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Oh my god so much work and yet it appears as though so little has been done... Well, to a point. This room is now almost empty of toys which means its soul has gone. Heh. The downstairs now looks as though it is inhabited, more or less... by a 5-year-old boy. *grin* (Now, a 13-year-old boy, I have been compared to... but no, this definitely looks about 5-ish. Granted a very flamboyant 5-year-old boy...) The games/consoles and toys are kind of the main focus, so... yay, in other words. My horribly mismatched furniture only adds to the insane burst of color all of the toys offer. I'm not officially moved in until I get the computer down there. And it may be a bit. The kitchen's almost ready, though. Maybe I ought to try glue dots for all of the posters...
Yeah, finally finished Terra's storyline in Birth By Sleep.
Astonishingly, I managed the whole line of final battles without dying. Hooray, I know. I went back and played KH2 soon after discovering all of the plot spoilers for BBS' Japanese release, and playing through it in English just raises the question again. How much of the Xemnas we knew through KH2 is Terra? He's clearly not Master Xehanort any more. That confession at the end, that he doesn't remember anything (specifically emotion), may have been a lie (and I can't help but think, regardless, that there are parts Braig/Xigbar has played that we still haven't seen yet)... but if not, it's particularly intriguing. More so because of what the Final Mix offers. You'll recall Aqua's armor there... he did use the term "friend", and yet what did he remember from before...? And then there is where Ven sleeps, the fact he's clearly seeking out that "other friend" according to Xigbar's lines to Zexion... Argh, Nomura. Argh. I enjoy being a sucker for this series, what can I say. It fulfills something otherwise lost deep within. And then it is MADNESS.
And Braig, that fucker. I do love him in any form, though. Lil' dandy pirate.
So now there's just, you know... the rest of the game. Heh. I'm playing in very small increments. It's rather unusual for me not to spend several hours at a time with a game, but there have been things to do lately.
And so, on to the meme.
...Er. I've been thinking about this for a long time and coming up with only one thing, and it sounds kind of awful. But here goes: a game doesn't have to be fun to get me to play it. If the story drives me, if the mystery and the characters drive me, and if I can stand the mechanics (sadly, I will never be able to play any Xenosaga games, nor games with tank controls ala early Silent Hills and Resident Evils, and that's just the way it is), I will play all the fucking way through even if I'm not having fun. The game that convinced me of this? ...Yeah, Final Fantasy 7. Fucking. Hate. Classic RPG controls. Hate. Love everything else. The story, the feel, the worlds, the characterization--I just hate playing RPGs. It took FF7 to get me to actually play all the way through one. Four times, fully. I still hate the stupid menus every single time. *snort*
But you know, admittedly, I played all the way through FF8, too. Twice. That was only painful for about the first half or so. Somehow it just didn't piss me off as much. Part of me says that's because you could have player input for Squall's gunblade during an attack (and GFs, of course), but I'm not sure that's what made the difference. Better menus, I suppose. ...My reasons for continuing through that one were very different, though. The story didn't really drive me, though I really did love the idea of the GFs taking memories in exchange for their power. The world was okay. The characters continually pissed me off, though I do love Quistis and have a "thing" for pre-pussy Squall. (Dissidia's Squall is just about right--and the English VA nails the lines with such "maybe intentional" disinterest that I can't help but laugh.) FF8 was entirely for the want of more pretty. Yes, really. The awesome that is Ultimecia's final form was just a vastly surprising bit of "wow, this was actually worthwhile". I am sick that way, what can I say. NO FACE, ONLY LIGHT... And her last words at the end of the battle honestly do continue to be chilling.
"Reflect on your...
"Childhood...
"Your sensation...
"Your words...
"Your emotions...
"Time...
"It will not wait...
"No matter...
"How hard you hold on...
"It escapes you...
"And..."
Prompt list.
Kieron Gillen is retiring from games journalism. This might be why you should care. Or... why you shouldn't, as the case may be. I'm not a PC gamer, but he amuses me greatly.
Yeah, finally finished Terra's storyline in Birth By Sleep.
Astonishingly, I managed the whole line of final battles without dying. Hooray, I know. I went back and played KH2 soon after discovering all of the plot spoilers for BBS' Japanese release, and playing through it in English just raises the question again. How much of the Xemnas we knew through KH2 is Terra? He's clearly not Master Xehanort any more. That confession at the end, that he doesn't remember anything (specifically emotion), may have been a lie (and I can't help but think, regardless, that there are parts Braig/Xigbar has played that we still haven't seen yet)... but if not, it's particularly intriguing. More so because of what the Final Mix offers. You'll recall Aqua's armor there... he did use the term "friend", and yet what did he remember from before...? And then there is where Ven sleeps, the fact he's clearly seeking out that "other friend" according to Xigbar's lines to Zexion... Argh, Nomura. Argh. I enjoy being a sucker for this series, what can I say. It fulfills something otherwise lost deep within. And then it is MADNESS.
And Braig, that fucker. I do love him in any form, though. Lil' dandy pirate.
So now there's just, you know... the rest of the game. Heh. I'm playing in very small increments. It's rather unusual for me not to spend several hours at a time with a game, but there have been things to do lately.
And so, on to the meme.
...Er. I've been thinking about this for a long time and coming up with only one thing, and it sounds kind of awful. But here goes: a game doesn't have to be fun to get me to play it. If the story drives me, if the mystery and the characters drive me, and if I can stand the mechanics (sadly, I will never be able to play any Xenosaga games, nor games with tank controls ala early Silent Hills and Resident Evils, and that's just the way it is), I will play all the fucking way through even if I'm not having fun. The game that convinced me of this? ...Yeah, Final Fantasy 7. Fucking. Hate. Classic RPG controls. Hate. Love everything else. The story, the feel, the worlds, the characterization--I just hate playing RPGs. It took FF7 to get me to actually play all the way through one. Four times, fully. I still hate the stupid menus every single time. *snort*
But you know, admittedly, I played all the way through FF8, too. Twice. That was only painful for about the first half or so. Somehow it just didn't piss me off as much. Part of me says that's because you could have player input for Squall's gunblade during an attack (and GFs, of course), but I'm not sure that's what made the difference. Better menus, I suppose. ...My reasons for continuing through that one were very different, though. The story didn't really drive me, though I really did love the idea of the GFs taking memories in exchange for their power. The world was okay. The characters continually pissed me off, though I do love Quistis and have a "thing" for pre-pussy Squall. (Dissidia's Squall is just about right--and the English VA nails the lines with such "maybe intentional" disinterest that I can't help but laugh.) FF8 was entirely for the want of more pretty. Yes, really. The awesome that is Ultimecia's final form was just a vastly surprising bit of "wow, this was actually worthwhile". I am sick that way, what can I say. NO FACE, ONLY LIGHT... And her last words at the end of the battle honestly do continue to be chilling.
"Reflect on your...
"Childhood...
"Your sensation...
"Your words...
"Your emotions...
"Time...
"It will not wait...
"No matter...
"How hard you hold on...
"It escapes you...
"And..."
Prompt list.
Kieron Gillen is retiring from games journalism. This might be why you should care. Or... why you shouldn't, as the case may be. I'm not a PC gamer, but he amuses me greatly.
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Better that than having a house that looks like an IKEA display... I actually know people who keep such houses.
Kieron Gillen is retiring from games journalism.
...And doing so around half a year before he would have to review the new Deus Ex. I would be amused if there's a connection, considering he's such a devoted fan of the original.
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You know, I don't think he's mentioned the game at all since he's "not a journalist anymore". *grin*