I will seriously shut up about this game after this.
Front Mission(NDS by way of necromancy)
Square/Enix (but who are we kidding, it’s a Square game from over a decade ago)
In a nutshell: Highly customizable mechanized wargame that’s worth a look if you like gritty sci-fi and/or micromanaging of large armies.
Or guys named Peewee.
The next coupla posts in the next few days are going to be a test run of the new review format and an attempt to reclaim some shred of my late 90’s-early 00’s ‘glory days’, not to mention finally post thoughts on various games I never got around to reviewing, mainly due to being too busy playing said games. Man, last year had some good stuff. With Bangai-O Spirits and Apollo Justice coming in early ‘08, here’s hoping for another pleasant, but nonconductive to writing year!
Here’s a loose itinerary of what I’ve got planned for the latter half of January:
Front Mission
Contrapalooza: Contra 4
That Was Then, This Is Then Too (retro remakes special)
Gurren-Lagann DS
After which, I’ll be attempting to flesh out my own Game pages to try and see if anyone would be willing to lend a hand in bringing my bull to a Frankensteinian mockery of life.
Toodles.
After basically letting it gather dust for a good while, I’m officially elbow deep in Front Mission DS. I played all the way through the SNES (or more accurately, Super Famicom) one years back (You may remember it from a Year in Review lost to the ether.) I haven’t tried the Bad Guy campaign yet, but being able to use some of the nonstandard mechs like the GIANT ENEMY CRAB er, Clinton-type is nice. I’ve also been bored enough to rack up obscene Arena winnings and buy all the best parts this time out instead of eking out upgrades here and there in an attempt to speed through.
Anywho. Could anyone spot the difference in the last 2 RK’s? If the answer is no, I’m pretty happy, because all I did was shift back to paper after several issues of straight digital work. It actually makes things go a bit faster, though I have to admit I’m gonna cut it to two strips this week, color 9 tomorrow, and work on next week’s material over the weekend. For tonight though, the weather just SAPS my energy.
I’m glad I’ve found some things that help my productivity, like capping my caffeine intake off at a certain point in the evening so I’m not jittering and tabbing over to Youtube every five minutes while trying to draw, and the paper-thing. I’m gonna try for some kind of scribble per post thing (after this post, of course) as another way of keeping my mojo up.
I think I’ve finally come up with an obligatory rating system for reviews from here on as well… now follow me, here. Now, I don’t think I’m alone in thinking numerical ratings are pretty well, lame. So using my old 3/2 ‘circle’ logo as a base, One Half means something sucks. A whole circle means it’s passable but unremarkable. But a third half, ah! There’s something extra there that makes the game/bad movie/feminine undergarment/war atrocity ‘click’ for me. Think of it as a thumbs up/thumbs down with an unhelpful ‘meh’ at the fulcrum.
Wanzers!
You can forgive me for Friday’s B&Wness as well as tomorrow’s probable delay for RK. After eight. Solid. Hours of scanning negatives and slides for some inevitably ungrateful customer (I’m sure I’ll be the one who has to explain why she can’t have intact copies of the negs that a presumably impaired photo clerk in the mid 80’s sliced in half) it’s really hard to make myself Photoshop for my own enjoyment.
Plus, hey. I got Spy Hunter(PS2) and KOF XI with my X-mas gift card.
Update: Radical methods are bringing my drawing mojo back, I should have something to show for it tonight!