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Nov. 24, 2009
  • For me it would be F.E.A.R. 2. The original was great on so many levels, but it's sequel was just all over the place and missed the mark on damn near everything. It wasn't original. It wasn't scary or creepy. It was just uninspired and bland all around. The only positive thing I can think of from F.E.A.R. 2 was when you blew that guys head off point blank with ...
    7 hours, 42 minutes ago
  • Cerza replied to the topic Sex in games?
    @Neon941 said: " The problem is that there's no escaping the simple misinformation that video games are for children. You can tell a dopey soccer mom all you like that most people who play games are in their 20s or 30s and games that have sex and violence are intended for that group of people but she'll still think somehow that they're going to get into the hands of her ...
    12 hours, 53 minutes ago
Nov. 23, 2009
Nov. 22, 2009
  • I only think it's fair to dislike a game for it's players if the game in question is something like a player driven MMORPG. Otherwise I don't think it's right discriminate against a game based off it's players at all.
    2 days, 10 hours ago
  • @i69edUrGpa said: " @Cerza said: " I have over 12,000 hours invested in WOW. *hangs head in shame* "How does one even accomplish this feat? "I started playing at launch and played straight up until earlier this year when I quit since I finally accomplished everything I set out to do in the game, everyone I knew that had been playing had since quit and moved on, and I don't ...
    2 days, 10 hours ago
  • Colony Wars. I don't think Vengeance or Red Sun were as good as the original, but man those games were fun.
    2 days, 11 hours ago
  • I love LBP on the PS3, but from what they showed in the QL it just feels like this version is missing something. I dunno maybe Ryan is right, maybe the time for LBP has passed. Still it's good to see it available on another platform. The more people that can experience it the better. :)
    2 days, 13 hours ago
Nov. 21, 2009
  • Cerza replied to the topic Never played Diablo in the Torchlight board.
    Torchlight is a good place to start if you are interested in these sorts of games. Personally, Torchlight is my favorite one of these hack n' slash dungeon crawlers. I like it way more than Diablo II. If you are unsure you should check out the demo and give it a whirl. If you like it enough to buy it you don't have to worry about starting over since your ...
    3 days, 15 hours ago
  • I signed the petition and didn't buy it and didn't download it. I don't have MW2 and have no intention of ever getting it since two of my friends who did get it both told me the single player is shit and that the only reason to get the game is the multiplayer and I am burned out when it comes to the online shooter scene.
    3 days, 15 hours ago
  • Yea that really pissed me off when that dialogue came up. I told Morrigan she could could go fuck herself and that I should have killed her sooner and then she left, which made me mad because she was my CC. I couldn't see doing her ritual and getting her pregnant because if you do that then the Archdemon isn't dead, which means the blight never really ends. A Grey ...
    3 days, 15 hours ago
Added by Cerza on Sept. 24, 2008

Here's the list titles I got in exchange for last weeks paycheck. I'm posting it since I just realized that some you may be wondering what I got and to state that no I did not blow over $350 on those four games. So without further adeu...

The List:

Tomb Raider Legend
Tomb Raider Anniversary
John Woo's Strangle Hold
Blue Dragon
Eternal Sonata
Prey
Enchanted Arms
Phantasy Star Universe
Virtua Fighter 5
Dead or Alive 4
Far Cry Instincts Predator
The Simpson's Game
Ace Combat 6
Forza 2


Added by Cerza on Sept. 24, 2008

Slow day at work and me left unsupervised equals new blog update. HELLO GIANT BOMB!!!

Well I finished Tales of Vesparia a few days after my last post. The game falls pretty flat on it's face in the final act with the cliche'd events in the story and sloppy translation. Honestly that part of the game shows they were on a deadline and were just desperately trying to get it out the door. Overall I walked away from the experience very satisfied and still feel it is the best Tales game in the series and one of the best JRPG's ever.

I have also purchased a great many new games for very neglected Xbox 360, because Tales got me hooked on points and achievements. Actually, I purchased over $350 worth of 360 games... they are all the titles that came out these past four years that I missed while I was addicted to WOW. Among my aquisitions are Call of Duty 2, which I played through in 10 hours and liked, but was sad it offered nothing new, and Call of Duty 3, which is good overall, but very buggy and unpolished. Inifinity Ward didn't make CoD 3 and it shows. I don't know if I'll bother finishing it.

