Latest Depressions - Wii Music
This morning I tried out the latest “game” from Nintendo, Wii Music. I must say, I’m not impressed.
The “game” starts up with a breif tutorial on how to use 4 basic instrument styles then puts you on a piano and tells you it’s time to play twinkle twinkle little star, something I can play very well on the piano. How do you play? You get some bouncy balls on the right that keep the rhythm (a metronome) and you wave the Wiimote (or nunchuk or both, your choice) to the beat of the song. The catch? You can play it as fast or as slow as, and with as few or many notes as you want. Without a grading system you could essentially sit there and still win.
Filed under Games | Comment (0)Sunday Classics - Monkey Island - (PC-DOS)
Game: The Secret of Monkey Island
Platform: PC-Windows/DOS
Screenshots:
Where to get it: Download it here
About The Game:
Monkey Island is a fantastic adventure game from Lucaasarts. You play as a young wanna be pirate named Guybrush Threepwood. To become a pirate you have to perform 3 tasks to appease the pirate elders. While this is going on the Ghost Pirate LeChuck is trying to marry Governor Elaine Marley. It’s up to Guybrush to stop the evil LeChuck from completing his plans.
Why it’s a classic:
Where do I even begin? Despite the fantastic storyline the humour in this game is what makes it a classic. The game is literally laugh out loud funny. With things like insult sword fighting, giant monkey heads, ghosts, and a whole shwack of references to other lucasarts games this is one of the funniest most enjoyable adventure games of all time. If you havn’t ever checked this game out do it as soon as you can!
Filed under Games | Comment (0)One sentence reviews - Sept 27
I’ve planning on doing micro reviews for awhile but then Deacon decided to steal that concept and do some himself! Oh well, here’s my week.
Samba De Amigo Wii
Gives you that nostalgic feeling of the DC maraccas which is not necessarily a good thing, but being packed full of songs and modes saves it.
8/10
De Blob
Blissfully rolling around and painting a city is fun and the collectibles make it worthwhile.
9/10
Sim City Creator
A game franchise that should stick to the PC to avoid shoddy controls and pointless gameplay additions.
6/10
Harvest Moon DS
Best Harvest Moon game since the N64.
9/10
Rhythm Tengoku Gold
Great sequel to the best rhythm game on the GBA, if only the touch screen didn’t get old and the games weren’t so hard.
8/10
The Sims 2 Apartment Life
This expansion does lots I’ve wanted done for awhile, including controlling multiple (but seperate) families and being a witch.
9/10
Beautiful Katamari
A game that should have been on the PS3 with paid to unlock content and hopecrushing levels.
6/10
One Sentence Reviews (Sep27/08)
I’ve been playing a crapload of games this week. Instead of doing a “Latest Obsessions” I’m just going to do some quick 1 sentence reviews.
Samba De Amigo (Wii) - Controls are kinda crappy but the game is still crazy fun and worth the pickup - 7/10 (Pick of the Week)
Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) - Wario turned into Saberman, not a bad thing. - 9/10
De Blob (Wii) - Best 3rd party, full priced Wii game to hit the system. - 8/10
Sonic Chronicles The Dark Brotherhood (NDS) - The best Sonic game since Sonic 3 and Knuckles and it’s not developed by Sega, imagine that. - 8/10
Line Rider 2 Unbound (NDS) - Fun little puzzle minigame not worth the price tag. - 5/10
Megaman 9 (WiiWare) - I don’t remember ANY game being this hard, ever. - 8/10
Hell freezes over - New Sims 2 Pack looks lame
I never throught this day would come, but it has. The new Sims 2 stuff pack that has recently been announced looks pretty lame. It sure shows that they’re focusing on the Sims 3!
The expansion pack is called the Sims 2 Mansion & Garden Stuff and that’s exactly what it is… Stuff to design mansions and gardens. Nothing useful or practical for your Sims. (well moreso than usual)
Here’s the info from the Sims 2 website:
“Design impressive estates and meticulous gardens for your Sims with three all-new architectural styles. Infuse your Sims’ mansion with the intricate beauty of new Moroccan designs, add a touch of retro-modern style with stately and new Art Deco elements, or build in the imposing new Second Empire style. With a host of new architectural and landscaping items to choose from, your Sims mansions will look more stunning than ever!”
It concludes with “More info coming soon”, although what more information would you need!
Latest Obsessions: Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People: Episodes 1 & 2 (WiiWare)
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Strong Badia The Free!
After finishing the first episode on Friday and then moving on to episode 2 on Saturday. I’ve finally been able to live my dream of becoming Strong Bad! After playing both of these games and already being a big fan of tell tale games and their Sam and Max episodes how did Strong Bad stack up against them? Are they worth your time and money? Find out after the jump!
Filed under Games | Comment (0)Latest Obsession: Rock Band 2
Hey this is Lachlan. After only playing Rock Band for a very brief time I was excited to try the sequel to this amazing game. Find out what I thought about it after the jump.
Filed under Games | Comment (0)Latest Obsessions - Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
Armed with my new love of Viva Pinata (thanks to the DS version of the game I reviewed earlier) we went out Friday and picked up Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise for the Xbox 360. It’s got awsome tv show tie ins fantastic new pinatas and 2 new areas of pinata island to discover and trap rare and more pinatas than ever before! How did I like it? How did it stack up compared to the new DS game? Find out after the jump!
Filed under Games | Comment (0)5 Games You’ve Never Played But Really Should
Tags: Dreamcast, harvest moon, katamari, mischeif makers, N64, Samba de Amigo, sim
I’ve been unsure of what to put up on the blog for awhile but then this article idea popped into my head… The games featured here are some of my all time favourites and despite them not being too obscure, there’s a good chance you’ve never played them.
5 games you’ve probably never played but really, really should:
Filed under Games | Comment (0)Latest Obsessions - Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise
I’ve been playing Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise the newest Rareware game to be released on a Nintendo system over the past day or so. Featuring a totally over hauled and easier to use item and event system aswell as a much easier to navigate Pinata encyclopedia. The game has various different modes compared to its 360 counterpart and all of the pinatas you love are there too!
Did I like it? Did I hate it? find out after the break!
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