Capcom: Answer's One Prayer and Denies Another

You know, I'm not usually one to get into fighting games. I'm just not. I bought Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, and still haven't finished it. I really only bought it because it had Deadpool in it. But, fear not! Capcom has given me new hope! That's right, ladies and gentlemen! In Marvel vs. Capcom III, Marvel has announced: Pheonix Wright!


Capcom cut Megaman, in favor of Pheonix? Really, it seems kind of like a bad decision on their part, but I made a solemn vow that I would buy it. I guess that my wallet's getting pretty thin. With Skyrim coming out in a few days now (I'm still mulling over buying the extreme version like I did with Reach) Arkham City, and Bioshock Infinite all coming out very soon. UMvC3 id due out on the 15th of November, and Promises such greats as Deadpool, Iron Man, and now, Pheonix Wright. But, there is one hero missing as far as I currently know: Frank West. For anyone who has played the second best zombie game series of all times can tell you: Frank West is a pro Journalist who yells "Faaantastic!" every time he gets a great shot of either zombies eating people, or a great out-doorsy picture.

As seen here, this is the new gameplay footage for Pheonix. Yes. He does throw evidence at people for uber damage. And yes OBJECTION! Is an attack. I physically can't wait to buy this, but all I want to know is where is Frank? He was in that one wierd Capcom vs. Tatsunoko game, but he was pretty cool! he put zombies into shopping carts and rammed them into enemies! It was fantastic. If I find anything of a game preview with him, or another article to the contrary, I'll go ahead and change this post, but until then, there is no perfect fighting game.

TF2: The Scary Part Is That I Only Have 2 Weeks!

Well, once again ladies and gentleman, I have had my highest hopes revealed! Late last night Team Fortress 2's blog updates (Automatically notifying via Steam) and I get the message I have been waiting for: Scream Fortress III.For those of you who have been playing for more than 10 days, you may know a bit more about how Robin Walker and his team go about doing their hat-filled updates.

For the past 3 years, the Team Fortress team has taken it upon them to make a halloween filled update, and every year, they've made it bigger. Year one saw the addition of a new map, a mildly disturbing mask for every class, and of course, a free hat to all of those who clicked on a special page, or then dominated anyone who wore said hat. This was the birth of a hat for all, even though Ghastly Gibus isn't that much of a hat.  It gave the ability to all of those poor, hatless people to have one. I remember my first Gibus. Even though it is long gone, I still remember it with fondness. Mostly because I sold it for a Stout Shako.

Year two saw the addition of new masks for every class, the addition of more hats, haunted weapons, and even the first ever mini-boss. The Horseless Headless Horseman was the first baddy to not care if you were RED or BLU, he enjoyed killing everyone. Maybe he was color-blind. Im not quite sure. But what made him special was the ability to "scare" opponents, even shutting off sentries, super-jumping, and of course, gratuitous amounts of HP. This lead to the making of the "Vs. Saxton" Mod where you could fight off  Saxton Hale, or even control the great Australian-Moustached behemoth.

This year intorduces a special costume for every class, a new map, and the Demoman's missing eye, who you must defeat. This is all in the pursuit of a good time, and the addition that you only hve two weeks to collect these items on official servers makes me think of all the time that will now be dedicated to TF2 over the next few days. I had plans to play Reach with friends at a halloween party, but nooooo. TF2 just ruined all of my plans. I had even bought a Monkey Wrench and spray-painted it gold for part of my Engineer costume. I always love scaring the little ones by dressing up like an evil Texan. But, now I will be obsessed with trying to get a costume to make the Soldier look like a robot. Oh well. Time well spent! Time to get to work. Who knows? Maybe I'll stop for a candy break sometime in between.

Blargument: The rise of New Ideas, and Games

All right, ladies and gentlemen! I have a new idea, and it’s so stupid, it may actually work. My brother and I play a lot of videogames. But, we do not always agree. So, with a name given to me by a good friend, I will start a new series, occurring every now and then, simple called Blarguments. Inside of these simple little ideas, he and I will duke out ideas, and decide who is most right. Winner gets the satisfaction of knowing he won. I will be marked by Santa: and he will be by R.

