SRW V first promotional video

 

 

Time to hype

 

Several months ago we heard 2 new SRW series is in development, one is SRW OG The Moon Dwellers which already out and also the first official SRW that finally is in english (text only), we finally understand the story!!!. Then the second one is SRW V which is the usual cross over mecha franchise fit into SRW universe, and finally the long waited promotional video is here.

SRW V promotional video

We got a lot of surprise for this SRW, great mazinger is finally getting a proper upgrade =D

For the first time ever, Space Battleship Yamato in SRW series.

A brave series that is not Gaogaigar?  about time!!! welcome to SRW Might Gaine.

Cross Ange also decide to grace us for the first time in SRW.

Out of nowhere, Nadesico is back to SRW again.

For some reason, the original Grungust and Huckebein also making a comeback, I can't read japanese so I am not sure.

And to celebrate the anniversary, looks like we're also getting premium anime song album from the mecha series in SRW V later, again I cant read japanese so I am not sure if this is one package or separate item.

The game will be out in 23 February 2017.

Code: Hardcore

 

Amazing upcoming kickstarter game

 

On paper, design and the trailer they have showed to us, this look like an amazing game. Code: Hardcore (CH for short) was developed by a new studio in early 2016 called Rocketpunch and CH will be their first game. The game design is heavily inspired from the Super Robot Wars series, from the sprite based assets, cut in attack, semi real proportion, colorful presentation, fluid animation, everything is oozed with SRW feeling but with one core difference, CH is fully 2D action game, think of it like Metal Warriors with newest SRW sprite animation, that is Code: Hardcore.

I said Metal Warriors as the example because the gameplay is exactly like that, even to the eject feature, CH also let you the pilot eject from your mech and continue the game, the developer also assure us that the game will not just be a typical 2D action game, there will be a lot feature from variety of weapons, items, rich 2D animation cutscene, arcade mode, story mode, co-op and so on. The promise is there and from the comments, it's real and it's working perfectly.

It will be out on PC and PS4, not sure about the other console however, you can check their kickstarter page below, I really recommend to see the trailer first thing first just to see how amazing it is.

Code: Hardcore kickstart page

 

If you like 2D stuff, mecha and side scrolling action game, and always want to see how SRW is done in 2D action game? I don't see any reason why you shouldn't buy this game.

Tom Clancy Division 1.4

 

It's finally here

 

A long wait

 

Tom Clancy Division (Division for short), is a 3rd person shooter game with a mix element of loot drops, stat distribution, and a lot of RNG galore. When the game out, I bought it immediately because I love 3 things, loot based, anything that is not 1st person and leveling system, the game was perfect on paper, and it still good in actual gameplay but, it got boring... fast.

Then the 1.4 came, it fixed a lot and I mean a lot of things, end game equipment is now much easier to obtain, weapon and gear set got balanced out thus more variety on character build, enemy are now much easier to kill, world tier is introduced, some progression has been smoothed out, world boss now respawn, and many other things. The game is way better now, with daily and weekly task become much more rewarding, player now has reason to do the same thing over and over.

Overall Division is now a much better game, and now massive can continue with their planned expansion project. I want to enjoy the game but right now, for me and everyone who has explored all the current content, has reach more or less their "highest" build, patch 1.4 is just a "duck tape" patch, it only fixed a lot things, nothing more. I really hope massive announce their next expansion soon.

In case people want to read the full patch notes, here it is.
Division patch 1.4

Continuing my blog

Nobody probably looking at this blog anymore but, after 2 years I finally try to continue this blog again.

2 years ago i was naive, I though setting up a blog would be easy, It's not, I realized it after posting several content and after that... I don't know what to type anymore, I feel defeated, setting up the template, linking it to adsense, waiting for traffic, I shouldn't think about it at that time, I've give up, leave and forgotten.

2 years, and by pure accident I suddenly want to write a blog again, but this time with renew motivation, I put one using wordpress, just a few content then I realized that I have one long time ago, this blog, I check it and I was surprised it still there, untouched.

And by some miracle, the view count actually rose

 

When I set this blog, I have zero experience in blogging and I still do now, I didn't set any advertising from any source so I have zero hope for my blog to be read by someone. But it did, the count actually going up, I don't know whoever you are but I thank you for that.

I am going to continue this blog, this time however I will set two guideline for myself...

Screw Adsense and traffic. For now I don't want to think about that yet, I am new to this blogging stuff so I think its better to just focus on shaping my blog first, those two can come later if my blog survive the ordeal.

Grammar be damn. This is also one of the reason why I give up my blog, English is not my main, I created this blog because I though I could train my English and write with better grammar, apparently not. This time I don't care, the blog is called "Engrishwriter" for a reason and this time I make sure it stays as it is =)

"Why try so hard? It's your blog not them". This was said by my friends and also what sparked me to retry this blog again, writing a blog it's not a duty, it should be something that you like, something you enjoy, I miss that point 2 years ago, this time I will do it again but, this time I do it because I want to enjoy it not because I want the traffic or the revenue.

It will be slow and full with broken English but, I will try this time =D

Amanchu (early 3 episodes)

 

 

My though for the first 2 episode 

 

Slice of life anime will always have a special place in my mind, this type of anime always makes me think that everything is rainbow and sunshine in this world. And I am so glad Amanchu is here, the setting, the character, the humor, the... bobblehead face, everything is great!!! (and fun too)

The main target for this kind of anime is the sense of relaxation, if you get a "comfy" feeling every time you finish an episode or two, that mean the anime is success at presenting the slice of life aspect to you (at least that's how i think). As for Amanchu i like it, the general premise of the show is the daily life of 2 girls who just start their high school life, both came from different place, different lifestyle and their personality is complete opposite to each other, one is your typical shy and timid person and the other one is someone who can't stand firm for 10 seconds and very energetic, yet somehow the chemistry between these two is very funny, it's really one of the main attraction for this anime.

I enjoy it more than i hope

 

When it come show and criticism, I am bad. My standard for anime quality is pretty low, you could say that I am easily entertained, thus Amanchu made me laugh... a lot. To be honest after two episodes, I am not sure if i should call Amanchu is slice of life, it is one in a way but, it can be a comedy too considering Hikari  personality, she is pure gold.

The show really did well at showing how both girls has their own "canvas", Futaba the quiet one is very shy, when it focus on her everything seems quiet and low tone, then Hikari the energetic one, everything is moving around non stop, she's very active, loud and whatever she do, she do it in the most cheery way. Both telling their own story in their own way, when you see each of their focus, the slice of life is there and it's really strong, Futaba having trouble with her shyness while Hikari just going her own merry way, Futaba with her inner monologue and Hikari with her acting, but when both canvas collide... the slice of life is shifted and there goes the "sunshine and rainbow".

Everything just mixed so well, Futaba shyness help Hikari push her charm to lead the way while Hikari selfless to help Futaba push her shyness to shown even more in a very good way which lead to the comedy. The comedy just feel right, there is no rush in it, when the fun hit it hit at the right moment, the gleeful feeling you watch is end with a good laugh (or giggle) and moment later everything shift back to slice of life again ending the chemistry, this flow keep going for the two episode I've seen and I am not complaining, I like it this way because it offer me something more than just "cute girls doing cure thing", it has it moment while keeping it steady showing it to us viewer that this is still slice of life anime in it's pure form.

Continuing the show

 

I am definitely going to watch the whole series, i like slice of life anime so i will continue, Hikari bobblehead mode amazed me and Futaba shyness add even more amusement to it. To be honest i was off a bit when the show keep showing Hikari mostly in bobblehead mode but, after a while it paid off thanks to Futaba.

Spot the main character