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Friday, 8 August 2014
Otaku Review - Disgaea: Hour of Darkness 魔界戦記 ディスガイア
Disgaea is one of my favourite Strategy Rpg for the PS2 I'm glad to make this review of the first part of the Disgaea Series. Disgaea Hour of Darkness was released in Japan on January 30,2003, August 27, 2003 for the USA and July 1, 2004 for the EU. Disgaea was release on the PSP and the Nintendo Ds later on and i happen to own all 3 versions. The soundtrack of Disgaea is great the music sucks you in and the the 2D sprites have a lush colour palette what really helps this game pull you in to this amazing story.
Thursday, 7 August 2014
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
News: Persona 4 Arena: Ultimax Release
Atlus have announced that the official release date for Persona 4 Arena: Ultimax is 30th September in the US.
As the title is region free many of it's fans will be happy the import date is so close!. Remember it's DLC will only work with the US PSN.
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Monday, 4 August 2014
Otaku Review - Steins;Gate
Otaku Review: Steins;Gate
NOTE: This review is spoiler free or at most reveals minor plot points or notes established at the very least on the website where you can buy Steins;Gate from. The one exception is a paragraph in white further below, which you can highlight if you wish to read it, although it does contain a significant spoiler. You have been warned.
Platform:
PC
Price:
Varies (see the link for available retailers)
Release
Date: Out Now
I’m
going to let you in on a secret here, or perhaps more an unwritten rule.
Plot
holes do not matter if A) the characters are the driving force of a given
narrative and B) the plot holes do not significantly undermine the growth or
arcs of said characters.
I
bring this up because there is no genre of fiction more fragile, more
intrinsically susceptible to plot holes, than that of time travel. While
writing this review, as something to have on in the background, I was watching Terminator 2: Judgment Day. There one could bring up a
myriad of plot holes from the time travel elements, but as
I mentioned before, they matter not one jot in the face of a compelling character driven narrative like in that film.
But
what the devil does this have to do with Steins;Gate, you might ask? Well,
Steins;Gate arguably fits in the same category as Terminator II (minus the
wonderful Arnie moments), in that if one took a long, hard look at it,
like a house of cards built on the San Andreas fault it would all fall apart
easily. But stories are not houses even though people might live in them, and a
shaky foundation is not necessarily to the detriment of the overall product.
Especially not when said product is a great comedy, romance, thriller and love
letter to nerd culture all rolled into one.