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Wednesday, Sep 30, 2009

One thing I really love about fall (For those that don't know, I hate fall! ), it's the amount of games that come out. It's cold, everything's dying, everything's wet, but who cares about that crap when there are games to play?

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Muramasa: The Demon Blade - Easily the best-looking 2D game I have ever played. Beautiful visuals. This game is gorgeous. Graphics are breataki... Okay, I think you get the point. The controls are simple and the combat is a blast, although could use some diversity. Very repetitive game, but...... damn, it looks awesome!

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - The bros are back and on another adventure in... Bowser's innards? Seriously, how'd they come up with this stuff? If you've played the other 2 games, the game uses pretty much the same formula. Fun turn-based battles and hilarious dialogues. I love this game.

Scribblenauts - One of the most innovative games of all time. Your goal is to collect the starite at the end of every level, but instead of relying on your jumping or running ability to overcome obstacles, in Scribblenauts, you use your creativity and imagination. You can summon almost anything you want, all you need to do is write it down. Underwears, babies, rocket launchers, unicorns and God are all things that you can summon, and that's not all: there are over 22,802 summonable objects in total! No penises, though. Lame.

Halo 3: ODST - 'New campaign, new hero' pretty much sums it up. You relive the events of Halo 2 through the eyes of an ODST and his teammates. Stealth is the name of the game. You're no longer a superhuman Spartan, meaning, you'll want to avoid charging through everything with guns blazing, Rambo-StyIe Unfortunately, the campaign is short and the only new content in this expansion. Don't be fooled by the box art, the multiplayer is NOT new.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona - Not nearly as great as the third and fourth iteration of the series, but it's nice to see how the epic franchise got its start. The battle system is very primitive and the fights can be really slow. One interesting feature is the ability to talk with your enemies for a variety of effects. Do it right, and they will reward you, but should you fail, it will backfire. Recommended to hardcore SMT fans only.

Ninja Gaiden Σ 2 - Garrrgh, I suck at this game! It's not the controls, it's not the AI, it's not the camera... I'm just getting my butt kicked, for some reason. Supposedly, it's easier than NG Sigma, but I beat that on Normal with little to no difficulty. What gives? The co-op is insanely fun! The frustration all goes away who someone dies alongside you. There's nothing like watching your partner being a showoff, miss a move in his perfect, badass combo, then get his ass handed to him.

That's it for this month. A little sidenote: Tales of Vesperia for PS3 just came out in Japan and I wanna play it so bad. Namco Bandai doesn't look like they want to bring it over here. WTF is up with that? Do they seriously hate money? Stop being a little ***** and port it already!

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Posted by Gamer4Iife, 10:00am
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Funny, the thing I hate about fall is just the opposite: There's almost no games coming out (for the systems I own, that is). I guess that's the fun of not owning many current-gen systems...

Oh, and for the record, if they had included some sort of phallic imagery in Scribblenauts, it probably wouldn't have made it onto the DS -- or any other console, for that matter. So be thankful that they didn't, because otherwise it probably would never see the light of day (on a console, anyway).
Posted Sep 30, 2009 11:43 am PT
You can summon the LHC in Scribblenauts! The game's ok but I spend most of my time thinking of weird stuff to summon like Alpacas I might check out that Mario game
Posted Sep 30, 2009 1:49 pm PT
Ugh, I want ODST! Hopefully I'll get that job at GameStop I applied for. I also really want Muramasa, and I'll just pick up NG2 for $30. I'm starting to turn into an achievement whore.
Posted Sep 30, 2009 2:41 pm PT
Fall is great indeed; let's you catch up on old stuff, play the few new games before the holiday rush, and it's just a fine time for gaming. Also, Muramasa is very nice looking indeed, and just may be the best looking sprite based game out now. I think it's how everything in every single frame of the game comes together and creates a totally unified scene is what makes it so special.
Posted Sep 30, 2009 3:31 pm PT
The only game I've been playing out of those is Scribblenauts. Fun stuff, I also have Mario & Luigi, but I haven't had time to play it.

Oh, and I have to b**** about you having money and such.
Posted Sep 30, 2009 5:29 pm PT
I have to say it: Ewww Halo. I thought it was really smart of Atlus to remake Persona, it's a great game, but if you want the original you're going to have to shell out a small amount of dough.
Posted Sep 30, 2009 6:36 pm PT
Dude, get uncharted 2.
Posted Oct 1, 2009 1:24 am PT
c_rake: Ah, I used to hate it when a really awesome game came out on a system that I didn't own. So this gen, I bought them all... yayz!

tofu-lion91: What's an LHC? I'm dumb...

DrAwesomeMD: NG2 for 360 or PS3? good luck with that job application.

grafkhun: Unfortunately, I'm too busy with college to catch up on old stuff. I usually do that in the summer or during the holidays.

movin_target: Like I said, get a job!

SquareEnixFan13: What's wrong with Halo?

Gamer_4_Fun: It's not even out yet, lol. I just preordered today, though. Gonna be awesome.
Posted Oct 1, 2009 11:04 am PT
I'm gonna get NG2 on the 360 if I don't get the job and NGS2 if I do.
Posted Oct 1, 2009 8:29 pm PT
uncharted 2??? fallout 3 goty???
Posted Oct 2, 2009 1:13 pm PT
DrAwesomeMD: So, did you get the job?

HarshGamer: Wut?
Posted Oct 7, 2009 12:29 pm PT
I never heard back from them, so I'm guessing no. It's whatevs though, I'd take a lot of free time over having a job, despite not getting money.
Also, ODST isn't lying when it says new multiplayer. Firefight mode, man.
Posted Oct 7, 2009 2:32 pm PT
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