tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post7776162293598589773..comments2023-10-29T05:42:19.221-05:00Comments on Berserker - Tear Through the Game: BC Rearmed and Vampire Rain:AS reviewsBerserkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-71852495046444332272008-10-07T23:16:00.000-05:002008-10-07T23:16:00.000-05:00Even better -- co-op Mercs :OI mean, he answered t...Even better -- co-op Mercs :O<BR/><BR/>I mean, he answered that way when the question was "Are you looking at coop for future development" -- nothing about hidden modes :PBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-41166292030710696632008-10-07T22:32:00.000-05:002008-10-07T22:32:00.000-05:00Thanks for posting it.It's interesting to hear abo...Thanks for posting it.<BR/><BR/>It's interesting to hear about a new secret mode. I'm willing to bet that is it some sort of Mercenaries mode. Hopefully they will let us play with different RE character like last time. :)Berserkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-62507919562616026282008-10-07T19:22:00.000-05:002008-10-07T19:22:00.000-05:001up Show highlights Resident Evil 5!http://gamevid...1up Show highlights Resident Evil 5!<BR/><BR/>http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/21813<BR/><BR/>Dunno how much is anything new though, as I stayed away from 50% of things post E3 :)Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-36144657172270285102008-10-04T19:48:00.000-05:002008-10-04T19:48:00.000-05:00That's what I like the most about messaging each o...That's what I like the most about messaging each other. If one of us is busy then there is no need to reply right then. Anyway, that comment wasn't addressed to you or anyone else over Xbox LIVE. It's in real life mainly. :)<BR/><BR/>I'd advise you to spend some time with the dodging. As you progress further into the game, it becomes mandatory for defeating some enemy types. When fighting more than one enemy the combat suffers a lot to me, because you can't see all enemies on the screen at the same time while locked-on yet they can all hit you.<BR/><BR/>Also, when the enemies start appearing in the streets, you really can't run that well like you can in other Silent Hills. If you run then enemies will stay right on your tail all the way to your next destination and then they will actually wait outside of the building that you enter. Once Alex exits the building, they will all be grouped outside waiting for him! That is, unless you spend a real long time in one place.<BR/><BR/>The save points are few and far between. I'm starting to realize this as well, especially while writing for it. About Alex, if you look at all the pictures in his house, they only show his dad, mom and little brother in each pic. Alex is not in any of the pictures. He mentions that when you look at some of them.<BR/><BR/>I like how just about everything in the game can be examined and Alex will have some sort of unique comment about it. It sounds a lot better than "its broken" or some other comment like that. There's still the jammed and broken lock doors though, but that is to be expected in Silent Hill. :pBerserkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-89972930905991353302008-10-04T15:58:00.000-05:002008-10-04T15:58:00.000-05:00My bad if all my comments last night got distracti...My bad if all my comments last night got distracting. If you're focused/busy there's no need to reply right away :D<BR/><BR/>Anyway so I just saved at the graveyard. Man that was a long time gap between the last save. I was starting to wonder if I wasn't looking hard enough, thinking maybe the strategy guide was off >_> So far I've only had one legitimate startle, hearing the dog in the backyard made me jump a couple inches. I also realized that playing suspenseful parts of a game make me hold my breath o_O<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I can see where your "eh" initially for the combat comes from. It isn't that bad but because of the framerate it's hard for me to always get them dodges down. The F.E.A.R. guys had it right from the get-go: Sometimes the scariest moments are the ones where nothing happens. I find myself more scared going for minutes without combat and just exploring than I do in combat -- at least the buggers are actually in front of me!<BR/><BR/>For a while I was actually thinking maybe Alex isn't a soldier, and that was just a grand hallucination -- after all, the American Flag on his jacket is backwards (as in like seeing it in a mirror)! Very odd. Then, with the missing photos, I was really thinking maybe he contrived his own family... until his Mom said his name. I'm thinking that even then he still might not be their son.