This is Sonic Mania, Sega's 25th Anniversary game for Sonic. Honestly, this trailer makes this game look wonderful. I cannot wait to see more! However... yes, however... This is Sega's last chance to win me over with this series.
I was born in the year 1990, so I grew up with this series. I watched my brother play it, I started playing it, my daddy and I started going back and forth to see who can get the most points in Sonic Spinball. I freaking loved Sonic back during the 90s.
Then once he entered the 3D era, things just started sucking. This series just isn't a 3D platformer, it doesn't work, especially since we're working with a character that moves as fast as light.
Generations kinda made things okay, but it still wasn't Sonic. I don't want to play as two different Sonics where one can do more 3D type stuff versus one who can only stay 2D, that's... That's not Sonic!
This series is definitely 2D only, because there's so much stuff it can do, but Sega fails to do it! Sonic 3 and Knuckles is, in my opinion, the best Sonic game out there. That first boss fight where we're running through a field and a giant ass ship is dropping bombs. Like I honestly have no clue what that thing was, but seriously, this build up to the first boss was... ERMERGHERD!!! Then we're running through the forest where we see RoBUTTnik himself.
There was just so much this game offered to impress, and then what did we get afterwards? Sonic 3D, a really, really horrible game. It's just... I don't even want to explain it. Because this is the game that started to make Sonic go downhill. Game after game, failure after failure, it was depressing to see that my favorite series started to just be one of the most laughable series out there. Nothing, and I mean nothing, could make the series awesome.
But this game... maybe this game can bring back Sonic to the respectable level it once had back in the 90s. There is absolutely nothing wrong in going back to the past, going back to it's old roots. I truly believe this is the way Sonic needs to be. Keep making Sonic games be more like this. I cannot begin to explain how many people are going gaga over this game, even though this is just the first trailer we've seen.
I want to believe... that Sonic can finally be good once again!
Overwatch is once again being targeted by some overly-offended person that demands Blizzard to take stuff out of their game. But it's not Tracer that's being the target this time, no, it's Symmetra, the lovable turret placing, portal making supporter shielder.
A religious statesman and the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, Rajan Zed, is demanding that Blizzard takes Symmetra's Devi skin out because he believe it's "trivializes" the Hindu goddess.
Zed states that "the player controlled movements of Devi, while in reality the devotes put the destinies of themselves in the hands of their goddesses. Moreover, Devi and its movements depicted in Overwatch did not match with the characterization of the goddesses in the scriptures."
He also sates that, "Blizzard Entertainment needed to follow it's own "core values" which included "lead responsibly", as in this case it was creating confusion in the minds of community about Devi by misrepresentation."
Okay, first off, "Devi", and her re-colored skin "Goddess" are just skins. To show off to the other players, "Hey look what I got!" That's it, that's all that this is for. It's to show off. None of these costumes actually mean anything, they're just for fun. But once again, the oversensitive needs to bark at the artists and demand that they scrap their hard work because they think everyone should be offended by this.
When I play video games, games take over my thoughts. I don't compare what I'm playing to real life things. When I first saw this skin during the first stress test I got in, I thought this was a really cool looking skin since her other two legendaries falls flat. When I look at this skin, does it make me think it trivializes Devi? Of course not.
I don't understand why these things are so much of a bothersome towards people. Nowhere on earth is Blizzard saying that Symmetra's skins are a mockery towards the Hindu religion, nowhere. Players aren't even mocking it either. Heck, Pharah has two legendary skins that are based on Native Indian culture, Raindancer and Thunderbird, and no one has said anything about those skins. What about Reaper's Mariachi skins? Should Mariachi players be offended by those two skins?
It pretty much boils down to where if you don't like something, ignore it. I can never really understand why people are bothered by the contents of video games if they don't even play it themselves. And from what this Rajan guy sounds like, it certainly doesn't sound like he's an avid video gamer. There are things to protest about and then there's this... Something that's really not worth fighting over.
What's even more interesting, is that no one is making a scene about the fact that she is possibly autistic, as shown in the comic that featured her a couple months ago. There's signs that shows her having trouble socializing, she dislikes crowds, has an obession with structured enviornements and has an inability to empathize. Traits that are typically associated with autism.
That and the comic even states where she fits in the specturm.
Admit it, once and a while we play something that gives us the creeps. Throughout my life, I've encountered a few things that scared the crap out of me while gaming. Some of these are pretty strange, but I'm going to share them because I feel like to.
#5
Dr. Salvador - Resident Evil 4
Believe it or not, this guy used to terrify me, not in the main story mode, but in Mercenaries. You would hear his chainsaw as he spawned, but for some unknown reason, I could never find this guy before he finds me and beheads me. Seriously, I would scream like a little baby because I'm getting further and further into the level and my run would end because this douche decides to ruin my fun by scaring the crap out of me.
