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Harvest Moon If you keep getting the message that you should listen to all of the villagers, try checking in the back room of the market. Nina should be in there. She's the one I usually forget.
Zupapa! Great old school Arcade title
Memory Card - 8 MB This is "very rare"? o_O
King of Kings, The They did the impossible: Make a good console game based on the Bible. Also a good Christmas game. These guys were on fire! lol
Santa Claus Saves the Earth I have to disagree with what seems to be popular opinion. I played through it all for myself, and it isn't all that bad, considering it's theme.
ToeJam & Earl Easily the best game on the Genesis. Everyone should play this game in multiplayer at least once in their life.
Harvest Moon Press A to harvest or pick up items. It's assigned to the X key by default, I believe.

Eirinn's Last 5 Game Reviews (view last 25)
Race The Sun
04-24-17 09:37 PM
An Unremarkable Race
Allow me to preface this review by saying that Race The Sun is, to my understanding, a mobile game that made it's way to the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, and probably several other systems.

Initially I was unsure as to how I felt about mobile games landing on consoles or even handhelds, but over time I decided that it wasn't necessarily a bad thing, so long as the games were good. The question remains though: is Race The Sun a good game?



Graphics:
5/10
Average.

Can any other word properly describe a minimalist approach to graphics that's so minimalistic that it ignores the usage of textures, shaders, and even, with precious little exception, colors?

Now don't take the "Average" as me saying that Race The Sun is on par with other PS4 games, because it isn't even close enough to joke about that. Nor should the word average be taken as me saying that the game is graphically on par with other indie games on the PS4, because it isn't. Average here means that it's plain. Nothing makes anything in the game stand out visually, and at the same time nothing in it is bad enough to say th at the graphics are bad. They're plain, yes. They're unengaging, to be sure. And they're also lacking in appeal, definition, and any real design most of the time. They're almost all just basic geometrical shapes that you could find preprogrammed in a 3D design system like Blender, but they all work in the game.

Literally nothing in this game is aesthetically pleasing to the eye, but also true is that literally nothing in this game is aesthetically offensive. It's just there. Not good. Not bad. Just plain.


While the appearance of the game, from objects to powerups and even effects, was meant to be simple and without definition, it isn't something that I can rate up. On the flipside however, I cannot rate it down for doing this intentionally. That would be like me downrating Su... Read the rest of this Review
Flower
04-22-17 10:21 PM
A Rose By Any Other Name
NOTE: I am reviewing the PS Vita version of the game, but they all play the same. The only difference being that the console versions utilize the motion controls of the Dualshock, whereas the Vita version requires moving the entire system. This is both a pro and a con for the Vita version as moving the system makes you feel more immersed since your personal perspective is altered with the movement, but it also requires you to follow the screen around unlike using the Dualshock.
Aside from this minor change, the experience is the same across platforms.


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Flower is a game about... well no, it isn't really a game, it's an art about... no, that doesn't work either... It's an interactive painting with... Oh forget it.


Graphics:
9/10
Excellent.

Alright, so this isn't exactly my way of saying that the graphics are crazy sharp, or that they stand up against another for realism or brilliant art design. No, these aren't anything special in that regard, but what they are is pretty. You control the wind and carry a flower petal that flies past other flowers and blooms them, collecting one petal from each of them as you do so. Before long you have a swirling mass of petals that float along behind your starting petal, and that swirling tail is always made up of different colors which is as pretty as it sounds, especially on a Vita's OLED screen where everything is super rich. It looks good on any screen, it just looks best on that OLED.


Then there's the environments themselves: the deep greens of the revived grass, the floating light particles, and just the environment as a whole. It looks great in a relaxing and just pretty kind of way. It's also a nice touch that everything starts out plain and lifeless, and ends up lush, vibrant, and colorful as you revive the area by opening more flowers. The whole level is basically a canvas to paint on.

... Read the rest of this Review
Nihilumbra
04-16-17 08:41 PM
A Potentially Life Changing Experience, Disguised As A Simple Game
NOTE: I'll be reviewing the PlayStation Vita version of this game, but it's also available on Steam and Android, and possibly more. The overall experience should be pretty much the same across all platforms, minus the controls.

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Nihilumbra is a game that I can honestly say is unlike any other that I've ever played. It's a unique experience that has to be seen first hand to truly appreciate, given the concept of it's narrative. However, lest I spoil the rest of the review before it even gets started, let's move on to the ratings.



Graphics:
9/10
Excellent.

Nihilumbra is a 2D side scrolling puzzle platformer, and as such it doesn't exactly readily lend itself to beautiful displays of graphical feats, but the developers did manage to achieve just that.


The graphics here are smooth. Like, really, really smooth. So much so that I can't even tell whether they're pixel art or hand drawn. Now I can appreciate great pixel art graphics, but even with great pixel art you can usually tell it's pixel art. I've only seen one game that managed to pull of pixel art so smoothly that it was nearly impossible to tell it was pixel art due to an almost complete lack of jagged, rough edges, or poorly rounded items, but if indeed this game is made with pixel art, then I've found two.


