I’m away only a day and suddenly the last pieces start to fall into place for 2010. At this point I’m not sure what else I can expect from what looks to be an awesome upcoming year that I think will more than make up for the lack of mecha I’ve had to suffer through in the latter half of 2009. With the recent announcement of a new Code Geass project (Trooooolllllllllllllllllls! Come out to plaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!)from Sunrise this now brings the number of new mecha series from Sunrise alone up to 5 with Unicorn, Votoms, Geass and the Gundam 00 and Seed (hrmmm) movies. What a busy year and it hasn’t even started. All that needs to happen is for ghosty to get his new Macross year and I will be ready to prematurely (gasp!) declare 2010 the best year of the century so far. Here’s a list of some other things I’m still looking forward too:
-Final Fantasy XIII
-Eden of The East Movies
-The rest of V Season 1
- Bioshock 2
Looks like I’ll probably be returning to this blogging business full force next year. I’m wondering if I’m even going to have any time to rest at all. In any case time to brush up on my writing and blogging techniques because I almost forget how WordPress even works now.
It’s definitely been a while since I’ve written anything and the reason is actually two-fold. One is that I feel I’ve recently accomplished my primary goal for going into blogging in the first place and have been looking for a new course to pursue in what I am going to be talking about in the future or rather how I’m going to be doing it. It’s probably going to be a LOT more light hearted, that’s all I can say for now. Two, and also the reason for why I haven’t actually done something so simple yet, is that I’ve gotten myself hooked on the Gundam strategy game Gihren’s Greed: Axis No Kyoui V for the PS2. For a leadership scale strategy game fan like me (as well as a devoted fan of Gundam) it was pretty much a given that I was going to get addicted only to end up spending all of my time on it instead of writing something here. So powerful is the addiction that I had actually planned on writing about the game a couple of weeks ago, but haven’t actually been able to pull myself away from it long enough to write even this one simple paragraph. “Just one more territory to conquer”, “Oh I’ll just finish researching this custom Gouf type MS and then call it an evening”, “Oh I can invade Torrington now? Might as well go for it!”…..it’s like the game is perfectly paced so that whenever you accomplish one major feat the next one is just starting up. It really gives the feeling of a never ending war constantly demanding a leaders full attention on literally all fronts.
Ever wonder what it’s like to feel the strain of limited resources? Having to make the decision between scrounging out just a little more capital for the war effort, but risk losing popular support and law tilted aces in the process? Having to choose between using that last 2,000 capital this turn to fund a public speech to increase morale and the chances of victory in the next battle or using it to build a few more high tier mobile suits? How about sacrificing a valuable ace to keep another enemy ace at bay? This game will have you considering some of the tough choices of a war time leader before long. Continue reading ‘Kaioshin’s Greed (899 More Turns To Victory And An Ode To The Greatest Gundam Strategy Game Of Them All)’
Originally, we announced we wouldn’t be able to work on it until June, and most of you all were resigned to wait for a August/September release. Then we announced all of a sudden that we would go ahead with a full patch before the end of June.
Well well… betraying your expectations is what we want, so long it is in the good way of course!
Ladies and Gentlemen, we are set!
Witch Hunt is proud to announce that the new patch for Umineko no Naku Koro ni is available!
Mazinkaiser
Mazinkaiser: Death! The Great General of Darkness
Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon
Getter Robo
Full Metal Panic
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
Full Metal Panic The Second Raid
Mobile Suit Gundam W Endless Waltz
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray
Martian Successor Nadesico: The prince of darkness
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final
Steel God Jeeg
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
Overman King Gainer
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E.73 STARGAZER
Fafner of the Azure: Dead Aggressor
Gaiking Legend of Daiku-Maryu
Combination Godannar!!
Combination Godannar!! SECOND SEASON
Dangaioh – Hyper Combat Unit
Gun x Sword
ZOIDS GENESIS
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Marz
Super Electromagnetic Robot Com-Battler V
Super Electromagnetic Machine Voltes Five
Beast King GoLion
Dancougar – Super Beast Machine God
Project Zeorymer
Blue Comet SPT Layzner
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Brain Powered
Detonator Orgun
The Scoop: Yeesh, they just released SRW K and now they are on about a spinoff game? I don’t know about this one, there’s literally no knew series, it’s just all of the units from the previous 3 handheld games (J, W and K) thrown into a story about a Super Robot pilot training school that uses simulations to train it’s cadets….possibly with sexy results. Luckily if all goes as planned I won’t be having to pay to test it when it comes out. Errrr…..yeah, that’s about all I’ve got. Oh no wait there’s one more thing……..they bloody well put Prince of Darkness in there again but took Tekkaman Blade out. Lame! Yeah I know this is seemingly just a sprite rehash, but if I have to go through that awful storyline again I’m not sure I can play this game. Then again Brain Powerd, SPT Layzner AND Shin Getter Robo: Armageddon are back in so it might even out a little. Continue reading ‘What The…..Slow Down Banpresto, There’s Enough Mecha Games For Everyone :/’
So as many of you probably already know I am chomping at the bit for the release of SD Gundam G Generation Wars. My ultimate lulz oriented goal with that game will be to see if I can get Marina as a guest character into a mobile suit to duke it out with Relena, also in a mobile suit. For now though I had to settle for this…..
