Games That Need Sequels NOW.

  Its that time of year again folks, the time I look at the Holiday release schedule and still don't see...well if I said now I'd ruin the list for you. But anyway, these are the games that I love so hard and am sad that there isn't a sequel to them for me to play, and the likelyhood of one is low. 
 

Games That Need Sequels NOW.

Its that time of year again folks, the time I look at the Holiday release schedule and still don't see...well if I said now I'd ruin the list for you. But anyway, these are the games that I love so hard and am sad that there isn't a sequel to them for me to play, and the likelyhood of one is low.

	1. Tony Hawk's Proving Ground Was I the only one? I love Tony Hawk, I love the goofiness, I love the arcade style. Yes, to me, Proving Ground was a disappointment because it tried to be realistic and edgy, which was a mistake releasing side by side with skate. But it is the only TH game I'll have to play on my 360 ever. I loved the TH formula, and the additions, whilst minor each year, kept me interested. I may have been in a minority, but it made me sad. Now they've just moved Neversoft to whoring out Guitar Hero, and want to make me spend money to "fakeboard." That isn't a true sequel. They could have just remembered that arcade-like Tony Hawk is awesome, and all it needed was a bit of refining, but they just gave up. Ride is a new skating franchise, and my Tony Hawk will be missed.
	2. Star Wars: Republic Commando DAAAAAAAAAAMN I love this game. Tell this to George Lucas: This is the only Star Wars related piece of media that I shed a tear in. No, I'm not gonna spoil the ending, because I want you all to get it for xbox, buy it off steam if its on there, and play this game. In my eyes, its the last game from the golden era of Star Wars games, when the games kicked much butt, and the films did not. Unfortunately, the reason there will never be a sequel to this game, however, is star wars. It starts at the beginning of the clone wars, and ends at the end of them. You may say a sequel could be side-story of another group but it wouldn't be as awesome, this game really gave a sense of care for your team. I don't care for...michael and..I can't even remember what they were called in R6V. But Sev, Fixer and Scorch. I love you guys, and no one can replace you. =[. (Lucas Arts, even though it would break the clone wars itself, make an out of continuity game starting straight after the end of this one, you can guess what that would contain. kthxbai.)
	3. American McGee presents SCRAPLAND D-Tritus! I love you dude. This game ru-uu-les. This *IS* a more kid-friendly future GTA, and how it should be done. Even in this "kid friendly" attitude though, there are great standout elements of dark humour that the characters are impervious to that makes it just that little bit edgier. The gameplay was top notch in the cars themselves, which is where most of the action took place. Sure on foot it left a...little to be desired, but I looked past the faults, and I saw the great game beneath. There were so many unique ideas in storytelling and gameplay which deserve to be expanded upon at least one more time.
	4. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Its about time for another RollerCoaster Tycoon game, right? Damn I loved these. I must have spent HOURS in RCT 2 making coasters, making parks, putting no entry signs in front of the park exit. Ahhh, goodtimes. Then three came along, and I got that a bit later after I got a PC that was "with" the times. (Yes, my PC sucks), and whilst some additions were hit and miss, the loss of the isometric perspective was a necessity. The perfect isometric RC game was already made, and there were things you had to sacrifice to get the 3D in. Sure, it was harder to run and build coasters now, but YOU COULD RIDE THEM YOURSELF. That was awesome. And it was a bit buggy, sure, but they ironed them out with patch support, and could build so much more for a sequel. Its a sequel I wish I can see, someday.
	5. Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation This game is different, I know more Ace Combat games will come. But they have a habit to jump around consoles, go to portable, go to iPhone etc. etc. And I just want another on the 360, I hope they don't switch to the PS3 for the next game. Why? BECAUSE I DONT HAVE A PS3 AND WANT TO PLAY IT. Sure, its selfish, but this game has the best orchestral soundtrack for any game, bar none. It had be shouting at the screen in the TRAILER. I was timing all my dives and shots for the big crescendos in the music. So yeah, its an awesomely inspirational game like that, and I want another to be able to play. I want to be able to pull my Hi-G turn, lock on and shoot 5 targets. And I want it on a console I can play it on. Sure its selfish, but thats what everyone is thinking about Persona 5 (please please please on a platform I can play it).
	6. Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance OOOOOOH The X-Wing games. I loved this game, I even bought a joystick for it. (Yes, another Star Wars Game) This game was awesome. Sure It was a lot of following the arrow for the offscreen target before you could shoot it, but the concept still remains as one of the most genius things ever. Now make a modern day sequel, Lucas Arts, if your reviving Monkey Island and what-have-you then you have an obligation to start making good star wars games, then the occasional good star wars game, then just whoring star wars games, then going back to re-releasing adventure games and MAKING THE WHOLE ENDLESS CYCLE ARGHHH. (Short message: Sequel pl0x)
	7. Jade Empire Sure, I loved what BioWare did with Mass Effect, but after they are done with that, go back to Jade Empire please, if EA aren't too busy making you make SHITTY iPHONE GAMES. Anyway, Jade Empire had an awesome eastern setting, with enough unique little twists to make it worth making a franchise out of. Sure, there were faults, but Mass Effect has faults too, and even though I probably like ME more, I want BioWare to make another game in this setting at some point. PLEEEEEASE.
	8. JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future Yes Yes, I made this entire list to mention this game. But let me say: This game has the best soundtrack ever, This game has the best sense of style ever, and this game RULES. I still listen to the soundtrack on my iPod, a whole 8(?) or so years on! And imagine what a Jet Set game powered by the xbox 360 could look like? Isn't it just amazing. (This is another occurrence where I wish to have the game I want on the platform I own, I'm not a fanboy, just selfish). There were many faults with the gameplay of future which I saw through because the style and everything was so good, but if SEGA could make a comeback, make a sequel to this game, make it EVEN BETTER and give me "Concept of Love" as the opening, and allow me to sing along to Aisle 10, I could die happy.

