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2009-02-02T21:37:00.000-08:00

nothing to do makes boredom killed.

Valhalla Knights (PSP)

2009-01-23T03:35:00.000-08:00

Valhalla Knights for PSP. This game is underrated. It only has 5.5 at gamespot. The part two was released but I hadn't played it yet.

You start as a Human, but later on you could recruit more characters. The game is vast, and Many has it combination. There are lots of quests, jobs, races and dungeons. And monsters. And I'll let you on a little secret : Type a 9 - letter name for your character and you would have +10 ability points.

The leveling is hard. But money is easy to come. You just have to kick many slime butts and it would do.

Score : 7 / 10

Loco Roco 2 (PSP)

2009-01-23T03:18:00.000-08:00

Loco Roco 2 for PSP. Buy it. You'll never be disappointed on this game because if you're onto simplicity, this game rocks. And this early, I'm telling you not to read, instead, run to the nearest Gameshop open and buy it.

You remember the part 1? Isn't it awesome? 2 is more freakishly great! New improvements were added, the Loco house became the Mui - Mui's, the gameplay was better, added controls, more mini-games, many thing to collect, more fun, more guts, more glory and awards. And, the house is easier to manage. And, the story is more deeper. And, the game is more challenging and, most of all, the game is available in English!

What are you waiting for? Go there and buy it while stocks last!

Score : 10 / 10

Grand Chase (PC)

2009-01-10T22:07:00.000-08:00

Grand Chase for PC. The game has a website guys. Check Wikipedia for it. This game is 2D fantasy RPG / Fighting Adventure game, and also an online game. So, before you could play, you need to do the long method of signing up. The game is only available to several countries, and also some servers are for certain countries only.

Actually, even though the game is like the button - mashing games like Tekken and Street Fighter, the management has managed not to make the game a button masher. At the start of the game, wherein you start as a complete newbie to the whole world of Kanavan and Serdin, two kingdoms living in harmony until an evil sorcerer came in to wreck havoc. Interesting? You should play this game.

Score : 8 / 10

Persona 4

2009-01-04T05:30:00.000-08:00

Persona 4 for PS2. At first, you'll say: "Crap! This game is lame! Oh wait, is this even a game?!" But after you dig deeper and able to "decide what to do the time after school", this game will suck you inside out. With a creepy story and lots of side - quests, this game will run for hours.

Cool! This game even have voice actors in it. The game also focuses on talking and making bonds with other people. What you will answer even affects your Persona's powers! Nice enough, eh?

But, this is my first anime game that can speak rubbishy, and, of course "Mr. Moroon" or something. Next, the battle system surely rocks, solid gameplay, super graphics and ultimate sfx and soundtrack.

Score : 9 / 10

Adventure Quest Worlds : Legends of Lore (PC)

2009-01-02T00:09:00.000-08:00

Adventure Quest Worlds : Legends of Lore for PC. Don't bother checking it out at gamespot or IGN, it is a sequel to Adventure Quest,Dragon Fable,Mechquest and EbilGames of the Oh so successful Artix Entertainment. It's an online browser, so go check it.

You can play for free, but for some items, and all the pets needs you to upgrade your account to be equipped. Here, unlike it's predecessors, is a massive multiplayer game arena, meaning you can play and hang out with friends.

Allowing you to get yourself acquainted to other heroes makes it easier for you to defeat stronger foes, and even strive yourself for quests of money and items. Great, isn't it?

The only bad in this game are the "popping anywhere" enemies and the frequent lagging. But the whole game is incredible.

Score : 7 / 10

The Legend of Zelda : Phantom Hourglass (DS)

2008-12-30T01:26:00.000-08:00

The Legend Of Zelda : Phantom Hourglass for DS. Link goes to the waters for more adventure, with the dual screen! Get on it! Bunch of innovative puzzles and endless mashing skills, purely just by using the stylus! Don't let your stylus to get lost though, or you might not be able to play this masterpiece again.

With this marvelous epic, you got the chance to customize your own ship, get yourself kicking some butts with your sword, getting some, uhh, some sort of fairies and upgrade them. Well, you must find some odd - looking gems for it to work. Add the "uncharted islands" hunt. You also get to save a lone traveler out of the blue! And sooner or later, some pirates will go on hunting on you, yarr.

Get on the salvage arm later and be able to get some treasures on the seabed, a marvelous minigame, having you collecting treasures that you could sell. You can also dig some treasures on the islands. Talk about Diggin' it.

Completing this game to hundred percent could take a while, and having another DS lets you play with somebody else. Marvelous. Talk about the cubic graphics, and to tell you the truth, it has an undeniable charm. Boing - oing. Buy it. It's marvelous.

Score : 10 / 10 Marvelous Award

Advance Wars : Dual Strike vs. Advance Wars : Days of Ruin (DS)

2008-12-27T02:51:00.000-08:00

The great hit returns with double the damage into the Nintendo DS. In this special edition review for this month, I will differentiate the two (in my own words) one of the best games for the NDS.

