Warframe: Mag Prime is Mine!!!!

Today will be a milestone in my Warframe career.  I have finally collected the necessary parts to make Mag Prime.  I've been trying to get her since U10 but I guess I got it with my patience and all the luck in the world.  

Another milestone for me is reaching the 35th minute of survival.  Although it was just in Apollo, Mercury, it was still a jam packed action with my World on Fire just poking a little at those heavies!  Glad to have reached the extraction point before they all swarmed in all directions!

Now the last frame I can obtain is Ember Prime.  Capture Void keys are tough to get nowadays.  I don't even know where to start hunting for these keys.  Some said that it was giving in Corpus Def/Survival missions as rewards but I'm not sure if that's the real case.  Time to do some research on the internet and hope to get her soon.  Til then, cheerio!

Gaming: X-Com: Enemy Within

I'm a huge fan of X-Com and the first X-Com I played was X-Com Apocalypse.  It brought gaming to another level to my gaming experience at that time and let me tell you, once you played it, you want them to make more and better ones.  But there were some years that went by and the next X-Com games were just not that good.  Until X-Com Enemy Unknown came out and I had a blast again.  Nostalgia.



X-Com Enemy Within is a DLC for Enemy Unknown, which adds more content and spice into the fray.  Personally, I think it was good for them to add defense mission where you need to defend your base against intruders that want to stop your operations of saving the planet from alien invasion.  A new group called EXALT has added a new depth into the game where they want the aliens to come to Earth and be their slaves.  Not sure how anyone would think that way but if aliens are coming to our planet with domination in mind, why would you want to help them?

A new type of resource is introduced called Meld, where you can use it to upgrade your soldiers into mechanical robots to boost your firepower (when I first heard how it was done, I had goosebumps all over my skin.  They literally had to remove a soldiers limbs and augment robotic parts to become stronger)

It may sound scary but I guess if it was for the best way to defend the planet, then why not!  I'd rather be the researcher in the lab than be a soldier that gets their limbs cut off or just be a regular soldier and rank up fast.  Here's a few shots to show how badass these new type of soldier is.

Also can do research to increase a soldier's survivability in battles with improved genetics.

And when you think you got the edge over the aliens, new aliens with their own upgrades can be seen and fight against.

Last but not the least, defense missions will occur randomly throughout your campaign against alien invasions.

Do you think you can save the planet or would you just let the aliens take over?  I got my secret weapon ready to blast these aliens out of our airspace and make those supporters hide from fear with this outfit!

With everything I've seen so far ranging from Let's Play's and Reviews on the internet, I guess I'll be waiting to get my hands on this game as soon as possible!  

Gaming: PS4 era

I love it when people share stuff online because it makes me somewhat feel not as empty when Playstation was released in 1994 and all I had was just people saying how good it is and how fun to have one.  During that time, the internet wasn't popular.  Actually, the internet was really limited.  I only had access to the internet in 1997 onwards and most of it was just for research or chatting with friends.  Anyways, I see alot of people unboxing their consoles.  I see people starting to do Let's Plays on Youtube.  I even see people just share their experiences on facebook.  I pretty much want a PS4 but I cannot afford it yet.  So much on my want to buy list that it's ridiculously risky if I just bought one and then starve before my next paycheck.  I wouldn't want that now do I?

But how social media have changed, I thank those who are all behind it.  I don't have to get out and rent a console just to experience it.  I don't have to go over a friend's house and see him play the game.  All you need is a good youtuber with great commentary and hope he plays the game that you want to see and if they do it, great.  If they don't, there's tons of other people doing let's plays.

Am I jealous that others can have it and I can't?  Nope.  Why?  Because it's their money and they're blessed to have something that others yearn for.  I could be jealous but then I often think why should I be jealous of them if I can watch them play and have fun at the same time?  Rather than being a negative aura, I just like to be positive in anyway possible.  That's just me.

