Devil May Cry 4... beaten!

I've just beaten one of the most kick-ass games of all time, the latest entry of the DMC series; Devil May Cry 4. In a Devil Hunter difficulty, mind you, so I'm not a mere mortal Human.

Impression so far? Well, let's just say that I'm impressed with the graphics and all, especially when I grabbed an HDMI cable to replace the original 360 component cable, the graphics look stunning and smooth, with clear filtering, no jittery white lines on a 720p setting, super awesome display. Gameplay overall is satisfactory, with huge boss battles (and I mean HUGE), even those Shadow of the Colossus bosses look like dwarves (OK, that's exaggerating). This game represents one of the best experience for a hack-n-slash enthusiast like me.

But...

(SPOILER ALERT!!)

here are the things that I don't really like about this almost perfect game (emphasis on almost):
The game's too repetitive in terms of boss battles and world-venturing. When Nero has finished his part, then you play as Dante. Dante then, umm, running back right to the point to the very beginning of the game, to enter the final boss stage, including fighting the already beaten-by-Nero bosses. I'd say that's cheap trick. That makes the game's too short (in my standard) to be played into full force. I'm not the type of gamer who likes to play the game all over again in second or subsequent run-thru after beaten a game. Especially when you start in medium difficulties (exception on GoW when I played in Casual on the first run and then beaten on Hardcore the second run, most because I'd like to know the display comparison after my TV set was HDMI-charged). I mean, is that it? Is this the game that took more than two years in development then feels like you're playing Monopoly? Don't get me wrong, the boss battles are still very-challenging, and tough. Even dueling against Dante makes sword-fighting against Vergil on DMC3 like a walk in the park. But that's it. That's the toughest battle, tougher than the final boss, I think. I'm expecting this like as tough as Ninja Gaiden, but apparently Ryu has some tougher opponents.

Now that I think of it, this turns out makes this game far from perfect, not almost. Capcom can do better of course, but this time it's just not good enough. I'll wait for Resident Evil 5 to come out, and Ninja Gaiden 2. By then I'll see if my craving for virtual blood would be abated.

Final Fantasy Tactics baru!

Square-enix baru saja mengkonfirmasikan judul Final Fantasy Tactis terbaru yang akan diluncurkan pada pertengahan 2007 dengan platform eksklusif Nintendo DS. Judul resminya adalah: Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Fuuketsu no Grimoire (The Sealed Grimoire). Banyak yang berspekulasi bahwa FFT A2 adalah sekuel langsung dari versi FFT yang ada di Gameboy Advance kemarin (A2 = Advance 2?)

Peluncuran FFT terbaru ini adalah menjadi bagian dari salah satu proyek Squeenix terbaru: Ivalice Alliance. Proyek ini juga menjadwalkan peluncuran remake dari FFT original (yang pernah menjadi salah satu judul mega-hit PSone), yang akan akan di-port ke PSP dengan judul Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War.

Selain kedua judul di atas, tampaknya ada satu judul lagi yang akan di-release lebih awal dibanding kedua judul di atas; yaitu Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings untuk Nintendo DS. Game ini adalah sekuel dari FF XII untuk PS2 kemarin, bercerita tentang petualangan Vaan dan Penelo dengan kelompok Sky Pirates-nya, sesaat setelah cerita FF XII berakhir.

Source: kotaku

Game ad-dig

I dig games A LOT. In fact, games have been a part of my life for a very long time. As addictive as it is, it feels like sin. Sometimes, gaming is at the pinnacle of my life's priority list and put sex and money as runner-ups. Would you think that as pathetic???? I wish I can get outta this addiction and get more social life in my time, but the force of it pulling me back right in is just too hard to refuse. Like a drug? well I dunno about that, but perhaps it is (I never tried one and I'm planning not to never try one, ever!)

I live in Indonesia, and here is a heaven-on-earth for gaming freaks like me. You can grab any game software for insanely low price. I own two systems, XBox and PS2, and both of 'em still actively played. A piece of PS2 DVD only costs as much as US$ .50 (yes, it's 50 cents), and an XBox DVD for US$ 1 (one friggin' buck!!!). That's one of the things that I like of being an Indonesian!!!

Game piracy is abundant in here. Can't blame 'em though. It's called 'market demand', folks. Demand for games are high while the price of original games are frustratingly high also. So, our 'creative' businessman creates a market for their (our?) own: pirated game software. You can't escape this, nobody can't. Even for you out there livin' in the Land of Freedom, aka Defender of Human Rights country, piracy is like a plague or virus that you can meet in every breath you take. Sure, piracy is illegal, and you can never make it right as a reason to enjoy other's intellectual property, but hey, we're Indonesian gamers has no choice! Only very limited gamestore sells original titles, but all gamestores sells 'backups'. However, I don't care about controversy, I just care that playing games are good four your (mental) health. And I'm waiting for those hackers to get into their hands inside XBox 360. Sluuurrp!!!! *devilish grin* hihihihi....

My first ever Blog...ever!

Hmm... what should I write in my first journal posting?

I'm a video game freak so I guess I should write something about games. Um... oh right, yesterday I just finished and completed and beaten one of the coolest game I've ever played in my entire 22 years or so as a gamer: Shadow of the Colossus!! The bosses are HUGE! the game is simplistic in every way, not just any other hack-and-slash, but just fighting one BIG boss after another. Soo... coool!!

Anyway, I can't wait for next week for our long national holiday. We're going to Bali! Yeah! I think I'll visit that new unfortunate bomb site. Curse those terrorists!! They should rot in h**l!!

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Adi