so today, i bidded farewell to my 4 1/2 year old FAT Xbox 360
traded it in at Gamestop and got 46.60 for it. >.>
but i guess it was reasonable since the system's been out a little over 5 years.
wanted to settle in with the new 360. the 360 S (Slim). just the 4GB (w/o kinect) since i wanted to save a little money. sadly, none of the gamestops in town had the 4GB (w/o kinect) so i decided, eff it, lets get the 250 GB. i decided to get it refurbished, and yes i had my doubts since i know gamestop is known for selling shitty refurbished consoles. to my surprise, when i took out the system, everything was packaged as if it was new. the cables and such were sealed in their usual green bag packaging, and the console was packaged with that weird material thing and sealed off to the sides with those foam things. and the controller looked new as well! the power button sticker thing was still on also. srsly wtf! for a refurbished console, it looks damn legit and everything! the reviews on GS's site dont really lie at all (if its a good reference...)
http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=89416
i still have my doubts though, since it IS refurbished, so if it can withstand around 3 weeks, then i'll give gamestop some credit cause this console looks, and so far, works legit
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
SOAB
You DO NOT KNOW how badly i want to do this to my Xbox right now.
so this week has been alright, what with the new semester of college and all. (i have long breaks between classes. ^_^). and like last semester, after class, i usually play a lil xbox here and there. well, i decided on that tuesday with some black ops. unfortunately, blops's framerate was TERRIBLE. played like 2 matches and just decided to turn off the box since i was tired. then at around 2:00 AM Wednesday, i wake up to find my xbox turned on, opening and closing the disc tray by itself. at first, i thought it was some paranormal entity doing it since i had no controller connected/turned on at all. later that day, i decide to figure out the problem. figured it was the power brick, and it was dusty as crap, so i dusted it off. still nothing. thursday, i didnt do anything with it. i just unplugged everything from the damn thing and just waited. finally i tried it this morning and to my surprise it was fine!
FOR 30 DAMN MINUTES.
so i unplugged it again and waited til i was out of class. came back, played some Blazblue, was kicking ass against a n00b who was using Unlimited Makoto, and then BAM! disc tray ejects, i lose connection to the match. FML. right now, i'm leaving it on for a long period of time to see if it'll act up. if it continues, then ima have to wait til i get a new one because this POS i've had for 4.5 years has already RROD'd 3x and it hasn't had any major problems for a little over a year
RIP ****box
Sunday, January 16, 2011
disappointing...
recently i finished playing one of the most disappointing games of 2010
and boy, were the critics right.
initially, i thought it would be a fairly long game (around 6-10 hours long)
man was i wrong...
being the star wars fan that i am, i was really impressed with how The Force Unleashed turned out. the gameplay was fun, it was certainly a challenge, and the story was good. when TFU2 came out, i was, how do you say, doubtful, because it felt like TFU was great enough that i felt it didnt really need a sequel. knowing it was just a simple hack-and-slash action game, i knew i wasn't going to purchase it since those kinds of games are just: play>beat>hardly/never play it again and that's how i usually feel towards those kinds of games.
so i eventually got the chance to fully play TFU2 by borrowing it from a friend. man how disappointed i was.
the game merely took about 5 hours long to complete on medium difficulty. the combat is still the same and fun for a while, but it gets repetitive and boring in the long run and annoying when you die in a hard spot. the story started out good, but it got really cheesy. "I R GONNA FIND MAI LUV. SCREW DA REBELLION! LOLOLLLOLwwwww!!11!oneone!" "YOU KILL MY WAIFU? I KILL YOU NOW!!"
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they focused on the romance way too much and not more about starkiller's cloning.
what disappointed me the most was combination of the length and levels. after the first level, i thought i was gonna go across the galaxy searching for juno while learning more about starkiller's cloning. yeah right. like i said earlier, turns out you were ONLY looking for juno and not caring about yourself. but enough about that, the levels. god were the levels bland. imo, i thought the levels would consist of one of a planet or 2 levels of a planet, repeat. something like TFU. but instead i'm given 3-4(?) levels of the SAME planet and location. as soon as i knew it, i was about finished with the game. all in about 5 hours. DISAPPOINTING. the only thing i can really praise were the sound and visuals. the visuals are gorgeous and the sounds is great. typical star wars fare, which is ALWAYS good. the voice acting was good, but got really cheesy towards the end.
i like star wars and i liked TFU, but TFU2 was one of the most disappointing sequels i've played and the most disappointing star wars game i've played (so far). with only about 5 hours dedicated to the main story, challenges (which are anything but entertaining), and unlockables (which are pretty cool), TFU2 is simply a rent.
