UPDATE: Shorties

Heyo! It's me (please don't sing Adele's hello right now) again. This time, I'll make things short in here, just like my ongoing work entitled Shorties (A collection of short stories). Please do give my work a read. At the meantime, the work has three parts. Three parts, three different short stories.

And also, please share and recommend it to others. It helps me out a lot. :D

To read the stories, click the link here: Shorties (A collection of short stories)

I'll keep the upcoming stories posted, including its short synopsis. This will help you keep updated for my stories, and help me to become more active in here and maintain my blog.

Thank you in advance, my dear readers. TUN out!

Review: To The Moon

Wow! I can't believe that I'm writing here again. It's like... the first time in 6 months! I hope that this blog of mine is not yet left in the attic, in the dust. Anyways, I welcome back myself on this blog of mine. I don't know what really happened that made me absent for a long time. but yeah, here I am again, and I will try to become active in here too. And also, I am thinking of changing my blog name. It's because I thought that the future contents (such as game reviews, and updates to my writing stuff) will not live up to the name. So yeah... guess that for my intro here. Now, onto the main business here.

Also, be warned. This review might contain some spoilers so, if you have read this far and haven't played the game or watch any Let's plays of the title, then I'm going to ask you, kindly, that you must leave at once.

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To The Moon. An indie game that is made by Freebird Games that I originally discovered from PewDiePie. I watched the first part, then didn't continue to watch it since I want to uncover the story by playing it myself. I didn't add it onto my wishlist until I discovered the bundled release of the game, with its 2 Minisodes and the original soundtrack. Then here, a friend of mine asking what me, and my other friend want from Steam and he will get it for us as a Christmas present (and also, taking advantage of the Steam sales at the time). I said that he get me this game, with its bundle, then I'm good. And guess what, I'm going for a right decision this time. It is a story of Johnny, a dying patient, his memories being uncovered by two doctors, and his wish of going to the moon.

Story. On a serious note, I am so mixed with too many emotions here as I uncover the story of the game. It's really a roller coaster of feelings. You'll laugh at this part, tear up at this part (Yeah, seriously. I'm going to warn you that have some tissues ready, or handkerchief, or towel, or anything that will help you wipe the tears in your eye. Don't make an excuse for having dusts in your eyes, unless you're playing it in the middle of the desert), and get confused at that part. Also, what I also love about this is that it contains too many plot twists. The characters are too easily to be loved. Dr. Watts and his "amazing" style that could consider him also a village idiot; Dr. Eva, the most serious one and the one that makes Dr. Watts "kill all the joy"; and the couple: Johnny and River, with their love story that the players will fall in love with. Overall, the story is so sweet and good that makes the players shed a single tear in the game.

Gameplay. The game is rather simple for it's storytelling, but I find it perfect for the storytelling. Nothing else to be told about the gameplay since the game is more on storytelling rather than playing the game itself. Let's make it short: an interactive novel. That's all. Also, I love the references made in this game.

Music. Let me sum all up in seven words: Oh. My. God. This. Is. So. Beautiful. And yes, I meant it. I exaggerated it because Goddamn, it is really true that the soundtrack of the game is truly beautiful. And yes. The soundtrack made me tear up so badly just by listening it. Most notable titles are: For River, it has 2 versions, one is played by Sarah and Tommy, and the other is played by Johnny, and yes, I recommend both versions; To The Moon - Main Theme, oh who would not get goosebumps as this one greets you when it introduces you to the title screen; and last, and definitely not least, Trailer Theme Part 2 (feat. Laura Shigihara), oh who wouldn't tear up when this one played in the trailer? Matching with Laura Shigihara's (To those who doesn't know her, she is famously known for singing and composing the ending song for Plants vs. Zombies, also composing the music and sounds of the said game) soothing and relaxing voice on the said song. Oh man. THE FEELS ARE SO GODDAMN REAL! Overall, I think this part doesn't need an overall. I mean... I've explained it. All of it. And it's up to other players if my verdict on this so wrong. And all that I could say is... Heavenly. Shout out to Kan Gao's and Laura Shigihara's beautiful collaboration for the soundtrack of this game. It is so heavenly, as what I have said before. Another thing is that you could own a copy of the OSTs if you bought the bundle on Steam.

SCORE:
Story: 10/10
Gameplay: 10/10
Music: 10/10

Overall: 10/10

No bias here. Because this game, It is perfect in its own way.

Is it recommendable? I think you know my answer. It's yes. Most recommendable for those players who wanted some story rich and extraordinary adventure. it is recommendable for those who wants a game that has beautiful OSTs on it.

This concludes my review about To the Moon.

To end the review, here's a quote from River which I find it so relatable since we like the stars in the sky:



TUN out.

UPDATE: Completed.

