Metal Reviews

I don't know, I just didn't enjoy any of them as much as I thought I would. I bought the first one for 360 on release day and was really disappointed. It's very shiny and pretty on the surface but it didn't really pull me in. The weapons and special powers feel like you're playing with toys. Some games just have that little extra that makes it fun killing enemies, the Call of Duty games are a good example of that. I didn't experience that with Bioshock at all. Which makes it even worse on higher difficulties because the higher you go the more hit points your enemies get, and that's it. As dull as it is hacking away at the repetitive dummies that the enemies are, it's ten times worse on Hard. Plus, the fact that you can respawn as many times as you wish without losing any progress makes it all pointless. There's no reward without risk. It's just a waste of time. The silliest part of it all I think is the "choices" you get to make. Kill the kids or don't, no matter what you do, you still get the same reward. If you choose to save the kid and not take the adam or whatever it's called, you just walk around the corner and oh shit! there's a gift with the same shit you would've gotten if you'd killed the kid. How fucking stupid is that? Oh and the story is waaaay overrated.

I guess it's a decent game, I mean the atmosphere can be pretty creepy at times and exploration isn't too bad, I just don't consider it a 9/10, or even an 8/10. Maybe 6-7ish.

Can you not turn the infinite lives thing off?

I think i'm going to start Dragon Quest VIII tonight. I've never played any of the dragon quest games before, and I've had this one a while and haven't tried it out yet.

Pokemon: Ruby Version, for about the fourth time. Such a good series, but Gold / Silver will always be the best era for me.

G/S is always the best.

I'm so buying either Heart Gold or Soul Silver. Most likely Soul Silver, since I already own the original Gold Version.

Gold Version was the best thing to happen to my childhood.

Absolutely. I still remember waking up early one cold morning in 5th grade to play that game, and shitting 10 bricks when I found out I could go back to the Kanto region from Red/Blue.

And I hope HG/SS turn out to be good. I heard some of the music on YouTube, and although it's still the same great music, the sound quality... well, it left a lot to be desired.

All the game's music is rearranged to better utilize the DS's sound capabilities. A key item allows the player to switch back and forth freely between the arranged soundtrack and original chiptune soundtrack.

I remember the first time I found out I could return to Kanto too... It must've been about 11 at night because I was so addcted, and I was freaking ecstatic that I was really only halfway done with an already long game!

God, I remember spending HOURS every day taking my hard-earned Suicune through the Elite Four by itself over and over again, just to get it up to level 100. I can honestly say I was emotionally attached to that damn Pokemon.

And this should make you happy:

That makes me unspeakably happy.

I'm probably gonna get SS this time too, also having owned Gold... too bad the Gold cartridge's battery ran out; the game won't save. Good thing for emulators, then.

Eeeeh. Diamond has thoroughly failed to captivate me. I might try again one day, but most of the designs are piss poor, far too many water-types, hardly any fire-types, and just generally unbalanced. It didn't leave a good impression.

What did you think made Darksiders unplayable? Personally i really enjoyed it...it was like a sinister version of Zelda.

I've got a DS and a pokemon game to go with it somewhere in my room, I may have to look for it. You guys have gotten me excited.

What are the new ones about?

Heart Gold and Soul Silver aren't really new, they've just re-made Gold and Silver. They've added new cool features and stuff.