New DmC trailer shows what the media thinks about Dante

Ninja Theory's take on Devil May Cry has a new trailer out with the media accusing Dante a terrorist and a known sexual deviant. Apparently demons aren't the only ones hating on young Dante.

Confused by his new look? This Devil May Cry has no connection with past games and this is the first time the series is not being directly developed by Capcom. I consider it a risk but at least the gameplay looks like  a Devil May Cry game.

DmC is coming out for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC but no official date has been announced.

Quantity over quality? CD-RKing PS2 Controllers

For those familiar with CD-RKing then just from looking at the top picture alone you are already shaking your heads in disapproval. Shameless, I know. But hopefully these will last me for the next 2 or so months.

If you do not know what CD-RKing then let me give you a brief explanation. CD-RKing is a computer and gadget retail shop here in the Philippines whose products go for usually a third of the price compared to leading brands. The reasoning for such a big price difference is because for the most part they use, dare I say, "bootleg"-esque quality parts. That means that though the price is cheap, the quality is very iffy to say the least. The best way to describe it is "there is strength in numbers" which is exactly what I tried to do in my situation.

I just recently got a hold of a 2nd hand original PlayStation, known also the 1st PSX or the Fat PS1. The controllers that came with work but are very beat-up with a lot of bumps and scrapes on the plastic, as if it was thrown down a rocky hill. Though my issue isn't really about its looks but the main fact that the cord is really short and that these are the pre-Dual Shock controllers meaning no analog sticks. I busted out my PS2 controllers, 1 original and 1 class-A. However, my PS2 controllers seem to have a problem. Some buttons on my original PS2 controller don't register quickly and need a really hard press before they input. The class-A one auto mashes the cross button which makes playing most games completely unplayable.

I'm a little short on cash at the moment but I wanted to get at least 1 working controller for both my PS1 and PS2. At Datablitz, a brand new PS2 controller is going for around 750php I think which does fit in my budget albeit a little tight. However due to my trip to CD-RKing first to pick up a few blank CDs and DVDs, I asked if they were still selling PS2 controllers because I was curious about their price. The clerk told me that the PS2 controllers were going for 180php a pop. My mind went blank as I was caught off guard. I then asked to look at them and saw that they came in a few clear colors aside from the standard solid black. Me being a sucker for clear colored plastic caught a glimpse of a clear blue, it was different from DiEnd (my translucent blue PS3 controller) which had a matte finish and thus produced a foggy effect. These one were in smooth clear colored plastic, similar to the ones you find on action figures. Sure they crack easy but it's not like I throw of slam my controllers around. Honestly if it were not for the clear plastic, I wouldn't have cracked and impulse bought them. After I said that I would take the blue one, I thought to myself that this is a CD-RKing product and knowing the "quality" of their products, a single controller might not even last a full month. Knowing that it had such a low price, I opted to buy another just in case. Went with a color that I haven't seen on PS3 controller which is colorless clear plastic.

I truly am a sucker for clear plastic, I even thought of having my Wii's housing changed to a clear case more than once already. Aside from the tremendously low price, I do have another good thing to say about the CD-RKing PS2 controllers, the buttons do feel better than the ones you'd find on a class-A controller which had very hard buttons. I just hope that these controllers don't decide to break on me so soon.

Monthly Gametime Roundup - March

Oh crap! Me not having internet is worse than I thought. I almost completely forgot about the gametime roundup for the month of March. Well never fear for here it is!

It seems that my total gaming hours decreases as each month passes. The drop from February to March isn't nearly as big as January but let's see if that changes come the end of April. As usual here is the link to my Google Docs.

PS3: Soul Calibur V Binary Domain (Demo) Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Grand Theft Auto IV Skate 3 (Demo) Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition Street Fighter x Tekken Bayonetta Motorstorm: Pacific Rift Saints Row: The Third Marvel vs Capcom 2 Battlefield 3

PSVita: Uncharted: Golden Abyss

PSP: Super Stardust Portable

PS2: Capcom vs SNK 2 Millionaire Fighting 2001

PS1: Syphon Filter Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Mega Man Legends Final Fantasy VII Pepsiman Crush Gear Turbo Bust A Groove 2 Chocobo Racing

Wii: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Rhythm Heaven Fever Spider-man: Web of Shadows Super Smash Bros. Brawl Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes Fourze

GC: Mario Kart: Double Dash

DS: Pokemon White Guitar Hero: On Tour Mega Man Zero Collection Super Scribblenauts Tetris DS Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Mega Man Battle Network 5 Double Team DS

NES: Castlevania (Wii Virtual Console)

PC: Not Tetris 2 Mari0 Final Fantasy VII Marvel: Avengers Alliance (Facebook)

My total gametime for the month of March – 62:29:24

Graphics comparison for the Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition

The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition is hitting the Xbox 360 on April 17, and thanks to Gamespot, we get to see the difference between the console version and the PC version.

