Friday, January 29, 2010

Shihodo Narika Choko Sennin Ver. (PVC Figure)

Another "i-think-it's-good" figure that i found on net...
Another good looking Narika, from Alter...don't tell me anything about the pantsu...=.="
Alright boys, pictures....
 
 i just like the color...it's great!

is this a weapon? it looks like a weapon...or maybe it's not a weapon.....and yeah it's a weapon.
(=.=)"
btw...it looks cool..
 
Side/Full view of the model, nice posing...

Again, sold out?!?! Maybe because of the 4.65/5 rating...
Height is approx. 200mm
Price: 7410 yen
Other Currencies:
82.51  US Dollar
58.39  Euro
91.67  Australian Dollar
149.88  Brazil Reais
87.25  Canadian Dollar
563.5  Chinese Yuan
51.17  Great Britain(UK) Pound
641.56  Hong Kong Dollar
280.58  Malaysian Ringgit
1072.36  Mexican Pesos
116.25  N.Z. Dollar
2461.79  Russian Ruble
115.91  Singapore Dollar
597.58  Sweden Krona
85.94  Swiss Francs
2724.26  Taiwan Dollars
2646.43  Thailand Bart

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Otaku-Zone: Suzumiya Haruhi Extravaganza Ver. PVC Model

I used danny choo's photo because of good lightning.(thanks danny!)

I think it's from Max Factory...if not mistaken...

Very good coloration, good facial expressions...the real haruhi should be exactly like this...

Well-proportioned...nice pose with the guitar...


talk about the guitar.... very detailed isn't it?
i think it's must-get item for all haruhi fans...i wanna get one of those too, just the website stated it was out of stock..

Info:
Size: 1/8 approx 210mm
Price: +/- 7430yen
Other Currencies:
78.58  US Dollar
55.62  Euro
87.31  Australian Dollar
142.75  Brazil Reais
83.1  Canadian Dollar
536.7  Chinese Yuan
48.73  Great Britain(UK) Pound
611.04  Hong Kong Dollar
267.23  Malaysian Ringgit
1021.35  Mexican Pesos
110.72  N.Z. Dollar
2344.7  Russian Ruble
110.39  Singapore Dollar
569.16  Sweden Krona
81.86  Swiss Francs
2594.69  Taiwan Dollars
2520.55  Thailand Bart

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Team Member Intro

..::Wallpaper Section::..

Title: Sunset Mantle
A Bakemonogatari Wallpaper
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As an animation, Bakemonogatari has a simple, clean art style. But the guest illustrations for the series are anything but simple! So, it's great to see that °Tens took on a more complex illustration and made it his own with vector gradients so fine at points it more resembles painting that vectoring. Do have a look at this beautiful wallpaper!



(Click to enlarge)

Artist's Brainspill:
It's been such a rush doing this wallpaper.

This wallpaper is probably the most difficult one I have done so far. I was highly motivated... probably most ever. I had a Dec 1st deadline and I loved the scan. It was a lot of fun although it was also painful getting waller's block.

The scan took FOREVER to vector. It took about a month working on it almost every day. I scraped a lot of renders and spent a lot of time thinking. I went through countless layers, masks, and delicious GRADIENTS. The hair took a really long time. I rendered every single strand. I wanted her hair to be somewhere between hundreds of hair strands and just gradient hair because I think neither extreme would fit her.

I really wanted to do the matte background. I had a lot of trouble doing it. Eventually I was able to get in rhythm and do it without drinking my own tears and blood. I liked how it faded off the edge of the scan so I kept the extensions minimal. The original is of course made of neutral and muddy colors. I liked it a lot because it makes the character's colors stand out more. At the same time, it also pushed me to add more color.

Her eyes influenced me to create a "sunset" version. Her eyes are normally blue but in the scan they were redish and purplish.
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I have only provided 1440*900 resolution. Feel free to ask for more resolutions.

