Emotions - PlayStation Games

Who's the strongest in Final Fantasy VII?

mag — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:08:54 -0400

Weiss the ImmaculateThis forum thread started a huge buzz on who's the strongest in the entire Final Fantasy VII series? The thread asked if Sephiroth met Weiss (antagonist in FFVII:DOC), who will win? It quickly escalated to a discussion on who's the ultimate guy in FFVII. A quick list of candidates include Sephiroth and his various forms, Weiss the Immaculate and his various forms, Genesis (mysterious character known as G), Restrictor (an unseen guy in DOC that Weiss overthrew with the aid of several allies) and of course Vincent Valentine and his various forms.

Dirge of Cerberus

mag — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:07:45 -0400

Dirge of Cerberus PS2 Cover This is really a game for Vincent Valentine fangirls/fanboys because it is a shooter game, unlike the usual FF games. I knew it was a shooter game before I bought it, but being a Vincent Valentine fanatic, I just had to have it.

Hardcore Gamer

mag — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 22:58:10 -0400

Am I one? Some of my friends think so but in my definition of a Hardcore Gamer, is someone who's fantastic at video games, and frequent games competitions. This also means he or she should be extremely good with shooter games since Half-Life is one of those games they play at competitions. Well, to disappoint some of my friends, I totally suck at FPS type of game. In other popular game genres like RPG, I'm not exactly that good at it either. I know some people who are so good at the RPG they play that they know exactly the combination of spells and exploits of the game glitches etc, so that they play with minimum effort with maximum results. Now, that's god mode for you. hehe.

Dynasty Warriors

mag — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:17:58 -0400

Woo, found this on Youtube and just had to post it.

The first one is Zhang He's movie which is hilarious. The second one is a mix of various scene from DW, made together with a catchy tune. I quite like it.

I'm a Survivor! Mwhahaha.

mag — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:37:13 -0500

Music: The Veronicas - When It All Falls Apart

Mood: happy

Mwhahaha, after my last character on Dynasty Warriors 5:Xtreme Legends got whacked by the pesky archers, I started playing a new one on Monday. Yeah, annoying is an understatement to describe those pesky archers. At higher difficulty, they shoot fire/ice arrows that really kills.

Lu Bu Slain

mag — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:11:17 -0500

Music: FFX-2 OST: Rikku's Theme
Mood: frustrated

Who's Lu Bu? He's a mighty warrior in Romance of the Three Kingdom. I've been playing Dynasty Warriors 5 (which is based on ROTK). A few days ago I read somewhere that someone was playing DW5-Xtreme Legends (xtreme mode) over 650+ missions. That's no small feat because in Xtreme mode, your character's HP are not restored after each missions. And you cannot save your gameplay, there's an interim save that allows you to temporary save the game so that you can continue the next time, however, once the save is loaded, its gone.

Sad Stories

mag — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:11:17 -0500

Music: Acoustic Alchemy

Reading sad stories made me sad. Watching sad movies made me sad as well. Playing the saddest part of my favorite game, made me sad too. And no, I'm not even a sentimental fool, at least I don't think so.

As I read this fanfiction about Zhou Yu and Sun Ce, it really made me very sad even though the story would eventually ended up as a slash. I'm not fond of reading slash, in fact I don't ever read them, however this writer has a natural flare and lyrical writing style. Once I started the first paragraph, I could not stop. It really reminds me of reading a good rare book, and those kind of stories don't come around that often.

Dynasty Warriors 5

mag — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:11:17 -0500

Music: Billie Piper - Honey to the Bee

Hehe, just to express what a game addict I am over my latest craze on Koei's Dynasty Warriors 5, I'm making this blog entry especially.

Just a quick note, all the images for DW5 taken from Koei Warriors, a fan site.

Dynasty Warriors 5 is a game based on the famous noval, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The game featured up to 48 playable characters and more NPCs that are featured from the noval. You can participate in historical battles, experience with different armous, weapons and skillset as well as change costumes for your characters. Xtreme Legend, the expansion pack even featured a Destiny Mode where you can create a custom office and joined an army and developed your military skills. I like the Destiny Mode especially.

In DW5 itself, I like Musou mode where I can use one of the many officers and played their storyline.

