Chegou a vez dos metidos a salvarem as princesinhas...

Já que vocês não ficaram satisfeitos em conhecer as 20 melhores de Final Fantasy, trazemos agora os melhores de Final Fantasy (pelo menos os dez melhores heróis), eu particularmente gosto mais das gatas dessa série, contudo vamos abrir mão do orgulho e falar sobre os heróis que tanto se destacaram nesta série. Sem mais papo (porque estou sem criatividade), vamos a lista:

10 – Balthier

Poucas pessoas que eu conheço não gostam de piratas, menos ainda podem dizer que não gostam de piratas dos céus. Pois é, possuir uma embarcação flutuante já é legal o bastante, mas Balthier não se satisfaz com tão “pouco”. Sendo um pirata, ele é um ladrão, mas não um ladrão qualquer. Segundo ele só é roubado quem merece. Imagino que ele seja um pirata muito seletivo quanto as suas vítimas, ainda que isso não faça sentido nenhum…

Além disso ele tem uma parceira, a Fran, e juntos eles nem se metem nas guerras bobocas dos humanos. Diz aí se isso não é inteligência o bastante: “pra quê lutar se posse enriquecer com a morte alheia”. Por isso que eu digo, os piratas são os melhores.

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9 – Tidus

Quem ia imaginar que este carinha tem apenas 15 anos? POis é a Square surpreende muito as pessoas, mas enfim… Tidus é o protagonista do 10º game da série (o primeiro do PS2), então só por isso ele ganha um destaque enorme entre todos os personagens de Final Fantasy. Mas não é só isso que dá a Tidus esse destaque todo, a personalidade dele é bem atípica para os personagens centrais de FF, pois o garoto é bem imaturo se comparado com caras como Cloud ou Zidane. Pelo menos ele é o típico herói nipônico, ou seja, despreocupado com tudo, mas muito valente e carismático, nunca foge quando alguém precisa de ajuda.

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8 – Angeal Hewley

Pra quem jogou Crisis Core, fica claro que Angeal meio que se volta para o lado sombrio, mas depois retorna ao lado bom, ainda que “morto”, pois é, é necessário ser muito fiel aos seus dogmas para voltar para o lado do bem mesmo depois de ter saboreado os poderes do mal.

Mas enfim, Angeal foi o mestre do Zack (que por sua vez foi o mestre do Cloud (que por sua vez era fã do Sephiroth (que por sua vez era amigo do Angeal (que por sua vez…)))), viu só um monte de caras amados e respeitados em Final Fantasy tem ou tinha alguma relação com Angeal. Já citamos que aquele espada enorme que o Cloud possui em Final Fantasy VII, foi dele?

Sim, Angeal era o real possuidor daquela coisa! E só por ser o mestre do mestre do Cloud e ainda ser amigo e companheiro de treinamento de Seph, já vale estar nesta lista. Obs: quando dissemos mestre entenda como mentor.

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7 – Zack

Já que o citamos citamos vamos falar dele também. No início de Crisis Core ele é um Soldier  de segunda classe, mas vai evoluindo até se tornar a primeira escolha nas missões perigosas da Shinra, claro que Sephiroth ter endoidado e Angeal ter sumido com o Genesis ajudou a subir a reputação do herói. Independente disso a evolução de Zack é impressionante, tanto que em dado momento ele enfrenta o amado Seph de igual para igual, e isso meus caros já é legal o bastante. JáVale lembrar também que ele se torna meio que o namorado da Aerith, isso sim não tem preço.

Além disso tudo o heróico protagonista de Crisis Core ainda passa a espada dantesca para Cloud, mas não antes de lhe salvar a vida algumas dezenas de vezes (ouviram, o loirinho foi salvo mais de uma vez pelo Zack!).

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6 – Cid Highwind

Como muitos sabem, Cid, é um projetista de aeronaves, e é só isso. Mas como só isso? Voc~es sabem o quanto é raro um projetista de naves no mundo real? OU seja, o cara deve ser um gênio, estaria trabalhando na NASA se fosse um humano da vida cotidiana!

Bem… talvez ele não pudesse trabalhar na NASA devido a sua intransigência, hábito de fumar e vocabulário grosseirão, etc. Tipo quantos caras em Final Fantasy fazem de sua assistente uma empregada doméstica? E quantos desses desafiam a Shinra ao se unir ao grupo de Cloud só por causa de um veículo usurpado? Pois é, Cid é meio que uma antítese dentre os personagens da franquia Final Fantasy.

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5 – Vaan

Protagonista de Final Fantasy XII, mas que nem é um grande protagonista. Tipo, ele é meio que levado a guerra, seu sonho mesmo é ser um pirata dos céus. No desenrolar do enredo ele é acusado de assassinar a monarquia de Dalmasca e para limpar seu nome ele parte em direção a guerra ao lado da princesa Ashe e dos piratas Fran e Balthier.

Sim, a biografia dele é meio que boba e sem importância para o desenvolvimento da história da guerra, mas é isso que o torna diferente. Se você analisar os personagens de FF sempre vai ver que o protagonista é o cara que vai salvar o mundo de alguma catástrofe eminente e o que ele faz afeta o curso da lua de Plutão, mas não aqui.

Vaan é apenas mais um cara envolvido numa guerra alheia. Todo mundo quer um dia viver a pele do soldado, ao invés de ser o super-herói que faz toda a diferença. Claro em alguns momentos do jogo, Vaan se torna importantíssimo, mas não a ponto de ser “O” cara.

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4 – Vincent Valentine

Vincent é um cara sombrio, estranho e tipicamente japonês (leia-se esquisito pra caramba), mas toda a esquisitisse do cara tem um motivo. O que eu sei: ele era um Turk que se envolveu com Lucrecia (a verdadeira mãe do Seph) e o Dr. Hojo (o cientista amalucado do jogo), e por ter se envolvido com gente tão imoral ele acabou sendo morto pelo cientista doido. Mas acabou sendo rescucitado por novos experimentos.

Ao ser rescussitado, Vincent ganhou poderes bem bacanas, um braço mecânico e com tendências nada humanas. Como Lucrecia não queria prejudicar ainda mais o cara, ela acaba fazendo outros experimentos para que ele permaneça na forma humana. Tonto e indefeso, Vincent assiste Lucrecia morrendo a favor de Sephiroth e ainda ser trancafiado nos laboratórios secretos da Shinra pelo Hojo. Muito tempo depois ele  se encontra com o grupo de Cloud, e se aproveita disso para se vingar de Hojo.

De longe Vincent tem uma história maior e mais elaborada que muitos protagonistas por aí, e é por isso que ele ganhou seu próprio game (Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII), que conta mais um pouco da história do pseudo-herói.

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3 – Cloud Strife

Aposto que ninguém imaginou que Cloud estaria nesta lista, não é? Claro que sim! Afinal Cloud é o amado e copiado herói de Final Fantasy VII ( o mais popular de todos). A hisatória de Cloud é meio que irrelevante na trama.

Sujeito parte em busca de vingança contr a Shinra e contra seu antigo maior ídolo Sephiroth, carregando a Buster Sword e uma turma muito esquisita consigo. Para entender melhor o herói é altamente recomendável jogar Crisis Core antes do jogo do Playstation 1, mas vamos lá:

Cloud era um dos Soldiers da Shinra e tinha como ídolos o Zack e Sephiroth, após uma reviravolta enorme, Sephiroth acaba com toda a vila de Nibelhein e Zack acaba sendo procurado por toda a Shinra, coincidentemente Cloud estava ao lado de Zack e automaticamente também torna-se um dos procurados morto ou morto da Shinra. Posteriormente Zack acaba morrendo e em seus últimos momentos entrega a espada a Cloud, este por sua vez chega a status de Soldier 1 st e acaba entrando para um grupo anti-shinra.

