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Metal Gear Solid is awesome. Not just because the games are near perfect, not just because Harry Gregson Williams (among others) composes the music and not just because Snake is such an awesome character but because it features amazing theme songs. First was Cynthia Harrell with Snake Eater for Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. And now with the upcoming Peacewalker game for the PSP comes Donna Burke with Heavens Divide.
Keep blowing my mind away, Hideo Kojima!
Some really awesome fanart of Street Fighter IV I just had to show. It’s a mix of people and graphics. Ryu and Juri are definately my favorite ones. The rest is at BossLogic’s Deviantart page.
The (fan) anticipated expansion for Resident Evil 5 has been released and I’ve gotten the chance to play it. (Spoilers)
A new video promoting the upcoming game (or expansion rather) Super Street Fighter IV. Street Figher IV has had amazing promotional videos and this one certainly isn’t an exception. Chun Li and Cammy fight it out with newcomer Juri, who is one of the more interesting characters that are being added in the new game. I wonder if she’s going to be the one that will stop me from playing a shoto character such as Ryu. d:
I don’t like rap music at all, but I must say this Youtube video was quite entertaining.
I remember the days when I got my Gameboy and Super Mario Land was my second game (Tetris being the first). Boy, this game was fun…and frustrating. Death was around every corner and continues were so very limited. Gaming sure has become soft compared to the ol’ days…Which doesn’t necessarily have to be bad but some current games really need to check their definition of “normal” and “hard” first.
People kept praising how great this Xbox Live Arcade game was and that it played like the 2D Metroid series. The game was the deal of the week so I went ahead and bought it. I had no idea it looked THAT much like Metroid (which is a good thing). It reminded me of how good the Metroid games were and I miss them. It’s not that the Metroid Prime series are bad (in fact, they’re awesome) but it didn’t give the same vibe when I played Super Metroid for the first time.
The similarities are ALL over the place. The map layout, searching for ammo expansions, getting gear that unlocks other places, … I could go on like this forever. A few notable ones were the speed booster, the fact that you have to get all key components in order to get the last upgrade (in Super Metroid, you had to kill all pre-bosses first before you could fight the final boss) and the achievement Jason Bailey (it’s a cheat for Metroid that gave you all equipment). Think about it, if an Xbox Live Arcade game can be this good, how awesome would another 2D Metroid game be? We can always hope…And don’t forget Metroid: Other M just yet.
My anticipation for this game has never been higher. Square-Enix’ latest anagram “A Henchmen Inventor Tent Unto” gave us “Announcement Nov Thirteenth” and as promised, they gave us something alright. A release date, to be exact, through this (somewhat cheesy, yet epic) video. Especially the gameplay at 3:55 was really nice. I cannot wait for 9 March 2010!
Firstlook is the largest gaming convention in The Netherlands. I went over to Amsterdam with two friends and here are my impressions…
Do you remember the good ol’ MS DOS days? I sure do. When I was little, my dad used to buy me these 25 in 1 game CDs that contained many shareware games. One of those games was a demo version of One Must Fall 2097, a fighting game. Oh, how I wanted the full version of that game. The gameplay, graphics and especially the music were fantastic at the time. Even now, the music stays a classic.
Unfortunately, no other sequels have been released except for One Must Fall Battlegrounds which turned out to be disappointing. One Must Fall 2097 can be downloaded here. You’ll need the DOS emulator DOSbox as well.
A video after the cut shows you a gameplay video along with the nostalgic soundtrack.
What a wonderful little game Frozenbyte has brought us: Trine. While a bit on the short side, it’s been a while since I enjoyed a side scroller this much. The graphics are great (the game surprisingly asks alot of your videocard), the gameplay is amazing and the music is just spot on. In fact, I’m listening to the OST right now. Composed by Ari Pulkkinen, he’s certainly one to be followed for his future works. The game was a bit too easy because the checkpoints resurrects your heroes and gives them a certain amount of health. That’s a good thing ofcourse, but not when quite a few battles take place NEAR the checkpoints, giving you the oppertunity to gain health each time you’re getting hit. The only time I died a lot was the last stage. Unfortunately, the game didn’t have any boss battles. Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed the game.
I’ve taken the oppertunity to record my playthrough and uploaded the videos on Youtube in HD quality. Level 2 is shown after the cut, the rest can be found here (playlist).
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