Christ Centered Gamer

I have never beaten a Final Fantasy game, so I'm thinking I should change that. But I also have the Kingdom Hearts games to play. That said, I'm really getting into FF XII, so I'm going to keep on that.

I've played XV, but not enough to beat it (got distracted by life stuff). I can't say if there is any nudity in it (There wasn't any in the little I played), but the combat actually reminds me more of Kingdom Hearts than anything else I've played. It's a little less spammy and fast than KH, but it is fun (It also has a "stop mode" where you can pause the action if you don't enter any commands for a little bit, and you can survey the situation a bit. I'll let you know if I see any nudity in it, but it's going to be a while before I get to it (Gotta beat FF XII first). I also really liked the way the exploration and characters worked together. The designs are very...boy-bandish, but they are interesting enough characters and I like the way they interplay during the game. The game really feels like a Road Trip with the boys (four good friends to boot), that also happens to involve lots of Final Fantasy elements and action RPG combat. I liked what I played, is what I'm saying.

On the subject of Final Fantasy VII, apparently only ONE person was tasked with localizing the game. One. Uno. Doesn't surprise me there are problems with it. XD

So my plan is as follows:

Beat Final Fantasy XII. First order of business.

Then I'm probably going to play games in the following order:

Final Fantasy X (I really want to play this one, I've heard the story is really good).
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.
Final Fantasy XV.
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance (Might do this after VII/VIII/IX).
Final Fantasy VII.
Final Fantasy VIII.
Final Fantasy IX.
Final Fantasy XIII (Though this is very flexible, I want to try it for myself one of these days).

Then it's back to the old backlog of whatever else I have. XD

At some point I want to go back and play the other Final Fantasy games (I and II less so...but III, IV, V, and VI really interest me).


Dragon Quest?

I'd appreciate that. FF games tend to make it into my games wishlist, sometimes despite my best attempts. XD

Also, that makes me feel better. About FFVII, I mean...I really thought I had just lost focus and missed something, but it was like they had just pulled something out of the air that hadn't been there before. XD The scenes were choreographed enough that you get the gist of what is happening though. Like I said: I'm excited over the remake. If they maintain the same overall tale, and just clean it up...it's going to be awesome.

I like the list. For me, and I don't want to hype it up, but...KH: 3D is pretty much on par with II. I played 3D first, but I started it, then stopped, then came back to it and was like "Dang. This is amazing". XD

I will say though, if you're going to play FFIII, you can probably skip the first two. They have basically the same story, but III has the job system and a bigger world. Unless you want a very simple, straight up turn based RPG. And there's nothing wrong with that. And you may really like XIII. It's a very...love it or hate it game. It's possible I quit right at the point where it was going to be awesome.

But I was struggling to keep my eye from twitching whenever Vanille was...Vanille.

I've been trying to get into Dragon Quest as a series too. I got the OG NES one for Kindle, and it was really fun. A more complicated version of FFI, basically, but still good. I want to start getting the remakes of the more modern iterations for 3DS and such, most especially 8, since that is supposed to be awesome. I really liked Rocket Slime, back when I played it.

Still. Tales of Symphonia. That comes first. I can't run more than one epic RPG at a time, even if one is on handheld. I always drop one for the other, and then somehow forget about it for three months. O_o

I'm looking forward to all the games on the list (Except for maybe Final Fantasy VIII, if only because I've heard so many negative things about it). I hadn't heard much about KH 3D, so it's good to hear it's awesome.

I've never played a Dragon Quest game. I have friends who swear by them, but I've just never got around to them.

I need to play the Tales games at some point. One of my friends is a Twitch streamer, and she just finished Zestiria, and is playing Berseria now. She really likes them, though I want to start with Symphonia because I've heard it's really good.

How about the Legend of Heroes series?

I'm enjoying it so far. First five hours have been sorta cliche, but good. Hilarious, actually. And the combat is fun. Plus Lloyd is voiced by the guy who did Robin in Teen Titans.

I've heard of it, but I know nothing about it.

I've never played it either, but I hear good things about it.

When you want to do a thing, but your computer seems to be actively fighting you in doing the thing?

Hello, Windows my old friend. I've come to talk with you again.

Not even kidding. As a solid Ubuntu user for the past year, coming back to Windows has been like a breath of fresh air...that was immediately punched out of my lungs and replaced with frustration and rage, and dog farts. *_*

Seems like every time I try to use something that I didn't pay M$ for, I have to jump through hoops and threaten registry editing.

Basically, it makes me wonder what idiot decided that something--computers in general, not specifically Windows--so fragile and finicky should be anywhere near a nuclear reactor, let alone self-driving vehicles.

I've had just as much problem with Linux, to be honest. Usually the program I'm trying to use is horribly designed and horribly documented (This is ESPECIALLY the case with Open Source Software). Software engineers suck at usability.

How about the Kingdom Hearts III trailer from two weeks ago?

Yeah, but when Linux screws up, you know something has gone wrong or is broken. And it can usually be fixed with a command entered into the command line.

When Windows screw up, it's just normal operating procedure. You fix it by figuring out how you have displeased the great Windows spirit and repenting, occasionally sacrificing burnt offerings of printer paper and broken iPhones.

I am very pleased with this. It looks amazing, and it seems like they've pulled combat elements from 3D. The super keyblade also looks amazing.