Pois é, se analisarmos desta maneira pode-se dizer que Cloud é só mais um cara querendo fechar a Shinra, mas o que o torna único é que ele é o líder e o único capaz de deter o antagonista do game. Cabelo espetado, espadas enormes e frieza no olhar foram popularizados por este herói aqui, e por isso ele é um dos melhores de todos os tempos em FF.

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2 – Zidane Tribal

Mais um protagonista que nem é tão importante para a trama e o desenrolar das ações do jogo, mas enfim…

Zidane é um ladrão (ENTENDERAM??? UM MALDITO LADRÃO!!!), isso quer dizer que o sujeito nem é um herói, mas sim um anti-herói. Ah quer dizer mais ou menos, ele é meio que um Robin Hood moderno, pois ele gosta mesmo é de roubar dos ricos em favor dos pobres (bela visão de heroísmo). Mas tem uma coisa que Zidane gosta mais de roubar do que os pertences alheios, e é o coração das donzelas.

Sim, senhor! É por isso que eu digo que o Zidane é um cara legal. E provavelmente é o tipo de cara que todo adolescente quer ser quando crescer: um ladrão cercado de minas. Ou mais exatamente (caso vocês não estejam entendendo), o cara não trabalha, vive uma boa vida e fica cercado de belas garotas aos seus pés. Pena que Zidane é uma criança e está cercado de crianças, então não tem nada de putaria no jogo (se bem que é até bom que não tenha isso mesmo), mas imagina se tivéssemos um cara como Kratos no lugar do Zidane (mégane à trois? Sim).

De qualquer forma o Zidane tem carisma e isso define um grande herói.

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1 – Squall Leonhart

E aqui o maior dos heróis de Final Fantasy, quer dizer o que tem mais presença de palco. Tá, tá, já sei que as viúvas e seguidores do Cloud vão começar a esculachar e blá blá blá…

Mas o fato é que Squall é um cara mais carismático que Cloud ou que qualquer outro herói de FF isso é fato. Afinal ele é o primeiro dentre os protagonistas a ter expressões reais (e isso vale muito). Depois que ele é o portador da GunBlade (não sei quanto a vocês, mas a GB é a espada mais original que já surgiu em qualquer RPG). O cara ainda se envolve com a Rinoa (repito: O CARA SE ENVOLVE COM A RINOA), que diabo de Aerith o que. A Rinoa é meio que o sonho de consumo de muita gente.

Tá certo que o rival dele nem é lá um cara foda quanto Sephiroth ou o Kefka, mas até que o Seifer faz bem o seu papel de deixar o Squall bem na fita. Outro detalhe importante na biografia de Squall é que ele presta um exame para entrar para os SeeD (e tem gente que nem serviria o exército, quanto menos um grupo mercenário…).

Sabiam ainda que ele dá um piau no Sora no início de Kingdom Hearts? Sim, foi uma luta bem difícil aquela…

De qualquer forma Squall é um cara muito legal e por isso merece estar nesta lista.

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A parte dos vilões ainda será lançada (algum dia), mas por hora fiquemos com este dos heróis só para relembrarmos nossos famosos “Top 10″.

Final Fantasy Crisis Core oynuyorum şu sıralar. Açıkçası söylemeliyim ki, oyunlarla arası olan birisi değilim. Oynarken zevk aldığım oyun sayısı da oldukça azdır zaten. Film izlemek için aldığım PSP’me de meraktan Final Fantasy Crisis Core yükledim ve oyunu başlatmamdan şimdiye kadar geçen sürede oyunu hiç sıkılmadan oynadım. Henüz bitirebilmiş değilim, ancak yakın zamanda bitireceğimden eminim.

Oyunda en çok ilgimi çekense Loveless kitabından verilen parçalar. Aman allahım , ne harika dizelerdir onlar. İnternette araştırdım ve Loveless Act’larının tamamına ulaştım. Merak edenler olursa diye , buraya da koyayım istedim.

Loveless – Prologue

When the war of the beasts brings about the world’s end
The goddess descends from the sky

Wings of light and dark spread afar
She guides us to bliss, her gift everlasting
Loveless – Act I

Infinite in mystery is the gift of the goddess
We seek it thus, and take it to the sky
Ripples form on the water’s surface
The wandering soul knows no rest
Loveless – Act II

There is no hate, only joy
For you are beloved by the goddess
Hero of the dawn, Healer of worlds

Dreams of the morrow hath the shattered soul
Pride is lost
Wings stripped away, the end is nigh
Loveless – Act III

My friend, do you fly away now?
To a world that abhors you and I?
All that awaits you is a somber morrow
No matter where the winds may blow

My friend, your desire
Is the bringer of life, the gift of the goddess

Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return

Loveless – Act IV

My friend, the fates are cruel
There are no dreams, no honor remains
The arrow has left the bow of the goddess

My soul, corrupted by vengeance
Hath endured torment, to find the end of the journey
In my own salvation
And your eternal slumber

Legend shall speak
Of sacrifice at world’s end
The wind sails over the water’s surface
Quietly, but surely
Loveless – Act V -Made by Genesis-

Even if the morrow is barren of promises
Nothing shall forestall my return
To become the dew that quenches the land
To spare the sands, the seas, the skies
I offer thee this silent sacrifice

E finalmente chegou meu Crisis Core e pra aproveitar o frete eu também pedi uma strap do wiimote pra usar no PSP, um certo contracenso usar um acessório da Nintendo em um portátil da Sony mas w/e, meu PSP não vai cair no chão… Vamos as fotos:

Caixa da Play-Asia

Como de praxe em unboxings o post ficou enormesco, cliquem no continue e sejam felizes (por mim que recebi o jogo xD).

Plastico bolha @-@

Jogo e o Strap nas caixas

Verso das caixas, só pelo lulz

Ótimo jogo, péssimo fotógrafo

Manual e o UMD... que nunca serão usados again

e o Strap, que veio com manual O.o

Por enquanto é só, fiz o dump do UMD pro PC e vou jogar a .iso no Stick, não é pirataria e ainda gasta bem menos bateria x3 AND Borderlands finalmente foi liberado ontem… MUITO FODA

HUAHUAHUAHUAHUA… Shipped hoje

Ohhhh snap. I’m supposed to be doing my assignments. Never mind. I’ve just spent about 15 hours on the best PSP game ever. (Don’t worry, no plot spoilers that you shouldn’t know of already.)

This PSP game is about a person Zack Fair, a 2nd-class SOLDIER in the ShinRa company striving to become 1st-class SOLDIER. Although seemingly cocky at first, Zack matures and becomes even stronger as he unravels the mystery of the disappearance of fellow SOLDIER 1st-class Genesis. This game is a prequel to FF7, which stars the internationally known character, Cloud Strife.

I borrowed this from my friend, because I had played FF7 casually before, and I knew all about what happens and stuff. I wasn’t really INTO it, though. But, after playing this game, slaving hours at a time defeating monsters and unveiling plots, I fell in love with it.

The story is something that even a FF7 newcomer can get (which is good), and within the first few minutes of the game you fall in love with the character that is Zack Fair. (Not like IN LOVE, mind you. I meant like, I really enjoyed playing his character. He isn’t emo. Or broody. Hi Squall.)

And if you HAVE played FF7, this game becomes an even better treat for you. You get to see your old favorite characters again, albeit younger and better graphics. You get to see how it all began, and you begin to piece the puzzles together and you realize why this all fits in together.

And, the ending. I have to say that I loved it. I loved the whole aspect of it. Not spoiling anything, but the way the game made it, it just made you want to think.

This game has kept me thinking for a while now.

Pros:

- Fantastic storyline, likeable characters.

- Easy for FF7 newcomers to catch on; nostalgic treat for the old FF7 fans.

- Zack Fair.

- (Does this spoil? Not really.) I thought Zack and Aerith were cute. All my Cloud/Aerith friends have been converted.

