit, but because I am specifically designed for a damaged character and not a healer, my heals would have done absolutely nothing to the guy. So I just stood there and watched him battle away and saw a huge decrease in his health. He decides that he's going to leave the party after managing to wipe the entire party out due to his foolishness behavior of starting to attack a group of four elites without having the rest of the party ready for the move. I've been in a different situation a while ago where the same exact thing happened, except the guy actually talked back to us. He began by blaming everyone doing poorly and taking all the credit for himself. But since I could care less, I just sat back and continue typing "/laugh" while targeting the guy. He eventually left and we managed to continue doing the Heroic with no problems... After all, he was the main problem for being a very poor Tank.
Look guys, we casters can't keep up with you non-casters, we need at least thirty seconds of down time so that we can regain our mana. If you can't wait for thirty measly seconds to run past, twiddle your thumbs or something. But certainly do not start attacking another group without a healer, don't put blame on us when it's your fault, and don't leave the damn party even if you made a mistake.
Last, but not least, I'm going to address kind of a more annoying issue I have to put up with. For playing as a female Blood Elf with a chick name, it kinda leaves me out in the open for some personal attacks of my gender. When guys in this game comes across a girl playing behind the character, they get all delusional and believes that this is the time to whip out their dick-growing abilities and brag how long their Johnson is, when we know that it certainly cannot be over a foot long. Yeah, it's the sexual harassment issue. Sometimes I get people telling me to get back into the kitchen and such, but believe me, the joke has grown so old it really lost its meaning. I mean, I don't take these things so seriously despite that I probably should. But the thing is, how can a stranger, who lives miles away from me, has no clue who I really am, can do any kind of physical harm to me through a computer game? There's two things I can do to prevent this from happening again. I can either report the guy or I can ignore the guy. People take a lot of things way too seriously over the internet, and I can understand. But you guys also have to understand that a lot of this goofballs, have no fucking lives. Majority of them brags about how big their dicks are and how many girls they've fucked over the past, but do you actually believe any of it? No freaking way. I don't because it's the internet. I can pretend to be someone that I'm not and get away with it, all because the people on the other side have no clue who I really am. Granted that, being a girl gamer, guys react a lot differently than when they play with another guy. The jokes crack open and all hell is loose. But, people really shouldn't let this bother anyone. It is annoying, but, you just have to laugh at the people who are honestly wasting their time trying to hit on something that could possibly be a guy pretending to be a girl.
And to be honest, it's really funny when I see a guy trying to hit on my brother when hes playing his female character, who is another priest, and it turns out that he's really a guy behind the character when he reveals that he's a "dude."
People... World of Warcraft is not to be taken so seriously, but I know that I will never get anyone to understand this. Games are meant to be fun, and despite that you need a bit of brains to know how this game works, honestly... it's not that hard to play. But I do wish that there was a level a maturity that needs to be met before anyone could play becuase the immature players really take the fun out of this game. As these examples show you, this is what most of the players have to deal with on a regular basis, and it's reasons why I don't play as much as I should... despite that if I did play as much as I should, I'd be playing a whole lot more... and it woulds seem very unhealthy as well. Hopefully this shows you what goes down in World of Warcraft. I'm not trying to scare anyone by this, but I certainly did want to mention it, just in case you were all wondering.
Despite that I doubt you really were.
>'-'<
Monday, June 25, 2012
The Sad Ending To A Great Competition
We all tend to look away from the past that was once Atari's ruling in the video game industry. You know, most adults of our generation would tend to know more about Atari than all of us. With us, we have the knowledge of current video game systems. But the past holds more of a greater accomplishment than today's current system. Let's go back about twenty-five years or so to the 80s, can you actually believe we have to say that now? There's a game out there that brought attention to many young people's souls. This game was known as Swordquest.
This game has it where they're not only having you play the game, they're making you scavenge comic book panels for clues that are revealed when a certain action takes place in the game. You must find a secret in a panel to discover a word that's a part of a giant list of words. These words soon become a sentence, but only a few of them are useless words. To figure out what these words, you must look throughout the booklet for a clue. The game's story has two words written in different colors, Prime and Number. Therefore, this hint is to help you solve the mystery behind the five words that you must find out of the group of words you found in the comic.
You later mail the clues out to the company of Atari and there, whoever gets the right answers will have the right to play the game again, only this time, you're playing the company's version of the game that is to determine who wins the grand prize of, get this, jeweled possessions. You have a crown, a talisman, a chalice, and a philosopher's stone all made out of gold with various jewels attached to them. But wait, with those prizes, then there must be more games out, right? Well yeah, there's Swordquest: Fireworld, Airworld, Waterworld and Earthworld. Each game had their own prizes to win. The winners of all four of these games would go on to compete for the better prized, this giant sword that had various jewels and made out of gold and silver. All of these prizes ranged up to about $150,000 total. This competition was not a joke.
But sadly, judging from the title, you can tell that what appears to be one of the video game industry's grandest challenge ever, won't have a good ending. You see, the video game crash took place, Atari was bought out by Jack Tramiel, and Airworld was never created. Rumors were stated that Tramiel has the crown, the stone and the sword because when Waterworld came out, which the prize for that game was the crown, the competition stopped. It stopped because the great video game crash took place. And after everything got better, the competition never took place again, nor did anyone try to do anything to resume it. People claims that Tramiel may have sold the remaining prizes somewhere, but there's really no hardcore proof he did anything. These prizes do exist because there were pictures everywhere showing what this competition would be like.
