[Nov. 6th, 2009 | 04:05 pm]
Tekken 6

T6DevilJin2
General rambling...

So just everything I despised and feared about Lars turned out to be true, some of it was even worse still, and I was pretty pessimistic. Scenario Campaign really was a non-fighting-game mode completely dedicated to forcing Lars and his retarded story on us. And one of the things that's worse than I expected, it's the only means provided for story interaction as you can play as a given character and go have little text conversations with others. But if you want Jin and Kazuya actually talk to each other in a cut scene, or any of the Mishims that aren't Lars...you can just forget it! You get to watch Lars talk to each Mishima in his own little scenes with them instead and encounter others along the way (so that we can see them suck up to him, bleh). At most, for Mishimas, you'll see the other three lumped together in the endings either for comic relief or one-upping each other with no dialogue in their own stories. Jin plays a key role in Scenario Campaign (and has some pretty awesome moments I'll admit) so I got lucky there but most other characters...not so much.

Devil Jin's actually quite funny to go through Scenario Campaign with, I'll admit that too.

Endings can be unlocked over time if one doesn't want to play Arena in Scenario Campaign, and that's how I got most people since Azazel annoyed me. Some are funny, as always, but a lot of them are actually pretty lame as they are...empty or contradictory and unrelated to a very different story told in Scenario Campaign, in fact, there doesn't even seem to be a tournament in SC. One of the reasons they feel so empty is because even if what happened in them was not related to their prologue in Tekken 5, as you progressed through Story Mode, they all had at least one cut scene, if not more, upon meeting other characters they knew either as a friend, enemy, or rival.

Gameplay-wise, it's still Tekken now with Rage and Bound. I'm indifferent to Rage and not hardcore enough to even understand Bound, so I'll just say the core gameplay is still fun. Not gonna say better, not gonna say worse.

Customization is nifty but ridiculously expensive and the best way to earn money is...Scenario Campaign. -.-;

Ghost Battle is back (was Arcade Battle in T5.0) and...you can't rank up past 1st dan unless you play online. This mildly annoys me but only mildly.

I'm not bothering with Online, and I'd feel bad if I had 'cause I hear it's terrible. Which is surprising given the extra development time dedicated to this game and considering how important that seems to a lot of games these days. I don't mind since I don't bother, but you'd think something like that would have been high on the priority list for the console version.

You can take screenshots of the game for the PS3, and honestly...I am thrilled by that option. I've always wanted one, got a glimmer of hope for it when firmware came about last year, and was overjoyed to see Namco allowed for it in this game. It almost makes up everything I hate about this game.

They randomly did stupid things too, like...remove electricity from Devil Jin's force choke win pose or change the button scheme for what was even which win pose or remove certain customization options like changing the color of his wings. I didn't really like it when others made them red or green or blue or purple or whatever, but I liked my 2p Devil Jin having black-feathered wings...not an option anymore.

I'm glad I finally get to see Jin's new intro and win poses in this game too, I've been waiting for so long...

Anyway, imo, this game was not worth the wait and was a huge disappointment.

Spoilers )

[Oct. 13th, 2009 | 10:25 am]
Dissidia

Sephiroth (AC)
Well, I bought Dissidia in the later part of August and am still playing it.

I'm pleased to say that there's actually a lot to do to keep my interest.

I've played through all of the heroes' Destiny Odyssey stories and then went through Shade Impulse with Firion. After that, I grinded Sephiroth up to an acceptable level to go through Distant Glory 11 and 12 since that's about the closest I can get to a story mode play-through with him.

Both my Sephiroth and my Firion are maxed out at level 100, w00t.

In the game, there's an Accomplishment for getting everyone to level 50, so I'll probably try for that. I've got all the heroes up to at least level 40. The villains, and the 11/12 characters are going to be the ones tough to get so high up.

I finished up Distant Glory 12 last night, finally, so now have all playable characters. I can still go through Shade Impulse with other heroes to get more Accomplishments and maybe even some extra cut scenes if a hero encounters their villain. I was going through with Cloud on my last venture there.

I have 40 of 50 summons. Also, I just unlocked Inward Chaos, which is supposed to be the hardest part of the story mode. I think they might go up to level 110 there.

Yeah, even though I can't go past 100, the opponents can. =/ They get as high as 150 in another non-story mode.

I don't think I'll be able to 100% a lot of this game, but I'll go as far as I feel comfortable with.

