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So I bought some games
Went by a used video game store today and a few games for the PS2. These include...
Dragon Rage: A game I had literally never seen before but you play as a dragon so...automatically awesome
Zone of the Enders: A game I had at least heard of. It's some kind of space mech shooter and made by Hideo Kojima of Metal Gear fame so...could be good.
Gladius: A game I literally thought I had to be misremembering from my childhood. It's a Gladiator based Turn based strategy rpg that I played a demo of like...12 years ago. Very excited to find it again and at a pretty decent price.
So yeah, gonna test these games out and see what I think, may chronicle my progress throughout whichever one I decide to progress in first.
That's all, BYE PEOPLE!
Following up on the Purchased Games
Alright, so I've head some time to sample all three of the games I purchased yesterday so figured I'd post my thoughts here as a bit of a follow up.
Dragon Rage: Welp...it doesn't speak well for this game that it game out 8 months after Zone of the Enders and is pretty much inferior to it in every way (Controls, music, graphics, etc). I think the moment that best defines this game is in the tutorial when the voice tells you what to do but gives you no hints as to what button to press to actually do it. On the bright side, the dragon handles terribly but at least actually looks like a dragon...and you get to brutally tear sheep to pieces for sustenance soooo, that's something : p
Zone of the Enders: The most impressive one so far. Very smooth controls and looks great for a game that came out pretty early in the PS2's lifespan. Plot isn't overly clear yet and I'm seeing some Evangelion similarities (PILOT THE DAMN ROBOT SHINJI/LEO) but it's certainly a lot of fun to play so I'll be keeping at it.
Gladius: Not entirely sure what to make of it yet since I'm still in the tutorial phase of the game. Playing the Ursula path first (Was going to anyway before I noticed the difficulties marked it as the easier one) and I'll be curious to see how the plot develops. From the opening cutscene, basically some witches showed up to a barbarian king and were like "You're going to have a daughter and she'll bring about a catastrophe or something" except then a son was born so he through them out. However, apparently his wife wasn't done giving birth or something and then Ursula was born and the king was like "oh shit" so they went into hiding. So yeah...that's a thing.
So yeah, there you go everyone. While Valkyria Chronicles will still be my focus, I'll probably be dabbling in all of these games to some extent so I'll be sure to post updates when I do. Ta ta for now!
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