Atari people had a great thing happening to them and sadly, the only thing we have is MLB's win $1,000,000 to pitch a perfect game. The thing is that there's cheats out there now and days to figure out how to do such a thing, but when Atari had this competition, not only did you have no internet, but you actually had to rely on your own for once. It's really sad that video games now and day's really can't have something like this happen again. I'd love to see another competition like this take place where you have to work on your own and such... But I doubt it'll ever happen.
Cheers to you Atari folks. You did have a great era of video gaming.
>'-'<
This game has it where they're not only having you play the game, they're making you scavenge comic book panels for clues that are revealed when a certain action takes place in the game. You must find a secret in a panel to discover a word that's a part of a giant list of words. These words soon become a sentence, but only a few of them are useless words. To figure out what these words, you must look throughout the booklet for a clue. The game's story has two words written in different colors, Prime and Number. Therefore, this hint is to help you solve the mystery behind the five words that you must find out of the group of words you found in the comic.
You later mail the clues out to the company of Atari and there, whoever gets the right answers will have the right to play the game again, only this time, you're playing the company's version of the game that is to determine who wins the grand prize of, get this, jeweled possessions. You have a crown, a talisman, a chalice, and a philosopher's stone all made out of gold with various jewels attached to them. But wait, with those prizes, then there must be more games out, right? Well yeah, there's Swordquest: Fireworld, Airworld, Waterworld and Earthworld. Each game had their own prizes to win. The winners of all four of these games would go on to compete for the better prized, this giant sword that had various jewels and made out of gold and silver. All of these prizes ranged up to about $150,000 total. This competition was not a joke.
But sadly, judging from the title, you can tell that what appears to be one of the video game industry's grandest challenge ever, won't have a good ending. You see, the video game crash took place, Atari was bought out by Jack Tramiel, and Airworld was never created. Rumors were stated that Tramiel has the crown, the stone and the sword because when Waterworld came out, which the prize for that game was the crown, the competition stopped. It stopped because the great video game crash took place. And after everything got better, the competition never took place again, nor did anyone try to do anything to resume it. People claims that Tramiel may have sold the remaining prizes somewhere, but there's really no hardcore proof he did anything. These prizes do exist because there were pictures everywhere showing what this competition would be like.
Atari people had a great thing happening to them and sadly, the only thing we have is MLB's win $1,000,000 to pitch a perfect game. The thing is that there's cheats out there now and days to figure out how to do such a thing, but when Atari had this competition, not only did you have no internet, but you actually had to rely on your own for once. It's really sad that video games now and day's really can't have something like this happen again. I'd love to see another competition like this take place where you have to work on your own and such... But I doubt it'll ever happen.
Cheers to you Atari folks. You did have a great era of video gaming.
>'-'<
Monday, June 18, 2012
Convinced G4's 100 Video Games List Was Created By Idiots
Come on, just see it for yourself:
