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Friday, November 27, 2009

Reimaru Files just reached 2 years!!!

Yeah!!! the Reimaru Files blog just reached two years now, and it all started as a humble Granado Espada fan blog, then upgraded into a gaming blog.

And since we'll be starting again with another bang, it's time to change the blog banner that will match with the contents that I'm currently posting for the blog.


Special thanks to Arvin Peralta for the banner design
and stay tuned for a special post this weekend

Thursday, November 26, 2009

PSP for the Holidays

Christmas is just around the corner, and it's time to start making your wish list and also, start to prepare gifts to your loved ones. So, what gifts are you planning to give? If you are still having problems on what gifts you'll gonna give to your fellow gamers, Gametrailers will help you with their nifty video:


For other gift suggestions from different consoles, you check the other videos from the following links:
Nintendo DS
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Event Aftermath: Mangaholix 2009

The Philippine anime/manga/gaming magazine Mangaholix held it's second Manga Mania event at the World Trade Center last November 21 and 22, 2010, and of course, it featured all of the latest stuffs in the world of gaming and everything anime and manga.


Entrance to the event


Event Stage


people are starting to gather in the event


art galleries

Included in the event were cosplay competitions, band performances, art contests and let's not forget merchandise sales. Also famous Pinoy Comic artists showed up in the event such as Pol Medina (Pugad Babuy), Carlo Vergara (Zsa Zsa Zaturna) and many others. A lot of merchandises are up for sale in the event, from novelty items to action figures to anime apparels, and all of them are in a very special discounted price.

merchandise


more merchandise


and more merchandise!!


is the cosplayer for sale too? XD


button pins..lots of 'em!!

In the world of online gaming, some of the known gaming companies showed up and promoted their new games such as Level Up! and E-Games, but one new comer made a big impact during the Manga Mania event: enter Cubizone. Their gaming booth drew alot of attending to the on-goers with their goregeous cosplay models (epic win!) that even attracted a nearby gaming company rival (LOL). For those who are not familiar with the new comer, Cubizone is one of the fastest growing gaming portal in Malayasia and is now starting to spread across Asia which includes the Philippines. Some of their games include Casvian (web browsing strategy game similar to Heroes of Might and Magic), Red Cliff
(MMO based on the Three Kingdoms story).

The Cubizone Cosplayer babes

Ichigo Cosplayer with Cubizone Cosplayer

people flocking over the Cubizone booth


Cubizone employees in action (sort of XD)


Cubizone Cosplayer epic pose


There's also a booth were Left 4 Dead 2 was being demoed and on-goers can play test the newly released game. Relive all the zombie killing moments in this much awaited sequel.

Left 4 Dead 2 demo area


girl gamer playing Left 4 Dead 2


the two day event was a blast and I'll be looking forward for the next Mangaholix Manga Mania next year...'till next time gamers

Friday, November 20, 2009

December PSP Game Blowout

If you can't get enough of fighting games for the PSP, then fret not.
Aside from Tekken 6 and BlazBlue coming to your favorite portable console, two cool fighting games will be coming to the PlayStation Portable this coming December, although it's only in Japanese version, they are still worth getting.

Naruto Shippuden Narutimate Accel 3 is the 3rd Naruto fighting game for the PSP and 6th in the franchise, it features all the latest characters from the anime series and now supports a 4 player tag-team multiplayer mode as well as a new story mode



Naruto Shippuden Narutimate Accel 3 will be released on December 10


Another game that will be releasing on the same month is Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus, the sequel to the Gundam vs Gundam on the PSP are Arcades. It features all of the Gundams and other Mobile Suits in all of the series including the upcoming Gundam Unicorn. Next Plus promises more Gundams to choose and play and will also feature a new mission mode.



Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus will be in stores on December 3

With 2 new games coming on December, it's time to update your Christmas wishlist, and I'll be making a review on the 2 games when they are released, so stay tuned for that...

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

BlazBlue PSP FTW!!

Looks like a lot of popular fighting games are getting a portable version for the players on the go. Some examples include Sould Calibur 4 (Soul Calibur Broken Destiny for the PSP version) and Tekken 6, and now from the creators of Guilty Gear X; Arc System Works has just announced that their popular 2D fighting game BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger will have a PSP version.

Originally released on the arcades , PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the PSP version of BlazBlue will feature the original 12 characters from the original game (including the Unlimited forms they showed off in the previous home ports). Along with a new game feature: Legion mode, where you move your character on a map (similar that from Dissidia Final Fantasy) and fight enemies one-on-one to take over more territory. There's also a mulitplayer mode with the use of Ad-Hoc that can hold up to 4 players.

The PSP version of BlazBlue is scheduled to release on February 25th, 2010 in Japan, there is still no news for an American/European release.







Sunday, November 15, 2009

Torchlight Game Review

Well this will be the first time that I will be making a review that is not a PSP game, but this game deserves to be known, so here we go...

