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currently im into .//Hack G.U. Vol 1
Awesome. I love those games, and it's a damn shame we didn't get Link, that PSP game. I thought we would have, because every last anime and game was brought over here (we even got the GU 4koma book!). Well, best of luck to you, man.
I'm playing Record of Agarest War Zero (with DLC, because seriously, Idea Factory has no idea how to balance or pace RPGs) and Dark Cloud 2. The crazy thing is, Dark Cloud 2 is an eight year-old game, yet there's something about it that's really endearing and capable of drawing you in time and time again. Even with all the grinding you have to do to level up weapons, fishing, golfing, stuff like that, it never feels like a chore. And, I think that it might be the only Level-5 original IP game that has a good story (Dragon Quest 8 doesn't count since afaik, they only "built" the game, but the writing was all done by people on Enix's staff).
I guess it's one of those games that wasn't too ambitious for its own good. Rogue Galaxy almost felt like it was trying to be Xenosaga, with an epic space story, but it fell victim to a boring plot coupon-hunt, with some really screwed-up glurge-y moments with the fat guy's wife and daughter in MONSTER-INFESTED DUNGEONS. And the item creation was UTTERLY WORTHLESS. I never did anything outside of synthing weapons. That factory minigame was a waste of time. Nothing you made was useful at all. Dark Cloud 2's item crafting was extremely-useful, as it was the only way to get some weapons, it was less-expensive than buying some stuff like bombs, and you could upgrade the shit out of the Ridepod (a steampunk robot with an open cockpit) and turn it into an engine of mass-destruction.
Currently playing..., an imperative thread
Jul 9 2011, 03:06
