Tale

We're in 2009 now, right?

I blame the Republicans.

They are great. Except that Dagobah level. And Kashhyk.

Because it's not a romantic comedy. Revy and Rock are from two completely different worlds.

I'm on the third mission of kanes wrath. I thought that wasn't out until tomorrow! BLAST YE!

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Pretty fun number so far. Thank god the thumbstick isn't required and you can use the dpad. But why do I use the thumbstick anyway? I hate that thing. Madness.

Yeah, I was in a game shop today, and there were games in there, for the PSP! Amazon.com and USPS are unpredictable. Sometimes it'll take 2 days to get from Dallas to my house (an hour drive). Sometimes, it'll be on my doorstep the day after they ship it out of the Amazon.com warehouse. Like Crisis Core which is waiting on my doorstep.

The expansion was pure fanservice. It was basically everything people said they wanted thrown into a game. You've got old models people wanted to see, new monsters, the double barelled shotgun, bullet time, and a gravity gun knock off.

The oft (but not wholly) underappreciated PSOne RPG Chrono Cross. Probably the most non-linear JRPG ever made. Not Oblivion/Morrowind non-linear, but slightly-less-than-Deus Ex non-linear. You always go to the same place next, but there's optional events you can miss out on (I missed an event at Hermit's Hideaway), you have to make tradeoffs on some characters you recruit (if you get Kid early, you can't get Leena), and at least one area has a choice of paths (access through a tunnel in a forest, climb the cliff wall, barge in through the front gates).

You're dead to me, Nick! I hate my father! *stamps foot like a 12 year old* No wait, I really don't, I love my father, I just miss him and wish he hugged me more as a child!

Last Remnant? I thought you said "decent." yuk yuk yuk White Knight is scheduled for this year and hopefully the Eternal Sonata port comes stateside. I should look up what new features that port has. I'm hoping WKC is better than Rogue Galaxy. I found Rogue Galaxy to be good, but it wasn't too exciting. I've actually got a PSP game in the mail.

I'm saving the flag planting for the Nintendo DS or Ace Attorney thread.

Can I be the halo?

hahahaha When have I ever claimed to even own a 360 without it being a blatant lie?

It's probably because my entire Live activity consists of high pitched throat noises communicated via telephone. They found me out, blast them!

What the heck?! Why did my Gamerscore just get reset?

Can I join your guild?

Be damned if I know what "the original vision" is. All I know is that it was kind of interesting and very fitting for a series about a girl who's looking for the exciting. They were also sufficiently vague in referencing previous episodes so that it didn't spoil what was coming up. It just made you curious and confused. It also did really good for formulating a flow. The series ended on a very nice high note it wouldn't have if they'd been chronological. But so far I do like the voices (except Haruhi sounds too mature). And they've not localized things they shouldn't have. Explanation for SOS brigade's name is still clearly japanese.

I can only hope for a new Battlefront installment. I miss wreaking havok with my Darktrooper. Too bad II nerfed him. No more scattergun.

Isn't translation and graphics wholly a tanget of the discussion you and I are having? They were interesting characters. Localization, the particulars of the dialogue, and whether or not it's FMV are irrelevant in that regard. If you're not sensitive/obsessive, you can ignore it. VIII had Barret with his story about how he lost his arm and his best friend. Vincent's relationship to the love triangle between the mad scientist and the woman who bore sephiroth. Cloud's true story and how Tifa helped show what it was and that Cloud's story was actually Zack's. The backstory connections between Zack and Aeris. Yuffie wasn't too interesting in her story, but she was slightly fun. Red XIII's story was emotional. Cid just wanted to go into space. VI had little interesting stories for Shadow and Terra. They're the only ones I truly recall, but they were good. Edgar and his brother, but I don't recall much of that. The other female and her father and how she ended up alone and attempted suicide was fairly dramatic.

Because they sometimes were. With their own little stories to tell. Same thing that made Baldur's Gate II superior to I. Which is why I like VI and VII. IV I like, but I can't really say too much for many of the characters. The characters managed to make themselves stand out in other interesting ways. Travel the world, meet new people... watch them die. IX also had some interesting characters, but my memories of it are none too fresh.

THE HARUHI DVD EPISODES ARE IN ORDER! RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!

Storyline, schmoryline, the characters were all a bore. Same background, same backstory, and a villain that doesn't even bother to have that much. At least Sephiroth was himself more than a MacGuffin.

I'm never quite sure why some people prefer VIII. Though, Amentep, the numbers who do aren't quite "few." They may be a minority among the overall fanbase, however. I thought it was amazingly dull. Except Laguna.