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-85919879778543416652008-10-03T15:12:00.000-05:002008-10-03T15:12:00.000-05:00I do have to frequently pause the game and type ou...I do have to frequently pause the game and type out information, but to me, it makes the experience more fun and the writing sounds a lot better also. I can't convey as strong of an emotion toward a scary part on the second time through as I can on the first time through.<BR/><BR/>On the flip side, it's hard to formulate a strategy for enemies on a first time through. I'm having some problems with this in Homecoming, so I'll have to go back and edit some of the strategies since I'm realizing better ways to handle some of the enemies as I go through the game.<BR/><BR/>The only time I get distracted in a video game is when trying to strike up a conversation with someone. I can't play and talk at the same time that well. Slight talking isn't that bad, but I can't focus on a conversation and play well at the same time - no offence to anyone that talks with me over Xbox LIVE. I mean detailed conversations mainly.Berserkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-80774254785154966802008-10-02T16:36:00.000-05:002008-10-02T16:36:00.000-05:00Egh, at least mine are during the day. I can't han...Egh, at least mine are during the day. I can't handle late classes. My brain starts to daydream like mad after 5. I've been lucky to only have class past then twice thus far.<BR/><BR/>But anyway, I got your message through xbox.com :D I am curious though... does stopping to write detract from your play experience? I'm surprised that you go for the guide your first run through, as I'd think stopping to write could be a distraction. Maybe you've gotten used to it and can appreciate it all the more because of it :) For me, stopping to even read guides can screw up my in-game mojo :PBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-45229683602776755892008-10-02T15:18:00.000-05:002008-10-02T15:18:00.000-05:00Yeah, those classes over 2 hours are always tortur...Yeah, those classes over 2 hours are always torture on the 'ole noggin. I had four of them one year at a community college that I went to. 6:30pm - 9:15pm each.Berserkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-44046627999173814972008-10-01T17:37:00.000-05:002008-10-01T17:37:00.000-05:00I think it's all totally random :/ oh well. Maybe ...I think it's all totally random :/ oh well. Maybe on Hard its more organized, though they probably count by rooms as opposed to by actually solving all the different puzzle types.<BR/><BR/>Man I just sat through a 2.5 hour class. I can't believe I'll be doing that twice a week -_-;Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-23843555141977196682008-10-01T15:11:00.001-05:002008-10-01T15:11:00.001-05:00easy *one*.easy *one*.Berserkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-20336369558337860442008-10-01T15:11:00.000-05:002008-10-01T15:11:00.000-05:00The puzzle difficulty in BC:R is kind of strange. ...The puzzle difficulty in BC:R is kind of strange. It seems to get hard randomly as go through the game. Sometimes the puzzles are still easy even on later levels but sometimes they are harder - and then once you fail them once the puzzle changes to an easy once.<BR/><BR/>I don't find puzzles that lead you in the wrong direction that often. I'm kind of interested to see if they are any harder on Hard mode. They actually give you an achievement for solving all of them on that mode.Berserkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-90305303272209328852008-10-01T13:55:00.000-05:002008-10-01T13:55:00.000-05:00Oof, good luck with all those, haha.I had a questi...Oof, good luck with all those, haha.<BR/><BR/>I had a question about the future hacking rooms though. Do the puzzles get progressively harder, or do they just stay relatively random like they do at the beginning of the game (I'm still on the third stage or so...)? I love 3D puzzles, haha. It's one of the more fun things about Half-Life 2, even though the game gives me headaches for no good reason.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-41309986478387383942008-09-30T21:48:00.000-05:002008-09-30T21:48:00.000-05:00Yeah, changing her hair color would be one of the ...Yeah, changing her hair color would be one of the first things I'll do before trying her out. :p<BR/><BR/>I'm still figuring out some new mixups with Rock. I'd like to use him as my lead main character instead of Yun-Seong.