100. Pong
99. Words with Friends
98. Pitfall
97. NBA 2K11
96.Guitar Hero 2
95. Burger Time
94. Braid
93. Star Wars: Tie Fighter
92. Galaga
91. The Sims
90. Baulder's Gate 2
89. Left 4 Dead
88. Double Dribble
87. Mass Effect 2
86. Outrun
85. Silent Hill 2
84. Wii Sports
83. Ninja Gaiden
82. Super Smash Bros. Melee
81. Resident Evil
80. Gears of War 3
79. Psychonauts
78. Spy Hunter
77. Excite Bike
76. Blades of Steel
75. Fallout 3
74. Starfox 64 (Or just Starfox)
73. Mega Man 2
72. Mortal Kombat
71. Wing Commander 2
70. Star Wars
69. Double Dragon
68. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
67. Minecraft
66. Assassin's Creed 2
65. Unreal Tournament
64. NBA Jam
63. Wolfenstein 3D
62. Civilization 2
61. God of War 3
60. Contra
59. Maniac 2: Day of the Tentacle
58. Ultima: Online
57. Pokemon’ Red and Blue
56. Super Street Fighter 4
55. Kingdom Hearts
54. Gauntlet
53. Deus Ex
52. Rockband 3
51. Rachet and Clank: Going Commando
50. Sonic the Hedgehog
49. Angry Birds
48. Techmo Bowl
47. Myst
46. Red Dead Redemption
45. Metal Gear Solid
44. Grand Theft Auto 4
43. Quake 3 Arena
42. Ghosts and Goblins
41. Mario 64
40. Space Invaders
39. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
38. Super Metroid
37. Halo
36. Batman: Arkham City
35. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
34. Counter-Strike
33. Final Fantasy VII
32. Punch-Out!!
31. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
30.Super Street Fighter Turbo
29. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
28. Super Mario Kart
27. Chrono Trigger
26. Ico
25. Grand Theft Auto 3
24. Madden NFL 2005
23. Halo 3
22. Panzer Dragoon Saga
21. Resident Evil 4
20. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
19. Diablo 2
18. Ms. Pac-Man
17. Starcraft
16. Half-Life
15. Donkey Kong
14. Uncharted 2: Among Theives
13. Portal
12. Doom 2
11. Legend of Zelda: Orcarina of Time (Collectors Edition)
10. World of Warcraft
9. Shadow of the Colossus (Demo Disc)
8. Goldeneye 007
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. Legend of Zelda (Classic NES Series)
5. Tetris
4. Asteroids
3. Bioshock
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Ling to the Past (Virtual Console)
1. Super Mario Bros.
Okay, let me go out on a limb here and say that majority of these games, like 95% of them, are completely stupid to have on this list and where they're on. The fact that we have good games so far in the list and shitty games in the top twenty makes me realize that the people who composed this list are nothing but idiots who never played real games. And no, I don't find Super Mario Bros. to be better than Super Mario Bros. 3. Why? Because I hear more people talking about that game rather than the first. Sequels ALWAYS dominates originals if they're THAT good, not horrible. But, even as a fan of a few of the games that were in the top twenty, I felt in my opinion, they do not deserve that spot.
World of Warcraft may be one of the most successful online games we have, but I do not find it that great of a game. If a game has to make me go away for a few months because the lack of entertainment grows more than the gold I get from nabbing away at heroics, I do not find it that great of a game. However, I will not say that WoW sucks, it's just that, as of lately, a lot of people have been dropping their accounts like crazy and nothing interesting has happened. Even my brother claims that our guild is losing people due to the lack of entertainment the game brought.
But okay, hang on a second... Call of Duty in the top twenty is something I'd like to question. First off, Call of Duty isn't even remotely fun anymore, despite that I do play it once and a while with my boyfriend and it's just the survival mode. But it's not like when I hear a new one come out, I need to be that person who's got to be first in line. No, I'm not that big of a fan of this game, and too many people weren't happy when they found out that this game was going to be in the top twenty. Why? Because it's not like this game brings anything new to our eyes other than some new story in story mode and a few new guns. It's not like people play this game for the story anyways, they just care about the freaking online mode... Which isn't even fun anyways because people use nothing but glitches and cheats to get themselves to the top of the list.
As much as a fan I am with Bioshock, I am absolutely surprised that it made it all the way up to the third best game of all time. I get that the atmosphere of the game is different, a heck of a lot different than the games I've played and the story is one of the best, but to declare it as the third greatest game is a bit too much.
Not to mention... where in the world is Tomb Raider? I would have thought that Tomb Raider would be in the top twenty somewhere because this game not only brought happiness to male gamers, but also brought a whole new world of challenge for us gamers to endure. I guess Uncharted is the new Tomb Raider, which is understandable because after Angel of Darkness, Tomb Raider's series just sucked big time and it doesn't help that their reboot won't be in our hands until next year... And no, I'm not those lunatics believing that December 21st bullshit is real.
As a huge Mortal Kombat fan, I am ticked that it's that low in the list. 72, really? The way that these hosts were explaining it, the game brought a new level of controversy to us gamers in the arcades. Which it did with its massive amount of gore and violence that we've never seen before. To say something like that means great honor to the game. But unfortunately, I guess that, it depends on how many people play the damn game because as you can tell, a whole bunch of online games are in the top twenty, and Mortal Kombat doesn't really have that big of an online community (since after four months, the online play just slowly deteriorates). But then when we get to the next game, Wing Commander 2, you hear the hosts talking about how the game made them look at cats differently. Nothing really about the game, despite that the game before, they went into so much detail about how it changed video games when it first came out.
Since I'm bashing about how those two games were talked about, let me go into detail about these pathetic hosts. Yeah, I'm calling each and every person that was talking about these games pathetic becuase they were. They were trying to make this whole show be like "I Love the (70's-00s)" and crack out funny comments every so often. It would have been funny if these guys didn't fail at their own work. I'm sorry, but I cannot stand Morgan Webb anymore, I hate her sarcastic personality and her way of trying to make us realize she's trying to be funny is getting on my nerves. These other people couldn't have been more of a bore to me than watching a romance movie. These guys failed at trying to make this show a bit more entertaining while I'm perplexed at the monstrosity of how this list was composed.
To say that Metal Gear Solid doesn't deserve to be in the top twenty, since I feel that this is what the list is telling me, is a great huge insult to the guy who made it, Hideo Kojima. This guy created one hell of an awesome series. Metal Gear Solid 4 was the first game that ever brought tears in my eyes when watching it because that damn ending got to me! To see Snake and his father, one on one made me just... Ugh, it was amazing. And it's not like Metal Gear Solid didn't bring anything new to us. This game DEFINED what a stealth game is all about. I hate that damn alert noise (despite I'm trying ever so hard to figure out how to change my text message alert sound to it... stupid MyTouch) when I get spotted and there's absolutely no way I can ever get the Big Boss Emblem despite that I feel like I could. This game was one of THE best games I ever played and I am certain so many will agree. But to see this game come in 45th place... and having Grand Theft Auto 4 come after it, I felt that was nothing but an insult. I love Grand Theft Auto 4, but I certainly do not believe that the game is better than Metal Gear Solid.
