What have I been (watching / playing)?

Hey guys, this is a brand new series that I'm currently thinking of. In this series I will tell you guys the updates on the things I have been doing such as the games I have been currently playing or the anime that I have recently watched. Hopefully this will go smoothly as things might come up and I might not be able to post things within that day.

So to start of the series I would like to give an example of what will this post content.

What Have I been Playing?

Ib (The Game)

This maybe the first time I was interested in horror games. I technically haven't play this game myself but I saw someone else from Youtube playing the game through out till the finish.I never like horror themes cos I don't like seeing scary things to begin with but sometimes I just have the curiosity and the urge to watch horror games gameplays and that's how I ended up finding this game.

Title Screen

The story begins as we play as a little red eyes girl named Ib who went to the art museum with her family. Ib was told to look around the museum while her parents have something to do with the receptionist. As she walked through the museum and seeing a bunch of paintings, sculptures and all, she ended up in a hallway seeing a huge rectangular painting. Suddenly the lights went on and off and all of the people that were in the museum was gone, leaving Ib alone in the darkness. She went to see another art that was painted on the floor. It was a painting of a pond. She walked on top of it and surprisingly she fall into the painting.

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep

A couple of days ago, my friend, Annida, told me that I should review on another game. She told me, "why not Kingdom Hearts?" And so I think why not. Kingdom hearts is one of my favorite RPG game that I have ever played and the best part is, Disney is involved!! The story is really remarkable and when I finished Kingdom Hearts 2, I was blown away by how the story ends. I could never stop playing Kingdom Hearts. Sadly I don't have a Nintendo 3DS, so I was not able to play Kingdom Hearts 3D (Dream, Drop, Distance) which is the latest game and the sequel to Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded. I'll save that story for some other time!

So lets begin from the very beginning of the Kingdom Hearts series which is Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep. For those of you that have never played Kingdom Hearts before, then let me enlightened what is it all about. Our world consist of two sides. Darkness and light. To prevent imbalance of the world, there was the warrior of the light which are the chosen ones to wield a special weapon named as the key blade. These key blade warriors need to prevent darkness from ruling over other worlds. So they travel from one world to the other, defeating mysterious monsters from the darkness called the Unversed. It all begins with the first three key blade warrior named Terra, Aqua and Ventus.

The story begins in the Land of Departure, where Terra and Aqua take an exam to achieve the Mark of Mastery, which will allow them to become Keyblade Masters. However, only Aqua passes while Terra fails due to the abundant darkness in his heart. Shortly after the test, Master Xehanort disappears and a horde of mysterious creatures called the Unversed begin to appear throughout the worlds. Master Eraqus learns from Yen Sid that the Princesses of Heart are in danger from the Unversed, and orders Terra and Aqua to destroy the Unversed and find Xehanort. Ventus was coaxed by Master Xeanort's apprentice, Vanitas, into following Terra which encounters Master Eraqus' wishes. Eraqus orders Aqua to watch over Terra and bring Ventus back to the Land of Departure.

The gameplay begins with you selecting one of the three heroes. Each hero has its own ending and quests. You able to choose only one character at a time. After you finish all three of these characters, there will be a bonus level where you will only plays as Aqua that tries to save Terra (A little spoiler).

The way you play this game is different from playing Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. Birth by Sleep is an action roleplaying game that introduces a gameplay aspect called the Command System, which allows players to customize a Command Deck with techniques and abilities that they can perform at will, called Deck Commands. When performing ordinary attacks and commands, it will fill a gauge displayed above the command deck, when certain requirements are fulfilled, it will activate a Command Style that changes the player's basic attack command with the "Surge" command, which racks up powerful combos depending on what Command Style is activated. Filling the gauge with certain requirements a second time causes the character to change into an even higher level Command Style, which replaces the "Surge" command with the more powerful "Storm" command.

Terra Gameplay

Aqua Gameplay

Ventus Gameplay

There is a special world named as the Mirage Arena where you can play an extra mission, defeating strong bosses and gaining new abilities. Also not only that, you can also play with your friends in the mirage arena using the three heroes you choose but they will be equipping on their armor. You can customize the color of their armor to your liking. There are three type of gameplay. First is the game board, then player vs player which allows up to 6 players battle royale, and lastly is the boss battle where co-operation is crucial. Its possible too to play it by yourself. But I recommend you to play with your friends to double the fun!

Different Characters have their different strength and weaknesses and they have different commands that is available to use. Also they have their own alternate endings. I really recommend you to play this game. It have great plot, outstanding graphics when it comes to their endings and openings and their gameplay is just the best. A really outstanding game from Square Enix! Just have a look for yourself. Video posted by Soraalam1Gaming in Youtube.

Eiyu Densetsu Zero no Kiseki

As I have said previously, I will post the second chapter of the game Legend of Heroes: Trails in the sky. Well... I apologize but I won't be able to post the second chapter of the game just yet since it's in Japanese and I can't understand the story. Also due to a certain reason I was not able to buy the game and try it for my self. On the bright side I have a replacement for that review which is its new chapter Eiyu Densetsu Zero no Kiseki.

Legend Of Heroes Trails in The Sky

Well this is going to be my first time reviewing a game, even dough this game have an anime version but I prefer the game more. Lets save the anime for another time. Legends of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (eiyu densetsu, sora no kiseki) is a turn based battle RPG. It is the forth trilogy of the Legends of Heroes series and the new begining of the Trails in the Sky trilogy. The game was developed by Nihon Falcom industry, published also by Nihon Falcom industry with Xseed Games and Ghostlight. The game was released firstly for Microsoft PC in Japan on June 24, 2004. So this game is actually pretty old. The PlayStation Portable was able to play this game since it was ported in Japan on October 28, 2006, retitled Eiyū Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki FC, which included voice acting during battles.

The story took place in kingdom named Liberl, 10 years after the great invasion of the Erebonian Empire from the north. Currently it is being governed by the old queen Alicia II and restored back to its peaceful state before the war.

The main character is Estelle Bright, daughter of Cassius Bright who is a legend within the kingdom. During the great war, Erebonian managed to break their way through to the capital city. Here, under the direction and counter-attack planned by Cassius, Liberl launched a retaliation that forced the opponent to retreat back to the borders within a few weeks. After the war, Cassius gave up his sword and left the army, joining the Bracer's guild and enhancing it to its glory state and was given the S ranking.

One night, Cassius went home bringing a boy. The boy's name is Joshua and Cassius decides to adopt him as his son. The story begins with Estelle and Joshua's journey as junior Bracers completing the guild's normal quests and eventually leading them into exploration of the ancient facilities in the Liberl Kingdom... and it turns out that the manager of the army was just being used by a mastermind who's an adept at controlling people's minds. This also leads on to the second story, with Joshua's past unveiling in the ending.

The gameplay image

The game can be played in PC and PSP. Also Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC is their first season in their trilogy. Currently they have 3 seasons of the game until the Third chapter and a spin off, from the Trails in the Sky, entitled Eiyu Densetsu: Zero no Kiseki. I'll review that on another time. Sadly only the first chapter of Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky that has been translated into English. I hope in the near future, all of their sequel will be translated too.


This game is really enjoyable and it have a really good story plus their soundtrack is just awesome. Its just marvelous and you really need to play this game. Now see their opening trailer posted by The1UPNetwork.

Stay tuned for the review on their second chapter!