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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] bk635.livejournal.com 2008-09-11 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Black comedy with George Clooney and Brad Pitt = Massive win. They had good chemistry together in the Ocean's series.

Yeah, I was thinking when you get back.

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2008-09-11 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it looks great - love the idea of them in a black comedy crime-type movie to begin with. ^^ Plus, it has JK Simmons (from Oz, among others) in it, and he's fantastic.

Okay, sure thing, hopefully when I get back. :) Though I'll let you know on Saturday if that day would work - flight doesn't go til about 8:30pm...

[identity profile] ria-oaks.livejournal.com 2008-09-11 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Sweet, I hadn't seen the full theatrical trailer yet... just TV spots every 3 minutes. ^^ Def looks entertaining.

[identity profile] bk635.livejournal.com 2008-09-11 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Brad Pitt's physical comedy surprised me. I haven't seen him in any non-serious roles. This somewhat applies to Clooney too, but I prefer him in serious roles like in 'From Dusk 'till Dawn'--you should really see this. It's one of my favorite of movies that he's starred in. (But don't read anything about it beforehand, because that will surely ruin the huge twist.) Tarantino was also in it, which is awesome.