Omg Crisis Core is sooooo pretty. *__* ZAAAAAACK--!! *___*

[beckerbell]

→ Oh, my god. MY LIFE, THIS IS MY LIFE.

→ Also, I laughed inappropriately hard at this one. Oh, god, I think I might be a nerd.

→ New trailer for the fourth Layton game and, holy shit, I think I might be in love with Layton's new girlfiend and (as the first commenter said and I could not agree more) her awesome as hell parkour, omfg. Also,

Comments

[tammaiya]

You don't have to start over! You can't miss any of the characters except the last one who doesn't pop up for ages. There's very little that you can permanently fuck up in this game-- you won't really need a walkthrough until at least halfway. If you're worried, start alternating your saves. But anyway, Lucca would have gone off your team again ANYWAY, it just would have made that part of the game a little easier.

[beckerbell]

*relieved* Oh, good, because I really didn't want to have to start over, that was kind of killing things for me. But I can deal with the next part of the game being a little more difficult for it, since I tend to level-grind to overcompensate anyway.

It's just that I was checking a walkthrough and it kind of made it sound like I'd permanently fucked up my game if I didn't get her back right away, so, you know. Panic. _o_

[tammaiya]

Okay, having glanced at my Japanese guide book, because I vaguely recall busting out myself one time when I played it and not having a problem but thought I should check, it has a question about whether you should wait or bust out, and the difference is just that you have to fight this boss by yourself if you bust out.

[beckerbell]

.....oh, okay. That's really not a big deal then! And no wonder I couldn't find any answers with Google about how to get her back, since apparently you get her back anyway. orz But that's good to know, now I don't have to worry so much about following a walkthrough and can just futz around with it, I kind of enjoy that.

(Also, I've started playing Peggle on the DS. I blame this on you because I wouldn't have played it if you hadn't talked me into getting that special cart.)

[tammaiya]

You're just going to blame me every single time you start playing some random DS game for kicks, aren't you? THAT EXCUSE HAS TO RUN OUT SOME TIME.

And I'm glad you're getting along in CT and you sound like you're enjoying it! <3 I'm really interested in what you said about the trial, too, and about how it subverts the usual cliche there-- I won't comment until you're out of that bit in Guardia Castle, though.

[beckerbell]

NUH UH, THAT EXCUSE IS GOOD UNTIL THE END OF TIME, I CAN USE IT SO LONG AS I KEEP PLAYING DS GAMES. D:< BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL YOUR FAULT. (Except RW. That one was my own fault, I'll admit. And MarioKart. That was Noel's fault.)

Once I started figuring out a bit more of how the game worked, how to pick up on clues and stuff, it got easier and... yeah, I was really pleasantly surprised by that bit so far, because I expected it to not make any freaking sense and then... it kind of did! (I know I'm going slow, but I'm playing, like, four different games at once. orz)

[tammaiya]

It makes even more sense than you think it does!

... *sits on hands*

And yeah, I don't blame you, you're playing a lot of games at the moment and you're making pretty impressive progress on them all given all the multi-tasking. I downloaded the second Layton game to play with you, and I have Crisis Core on standby, and now I've finished that chocobo game... BUT THEN I ACCIDENTALLY STARTED GYAKUTEN KENJI, THE EDGEWORTH GAME. I didn't even mean to! I just meant to check it out and I don't even like their names in Japanese but somehow I ended up playing the whole prologue until the first save! orz

[beckerbell]

Well, really, there's no way I'm going to finish any of these games in a timely manner, I'm pretty much just plunking away at each of them, so you have plenty of time, if you want to play along. Like months of time, I'm pretty sure.

I really, really like Crisis Core so far, but I can tell I'm going to get sucked into sidequest hell with this one, because I can't resist them and they're shiny. Plus, I really want to get the guidebook for this one, except I have to wait until the Dissidia one comes out, which isn't until the 1st of September, which isn't that far away, but I'm wondering if I shouldn't put CC on hold until I can get it.... And I'll get Dissidia any day now, so then it'll be FIVE games and I've got this whole comics thing that's still eating me so--

W-well, yes. You've really got time, so I would encourage you to pick up whatever game most interests you at the moment. (Though, I'll be curious to see if you play the second Layton game in English or Japanese

[tammaiya]

So much choice! *flail*

... I kind of want the mega enormous CC guidebook before I start playing it. Maybe I'll wait until I'm in Japan at the end of the year for that one.