[Oct. 12th, 2009 | 05:44 pm]
Tekken Popularity Tournament (Round 2)

Chibi Devil Jin-Grrr
http://tekken.namco.com/tournament/?fbid=c77jrlF7Uvj

Alas, my precious Devil Jin didn't make it. The real sting of it is who he lost to-bleh, there are 30 other perfectly better characters he could have lost to, why that guy?

Many of my other favored characters, normal Jin included, made it though, so yay.

This next set of match-ups should be more interesting and closer.

Currently:

Paul is beating King (this one is really close).

Alisa is beating Kuma. (Edit-swapped already)

Steve is beating Nina.

Heihachi is beating Lars (YESSSSSSS!!!). (Edit-swapped already and by a WTF degree of difference)

Kazuya is beating Lee.

Baek is beating Julia.

Hwoarang is beating Xiaoyu.

Jin is beating Yoshimitsu.

I'm kinda surprised by how a lot of these are going but since the round just started, they're all quite subject to change. I'm mainly rooting for Heihachi and Jin at the moment.

[Oct. 9th, 2009 | 11:08 am]

Cat
PlayStation Home now has a camera. This would have simplified things for me when I wanted to show off my Devil Jin statues, but I'm glad to know it's there. The screenshots I've seen at NeoGAF seem to suggest I can save them in decent quality and size too. I'll have to check it out.

[Oct. 8th, 2009 | 04:56 pm]
Tekken Popularity Tournament

Chibi Devil Jin-Grrr
http://tekken.namco.com/tournament/?fbid=c77jrlF7Uvj

Devil Jin is losing...horribly. =/

I did what I could, but it seems that was all futile so I'm stuck. I shouldn't care as it's rather trivial, it just sucks to have him lose to my most hated character of all time.

Bleh.

For the sake of filling this post with other things, here's how other match-ups look. Except for Jin vs. Armor King, none of these are even close:

Paul is beating Bruce.
King is beating Leo.
Alisa is beating Christie.
Kuma is beating Bryan.
Steve is annihilating Marduk by the greatest margin out of all the match-ups.
Nina is beating Zafina.
Heihachi is beating Raven.
Lee is beating Dragunov.
Kazuya is beating Feng.
Baek is beating Eddy.
Julia is beating Roger Jr.
Xiaoyu is beating Lili.
Hwoarang is beating Miguel.
Yoshimitsu is beating Mokujin.

Jin vs. Armor King has been weird. After GameTrailers put up AK's trailer, the score suddenly went from Jin whooping butt to AK. Both had reached a big lead over the other. Then yesterday it swapped again, and it's been slowly getting closer and closer since with AK just barely overtaking Jin for the moment. At this point, that's the only match-up that seems to be undecided. There could be some surprises in store for Sunday, but I'm not counting on any.

Of my own predictions, I'll be wrong on Lee vs. Dragunov. I like Lee more but had thought Dragunov was more popular and Eddy vs. Baek. I'm indifferent to Eddy minus his sudden working for Jin but like Baek...still thought Eddy was more popular, but maybe he's just THAT hated. Well, I'll also be wrong on DJ but that was more wishful thinking. I didn't think he'd lose quite this badly though, I will admit. Oh, and Xiaoyu vs. Lili. Both are popular, but I had guessed on Lili. I like both but prefer Xiaoyu so I'm happy with the result anyway.

[Oct. 4th, 2009 | 11:36 pm]
Vote for Devil Jin!

Cat


Me and my Devil Jin Army want *YOU* to vote for him.

Pretty please? =)

You can do so here, just click on his icon and then click on him again to see the video:
http://tekken.namco.com/tournament/?fbid=c77jrlF7Uvj

Spread the word!

And if anyone's wondering about the picture, it's just me goofing around in PlayStation Home.

[Sep. 19th, 2009 | 01:35 pm]
Finished Sailor Moon SuperS

Cat
Yes, finally! At long last, I have finished watching Sailor Moon SuperS. Ken, I will have your DVDs for you tomorrow.

[Sep. 15th, 2009 | 11:03 am]
Tekken 5 Perfect Guide

Chibi Devil Jin-Grrr
I thought for sure this would be out-of-print (and/or out-of-stock), but it's not.

For the record, this would make a super Christmas or birthday present for me.
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-lz-77-1-49-en-15-tekken+5-70-r8m-43-15j.html

It may be old, but as a collector and Devil Jin fan, I still want it.

[Sep. 11th, 2009 | 03:24 pm]
Well, I thought it was funny...