- I liked fusing my materia in Materia Fusion.

- Easy controls. You can press X repeatedly and own monsters easily.

Cons:

- It could be too easy. But not for me. LOL.

- Side missions are repetitive. They’re only useful for like leveling up or nicer items.

- I hated how you couldn’t skip cutscenes. Like, you would lose and then start over from BEFORE the cutscene, you that meant you had to watch it all over again. I, myself would just set my PSP down. For this one certain long cutscene that I kept losing on I just set it on my bed and went to the kitchen to fix myself a sandwich.

- THE LAST SHINRA SOLDIERS. I want to smack them.

Grade: A+

Gameplay time: 15 hours.

I should probably review Buzzer Beat and Otomen. Too lazy. Let’s just say that Buzzer Beat is good, Otomen has nice characters but is blah.

I’ve found my self pretty wrapped up in a lot of Final Fantasy recently.  I’ve been replaying Final Fantasy 7 and I’ve also been really wrapped up in Crisis Core, which is the prequel to 7.  You play the energetic Zack Fair, who will eventually pass along the iconic Buster Sword that Cloud is so well known for.

Zack Fair, along with Cloud, Aerith, and Genesis

But my escapades into the Final Fantasy world doesn’t end there.  Oh no, I had to be a fanboy and purchase Dissidia: Final Fantasy.  Perhaps I’ll review in the upcoming days but I want more play time until I can really judge.  In brief explanation, the Cosmos and Chaos are at war and have recruited mostly all the main character and villains from all the Final Fantasy games up to FF X.  So on the good side you’ve got Terra, Cloud, Squall, Tidus and more against Garland, Exdeath, Sephiroth, and Kefka.  Call it the best FF game ever, or nothing more than a big fan service, but I have high hopes and I’ll be giving it my thoughts soon enough.

I’ve also found myself occupied by another game, thankfully not one of the FF series, but a game I think most people pass over when looking in the games section.  The game was Eat Lead: the Return of Matt Hazard.  Its parody third person shooter about a former video game superstar, Matt Hazard who fell from the top, and his fight to top again.  When I first saw the cover, I thought it was going to be another generic, gun metal grey shooter with nothing.  But then i was informed that Neal Patrick Harrison was off the character voices and I was sold.  In first impressions, it really uses the duck-and-cover style combat that Gears of War used, not to mention the game uses a lot of humor.  I’ll let everybody know how it goes Moneday

woke up at 5 in the morning to head home. ok not literally, but to nibelhiem home of tifa and cloud. the epicly beautiful location at chek jawa, house no. 1 really made me felt like home. our group was huge (17 people), so we had to split up into 2 groups and board the bumpy bumboat to pulau ubin from changi point jetty. i love the sea, so i totally enjoyed the ride. the sea breeze fluttering the curtains on the boat and water splashing against the deck really relieved me from the work stress i have had for the past weeks.

the tourguide | photo©hexlord

as soon as i step foot on pulau ubin, it felt as if i have travelled into a game realm. houses and huts, forest paths, random animals and all which we never get to see in the city. it seems i’m more into being countryside person compared to a city-girl. places like these makes me feels at ease, and peaceful and stress-free.

home: nibelhiem | photo©rescend

the whole place was kinda small, but yet big enough. i don’t know how to explain this, but if you were to be there you will understand what i meant. there were epic corridors, a fireplace, stairs, pretty windows, awesome balcony, viewing jetty, rocks by the shore and many more for us to pose for photos with. we didnt have time to visit the broadwalk, mangrove and jejawi tower as we were in a press for time. but fret not, i’m planning another visit to chek jawa for more of the peacefulness i yearn. hopefully by then i have gotten my dream camera はすポン, so i can snap some pictures for my own collection.

do you remember our promise? | photo©hexlord

photo taking for cosplay has never been this fun. i realised not only does photoshoot location play a major part in bringing the mood of a series into the photos, it also allows the cosplayers to get into mood and perform a better portrayal of the character. we really really felt like we are home! we had so much fun there, that we didnt want to leave until after 4pm, when we really had to go, as we have another night shoot at midgar to work on after this.

where's cloud? | photo©hexlord

crisis core | photo©hexlord

night shoot at midgar was held at the back alley of capitol building. the location does resembles the midgar sector 8 alleys, but however due to the lighting, the photos did not seems to turn out as good as far as i see from the previews. i feel like trying out a day shoot some other time at this location and tweak the lighting on photoshop, it might just work. oh well, for now let’s hope the photogs can create wonder out of the photos they took on that day, then i will update this post with more pictures from the night shoot.

right now, i can still feel the epicness of pulau ubin as i’m writing this. im already planning a casual cosplay shoot back at chek jawa but at different spots that i have not visited on that day. it should be as fun as this trip i had~

this time 2 new photog friends joined us, really thanks them for spending their time with us. do support and visit one of their gallery (william’s) at http://rescend.deviantart.com/. also much thanks to the usual buddy photogs, risuchia, hexlord and zee. you guys are always the best.

the singapore toys, games & comics convention held last saturday totally drained my energy (explains the late post). i was there cosplaying for 2 days with my bunch of lovely friends. it was tiring making trips to and fro for both days, but it was well worth it simply because i had so much fun. thanks everyone whom i met that day at the convention and to those who did not make it to the event or if we missed each other; let’s meet up at the next one to come~

stgcc, saturday:
met up with the west siders for breakfast at long john silver. it was my first time having breakfast there and it was pretty tasty, except we sort of got cheated of a few cents by the cashier (always happens at ljs and i shall not go into details). we were grabbing lotsa attention from the civilians at jurong point due to our big big props and all haha. as soon as we were done, we promptly made our way to meet the rest of the team at cityhall. we were late, but apparently some were later than us! it was much fun while we were dressing up, lotsa random events; such as the ladies’ automatic toilet door with the hjjs outside; random ‘ohayo’ music from our dearest leader’s mobile phone; me stealing tseng’s pistol and went tagging everyone; our moogle complaining of his smelly costume and more haha! i think we had so much fun that we forgot we had a convention to attend, as we only hit the exhibition hall after 3pm.

crisis core: reunion | photo©zee

we got ambushed! by animax moments after we hit the event. they had a short interview with our blinded moogle and was requested to pose for video recording oh no haha. and some epic conversation happened with the for-once-blur tseng, which you can read about it here: http://holydust.deviantart.com/journal/26640973/ and the picture below shows our happy faces of being ambushed but.. moogles doesnt looked very good there. he was probably hungry, because he was found munching on sword, gun and shuriken after~

for animax: 'welcome to stgcc!' | photo©zee

limit break: dolphin blow | photo©risuchia

feeding the hungry moogle | photo©zee

tifa's new weapon | photo©risuchia

moogle: kupo! | photo©risuchia

stgcc, sunday:
sunday! a day i had been waiting for so long! not your usual sunday but a sunday with d.gray-school omake theatre live at toycon! a version which i had been wanting to cosplay since like months and months and months ago? it was supposed to be a solo project with emo kanda striding around the event, but i was really fortunate to have 2 lovely chibi exorcists joining me, ayano and athen. first thing first, let’s greet the sensei~ おはよう！(greeting idea by ayano, and of course kanda doesnt like it at all..)

おはよう先生！| photo©zee

it was another random day, where we did random but funny things. its omake! we gotta have fun, yes all the fun we can. let’s start with moyashi, i’m proud to announce that the timcampy was fixed onto that じじ髪モヤシ head by me(although i almost sliced that baka-moyashi head off while doing it)! it sways as moyashi shakes his head and it doesnt fall off, さすが神田です. and look at lavi, being so happy as ever and striking everyone he sees… フン i wonder why are you always so happy.. and me, angry kanda.. hates school, stupid school bag thus permanent vein pop on the head D<! チェ..

