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Final Fantasy XIII at E3 2009 and Demo (Quick Post)

picchar — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:10:08 +0000

This will be a really short post… I think.

Anyhoo, watched the live broadcast of Nintendo and Sony’s E3 conferences yesterday on G4tv.com. Nintendo’s was a bit boring while Sony’s was exciting. Really enjoyed the Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (BOX!!!) and Final Fantasy XIII trailers. I can’t wait for both games!

Also, my boyfriend gave me Advent Children Complete last night for my birthday (advanced). I was so happy I just kept bouncing around… mostly because of the FFXIII demo that came with it. Watched the videos of Versus and Agito and I was floored by the graphics of Versus. Simply beautiful. My only complaint is that the characters look too Japanese. It’s ok for the main male lead, but the blonde girl looks like a Japanese girl/woman with blonde hair and blue contacts. Other than that… I was speachless.

Then… the demo… I had no words. My eyes were tearing a bit while watching the “opening” cut scene/FMV. The graphics changed for the in-game cut scenes and battles but still very good.

And better than the Xbox360.

The trailer presented at the Microsoft conference the other day is the same as the demo: the part where Lightning and Sahz fight the mech boss/thing. You can probably find a video for each somewhere to compare the two. The most obvious difference, and the first thing I noticed, is Lightning’s hair. You can also see the difference on the chick’s feathers. They kinda look like hair in the 360 trailer. Might post comparison pics later when I get home.

Hopefully the quality of the graphics on the final product (PS3) will remain the same, or better.

Reflections on Finishing Resident Evil 5

picchar — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:41:58 +0000

My boyfriend and I finished Resident Evil 5 some weeks ago. It was a really fun game and I especially enjoyed the co-op feature. However, it didn’t really feel like a Resident Evil game. I’m not really sure why. Maybe it was the zombies, maybe it’s the fact that it felt more like a shooting game than a horror game but it’s not the same.

The developers probably had a good reason for the new look and feel, but I hope that if they come out with the new one that it has a more defined horror feel to it. All the others made my heart thud louder in my chest. Thinking of Nemesis kinda gives me the chills XD RE5 on the other hand was just point and shoot. Fun, but definitely not the same experience.

Oh, and slightly off topic, I kind of miss games with fixed cameras ^^’

Quick Post: Must Change Layout…

picchar — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:16:58 +0000

After my last two posts, I realized that I need a layout change. It looked really nice to me and worked very well for my purposes but now it just looks cluttered. Red is not my favorite color either. Besides, the reason why I decided to find a host outside Wordpress.Com was to be able to try making my own layout.

Summer is here. I’d better get cracking. First thing on my list is fixing the smileys. They’re off for some reason and the ones that appear in the post are not the same as the ones lined up where you type comments XD

Haha, I have so much to do ^_^/