Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (GAME)

358/2 Days is the 4th Kingdom Hearts game, now featuring Roxas during the year Sora was awake, and Roxas was in the organization.


One of the things I noticed about the game was that the dialog and story is a lot more matured, which is a good thing. Hopefully more KH games in the future will be like this, matured and more story-based.
Most characters are likable, with the exception of Larxene... Still though, most characters play great, and they're great in story mode. My favorite Organization member aside from Roxas and Xion has got to be Xigbar. He just has some hilarious quotes, just like Demyx.

Of course though, what's a game based solely on story when there's still gameplay? Well sadly I can't say it's improved from KH2 really, because it isn't. One bad thing I have to say it that there's NO new levels. I mean, come on, that's just lazy. I can only play around the same levels so many times. But whatever, despite no new levels it's PS2 game on DS, and it's done great. Seriously, the graphics are AMAZING for a DS game, a few times it slows down here and there, but it's still great. And hey, at least the combat's not cards, right?

And lastly, the music for the game is always living up to KH standards. It's great as always, with my personal favorite "Xion Theme".

Overall: 9/10
Comments: No new levels is a major downfall, but story, character, and gameplay is basically what makes the game.

9 (MOVIE)

9 is short. So short it's almost hard to review it. You can't exactly get into the characters because it's so short. But here I go and try.

Okay the basic plot of the movie is that there was a war against machines, machine's won, scientist creates rag dolls to help save the world.

Well there's 9 of them, of course, and sadly, only 5 are actually likable. Seriously, if you're making a movie, try to actually have characters that you can actually care about. 1's a douche bag, 2 is barely in it, 3 and 4 are cool, but don't talk, 5 is actually likable, 6 is INSANE, 7's badass, 8 is just stupid, and 9 isn't a great hero, but he's cool.

The voice acting isn't anything spectacular, Elijah Wood and John C. Reilly did a great job worth mentioning though.

So I guess I could just keep going on saying everything is good, but not phenomenal, the music is good, but I wasn't exactly going out too buy the soundtrack.

Bottom line, it's good, but it's a disappointment because it could've been so much better if it was longer.
7/10

Dissidia Final Fantasy (GAME)

Dissidia is a must need for PSP owners. If you love Final Fantasy, get it, don't even stop and think about it. If you don't, still get it, it shouldn't be missed out.

Dissidia brings back the main heroes/villains from the first 10 games, and 2 hidden characters. One from 11 and one from 12. They're brought together from a conflict between Cosmos and Chaos, light and darkness. And for a PSP game, it's huge. There are 22 characters too play as, 24 levels to go too, and a huge story mode. There's just so much to do.

Even though it's a huge game, there are a few things to say. The graphics are great, but in cutscenes the expressions on the faces look... well, bad.
But it really makes up for it in voice acting and gameplay. All of the voice acting is just great. Everyone is top notch.

Gameplay is extremely fun, you'll find yourself playing for a long time, I haven't tried online, but I can see that being really, really fun. Bottom line, it's great fun.

Another thing is, even though there's plenty of characters, some feel a lot better than others. Everything should be evened out, but there's just plenty of characters that feel unfair. For example, Golbez. He's not slow, he's strong, but he nearly always get you. He just doesn't seem fair. Chaos is also really evened out. He's not playable, and he's only a boss, but when you fight him he's extremely strong, fast, and he can attack you from almost anywhere, in the small area you're in.

Overall: 9/10

Funny People

Funny People isn't what you'd expect. With Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen you're most likely expecting a hilarious comedy, but instead what you're really getting is a drama with humor put in at times. But that being said, it's not a bad thing, it's actually a good thing.

One thing about the movie that it was longer than I expected, it was around two and a half hours long, while some points not holding my attention. For example, George and Ira at Laura's house seemed to drag on just a little too much, and a lot of other scenes could've been cut down.

The movie is written and directed by Judd Apatow so you're going to get really likable characters, that are really funny. Maybe not ALWAYS hilarious in the movie, the comedy scenes are really good. Adam Sandler plays George perfectly, him acting doesn't seem like a movie, it seems real. Seth Rogen also fits his role, the guy who hopes too be a comedian, with the help of George, while Ira helps George himself.

One small thing I'll add before ending this review was there were a lot of great cameos in this movie. Norm McDonald, Ray Romano, Andy Dick, and Justin Long are a few to name. Those are the only cameos I really loved, but I had too mention it.

