Thursday, August 12, 2010

Update: August 2010

Again, sorry about the lack of updates recently, expect to see more, and I hope whoever's reading enjoyed the review of Castlevania: Harmony of Despair. Even if you didn't I wouldn't mind a comment in the comment box every once in a while.

So this is a new thing, I'm going to start up, at the beginning of every month, expect to see an update on my Laundry List, Planned Purchases, and Future Reviews.

Laundry List (Aug 2010:)

For those that don't know, a Laundry List is like games that you own but never finished or never had a chance to complete fully. Whereas my actual Laundry list is over 100 games long, at the start of every month, I'm going to post what I'm hoping to accomplish in the month coming.















StarCraft (66% complete)
StarCraft: Broodwar (0% complete)


Yeah I know, I'm a little behind on the StarCraft saga. I've been wanting to play StarCraft 2, but from beating the first 2 segments in the first game, I don't want to spoil anything. So, I'm going to go through the single-player modes this month.














Crackdown (70% complete)

With the Crackdown 2 demo being severly addicting, I bought this on the Gamestop sale. So far, I think I've beaten what seems like a little over 2/3 of it so far. I could be wrong, though it doesn't seem likely.














Bayonetta (0% complete)

I feel ashamed to not have this beaten already. I bought it with intention to play right away, but I got distracted by the Summer of Arcade + Crackdown.














Lost Planet (0% complete)


Again, bought on the Gamestop sale, but it's been on the shelf for too long, and with Lost Planet 2 already out I'm gonna give it a shot.














Splosion Man (20% complete)


I was going to beat this, and then I didn't. I can't remember if I ragequit or just lost interest. Either way, this is definitely something I'm going to beat this month.














The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom (10% complete)


I've never given this game a chance to express it's other mechanics other then the initial clone mechanic. I'm going to give it another shot.













Pokemon HeartGold (60% complete)


I've beaten the Elite Four with my water-team already, so I've always considered this game beaten. Just recently though I've been wanting to beat the secret post game boss, so I figured I'll start this up again.













Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (5% complete)

This one I'm more likely to beat first, over everything else. I've beaten this game before but I've just found out through a random test that I have other characters available to beat the game with. So I started a playthrough with "Richiter", and I should have that beaten before the weekend.













Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (35% complete)


I've solved a good chunk of the puzzles, but the game's story has yet to hook me like the last one did. This is another one I have set to finish this month.

Planned Purchases (Aug 12 - Aug 31):

This part is where I'm going to put all the games that I plan on picking up this month.














StarCraft II

The moment I beat the single player campaigns as stated in the Laundry List, I'm heading in to pick this up.














Monday Night Combat


Whenever I decide to take a break from the list to dick around, this is probably what I'm going to play.














Valkyria Chronicles 2

I own the first game without a PS3, so I figure I can buy the 2nd one on release. Just to give it a first day sale most people won't buy because they're all buying Metroid: Other M














YS Seven


I played something like this in a PC port a friend showed me once. I'd love to own a copy of this.













Metroid: Other M

This is a maybe, believe it or not.













DSi XL

Yes, I know I the 3DS is coming out next year. I'm going to buy this because my current 1st generation Nintendo DS is wrecked and because the DSi XL is actually good for the size of my hands.

Future Reviews:


The future reviews section is something I've already done but I'm going to integrate into this section.













Review: Alan Wake

This game exceeded all my expectations and deserves to have something written about it. I keep saying I'll write a review, or I have one done (I lost it), but to be honest, I finished it a few months ago, so I'll need to have another playthrough in order to review it properly.












Quick Review: Monday Night Combat


Looking at the Developer Diary's for this game have made me deeply excited for it. So hopefully I can play a few games then post about it.














Retro Review: Dark Cloud

I beat Dark Cloud during June, but the game is still very fresh in my mind. There are a lot of things in there that I'd like to talk about so I'm bringing it around in the Retro Review.

That's it as far as the update for this month is concerned, expect to see more of me in the coming weeks, and please, if you actually do read the blog, leave a comment, it's so much more appreciated then you think.

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