加藤じゃね！| photo©ベッキー

神田：いい加減にしろ！| photo©lemming

神田：てめぇ…ばかモヤシ！| photo©zee

why does everyone likes to bully chibi kanda this much! was pointed the katou sign 95% of moyashi’s day, striked by lavi 80% of the bookman jr’s time, and kanda was angry 100% the time! glomped, chibi mugen stolen by photogs zee and ris, head being patted by random passer-bys, ocha cup spilled by moyashi many times, being screamed omg かわいいいいぃぃー！D<! even moogle doesnt let me off!

ふざけんな！| photo©sciprof

two days passed by so fast again. because i had so much fun. thank you my awesome crisis core family, looking foward to our photoshoot; my lovely chibi exorcists, we will more ideas up our sleeves dont we; and everyone who helped, talked, took photos, waved hi, everything. may gca be as fun and epic and most importantly happy~

here’s some link to forum threads where the photographs i posted here came from to credit the photographers: http://sgcafe.com/showthread.php?t=64729, http://sgcafe.com/showthread.php?t=64901, http://sgcafe.com/showthread.php?t=64820. do visit as there are lotsa interesting photos in there waiting for you~

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Title: It’s My Life
Song: It’s My Life by Bon Jovi
Series: Final Fantasy VII
Subject: Crisis Core

Thought I share this because this amv is definitely one of the best I’ve seen.

Aqui vai uma lista dos games a serem jogados no portátil!

Muitos ainda acreditam que o PSP nada mais é que o depósito das versões menores dos consoles grandes, porém isso não significa que bons games não possam surgir nele, não é? Afinal a Sony tem parceiros poderosos e muito criativos trabalhando em games desde seu lançamento, além dela mesmo colocar seus estúdios para trabalhar na plataforma. A consequência disso é que eventualmente surgem games muito bons para a alegria daqueles que já o possuem.

Claro que existem aqueles que ainda não compraram o console e ainda estão avaliando se ainda o vão fazer. E é para isso que elaboramos esta lista, para aqueles que querem uma boa razão para adquirir o sistema. Essa lista também serve para os curiosos que querem saber quais os melhores games já lançados para ele.

Elaboramos uma lista com os dez melhores games de PSP até aqui, então se você tem um e não tenha jogado ainda um destes games não perca tempo e adquira-os rapidamente, pois são extremamente viciantes!!!

Lembrando que eles (os games da lista) são meramente um conselho para aqueles que ainda não jogaram, ou para aqueles que já jogaram e querem relembrá-los. Caso queiram os links, estão abaixo da descrição do game nos formatos torrentz. Caso discordem da lista, façam comentários moderados, pois esta é uma pequena lista com algumas sugestões (desde que gostem dos respectivos estilos). De qualquer forma, jogem este games ou morram tentando!

10 – Burnout Legends:

A fórmula é a mesma do clássico Burnout 3: Takedown do PS2. São corridas em alta velocidade recheadas com muita destruição e carros dos mais diversos estilos (inclusive carros de Fórmula 1 e caminhões de lixo). Os gráficos são muito semelhantes aos do PS2 com destaque nas batidas e explosões. Um game imperdível para quem gosta de corrida e muita destruição!

Link: aqui!

9 – Patapon 2

Games criativos não são muito frequentes , porém o estúdio da Sony remou contra a maré e trouxe um dos games mais criativos que já se teve notícia. No game você controla os batuques, que por sua vez definem quais as ações dos “Pons” em lutas com tribos rivais e cruzadas pelo deserto ou pelo oceano, ou ainda para caçar. Cada ação dos pequeninos é seguida pelas viciantes músicas deles. Pata-Pata-Pata-Pon….

Link: aqui!

8 – Loco Roco

Outro game da Sony que privilegia a música, porém diferente de Patapon, aqui você controla o cenário. Quem já viu sabe como funciona: L e R inclinam um pouco o cenário para os lados e os Locos saem rolando por aí. Apesar do conceito simples, o game vicia por suas minucias e é extremamente divertido assistir aos loopings que os Locos fazem nos ambientes. Depois de um tempo pode até ficar repetitivo, porém é só impressão, o game faz bem o papel de variar os cenários e as missões.

Link: aqui!

7 – Monster Hunter Freedom 2

Até pouco tempo atrás era consenso geral que o PSP carecia de RPGs e que os poucos que existiam não eram muito bons. Porém Monster Hunter Freedom 2 chegou ao ocidente arrebentando. Nele você encarna um caçador de monstros em um mundo belo e extenso. Os gráficos são muito bons e o som é no melhor estilo RPG épico. Os monstros do game são violentos e muitas vezes são enormes, nada que assuste quem já jogou Shadow of the Colossus, mas ainda assim grandes o bastante para impressionar.

Link: aqui!

6 – Lumines

Lumines foi o primeiro game a tentar uma abordagem diferente no PSP, o esquema é simples: montar quadrados paa ganhar pontos até que a velocidade fica absurda. Num estilo tetris. O que o difere de todos os outros games de montar bloquinhos é que enquanto você joga a música interage com suas ações, por exeplo: segure o direcional para a esquerda ou simplesmente rotacione o bloco e a música terá um efeito diferente. Isso e os cenários de fundo que vão variando conforme o progresso do jogo garantem horas e horas de jogatina, até que o jogador ganhe todos os extras. Outro game indispensável.

Link: aqui!

5 – Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Tag Force 3

Este é indicado para quem gosta de card game e principalmente de Yu-Gi-Oh!. Pois este é o melhor game da série até hoje já feito, são pelo menos 3500 cartas colecionáveis e a maior parte do elenco da temporada GX. O legal no game é a possibilidade de montar qualquer tipo de deck que se deseje, inclusive copiar os decks dos personagens do anime. Outro fator que o torna um dos melhores do PSP são as estratégias que podem ser elaboradas, por exemplo: no início do game você tem um deck miserável, porém pode derrotar muitos duelistas de elite com ele apenas fazendo upgrades ocasionais. Caso você tenha outros amigos que tenham PSP é possível organizar duelos com até quatro pessoas.

Link: aqui!

4 – Silent Hill Origins

Origins é um retorno a velha Silent Hill apresentada no 1º game da série. Os cenários são praticamente os mesmos: as ruas, o hospital Alchemila, a enfermeira Lisa, Alessa… As diferenças são puramente de justificativa, como o fato de que Travis chegou a cidade casualmente, diferente dos outros protagonistas que foram “escolhidos” pela cidade. Porém isso não quer dizer que o game não seja bom, o terror existe sim e os momentos de tensão também. Os monstros estão muito maiores e mais difíceis de serem combatidos, uma vez que as armas manuais de Travis se quebram após algum tempo de uso. Isto dá ainda mais tensão no game, felizmente o protagonista pode partir para o mano-a-mano com as criaturas. Hoje o game está disonível para o PS2, então se você ainda não possui o portátil pode escolher a versão caseira mesmo que é a mesma vista no pequeno notável.

Link: aqui!

3 – GTA: Vice City Stories

De volta a criminalidade de GTA, você poderá fazer tudo o que fazia antes no PS2, agora no bolso. Não é necessário falar muito de GTA, porque provavelmente você já o jogou. A história é sempre a mesma, uma descupa qualquer para matar, roubar ou apenas passear pelas ruas praianas de Vice City. As missões extras também estão lá, ou seja, voc~e pode ganhar a vida honestamente dirigindo taxis ou entregando pizzas. O que de fato coloca GTA como um dos melhores de PSP é porque ele é um autêntico GTA e a seu favor tem o mundo paradisíaco e movimentado do mesmo game do PS2.

Link: aqui!

