A weekly post updated every other Thursday detailing my current gaming projects. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a site you can use to keep track of your backlog, so please feel free to friend me there!
What I Purchased
The Lion’s Song – $5.99 ($0.04) @ Nintendo eShop
What I’m Playing
Title: Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight Series: Etrian Odyssey System: Nintendo 3DS
Date Started: 9/7/20
I’m at the boss of the 4th stratum now and I need to do quite a bit of leveling before I take her on per the suggestions. I want to try to take down one of the stratum’s FOEs especially since there’s an ingredient I can get from it. It’s been a few day since I’ve played though. I lose a little bit of steam if I don’t have a direct path forward, and really all I have to do is grind the FOEs on lower floors in order to level up.
A weekly post updated every other Thursday detailing my current gaming projects. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a site you can use to keep track of your backlog, so please feel free to friend me there!
What I Bought
World of Final Fantasy Maxima – $39.99 @ Nintendo eShop
Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight – $19.99 @ Nintendo eShop
What I Finished
Title: Broken Age System: Nintendo Switch
Date Started: 7/4/20 Date Finished: 8/29/20
I loved this. I gave it 4 stars out of 5 on Grouvee because some of the puzzles were a bit non-intuitive, but that could also be me. I noticed I was much better at resolving them/thinking outside the box when I wasn’t tired. Also the voice acting lineup, holy shit. Elijah Wood did a voice! I’m guessing he was Shay. I’ve never heard of Vella’s voice actress Masasa Moyo, but she killed it. Just checked and I was right about Shay. There’s also the indomitable Jennifer Hale of Mass Effect and many other titles’ fame, and freaking Wil Wheaton! What a lineup. I’ll be talking more about Jennifer Hale below with WOFF.
A weekly post updated every other Thursday detailing my current gaming projects. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a site you can use to keep track of your backlog, so please feel free to friend me there!
What I’m Playing
Title: Broken Age System: Nintendo Switch
Date Started: 7/4/20
I think I’m in the final parts of the game. The narrative is doing that thing where as you get closer to the end, the two sides of the story (have to) switch more often. It’s a clever pacing method that ramps up the tension, and since all of this is taking place during a barrage, it’s even more nerve wracking.
A weekly post updated every other Thursday detailing my current gaming projects. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a site you can use to keep track of your backlog, so please feel free to friend me there!
What I Purchased
Golf Story – $7.49 @ Nintendo eShop
Firewatch – $5.99 @ Nintendo eShop
Bear With Me: The Lost Robots – $4.99 @ Nintendo eShop
A weekly post updated every other Thursday detailing my current gaming projects. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a site you can use to keep track of your backlog, so please feel free to friend me there!
What I Purchased
The Darkside Detective – $6.49 @ Steam
Gone Home – $7.99 @ Nintendo eShop
What I Finished
Title: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice Series Title: Ace Attorney System: Nintendo 3DS
Date Started: 3/13/20 Date Finished: 4/11/20 Date Completed (100%): 6/3/20
I finished finished this during the two day power outage I mentioned in my latest SOTR post. I only had one Asinine Attorney case left. Those were interesting and fun. More lighthearted and silly than the normal cases, not that AA isn’t silly sometimes, but the stakes weren’t nearly as dire. Both Phoenix and Apollo had one, so I did Polly’s the other day. At this point I am entirely caught up with Phoenix Wright, so I don’t know what I’m going to do. Are they making more? Are they going to make more? Should I play Professor Layton now? Should I google if they’re making more AA games? *googles* Nothing new since April 2019??!!? It says they are making a new game, but there are no details. I…guess we have to wait.
A weekly post updated every other Thursday detailing my current gaming projects. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a site you can use to keep track of your backlog, so please feel free to friend me there!
What I Finished
Title: Final Fantasy VII Remake Series Title: Final Fantasy, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII System: PlayStation 4
Date Started: 4/10/20 Date Finished: 4/27/20
I don’t think I’ve ever finished a game so quickly, though I’m still not technically done. I finished it, but didn’t complete it. I still need to do the Chapter Select to pick up what I missed. I never got Bahamut probably because I still have two Chadley missions to complete.
I’m sure people want to hear my opinion about the ending. Well, initially, I was pretty pissed off, because yes, it’s different, and it’s pretty obvious Squeenix is cashing in on fandom power to make some things happen. I was also annoyed because at first it seemed like a middle finger to the old school fans, but after talking to EWE I’ve calmed down a bit. One, the original still exists; two, there seems to be some Twitter talk from SE themselves that they’re not changing the story of VII, which is…confusing given the end of this game, but whatever, and three (and probably most importantly), they don’t owe the fans anything. Many of us often fall into this trap of thinking creators owe us either the story we expect and/or want, and they don’t. Now, this in no way means we can’t say what we want and/or criticize what we get (have you heard what I’ve said about Game of Thrones?), but at the end of the day, it’s the creators’ story to tell how they see fit. There is definitely a give and take interplay. They can choose to do what they want, and we in turn can absolutely say what we like/don’t like; we can be disappointed, or even choose not to engage, but fans often get to the point where they think creators owe them something, and to be honest, I still struggle with this, but it’s more along the lines that both sides have both freedom and rules. Best way I can explain this would be to have you all just to listen to this wonderful song.