In Other News...

• I still do not know the best way to...you know...put lists in posts, which everyone else seems to do flawlessly :( (Thanks to Metal Gear Sunny, I know no :D)
  
• I made the first blog I have in 3 months. Shame, to think Sweep recommended me as a blogger to read....
• blink-182 make the best music ever. I've finally decided. Please come on tour in europe next year with Sum 41 and Green Day supporting. :D. (I can dream)
• I'm STILL playing lost odyssey. I haven't done much gaming.
  

Some of you may know of another awesome user who posts some awesome indie music. Well, I'm going to shamelessly do the same.


Right, this "band" is one person who I found on last.fm whilst browsing, as it turned out he lives about 40 minutes away from me. Anyway, he had a couple of demo tracks on last.fm, and they were pretty sweet. Hes just now told me that hes got a 5 track EP on youtube, of which this is the second track. Its kinda ambiet electronic instrumental but with guitar. Its pretty sweet, nice to have on in the background whilst doing some...*shudder*...work.

Oh, and the best news about this music? Its free, according to the youtube descriptions, so go download it, its pretty sweet with some MAD OUT THERE TIME SIGNATURES.

In Other News...

• In the last couple of weeks, I finished TLAD (pretty sweet) and DMC 4 (Also sweet). I also did the last levels I'd been waiting to finish for a while of Ninja Gaiden II (its sweet) and Ace Combat 6 (That game is sweet, too)
• I'm now doing me some Lost Odyssey.
• I got 4200 Microsoft points for the Summer of Arcade and some DLC. Its still not enough -[.
• *IT* is never enough, no matter what it is.
  

So, I am not Lies

But, I do have an extreme like for his , and especially his latest one. So, consider this blog some kind of "continuation" of his, yet totally not the original, written by someone new, done without the creators permission but with full credit given. I'm sort of like Treyarch to Lies' Infinity Ward. Anyhoo, without further ado:

Transformers

I am a great fan of Transformers, I don't watch the old episodes every week or whatever, and I'm probably 10 years too old for them (as in, was born after they had finished), and thus was raised on Armada. But anyway, giant robots that can change into cars just easily translates into a free roaming action game. This has not yet happened. "That" PS2 game was pretty good, so I heard, but my Lack of PS2 meant I couldn't play it, though I really wanted to, being it coming out during my watching of Armada. However, that seems to be the only really ok game about CARS WHICH BECOME ROBOTS. All you need to do, is give a city, get the G1 liscence, and thus about a gazillion UNIQUE transformers, rather than making you fight nameless drones, and make it control right. It. Is. Not. Hard.

I sit here and await the day I get to play a transformers game, and it is the best game ever, because its truly possible, with TRANSFORMING CARS. But alas, no one in the industry seems to realise, at heart, what is needed to make a Transformers game fun, and thus we get unoriginal shooter/brawlers with a gimmicky transform mechanic.