Everybody loves playing Diablo, even after 5 or so years, it's still popular to players veterans and newbies. As it's success is all thanks to it's winning formula: verge deeper into levels of dungeon crawling action, eliminate millions of undeads, zombies and demons and collect all of the most powerful equipments. And now, from the developers of Diablo, Fate and the short-lived Mythos comes a new action packed and addicting RPG that follows the same formula of Diablo.



Welcome to Torchlight, the very first game of Runic Games which composed of the former development team of Mythos. For a small file game (the size is just less than 1 Gigabyte) the game packs a big punch, some players even thought that this can take Diablo 3 toe-to-toe.
So let's get it on...



For the gameplay, it really follows the formula of Diablo; go to a dungeon, kill a horde of monsters, take the loots, level up, return to town and repeat step 1. Although it sounds or looks rebundant, the thrill of hacking and slashing what makes it exciting. You gain levels by killing mobs and completing quests, this gives you bonus points for your stats and skills, Reputation gives bonus points for stats and you can level your Reputation by killing mini bosses and bosses and also by completing quests.



Torchlight has three class jobs, each has their own specialty (Destroyers are Melee types, Vanquishers are Range types and Alchemists are Magic types) although the number of job class is very few, hoping they've added more unique classes. A new addition in the game is that you can learn new spells from scrolls that you found from dungeons, but you can only learn a limited number of spells as you'll be forced to unlearn one spell to replace with a new one. You will also receive a pet as your trusty ally in the game, your pet can assist you in battle by attacking , casting spells (yes, you read it right), additional inventory storage and being able to carry your loots to town and sell it without interrupting your killing spree.

And similar to Diablo, the dungeons are random generated, meaning the structure of the dungeon you last visited will be different the second time you go back. The equipments also have random stats aside from having rare, unique, set type equips, so not all items are the same, making treasure hunting your top priority.

There's also a mini-game where you catch fish by timing your press when the outer ring reaches the inner ring, these fishes can be consumed to heal your character or even transform your pet into a different kind of creature (some have limited duration while other can become permanent).

The graphics in Torchlight has this cartoonish feel, that can be similar to the canceled MMO Mythos and also World of Warcraft. The characters are well animated, from standing pose to running and attacking. And the best part, the game can run on low spec computers and even on netbooks.



As for the sounds, the sound effects are top notch every object in the dungeon have their own unqiue sounds from the dropping of equipments to the shrieks of fallen monster up to the errie atmoshpere of caverns, it's really best when playing with a surround sound system to maximize the game's potential. The musical score will remind you of Diablo, from the music of the town to the epic battle song in the final boss.

One of the sad part with Torchlight is that there's no multiplayer option; one of the best parts when playing Diablo, although there are news that Runic Games will release a MMO version of the game in the future, but it would be still nice to able to play even in just on your LAN.



Overall, Torchlight is one great RPG, it may not be better than Diablo 2 or 3, but players will still enjoy 20+ hours of non-stop epic gaming, and best of all, it only cost around $20.
So if you're a Diablo fan or even an RPG freak, Torchlight won't disappoint you

Game Rating: 8 out of 10

You can also visit their official website for more info
http://torchlightgame.com/

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

ToyCon Christmas Fair 2009


December Toy Con is back!
Toy sale ~ collectibles bazaar ~ live toy auctions ~ bargains ~ toy donation drive ~ cosplay
Event will be on December 16-22, 2009 at the Megatrade Hall 3, SM Megamall.


Sources:
K's Random Musings
Toy Con PH

Friday, November 6, 2009

You gotta Build, Rule and Conquer

Sounds like a catchy phrase huh? well that's the slogan for the newest mmo broswer game to be released in the Philippines. Cubizone Philippines; one of the newest MMO publishers in the Philippines will release Casvian; a strategy and role-playing web based game will start their close beta next week.



For those who have no idea on how the gameplay is, just imagine playing Heroes of Might and Magic, but online and in a web browser

for more info, visit the official site: http://buildruleconquer.ph/

I'll be posting the review of the game in a few weeks after it's beta release..so stay tuned

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Pumpkins!!!!!

Ahh Halloween or some call it All Hallow's Eve, the special where kids get to wear costumes (and not only otakus and game geeks get to wear costumes) and roam around their town to grab candies on every door they could knock.

But what's Halloween without it's famous trademark: the Jack o' Lantern, pumpkins that are carved with scary faces that are sometimes are being displayed outside or sometimes inside the house as decorations.

Some hardcore people would break the tradition of pumpkin carving by carving different designs. from movies to comics and now....gaming!

The folks at Kotaku managed to compile some of the coolest carved pumpkin designs for gaming, so here are the pics: enjoy and Happy Halloween!

Bioshock


Borderlands


Bowser


Earthworm Jim


Fallout


Kratos


Half Life logo


Master Chief


Left 4 Dead logo


Mario


Pac-Man


Plants vs. Zombies