So this is why I’m going to hold off on any major critiques until the entire series/story is out. What I do need to do is watch a Let’s Play of the game now, and luckily Olizandri has one (more on that later), while I replay the original or rather a port of the original on my Switch. I also need to replay Crisis Core, though I really wish they’d just re-release that for Switch or something to make my life easier. I think this might be the Year of Final Fantasy VII where I finally finish the OG myself, write my review, and maybe a few essays. I still have so much more research to do, but I also don’t want to wait on writing things because I don’t feel like I’m good enough to do so, you know? I can always go back and update when I find more information and/or have more revelations. Idk. Maybe I’ll try to amp up my researching of core texts/works.
If you’re played or finished FFVIIR let me know what you thought of it. I honestly felt like it was a (near) perfect game, and it was just…fun. Not only was it fun in and of itself, but you could tell the devs had a fucking BLAST making it. The part where they parachute back to the slums was just proof of that. The voice acting is ace (omg Brianna White ♥), and the game is just BEAUTIFUL. Alright, I’m done gushing about it…for now 😉
What I’m Playing
Title: Final Fantasy VIII (Remastered) Series Title: Final Fantasy System: Nintendo Switch
Date Started: 3/31/20
I’m just about to head to Esthar for the first time. I did some leveling near Cactuar Island so my current GFs know all of the important skills.
Title: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice Series Title: Ace Attorney System: Nintendo 3DS
Date Started: 3/13/20
Currently playing one of the theater cases. I finished up the full length DLC about the time traveling bride. That was fun. The case I’m on now features Pearly so I’m not unhappy about that. I love her so hard.
What I Played
Pic-a-Pix Deluxe
Let’s Plays
Oliz finished up his FFVIII Remastered Let’s Play, and I’m not ashamed to admit I shed a few tears at the ending. It always leaves me with chills, and I have to say it really is one of the best if not the best final boss sequences in the entire series. Then today he did the fight with the Omega Weapon in Ultimecia’s Castle, something I’ve never done. I don’t even know if I knew about it lol. I also don’t know if I’m going to do it since it seems needlessly hard for very little reward outside of bragging rights. I have plenty to brag about so….
I’m also still watching his Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Let’s Play, but I should be finished that soon, since he’s through the fore mentioned. Next I want to start watching his FFVIIR LP. I’m…not entirely sure why I’ve waited this long to start it. I think I needed some breathing room from FFVII after I finished it myself to think about what I saw and how I feel. My husband has also been playing it, so there’s that, too.
I guess i can consider Andromeda and Death Stranding on hold, but I will come back to them eventually.
I wonder if I should just change my day for this post to Friday, but eventually the world will start spinning again; my husband will go back to bowling, and I’ll need the free Fridays for recording. Until then it’s nice to have the wiggle room when I don’t feel like doing it on Thursday, and of course there’s always Saturday, too. Eh, I’ll keep it Thursday.
What has been your quarantine go to game? Have you played the new Animal Crossing?
A weekly post updated every other Thursday detailing my current gaming projects. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a site you can use to keep track of your backlog, so please feel free to friend me there!
What I Obtained
Final Fantasy VII Remake – $59.99 @ Amazon (I’m still waiting for it to arrive in the mail, but Amazon assures me it’ll be here today. I won’t receive the copy from Squeenix until Tuesday…which would be ridiculous if we weren’t in the middle of a pandemic. I’ll give the big S a pass)
What I’m Playing
Title: Final Fantasy VIII (Remastered) Series Title: Final Fantasy System: Nintendo Switch
Date Started: 3/31/20
Watching Olizandri do his play through made the itch too strong. I’d been thinking about replaying this, but wanted to stick to my order. Then I considered I’d be playing the FFVII Remake before I replayed the original, and I hatched another plan: play the Remake then replay the original, while at the same time playing this and writing the review/analysis for FFVI. It’s Final Fantasy all the time here in the house of TSN, but who’s surprised by that?
A weekly post updated every other Thursday detailing my current gaming projects. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a site you can use to keep track of your backlog, so please feel free to friend me there!
What I’m Playing
Title: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice Series Title: Ace Attorney System: Nintendo 3DS
Date Started: 3/13/20
Just like the prior AA games, this one has a compelling overarching story. The writer/writers of these knows what they hell they’re doing. All of the secret connections and inner workings are just amazing.
A weekly post updated every other Thursday detailing my current gaming projects. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a site you can use to keep track of your backlog, so please feel free to friend me there!
What I Obtained
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years – $5.74 @ Steam
Final Fantasy IV – $5.75 @ Steam
What I Finished
Title: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies Series Title: Ace Attorney System: Nintendo 3DS
Date Started: 12/27/19 Date Finished: 3/11/20
That DLC case about the orca was really good and pretty tragic tbh. It was definitely worth the money I spent on it.
A weekly post updated every other Thursday detailing my current gaming projects. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a site you can use to keep track of your backlog, so please feel free to friend me there!
What I Obtained
The Room – $3.99 @ Nintendo eShop
What I Finished
Title: The Room Series Title: The Room System: Nintendo Switch
Date Started: February 7, 2020 (?) Date Finished: February 12. 2020 (?)
I don’t really remember when I started/finished this again, but I know I picked it up from the Nintendo eShop on the 7th and I’ve already played through it, so that’s good enough. This was an easy purchase and replay because the game is just so good. It has replay value because the puzzles are complicated and compelling enough that you still have to either remember what you did or figure them out again. I’m really hoping they release the rest of the series on the Switch.
Date Started: 9/7/20