<BR/><BR/>As for BC: Rearmed, I am now at challenge room #45. Only 12 more to go (counting 45)! They are incredibly hard later on, as expected. :D I want to try to get everything for it like I did with Commando 3.Berserkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-15833696914971016982008-09-30T15:09:00.000-05:002008-09-30T15:09:00.000-05:00Haha, good luck. In offline play Setsuka is killer...Haha, good luck. In offline play Setsuka is killer on the fingers with her half-life combos and Just Frames. I purposely made her with black hair so she'd look normal enough when I was training with her. In online play though you can spam her 33B, 66BA, and 1A for the entire match and call it a day. Trying to use some of her other stuff online is just dangerous XD<BR/><BR/>I'm finally used to about half of Maxi's stance transitions. I won my first ever match in the local scene with him actually. My Mitsu is fairly easy to defend against as I have some very obvious patterns. However, paired with Maxi's inherent looping and the fact that he's hard to read makes me much less predictable :PBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-48881898763045444282008-09-30T00:32:00.000-05:002008-09-30T00:32:00.000-05:00I got the idea from a kid that made him up on PSN....I got the idea from a kid that made him up on PSN. I thought it was hilarious when I first saw the design with Seong Mi-na's style. I'm not one to make up FFVII characters, but it was too awesome an idea to leave behind. :D<BR/><BR/>As for SC news, I think I might try out Setsuka some since she kind of interests me. I've basically started to play with Rock now more than Yun-Seong and Starkiller. Yun-Seong is getting a bit boring in a way. Rock is incredibly fun to play with though.<BR/><BR/>On a random note, I just noticed that Frank West is up at GameFAQs for their character battle. Awesome!Berserkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-75142280026786645742008-09-29T23:41:00.000-05:002008-09-29T23:41:00.000-05:00Haha, like I said my mind is easily swayed ^_^;; S...Haha, like I said my mind is easily swayed ^_^;; Sorry but I'm not enough of an FF fan to really appreciate Cid like he's supposed to. I understand where you're poking fun with Cid, the manly man, doing girly jumps but I am unfortunately not too fazed :/ Still, it is a good recreation of his design!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-56645884453681211572008-09-29T21:14:00.000-05:002008-09-29T21:14:00.000-05:00Wow, even my Cid Highwind custom didn't remove the...Wow, even my Cid Highwind custom didn't remove the SH images from your head? :p<BR/><BR/>I didn't show you all my new cutstom characters last night. I got bored a few days last week and spent that time creating custom characters. :pBerserkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-39349206963516418452008-09-29T19:23:00.000-05:002008-09-29T19:23:00.000-05:00...Damn that's long enough to be a blog post. I th......Damn that's long enough to be a blog post. I think I will make it a post :)<BR/><BR/>"edit": <A HREF="http://pyrestrike.blogspot.com/2008/09/silent-hill-makes-brian-mad-child.html" REL="nofollow">blog version, with more insane details!</A><BR/><BR/>heheheBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-81266840429444517262008-09-29T18:44:00.001-05:002008-09-29T18:44:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-88492182100345730682008-09-29T18:44:00.000-05:002008-09-29T18:44:00.000-05:00Haha, will do :PNow after a bad night I'm prob...Haha, will do :P<BR/><BR/>Now after a bad night I'm probably going to hold of until the weekend (and daytime) to play Silent Hill. I couldn't sleep last night because I kept having visions from the movie and my mind kept wandering... For some reason I don't get restless as much when I'm watching a movie than when I see it in my mind's eye, with my eyes closed. I will now begin to sound like an extra crazy person:<BR/><BR/>It eventually got so bad that around 3 AM I realized that I was recreating an entire alternate ending to the film, where I guess it's closer to the game. The husband shows up before Rose gets possessed, and of course the evil little girl gets angry. Prompt her summoning the Janitor, except now he's got a Licker-level tongue to complement then nasty veins he spews everywhere. Of course this tongue latches onto Rose, but as she struggles her hubby manages to get a fire ax and cut it off. The Janitor slinks away. Cue explosiony stuff as the couple runs for the elevator. Screen fades to black.