06.23.07
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…No, I have no idea where that title came from either. Anyway, played a pair of 360 demos this morning:
Band of Bugs: An XBLA offering which is about to be mine as soon as I snag a Points card. The game is basically Final Fantasy Tactics, with bugs. So, call it “A Bug’s Life Tactics” and be done with it. Played through the tutorial and a few first missions, and I loved it (as I am want to do with most FFT clones). If you’re a Tactics fan with a 360 this literally should be your first Arcade purchase– skip Geometry Wars for this if you only have cash to buy one game.
Project Sylpheed: I probably should not have played this, because I’m nauseous now. However, Square-Enix’s first “real” offering on the 360 is damn pretty and damn good. Plays a lot like Wing Commander and X-Wing did, which is always good. Overall I thought it was a little difficult, and the battles were sufficiently chaotic, so I’m probably going to wait for some reviews before I make a decision on picking it up. Oh, and in keeping with the grand tradition of Japanese space-opera, it has well over 2.3 metric Gundam Wings of overblown drama.
Catch you folks later, or tomorrow.