Well. This is a unique situation.
I honestly can’t
remember the last time something like this happened, if at all. I’ve managed to finish two games -- two GREAT
games, I might add -- within about a day of each other. Metal
Gear Rising: Revengeance and Xenoblade
Chronicles are both notches on my belt now, and it’s only natural that I
give them both proper Let’s Discuss posts.
Problem is, I don’t know which one to tackle first.
On the one hand, I’ve
been putting Xenoblade off for months
now (for reasons I still can’t explain (besides laziness)), and having finished
it I feel like I need to go over bits and pieces of it. On the other hand, Revengeance is so damn good that even if it is on the short side, I’m
already thinking of playing through it again…and since finishing it, the game’s
been on my mind for an almost-unhealthy amount of time. Either way, both games are much-needed
respites from schlock like Final Fantasy
13-2 and DmC, and have helped
give my palate a full scrub-down. And it’s
quite possible that these games -- one or even BOTH -- are good enough to make
it into my personal and currently hypothetical Top Ten. The only way to know for sure is to get these
things written up and posted here on Cross-Up.
But which one gets the
first swing? Well, I think I’ll leave
that up to you all.
Here’s what we’re going
to do. Whoever comments first on this post gets to decide which game will get
a Let’s Discuss post first. What
will it be? One of the greatest JRPGs of
this generation? Or the action game
primed to become one of 2013’s best? It’s
all in your hands, readers -- so make it count!
Decide the
destiny! FIGHT!
Gear up, format your Codec, and get that blade absurdly sharp. It's Metal Gear Rising time.
ReplyDeleteYou got it, Grahf. Rising it is.
ReplyDeleteDarn. Commented too late. Even then, I'd be torn between the two as well.
ReplyDeleteSince it looks like you'll be tackling it, I look forward to Metal Gear Rising.
I'd almost argue that my upcoming post (or posts -- hard to say how long the end file will be) is almost redundant. I'm not going to say that Revengeance is the greatest game ever, but I will say that it's an important game for a number of reasons. Supporting it means supporting developer Platinum Games, whose example more people in the industry need to follow.
ReplyDeleteFor now I'll say this: one of the basic gameplay mechanics is the ability to run at double your normal speed, tuck yourself into a low baseball slide, knock an enemy off their feet, then activate your slow-motion cutting ability to slice apart foes while they hover helplessly above you, thereby allowing you to rip out their spine and crush it in your hand.
I think I love this game.