Lastly, let me go into one more rant about these app games that also appeared on this list. To say that Pong isn't greater than a Scrabble spin-off should definitely wake up old school gamers and protest in front of the offices of G4 to change that. No, there is absolutely no way I'm allowing Words with Friends to be known as a better game than Pong. Pong was one of the first games to hit consoles, I'm not going to say that it was the first game ever because there's been proof that there are other games in existence before it. But still, this game isn't better than Words with Friends? Why? Because unlike Pong, Words with Friends made headlines because some shitty actor went into child mode and refuse to end his turn for a plane to leave? Come on, that's horrible. And to have Angry Birds be on this list as well. No. The game is popular, and I do own Seasons and Space. But you know what? I grow bored of them within minutes I play the game. I can take the entire game and beat it within one-two hours max if I have absolutely nothing going on with my life for those two hours. But to have it come after Sonic the Hedgehog? Are you fucking kidding me?
Sonic the Hedgehog was like, the first game to ever create console rivalries. You were either a Nintendo fan and sided with Mario or you were a Sega fan and sided with Sonic. You were either collecting Stars or collecting Emeralds. You were either jumping underneath blocks or you were running as fast as light almost. These two games were at each others throats for the longest time and to sit here and see that colorful birds and decapitated ill pigs were better than a rival to one of the biggest mascots of video game history? Please.
I am literally convinced that this list was composed by a bunch of people that never played old school games. I couldn't believe that a lot of great games were placed so low in the list, such as Mega Man, Contra, Wolfenstein and, Super Metroid. Those games helped made frustration possible but we still deemed to beat them. To have games defy a generation be considered not as great as a game that doesn't deserve to be in front of it feels like an insult to all those who have played it and created it. I couldn't believe some of the placings of games that don't deserve to be that ranked. It's not right, and I hate G4 for ever making this list possible. There's a reason why this channel is dying and its because of bias losers who thinks Call of Duty is worth playing rather than a game that helped changed the way we view a few video games. It's impossible to come up with a list that people will agree on, I get that... But I'm not the only one who thinks this list was nothing but utter shit.
I'm the Kitty, one angry one if I could add, and honestly, I'm not happy with this list... As you can tell.
>'-'<
100. Pong
99. Words with Friends
98. Pitfall
97. NBA 2K11
96.Guitar Hero 2
95. Burger Time
94. Braid
93. Star Wars: Tie Fighter
92. Galaga
91. The Sims
90. Baulder's Gate 2
89. Left 4 Dead
88. Double Dribble
87. Mass Effect 2
86. Outrun
85. Silent Hill 2
84. Wii Sports
83. Ninja Gaiden
82. Super Smash Bros. Melee
81. Resident Evil
80. Gears of War 3
79. Psychonauts
78. Spy Hunter
77. Excite Bike
76. Blades of Steel
75. Fallout 3
74. Starfox 64 (Or just Starfox)
73. Mega Man 2
72. Mortal Kombat
71. Wing Commander 2
70. Star Wars
69. Double Dragon
68. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
67. Minecraft
66. Assassin's Creed 2
65. Unreal Tournament
64. NBA Jam
63. Wolfenstein 3D
62. Civilization 2
61. God of War 3
60. Contra
59. Maniac 2: Day of the Tentacle
58. Ultima: Online
57. Pokemon’ Red and Blue
56. Super Street Fighter 4
55. Kingdom Hearts
54. Gauntlet
53. Deus Ex
52. Rockband 3
51. Rachet and Clank: Going Commando
50. Sonic the Hedgehog
49. Angry Birds
48. Techmo Bowl
47. Myst
46. Red Dead Redemption
45. Metal Gear Solid
44. Grand Theft Auto 4
43. Quake 3 Arena
42. Ghosts and Goblins
41. Mario 64
40. Space Invaders
39. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
38. Super Metroid
37. Halo
36. Batman: Arkham City
35. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
34. Counter-Strike
33. Final Fantasy VII
32. Punch-Out!!
31. The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
30.Super Street Fighter Turbo
29. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
28. Super Mario Kart
27. Chrono Trigger
26. Ico
25. Grand Theft Auto 3
24. Madden NFL 2005
23. Halo 3
22. Panzer Dragoon Saga
21. Resident Evil 4
20. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
19. Diablo 2
18. Ms. Pac-Man
17. Starcraft
16. Half-Life
15. Donkey Kong
14. Uncharted 2: Among Theives
13. Portal
12. Doom 2
11. Legend of Zelda: Orcarina of Time (Collectors Edition)
10. World of Warcraft
9. Shadow of the Colossus (Demo Disc)
8. Goldeneye 007
7. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. Legend of Zelda (Classic NES Series)
5. Tetris
4. Asteroids
3. Bioshock
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Ling to the Past (Virtual Console)
1. Super Mario Bros.
Okay, let me go out on a limb here and say that majority of these games, like 95% of them, are completely stupid to have on this list and where they're on. The fact that we have good games so far in the list and shitty games in the top twenty makes me realize that the people who composed this list are nothing but idiots who never played real games. And no, I don't find Super Mario Bros. to be better than Super Mario Bros. 3. Why? Because I hear more people talking about that game rather than the first. Sequels ALWAYS dominates originals if they're THAT good, not horrible. But, even as a fan of a few of the games that were in the top twenty, I felt in my opinion, they do not deserve that spot.