Also, it has come to my thoughts recently that, since the last KH entree, Disney has acquired the rights to Marvel and Star Wars. I imagine there is some obscure legal thing that will prevent Disney from using those IP's...but at the same time, I have hopes for a Lightsaber keyblade.

The problem is that you're assuming there isn't a sensible reason behind Windows failures. I assure you there is, but it may not be obvious in the name of "usability." Microsoft's developer tools have some of the most comprehensive documentation I've ever seen. Nearly everything has a thorough cause and effect.

That said, I will totally agree that implementing said fix is often less easy than on Linux. It usually involves a complicated set of registry tweaks, configuration changes, and powershell usage. I never said it was EASY to fix it, only that the behavior is very well documented.

Oh, on the subject of Star Wars in KH: I've read that's very unlikely because Disney (Stupidly) gave exclusive games rights to EA. Which is why we will never get a good Star Wars game until after that contract expires. XD But unless Disney publishes the game, I don't think they're legally allowed to include Star Wars in KH3 (Because it's a Square Enix developed-and-published game). I know, it kind of sucks, but after how visually jarring the Pirates of the Caribbean stuff in KH2 was, maybe it's for the best. Though a lightsaber keyblade would be awesome. XD

The blend between story and gameplay in RPGs is a delicate balance?

Mind, you've just staked your professional IT reputation on there always being a 'sensible' reason behind Windows screwups. That includes the infamous minds behind the, "update me and get a blue screen of death or don't update and lose half your functionality", incidents. It's a gutsy move.

Though I guess, "Dang. Didn't expect that to happen." is a sensible cause, by some definitions. I can't agree dude. I've been actively fixing Windows issues since XP, and there are some design decisions that are just flat out strange, and some issues that can only be fixed by a system restore after they're broken.

In fact, it is far more often that MS Help tells me to do a system restore and hope for the best than gives me logical, 'here's what broke and here's how to fix it' reading material. Even picking through the...bah. I forget what it's called. The event manager/msconfig/rusty innards of the deep, 'poke this and your machine dies' Windows brains.

Which is made worse for the fact that 90% of the Linux issues I have faced can be fixed with 'Take this command, copy it into the command line, press enter'. The other 10% was solved with a system update, for the record.

Deepfreeze32 wrote: Oh, on the subject of Star Wars in KH: I've read that's very unlikely because Disney (Stupidly) gave exclusive games rights to EA. Which is why we will never get a good Star Wars game until after that contract expires. XD But unless Disney publishes the game, I don't think they're legally allowed to include Star Wars in KH3 (Because it's a Square Enix developed-and-published game). I know, it kind of sucks, but after how visually jarring the Pirates of the Caribbean stuff in KH2 was, maybe it's for the best. Though a lightsaber keyblade would be awesome. XD

Well, fidgets. I can still hope, though. And I liked the POTC stuff in KHII, partially because of Sora's reaction to how weird the people looked. XD Comedy gold.

For RPG's, I don't know. It depends on what I am expecting. If I go into a game wanting a deep epic story, and end up with Torchlight...even though the game is great, I'm going to be disappointed. But if I went into it just wanting a great hack and slash, I would be very happy.

So balance between the two is great...but for me, it's more what I'm in the mood to play. I can live without a mind-blowing story if the gameplay is awesome, as long as I was expecting it.

On the other hand, if the story is very interesting, but the gameplay is an absolute pain, there's a fair chance I will hit a hard obstacle (made hard by the controls, or a game aspect) and then walk away to hit a wiki and see how the story ends. >_>

*shrug*

I can only tell you what I know from troubleshooting errors caused by code I've written.

And on the subject of RPGs, I more or less agree. Though I think there are times when a game sets itself up one way (Story heavy, for example) and ends up becoming bogged down in the other near the end (Becomes all gameplay). That was the main issue I had with an SMT spin-off, Digital Devil Saga. It sets up this really interesting story, and then becomes a massive grindfest to get to the end. I enjoyed the game, but I'm going to have to temper my expectations if I ever decide to play it again.

I recently played a mystery visual novel game called Danganronpa. And while I don't know if you would like the game, the soundtrack is really interesting. Here's the opening song:



Thoughts?

I have no idea why so many RPG creators like to turn the final portions of their games into a gauntlet of doom. O_o It works with FPS's and such. Not so much with RPG's.

Especially if it's not even story-relevant. Just 'come see me again when you've fought another 50 battles'. -_-

I'm not a fan of visual novels. But the music was cool, and I've heard of the series before.

Yeah, the "gauntlet of doom" is a large part of why I'm hesitant to play a Dragon Quest game. I've heard they really devolve into that near the end. Do not want.

Here's another Danganronpa song for you:



Thoughts?

DQ1 just turned into a grindfest...I still haven't beaten it, actually. I just need to be several levels higher before I can take on the last boss. I should probably do that, but it's not mindless grinding, and I haven't had the heart to sit there and /combat for two hours straight. -_-

It's funny, but I finished up a RPG the other day wherein the last portion was a gauntlet...but with save points and heal opportunities spaced reasonably within. O_o I didn't know how to handle it. XD

Jazzy. But in a good way. No complaints. I actually like it a fair bit.

Here's another one. This one plays when you are participating in the class trial portion of the game, and are having an argument:



Thoughts?