Blade Kitten, Where no Nikomimi has gone before!

Now it may seem odd that I review a Inde-game that has already been out on the Xbox live and PlayStation Network that was just released on the crazy, game network service, Steam. But, I have my reasons.

One of the reason is that games need female protagonist, as while there are some that fit the bill for a good female protagonist, most are over-sexulized like the recent Samus Aran as some Emo, blond girl, or the Jail-bait Lara Croft. While Ms. Ballard dose have some craziness behind her, she doesn't over-stay her welcome unlike the annoying girls in games like JRPGS. I think EVERYONE know who I'm talking about.

Another reason is because kenekomimis are often displayed as barbaric races, nomads, and even monsters without civilizations, but even Nomads have rules and obligations unlike in the "civilization" game. While there are often seen as thefts and trouble makers, that doesn't mean they cannot be civil. I personally think they could make great therapist, as they are literal humanoids with the understandings of whats around them. In short, they can be civil.

But now to the game itself...

The game starts as Kit, as in not the fox on youtube, Ballard lands on the Lizard people after a bounty but then gets ambushed by a blond woman named Justice who bombs her ship and steals her Breaker Key. "Well, and I though Aki was a pain" I said as she pours hot coffee on my crotch! Anyways, the human armies then attack as she fights though the waves of the reds to find and claim her bounty, finding that things aren't as they seem as a dark truth from her past reemerge.

Sadly, lets start with the flaws in the game. While many complain the controls, I got used to them on my secant play-though and figured out what to do. However, I had to learn them the hard way by playing since, even I was playing on the 360 controller, the game still displayed the button huds instead of the common button prompts seen in even other inde games.While playing though with the upgrades, the game can be easy, but without them, the game can be frustrating without them. Also, I had cheap deaths because the red-raciest decided to play cat-pinata since getting stunt lock between a horde of enemies as the Cam decided to zoom too close in.

However. on replaying the game. that's when I memorized the path and locations of enemies within the game and also found hidden goodies.That when it hits me: that's the Earthworm Jim kind of Action-platformer that I liked as a kid. The type of liner Metroid-vinia these days that even the developers lost within time. The game  not hard as BloodRyane: Betrayal, as nuts as they went with the platforming and bird sections of the game. However, a hard game doesn't always equal a good experience, as games like Dark Souls isn't as hard once one knows what they're doing.

Sadly, The game series suffers the same issues that Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness and the Skull-Girls, where the company would either abandon the game or hold the wrights away from their owners.  This is still a good game, but the flaws caused from the past developers not giving a damn and only focusing on milking the franchise is what holds it back from it's greatness. This is why they had to cancel their episodic gaming idea to a bigger game as a sequel into 3D.

But besides it's flaws, experiences can be what it all relies on. In the end, I had a fun time with the game. What  make the game good is that the developers put a lot of love within the game. From the cell-shaded characters, the witty humor, well designed world, and the story plot, the game can be a pleasant experience.  It would be better than a game made about me, a kenikommimi off to save his kin within a city based off Saints Row 2 and Spider-man 2...

Wait, why AREN'T I developing the game? Oh yea, the dark age of gaming is upon us. Never-mind...

Batman: Arkam Origins **spoilers**

I was planning to skip this review, but I was called out by Youtuber Chuggaconroy, as he wanted to know if he should get this game as he trusted my advice. As people pointed out to get Sonic Colors over Sonic Lost World and Okami Wii to HD because of the controls, I have to say get Arkham City over Arkam Origins since Origins is a complete mess.

I should enplane this reasoning after all. While the gameplay dose look promising, like Sonic Lost World, its only fun to watch and is a painful experience. And while the official clips my seem promising, the gameplay felt on rails as the tester lead the way. When played on hands, some of the mechanics are the same, but the gameplay is so buggy, game breaking glitches pledge the game like rats in a time where black cats where though to be a bad thing like Beta testers.  Whats worse is they refused to fix most of these issues because they couldn't of poor excuses.

Arkham Origins takes place after year one, where Batman is starting to build his repetition as a vigilante. Black Mask, the criminal overlord who runs in Gotham, breaks outs and sends mercenaries to capture and kill Batman. The disappointing part of the story was how the Joker was implemented as the bait and switch plot-line within the game because it felt like the story writers wanted to make up with the lame mercenaries. While they did hype the battle with Death-Stroke, it's the most annoying fight in the game and comes way too fast within the story line. While the fight with Slade seems awesome, playing the part of the game is harshly annoying.

Speaking of gameplay, the multiplayer mode was added on because why not. Warner Brothers noticed how shooters like modern warfare and call of duty and though to cash-in to that kind of demographic. While to some the multiplayer  is fun to some, it feels out-of-place. While there is a third team where you can play as Batman and Robin, they seem to only pick-off rookies while professional players pick them off easy. While the Wii U version is cheaper because it's multiplayer has been removed, the Wii U isn't know for add-ons, as developers refuse to give add-ons for the system.

As a big Batman fan, This game comes at a disappointment. Even though Heart of Ice's retelling as Cold, Cold Heart, as good as the story is, is better as a movie than a game. If anyone is tempted to buy the game because of the add-on, it's only about an hour and a half long, including the collectibles. Besides Sonic Lost World and, the most disappointing game of 2013,  Dead Rising 3, Origins is only fun to watch.

To summarize: Wait until Arkam Knight, or if you cannot wait, check  The Assault on Arkham and Son of Batman since these movies will cure your Batman rash. Could not recommend this game this game on normal conditions because looks cannot make a game alone. Looks like Nintendo was right all along.