So since I have had litterally no time to write today (mostly because I spent most of the day enjoying life with Chris(Sunday) watching Man of Steel, which I must say was very.. different than what I expected -cough- Aliens -cough-), I won't be able to write about something very interesting.
Therefore I figured I would use my secret weapon today! Game parody videos! Unfortunatly I haven't found that many parody videoes yet, so you will have to live with the very little variety in games that the videos are based on.
Don’t you always feel a bit out of place when you have
just finished a book, movie, game etc? I certainly do. You want to do something
else, but you just can’t seem to start on something completely new.
As I told you last week, I finished playing Bioshock
Infinite (find the post here), and since then I’ve basically tried to find out
everything about the game – obsessions are healthy, you know!
But there is a point, where you just can’t dig up any
more of the good stuff, so I wondered what to do next. I concluded that a new
game wouldn’t do much good for me, so I put my computer on snooze, found my
extra cable for my headphones and then plugged it into my television.
It was PlayStation 2 time! Since I started playing
computer games, my ps2 has been pretty lonely, but it was time to turn it on
once again.
Persona 4: Golden
For the last three days I have been playing the ps2
game: Persona 4 – also called Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4. The game is
published by the Japanese computer and video game developer: Atlus, and it was
released in 2008. The game has been renewed as a “Golden” version, and is sold
as Persona 4: Golden in the stores right now. I don’t own the console for that
though, so I am not able to try it out.
As for the game itself; it’s a nice blend between
simulation, role-playing and strategy, where you go to school, develop your
social links and help people on small quests, and at the same time you find
clues, save your friends and fight evil shadows.
The story circles around a small group of friends
(which grows bigger throughout the game), and each of them has their own
persona – their true selves whom they use to fight against shadows with. They
all live in a small town called Inaba, where murders have been happening, and
it is up to this group to make sure no other person dies. The game has a time
limit of one year, where you have to improve the lives of yourself and your
friends.
Persona 4
In combat you attack the enemy by turn, and when all
team members have had their turn, it is the shadow’s turn to attack. The game
uses the Press Turn System where player and enemy can take advantage of each
other’s weaknesses, and you fight using either physical or magical attacks.
The great thing about the game is that you can’t just
expect to be good in combat just by leveling up. You have to improve your relationships
with your friends to get benefits in battle and to be able to create some
pretty awesome personas.
To be honest I still haven’t finished the game – which
is a fail from my side, but I still love the game very much, and I like the
fact that I can play it and experience many surprises in the story – so yeah, I
don’t know how the game will end yet.
All in all, the game has a great plot, lovely
characters, nice soundtrack (which is included on a CD when you buy the game)
and a great idea for the gameplay!
Persona 4
A little hint of the game:
If you look at a turned off television exactly at
midnight, while it is raining – your soul mate will appear on your screen.
What I have learned throughout all of the years I have
owned the game though, is that it NEVER rains at midnight in real life!
For
more than a week, school hasn’t been very generous, not at all actually. So how
come I can still sit in front of my computer with a smile on my face? Let me tell you: Games! And not just any kind
of game, but the newly released and long-awaited game: Bioshock Infinite!
[No spoilers]
Bioshock Infinite
Bioshock
Infinite was released on March 26 in 2013, about a month ago, but it was
already announced to be made on August 12 in 2010 – long-awaited I said! Bioshock
Infinite is the third game in the Bioshock series, but isn’t much like the two
other games regarding setting and theme.
I
haven’t played the two other Bioshock games, since I have judged them to be too
scary and dark – even though I usually like scary stuff. The difference in the
new game is that it’s so – bright! It’s so colorful and has actual people in it
– monsters, mutants etc scares me to death!
As
I don’t want to spoil anything about the game, I can’t really tell you much –
But it’s basically about the handsome man Booker Dewitt (voiced by Troy Baker)
who has a debt to pay, but was told that the debt would be erased if he got
them the girl Elizabeth (voiced by Courtnee Draper) who is imprisoned in a
tower in the city in the sky, Columbia.
From
what I know Bioshock Infinite has got a similar concept and gameplay as the
other two games, but since I haven’t played them, I can’t know for sure. What I
do know is, that the game is utterly amazing! It has one of the best storylines
I have seen in a long time, the characters’ personalities, looks and actions
are so original and when the characters interact with each other, it makes your
heart flutter, and what surprised me most about the game – is how incredibly
beautiful the sceneries are in the game.
All
in all, Bioshock Infinite was a fantastic experience, and this will not be my
last time playing it at all! -And to
all of you out there, who haven’t played it yet: Buy it, play it and enjoy it!
Because it’s one hell of a good time you’ll have!
Here's a video of me singing the song "Will the Circle be Unbroken" by Courtnee Draper from the game Bioshock Infinite - Enjoy!
I hope you enjoyed today’s
feature – I’ll see you next Wednesday.
