Shoujoboy's Shadows of the Damned Game Review

Rated: 5

If you've played Gears of War you've pretty much played Shadows of the Damned. The main difference is that you aren't dealing with any cover mechanics and strategy is never necessary. It has that same feel in it's controls and you still have the whole "stomp the enemy into the ground" thing going on but this is more just run and gun and never look back. It's a game that's never difficult, even on it's hardest setting and never seems to get you too excited with over-the-top action or tense situations. You might mess up here and there but you'll never be stuck anywhere too long.

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Shoujoboy's Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Game Review

Rated: 7

Here's where the glowing review will lose a little bit of it's luster.

The first thing that should be mentioned is that if you were a master of Marvel vs Capcom 2 and you expected those skills would carry over... well, think again. There's no more LP, HP, LK, HK going on, instead it went for Weak, Strong, Fierce and a pop-up button. You don't ever have to wonder if a character pops up the other with a down+HP or just a HK, there's one button that does that for every character. It takes some getting used to and definitely takes a while to reprogram yourself from your Marvel vs Capcom 2 days.

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Shoujoboy's Voices of a Distant Star Ova Review

Rated: 4

Voices of a Distant Star is much like a famous painting that you just don't like. You can look at it and appreciate it's beauty and the work that went into it but you simply can't find yourself liking it despite that appreciation. When you read about it on paper and understand that Makoto Shinkai pretty much made this entire thing on his own, you can't help but want to shake the guy's hand. The English localization team credits is larger than the animation, seiyuu, director, producer and screenwriter of the original release combined. So as a solo work, it's nothing short of amazing.

But, it's not my job to tell you what you should appreciate. My job is to tell you whether you'll enjoy this and if I did. Fact is, it's simply not enjoyable.

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  1. SnickerdoodleNinja Elite Member 7wk 0d ago

    Quote by shoujoboy How much hand holding are we really expected to do though? The very first few sentences specifically stated that the review had naughty words but so did the game. If you read that first sentence and knew that A) this review and the game both have bad words and B) you don't like said words then C) you don't want this game or to read this review. To me this is tantamount to telling someone to not touch a hot stove and they do it anyway. Instead of asking them why the hell they touched that stove, you take the person who warned them court for ever turning the stove on in the first place.

    Ah, I had forgotten you had mentioned that you had warned that you had potentially offensive language that matched the game the first time around, which does make quite a bit of difference. That, and, as Cyanide pointed out, you did use it to describe what the game is really like rather than just throwing it around because you were angry, so while I still don't really like the f word I can at least respect the difference between using it just because and giving an idea of what the game is going to be like. I can also see your point with your stove analogy, since to be honest I try to be huge advocate of personal responsibility. Hope that clears up the confusion, and I'll try to revise my earlier comment to better reflect my views on the matter.

  2. CyanideBlizzard Moderator 7wk 2d ago

    Quote by shoujoboy I actually bought Parasite Eve as my first Playstation game when I was kid. I wanted it so bad that I bought it 3 months before I even had my Playstation (I knew I was getting it for Christmas). I used to stare at it all by itself on the shelf and just saying "soon". Turns out it was a damn good purchase as it still remains one of my favorite games and easily one I can pick up and play when there's a new game lull. You can tell I was a teenager because the names of custom weapon and armor are Pimpster and Shiznit. It's just unfortunate how downhill the series went after only one hit. The 2nd one was too much in the same area as old school Resident Evil and the 3rd one was pretty clearly a cash-in and an insult to the character of Aya Brea.

    Full disclosure: I totally had the hots for Eve... you know, before she got all freaky. That was the first time I saw graphics like that and needless to say, I wanted a piece of that. Sad sad times.

    Oh yea, you wrote a review didn't you?

    When reading this comment, it got me thinking as to when I first picked up Parasite Eve. I remember the cover really caught my eye, and I was just starting to feverishly get into RPGs. Dare I say too, that I managed to snag this title shortly after it was released as well and I had a tough time putting it down.

    I think I might have you beat upon weapon naming. My assault rifle was named "Galet Gun" and my armor? "Saiyan Armor". I was just a bit of a DBZ fan back then.

    I do have to agree with you as well. It was rather painful watching the series progress the way that it did, and I never really understood why. The first game had a winning formula, but instead of building upon that, they simply decided, "Oh hay, let's use a system that's familiar to the first, but make it more like Resident Evil! This'll be great!" and the third one I wrote a review upon expressing my disgust.

    I hear you on that about Eve. I was all about Melissa, and then it was like "Oh, she mutated. Well, she's still a little attractive...I think?" Oh, youthful memories.

    Comments like yours are a blast to read. Thank you.

  3. CyanideBlizzard Moderator 7wk 6d ago

    I just ordered the complete anime collection of Fushigi Yuugi.

    Anything I should prepare for myself beforehand? I've heard so many great things about it, so I look forward to correcting the mistake of not watching it years ago.