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He didn't do anything that ruined the scene, but it was a bit jarring seeing him. I will probably feel the same about McGregor too. It's not a huge deal, but it was a bit silly. The episode had decent moments, but I don't think it was that good. I just want the plump sir to finish the books, so I can read them.

Got some rash on my legs yesterday. Didn't think much of it. Woke up today, and it looks like something from a horror movie. I should have this looked at ASAP, but I'm very, very lazy. On Wednesday, I'll do it if it gets worse.

I had lots of guests this weekend, and ended up sleeping on the sofa. Couldn't bring myself to tell one of the guest to sleep there. My shoulder is sore, but I guess that's a small price to pay for a nice weekend with good company.

Valkyrie Profile II is done, including the Seraphic Gate and all it has to offer. I wish one of the characters you get there had a lot of more screen time. I'm almost done with Grandia. I'm almost at the final dungeon. I'm skipping the bonus dungeon with all the best stuff. I can't be arsed to go through it. I'm now playing Gabriel Knight: Sins Of The Fathers 20th Anniversary and I will soon start playing Suikoden III.

To be honest, I think it should be doable under 200 - 250 hours, maybe even less. I have spent a lot of time doing stuff which were not needed for platinum trophy. I just like Tales of games a lot, so I enjoy trying out a lot of optional stuff, and sometimes I have some special house rules for my blind playthroughs, like always trying to play on hardest difficulty, even if it means doing some bossfights over and over, until I find a way how to beat them :-P If you will do only stuff, which is required for Platinum, and don't bother with farming stuff for Cameo Weapons, you should be done much much faster with the Platinum, than me. How long it took you to Platinum the first Xillia? Edit: oh, and use for my New Game + in Tales of games only double experience. If you spent grade for 10x experience, you will save crazy amount of time compared to me. I just rather play one good game twice, than two mediocre games once :-P So I never rush :-P I think it took me 85-90 hours range.

300 hours??? Well, that's a platinum I'll never go for. I don't have time to spend that much time on one single game anymore.

I like that attitude. Better to remember all the good times and you got to be with him in the end.

I beat Fallout 4 in 18 hours during free weekend on Steam and I honestly feel that it didn't do much for me. As a game, I didn't hate it, but sure was not a good Fallout. It looked decent in some places. I still can't get over the ugly, interface, though. I can still play NV thanks to the game being fun, despite poor graphics.

Trimmed my hair and beard. I can now be the main character in 80% of western action video games.

is fish a possible addition? limited availability o' fresh seafood is one o' the major drawbacks to living where Gromnir lives. http://passmoreranch.com/ didn't even know 'bout this place 'til recent. less than 8 miles distant. chicken gets old kinda fast, particular if is a diet situation limiting you to only healthy chicken recipes. supplement with fish could help. HA! Good Fun! VERY late response! Sorry! I'm allergic to fish, but the diet is going well. Lost 10kg and I think that I can easily lose another 5kg if I stay disciplined. Working out is also a big benefactor. I've started to eat meat again, but not any with lots of fat in it. The whole chicken situation wasn't that bad, but mixing it with some meat every now and then helps. Some days, I skip all kinds of meat and just go full vegetarian. I'm cheating every now and then (once a week). Can't do anything about it with a big family. There are birthdays, weddings and all kinds of shenanigans that hinder a 7 day diet. Luckily, the work out I do, is much tougher than I have ever done and I have seen a reasonable improvement in conditioning/endurance or whatever it is called. Feeling really good.

I'm almost done with both Grandia and Valkyrie Profile 2. I can smell that finish line. Both are very solid classics with their own unique take on combat. VP2, more so than Grandia, but that doesn't mean that Grandia does not have great combat. I'm surprised not many games aped the system. That goes for VP also, but we are getting Indivisible, that had a good demo. Then there is Fallen Legion. A PS4/Vita game, that seems to use a similar battle system to VP. No idea about the quality of that game. (PS4 and Vita versions of Fallen Legion seem to be different games, but I don't know if this is just marketing speak.) Might pick it up on pre-order, nice price and if you get the PS4 version, you also get the Vita version.

I had that happen to me but I was lucky enough to still have warranty. When did you get yours?

I'm supposed to be on a diet, so 90% of the food I am eating consists of vegetables and fruit. The other 10% is chicken.

