Update and Space Marines Always Win!

Hey guys listen up, I haven't posted here in a while but this blog is not dead and I'll update it sometime soon. But I do have a webcomic thingy I've been posting on tumblr called "Space Marines Always Win" for after game match doodles I've been doing for it and you should check it out here it's mainly Warhammer but I'll do more eventually.

Animal Crossing Happy Home Designer Review

  

A new Animal Crossing game. Alright! I myself love the Animal Crossing series since they're happy, fun, and time consuming games. Literally when New Leaf came out I played that game so much I dreamed I was playing it in my sleep so when Happy Home Designer was announced I was really excited, like so excited....the most excited. It is a really fun concept it's basically just a whole game based on the designing of your own home from New Leaf but, better. There are all sorts of animals to work for and furniture to try for their homes it's really fun! You can also design buildings and shops which you can then see your animals interact in them which is really adorable and cool. The items in this game are really  appealing to look at and allow for great themes in homes you design.  Especially since the Animals also use the things you put in there and react when they like or dislike them. Also since your a full time employee you have to wear your uniform which I don't like that much but isn't a major gripe. Now Animal Crossing is normally a game that has an in game clock that goes by real time and has specific events happen on certain dates and the fun comes from the people in your town and things like that. This game however is nothing like that you have furniture and spaces to build on for certain animals and it's pretty fun. However it is a series of small jobs to perform so the times you play will be short and frequent, I personally really enjoy designing a house or two in the mornings before school or before bed. You actually end the entire day after finishing designing a home which is really odd that a day just ends in an Animal Crossing game but you get used to it after two or three homes. So unlike previous Animal Crossing games the longest you'll tend to commit to it at a time is around an hour or so unlike previous titles where you'd spend several hours working towards one task through various entertaining means, but since it's efficient at what it does it is sort of a good thing. So over all the main game is fun and quick I think it's a really great game just not marathon material like the previous games. I give it my final rating of 8/10 and definitely say to pick it up.

Indies Blog: Guacamelee

Next up on our indie-venture is a title known as Guacamelee. This game is a Spanish/Mexican themed beat'em up and metroidvania type title, a combination that isn't usually done so props to this game for having a new innovative gameplay style. You play as Juan a simple hard worker and the president's daughter (aka love interest) is taken and you fight to get her back like a true hero! And within the first 10 minutes of gameplay you get brutally murdered......yeahhhhh. But not to worry in the land of the dead you find a mystical Luchador mask which allows you to fight through the land of the living and the land of the dead to save your love from evil!
Now the plot isn't really important but it's still got some significance and is actually pretty  darn good later on but I won't spoil anything for you first time players out there. The art style is really cool and appealing to look at and the references it occasionally makes to mexican culture is nice. The gameplay is metroidvania exploration mixed with beat'em up as I said before and the fighting and exploration compliment each other like salsa compliments chips. The power ups you get are really fun to use and fight with and get better and better as the game goes on. Also Guacamelee makes a lot of references to other games through posters and how you get the power ups which is an awesome little detail. So over all Guacamelee is a really fun game  and definitely a great pick up on Steam or any console.

IndieBlog: Don't Starve

Okay so Don't Starve is an indie game by Klei entertainment which is a Canadian company. Don't Starve in a nutshell is you basically, well as the name would imply Don't Starve. You find food,items, and etc. and build off of what supplies you can get to survive as long as you can. You have hunger,sanity,and health which you need to make sure don't go all the way down or you're basically fucked. Being too hungry and running out of health flat out kill you but losing your sanity just makes shadow creatures attack you (probably killing you) leaving small room for survival. When night comes you need a fire or light of some sort so darkness doesn't envelop your soul and you will be brutally murdered by "Charlie". The gameplay is really fun and promotes exploration of the map to get more supplies, get better stuff, and stay alive and it honestly feels like there's never a dull moment. Even when you're just waiting for night to end there's this atmospheric tension that just makes you feel anxious for the daylight. This game is really fun to play because of the tension and management you have to do in it. It makes you wan't to play more and more after you make progression in the game. After a while you can eventually make a farm and survive pretty easily so you can just explore and fight stuff and build more things. Also once you unlock more characters to play as you can alter your play style and experiment with new things to do and methods to stay alive.  The gameplay and atmosphere really compliment each other this game is addictive,at least to me anyways I just wanna live for more and more days.
Don't Starve Together is a beta for multiplayer Don't Starve it's basically the same thing except multiple people playing, also when you die you become a ghost and can troll a bunch too. But might I say being a troll is super fun especially when you have on PVP and your friend killed you. So yeah Don't Starve and Don't Starve Together both really awesome titles pick it up sometime on Steam or even on the Wii U now.