Characters I like to use alot are Zhao Yun, Ling Tong, Zhou Yu, Jiang Wei and Zhang He, especially the first two. Zhao Yun's spear is very good for clearing crowds and clocking that high "K.O"s. Scoring over 1000 "K.O"s per game is not too hard with his spear and Jiang Wei's trident as well.

Since there are mainly three kingdoms in the noval, it is the same in the game. Most of my favorite generals are in Shu and Wu, I seldom play Wei's campaign, except for using Zhang He. Yesterday, I had to play a Wei campaign and as Zhang He is an unlockable character, he's not in the default character list, so I used Cao Pi and he's not too bad. Once his weapon upgraded, his attacks were alot faster (plus I boasted his speed) and him on a horse is really not too bad at all. hehe. Pity, in history, he's a cruel man.

I like most of the spears using generals in the game since spears are the longest weapons with the longest range. I dislike Zhang Fei's spear though, his moveset is so, err, uncouth for a girl to play. haha. Blade users are generally faster than spears users with a shorter range. I like Zhou Yu's long blade (called Elder Sword) and Lu Xun's twin blades. Lu Xun's a very fast character but its hard to control his targets since his moveset hits a bit here and there. So far, still a pain to use, hopefully when I upgrade his weapon, this would improve.

I fell in love with Jiang Wei's weapon because its really one of the most useful crowd-clearing weapons around. I easily clocked over 500 "K.O"s within a few minutes. Next was Zhang He's claws, not the easiest to use but it was really interesting to use him. He flipped here and there and his claws literally shredded his opponents to pieces. Ok, not that I see pieces of flesh flying across the screen but still, being a claw user made him the fastest character in the game. Haha, and he talks funny. Really, over-using the words 'Beauty' in his dialogue, made him one of the most interesting and entertaining character to use.

Recently, I started using Ling Tong, a new character that Koei launched with DW5. He's a famous general of Wu, known for his feud with Gan Ning. Gan Ning killed his father since they were serving different armies then but later joined Wu. Ling Tong tried to kill him a couple of times but the King of Wu rebuked him. In the end, Gan Ning shot an arrow to save Ling Tong's life and thus he forgave Gan Ning and became very good friends with him. Ling Tong's weapon is a Nutkacho (sp?), like two wooden bars connected together with chain in the middle. Quite hard to use, if you asked me. But the weapon made him a very fast character and his charge attacks are not too bad. The only thing I didn't like was his Musou recovery is so laggy. Still I managed to use Ling Tong and clocked over 1000 "K.O"s when I can.

There are some female characters in the game that Koei put them in to appeal more to the players. I kinda dislike the female characters since historically, females generals are mostly unheard of and rare if there are any. If memory served, there are no female generals in ROTK except for the 'tribes' tribal Queen, Zhu Rong who's the wife of a tribal king, Meng Huo. She really can fight in history but was captured easily by Zhuke Liang. hehe. The other female characters there are really mostly like 'vase'. I do enjoy the interactions between the female characters and male characters in the game though. For example Zhenji would compliment her husband, Cao Pi when I used him to clock a high number of "K.O"s. She would say he's so handsome when he fight. hehe. Xiao Qiao (wife of Zhou Yu) would say something similar to Zhou Yu as well. Very cute.

I think the voice actors did a great job in general. The only voice I didn't like was Sun Jian's one. He sounded like he had flu or something in his throat and made Sun Jian sounded like a sissy. Sure, Koei made Zhang He a narcistic guy but he's funny and I can accept Zhang He's attacks with butterflies or even him wearing purple/pink. Not Sun Jian, hallow? Sun Jian's the head of Wu, even if he died young.

Restless and Distracted

mag — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:11:17 -0500

Music: radio

I'm so restless and distracted today. When the alarm went off this morning, I was still dreaming. I literally remembered that I was dreaming and that annoying noise I heard was the alarm going off. I just can't remember what I was dreaming about.

I hate getting up when my sleep is still in the 'dreaming' state. I think there's a term for that state. Its just so tiring and its like my brain's still not rested. This morning was one of those mornings, where I wish I can just call in sick or something.

Oh well, my mind's in a daze the whole morning and I realised that I'm easily distracted. I wondered if that has anything to do with the fact that I haven't had my medicine for the last 2 days. I actually forgot and was too lazy to find the tablets when I remembered. I had a relapse of my thyroid disorder - hyper thyriodism and have to take long term medication for it, so that it wouldn't stress my heart out.