A Farewell To Pacifism
Other goals of mine when G Generation Wars comes out include Lacus vs. Marina, Lacus vs. Meer, Feldt vs. Christina, and god I pray to thee please make this possible and I promise I will be a good boy forever and ever…..Saji vs. Louise. If you have a crazy and totally nonsensical battle you would love to see possible in whatever vs. scenario G Generation Wars comes up with then please share with.
I was wondering why ghostlightning had suddenly brought FFX:III up to me the other day. His question was whether FF:XIII was going to be coming out on 360 too. Yes…..yes it is. Then I found out that the demo had been released in Japan on the PS3 yesterday and went to look at some clips. Truthfully I hadn’t been that psyched about FFX:III until I saw that they were going to be going with the whole cyberpunk theme for it’s characters and part of it’s setting. IMO FF: VIII had the most fascinating settings in the history of the franchise and I had been waiting a long long time for them to go back to that. Lightning’s Gunsword helps in getting back to that level of awesomeness too, because if I haven’t already been clear, my policy when it comes to games is “to hell with realism, do what you have to do to maximize the fun factor, then if you have to worry about realism”. I guess that means I’ve grown accustomed to Square’s late tendencies towards zazz factor (not so much cutscene porn, which they admittedly not quite as bad for as Konami’s Metal Gear Solid franchise) as long as it doesn’t interfere with gameplay. Of course if the realism is tied to the fun factor like it with such game franchises as Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty then by all means……
Anyway, I digress. What I am really here to talk about was the music during one of the early sequences in the Demo. Specifically this masterpiece in the waiting:
Final Fantasy XIII Boss Theme – By Masashi Hamauzu
Holy mother…..maybe it’s just me, but this is probably the best Final Fantasy song I’ve heard since FF: X, though maybe that’s because Masashi Hamauzu was one of the FFX composers. Nevertheless I didn’t expect to get completely blown away by one of the first tracks I heard from the demo and I swear to god it actually brought a tear to my eye because it sounded so much like the FF music I remember getting into back in my high school days and not the solid but merely passable stuff we’ve been getting since FF: X-2. I just love how it builds the tension in the early bits only to slam you full force with the piano player going all Elton John on us (that’s how I picture him anyway, slamming down on the keys like Elton John once he really gets going in a concert) as well as those lovely violins. Music to fight bosses by…..this is what I want. And yeah come to think of it the boss music in FF: XII was pretty good too, but I wouldn’t put it on this level and I certainly hope this doesn’t just mean that the boss music will be the highlight piece for all of FF:XIII as now that I know Hamauzu is the FF: X guy I expect great things from this games score. Continue reading ‘Final Fantasy XIII Demo (Is Masashi Hamauzu Square’s Next Nobuo Uematsu? Has Tetsuya Nomura Finally Evolved?)’
I can’t believe I missed this, but then again it doesn’t exactly seem like it’s been all that heavily promoted either. I had often wondered why exactly SD Gundam G Generation Spirits which came out last year was U.C only and seemed so unpolished, while it’s predecessor SD Gundam G Generation F had every show and side story up to Turn A when it came out. Now I know, and really I’m not surprised that it was another one of Bandai’s bait and switch marketing ploys. Release a game that is really a neutered and watered down version of a game that you plan to release in the future and rush it out the door without really bothering to fine tune or balance the systems.
I so desperately want to express my disdain for this tactic right now, but I suppose I should just be psyched that a proper version of this generation of the SD Gundam G Generation series actually exists, and that it’s set to have so much stuff in it. Continue reading ‘SD Gundam G Generation G Wars On The Horizon’
That’s a shame that we couldn’t release the patch sunday considering that almost everything was done, but once again, my shitty schedule wasn’t exactly helping…
Well, at least it was within our expected deadline so…
Well then, shall we start?
Witch Hunt is proud to announce that the new patch for Umineko no Naku Koro ni is available!
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