Recent Buys: Episode 5 - Slow motion shooting and the early days of 3D gaming
Most of them items I'll be mention in this post aren't exactly new but this isn't called "newest buys", this is called "recent buys" which the whole "recent" aspect of it applies to myself and my wallet.
I'll be going through these items chronologically since 2 of them I got almost 2 weeks ago. Those 2 would be PS3 copies of Vanquish and Just Cause 2. Vanquish is another game by Platinum Games which involved a futuristic power suit with a design that I would say resembled the suit in P.N.03, design wise, where you can power slide while jet boosting. That plus guns, right-stick aiming, slow motion powers and a lot of explosions. What more could you want?
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Just Cause 2 was more of an impulse buy if anything. I was originally looking for a copy of Blur and hopefully a copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Blur was out of stock but they did have 1 copy of X-Men Origins however that copy had a nasty gash on the side of the disc and was still going for 700php in the shop so I decided to drop that and spotted a Platinum release copy of Just Cause 2. Back before I got a PS3, Just Cause 2 was supposed to be my go to sandbox game but DataBlitz only ever had R2 copies and the game was going for 30$ (roughly around 1300php) on PSN. This one was 700php and worked like a charm. I decided to shell out the money for it since I might not see a disc copy of that game for a while. I haven't played it yet because there's a bug in the game that forces you to both press the Cross and Circle button at the same time to confirm, jump and even grapple. This is a problem since for Asia PS3s, Cross is cancel and Circle is confirm. Apparently there's a patch online that fixes this but since I still don't have internet at home (damn PLDT) I'll put this game on the back burner and finish Bayonetta and Vanquish first.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kjs-SC70Wg[/youtube]
For those of you who don't know me personally, my birthday is coming up and friends got me a little something (Shoutouts to the iAc Ninjas). They got me a brand new copy of Battlefield 3 Limited Edition. I only played a little bit of the campaign mode which hasn't impressed me but this game is all about the multiplayer and once I get my internet back, game oooon!
Time for the biggest purchase for this episode. I've been craving to play a lot of old Original PlayStation games like the Bust A Move/Groove 1 and 2, Chocobo Racing, and especially Mega Man Legends 1 and 2. Since PSN doesn't seem to want to add these awesome games to their PS1 Classics library, might as well take matters into my own hands. I wasn't the only one who had the PS1 craze as Tupasheep was also bitten by the nostalgia bug. He did a search on http://www.tipidpc.com/ and found 2 sellers of the original fat PS1, one of which was a recent ad and the other was a fairly recent one. Both were hovering around the 2000php mark and looked to be in good condition considering it's a 16 year old system. I got mine last Saturday (3/31/2012) from the seller retrogamerPH (Kuya Ed). The controllers were a little beat up and the open button for the disc cover gets stuck from time to time but other than that the PS1 works like a charm. It couldn't read some of the PS1 games I still had but that might be the problem of the discs themselves and not the system. I need to get my hands on some other PS1 games to test it out further but other than that I at least got my Bust A Groove 2 fix over the weekend. Fever Time!
Oh and while digging out my old PS1 games, I found this. I forgot I owned one. The Original Soundtrack for the first Metal Gear Solid game.
This is the first track from the disc.
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A PS3 exclusive I can't quite understand
Playstation C.A.M.P released the first trailer for Tokyo Jungle. A post apocalyptic setting with animals fending for themselves in a now deserted city. It's a survival action game and yes you play as various animals. When I saw the trailer, I was just left confused. I guess I'm just shocked at the concept. See for yourself.
The game is out on June 7 2012 in Japan. Will it get an english port? We'll just have to see. I just can't see people spending money to play as a Deer or a small dog.
April Fools Day 2012!
It's that day of the year were you start throwing April fools jokes all around. To celebrate April fools, here's a summary of jokes coming from the Gaming world in hopes to deceive or rather dupe gamers for the fun of it.
Blizzard Kidzz and Supply Depot
Blizzard of course will always join the fun. Blizzard announces Blizzard Kidzz, a suite of educational games for kids set in Blizzard's famous game universes. You have Zergling Teaches Typing, Where in Sanctuary is Deckard Cain, Reader Ravager and more! Check the games out now, you can even try the demo for Zergling Teach Typing!
The other annoucement coming from Blizzard is Supply Depot. an adventure game for any mobile device. Here are the game's features:
- Endless hours of gaming including repeat playthroughs and Endurance Mode!
