Showing posts with label monster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monster. Show all posts
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Monster Hunter Tri Online First Impression
Ok, so I was gonna type up this post yesterday after all of my friends left... but oh big surprise there was a freakin power outage... So yeah sorry about today's post being late and all. Sorry if this post is a little short, the uhhh... thing I was planning on doing my post about came in the mail but they couldn't just leave it at my doorstep apparently so I have to pick it up at the post office since I wasn't home when it arrived and I had no other post ideas besides this. Anyway, I tried Monster Hunter Tri's online mode the other day, and allow me to tell you what I thought of it, or rather just my experience for my very first online playthrough. Well, it started off with a really long like 10 minute unskippable (or at least I'm pretty sure it was unskippable) cutscene showing off how apparently amazing the city is, then you pick a server... or wait... I think you pick a server first... well, it doesn't matter, since it was my first time online, I just picked a newbie server and decided to join a party that said "all welcome". The first thing I realised, well either due to my bad luck or maybe just the fact that it was a newbie server and the party I joined was just an "all welcome" party, was that I was the only one with a Wii Speak Mic... I was just like "am I the only one with a mic? Or do u guys just have em unplugged?" and I got no response so I said something like "I know you don't have mics plugged in but dammit I'm sure at least one of you can type a message" and still no response, so I just looked around the city, no teammates in sight and then I went to the "tavern" and started a quest by myself. I picked a level 1 mission where all you had to do was kill Jaggi or something but I realised that it took like 4 times the regular shots (yes I use a bowgun now if I never mentioned that before) to kill them and at first I didn't know why, but I think I actually know now... every enemy is probably alot stronger online since you are supposed to be fighting them with four players... so yeah going solo was a bad idea sort of... Oh also, I could have sworn that Tri was a pay to play game where it would cost you 500 Wii points (which is basically $5) for a month, but it didn't ask me to pay for anything so... yeah... maybe it's just like free for the first month or something... I don't know, but either way I still have that 500 Wii points card for pre-ordering the game so I'm set either way. Anyway, like I said sorry this post was a bit shorter then you guys are used to but I am seriously running out of ideas here.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Monster Hunter Tri First Impressions
Ok so I have 3 projects to finish over this weekend and was planning on not even posting today, but since I took a break recently I figured that wouldn't be very fair. However, that does mean that this post might be a little short and I apologize in advance for that.
Alright, I got Monster Hunter Tri on release date and I even pre-ordered it, I also bought a Classic Controller Pro just for this game, I was really hyped up for it and... it was just as awesome as I thought it would be. With this being my first Monster Hunter game, I honestly didn't know what to expect, but I was practically blown away by the game's awesomeness. Ok so maybe the fishing quest (or possibly quests later on) was quite annoying and made me just give up the quest, but the rest of the game was just badass. I have yet to play the game online or even play offline co-op so I don't know if the offline or online co-op is any good, but I'm assuming it must be if people are actually willing to pay $5 a month for it. I found the bug catching a bit annoying and I feel like (since I have yet to catch a single bug) I am doing something wrong. Believe it or not, I think the swimming mechanics are actually... good... wow, did I just say a game had GOOD swimming mechanics? Damn, I guess I did, well yeah the swimming mechanics are good but not perfect, honestly though I'm not really gonna complain that much since at least they don't suck. But, it just kinda seems frustrating killing things underwater sometimes. Which reminds me of something people new to Monster Hunter complain about alot, the lack of a lock-on feature, which I don't get, I mean maybe it was a little frustrating at the beginning of the game, but you get used to it in practically no time and feel like a lock-on feature isn't really needed at all. Basically, this game is just awesome, a great reason to dust off that old white brick collecting dust in the corner of your room, it called the Nintendo Wii, I'll just let the two of you get reacquainted.
Alright, I got Monster Hunter Tri on release date and I even pre-ordered it, I also bought a Classic Controller Pro just for this game, I was really hyped up for it and... it was just as awesome as I thought it would be. With this being my first Monster Hunter game, I honestly didn't know what to expect, but I was practically blown away by the game's awesomeness. Ok so maybe the fishing quest (or possibly quests later on) was quite annoying and made me just give up the quest, but the rest of the game was just badass. I have yet to play the game online or even play offline co-op so I don't know if the offline or online co-op is any good, but I'm assuming it must be if people are actually willing to pay $5 a month for it. I found the bug catching a bit annoying and I feel like (since I have yet to catch a single bug) I am doing something wrong. Believe it or not, I think the swimming mechanics are actually... good... wow, did I just say a game had GOOD swimming mechanics? Damn, I guess I did, well yeah the swimming mechanics are good but not perfect, honestly though I'm not really gonna complain that much since at least they don't suck. But, it just kinda seems frustrating killing things underwater sometimes. Which reminds me of something people new to Monster Hunter complain about alot, the lack of a lock-on feature, which I don't get, I mean maybe it was a little frustrating at the beginning of the game, but you get used to it in practically no time and feel like a lock-on feature isn't really needed at all. Basically, this game is just awesome, a great reason to dust off that old white brick collecting dust in the corner of your room, it called the Nintendo Wii, I'll just let the two of you get reacquainted.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Games I Am Totally Psyched For...
Just like my previous post these are not in any order of preference, these are just the three games I plan on getting on release date in the next few months, or in the case of one of these games, weeks. Also, they all happen to be Wii games, I just noticed that after finishing the post. Also, sorry if this post is a bit short, I am trying to stay awake as best as I can right now, so at least I'm not taking ANOTHER day off, since I have taken way to many of those. Sorry for adding another little note here, but if my friend (who shall remain nameless) were to read this list, it would just flip him off in the face because of the fact that he constantly tells me the Wii was good for the Conduit and the Conduit alone.
