June 27, 2009
My Favorite Video Game
All kinds of video game systems, like the Sony Playstation Portable and the Microsoft Xbox 360, have released some excellent video games. From great sporting titles to whimsical fantasy games to rough & tumble army games, there have been some great video games released over the years. Combine that with some of the music featured in today's video games, which wouldn't sound out of place on an iPod Nano.
One of my favorite video games of all time is a small, not-to-well known game that has all of the important elements that make for a quality video game in spades: interesting characters, challenging game play, humor, suspense and an absolutely breathtaking and magical musical score that I'm still looking to download onto my iPod Nano: the game is Medievil, which was designed and developed for the original Playstation and is now available for the Sony PSP.
Medievil is both challenging and addictive. You take on the role of Sir Daniel Fortesque, and you are dead. However, through the magic of Playstation Portable video game technology, you come back to life to defeat the evil wizard once and for all. Many games with similar concepts have been developed and released for other gaming consoles like the Microsoft Xbox 360. For some reason, though, Medievil is a great game to play for the Sony Playstation Portable and for the original Sony Playstation.
This video game really has it all. The music, which is definitely iPod Nano worthy, is never boring, repetitive or dull. Each part of the soundtrack corresponds beautifully with each unique level and area of the game, so that rather than playing a video game, you feel like your actually watching a spooky, scary and gothic movie - with you as the star! The voice work and graphics are some of the best that you'll experience and play on the Sony PSP.
There are lots of games that get tons of marketing and publicity thrown behind them. And, for the most part, the attention is well deserved, as the more popular games are often some of the best and most innovative titles ever created. Sometimes, a smaller game gets released that becomes a total and must-have game. For me, Sony really hit a home run by releasing Medievil, and now that's it's available on the Sony PSP, it's even better than ever!
- Steven LeDrew
