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| Crow Hiroshima | Nov 1 2010, 10:49 PM Post #16 |
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Well I almost forgot I said I would also review anime, and movies when I started this so I just saw Paranomal Activity, and so here we go. Ok while not the scariest movie every, it has its "OH SHIT" moments. To be honest any movie where I have to watch people be pulled around by strings for 2 hours pisses me off. The one thing that annoyed me about the movie was the mom. I mean I hate to be 'that guy' but bitch stop yelling at the damn ghost and get the fuck outa the damn house! If the baby is possesed then fuck that! Don't go creeping around looking for shit! Can't say much about the production value of a movie shot in night vision but overall its not Blair witch bad, and actually helps with the suspense. All in all, despite the motto ' Say goodbye to sleep' Fuck that! If your not a giant pussy then this movie won't scare you more then like one or two jumps. If you wanna see it. Go with a girl and watch her jump out her skin. Its funny as hell! Final Word: 2.5/5 |
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| Hiro_Tsukasa | Nov 1 2010, 11:32 PM Post #17 |
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I couldn't stand the first Paranormal Activity. It was a bunch of mild jump scenes spread out between footage of pointless daily life and people freaking out. It wasn't scary and the protagonists are uncharacteristically stupid even by horror film standards. About the most interesting part of the film was the two seconds they spent on back story about what might be causing said paranormal activity, but then they never developed or built on that. Given your review I guess nothing changed lol. Speaking of the Blair Witch, that's where that movie shined. It had a fully fleshed out mythos behind everything and had enough that it was pretty thoroughly dealt with in the film and yet still had more people could look into if they took to the net. The documentary style horror film is a one trick pony, in my opinion, and if you don't put in some kind of flare like that it just ends up crappy. |
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| Crow Hiroshima | Nov 1 2010, 11:48 PM Post #18 |
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Now Blair Witch was bad because I didn't see the witch. I mean its ok to not see a ghost, but not being able to see the witch kinda creeped me out. I mean that and I won't lie. The ending..... Scared the shit outa me. Not so much oh crap she died' but more so, 'oh shit! Wtf killed her!?" Now Paranormal activity was just bad, my sis and her friend where scared as hell but to be honest Resident evil scared me more then this movie. ( Asian guy getting cut in half kinda caught me off guard). But to be honest when I spend to much time pointing out how dumb you are then I'm not enjoying your movie. |
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| Super Hurricane | Nov 2 2010, 12:12 AM Post #19 |
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The Middleman (stubborn, yet relaxed)
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Could you do a review of the movie "Red"? I plan to go watch it after I vote tomorrow. |
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| Crow Hiroshima | Nov 5 2010, 11:42 AM Post #20 |
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Well here we go with a review I was quite proud of. Fallout: New Vegas Well its time for another expansion of the ever popular Fallout series. And I have to say I am quite impressed with the amount of content that they are able to cram into these things. I mean its just amazing. Fallout has always been a favorite of mine. The story, the open world exploration, everything about the game just screams game of the year. And New Vegas is no different. The story starts with a cap being popped in yo ass, and your left for dead. Now I know that a lot of people are like ' Oh shit Crow! I die at the beginning!?' And by answer to that is No you idiot! They shot you, but like most gangsters they fail to finish the job. (Silly gangsters murders are for crazy people.) After you recover, you go to find out just what it was you where carrying, that made them pull a sopranos on your ass. On the journey you find, mystery, suspense, and get a little vengeance on the ones who dare cross you the legendary kid from vault 101. Now the graphics have always been where Fallout shines. I mean so much detail is put into the area's you visit, to where walking the wastelands of DC I could always tell where I was, even though all the buildings where rubble. New Vegas is no different, the locals are beautiful to the eye, and if you have been to Vegas like me. (Spring break last year. Although don't remember much, man what a town!) You will see that they have the feel, and look down packed. The one gripe I have, and will probably always have with fallout, is how damn near every person looks the same. But to be fair in