It was a really great year. I was able to beat more games this year than last, which was my goal. I finished a total of 27 games! Most of these were retro games, but some of them were also new ones. All of these games are worth beating, btw. Here they are in the order in which I beat them.
Looking at the list of games I played back then, it looks like I was getting my roudy on with the N64. Game Boy Color came out, but I was not into handheld gaming at the time. I think my PC must've busted because I didn't get on Heretic 2 or Half-Life that year, not to mention Grim Fandango. Co-op gaming was still my jam and I found it in a few titles on this list. So here it is.
Well, there were only three games I played that year: Warcraft II, Road Rash on PSone and Donkey Kong Country 2 on SNES. I mean, maybe I played them a year later, I don't actually remember, but these I played very close to their release dates.
Dunno, I guess I like variety in my RPGs. I'm currently playing as a Paladin, a Miner and a Blacksmith at the same time. Now I can dig my own minerals and make my own weapons, armour and tools. I'm still only an apprentice blacksmith and an adept miner but I'm working at improving my skills. I've got a way to go before I become a Master Paladin but I'm doing quests for all three jobs at the same time and really having fun with it.
I woke up this morning to the news that Yes bassist Chris Squire has passed away after a battle with Leukemia. I will now have his riff from Roundabout going through my head in his honour,
In my last blog post, I talked about how game publisher Konami and it's superstar producer, Hideo Kojima, were in the midst of some sort of breakup, resulting in corporate restructuring and Kojima's probable departure from the company once development on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is complete. This also resulted in the cancellation of their highly anticipated game Silent Hills and the removal of its teaser, P.T., from the PSN store (Konami also took the extra step to ensure that it cannot be redownloaded once it is deleted from the PS4 hard drive even if it's still in a user's library, so don't delete it if you ever want to play it again!). While we don't know much about Konami's future plans in regards to game development, at this point it seems that they will focus more on their mobile and/or pachinko businesses, which apparently have much more room for growth and profitability, but less room for growth in the business of being loved and admired.
I replaced my original Xbox with my PS3 today at my friend's place. Between my 360 and PS3, there are a lot of games I can play. Just having access to both online stores lends itself to even more games through download. I think this is the best arrangement of consoles for me at my friend's place. I'd add my Wii as well if there was room, but there isn't. It's ok though. I got a TV at home now and I'm going to try and find some after-work time to play those.
You may or may not have heard, but apparently Hideo Kojima, the mastermind behind the Metal Gear Solid franchise, and Konami, Metal Gear's publisher, have had some sort of falling out. If the reports are to be believed, then Kojima will be leaving Konami once MGSV: Phantom Pain releases later this year. As it is, he's classified as an outside contractor now. Kojima has always said he wanted to work on new things, but Konami's reliance on the series (and his inability to leave the series in other peoples' hands) has always led him back. When he said that Phantom Pain would be his last Metal Gear, many fans rolled their eyes and took it with a grain of salt, but it looks like it may be true. Not only that, but Konami has gone so far as to erase his name from everything he was a part of--his team, studio, credit on all of Phantom Pain's logo and marketing, even the game's twitter account. And today, Konami announced that they were searching for a team to make a new Metal Gear, when they should be focused on the one that isn't even out yet. This kind of stuff doesn't happen if there's an amicable split.
If you are still hanging in, even if you missed but came back excellent! Give yourself a pat on the back.
Well maybe not but since I'm trying to play off Monday's child is... it will have to do.
I'm later than usual with this blog. I couldn't find a decent camera to take pictures. Oh well, it's better late than never. I did good in 2014. I didn't buy a lot of games. Got too many digital games though. There were some decent sales this year.
As I mentioned yesterday I took today off and I get to lounge around the house doing a whole lot of nothing except reading, playing games and writing my daily BaD blog.
The trailer for Persona 5 made me realize that I need to finish up Persona 4. I have been out of the RPG loop far too long. I am a little intimidated though because I have not played this game in almost 4 years. Even with the strat guide, I'm not sure how easy it will be to get back into it. I also need to finish the secondary semi sequel at the end of Persona 3 FES. In fact I have been thinking of taking a break from my PS3 and dig into my PS2 backlog. In particular the rpgs, Suikoden V, Star Ocean, and Dark Cloud 2, and Grandia 3 just to name a few. Whats bad is I have gotten a good ways into all of these games, but I have not played any of one them in 4 or 5 years now, and I don't want to start over. First world problems, I know.lol
So I've just been fixing that. If you've been forgetting too edit those blogs and associate them with Blog a Day 2015.
To get a whopping 60 cents off a copy of Deus Ex :Human Revolution Director's cut. It cost me all of $5.39. LOL