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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 2007-10-11 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'd say they definitely touched on the death wish thing last year, what with Dean angsting over how he should have died instead of John, and then sacrificing himself for Sam... but maybe they'll go more into it this year.

And Bela. :) She hasn't appeared yet, but she's gonna be pretty cool I think... dunno if you know anything about her from the spoilers, so won't say anymore. I don't know much, just the basics.

It'd be cool if the Trickster was back; that was an awesome episode.

Did you read a spoiler about Dean's necklace or is this just some strange obsession you have? XD

Ooh yes, I hope Ellen is back. She is awesome. I want to see her and Bobby interact more. I miss Ash, too... :(

Sam's gonna rock this year, and hopefully Jared will too. I felt that they gave Jensen all the really juicy stuff last year, and while Jared was good he didn't shine as much as Jensen did (in part due to comparative lack of aforementioned juicy stuff). I want to see him really go all out this year, since I think he's pretty talented too (though Jensen may still have the edge... he bowled everyone over last year!)

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2007-10-12 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Didn't see this.

"Question: Since it's driving me nuts (eight-plus hours of book/computer-research nuts so far), could you please tell us: A) what Dean's necklace represents, and B) if it will ever come into play? - greeneyedgal

Kripke: Sorry. Don't go nuts. Yes, it will definitely come into play, but no, I'm not ready to tell anyone what it represents. But it represents something, for sure"

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2007-10-12 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Interesting. :)