I just put together a little chip episode of the Jon and Carlos Show for anyone who had missed our previous shows. Because we switched servers, those older episodes are no longer available, but I cut out all the crappy parts and ended up with about 3o minutes worth of worthwhile material to cut together. I'll get it onto PodBean and iTunes later tonight, as well as some embedded players here and on the site.
I've played about 2 hours of Arc Rise Fantasia so far, and it's a worthwhile purchase if you're hungry for a very traditional JRPG. But since very traditional JRPG's are somewhat of a rarity, I guess labeling it "traditional" is somewhat of a misnomer. I want to progress a bit further before putting up a full review, but I'm satisfied with it so far.
When I was purchasing Arc Rise Fantasia, I could not resist Starcraft II. I have not played as computer game in years (aside from the Braid demo) nor a good RTS (Pikmin and Little King's Story excluded, but those are more hybrids than real RTS's), and it's allure was impossible to ignore. However, I neglected to upgrade my RAM last summer and forgot that I... forgot. So, it'll make a good birthday gift for my brother. I'm a little disappointed that I won't get to try it myself, but I will in time.
Pricing of the 3DS scares me a bit. I think it's expanded-audience suicide to release a handheld at $200+. I'm hopeful that it will come out at $199. $150 would be phenomenal but at little too much to ask. Most people are saying $250. I can't imagine that being a good strategy. The hardcore Nintendo fans will buy it up right away (myself included), but they'd need a price drop pretty quick to reach DS levels of sales.
I'm putting together a feature article about what other features would be cool to have on the 3DS. Look for that tonight.
Look for the Arc Rise Fantasia review tomorrow, and as well as a feature about the 5 most necessary games for a virtual handheld for the 3DS.
UPDATE: Here it is.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment