Holy shit, has Christmas come early? Tales of Hearts R and Theatrhythm 2 are getting localized AND Suikoden 2 is finally getting a PSN re-release? Am I hallucinating?

Welp, time to buy a Vita. I wonder if ToH R will get a limited edition bundle...

Damn you "get better than 0:0:0" chocobo race! I remember you now. I spent weeks on you the first time I played FFX. I wonder if I should give Tidus' ultimate sword a pass this time around...

Dark Souls is less enraging.

So I've been obsessively playing Bravely Default for the last week or so, and my impressions so far are: thank god you can adjust encounter rates, levelling jobs is fun, and now I understand the complaints about Agnes ( Read more... )

I'm so sick of Jingle Bells and Rudolph and Christmas in general. Bah Humbug! Scrooge-like hermit mode activated. See you in the new year.

Wait... that's it? That wasn't the half-way point but the last dungeon/boss marker? Well, that explains the complaints that Xillia felt unfinished and really short for a Tales game.

Final thoughts: ( Spoilers )

I've reached the fake last boss part of Xillia (not a spoiler, all Tales fans know it's coming) so here are some extended thoughts on the characters, thanks to insomnia.

( Still don't like Milla )

I've been playing Tales of Xillia for the last couple days after it finally arrived (It spent days sitting in "in stock but not shipped" status, but when it did ship I found it was in Richmond all along ( Read more... )

Holy crap, Xillia 2 is coming West too! Xillia's not even out yet. The preorders for the LE and the regular edition with 1st run bonus must be insane for them to stop being idiots about more Tales in English. Namdai, I take back all the mean things I've said about you over the years. If only more companies were willing to eat some humble pie and ( Read more... )

The Tales of Symphonia HD double-game pack was just announced to be dual audio. I was going to pass on this one despite being a big Tales of fan because, well, I already have Symphonia and Symphonia 2 (although I never bothered playing past the Kratos cameo scene). But dual audio...? That means fully voiced skits! Maybe I won't hate the bait-and- ( Read more... )

White Knight Chronicles is possibly the most boring RPG I've ever played. I've been able to muscle through a lot of terrible books and games but this one... I had to call it quits. It's just in a league of its own ( Read more... )