When I encounter him during story mode, I still have the same feeling like I do in Mercenaries, however, it's very easy to avoid him because he's encountered in places where I can easily cheat my way to victory. Not to mention, he's always spawned in the same spot so it's not like you have to hunt this creature down. Mercenaries, you're just out in the open and he can literally appear wherever, and THAT freaks me out more. Not too scary but scary enough to make it to my list.
#4
Playstation 2's Red Screen
Fuck this screen! I used to be creeped out by this red screen of death because of the eerie sound that would play whenever I placed a CD that had a measly little finger print on the back of the disc. I'm actually surprised to see how many people were just like me by being freaked out whenever this popped up. Seriously, look how creepy it is. You have a very pretty blue screen with red, blue and green lights flying around and giant glass cubes spinning, you think that it'll just go to the "Playstation 2" screen, right? WRONG! Instead, the blue colored background changes to a red colored mist with several glass cubes floating with an eerie sound that's supposed to act like a warning noise. They couldn't have made the warning sound a little... friendlier?
What in the world was Sony thinking by putting this as their message informing the player that there is "no" disc in the system? Yeah, I'm just going to turn off the system now because my Playstation scared me with an error message. Kay thanks for ruining my fun you noodges!
#3
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven - Tesshu's Game Over Screen
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Because of this particular game over screen, I can't stand looking at them now. I used to be okay with them until this game. Why? Just play it, they freaking zoom in on Tesshu's decapitated head. It's not the whole decapitation thing that made me scream so loud that I had to get up from the floor and run straight to my room with my fingers in my ears (yeah, I did that). The face that he's making just weirded me out. Not to mention, his is the only game over screen that's like this. Rikimaru and Ayame's game over screens showcases the moon with flowing petals in the wind and a snow covered forest. Tesshu's is zooming ever so closely to a decapitated head that's making a freaky face then panning out and showing us that his head's on display in front of an eerie looking fence.
Why was his so different from the other two? I have no freaking clue, and not to mention, Tenchu never had game over screens like his in the previous games either. So like I asked before, why was his different?
#2
Doom - The Ouch Face
You're probably looking at this and laughing because of how ridiculous this is. Yeah, well, I was four when I got creeped out by this face, so it's understandable. I used to have nightmares about this guy's face, second one from the right. That one popped up one day when I was playing Doom. I've never seen this face before, and of course I wouldn't because it's a "bug". I thought this face was bad, and at the time this occurred, I had no clue what caused it. I tried ever so hard avoiding getting this face again that I refused to play the game without inputting god mode on.
Years later, I came to peace with this face and realized how you would cause it to pop up and I stopped having nightmares as well. Again, I was very little when I played this game. The demonic creatures that you fought never terrorized me, the gore and violence never terrorized me, the setting of Hell never terrorized me, hell not even the main boss never terrorized me. It was fucking Doomguy and his Ouch Face that freaked the crap out of me that causes me to be afraid of monitors and TV screens that are on the off position.
No joke, still terrified of that every now and then, usually when I'm home by myself and it's dark.
#1
Sonic the Hedgehog - Drowning Music
This music would play, I would instantly reset the Sega because I refused to let Sonic drown. I never sprung towards something so fast in my life. One day, I decided that I would overcome the fear of this music and try to get Sonic out of trouble. Of course I'm in the Chemical Plant zone and at the part with the moving square platforms in the pink water. Did I accomplish freeing Sonic from the water?
NO!
Instead I made him drown, I drowned the poor little creature because I wasn't too fast enough. And of course, unlike most water levels, this one doesn't have bubbles for you to catch your breath. How would you when you're in chemicals anyways? But still, this music is terrifying! Everything about Sonic is so sweet, minus the whole spikes being left around in areas. The main character is adorable, the setting is amazing and beautiful and the music is fun to listen to. But when you're in the water and in there for a while, everything starts changing drastically. Water is Sonic's biggest enemy because it's the only thing that's literally slowing down his pace. You can't move as quickly and fluently because FUCK cartoon logic. Yeah, there are instances where you can save yourself with a bubble, but the bubbles are so scattered and they don't come as quickly as you'd like them to. So what's it going to be? Are you going to wait for a bubble to float up or are you going to try to find a way to get his head out of the water? Not to mention, every Sonic games HAS a water level because that's how these kinds of games always are.
The original games has it where this music is the devil himself. I heard this music played in the later games and they've softened it up. I guess they finally heard the cries of all the children that allowed Sonic to drown.
And that's my list of the 5 scariest moments in video games!
