[gamebabble] Queued up
This is mostly to throw my quite-aged review of Skies of Arcadia Legends out of the RSS feed, but it's also a snapshot of what I'm psyched to play in my Backloggery as of January 1. Subject to change without notice. Happy New Year!
RPG/Strategy
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions--I started playing this before the holiday trip, and predictably got excited about it. It's one of my favorite games ever, after all! Going to play through without using Orlandeau this time, and change up my core group to include a Samurai and Summoner.
Romancing Saga or Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter--we obtained a PS2 from a co-worker who was going to (gasp!) recycle his, so now have a near-new replacement for our poor ailing 8-year-old model. These are both somewhat off the well-beaten RPG path.
Lost Odyssey--another one I started before the holidays and all their craziness. Its attempts at "literariness" (??) were falling flat with me, but I was enjoying it otherwise. I was especially surprised at how much I liked Jansen as opposed to Kaim.
Dragon Quest VIII--(edited in) Ever since I played DQIV, I've wanted to pick this one back up. It loses some enthusiasm points for being a 60-hour plus game, but taken in small doses, games like this are quite manageable, as long as you're not uptight about finishing them in a week. I managed to finish FFTA in a couple months, and it was an 80-hour game.
Action/Adventure/Platformer
The theme of this section is: animal heroes!
Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction--playing the first couple of levels for grins made this jump straight to the top of the queue.
Sly Cooper & the Thievius Raccoonus--I got Sly 2 as a gift from Itchy this Christmas. I was enjoying the first one a lot, but never finished it, so I'm looking forward to replaying it.
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest--the enthusiasm for this game may be just vibes I caught from watching the Backloggery stream, but whatever! This was a favorite game back in the days I only had access to consoles at my friend's house. It kicked my butt a lot. There's a big yellow vertical stripe on the loading screens, which worries me, but the game itself plays fine.
Ape Escape 3--this has been a Fortune Cookie game for months now. Maybe I'll just drop this cookie and open a new one the next time I'm floundering around deciding what to play.
RPG/Strategy
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions--I started playing this before the holiday trip, and predictably got excited about it. It's one of my favorite games ever, after all! Going to play through without using Orlandeau this time, and change up my core group to include a Samurai and Summoner.
Romancing Saga or Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter--we obtained a PS2 from a co-worker who was going to (gasp!) recycle his, so now have a near-new replacement for our poor ailing 8-year-old model. These are both somewhat off the well-beaten RPG path.
Lost Odyssey--another one I started before the holidays and all their craziness. Its attempts at "literariness" (??) were falling flat with me, but I was enjoying it otherwise. I was especially surprised at how much I liked Jansen as opposed to Kaim.
Dragon Quest VIII--(edited in) Ever since I played DQIV, I've wanted to pick this one back up. It loses some enthusiasm points for being a 60-hour plus game, but taken in small doses, games like this are quite manageable, as long as you're not uptight about finishing them in a week. I managed to finish FFTA in a couple months, and it was an 80-hour game.
Action/Adventure/Platformer
The theme of this section is: animal heroes!
Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction--playing the first couple of levels for grins made this jump straight to the top of the queue.
Sly Cooper & the Thievius Raccoonus--I got Sly 2 as a gift from Itchy this Christmas. I was enjoying the first one a lot, but never finished it, so I'm looking forward to replaying it.
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest--the enthusiasm for this game may be just vibes I caught from watching the Backloggery stream, but whatever! This was a favorite game back in the days I only had access to consoles at my friend's house. It kicked my butt a lot. There's a big yellow vertical stripe on the loading screens, which worries me, but the game itself plays fine.
Ape Escape 3--this has been a Fortune Cookie game for months now. Maybe I'll just drop this cookie and open a new one the next time I'm floundering around deciding what to play.