—Review Score: 10/10—
Demon’s Souls is the action RPG for the real gamer in you. This game is both a rare gem and a nod to the old-school gaming. You get good in this game, or you get killed, a lot. From Software as always gives us the most difficult of game to tackle upon. However, beneath that steep difficulty lies a superb gameplay mechanism. This game is not your usual hack-and-slash action RPG.
—Review Score: 9/10—
Final Fantasy XIII is a long awaited continuation of the most popular Japanese RPG franchise outside Japan. And dare I say this is nothing like any Final Fantasy you’ve played before. FF XIII breaks away from the mold of Final Fantasy is, with lots of omission of the usual elements. But somehow Square Enix manage to keep the basic elements compelling with both superb gameplay (especially the battle system) and enjoyable story, Final Fantasy XIII is worthy the name of Final Fantasy.
—Review Score: 9/10—
The second English album of Utada Hikaru is here, it’s called This Is The One. The overall feel of the album is solid and it’s clearly targeted to the current mainstream Western music taste, with R&B influence all over the tracks. It’s also worth noting that Utada’s cunning rhyming is imminent in this album. How often do you hear the words “Photoshop”, “MySpace”, “Blackberry”, and “JPEG” in a song?
—Review Score: 5/10—
I sincerely wish that the fourth volume (a.k.a. the second half of season 3) of Heroes will bring back the Heroes that I liked before. But however I look at it, it is a worse disappointment. Maybe it’s just another iteration and milking of a once famous franchise, or maybe I’m just too bored with Heroes already.
—Review Score: 9/10—
The second part of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Season 2 is finally over. While the first part focuses on introducing the new antagonists and complications of war, the second part focuses more on the other side of the war. And more importantly, the finale given is really satisfying.