a game like this, with this much content, and this many characters to interact with you can't blame them for not making a unique face for everyone. Well now we move on to the extra's. New Vegas captures the feel of Vegas so well, that I almost went broke at the casino. You name the game, and they have it. And to be honest, its quite fun. A lot of players will find themselves spending hours in the casino's of New Vegas, just remember not to overdo it. You need those stem packs! But the game shines truly bright on the side quest. They are more entertaining than in past games, and offer more of a story line element, so for those of you who like the story element of a game. This won't disappoint. All in all Fallout New Vegas proves that the series, is still as fresh, and entertaining as it was when Fallout 3 came out, and is a must buy for anyone who likes the series. Concept: Get shot and left for dead, only to awake to go on a quest for revenge......SWEET! Graphics: Beautiful while they don't have the shading most games have these days, its still beautiful to look at. Music: The old school songs from that era still get my toe tapping. Playabilty: The game still plays like a charm, and the controls haven't changed. Entertainment: Its Fallout.... FUCKING PLAY IT!!!! Final Score: 5/5 |
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| Trace | Nov 5 2010, 02:00 PM Post #21 |
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![]() Couldn't help myself. If you listen to the New Vegas radio it seems this song pops up 75% of the time. I WILL FOREVER REMEMBER IT! Thank the pagan gods for Black Mountain Radio and best friend Tabitha! Mr. New Vegas is great and all, but he really gives Snug and I the feeling that he's trying to sexually caressing listeners' ears with his words (and that's harassment people!). All right, to the point(s) of my reply.
Wait, what? This isn't right. Where did you get this idea? Also I'm surprised you did not mention how buggy the game is. I guess you were one of the fortunates to not suffer from them, but many people have to an extensive degree. It was mentioned all over the place constantly for a week after release, and patches were sent almost immediately after release of the game to mend some of the most notable. But damn, I do love this game as well. Hardcore mode makes it so much more immersive by a baffling degree and the humor of the quests and NPCs is incredibly welcomed. Sure, anyone who says its pretty much Fallout 3 with mods wouldn't be far off, but I loved Fallout 3 and was shocked how much more I could prefer this game. I came into extremely skeptical and cynical but left completely satisfied (probably wouldn't be if Snug's comp didn't run it so smoothly). My one massive gripe is the companions. *breathe in* [rant] Is it just me or is (as I like to call him) God Tier Boone completely unbalanced. I know he's a sniper, but geeze this guy headshots opponents on the horizon before I can even make out their silhouette. His damage output far surpasses that of even Fawkes of Fallout 3 who bore a far superior weapon. (Boone = Hunting Rifle / Fawkes = Custom Gatling Laser). But what REALLY aggravates me -besides him stealing my thunder- is his pitiful survivability. I could sneak attack critical Fawkes with a Fat Man Launcher and barely scrape his HP. If Boone takes aggro for more than 10 seconds and he's deader than a dodo. Don't even get me started on E.D.'s flimsy health bar. I would have much preferred it if they kept there massive amounts of HP from 3 than make them One Hit Wonders / Glass Cannons. [/rant] *breathe out* So yeah, I like this game a lot and would love to discuss it! I was tempted to review the game myself, but I wouldn't want to cross that boundary and tread on your territory. XD |
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| Yosuke | Nov 5 2010, 02:13 PM Post #22 |
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As someone who never touched a Halo game until he finally got his 360, with his first game being Reach, I'm wondering how exactly is it a bad game? I never touched a single console shooter until I got it and I fell in love with it. The multiplayer community still sucks given how all online gaming communities are but damned if they aren't fun when you get a lot of friends in a game. Not to mention it is obvious that Bungie put a lot of love in it (god the Campaign <3) since this is going to be their last actual Halo game made by them. Also a bit of criticism about your reviews. Please stop mentioning "must for a fans" and "you either like it or you don't", especially when you're using it as your explanation for your score. it tells the reader very little about the actual topic. Same with the term "pushing X console to its limit" for graphics. ESPECIALLY with a sprite based game like Pokemon. 3D towns and sprites that move in battle is pushing the DS to its limit? Seriously? They read rather biased and don't really help in garnering interest for a game. Edited by Yosuke, Nov 5 2010, 02:23 PM.
