Saturday, February 20, 2010

2010 Games That Im Rooting For.

We're only in the first quarter of the year and I'm excited out of my pants for this years lineup of title heading to a console near u soon. With that said, there's 3 three particular titles that I wanna speak on in this blog, u know them, u luv them, they r, God of War 3, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep and Nier.

Getting Into It.
To start off, let's get in sum Nier. This game has been in development for sum time, leaking shots out ever since last year. What has me excited the most about this title is that Square Enix is backing the developer of the game, Cavia. Many of u should know who square enix is, the rpg king matched by no other, anywho, the protagonist of said game is on a quest to save his daughter, who has contracted a virus, set in the year 2049. A deadly disease begins killing off massive segments of the populace, forcing doctors to release an experimental cure. Can u guess what happens after that? Basically what u might expect, the cure doesn't work but not only does it not work, it backfires and starts mutating ppl into ghostly monsters called Shades, the virus is dubbed the Black Scrawl virus. Thus enter Nier, a man who's daughter has been infected with the early iteration of the virus. In all honesty, this game reminds me of a darker Final Fantasy/Lost Odessy hybrid, but with many familiar rpg traits. Saying Nier is in the same vein as Demon Souls when it comes to combat may not be an understatement, combat appears to be fast, bloody and unapologetic with curse words to boost. Expect NPCs to join ur travels as u pursue ur daughters cure, relying on magic, physical attacks and upgradable weapons. This title is slated for a spring release and all an all honesty, I'm happy to see new blood being transfused into Square, that'll be for both PS3 and 360 console on release.

You know Kingdom Hearts don't you? Of course u do, what manner of question is this! Good, because Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep is heading to a PSP near u soon. As in summertime soon. So yea the latest chapter the series has players taking on the role of either Ventus, Aqua or Terra with each character having their own campaign through the story. But waulit, who the heck r these losers? Well if u have played Kingdom Hearts 2 then u may recognize them as the 3 knights at the end of the secret movie. who did battle with master Xehanort. Confused? Don't be be, this title takes place a good decade before the first Kingdom Hearts. To get u up to speed, these three, Terra, Ventus and Square, are apprentices under master Xehanort and master Eraqus. The story sees an exam taking place with Terra and Aqua to appoint them as masters. Master Xehanort sneakily coerced some dark tendancies from Terra. Because of this, Terra is denied master status, Aqua passes, resentment ensues. The adventure picks up with master Eraqus giving Terra a task to help his evil tendencies by sending him on a mission to stop a new threat called the Unversed and track down Xehanort. There r multiplayer factors present but not confirmed, many new features and possibly sum much needed baclstory to these three as well know their apparent end. Bring it to a close Square!!

Lastly there's God of War 3, the best for last I mean. This freakin game owns soooo hard. It's huge, its epic, its Kratos! Nuff said.

Final Thoughts: This is only the first quarter and this is only the first slew of awesome titles due out. I cant wait. Can u? What r. u most excited about in gaming for 2010?

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