Otaku-Zone

Beginning of 27th January, Otaku-Zone will be implemented by Unorthodox. Any post that relates to otaku will not be labelled "off-topics".

The author will try his best updating the blog even it's tough time for this year as the author is taking government exams.

The other member will help in posting new article about otaku, if he wishes to.

Blog owner,
Unorthodox.
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-Signing Out-

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Hatsune Miku VN02 mix (PVC Figure)

Okay, off topic....talk about anime now.
For a anime lover like me, I love gorgeous PVC figure. Besides I just found one from the net.

The Character:
Hatsune Miku


An all new perpective of Miku!
A collaboration between the popular illustrator Nagimiso and Max Factory brings a figure of this cybernetic Miku, which was originally illustrated by Nagimiso as a character for the VN02mix of Miku Hatsune's original song 'moon'.
Placed in an elegant pose as if soaring through the air, this version of Miku is far more than just a robotic version of Miku, it's a carefully designed decorative masterpiece - a bold, yet finely crafted figure that will suit virtually any collection!

Height approx 270mm.
Copyright Nagimiso/CFM

Now, the pics...(click to enlarge? hmm...)

 
Okay buddy, time's up for the viewing...
And the most important thing: PRICE
11,581 Yen. Other Currencies:
128.96
US Dollar
91.26
Euro
143.28
Australian Dollar
234.25
Brazil Reais
136.36
Canadian Dollar
880.72
Chinese Yuan
79.97
Great Britain(UK) Pound
1002.72
Hong Kong Dollar
438.53
Malaysian Ringgit
1676.04
Mexican Pesos
181.7
N.Z. Dollar
3847.66
Russian Ruble
181.16
Singapore Dollar
933.99
Sweden Krona
134.32
Swiss Francs
4257.89
Taiwan Dollars
4136.23
Thailand Bart

WTH!? I can only do 1k MYR/MTH...holy sh*t! 438.53 is as much as my half month wage!!!(students shouldnt think too much of PVCs...just study and get a good job rite?)
ETA: June 2010 (happy waiting)

Thats all for today! Posted By Unorthodox.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Vanguard Princess

Vanguard Princess is a free 2D fighting game created by an ex-Capcom employee Tomoaki Sugeno. The game art style is modern moe style but the actual game system is closer to old fighting game style instead of the easy-combo game style that these kinds of games have become associated with. This game is way too good in all aspects for a freeware game. [adapted from gossipgamers]

Hmm, these are the screenshots showing how good there are, and the download links...


 

Holy shit rite? Now here is the download link: Click Here!!!
Before extracting, please scan the shit with an antivirus.

Any further informations or questions, please comment below and i'll do my best.

Blazblue: Calamity Trigger coming to PC

"Tradewest Games SAS announced today the release of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC for the first quarter of 2010.
Developed by the prestigious Japanese studio Arc System Works - responsible for the excellent series Guilty Gear - BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger has already imposed on the United States and Japan as the fighting game of the year."


"Blazblue: Calamity Trigger attack strong, fast, and fair!"

Whatever it says, it's coming to PC. And I think this game is hella better than SF4, besides IGN give it an outstanding 9.4/10.

Other publishers will likely announce English-language releases in the coming months. If not, être prêt à parfaire votre français. (Be ready to review your french)

Screenshots of this prestigious creation:

 
 

Video:

Again, release date:
2010 Q1 (unconfirmed)
Score:
IGN - 9.4
GT- 9.0


Friday, January 15, 2010

Do you love to live in Malaysia?

Apparently yes, I do! Just for a 'simply r***** country', very 'stable' politic, and so on...

THERE IS ALWAYS A 'BUT' for any thesis[Is it true?]... Well me, as a gamer I really hate to live in M'sia.. WHY?! Last time, I bought so many games just for MP but its end up by getting a 'marvelous' network line during playing... Is it network line or latency? Well what-so-ever, every game I play in MP, I just get 300 over which is way too much. Even those F2P MMOFPS, I just can get minimum 250+. This will cause me bullet lag{FPS}!! What is bullet lag? Bullet lag happens when a player latency getting a 250+. Its like when you click your mouse to fire your gun, it will take about one or maybe half a second before your gun start to shoot and causing the bullet the delay its time to hit the target.

