I have fallen more than a bit behind on my blog, but finally will have the time and the methods for which to update with. I'll be getting netflix soon, so many movie and even tv show/episode reviews will be on the way. I'm also going to catch up on some gaming and maybe even post a few restaurant reviews. I have plans to begin work on my light novel a lot more soon as well, and will be posting updates here on that as well.
As I am sure people have noticed, I tend to review some older things, because while new and shiny things are good and all, sometimes its nice to not have to pay a huge amount of money on something new. Used games are a lot easier to come by in these trying economic times. (Plus retro is fun)
Games that will be reviewed within the next month:
Star Ocean: The last hope
Singularity
Thrillville: Off the rails
Venetica
Velvet Assassin
Mobile games for android (Various)
Thank you to those that read this.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Gameday: Battletoads Double Dragon (NES)
This is probably one of the best original Nintendo system games that were created. It features everything a kid could want in a game, monsters, action, two player co-op, and giant frogs which girls found icky. We couldn't get enough of this back in the day.
Though most games can't stand the test of time, this game is one of the few that have both the nice warm retro feeling and also the feeling of a good game at the same time. Visually its not one of the best things I have ever seen, but I can't really complain about it all that much, it was good for its time and everything looks how it should even now.
The music is actually pretty fun to listen to during the game and it enhances your emotions during game-time which adds to the excitement. The sound effects are pretty awesome too.
Gameplay is very solid even with the very small amount of controls you'll need you can still pull off some pretty cool looking combos and pick up weapons and do battle like a champ. Overall its pretty fun and I find that playing this is actually better than playing some of the newer games out there these days.
My only real complaint about the game is that some of the enemies don't really make much sense. Hands that come out of fans on a spaceship that have balls for arms? Typical retro enemy that makes no sense at all. Thats more of a problem with the times than it is with the game itself though.
All together, I found this game to be a heck of alot of fun and I suggest you check it out.
Though most games can't stand the test of time, this game is one of the few that have both the nice warm retro feeling and also the feeling of a good game at the same time. Visually its not one of the best things I have ever seen, but I can't really complain about it all that much, it was good for its time and everything looks how it should even now.
The music is actually pretty fun to listen to during the game and it enhances your emotions during game-time which adds to the excitement. The sound effects are pretty awesome too.
Gameplay is very solid even with the very small amount of controls you'll need you can still pull off some pretty cool looking combos and pick up weapons and do battle like a champ. Overall its pretty fun and I find that playing this is actually better than playing some of the newer games out there these days.
My only real complaint about the game is that some of the enemies don't really make much sense. Hands that come out of fans on a spaceship that have balls for arms? Typical retro enemy that makes no sense at all. Thats more of a problem with the times than it is with the game itself though.
All together, I found this game to be a heck of alot of fun and I suggest you check it out.
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