Saturday, September 7, 2013

The Second Runner

 Just finished ZoE II. Jesus christ, still one of my favorite videogames ever. While not Top 10, definitly Top 15. Regardless, tomorrow I'm run through ZoE 1 and Zoe 2 again, skipping cutscenes, and getting all the unlockables, then write the review.
 Goddamn, ZoE II is so epic. The battleships scene is one of the most epic set pieces in GAMING. Few moments ever come close to the epicness and badassery that that scene alone entails. And right after that? A HUGE WAR ON THE DESSERT. The Ships scene is hard as balls, by the way, even on normal, so after those two scenes? Jehuty power ups, and then you get to mow down through enemies with 0-Shift. Zero Shift is the tool that makes you feel like a badass. At the press of a button, you instantly move behind your targeted enemy and you can crush'em down before they even know what hit them. It's way more badass than it sounds.
 And how do you top that off? How about fighting on a broken Jehuty against the big bad while you are both being transported at extremely high speed towards a satellite? Damn right. It's a game that after it gets going, it doesn't ever let up. While I'm still bummed about Konami cancelling ZoE III, in a way I'm glad... there is no possible way of ZoE III ever topping ZoE II. It's that good. I seriously can't say enough good things about ZoE II.
 So yeah, ZoE II truly stands the test of time, actually, this videogame generation was so lackluster and filled with "Give me your money for stuff that should have been there from the start" that it's not surprising at all. So... yeah, Archile out.


PS: I finally bought Kingdoms of Amalur. Got tired of waiting for the "Complete Edition", and the demos was extremely fun. Not ZoE II kind of extreme, but I digress.

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