Overall: 7/10
Pros: Surprisingly sad, funny when it wants too be, everyone is lovable
Cons: Perhaps a bit too long

GAME: No More Heroes

No More Heroes follows the story of Travis Touchdown, trying to be the #1 assassin there is, killing everyone who gets in his way.

Story/Characters. The game has a funny story, with very lovable characters. Every character is crazy, but that's what's so great about them. Travis kills all these people so he can have sex with Sylvia, and so he can get paid, as well as other people just killing for the hell of it. Each voice actor pulls off the role perfectly.

Gameplay. Killing the enemies in the game is fun, and very brutal. It's a little repetitive, but still very fun. Although one thing about the gameplay is the world you get to explore. It's made terribly. You can't interact with anything besides your bike, falling off your bike is really annoying and happens frequently, doing side jobs is boring, and it takes up a lot of the game. As for the graphics, they're just great. Cel-shaded graphics are fantastic, there's nothing wrong with it.

Music. The game's theme song is so eerie sounding, and mysterious, and it's really catchy at first. But then it goes on in the game way to much. If you're not fighting a boss, this song will play with a different tempo, and it gets annoying. But the boss battle songs are amazing, so I guess that makes up for it.

Overall: 7.5

Pros: Funny, great characters, killing enemies is some of the most fun in a game, great boss battles with great music
Cons: Theme song is played too often, open world just really sucks, paying for each mission

Last Comments: Playing the actual game is great, but the open-world has too big of a part of the game

GAME: Shadow The Hedgehog

Shadow The Hedgehog was what started the rain of bad Sonic games. Everyone knows Sonic. He's a video game icon. Everybody loved him. But now, if you like a Sonic game, you should visit a doctor because there's something wrong with you. I mean, this game is in the Sonic universe, but not about Sonic. But who really thought of this idea? Let's give Shadow guns! Because that's cool! But I guess this review isn't about the history of Sonic, it's about Shadow and this game.


Story/Characters. The story is Shadow wakes up with no memory of his past, except brief images of a girl named Maria. After meeting Black Doom, he realizes the way to remember his past is too collect the chaos emeralds. Not really a new concept, and not executed well, put in with boring really annoying characters. Seriously, the game's slogan is Hero or Villain? You Decide. But the majority of the time you'll play as "normal" A.K.A neither. The heroes have really annoying personalities, but with annoying voice actors. They're all annoying. But than again, the villains over-act. They have to deepen their voices so much to make you know they're evil. I mean, shouldn't you just KNOW they're evil by looking at them?

Gameplay. Playing this game is really annoying. The controls are bad, guns are a stupid idea for a Sonic related game, the jumping is bad, there's too many enemies, the Hero vs Villain thing is executed terribly, and the graphics suck. I really don't understand this Hero or Villain thing. Several times when I was on the evil side I was shot at by my own team. Hell, I was shot at by everyone. It's just really annoying when everyone's trying to kill you. The game has too much going on. And for the graphics, sure, it was back in 2005, but in 2005 there were plenty of games with good graphics for it's time. Hell, Metal Gear Solid 3 was released a year earlier, Final Fantasy X was released 4 years earlier. I don't get it. I figure the developers were just lazy.

Music. As far as Sonic games go, the music is usually one of the only good things about them, and I guess the music was passable. Some of the songs suck, some of them are great.

Overall: 4/10
Pros:Okay music, Shadow is kinda cool

Cons: Annoying characters, bad controls, shooting is terrible, poorly executed story, terrible graphics, bad voice acting, seriously, who thought a Sonic related game with guns would be a GOOD idea?

MOVIE: American Beauty

American Beauty is about Lester Burnham, a depressed father who decides to change his life after meeting his daughter's attractive friend.

Story/Characters. The story is inntriguing, with an odd concept, and it's pulled off very well. Almost every character in the movie was lovable. Ricky Fitts (Wes Bentlly) was the odd character who is just so odd he's interesting. Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is the character who just tells everybody in the movie what they don't want too hear, but the way he says it so casually is great. He's such a jerk, and he's so great. Every character was pulled off great.

The Music. For this movie, the music wasn't something I really payed attention to, but for some scenes when I heard it, I enjoyed it. I wouldn't say it was the best choice, but the songs were good.

Overall: 8.5/10

Pros: Each actor pulls off their characters great, funny, There needs to be more characters like Lester, great ending

Cons: Carolyn is just annoying.