I also picked up Kameo, which is a flipping amazing game, but a little heavy on the kiddie side of things and super easy. In fact, despite how good it is I find it to be so easy that it's boring to play. This is another one that I am half way through and I don't know if I'll bother to finish.

The last title I got that I have played is King Kong: The Official Game to the movie to Peter Jacksons far to big and long and convoluted title. The game is both jaw droppingly gorgious and bad. It's an interesting combination. The visuals and events you see are simply beautiful. However, the game play consists of the same three or four puzzles over and over and over again, with a shitty chase level spliced inbetween where you get to play as Kong and fight with the games camera. Spear grub, throw near giant millipede, bat, scorpion, or spiders  to draw them into the open, shoot the bastards when they are out in the open, rinse and repeat. Or, do that while looking for fire, or looking for the fucking door levers. It's like Populus, but with nice graphics and all from a first person perspective. There are 500 levels and they are all the same.

I took King Kong back and exchanged it for Hitman Blood Money, which I am told is a much better game and hope to start by this weekend.


Added by Cerza on Sept. 14, 2008

So I haven't been too active here the past few weeks, month, months.... and there is a perfectly good reason for this I assure you. I replaced my 360 finally and picked up Tales of Vesperia on a whim as I did it. The game has devoured my life and I love it to death. The graphics are beautiful! It's like playing an animated film. The cast, characterization, story and everything are totally top notch. I simply can't put it down. At nearly 60 hours I'm 2/3 of the way through an am loving every minute of it. I've played all of the Tales games and have to say this one is hands down the best in the series, and one of the best JRPG's ever made. I fully expect my play time to go up another 20-40 hours before I am done playing through it. Then the cycle will repeat again in the games New Game + mode. If you have a 360 and a thirst for this sort of thing, you have no excuse to not have this in your library.

I've also been playing the Warhammer Online beta. In a word, I am dissappointed. The game is buggier and much more restrictrive now than it was in preview weekend, and taking away the freedom takes away the fun. At least it does for me. In these online worlds that perport allowing you to go where ever and do whatever and be whatever I want to do just that. Not go where ever, be whatever, and do whatever so long as I stay on my limited side of the sandbox.

I also finally picked up Call of Duty 4 last night and beat it in a single sitting as my Xbox Live Profile can attest to. I gotta say that is one hell of a game and I am sorry I waited this long to pick it up. I waited, because after hearing that the single player is only 4 hours long I thought "no 4 hour game is worth $65." After all that is $13.75 per hour of entertainment. Oh how I was wrong! After beating the game I walked away nothing short of totally satisfied.


Added by Cerza on Aug. 3, 2008

Hello Giant Bomb! My name is Cerza, no, no the pleasure is all mine I assure you. I have been gaming since the last days of the arcades. The first console I ever actually owned was the SNES, which I bought back on 2/22/1992 with the money I won by betting that the Redskins would beat the Bills in the Superbowl, and they did. GO WASHINGTON!!! Anywho, I bought the system because my cousins and friends said I couldn't mooch off theirs any longer. I am a writer and accrued accountant, and value games with a good script. I have had the pleasure of gaming on every system to date with the exception of the Jaguar. My main genre of choice is the RPG, and my main platform of choice is the PC. However, I am not a fanboy and do game on various consoles fairly regularly. Check out my collection to see a list of the titles I currently own. You will usually find me lurking about the forums, since that's where I like to be. Oh, one more thing. I am a crusty old gamer who values innovation, and people who do things differently. So don't get upset if you read that I am lashing out against "the next greatest thing," because chances are I've seen "the next greatest thing" before, and I've seen it done better. Feel free to add me if you want to. I accept all friend requests.

Like so many others on this site, I too hail from Gamespot, though I am also active at 1up and Honest Gamers as well. I left Gamespot in disgust when Jeff was let go and have been following him ever since, because Jeff is awesome. I found out about Giant Bomb from the blog Jeff had before Giant Bomb was up in blog form. I must say I am really impressed with the site so far and would like to give everyone working at Giant Bomb a huge virtual pat on the back. The site is awesome great job guys. I can't wait to see what comes next!