Star Trek

One or perhaps two Star Trek games can be said "worthy" of the status of above mediocre games. Perhaps Elite Force is up there, perhaps that wierd RTS mini-series a while back that I never played, but most definately Bridge Commander. Bridge Commander is quite unique as a Star Trek game, as the AI does all the work. All you do is tell the AI what to do. You can control directly, but as the title suggests, it is BETTER TO SIT IN THE CAPTAINS CHAIR. End of. Direct Control pales in comparison to doing the same job as Picard. The game had a mildly decent Story Mode, but an epic mod community, which brought out Borg Ships, New Bridges, New AI to keep the game updated. Why do we not have a proper sequel? This game is what Star Trek Games should be, as all the recent attempts are a load of shit. See: Shattered Universe.

Its another franchise with a wealth of races and backgrounds. You could make any good game and stick the Star Trek name on it, and it would fit in, due to the huge number of aliens etc. that are in it. You could make a Star Trek Mass Effect, that would work, Mass Effect can do diplomacy and shooting right. But, as Bridge Commander proved to me, the best games are those that embrace the best parts of Star Trek, and put you where you want to be, in the captains chair. Please, make it happen again.

Thanks for reading, I also only have two, but only cause I need to go to work.

In Other News...

• I'm on Work Experience. Meaning, I now Work. But I Don't Get Paid. But I Work. GAH!
• I Finished Prototype, confusing it is, the Web of Intrigue means they often leave some important stuff out of the main cutscenes, like "what the fuck is going on?"
• SFIV Clock: 50 Hours, 18 Minutes. I still suck.
• Giving my DS some love, attempting to play Advanced Wars! That Game Rules.
• I'm also giving more DS love with Devil Survivor. Damn, that game is awesome, The Death Clock is a great idea.
• The Final DS game I'm juggling is Yu-Gi-Oh 2009. Its actually got context to the dueling, and I like the card game, so its a fun distraction.
• I still don't have an iPhone, and thus cannot play ME: Galaxy. Apparently, I'm lucky.
  

So, I listen to music

And I've listened to alot this week. And thus, I feel I need to present to you a song that you owe it to yourself to check out. I know this will get a negative response due to the internet to base how good music is in what genre it is, but I feel this song is amazing. Without further ado, the song, then my reasons.


Ok. Ignore the montage of shitty images, its just the song I bring before you today. Anyway, in my personal opinion it could very well be on my top 10 list of songs of all time, and my taste ranges from pop-punk to death metal. First off, the intro is easily sing-along-able, with an epic build up at the end which, when I went to see them, made everyone shit themeselves with awesomeness.

Then, when it breaks into the song, the guitars feel just right, the speed is just right, and the lyrics are awesome, not to "emo" not too "moany" but taking the form of a rally cry, they are perfect to have an entire crowd to sing along to, and personally, every time this song comes up, I'm not ashamed to say I normally get out of my chair and have a one man mosh pit. Eventually the song breaks, and gets into an even more epic build up, which, again, was amazing live. Eventually this epic slow cry combines with the chorus to make an amazing ending, with an awesome drum roll in the background the ending of the rest of the song.

This is how you write epic songs, and no matter your opinion on the connotations of the band, I'd like you to give it one more chance and see for yourself how epic music is done.

In Other News...

• I'm writing my own songs. One of them is 8 minutes and 32 seconds long and is full of power chords. You may guess I like Green Day. You would be right.
• If you want me to post any of my own songs, just ask me to, and I'll try to record vocals over the RSE versions.
• Prototype soldiers need to know the meaning of Common Enemy.
  

I just watched it. So, consider this a spoiler warning:

Here Be Spoilers!

OK. So, my impressions. In a nice, bullet point format. I'm tired, and I've just seen a film. Apologies for the brief-ness.