On the Dual Strike you play in the traditional cute guys back from Omega Land, with new CO's and stuff, and introducing the "Tag" matches, where you can play with two Co's at once. Sadly, both of these disappears on Days of Ruin. The game gets darker, and no more cute guys. There would be, umm... ruins.

On the bright side, Days of Ruin offers more units than its predecessors, but it lacks the large amount of officers, considering the fact that the world almost crumbled, and only a handful of people survived. Also, Days of Ruin lets you make a ton of maps, considering the fact that Dual Strike only lets you store up to three.

A little side of the Days of Ruin makes you feel stronger and tougher, while Dual Strike makes you feel life is wonderful and good for you fight against the Black Hole Army. But on Days of Ruin? You fight the Lazarus Army, no more Black Hole guys.(I'll miss their persistence, really.)

Both games are worth your money. Both are good strategy games, not to mention the great characters and bright storyline, and also, the character relations. Don't forget about the good graphics and soundtrack! But the game still need to improve on the game difficulty. The game is still aching hard last chapter but the next they is a cakewalk.

Days of Ruin : 9 / 10 "Dark Spin-off Award"
Dual Strike : 10 / 10 "Game of the Month"

Dynasty Warriors : Fighter's Battle (DS)

2008-12-21T23:08:00.000-08:00

Dynasty Warriors : Fighter's Battle for DS.Worst of KOEI's ever. You don't even had a chance to play any of the characters from the original installments. You can only play one out of the three characters. Easy mode is a cake - walk, normal mode is so much easy either, but Hard mode is a chaos. You can't even play in between those difficulties!

There are times when fans get their hands on this game, very much happy about the release in the DS, but then gets upset. I can't even believe this is Dynasty Warriors. Where are the musou modes and dynasty modes? They also made a very repetitive game but addictive into an ultimately punishing repetitive ultra mega crazy spin - off! The game don't even have a particular story!

This game disgraces KOEI. If you read this review and haven't bought one yet, don't buy it, you'll just waste your time,money and battery. I just hope KOEI won't do more junk games like this. Hey, no offense. But still, if you'd like to know how lame this game is, no one is forbidding you to go.

Score : 3 / 10

The Little Prince (A Novel by Antoine De Saint - Exepery)

2008-12-20T05:42:00.000-08:00

My favorite... The Little Prince. This book was first published in 1943. The story takes place in the Sahara's, and on the stars and planets and asteroids. A young pilot was stuck in the Sahara's and met this little guy who demands lots of things, and never cease to stop asking you a question without his answer.

The prince often speaks in sophistry, a speech where you speak in a rather confusing way to change a subject or to deceive. He lives in a small planet where you can see the sunset for 44 times a day, simply just by moving your chair for a few block.

The prince is innocent, curious about lots of things, and loves to have friendly relationships with others. He even cares a lot to his rose, and to his new friend, the sheep.

The Little Prince is a rewarding book for all ages. It's one of the best, good treat to the eyes and mind, and will make you think of certain ideas about. So, if you can buy one, buy one. Don't hesitate. Not in your language? A little possibility, because this book was published in 180 languages. Say hurrah for a great book.

Score : 10 / 10 My favorite book award

Valkyrie Profile 2 : Silmeria (PS2)

2008-12-20T05:22:00.000-08:00

Valkyrie profile 2 : Silmeria for PS2. Have you ever saw a person talking to herself? Certainly, you will see it a lot of times here. The main character here DO talk to herself a lot. The reason? She has two souls in one person. Sooner or later you would see more creepy characters. Some may be disposed, some may not.

Though the cut scenes are pretty much rewarding, the game isn't. The puzzles are fully - oriented though. But the battle is some kind...shallow.

The graphics are so - so. Nothing to look out really. The battle system, like what is stated above, is shallow. You just keep on mashing buttons on rather tactical way. This game, even though good or rather best for other gamers, doesn't live up to my expectations.

The score : 5 / 10

LocoRoco (PSP)

2008-12-17T01:47:00.000-08:00

LocoRoco for PSP. Who can resist these creatures? Start with yellow then turn to pink then blue then .... then..... oh. I forgot.

LocoRoco is a simple game wherein you tilt the earth to save these Loko Rokos from danger. then, you collect objects for your funhouse. The funhouse is fun -- but quite irritating because you can only use the analog here. No others. So the controls are hard.

You only use two buttons on the main game - L and R - the shoulder buttons. The buttons you keep on pressing on the loading screens. The gun button on most of the games.

While LocoRoco is quite simple, it is still a good game for your PSP.

