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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.
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.
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Honestly I don't think I'll get a PSP at all this year (there's a redesign supposedly in the works, too). It's still too expensive.
A Check Disk scan is probably due next. I'll read up on it later.
We're on page 3 of The Legendary Thread now. ;p
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There's not really enough on the PSP right now, RPG-wise, to warrant getting one unless there are other games you want... I do want to play Crisis Core, though.
Okay, thanks...
Woo hoo! We rock.
Up to Mandalia Plains (2nd real battle) now. My hands aren't used to the controls; I keep hitting X for 'okay' and I keep moving for the non-existant analog buttons to rotate the board... using L and R to rotate is irritating me. But it's still fun. :) Brings back memories.
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Yeah, I think they are. And think about multiplayer with Orlandu the way he was.. It would just be stupid. :/
"Up to Mandalia Plains (2nd real battle) now. My hands aren't used to the controls; I keep hitting X for 'okay' and I keep moving for the non-existant analog buttons to rotate the board... using L and R to rotate is irritating me. But it's still fun. :) Brings back memories."
The good thing about FFT, is that it's not a huge time-sink. You can replay it easily and casually because there's always a definite beginning and end to a play-session. Say, you could do one battle every few days or so.
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Yeah, very true. That's one of the reasons I don't get around to playing, say, FFXII too often - I need at least an hour to an hour and a half open, and I'm always slightly worried that I'll be caught out without being able to save. DQVIII was nice for that because if you really had to you could always warp out of a dungeon to the nearest save point. That's why I also like games where you can save anywhere - sure it decreases the challenge somewhat, but for convenience sake it's nice.