I would like to share a couple of youtube videos I stumbled recently and I've subscribed to them and hopefully my shares can also make others see what they're missing out.  Til then, cheerio!

NODE - PS4 Launch, LAN party


theRadBrad - PS4 gameplay Killzone Shadow Fall

Android: Pocket Harvest

Finally, a new android game for the month of November!  Introducing Pocket Harvest, a farm simulation game from Kairosoft!  I've been a fan of Harvest Moon and I was hoping to see this one coming from them since they also specialize in simulation games in different genres.  From Game Development to Sushi Restaurants, this company never fails to entertain me and get my attention every time I see an update on their website.  Although most of the website is in Japanese, you can also check out their game list updates on this site: http://kairopark.jp/android/en/

They also have games for iOS if you have an iPhone or iPad.  I've played most of the games on android but haven't tried it on iOS before.

The game is pretty straight forward to play.  A small intro and tutorial and you're off your way to building the most amazing farm competing against other farms in contests.  Everything in this game is all I could ask for at the moment due to personal problems that I will not disclose but will mention since I do need a stress reliever at the moment.  If you have the time, check Kairosoft games out on Google Play or iOS store, you'll be amazed how any mobile games can be addictive like Kairosoft have made them to be.   Til then cheerio!

Demise of Ragnarok

Demise of Morroc. New monsters, new maps, new features added to Ragnarok Online. As a Ragnarok player, I was expecting a smooth and good gameplay on the first minutes after the weekly maintenance was done. However, a shock to most of the players was greeted for Demise of Morroc. More like Demise of RO Players. At around 8:40 PM on that fated day, players could log into the servers and would eventually be forcefully disconnected. This followed a chain reaction of maps going down and a couple of bugs being revealed. Instability of the server was getting on the nerves of the players. And more so, siege continued with only a piece of announcement stating that they would revert agit ownerships back to the original owners before that siege started.

But one day wasted filled with logging into the server to check if everything was ok, the agits were utterly destroyed repeatedly. Yeah, they'll revert the ownership but would they also revert to the eco and def ratings of the agits? A week's worth of investing on that agit and then no possible chances of defending that. Who's to blame? LU. Why? They knew that there was a siege. They knew when the server would be up. They knew that the servers were unstable. They haven't said anything except "revert agit ownership back." Now the question is WHEN? I'm sure you'd understand the frustration of a player who lost an agit due to technical difficulties that could have been prevented if LU just disabled that siege or just remained on maintenance mode until 10 PM with an announcement.



Does that announcement look right or did they drink til they got drunk due to stress over the maintenance and adding up the new episode?


What's more funny is the battlefield. This was what I was wanting to do the first thing I had free time. 19 players versus 19 players in a big map. Just like WOE except this is more like CS. But what do we get? We saw a Vanguard broadcasting that he needs players go to the Kafra South of Payon, talk to the NPC that will bring you to the battlefield arena, and then join a side, no need for party, just go inside the Flavius (red/blue) rooms and enter the pub. A total of 38 players were waiting there. Now, it should have been automatic but what do we get? 2 hours wasted of staring at the screen doing what that Vanguard was instructing us to do so that we could have an action-packed fight inside the battlefield. We've done everything that was indicated on the "game guide for battlefield" we researched on the internet and we've done everything the Vanguard told us to do. But nothing, we just stood there waiting for nothing until time came most of them had to go off due to school or work the next day.

So much for the first day of Demise of Morroc. Before I end my rant, I wonder, what happened to the exp mod those at the LU Live shouted back then? They said there would be an EXP mod for Demise of Morroc. But now. None.

Oh well, at least I got those off my chest. Let's party on with nachos and salsa!

