Atari 2600 - Defender, closely followed by Joust and Combat.
Nintendo Entertainment System- Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt followed closely by Tiger-Heli and Snake, Rattle 'n Roll
Sega Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog and Jurassic Park
Super Nintendo Entertainment System - SimCity, followed closely by Super Mario World and F-Zero
Sony Playstation - Agile Warrior F-111X, followed closely by Descent, Ridge Racer and Twisted Metal
Sega Dreamcast - Marvel vs Capcom 2, followed closely by Soul Calibur and Sonic Adventure
Sony Playstation 2 - Ridge Racer V
Microsoft Xbox - Halo: Combat Evolved
Microsoft Xbox 360 - Dead Rising and Marvel Ultimate Alliance
I don't have a PS3 or Wii but the first games I've played on those consoles would be MotorStorm and Metroid Prime 3, respectively.
What are the first games you've ever played?
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Monday, November 5, 2007
Transformers movie game sucks
So I've been playing a shit-ton of Dynasty Warriors Gundam. I've put in about 30 hours now. I have all the achievements but 3. The game is a hell of a lot of fun, even though it has its share of problems. Mainly the AI and camera, but they are nothing compared to another game I got from Gamefly last week. I got Transformers on 360. Man, this is up there with the worst games I've ever played. I could only stand about 15 minutes of it and then I shut it off. I'm sending it back today. The controls are absolute fucking crap. Bumblebee's vehicle mode drives like a freakin boat. The camera is just god awful, there is no button that centers the camera on the character, so if you have to turn around you also have to turn the camera around manually as well, and this happens all the God damned time too. There is only one button for melee attacks. That's it, just one. Then there are two buttons for ranged laser blasts, a grab/throw button and a transform button. Man, as bad as that Japanese G1 TF game on PS2 is, this game is 10 times worse. When you compare this shitty TF movie game to Dynasty Warriors Gundam, for example, DW: Gundam is like game of the year material.
The first level has you fighting off a bunch of Decepticon drones. It wasn't too hard, just got boring real quick with one God damned melee button since shooting them doesn't do a damned thing. The second level has you rushing to destroy more Decepticon drones before they get to the used car lot and kill Sam. Sounds easy enough right? Well there is no map to look at to find out where the used car lot is. There is no arrow that tells you where to go, the game just assumes you can find it on your own, using the small mini-map in the corner that only covers a hundred yards or so around you. I found the car lot while I was chasing down some Decepticons, and it appears as a little green dot on the mini-map. It took me several restarts to figure out where this damned car lot was. What you have to do is shoot the drones while you are in vehicle mode, which forces them to transform and then you can also transform to destroy them. The mission is simple enough but the controls and the camera are so fucking shitty that it makes the game almost unplayable. I failed this mission several times and I just gave up. It's not that I couldn't find the Decepitcons in time, but that once I found them I was fucking around with the controls and the camera so damned much that they just drove past me and got to the car lot and killed Sam.
Avoid this game like the plague. Even if you're a die hard TF fan like me, the game isn't worth your time.
The first level has you fighting off a bunch of Decepticon drones. It wasn't too hard, just got boring real quick with one God damned melee button since shooting them doesn't do a damned thing. The second level has you rushing to destroy more Decepticon drones before they get to the used car lot and kill Sam. Sounds easy enough right? Well there is no map to look at to find out where the used car lot is. There is no arrow that tells you where to go, the game just assumes you can find it on your own, using the small mini-map in the corner that only covers a hundred yards or so around you. I found the car lot while I was chasing down some Decepticons, and it appears as a little green dot on the mini-map. It took me several restarts to figure out where this damned car lot was. What you have to do is shoot the drones while you are in vehicle mode, which forces them to transform and then you can also transform to destroy them. The mission is simple enough but the controls and the camera are so fucking shitty that it makes the game almost unplayable. I failed this mission several times and I just gave up. It's not that I couldn't find the Decepitcons in time, but that once I found them I was fucking around with the controls and the camera so damned much that they just drove past me and got to the car lot and killed Sam.
Avoid this game like the plague. Even if you're a die hard TF fan like me, the game isn't worth your time.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Top 50 Anime of All Time
Anime Insider magazine published its 50th issue this month and their cover story is the top 50 anime of all time. I'm all too familiar with Top __ video game lists, but this is the first time I've ever seen any kind of top anime list. They don't have any criteria for their list, just picking out the best anime, not the most influential or the most popular, but the best, as they claim. The team that decided the nominations consited of voice actors, editors, columnists, executives, scriptwriters and directors. The only people with some credibility to them are Kenji Kamiyama (director of Ghost in the Shell: SAC, Jin-Roh and other anime), Carl Horn (an editor for Dark Horse and well known for his knowledge of anime), and maybe some of the web site and magazine editors/columnists. Do we really care what some executive or some voice actor says is the best anime of all time? Not me. I want to hear what the anime directors, animators, manga writers, creators, artists, basically all the people involved in making anime think is the best anime of all time.
