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(With enough to think about in terms of future planning, this is definitely backburner shit, but holy god I need to see this show.)
( Such as such )
I was particularly proud of our Iron Council, if only for my own selfish accomplishment, even though it was mostly borne from disaster. Jub was dropped in one shot and it left me to heal the remainder of the fight, which was still with all 3 guys remaining. I pretty much thought we would wipe and give it another go. Problem was, I was able to keep everyone up surprisingly well. I was a wreck by the end, but we pulled it off. I never want to do that again, but single healing the majority of council will go down as my best healing moment ever.
We made our end at Faction Champs on Trial, as we couldn't get a less ideal setup of opponents for our group. I'm confident we'll do better, as we one shot Beasts and Jarraxus after beating our heads on them multiple times a few weeks before.
If you need recollection, here you go. Only thing that'd be worse is if the live action Captain N were to die. Sure, you see him for all over ten seconds in the intro but still!
Anyhoo, the demo warmed me to the idea of this neat grindhouse themed adventure with some badass chick with guns and whatnot. The big problem with the demo in relation to the full version is that it pretty details everything you would possibly do in the game in the three demo levels you're given. The on-rail shooting atop moving vehicles, occasionally Quick Time Eventing from one car to another, was pretty neat although it is held back by being on rails. The run and gun fighting is fun at first, but when it doesn't go beyond jumping and shooting for the slow-mo multikilling, it loses its flair. There are several upgrades you can give to Rubi, but frankly not a single one is beneficial to clearing the game. Being able to shoot from poles, wires, after jumping off of guys and so on can put some panache to the game, but you really can go in and clear the game with the basic moveset you're given at the beginning. Even the weapons you can earn are unnecessary. Why bother with a shotgun when you can plow through guys with your handguns just as fine? Why use the SMGs when the handguns are a tad slower but pack unlimited ammo? Why use the crossbow thing... ever? If the additional moves and weapon couldn't add any extra excitement, the levels themselves had to. Sadly, they simply don't. Wet should have been this fast, adrenaline-pumping, Devil May Cry sendoff that should have jumped out of the blocks squealing and never looking back. Instead, you're put in constant states of stop and go with the frivolous platforming sections in between bits of gun and sword action. Kill some dudes, climb and jump around buildings for a few minutes, kill some dudes, climb and jump, etc. A couple levels combined the two, but not nearly enough to really make it exciting. Wet shines, although it's more of a quick gleam, when you're placed in the arena events. You have to bust doors down to stop respawns of enemies to go on. The situations basically mean for you traverse the room as quickly as you can to shut these spawn points down, as a result making some of the acrobatic platform feel more worthwhile and not a character-driven loading screen. If the enemies were at all any different as you moved on (guys with guns turn into guys with bigger guns turn into guys with masks and armor and guns), it could have very well been the major draw of playing the game. Rage mode sections are cute, and fun to look at temporarily, but the high contrast red, black and white stages do nothing but maybe cause a little bit of eye strain. More bits of quick time event sections do what the platforming did, only in shorter but just as unnecessary moments.
The gameplay had promise, but everything else doesn't help what little is there to gussy it up. The film grain filter is meant to hide the drab graphics. Not a single character, Rubi aside (and even then, she's no belle of the ball), is pleasing to look at. Rubi may have been one of the best versions of lady-badass we have ever seen (her design is pretty well done, looking like a cool female Dante without oversexing and underdressing her) if she wasn't such a drip. Her lines are corny and ineffectual, delivered with little excitement from Eliza Dushku. Perhaps it was less her fault and more the dialogue. She's decent to listen to, but her voice didn't fit what Rubi should have been. The gruff cursing felt forced, other lines sounded meek, and overall didn't work for what the game led me to envision her as.
Other vocal talents were sorely wasted. Malcolm McDowell had no business portraying an uninteresting villain. All the garbage lines of the many men you kill are horrible (trying hearing "YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU ARE SOOOOOOOOOO FUCKED!" several dozen times). Maybe it was supposed to be bad, being grindhousy and all, but you can put in lovingly bad moments and still have feel well done. Again, it was all so forced.
I don't see myself plugging through it again, and frankly I could have done with waiting for a price drop. Wet could have been much better with a little more loving care. Instead, it's another average title that probably could've gotten away with its shortcoming three or four years ago.
She's a 4 year old orange tabby. Aidan named her Kai-lan, after the Nickelodeon Show, but we're apparently just shortening that to Kai.
Pictures later, I'd say.
( Tattoo Again! )
Tried to joust a gladiator on donkey while riding a rhino.
Trapped a bear between two campfires.
Gave a dinosaur a cake, to which is was baffled by.
List the Beatles from 1 to 4, 1 being your most favorite, 4 being your least favorite.
1. George
2. Paul
3. John
4. Ringo
I see Ringo RUNNING AWAY with last place.
I would also like to point out a pet peeve I've discovered that I have. People who say "The Bee-ulls" whenever they mention the band. Fucking Americans. It's a lot like "Airy Poh-ah" for Harry Potter.
Seriously, I wanted an excuse to say "I'm getting WET." without sounding like a total perv.