World of Warcraft may be one of the most successful online games we have, but I do not find it that great of a game. If a game has to make me go away for a few months because the lack of entertainment grows more than the gold I get from nabbing away at heroics, I do not find it that great of a game. However, I will not say that WoW sucks, it's just that, as of lately, a lot of people have been dropping their accounts like crazy and nothing interesting has happened. Even my brother claims that our guild is losing people due to the lack of entertainment the game brought.
But okay, hang on a second... Call of Duty in the top twenty is something I'd like to question. First off, Call of Duty isn't even remotely fun anymore, despite that I do play it once and a while with my boyfriend and it's just the survival mode. But it's not like when I hear a new one come out, I need to be that person who's got to be first in line. No, I'm not that big of a fan of this game, and too many people weren't happy when they found out that this game was going to be in the top twenty. Why? Because it's not like this game brings anything new to our eyes other than some new story in story mode and a few new guns. It's not like people play this game for the story anyways, they just care about the freaking online mode... Which isn't even fun anyways because people use nothing but glitches and cheats to get themselves to the top of the list.
As much as a fan I am with Bioshock, I am absolutely surprised that it made it all the way up to the third best game of all time. I get that the atmosphere of the game is different, a heck of a lot different than the games I've played and the story is one of the best, but to declare it as the third greatest game is a bit too much.
Not to mention... where in the world is Tomb Raider? I would have thought that Tomb Raider would be in the top twenty somewhere because this game not only brought happiness to male gamers, but also brought a whole new world of challenge for us gamers to endure. I guess Uncharted is the new Tomb Raider, which is understandable because after Angel of Darkness, Tomb Raider's series just sucked big time and it doesn't help that their reboot won't be in our hands until next year... And no, I'm not those lunatics believing that December 21st bullshit is real.
As a huge Mortal Kombat fan, I am ticked that it's that low in the list. 72, really? The way that these hosts were explaining it, the game brought a new level of controversy to us gamers in the arcades. Which it did with its massive amount of gore and violence that we've never seen before. To say something like that means great honor to the game. But unfortunately, I guess that, it depends on how many people play the damn game because as you can tell, a whole bunch of online games are in the top twenty, and Mortal Kombat doesn't really have that big of an online community (since after four months, the online play just slowly deteriorates). But then when we get to the next game, Wing Commander 2, you hear the hosts talking about how the game made them look at cats differently. Nothing really about the game, despite that the game before, they went into so much detail about how it changed video games when it first came out.
Since I'm bashing about how those two games were talked about, let me go into detail about these pathetic hosts. Yeah, I'm calling each and every person that was talking about these games pathetic becuase they were. They were trying to make this whole show be like "I Love the (70's-00s)" and crack out funny comments every so often. It would have been funny if these guys didn't fail at their own work. I'm sorry, but I cannot stand Morgan Webb anymore, I hate her sarcastic personality and her way of trying to make us realize she's trying to be funny is getting on my nerves. These other people couldn't have been more of a bore to me than watching a romance movie. These guys failed at trying to make this show a bit more entertaining while I'm perplexed at the monstrosity of how this list was composed.
To say that Metal Gear Solid doesn't deserve to be in the top twenty, since I feel that this is what the list is telling me, is a great huge insult to the guy who made it, Hideo Kojima. This guy created one hell of an awesome series. Metal Gear Solid 4 was the first game that ever brought tears in my eyes when watching it because that damn ending got to me! To see Snake and his father, one on one made me just... Ugh, it was amazing. And it's not like Metal Gear Solid didn't bring anything new to us. This game DEFINED what a stealth game is all about. I hate that damn alert noise (despite I'm trying ever so hard to figure out how to change my text message alert sound to it... stupid MyTouch) when I get spotted and there's absolutely no way I can ever get the Big Boss Emblem despite that I feel like I could. This game was one of THE best games I ever played and I am certain so many will agree. But to see this game come in 45th place... and having Grand Theft Auto 4 come after it, I felt that was nothing but an insult. I love Grand Theft Auto 4, but I certainly do not believe that the game is better than Metal Gear Solid.
Lastly, let me go into one more rant about these app games that also appeared on this list. To say that Pong isn't greater than a Scrabble spin-off should definitely wake up old school gamers and protest in front of the offices of G4 to change that. No, there is absolutely no way I'm allowing Words with Friends to be known as a better game than Pong. Pong was one of the first games to hit consoles, I'm not going to say that it was the first game ever because there's been proof that there are other games in existence before it. But still, this game isn't better than Words with Friends? Why? Because unlike Pong, Words with Friends made headlines because some shitty actor went into child mode and refuse to end his turn for a plane to leave? Come on, that's horrible. And to have Angry Birds be on this list as well. No. The game is popular, and I do own Seasons and Space. But you know what? I grow bored of them within minutes I play the game. I can take the entire game and beat it within one-two hours max if I have absolutely nothing going on with my life for those two hours. But to have it come after Sonic the Hedgehog? Are you fucking kidding me?
Sonic the Hedgehog was like, the first game to ever create console rivalries. You were either a Nintendo fan and sided with Mario or you were a Sega fan and sided with Sonic. You were either collecting Stars or collecting Emeralds. You were either jumping underneath blocks or you were running as fast as light almost. These two games were at each others throats for the longest time and to sit here and see that colorful birds and decapitated ill pigs were better than a rival to one of the biggest mascots of video game history? Please.
