soccer and gaming

Lately I have been trying to complete games but sadly, I still buy more games than I can play (thank you steam and EB). So now I am on holiday for two weeks and plan to watch world cup in the early mornings, sleep then play games when I wake up!!!!

So all the games I want to attempt to get through:

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (I've been trying to get through this game for three years!)
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Age of Empires II: Age of Kings HD
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team Bros.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Pokemon Y
Etrian Odyssey Untold Millennium Girl
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Final Fantasy X HD Remaster
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
Tales of Symphonia Chronicles
Resident Evil 4 HD

I think thats a decent list to get through ey :)

As for the soccer part, a lot of people question why I took a fortnight off just for soccer. Well it happens every four years and it gets me and my mates around to share a common passion: watching soccer and drinking. Well the drinking part in some cases anyway. Also with my job, the soccer is too early (or late) in the morning for me to watch as I have to sleep early and wake at 5. I think its a noble reason to take some time off for.

a lot of Zelda games but I should get through a good chuck of it, I hope anyway. Lets do this!

Aiming for the Skies

Well its been nearly two years since the release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and I have had three or four attempts to play it. The requirement of using motion control with the Wii Remote+ and Nunchuck just seemed like a chore in comparison to previous entries which was just using a normal controller just felt odd and exhausting. So I just gave up all previous attempts, not even getting through the first dungson.

Now after finishing Tales of Xillia (a mighty fine game I must add) and starting on Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix, I felt like going back to a game I haven't finished yet since I have finished Kingdom Hearts on the PS2 all those years ago and the Final Mix version is more of the same. 

So it was between Skyward Sword or Super Mario Galaxy 2 and knowing that The Wind Waker HD is just around the corner, I thought I'll give Skyward Sword another go. Also I bought the Hyrule Historia book that just gives all the spoilers away while reading it so yeah, better get this over and done with

This time armed with a strategy guide (because I forgot where I left off) and a Wii U console, I slipped the Wii disc into the console and away I went and haven't looked back.

So far I am enjoying it even though the graphics are not HD on my 22" Toshiba LCD TV, the game's motion controls just feels so right after I have gotten used to it and the music and atmosphere has just brought me back to the Kingdom of Hyrule. Story-wise I may have forgotton the start but as the game progresses, I am more and more captivated by it.

The 1:1 motion control is done so well in this game, you will be forgiven at the start to be just waggling the Wii Remote thanks to all the gimmicky games we had in the years leading up to this. Sadly this game came out near the end of the Wii lifecycle when the realisation of motion control is where it should have been at the start of the Wii life with all those pre-Wii E3 trailers. Hopefully more games like this will come out exclusive for the Wii U and in HD graphics as well :)

I haven't finished yet, just in the Lanayru Mini Faculty dungeon so far but I will damn well finish it now! If I have time after I finish it, I will write up a review.

Tonight, Tomorrow, Quite a few

with the holidays looming and exams a thing of the past until June next year, I have taken it upon myself to finish at least ten games. Now this would be crap easy if I wasn't working but seeing as I am, my daily gaming has been cut fair short. However working brings in new income and I am now able to afford new games... go figure :p

At the moment I have only finished one, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots but am looking at trying to get around to the following in no particular order:

Burnout Paradise
Chrono Trigger
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
Final Fantasy XII
Grand Theft Auto IV
Half-Life 2, Episodes 1 and 2
Kingdom Hearts II
LostWinds
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Medal of Honor Heroes 2
Medal of Honor: Vanguard
No More Heroes
Pokemon Diamond
Resistance: Fall of Man
Ridge Racer 7
Rogue Galaxy
Sonic Unleashed
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Yakuza 2

Well thats the list I can think of and I'll keep it updated with what I complete. Theres some nice DS games I should get to as well such as Castlevania, Lock's Quest and Flower, Sun and Rain.

My Sony PlayStation 3 games

I got my PlayStation 3 a week back and I must say its awesome. Currently searching for cheap games as I was for the PSP so I only have a few but it will grow by next year by hopefully the amount the Wii has.

1. Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
2. BioShock (2K Marin/2k Games)
3. Burnout Paradise (Criterion Games/EA)
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Infinity Ward/Activision)
5. Call of Duty: World at War (Treyarch/Activision)
6. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (Dimps/Atari)
7. Enchanted Arms (From Software/Ubisoft)
8. Guitar Hero: World Tour (Neversoft/Activision)
9. littleBIGplanet (Media Molecule/SCEAus)
10. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Capcom)
11. Medal of Honor: Airborne (EA LA/Electronic Arts)
12. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Kojima Productions/Konami)
13. Mirror's Edge (Electronic Arts)
14. The Orange Box (Valve/Electronic Arts)
15. Prince of Persia (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
16. Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (KCET/Konami)
17. Ridge Racer 7 (Namco)
18. Soulcalibur IV (Namco Bandai Games/Ubisoft)
19. Stranglehold (Midway)
20. Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection Online (Namco/SCEAus)
21. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (Naughty Dog/SCEAus)
22. Virtua Fighter 5 (SEGA-AM2/THQ)
    

At least the Platinum titles are hits including Uncharted, Resistance and Heavenly Sword. But what I really am looking forward to is Eternal Sonata and White Knight Chronicles. The PS3 really need those RPGs to lift its game -.-

Last Updated: 3rd of March 2009

My Sony PSP Games

Well as most of you guys know, I have a PSP and it only cost me $120, a fact that I am extremely proud of. Seeing as its a new console to my collection, I only have a handful of PSP games but it is growing! Also I'm not planning on modding my PSP to play ISOs as the games are already cheap anyway. Feels so much better to have them original eh? So more coming soon!

1. Burnout Dominator (EA UK/Electronic Arts)
2. Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- (Square-Enix/Ubisoft)
3. DJ Max Portable (Pentavision)
4. Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai (Dimps/Atari)
5. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (TOSE/Square-Enix)
   
6. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar/Take-Two)
7. Metal Gear Ac!d² (Konami)
   
8. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Kojima Productions/Konami)
9. Metal Slug Complete (SNK Playmore)
10. Shinobido: Tales of the Ninja (Acquire/SCEE)
11. Tekken: Dark Resurrection (Namco)

Also I'm collecting UMD movies:

1. Steamboy (Sony Pictures)

Well thats all I got atm and should be more real soonish! Its just atm its pretty difficult to find good games as the PSP sections of shops are soooo tiny now. Hahaha go Nintendo DS!

Last Updated: 10th of September 2008

My Microsoft XBOX games

I only got the Xbox from Ren (for like $29.95, hahaha) like start of last year. Really late into the game, I only have a handful of original games I purchased. Sadly some games I couldn't get cause they're now considered rare and difficult to find for a good price. Some of these games I've never opened cause I have other games to play instead :p

1. Breakdown (Namco)
   
2. Counter-Strike (Valve/Turtle Rock Studios)
3. Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (Fasa Studio/Microsoft Game Studio)
   
4. Dead or Alive 3 (Team Ninja/Tecmo)
   
5. Dead or Alive Ultimate (Team Ninja/Tecmo)
6. Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball (Team Ninja/Tecmo)
7. Dino Crisis 3 (Capcom)
   
8. Grabbed By The Ghoulies (Rare/Microsoft Game Studio)
   
9. GunValkyrie (SmileBit/SEGA)
   
10. Kung Fu Chaos (Just Add Monsters/Microsoft Game Studio)
    
11. MechAssault (Day 1 Studios/Microsoft Game Studio)
    
12. Ninja Gaiden (Team Ninja/Tecmo)
13. Panzer Dragoon Orta (SmileBit/SEGA)
14. Playboy: The Mansion (Cyberlore Studios/Ubisoft)
15. Scrapland (Mercury Steam Studios/Enlight)
    
16. Shenmue II (SEGA AM-2/SEGA)
17. Stake: Fortune Fighters (Gameness Arts/Metro 3D)
    
18. Sudeki (Climax Group/Microsoft Game Studios)
    
19. The Suffering (Surreal Studios/Midway)
    
20. ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth (Visual Concepts/SEGA)
    
21. Tomb Raider: Legend (Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive)
22. Voodoo Vince (Beep Industries/Microsoft Game Studios)

One day I will get the remaining SEGA games like the awesome Jet Set Radio Future and almost good Outrun 2. Funny that I don't have any Halo games, I think Ren did give me a burnt copy though of the original Halo. Also the Rare games for Xbox was kinda lacking, need a 360 to play the good ones.