<BR/><BR/>Now, this thing actually happened not as I was sleeping and dreaming it, but it was like every time I closed my eyes my imagination would wander and I'd start to conjure up the continuation of the scene. This, and constant flashbacks to some of the nasties in the movie inevitably made me get only 2 hours of sleep, if you could call it that -__-;; Even better, I wake up to find that the day is muddled and *sparsely* cloudy, enough so that the outside just looks gray. CREEPY! And then I see my first lightning bolt in the distance for the first time in years.<BR/><BR/>Now, considering that I handle games much worse than I handle movies, I don't wanna compromise my work or studies with random sleepless nights. I nearly fell asleep on the road because of my lack of sleep, and the last time that happened I got into an accident, so... >_>Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-43101025270023417312008-09-28T21:55:00.000-05:002008-09-28T21:55:00.000-05:00I meant to put *male and female* mannequins when I...I meant to put *male and female* mannequins when I mentioned the difference. Again with the edit button... The female has a curved arm. All other body parts can be used the same. It's hilarious to backhand or slap zombies with mannequin arms. :DBerserkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-4013481893527123282008-09-28T14:23:00.000-05:002008-09-28T14:23:00.000-05:00Haha. You won't be calling it "that" torso once y...Haha. You won't be calling it "that" torso once you see it's effectiveness later on. By the time you get to level 50 it will kill any zombie with one swing. It should already take a good bit of health from bosses. Besides the novelty factor, it's an incredibly useful weapon. It's only major flaw is that it can usually only hit one zombie at a time.<BR/><BR/>The only difference between the actual mannequins is one of their arms. One of the arms is slanted and can be tossed like a boomerang. Every other body part is the same. :D<BR/><BR/>Give the Acoustic Guitar a try also. It's inside Tunemakers in Paradise Plaza.Berserkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-74385420309853336262008-09-28T02:42:00.000-05:002008-09-28T02:42:00.000-05:00Hm... I'll look for that torso next time. I'm also...Hm... I'll look for that torso next time. I'm also kinda miffed at how poorly I handle swinging weapons. I always start the heavier ones too late and end up getting grabbed, or run up closer than I have to before attacking. I feel like I'm doing something wrong when I'm clearing out a path among 50 zombies at a time.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-4440899198519252192008-09-27T01:11:00.000-05:002008-09-27T01:11:00.000-05:00Yeah, many of the psychopaths are hard if you don'...Yeah, many of the psychopaths are hard if you don't know how to fight them, or arrive at the battle with a weak weapon. There are a certain trio of psychopaths that are absolutely insane if you aren't prepared for them - sometimes even if you are.<BR/><BR/>Go pick up some Mannequin Torsos from the Paradise Plaza warehouse or the glass display near the north end of Wonderland Plaza. The Mannequin Torso is one of the best normal weapons that you can get - Sledgehammer and Battle Axe are good also. Do the "Out of Control" scoop and you won't have any problems with a good weapon. That one yields the most broken weapon in the game, haha.<BR/><BR/>Just a little warning to you, Case 2 has some hefty time constraints and is easy to fail. Beware on your first time through.Berserkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445111770790127212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283652853956268778.post-23602497036963580032008-09-26T23:34:00.000-05:002008-09-26T23:34:00.000-05:00Hopefully they let you play other people, or at le...Hopefully they let you play other people, or at least change Capell up a bit. :/<BR/><BR/>Anyway I just spent about an hour on Dead Rising again. It's really hard! I keep wandering and then get my ass kicked by running into an early psychopath fight, totally unprepared -_-; And because of my lack of foresight, I don't save enough and end up having to redo an entire hour. Must save more...Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274232327749685671noreply@blogger.com