Now Playing! @_@
Bah. Is no holiday sacred?! MUST RAP MUSIC BE CRANKED UP LOUDLY DAILY AT NOON?! WHY?!
*coughs* Anyway. 'Tis the X-mas season and so we prepare for Santa's arrival...with a bazooka! Not much to say on the holiday actually. I get to see my family, get to work (yay for teh holiday pay!), and all that wondermousness. After Xmas is over, I have about 5-6 days off, which I do every year at New Year's. I know I haven't been the hardest worker at work, but still...it's a week off from work, and honestly, I think it's a healthy thing to do. It'll hurt financially, but I can cover the losses.
Moving on.
So, it wasn't that long ago (a few weeks actually) that I wasn't really playing any video games. Kind of dabbled in various MMO's and whatnot, just trying to see if anything stuck...well it didn't....but I did wind up back on Final Fantasy XI: Online, and that makes me happy. It's a great place, I've been having a good time there these past few weeks. Then all of a sudden, I am thrown teh video game curveball and suddenly my Now Playing list went from zero...to ZOMFG. Check it:
Final Fantasy XI Online
Kingdom Hearts II (import)
Rez (import)
Final Fantasy IV Advance
All wonderful games, but ba-zing, is that a lot of gaming! Nice thing is, Rez is not something that has to have a lot of time spent on it, so it's filler (albeit very pretty filler) and FFIV on GBA is just for bus rides and dreadfully slow nights at work. Leaving me balancing Kingdom Hearts II and FFXI. Sadly, KHII is winning out, but it's not a horribly long game sooooo.....
Anyway, on that subject, KHII is *LOVE*....Captain Jack Sparrow voiced in Japanese....it's hilarious! Square really got his animation down, it looks pretty good. I can't wait to hear this baby in English (though I presume we'll be Depp-less for the voice...oh well)
Gameplay wise, KHII is a vast improvement over the original. With the Reaction Commands implemented, gameplay has become varied, more exciting, and more cinematic. The Reaction commands basically act like this: Whenever a Triangle symbol appears on an enemy, press the button to react a certain way.....like say.....against the Pirates, when you press the reaction button, Sora will dodge backwards and parry attacks until the button appears again..you press it and he lunges forward. This is just one example. There's something different for every situation, so it adds a very exciting twist to gameplay. And the new Forms are hella fun too.
Anyway, I'm way tired (hence the bouncing around of this post) so I'm off to bed. Ciao.
*coughs* Anyway. 'Tis the X-mas season and so we prepare for Santa's arrival...with a bazooka! Not much to say on the holiday actually. I get to see my family, get to work (yay for teh holiday pay!), and all that wondermousness. After Xmas is over, I have about 5-6 days off, which I do every year at New Year's. I know I haven't been the hardest worker at work, but still...it's a week off from work, and honestly, I think it's a healthy thing to do. It'll hurt financially, but I can cover the losses.
Moving on.
So, it wasn't that long ago (a few weeks actually) that I wasn't really playing any video games. Kind of dabbled in various MMO's and whatnot, just trying to see if anything stuck...well it didn't....but I did wind up back on Final Fantasy XI: Online, and that makes me happy. It's a great place, I've been having a good time there these past few weeks. Then all of a sudden, I am thrown teh video game curveball and suddenly my Now Playing list went from zero...to ZOMFG. Check it:
Final Fantasy XI Online
Kingdom Hearts II (import)
Rez (import)
Final Fantasy IV Advance
All wonderful games, but ba-zing, is that a lot of gaming! Nice thing is, Rez is not something that has to have a lot of time spent on it, so it's filler (albeit very pretty filler) and FFIV on GBA is just for bus rides and dreadfully slow nights at work. Leaving me balancing Kingdom Hearts II and FFXI. Sadly, KHII is winning out, but it's not a horribly long game sooooo.....
Anyway, on that subject, KHII is *LOVE*....Captain Jack Sparrow voiced in Japanese....it's hilarious! Square really got his animation down, it looks pretty good. I can't wait to hear this baby in English (though I presume we'll be Depp-less for the voice...oh well)
Gameplay wise, KHII is a vast improvement over the original. With the Reaction Commands implemented, gameplay has become varied, more exciting, and more cinematic. The Reaction commands basically act like this: Whenever a Triangle symbol appears on an enemy, press the button to react a certain way.....like say.....against the Pirates, when you press the reaction button, Sora will dodge backwards and parry attacks until the button appears again..you press it and he lunges forward. This is just one example. There's something different for every situation, so it adds a very exciting twist to gameplay. And the new Forms are hella fun too.
Anyway, I'm way tired (hence the bouncing around of this post) so I'm off to bed. Ciao.