SECTION 1 - Plot and General Impressions On It

• Film starts with exposition, and some Optimus Prime fanservice. Apparently the Autobots are part of "NEST" now, or at least some of them are. NEST is a VERY Michael Bay military squadron fighting against the internal and external enemy. More on that later. So anyway, they are hunting rouge decepticons, and within these first five minutes, quite a few newcomers to the live action movies are introduced, namely: Arcee, Sideswipe, Skids, Mudflap and Jolt. Ironhide is also there, with Optimus narrating, to remind us that this is still the same style from last year. They then proceed to in moments of epic fanservice, kill Demolitier who gives them a warning about the fallen yadda yadda.
• The film then reminds us that Shia LeBouf still exists, and still has a Girlfriend. This is where Michael Bay proves his other side of his thirteen year old self. Again, more on that when I get a little bit more critical in section 2. Anyway, with an epic butchering of Green Day's "21 Guns." there is some exposition of how Sam has a brain and is going to college, Sams House burns down and he gets symbols in his mind. Small Dog humps Big Dog, Audience proceeds to laugh. Bumblebee is NOT to go to college. What a shame. Oh, and just so you know, this film is LONG.
  
• I can't remember, as my brain is a little hazy, but I think "N.E.S.T." (have to remember the fact that its an anagram >_>) has problems of his own. Apparently, Obama (referenced by name in other scenes, not directly in these) doesn't like the Autobots, thinks they are not getting the Job done and are escalating things. But, as in Michael Bay's military warped mind, the super cool team is write, the suits are wrong. Shock.
• Long story short, College happens. The Terminator is there. Tries to fuck sam. Has a crazy metal tounge. Smells of Deisel. Gets pwnt by Bumblebee. Also, in this time, whilst on the phone to Sam, Mikaela captures a Transformer (Wheely) who is trying to capture the shard of the cube that was trapped in sams shirt but she now has. Confusing, no? Anyway, she puts it in her car trunk in a box. Perfectly safe.
  
• OK, things then proceed to go down. The "SHARDS OF THE CUBE" get busted out by the billions of new decepticons, Humans attempt to stop said decepticons, Humans get pwnt by Michael Bay's directing. He likes explosions, get over it. SHIT BLOWS UP. Anway, Megatron returns, and goes back to Cybertron to first have some fanservice by choking Starscream a little (So No, Starscream is at no point "In Charge." Shame.) then talks to The Fallen who goes on about his return with a cliched speech.
• Apparently, conspiracy theory websites are the order of the day, and Sam's roomate happens to be the runner of one. Whilst going mental with Symbols in his head, said Terminator Decepticon pwns the college and they run away with Bumblebee, who has obviously followed him to college. If the way I'm writing this plot summary is strange, its because I'm tired and the film is a slight blur. Also the film is strange and makes no sense.
• Well, anyway, at some point during the last couple bullet points, the Autobots get ordered by the suits to leave, and Optimus goes to Sam to ask for their help. Sam gives him the virtual finger, Peter Cullen says an old Transformers Line, fanboys weep, everyone else sighs.
• THEN, Megatron and Starscream begin to chase Sam and his friends who have ran from college. They find them and prepare to cut out his brain or something. Right on cue, (Mad Spoilers Start...NOW) Bumblebee and Optimus fight them off. Bumblebee dissapears with the others, Sam runs a little, Optimus gets pwnt. He then, in a flurry of cliches gets told to get up, and proceeds to do so. "I'll take you all on." After destroying a few spare Decepticons, he gets stabbed in the back by megatron. DEAD. Sam screams "NO!" in slow motion. Gets told to run. He does. A little late, the other autobot members of N.E.S.T. reveal they were waiting but moments away to begin the assault, but were waiting for precious plot to actually happen. It's only halfway through, guys. Don't worry, I'll be quicker now.
  
• Sam runs a little, hides a little, talks with the gangster twin Autobots. Yeah, more on that later, but Skids and Mudflap are "G." College friend helpfully reveals his rival conspiracy website "ROBOWARRIOR" can probably read the symbols in his mind. They go to robowarrior, and shockingly its that sector seven agent from the other film. They find, from said "Tamed Decepticon" in Mikaela's trunk that some OLD transformers can read the writing. They go to bust one out. Comedy happens. People laugh. Testicles are Tased. Michael Bay continues to be 13.
• Old Decepticon is revealed to be Jetfire. They revive him with sams piece of the allspark. Why they didn't just revive prime with that, God knows. Anyway, He blows some shit up. Not very well though, hes old. He reads the symbols, teleports them to egypt and tells them some exposition and riddles. MORE PROBLEMS. Long story short, apparently the Matrix of Leadership is inside the "TOMB OF THE PRIMES" which is the key to the sun destroying machine.
• The Twins, Bumblebee, Jetfire and The 4 Humans proceed to find the tomb, but the matrix turns to dust. Sam puts it in a handily placed bandage and goes all emo.
• Lennox brings prime from N.E.S.T. to a village near them in egypt. Sam must now bring matrix to prime to bring him back to life. In between them happens to be lots of decepticons. another fourty minutes of battle happens. I'll spare you the details, I must sleep. So, again, Long Story short, people die. Jetfire gets pwnt, Sam gets to two seconds away from optimus, then Megatron kinda kills him. Sends him flying. Matrix rip off happens, and in the netherworld sam sees the old primes who go through the "Matrix is not found, it is earned" bullshit, he comes back, matrix ceases to be dust, Prime comes back. Two resurrections in like as many minutes. 
• There are about fifty sub-plots in this messy battle, I'll only say one though: Devastator turns up (YES!), and eats a mudflap. Mudflap, sadly lives. He them proceeds to go to reveal SUN DESTROYING MACHINE and gets pwnt by the rail gun from quake, but on a boat. WTF?!
  
