Game Review: The Last Remnant

Well hello again guys, it seems like I'm merely talking about games and books now, but anyways let's carry on until I can think of new material. Sorry about that guys, but anyway today, as you can see by the picture at the top I'm talking about the Last Remnant. It's a game made by Square Enix and I bought it on Steam for a downright steal of ten dollars!*
It is excellent, as to be expected from the company that creates Final Fantasy, Drawn to Life or Dragon Quest. The graphics are fantastic and the game-play is phenomenal. I have to say, however that the battle system took a bit of time for me to get the hang of.
The main guy is the one featured in the picture above, called Rush and his mission in life is to find his sister who was kidnapped by these mysterious guys and a giant monster which later turns out to be a thing called a Remnant - but I won't spoil it for you. Anyway, it seems his search starts (or at least the opening scene) is of this idiot, Rush, well rushing into a battlefield towards someone who looks like his sister in the barest sense of the word, considering she's at least old enough to be this guy's mother. But, that stupid action sets  his journey off.
There are lots of things I like about this game, the confusing but clever battle system, the innovative characters, the beautiful graphics, the humour and the characters. It's definitely a wonder that it's so amazingly cheap too.*
If you're a fan of Square Enix's RPG I suggest at least checking out this game in more  detail, because it's spectacular.

*I can't guarantee that the price will be the same for you, that's just what it was when I bought it, but good luck.

Game Review: Shelter

Hey guys! I'm finally able to update again, and once again I'll fill with an awesome review!
So, I recently bought this adorable green-light game on Steam called Shelter, where you play as a mother badger protecting her young.

It's really fun and it was only a matter of minutes before I was completely absorbed in protecting my babies and would be constantly checking around. The graphics are interesting and really beautiful, the little badgers all have different markers to make them extra unique and special and they make little squeaking noises, it's so cute.

There are lots of different threats posed to the mama and her young, such as predators, starvation and the changing seasons. So you have to channel your inner badger and make quick and rational decisions to ensure the survival of all the kids.
For anyone who's played Journey on the PlayStation, it's kind of like that with it's subtle meaning except with badgers. It's not very expensive and I find it really awesome to play, I recommend you guys all give it a try!

I'm also going to (hopefully) be back on feet and keep up the blogging regularly, fingers crossed guys and hope that I gain some discipline!

You're all awesome and I'll post again soon!

Also, don't be afraid to leave comments or ideas for other games/shows/books for me to review.

Anime Review: Watashi ga Moten­ai no wa Dou Kan­gaetemo Omaera g­a Warui!

Okay, well today I discovered this anime and have been watching it since, and so far I've watched six episodes so you guys can work that out. It's called Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! Which means, No Matter How I Look at it, I'm Not Popular Because of all of You! Which is condesend into Watamote.

The main character is the girl in the picture above ^ Tomoko Kuroki. A crazy, overreacting, game, anime and manga loving High School-er except Tomoko is incredibly shy, not that she realises that. Although the opening of the anime is her in middle school reading an online news article about 'unpopular girls' and exclaims that she will definitely be popular and have a boyfriend once she starts high school. However, two months in and she hasn't even talked to anyone! The anime (and manga - which I need to get around to buying and reading) then focuses on her millions of insane schemes to try and become popular. It's hilarious, and sometimes there are moments that just make you go 'oh no!' I really enjoy it and as soon as I post this I'm going back to watching it! :3

There's only one thing that bugs me, Tomoko's old friend from middle school, she reminds me of Shiemi Moriyama from Blue Exorcist, what do you guys think?

Pretty similar, except for the eye colour, I'm not saying there was a plagirism issue or anything, just that I can't remember her name and always think "Shiemi-chan!" when she comes on, and I really just wanted to share my opinion.