My Sony PlayStation 2 Games

Now its time for my PlayStation 2 game collection! Its not as big as my GameCube collection but its larger than the norm. I remember going on a PS2 buying spree in 2006, that was great.:

1. .hack//OUTBREAK (CyberConnect2/Bandai)
   
2. Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana (Gust/Koei)
3. Batman Vengeance (Ubisoft)
4. The Bouncer (Dream Factory/Squaresoft)
   
5. Breath of Fire: Dragon's Quarter (Capcom)
   
6. Capcom Classics Collection (Digital Eclipse Software/Capcom)
   
7. Chaos Legion (Capcom)
8. Cold Fear (Darkworks/Ubisoft)
   
9. Cold Winter (Swordfish Studios/Vivendi)
   
10. Crisis Zone (Namco)
11. DNA Dark Native Apostle (Tamsoft/Hudson)
12. Dancing Stage Fusion (Konami)
    
13. Dead or Alive 2 (Team Ninja/Tecmo)
    
14. Devil Kings (Capcom)
15. Devil May Cry (Capcom)
    
16. Dino Stalker (Capcom)
17. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (Dimps/Atari)
18. Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (Dimps/Atari)
    
19. Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King (Level-5/Square Enix)
20. Drakengard (cavia/Square Enix)
    
21. EyeToy: AntiGrav (Harmonix/Sony)
    
22. Fahrenheit (Quantic Dream/Atari)
    
23. FIFA Football 2003 (EA Canada)
    
24. Final Fantasy X (Squaresoft)
    
25. Final Fantasy X-2 (Squaresoft)
26. Final Fantasy XII (Square-Enix/Ubisoft)
27. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Bandai)
    
28. Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm (Ubisoft)
29. God of War (SCE Santa Monica/Sony)
30. God of War II (SCE Santa Monica/Sony)
31. Grand Theft Auto III (DMA Design)
    
32. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North)
33. Grandia II (Game Arts/Ubisoft)
34. Haunting Ground (Capcom)
35. ICO (Sony)
36. James Bond 007: Nightfire (Eurocom/EA)
37. King of Fighters: Maximum Impact (Noise Factory/SNK)
38. Kingdom Hearts (Squaresoft)
39. Kingdom Hearts II (Square Enix)
40. Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (Namco)
41. Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome (Nippon Ichi/Koei)
42. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Konami)
43. Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (Konami)
44. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami)
45. Michigan: Report From Hell (Grasshopper Manufacture/Spike)
46. Musashi: Samurai Legend (Square-Enix)
47. Nanobreaker (Konami)
48. Ninja Assault (Namco)
49. ObsCure (Hydravision Entertainment/Ubisoft)
50. Onimusha: Warlords (Capcom)
51. Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (Capcom)
52. The Operative: No One Lives Forever (Monolith Productions/Vivendi)
53. Para Para Paradise [JP] (Konami)
54. Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus (Sonic Team/SEGA)
55. Primal (Sony)
56. Project: Snowblind (Crystal Dynamics/Eidos)
57. R: Racing (Namco/EA)
58. Red Ninja: Rise to Honour (Tranji)
59. Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2 (Capcom)
60. Rise to Honour (Sony)
61. Rogue Galaxy (Level-5/Sony)
62. Rumble Roses (Yuke's Media Creations/Konami)
63. Shadow Hearts: From the New World (Nautilus/Ghostlight)
64. Shadow of Memories (Konami)
65. Shadow of the Colossus (Sony)
66. Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 (Atlus/Ghostlight)
67. Silent Hill 2 (Konami)
68. Silent Hill 3 (Konami)
69. Silent Scope (Konami)
70. SingStar 80's (Sony)
71. SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos (SNK Playmore)
72. Sonic Mega Collection Plus (Sonic Team/SEGA)
73. Soulcalibur II (Namco)
74. Soulcalibur III (Namco)
75. Space Channel 5: Part 2 (United Game Artists/SEGA)
76. SpyToy (Sony)
77. Summoner 2 (Volition/THQ)
78. Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (Sony)
79. Tekken 5 (Namco)
80. Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven (K2/Activision)
81. The Thing (Computer Artworks/Konami)
82. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (Free Radical Design/EA)
83. Total Overdose (Deadline Games/Activision)
84. Transformers (Melbourne House/Atari)
85. Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (Square-Enix/Ubisoft)
86. Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (Namco)
87. Yakuza (Amusement Vision/SEGA)
88. Yakuza 2 (Amusement Vision/SEGA)
89. Zombie Zone (Tamsoft/505 Games)

Wish one day I could finish or even open up some of these games from its cases. I used to have a rare game called Orphen: Scion of Sorcery but I lent it to a mate for FIFA Football 2003 then he disappeared... sigh, regret that. So the best game I have... I dunno, hard to decide but probably Tekken 5, Kingdom Hearts or Shadow of Memories. Just that I got a lot of good games but pirated... hopefully one day I get a job and I can buy them outright and increase my collection to one hundred! Same goes for GameCube, hehehe.

I will update this list whenever I get new games so yeah, I'll refer people to here when they ask for my list of games now, no more needing to send them my game collection in spreahsheet anymore.

Last Updated: 3rd of March 2009