• Anyway, Megatatron is undastandably pissed about the Optimus thing so shoots prime. Prime needs moar power. Jetfire gets handily wounded by that Skorpion one from the first film, and gives his parts to prime, as in that Armada scene I remember from when I was young. Good times. Primes powerlevel reaches over 9000, and he quickly, in somewhat of an anticlimax, disposes of Megatrons face and the Fallen entirely. Starscream and Megatron retreat, as is the way with Transformers, gotta keep em alive.
• Peter Cullen makes a "You fall" reference then does a speech. The film ends. Cheering all around.

SECTION 2 - The Good

• I have been told I write best while moaning, so this section will be short. I'd like to first clear this up. I did very much enjoy the film. There were more transformers, Devastator was there, Soundwave was there (albiet as a satellite recon dude, which is a shame) and so was Jetfire. The combat scenes were suitably epic, and the build ups intense. None of them reached me to the level of wanting to cheer like the Trailer to Ace Combat 6, but that was something else.
  
• Some of it was funny. The suit being forced to jump out of a plane and pulling the chord whilst on it got some good laughs in the cinema. But then, so did all the dogs and robots humping. The audience, and michael bay are both 13.
• Did I mention Devastator?
  
• I'll stop there. Watch it yourself, you'll know whats good about it. Its a "fun" film. That doesn't mean I won't proceed to nitpick.
• Also, Devastator.
  

SECTION 3 - The Bad

• The Transformers + Micheal Bay's directing makes it pretty hard to see what is going on sometimes. Shame.
• The Transformers themselves. Too much of a focus in the film on Sam's story lead to all of them being underused. Most of them had one key moment, and many were very distant from the source material counterparts. See: Soundwave and Arcee. Arcee is apparently three seperate autobots now. >_>. Soundwave a satellite.
  
• The plot, the whole FIND THE BOY HE KNOWS SOMETHING was, well, exactly the same as the first movie. At least the climax had some point to it. Rather than the first movies: We have the cube in a remote location, instead of fighting here lets go to the city to extract it. Wait what? Go to a heavily populated area to change hands to the non robots. Strange. Anyway, there was some relavence to the final showdown here.
• The final battle was dissapointing. There was a huge build up, and dude killed the Fallen in like one hit with his mega cannon. Should have cut a bit of the filler fights from the previous hour of build up. Jesus.
• Remember, the military squad is without faults. The suits are always wrong.
• Michael Bay is 13. He likes boobs, thus the college section, he likes the army and thinks they rule, thus the suits only ever doing wrong, he likes explosions. Thus the...explosions. The fact he has a robot with her power be the super extending tounge is...well strange. What goes through his mind, I wish not to know.
• Using an ANTI-WAR SONG as the love theme for the two main characters angered me. Listen to 21 guns, then listen to how it is used in the film. >_>. God it make me angry.
• Robot Gangsters. That is all.

So there you go, my last few hours for you guys. I'd talk about the trailer and how they reveal too much of the plot in said trailer, which I'm glad I covered my eyes and ears for in Star Trek, but it's 11:00. Time to bed, for me at least. But the film gets a recommendation from me overall, it was an enjoybale romp, especially in a Cinema with a good atmosphere. But it continues to be Micheal Bay.

In Other News...

• I have Prototype. I need to finish it. LETS DO THIS.
• Polo Spearmints are fucking tasty, guys.
• Oh screw this section, I need to sleep.