Second, when I was playing a MP game, let's say crysis, I always get booted out from the room every time I join a game which make me feel frustrating and annoying me as well.

Although, in M'sia there are a lot of professional gamers on a particular games.
But what I want is the play other games that are so popular in the world[Gamers' world].




PS:Sorry for my bad english, please do correct me thank you.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Off-Topic: War Quotes.

"War is the business of barbarians."
-Napolean Bonaparte

"Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just brave five minutes longer."
-Ronald Reagan

"All wars are fought for money"
-Socrates

"War doesn't make boys men, it makes men dead."
-Ken Gillespie

"War does not determine who is right - only who is left"
-Burtrand Russell

 "If the enemy is in range, so are you."
-Infantry Journal

"All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing."
-Edmund Burke

"Teamwork is essential, it gives them other people to shoot at."
-Unknown

"There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending."
- Abraham Lincoln

"The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic."
- Joseph Stalin

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
- General George S. Patton

"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
-General Douglas MacArthur

"The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it."
- George Orwell

"You cant say civilization dont advance - for in every war, they kill you in a new way."
-Will Rogers

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Few Ways To Make Yourself A Respectful Online Gamer [home-made :P][UPDATED]

How to avoid yourself being annoyed by other online gamers and in fact, making them respect you?
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There are few tips here:
For RPG type games (e.g. PW, CABAL):
-Respect yourself first. Don't always be a beggar.
-Respect your guild/clan/faction mates, assist them when they needed, anytime, anywhere. Except flame wars/stalk ks that cause your guild/clan/faction reputation to be dropped.
-Do not scam newbies. Yes you can earn a lot by that, but it cost you a lot.(when you get banned bwahahaha)
-Be friendly. This explains almost anything, we dont like a mute-asshole and a fuckface that scold noob at everybody.
-Know when to stop. When you are facing a tough challenge from some (&$$%##@! assholes(but they are fkin high level), before asking your help from your guild/clan/faction mates, analyse and know your opponent first. You dont want your character and all of your mates to die in a shithole where they are stalked and ksed everytime they online by that asshole's guild mates or alliance. When you know that asshole is way too furious, just take a break by offline. KNOW WHEN TO STOP.
-Lastly, DO NOT HACK. It's not cool and it's cheap.

For Shooting Games (e.g. SA, CA, A.V.A)
-Always remember a golden rule: "A thing that is noob but it still kills, it isnt noob."
-Dont find excuses for your death. It's nothing shame to be killed. I know somebody that his/her character rank is fkin' high and killed by a rook, he/she is not going to be happy. Just assume that the rook is highly talented, or you are fkin bad-luck today. Dont cause flame wars. Be happy.
-Only blame yourself when you die, be optimistic. I saw some guys in SA with 2 or 3 diamonds always say that i'm just doing tyco or spamming. Actually I dont, so these guys are probably retarded and doesnt know what is difference between spam and headliner, and they do not know killing streaks done to them like I've killed them 5 times in a row with HS, they still tell me that i'm lucky. Why dont they just accept the truth that they are NOOB?
-Chat more, mostly there are no people talking in shooting games where all people are concentrating, but still, you should be the trigger, to make the room players more "friendly towards you". Tips: Do not talk about something lame.
-Respect each other skills. Dont look down on rooks.
-Teamwork. We dont like superheroes in a mission game.
-Cheer your teammates. Cheering works, trust me.
-Dont make ANGER ruin your mood of gaming, ANGER, with one more D, is DANGER. You will drop your focus a lot.(i have been in this kind of situation before)

For Strategy Games (e.g. Super Commander, C&C)
-Do not do something stupid.
-Be teamwork.
-Dont force others to obey your strategy, always do the discussion. You're not Zhuge Liang rite?