I am literally convinced that this list was composed by a bunch of people that never played old school games. I couldn't believe that a lot of great games were placed so low in the list, such as Mega Man, Contra, Wolfenstein and, Super Metroid. Those games helped made frustration possible but we still deemed to beat them. To have games defy a generation be considered not as great as a game that doesn't deserve to be in front of it feels like an insult to all those who have played it and created it. I couldn't believe some of the placings of games that don't deserve to be that ranked. It's not right, and I hate G4 for ever making this list possible. There's a reason why this channel is dying and its because of bias losers who thinks Call of Duty is worth playing rather than a game that helped changed the way we view a few video games. It's impossible to come up with a list that people will agree on, I get that... But I'm not the only one who thinks this list was nothing but utter shit.
I'm the Kitty, one angry one if I could add, and honestly, I'm not happy with this list... As you can tell.
>'-'<
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Mario Party 2 Works Well In Relationships... I'm Not Kidding
Mario Party 2 is a game I desperately wanted back into my N64 collection. I successfully own a Mario Party 2 copy since last Friday. My boyfriend and I would play this game with another couple two years ago, and what was so funny was that we'd play teams.
We're Team Yoshi, and we're freakishly evil, smart, and know all the tricks to be number 1! I say this because I've always been a mastermind behind getting so many stars in one game and using items and saving coins extremely well, he'd be the brains on strategic plans to screw another person really, REALLY badly. We would always end up winning every time we've played.
While we work together as a team, we still work together when we compete against each other. Which is cute when the two of us would battle it out in most mini-games. Sadly, one of us ends up being the winner, and right now it's 2-1 me. Hopefully, in a few weeks, I can get two more controllers and a few of our friends might have some space in their schedules to take time out to play some games.
Having this game in my possession again made me remember all of the fun times and the bad times with this game. You know that moment where the computer tends to do something incredibly stupid and you just cannot cope with how they just basically gave you the win right there and then. I mean, some of these moves they made are so goofy!
For example:
It's Peach (me), Luigi (boyfriend), Mario and Wario on hard mode. Wario won an item, the Chest, and has it stored in his possession for a very long time. Mario gets a Chest as well. It's Wario's turn and he decides that he's going to steal Mario's Chest to be his Chest...
And then that later turned into where he steals my fucking Golden Mushroom when I won one.
But we could not cope with how stupid that move was. And you know what? Mario probably would have done the same thing if he was the last person to make a move!
Some of the mini-games can be incredibly cheap for no fucking reason. And that "fuck" is put there for a good reason. The mini-game where you're jumping rope over fire. We're playing against two hard computers. Put them on normal, they will not get past the 25th turn. So of course, this changes when you're playing on hard. For some ungodly reason, the game locks our jump button, causing Peach and Luigi to just stand, despite that we both press A to jump, at the 25th turn. We thought that maybe we didn't hit the button at the right time. Unfortunately, it's not us, it's the damn game! How? We had this game come up one more time... Did the same exact thing to us.
Some games could really make a mess of things. 2vs.2 and you're flying an air ship through rainbows and avoiding obstacles being blasted at you. If you're the pilot, you can virutally win the round. Have a computer control where you go... You're screwed. My boyfriend believed that Wario is officially the worst pilot in this game... Because I was watching the entire time, he kept being driven into the wall! (Clouds)
I can be fun with how many people you play as long as you know how what you're doing. If you're completely clueless and don't really have an idea of what you're going to do within the next few rolls, you're not going to get pretty far. Other times, your plans might get changed, but you can always find a way to fix that.
For example:
I had enough coins to buy me a Magic Lamp, an item that makes you get to Toad instantly when used. I thought Mario, who was in front of me, was going to buy that and he had enough coins for it. It's 30... He, instead, buys a Mushroom. So I thought I might take advantage of his mistake... Unfortunately, I did not get to the item house quick enough because that item I wanted, the Magic Lamp, was nowhere to be found. And of course, whenever I landed on a Item circle... Boo Bell and the Magic Lamp don't pop up... Damn. Instead, I figured I just go talk to Boo when I get a chance. Because having over 50 coins and having three opponents have a star in their possession, I'm bound to get something within a Boo call.
I am destined to find and play all of them as long as I have the systems... I wouldn't mind getting Mario Party 3... I know where to get one for $30. There are games I want to play unfortunately Mario Party 2 doesn't have them all... All I cared for was Look Away.
I KILL in that game! Just sayin'
>'-'<
We're Team Yoshi, and we're freakishly evil, smart, and know all the tricks to be number 1! I say this because I've always been a mastermind behind getting so many stars in one game and using items and saving coins extremely well, he'd be the brains on strategic plans to screw another person really, REALLY badly. We would always end up winning every time we've played.
While we work together as a team, we still work together when we compete against each other. Which is cute when the two of us would battle it out in most mini-games. Sadly, one of us ends up being the winner, and right now it's 2-1 me. Hopefully, in a few weeks, I can get two more controllers and a few of our friends might have some space in their schedules to take time out to play some games.
Having this game in my possession again made me remember all of the fun times and the bad times with this game. You know that moment where the computer tends to do something incredibly stupid and you just cannot cope with how they just basically gave you the win right there and then. I mean, some of these moves they made are so goofy!
