FF ramblings
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ria_oaksI 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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Date: 2007-05-08 11:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-08 11:36 pm (UTC)Check out this list: http://www.list4all.com/kowak/ This guy is selling a ton of games, including lots of RPGs. Might find something of interest; I'm thinking of getting Phantom Brave from him for $15 and he has Lunar 1 up as 'offer me' so I'm going to make an offer of $20 and see what happens. XD And no, sorry, I checked for Valkyrie Profile and he doesn't have it. Pity. He does have Vagrant Story for $20, though, and I've heard that's a decent game... dunno.
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Date: 2007-05-08 11:47 pm (UTC)If you do buy stuff off him, get me the above. I'll give you the money whenever I see you next. Legend of Mana is also tempting as hell, but I already played it on my computer awhile ago, and plus, he wants $45 for it. >.>
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128 Ikaruga GC offer me Available 1
Also, offer him $5 for that. If he says no, go up to $10. :o
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Hm.. When I turned on my TV after I came home, the TV listings were full-screen.
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Date: 2007-05-08 11:50 pm (UTC)I shouldn't be doing this... I have no money. -_- Def going to ask about PB; not sure about Lunar 1 but it'd be nice to own a copy out of principle. I'll ask if it comes in the original big box with all the extra stuff. What did come with that, anyway? I want to ask him specifically about the stuff that comes with the game. There was a hard-cover manual, right? And I think a pendant?
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Date: 2007-05-08 11:55 pm (UTC)The guy has La Pucelle too. Didn't you have the collector's edition of Lunar 1? I don't remember what it came with; I think a pendant, a hard-cover manual, and some other things. Oh yeah, and an OST.
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Date: 2007-05-08 11:56 pm (UTC)His copy of La Pucelle is sold. Darn.
And no, I have Lunar 2 but not the first one. Meh, I'll offer $10 I think and see. Why not? XD Hope his shipping's cheap.
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Date: 2007-05-09 12:12 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-05-08 11:40 pm (UTC)http://www.usedvideogames.com/list_full.asp?pg=123
Scroll down, I'm sure you can figure out where to. XD If this is for real, you should definitely buy it... obviously. I can't believe they'd actually be selling it that cheap and have a copy of it in stock. o.o Anyway, check it out. I'm going to go poke around for other games.
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Date: 2007-05-08 11:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-08 11:55 pm (UTC)Also, ordering on eBay is perfectly safe in my experience, so long as the person you're ordering from has a high feedback rating (at least 95%, I'd say, and check the comments). And if you get fucked over you can go to eBay and they'll help you. If you want, I'd be willing to order one from you from eBay if you paid me. *shrug* Though good luck getting it for $80; most seem to be $150 plus. ^^
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Date: 2007-05-08 11:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-09 12:02 am (UTC)OOOH, I turned on the TV and it was full screen like you said! Niiice. Why couldn't it stay like that? Full screen and scrolling, I LOVE it. Ahem. Overexcited. -_- And sad because TBS is airing Raymond right now instead of Friends. Wtf? It's Tuesday; usually they have their 2 hours of Raymond on Wednesday... yes, I watch too much TV and know the schedules too well... heh.
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Date: 2007-05-09 12:11 am (UTC)But yeah, I'll think about it more seriously now, since you're willing to use your CC. I wonder what the game includes.. like case, manual, and so forth.
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Date: 2007-05-09 12:22 am (UTC)Anyway, one good thing about eBay is that you can check their feedback rating, as I said - so long as they have lots of feedback and it's all good, chances are you'll be fine. I doubt they would have found hundreds of people to leave good FB just to run scams. XD Though I suppose it's possible, heh.
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Date: 2007-05-09 04:39 am (UTC)I'm not sure when I'll be picking them up; hopefully tomorrow, but they want me to come by at 7:30 and since we're going up to Bowen tomorrow that's prob too late. But if I end up going around, say 6, then I'll come by and pick up the $10 beforehand if you're at home. I'll let you know when I hear back from them.
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