GG: A Gamer's Blog

“Worlds away” I’m a huge Kingdom Hearts fan and I’m super excited for the third entry (technically the eighth game of the series). However, there hasn’t been an official release date yet. The first game came out in 2002 for the PS2, and its 10th anniversary was in 2012 which was celebrated by the release of Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance for the Nintendo 3DS.  Now here’s where my theory comes into play. Square Enix, the publisher of the series has not released an official release date and it would make sense to me if it came out in 2017 because it would coincide with the 15th anniversary of the series as a whole. I could be wrong and it could be scheduled for 2016, but I feel that the anniversary factor has a huge chance that it might come out then to celebrate this franchise with the finale of what Tetsuya Nomura (Director of the series) has stated that this will be the end of the Xehanort Saga. It makes sense to me that they would do this to commemorate this f

“I sold my soul for blood” Bloodborne is the latest game created by From Software; the creators of the Souls series. Bloodborne retains the formula of the Souls series of the risk-reward system and that death matters. If you die, you lose all your blood echoes which is the equivalent of souls from the other games. The unique thing about Bloodborne is the combat system. The combat is a much more fast pace and demands well use of dodge, unlike its counterparts from the souls’ series which requires slower and longer battles using shields. Since you use guns instead of shield it helps create a more agile character who can dish out damage and evade attacks. However, Bloodborne does have a counter system like parry from the Souls games. The visceral mechanic is a counter move generally caused by well-timed shots when an enemy is about to attack causing them to stagger and you will hear a ding which prompts you to go in and attack directly for a visceral attack wh