Hello once again, guys! Sorry for not posting here these past few days and weeks. But, my reason is quite good for everyone to understand why I didn't post here. First of all, I am writing my story which I will post it to Wattpad. And this morning, around 4:00AM, I have finished it.

As what I have promised a long time ago, I will post the link in here.

This Second Chance - Chiyo Amami

Please support me on this one! It will help me a lot. And, I thank you in advance.

Also, lastly, I am supposed to post my review about Batman: Arkham Origins, but it will take a while for me to post it because I want to finish Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City and make a review about it as a whole. And, My review about Batman: Arkham Knight... IT will take me a good while because I need to upgrade my PC to play it, and wait for it because of the issues of the said game.

Anyway, please wait for it. It will come eventually.

Again, I thank you all!

TUN Out!

Review: Portal 2

Portal 2, a first person shooter game (except that you don't use guns with metal bullets) that will bring you to several levels of mind boggling puzzles. You need to solve it with no other equipment in hand, other than a gun, a Portal Gun.

Story. So, the game started as the Main Character (MC; whatever name she has) standing into her "room" in Aperture Laboratories and being commanded to do certain things, which is a tutorial, apparently. Then, there. You are greeted by a noisy, annoying robot named Wheatley. And thing happened, leading you to the first parts of test chambers, up until you get your own Portal Gun, and meet GLaDOS. And sh**s happened, leading you to places. I don't want to spoil you about these things, but... yeah. The game's story is pretty much f**ked up before you realize it. Apparently, I thought GLaDOS is an a-hole towards the MC. But, when you uncover the story, she's still an a-hole. Yet, she's really kind. The characters has their own comedic factor, that makes the game lively, even though it is really dark. Even the Chapter title makes you laugh. Overall, the story is really well defined. and really unique, even the characters. SPOILER ALERT: Last battle is so damn epic.

Gameplay. The game, as what I have said, is first-person shooter game and at the same time, a puzzle game. This makes the game pretty unique. The game pushes you to think up to your extent. You thought that some of the puzzles are really difficult, but when you get it, all you could do is laugh and realize that it is easy. The thing is, it is pretty time consuming. And few puzzles are so obvious. Then add gels, which you thought it will make things so easy, but inreality, it made it a bit difficult. Because of this game, even though I'm in vacation from college right now, I got a headache. Even mentioned that "Even though our classes haven't yet started, I feel like I'm going sabaw." (sabaw definition: here) But, yeah. Overall, the ganeplay is really fun and challenging.

Music. The music of this game is really priceless, even though it's few. But, this adds to the drama, and also the comedy of the game. What I really did like? The ending song which is entitled: Cara Mia Addio, and the the credits song: Want You Gone, that is sung by GLaDOS.

SCORE:
Story: 9.5/10
Gameplay: 10/10
Music: 9.5

Overall: 9.7/10

Is it recommendable? Even though I'm not a fan of FPS, I'm going to make an exception to this one. So, Yes! This game is recommendable for those who wants their mind to be boggled.

This concludes my review about Portal 2.

Next Review will be about Batman: Arkham Origins. Although I have finished the game, I can't yet write a review about it, until I've finished Cold, Cold Heart. So, please anticipate that.

You like my review? You don't? Let me know! That helps me a lot.

Have fun playing! TUN out!

Review: Need For Speed: Undercover

Apparently, as you all know I have deleted my review about this game. That is just because of the formatting, that it looks like I've just copied it from a website (which is true, but it came from my Facebook profile). But, I'll continue to post here some reviews about the games I have finished.

Before I start my review, I want to give my format on how will I review a game. First I'll give my comments about it, then scores on each aspects--Story, Music, and Gameplay--and whether I could recommend it or not. I was about to add graphics too, but... I find graphics is kind of unimportant because I play games at a PC, because graphics in PC vary depends on your PC build (which, my PC build is not that great. Mid range PC build). So, let's get started!

Right now, I'm going to rewite my review for Need for Speed: Undercover. Then anticipate later my review about another game, which I just finished awhile ago.

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Need for Speed: Undercover. A game where your job is to shut down crimes, by going undercover. You're going to act as a street racer to gather some intel, but to earn their trust, all you need is to race with them, and win these races.

I am so sure that I made that synopsis up. I can't really remember the story of it, but I am pretty sure that is basically the story. That leads me to my first comment, story. The story of this game, well I can't say it is pretty unique, but it is made so well. The thing is, some segments of the story are a bit... blurry. Why?  Sound of the cutscene are a bit fast paced, that makes me don't understand what is happening. And some of the story are told in voicemails in-game. What makes this so blurry, is that the game has no subtitles. A game's story is not complete without it's subtitles, because that's where the game's story is being emphasized. But, there is one thing that get's me, yet I find it not that satisfying. NFS:Undercover's plot twist at the final parts of the game. (Don't worry, I'm just stating my comments about the story of the game, not spoil you the story of the game.) I mean, it's plot twist is kind of predictable, yet I got it so wrong when another plot twist hit me in the face. So, that's it for the story.