What I find really interesting is that they have anime movies, anime tv series and anime OVAs (aka OAVs) in this list. I think its kind of hard to put up a 100 minute movie against a 26 episode TV series or an OVA and decide what is better. Movies have massive budgets, so they can put in the best quality animation, sound, music and voice actors, while TV series have an extremely limited budget and more time constraints. OVAs have bigger budgets then TV series, but they usually aren't as big as movies. The list also has some glaring omissions. If you're going to put movies in the list they are missing Do You Remember Love?, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and the Wings of Honneamise. And what's with Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket being so high on the list? I'd easily put the original Gundam, 0083: Stardust Memory, Zeta Gundam or 08th MS Team in there. 0080 was good but that damned kid was so annoying (Al is his name). He could have prevented the death of his friend if he had just opened his mouth and told his parents or something. I really wished he would have died in that explosion. Probably my biggest issue with this list is Porco Rosso at #2. Yes that's right, number 2! Huh?! I'm all for Miyazaki films, but you couldn't pick a better movie then Porco Rosso? Castle in The Sky is easily better then that film and that's not even in the Top 50. Hell Kiki's Delivery Service, The Cat Returns or Whisper of the Heart would have been better. Porco Rosso is good and all, but not the second best anime of all freaking time.
50. Vision of Escaflowne
49. Saikano
48. Berserk
47. Kino's Journey
46. Cardcaptor Sakura
45. Fantastic Children
44. Irresponsible Captain Tylor
43. Giant Robo: The Animation
42. Twelve Kingdoms
41. Azumanga Daioh
40. Urusei Yatsura
39. Astro Boy
38. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
37. Fruits Basket
36. Night on the Galactic Railroad
35. Exel Saga
34. Trigun
33. Read or Die
32. Princess Mononoke
31. Gunbuster
30. Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
29. The Place Promised in Our Early Days
28. Planetes
27. Samurai Champloo
26. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
25. Princess Tutu
24. Serial Experiments Lain
23. Galaxy Express 999
22. Patlabor the Movie 2
21. Tokyo Godfathers
20. Gankutsuou
19. My Neighbor Totoro
18. Boogiepop Phantom
17. Paranoia Agent
16. Grave of the Fireflies
15. Haibane Renmei
14. Ghost in the Shell/GitS: Stand Alone Complex
13. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
12. Now and Then, Here and There
11. Fullmetal Alchemist
10. Macross Plus
9. Akira
8. The Castle of Cagliostro
7. Jin-Roh: the Wolf Brigade
6. Neon Genesis Evangelion
5. Revolutionary Girl Utena
4. FLCL (aka Fooly Cooly)
3. Millennium Actress
2. Porco Rosso
1. Cowboy Bebop
What I find really interesting is that they have anime movies, anime tv series and anime OVAs (aka OAVs) in this list. I think its kind of hard to put up a 100 minute movie against a 26 episode TV series or an OVA and decide what is better. Movies have massive budgets, so they can put in the best quality animation, sound, music and voice actors, while TV series have an extremely limited budget and more time constraints. OVAs have bigger budgets then TV series, but they usually aren't as big as movies. The list also has some glaring omissions. If you're going to put movies in the list they are missing Do You Remember Love?, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and the Wings of Honneamise. And what's with Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket being so high on the list? I'd easily put the original Gundam, 0083: Stardust Memory, Zeta Gundam or 08th MS Team in there. 0080 was good but that damned kid was so annoying (Al is his name). He could have prevented the death of his friend if he had just opened his mouth and told his parents or something. I really wished he would have died in that explosion. Probably my biggest issue with this list is Porco Rosso at #2. Yes that's right, number 2! Huh?! I'm all for Miyazaki films, but you couldn't pick a better movie then Porco Rosso? Castle in The Sky is easily better then that film and that's not even in the Top 50. Hell Kiki's Delivery Service, The Cat Returns or Whisper of the Heart would have been better. Porco Rosso is good and all, but not the second best anime of all freaking time.
50. Vision of Escaflowne
49. Saikano
48. Berserk
47. Kino's Journey
46. Cardcaptor Sakura
45. Fantastic Children
44. Irresponsible Captain Tylor
43. Giant Robo: The Animation
42. Twelve Kingdoms
41. Azumanga Daioh
40. Urusei Yatsura
39. Astro Boy
38. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
37. Fruits Basket
36. Night on the Galactic Railroad
35. Exel Saga
34. Trigun
33. Read or Die
32. Princess Mononoke
31. Gunbuster
30. Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
29. The Place Promised in Our Early Days
28. Planetes
27. Samurai Champloo
26. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
25. Princess Tutu
24. Serial Experiments Lain
23. Galaxy Express 999
22. Patlabor the Movie 2
21. Tokyo Godfathers
20. Gankutsuou
19. My Neighbor Totoro
18. Boogiepop Phantom
17. Paranoia Agent
16. Grave of the Fireflies
15. Haibane Renmei
14. Ghost in the Shell/GitS: Stand Alone Complex
13. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
12. Now and Then, Here and There
11. Fullmetal Alchemist
10. Macross Plus
9. Akira
8. The Castle of Cagliostro
7. Jin-Roh: the Wolf Brigade
6. Neon Genesis Evangelion
5. Revolutionary Girl Utena
4. FLCL (aka Fooly Cooly)
3. Millennium Actress
2. Porco Rosso
1. Cowboy Bebop
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