-happy gaming.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

GotY Awards 2K9 (must read)

GotY Awards 2K9


First! Happy new year to you guys who read this.
Here is the Game of the Year 2009 awards based on GT!


Most dissapointing game (note that this is the most dissapointing, not worst!)
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Which game drew in most attention only to achieve epic failure?


And the nominees are:
i) Bionic Commando!
ii) Resident Evil 5!
iii) Grand Turismo 4 PSP!
iv) Tony Hawk: Ride
v) Wolfenstein: (????) - i will update it later...

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AND THE LOSER IS!!!!! (LOLS)
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>>>Tony Hawk: Ride<<<


My Opinion: In my opinion, RE5 should be the sore loser for this category. It swept almost every award available at E3 2008. And it turns out to be a cool action-survival game, not a horror-survival game. Besides, RE5 just copied too much from RE4. Maybe RE6 will rock you out, or...ummm...maybe not. For the Grand Turismo, it's a frustrating game for players as it is hard to make your ride upgraded to your heart's core. It's more like a mental torture game. Even this game showed the true ability of PSP graphic processing. Last but not least, bad luck to the nominees!


Up next, GotY Awards 2009 - Biggest Surprise


GotY Awards 2009 - Biggest Surprise
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Which game turned out to be the biggest surprise this year?


And the nominees are:
i) Batman: Arkham Asylum
ii) Demon's Souls
iii) Need for Speed: Shift
iv) New Mario Bros. WII
v) Ultimate Fighting Champion 2009 Undisputed
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AND THE WINNER IS...
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>>>Batman: Arkham Asylum<<<


My Opinion: Yep, in this generation of gaming, it's difficult to vow audiences with something truly surprsing as these industries are being too predictable. From trash to treasure, from zero to hero...congratulations to these nominees! For the winner, that is Batman: Arkham Asylum, I can only say that this game surprises me alot. Because most of the movie-based games doesnt really standout in it's genre, like Spiderman made by Activision. My friend was first telling me that Batman AA rocks! While I'm still doubting the potential and quality of that game. For DC heads, AA is a fantastic game, and for the batman non-enthusiastic person like me, you still need to try it as well, it's a must play! For Demon's Souls, I have nothing to say but a commercial and a practical success. For NFSS, first I thought is Need For Speed: Shit, cause NFS series has been disappointing me after NFSMW. But the new NFS got a cockpit view!(cool) Making it a great racing simulator! NFS:S also has awesome physics, texture and high-speed thrills compared to previous titles. It's a pedal to a medal. For the Mario, almost all of the people say: "This is not the mario we want!!" at E3 2008, and everyone doubt the quality of the end product. In fact, this game still have the magic touch for mario lovers for being one of the best 2D game. No comments for UFC. :P



Up next, GotY Awards 2009 - Best PSP Game



GotY Awards 2009 - Best PSP Game
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Which Portable PlayStation game takes the top prize on the road?



And the nominees are:
i) Dissidia: Final Fantasy
ii) Little Big Planet
iii) Resistance: Retribution
iv) Half-Minute Hero
v) Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars


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AND THE WINNER IS...
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>>>Resistance: Retribution<<<


My Opinion: I have nothing but to agree 100% on the winner. Resistance: Retribution's deep and rock solid single player campaign, great graphics, immersive voice casting and enough firepower to light up the midnight sky has made itself won an award! This is one of the best-looking PSP game ever! And Dissidia: Final Fantasy is a really good game. What make it nominated? It's the fighting system that have great combos and effects and this surely make itself standout in it's genre. About Half-Minute Hero. OK, ask yourself who wanna play a RPG game that sucks from days to months of your precious time? While Half-Minute Hero, as by it's name, it's a fast-paced RPG game and it combines half-minutes to hours of fun! It's sure a must play for RPG lovers! And yeah, the Rockstar has made it again! Their GTA series always rocks as usual. This GTA:CW has it's graphics refined and obviously, better than NDS. Rockstar also tweaked some gameplay and make it more fascinating. Thumbs up for Rockstar.



