The World Ends With You - Game Reveiw

Title: The World Ends With You

Game Info:

• Number of Online Players: up to 4
  
• Number of In-Game Players: 1
• Developer: Square Enix
• Rating: Teen
  

- Fantasy Violence
- Mild Language
- Suggestive Themes

• Genre: Role-Playing

Rating: 4.5 out of 5

What it's about: Its about this boy named Neku Sakurabe who isn't exactly...The social type. The game starts out with Neku waking up in the Shibuya shopping district of Tokyo, with no recollection oh really who he is, and how he got there in the first place. The only thing he really remembers is his name. In the middle of figuring out how he got there and why, he receives a text messsage. 'You will cease to exist unless you accomplish the mission' as soon as he receives this message he is thrown into a 'game' that lasts 7 days long.

Gameplay: In this game, you use both the stylus and the top screen at the same time in battle mode. When you get your partner you control her using the up, down, left, right buttons, with Neku you use the stylus, at first this is extremely tricky. Seeing as if either of your health drops its 'Game Over'. At first you are given a few pins, these allow you to fight the 'Noise', there is a slight time limit after you use the pin (though, it isn't that long of a wait barely 10 secounds but even then you can get your ass kicked so whatch your health!) Part of the reason why this game only got a 4.5 our of 5 is the trickyness of the controls. Hard at first and on the annoying side but once you get used to them it's easier.

On the missions ~ each mission lasts roughly 60 minutes long (real time) and once you defeat the mission for that 'day' you go to sleep. Okay, so that made it sound like this game is short. It's not. Each day varries in length but the days i've went through are 60 mintues 160 minutes etc.

My Opinion: This game is addicting. It can get frustrating, VERY frustrating, to me that is the mark of a good game. My dad jokes with me saying 'Yeah...me and your mom can tell when you like one when you start yelling at the game' >_> <_<; he's right with that one XD Anyways, give this game a try I love it. Though, if your not sure if you would like it or not i recomend seeing if a friend has it or if its less used. That way you won't be kicking yourself if it turns out you hate it. (trust me, I hate it when that happens. Spend money to get a game play it then find out ya can't stand it!)

~Rozen

Shoujo Manga for the Masses.

Well, look's like I'm updating early! ^-^ Here are my first two Manga reviews for Hana-kimi and Family Complex, look for more in the future!


Title: Hana-kimi (the title in Japanese is Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)

Author(s): Hisaya Nakajo

Artist(s): Hisaya Nakajo


Genre(s): comedy, drama, romance, school life, shoujo, shonen-ai

Length: 23 Volumes and complete.

What it is about: Hana-Kimi centers around a girl name Ashiya Mizuki, she is a Japanese girl currently living in the U.S. One day, while she is watching TV, she see’s a track and field completion and becomes attracted to one of the high jump competitors, Izumi Sano. After she starts to idolize this athlete, she eventually transfers to attend the same school that Sano attends. Now, what is so different about this picture? The high school that Sano attends is actually an all-boys school called Osaka Gakuen, and Mizuki needs to dress and act like a boy to enter.

My Opinion: I absolutely love it! I found out about it while looking around on a website, and I almost instantly fell head over heels for it. I recommend it to anyone really, but, if you’re the type to be a bit bias on things that contain even the slightest bit of malexmale relationships then this manga is NOT for you!

Title: Family Complex

Author(s): Tsuda Mikiyo, Zaou Taishi

Artists(s): Tsuda Mikiyo


Genre(s): comedy, shoujo, slice of life

Length: 1 Volume

What it is about: Akira Skamoto is the second eldest son of the Sakamoto Family and he seems to be the only -normal- person. The rest of his family is made up of beautiful people, from his parents to his older brother to his two sisters. Akira feels out of place, like he shouldn’t belong to his family. After trying to hide this for so long one day it finally comes flooding out. How does his family react to his confession of feeling like an ugly duckling among the beautiful swans? Each chapter in this short but hilarious manga is dedicated to each family member starting with Akira.

My Opinion: While I like this manga sometimes it can get a little confusing, I found myself re-reading parts (though, that could have been due to how late I was reading it). Family Complex is a short and sweet manga that only consists of the one volume. While in a way, I wish it was a little bit longer to tell what happens to the family later on in their lives, I was till satisfied with the one volume. I feel if it it was drawn out into an actual series, it would have been too long and cause people to loose interest. All in all, I do recommend this but do read the first couple of pages before purchasing it to make sure you actually would like it.

Happy Reading!

~Rozen~

Oh sweet Ramblings of mine.

Well this is my first post of The Rambling Roze. Starting on the 30th I'll start off with a couple of Reviews of Manga's I've read over the past few days, as a heads up here are the general topics I'll be covering:

• Manga Reviews
• DS Game Reviews
• Recipes
• Random junk I've found online
• Craft tips and ideas
• Drawing Tips/Art websites
  
• Older Movie Reviews

That really is all I have to say about what will be going on in this blog and simple a 'Heya!' to everyone out there ^-^.

A note on 'Older' Movie Reviews: these are movies that are either: In black and white, movies that are relatively new but didn't get much of a 'buzz', or movies that people simply don't remember.

~Rozen