Gaming: Valenth

Another great browser game that is somewhat a combination of cute looking neopets and dragon cave based mechanics. Valenth.com offers members free access to the game to adopt any number of valenths into their collection and showcase those to the public by posting in forums, sharing the link to friends for them to visit and probably most just want their valenth to grow and mature to the cute animal form. The more views and clicks the valenth has, it's level increases. One person can only click (feed in this case) a valenth per day to collect the Valenth currency called Krus. Krus can be used to buy cool backgrounds for their Valenth or even buy things that could evolve or speed up its leveling. Other way, this is another hobby that you might want to add. Enjoy.

By the way, if you're not too busy, please feed my Valenth. His my first :) Thanks

Gaming: Cabal Online

Looking at another game from E-Games PH, I stumbled upon their new online MMORPG named Cabal Online. At first I thought that it would another Ran Online type of game but after carefully looking at the classes and the story, I was mesmerized at the features and decided to download the client and try it.

After 5 hours of downloading, 10 parts of the files with each having 1 minute cool down durations per download, I hurriedly installed the game and patched up. Everything went smoothly, and installed several other necessary files such as Direct X.

So here I went, venturing into unchartered territory (first time in the game, I tend to look at everything from the very start.) The first loading screen with Cabal Online logo was slow so my first impression was that it would be laggy and might as well encounter errors. But to my surprise, after that loading screen, from server to character selection to starting out in the game, the gameplay was smooth. I mean, really smooth, little lag, just 1 second after loading from the map, and after that, I'm free as a bird to walk around and do the /dance.

So after a quick tutorial and probably looking around and admiring the scenery, I found myself roaming around doing quests! Yeah, quests! This is a quest oriented game and that is what I found really amazing! From level 1 to level 16, you're being cluttered with quests! Now this is more like it. Spoon feeding a little perhaps on what to do next but what's a MMORPG without roleplaying in quests? If you don't like questing, then you can also go out into the fields and duke it out with monsters.

I'm still enjoying the game, after 5 days of playing. However, I'm kinda sad to see that there are lots of channels per server yet when it comes to peak times, it's hard to connect and continue to play the game. But probably that's another reason why I like this game, this game has potential. More players in the game, the more popular the game is. Unless... wait, unless this game is already filled with bots, then that's another story.

Game: My Mini City

I've seen a couple of people post their links to their mini city and then I thought that it would just be a waste of my time. However, today probably just is different. I don't really know what's happening but I've taken the time to click every link to every mini city found in the forum of RagnaBoards. Curiousity perhaps, but another hobby to add to my collection to ease away the pain.

Introducing to you, My Mini City, an online mini version of the Sims! Quite easy to set up, just go into the site, then input your preferred city name, then choose a location where your city will reside and in a second or so, your city is completely built and ready for you to spread the news of your newfound city.

The links at the left are choices of which part of the city you want to develop. Population, industry, transport, security, environment, and business sectors are there at your disposal as your population increases. You do have control on what people can click on by providing the necessary link so that your city can develop.

People can also interact with each other through the use of the chatbox. And people can see the development of the city during each visit.

Right now, I've founded a city named, "Van de Sarr," which is a special name for me since I was in high school. The history of that name, I'll reveal that some other time. For now, please click on the link so that my city will have a good start. Thanks

http://van-desarr.myminicity.com/

Games: Dragon Cave

Well, being busy with browsing internet and playing online games may sound tiring but that doesn't stop me from getting some side hobbies such as browser games and the likes. Well, here's a browser type tamagochi, which I think it is except that you don't feed it. You keep watch over its lifetime, from an egg to a hatchling to a full grown adult dragon. Not sure if they'll produce eggs if they mate with another...

So here I'll share my dragons with you all.




My Scroll

You can see their current status by clicking on My Scroll. Somewhat a good sight to see you have dragons in your possession and they require little attention. Good day.

Gaming: Dracula's Riddle

More of an online puzzle mind-game where it tries to make you use your mind, eye for details, and common sense. These types of online game or riddles, whatever you want to call them, but I'd still call it a game since you do progress in terms of level and there's a certain rule that you need to apply in order to go to the next riddle. Going back, these types of games are for those who like to challenge themselves and spent time on solving riddles, much more like people in CSI episodes or any fact-finding solve the mystery and find the solution at the end type of genre.