2 – Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops

Ambientado seis anos após Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, este mostra os atos de Naked Snake após a FOX tornar-se uma unidade renegada e a criação da FOX HOUND e dos Patriots e a inspiração que acabou originando o estado belicoso Outer Heaven. O que o torna diferenciado em relação aos outros Metal Gear do PSP é o fato que ele é o primeiro com a jogabilidade ao estilo ação tática. E sabemos que quando Hideo Kojima tem a oportunidade sempre dá seus toques nos games, no caso ele atuaou como produtor. Cenas impressionantes e lutas desafiadoras estam lá e provam que mesmo o PSP é um console capaz de suportar as técnicas nada convencionais e únicas de criação da Kojima Productions.

Link: aqui!

1 – Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

O game mais memorável do PS1 já ganhou tantos enfeites (todos merecidos) que é até possível perder as contas, mas se há uma coisa que a Square não deixa nenhum game da série perder é a qualidade. E em Crisis Core a qualidade foi levada aos mais altos graus possíveis. No game você encarna Zack, o mentor de Cloud, seis anos antes dos acontecimentos de FFVII. Isto faz com que o jogador presencie eventos históricos como a guerra entre Shinra e Wutai e a passagem da espada Buster Sword para as mãos de Cloud. A trilha sonora é fiel ao game do PS1 e os gráficos são um dos mais belos já vistos no portátil, com destaque para as CG’s que alcançaram níveis de nova geração dos consoles e podem ser pausadas.  É obrigatório para os fãs da série e mesmo para quem não jogou  o FFVII (afinal, pode-se inverter a ordem e jogá-lo antes). Legal também ver os consagrados personagens como Aerith, Tifa, Yuffie e “o anjo de uma asa só”.

Link: aqui!

E o game que tem de ser jogado definitivamente é:

God of War: Chains of Olympus

Não é possível deixar nenhum desses games de fora da lista, mas fazer um top 11 não combina. Então colocamos o top 10 e na sequência o game mais foda de todos que de tão foda descarta até numeração, então vamos lá.

Chains of Olympus é um game que conta acontecimentos antes do primeiro game da série do PS2. Na trama, Kratos está a serviço dos deuses e terá de ajudá-los, pois alguém lançou um expesso nevoeiro na Terra, que acaba matando os humanos e impedindo a luz de se proliferar. A deusa (momento spoiler) responsável por isso também almeja libertar o titã Atlas para destruir o Olimpo, cabe ao herói espartano impedir esses planos. Para isso ele terá de combater cíclopes, górgonas e monstros violentos inomináveis no perigoso Inferno.

Assim como os games para os consoles  grandes, em Chains os gráficos estão excelentes (os melhores do PSP) e a trilha sonora permanece com o estilo épico. A dificuldade não é insana como no primeiro game, mas em alguns pontos os produtores forçaram a paciência dos jogadores menos preparados. Os puzzles também estão lá e são muito bem elaborados, seguindo a fórmula abem sucedida . O game em si é perfeito e pode ter feito muitos jogadores optarem pelo PSP só para jogá-lo. Enfim, resta saber se o PSP receberá outro game da franquia, pois esta primeira empreitada foi muito bem sucedida.

Link: aqui!

NCS Product Synopsis
«©NCSX» The spiky-haired Zack Fair is a soldier in the employ of the Shinra Electric Power Company. Young, strong, and impressionable, Zack is a member of a private army known as SOLDIER that works for Shinra Power. Zack aspires to become a Soldier First Class which is an elite branch of SOLDIER where the best of the best are assigned. At the outset of the game, Zack engages in a thrilling virtual reality sequence where he races across the top of a train, battles soldiers, and flies through the air to disconnect some train cars from the main caboose group. The sequence is entirely CG with some beautiful visuals to appreciate.

Soon after the VRS sequence, Zack is summoned to a briefing room where his supervisor named Lazard gives him an assignment. A Soldier First Class named Genesis has gone missing along with a number of other elite soldiers. Zack is to investigate their disappearance and determine what has happened. He is allowed to bring a Turk with him and their first area of exploration is a mountainous region in Wutai…

Crisis Core: FFVII takes place before the events of the original Final Fantasy VII game and features a recognizable cast of characters which include Cloud Strife, Sephiroth, Aerith Gainsborough, Tifa Lockhart, Reno, Rude, and Yuffie Kisaragi. The whole gang’s back…
The “Ultimate Hits” release of Crisis Core is a budget-price reissue of the game which is similar to the “Greatest Hits” banner in North America.

Ok, this is my first icon tutorial, I hope you’ll enjoy it!

Program: Photoshop
Translatable: it involves Curves and Selective Colors so I don’t think…
Action available: Yes

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This tutorial is involving one of my favourite character, Sephiroth <3

01. Ok, so, open your image and crop to 100×100 pixels. I wanted to get rid of all that green/bluish and give a little more color to Sephiroth

02. Duplicate your image and set to Screen 100%

03. Click on Layer -> New adjustment layer -> Curves. Choose Channel -> Green and set this values: Input 135, Output 112

04. Click on Layer -> New fill layer -> Solid Color -> #F9CDCD. Set this layer on Soft Light 70%

05. Click on Layer -> New adjustment layer -> Brightness/Contrast. Set Contrast to +40

06. Click on Layer -> New adjustment layer -> Selective Color
CYAN: +100 0 0 0
NEUTRALS: -10 0 0 -16

07. Click on Layer -> New adjustment layer -> Color Balance
MIDTONES: +10 0 0
SHADOWS: -15 0 0
HIGHLIGHTS: 0 0 -10

08. Click on Layer -> New adjustment layer -> Selective Color
NEUTRALS: -12 0 -5 -3

09. Click on Layer -> Merge visible

10. Click on Filter -> Sharpen -> Sharpen

And you’re done!
If you don’t wanna make manually all the steps, here the Photoshop Action:
http://kttns.org/mgjkn

been really tired after the happy event held at downtown east, but i had a good 1 week rest. thus, i’m finally here to share some pics of the awesome 2 days event, cosfest viii – a very happy event.

friday, cosfest day 0:
woke up early to finish up my boots and belt for my tifa, packed my stuffs hurriedly and headed down to downtown east chalet on friday evening with javan. it was such a long journey that i actually fell asleep on the train and woke up to find we have already reached bedok. met up with the rest of the gang at the chalet, (helped lanlan carry his epic buster sword, felt so proud holding it haha) and we burned mid-night oil to finish up the last bits of the two 1st class soldier armour. was happily hand sewing the thick pvc leather, only to realised i was really worn out when i kept pricking myself and bled say about 5 times? finally, we all ko’ed at 4am..

saturday, cosfest day 1:
it took us long to prepare! and we only hit the event ground at about 3pm. we got swarmed by fellow cosplayers and friends when they spotted us. chatted abit and we decided to enter the dome for some aircon, where we got swarmed again. this time by photogs. i got my 2 handsome bodyguards, cloud and zack to thanks for that lol. they were hot! at times i would just stand aside and watch them being swarmed haha!