- Deep, rewarding gameplay—multilevel play control allows you to both RAISE and LOWER Supply Depot!
- Riveting backstory set in the StarCraft game universe!
- Get up close and personal with an iconic StarCraft hero!
- Multiple endings, each influenced by your choices and color-coded for your convenience! (Further epic endings planned for post release as downloadable content.)
- Tens of hundreds of thousands of unlockable hats!
The game is also playable in your browser! Click here to give it a try.
Retro City Rampage Breakfast Cereal Commercial
Vblank Entertainment's upcoming game Retro City Rampage is for gamers and cereal lovers alike. They were actually able to combine video games with cereal, awesome stuff... well sorta.
Assassin's Creed for Kinect announced!
Now this one is quite amazing. Finally, they are using Kinect to its full potential. Not the best way to use Kinect, but a good attempt though. Did you ever dream of doing a Leap of Faith in your very own living room, well now you can but it looks like it could hurt a bit.
Props to the people who did this. It's not actually Ubisoft who released this but just a group of fans of the game that have been playing to do this. Definitely well made and pretty hilarious.
Google Maps 8-bit edition!
And you thought the NES was dead. Google spreads Google Maps even further by releasing Google Maps 8-bit Edition. look for certain locations and get directions in amazing 8-bit graphics.
Want to try out the 8-bit version of Google Maps? Go ahead to Google Maps now, click here. Man I hope they keep this 8-bit version around though.
Harmonix's next new game revealed!
Harmonix reveals its next game that they state is way more fun than any of the Rock bands out now, and that is Rock band Board game! Ok, this one has to be the weirdest gag this year.
League of Legends in 3D
You won't believe your eyes!
My personal favorite has to be Google maps 8-bit Edition. Why? Well because it's hilarious plus I actually want one, for real.
If there are any more April Fools joke around there worth mentioning, hit the comments.
Weekend, what are you playing?
Busy week for me and I'm sure you guys had the same. Just like last week, tell what you've been playing? I've returned to a game I thought I'd never play again, but thanks to a cousin, I was able to play around with it a bit more.
Quash: What game? Star Wars: The Old Republic. Yes, that MMORPG once again hit my PC. But I didn't buy a copy. A cousin of mine was playing it but after a month he actually he stopped playing. It never clicked he said. So after giving his experience with Bioware's first MMO, he offered me his account which now has about 11 days left in it. Heck, 11 days to try out the full game? Why the hell not. On saturday, that's all I did that day. It felt like the World of Warcraft days. At the end of the day I was able to reach from level 1 to 16. My cousin was shocked, I just said I do things quick.
If I wasn't given this opportunity, I would still be playing Resonance of Fate, a JRPG that I've been wanting since it's release in 2010. But for now that will be on hold until my 11 days are up. I have no plans on continuing on my cousin's account so after 11 days, goodbye Star Wars. With Diablo 3 and Dragon's Dogma on the horizon, there's just no room for any other game.
Migoy:
Just tried out Vanquish for the first time this weekend and I am having a blast. Shooting robots in this game is fun, the action is fast paced and there are explosions happening left and right. Also got a 2nd hand PS1 and played some Bust A Groove 2 and a few laps of Chocobo Racing on it. More Bayonetta, I think I'm almost done with the game. I just reached a 4million score in Tetris DS, my highest so far and at level 179. The lines cleared stopped counting once it his 999 but I can assure you that I got more than that.
Sony shuts down Zipper Interactive
Sony confirms the rumor going around that Zipper Interactive was going to close. Sad news indeed, the SOCOM creators' last game was Unit 13 for the PS Vita.
GameInformer was given a statement by Sony to confirm the close:
Sony Computer Entertainment can confirm the closure of Zipper Interactive, a Seattle-based internal game development studio that has been part of the global development operation of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS).
The closure is a result of a normal cycle of resource re-alignment within SCE WWS. Zipper has completed all work associated with its most recent project, Unit 13 for PlayStation Vita. Zipper titles MAG, SOCOM 4 and Unit 13 will continue to be supported, including the new Daily Challenges in Unit 13.
While Zipper Interactive wasn't the best game developer out there, they are still the creators of the beloved SOCOM franchise and did fairly well with it. They also created MAG which earned a positive reception when it was released back in 2010. Zipper Interactive had 80 employees.
It's good to know that Sony is still supporting games such as SOCOM 4, MAG and the recently released Unit 13.