Monday, January 31, 2011

Aquaria Day 11 and 12 and 13: FIN (get it)

Well, I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up with my blog.  Things have been kind of crazy.  I also took the weekend off from playing, which I feel bad about, but it was my birthday and I had guests. So today, I got back into the game, and I'm happy to say I have defeated it.  I am not, however, happy to say that I forgot to load Fraps, so there are no pictures of the final boss.  I am an idiot.  Basically I had to enter a giant monster body, and then fight a big monster.  And in true old-school tradition, I had to beat it four times.  I died a lot and it wasn't fun!  But I finally got 'im.  But I didn't get the true ending because I didn't get all the lost souls or memories or whatever?  Fuckin' bullshit.

Anyway, my final thoughts on Aquaria is that it is a truly old-school game.  It makes no apologies for its difficulty or save points or somewhat clunky controls and mechanics.  But man, by the 6th or 7th hour I just wished the game would fucking end already.  I was never that invested in the story and none of the new powers I gained over the course of the game made much of a difference.  It's a fun enough game, but I'm betting most people will put it down long before they see the end.

Final Grade: C+

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