Video Game Reviews
For a semi-change of pace and the fact that I can't get over how awesome Assassin's Creed 2: Brotherhood is... is f-ing awesome, okay?
Just great, just totally great. It takes all the cool parts of Assassin's Creed and then makes them cooler. Like, oh, you couldn't ride horses in the cities before, well now you can! Or you couldn't carry around those nice battle axes the guards always got to use, well now you can! And now the side missions are actually more tied into the main plot so it's more worthwhile to complete them than before. And you can command an army of little assassin's! (I like to call them chickadees).
And it takes place in Rome during the Italian Renaissance, so you can do things like climb the Colosseum. The Colosseum, guys! And you're friends with Leonardo still, yay! And there's this scene with Leonardo, that's hilarious, but also spoilery, so beware.
And there's a multiplayer now, though I have yet to take advantage of that. Back at school, my roomies and I had a plan to play multiplayer together. Which is gonna be awesome... soon as I get the PS network thing to work.
And it's got another crazy twist ending, even more crazy than the last one I think. Like wow, why did that happen? I'm sure nobody's got any idea! Soooooo excited for Assassin's Creed 3 next year!
Though to be honest, despite all the awesome free-roaming Rome action, I can't say I could recommend this game to people who haven't played Assassin's Creed 2. It's kind of completely necessary in order to fully appreciate the AC:Brotherhood experience. But that is also a great game :D Go, go play it if you like games with killing and art history.
Next up is Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. The original Golden Sun games were some of my first video games, and woah did they set a high bar. Up until now, I can definitely say they were some of my favorite RPGs. Great story, awesome graphics, and superb music, all on such a tiny little platform. So... while it pains me to say this, so far Dark Dawn hasn't been impressing me nearly as much D:
Granted, I'm only two hours in, but in the first game by that time you've already finished your tragic backstory of missing parents, explored a secret chamber in an ancient temple, and almost accidentally set off an entire volcano. Right now in Dark Dawn I've beat up some wooden boxes and am now hanging out with some lumberjacks :\ Not quite the same level of exciting...
Maybe it's partially sour grapes that Felix is like... no where to be seen. The game mentions how as soon as they were done saving the world, Felix left on a trip and was never seen again in the thirty years that passed. What the hell?! I thought he wasn't suppose to leave Jenna alone again D:< What a douche... although, he did do that before, but it was only for like five years.
I'm actually a lot more fond of the second game's battle team than the first, and from what I've gathered so far it seems like they're mostly excluded from this sequel ): I want my Felix, Piers, and Sheba descendants! I mean, it was totally Felix and his party that went about saving the world the right way in the second game, and then the first party just shows up and takes all the credit :\ I did not enjoy that.
Well, I think I'll still give it another go before I ultimately make my decision >.< But still! Felix! D: The sadness!
Just great, just totally great. It takes all the cool parts of Assassin's Creed and then makes them cooler. Like, oh, you couldn't ride horses in the cities before, well now you can! Or you couldn't carry around those nice battle axes the guards always got to use, well now you can! And now the side missions are actually more tied into the main plot so it's more worthwhile to complete them than before. And you can command an army of little assassin's! (I like to call them chickadees).
And it takes place in Rome during the Italian Renaissance, so you can do things like climb the Colosseum. The Colosseum, guys! And you're friends with Leonardo still, yay! And there's this scene with Leonardo, that's hilarious, but also spoilery, so beware.
And there's a multiplayer now, though I have yet to take advantage of that. Back at school, my roomies and I had a plan to play multiplayer together. Which is gonna be awesome... soon as I get the PS network thing to work.
And it's got another crazy twist ending, even more crazy than the last one I think. Like wow, why did that happen? I'm sure nobody's got any idea! Soooooo excited for Assassin's Creed 3 next year!
Though to be honest, despite all the awesome free-roaming Rome action, I can't say I could recommend this game to people who haven't played Assassin's Creed 2. It's kind of completely necessary in order to fully appreciate the AC:Brotherhood experience. But that is also a great game :D Go, go play it if you like games with killing and art history.
Next up is Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. The original Golden Sun games were some of my first video games, and woah did they set a high bar. Up until now, I can definitely say they were some of my favorite RPGs. Great story, awesome graphics, and superb music, all on such a tiny little platform. So... while it pains me to say this, so far Dark Dawn hasn't been impressing me nearly as much D:
Granted, I'm only two hours in, but in the first game by that time you've already finished your tragic backstory of missing parents, explored a secret chamber in an ancient temple, and almost accidentally set off an entire volcano. Right now in Dark Dawn I've beat up some wooden boxes and am now hanging out with some lumberjacks :\ Not quite the same level of exciting...
Maybe it's partially sour grapes that Felix is like... no where to be seen. The game mentions how as soon as they were done saving the world, Felix left on a trip and was never seen again in the thirty years that passed. What the hell?! I thought he wasn't suppose to leave Jenna alone again D:< What a douche... although, he did do that before, but it was only for like five years.
I'm actually a lot more fond of the second game's battle team than the first, and from what I've gathered so far it seems like they're mostly excluded from this sequel ): I want my Felix, Piers, and Sheba descendants! I mean, it was totally Felix and his party that went about saving the world the right way in the second game, and then the first party just shows up and takes all the credit :\ I did not enjoy that.
Well, I think I'll still give it another go before I ultimately make my decision >.< But still! Felix! D: The sadness!