Anyway, looking forward to the first Bombcast of 2015 tomorrow.
Ew. I'm not going to read the article, but that title leaves a little more than just something to be desired. It is my worst fear for Patrick in giant bold text.
Anyone think bombcast will be special tomorrow? Some cool guest maybe?
Ugh. Patrick's already being devoured by the machine.
Certainly all of the hype pre-release was all about the Ghibli influence on the art style and the soundtrack rather than how the game played. I found it to be a very serviceable if a little bit underwhelming Pokemon/Dragon Quest Monsters inspired experience. As noted before the AI were absolutely terrible and the game was very timid in handing out too many options and mechanics out at once. I remember it was quite a while before the game decided to give the options to go all out attack or all out defence. A very simple concept to grasp yet the game walked you through at a sluggish, as if it didn't trust you to know what you were doing.
Playing through it once was fine since every new gorgeous location was an experience in itself. Certainly wouldn't see myself playing through it again though. Especially since the last act that was added to the PS3 version felt very unnecessary and dragged out the length a bit long than it should have been. And that low key ending definitely felt super tacked on.
Even though Level 5 have put out critically acclaimed JRPGs at a reasonable rate they've still put out a fair few average stuff in the past like Jeanne D'Arc Inazuma Eleven or the WKC series for example. I personally think Ni No Kuni falls somewhere in between, and to be honest if didn't have that striking art style and soundtrack then I probably wouldn't have bothered completing it.
"I honestly can't believe Israel and Palestine are still fighting. When are you gonna stop the madness, SEGA?"
Sending Sonic in with Chilli dogs did not lead to a lasting ceasefire sadly :(
Israel has still not forgiven the inhumanity of Sonic 06, but all Palestine really wants now is Yakuza 5 to be released outside of Japan. SEGA could fix this if only they wanted to!
Israel's ceasefire demands entirely depend on a Billy Hatcher sequel being released before Yakuza 5 is localized. Otherwise we'll know Sega are siding with the Palestines. Either way they're going to screw up and ensure Gaza becomes a giant smokey crater. Oomph! Sega you rascals did it again!
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