W00t, I've completed Knights of the Old Republic as the Light side. I have to say, I really enjoyed this game, especially the story. I definitely know how to tweak my character now for my second run through it as the Dark side.
I thing I didn't like though is how useless a lot of the characters are. Blaster become absolutely useless once the game leaves Taris so you will ignore all the non-Jedi characters (with the exception of Zaalbar--that thing is a TANK). This also makes all the armour useless as Jedi robes are so much better for Jedi's. Even so, all the upper class armour gives pitiful dexterity bonuses that it doesn't make sense to use them even if you non-Jedi.
I also had gathered up such a HUGE bunded of items that it got pretty ridiculous--99+ first aid kits for example. Nevertheless, I never would've beaten the game if it wasn't for all the stims I've collected throughout the game. It was only during this last battle that I figured out I can pause the action, go into the item menu, and use an item INSTANTLY!!! OMG I would've NEVER beaten Malak without know this. Hahaha, the whole battle went something like Force Wave/Critical Strike, use a stim/Force Shield/Force Immunity, Force Wave/Critical Strike, use a stim/Force Shield/Force Immunity... ops my character got stunned, use a a med kit :). All the other boss battles were similar, except my Wishdom was high enough with the Star Forge Robes that I can put Bastila on Stasis and whack away at her. Damn Malak's DC is just too high for Stasis.
With the exception that there is too much (slow) walking in certain parts of the game (ahem... Manann Underwater Station and Tatoonie desert), Kotor is great game.
Monday, December 25, 2006
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
4.330 Semester w00t!!!
Haha yes you DO have a sexy limp; sorry for not going to class but your lectures were just too boring :).
Man 2006 has been a pretty sweet year for me. I got a cool co-op job, survived ACMA, won a whole bunch of contests (Xbox 360, SFU Co-op), and most likely passed 3 SOAs. Hurrrah for me!!!
To a great 2007 and Merry Christmas to everyone :).
Man 2006 has been a pretty sweet year for me. I got a cool co-op job, survived ACMA, won a whole bunch of contests (Xbox 360, SFU Co-op), and most likely passed 3 SOAs. Hurrrah for me!!!
To a great 2007 and Merry Christmas to everyone :).
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Star Trek Legacy
What a shitty game. Why is it so hard to get a decent Star Trek game?!?
It is a stupid simplistic game wrapped up in some pretty graphics; that is it. the gameplay is boring and I have no idea why we don't get to see INSIDE the ships during the cutscenes. Instead, we hear Scott Bakula's ugly voice while the camera pans around the Enterprise... oh I meant the Akira class rip-off. Why did they cripple the skimish mode? Why didn't they allow me to set up the ENEMY fleet for scenarios? Why is sub-system targetting so farked up? Why is there only one shield quadrant and why do shields magically goes back to full power when the hull is at critical? WHY IS THIS GAME SO SUCKY!?!??!!!
EDIT:
So now I've finished the campaign and beat the game. Wow. What a sucky story, not to mention that it makes little sense. Nor the fact that the game is surprising short. And of course, I experienced some of the suckiest gameplay. The campaign can be summed up in something like this: transfer power to weapons, use WSAD to move ship to enemy, warp if desired, then hold left mouse button to fire phasers once target is in range. You can pretty much fire continously since you've transfered all power to the weapons. Oh fire some photons too when there is a red reticle. Lastly, that shoot the planetary debris mission SUCKED ass!
And oh the Borg has no shields!!! Photons eat through their ships like what the rain does to snow in Vancouver.
It is a stupid simplistic game wrapped up in some pretty graphics; that is it. the gameplay is boring and I have no idea why we don't get to see INSIDE the ships during the cutscenes. Instead, we hear Scott Bakula's ugly voice while the camera pans around the Enterprise... oh I meant the Akira class rip-off. Why did they cripple the skimish mode? Why didn't they allow me to set up the ENEMY fleet for scenarios? Why is sub-system targetting so farked up? Why is there only one shield quadrant and why do shields magically goes back to full power when the hull is at critical? WHY IS THIS GAME SO SUCKY!?!??!!!
EDIT:
So now I've finished the campaign and beat the game. Wow. What a sucky story, not to mention that it makes little sense. Nor the fact that the game is surprising short. And of course, I experienced some of the suckiest gameplay. The campaign can be summed up in something like this: transfer power to weapons, use WSAD to move ship to enemy, warp if desired, then hold left mouse button to fire phasers once target is in range. You can pretty much fire continously since you've transfered all power to the weapons. Oh fire some photons too when there is a red reticle. Lastly, that shoot the planetary debris mission SUCKED ass!