1. Monster Hunter Tri (Wii)
Well I was about to tell you how psyched I was to get a Classic Controller Pro bundled with this game but that bundle apparently no longer exists... So just a heads up, since I planned on getting a classic controller pro, and now I have to technically pay $10 more to get it, I actually, might have to possibly not get the game on release since I am tight on money, so congrats Gamestop, for yanking the bundle I think I might just buy the game purposely at Gamecrazy. Anyway, I was planning on importing this game but eventually I just decided to wait for it to come out in America and now I seriously can't wait to play it. I haven't played the Monster Hunter series before and I hope this game is a good start off, of course thanks to all of the innovations of the game, I'm sure they will spoil me crazy and trying to go backwards in the series is gonna be a pain. Anyway, I'm sure this game will be great and I cannot wait to finally play it after I have heard so much about.
2. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
Do I even have to write (or type... or whatever) anything for this one... I mean come on... It's freakin Mario... and the first Galaxy was so awesome, that just like Brawl I stayed up for well over 24 hours and bought several energy drinks just to stay awake to play more, and when I finally fell asleep, I recall that my dreams were about playing the game more. So obviously since Galaxy 2 looks even better then the first, I seriously can't wait to play it. I seriously look away when I see videos or pictures of the game because I do not want anything about this game spoiled at all, I mean all that was spoiled about the original game for me was that spider boss, and that was pretty much it. I know that much like New Super Mario Bros, once my brother finds out I have this game I will wake up one morning and my Wii will be gone and I won't see it for weeks. Honestly I do not know what else to say, besides the fact that this game is gonna be freakin awesome and I seriously cannot wait until it comes out.
3. Sin & Punishment: Star Successor [AKA: Sin & Punishment 2] (Wii)
I had to put that little "AKA" in there for those of you who either want to stay traditional to the Japanese version, or if you're like me and you would rather say Sin and Punishment 2 because it's easier. Anyway, I heard alot good things about this game and it just sort of sparked my interest, so a few months or so ago I decided to buy the virtual console version of the original N64 game that only came out in Japan, and yeah the voice acting was probably the worst I had ever heard, and I admit the story was a tad confusing, but the gameplay was so awesomely badass. I saw screenshots and a few videos of the sequal and I seriously wanted to import it, but I have decided to just wait for the US version, and much like waiting for Monster Hunter Tri and new Venture Brothers episodes, it seems like times flies by so fast but those things don't seem to feel like they're getting any closer. I have read nothing on the plot, and I am hoping that this might be a bit easier to understand, instead of feeling like one of those games you have to have the manual for the litle story summary thing at the begining. Then again, I wouldn't mind if it was all cheezy like the first game since I just seem to be such a fan of things like that.
1. Monster Hunter Tri (Wii)
Well I was about to tell you how psyched I was to get a Classic Controller Pro bundled with this game but that bundle apparently no longer exists... So just a heads up, since I planned on getting a classic controller pro, and now I have to technically pay $10 more to get it, I actually, might have to possibly not get the game on release since I am tight on money, so congrats Gamestop, for yanking the bundle I think I might just buy the game purposely at Gamecrazy. Anyway, I was planning on importing this game but eventually I just decided to wait for it to come out in America and now I seriously can't wait to play it. I haven't played the Monster Hunter series before and I hope this game is a good start off, of course thanks to all of the innovations of the game, I'm sure they will spoil me crazy and trying to go backwards in the series is gonna be a pain. Anyway, I'm sure this game will be great and I cannot wait to finally play it after I have heard so much about.
2. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)
Do I even have to write (or type... or whatever) anything for this one... I mean come on... It's freakin Mario... and the first Galaxy was so awesome, that just like Brawl I stayed up for well over 24 hours and bought several energy drinks just to stay awake to play more, and when I finally fell asleep, I recall that my dreams were about playing the game more. So obviously since Galaxy 2 looks even better then the first, I seriously can't wait to play it. I seriously look away when I see videos or pictures of the game because I do not want anything about this game spoiled at all, I mean all that was spoiled about the original game for me was that spider boss, and that was pretty much it. I know that much like New Super Mario Bros, once my brother finds out I have this game I will wake up one morning and my Wii will be gone and I won't see it for weeks. Honestly I do not know what else to say, besides the fact that this game is gonna be freakin awesome and I seriously cannot wait until it comes out.
3. Sin & Punishment: Star Successor [AKA: Sin & Punishment 2] (Wii)
I had to put that little "AKA" in there for those of you who either want to stay traditional to the Japanese version, or if you're like me and you would rather say Sin and Punishment 2 because it's easier. Anyway, I heard alot good things about this game and it just sort of sparked my interest, so a few months or so ago I decided to buy the virtual console version of the original N64 game that only came out in Japan, and yeah the voice acting was probably the worst I had ever heard, and I admit the story was a tad confusing, but the gameplay was so awesomely badass. I saw screenshots and a few videos of the sequal and I seriously wanted to import it, but I have decided to just wait for the US version, and much like waiting for Monster Hunter Tri and new Venture Brothers episodes, it seems like times flies by so fast but those things don't seem to feel like they're getting any closer. I have read nothing on the plot, and I am hoping that this might be a bit easier to understand, instead of feeling like one of those games you have to have the manual for the litle story summary thing at the begining. Then again, I wouldn't mind if it was all cheezy like the first game since I just seem to be such a fan of things like that.
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