Mischief MakersWhen I first played this game my bother borrowed an N64 friend from a friend of his, I never knew about it, but when I played it I was in love. This is one of the games that made me into fan of Trasure's works. The story was something out of an off-the-wall anime and the gameplay embraced (or rather influenced) my love of beating up goons by grabbing one of the goons and throwing the goons into a crowd of goons. It was fun and challenging (except for the sprinting a marathon for a gold gem, that was kind of a pain) and very under-rated for a platformer.
BANZAI PECAN: The Last Hope for the Young CenturyTruth be told that I never, in my life, heard of this game until I saw this thing on Desura and I have yet to play the full game (no thanks to finanncial here, ugh) and this game was in development for 4 years, but when I played the one of the earlier demos (which has problems with frame-rate running on brother's souped-up PC for some reason), part of my skepticism struck me as "Hey, this could be the 2D God Hand that we've been fighting for". The basic premise has you, a school girl gifted with the powers of a badass magical girl fighter, to beat up a group of succubi calling themselves the Sexilicous Seven and thier legions of bunny-girls to rescue her boyfriend. To me, this game needs more love; it's sad to see FPS 'tards label it as crap first without so much as even trying it out. I get the feeling some people are starting to hate 2D brawlers now (namely games Kung Fu Master and Splatterhouse where it's flat 2D playing field oppose to Streets of Rage or Scott Pilgrim) just like shoot 'em ups. Sure, the character art looks amateur (and aren't some indie games prune to this?), but since this was a brawler
parody, that didn't bother me as much.
The developer is definitely working on making the game better and I'm seeing some improvements in the gameplay with the little videos up on YouTube to show it. Plan on getting at Desura if I get the chance to. I think I've blabbed too much for a game I doubt much people here would care about...
The Ace Attorney/Turnabout Trial seriesI was never expecting to have this much fun with a visual novel before, I'm glad I did since I'm trying to broaden my gaming horizons with visual novels and this is a good start for me. It feels great to do the detective work to prove someone right or wrong and seeing the results pay off more than other games I've played lately.
Parasite Eve 1This was something I was trying out on a whim when I used to have PS2, one of the best decisions I've ever made. The story and gameplay intrigued me more than FF7 and I loved how it was like Resident Evil with an RPG combat system à la Chrono Trigger (which I've yet to play on VC or DS sadly). The post-end game bonus dungeon is really good, especially since it took place in the Chrysler Building and it felt sorta like a rogue-like. Speaking of rogue-likes...
Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja ReturnsI found this game at an F.Y.E. one day for $20 used but it was like brand-new, and for a time I was quite addicted to this game. The story is humorous and the game was difficult for me since I never played a rogue-like before, but that didn't stop me from enjoying story. I really Romantic Fool's artstyle, his way of drawing to me is unique and I liked how he does his coloring. The fact that I got the Amazon pre-order bonus mini-poster was just bonus points for me.
Einhänder[spoiler=Hot-blooded fanboy-ism]Jesus, Square-Enix, when will you take a break from RPGs with angsty pretty girls and boys and make badass sci-fi cyber-punk shoot 'em ups like THIS again?! I knew little about this game but I when I decided to emulate it, DAMN, I was taken by surprise. The soundtrack is badass, the game has that old-school Contra feel with its weapons, the mecha designs are cool, dat gratuitous German, and this all this came from SQUARESOFT, those guys that made RPGs for a living! They should make an HD re-release on XBLA or something because shooters like this needs more love![/spoiler]
That's all I got for now...