2 bodyguards | photo©Ashira

we had fun running around meeting friends, taking photos, and for once i have lotsa people coming up to me to say ‘hi’. all because i was smiling all day long and not glaring at everyone who comes near me when i was cosplaying as kanda. but i did turn evil for a moment, stole cloud’s buster sword and went hunting down some random sephiroth at the event haha.

buster sword | photo©zieglam

return to nibelheim | photo©hexlord

our promise | photo©hexlord

we hanged around more taking random pics until the sky turned dark and evil and it started pouring! we ran for shelter and stay hidden until  the sky’s clear. everyone ko’ed when we returned to the chalet. we were supposed to have a bbq party too, but most of us stayed indoor and wait for food to be served while watching harry potter repeat on tv! total worn out, we were. we celebrated khai’s birthday that night too with a super ‘hard’ to cut cake lol.

then came another sleepless night, helping lanlan with his ishida bow and some rolling eraser actions as well as random otl songs playing from lanlan’s weird mobile phone.. it was an epicly tiring day.. zzZZ..

sunday, cosfest day 2:
we woke up later than we were supposed to be.. i was first to wake and i stared at all the dead logs in the room for a few minutes before i went to wash up. haha good thing for being an early bird, for i do not have to queue for the toilet. after which i wake everyone  up >D and made everyone accompany me to breakfast at burger king!

there we met ayano and sd, my day 2 team members. some were dressed up ready, while i was still in my ‘pyjamas’.. so i kidnapped my moyashi and went back to get ready at the chalet. athen joined awhile later. and we were late again! but better this time, compared to the day before, we went out at around 2+pm.

i was a little emo that day, and i hanged a black face on me. suitable for kanda yea, but it seems everyone became afraid of me.. less friendly people, less photos haha! to the person who tried to touch/check out my mugen, whom i glared and said ‘no’. i apologised for being overly into character lol. you know even moyashi dare not try to do so..

exorcists: tuxedo trio | photo©zieglam

met eriol at the dome awhile after, and we were chatting when i got tired of holding my mugen, so i swing it over my shoulder. eriol stared at me for 1 sec and whipped out his camera, and there you go, a pretty neat shot of my kanda haha. thanks eriol for this wonderful snap-shot lol

damare.. | photo©eriol

photo©blurmage

that is all for my 2 happy days at the happy event. uploaded more pics at my deviant gallery, do have a look at http://holydust.deviantart.com/ looking forward to the next event which should be held in mid august. till then~

Então, esse blog não era para virar um blog de humor como o La Firma Lol e Ñ.intendo, mas  como ultimamente eu só estava vendo besteirol na internet e jogando RPG com minhas amigas, não estava postando muita coisa nem pesquisando para fazer um post sobre Jogos, que era o que eu pretendia fazer no começo.

Também não venho jogando nada que não seja Persona 3 FES, então não tenho nenhuma novidade. Bem, tem novidades, mas eu estou evitando de postar coisas sobre o FES para que a minha amiga não ganhe spoilers do jogo, já que ela ainda não jogou, assim como ela não está me dando spoilers do Persona 4. =3

Uma coisa que também seria novidade seria que eu terminei o Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII, mas provavelmente muitas pessoas já jogaram esse jogo e já terminaram, então se eu viesse falar, eu acabaria falando do que o jogo me passou, mas como já fazia um tempo que tinha jogado, eu provavelmente não lembro tão bem. LOGO, irei jogar de novo para poder comentar \o\ hahaha

E logo eu estarei viajando para São Paulo, para o evento AnimeFriends onde venderei Adesivos e Fanzine com a minha amiga Giovana pela nossa lojinha, a Kupo Inc, então não ando pensando em muita coisa alem disso e provavelmente ficarei uma semana sem postar nada (novidade xD).

Em suma, eu não ando pensando muito em postagem de materias ou reviews de Jogos/Animes por enquanto. Quem sabe daqui a algum tempo.

Por enquanto, fiquem com as besteiras que eu acho na net xDDD

Ah, hoje eu vi os action figures de Final Fantasy 7 *Pausa dramatica* ifhosiufohmsoiucfhsoi *keyboard smash* EU QUERO A YUFFIE E O VINCENT BUÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁÁ~

Comprarei na AF, se estiverem mais baratos @____@ *torce*

After hearing “the Price of Freedom” a couple times I decided it was about time I finally gave the full soundtrack a listen through. Before hearing it my initial thoughts still echoed after listening to the soundtrack and reading the plot: are we really still doing this? At ground value, it’s about time they stopped “milking” the Final Fantasy VII cow to death… no really. Uematsu left square already because he didn’t like square’s new facilities, but I wouldn’t hold it against him if he resented the reskinning as much as any intelligent gamer (not that he has a choice since he doesn’t have rights to any FF music).

Now before I get any further I just want to state that I’ll get my ranting out first because I believe that although Crisis Core is one too many, fresh composer Takeharu Ishimoto deserves a fair chance to be considered despite square’s decisions.

Final Fantasy VII – Crisis Core

Since Crisis Core is an installment of FFVII, there are at least 5 remixes of songs from the game, and most of them are pretty tasteless. One BIG problem I have with the entire soundtrack is that it is flavorless on many of the songs. One of the qualities that I’ve noticed becoming bigger and bigger is the use of guitar. You can hear it prominently in Advent Children and Uematsu’s formation of The Black Mages, but it runs into dangerous territory, particularly on this album. Too many times a track comes on that is just a plain heavy guitar/metal song that has no theme, or a really basic one, and if any other instrument besides drums could penetrate the distortion I can’t say I hear it much. A good example is: “Controlling the Iron Beast”

This song has a boring repetitive intro and even the transition gets dull. I like the addition of the guitar over the top at 1:10, but it quickly disappears.

Now there are situations where the distorted guitar is put to good use with drums and backing guitar etc, and that is on “Wandering on a Sunny Afternoon”.

This song has a catchy melody that is not buried under too much noise and it breathes too. I mark it as one of the better original melodies on the album.

It seems that the most catchy original melodies are usually placed under the title “Theme of CRISIS CORE —”. One track like “Wandering on a Sunny Afternoon” is “Theme of CRISIS CORE “Under the Apple Tree”"

This song has the light blend of guitar and drums, but it throws in a second guitar with a more indie pop tones and some strong synth for good measure. This song has happy pop melody to it, but at the back of it is the feeling of gravity and fate that seems to hang heavy with the game’s storyline. I would easily place it as one of the best off the soundtrack.

Another “Theme from CRISIS CORE–” That I found to be exceptional was “Theme from CRISIS CORE “Truth Behind the Project”.

This song has an intense mash up of violin and piano. It makes a very tense and drama filled background and it doesn’t sound like a rehashing of any previous tracks. On the same lines, but much shorter is the track, “Theme from CRISIS CORE “To a New Post”"

Well I lied earlier, there is one arrangement of FFVII music that I find to be excellent. It is “A Flower Blooming in the Slums(from FVII “Aerith’s Theme”)”
The track doesn’t do much to the original except adding guitar and reducing the piano lines so that they both make a nice light atmosphere.

Another original standout track that uses Piano and Violins is “Melody of Resolution” The beginning of the track is scattered and has a dark feel to it, but as the song progress it becomes more anthemic and strengthening.

Another instrument introduction into the FF series that I like is Drums. They have been present in past games of course (ie. Gau’s theme in FF VI) but they haven’t been in the forefront of the music very often. Crisis core features a large amount of drum tracks, and “Night of Seclusion” is easily one of the best.

One of the tracks “A Moment of Courtesy” which seems like a throwaway track is actually a short, fantastic arrangement of “The Price of Freedom” with only strings and counterpoint.

And, of course, since I’ve already mentioned a few times I’ll put up “The Price of Freedom”.

This track is easily one of the top tracks from the album. It has an awesome melody made from two guitars (later 3) and it features great drums and transitions from acoustic to electric guitar. Oh, and of course strings!

Finally, the ending theme must come.  There is a small transitional track that closes the soundtrack, but it’s definitely not the staff roll so I won’t mention it any further. The real closer to this game is called “Fulfilled Desire” and it is an arrangement of Final Fantasy VII music by Kazuhiko Toyama.

This track is simply great. It features many songs from FFVII blended together and reorchestrated. I can honestly say that this track is what I expected Crisis Core to be more like. Still, I don’t think less of this soundtrack because it gave Ishimoto a chance to show the world what he can do, and he also introduced new music into the FF series – which is something it definately needs – and I’d say he did it with aplomb.

