Video game rant

[akainagi]

HOLY SHIT! I just saw the starting prices for the Playstation 3. Get ready ...
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$499-$599
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You gotta be fucking joking.
That is a rediculous amount of money for a video game console. I will probably end up getting one eventually, but not right away like I originally intended to. This is gonna take some saving up, and as I make a decent amount of money, that's saying something. That's just way too much money. I could buy a new computer for that. It's like a month's rent.

In other news, I got the low-down on Final Fantasy 12, and it looks like a bitter dissapointment. They've revamped the battle system to make it more "real-time" (I hate that word) and stylized even the moogles so they're unrecognizable. The venerable Nobuo Uematsu will be doing only the theme this time, and all the other music will be handled by this other dude I've never heard of. I've seen pictures of some of the characters and all I have to say is this: Scantily clad BUNNY GIRLS? HAVE YOU NO SHAME? I thought FFx-2 was a dud, but so far it looks like the greatest game of all time compared to this.

Comments

[evilsimon.livejournal.com]

I've also heard that the battle system "plays itself".

why do you hurt me so, squeenix? whyyyyy.

[akainagi.livejournal.com]

Yup. Preparing myself for dissappointment now, to save time later.

Love your icon. I just picked up the complete Flying Circus DVD set yesterday.
*grabs a bag of cheezy-poofs and fires up the DVD player*

[pixar-eve.livejournal.com]

My god! I thought the Xbox360 was bad...but I have one of those :) I love Oblivion, it's my game.

[akainagi.livejournal.com]

The graphics for the 360 look pretty sweet, I must admit. But most of my favorite game franchises (Final Fantasy, Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, Suikoden) ar primarily on PS. What kind of game is Oblivion?

[pixar-eve.livejournal.com]

Oblivion is part of the Morrowind games for the original Xbox system (Oblivion is number 4). It's a midevil RPG game where you play the hero and collect lots of weapons, kill lots of stuff like Ogres, Trolls, ghosts, bandits, and do lots of quests for people. It has one big main quest where the Emperor (voiced by patrick stewart) is killed and you have to help his heir to the throne close the Oblivion gates (pretty much gates to hell) in order to restore the land and the throne. It's very addicting, and there's a rediculous amount of hours to play in that game. So much fun :)