And oh the Borg has no shields!!! Photons eat through their ships like what the rain does to snow in Vancouver.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Ups... and Downs
Ups:
1) I finally for my Xbox 360 in the mail!!! And I'm going to get TWO games instead of ONE because Forza has been delayed.
2) I won $50 bucks from SFU Coop Community!!!
3) I get a sick day!!!
Downs:
1) I had an extraction of my #1 and #16 molars. Owwie...
2) Another firm decided that they don't wanna make me an offer. Damn.
1) I finally for my Xbox 360 in the mail!!! And I'm going to get TWO games instead of ONE because Forza has been delayed.
2) I won $50 bucks from SFU Coop Community!!!
3) I get a sick day!!!
Downs:
1) I had an extraction of my #1 and #16 molars. Owwie...
2) Another firm decided that they don't wanna make me an offer. Damn.
Monday, December 04, 2006
Sunday, December 03, 2006
A weekend of movies
I feel so spoiled.
Instead of studying like all my other SFU buddies, I spent the whole weekend watching movies. As a matter of fact, I'm watching Battlestar Galactica on Dailymotion right now. And in the language of Galactica, it's facking awesome.
Let's do a run down of the film I watched/rewatched:
1) Spaceballs
Some parts of it is cute, borderline funny, though definitely not out right hilarious. Dark Helmet is probably the star of the film. What bugs me though is how Vespan's dress manages to keep her breasts covered, despite always having one shoulder strap down on her arm :).
2) The Returner
Deliver these line in Engrish: "Our most powerful weapons are having no effect!" and "I am on my return." However, if you ignore dumb lines like these and the apparent illogical plot, it's actually a pretty cool gun flick. The one thing that the Japanese know how to do well is transforming X into Y and make it look cool. From Macross to a harrier/747 to a alien space ship in The Return, no one does transformers better than the Japanese.
3) Star Trek: First Contact
Clearly First Contact is the most balanced Trek film of all the Trek films. It has cool action and a good delivery of Roddenbery's vision for the future of humanity. Seeing the warp ship's nacelles extending, Data saying "Resistance is futile", or Worf saying "Assimilate this" before blowing up the deflector dish, just almost makes me want to cheer "Yeah eat that BORG!" I know people always like to make fun of the scene where Lily confronted Picard about his drive for revenge. Personally I thought that scene was great. I think people are just not used to seeing dark side of Picard, who is usually portrayed as the captain that is furthest to the "light" side of the spectrum. I guess I'm just not a true believer of an utopian future. I loved it when DS9 explored the darker sides of humanity and likewise in BSG.
In closing, here is a excerpt from the awesomeness that is BSG:
"Let me be straight with you here. The human race is about to be wiped out. We have 50,000 people left and that's it. Now, if we are even going to survive as a species, then we need to get the hell outta here and we need to start having babies."
Instead of studying like all my other SFU buddies, I spent the whole weekend watching movies. As a matter of fact, I'm watching Battlestar Galactica on Dailymotion right now. And in the language of Galactica, it's facking awesome.
Let's do a run down of the film I watched/rewatched:
1) Spaceballs
Some parts of it is cute, borderline funny, though definitely not out right hilarious. Dark Helmet is probably the star of the film. What bugs me though is how Vespan's dress manages to keep her breasts covered, despite always having one shoulder strap down on her arm :).
2) The Returner
Deliver these line in Engrish: "Our most powerful weapons are having no effect!" and "I am on my return." However, if you ignore dumb lines like these and the apparent illogical plot, it's actually a pretty cool gun flick. The one thing that the Japanese know how to do well is transforming X into Y and make it look cool. From Macross to a harrier/747 to a alien space ship in The Return, no one does transformers better than the Japanese.
3) Star Trek: First Contact
Clearly First Contact is the most balanced Trek film of all the Trek films. It has cool action and a good delivery of Roddenbery's vision for the future of humanity. Seeing the warp ship's nacelles extending, Data saying "Resistance is futile", or Worf saying "Assimilate this" before blowing up the deflector dish, just almost makes me want to cheer "Yeah eat that BORG!" I know people always like to make fun of the scene where Lily confronted Picard about his drive for revenge. Personally I thought that scene was great. I think people are just not used to seeing dark side of Picard, who is usually portrayed as the captain that is furthest to the "light" side of the spectrum. I guess I'm just not a true believer of an utopian future. I loved it when DS9 explored the darker sides of humanity and likewise in BSG.
In closing, here is a excerpt from the awesomeness that is BSG:
"Let me be straight with you here. The human race is about to be wiped out. We have 50,000 people left and that's it. Now, if we are even going to survive as a species, then we need to get the hell outta here and we need to start having babies."
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