A Star on the Rise
By blog on Jun. 13, 2009.
In my last post I wrote of my mounting frustration, nay, mounting fury, at gamers being given less in gaming, in terms of content and value, for the past little while. Well, as a result of that, I attempted to go out and find two games that were unique, high quality, and held an intrinsic high value, which could be based on numerous different aspects. The two that stood out were a brand new one, and one that’s a little older but I never got around to playing.
I will start with the slightly older one, Drawn to Life. Whilst this game didn’t get the greatest score, you will notice on IGN that the average reader rating is a little higher than the press rating. I believe this is because this game will have had slight appeal for some, and great appeal for others. I am somewhere in the middle, but my SO for instance, really enjoys that aspect which I think was the draw-back for many a reviewer, the creation aspect. She played Animal Crossing primarily to make little outfits for her sprite. I picked it up today because of two reasons, one, IGN listed Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter as runner up best platformer at E3, and two, seeing as it has been out a while now, it was quite cheap, so I thought why not? I have only had time to load it up and play a few minutes, so far I have drawn a planet and a forest. Even as someone who is more interested in the platforming, world overview game-play aspects, I still find this fun. I can just imagine the fun someone like my SO is going to have with it.
The other game I picked up today is brand spanking new. The Legend of Starfy, which scored quite well and made the Editor’s Choice list over on IGN. Stafy is a very cute, very ‘Japanese’ little platformer, and Mr Starfy himself is set to become Nintendo’s next big mascot. Platformers aren’t actually my first, or even second probably, choice for games. Sure I like them, but I am more of an RPG fan. But every so often, you can’t beat picking up a game and just pelting through a few levels. Of course, the really, really good platformers are right up there with my all time favorite games, Super Mario World is up on that list, and it pretty much defines the platformer genre. I have only had a chance to load this one up for a couple of minutes, and what I saw was very bright and fun looking. I think children will go absolutely crazy for this game. I am interested to see how it goes, as I know Nintendo’s pulled out some amazing games in their time, and if they think this little star fish could be a new major mascot, then I bet their is some merit to this game.
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