Well today was the first day of school for me! All I had was a 3 hour lecture starting from 11 and ending at 2. The course was Object Oriented Programming, not one of my favorite subjects since I'm terrible at coding. But the prof who's teaching the course used to be one my favorite TAs, so that's good. Hopefully I can learn a ton since last year's programming course was kinda...bad...in terms of prof and marks (course I passed, but still I coulda done better). Anyways, all we did was go through the course outline, and a bit of review of basic programming. Luckily I still remembered most, if not all so I felt a bit prepared.
Anyways after clas.s was over, I decided to hang around for a few more hours with some friends before finally heading off home.
In other news, mainly gaming news, I've started a ton of games to kick off the new semester. Though it's not a good idea. So I started with Super Metroid, the classic SNES game that I know a lot of people mention when talking about the Metroid series. I personally have only beaten Metroid Prime 1 & 2 so I'm a little unfamiliar with the 2D Metroid games.
Fight a variety of bosses as bounty hunter, Samus Aran.
If you can't guess, I'm playing with a keyboard and it's really awkward to play sometimes. If I want to aim diagonally up or down, I have to use the L or R button, but that's placed right above where I configured my default shooting button. So it's a little weird trying to aim, jump and shoot sometimes. Also it's a bit harder to make precise jumps with arrow keys but I'm doing the best I can. Overall it's a solid game, it reminds me A LOT of Metroid Prime, which is funny since many say Metroid Prime is like a 3D version of Super Metroid.
I'm also starting up Final Fantasy I on the PSP. I'm not too far since I'm currently grinding at the moment, I made my typical party of Warrior, Monk, Black Mage and White Mage. Normally I'd name them after characters from other FFs (according to ****of course) but this time I let the game generate names for me. I'm really enjoying the PSP version, despite the graphical upgrade making it weird to look at. But I'll adjust. Final Fantasy I, along with II and IX are my favorites (IX being at the top) so of course it'll be fun for me.
It's ****c Final Fantasy at it's finest.
I'm also playing some games from the Ys series. Though it's not a well known series in NA, it's a fairly solid Action RPG. I can't divulge much detail about the Ys games (other than the fact that Oath loves em) since I'm not familiar with most of em myself. I'm currently playing Legacy of Ys: Books I & II on the DS which is Ys I and II combined. I'm also starting up Ys Origin. Which serves as a prequel to the entire series.
It doesn't look spectacular, but it gets the job done in telling a pretty solid story with good gameplay.
To make this short, I'll just mention one more game. I also started, what is known as the worst RPG ever made. That's right, Unlimited Saga. I was curious about this game since I've never tried it myself. 15 minutes of playing it nearly drove me insane. I couldn't make a lick of sense out of ANYTHING I was doing. There's no in game tutorial either that explains how the battle system work, how the Map Movement system thing works either. I spent a good amount of time just trying to figure out how to move on the map, how attacking would work, what the slots did, how to even get GOOD at the slots, what the symbols meant. Overall, it's just a big mess with a solid art **** I'll be giving it more of a try obviously, and hopefully I'll be able to beat it.
Interesting but unexplained battle system makes this a tough cookie to swallow.
Anyways I think that's it for games. I have other minor ones that don't have major priority such as Vagrant Story which I finally decided to start just to see what the craze is about. I also STILL have to finish My World, My Way on the DS just so I can start up Steal Princess. I'm sure there are more but that'll be it for now. Don't want to be starting more than I can handle.
Vagrant Story is another game with an interesting combat mechanic.
The game's just a GIANT grindfest + repetition. I don't suggest playing it unless you like those two things combined.
I don't know what it's about, but the name leaves me intrigued.
Also I'll be changing my avatar and blog header soon. Too many people have been asking me who the girl is, if it's me and asking me strange questions through PMs and such. As such I'll have to be taking her down, as to what I'll change it to, I'm not sure, I didn't think so many people wondered.
Anyways, I'm still playing BlazBlue online, so hit me up on PSN (silvur2) if you want. I believe that's all for now...
This is silvur saying, stay awesome!
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.. and maaaan that's a lot of gaming ahead of ya ..Good luck with finishing all of them and with Skool ..
OT: Dude, why did you get rid of your P4 sig? It was awesome. I mean the new ones alright, but nothing beats Yukiko.
and btw i like your current avi and sig
You should definety play BlazBlue. 2 months and still going strong, I don't think I've been addicted to a fighter like this since Super Smash Bros. Melee.@funsohng At least you're on 6, I'm still on 2 >_>
@Bigboi500 Yea, I really try to restrain myself from playing too many at once just so I can actually beat some games but it's really tempting when you start to feel like you're getting nowhere with games and want to start new.
@Hanzoadam Enjoying it? While people can tolerate I, a lot of people tend to dislike II so who knows.
@Katzenbalger Yea only 2D Metroid games I played prior to Super was Fusion and Zero Mission which were fun, but super confusing. I'm currently playing Super Metroid with a guide so it isn't too bad but honestly, I don't think I could've gotten as far as I am without one.
@Sean2moore Thanks! And finish it, they're both pretty short games
@AzelKosMos That actually sounds pretty difficult...the lack of healing...all game? Oh well better than 4 monks or 4 white mages.
@sevansoares Thanks I will!
@Just-Adam Thanks, trying to get a good balance between the two, its hard but I'll manage somehow.
@gormo4 Thanks, enjoy Scribblenauts
@Azure_Valkyrie Thanks! I'll get through it all somehow.
@shutdown_202 Yup, 2008 was a pretty solid year but this year kinda feels lacklustre for some reason. Still some good games out there but I've felt like I've been playing more old school games more. As for the sig question, which one are you talking about? I had like a bunch of P4 sigs, most if not all had Yukiko
@Gohansephiroth Yea I was quite surprised. As for the grinding, I don't mind it...as long as the battles are interesting or it doesn't become the main staple of the game (cough Dragon Quest). But My World, My Way just takes it a bit too far...
@Lightfellower Just maybe! Though it only took a day for me to stop, there isn't much to tell. (Btw you need to finish P4!)
@david_lck Yea I really don't like playing emulated SNES games...can't seem to find an appropriate key configuration that'll work.
@riou7 Thanks and thanks
Though I'm thinking of changing it already, this Samus sig really isn't my style at all.
I haven't played any of those.
Well, I started them, but my short attention span doesn't really help when it comes to actually playing them. ._.;
As for Vagrant Story. It's one of my favorite RPGs. Just another representation of how awesome Square was during the PS1 era when they were known as Squaresoft. Before the merger destroyed them.
So typical of you. And school is not cool, don't trust the people who say that!!@SavoyPrime Yes I'm expecting a quality RPG when playing through Vagrant Story, it's a weird twist of fate that after the merge, they became worse. Two of the best RPG companies, failing together? Oh well.
But this one still lack a sequel.
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I have heard non the games ju just sead..only the BlazBlue..but i havent played that one too