For example:
It's Peach (me), Luigi (boyfriend), Mario and Wario on hard mode. Wario won an item, the Chest, and has it stored in his possession for a very long time. Mario gets a Chest as well. It's Wario's turn and he decides that he's going to steal Mario's Chest to be his Chest...
And then that later turned into where he steals my fucking Golden Mushroom when I won one.
But we could not cope with how stupid that move was. And you know what? Mario probably would have done the same thing if he was the last person to make a move!
Some of the mini-games can be incredibly cheap for no fucking reason. And that "fuck" is put there for a good reason. The mini-game where you're jumping rope over fire. We're playing against two hard computers. Put them on normal, they will not get past the 25th turn. So of course, this changes when you're playing on hard. For some ungodly reason, the game locks our jump button, causing Peach and Luigi to just stand, despite that we both press A to jump, at the 25th turn. We thought that maybe we didn't hit the button at the right time. Unfortunately, it's not us, it's the damn game! How? We had this game come up one more time... Did the same exact thing to us.
Some games could really make a mess of things. 2vs.2 and you're flying an air ship through rainbows and avoiding obstacles being blasted at you. If you're the pilot, you can virutally win the round. Have a computer control where you go... You're screwed. My boyfriend believed that Wario is officially the worst pilot in this game... Because I was watching the entire time, he kept being driven into the wall! (Clouds)
I can be fun with how many people you play as long as you know how what you're doing. If you're completely clueless and don't really have an idea of what you're going to do within the next few rolls, you're not going to get pretty far. Other times, your plans might get changed, but you can always find a way to fix that.
For example:
I had enough coins to buy me a Magic Lamp, an item that makes you get to Toad instantly when used. I thought Mario, who was in front of me, was going to buy that and he had enough coins for it. It's 30... He, instead, buys a Mushroom. So I thought I might take advantage of his mistake... Unfortunately, I did not get to the item house quick enough because that item I wanted, the Magic Lamp, was nowhere to be found. And of course, whenever I landed on a Item circle... Boo Bell and the Magic Lamp don't pop up... Damn. Instead, I figured I just go talk to Boo when I get a chance. Because having over 50 coins and having three opponents have a star in their possession, I'm bound to get something within a Boo call.
I am destined to find and play all of them as long as I have the systems... I wouldn't mind getting Mario Party 3... I know where to get one for $30. There are games I want to play unfortunately Mario Party 2 doesn't have them all... All I cared for was Look Away.
I KILL in that game! Just sayin'
>'-'<
Friday, June 1, 2012
Perfect Questions for Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark and Goldeneye helped defy first-person shooter games during the late 90s. Goldeneye made it fun first with the countless of different weapons, characters and levels for multiplayer, Perfect Dark doubled that. What’s interesting about Perfect Dark’s multiplayer in general was it’s amazing ability to add computer AI to fight against if you’re not playing with anyone. You can spend nearly hours just fighting against random scenarios in multiplayer whether it’s challenges or modes that you designed by yourself. But there’s always been a few questions I’ve asked myself while playing against these characters...
I LOVE the proximity mines, especially in the level Villa. I know where to place them where enemies fly through the most, and I usually get up to eight kills just planting a mine in a particular area with the staircases. Yes, I am evil like that, but no one said anything about playing fair with the proximity mines. But here comes my question... Why do the AI not use these mines? They’re comfortable throwing the timed mines as well as the remote mines. Granted that they don’t use the secondary function with the remote mines, they still throw them. But why not the proximity mines? I’ve never once seen any AI throw them at me or other enemies or just at randomness.
Something else with the proximity mines is how they never get collected. I also have them be used in the sixth slot of the custom weapons list. Whenever I’m playing in the Villa or the Facility, it’s noticeable how these guys avoid the areas where this weapon is located at... But yet, they’re being collected still, and I guess I’m to thank for since I’m normally running around the area, trying to avoid being bombarded with bullets by both Dark sims and Kaze Sims
Another thing is, how come these guys weren’t really programmed to use the secondary function? Well... despite that I’ve seen an AI pistol whip against another enemy, because he was holding a gun and yes he was a KazeSim fighting against another KazeSim, still. Why don’t they use the secondary function? But, there’s another weird thing to bring into this question... they DO know how to use the secondary function... just with certain kinds of weapons.
