I choose you…!
I lol’d
This I want!
Saki Mahjong Set
Nice, but it costs a whopping 9,800 yen!
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine
Original Title: 女神転生ONLINE IMAGINE
Genre: Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game
Website: http://megaten.aeriagames.com
Status: Open Beta
Background Story:
A.D. 20XX TOKYO
In the aftermath of the Great Destruction, those who survived constructed shelters, waiting for the day when they would rebuild their city.
Led by the Seven Philosophers these survivors constructed a massive tower.
This tower came to be called Shinjuku Babel.
Having lost their homes, the remaining survivors took refuge in an underground city called Third Home. This is where you learn the skills and techniques to be a Demon Buster.
-wikipedia
Comments: Being an Atlus faithful, I received an invitation to play the closed beta of this game. I have to admit that because it is shin megami tensei (those who have played Persona should know), it sparked my interest to start playing an mmorpg again although I’m still in NS and I only have the weekends to play.
The mmorpg has the usual grinding and stuff but the main difference is you can form partnerships with the demons (think pokemon) and you can even fuse them to get stronger ones. The game has a story plot as well, to keep it from being your usual grinding mmorpg. The graphics are good, although not the best in the industry. The maps are huge, so there won’t be a case like one area getting clustered with players. All in all, if you liked the shin megami tensei series, you should give this game a try.
Data:
IGN: Kurogane
Guild: PerSona
Main Demon: Harpy
Sub-Demons: Brave Garm, Earthys, Azumi, Nimble Cerberus
Screens: I forgot to take better shots but this will do for now. If you want more screenshots pertaining the game, just search online *laughs*
Fig 1: Me
Fig 2: In Nakano
Fig 3: Doing quest with Guild mates
Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness
Original Title: Disgaea: afternoon of Darkness
Publisher: NIS America
Console: Playstation Portable
Category: Strategy Role-Playing Game
Description: The Netherworld – a place darker than a pitch-black cave, located deeper than the depths of the sea. It is a cursed land where evil reigns and foul beings dwell. Nobody knows its whereabouts, but everybody fears its existence…
The story takes place two years after the death of King Krichevskoy, the ruler of the Netherworld. His son Laharl slept for two full years, unaware of his father’s death, while demons fought for supremacy over the Netherworld. With the help of his surbodinate Etna and her underlings, the egocentric Prince Laharl fights his way to become the next King.
I played this game on a whim. The real reason was that I wanted to play Yggdra Union but at that time, the English version wasn’t out so I was left with no choice but to look for other SRPGs small enough to fit into my 2GB memory stick, which has already 1gb plus worth of games inside. Disgaea and Final Fantasy tactics fitted the bill nicely but I chose Disgaea because of its Ragnarok-ish feel.
The game was downright enjoyable. There’s your usual yet unusual cast of characters, ridiculous albeit humorous storyline, spartan leveling (if you’re hardcore enough, you can even play till the thousands) and the oh-so-many-ways of fighting (try picking up the prinny, a penguin-like character, and throw it at your oppenents).
The game is divided into chapters, with each chapter having a certain ‘goal’ to accomplished while at the same time moves the story along at a nice pace. Most of the the time, you’re either out there battling/training or at your home based doing usual stuff like healing or buying weapons. Combat is like any other SRPG, with it being turn-based. Thus, careful planning on where to place your characters and what to do with them is needed. First-time players might find it confusing, with stuff such as Geo Panels, but you will get the hang of it over time.
Character creation is one aspect of the game that I simply loved. Besides the story-related characters, you’re able to create characters to help you in your quest to become King. There is a huge variety of classes available to choose from, and even more available to you when you ‘unlocked’ them after certain requirements are met. Classes range from your usual Warriors and Mages to the Divine Majin and Angel. My favourite character is of course, the Archer class. You can also create monsters as well although they’re rarely used as the classes have a lot more advantage but that didnt stop me from transmigrating my prinnies into other monsters. (You can catch monsters as well so I was feeling kind of assed when I find that out as i had already trained my Neko girl to level 70+ and my dragon to a 60+ that time.)
What is transmigrating? It is sort of like a rebirth system, where you will be able to reset your characters to level one but with better stats and in some cases, you are able to transfer the skills over as well. Transmigrating isn’t limited to the class itself so you can cross transmigrate like for say, a Fighter to a Ninja (with the exception of story-related characters).
You can also petition stuff to the dark assembly which includes stuff like unlocking extra worlds, getting better weapons or even make your enemies stronger. There 3 ways to pass the petition: either you are at a high level where they will vote for your idea without any trouble, bribe those who are rejecting your idea or simply force them. I did try to force them once into unlocking an alternate world (god knows how I survived and won without my characters dying) but just be sure the senators who reject your idea is not of a uber high level. There’s more stuff actually but I will end the post here for now. Might do a follow-up if I’m not lazy. Now, what are you waiting for? Grab your PSPs and start playing the game if you haven’t done so!
PangyaSEA to Albatross 18
After much persuasion from Jasmine, i gave Albatross 18 a try. Wasn’t really considering to play it after hearing the ill-fated news regarding PangyaSEA. I was really reluctant to start over. I was already a senior C (although it stagnated at that level for over a year because it got too boring as there weren’ any real updates), I have the characters that I wanted in that season and my records pretty good. Furthermore at that period, my hio’s were like increasing and I just bought Arin.
Lol, for those who don’t know what A18 is, it is an online golf game. PangyaSEA is the south-east asia counterpart of A18. First saw the Thailand version of the game in, well, Thailand. I though it looks cool and when asiasoft announced that it was relasing the SEA version, I was ecstatic. I researched a little and made up my mind to work towards getting the character Kooh and the caddie Luna. 
Oh well, after all that they’re just gonna be deleted. Kooh was obtained using pangs, the in-game currency, but Luna on the other hand costs me 12 bucks. Now its nearly impossible to get Luna in A18 unless one gets it using paypal or something as the only way to get her is by using cash. I’ll save up for Kooh for another time.
I think I ranted too much but on a brighter note, A18 is already in Season 3 (PangyaSEA will forever be stuck at Season 2) New stuff in Season 3 includes the long awaited new character, Kaz, two new maps, Ice Spa and Deep Inferno and the PSQ system, which enables you to move your character around as though you in an mmorpg plus the abiltiy to set up shops to sell your items to other players. For those who are interested, here’s the info on Kaz.
Heroes would recount of a boy who the Demon King boasted as
the one who would reign next, promising to bring a new dynasty
of evil to Pangya Island.
However, Kaz’s eyes are full of a sadness for a lost memory, not of the
dark evil seemingly destined for him…
Dead Fantasy 1
Fan work by Monty Oum.
DOA’s Kasumi, Ayane, and Hitomi vs Final Fantasy’s Yuna, Rikku, and Tifa.
Video from gametrailers.com
Lucia the Idol Singer
Pangya Season 4: Delight
Just when the SEA players are waiting for the Season 3 and the debut of Kaz, Pangya Korea decides to unveil the upcoming season 4! In addition, there’s one more new character to look forward for, a new course probably and also new outfits!
This is the new character. She rivals Arin no? Lol, her name’s unknown at the moment. Now I have to save pangs to buy Henry(Bob), Arin, Kaz and her…Well, season 3 for SEA won’t be coming out that quickly so I’ll concentrate on getting Henry and Arin for now. Cheers~
Super Swing Golf Pangya 2
One of the reasons if I’m buying Nintendo Wii.~
The Chef
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