Just finished up playing through the campaign mode of Battalion Wars 2 for the Wii. It’s a war strategy game with a fun setting. Wasn’t exactly sure that war could be made to be fun, but they developers pulled it off. I’ve always been a big fan of the strategy games.
While this game is better than the the previous installment on the GameCube, it didn’t necessarily break any new ground. Though that’s not necessarily a bad thing, as the whole gameplay is very polished. Easy for a beginner to pick up, while also being challenging enough for a more seasoned gamer.
The various campaigns which have you playing from the various sides helps keep the game fresh. It’s cool to play from the bad guys (Xylvanians) point of view. Overall a very cool game. I haven’t had a chance to play the online portions of the game yet, so I’ll have to give that a shot when I get some free time.
Square finally released Final Fantasy III in the US on the DS a year or so ago. I grew up playing the Final Fantasy games and was glad to finally have the chance to play it as it was only released in Japan back in 1990. All the graphics had been redone for the DS and the game looked great.
They sure don’t make RPG’s this difficult anymore. I just barely beat the final boss, thought it had me. The job system was very cool, and must’ve been an amazing addition when this game was originally released in 1990.
Finished playing maybe the best game nobody has heard of, Okami. Visually it was one of the coolest games I’ve ever played. The art is all done in a watercolor technique, it’s very unique and pretty cool to look at. The story is loosely based on Japanese fairy tales.
The games plays very similar to a Zelda game. At first it was a little awkward for me, it uses the Wii remote to mimic drawing brush techniques on the screen. At first the gestures were a bit awkward for me, but after playing it a bit they became second nature.
This was an amazing game, and is highly recommended. Issun is a noble little guy.
Picked up a Wii Fit on Friday at EB Games. Got the last one. Getting the last anything from a store always seems cool to me. When I got home from work I figured I’d fire it up and give it a shot.
It starts you off by selecting your Mii (I haven’t been able to make one that looks like me) then asks you to stand of the balance board so that it can test you out. The balance board weights you and measures your center of balance. My balance was off to the left a bit but not too far from center.
It then gives you some balance tests. I had to stand on one leg and balance for a bit. This test showed me that I can’t really stand on one leg to save my life. Then another balance test had you have to lean left or right to line up your balance in some boxes. This one was a bit easier for me. It then gave me my Wii Fit age of a whopping 50 years old! I was a bit disappointed by this.
I’ve been doing many of the examples, determined to get my age much lower than 50. I can now kinda balance on one leg, still gotta work on that a bit more. The strength exercise I’m great at, with perfect 100 scores in most cases. So I still have some dignity left.
This morning one day 5 of Wii Fit, I’ve lost almost 6 pounds (don’t know how that happened) and my Wii Fit age was 31! So I’m glad that I’m no longer 50 and can now almost balance on one leg. Overall I’m very much impressed with this, while I won’t stop going to the gym several times a week. It does do a good job of working in many balance and flexibility exercises I’d like to incorporate into my routine.
Days of Ruin was one of the more addictive games I’ve played in a while. It’s a turn based military strategy game. The series has been around for a while on the GameBoy and DS, but this was the first time I gave it a shot.
The pace of the game made it perfect for a handheld. You could just pause a mission and resume it whenever you had time. Very convenient for when I had to actually do important stuff. A perfect handheld strategy game.
With it’s overall attention to detail, this game might have the most production value I’ve ever seen. There’s a ton of playable characters (35 I think) from all the games I grew up playing. Numerous characters from Mario Bros., Zelda, Metroid, Sonic, Fire Emblem, even good oldR.O.B. was a playable character.
Brawling with four characters is fast paced and fairly easy to pick up. The online play is very cool too, very little if any lag in the play. Tons of events and extras to keep you busy for a very long time. It is kinda cool in a 3rd grade way to collect the various trophies and stickers.
The single player Subspace Emissary is an impressive game in itself. It got tough towards the end. I beat it with one of my all time favorites, Luigi. It was very fitting that he got the final blow to save the day. There should be a holiday for him. The music like the entire game was very impressive. It’s easy to see that no expense was spared in making this, and it shows when you play it.