And hm, how about you primarily focus on one and swap to the others you're playing when you're not in the mood for it? I mean, not sure how much that helps, but maybe mentally establishing a priority ranking system will mean less confusion.

[beckerbell]

I'm thinking I'm going to focus on getting the Layton game finished first because it's the shortest and I haven't been spoiled at all for it, which I want to keep that going. And I think I could knock it out in a day or two if I really put my full focus into it--except, do I really want to do that, considering the next Layton game won't be out for a very long time?

On the other hand, Layton movie coming up at the end of the year, so I'll get my fix sometime next year. (Want that RPG game SO BAD though omg.)

I'll keep plunking away at CC and CT, though, I'm hoping that being able to steadily blog about them will keep me focused on them. (I'm envious of how fast you get through your games, though. :< )

[tammaiya]

Yeah, that makes sense. That chocobo game only took me 30 hours to completely pwn all the minigames and get all the skills and everything. So it was good to feel all accomplished and stuff. And when you're just challenging minigames, you can do it while watching TV or whatever at the same time, too.

I'm envious of how much you can blog about your games? I'm not sure if that balances it out. I've been useless at that lately. I just want to take some time out to do an LJ post listing all the things I'm up to at the moment-- things being watched, played, studied, etc. And to do some proper game blogging.

[beckerbell]

I really want to play that FFCC game (Echoes of Time, I think?) just because I know it would probably take me less than 20 hours to finish it and it's great to feel like WOOHOO! I GOT A GAME FINISHED! but... yeah, my heart isn't on that one. It's on these long fuckers over here. orz

One thing I've found about blogging is that you'll never get as much done as you want and I can't say I'll come back to it later. If I don't do it within two days, I let it go, otherwise I just get more and more and more backed up. Start small? Just keep a WordPad file open on your desktop at all times and tab over to it when you have something you want to say?

There's always going to be more you'll want to blog about, so if you don't feel like writing it at the moment, eventually you will, y'know?

[tammaiya]

haha, yes. Well, the chocobo game came out about the same time as FFCC:EoT and I had them both sitting around being sequels to short cute games I really wanted to play, but at least I've knocked one of them off now! God, I have SO MANY Squeenix DS games I want to get through, though. orz There's one that curiously and unusually never even came out in English that I even own a legal copy of that came out last August.

Yeah, too true. Unfortunately extensive blogging is just impossible at the moment, because even university and time constraints aside, I suspect I have a maximum word limit for the day or something and I need to funnel that into big bang for the next 17 days or I haven't got a prayer of finishing in time. D: I AM TIRED AND WANT TO SLEEP BUT CANNOT BECAUSE THIS SCENE ISN'T FINISHED.

[beckerbell]

I swear, they release all these awesome games in batches--it's crazy how many games are coming out in this short time frame that I really, really want to play. Including KH 358/2 tomorrow. orz After that, things settle down for a bit, I want to say. Though, DQIX and Scribblenauts aren't too far off....

Do you have a notebook that you can jot notes in? That's usually what I do, that way I can carry it around with me and just cross stuff off as I write up blog posts about it. (Though, I write blog posts as I go when I'm reading comics, but that's different from playing a game.)

That's less than three weeks, though! YOU CAN DO IT! o/

[tammaiya]

asdfjsklfjsd god I know. It's partially due to timing things around conventions, I suspect-- a lot of stuff came out in Japan a few months after TGS last year, so they had their demos and promo stuff available there in preparation.

I actually have near freakishly good recall for the kinds of things I think while I'm playing games-- I just need some kind of cue to jog my memory, and usually a walkthrough is good enough, because if I know what happens in what order I can remember how I felt about it. It starts to get a little more dubious after about two years, though. XD BEHOLD MY ABILITY TO REMEMBER TOTALLY USELESS TRIVIA! \o/

The problem is mostly time-- I have so MANY I want to say things about that I haven't yet and no time to write about any of them, not helped by how long my posts get when I finally do.

[beckerbell]

Yeah, a lot of stuff gets released around cons and stuff, but... well, at least they had the grace to release all these games before the new fall TV season starts, because that would have just been one giant mess if I'd tried to juggle everything at once.

I suspect you also want to blog about every little thing and that overwhelms you to the point that you just don't do it? I know that I get that way sometimes and eventually just have to force myself to write something short. If it goes longer, great. If it doesn't, well, maybe what I had to say wasn't actually that interesting. I force myself to take the pressure off--I'll get done what I'll get done.

Though, at least you're writing fic. :/ I have this whole long epic planned out in my head, but can I convince myself to actually start it? Of course not. orz