Stuff.
Wow, it's been awhile since I last wrote. School takes it out of me far more than I would have thought... actually, this term of three classes has been far more work than all the times I took five classes a term back when I was going for my degrees (to be fair, art and Japanese classes don't really take a large amount of work. For me anyway. It was just like, uh... show up.) I guess because classes like English Grammar are a bit difficult to bullshit through. And I'm pretty used to bullshitting my way to an A. Let me tell you, university-level English Grammar is NOT like whatever you may have studied in high school. It just isn't.
Anyway... I finished a few games recently. The most horrid of which being KH re:coded. Apparently the game is getting rave reviews among fans (many of which haven't played the game, what?) Near the end I got so annoyed with the shmup level I just turned it to Beginner and didn't bother to turn it back because I just didn't care. I hate it when RPGs make non-RPG things mandatory to beat them. If I wanted to play a shmup, I'd play a shmup. I don't need you throwing it in my face! At least most RPGs only pretend that you have to get through that part to beat them (like the stealth part in Crisis Core. After awhile they were just like, wow you suck. We feel so bad for you, we're just going to let you go on ahead anyway.) The whole game felt pointless/waste of time/etc. Apologies to anyone out there who enjoyed the game... I just couldn't take it.
I also beat Suikoden V. FINALLY. It didn't take me two years to get around to beating it because it was a bad game... just needing to armor/beef up 18 characters to get through the final dungeon was a liiiiittle stupid. It took me five more hours to get through that, and then two hours to beat the game and get through the ending. Final boss was the dumbest thing I've ever seen. I didn't get the true ending because my suckiness at strategy battles prevented me from recruiting all 108 characters. It's the first time that has ever happened to me in a Suikoden game... but I don't know if I'll be playing through it again. Well, we'll see. I've played through the first Suikoden three times, but that's a 25 hour game, not a 70 hour one.
I also started playing Xenosaga I+II DS.
... this is possibly one of the worst games I've ever played. I don't know whether this is because I'm talking as someone who really enjoyed the original PS2 games and just miss what they've taken out, or just because the game really truly does suck. The original games had a lot of movie-like dialogue and walking down pretty corridors. This game is almost entirely dialogue, without animations so it's kind of like reading a screenplay, with ten minute spates of walking down almost entirely featureless corridors. All dungeons look ALMOST EXACTLY the same, with new wallpaper. In the nine hours I've played, 50 minutes has been ACTUAL gameplay. The rest is reading text boxes. TEXT BOXES--FOR ETERNITY. This is coming from someone who doesn't typically mind games that are over-talkative. I wouldn't bother finishing it, but I've already finished every other Xeno- game out there. I sort of feel an obligation.
Also: I keep seeing several people doing this meme, and it's the only one of the 30 day memes I've been tempted to try. Soooo, here we go!
Day 1 - Very first video game.
This is a difficult one to answer. First one I saw, first one I remember, or first one I owned?
The first one I saw was a game that had something to do with elevators on our old Commodore 64. My parents bought this computer a few months before I was born, but I first had clear recollections of it when I was about three years old or so. I can't quite clearly remember any of the games on this though, so I can't really count this as my first game. I do remember we had an awesome black and green screen.
The first games I remember, but didn't play myself, were on my best friend's NES. Mario, Zelda, the usual. I think I tried playing these games, but ultimately failed at them.
The first game I owned, played through, and beat? King's Quest V. By that time we'd already ditched the Commodore 64 for a fancy (okay, it was cheap even then) computer with Windows 3.11 (for some reason, we had 3.11 rather than the usual 3.1.) Of course, the game ran through DOS and on a bizillion floppies. But it was awesome.
Poiiiiiiiiiiiiisonous Snake!!!
Bizarrely, I definitely remember having the game on floppies, but I just as definitely remember only playing the talkie version (which only came out on CD.) It might be that we got the CD version later on, when we finally got a computer with a CD drive (hot stuff.)
Many people complain of the difficulty in Sierra games, about random deaths and illogical puzzles. But when I was a young girl, it was all part of the awesome (though these days I don't think I could stand illogical puzzles. I don't have time to wander around for hours poking at any old thing!)
Day 1 - Very first video game.
Day 2 - Your favorite character.
Day 3 - A game that is underrated.
Day 4 - Your guilty pleasure game.
Day 5 - Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were).
Day 6 - Most annoying character.
Day 7 - Favorite game couple.
Day 8 - Best soundtrack.
Day 9 - Saddest game scene.
Day 10 - Best gameplay.
Day 11 - Gaming system of choice.
Day 12 - A game everyone should play.
Day 13 - A game you’ve played more than five times.
Day 14 - Current (or most recent) gaming wallpaper.
Day 15 - Post a screenshot from the game you’re playing right now.
Day 16 - Game with the best cut scenes.
Day 17 - Favorite antagonist.
Day 18 - Favorite protagonist.
Day 19 - Picture of a game setting you wish you lived in.
Day 20 - Favorite genre.
Day 21 - Game with the best story.
Day 22 - A game sequel which disappointed you.
Day 23 - Game you think had the best graphics or art style.
Day 24 - Favorite classic game.