1.) I killed a Charmander. I didn't want to fight him but I had to because you can't run from trainer fights. I had my Warturtle (My Squirtle evolved!) and I one-shot him. I killed him. :-(
2.) I also fought and one-shot a Growlithe. I didn't want to either but I had no choice. I wanted to capture him, but Pokemon Blue doesn't allow you to capture one so I have to rely on my boyfriend to get me him through trading.
3.) I want my Meowth and Cubone!!!
4.) SCREW THIS CAVE!!!! Nothing but Zubats everywhere! You literally take two steps away from your last fight and BOOM, Zubat. Two steps away and BOOM, Zubat! Zubat Zubat Zubat!!! Oh and maybe an occasional Geodude and a Clefairy.
5.) They should really tell you what you need to do better in this. I had no idea that I could have gotten a map early in the game. Would save me a lot of trouble to figuring out where I need to go.
6.) You can only learn four moves seems like a ripoff.
7.) Seriously, screw Zubats. I know I can easily get a repel, but I totally forgot how annoying it is in the cave to get one. That's my part to blame, but wow. Just... no, go away.
8.) Some of these evolutions are UGLY!!! My Geodude is UGLY!!!
9.) Nevermind, I GOT MY CUBONE AND MEOWTH!!!
10.) My trainer does some kick-ass jumps over fences on their bike! Now if only you could do the opposite direction and go back up, but no that would be too logical.
11.) The moment where you're getting an item and it seems exciting, but then you see that you have too much stuff in your inventory.
12.) When I finally got my map, I was expecting a beautiful layout that shows all the details and everything. But nope, it's hardly helpful. I just have to know what direction is the next place to go. Like that's really going to help me in big towns. -_-
My boyfriend decided to get me a 2DS in order to celebrate Pokemon's 20th anniversary. I was extremely happy that I got a brand new handheld game (especially since the only one I own is a Gameboy Advance). He also got me along with it, Pokemon Blue. After twenty-one years of not playing Pokemon, I finally got into it.
When Pokemon first came out, an old friend and I tried to get into it. She had made up this rule where if you lose a match, you have to give up all of your cards to the winner. I only had one pack and I lsot to here, therefore she got all of my cards. I swore off Pokemon forever because I thought that was an incredibly stupid rule, which years later, I found out was made up. So basically she got my cards because she was selfish.
Anyways, I got my hands on Pokemon Blue and I started getting into it. Where I'm at in the game as I write this blog is that I just got an old rod to start fishing and managed to get me a Magickarp. My boyfriend also wanted me to blog my experience so I wanted to blog as much as I went through for the first few days.
1.) I hate that you can't take Pokemon from trainers. There were some awesome Pokemon that I encountered that I really wanted but because they're in trainers' possession, I couldn't take it. Rude. I always get what I want... unfortunately not in here >:-(
2.) I really enjoy that I can instantly heal all of my Pokemon on me for free.
3.) Talking to people or accepting/declining offers is very sensitive. Sometimes I don't realize that the dialog has ended and I immediately go back into the same dialog I just read.
4.) I don't like the constant encounters. I know that I can easily buy "Repel" which makes sure that getting random encounters occur less, still, I have to spend money on something dumb.
5.) When being challenged by some random person that I bump into, they say some really funny stuff and some really weird stuff.
6.) I like my rival's nickname I gave him. I named him Bewb.
7.) I like giving my Pokemon nicknames too!
8.) Cannot wait to get my Cubone and Meowth, but I really don't want to evolve them.
9.) I don't like that I cannot get a Charmander or an Ivysaur because I want them.
10.) $1,000,000 for a bike? Get out of here. Thankfully I got a bike voucher!
11.) I really wanted to see how far I could get through the game with just one Pokemon. I realized that I cannot be THAT trainer. :-/
12.) After I win a match, there's a little tune that plays that I enjoy singing out aloud.
13.) Magickarp... I want to evolve him, but I don't want to.
14.) The moment when you're told that Misty could give you the CUT ability, but then was lied to and found out that she doesn't give you it. Because I can't ask one kid to move out of the way for me to grab an item that I can't get to... Really? You couldn't move for me kid? I beat you in a Pokemon match, I think you should be able to move for me. But you're not because you're going to be THAT person and let me do more work to get to an item, which is most likely going to be useless to me, that I want to get really badly.
15.) My Spearow is named Jakspearow and I cannot stop laughing at it because it fits.
That's my take of Pokemon Blue so far! Be on the look out for an update!
I know that I was slacking a bit with the updates, I really wasn't playing too much except for World of Warcraft and that's about it. Trying to get Twitch to stream my Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm but because I play on a Mac and I can't find helpful links to set up OBS, I'm kinda in a rut.
