REVIEWS REVIEWS

Its time for some reviews and more reviews.

Music

Starting off is the New album of jolin tsai! Dancing Diva.



This is her 1st album released at EMI. I was pretty disappointed with the cover of the album. Not very well designed. But the songs really saved the day.

Just as the album title implied, dancing diva, this album comprises of mainly fast upbeat tracks with really catchy tunes. The slow ballad songs are no filler tracks too. The entire album pack a punch. I would say its a huge improvement from the previous album. and she is getting prettier too. haha.. Its pretty seldom that i find an entire album with gd or great tracks. Most chinese pop albums nowadays chunk out 1 or 2 hit songs with d rest juz there to fill the cd up.

This album is a muz get. 4/5 stars.

Comics

V for Vendetta

Juz finished reading it. Borrowed from the sch library with the help of audrey. haha.. thx!



The comic of V is a much more expended version as compared to the movie. the drawings are a little old sch. haha.. but considering that it was drawn so long ago, in the 70s or 80s if im nt wrong, its qt alright already.

Story wise, this original version is better that the movie. Everything was shortened and cramped up in the movie or completely eliminated. And V is potrayed as a madman instead of a romantic freedom fighter. There is also concepts of fascism and anarchy which wasnt in there. Lots of other side stories were also removed from the movie too.



Had fun reading it. I wanna get d dvd!! Hope its gonna be released soon.

Games



Shin Onimusha: dawn of dreams.

Produced by capcom, its a great game! so far.. Its rated M for mature, not suitable for kids under 18. I tink im playing more and more violent games.. bad. The graphics are about the same as the previous installment cos its pushing the limits for ps2 already. A hack and slash game with very epic stories. Set in ancient japan, the world is over run by demons and tis guy up there have to save the world. Typical storyline of japanese games.. But still trilling to watch and play.. The actions are really intense and fast paced.. i kept dying la.. haiz.. den there is d really tough puzzles too.. crack my brains.. got to use the guide sometimes..

Soundtracks

Onimusha: Dawn of dreams Original soundtrack



The soundtrack to the game comprises of 28 tracks from the game. All fully orchestrated. Very epic feel to it and fast paced. With mixtures of the full orchestra and electric instruments like the guitars and bass and sometimes traditional japanese instruments. The style of music is unison throughout the entire album. Not bad. Its a little similar to xenosaga 2 music, yuki kajiura's style. My fav.. classical plus something new, in tis case, its rock.