• 21Sep 08

  Now Playing: Okami

  Apparently Okami has been getting more popular over time than people realize. A lot them call it something like an underappreciated gem. However when I bought it at gamestop.com recently it came as a "greatest hits". That means, I suppose, that it has been selling pretty well. In any case this was a surprise to me; I thought I was getting the black case copy of it. Not that that really matters to me though. I'm just surprised about this.

  My initial impressions of the game (from screenshots and video) was that it looked ok but not really entertaining. A lot of people were talking like it was some great thing but it honestly didn't look like it to me. However, I was at the same time looking for a great and unique action-adventure game and I thought I would buy it anyways (since it looked so unique and got so much praise). When I saw it "on sale" for 20 dollars at gamestop.com I picked it up.

  When it came I was surprised (not just because the whole greatest hits thing). The gameplay is really good; I like almost everything about it, and that is saying quite a bit for a modern action-adventure game.

  I got the game Friday and I've played it ever since, clocking in around 10 hours already. I've never been immersed in a game (outside of morrowind) this much. So yeah, I like it...a lot. Even more so than zelda: oot.

  Oh, and mariokart wii is awesome too.

  • Posted Sep 21, 2008 4:27 pm GMT
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• 25Aug 08

  max payne movie trailer (older news)

  link:

  http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/150748/max-payne/videos/maxpain_trlrb_071108.html

  Max Payne, what a great game. Let's face it- at its core a cliche story of revenge, yet it was still fun to play. The flow of the game always appealed to me; the story was extremely well presented in the graphic novel medium, while the gunplay had the basics of the matrix-esque bullet time. Some game was going to rip the matrix off for this and yet Max Payne proved to be much more than just a rip off of a cool action movie. It was, in my opinion, the standard for all action games to come after it.

  Anyways, they're making a movie based on the game. I really hope they don't screw this one up. I also hope they don't include references from the second Max Payne cause I still haven't played through that one yet.

  Ways they may screw it up:

  1. making it like Boondock Saints, which tried to make saints out of the "heros" of the story. Not only did this propagate a poor understanding of Catholicism, or Christianity in general, ("killing in the name of" is not what Jesus had in mind) it was just a dumb movie to begin with (imo). The blood in it didn't even look like blood! But that's beside the point; Max Payne is a man on the edge, who's lost everything and has nothing to turn to. He doesn't make himself out to be a hero or a saint; he's just out for revenge. If anything, Max sees himself as dumb; in the game he said something like "If I was smart I would have left town. I guess wasn't that smart." Cops are after him and the tv sees him as a criminal. There's no halo for Max.
  

  2. Play down the main plot points; Max developed throughout the whole game through all of his encounters. The movie had better acurately represent these encounters well.

  3. The music;: you have got to keep the music the game had. The trailer has some other music going and it just does not compare.

  4. Talk like Max, walk like Max, shoot like Max. Whalberg has to get these key parts of his character right. Max will not be an easy character to act out.

  5. The humor and references. The nice thing about the game is it had the right amount of humor to lighten things up. Not only that but the references were funny. The movie needs some of these imo.

  6. SCRIPT WRITING. Judging by this trailer the script looks a little "meh". Keep it true to the story of the game and you can't go wrong. Go off and write crap and fans of the game will be pissed.

  The potential for this game-based movie is still great. I can't wait to see it in October.

  • Posted Aug 25, 2008 1:33 am GMT
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• 5Jun 08

  recent purchases

  I went to Gamestop recently looking for Odin Sphere and Gradius V. The store I went to didn't have any in stock which was a shame since Gamestop is selling them for really cheap. However upon looking around the store I saw Soul Calibur 3 for 10 bucks new and also a used copy of Sly Cooper and the etc. etc. for cheap also. If you've been holding back on these and other games I would recommend getting them at Gamestop since they're so cheap and will most likely go up in value (except for games like Sly and Soul Calibur 3).
  • Posted Jun 5, 2008 9:23 pm GMT
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