~Dan

So, as most of you game lovers probably know Iby now, the PlayStation Network just rereleased the old 1997 FFVII for $10 on the PS3 and PSP. I just got it a few days ago myself, after finally finding a playstation network card after looking in 9 different stores all over Vancouver. Anyway, this was probably one of the best games ever made (second second best according to the gamefaqs polls, but at least it came in second to another great game: Ocarina of Time) but I didn’t think reviewing it would be a good idea, because everybody’s played it, or at least knows what it’s about. So instead, I’ve decided to review one of the many spin offs of the game: Crisis Core. Crisis Core is available on PSP.

Story: 8/10

The story is definitely interesting. It’s a prequel to the original FFVII, and you play as the character Zack, whom you find out about near the end of the game in the original story . It’s really fun to play through some of those mysteries that the original left behind. It clears up some answers from the “first” game as well. Although it is a prequel, there is a lot of original storyline of the game, that doesn’t really seem related in any way to the original Final Fantasy VII… I could be wrong. Honestly I haven’t finished it yet, but it has a really good story so far.

Graphics: 9/10

The graphics are really good. I find it so hard to believe that a little handheld PSP could have better graphics than the old PlayStation… but I guess that’s how technology goes. Anyway, I’d say they’re up to par with PS2 graphics almost. And the cinematics are just amazing. 

Innovation: 7/10

I’m not exactly a fan of the classic turn based gaming, so I was excited to learn about the new battle system. It’s pretty basic… just button mashing for the most part, but you can change your battle type from attack to use materia or an item by just using your L and R buttons along the bottom of the screen. The only problem I have with this, is that your enemies are free to attack you because it’s not turn based, so if you’re somewhat clumsy like I am, you may fumble over the buttons and get hit numerous times, and possibly even die while you’re trying to get to your potions. The other new thing they added in this game, is the leveling system, which I have to say… I really didn’t like. It almost seems like you’re just playing the slots and you level up through luck, because you need to get all 7’s to level up while you’re doing one of Zack’s special attacks, which also have to be activated by slots landing on three of the same character-. However, I have since been informed that it is not by chance, and that the longer you go without leveling up, the more chance you have of leveling up. But I think I’d still rather go with the basic EXP, and meter to see how close you are to the next level.

Overall: 9/10

I would definitely recommend this game. It’s no where near as good as the first one, but I’m definitely enjoying it so far. The good thing is that if for some reason you haven’t played the original, you don’t really need to know the story from it, so you can play this one anyway. And also, if you’re a fan of the FFVII series, you may like the story in this game, as you get to play through the events that happen previously to the story… or it may ruin it completely for you. I’d still say it’s worth it though, and it’s probably the best game I’ve played for PSP so far.

Now that photobucket is working again~ YAY AN UPDATE.
Attended streetfest on 13th June 09 at *scape! 8D
Reached the venue at about 2, but was kind of early so I didn’t see many people I know ):
Plus, it was SO HOT AND HUMID, so Isarandel and I went for lunch first, before meeting up with other people to collect stuff.
Only managed to say hi to a few friends and take a few photos ;A;!

Excuse my unglam pimply face, am too stressed lately TAT!

with Ariki as Hizaki from VERSAILLES, PRINCE AND PRINCESS.

with fuzzylogic as Athrun! <3

with kani-chan as Mukuro! <3

with Roy as Yamamoto~ <3

Mentioned this on twitter, but I’ve finally started playing crisis core /o/

yes I'm slow, I know! ;A;

squeeee~ <3

and oh yea, I had great fun at sentosa too : Db

cropped out my bro's face, lol.

Well I have been lagging on coming up with a new soundtrack to do, so I decided to go with my idea of making a top list of epic tracks. One of my favorite things about making this list was seeing how varied each track was from system to system and game to series.

Top Epic Tracks

Once again I bring you an odd number of songs with my top 17 epic songs. What I wanted to display in this list is songs that have the “epic” feel to them of something huge and momentous. Not all the songs are slow with a killer chorus section or fast with some shredding guitar, instead I wanted to balance it out to show that you can find an epic song just about anywhere.
(This list is not in a necessarily particular order)

17. Swift Horse – Shadow of the Colossus – Koh Otani

The first track up is none other than “Swift Horse”, one of my all time favorite songs because it’s this heart stopping orchestral number that has the ability to charge you up no matter what. Not to mention it’s a more modern piece where a full orchestra was used instead of adding in an electric guitar (not that there’s anything wrong with that) It’s just nice to see some diversity.

16. Gang-Plank Galleon – Donkey Kong Country – David Wise
So you’ve been playing through the game, collecting bananas and listening to ambient jungle music – but now the heat is on. The final showdown with K Rool is here and suddenly flying crocodiles with capes and shred become one.

15. Ending – Dragon Spirit – Rich Kiyosi
Here we’re going to slow things down as we go to Dragon Spirit: The New Legend. This game saw an arcade release and NES port, but the arcade music stands out much stronger (as you can hear here). Not only do I find this ending simple and epic, I would easily also place it on my top endings list.
(50 seconds in)

14. The Price of Freedom – Final Fantasy Crisis Core – Takeharu Ishimoto
Here’s a track late off of the Final Fantasy bandwagon, not composed by Nobuo Uematsu (or Hitoshi Sakimoto), and still kicks butt. I especially like the fact that there’s a blend of acoustic and electric guitar. It reminds me of “Regret Not” by All That Remains.

13. Lance & Red Battle Theme – Pokemon Gold & Silver – Go Ichinose, Junichi Masuda
This game seems to have faded out of the franchise now that Nintendo is up to Platinum, but Japan is soon to see a rerelease of these games dubbed “Heart & Soul”. Hopefully they make it to America because I believe that this was the best game and it easily had the best music out of the series.

12. Title (intro) – Legend of Zelda ~ Twilight Princess – Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ohta.
This song is a remake of the Zelda them with only a full chorus and towards the end a string section. There’s just something about the harmonies but I think this is one of the most epic tracks out of the soundtrack, especially as it finishes with the wolf call. I’m not sure if the SFX add to or take away from it.

11. Scars of Time – Chrono Cross – Yasunori Mitsuda
Of course I couldn’t pass up the Chrono series without at least one track and I think this one is the clear winner. The driving violins and flute make this an incredibly intense song to listen to. My favorite part is the “slow motion” break down in the middle with the strings. (You’ll hear it when you get there)

10. Fear of the Heavens – Secret of Mana – Hiroki Kikuta
No matter how many times I listen to this track it always has this powerful, haunting tone to it; with it’s echoing piano and light strings. There are some darker songs on the soundtrack, but I just don’t think they quite have this atmosphere.

9.Title Theme – After Burner III (Final Take Off) – S. S. T. Band
The Sega CD is riddled with bad games, but when it has a good game… well it’s freaking awesome, and After Burner III is one hell of a game. This is the third transformation of the original theme.

8. One Winged Angel – Final Fantasy VII – Nobuo Uematsu
Well I had to throw this track out sooner or later. Not only is it a blend of epic elements, it features multiple notorious sections. Uematsu seems to not be satisfied with using just a few epic elements such as a choru and strings… No, he’s going to throw in heavy drums, electric guitar, and the works. The best part is that Uematsu said the intro to the song was inspired by “Purple Haze”

7. Chaosium Sword – Ninja Gaiden II ~ Dark Sword of Chaos – Shitamachi Kajiya, Mayu
One again Ninja Gaiden has a team of two composers that seem to appear out of nowhere, write a rediculously epic song, and then fade back into the shadows. I can vouch for the fact that I haven’t seen them since, the song you’ll have to listen to…

6. The Cable Car – Cold Winter – Mark Willot
Now were getting into the final five and the tracks get even more heart pounding. Cold Winter is a soundtrack that I think really went under the radar, probably because it was an OK shooter for the PS2 when franchises like 007 do so well, but in any event Willot should have his day. Normally a TV/Movie composer,  Willot stepped in to blend those elements you would find in a CSI show, a Jason Borne movie, and one hell of a spy VGM OST. The piano in this is it.
Cable Car

5. Doomsday – Sonic 3 & Knucles – Sonic Team
Sonic the Hedgehog has always had excellent music. Even though many of the boss themes are not my favorite, they all have an epic feel to them, but this game pulls out all the stops.