The nasty Dynasty Warriors games:

I haven't played many Dynasty warriors games but the ones I have played weren't the best. The two Dynasty warriors games I own are Dynasty Warriors Gundam and Dynasty Warriors Advance which are A. Sucky and B. Not a Dynasty Warriors game! So first off lets talk about Dynasty Warriors Advance on the GBA now I just wanna say that Dynasty Warriors Advance isn't a bad game it's just not Dynasty Warriors which sort of makes it inherently bad? Cause I had fun playing it the campaign is alright but it's just not the game you'd hope for. It's a turn based RPG sort of like Fire Emblem except for the battling is different and you can only freely move on paths. So it's like a Civilization Fire Emblem crossover on GBA which is interesting and weird but not really  Dynasty warriors. But anyways the battles sorta close to Dynasty Warriors that a limited system like the GBA could have so that kinda excuses the turn based Fire Emblem style but not really. The battles have an overhead camera and are sort of like regular Dynasty Warriors but not really. If you're noticing a pattern of sort ofs and not reallys then good cause the point I'm trying to make is it's not a Dynasty Warriors game it "sorta" is but "not really" a Dynasty Warriors game. It was only 3 dollars where I got it so it's definitely worth what it costs now. But at full retail price this title would probably fall flat. Next time on Dy-NASTY warriors: GUNDAM

Fire Emblem Awakening review

Fire Emblem is well known for it’s deep strategy and fun mechanics. And I finally got around to playing the most recent entry Awakening. I was astounded how good it was, I heard it was above average but did not expect what I had gotten from it. The combat strategy consists of leveling up units and classes and weapon types. The weapons even have a type of rock paper scissor system and I found it very pleasing and had a satisfaction when I used it to my advantage.

 The gameplay is fun and very strategic (though some stages aren’t the most fun) and every attack has a sort of weight to it in the sense you feel good and bad when you hit a unit or one of your units is hit. Now onto the plot, your goal throughout the game overall is too stop the Fell Dragon Grima from being brought back and is convoluted with many other pot elements. The characters all have personality and I do not just mean the main characters all units you get are all characters on their own. The story has many genuine and original plot elements and can keep the player in suspense.

 Plus the side quests and all extra plot are all good too, and *possible spoiler warning I guess maybe* units pairing up and growing special attack strategies is cool especially since if they have a high enough relationship they can get married. Overall opinion is a great game with LOADS of play time and replay value 8.5/10 

Ikachan Review

Ikachan is about a squid....and is really similar to Cave Story (as expected) in some aspects but also
really different in a lot of ways. It's not just a generic game it's really got feeling put into it and is really adorable. The game play is fresh and so much fun like oh my god it's so simple but addicting this game is not lengthy but what it does have is wonderful. It's a minimalist type game being short and only giving you a few new moves to do and a few cool things at the very end but it's truly great. Swimming in the water just has a nice relaxing feeling too it and the leveling system is really good. It leaves you wanting more so that's why I rate it 4/5 fish (check it out its pretty cheap)

The Zelda post everyone will hate me for

The Zelda post everyone will hate me for.

After finally replaying Oot on my 3ds for the first time in like two years I realized something, I DONT ENJOY OCARINA OF TIME AT ALL. And I think it’s my least favorite Zelda game. Now wait before this post is brutally assaulted with people calling me a troll who just repeats topics let me explain my point of view. I don’t like Ocarina of time because…I find it boring personally. ”But how can you say that with all the great combat and plot in it?” you may be thinking and sure I admit Oot does have a good plot and combat but it has a lot more of doing absolutely nothing when you have to travel through it’s giant empty terrain (looking at you Hyrule field).

This wouldn’t be a problem if you could just do something while walking to your next destination or watching a cutscene. For example in Wind waker you could fight pirates and find treasure they incorporated the empty sea into an adventure, Or look at one of the best Zelda games Twilight Princess they incorporated both of these by making the distances smaller and giving you a cool wolf form to expand upon the gameplay (props to Majoras mask for doing this aswell). 

Also Oot has so many missed opportunities like how in the fire temple the big wall of fire is blocking you and you have to get rid of it, why couldn’t they have made you used those skills to find another way around it and fight a mini boss to get by so it feels like an adventure! I personally am not a fan of Oot and think it’s a flawed game and honestly don’t understand its appeal. So if you read this and disagree (which I would understand since I only argued one point and didn’t explain as clearly as possible) tell me why you find Oot to be good.

Dino Riki (nes) review

It sucks.