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Friday, Jul 25, 2008

What up gamers, it's Matty once again with another multiblog (and I've honestly lost count, dispite the #7 on the title). Without further ado, let's go.

Mini Rant: First Analog Controller

Many retro gamers that would know by now that the very first analog controller was from the Atari 5200, although one of the worst systems of all time mainly because the controller never worked well.

Although in a few years until 1996, Nintendo released the N64 with the analog joystick that has now revolutionised the gaming world. But with that being said, I find that complete and utter horsecrap.

The real truth was that Sega revolutionised the gaming world with the "3D Controller" that had a ball-like analog pad that came free with a copy of NiGHTs on the Saturn or so. I wanted to ask, why are people thinking Nintendo revolutionised with their controller when Sega made theirs a year earlier. It just doesn't make sense. Are they r-tards or what? These gamers who think that really need to get their head straight. I know you're probably saying "The Saturn was CRAP!", but I'll say "that's full of s***".

Because I grew up with the Saturn and loved it. May not be in my top 3 consoles of all time, but it's special to me, no matter what. Next topic.

My thoughts on Mirrors Edge

I know that everyone is wetting their panties in a bundle at E3 because of EA's latest offering Mirror's Edge. When I first heard about it and looked at the screenshots, I was even impressed myself, they're taking an overused genre of games and improvising it into something original and unique. An FPS with interactivity playing as a girl without any cliches, so that's a good sign. So, I'm impressed and will give it a go, but we all know about how EA has grown to be in this day and age.

THE BEZT ANNOUCEMENT EVAR!!!

Telltale games who are so awesome to bring back Sam & Max and putting a Strong Bad game on Wiiware that I cannot thank them enough. But then I read this...

OMG, they making a game based of Wallace and Gromit. That's awesome, possibly another Point-n-click adventure but we haven't seen much of them in a long time. I love Wallace and Gromit, the shorts and the movie. Funny, adventurous and creative that makes claymation look awesome again without any of that CGI crap that we're all getting these days. It was that good and a game being made by Telltale, that's even better. They obviously know what they are doing when it comes to famous pop culture into something more fun and witty. I thank you to those guys.

Arcade stick with SF IV

Most of you may know that like most, I'm psyched for Capcom's line up of great games like Mega Man 9, Bionic Commando, Resident Evil 5, etc. Although we all know that Street Fighter IV will be one of the best in the entire roster.

But what's even better than playing the awesome game on a console is this. For special editions of SF IV, it comes with a good old fashion Arcade Control pad. How's that for simulating an arcade experience? I think it's awesome that they want to make it more arcade like entertainment at home. Even though it would be better at an arcade, but man. This is awesome.

Guitar Hero World Tour Playlist Thoughts

We all know that GH:WT may suck mainly because of the game now trying to emulate what Harmonix did with Rock Band. Although I'm still getting it because I'm a GH fan as well as my brother. What's even better (in my opinion) is the playlist. Tool, The Offspring, Ozzy Osbourne, CKY, Dragonforce, Metallica, Slayer, Nirvana, Rob Zombie, Slipknot, Disturbed... What more can I say, this is gonna be awesome. So many songs, I have to try this.

And BTW, when Rock Band gets finally released. I'm getting a GH Guitar controller compatitble for it since I've been hearing so many complaints about the guitar packaged with the game that it's not worth trying. Although this is coming from the same people who made Guitar Hero in the first place. WTF happend there?

Should I be @ Giant Bomb now?

After reading linkyshink's very well detailed blog about Project Zero (Fatal Frame) 4, I've been wondering. Should I stay here or should I go to Giant Bomb? I don't mind the site but it seems a little complicated, but I guess you have to get used to them. So, I dunno. Should I go or stay?

Best @ E3 Awards by Gametrailers (possible spoiler)

Gametrailers have put out their first day of the Best of E3 Awards and most of the showing isn't too great, but worth looking into as candidates for games such as Mirror's Edge, Dead Space, Dark Void, Prince of Persia, etc.

But I was suprised when who won Best Nintendo DS game, Yes... Sonic Chronicles. Even outwitting Chrono Trigger DS, I think this is a huge suprise. Also beating Castlevania: Order of Ellecsia, OMG! Although I have pre-ordered this game and will be looking forward to it.

Mini Rant #2: Castlevania: Judgement

I have ranted against the people who went against the game, but while in my opinion I like the idea of a Wii Fighter but after hearing a comment that the art ****is different (even if it looks cool) that it makes it not like the past games.

