Ye Olde Game System

So, how many of you here know what a Playstation is?

No, I did not leave the 2 off there by accident. Before the Playstation 2 there was...The Playstation.

Yep, big surprise there.

Well, a while back I picked up a Playstation to play some old games of mine (due to various reasons, my PS2 will not play them. *cough cough*) So I finally got that all working after about an hour last night, and I popped in a game called "Brave Fencer Musashi". It's a game where a princess summons this kid, who is the legendary swordsman Musashi, to save her kingdom. Now, Musashi is a very nice person at heart. Here's how I know it: Musashi was ripped out of whatever relaxing place he was in to help this princess for no reward at all except to get sent back.

Pictured: Musashi's homeland

Now, if I were him, I'd be pissed about that. Some whiny bi- princess yanks me out of my relaxing eternal summer resort to save her damn kingdom? Of course, maybe this is standard operating procedure for Musashi. Maybe he's used to going out and saving princesses and kingdoms and it's all in a days work.

..Maybe his hometown isn't actually a beach resort with naked ladies serving martinis, because it doesn't seem like he minds it so much.

But anyways, you start off the game trying to get the sword Lumina. It aquaints you with the controls and the things you can do, and you end up getting the sword, then running down a tower as a giant stone head rolls behind you and threatens to squish you. During this time, Musashi is running towards the bottom of the screen, so you only see obstacles when its too late. There's one point where he says "Whoa, JUMP!" Now, if you jump right when he says to, you'll fall in the lake he's telling you to jump above. If you jump too late, he'll just run into the lake and die. It's annoying to try to get the timing right, especially since when you die, Musashi has one last important thought to say before he dies. And did I mention the voice acting is awful?

The voice acting is SO horrible in this game, I have no idea how I didn't think so when I was 10. Not to mention my sound is a bit weird and the voices are choppy, too. So I have choppy, awful voice acting. Did I mention I get to hear it every time I die?

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So those're my thoughts on Ye Olde Gaming System. I'll probably mention Valkyrie Profile on here too, later on. And Shadow of the Collosus, I think. But that's for another time.

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