Score : 9 / 10 Almost Perfect Award

Dynasty Warriors 5 : Empires (PS2)

2008-12-17T01:35:00.000-08:00

Dynasty Warriors 5 : Empires for PS2. Even though the game is too much repetitive in it's whole series, Empires is a good spin - off. Allowing you to control your army - strategically and tactically and actionally ( even though there's no such word that exist).

Dynasty Warriors is a spin - off of the famous hit series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". You choose an army , recruit soldiers , officers , learn technologies , conquer others , befriend others , etc.

Dynasty Warriors also lets you create your own character. It doesn't offer a wide variety though. And when did you saw a person from from the ancient times with an afro?

Finally, Dynasty Warriors is a decent game, but the game needs lot of improvements. I don't own a PS3 or XBOX or Wii at the moment so I can't play it's sequel. Just hope that KOEI keeps it at it.

Score : 7.5 / 10

Disgaea : Afternoon of Darkness(PSP)

2008-12-17T01:18:00.000-08:00

Disgaea : Afternoon of Darkness for PSP. At first, you would not even notice this at the local store, but Disgaea : Afternoon of Darkness is also worth to play ( and your cash). You play as the heir of the throne of the Overlord in the Netherlands,err..Netherworlds, who slept for almost 3 years in his chamber.

You (just like other RPGs) start with a level 1 character, Laharl(in the default mode, at least) There is a secret ending on every part of this game, and even another New Game mode that lets you play with Laharl's vassal, Etna.

With this game you can summon an assembly to execute new advantages, and even disadvantages. After a long walk with a cake, you'll find your party smaller than the enemy's, so you would like to create characters to help you in your cause.

Even though this game is sometimes a pain in the ass, the game progresses fast, and before you know it, the game's done already. With a big variety of endings, you really can play this game for months -- or for years.

Score : 7.5 / 10

Mario Kart (DS)

2008-12-17T01:03:00.000-08:00

Mario Kart for DS. Mario,Mario,Mario,Mario. Good ol' Mario is back with his kart. Race against AI's or other players on this classic re-make. Hit them with shells, thunder shocks,bullets,ghosts,stars - you name it. It's just like the old ones.

Mario Kart DS gives you a game you can play when waiting for something or someone, because it's a good game to play to let time pass. Oh, did I mention you could unlock new racers as the game progresses?

You can also choose your karts, and you have mission mode, grand prix and even balloon battle mode. Featuring the new : Shine Runners system, wherein you collect star like suns on the game.

Even though racing games are repetitive at times, sometimes giving you thumb ache, Mario Kart DS is different. It offers wide variety of things to choose from. So, if you have the console, go get one.

Score : 9 / 10

Spore (PC)

2008-12-16T21:37:00.000-08:00

Spore for PC. You start as a tiny-winy little cell that depends on his instincts. Then, you will evolve then become a creature. You hunt or befriend other creatures to get new parts of your own. Then you create your tribe to attack or befriend other tribes, until you become a civilization, then into space.

After being so, you can create other creatures so that you could meet them on your game. The problem is, evolving isn't free. You need to pay DNA for it. Then, you need to be at the top of the food chain. Next, be a conqueror, then be on startrek.

Spore is really a good game for everyone to play. Creature creating is fun, so it will last long as your creativity lasts. Also, you also decide your future, regarding your food, be religious or trader or warmonger,(Confucious or Marco Polo or Alexander the Great), It is all depending on you.

Score : 10/10 My choice Award

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI (PS2)

2008-12-16T01:00:00.001-08:00

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI for PS2

The eleventh of one of KOEI's longest series game. The game is set in the time when China is in chaos, historically. Like it's predecessors,you take control of one force, trying to conquer other's.

The game offers lots of officers to choose from, a variety of units to choose from, and even the cities to choose from. The game is very vast, so the loading would be most severe. But when you get the hang of it, you won't even notice the loading time.

It can holdup to 8 players, even with one controller, since it is turn - based. You can also create your own officers if you got tired of the pre-sets. You can even make your officers marry each other. Also, you can check every officer's background andhistory.

Score : 8.5 / 10

Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow (DS)

2008-12-16T00:41:00.000-08:00

Castlevania - Dawn of Sorrow for DS

Set 2 years after Castlevania : Aria of Sorrow, Soma thinks he lost all his power. He is wrong. A cult suddenly appears and, much for his surprise, he still do have his powers. Weird... They say his powers only just hibernated, just like what bears do on long winter seasons.

Say, you have to choose between a spear, halberd, mace or sword, or a gun, what would you choose? Castlevania : Dawn of Sorrow offers a wide variety of weapons. Also, with you capable of getting blue and red (even yellow) orbs when defeating enemies gives it a plus.

The game has a couple of endings, a bad, a good, a better, and a best. The vast castle of you-know-who offers a big place for leveling, but the bad is, there's no multiplayer mode. Only a little trade system and racing, such a boring multiplayer, what a waste. Still, the over-all is good, and not that bad.

Score: 7/10