Heretic-Gamer has been on a hiatus, and by Heretic-Gamer, I mean me. I didn’t really know I was going to be doing so little with the site for so long, if I had, I would have gave fair warning.
The truth is, the tournaments that were supposed to be scheduled didn’t get enough staff and user support among the forums, so they were never implemented. It would be nice to see some kind of support for something like that in the future, but unfortunately you can never force things like that.
I don’t personally have a lot to write about, not having a lot of money for video games, and time. That, and, the DS and PSP are really the only systems I personally own that see any decent games. The Wii won’t be seeing any of the good games they announced at E3 until at least next year. I don’t doubt that the lack of updates on this site is partially due to the fact that there really isn’t a whole lot going on in the gaming world.
In other news, a lot of other sections of the site have kind of gone amiss, including the videos section and soundtrack section. These sections are lost somewhere on the server, and will require some time to get back up and running again, time which I do not personally have.
If you have any desire to see the site progress again, I recommend you visit some of the links on the left sidebar of this page. Take a look at the good reviews and articles and think about how you might be able to make something better, something worth contributing to the site. If you find anything register on our forums and shoot ‘aeternus_aura” or any of the other staff members a private message; we won’t ignore you.
Finally, a princess who doesn’t have an uptight self image!
Fat Princess has been on the minds of several PS3 owners since its announcement last year. And since it was just released (and I have obtained it), why not cover it?!? Initially, all anyone knew about it was that there was this princess, and you just had to keep feeding her cake, which made her really fat. Well, you do indeed do that in the game. However, it’s not the only thing you do (of course). It’s actually a class-based game, which can loosely be compared to Team Fortress 2. You can play as classes such as the Warrior (basic fighting type), the Priest (has healing abilities), and so on. Being able to upgrade their powers makes them all the more tempting to try each of them out. Tempting like cake. Delicious cake.
What a FAT PRINCESS!!! HAWHAWHAW
So why are these princesses fat? The princesses basically found a mystical cake in the forest, they can’t stop eating cake, which is why you must stuff them full of it. Story-wise, anyway. Gameplay-wise, the point of feeding the princess is to make her fat, of course. The fatter she gets, the more difficult it is for your opponents to steal your princess, or take back their own princess. They get pretty damn heavy, let me tell ya.
The game is pretty simple, but with its online multiplayer, it is guaranteed to be tons of fun. Tons. Like how much the princesses now weigh. DAAAAAAAAAAAMN THEY BE BIG.
“This week’s Comic Con sees Valve revealing new sections of Left 4 Dead 2 to the public. We’ve already seen the daytime levels set in New Orleans for The Parish campaign. Now comes Swamp Fever, with its misty, boggy setting, putting at ease those who were afraid the game wouldn’t be dark enough. This will reveal the new Boss Infected, The Spitter. We’re told, “The female Spitter has an area attack that can split up Survivors or flush them out of their hiding spots.” They’ll also show the new uncommon Infected, the Mudman (seen below), along with the cricket bat, AK47, and grenade launcher. So if you’re there, go play it! New images of the game are below.“
It seems the purpose of the Spitter is to prevent closet camping. I’m very happy to see this. The bile seems to be more toxic than the Boomer’s. I believe it is even stronger than flames.
So Muscle March had me, and other people on our forums, intrigued since Day 1. After seeing any pictures or footage of Muscle March, you may have the exact same thoughts that I did: Why are all these muscular men, and a polar bear, running around in tiny little colorful undergarments? Is this seriously a Wii game? Yes, courtesy of Namco Bandai.
IT'S CALLED A ROAD, IT'S CALLED THE RAINBOW ROAD
The premise (I think) of the game is to chase a person through different environments while using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to flex your muscles in order to fit through the holes in the wall caused by the person you are chasing.
There are many happy animals as well
So we still haven’t figured out why this game is so damn flamboyant. In case you haven’t noticed, this game, like many other crazy ones which I’ve featured, it from Japan. That’s pretty much the only answer you’ll need. And it is VERY obvious that it is full of kooky Japanese influence after watching this trailer.
Muscle March was released in Japan on May 26th for WiiWare, and can currently be purchased for 800 WiiPoints. Once it comes to America, it’s definitely worth checking out, if only for how strange this title truly is. I GIVE MUSCLE MARCH TEN NICE MUSCLE OUT OF TEN POSSIBLE NICE MUSCLE.
Coming out of beating Persona 3: FES a week ago, I’ve moved on to playing Final Fantasy IV: The After. But I can’t really just move on without mentioning my final thoughts on a game I spent over 80 hours with.
I can basically sum up Persona 3: FES as follows: Great style does not make up for the uninteresting, slow, underdeveloped story and characters. So many things about the game’s presentation are great. The music, the colorful world, the French scattered randomly about, the sunny, rainbow-filled locals, not to mention the fact that you shoot yourself in the head in order to use skills in battles.
