Recently, my friend Larry came to visit from China. He's not Chinese, he moved there to get a Chinese girlfriend, teach English and probably sit around and get paid to be the Token White Guy. He's been gone for almost 2 years, so I was very happy to get to see him again. One reason: more Monster Hunter!
Viewers of my Youtube Channel will know Larry as "Mark" from the Monster Hunter videos. Instead of us playing Tri and pretending it was the best Monster Hunter, we got together with his brother and played some Monster Hunter Portable 3rd for PSP. It was awesome! We played from about 6 pm to 1:30am, so we got in some quality hunting. Unfortunately, that was the only playing we got done during his visit. We could probably play more, but I'm the only one with a PS3 (to use adhoc party), so it won't be for awhile. Too bad they won't release another console one because Capcom hates money (from Monster Hunter). Actually, that's not true, they just hate Americans playing the game. And every other nation that's not Japan. I wish I were making that up.
Well, Monster Hunter isn't the only reason his visit was cool. He also brought me 2 cool Kamen Rider Ryuki (Dragon Knight) toys. It was Volva's (maybe?) gun and the Dragvisor (Ryuki's morpher, if you will). He also gave me a few cards to use with it. It was really nice of him. Yeah, I'm a giant 8 year old, so what?
Friday, July 13, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
More Monster Hunter!
So you may know that I like to play Monster Hunter. And if not, check out my YouTube channel to see the misadventures of playing it on the Wii. I recently acquired the ability to play the latest PSP entry, Monster Hunter portable 3rd. It's more or less the enhanced version of the Wii game. Important improvements: no underwater, more monsters. Really, just no underwater is enough of an improvement. According to my friend, some of the more underwater-oriented monsters are just gone or pallet-swapped in this version. And unfortunately, none of the previous monsters have returned. Well, except for one...the (expletive) Bullfangos/Bulldrone.
After playing it for a bit, it's even more sad that Capcom won't bring it out on US shores (or any other country that isn't Japan, for that matter). It's really good. I've already fought a few new monsters, like the Frogi (similar to the Jaggi and Baggi, but they use poison) and the Aoashira. The latter is a new skeleton type, and the monster is basically a big bear. It's not as big as many of the other monsters, and it's honestly not very hard since you fight it so early. He/she/it does make pretty cool armor though. They also toned down the Barroth, so he is much easier to fight, at least with a hammer. The gave him higher recovery on some of his moves, making him more open. I think he does a bit less damage too. I beat him my first time going against him in MH portable 3rd, and I can assure you it's not like riding a bike for some of these monsters. Check out my Monster Hunter Tri: SaHD Chronicles episodes versus the Barroth to see what I mean. To even that out, they made his armor worse. I loved using it in Tri, but they changed the skills it gives, making it not anything I can use. At least I don't have to farm him!
Hopefully I can snag a copy of the PS3 version of the game, which uses the same save file, so I can make some videos of my misadventures in the new game. If you can get an import copy and like Monster Hunter....well, then you likely have the game. If not, I'd recommend getting your hands on one to try it out!
After playing it for a bit, it's even more sad that Capcom won't bring it out on US shores (or any other country that isn't Japan, for that matter). It's really good. I've already fought a few new monsters, like the Frogi (similar to the Jaggi and Baggi, but they use poison) and the Aoashira. The latter is a new skeleton type, and the monster is basically a big bear. It's not as big as many of the other monsters, and it's honestly not very hard since you fight it so early. He/she/it does make pretty cool armor though. They also toned down the Barroth, so he is much easier to fight, at least with a hammer. The gave him higher recovery on some of his moves, making him more open. I think he does a bit less damage too. I beat him my first time going against him in MH portable 3rd, and I can assure you it's not like riding a bike for some of these monsters. Check out my Monster Hunter Tri: SaHD Chronicles episodes versus the Barroth to see what I mean. To even that out, they made his armor worse. I loved using it in Tri, but they changed the skills it gives, making it not anything I can use. At least I don't have to farm him!
Hopefully I can snag a copy of the PS3 version of the game, which uses the same save file, so I can make some videos of my misadventures in the new game. If you can get an import copy and like Monster Hunter....well, then you likely have the game. If not, I'd recommend getting your hands on one to try it out!
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Ghost Story
I still find it crazy that a "non-reader" like me is in the middle of the 13th Jim Butcher's Dresden Files books. I've really enjoyed most of them. For one reason or another, I didn't like the 3rd book. Part of that was I read the blurb for the 12th book in the back of the second. The 12th book pretty much ruins the third. As for the 12th book...well, the title is appropriate. It's called "Changes" and it pretty much changes everything. Without giving much away, it feels like and "Author's Clearing House" contest and there are lots of winners. I honestly would have been content to continue reading books that were similar to the first 10 or so. I guess the curse of the successful author is you want to feel like your characters grow and change, so the series never gets stale. I can understand that, and I don't begrudge him for doing what he does. Good stuff though, I definitely recommend you check them out. And then (shameless plug) get the Lunatic Slayer Adventures books from Amazon, hahaha!
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Instant Game Collection?
During all the E3 announcements, I was very much intrigued by the "Instant Game Collection" from subscribing to Playstation Plus. Two of the games, Just Cause and Warhammer 40k: Space Marine, were on my list of games to get. I was willing to pay about $25 or less for them, so I figured I would just get this instead. While I far prefer to get physical media for my games (as I'm a collector....sorta), with 2 kids and 1 underpaying job for out family....that's not really the best option at times. This was one of those times. I'm not that interested in multiplayer, so I could download and beat Space Marine, then just delete it. It wouldn't be sitting in my collection, but I don't know how long I'll have that. Ugh, there's a sad thought. Anyway, after failing to trade my 12 months of Xbox Live gold for a year of PS+, I luckily got a cheap code on eBay. The seller basically raided the Sony booth at E3 and got a bunch of codes. I don't really want to support theft, but I've sold some codes I got for free before, so I can't really throw too many stones. All in all, a good deal. Now if only I had the hard drive space for all these games...stupid mandatory installs.
On a completely different note, I've now read 10 of the Dresden files books. Wow! That should've been summer reading in school. Ignore that it wasn't around then. They are really good books, and if you like magic, give them a try. I haven't read Harry Potter, but the Dresden books are likely Harry Potter books for grownups. Yup, I went there, and you can't disprove that, hahaha!
On a completely different note, I've now read 10 of the Dresden files books. Wow! That should've been summer reading in school. Ignore that it wasn't around then. They are really good books, and if you like magic, give them a try. I haven't read Harry Potter, but the Dresden books are likely Harry Potter books for grownups. Yup, I went there, and you can't disprove that, hahaha!
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