Cerza's Reviews
The Only Thing We Don't Have To Fear Here Is F.E.A.R. Itself (PC)
Oh F.E.A.R. 2, you could have been so many things. You turned out to be so many things, but unfortunately so few of them are good. You placed players in the role of a new hero. This hero belongs to a new squad and with that new squad comes an ...
Reviewed by Cerza on Feb. 16, 2009
For What it Does on The Wii it's Darn Good For a Wii Game ()
I want to start this off by saying that I am a huge fan of the Tenchu series. I remember seeing Tenchu when it first appeared, but never really looked at it beyond the occasional glance. My first Tenchu game was Tenchu Z for the Xbox 360, and once I ...
Reviewed by Cerza on Feb. 10, 2009

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As good as it could be, but lacking a bit of what it should be. (PS2)
YS(pronounced "iiiish"): The Ark of Napishtim is the sixth installment in the YS series, and picks up three years after the conclusion of YS V which debuted on the SNES about 14 years ago. So, if you've never heard of this series that’s probably why. If you do remember this ...
Reviewed by Cerza on Aug. 3, 2008
Epicly Ball Grabbing (DS)
Every once in a great while a game comes along which captivates its players to no end, and when the end is over, continues to hold them. Seldom is this game an old quasi remake/port. However, Mario 64 DS is such a game. If you asked me around this time ...
Reviewed by Cerza on Aug. 3, 2008
Easily The Most Hilarious Game in Years! (DS)
XY/XX Feel the Magic is a quirky Japanese puzzle game and SEGA's first release on the Nintendo DS platform that anyone who can remember feeling awkward, and/or doing something stupid around that significant other, will immediately feel at home in. The entire game is animated in a 1960's Deco art ...
Reviewed by Cerza on Aug. 3, 2008
The King of Puzzlers. (PC)
Bejeweled 2 Deluxe Edition is Popcap Games sequel to the hit puzzle game Bejeweled. If you have played Bejeweled you will immediately feel at home here since everything is really the same in this game as it was in the original. The only exceptions being that the graphics have been ...
Reviewed by Cerza on Aug. 3, 2008
A Fun Puzzler Best Used For Killing Time Between Other Things. (PC)
Hexic is best described as a fun little puzzler that is good for killing spare time between other events and activities. In Hexic, your goal is to move sets of three hexagons so that each hexagon in the set matches up with three or more hexagons of its corresponding color. ...
Reviewed by Cerza on Aug. 3, 2008
Not For Everyone, But Amazing None The Less. (PS2)
Xenosaga Episode I is sort of a spiritual successor and prequel to Xenogears, which debuted on the Playstation 1 back in 1998. If you remember Xenogears, you know it was a Squaresoft title, and Xenosaga is brough to us via Namco. The reason for this is the creators of Xenogears ...
Reviewed by Cerza on Aug. 3, 2008
A Disappointing Continuation... (PS2)
Xenosaga Episode II Jenseits von Gut und Böse is the second installment in Namco’s epic Xenosaga series. Jumping into Episode II without having played Episode I isn’t the greatest idea because the game begins during the Miltian Conflict, which takes place fourteen years before the start of Episode I, and ...
Reviewed by Cerza on Aug. 3, 2008
The Conclusion to the Greatest Narrative RPG of our Time! (PS2)
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra is the third and final episode in Monolith’s epic Xenosaga series. If this sounds strange to you, you’re right. Xenosaga was originally slated to be six episodes long. However, due to the overwhelmingly poor sales and response to Episode II, Namco, Monolith’s publisher, pulled ...
Reviewed by Cerza on Aug. 3, 2008


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FLStyle 8 hours, 37 minutes ago
Work Cafeteria may have a 360 + Tekken 6 in, five others may have been playing winner stays on, I may have won 10, lost 0, who's to say :)
HolyCrapItsAdam 1 week, 6 days ago
Just started my long quest of playing MW2 on veteran! Check my blogs to watch along
Artemis_D 1 year, 1 month ago
spits hot fiyah.