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    All Things Video Games Thread: II

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

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    Slow to the party. Finished the game campaign mode. Overall its a good game but I feel that DS 1 was a way better game. DS 2 had potential to supercede DS 1 leaps and bounds but unfortunately it was the "same old" stuff.

    My qualms:

    1.) the new and more unique necromorphs were not really used in the game. You only see them once/twice in the whole game.

    2.) Story was not as epic as the 1s one, especially the "final boss". DS 1 had u battle a giant necromorph ending with u destroying the whole planet. This? Kinda meh.

    3.) Transition between chapters felt abit cheap/tacked on. You get some cinematics on how you get from one part of Titan station to another but you don't really get a feel on where you're going or what you're doing. And frankly i don't feel like i'm in a giant space station. I feel like i'm on a planet cracker again.

    4.) The Ishimura. While its cool that they put one chapter in it....I feel its pretty cheap since its reusing the same level design from the 1s game and you have to do that whole gravity centrifuge puzzle all over again. =.=;;

    5.) There has always been a tentacle monster or something that chases u and pulls you in some cut scenes but in the end you never really encounter it or kill it. It just keeps pulling you out into space, where you have an interactive cut scene and u get shoved into another part of the station. In DS1 you eventually meet it and kill it, even shooting it in minigame with the ship's turrets.

    I know i got alot of complaints but generally i like the game. I'm just abit disappointed that it didn't improve on DS1.

    Maxfactory's Figma Line

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted

    So Miku Append and the BRS game with the limited edition white rock shooter are up for preorder.

    http://www.amiami.jp/shop/?set=english&vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=FIG-MOE-2538&template=default/product/e_display.html

    http://www.amiami.jp/shop/?set=english&vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=TVG-PSP-1804&template=default/product/e_display.html

    Also, can anyone explain to me the significance of "**For sale in Japan only." that's on various items on Ami Ami? ie,

    http://www.amiami.jp/shop/?set=english&vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=FIG-MOE-2356&template=default/product/e_display.html

    Does it really mean that?

    [edit]Nevermind, looks like that little disclaimer is just there for show it seems.

    I'm loving the miku append and PO'ed. I'll get the PVC too!

    What Current Anime Are You Watching Version v3.0

    in Hall Of The Super Topics

    Posted

    Holy crap, Maho Shojo Madoka Majika is so "gritty" (not really the right word, but I'm at a loss trying to describe this re-invention of the genre).They should just call this show Battlestar Maho Shojo Mobile Suit Witch Wars chronicles with guest directors Ronald D. Moore and Yoshiyuki "The Killer" Tomino.

    Trademarks of Gen urobochi. Very dark stuff.

    Good lord latest ep came sorta out of nowhere....that death felt kinda rushed.

    Gundam Plamodel Thread IV

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    They're Katoki redesigns of the 5 lead gundams from the first half of the series originally drawn around the same time Endless waltz came out. The thing is, the GUndams that show up in Endless Waltz (wing zero, deathscythe hell, altron etc. etc.) are supposed to be the same gundams that the pilots are using at the end of the series. the Look different because they're drawn by Katoki and not Okawara, but they're the same robots and for the purposes of the Endless waltz narrative they always looked like that. To that end, Katoki drew up redesigns of the original 5 gundams to match the aesthetics of the redesigned mid-season upgrades that actually do show up in EW.

    So basically, they are supposed to be what the original 5 gundams looked like within the Endless Waltz version events.

    :edit:

    as for the whole "Custom" thing, tacking the word custom onto the end was purely a marketing thing done by Bandai to differentiate the old Endless waltz model kits from the TV show model kits. In terms of the story, The Deathscythe Hell you see in the OVA is the same Deathscythe hell that you see at the end of the TV series. They just look different so Bandai can sell more model kits.

    I am confused.

    As far as the OVA is concerned, the mecha we know from EW have ALWAYS looked like that, WGZ with the wings and feathers, Heavy Arms with the quad gattling gun, etc. In other words there was no "upgrade" in the EW universe. So what you're saying is Katoki is trying to "patch" that up with his designs and say that "In EW, the mecha before the upgrades look like this...." and voila more new model kits from Gundam Wing.

    Did I get that right?

    Gundam Plamodel Thread IV

    in Anime or Science Fiction

    Posted

    For the Wing fans, looks like Epyon is going to be a MG release

    Hopefully, followed closely by Wing Zero

    Speaking of Gundam wing, is this the same as this?

    They seem identical with the exception of the stand piece. I'm confused though because HLJ is not listing the Ver. Ka as discontinued. Seems odd to have the same kit still in production in 2 different boxes under 2 different names.

    I don't understand what all these new kits that says "EW VERSION" mean and where they come from since the Wing Gundam and Deathscythe H version never appeared in the EW OVA.

    Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - >>Season 2 + Movie<<

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    The earliest trailer shows OOQ blocking a purple beam, it's a hint but nothing mentioned about aliens. People thought that new villain faction have somewhat different GN Drive or something. The world ELS itself is revealed not too long before premiere. And in complicated way. IIRC, there's some sort of code on magazine or something then when the code matched with a string of numbers that flashes in The Back Horn (the band that sings the opening song) video clip, "Extraterrestrial Living Shapeshifters" appeared. Only in latest trailer we saw ELS in their metallic glory.

    The final scene after the final ep of season 2 already told me there will be aliens. It showed some reaction on Jupiter (which i at the time assumed was a GN Drive) and then a caption that said "The end of the childhood of humanity is here" or something. We started discussing it in forums that aliens will be in the movie. Sure enough it was. I sorta thoguht everyone had the same idea.

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