Main reason, Konami hired the same artist who did Death Note (one of my favourite animes, you should know that). And when I looked back at the design of Simon Belmont, he's a dead ringer for Light Yagami in Death Note.

Simon Belmont/Light Yagami Comparasion
"See the resemblance?"

And I've gotta say, WTF Konami? Didn't the 18th century portrait ****that you had in Symphony of the Night or Dracula X Chronicles wasn't good for you? What the hell? Bring in the artist from an awesome anime and give him plastic surgery?

What's wrong with this? It makes no sense.

Well, that's the end of another multiblog, hope you enjoyed it. Cya later.

P.S,
I'll be back with another blog, It maybe about my Top Ten reasons why the Super Mario Bros. Movie failed and/or something else (I planned something else, but I lost it. I FAIL )

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Posted by Mattyrock, 5:26am
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Thursday, Jul 24, 2008

Well everyone, Darth has shown it. Spax has talked about it. Mainly everonye I know has talked about it and expressed their opinions about it (mostly) without any knowledge on what the game's about and such.

As I thought Sega was trying to bring their Hedgehog to greater heights and refreshened with Unleashed and Chronicles. As well as promoting themselves with their own developed and published games like Golden Axe: Beast Rider, Madworld (by Platnium games) and the most impressive Valkyria Chronicles for the PS3.

But shortly after E3, no one expected this... Niether did I....


Sonic and the Black Knight. Sonic posing with a sword does seem pretty cool, even if the concept is really stupid.

I really can't say much on it, but I was shocked to hear about it happening. At first I thought it was a joke, but damn... Sega never jokes around. I have read these articles (Link 1, 2, 3) and I have to say, they're just trying to cater Sonic in the original gameplay that was in Secret Rings on the Wii, but a little more weird as he has a "talking" sword and what makes it worse as he can attack innocents.

Although I like the sense to keep the speed in the game, the RPG elements from Secret Rings and . So, To me I'd give it a rent first to see what it is like since SEGA hasn't been popular on the Wii.



Although I must mention that the screenshots do indeed look promising in my eye. So, who knows how'll this go, it may be the same level of deceny as Secret Rings had.

Anyways, with that out of the way. Time for the mini rants...

DON'T DOWNLOAD ITUNES 7.7 (IT'LL RAPE YOU!!!)

Yes, Don't get it. I tried it late last night and there is one major error. Whenever you connect your iPod to your iTunes, your iTunes will Freeze. I had to reinstall the last version and put all my music back on (which wasn't bad since most was saved on my computer). Why bother put out a update that has this one error that can piss most users off? I've seen a lot of forums on the Troubleshooting page at Apple and most people have the same problem (EVEN WITH A MAC COMPUTER!)

So, just stay away if you're an iPod user and keep the one you're most proud of. Next Rant...

Persona 3 FES (FINALLY) get's a European Released

While I'm not big on RPGs, you all know that I have a soft spot for them and of course, by now you know I like Persona 3. A great game that can work on the PS3 (unlike the PS1 games!) and it still ages well as a last-gen game which is rather impressive. Although, I wanted the FES edition, but it was never gonna happen so I had to buy it at a JB for $65. But then... Came this.

W...T....F?!!! How long does it take to create a release for a last-gen game to get here?! It doesn't make sense. When I saw this I got very upset. For waiting and thinking it never came, well I was fooled. I'm gonna get it no matter what (like the die hard Street Fighter fans that wants to own every copy Street Fighter II for the Super Nintendo, etc.)

Well, I guess that's it for the rants. I'm thinking about Pre-ordering LittleBigPlanet if that's gonna be ready yet? Plus I want to ask, is it worth trading my PSP for a PSP Slim? Because I felt a little of my brothers and it felt nice.

Anyways, that's about it. I was gonna make this blog more detailed but didn't have the time so I apologise for that. Anyways, gonna watch Level 3. Cya.


Oh and Quit bashing games that you don't know if they're good or not. It's annoying since it's something different from Konami for once. So quit bashing them for trying to create something different.

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Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008

Hey Guys, Hope you've all seen my earlier blog stating "I fail at the Level 3 Forums".

Anyways, I got a multiblog for you today. Why it's called multi? Because I got more than one thing to say.

