The kind people over at Lionhead have released a new developer diary. This developer diary is packed full of the voice actors/actresses talking about their experience with the game and giving you a few tidbits of their voice work in game. Some of the actors featured include John Cleese, “Sir” Ben Kingsley, Zoe Wanamaker and quite a bit more.
Last gen you couldn’t go a year without at least five Japanese RPGs coming out. However, these days they are quite rare. In fact this generation alone I’m sure you can count the number of JRPGs with your hands (if not just one). However we have gotten a few gems out of the genre this generation, and I have to say Lost Odyssey is one of the good ones. It can almost be said that Lost Odyssey is the true Final Fantasy XIII. Sure it lacks the innovation that Final Fantasy XIII brought to the table, but it the soul of the series. Something Lost Odyssey seems to have inherited.
Starting off “The Game Feast” this year is a title known as Hydrophobia. I’ve been quite interested in the game ever since I found out about it a few months back. It had an interesting premise, and just the title alone evoked a sense of mystery, though I had many doubts involving the quality of the game mainly because I’d heard nothing about it. Apart from the occasional press release, the only thing we had to go on was the eight or so screenshots released for the game months ago. There seems to be a reason for that.
DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue is a curious case—and not just because it has the word thong in the title. It’s interesting because the original DeathSpank was released only two months ago and now we already have a full blown sequel on our hands. This isn’t DLC for the original, nor is this an expansion pack, this is a complete second stand alone game. It’s pretty rare for a developer to release episodic content so quickly. So while this may not be advertised as such, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue is very much our DeathSpank: Episode 2.
Hockey is a sport that has always intrigued me. From an outsider looking in perspective, it’s always been intriguing. The hits were brutal, the scores were intense, and the fan interaction was through the roof, which is something you don’t see as much of in other sports. But once I finally watched a game, it was like soccer but with pretty ice and actual men that can take a hit. Those two things are sadly not enough to keep me watching for two and a half hours. That being said, I’ve been quite a fan of NHL in the past years. It’s been one of the most innovative sports series out there and it made a mildly boring sport into a frantic, fast-paced blast.
Kinect is releasing in the next few months and while I’m an “Xbox Guy,” this doesn’t mean that I’m necessarily excited for it. I know I’m not the only one not excited for it, but I definitely see potential, though the potential seems to fade after every game announcement I see.
Not to be content with the announcement of X-23 and Tron Bonne at the Tokyo Game Show, Capcom announced two more characters for the long-awaited Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. The characters, Wesker (of Resident Evil fame) and Spiderman, are welcome editions to the roster. Fan-favorite Spiderman and Wesker were announced with a gameplay video that shows how the characters fight.
