Some people are just stupid

ACRONYM here, trying to make amends for his long and untimely absence. This post is actually a review/rant of a game of one of my favorite game series: Fire Emblem.

Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn is an excellent game; there's no other way around it. However, some people think it's a bad game. Let me be perfectly clear: while Fire Emblem is DEFINITELY NOT A SERIES FOR EVERYONE, it is by no means a bad game. Some people like to think otherwise, however, and for me, it's upsetting.

Search "Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn Review" on google, and the first result is the Gamespot review that gives it a measly 6/10 (They gave the GBA games 8.9/10, so it's not the series). Their reasons for not liking are complete bull. The second reason really made me laugh: they basically said "It's too hard." USE THE DIFFICULTLY SETTING YOU {insert infinitely long and explicit string here}!!!" I mean seriously, it has a difficulty setting; I personally liked that it was hard, but I guess the people at Gamespot are a bunch of lame casual gamers. They also said that the plot was bad: granted, it isn't an amazing plot, but it's not terrible either. Another complaint they had was that it didn't utilize the motion controls of the controller. How do you apply the Wii's motion controls to game where you control units from an overhead view in a practical way that makes sense? You can't. Their final complaint was that it's graphics weren't that great; they looked fine to me, but they weren't spectacular.

You want to know why I'm right? Gamespot gave it a 6/10; the users gave it an 8.6/10 (Metacritic says that it overall got an 7.8/10 with a user score of 8.9/10 [for comparison purposes]). Gamespot really screwed up that review big time, and the gamers know it. Oh well, it gives us more to laugh at. To be fair, sites that rate games have a hard job; they have to somehow honestly rate a game that people are going to consider in their purchases. Unfortunately, game ratings fall into 3 categories when compared to the general consensus: Complete agreement (Think something like Bioshock or Mario 64), Overhyped (Think Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2), and Underhyped (Think Psychonauts or Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn).

I know this is all technically my opinion, but frankly, I'm a Mother Panda so your argument is invalid.

ACRONYM of the Blog

Gamepot's Review: http://www.gamespot.com/wii/rpg/fireemblem/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gssummary&tag=summary;read-review

These people were high when they came up with this...

Hello, it's me, ACRONYM of the Blog. You may have forgotten about me, and that's not okay; to refresh, I'm one of the many blog posters on this site (I'm Jonathan THOMAS [not to be confused with Jonathan Davis or John Hicks]).

Anyway, this is a review of an online flash game that I discovered yesterday. I'm going to be blunt, and just say that this game is high on an improbable amount of drugs; however, please refrain from judging the game until the very end. The name of the game?

Robot Unicorn Attack

Take a wild guess what you do in this game. Are you a gunman who is shooting a bunch of robot unicorns that are attacking something of general importance? Are you a robot unicorn that is attacking things? Nope. This game isn't even violent. At this point, you may be wondering what exactly you do in this game; I'll tell you. You are a robot unicorn that is running infinitely to the right by jumping on a bunch of floating land masses with purple grass. While you are running infinitely to the right, you can also collect fairies for more points while dashing through giant stars that will kill you if you touch them while you aren't dashing. Making sense yet? Good, now take some Acid and let's dive in.

If you've ever played one of those games where you infinitely head right while dodging obstacles, you'll know what I'm talking about (vaguely). If not, play a quick round of Canabalt; it will help you understand what I'm talking about. Unlike in Canabalt, you have the option to dash through the deadly obstacles in addition to being able to going around them (or jumping over). You can also collect the fairies for more points.

What really sets this apart, however, is the music; IT'S INSANE!! The chorus alone should explain itself: "Always, I want to be with you, and make believe with you, and live in harmony harmony oh love!"

See, it's just trippy. There's really no other way to describe this game. You really won't understand the appeal (Believe me, this game is strangely awesome) until you actually play it:

http://games.adultswim.com/robot-unicorn-attack-twitchy-online-game.html

Rating: 8/10

Fun with a nice replay value, but it's not "EPIC" worhty

This comic explains why this game is so good better than I can

ACRONYM of the Blog

EDIT: comic was removed because of some language and such. we'll be sure to put warnings or something next time. sorry all