4. Master Ninja Theme (Stage Version) – Ninja Gaiden – More Yamasan, B. Hasake
Well believe it or not I have three tracks from this game for you. There’s just something about this game that is timeless. The soundtrack , in my mind, is always probably going to be one of the greatest ever made. It has so many powerful tracks that were made from 4 NES sound channels, when today composer have as many as they want. This one in particular is an awesome driving ballad (that you’re going to need to make it through level 6-)
Master Ninja

3. Premonition – Ninja Gaiden – More Yamasan, B. Hasake
This music fits the scene pretty well, in this particular spot you are forced to fight your father who is possessed by a demon mask that has been forced upon him. I think I’ve given you the general idea..

2.Fight on the Rooftops – Cold Winter – Mark Willot
We return to Cold Winter one more time to hear one of the most epic tracks of all time, particularly in modern game music. Not only is the intro chorus gripping, but when it is later blended with the percussion it’s breathtaking.
Fight on the Rooftops

1.Seeking Truth – Ninja Gaiden – More Yamasan, B. Hasake
I’m closing this list with a track that has been a longtime favorite of mine: “Seeking Truth”. Not only does the name set the scene, but the track itself is incredibly driving for how simple it is: a basic bass line, a top guitar riff, and some percussion.

He aqui la muestra de que le di en su madre a Minerva en el Crisis Core, y solamente me faltaron 3 Missions para el 100%

Muack!  (o Guac?)

so close, yet so far...

Como buen inicio de semana me disponía a ir por mi almuerzo, perder el tiempo durante un par de minutos, lo suficiente como para comer a gusto. Estaba yo ahí, parado en la orilla de la barra, esperando que la señora me sirviera mi orden… y de ahí, no se porque razón o motivo me dio por voltear a ver hacia mi espalda, solo vi que venia una pareja. ¿Qué tiene de raro esto? Sigue leyendo…

Estaba yo ahí, en medio de la barra, solamente podía escuchar el crujir de las piedras conforme la pareja seguía avanzando sobre el tramo empolvado, hacia el destino: el carrito de los tacos de la señora de frente al trabajo.
Todo pasaba normalmente, gente venia gente se iba, llegaban y pedían su orden, mientras eran despachados ahí estaban platicando… pero no esta pareja, desde que llegaron me dio la sensación de que algo iba a pasar (desde que vi que la tipa le dio un beso al tipo, pos de ahí deduje que eran pareja, ¿no?) y de repente, en medio del bocado que tenia en la boca escuche un ruido que (a pesar de que me resulta muy familiar) me roba la tranquilidad, que me puso los cabellos de punta (del tipo que ni el pinche gel punky junky o el gorilla snot), era un sonido tronado y cercano, era… era… si, un ósculo.

¿Qué hay de malo en comerse a besos delante del mundo entero?, por mi, ni un solo problema… se hizo mi problema cuando tronaron un beso (de manera algo escandalosa) justamente detrás de mis orejas (sin albur… conste), de ahí en delante… como le diría a Willis cada vez que me manda (si, ¡admítelo!, b!tch) besos por el Messenger, siempre recibe la misma réplica: un simple y sincero GUAC!, esa sensación se apodero de mi ser… queriendo ir a decirles “GUAC the fuck out of here!!”

- – Break- –

As time goes on, I realise just what you mean to me

(Colour my world se escucha en mi iTunes ahorita)

- – Break- -

Ok, volvamos a este bisnes, no se si puedo decir que me senti algo envidioso de aquellos dos individuos, digo… es lindo… CUT THE CRAP ALREADY!! Definitivamente  no me dio celos de ver ese tipo de comportamiento meloso-obsesivo, hasta un momento me pareció lindo, tierno… solo para cambiar mi parecer después de escuchar semejante ruido varias veces. Un ruido que recorría mis tímpanos, jodiendo como si alguien  estuviera tallando un pizarrón con las uñas, o cuando alguien restregó un tenedor sobre un plato, ¡oh si!, el plus de este asunto todavía no llegaba. Seguían rumbo a la única mesita que tiene el puesto, entre abrazo-beso-cuddling (y cualquier otro sinónimo no-peyorativo que se les ocurra) y se disponen a ordenar… a lo que la señora que atendía, amablemente les pregunto que iban a ordenar, 4 tacos- Respondió ella, no se porque después de escuchar la respuesta de ella se me vino a la memoria Martha, siempre que la veía en el comedor en las mañanas siempre ordenaba 2-3 tacos, y yo siempre le reprochaba que existe una ley invisible (y, que apuesto nadie la conoce, pero la gran mayoría la siguen) de que los tacos –sin importar de que sean- se sirven en base a múltiplos de 5, no mas no menos… diría que es el equivalente a la cerveza, donde el numero mágico es el 6.

“Deme 2 de papa con huevo, otro de barbacoa y el otro de XXXXX”, ¿y a ti que te pongo m’hijo?, la orden de 4 tacos (WTF?) del tipo no la recuerdo, pero recuerdo perfectamente bien lo que siguió:

-         Can we go watch it?

-         Yeah, I guess so…

Ya después, realmente dije “que weba”, la conversación que tenían no era un secreto a voces, esta bien que podemos expresarnos libremente (con mesura) y demás, pero hacerlo en ingles… ¡no me jodas!, estas en México por si no te habías dado cuenta, bueno… mejor dicho, por si no se habían dado cuenta, Jerks! (hahahahahahahaha… bueno, de que me puedo quejar, yo también – de vez en cuando – uso slang gringo y demás, pero no me ves entablando una conversación con el wey del cubo de a lado, o con mi jefe directo en Monterrey… o demás, como me puede pasar por la mente que eres un mamón, o que eres demasiado w3b0n para hacer el esfuerzo de hablar español propiamente, eso… o que simplemente no se ni madres de lo que tienes en la cabeza (generalmente así es, ¿no?), son muchas las posibilidades…

Ya solo me faltaba un taco (si, de 5…) y era exasperante escuchar una conversación que solamente se interrumpía con Muacks!, era necesario largarme de ahí… de la nada, me le quedo viendo a la señora de los tacos, y me mira con cierta reciprocidad, volteo con la cabeza haciéndole una seña de “¿como ve a estos chavos?”, se ríe con un cierto aire de que no nada mas ella se sintió sola en su pensar de que “¿que pedo?” con este par de muchachos.

- – Break- –

Seré frío, pero honesto

Cada vez que yo te digo que no puedo prometer un “por siempre”

Ni siquiera se si puedo un “hoy”

Todo lo que diga esta noche olvídalo

(Sognare) hace mucho tiempo que no escuchaba esta canción…

- – Break- -

Ya… mejor solo fui a pagar, tome una servilleta y me prepare para irme, en el camino a mi cubo muchos pensamientos cruzaron por mi mente, haciendo recuento de cosas que vi, cosas que yo mismo viví, sentí como si tuviera mi propia DMW (a la Zack Fair en los momentos finales del Crisis Core, justamente cuando la Digital Mind Wave se quiebra, esto pasa por jugar tanto tiempo… pero darle en su madre a Minerva esta dentro de mis cosas pendientes por hacer), viendo recuerdos, rostros familiares, sonriendo… si… de pronto ya no me importo lo que hicieron ellos, porque… de algún modo, yo lo hice… y mas jodido aun, lo extraño.

Es, definivitamente, raro… Raro saberse cuerdo de tu persona, y pensar en memorias que nada mas no, solo me queda esto por decir… para cerrar el post.

“Con la vara que midas, serás medido”
pero no fue así…

¿Por qué?

much less guilt… making someone dump you instead of you dumping someone

Matar o morir, Cinthia…