Lollipop Lollipop
27 June 2012
Well, what do you know? I've only just gone and completed my bachelor's degree! It's been a four-year journey, full of ups and downs (arguably many more downs than ups, but such is life). I haven't strictly completed university yet as the graduation ceremony isn't until 12th July, but my grades have been confirmed. I finished my final year with a 65.8% average mark which earned me an upper second class degree. I was a little disappointed at not being able to get a first class degree, I'll have to admit, but an upper second is still perfectly acceptable. I was very surprised and pleased with the 75% I got for my final year dissertation. I really didn't have any confidence in being able to write a decent dissertation at the beginning of the year. As daunting as it was, looking back on it now I might even say that I 'enjoyed' writing it. I might even go as far as saying that I wouldn't mind writing another one, hahaha!
With university done and dusted, I've now got to start contacting people in Japan about the possibility of going back to study there. I would really like to return to Yamaguchi University and do a master's degree there (or even another bachelor's degree) but that all depends of whether I can get funding for it. I'm not very keen on the idea of going to Japan to teach English (as many of my classmates have gone on to do) but I would consider taking that route if it was the only option available. In any case, I'm determined to get back to Japan as soon as possible. One thing is for sure - I can't imagine being stuck in the UK for the rest of my life.
With all the free time that I have now I've been playing lots of games, watching lots of Japanese variety shows and dramas, and enjoying the Euro 2012 championships and Wimbledon. In terms of games I've been playing a lot of Battlefield 3 recently. It can be a very frustrating game at times but it's undoubtedly very addictive. I'm looking forward to the upcoming expansion pack that centres of armoured warfare. I'm very fond of driving tanks in the game and I would love to see a lot more large-scale tank battles in the new DLC. Another game that I've been playing is Lollipop Chainsaw. I'd been looking forward to playing this game since it was announced. I really enjoyed Grasshopper Manufacture's previous game, Shadows of the Damned, so I was very interested in seeing how this latest release would turn out.
If I'm brutally honest, I would have to say that I'm a little disappointed with this game. Certainly, I like the presentation and concept of it, but there are just too many little annoying elements to the game-play and the audio that detract from the enjoyment. The combat can be a little frustrating, especially on the harder difficulties and the camera can be really awkward to control at times. Moreover, the English dubbing for the game is bloody awful. Full of really (and I mean REALLY) annoying voices that make you want to rip off your ears. I've no idea why they decided not to include the Japanese audio on the disc. I've had a listen to it on YouTube and it's so much better than the English dubbing.
All in all, it's a fairly enjoyable hack-and-slash game but because of the numerous little niggles I would have to rate it much lower than Shadows of the Damned. Verdict - 7/10.Posted byHocchan at 11:28 am 0 comments
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