Moving on from that however, we come to the design. It's one thing to have great graphics assets, but it's another thing entirely to use them well. Many are the games that look nice, but lack any real atmosphere, but Nihilumbra isn't one of those games. Nihilumbra takes that beautifully rendered imagery and utilizes it in ways that make it an atmospheric presentation that you won't soon forget.

The environments begin cold and dark, change to just plain dark, then it turns hot and dark, and so on. But yes, it remains mostly dark throughout, and that's exactly... Read the rest of this Review
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection
04-09-17 10:54 PM
One Of The Best Experiences In Gaming
Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection is a collection of all three Uncharted games released for the PlayStation 3, remastered for the PlayStation 4. Now let me give a quick disclaimer here: I have never played any of these titles on the PlayStation 3, so I cannot compare the remastered versions to them. Instead I will compare them to other PlayStation 4 games.

I won't take much time with the formalities here since there are three games to review, and each varies considerably from the other in most areas, so I'll try to be as all encompassing as I can on all of them without dwelling too long on any one of them.


Overall Graphics:
9/10
Excellent.


Graphics for Uncharted: Drake's Fortune:
8/10
Exceptional.

I was very happy with the graphics in this game, and with it being my first Uncharted on console, and one of my first high end AAA games on PS4, I was also impressed with what I saw (and I still am, despite having seen better graphics in the others). Had I reviewed this one before playing the others, I would have given a 10, doubtless.


The characters all look great, super smooth, good animations in game and cutscene alike. However, the characters are where my two point deduction for graphics comes into play. The mouths seem ever so slightly out of sink, at least at the beginning of the game. This was noticeable from the first time I saw the opening scene and it was a little offputting, but it was acceptable given how good everything looked otherwise. Furthermore, I cannot say that I ever noticed this later in the game, though it could very well be just as bad later on and I may have overlooked it because by that time I was so engrossed with the game that I failed to notice. I've played through it three or four times now and still haven't noticed it if it's there, but I won't rule it out as a possibility.

Next, they look a little too smooth and polished. It isn'... Read the rest of this Review
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
04-07-17 09:13 PM
The Uncharted of Us
My apologies for the length, but I couldn't trim this down while doing the game justice. I tried.



Uncharted 4 brought about the end to a long running and well loved game series about the adventures of Nathan Drake and friends. It brought us an entire crew of loveable characters along with a few we wish we could forget, but Naughty Dog refuses to let us *cough*Lost Legacy*cough*.

The series is known for it's intense action sequences, witty dialogue, and of course, it's parkour elements. There's always climbing. Much climbing. The formula is a tried and true one, and various elements of it have evolved over the course of the series, sometimes for better, and sometimes for worse, but all of the console iterations are worth at least one play, if not several.

So when it was announced that there would be an Uncharted 4, and that it would be not only the final Uncharted (which, surprise, it wasn't), but it would also be subtitled "A Thief's End", everyone began speculating as to whether or not this could mean that the legendary (those who have finished 4 will get that reference) treasure hunting hero in thief's clothing would meet his end. And I am here to tell you that...you have to find out for yourself because I'm not allowed to spoil the story.



Graphics: 10/10
Incredible.

It was an undisputed claim by Naughty Dog that this game had the best graphics of any [console] game ever at the time of it's release, and a year later I still have to stand in awe at what they accomplished here. However, there were a few things that left me less than impressed, but only because of how great everything else is.


So let's start with the characters: they look great, at times looking more like actors than video game characters. I found myself taking screenshots at different points just to capture the detail that a certain camera angle or area lighting highlited. If there are better look... Read the rest of this Review

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Eirinn's Game History
Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town (gba),   Cameltry (US, YM2610) (mame),   Bomberman '94 (tg),   Spider-Man vs. the Kingpin (sms),   Spider-Man - Return of the Sinister Six (sms),   Spider-Man 2 (gba),   Aladdin (snes),   Aladdin (snes),   Aladdin (snes),   Sunset Riders (snes),   Super Mario RPG - Legend of the Seven Stars (snes),   Mega Man X (snes),   Mega Man X (snes),   Mega Man 7 (snes),   Mega Man 7 (snes),   Scooby-Doo Mystery (snes),   Scooby-Doo Mystery (snes),   Donkey Kong Country (snes),   Donkey Kong Country (snes),   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV - Turtles in Time (snes),   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV - Turtles in Time (snes),   Zombies Ate My Neighbors (snes),   Zombies Ate My Neighbors (snes),   Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (snes),   Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (snes),   Lion King, The (snes),   Lion King, The (snes),   Scooby-Doo Mystery (snes),   Scooby-Doo Mystery (snes),   Lion King, The (snes),   Lion King, The (snes),   Lion King, The (snes),   Lion King, The (snes),   Aladdin (snes),   Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (snes),   Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (snes),   Zombies Ate My Neighbors (snes),   Zombies Ate My Neighbors (snes),   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV - Turtles in Time (snes),   Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV - Turtles in Time (snes),   Super Metroid (snes),   Donkey Kong Country (snes),   Donkey Kong Country (snes),   Mega Man X (snes),   Mega Man X (snes),   Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi\'s Island (snes),   Mega Man X (snes),   Mega Man X (snes),   Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (snes),   Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (snes),  
 
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