Day 25 - A game you plan on playing.
Day 26 - Best voice acting.
Day 27 - Most epic scene ever.
Day 28 - Favorite game developer.
Day 29 - A game you thought you wouldn’t like, but ended up loving.
Day 30 - Your favorite game of all time.
Anyway... I finished a few games recently. The most horrid of which being KH re:coded. Apparently the game is getting rave reviews among fans (many of which haven't played the game, what?) Near the end I got so annoyed with the shmup level I just turned it to Beginner and didn't bother to turn it back because I just didn't care. I hate it when RPGs make non-RPG things mandatory to beat them. If I wanted to play a shmup, I'd play a shmup. I don't need you throwing it in my face! At least most RPGs only pretend that you have to get through that part to beat them (like the stealth part in Crisis Core. After awhile they were just like, wow you suck. We feel so bad for you, we're just going to let you go on ahead anyway.) The whole game felt pointless/waste of time/etc. Apologies to anyone out there who enjoyed the game... I just couldn't take it.
I also beat Suikoden V. FINALLY. It didn't take me two years to get around to beating it because it was a bad game... just needing to armor/beef up 18 characters to get through the final dungeon was a liiiiittle stupid. It took me five more hours to get through that, and then two hours to beat the game and get through the ending. Final boss was the dumbest thing I've ever seen. I didn't get the true ending because my suckiness at strategy battles prevented me from recruiting all 108 characters. It's the first time that has ever happened to me in a Suikoden game... but I don't know if I'll be playing through it again. Well, we'll see. I've played through the first Suikoden three times, but that's a 25 hour game, not a 70 hour one.
I also started playing Xenosaga I+II DS.
... this is possibly one of the worst games I've ever played. I don't know whether this is because I'm talking as someone who really enjoyed the original PS2 games and just miss what they've taken out, or just because the game really truly does suck. The original games had a lot of movie-like dialogue and walking down pretty corridors. This game is almost entirely dialogue, without animations so it's kind of like reading a screenplay, with ten minute spates of walking down almost entirely featureless corridors. All dungeons look ALMOST EXACTLY the same, with new wallpaper. In the nine hours I've played, 50 minutes has been ACTUAL gameplay. The rest is reading text boxes. TEXT BOXES--FOR ETERNITY. This is coming from someone who doesn't typically mind games that are over-talkative. I wouldn't bother finishing it, but I've already finished every other Xeno- game out there. I sort of feel an obligation.
Also: I keep seeing several people doing this meme, and it's the only one of the 30 day memes I've been tempted to try. Soooo, here we go!
Day 1 - Very first video game.
This is a difficult one to answer. First one I saw, first one I remember, or first one I owned?
The first one I saw was a game that had something to do with elevators on our old Commodore 64. My parents bought this computer a few months before I was born, but I first had clear recollections of it when I was about three years old or so. I can't quite clearly remember any of the games on this though, so I can't really count this as my first game. I do remember we had an awesome black and green screen.
The first games I remember, but didn't play myself, were on my best friend's NES. Mario, Zelda, the usual. I think I tried playing these games, but ultimately failed at them.
The first game I owned, played through, and beat? King's Quest V. By that time we'd already ditched the Commodore 64 for a fancy (okay, it was cheap even then) computer with Windows 3.11 (for some reason, we had 3.11 rather than the usual 3.1.) Of course, the game ran through DOS and on a bizillion floppies. But it was awesome.
Click to viewPoiiiiiiiiiiiiisonous Snake!!!
Bizarrely, I definitely remember having the game on floppies, but I just as definitely remember only playing the talkie version (which only came out on CD.) It might be that we got the CD version later on, when we finally got a computer with a CD drive (hot stuff.)
Many people complain of the difficulty in Sierra games, about random deaths and illogical puzzles. But when I was a young girl, it was all part of the awesome (though these days I don't think I could stand illogical puzzles. I don't have time to wander around for hours poking at any old thing!)
Day 1 - Very first video game.
Day 2 - Your favorite character.
Day 3 - A game that is underrated.
Day 4 - Your guilty pleasure game.
Day 5 - Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were).
Day 6 - Most annoying character.
Day 7 - Favorite game couple.
Day 8 - Best soundtrack.
Day 9 - Saddest game scene.
Day 10 - Best gameplay.
Day 11 - Gaming system of choice.
Day 12 - A game everyone should play.
Day 13 - A game you’ve played more than five times.
Day 14 - Current (or most recent) gaming wallpaper.
Day 15 - Post a screenshot from the game you’re playing right now.
Day 16 - Game with the best cut scenes.
Day 17 - Favorite antagonist.
Day 18 - Favorite protagonist.
Day 19 - Picture of a game setting you wish you lived in.
Day 20 - Favorite genre.
Day 21 - Game with the best story.
Day 22 - A game sequel which disappointed you.
Day 23 - Game you think had the best graphics or art style.
Day 24 - Favorite classic game.
Day 25 - A game you plan on playing.
Day 26 - Best voice acting.
Day 27 - Most epic scene ever.
Day 28 - Favorite game developer.
Day 29 - A game you thought you wouldn’t like, but ended up loving.
Day 30 - Your favorite game of all time.