If you've cared enough to read past my review-in-a-title, then I congratulate you, dear sir or madam.
I want to make this perfectly clear to anyone who hasn't seen this movie yet: this movie is not TRON. It's got a lot of the same things in common (and technically counts as a sequel) but it might as well be a completely different movie. It has a different feel, and probably the only emotion that will come from fans of the old movie will be fanboy rage.
Now that I've established that, this movie is awesome. It's an 80s style sci-fi movie with an excellent soundtrack. It also rips off movies left and right in a way that rivals World of Warcraft. In this movie I noticed elements of:
-Batman
-Star Wars
-5th element
-David bowie
And that's just a few off the top of my head. There are quite a few moments that had me and my brother laughing, but I hesitate to call them unintentionally hilarious. The more I think about them, there's no way it's unintentional.
If you want a good 80s style sci-fi flick that you can just sit back and enjoy, this is a movie for you.
WOW, did that take a long time! I spent well over 70 hours playing that thing! That game is massive, full of more than a few surprises, and fun the whole way.
The game is fantastic. It's obvious why this game got great reviews...as well as why it wasn't a best-seller.
So, my brother talked me into National Novel Writing Month this year. I've got a novel I;m currently working on, but I've decided instead to start a new one from scratch. As these things go, though, they may end up the same later on, we'll see.
I've been having a hankering for a good old RPG lately (having nearly burned myself out with RTS after Starcraft 2 and a replay of Warcraft 3 before that) So I stopped by my (not so) local Gamestop and came away with an acquisition (or three).
I was initially turned off by the whole JRPG aspect, but I was intrigued enough to give it a shot (and it was 6 bucks. It nicely rounded off my third game for their buy 2 get 1 free sale). I do not regret that decision, and could very well be my favorite of the games I bought it with (Megaman X 7 and 8). I was also put off by how long it took me to start playing the game, which actually wasn't so bad by JRPG standards and was much faster than, say, Final Fantasy XII. I'm also a little put off by how much time I'm spending by forcing myself to backtrack for the sidequests.
What really got me hooked on this game, though, was when I got to my first battle, and I heard their battle music:
Yeah, the music for the game is awesome. The graphics for the game are surprisingly eye-pleasing. Their vaunted card-battle system is well implemented, and surprisingly intuitive, unlike other card battle set-ups I can think of. There's no inventory, no menu to select attack, defend, magic, run away, etc. You just play the cards that come up.
The story is nothing to write home about, I haven't gotten far, but I can tell it's pretty traditional JRPG stuff. There's an evil god sealed away, the evil empire (who has guns and airships) is out to free it, and I'm sure he's the final boss fight. I'm fairly certain that the main character is evil in a good body; he does, after all, have only one wing *cue Sephiroth music*
This game might have a few surprises for me yet, though.
I have recently made an acquisition at my local savers that has jump-started my efforts into a project I've been thinking about. A costume, perhaps even (if I'm lucky) for Halloween this year.
An Alchemist, based on the one from Torchlight.
My acquisition?
GAUNTLETS!
I almost couldn't believe it when I found them, They're just so perfect, though not without flaws. The range of motion, for example, is pretty bad.
I'm doing the same thing with both hands.
The only finger on the glove that extends all the way is, funnily enough, the middle one. The thumb has a guard, and is for all intents and purposes, immobile. I'll be fixing both of those, as well as tightening the finger slots to get more 1:1 movement (I can currently fit 3 fingers in one) in addition to increasing the range of motion. I'll also be replacing the palm side, which is all gross and worn out.
