Thursday, July 14, 2005

Dark Cloud 2
Ahem!

As the grand opening to my myOtaku account, I will be...uhhh...

Okay, fine, I didn't actually have anything planned...So...I guess I'll just ramble about my newest video game obsession! Yeah! ^_^

Dark Cloud 2 rocks. I haven't played the original, and no one refered this game to me, so this one was a literal shot in the dark.

Or a last minute descision at Hollywood Video.

As soon as I got home, I logged onto the computer and checked out the game's rating on gamespot. 9.0! Not bad at all! Absolutely itching to play the game, I hurried to my fortress of solitude, plugged in the PS2, and started playing.

The story started out incredibly strong, right in the middle of all the action, which is an incredibly good idea for video-game designers and writers alike.

I also only started playing this game about 4 days ago, so if my memory of the game is a little shaky, bear with it, ok?

The entire game, from what I've seen so far, is told something like a letter to a certain character's certain relative--No Spoiler for you!--Which makes it unique. The flashbacks, for instance, are so cute at times that it makes a dragon like myself squeal. ^^;;

Example:
"Mother, am I going to die?"
"No, don't be silly. You won't die."
"Then why does my head feel so faint..."
"You'll be fine if you just rest."
"No, it's too late. Call the Priest!"
"You'll be fine! Besides, it's the Priest's day off. So if you don't hold on, you can't go to heaven."
"What?! That stinks!"

Heheh! So kawaii! X3

There's a lot that makes this game unique. The main character, Max, is RICH! Not many video game characters I know of are very rich. Max is also a genius inventor, which brings a LOAD of new gameplay posibilities, such as inventing stuff, and, my personal favorite, interesting weapons.

Come on! Who would think of using a wrench as a weapon! That one definately strayed from the cliched swords and sorcery, despite the fact that Monica dragged it all back in. It's all almost as insane as my idea of using a chimney sweep broom as a weapon...My idea! No stealy!

This part will have spoilers! GASP! If you haven't played the game yet, please cover your ears, close your eyes, and shout LALALALALALALA! until someone tells you to shut up. I guess just scrolling down past the spoilers would be easier, but the LALALA thing would be so much more entertaining to watch...

SPOILER!!!
All the coolness in the world can be summed up into two worlds: Time Travel. *insert happy dance here* Unfortunately, the time traveling in the game let the fanfiction part of my mind loose...

NOT SPOILER!!!
For some reason, whenever I play a game, I always have to make something horrifically bad happen to the main character. For example, while playing Golden Sun, I made it so that whenever poor Isaac used up all of his Psynergy, he fainted. This only happened for a certain amount of time and was almost ridiculously humorous in some situations.

Scared yet? You should be! *grin*

EDIT: Huh, I just barely realized that that one code thing doesn't work here...Oh well!



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