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 On 05/24/2014 at 09:50 AM by transmet2033 See More From This User » |
I don't really have much new going on around here. The biggest thing to note is that our trip to Japan starts in a couple of weeks...
I have been bouncing about games for the past couple of weeks and have yet to truly settle into one game. I had finished up Ghost of Sparta, I don't actually remember if I had mentioned that. I probably have. Then I started God of War on the Vita. I played an hour or so of Final Fantasy X. I played about the same of SteamWorld Dig on the PS4. Same with Ground Zeroes.
Ground Zeroes actually brings up a topic that I wanted to actually talk about last week. My time with Ground Zeroes reminded me of one of my favourite games from the last generation, Deus Ex: Human Revolution. When playing Human Revolution, the one thought that kept running through my head was... "this is the best MGS game we have had in years." I am sure that I read that somewhere, but it was true. Of course, you had to be playing through the game with a stealth playthrough, which I was. I ran through the majority of the game, up until the last level with just a silence pistol and tranq gun.(I did have an assault rifle, but that was just for the subpar boss fights) That is exactly what I did in the time I have spent with Ground Zeroes. I ran around the mission using my tranq gun and nothing else. With the changes to gameplay that have come to the MGS series with this entry the game played almost exactly like how HR did... except that it was 3rd person instead of 1st.
This past week was one of the most exciting weeks in videogames for me. I grabbed Transistor and Wolfenstein. After all the bouncing around I have done in the past couple of weeks, I think that I will end up settling into Wolfenstein. I have enjoyed the hour or so that I have put into it so far. I do want to play Transitor because I loved Bastion, but I will end up doing exactly what I did with Bastion when it came out. I downloaded Bastion, played a couple of minutes and put it away for a couple of months.
I finally finished the Avengers and am now on a Marvel movie kick. I went out and grabbed copies of Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World. I have gotten through Iron Man 3 and quite enjoyed it. In fact, I went and ordered the Extremis trade the next day... It was a really easy purchase for me because it was written by Warren Ellis and I love that guy. I should probably order that Planetary Omnibus sometime. I still have to watch Thor, but am excited for that. I have always had a soft spot for anything related to Norse mythology so I am sure to love that film... plus Christopher Eccleston, the Ninth Doctor. I have also grabbed some more Classic Who, specifically the most recently uncovered Troughton episodes, The Web of Fear and Enemy of the World. I am excited for those. I did also get what is widely considered the worst Doctor Who story ever, Timelash. I still like Colin Baker, so I am sure that I will find something to enjoy in it.
Lakefront has put out a new beer that I think is amazing. It is an India-style Session Ale, or ISA for short, called Extended Play. It is one of my new favourtie beers. It is endlessly drinkable with a lower ABV, but plenty of flavour.
you should totally order the Planetary Omnibus... or at least the trades (there's four). I like Warren Ellis too. I wish I had read all of Transmet, but I've only read like three. Just don't have the time or patience these days.
You're going to Japan? How cool!
My sister is stationed somewhere in Japan and we are oing to visit her before she gets transfered somewhere else.
I haven't read a single comic book or trade in 4 years. So, I left Sandman and Transmetropolitan unfinished. I have some other stuff like The Goon, The Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch and some Dr. Horrible trade lying about the house unread.
I have been playing Ground Zeroes too, I love the gameplay of that game, basically advanced Peace Walker gameplay. I love the slow down "bullet time" effect, it is a great addition. Have to say that it is the best gameplay in a Metal Gear game, so definitely pumped for Phantom Pain.
Speaking of Dues Ex: Human Revolution, that game is on my backlog, I pulled it off the shelf recently and have heavily considered playing it. My PS3 is still broken though :(
While I am currently questioning why they released Ground Zeroes seperately. I am glad to get a taste of the new gameplay and it does make me excited for the full game.
You should play through Deus Ex. In fact, I really want to play through it again, or play some sort of sequel.
I just added Transistor to my Steam wishlist. Once I finish Bastion, i'll start that one.
Iron Man 3 is great and Cap. America: The Winter Soldier is so far my favorite from the second wave of the Marvel cinematic universe. Thor: The Dark World however, though not a dissapointment and I quite enjoyed it, was kinda inferior to the first Thor (my second favorite of the first Marvel films) and i'm afraid that the villain Eccleston plays is quite bland. Oh well, you might like it more than I do.
Deus Ex Human Revolution was on sale this week on Xbox Live. I'm thinking about getting it.
Watched a bunch of classic Dr. Who from pre-Tom Baker years not too long ago. They were pretty cool.
Do it. Outside of the boss fights, which were well documented, Human Revolution can be one of the best stealth games out there.
I hear you can run-and-gun it too, if you want.
Two or three months ago I started playing far too many games at once and am just now finishing them up. I bought and started playing Dead Space yesterday though. I've wanted it ever since playing Extraction fo the Wii a year or two ago. Good so far!
I've never been into comics but I did dabble in some graphic novels and collections via a library maybe five years ago, almost exclusively Batman. But Nerds Without Pants has got me intrigued, what with all their talk of comics, and I've been looking at trades on Amazon lately. Not sure if I'll get anything but I'm thinking about it. Oh, I did read the first Firefly comic recently. My wife got it for me for Christmas. It was so nice getting back into that universe—I mean, 'verse 
I absolutely love Human Revolution! So much so that I bought the Director's Cut on the Wii U. I haven't played it yet but I'm really excited to, especially because of the totally revamped bosses.
Have fun in Japan!
Still haven't seen Thor: The Dark World. Need go get around to watching it.
And now I see how Wolfenstein worked it's way into your heart. I look forward to what else you have to say about this wonderful game, if you do in later blogs that is.
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