The Final Fantasy XIII Trilogy

Overview

I am going to be giving my overall thoughts on the Final Fantasy XIII Series of games so far.

Final Fantasy XIII

This game first came out in Japan on December 17, 2009 and like a lot of people I was interested in the next-gen Final Fantasy games. Of course, I didn't really understand what was going on at the time because I don't speak Japanese, but the game was intriguing to me and looked amazing. At first, I thought that Snow and Lightning were the main romantic leads, but it turned out that they were not and in the end I was glad. Everything from the story, to the settings, characters, music pieces, and game-play mechanics were refreshing. FFXIII was the sole game that made me buy a ps3 and it holds a special place in my heart as it is also my 1st ps3 game. This game gets a lot of hate especially in the states for little to no reason in my opinion, but overall it is a solid jrpg.

Final Fantasy XIII-2

To be honest, I wasn't really excepting there to be a sequel to FFXIII because I thought that the story wrapped up pretty nicely at the end of FFXIII, but never the less I was excited at the news since I immensely enjoyed FFXIII. This game made it's debut in Japan on December 15, 2011 and this game was a waste of mass potential. At the time when you bought this game you bought an incomplete game, and you had to buy the story dlc to view the complete ending of the game and many people were pissed and upset about this. Also a number of people were not happy that Lightning was not the main playable character, and that she was just a supporting character. Personally, for me I liked the variety of different music present in this game compared to FFXIII, but FFXIII was still the better game overall between the two.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

This game is set to hit stores in Japan on November 21, 2013 and still not very much is known about it and it's contents, but this game just may well be the best game out of the trilogy. So far with all of the information that has come out for the game it seems that it's heading in the right direction, and also seems to be harder than the previous two entries in the series. I'll just have to reserve my full judgement until the game comes out and I play it and experience the game for myself.

Resident Evil: Revelations Mini-Review

Review

This game was a solid entry for the Resident Evil Series and it was nice that Jill was a playable character after her prolonged absence. The story takes place between Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5, and you're pretty much left on a ghost ship and have to fend for yourself. The combat and game-play is pretty standard and scanning things/enemies is vital to your survival. 

Verdict

The ost is great, there are some pretty good scares in the game, and overall it's a mostly enjoyable experience. The campaign is lengthy but the excessive backtracking is one element that I could have done without.

Score: 7.7

K-Pop Special

I rarely seem to talk about k-pop these days and decided to do a special post about it. I was first introduced to k-pop in 2009 through the k-pop group Super Junior. I then got heavily into k-pop but at some point I had a falling out with it in 2011. I then got back into k-pop again in the spring of 2012 thanks to a friend who showed me SHINee's music video for Sherlock, and ever since then k-pop has stuck with me ever since. The year 2012 was really a great year for the k-pop industry as a whole, and so far this year has also had it's share of great comebacks and debuts of various k-pop artists. The k-pop industry is always rapidly changing and is a very competitive market with all of these new artists debuting so, at times it can become hard to stand out and come out on top.

Autumn In My Heart

I finally finished this painful, dragging, and hard to watch drama. Whoever said that this drama was better than Winter Sonata is 100% wrong and it's not true. This drama was way worse than I could have ever imagined and it definitely doesn't deserve all of the praise that it gets. The only thing going for this drama is the soundtrack honestly. I usually don't have any trouble getting through a k-drama, but when it came to this one I did, but at least I did finish it in the long run unlike the horrible k-drama Mary Stayed Out All Night. At first, this drama lures you in with what promises to be a intricate and interesting story, but as you continue watching it you soon find out that's not the case.

Verdict

Steer clear from this drama and don't waste any of your time watching it and save yourself the trouble. 

Score: 5.0

Stairway To Heaven

This k-drama was exceptional on many levels and a great watch indeed. This drama is essentially a modern take on the classic fairy tale Cinderella. From the acting, characters, settings, and the ost it's a perfectly thought out drama. It's 20 episodes long and the story concludes in a nicely paced fashion.

Verdict

If you're bored or need something good to watch I highly recommend this drama. It's entertaining to watch, the visuals a spectacular, and you might even find yourself tearing up a little along with the characters.

Score: 9.3

Skip Beat Chapter 201

Basically, Kyoko just spent this entire chapter freaking out whether or not Lory would let the cat out of the bag about how she's in love with Ren. The mangeka is really dragging this manga out that it's becoming ridiculous. I mean, at the rate that this manga is going Kyoko won't kiss Ren until the 300th chapter. All of this time has passed and barely anything major has happened. I can only hope that something extremely eventful will happen in the upcoming chapters.

Memory Lane #05

The game Parasite Eve at times I feel is a game that is harshly overlooked. I also think overall that the Parasite Eve Series has an interesting premise and in the future should be rebooted so that the bad memory that is known as the 3rd Birthday can be erased from our minds.