Up next, GotY Awards 2009 - Best Fighting Game



GotY Awards 2009 - Best Fighting Game
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KO! my favorite category here!!!
Which fighter climbed its way to the top this year?



And the nominees are:
i) Blazblue: Calamity Trigger
ii) Street Fighter 4
iii) Tekken 6
iv) Fight Night Round
v) Ultimate Fighting Champion 2009 Undisputed



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AND THE KO MASTER IS...
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>>>Street Fighter 4<<<



My Opinion: It's SF4, nothing surprised me. Anyway, in my opinion, a great fighting games is made by carefully balancing of characters, great graphics and very user-friendly controls. Blazblue is kinda Guilty Gear type fighting games, or melty blood you can say. For those non-anime fighting game players, you should also try this as well as it characters are really balanced and the graphics are really outstanding for a 2D fighting. Tekken 6, one of my favorite games, is really nice for me(and you too, perhaps). I love the characters to be smart and sexy, and their fighting styles and combos really satisfy me. For UFC, I'm happy for it to reveal himself in the spotlight again!



Up next, GotY Awards 2009 - Best Trailer



GotY Awards 2009 - Best Trailer
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Which trailer packed the most showcasing power?



And the nominees are:
i) Assassin's Creed II
ii) The Last Guardian
iii) Star Wars: The Old Republic
iv) God of War III
v) Halo: ODST



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AND THE GREATEST BLOCKBUSTER IS...(LOLS)
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>>>The Last Guardian<<<



My Opinion: Best trailer, do this worth an award? Lols. Anyway let's get it started. Trailer is kinda important tool to make a person has enough hype to buy the game. While these five nominees are really good. I bet those judges are having hard time when picking the winner. About AC2, it's about the protagonist, Ezio doing stuffs and unleash the cool way to take down his enemy through his vendetta. You can watch the trailer at our blog. God of War III is more like the main character acting like John Rambo taking those useless roach out of his way using extremly "barbaric" and bloody skills. It's really cool, believe me. And for Star Wars, it's like a blockbuster movie produced by Lucas featuring Jedi VS Sith...you can see much killing and much explosion. A really jaw-dropping trailer. And for ODST, ODST used real guy acting in the trailer. And the trailer is mind-blowing, guess that real-guy idea was not a waste at all. Last one, The Last Guardian, nothing to say but thumbs up!


Friday, January 1, 2010

Genre Award by Victor [UNOFFICIAL]

Best Action Game

Victor's Nominees=>

Resident Evil 5

Batman: Arkham Asylum

Prototype

AND THE WINNER IS :


Batman: Arkham Asylum

Why Batman: Arkham Asylum and not Prototype or others?
Well, Batman: Arkham Asylum brings us a unique atmosphere in the game than others. In Batman: Arkham Asylum, it takes place at Arkham Asylum, a mental institution built to rehabilitate the criminals (and super-criminals) of Gotham City. Well yes its just leave you in a small area but not too small . But it lets you play around with Batman's grapnel, detective vision, and formidable fighting skills make you feel like a superhero. In this game, you will be playing the whole game at night, there wont be any sun light shine on your muscle-bound superhero. The enemies in the game are quite fun to fight with. Once you adapted to control your character that is Batman, it is easy to defeat your enemies by just clicking a few time on your mouse . Sound like very easy but there is a moment where you need to react fast to avoid detected,and plan before you act so that you wont get killed by a set-up traps, or even a armed enemies that can take you to hell by shooting you with a few bullet in their gun. With the impressive visuals, stirring soundtrack, superb voice acting, fiendish puzzles, hard-hitting combat--feels, it can really put you into the game. Even you are not fan of Batman games, you will also get sticked on to the game.
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Best Driving Game

Victor's Nominees =>>

Need For Speed Shift

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box

Dirt 2

AND THE WINNER IS ::::::

Dirt 2

Dirt 2!!! No way! It's a washed down arcade rally game. Well, I Dirt 2 deserved to be the best driving game because varieties of gameplay modes. On the other hand, this game will take you for quite some times to finish all the events of the game.



