December 30, 2004

  • [#84] +WANNA -PLAY?


    Haven't been updated for a while coz soooo much had happened and the more I don't update, the more I can't be bothered to  Lazy me! Have been writing small stuff and just keep it to myself though. Wanna read? Show me the ring first! :o )


    So I decided that a post for the New Year...which actually I started writing quite a long time ago (but never had time to finish :) would be about something happily gorgeous -- VIDEO GAMES! Wait untill you see all the pics and trailers below, you'll understand what I mean!






    Final Fantasy Series


    Once you live in Tokyo, one thing you are never gonna miss in your life is: VIDEO GAMES. To the ones who have never played Final Fantasy (FF) series: you are missing out big. In Japan, everybody, old and young, boy and girl, knows this game -- without even having to be a fan of games, just like everybody knows Si-Chuan Food but you don't have to Chink-it-up and go to China to hear about it... I started playing this series about 2 years ago when I was still a student and had tons of time. I got sucked in. But the thing is my 'start point' was too high. The first game I played in that series was FF X (till now, in total there are eleven games in this series: FF I ~ FF XI. And FFX was the first one in this series on PlayStation2, as its hardware). The unspeakable beauty of the pictures and the quality of animation just blew me up from the seat. No wonder it's the No.1 graphic-emphasized game series in Japan. So after FF X, I tried to play FF VII or even earlier ones in the series...stories are good but of course there is no way to campare them with X in terms of graphic quality coz PlayStation2 uses DVD sized softwares! 


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    And then there was FF X-2, the continuation of X, which made FF X became the only one in this series that has its own continuation... But the story of X-2 wasn't so shitty. It was obviously designed for the maniacs of this game who just collects the games. However the picture quality was as good or even better than X.


    Then FF XI came out...the first online game in the series history. That just involves too much time and energy coz you have to find people online, make parties and level up. It's just not a game for 'salaryman' like me. So I can't even be bothered to know the story...


    So it's been a while since I played FF X... I thought that was the best and most beautiful game ever made...until I saw trailers of --






    Final Fantasy XII!


    My first image of this up-coming game was: OMG!


    It didn't take long for me to realize that it's not just gonna be a game, but also a movie, a story and most of all, a piece of art! The graphic was even more shockingly beautiful, detailed to every tiny pattern on the clothes. Too bad that it's not out until 2005...which is soon though!


    ~ Click here to watch trailer 1 ~


               


     


     ~ Click here to watch Trailer 2 ~


                  


    Don't skip the trailers! You'll know what I mean by 'shockingly beautiful' when you see them! Gosh wish it is out now...






    Final Fantasy VII -- Advent Children


    As I said, I have been playing FF VII recently... the story was so good and it is pretty long (3 discs!). But it was on PlayStation1, which means the capacity/quality can't be as good as on PS2...


    But wait, just recently (last summer), this FF VII, which came out 7 years ago was made into a movie. Wohoo! The stories of the movie was set to happen 2 years after the ending of the story in the game. Same characters but now it's a movie so you can expect much more! (the costume is a bit...gothic, hehe) You've got to check this out. Enter here and then click 'trailers', choose your suitable net speed, then sit back and enjoy! (No.2 is in English)


     





    Devil May Cry 3


    The coolest action game. I played Devil May Cry 1 and 2 before, not 3 yet. Graphicly speaking, not as good as FF VIII ~  (good enough though)...


    However, today I'm just gonna say that the theme song of D.M.C 3, which I heard only ONCE at a promotion counter in some shop, made me run home afterwards and download it as soon as I turned on the computer, and now I'm listening to it almost everyday!!! Click the title to watch and listen! Not enough? Then also here!






    NINTENDO DS v.s. PSP  -- The hottest competition finally showed up this winter        image preview


    NINTENDO DS  -- Nintendo Double Screen      Nintendo


    Click the title above to watch a sample and have some fun! For the TVCM and for the campain, click here, a very well-done site.


    SONY PSP -- PlayStation Portable        


    Click title to visit the homepage, even if you don't understand Japanese, I'm sure you'll have fun there just by clicking around. One game is called 'The Tower of Purgatory', it looks like this and this. The small thing delivers DVD quality to your palms!






    Have a playful 2005!


     


     

Comments (5)

  • am waiting for FFXII - it's the only game series I play now - us salarymen havent got time for anything else.

    How have you been sir?

  • I'm with whonose. I've been waiting for a new Final Fantasy game forever! they are very very beautiful, like you said.

  • Dude i love FF! And thanks. i really appreciated the comment.

  • E!!!!!  The site looks sooo pimp!! I miss you!!  Much love, ~arthur

  • hmm into games much? haha. I love FFVIII, FFX, and FFX-2. Don't know if i'm much of a fan as.. U! haha, but yea the studying wasn't so bad really. Hopefully i passed eh! haha take care.

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