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Thunder Spirits Review


Posted on 08/24/2022 at 07:17 PM | Filed Under Review

Thunder Force 3 has forever been a shmup great. People were saying so back when it came out, and it's reputation has held over the years. Probably only a handful of console shmups hang with the arcade greats, and TF3 is one of them. Never played this port though. It makes me nostalgic for a simpler time in action games, before upgrade paths, unlockables, etc.

Final Fantasy V Review


Posted on 08/14/2022 at 07:13 PM | Filed Under Review

The irony is that FFV is one of the more highly rated entries, at least among CRPG fans and/or PC gamers in the U.S., for those mechanics that Square wasn't sure could be appreciated there, while less technical entries are seen as too simplistic. It sure is one of more interesting FFs to me for its intricacies.

RETROspective: Smash Clones


Posted on 07/23/2022 at 08:59 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Wasn't aware of all these clones. Viewtiful Joe?? Anyway, only played a bit of Smash. I preferred Capcom's Power Stone series, which has some similarities.

Golden Oldies: Valkyrie Profile


Posted on 05/17/2022 at 06:00 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Ha I had the same dilemna in choosing between getting VP or CC one time I was in Funcoland. At the time PS1 releases were going through a thin season, at least for anything I was interested in. So I decided to check out older games I missed. I wound up going with CC, as I wanted something more recognizable and traditional than what VP and it's side scrolling, single character segments was offering. I turned out being quite satisfied with my purchase, and that is without comparison to the other game, which i never played. 

As far as VP, always thought the character sprites in battle looked cool, and still do.  Their designs are in the same fantasy-anime vein as Record of Lodoss War. I only actually played Silmeria though. Good game, but lost somethingwith the switch to 3D models.

Not dead yet


Posted on 05/04/2022 at 08:57 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Welcome back. I've been gone a while and this is my first day back too.

OST So Good! #4: Castlevania-Symphony of the Night


Posted on 02/04/2022 at 09:52 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Possibly my favorite OST. It transcends video games, more than any other game soundtrack I can think of. However as far as compositions, I think several CV OSTs are up there with it. They just didn't have the sound quality that CD rom games had, aside from Rondo of Blood. But that game's music, while stellar, is not quite as stellar as Bloodlines, Super, or Simon's Quest imo

My top games of 2021


Posted on 12/24/2021 at 07:35 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Didn't play much new this year. Inscryption looks like the most interesting game that came out, to me.  I just got a PS5, and I use X Cloud, so I'll be catching up on last gen games I couldn't run on PC or were exclusives. I'm engrossed in Bloodborne currently. Also want to try Monster Hunter World, Sekiro, DMC5, Persona 5, and a few others.

Speaking of MH, is the main progress loop the same as the mainline games? Hunt monsters, use their parts to craft gear to fight more monsters?  If so, could be interesting with TB party battles.

Trade Pickups and Some Plays


Posted on 12/09/2021 at 07:53 PM | Filed Under Blogs

Honestly you can just fight your way through Dishonored. It was misrepresented as a stealth game on the order of Thief or Splinter Cell. Sneaking is an option, but the mechanics are not that developed, and loudly murdering everyone with all the powers and weapons they give you is just as viable and probably more satisfying.

God Hand is one of the best melee action games of all time, easily.

Modes of My Gaming


Posted on 11/22/2021 at 11:36 PM | Filed Under Blogs

To stream games on PC you have to upgrade to the ultimate membership, which lets you stream console games to your PC, so I did that. The console game selection on GP is larger than the PC selection, which you cannot stream, since it has Xbox 360 and One exclusives. Gears of War is on both lists, so now I can stream it and it runs much better, and I don't have to use 52gigs of HD space

Modes of My Gaming


Posted on 11/21/2021 at 04:59 PM | Filed Under Blogs

I just installed and subscribed to GamePass. I tried PSNow, so now this one. I can only download Gears of War Ultimate Edition for now as I only have 62gb hdd space and the game requires about 56 o_O. Been wanting to play Gears for the longest, never had a 360 or Xbone. I see I'm going to be having to install and uninstall one game at a time. Gears is short from what I've read, which is what I want right now. Probably go Halo 3 after that, which is also relatively brief.

Since it looks like it's a full game install, I wonder if I can even run it.  PSNow streams games, so I can play things on my laptop that I wouldn't be able run normally. Kind of. I get significant input lag on Bloodborne and some minor but noticeable lag on Nioh 2, Last of Us, and God of War. But at least they run at decent enough frames while looking good.

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