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Best Fighting Game


Victor's Nominees ===>>>

Street Fighter IV

Street Fighter 4

Street Fighter Four

AND THE WINNER = Street Fighter 4/IV/Four

Well there is not much fighting games in PC that released in 2009, SF4 is the only fighting game released on PC in 2009.So there is no other other games to pick or to be choose as the nominees in the best fighting game in PC. Amazing presentation, intricate and enjoyable fighting gameplay, and long-term appeal with online play make this a must-have despite online play suffers if either fighter's connection is slow.
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Best Role PLaying Game


Victor's Nominees >>>>

Dragon Age: Origin

Torchlight

Risen

AND THE WINNER IS
<<<<< Dragon Age: Origin >>>>>

Dragon Age: Origin is a long-awaited successor to such PC classics as Neverwinter Nights and Baldur's Gate II, and finally come out with a superb role-playing game that offers a huge role-playing adventure dozens of hours long; an epic high-fantasy story; memorable characters; countless quests and many more. Moreover, the PC version of Dragon Age offered the best graphical presentation on a high-end system and the best control scheme: the mouse and keyboard, of course. This is why Dragon Age : Origin get my attention.

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Best Shooter

Victor's Nominees -----

>Left 4 Dead 2

>Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

>Borderlands

AND THE WINNER IS...
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2


Despite an awfully short storyline of MW2, MW2 delivers us an intense, action-packed campaign. The graphic has improved much more than the CoD4. The environment of the game feels great but its not all destructible. Well the gameplay still stay the same like the previous sequel, but this time the developer has added something new on it like driving a boat. The 'Arcade mode' in Cod4 had been replaced by a new mode that is 'Special Ops'.In 'Special Ops' mode, you will be playing some campaign-style action that is unburdened by any sort of plot. You need earn a rating based on your completion time or difficulty level and unlock new missions as you progress.Though the missions will adjust to allow you to play solo, Special Ops missions are made to be played cooperatively. When you have a strong team assembled, cooperative play is uniquely fun, and Special Ops provides a great variety of engaging missions. Overall, although some of the some of the elements in CoD4 had been missing in MW2, but it is still enjoyable to play it.

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Best Strategy Game

Victor's Nominees++++++

*Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

*Plants vs. Zombies

*Empire: Total War


And the game turned out to be the best strategy game in 2009 is
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:Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II gets best strategy game due to its unique rpg/strategy game mode. You will be using 4 out of 5 soldiers or space marines and fight your way thought the whole game. Despite the repetitive missions and boring,it is fun, and exciting thought online play that will keep you under its spell.Moreover, the loot collecting is fun and addictive in the game. On the other hand, you can play your campaign with your friend thought Co-op mode.
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Best PC Games in 2009 by Victor ^^[UNOFFICIAL]

Hey everybody, our blog seem to be stop updating since 20th July 2009 due to our studies, we just don't have much time to update it.

Now we are back!!
Today, I'm going to talk about awards for 2009 PC games... The year 2009 is finally over, and all the big games have come and made their impact. Well this year, most of the PC games do not reach my expectation. Most of them are just disappointed me, for example: F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin, a direct sequel of the most anticipated games in 2005, some what can't keep pace with its lauded predecessor.

Well, I'm not gonna list every games released in 2009, but I'm going to pick some of the most recognized titles in the market.

So here is some of the nominees picked by Victor:

Dragon Age: Origins

Batman: Arkham Asylum

The Sims 3

Left 4 Dead 2

Resident Evil 5

Borderlands

Red Faction: Guerrilla

Plants vs. Zombies

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

DiRT 2

and so on...