But with Dracula's Riddle, there's somewhat of a mysterious horror theme added to it. More on tackling Dracula, mythology, and other forms found in horror/mystery series. Images make it more interesting to play, the text are somewhat a giveaway sometimes to the answers, but most of it are used as clues. Sounds and files are also incorporated for you to download (it is virus free, the reason why this has become a popular one) and movie clips that are needed to be watched in order to get the answer. Yes, some are a bit creepy but was there any daring adventurer who went into great depths to get his/her answer or goals without facing creepy or hard situations? Very rare I guess, but a daring player must face their fear. I still have some nights where I had nightmares just by listening to a portion of the sound file that needed to be played. I still can see a still shot of a part of a movie clip that creeped me out. But after awhile, it just grew up on me and I moved on. Fears are part of life, so if you don't take it now, the question would be when? hehehe

Enough of life experiences and on with this Dracula's Riddle review. I'm progressing with my girlfriend with this since we both like these types of games. We work together and then just laugh out loud after getting the answer after several hours of thinking of the riddle where the solution was just under our noses. If you have time, I'd like to invite you guys to just try this out. The site is www.draculasriddle.co.uk, you can start at level 1 or you could continue playing at some certain level if you know the link to that level. I'd recommend you do try this without searching for the answer or hints from others. May be practice for those who like a challenge of mind-boggling riddles or may be useful in improving your detective skills and help in your field and/or career. Well then, I'd be better of going to sleep now, been busy with it as well as other games. If I have time, I'd probably write another post with hints on levels that we've passed through, currently we're on level 19: Second Hall. We're on no rush to finish it, it is after all, a good mental exercise. Good luck!

Be There - Funky Munky

Be There, a new innovative web browser site introduced by Level-Up Games PH. It's more of a collection of flash games where gamers come in, log into their account, and play for fun. There's a multi-player portion of the site, where you can duke it out and beat other players. This reminds me of kongregate.com, yet this site does need some finishing touches, as well as more features. First time I've tried it, most of the games aren't that top-notch. I'd rather play in miniclip.com. Just wanted for others to know that this exists. Maybe, just maybe, in the near future, when I do come back to play, they've added more features such as badges for points. As for the meantime, I'd be playing in kongregate.com. No offense but there's more work to be done on Be There.

Here's a list of what should be improved on:

• When playing a game, it takes you to a page where there's no menu or back button to go back to the games list so that you can try out other games. Players would not want to be stuck on that game after they've completed or got sick of playing the game.
• The welcome message. Funny Munky is probably monkeying around with the computer typing that message. Who would read a message where there's no paragraph that welcomes the player? I mean, the message contains all the necessary greetings and tips for the new registered player but who would read a long message filled with sentences? I'd bet people would get bored reading the first 3 or 5 sentences and just close the message and go directly to the games list. Here's what it looks like:



Well, it is still in beta stage. I guess I'll just wait for it to blossom since it's just started to grow.

Games: X-Com Apocalypse

An old DOS game that I've managed to find under a box filled with a ton of DOS games, which I played when I was a little boy at the age of 10, I found myself stuck playing this old favorite called X-Com Apocalypse. Compared to today's games, I'd have to say the graphics do seem old but the game play can still be deemed as brand new.

Anyways, just wanted to share this game to the viewers who love to reminisce and play old games, especially DOS based games. So here's a quick summary of the game.

It's a RPG where you control a research facility along with military personnel where you try to research more about the unknown aliens and then develop new weapons and research to aid you in revealing the secrets within the alien world. Another feature to add that is quite extraordinaire is the AI of the enemy. It's so dynamic that it reacts appropriately to any responses you do in both the battle and your performance as a commander.

That's probably the best thing I can say about it without revealing spoilers.