Quick Overview of Recent Events

I’ll try to write this as fast as I can. I’m kinda in a hurry and I’m lacking in time tonight so here I go:

Yesterday was a hell of a day. It was once of those “headache-because-of-gaming” days. Since 9am up to 12mn that same day, I’ve been up to nothing except games. We had our Champaca Class Reunion/Sleepover and I enjoyed it immensely. Besides those little snippets of non-gaming bonding time (mostly card games), the rest was all gaming. I’ll just list the games I saw yesterday:

1. DotA (Yup I made a return.)
2. Counter-Strike 1.3 (Source was unavailable and Condition Zero was sucky)
3. Call of Duty 4 (This is a first time. I’ve been wanting to play this for a while)
4. Age of Empires 3 (I just watched somebody else play. This game looked cool)
5. Half-Life (The highlight of the night. This game caught everyone’s attention and it blew us away!)
6. Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Hardcore Wii game. I only won first place once…)
7. Tekken 5 (Another hardcore fighting game.)
8. Wii Sports (General Wii game. I knew we were going to place this no matter what happens.)
9. Need for Speed (I don’t know what version of the game but I tried it once. It’s just your plain racing game. Haha…)

I’ll be back for more details if I have time…

Currently Playing (08/17/08)

Here’s the second batch of Currently Playing. I’ve been wanting to do this for a few days now, but I’ve been sort of busy to review every game that I’ve been playing these days and frankly, I’ve been playing a lot…

Game 1:
RESIDENT EVIL 4: WII EDITION
I’ve been playing this game for a month or so now and I generally have a very positive opinion for this game. I’m almost done with it and I’m very amazed at what Capcom has done with it. It’s a survival horror game and everytime I go through with it, there’s always the suspense and tension in the air. It’s pretty cool and I like it.

Game 2:
DEVIL MAY CRY 3: SPECIAL EDITION
This is one hell of a game in my opinion. The fast paced action is freaking overwhelming. I’ve only finished with 4 missions since I last posted about this and so far I’m finding it difficult but at the same time amazing. Capcom really knows their stuff when it comes to games. Woot to Capcom!

Game 3:
HEAVY WEAPON DELUXE
I got this game as a gig about a week ago. This game by Popcap Games is one of the games very memorable in my past. This was one the first games that I seriously got addicted on. It’s a sidescroller tank game very similar to games like Ikaruga. There are tons of enemies coming at you and your mission is to survive and if possible, kill them off. By the end of each mission, you encounter a boss very unique to that level. To top it all off, each time you complete a mission, you gain an experience point to be used in upgrading your tank in the Armory. It’s a cool game and I recommend it to everyone.

Game 4:
DIABLO 2
I haven’t finished this but the cool thing is I’ve been “on/off” with this game. I’ve been to busy with other games to finish my Paladin. Recently however, with the new resurrection of my laptop, I was able to play this game from the start using another class, the Barbarian. The Barbarian is so much cooler than the Paladin. I’m certain I would be more amazed with it if my laptop’s RAM wasn’t too glitchy. In any case, I’m certainly still hyped up for this game in every way.

Other:
STARCRAFT: DARK TEMPLAR SAGA
I plan on rereading through the first two books again. I believe the third one would be coming out soon and I’m pretty excited. I’m almost sure Blizzard would create a very interesting plotline for Starcraft 2 when it comes out.

Well, basically, I’m playing the same games I’ve placed in the first batch of Currently Playing but this time I have more to put because I’ve played through them more. As a footnote I’d like to congratulate Capcom, Popcap Games and Blizzard Entertainment for a job well done on these games. I enjoy them a lot so THANKS!

New Game In Sight

After my previous post, I doubt if I’ll feel better with this new news. I found a newly announced game which I haven’t heard of yet and it’s coming to the Wii. The game is called OVERLORD: DARK LEGEND and its gameplay is very similar to the Pikmin series. You control a horde of units and make them do your bidding.

So many people have been clamoring for this type of game to appear on the Wii and one is officially on the way. OVERLORD is set to release in 2009 and would be developed by Climax Studios. Codemasters would be publishing and marketing the game.

The Overlord series goes back to last year with a first game on the XBox360 and then followed up by a downloadable expansion pack called Overlord: Raising Hell. A sequel to this, Overlord II is in the works and would be available on XBox360 once more. Overlord I was also made available for the PC and I think would also be available for the PS3 soon. Because of this, I’m actually thinking of getting the game for the PC but once again I am unsure because of it’s system requirements (and partly because I have a couple of games more to finish on the PC).

Anyway, I’ll be adding this to my wish list for the meantime, but when this game shows the first signs of becoming sucky, it’ll be bye-bye…

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OVERLORD: DARK LEGEND screenshot:

From IGN.com

A New Wii Fever

Okay, today’s Wednesday and as usual, our classes end at 1:40 pm. Since our play just finished, we finally had the time to rest and relax. But a while ago, what I felt was utter boredom. I believe I’m actually missing our play practices and that’s saying something. Anyway, the only way I believed I could pass the time (a total of 2 and a half hours free time) was through using some of the library computers. I tried to do some of the assignments for tomorrow but I ended up doing something else entirely: LOOKING FOR NEW GAMES.

I was able to extracate some information of some new games on other consoles (and when I say this, I mean consoles other than Wii). I found some information on Too Human, a pretty interesting game, although I’m not sure if it’s cool gameplay wise. God of War didn’t really catch my attention but it’s branded as one of the great hack-and-slash games out there. I also researched a bit from Resident Evil 5, Left 4 Dead and Starcraft 2 again although I didn’t get anything new today. But the thing that really bugged me that time was a resurrection of some of my past wishes.

I believe I was thinking of the Wii games I’ve been playing and I noticed that I was actually about to finish RE4. This would mean I would be returning the CD to my friend and I’d be stuck with Brawl or some of our “old games”. This told me two things:

1. I should finish those games that I’ve left hanging.

2. I should really get some new game to get addicted on.

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The first thing that came into my mind about my first thought was that impending doom with our Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Technically, I’m not suppose to worry about that game since I’m not playing it, but man, it’s been left hanging for months now. It seriously needs to be attended to. And other games such as Super Mario Galaxy and Battalion Wars 2, they aren’t done either! I can actually make a list of games I haven’t finished and that to me, totally sucks.

And regards to my second thought above, the two games that I’ve wanted but never got because of various reasons came back. I want to get No More Heroes and Okami badly. I don’t know if I’ll ever get them. I seriously do not know… (for more FYI on these games, check my wish list)

I may be making this too much of a problem but I am feeling worried that my gaming would come to a halt come this weekend. Hopefully, that won’t be the case. *sigh*

Updates + (maybe a little) Digress

I just noticed like half an hour ago that my previous comments did not hold any tags in them. Maybe I was just so engrossed with myself or with something else that I didn’t find enough time to actually relate my posts to anything outside the box. Anyway, I’ve updated those now and they’re up and running. I’ve also updated my lonely Wish List. I just found out today that it was lacking two games and a book. Just head on over there and find out my pending purchases…
And to add a little R&D, I just came here to openly speak about our RamayaNa play tomorrow. It’s all over the place and I just want to take out my tension here. I am not totally sure if we’re ready by tomorrow and I don’t know if I feel confident enough to face the big crowd. Hopefully, our play won’t be a mess. Acckk… I don’t know what to think…