FF ramblings

[ria_oaks]

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.

Comments

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I don't want my journal to be ad-based. XD And 12 icons isn't much compared to a paid account. And paid accounts are pretty cheap, really - I think the'yre about $2/month. Anyway, I might ask for a few monthes for my birthday to test it out.

Yeah, you're probably right... I just suspect that when Christmas comes I'll be wanting to play FFXII more at the moment. ^^ Eh, I'll figure it out. I probably am better off asking for Disgaea 2 before it starts going for $100 on Ebay. -_-

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I have to decide whether I want Xenosaga III or FFXII to play over my Winter break. I'm leaning toward FFXII, but I'd like to complete the Xenosaga trilogy because I'm fucking OCD about absolutely having to have everything that's in a set or series. Can't decide.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Do you own the 2nd Xenosaga? I didn't think you'd even played the first one. XD

Either way, I'd probably say go for FFXII... depends on how much you enjoyed the first two Xenosagas (and if you haven't played them, I really don't think that being a completist is enough justification to buy it instead of something you'll actually play, but that's just me. XD). I think FFXII has got better reviews in general, though - plus, it's FF! :)

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I own the second Xenosaga, yes. I'll be more inclined to play them once I have all three. When I bought Valkyrie Profile 2, I also picked up Xenosaga II, used, for <$30. Couldn't pass it up. So it's not like I'm looking at spending $60 for Xenosaga III; I'd prefer to get it used as well (that way the whole trilogy will be used. ;p).