Question: What will be the game of the year, 2011?

R: I think it will be Arkham City, and you’re lucky I think that too, otherwise your plan wouldn’t work out quite well.

Santa:  Well, I sure am glad that you think so, but it will be Skyrim.

R: It’s not going to be Skyrim, I can guarantee you. Anything that Skyrim will offer, AC will offer as well.

 Santa: What about the uber character customization?

R:  While it is true that AC will not have customization, you do have Batman and Catwoman who are very diverse characters. You will be able to speak in AC, and will be able to have big, glorious cutscenes which are impossible in Skyrim.

Santa: I was more referring to the ability to completely BUILD everything! You build their face, make their class, and build their skills; you don’t get better than that.

R:  While it is true that you can build a huge relationship with your own self-made character, Batman is special too. He is so strongly against killing, that he is completely different. You just can’t re-create a Batman. Catwoman is special too. I can’t wait to see the difference between them, and the new representations of weapons.  Batman will go anywhere, breaks laws, and private property but he won’t break his one rule, probably not even in self defense! He’s just that cool of a guy. He’s a dark vigilante who isn’t afraid of anything.  Not even one of my favorite characters, L, is willing to kill to use it to his advantages. Batman is truly uncorruptable.

Santa: You’re more referring to the building of the lore of Batman. But I find this a bit odd. You do have to realize that your guy just doesn’t get the chance in Skyrim, and to refer to Oblivion, will only get a slight back story. But, in return, you make your own. You decide. You are the judge, jury, and prosecution, similar to Bioshock or Fallout: New Vegas, but with more control. Yeah, you got interesting points in AC, but you can’t beat the wide aspects of freedom in Skyrim, you will have to end up doing the story in AC, there are millions of other adventures in Skyrim.

R: Not at all! It’s broken its shackles of Arkham Asylum. It’s a CITY! Think of the Riddler challenges. Took me hours, and I did it legitimately, even after being quite tempted by the internet.

Santa: There will be only one ending to AC; you will get multiple choices in Skyrim. Oh, by the way, how many hours did you put into Oblivion?

R:  With my one true character, which I did do everything on. I spent around 300 hours. But to be fair I spent over 500 hours in the original Bioshock. I’ll do the same with AC, bumping up the difficulty.

Santa: Do you really think you can beat out Skyrim for gameplay hours? If it’s anything like Oblivion, I will be spending around 1000 hours in the game.  I spent a huge amount of time in Oblivion, and while you will have your bigger world in AC, you’re missing the point that there are factions, guilds, dungeons, the main quest line, and, oh yeah, DRAGONS in Skyrim. Dragons man. How can you say no to Dragons? Imagine flying on one!

R: I am not saying no to dragons! But, Batman can fly! Gliding around the city, you’ll be like a dragon. Batman’s superpower, as we all know, is money. And with that, he will of course have to get out all of his millions of gadgets. You have new villains to get! Riddler challenges to do! We have two worthy games that deserve this GOTY award. You got big bad bosses in AC. The Joker. Mr. Freeze. The Penguin. Who do you have?

Santa: Dragons.

R:  Dragons are big-winged creatures that fly around and go pew-pew with fire breath. Oh no! They’re nothing compared to the villains of AC. They’re more classy, and dangerous.

Santa:  I disagree; some dragons will be able to shoot lighting and ice, too. And they will land and scratch you. They can also eat you, if they so desire too. But, the point is me trying to convince you that Skyrim will win over the AC is like telling a Mormon that you don’t want to hear the good news. Can we at least agree that it won’t be BF3 or MW3?

R: Without a doubt. This will be a battle to the death. I love both Rocksteady and Bethesda to death, and I guess only time will tell.

Santa: Thanks for talking to me today, let’s go eat some Enchiladas.

A special thanks to my brother for putting up with my slow typing.  More debates are to come, and there are games to be played, until next time.

