2015 Resolutions, Part the Second
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rynlingI have gotten seriously lazy about video games during the past two or three years. I'm not sure whether this has to do with me getting older or with Journey spoiling everything else forever by being so gorgeous and well designed, but I really need to put my butt on my sofa and finish some games.
Final Fantasy I: Dawn of Souls
I have been playing this game on my iPad since this time last year. I would play it for two or three hours, get bored, and then not pick it up again until several weeks had passed. A few days ago I finally got to the last boss but was defeated after a half-hour battle. Apparently, all my dudes being at level 50 with the best possible equipment was not good enough, and I need MOAR LEVEL GRINDING. This is frustrating, since I feel that I've spent the entire game level grinding. At least I've watched some good movies on Netflix in the process.
Rain
I downloaded this game back when it was released in October 2013, but I rage quit shortly thereafter because the male player-protagonist's female computer-controlled companion has the AI of a pug. I hate ICO: Castle in the Mist for the same reason. Not only is making the female companion character stupid and completely dependent on the male player-character sexist, but it results in extremely frustrating gameplay. On the other hand, people say that it takes less than five hours to finish the game, and I did enjoy running around in the world of the game. To minimize my frustration during my next encounter with this game, I think I'm going to use a walkthrough.
Okami HD
There's no excuse for me to have not played this game, save that I missed it when it first came out and have been occupied with other epic adventure games since then. The internet tells me Okami takes about 45 hours to complete, so I should be done with it if I devote a month to playing it. That's what I did with Wind Waker HD, and it was a glorious month.
Tales of the Abyss
Why is this game so long whyyyyyyyyy. If I put in the same 50 hours in 2015 that I sunk into it in 2014, maybe I can finish it? Maybe? I'm not really enjoying myself, but at this point I've invested too much time to quit and pretend as if this game never happened.
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
I pre-ordered the special edition of this game back in the summer of 2012, but it has been sitting unopened in a box in my closet for two years now. Yesterday I opened the shipping box that holds the game box. Maybe today I will make it all the way down to the disc box. YAY PROGRESS.
Final Fantasy I: Dawn of Souls
I have been playing this game on my iPad since this time last year. I would play it for two or three hours, get bored, and then not pick it up again until several weeks had passed. A few days ago I finally got to the last boss but was defeated after a half-hour battle. Apparently, all my dudes being at level 50 with the best possible equipment was not good enough, and I need MOAR LEVEL GRINDING. This is frustrating, since I feel that I've spent the entire game level grinding. At least I've watched some good movies on Netflix in the process.
Rain
I downloaded this game back when it was released in October 2013, but I rage quit shortly thereafter because the male player-protagonist's female computer-controlled companion has the AI of a pug. I hate ICO: Castle in the Mist for the same reason. Not only is making the female companion character stupid and completely dependent on the male player-character sexist, but it results in extremely frustrating gameplay. On the other hand, people say that it takes less than five hours to finish the game, and I did enjoy running around in the world of the game. To minimize my frustration during my next encounter with this game, I think I'm going to use a walkthrough.
Okami HD
There's no excuse for me to have not played this game, save that I missed it when it first came out and have been occupied with other epic adventure games since then. The internet tells me Okami takes about 45 hours to complete, so I should be done with it if I devote a month to playing it. That's what I did with Wind Waker HD, and it was a glorious month.
Tales of the Abyss
Why is this game so long whyyyyyyyyy. If I put in the same 50 hours in 2015 that I sunk into it in 2014, maybe I can finish it? Maybe? I'm not really enjoying myself, but at this point I've invested too much time to quit and pretend as if this game never happened.
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
I pre-ordered the special edition of this game back in the summer of 2012, but it has been sitting unopened in a box in my closet for two years now. Yesterday I opened the shipping box that holds the game box. Maybe today I will make it all the way down to the disc box. YAY PROGRESS.
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Date: 2015-01-03 02:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-01-03 04:17 pm (UTC)I keep waiting for the right moment to begin the game, which I'm sure is magical and wonderful and life-affirming, but it never happens.
Last night I took the Ni no Kuni game disc out of its box and put it in the PS3, but then I ejected it and played FFX HD instead.
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Date: 2015-01-03 05:38 pm (UTC)