Your Latest Game Purchase and How it Fares

Pretty big update.  More reviews then impressions.  Lets ROAR!

Guilty Gear X2 (PS2): Quite possibly the greatest fighter released in the past two years.  I can\'t remember when I last had this much fun.  It\'s stunning in just about every single way.  Read this preview and read my review that will be posted next week.  Expect something that glows.

Capcom VS SNK 2 EO (Xbox):  Yet another 2D fighter since the last update and this is roughly the same as the PS2 and GCN versions released before it with a couple of additions.  First off is Live! support which is lag free.  Second is an all new remixed soundtrack which is ripped from several old school Street Fighter games which is obviously very welcome.  Finally, there\'s progressive scan support which makes the sprites look worse and the backgrounds even better.  It\'s good and it\'s bad.  Expect a review in a week or two after I get in some real quality Live! time with the game.

ATV2 Quad Power Racing (GCN):  Haven\'t gotten into it too much, but it\'s mediocre at best.  I\'ll have more full impressions with the review in a week or two.

Command and Conquer: Generals (PC):  Amazing.  Take the gameplay basics of Red Alert 2, mix it with the interface from Warcraft III, then rip out the god awful, yet often hilarious, FMV sequences and push that package out the door with one of the sweetest 3D engines I have seen for an RTS and that\'s what you have with Generals.  It\'s absolutely amazing and I can\'t wait to really rip into this sucker.  The requirements are a bit much, but with a great rig, you\'ll be looking at an amazing game.

With that said, time for the review links.  Enjoy everyone until next time.

Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2 (GCN)

Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions (GCN)

Metroid Fusion (GBA)

War of the Monsters (PS2)

Shenmue II (Xbox)

Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Yeah... my disk came in, that means tomorrow I will pick up the following titles...

Ura Zelda (GCN)
C&C: Generals (PC)
Yoshi\'s Story (GBA)

possibilities depending on price...

ICO (GBA)
Shenmue II (XBOX)

I decided to go with a Platinum release for change, and I ended up balancing between DoA2 and THPS3. And since DoA2 sucks (personal opinion), I got THPS3. I had had a lot of fun with a demo of the game sometime in the past already, but I didn\'t in any way expect the game to be as much fun as I think it is. Superduper!

Originally posted by Ryu
Pretty big update.  More reviews then impressions.  Lets ROAR!

Guilty Gear X2 (PS2): Quite possibly the greatest fighter released in the past two years.  I can\'t remember when I last had this much fun.  It\'s stunning in just about every single way.  Read this preview and read my review that will be posted next week.  Expect something that glows.

Straight Up!

I bought Sly Raccoon last week. I was aiming for Burnout 2, but the copy I was going to buy turned out to be in pretty bad condition, and after a while of mean looks and ranting and raving, I walked away with the Raccoon game. Even got a little discount. Teehee...

Anyways... well... err... It\'s just Crash on steroids, right. What else can be said about it? Not great, by no means bad, pretty darn entertaining. That\'s it. Totalled it in 3 days... which wasn\'t nice

Here\'s a rundown...

Comand & Conquer: Generals (PC) - Need more playing time with this game.

Zelda: OoT/Master Quest (GCN) - Beat both, short review to come soon.

Skies of Arcadia Legends (GCN) - About 3/4 there, short review by next week hopefully.

Dark Cloud 2 (PS2) - Just picked up yesterday, nice little gem for collection.  Wonderful game thus far.

jUST got atv2 for ps2 a couple of days ago the game is ok. I wouldn\'t suggest a buy only if your a hardcore off road fan.

Purchased Nascar thunder about 2 weeks ago that game rocks. I love it. Gets hard sometimes but I can\'t get enough of the game.  Thunder has to be the best nascar game created so far.

Oh I forgot I got manopoly party about a month ago and it rocks. I mean when you have a bunch of friends over the game is very fun.

Got ASB 2004, Legends of Wrestling 2 and Jedi Knight II.

ASB 2004:
This is the most realistic baseball sim I have ever played...period.  From the little neuances like the fingers of the batters gripping the bat, to brushing back a batter and having him charge the mound, leading to ejections.  The games come out realisticly, no 20-0 blow outs.  I actually just had my most exciting moment in sports game history.  I was playing as the A\'s and I was up against the Mariners.  Throuout the game I only had one hit, and was down 1-0.  Going into the bottom of the ninth I was still looking for my second hit.  My first batter (hattaberg) and got a lead off double, next batter popped up on a 2-2 pitch.  I was thinking I was screwed, but out of no where, I cranked a game winning 2 run homer.  I nearly shat myself.

LOW2: Well this game isn\'t No Mercy, but it isn\'t bad at all.  It\'s quite a fun game that is full of nostalgia.  If wrestling with your favorite wrestler from your youth isn\'t your cup of tea, then the actuall game play is good enough to warrant a purchase until Raw 2 comes out.

Jedi Knight II:  I haven\'t played it all that much yet, but so far it seems damn cool.  And it really gives you that magical Star Wars vibe....can\'t wait until the force powers and light saber are at my disposal.

