Review - Spiro: Dawn of the Dragon

First Thoughts -- I CAN FLY!!!!!! :D
I can't fly? What's with the flight system here?
I CAN fly. Or at least here I can, but not over there. ?
I can play as Cynder? YES!!!!!!!
Hey look, Hunter is back! He's been gone sense day... A long time ago!

Story line -- although a little too cheesy, it's surprisingly attaching. Even my brother, who is very dark-toned and evil, liked it. However, some quests are illogical and idiotic, and some are obviously only in the game to fill up blank spots.

Gameplay -- Larger, more free levels then the past Spiro games, the breath types are improved and overall much cooler, and the flying bit is a huge plus. Also, Armor is available, and it actually shows up on your dragon (playing as a dragon is also a big plus) and gives nice bonus stats. The game can be played in 2 player co-op, I played along with my brother.

Sound -- This is one part of the game I dislike. Even the voiceovers sound cheesy. Cynder sounds too girly, Spiro sounds like a dork, Sparx sounds like a BIGGER dork and everyone else sounds stupid. However, the music is dramatic and inspiring, and it makes many levels what they are. (The music was taken form older games that didn't make good use of them.)

Graphics -- Classic Spiro cartoon. Obviously fantasy and not real, but good enough to keep you entertained.

Controls -- Uses a Wii remote, not a good thing. Controls are sometimes erratic and unreliable. Camera is always at the wrong angle.

Entertainment -- although some parts are cheesy and/or illogical, this game is very entertaining and I would recommend it to
anyone who pays attention to game story lines. However, extreme boredom will result from finishing the game as all other games will seem drama-less and dull.

Over all rating - 8.5 or 9. Some things could be changed, but the dramatic, climactic story makes up for almost all bugs.

Review - Sonic Unleashed

First thought -- Hey cool, Sonic is getting the snot beat out of him. He deserves it.
Hey cool, he turned in to a (slightly) cool werewolf thing.
.... .... ....
Why are his arms stretching 400 miles? That looks idiotic.
Is that annoying pesky rat-with-fairy-wings my sidekick?!?!?! *gouges eyes out*

Storyline -- I don't know, I'm not going to torture myself by playing through the whole thing.

Gameplay -- No hub. No finding the levels in a hub. No Chao. The levels are horrible. Everything is even more strait forward then
Sonic Adventure Battle 2. You can ONLY play as Sonic, granted in some levels he is the stretchy-armed "Werehog" of
doom. Those levels are 75% useless fights with ugly enemies, 24% stretching your ugly arms to grab poles and 1%
fun. The levels as regular sonic are slightly more interesting, with the classic "run as fast as you can" base of game
play. Unfortunately, you need to collect rings to go anywhere near "fast" and its all very cheap and almost 2D.
Bosses are frustrating and have to be fought while running on a strait path.

Sound -- I don't know who did the voiceovers, but whoever did needs to have the snot beaten out of him. Sonic sounds like
more of an idiot then he really is, and thats hard. Chip, your sidekick, doesn't really help except when he flies in front
of you, you often go faster, because you are tempted to strangle him. He is supposed to be cute and funny but all he
does is tick you off with his infuriating voice.
And then there's Eggman. At one point in time, he sounded good enough and I didn't get tempted to strangle him
whenever I saw him. Whatever happened to those days?

Graphics -- A bad attempt of good graphics. In other words, just plain horrible.

Controls -- I used a Gamecube controller, but you can use Gameube, Wii/Nunchuck or Wii Classic. Overall controls are fine.

Entertainment -- If you where lost in the desert with only this game to play for entertainment, you would rather entertain
yourself by counting how many buzzards are waiting for a meal in the sky around you.

Overall rating - 10!!! No, just kidding, 5. Maybe 4.5. This game sucks.

Huston, we have a problem.

I have stopped playing WoW as a lifestyle. I might pop on for a couple minutes, but the pure un-epicness of it is frusterating. I could save the world and the only person that will recognize me for it is that questgiver, and only for as long as that quest lasts. Then some other player will save the world too, and another, and another. Wait, I was the hero right? Nooo, you and all of these OTHER people!

Sigh.

Not saying WoW isn't fun. It just gets boring.(Edit.) Rejoice that I will not post about WoW. Maybe I will post game reviews of games I have recently played....

Random Thought

One reason I post about World of Warcraft instead of Real Life;
In World of Warcraft, a decision you might make at some point in time would be, "Should I fight my way in to the depths of this dungeon and reap the great rewards, or should I just skip the whole place and live without the rewards?"

In real life, a decision could be, "Do I like frozen peas better boiled or cooked in the microwave?"
No seriously. Tonight at dinner time, THAT was a decision I made. (And by the way, I like my frozen peas boiled. >.<)

End of random thought.

Lightfur is 80 and flying

80. And in Epic flight form. Sweet....

Epic flying is a must in Northerend. Travaling and doing quests is so much easier now that I don't have to fight my way in and out of every place I go. Now, leveling Vallrok (75 atm), I learned how much I miss flying.

Oh, and you know how I said I hated Loque'nahak? Well, the same thing happened with him that happened with Springpaw Stalkers. I used to hate them, now I love them. I am. SO. weird. So I think Vall is going to try and find that beast, and also level at the same time, because getting to 80 for him is a big objective. Crocoslime!!!!!

AND. All of my hunters are now BM. Survival is a great spec, but I can't stand having my pet always loose aggro! (And now I can tame just about anything. :-/)
THats all.

Rassaa 70

Rassaa has hit level 70!
My bro was racing me on his DK, but I wasn't really racing HIM. I was taking my time leveling through SMV and, suprisingly, Netherstorm. As I neered 70, the bro got a bit more desperete to level and was grinding away on random mobs. I took my sweet time doing some fun little quests and leveling my pets, and what do you know... Ding! The bro starts swearing at me and I start grinning.

Anyhow. I got a really nice Gryphon, (I never knew how much I would love Gryphens.. *beam of light strikes down on one with a holy noise*) and moved to Northerend pretty much imedietly. Borean Tundra is great, and I got nearly two stacks of Cobalt in a couple of hours of questing.

Along the way I was in Stormwind, and I saw someone with that new pet, Loque'nahak. Now, I never really wanted the beast, but liked the way it looked, or so I thought...
No offence to anyone who likes the beasts looks, but I think it's just about the ugliest thing sense Rhinos. It's skin is too tight on it's body, it's back legs are too thin, head's too large, tail too long... I can go on and on. In my taste, Snow Leopards beat Loque'nahak. [EDIT] I now like how Loque'nahak looks.

Oh well. That's one pet off my tame list. (I was never going to tame him anyway.. He's EXOTIC. Grrr.) Enough ranting yet? I'll leave you with a pretty pic, then.

I have a cold.

Thats pretty much the sum of it.

/cough /hack /cough

Oh, and Rassaa is level 68 almost 69. Skipped Blades Edge, most of Nagrand, Netherstorm will probubly go untouched. Working on making some awesome epic goggles, I only need a couple more Eternium Ore!
And finely, I am thinking about making WoW lol cats, but I'm not all that funny, so its up to anyone who is funny to think up puns and all that. The fjords, I suppose.
(That was a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference. Laugh.)