{"id":4851,"date":"2014-11-01T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=4851"},"modified":"2014-11-04T21:03:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T02:03:09","slug":"monthend-video-game-wrap-up-october-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=4851","title":{"rendered":"Monthend Video Game Wrap-Up: October 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I really\u00a0didn&#8217;t think that I&#8217;d play many games in October, what with the Smash Bros and all, but I did! Less than usual, perhaps, but I&#8217;ve still got a respectable list here.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t do a very good job of playing anything terribly Halloweeny. I didn&#8217;t even buy <strong>Alien: Isolation<\/strong> or <strong>The Evil Within<\/strong>. A few of the games on this list are of a spooky-ish nature, but nothing overtly horror-themed. And Monster Manor doesn&#8217;t count, because I play a little bit of it every month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.torrentialequilibrium.net\/images\/monthend\/oct14b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">~ Now Playing ~<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Super Smash Bros<\/strong> (3DS) &#8211; Yeah, this version of Smash doesn&#8217;t play on a TV, but it&#8217;s <em>so good<\/em>. It&#8217;ll probably be the death of my 3DS. It&#8217;s great to have Smash on the go anyway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dragon&#8217;s Dogma: Dark Arisen<\/strong> (PS3) &#8211; Dark Arisen is an expansion pack for the original DragDog. It was not released as $15 DLC, but rather a reissue of the whole game plus the new content for $40. I wanted it badly (DragDog is one of my favourite games), but not at that price. When it went on sale for $7 in September, I nearly exploded with excitement. However,\u00a0I only played up until the point where\u00a0I was able to leave Cassardis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hyrule Warriors<\/strong> (Wii U) &#8211; I may have plugged almost as many hours into this as I have Smash so far. Currently I&#8217;m trying to clear off as much of the Adventure Map as I can. I&#8217;d say I&#8217;m three-fifths done. Maybe?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.torrentialequilibrium.net\/images\/monthend\/oct14n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Senran Kagura Burst<\/strong> (3DS) &#8211; Yes, I&#8217;ve been playing the booby ninja game. So sue me. For what it&#8217;s worth, I did wait until it went on sale. Though I&#8217;m a little disappointed that the combat isn&#8217;t as deep as the trailer made it look, it&#8217;s still pretty good about\u00a0making you feel really empowered. I have no idea how deep I am into it. I&#8217;ve done like seven story missions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Swords &amp; Soldiers<\/strong> (WiiU) &#8211;\u00a0I saw the terms &#8220;RTS&#8221; and &#8220;on sale for $1.49&#8221; on its eShop page and bought it. I&#8230; may have spent too much. Technically it is an RTS, but it&#8217;s the kind where you just send guys along a\u00a0path and hopefully you&#8217;ll flood the path with guys before your opponent can. It&#8217;s not terrible, it&#8217;s just not what I want to play. Might not ever finish it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dragon Quest<\/strong> (iOS) &#8211; Bought this on a whim to play in lines, while waiting for appointments, etc. Grinding around Rimuldar. Haven&#8217;t rescued Gwaelin yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Terra Battle<\/strong> (iOS) &#8211; I downloaded this because it&#8217;s a strategy RPG by Mistwalker. I have barely touched it on account of other games having a higher priority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Last of Us<\/strong> (PS3) &#8211; Plugged a couple more hours into this after a long hiatus. Found an easy way past a tough battle and utterly failed to sneak past an armored vehicle of some sort. Then some jerks left us to die when a ladder broke.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess<\/strong> (Wii) &#8211; I&#8217;d say the net result of pouring hours and hours into Hyrule Warriors was mostly that it made me want to play Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword again. So I&#8217;ve started doing just that. Made my way up to the Goron Mines so far.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">~ Game Over ~<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Shantae and the Pirate&#8217;s Curse<\/strong> (3DS) &#8211; My second-most anticipated October release, and for good reason. Pirate&#8217;s Curse is wonderful in every way. It&#8217;s fun, it&#8217;s adorable, it&#8217;s hilarious, and it&#8217;s <em>freaking gorgeous<\/em> with the 3D turned on. It&#8217;s the only 3DS game that I&#8217;ve played where I&#8217;ve elected to keep the 3D on for more than a minute or two. In fact, I played almost\u00a0the entire game in 3D. It&#8217;s right up there with Shovel Knight in terms of overall quality.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.torrentialequilibrium.net\/images\/monthend\/oct14g.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>TMNT: Danger of the Ooze<\/strong> (PS3) &#8211; A Ninja Turtles game made by WayForward, directed by <del>my good friend<\/del> Tomm Hulett, a guy I associate with online occasionally. It&#8217;s a metroidvania that is a little clunky when you start up, but is clearly made with a lot of love. The feel of the game smooths out fairly quickly, and it&#8217;s a whole lot of fun. Light years ahead of the last two PS360 TMNT games, if nothing else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Army Men: Sarge&#8217;s Heroes<\/strong> (N64) &#8211; Read my thoughts about it <a title=\"Year of N64 \u2013 October \u2013 Army Men: Sarge\u2019s Heroes\" href=\"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=4862\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fire Emblem Awakening<\/strong> (3DS) &#8211; I reached the final boss just as the clock hit midnight and Super Smash Bros went live on the eShop. Thus, my final victory was delayed by a couple weeks, but I did make sure to find some time to finish off this excellent game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gauntlet<\/strong> (PC) &#8211; Oh yeah, and this one. I finished it. It&#8217;s quite\u00a0tough when you&#8217;re playing alone. I really should get some friends. It&#8217;s so good, I ought to let its true potential shine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monster Manor<\/strong> (3DS) &#8211; I never list the StreetPass games on this feature because all five of them would show up every month. It&#8217;s safe to assume I play each one at least long enough to go through all my collected Miis three or four times a month. Anyway, I finally finished Monster Manor, months and months after clearing the others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Legend of Dark Witch<\/strong> (3DS) &#8211;\u00a0A fairly fun platformer that plays like Mega Man with a Gradius upgrade system. The bosses are pretty darn tough, even though every one of them is a squat little anime girl. Sometimes I buy weird games.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">~ Re-Runs ~<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Metal Gear Solid<\/strong> (PS1) &#8211; To be honest, I watched more of it than I played, but I did pay the $10 for the PSN release, so I think I&#8217;ve earned the right to list it here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.torrentialequilibrium.net\/images\/monthend\/oct14r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really\u00a0didn&#8217;t think that I&#8217;d play many games in October, what with the Smash Bros and all, but I did! Less than usual, perhaps, but I&#8217;ve still got a respectable list here. I didn&#8217;t do a very good job of playing anything terribly Halloweeny. I didn&#8217;t even buy Alien: Isolation or The Evil Within. 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