You would think pirates would be more represented in video games, but aside from Sid Meier's Pirates! Or the occasional smaller title like Age of Booty, very few games featuring Pirates have been released period. So something like Risen 2, an open-world rpg with a very strong Pirate theme, would seem like a welcome breath of fresh air based on concept alone. But anyone who has seen the videos and read the reviews for the pc version that come out a couple months ago knows that it's considered a middling experience is best. Maybe Rocksteady should take a crack at it, seeing how well they did with the very under-represented Cowboy game...
Of course the big release this week is the latest side chapter of the Kingdom Hearts saga, which based on the storyline of Sora & Riku preparing for the return of Xenahort, is hopefully leading up to another full-fledged console game. This latest one has a lot of new gameplay ideas it is trying out such as Dream Eaters, pokemon-esque team mates you create and train in place of your usual Disney sidekicks, and the new Flowmotion system which allows for quickly getting around and doing unique attacks. The oddest choice seems to be the Drop system, where you have a time limit and no matter what you are doing when you run out, you will switch characters. This obviously could be particularly jarring in the middle of a fight and just seems to make no sense. That being said, while most reviews do complain about that, they also praise this as the best portable entry yet, so it's most likely a worthwhile purchase for fans of the series. I'm most likely picking it up myself this week, so I'll give my impressions after I get a few hours in.
That's pretty much it for today. I should have another post up by Thursday, until then. here's your TRAILER OF THE WEEK: Chasing Mavericks
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