PETA makes a game that should be sued

For those who don't know, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) are well-known US organisation sending out people reasons about animal rights and stuff like that. While it may seem fine, but the claims they make are $hit. They're stupid, hypocritical and VERY Unreasonable as in this video, while that doesn't mean that I'm blaming all animal lovers and vegitarian/vegans, but seriously the smart type of those groups can also tell that Peta are dumbf***s. Although during last year as seen in this video (from the same user) that they made a game on their website titled "The Super Chick Sisters Game" when apparently it's a rip-off of the New Super Mario Bros. Game, although you can play PAM ANDERSON in this when unlocked! Also they took the characters from Mario and they make him look bad because of many reasons like stomping on "turtles" (they're called Koopas, dumba$$e$) and riding Yoshi when he has a mind of his own! (So?... That doesn't mean you can't ride him).

I know what you're thinking, "But Matty, people on Newgrounds do this for fun, leave them alone". No, People on Newgrounds do that for fun, but these people are serious up the a$$. It also made me wonder why didn't Nintendo sue Peta for copyright infringement? Then maybe PETA would be closed for good. Oh well, at least nothing new hasn't been coming from them lately. NEXT!

Giant Bomb Reopened

Well, Jeff Gertsmann newest site has reopened. While it doesn't change anything drastically in my opinion, they trying to do something more community based with the gaming world and that's awesome. Although I won't be going there often (sorry to say). I do appreciated registered on the site under the other name "Darkmessiah24" and that's all I have to say about that.

The Dark Knight Complaints (Possible Spoiler)

Now, you all know that I loved The Dark Knight. Although in my opinion, I couldn't see a flaw, it was totally hard to get. Although, The Spoony One on Youtube stated the only one complaint which I think is rather pointless and that is Maggie Gyllenhaal in the movie. Now, I think she is a great actress like her brother in my opinion. Spoonyone thinks Maggie as Rachel that they made her look awful, now does anyone care about if the character looks in the movie are important? F*** NO! What matters is acting and performance which I think she did pretty well. She may not look better than she was in "Secretary" but jeez.

The only complaint I have to agree on is with JustKeepThatInMind's video that the movie needed more of Two Face. I kinda think so since Two Face in the movie only had like an hour and a half in the entire movie, I would have liked to seen more. While the Joker was awesome, Two Face could have been better I think.

General Thoughts on Too Human

I think you all know that I don't think highly of this game. I mean, what is it? An RPG? (oh you mean like Mass Effect?) No, this is bull... Complete bull.... when I read that this was a $70 million game, it's gonna fail like poor old Shenmue. I've seen like 5 seconds of the video and I don't think it's all that great. Kinda like Mass Effect with Prototype (another game that I won't try) and It just doesn't interest me in the slightest. It may not look that I know all the game much, but I don't even care. Btw, wasn't Silicon Knights gotten sued for this game? What the hell happended to that?

PSN: Siren

I know the Siren series, although only played a few seconds of one demo. While this title may seem a little interesting and trying to improve on the PSN. People have been asking why on the PSN when in Japan it's on the PS3 Blu-Ray disc? That's what I would like to know. But I wouldn't care less. I may try the demo of this, but I'm not gonna garantee that.

While speaking of Survival Horrors, while RE5 and SH: Homecoming are impressive, I'm holding out for Project Zero 4. I know Tecmo is in the crapper, but come on. This is a Wii exclusive and I've been interested in the series, I'm destined to rent the first one when I get the chance.

Mini Rant: Newer Twisted Metal Games

Ahh the one awesome franchise I keep overlooking, I loved Twisted Metal since 2 and 4 (I know I heard it sucked but whatever) on the PS1. Although I don't like Black or Head-on because of one thing that really grinds me. The control scheme.... WHY DO I NEED TO PRESS THE UP D-PAD TO ACCELERRATE?! What the $hit? It doesn't make the newer ones comfortable. If there is another one coming for the PS3, MAKE THE GODDAMN CONTROLS AS THEY USED TO BE!!!!

Xbox Originals: Jade Empire

I've heard a lot on this game when it was released and I wanna ask, is it worth getting Jade Empire on the Xbox Originals? I'm thinking about renting that to see what it is like.

And Finally.... LittleBigPlanet

After hearing all the repetitive hype I heard about this, I had to look for Gameplay footage and I did. I was impressed. It looked fun, cutesy type puzzles with friends in a 2.5D $tyle game. Now I see it, it looks something that can be fun. I thought it was all hype but who knows, I'll give it a shot upon release.

Well, that's it for my mutliblog. I've downloaded 1942: Joint Strike on the XBLA, I may give my opinions on that but we cannot be to sure about that, same if I wanted to get the PSN one. Anyways, I'm thinking about doing the 2nd most epic blog about Disney because I cannot stress it enough on how low the onced loved company that I grew up with has fallen. That's all from me and here's a treat.

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Chun Li for the Win!!! Cya! ^_^

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