Friday, March 27, 2009
Hello. The topic for today is:
Ninja Blade is an action adventure game developed by Japanese studio From Software exclusively for the Xbox 360. It is classified as a "cinematic action game", as it combines hack and slash game play with Quick Time Events.
The game was released in Asia in mid February, and it will be released in Western countries in June this year. A demo was released in December 2008 for Asian regions, and it was recently released for Western regions.
When it comes to game play, the game is some what similar to Ninja Gaiden, except it isn't nearly as difficult. There are two buttons for attacks, one close range attack and one long range attack, a button for jumping, and a button to throw your shuriken.
The animations in the game are amazing. They fluidly transition from one another, and they make the main character look really agile. Graphics are another good point of this game. It is running on the Unreal Engine 3, the same engine used to power Gears of War.
The game consists of about 60% game play, and 40% interactive cutscenes. These cutscenes are some of the coolest I've seen so far, only losing out to those in Devil May Cry. During these cutscenes, you have to press buttons as the appear.
While most of the game play is similar to Ninja Gaiden, there are some new game play events that make this game more fun that Ninja Gaiden.
Ninja Blade has a sequence where you are running vertically down the face of a building, dodging projectiles and killing enemies on the way down. Ninja Blade also adds more modern weapons to the game, like a helicopter mounted machine gun that you will use in one of the levels.
So why the hell am I telling you all this? Because my father finally decided to get the game for me. I've played the first two levels, and it kicks ass!! Way better than Ninja Gaiden. And the boss fights are epic. Most of the bosses are the same size as skyscrapers.
Nothing much left to say about the game, so I'm uploading a video of a cutscene from the game, so that you can get an idea of how the game works:
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The new Naruto and Bleach chapters are out. I'm embedding some pages here. Click to enlarge.
This week's Naruto is about the fight between Naruto and Pain, after the Fourth Hokage has resealed the fox. Naruto finds the location of the Nagato, the one controlling Pain, and he wants to meet him. However, Pain attacks Naruto. Some pages:
Naruto is back, and Nagato is weakening.
Upon realising that it was him who did that to the village, Naruto is overwhelmed by guilt.
Naruto want's to speak with Nagato face to face. Of course, Nagato doesn't want that, so he attacks.
Naruto kicks Pain with enough impact to cause the sword to snap.
Naruto stabs himself with the sword, and he finds Nagato by sensing his Chakra.
Now that Nagato has been found, Naruto is ready to finish the fight.
Pain plans to try and counter Rasen Shuriken with Shinra Tensei. 
Ichigo, looking badass, and holding onto Ulquiorra's severed arm.
But Ulquiorra isn't down yet.
He can regenerate most parts of his body.
He uses a spear thing.
Ichigo dodges it.
The impact of the spear.
Ulquiorra prepares to throw another one.
Ichigo doesn't give him a chance.
Ulquiorra use the spear to attack, but Ichigo catches it. With his bare hands. And he destroys it.
He delivers a near fatal blow to Ulquiorra.
Ichigo will not be satisfied until Ulquiorra is really dead, so he charges up a cero.
Ulquiorra giving his emo speech.
Big explosion!! I'm betting Ulquiorra isn't dead yet.=================================================================================
Today is my mother's birthday!!
I got a taste of some exotic fruit in the morning :D
Then I met up with my parents, and we went to eat prata at Casuarina Curry House in the morning, after we fetched my brother from school. After that my brother had to go to Hougang Stadium because he was having his school sports day.
We went to fetch my sister after that, and we went to IMM for lunch. Since I already ate, I went to walk around with my father. He was looking for a present for my mother. He wanted to get earrings for my mother, but he doesn't want it to be too expensive.
At that point I just realised that if I bought for Kim earrings, I would need to buy more than a pair. And I have no idea if the earrings meant for ear lobes can fit onto the top of the ear. It would be kinda weird looking, wouldn't it?
Anyways, we walked and walked and he couldn't find anything, so I went to get another wood puzzle. I've already got a wooden pistol and carbine, so now I decided to get a tank. The previous ones all came in three planks of wood, whereas this one comes in four.
Then we went to I.P. Zone, and my father bought be another pair of bermudas. This one is the same as my brown one, just that it's black. The pants are weird, because when you buy them, they may fit just right, but after washing a few times, they become super loose.
After that we went to some factory outlet shop because there were some nice clothes there, but my mother didn't like them because the bottom of the sleeves and the collar had some tears in them. The sales assistant told us that it was a design, but I think it looked like a beggar shirt.
I went to a few shops that sold games, and I asked my father if he could help me get Mass Effect, because it is M18, and while I might look the age, my IC states that I am only 17 years of age. My mother told him that I have been wanting to get Ninja Blade for a long time as well.
Eventually we left the store without getting them, and I would be lying if I said that I wasn't disappointed. I went to look for Andrew and Vanessa, who also happened to be at IMM. My sister tagged along because she wanted to see how Vanessa looked like.
I met them outside Giant, and we chatted for a while, then my father called me in because he wanted me to try on some slippers. He took the plastic bags that I was holding, so that it would be easier for me to try them on.
After that he returned me the bags, and we went outside to wait for my mother while she paid for the stuff. My father started telling me that all the things in my bag were my birthday presents.
I just nodded my head. He told me the same thing again. I nodded again. He told me to show my sister what I got. So I just handed her the bags. Then he was like, "Tsk, open the bag and show la."
So I opened the I.P. Zone bag, then I realised that there was another translucent plastic bag inside it. I took a closer look, and guess what? My father secretly bought me both Mass Effect and Ninja Blade, and he slipped it into the bags when I was trying on the slippers.
My father is so awesome.
Once we got home, I started playing. Ninja Blade, sex. Mass Effect, not played yet, but I'm sure it's sex as well. We went to my grandparent's house at night to cut a cake for my mother. Some photos I took today:
My favourite prata :D
My mom and dad. Look at my father's face!!
One more photo of them. I don't look anything like them at all right?
New games!! Happy.posted @ 11:27 PM
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