This week I’m taking a trip back to earlier this decade when the PlayStation 2 released, and not too far behind it came the release of Final Fantasy X. Despite personal opinions about the game, one cannot ignore how much it opened everyone’s eyes to what the new PlayStation could do graphics-wise, and really, few few other PS2 games pushed its capabilities to the limits like Squaresoft did. The cover of the guide–which conveniently matches the boxart for the game–while not that creative, splashes the gorgeous graphics on a larger scale and screams out to everyone to not ignore this game. It’s just so darn pretty.
Weekly Poll: How Many Video Games Do You Play at Once? Redux
Okay, I know last week was a little nutty with it being the week before a holiday and then I took off due to a family emergency, but I know there are more people out there who read this blog than participated in last week’s poll. As a result, I’m running this poll a little longer.
I finished DeathSpank on Saturday night when I returned to town, so I’m currently only playing one game, Ys Seven, for review purposes, but soon I will have Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep to review at the same time and of course, I’m ready to start some Red Dead Redemption.
So come on, vote even if you only play one game at a time.
Weekly Poll: How many games do you play at once?
The opinion seems to be evenly split between using guides with certain franchises and only using guides when unfortunately stuck. No need for me to create a poll to find out which guides the latter uses the most often; I’m fairly certain I already know the answer.
As for the last entry, well, I know exactly who that person is (and if you’re a friend of mine on Facebook, you know who it is, too) and I especially expected that response. What would have surprised me would have been additional votes, because surely readers of this site come here because 1) you’re a fan of guides or 2) you like my writing or possibly both!
But let’s move on to the next poll. How many games to you play at once?
I’ve been plagued with this for the last few weeks, especially since I’ve been called upon to review more games. I’ve had to stop playing Transformers: War for Cybertron due to reviewing Arc Rise Fantasia, as miserable as that game made me. I just didn’t have enough hours in the day to do both. So MattG stepped in and said that I should always make time for a game for myself and a review game, unless the two happen to coincide. Right now my review assignment is Ys Seven, and even though I really enjoy the game, it’s definitely not a “me” game I would choose.
That “me” game has been DeathSpank, which has been more fun than I thought possible. And another friend has implored me to pick back up his Castlevania challenge. So fine. I’ll play a review game, a challenge game, and a game for me. And once DeathSpank is done (possibly by tonight), I’ll be switching back and forth between Red Dead Redemption and Transformers: War for Cybertron.
Is anyone else as insane as I am or am I alone? Or do I pale in comparison to some of you?
Wednesday’s Strategy Guide Cover of the Week: Assassin’s Creed 2
It may seem hypocritical of me to pick the cover of Assassin’s Creed 2 as the cover of the week this week since I really didn’t care for the guide itself, but its cover is outstanding. It captures Ezio’s signature stance that the boxart exemplified, but it’s more vibrant and the larger cover makes it easier to catch all of Ezio’s little details: every fold of his armor, his arrogant smirk, and just how heavily armed he really is.
It’s hard to see from the scan, but the white background is lined with traces from the Animus synchronization (or desynchronization), effectively bringing both Desmond’s past life as Ezio and his present life chained to the Animus to the forefront. To further enhance the synch or desynch of the Animus, the background people have been blurred out and then colored blood red.
So many aspects of the game have all been brought together with this cover, making it one of my favorites.
Poll: Do you use strategy guides?
So it seems like the majority of you (who answered the poll, anyway) only purchase Collector’s Editions of guides if they like a particular franchise. Makes perfect sense to me, mostly due to the fact that this is what I do, especially now since I buy so many guides for reviewing purposes.
However, this poll sparked an idea for this week’s poll due to comments on my Facebook page. One of my avid gamer friends commented that she would never buy guides because that’s cheating. I’ve never considered using guides cheating, but I guess that is no surprise as I have them and well, write about them. However, I actually have a reason for not considering it cheating other than these facts.
I can guarantee that everyone, no matter your gaming expertise, has gotten frustratingly stuck in a game. This is one reason why people abruptly quit a game mid-stride. I don’t find failing at one spot over and over again fun, so I look up assistance. If I don’t have a guide, I’ll try to find a suggestion online. I’ve paid way too much money for a game just to have it frustrate me into quitting. And I admit, my patience threshold is practically non-existent (hence why I hate platformers so, so much), so it’s almost like guides were created for someone like me in mind.
And I like art books. I really, really like art books. Guides are like giant video game artbooks as well. Double score for me.
So no matter your reasons, please vote! Next week’s poll: Am I wasting my time and energy writing about strategy guides?
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