The Super Dragon has a grenade launcher for its secondary function, and sometimes the simulants will use that against other enemies. The Pheonix has explosive shells for its secondary function, and the simulants will use that against other enemies. The Crossbow has a one-hit kill dart for its secondary function, and the sims LOVE using that function. (I hate that) The Combat Knife has a poisonous knife that you throw for its secondary function. Just seeing straight arms lifted in midair, aiming their knife at me and throwing without moving their arms is just a laughing scene. It’s cute. And the RC-P120 has a cloak ability that they ALWAYS use. The Slayer, which has a Fly-Bye-Wire Rocket and they do use that... Especially when you have to come across them in a challenge every so often. And last but not least, the Unarmed weapon... your fists... They normally disarm you when you’re the one that has a weapon and not them. but they also hurt you as well... Which isn’t right because when I use the disarm function, I don’t give out damage. Maybe they just change it immediately after they knock your gun out of the hand... Although I seriously hate it when a KazeSim pins me down and NEVER STOPS PUNCHING ME... (Grr)
Here’s a list of guns that they DON’T even bother use the secondary function, I’m also counting the ones I hardly see but I know that they kind do:
All three Falcons
Laptop Gun
AR34 - Despite that it really doesn’t have a secondary function
DY357
DY357-LX (The Golden Revolver)
Shotgun
K7 Avenger - Despite that it doesn’t really have a secondary function
Dragon
Rocket Launcher
Devastator
FarSight XR-20
Mauler
Reaper
MagSec 4
Cyclone
Sniper Rifle
Tranquilizer - Despite that it HAS a one-hit kill function
Grenade
Remote Mine
N-Bomb
I get it, this was brand new at the time and in full development, but I never really quite understood how these critters just don’t do these things. You’d expect Dark Sim, the toughest sim right next to Kaze sim in a round with nothing but assault rifles, to actually do something different. But the only thing that’s amazing about them is their perfect ability to hit you, even when running past.
Speaking about these Kaze sims, I’m amazed at how crazy they can really be. I mean, they fallow you, they punch you countless of times, and when two are pitted against each other, they’re just standing still, despite the punching noise is playing around them. They don’t even look like they’re punching each other, and they don’t sound like they’re taking damage at all. So, why is that? Why are they punching each other and not hitting them when they’re standing at close range towards each other where they should be getting hit!
I LOVE multiplayer mode for Perfect Dark, and I don't intend on stop playing, even if the system is almost 20 years old.
>’-’<
I LOVE the proximity mines, especially in the level Villa. I know where to place them where enemies fly through the most, and I usually get up to eight kills just planting a mine in a particular area with the staircases. Yes, I am evil like that, but no one said anything about playing fair with the proximity mines. But here comes my question... Why do the AI not use these mines? They’re comfortable throwing the timed mines as well as the remote mines. Granted that they don’t use the secondary function with the remote mines, they still throw them. But why not the proximity mines? I’ve never once seen any AI throw them at me or other enemies or just at randomness.
Something else with the proximity mines is how they never get collected. I also have them be used in the sixth slot of the custom weapons list. Whenever I’m playing in the Villa or the Facility, it’s noticeable how these guys avoid the areas where this weapon is located at... But yet, they’re being collected still, and I guess I’m to thank for since I’m normally running around the area, trying to avoid being bombarded with bullets by both Dark sims and Kaze Sims
Another thing is, how come these guys weren’t really programmed to use the secondary function? Well... despite that I’ve seen an AI pistol whip against another enemy, because he was holding a gun and yes he was a KazeSim fighting against another KazeSim, still. Why don’t they use the secondary function? But, there’s another weird thing to bring into this question... they DO know how to use the secondary function... just with certain kinds of weapons.
The Super Dragon has a grenade launcher for its secondary function, and sometimes the simulants will use that against other enemies. The Pheonix has explosive shells for its secondary function, and the simulants will use that against other enemies. The Crossbow has a one-hit kill dart for its secondary function, and the sims LOVE using that function. (I hate that) The Combat Knife has a poisonous knife that you throw for its secondary function. Just seeing straight arms lifted in midair, aiming their knife at me and throwing without moving their arms is just a laughing scene. It’s cute. And the RC-P120 has a cloak ability that they ALWAYS use. The Slayer, which has a Fly-Bye-Wire Rocket and they do use that... Especially when you have to come across them in a challenge every so often. And last but not least, the Unarmed weapon... your fists... They normally disarm you when you’re the one that has a weapon and not them. but they also hurt you as well... Which isn’t right because when I use the disarm function, I don’t give out damage. Maybe they just change it immediately after they knock your gun out of the hand... Although I seriously hate it when a KazeSim pins me down and NEVER STOPS PUNCHING ME... (Grr)
Here’s a list of guns that they DON’T even bother use the secondary function, I’m also counting the ones I hardly see but I know that they kind do:
All three Falcons
Laptop Gun
AR34 - Despite that it really doesn’t have a secondary function
DY357
DY357-LX (The Golden Revolver)
Shotgun
K7 Avenger - Despite that it doesn’t really have a secondary function
Dragon
Rocket Launcher
Devastator
FarSight XR-20
Mauler
Reaper
MagSec 4
Cyclone
Sniper Rifle
Tranquilizer - Despite that it HAS a one-hit kill function
Grenade
Remote Mine
N-Bomb
I get it, this was brand new at the time and in full development, but I never really quite understood how these critters just don’t do these things. You’d expect Dark Sim, the toughest sim right next to Kaze sim in a round with nothing but assault rifles, to actually do something different. But the only thing that’s amazing about them is their perfect ability to hit you, even when running past.
Speaking about these Kaze sims, I’m amazed at how crazy they can really be. I mean, they fallow you, they punch you countless of times, and when two are pitted against each other, they’re just standing still, despite the punching noise is playing around them. They don’t even look like they’re punching each other, and they don’t sound like they’re taking damage at all. So, why is that? Why are they punching each other and not hitting them when they’re standing at close range towards each other where they should be getting hit!
I LOVE multiplayer mode for Perfect Dark, and I don't intend on stop playing, even if the system is almost 20 years old.
>’-’<
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