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| Crow Hiroshima | Nov 6 2010, 12:03 AM Post #23 |
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My gripe with Halo is how it is advertised as the greatest shooter of all time. When is all honesty its a golden eye clone. I mean you shouldn't get this great review just because you made a shooter that was the first decent shooter for your damn system. Microsoft has been full of shit for a long time, and things won't get better untill them, and their fans pull their head outa their ass. There are shooter games with a way better story. Mass Effect, Resident Evil. Just to name a few. And while I hear what your saying. Pokemon games tend to be really choppy, but they seemed to have fixed the blur of the sprites with this gen, so to me that's improvement. On the note of the review I agree with what your saying but with certain games like pokemon once again for example. You either like it or don't. They don't change much, they just add stuff to it so if you have played one pokemon game in a sense you have played them all. I don't see a need to expand on what I said in the review since its been the same game for 10 years. But with the reviews I've done, I aim them more so for people who have played the series before. But I guess ill switch the format up. |
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| Yosuke | Nov 6 2010, 01:00 AM Post #24 |
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so its a waste of time because the fans and advertising suck. Got it. ITT: OPINIONS. while I give you mass effect, its an unfair comparison when its been driven by you and your choices to begin with. As for RE I could easily begin picking out how convoluted its plot has gotten over the years but I'll refrain. |
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| Crow Hiroshima | Nov 6 2010, 01:25 AM Post #25 |
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While the plot in resident evil has become a little hard to follow it still makes more sense then Halo. And its not so much the advertisement, but more so the reason's they say its great. Golden eye did all the things halo did, and did it better. While I like that Microsoft has a decent shooter, due to Halo, the true shooter of the system (Gears of War) is damn near unnoticed. And to me that's crap. You can't base your entire systems existence on one game. Its bullshit, and that's microsoft downfall. The same thing with Nintendo and Zelda.... Its sad... Xbox has great games, but at the end of the day as along as Halo is around no other game will be able to 'truly' shine. But since this was bungies last halo I'm sure the series will suck from here on out. |
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| Hiro_Tsukasa | Nov 6 2010, 03:34 AM Post #26 |
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Pardon this but...
Mass Effect is an RPG with third-person shooter elements. RE5 is a third person shooter. Gears of War is a third person shooter. Third person shooter |= first person shooter; that's like apples and oranges. Yes, in both you are shooting stuff but they play out quite a bit different so it's a hugely unfair comparison. Mass Effect is just a ridiculous comparison. That'd be like calling all Final Fantasy games fighting games because you happen to fight stuff in it.
I'm not a very big fan of Halo at all, newer fps just aren't my cup of tea, and Goldeneye is one of my all time favorite games but give credit where credit is due. Halo: CE revolutionized the fps genre much in the same way Goldeneye did before it with a serious hard sci-fi story, the tightness of its gameplay and the balance. Halo 2, again, revolutionized things basically spear-heading competently doing a FPS online in a console. 3, ODST and Reach may not be huge jumps beyond graphics but they are all solid games. Overrated? Yes they are. But they're also grossly underrated by people just hating for no reason besides good marketing and devoted fans acting like they games are trash. Saying Goldeneye did everything better is just bold fanboyism. Good as a game it is... it's still a movie based game and as far as James Bond films go I think Goldeneye isn't all that stand out with its story. Halo, on the other hand, has a very detailed setting and storyline. It draws on a lot of cliche sci-fi conventions but they certainly present it well. Faulting it for that means faulting Goldeneye for much worse being a movie-game of a James Bond flick. Plus there's the issue of balance. Like I said, one of the stand out things for the original Halo was its gameplay balance. Remember Oddjob? Remember that one friend that had to be the douchebag and pick Oddjob in Goldeneye because he was half the size of everyone else and thus harder to shoot and then everyone starts using Oddjob to even the field? (also kinda like the aliens in Perfect Dark.. or the even more broken human head on alien body set-up) I could go on but besides being the most glaring issue Oddjob already proves my point. Elites are obviously a great deal larger than humans in Halo but for multiplayer they possess the same hitboxes as Spartans. If Goldeneye were used as an example, Elites would have much larger hitboxes making a huge disadvantage to even try using them. There's also the online issue and you could say that's not fair due to the time Goldeneye was released but what about system link or something? Halo had that. It wasn't some new idea in the least. If you're that into it, it's a lot nicer to play local multiplayer with a full screen for your view rather than sharing 1/4 of the screen space on a tiny box wherein everyone looks off everybody else's screen to cheat (and don't lie. I did that. You did that. Everyone that ever played Goldeneye did that lol.) And I dunno about everyone else... but I much prefer moving and aiming with twin analog sticks rather than having to use one and 4 face buttons.