6/10
and boy, were the critics right.
initially, i thought it would be a fairly long game (around 6-10 hours long)
man was i wrong...
being the star wars fan that i am, i was really impressed with how The Force Unleashed turned out. the gameplay was fun, it was certainly a challenge, and the story was good. when TFU2 came out, i was, how do you say, doubtful, because it felt like TFU was great enough that i felt it didnt really need a sequel. knowing it was just a simple hack-and-slash action game, i knew i wasn't going to purchase it since those kinds of games are just: play>beat>hardly/never play it again and that's how i usually feel towards those kinds of games.
so i eventually got the chance to fully play TFU2 by borrowing it from a friend. man how disappointed i was.
the game merely took about 5 hours long to complete on medium difficulty. the combat is still the same and fun for a while, but it gets repetitive and boring in the long run and annoying when you die in a hard spot. the story started out good, but it got really cheesy. "I R GONNA FIND MAI LUV. SCREW DA REBELLION! LOLOLLLOLwwwww!!11!oneone!" "YOU KILL MY WAIFU? I KILL YOU NOW!!"
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they focused on the romance way too much and not more about starkiller's cloning.
what disappointed me the most was combination of the length and levels. after the first level, i thought i was gonna go across the galaxy searching for juno while learning more about starkiller's cloning. yeah right. like i said earlier, turns out you were ONLY looking for juno and not caring about yourself. but enough about that, the levels. god were the levels bland. imo, i thought the levels would consist of one of a planet or 2 levels of a planet, repeat. something like TFU. but instead i'm given 3-4(?) levels of the SAME planet and location. as soon as i knew it, i was about finished with the game. all in about 5 hours. DISAPPOINTING. the only thing i can really praise were the sound and visuals. the visuals are gorgeous and the sounds is great. typical star wars fare, which is ALWAYS good. the voice acting was good, but got really cheesy towards the end.
i like star wars and i liked TFU, but TFU2 was one of the most disappointing sequels i've played and the most disappointing star wars game i've played (so far). with only about 5 hours dedicated to the main story, challenges (which are anything but entertaining), and unlockables (which are pretty cool), TFU2 is simply a rent.
6/10
Saturday, January 15, 2011
;_;
dammit...
i feel happy, but sad also
finished, what i believe, is to be one of the best anime series ever made
the sequel to clannad is the first anime to have made me cry.
not once, but TWICE. never have i felt so connected with the characters.
like some minds, we tend to feel sad once we've finished something great, but feel happy as well knowing you experienced something amazing.
for some reason, i want to go back in time and cry again. it felt good letting out your emotions to something you feel well connected to.
i feel happy, but sad also
finished, what i believe, is to be one of the best anime series ever made
the sequel to clannad is the first anime to have made me cry.
not once, but TWICE. never have i felt so connected with the characters.
like some minds, we tend to feel sad once we've finished something great, but feel happy as well knowing you experienced something amazing.
for some reason, i want to go back in time and cry again. it felt good letting out your emotions to something you feel well connected to.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
BB luv
SUCCESS!!!
had a great day in BlazBlue: CS (Continuum Shift)
woke up in the noon, decided to look at some BB vids, and came across a CS2 one w/ Ragna. ****ING RAPE.
decided to try some combos, didnt work out...but i changed my playstyle a bit. no moar rushing!! for now
played score attack for a bit to warm up. FINALLY beat Tager cuz he's a bitch. got up to Jin and ****ing lost. I HATE JIN. soon, played a few player matches. one of the hosts decided to use Tager instead of his main, Litchi
this is what happened (no cap card, for i am poor)
he proceeded to kick me.
>lol umad?
>lol ragna
>lol tager
>lol ragna
his bio said, kubos and tites
i wanted to make a witty Aizen joke, but nothing... :(
after some friendlies, went on to ranked.
WOW! i dont think i lost a single one. i even beat Hazama, one of my worst matchups.
<3 Nii-Saaan~ (Yes he's my main)
had a great day in BlazBlue: CS (Continuum Shift)
woke up in the noon, decided to look at some BB vids, and came across a CS2 one w/ Ragna. ****ING RAPE.
decided to try some combos, didnt work out...but i changed my playstyle a bit. no moar rushing!! for now
played score attack for a bit to warm up. FINALLY beat Tager cuz he's a bitch. got up to Jin and ****ing lost. I HATE JIN. soon, played a few player matches. one of the hosts decided to use Tager instead of his main, Litchi
this is what happened (no cap card, for i am poor)
he proceeded to kick me.
>lol umad?
>lol ragna
>lol tager
>lol ragna
his bio said, kubos and tites
i wanted to make a witty Aizen joke, but nothing... :(
after some friendlies, went on to ranked.
WOW! i dont think i lost a single one. i even beat Hazama, one of my worst matchups.
<3 Nii-Saaan~ (Yes he's my main)
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