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SoulCalibur II HD Online Has Broken Everyday Legend's Heart
(Yes, I know, it's SCV, but it expresses my disappointment perfectly.)
This leaves me with a very bittersweet feeling, one that I can't quite stomach. �I can't honestly recommend this game to anyone, and it's the game I've been evangelizing for a decade. �I finally understand what my father meant all those years ago when he looked at me after doing something terribly stupid and said: "Son, I'm not angry at you - I'm simply disappointed in you." �That's the exact feeling I have for Namco Bandai at this present moment, because such a high-water mark for the franchise deserved so much better of a treatment than the one they gave. �This is the videogame equivalent of a job done by a high school volleyball team car wash - half-hearted and content in the fact that they already have your money, leaving you driving away with something unfinished and full of obvious spots.
With zero hyperbole, I can honestly say that this is one of my saddest days as a videogame player. �Nice job, Namco. �I can only imagine how good this game might have been if it were given more care and attention, and I know there are lot more people than just myself waiting on patches to help the situation...but considering this is a re-release, I won't get my hopes up. Especially so after you've raised them with the mere announcement that one of my absolute favorite games was returning, better than ever before.
Next time, if there even is a next time, try actually focusing a little more on the "better" part.
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About Everyday Legendone of us since 1:32 PM on 08.24.2009
I am the Everyday Legend, and I am a male, 31-year old Florida native and videogame fan of the most epicurean order. I'm also the father of a very precocious (almost) three-year-old daughter, and a newborn daughter as well!
My natural state: very, very tired.
I got into gaming when I was 5, and my Aunt and Uncle had an NES that they had bought because they thought it was the coolest thing ever. As a matter of fact, they weren't too far off of the mark. I was introduced to Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt (naturally), and soon followed up with the very first Zelda. I remember the very first game I beat by myself - Megaman 2, in 1989. I was six at the time.
Shortly after that, I played Street Fighter II for the first time in a local skating rink and was hooked. Bad. Like, smack-habit bad.
I remember playing against the college kids that would come in there to hang out and chill - there was a lounge connected to the place that you had to be 18 to get in - and a lot of these guys used to come in and spend a ton of time and money on playing SFII. I learned how to play from these guys, and within a year, I had become just as good as they were. I was hanging out with people almost twice my age, and conversing with them on their level about a mutual passion - and that's where I've been ever since.
Videogames don't make up my entire life: I cook, I write, I sing, I have a full-time career in IT and am still attending college for a degree in Computer Science, then moving into a Masters in Information Systems Management. Gotta have goals.
Nothing beats a good trip to a good bar where they serve good beer and have a good selection of good tunes. Also, chilled Junmai Ginjo (unfiltered) sake is the nectar of the gods, in case you weren't aware. Of course, those trips are very rare these days, because there is always another diaper to change, and leaving your kid at home in the crib is never an option if you want to be able to look at yourself in the mirror.
Oh, and I really, really love sushi. I can put away amounts of that stuff that some may label as borderline genocidal. I put species of fish on the endangered list singlehandedly. I'm not ashamed. It's their own fault for being born so damn delicious.
XBL (defunct): Everyday Legend
PSN: Everyday_Legend
STEAM: Everyday Legend
Skype: everydaylegend
Your eyes do not deceive you. There's a trend.
See you out there.
- EL