Sega did this and was successful for many years with their consoles and probably would continue to do so if the Dreamcast hadn't been stamped out. Sony did this in the early years of the Playstation. Hell, Sony is vaguely doing it now with all the championing for Demon Souls. Nintendo is still doing it today. I guess every major console company is headed for a downfall; some of which have been headed on their way there since the 1980's. Between all the Halo/Microsoft hate and the perfect score for New Vegas, this should be renamed Opinions Corner. EDIT: Also I should add no offense bro. You are a cool dude, but I felt it needed to be said since this thread is about reviewing stuff and reviews are supposed to try and be objective. Edited by Hiro_Tsukasa, Nov 6 2010, 03:39 AM.
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| Crow Hiroshima | Nov 6 2010, 04:02 AM Post #27 |
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Well aren't all reviews opinions? I mean I like God of war, and 3 got a perfect 10 in game informer, but my friend felt that it needed a 7 seeing as he thought the plot was drawn out, and that 2 should have been the last one. I understand everyone may not agree with me, or the scores I give, but I stand by them. Now my beef with Halo has been going on for years. I mean Killzone is a much better game, but I can't stand that either. FPS in general I can't stand, so maybe I seem a little unfair in my reviews of them. But if people will compare every FPS to Halo, then I can compare Halo to the FPS that came before it. Hell I can even compare Golden Eye to DOOM. Halo is not gods gift to gamers, and while it may be slightly entertaining to some, I don't enjoy it. As much as I hate Halo, if I where to review it I would give it a fair chance. No writer in history can say that they aren't even a little biased. FFXIII got a 9 and I'm a HUGE FF fan, but that score was pure crap. XII was better as far as battle systems go, and while the story was preachy it still makes more sense then XIII. Halo is just an overrated game that isn't this Holy Grail that everyone wants it to be. Edit: No sweat Hiro I knew when I started this I was going to have debates about my reviews. Ill try to be less biased when doing them, but I just felt like Fallout deserved the score. Its a well put together game, that can appeal to almost any type of gamer. I wouldn't do this if I couldn't handle criticism, (I was in drama back in high school) if I got mad every time someone didn't agree with me I would work for Fox News. I love to hear what you guys have to say. I didn't make this thread so you guys can look at it and take what I say at face value. Play the game yourself and see if it deserves the score. And if you don't think it does PLEASE let me know. The great thing about humanity is that we all have different opinions, so let's use the free will the good lord gave us. Edited by Crow Hiroshima, Nov 6 2010, 04:20 AM.
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| Pierrot | Nov 6 2010, 04:49 AM Post #28 |
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No, reviews are structured opinions based on objective fact. If you want to include an opinion based purely on your own personal taste, it should be separate from the main review |
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| Crow Hiroshima | Nov 6 2010, 05:15 AM Post #29 |
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If you read the review of any major game in game informer they all review the games on Opinion. Its an unbiased (at times) one but an Opinion none the less. They don't like star ocean, but let's be serious other then the battle system is any rpg truly diffrent from another? No but they all get diffrent scores, why because reviews weather biased or unbiased are based on Opinion. Its a fact halo sells a lot, but it being a great game is a matter of Opinion, not a fact. I would not rape halo in a review I would review it fairly, I just stated that I don't like halo. I'm sure the guys at game informer review games they don't like. But halo would get a fair shot, I just don't find it to be a fun game. |
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| Yosuke | Nov 6 2010, 06:31 AM Post #30 |
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I'm going to give a hearty lol here, especially having recently finished Reach. Straightforward Sci-Fi with man vs aliens being hard to follow? A plot that is basically the structured fall of an entire planet, basically showing off the end of the Spartan program and how the Chief actually got Cortana in the first place being harder to follow than... Resident Evil's convoluted mess that is explaining its zombies and the recent not-actually-undead-zombies-but-something-fairly-close-to-excuse-the-fact-they-can-run-now. I could open the can of worms that is Wesker but I'll stop here. |
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