Well, seeing as I\'ve only added ATV2 to my collection in the past few months, I would say that that fact in and of itself is indicative of how much I\'ve enjoyed this title.
  Let\'s just say I haven\'t encountered a day where I feel like either buying another title or even playing one.

Originally posted by XxRide R DiexX
Well, seeing as I\'ve only added ATV2 to my collection in the past few months, I would say that that fact in and of itself is indicative of how much I\'ve enjoyed this title.
  Let\'s just say I haven\'t encountered a day where I feel like either buying another title or even playing one.

Interesting although I find Atv2 to be 10 times more better than the first. I still think it lacks a lot. The multi-player mode is not as fun as it should have been. Besides getting higher rankings and bikes there is not much more to the single player mode.

I don\'t really think it\'s necessary to give impressions any longer and keep up with time tables since life complicates things.  Instead, I\'m just going to repost links to recent reviews I\'ve done.  I also keep an updated list in my Journal.  I will say which ones I have gotten that are new so you guys can look forward to future reviews on those, but it\'s hardly instantaneous.  Anyways, here\'s the new stuff over the past couple of weeks...

New stuff:
Gameboy Advance SP (black)
Apex (Xbox)
Vexx (Xbox)
Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire (GBA)
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance (PS2)
Tenchu 3: Wrath of Heaven (PS2)
Godzilla Domination! (GBA)
Minority Report: Everybody Runs (GBA)
Tom Clancy\'s Ghost Recon (GCN)
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and Master Quest (GCN)
Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner (PS2)
Megaman and Bass (GBA)
Sonic Advance 2 (GBA)

And here are the reviews...

Godzilla Domination! (GBA)

ATV: Quad Power Racing 2 (GCN)

Capcom Vs SNK 2 EO (Xbox)

X-Men: Next Dimension (GCN)

Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly (GCN)

Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire (GBA)

That\'s it.  Enjoy.

[Living-In-Clip]

Tenchu 3

*yawn*

Ghost Recon;
Just got this, but so far the difficulty level is way up there.  Once I get more play time in I\'ll give a review.

Well here\'s how things are going...

Mega Man & Bass (GBA) [/u] - I picked up this gem for the road.  It should be a great compliment to MMZero.  I\'ll tell you more when I get back from my trip.

Mega Man Zero (GBA) [/u] - Nearly finished with this one, a fantastic platoformer to say the least.  It offers a more challenging style of MM games that some people desire.  I was one of those.  The gameplay is smooth.  The graphics are top-notch for a GBA game, now we\'ll see how it compares to an old classic never before released in America(MM&B).

Skies of Arcadia (GCN) [/u] -  I\'ve been off and on with this game but I\'m finally nearing the end.  This game was very streaky for me, I was either SO into it, or just plain sick of it.  So either way I\'ll probably finish this next week.  There\'s really not that much left in the game.  Now they just need to do something about random battles.

Splinter Cell (XBOX) [/u] - This game is great, but I only play it on rare occassions.  This is the kind of game I like to take slowly.  So I\'m about a third through, and won\'t finish for  a while.

Command & Conquer: Generals (PC) [/u] - I LOVE THIS GAME.  However, like some other games I don\'t really play it much.  I\'ll really get some good time with this game in April-May and finally test my skillz online.  More to come then.

Dark Cloud 2 (PS2) [/u] - Finally, the cream of the crop.  My favorite game thus far of 2003, DC2 is turning out to be more than your everyday dungeon crawler.  The weapon-upgrading system is awesome, providing you with multiple reasons to play this game over again.  Graphics are sweet, the best cel-shading on ANY SYSTEM I\'ve seen.  The gameplay is smooth, and loading times are not so bad.  I rarely have a problem with camera angles too.  This game overall deserves some contention for game of the year, I will be playing this one for a while.

The games I got this week are the first ones i\'ve purchased in months.  I just picked up ZOE2 and XenoSaga and am impressed with both so far, probably moreso with Zoe2 than XenoSaga.  

XENOSAGA

I\'ve probably only played Saga for about 2 hours and it\'s slow as hell so far, but i\'ve heard it will pick up soon so i\'m holding out hope. Kinda bummed that mechs don\'t play a big role in XenoSaga like they did in XenoGears, but i\'ll get over it.  Graphics are very nice so far with very impressive cinemas (I better get used to watching those).

ZONE OF THE ENDERS 2

ZOE2 is a brand new beast to me, since i\'ve never played the original i\'m in awe of how fast and beautiful this game is.  Being a causual anime fan this game has me hooked with it\'s style.  I absolutely LOVE the mech designs and how manuverable and dynamic Jehuty is.  The fighting is pure button-mashing, but there is an element of strategy and planning that goes into battles that I love.  I still occasionally get mixed up with my controls, I guard when I intend to burst, and burst when I intend to throw an energy ball.  I\'m sure i\'ll eventually get used to it.  I\'ve heard it\'s a short game so i\'m replaying the first level several times, trying to perfect my fighting and defense, and to get my $50 worth.