Gameplay. The game is mixed up with fun and frustration. I mean, the all of the events are so fun. Heck, I even liked the Checkpoint events. But, what really frustrates me are some in-event issues, like spawning Traffic in random areas. And, the events which is called Highway Battle, I find it so frustrating because traffic is really heavy. Road rage imminent when you don't got it right. Trust me, I've been there. Car selection is very wide and sorted by country and companies, which I find it so handy when it comes to car finding. Cars are not that crash prone (I think it is made of really hard steel). Opponent racers' AIs are varied, same thing to the Police's AIs. But, there's a thing that I kind of don't like about opponent's AIs (Yet it is fun for me because... SPEED). Let's say that their cars are in Tier 1 Upgraded, and mine's Tier 2 Max Upgrade, and off we go to race in a Sprint of Circuit event. When I got first place when the race started, sometimes I am outrunning them, meaning they can't chase me. The challenges left for me are dodging traffic and managing to get out of a sharp curve. And car customization is really good, with the detailed edit for certain parts of cars. Overall, even though there are its downsides, the game is really fun. Events are sometimes rageworthy and challenging, yet the essence of fun is still there.

Music. Let us make this one short. It's good, because the songs used in racing events are so fit while... racing against your opponent, or doing a run in Checkpoint events. And the music played in Pursuits are so dramatic, yet that's added as a plus factor. And for the cutscenes, okay. So that's it for the music.

SCORE:

Story- 7.5/10

Gameplay- 8/10

Music- 9.5/10

Overall- 8.3/10

Is it recommendable? Yes. As a Racing Games fan, I definitely recommend this game.

And that concludes my review about Need For Speed: Undercover.

You like my review? You don't? Let me know! That helps me a lot.

Have fun playing! TUN out!

Last Chapter: Is this goodbye?

Apparently, we are in the final days of our term, and that means we are about to end this term especially our subjects. It kinda feels so sad this time because we have had too many good professors, and they are almost our friend, or to be more specific, almost our brothers and sisters. So, here, this would be my last post as a student here, and I'll post my blogs as a daily guy who is apparently a regular bookworm.

I have no words to say, but it has been a really fun class. I wanted to have another class with our professor, if ever but in an advanced English subject. I liked this class, next to our another English class, which is ENSP3. So... Yeah.

It has been a fun time, but... this is like a song, it has an end. But, I am so sure that it has left us with satifaction until its last minutes.

I have no other things to say. I originally wanted to write a story about this class, but I can't because of the lack of time. So, I'm going to leave some memories here, and continue to write blog post as an ordinary student, teenager, and a regular bookworm.

AND LAST! BUT DEFINITELY NOT THE LEAST!

TUN Out!

Chapter 7: Power Selfie!

Your Unknown Novelwriter taking a Power Selfie

So, this time our professor told us to have a Power Selfie. To explain it, you just wear a corporate attire and take a selfie. But, there's a twist with this one. We're going to make a blog about the companies we want to work in, in the future. What are these three companies that I want to work in? Here it is: Ubisoft, Square Enix, and/or Riot Games. Now let's get started.

Riot Games

I want to work with them because, simply, I'm a gamer of their game: League of Legends. But that is not the reason to why I want to work there, but I want to know how they can maintain the servers; how they update their game, their characters, the map, and the gameplay itself. Also, I have a Champion concept in my mind. And I want to submit it to them and join them to create that Champion in my mind.

Square Enix

Square Enix is also one of my choices when I was a in Third Year High School (the time where I had a transition of my choice in my course to be taken in college. From Medical course to IT course specializing in game Developing). Because of their Final Fantasy games, I'm curious how they have made such an awesome fantasy RPG such as these. And, it makes me want to join their team for game development, sound engineering, or story writing. Back then, I really like this company. But because of its lack of other concepts for their upcoming Final Fantasy games, I did a double take. But hey! It's still on my choice!

Ubisoft

Assassin's Creed, one of my favorite games of all time. As you have known, my dear avid readers, I have posted 2-3 blogs about that game. And these guys from Ubisoft made that game. Why I want to work with them? First of all, I'm an avid fan of History. That's why my favorite game is Assassin's Creed. That's the reason why I want to work in this company! But to elaborate more, I want to join them to develop a new Assassin's Creed game from not well known history. And, I hope when I join them, we are on the progress of developing an Assassin's Creed game set in Philippine History, Japanese History, and German History.

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This concludes my post about my power selfie and the companies I want to work in. Yeah, dreaming for big companies such as these are always free. But, if you want to acheive this dream of yours, trust me, you need to work ass up to get there.

TUN out!