Castle Crashers Demo

From the creators of Newgrounds comes another classic game. In this game you play a knight who seems to be retrieving some sort of crystal that was stolen from your king. This game plays like old time classics like Guantlet Legends, Golden Axe, Final Fight, etc with very cartoony and crude looking graphics.

The graphics comment is not meant to be a slight against the game. I actually love the graphics. I'll be one of the first people to say that good graphics don't make a good game (i.e. Final Fantasy VIII or X). What does make a good game is great game play, and this game has it.

The only thing I don't like about this game is the hit detection. While this is a 3-D game, the hit detection is very 2-D. If you're not aligned perfectly with the enemy, you won't hit them, even though you're swinging a weapon the size of yourself. This is especially evident on the first boss that I came across. He takes up half the screen, but unless I was lined up properly, I couldn't touch him.


Even with the poor hit detection, it doesn't take away from the game. It's a quirk that you learn early and adapt to. It reminds me a lot of Alien Hominid (mainly because it's made by the same guys) and I absolutly loved that game. If you have Xbox Live, download this game, you won't be sorry. As soon as I get the money in my budget, I'm getting the full game.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles My Life as a King

I've decided that I have way too many Xbox 360 demos in here, so I decided to add something from the Wii. FFCC:MLaaK is a game by Square Enix released in WiiWare on the Nintendo Wii. In this game, you play a young king trying to rebuild your homeland. You are accompanied by your loyal servants Hugh Yurg and Chime.

You are travelling, looking for a new place to start your kingdom when you come across a blank slate with a gianormous crystal in the middle of it. The crystal bestows upon you the magic of Architek, which allows you to create buildings from your memories of the old kingdom. When you build houses, it automagically adds people into them.

To build these buildings, you need something called Elementite. To gather it, you must commission the adventurers that live in these buildings. To commision adventurers, you need to pay them. To pay them, you need to collect taxes from your citizens. It's a vicious cycle. You start off with three houses, which is more than enough to pay three adventurers and start off your kingdom.

As you progress, you're able to build more buildings and hire more adventurers. You're also able to upgrade your kingdom through morale spheres. You gain these by talking to your subjects and raising their morale. With each one, you gain more stuffs.

This game plays one part Final Fantasy, two parts Sim City, five parts fun. It's a great game that's bound to keep you entertained for hours. I think it's well worth the 1000 Wii points it costs to download.

Final Fantasy Update

I think it's about time that I update my status. Yep, that makes job number 8 at 75, number 7 for a Maat's cap. Now to buffer Warrior to 10k, take the remaining jobs to 37, and fully merit what I do have and I think I can take Smn to 75 next!