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ria_oaks ([personal profile] ria_oaks) wrote2006-11-14 01:53 pm

FF ramblings

I happened to check Rpgamer.com a few minutes ago and noticed that FFIII:DS comes out today (I haven't really been keeping track...). I'm probably just being too over-emotional, but this day feels rather historic in the RPG world - the last Final Fantasy that wasn't released in the US is finally here. I checked, and it's been approximately 16.5 years since FFIII was released in Japan - well, better late than never, I guess. XD I mean sure, I played it years ago on a translated ROM and I won't be buying this version anytime soon (lack of a DS... and lack of time to play. woe.), but it's still cool to think that it's here. It's sort of a pity that the original version of the game will never make it here, most likely (how hard would it have been to include the orignal version in the new game, really...?), but the new version looks pretty spiffy. Hopefully I'll get to play it someday.

3 FF games in the past 2 weeks, 2 of which are new to the US (FFXII and FFIII:DS) and one of which only ever made it here in a mangled fashion (FFV Advance) - makes me miss the days when I could play all the time... I haven't really been into gaming as much the last few years, largely because of a. lack of time during school, b. other interests take up my free time, and c. i'm lazy., but I still get excited hearing about games and still want to play when I get the chance. I'm way behind on all the games I'm playing, but I still plan to ask for either FFXII or Disgaea 2 for Christmas (leaning towards the latter - FFXII will be easy enough to find for years to come, and it'll get cheap fairly quickly, whereas Disgaea 2 will start disappearing soon...). I am sorely tempted by FFXII, though - it's been getting fantastic reviews, and hell, it's FFXII! We've been waiting for this game for years, and it's finally here... and I really can't justify the time or money to get it. Part of me, too, is still a bit uncertain about it - but most of the reviews have said that the game is nothing like (and much better than) anything we've seen of it to this point, including the demo. I plan to give it a chance eventually, but can't do it yet.

And... I'm procrastinating. Back to my Farscape paper... it's due tomorrow at 9, so I need to get moving. Up to 5 pages, need about 12 - and I'm still blathering on about the context, haven't even gotten to analysing the series itself! Ehehehe. baaack to work.

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2009-02-09 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
What news?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that episode will be a red herring... the name alone. ^^ I sincerely doubt they'd pull something like that, or they really WOULD have jumped the shark, so I'm sure they're just playing with us...

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2009-02-09 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
This casting news is what I was referring to. Spoilers for Jump the Shark, I guess; but I think it's impossible to avoid..like finding out Sarah would come back to Prison Break this season. It's probably all over the fandom by now. So you may as well look. >.>

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2009-02-09 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah, I knew that. :) Figured that's what we were talking about in regards to the episode hopefully being a red herring/the writers having some fun with us. ^^ And actually so far I've only seen it on that one site and linked on LJ once under a cut, so I don't think it's hugely all over the web yet... Even the Sarah spoiler wasn't everywhere until the summer, prob, and it was intially announced monthes earlier. It'll probably spread, though. Still, I in no way think that he'll actually be John's son... I really doubt the writers would do that.

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2009-02-09 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
I'm still undecided as to whether or not it's a bad thing.

But even if he is John's son, I doubt that he's a hunter, so I don't think we'll be seeing much of him. I don't think Sam and Dean would want to drag him into the shit they're going through. He might be living out a relatively normal and well-adjusted life.

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2009-02-09 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, if he IS John's son, hopefully it'll be just a one-off thing... it'll be interesting to see how the boys react, either way, considering the importance they attach to family. Hm. Anyway, still... can't really imagine them going down that route. Considering the episode's title, and just knowing the show in general, it really seems like they're just playing with us. Guess we'll see, though.

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2009-02-09 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
On the other hand, the episode's title might be a reference to them purposefully doing something that would normally cause a show to jump the shark, but in such a way that they would actually avoid jumping the shark.

And knowing this show's writers, they can probably pull it off. >.>