Cool stretch goal. New stretch goal – 3 Archetypes or alternative features for each class A satisfying RPG experience relies heavily on your ability to create just the character you want, to bring your character concept to life as accurately as possible. But some character concepts are not conventional and stray away from well-trodden paths. Yet classes were made with specific, more general concepts in mind, and while they allow many different builds – some less conventional approaches are left unsupported. The Pathfinder RPG has a feature that covers those wishes: Archetypes. Archetypes are not new classes on their own, but merely modifications of an already existing class, although the extent of modification varies greatly from case to case. Archetypes remove some class features from their base class, change others, modify existing choices and numerical bonuses of the class. In some cases, they just replace one feature with a feature of another class, and in some cases, they replace significant parts of the class, with an array of completely new abilities. Sometimes you want your character to specialize in a certain specific part of their class far more than representatives of this class usually do. For example, let's say you want to play a cleric that concentrates on summoning monsters, but find that this specialization is hard to achieve with just the conventional cleric. There is an archetype that fits this purpose perfectly. The Cleric's Herald Caller archetype concentrates on summoning allies to fight for him. While he loses his ability to wear medium armor, equip shields and only has one domain, he can convert his spells into summoning spells in the middle of combat, and the creatures he summons are far more formidable and numerous. Sometimes you want to take a different approach to a conventional role, for example, to create a tanking fighter that relies on his swordsmanship alone – yet every time you look up your abilities your conviction wavers. You see that equipping a shield would make your character a better tank, but you never envisioned him hiding behind a shield in battle. On the other hand, not using one makes you feel that you aren’t using your character to his full potential. In this case, you may look for an archetype instead – and find one that fits your idea. For example, the Aldori Defender, a fighter archetype with his roots in the fencing school of Aldori Swordlords, prefers to master his parrying techniques instead of relying on shields. And sometimes you want to go even further. For example, create a magus, who is skilled with a bow. There is simply no way to do that with the basic magus class – his abilities work with one-handed melee weapons, and the bow is neither. Only archetypes can help you with this, and there is one designed specifically with that purpose in mind. The magus' Eldritch Archer archetype allows him to use his abilities with any ranged weapon and, instead of charging his blade with close combat spells, this archetype allows the magus to charge his attacks with long range spells, shooting fiery rays from his crossbow or launching bolts of lightning together with a javelin. And that’s not the extent of possible archetypes – there are far more of them in Pathfinder. There’s the Sword Saint, a magus archetype that abandons armor and some of his spellcasting to become a master of one chosen weapon. There’s the Vivisectionist – an alchemist that replaces his signature ability to throw bombs with deadly sneak attacks. Ecclesitheurge – a cleric, favoring the perfection of his divine magic abilities over his martial prowess. Armored Hulk – a heavily armored barbarian. Sacred Huntsmaster and Mad Dog – inquisitor and barbarian with animal companions. And the list goes on and on. Some classes, like Sorcerer or Wizard, while lacking these vast amounts of archetypes, have alternative class features that can replace them - subschools and wild bloodlines. We want to add even more choices, and depth to our game, to both, improve the base gameplay and provide replayability. Archetypes are a good way to do both, for they will add more meaningful choices to character creation and development, will allow us to add personalities to some companions in the form of archetypes, and to increase the variety of enemy encounters - for enemies will have archetypes, too. What do you think about the archetypes listed above and which Pathfinder archetypes are your favorite? Let us know in the comments section!

I think there are four, but I don't know which ones you can join. Clerics, Berserkers, Albs and Outlaws.

Man, Valkyire Profile 2 is just as good as I remember it. I do like some aspects of the first game more, but this one is still a lot of fun. Exploration and graphics are great. Some of the puzzles are infuriating, though. Not hard to figure out, but annoying to execute. The combat plays a lot like the first game, yet it doesn't. 3rd dimension and all that, plus being able to move around. I need to stress how good the game looks for a PS2 game. I love the backgrounds. I almost always mention Final Fantasy XII and God of War II as two of the best looking PS2 games. For me, this game gives them a run for their money.

I'll probably get ELEX down the line. I haven't even started Risen 3.

I gave up on a couple of games. One is Asdivine Hearts. I tried to play it for a good while, but it didn't click. Annoying characters, repetition and grindy. If I'm not mistaken, this is a mobile port. I got it in a bundle a long time ago, and figured that I would try it.

Same here, only, I have them on the PSV.

I'm replaying Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, now that Shadow Hearts: FtNW is done. I wasn't going to do it, but it seems that this is the year that I replay stuff, instead of tackling my backlog. (To be fair, I've done a fair bit of tackling.) I was rummaging through my PS2 cases, and the game called to me. I couldn't resist. One last time, we go to battle.

Yakuza with Akiyama as lead, please.

I'm 99% digital on Steam/GOG/Origin I'm 70/30 on PSN/XBLA in favor of physical I'm 100% physical on Nintendo systems My bet is that Steam will last the longest. Source: Tales from my butt.

Watched Black Mass. That was some crazy stuff, considering it's based on real life events.

I played Viking: Battle for Asgard. It was fun in the beginning. I kept playing for nearly 7 hours over 3 days, but ultimately, I got bored and uninstalled it. It's a true 5-6/10 game. It isn't crap but it sort of feels uninspired. Can't really explain it. I'm progressing in Shadow Hearts: From the New World. There are some extremely silly characters and situations in the game, but I am having fun. I like finding all side quests, lottery people and so on. The combat is probably the best part. Another thing I like is that I haven't been grinding levels at any point in the game.

Indeed. I learned that the hard way. Not that I didn't know you should do it, but I was lazy at first.