You can obviously tell there's a color tone difference and I definitely prefer the PC version(On high settings) of the game. But it seems like CD Projekt Red did a good job porting the game to the Xbox 360. Take note that this game has very demanding graphics. The only question left in my mind is if it will perform well all throughout.

I played the PC version when it came out and is definitely one of the best RPG's last year. The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition is out on April 17 on the Xbox 360.

Long weekend, what are you playing?

It's Holy Week and we got ourselves a long weekend to relax, or reduce our backlog of games to play. What are you playing?

Quash: Love the long weekends. naturally I abused the free time I had and invested hours into games such as Star Wars: The Old Republic, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Super Mario Galaxy 2. During the start of the long Weekend I continued playing Star Wars: The Old Republic using my cousins account. A friend of mine just bought a copy, so we started characters together as a bunch of Jedi's exploring the galaxy. While the story telling in this MMO is nothing I've experienced in past online games, it's actually better with a friend along for the ride.

Last friday was just Star Wars non-stop, we went through the first 24 levels just like the WoW days. But like I said, the story is something else. Each quest is fully voiced and you engage in a conversation with the NPC as if your playing Mass Effect or Dragon Age 2. Having a friend along for each conversation makes it a bit more enjoyable. When choices on what your characters can say is given, each player rolls from 1 to 150(I think) and whoever player gets the highest number gets his choice picked. This brings a lot of fun and keeps the ending result of each conversation a mystery. My friend picks to save this certain character, but since I win the roll, my choice to kill him goes through and his reaction to my choice was priceless. it keeps things fresh and we see each other picking all the quests in each area.

Now that' s not the only games I get to spend some time on. I played a bit of Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the first time and it just reminded me how Super Mario 64 is one of my personal favorites. Another game I tried and will continue after this post is Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. I started playing and saw three hours go by just like that. It's been awhile since I played a Zelda game so I can't wait to get back into playing. My last Zelda game was actually The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Yes, it's been that long, I haven't even played Wind Walker, but I'm definitely going to give that game a shot.

Migoy:

Another late entry for me as I am still trapped in the bowels of the "no internet at home". For this weekend you could say I've gone retro. Not completely retro but I have been playing a lot more games that are 1 to 2 generations old from our current gen systems.  Got my hands on a copy of Rival Schools: United by Fate, the Evolution Disc version, and had some nostalgic button mashing fun with that. Bust A Groove 1 and 2 still took at LEAST half an hour of my time each which is around the average time to clear arcade mode with a single character.  Didn't get to play as much Mega Man Legends as I thought I would but I got to sneak in a bit of zenny grinding on that.

I guess you could say that the highlight of my weekend was Chrono Cross. Nowadays usually spending an hour or 2 straight on a modern day single player game is a rarity and usually has me exhausted but playing Chrono Cross had me going so smoothly and 2 hours just breezed by without me even noticing.  There's just something about this RPG that hits the right spot.

Now that we're done with the 2 generation old games, let's talk about the games that aren't as old. Had to dig up some AA batteries because I plugged in the Wii cause I felt like playing what I'm guessing isn't a very popular GameCube game. That game is Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom. A game based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! world that isn't a card game, in fact it's a game that mixes 2 very different genres, namely RTS (Real Time Strategy) and the Final Fantasy style ATB-esque (Active Time Battle) though in this case it's more like an Active Turn Battle. I just felt like revisiting this fossil because I'm re-watching the old Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series and it got me in the mood for some Duel Monster action.

Finally, I did get to play a game within this current console generation. I finally got Lost in Shadow for the Wii. A sort of unique side scrolling platformer as you don't control a character per se but instead you control his shadow. A shadow who has been separated from his body that's being held atop a mysterious tower and is trying to reunite itself with said body. Aside from the straight forward platforming and puzzle solving, what makes this game unique is that you are indeed a shadow and thus interact with the shadows of things in the environment. Though I guess you could still say that it changes the plains of the game but not really the basic point, only when you start messing with light sources and angles of the shadows that you really get the point that the developers where trying to make. The art style and design of the tower sort of resembles that of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, even the story seems a little similar since it seems a little twisted and mysterious. If anything this sort art style of delves on the verge of most Indy titles right now, especially with games such as Limbo out on the market.

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