Flashback Special: Funniest Town Around (MMO Special)

Sitting next to my other blogging friend, he may not exactly care for this game. I don't care; he doesn't understand our forbidden love. I am, of course, talking about my all-time favorite MMO, and my current addiction, Toontown. That’s right, ladies and gentleman! I am playing a game made by Disney. Yes, it does make me feel a bit dirty, but I have forgiven them for this instance. This is the absolute greatest MMO ever as far as I’m concerned, I put my entire 4^th grade life into this game, and I am currently putting this one into it as well, so, let’s get into the mechanics of this alluring game.

Toontown gives you the role of a Toon (calm down, I know!) And you live in the wondrous world of Toontown, split up into different districts, with distinct neighborhoods’ for famous Disney characters. But, the evil aspects of business in the form of murderous robots, simply known as cogs, have invaded this quaint little republic of laughs. But, fear not! Cogs have no sense of humor, and you can use this to your advantage! Using gags, such as throwing a cream pie, or dropping a grand piano, you can defeat the foreign monsters.  Inside of this, you can choose 6 out of 7 special tracks to help the Toon resistance. Such powers include

Toon-Up: Allows you to heal your comrades in battle, good examples include telling jokes and juggling. Toon-Ups ALWAYS hit.

Lure: Low accuracy but gives you an amazing ability: To be able to put cogs into a state where attacks do more damage or you can use a powerful trap. When lured, cogs will lose their ability to attack for a few turns.  But, be warned! Sound will not do extra damage, and after being hit, they returned to their normal state. Drop gags always miss when a cog is lured. Examples of Lure include magnets and Hypno-Goggles. Lure gags can hit one, or all cogs, depending on the type.

Trap: The only attack gag to always hit. These deal high damage, but must be done with lure, as luring will bring them into the range of the trap. Traps deal high damage. Examples are TNT, banana peels

Sound: Sound hits all cogs, and does the least amount of damage. But, if you get a team of people to use foghorns (the highest level of sound) it will instantly destroy all cogs, at any level. Sound has a high tendency to hit, and good examples include an elephant trumpeting to a bugle.

Throw:  Throw is one of the few gags you start with, it hits heavy, and can miss every so often. Great examples are birthday cakes to cupcakes.

Squirt: The other starting gag, Less powerful, but more accurate than throw. Examples include Seltzer bottles and squirting flowers.

Drop: Low accuracy gives the benefit of high power, coming in the form of either a Grand Piano, or an anvil

Gags come in up to 6 different levels. You earn higher level of gags over time as you use other gags. You get more xp from higher level gags. A cupcake (level 1) gives 1 xp. A Cream pie (level 5) gives 5 xp. You need more and more xp over time to earn the next gag. When you max out the gag, you receive a special level 7 gags, which hits all cogs, (or heals all Toons) and does more damage.  Strategy is key for use in Toontown, and is best used with coordination with your Toon friends.

  Cogs, the antagonists of the game, represent all of the evils of business and growing up. The four types are self-explanatory and are Bots, Lawbots, Sellbots, and Cashbots. Cogs use business powered attacks to make Toons sad, and will return you to the nearest playground upon doing so. Cogs come in various levels, 1 through 12, and come in 8 different types per cog class, and their head honcho, resulting in 36 types of villains to destroy. 

Now, you may now be asking: "Santa, why would I ever get a subscription? It costs so much!" And you are right. Membership for Toontown come either Annually, Semi-Annually, or monthly. Costing $90 for a year, and that's the best deal.  But, Toontown is the epitome of my childhood. Back in the day, I had one of the strongest Toons around. I had 107 laff points, I had all of my gag tracks maxed out, and I was soloing Cog Buildings in Donald's Dreamland just because I could, but I eventually gave it up in favor of a membership on Runescape subscription. And so, when I came back my data was gone, which severely shocked and saddened me. I had spent a year of my life playing that game non-stop, giving them a good deal of money, and they just deleted it? It was sad. But, I came to forgive the game I once loved so dearly, and I am once again playing, for how long is the question, but I do enjoy it. There is a limited FTP system for everyone else, and at the very least, I suggest checking out this wonderful game.