I was lucky enough to pick up the white Wii U seeing how obscure the console has become. This was my first full year of owning the Wii U so I was happy there were many quality games already available. I do hope there are more coming. That being said, I bought the system based on what I already knew what was coming to the console so my expectations are somewhat met.
Buying the Wii U wasn't as easy a decision as some of my past systems.I knew the shaky situation Nintendo is facing as the system was not the hit that they expected.
I finished quite a number of Wii U games this year and have more to go next year.
1. Bayonetta 2
2. Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze
3. Captain Toad
4. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
5. Super Mario Maker
6. Bayonetta
Ok I cheated a little with Bayonetta.
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Friday, December 25, 2015
2105 recap: Nintendo Wii
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| It's doesn't take a whole lot to be a Top 10 most played Wii game on my system. Lol |
I didn't finish many Wii games this year but the quality more than makes up for it's quantity.
1. The Twillight Princess
2. Metroid Prime
3. Bully Scholarship Edition
The Twillight Princess is such a massive Zelda experience that I didn't expect to take that long to finish. I really should have started this game a few years ago as now I still have Skyward Sword to finish before the new Zelda on Wii U. That's a nice first world problem to have.
It's been years since I picked up the Metroid Prime Trilogy and yet here I am finishing just the first Metroid Prime. I hope I don't take this long to finish the other two Prime games left. Then again, it's going to be a while before we see the next console Metroid game anyways.
It dawned on me that all 3 of these games are enhanced ports of older games from two generations ago. This will change next year as I actively complete the remaining Wii games on my backlog.
Thursday, December 24, 2015
2015 recap: PS3
It's nice that Sony knows how big of a deal earning trophies is from this email. I have played quite a number of great PS3 games in 2015,
1. Grand Theft Auto IV
2. The Evil Within
3. Resident Evil Revelations 2
4. Grand Theft Auto V
5. Yakuza Zero
Almost all of these games are available cross-gen but I made peace with getting the older versions. Some I could see myself upgrading to the current gen version when an enhanced version is available. I'm talking about Yakuza Zero in english and The Evil Within with all the DLC content. I probably won't waste anymore money on Revelations 2, the game is just not worth the money or time anymore.
I would love to try all the new online features Rockstar added to GTA Online with the current gen but too bad Rockstar don't intend to sell GTA Online separately.
1. Grand Theft Auto IV
2. The Evil Within
3. Resident Evil Revelations 2
4. Grand Theft Auto V
5. Yakuza Zero
Almost all of these games are available cross-gen but I made peace with getting the older versions. Some I could see myself upgrading to the current gen version when an enhanced version is available. I'm talking about Yakuza Zero in english and The Evil Within with all the DLC content. I probably won't waste anymore money on Revelations 2, the game is just not worth the money or time anymore.
I would love to try all the new online features Rockstar added to GTA Online with the current gen but too bad Rockstar don't intend to sell GTA Online separately.
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
2015 recap: Nintendo 3DS
It's a shame that I played 2 very time-consuming games on the 3DS in the same year. That meant I didn't have enough time to play the many other games that I bought for the system. And trust me, there are a lot of games on my backlog.
Project X Zone and MH4U are games that required a lot of dedication but present very little reward. PXZ felt like it could be a 40 hours game if Monolith Soft had cut back on having to fight the same boss over and over again. MH4U? I can't really complain much expect that this is a grind it out game. Always have been, if you can't stand the grinding then maybe this isn't for you.
Just glad to be done with PXZ because now I'm free to play all the other games I got.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
2015 Recap: Don't Look Back in Anger
As 2015 is drawing to an end, I'm going to start recounting the games I finished on each systems. It's safe to say that my two most played systems remains the PS3 and 3DS, which is probably the same as last year's. If this generation were to end today I still think the Nintendo 3DS is the best system of this generation. While it's not really fair to pit a portable handheld against home consoles, the current gen systems are still in a pretty sorry state of affairs.
I remained baffled as to why so many people are buying a PS4 right now. To play what? If this was the PS2 era, exclusive games like Bloodborne and Until Dawn are nothing but B-level games. Instead, they received an enormous amount of attention and hype by simply being exclusive on the best-selling console of this generation.
Looking back, getting a Nintendo Wii U instead of PS4 was a pretty sound decision. Nintendo is doing as much as they can to support the system but still there is only so much you can handle as both the publisher/developer. Of course I might have made a completely different decision if my first PS3 didn't YLOD in the first place. I won't have lose faith in the durability of Sony systems and I probably won't feel burnt to get another Sony machine as I do right now.
Playing the Wii U is a complete different cycle with what I went through on the Wii. I didn't really play any first-party Nintendo games until late in the Wii era. This time on the Wii U, I have playing mostly first-party games with the exception of Bayonetta 2. Nintendo does a great job of rewarding customers on the Club Nintendo program. I got a number of these games free through Club Nintendo and they are full-priced games unlike the crap PSN Plus throws out.
OK, that's enough hating for now.
I remained baffled as to why so many people are buying a PS4 right now. To play what? If this was the PS2 era, exclusive games like Bloodborne and Until Dawn are nothing but B-level games. Instead, they received an enormous amount of attention and hype by simply being exclusive on the best-selling console of this generation.
Looking back, getting a Nintendo Wii U instead of PS4 was a pretty sound decision. Nintendo is doing as much as they can to support the system but still there is only so much you can handle as both the publisher/developer. Of course I might have made a completely different decision if my first PS3 didn't YLOD in the first place. I won't have lose faith in the durability of Sony systems and I probably won't feel burnt to get another Sony machine as I do right now.
Playing the Wii U is a complete different cycle with what I went through on the Wii. I didn't really play any first-party Nintendo games until late in the Wii era. This time on the Wii U, I have playing mostly first-party games with the exception of Bayonetta 2. Nintendo does a great job of rewarding customers on the Club Nintendo program. I got a number of these games free through Club Nintendo and they are full-priced games unlike the crap PSN Plus throws out.
OK, that's enough hating for now.
Friday, December 11, 2015
Live. Die. Repeat.
There are a few modern movies which I regret never having seen on the big screen when they were released in the cinema.
Like The Rock and the first Infernal Affairs.
These remained some of my favorite films but I have only watched them on home video release. Sadly the window of catching movies in the cinema is pretty small even with the emergence of multi screen cinemas.
Nowadays video games followed a similar path, the absolute classics that first appear on home consoles re-emerges years later on handheld systems and smartphones.
While I appreciated the notion of having these games on portable devices, I still think that big 3D epics are meant to be enjoyed on the big screen TV.
Especially if it's going to be your first experience.
My first experience of Mario 64 was totally ruined on the DS system because the controls were extremely clunky without an analog stick. It's still a great game but nothing like Mario Galaxy in my eyes. So I'm pretty apprehensive about these handheld ports of classic games.
Games like Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask and Xenoblade Chronicles on the 3DS.
I have never played any of these games on their original home consoles. Thankfully the option to play them on a big screen TV is still viable, so long as you keep your old consoles around and have an internet connection.
While on the topic, I do not think everything looks better on a big screen. Certainly not most games originally made for portable systems. But it happens and some of these games leap onto the home console because publishers aren't contend with the sales of the original port. Thankfully I played most of these said games on the handheld and never had to experience what the HD remaster are like. Being a purist, the original format is always the best way to experience it especially if it's going to be your first time.
Like The Rock and the first Infernal Affairs.
These remained some of my favorite films but I have only watched them on home video release. Sadly the window of catching movies in the cinema is pretty small even with the emergence of multi screen cinemas.
Nowadays video games followed a similar path, the absolute classics that first appear on home consoles re-emerges years later on handheld systems and smartphones.
While I appreciated the notion of having these games on portable devices, I still think that big 3D epics are meant to be enjoyed on the big screen TV.
Especially if it's going to be your first experience.
My first experience of Mario 64 was totally ruined on the DS system because the controls were extremely clunky without an analog stick. It's still a great game but nothing like Mario Galaxy in my eyes. So I'm pretty apprehensive about these handheld ports of classic games.
Games like Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask and Xenoblade Chronicles on the 3DS.
I have never played any of these games on their original home consoles. Thankfully the option to play them on a big screen TV is still viable, so long as you keep your old consoles around and have an internet connection.
While on the topic, I do not think everything looks better on a big screen. Certainly not most games originally made for portable systems. But it happens and some of these games leap onto the home console because publishers aren't contend with the sales of the original port. Thankfully I played most of these said games on the handheld and never had to experience what the HD remaster are like. Being a purist, the original format is always the best way to experience it especially if it's going to be your first time.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
This Needs A Remaster
Onimusha is a game that aged well in some areas and not so in others. Still it's hard to believe it was a launch title for the PS2 considering how bad games are in this generation.
The in-game graphics hold up really well but unfortunately not for the CG cinematics. Thankfully the CG was only used sparingly in this game. Even the subtitles doesn't have the usual jagginess you get when watching SD on LCD TV. Somehow the subtitles are missing during the CG making it hard to play in Japanese. I certain don't remember this problem until I started playing it again.
The part that didn't aged well is how you can't switch weapons without going back to the menu. And the game forced you to switch up the weapoons quite a lot to face different enemies and open doors. It's also a lot harder than most newer games but still fair enough so you don't complain. Problem is I don't have the tendency to save often anymore with how lenient games tend to be these days. So I had to replay a lot as it's hard to unlearn what you learnt over the years.
I took 5 hours plus to finish what it roughly a 3 hours game. It wasn't pretty, I felt like Kobe trying to survive in the NBA at his current age.
The in-game graphics hold up really well but unfortunately not for the CG cinematics. Thankfully the CG was only used sparingly in this game. Even the subtitles doesn't have the usual jagginess you get when watching SD on LCD TV. Somehow the subtitles are missing during the CG making it hard to play in Japanese. I certain don't remember this problem until I started playing it again.
The part that didn't aged well is how you can't switch weapons without going back to the menu. And the game forced you to switch up the weapoons quite a lot to face different enemies and open doors. It's also a lot harder than most newer games but still fair enough so you don't complain. Problem is I don't have the tendency to save often anymore with how lenient games tend to be these days. So I had to replay a lot as it's hard to unlearn what you learnt over the years.
I took 5 hours plus to finish what it roughly a 3 hours game. It wasn't pretty, I felt like Kobe trying to survive in the NBA at his current age.
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