Chibi Jin-Wah

Tekken 6 ultimate ending by ~julitka on deviantART

[Aug. 25th, 2009 | 08:42 pm]
Lesson in Fear - Devil Jin Tribute IS BACK!

T6DevilJin2
Three years ago, I made a music video dedicated to my favorite character ever. X-time ago, said video was removed in spite of my being previously e-mailed that it was actually okay to keep and would have ads on it.

And now today...it is back on YT, so I am very, VERY, happy.

[Aug. 18th, 2009 | 12:51 pm]
PS3 price cut and slim

Cat
I said I'd tell people when it was officially announced, so here it is.

As of tomorrow, the PS3 has a price cut, down to $300.

Also, by September 1st, a PS3 slim will be available, for the same price with same features just slimmer. Edit-correction: Almost all features are the same, but you won't be able to install Linux anymore.

And this is what it looks like:

[Aug. 12th, 2009 | 01:36 pm]
Go Law!

T6DevilJin3
Request to vote for Law please (mostly for the sake of publishing on my site though I certainly won't complain if any LJ friends put in a vote for him too).

[Edit-I removed the link since it will no longer work. Alas, he lost, but thanks for the help from those who did!]

[Jul. 23rd, 2009 | 05:58 pm]
Current Plan for Sunday

Cat
My mom will meet me, Andrew, and whoever else wants to do the group-movie thing for Happy Potter at the Palladium.

We'll be going to the 12:15PM showing.

Afterwards, off to Ken's we go!

How's that?

[Jul. 21st, 2009 | 01:09 pm]

Cat
Uncharted 2 comes out October 13th. That will give Andrew two weeks to play it (if he gets it ASAP) before I conduct a hostile take-over of the PS3 for Tekken 6.

~~~

Oh yeah, I'm back from California, I forgot to post that here, you'll find me on Facebook more lately.

[Jul. 8th, 2009 | 04:16 pm]
Jin's CLAMP costume

Cat
Oh, I keep forgetting, for anyone interested...

Here's a better shot of Jin's extra costume in T6. Click on the link at the bottom for the full-sized version.


http://www.animecentral.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/2132384310_full.jpg

In-game model version:

http://www.animecentral.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/2132384303_full.jpg

In an actual stage (notice the mighty Devil Jin claw in the background >=) ):

http://www.animecentral.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/2132384309_full.jpg

My thoughts: Excessively ornate, those things on his knees look like door-knockers XD, but I like it overall still since I think it makes him look regal. Bow down to the mighty Emperor Evil Jin, haha.

[Jul. 8th, 2009 | 03:53 pm]
My Favorite Final Fantasy Characters

Sephiroth (AC)
I haven't played all the FF games, nor do I intend to, but from what I have played...

Final Fantasy 4:
Cecil
Rydia
Edge

Final Fantasy 6:
Terra
Celes
Locke

Final Fantasy 7:
Vincent
Sephiroth
Zack

~~~

Meanwhile, I am still playing FF4 even though I beat it. I'm collecting some of the augments that I missed the first time around but can still get. I had started a new game but accidentally saved over it...>_<...so may as well finish up some extra things in the old game before starting over again. I plan to play this and possibly more Jeanne D'Arc during the car rides for my upcoming California trip.

[Jul. 4th, 2009 | 08:41 pm]
FF4 (DS Remake) - Beaten!

Sephiroth (AC)
Woo-hoo! I did it! I did it! I did it!

I got them all (well, the final five that is) leveled up all the way to 99 AND I beat the game!

YAY!!!

The ending was great and very satsifying!

This marks the second FF game I've beaten and the fourth where I've played extensively through nearly/all the entire story.

It was indeed a grindfest as [info]iyouboushi said, but I got through it with a little help from GameFAQs, haha.

[Jun. 24th, 2009 | 11:21 pm]
FF4 (DS Remake)

Cloud - Murderous Rage
Bah, so [info]iyouboushi was right. This game is insanely difficult. And not in a good way.

I'll keep at it, probably, but this game has definitely lost some points with me. Frustration over fun equals suckage.

[Jun. 22nd, 2009 | 12:43 pm]
T6 Release Date - October 27th

Cat
Well, it only took them a little over 4 years to tell us...but Tekken 6 finally has an official U.S. release date.

October 27th.

This is so weird. I made a bet with Andrew ages ago about the release date, and my guess was the last Tuesday of October.

I got it EXACLTY right. Trippy.

[Jun. 21st, 2009 | 12:15 am]

Cat
Wow, I finished Sailor Moon S pretty fast there.

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