Anyway, try and have a look at Watamote! Bye-bye for now~

Game Review: Fire Emblem Awakening

Over the past four days I have returned to another favourite and classic series - Fire Emblem. In this new tale of the epic chronicles we encounter some familiar and beloved characters, as well as equally fantastic new ones - especially through the edition of DLCs and the ability to create your own character (mine is a tall cool looking, experienced, twenty-eight year old male with red hair and an easy-going personality by the name of Hachiro)! This time, we take on the role of a mysterious person who becomes Chrom's (the Prince and your co-star for main character) Tactician. Another thing Awakening adds is awesome battle scenes! After choosing a foe for you troop to battle it then enters an epic 3D cut-scene! There are two different types of cut-scenes in Awakening, one similar in style to the battle cut-scene in which the characters are more 3D and sprite-ish looking and the other where they appear in more of an anime style, however when it's done in the second style your character isn't shown.
Something that everyone who's played the game will remember, is the fact that when someone dies - they're dead. Well in Awakening there is no such trouble, you can play the game in either Classic or Another Mode of Which I Cannot Remember the Name, in classic mode troops are dead forever, in the other mode they're gone until the end of the battle but whichever mode you pick the game is over when the main character dies. Another semi-irritating feature that remains is that your weapons break! It's horrible when that happens mid-battle and that unit is left defenseless... but it adds to the base strategic element and attraction of the Fire Emblem series.
The storyline, as expected of a Fire Emblem game, is deep, exciting and I got completely lost inside of it! There are exciting twists and turns and all sorts of fun side stories, even more with the DLCs! Another extra feature is the 'Hubba Tester' where this guy called Old Hubba gauges how the characters really feel about each other, although it's just for fun and not really based on anything in-game I still have fun seeing how everyone feels about ol' Hachiro.
I'm sure you guys can all tell that I love this game, and naturally I'm giving it 5/5 stars, it continues the legacy of its predecessors while adding new, unique and memorable things too. There were epic moments, comical moments, cute moments and heart-stopping moments! I highly recommend Fire Emblem Awakening and all others in the series! Now I'm off to continue playing! And I'll draw you guys Hachiro later!

I'm Too Lazy

I'm sorry guys I'm way too lazy for my own good, as I still haven't done my YouTube video for you guys, sorry! I'll get onto it soon!

Yeah, it's beginning to seem like my 'coming soon' is equivalent to the BBC's 'coming soon' any Sherlockians (is that even the right term... I'm thinking Whovian...) here?

Words Part One

Alright guys, so I know it's not Monday but bear with me on this, it's something I've been thinking about for a long time and the main character I've had in my head for even longer so I'll post more as I write it. Thanks and I hope you enjoy!

~Kitsuyurei Jokyoku  ©

 P.S. I need chapter titles, if anyone has ideas or tips for how to improve it.

My Grandfather, whilst he was still alive, would sit in the old faded, red fabric chair and recount the tale of this one day - while he was merely a teenage boy – it began to snow. But this snow was not the same flittering, unremarkable snow of which most people of his generation would call to mind – no. This snow didn’t stop, not for night or day, or the ending of winter nor spring, summer or anything else. It simply kept on snowing and snowing until the whole Earth (as far as land masses went) was completely covered with the white fluff.
In fact it’s still snowing now, several decades later and no-one knows why, naturally there are those wacked theorists who bounce about creating nonsensical conspiracies. Rarely it’s some religious figure claiming it’s the divine wrath of this God or that Goddess or these Gods, but after my father’s time these people seem to be vastly dwindling, in fact in my opinion the most highly practiced and all-consuming religion is war.
For not too many years after the continuous snowfall a war broke out when the communist nations decided to legion together, led by Russia and China against the now ‘Crown Alliance’ sporting Great Britain as its head (after many bad choices America’s power as a ‘great nation’ quickly disappeared into the bowels of history books). After the communistic alliance, the civil war ended and the real fighting began after Russia’s stark refusal for ethical sharing of resources. With the nation’s extensive land set up large, highly controlled domes to produce a variety of foods, both plant and animal variations. Although despite the former exaltations of ‘going green’ in a world of over ninety-percent snow and ice, grass is something rarely seen, not to mention species of flora and fauna not widely considered a useful food source and the majority of them are believed to be extinct, along with human spirit.
My father, when properly introduced is Major Gilligan St Reid and as someone who went to great lengths buying and restoring thousands of books (as they have taken a back shelf in today’s affairs) named me Sherlock St Reid, after the popular character and series ‘Sherlock Holmes’ my father’s personal favourite amongst his collection. Similar to my father, I have also been granted the rank of Major, not that great of a fete considering all able members of society – both genders - are drafted into the military at sixteen, the leaving age for females being twenty-five, males being thirty to aptly control soldiers and the produce of children (read: future soldiers). Through some God of luck I’ve lasted long enough to reach twenty-four, this fact, for anyone with basic adding talent, means I only have six more damnable years of this intellectually stagnant existence until I’m sent home to conceive a child with some female war hero.

I'm Finally Back

Okay guys, first off, I'm terribly sorry but it turns out I had a horrible lung infection so I've been out of commission for a while now. But, I'm back and I've just finished recording my first YouTube video! It's the beginning of a play through for Alice: The Madness Returns which is an awesome game (in my opinion).
Anyway, hopefully you guys will come back to reading this now, and once again I'm terribly sorry.

Well... I've just discovered that after half an hour or more recording the Alice video, it's not going to work... I'm sorry, I'll try again...