A special note should be made to the game’s final three months. At this point, after perhaps 40 to 50 hours of dragging story, the plot actually starts to go somewhere. Unfortunately at this point, it is too little and too late. The plot and characters still do not make it to a satisfactory level, albeit getting very close, and so, while the game finishes stronger than what precedes it, the game’s story ends weak.
One final shout-out must go to the final month of the game. During this period, the game takes the other half of the soundtrack that is just “OK,” and rearranges all these songs into awesome remixes. Like, I put off finishing the game just to hear these songs, awesome.
All in all, I can still easily say that one should try at least one of the Persona games, just for how refreshing and different they are from a standard RPG. With that in mind, however, I would recommend playing Persona 4 over Persona 3: FES without any regrets. Just think about playing through it on Easy!
We’re still a little light on news editors, so unfortunately I’m essentially the only one updating the front page at this time. Instead of doing a crappy job of summarizing the Nintendo and Sony conferences, I’ll redirect you to Mr. Wonderful’s link to the 1UP podcast summary of E3.
Well Microsoft was up to bat yesterday, and it seems as if they hit a home run [/stupid baseball analogies]. With the highly anticipated Nintendo conference just a few minutes away, I figured there’s only a short time left to summarize what happened yesterday in a “nutshell” for those who missed it. Here are the key points:
Crysis 2 - PC, 360, and PS3 bound. The sequel will be available for console owners.
Crackdown 2 - Multiplayer seems to be getting a huge overhaul in this sequel. Ruffian Games is the development company behind this game.
Metal Gear Solid Rising - Announced for the 360 so far. Stars Raiden. Looks badass.
Halo 3: ODST and Halo Reach - Not a whole lot of information on either.
Left 4 Dead sequel in development, Final Fantasy XIII will probably be released during spring of 2010 (is this really even a legit announcement?), Starcraft II by the end of this year (come on just release it already fuck), Guitar Hero 5 band list out, also Guitar Hero Beetles game (at least it’s not something like Aerosmith again) .
Just posting for the heck of it mostly, but also becuase you should check HG (especially Mr. Wonderful’s E3 threads on the forums) for E3 updates and news about the big announcements. We’ll be trying to cover as much as we can as events unfold.
Looking for a good RPG to keep you occupied this summer? Well if you’re the owner of some sort of Nintendo DS, you’re in luck. Among the tons of other quality RPGs you can find on the system at this point in its life, a port of Chrono Trigger to the Nintendo DS is one of the best.
Overview:
Chrono Trigger, if you are familiar with the original in any way, is heralded as one of the greatest games of all time by Gamespot, IGN, and others. Simply put, this game remains near flawless to this day. It’s epic, exciting, fun, challenging, and interesting. Before I start to go crazy about this game however, I should point out the specifics of the DS version for those of you thinking about picking up this remake, especially if you’ve had the game before. If you haven’t by the way, and you like RPGs at all, pick this up if you have a Nintendo DS. Any gamer who hasn’t witnessed this RPG in all it’s glory needs to.
Differences Between Earlier Versions:
If you note the difference between the two pictures shown, you’ll see that the DS version attemps to make a decent use out of the touch screen. For the most part, it succeeds. First of all, battles feel a lot less cramped than they would if only one screen was in use. This could have potentially been a huge problem on the DS due to the fact that a DS is smaller than a television. Alas, there is no need to worry. Even if you prefer the “classic” view, it is an option that you can change. Really the options accomodate everybody.
The touch screen use can get kind of annoying if you’re in active battle mode, however. Scrolling through your techs with the stylus gets to be a little tedious, and most will probably just resort to using the d-pad. This is a reasonable choice and in the end the fact that you get another screen to scroll through techs and items mid-battle turns out to have plenty more pros than cons. It does it’s job in the fact that it improves the port from its predecessor. In terms of the battles though, there is one major, major advantage if you have any experience with the PSX version of this game, and that’s load time. This game is best not played on a CD. The battles become really painful when your characters freeze for five seconds before the battle screen is loaded. Thankfully the DS version corrects that horrid problem, and keeps the cutscenes from the PSX version as well.
Extras in the newer version of Chrono Trigger involve a battle arena where you can compete against other players via wireless, and there are a couple new features as well. The interdimensional vortex offers a series of extra challenges, including a new superboss which is exclusively part of the Nintendo DS version of this game. I haven’t personally been through the entire series of challenges myself, but I can’t complain about having an extra challenge around. If you’re wondering about the rest of the game, however, it’s just as challenging as its previous versions. It’s hard. Very hard.
Conclusions:
This relatively brief review lacks any sort of depth in terms of getting into the games mechanics, but to be perfectly honest I don’t see any reason to go into them. If you like RPGs, there’s no reason you wouldn’t like this game, that is, unless you can’t stand linear “story-based” RPGs and prefer games like Oblivion. It’s worth pointing out though that 13 different endings shows that there are many choices you can make along the way, and each one will have an effect on the past, present and future.
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