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
Deemo – $14.99 ($12.99) @ Nintendo eShop
Total: $12.99
What I Demoed
Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars – I kept running into the word “Advent” left and right a few weeks ago. I was watching The Sinking City, a Lovecraft inspired horror game where one of the main throughfares was Advent Avenue. Then YouTube kept recommending I rent/watch Advent Children, Tales of Berseria had an event called the Advent, and then this game has a Castle Advent. Granted this is a Squeenix game, which of course means the music is fucking lit. The voice acting is excellent, too. The narrator sounds like a crusty, old storyteller. I’m 100% buying this when it comes out on the 28th. It’s like Final Fantasy meets Magic: The Gathering (not that I know anything about Magic: The Gathering. It’s just Final Fantasy with cards). I spent around three hours playing through the entirety of the demo, and I’ve been playing the in-game card game almost every day. I like it almost as much as I like Triple Triad, which has long been my favorite FF card game.
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
Tales of Berseria (Tales) – $9.99 for PlayStation 4 @ PlayStation Store
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Ace Attorney) – $39.99 @ 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 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 DNFed
Title: Final Fantasy VI Series Title: Final Fantasy System: PlayStation 3 (Port)
Date Started: 6/2/18 Date DNF: 10/12/19
It just makes sense to declare DNF on this. I’ll start writing the essay review on it as soon as I can, which will probably be December at this point.
Tis the Christmas season (or Advent to be theologically accurate), and in the spirit of the season, the lovely blogger over at Later Levels has decided to celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas a few days earlier with 12 gaming related questions for all of us good, little gaming elves out there. These are my responses.
🎄 27 December 2017: Your help must have worked, because it’s now Christmas morning and presents are under the tree! There’s a fancy box with your name on it; which gaming-related item are you hoping is inside?
My very own PS4!!!
I’d also accept a Wii U.
I know you’re all probably shocked that it’s not something Sephiroth related, but I pretty much have all of the Sephiroth statues, three Masamunes, a one-wing pin, numerous pairs of knee high boots, and anything else I want, I just buy myself. The systems though are expensive and would take much grinding to earn enough gil to purchase on my own, whereas everything else is more than feasible so long as I don’t obtain it all at once.
What present would fulfill your wildest gaming holiday dreams? Is it a game or system itself, or is it a fandom item? Let’s talk gaming presents in the comments!
A weekly post updated every other Tuesday 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!
Story Based/Definitive Ending Games
Title: Final Fantasy V Series: Final Fantasy Genre: RPG – Fantasy Developer: Square Release Date: December 6, 1992
Date Started: June 17, 2017
I still haven’t done Karnak Castle. Really what it is is picking this back up again would be a production. I need to set up the table for my laptop, because the instructions I wrote for myself are in OneNote. I seriously hate timing things in games. It ramps up my anxiety tenfold because I know I have to rush, which amps up the chances of me messing up or missing something. I know some people work well/better under pressure, but I am not one of those people.
Owing to the hectic nature of the season, I may not be playing this again until the new year. I’m actually now wondering if it’s on a handheld system. Due to their convenience (I can literally just pick one up), I find myself more prone to play games like that.
A weekly post updated every Tuesday detailing my current gaming projects. I have quite a backlog of games to either play or watch, and I’m hoping a weekly article will assist with my progress as my other accountable posts have done with reading and writing. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a essentially Goodreads for gamers, so please feel free to friend me there!
Currently Playing: 2
Title: Final Fantasy Type-0 Series: Final Fantasy/Fabula Nova Crystallis Genre: Action RPG – Fantasy Developer: Square Enix Platform: PlayStation 4 Release Date: October 27, 2011 Date Purchased: May 18, 2017 Date Started: June 18, 2017
Progress: Chapter 2 – Preparing for second official mission
I liberated the town of McTighe and gathered all of the citizens for the mayor’s speech. For my trouble, I received a turbo ether. I couldn’t figure out for the life of me how to gather phantoma, so I quick google search was necessary. I may do the McTighe mission again just to make sure I’m collecting as much of it as I can. The coliseum still hasn’t opened, but I have faith.
A weekly post updated every Tuesday detailing my current gaming projects. I have quite a backlog of games to either play or watch, and I’m hoping a weekly article will assist with my progress as my other accountable posts have done with reading and writing. I have an account at Grouvee, which is a essentially Goodreads for gamers, so please feel free to friend me there!
Currently Playing: 4
Title: Final Fantasy Type-0 Series: Final Fantasy/Fabula Nova Crystallis Genre: Action RPG – Fantasy Developer: Square Enix Platform: PlayStation 4 Release Date: October 27, 2011 Date Purchased: May 18, 2017 Date Started: June 18, 2017
Progress: Chapter 2
Nope, nothing this week again. I did at least look up the leveling shortcut so kindly told to me by Cheap Boss Attack, and you can find it here, if you’re so interested in how to cheat the game by manipulating time. I’m (once again) hoping to play this weekend.
Title: Final Fantasy V Series: Final Fantasy Genre: RPG – Fantasy Developer: Square Platform: PlayStation Release Date: December 6, 1992 Date Purchased: Unknown Date Started: June 17, 2017
Progress: Walz Castle
I didn’t get a chance to play this either. I’ve been spending a lot of my time trying to catch up on my emails and blog subs. To be honest guys…I’ve been really stressed about that. I hate falling and feeling behind, but there’s just so much on my plate that I can’t keep up. I don’t want this to be a bitchfest, but it’s like I’m constantly fighting fatigue, fighting lack of time, trying to figure out what I’m going to work on, falling behind no matter how well I schedule and prioritize, and it’s seriously stressing me the fuck out. I know none of you blame me for not catching up on your blogs, but I just feel really guilty that I don’t have time to read and comment on stuff, because everyone here has been so supportive with my blog. Like you take the time to read my ramblings and comment, and many of you are as busy as me if not busier (hell, some of you have children). The least I can do is return the favor, but I also need to keep on my weekly posts and work on my backlog of book reviews and game reviews and try to read, write/edit, work on essays (which hasn’t happened in months), try to make time to test out my audio/video equipment, but I only have a few hours of useful, I guess I’ll call it, awareness (?) every day. I get home from work and it’s almost a rush to work on what I can work on, because I have chronic fatigue, so I have to prioritize what takes the most concentration, because that’s the first thing that goes when I get tired so I try to do the writing/editing tasks first before something more passive like reading blog posts or watching something.. Even with medicine and the coffee I drown myself in it’s draining, and I can’t even seem to catch up on the weekends.
Ugh, sorry I wasn’t supposed to overrun my FFV section with my complaints. I think I need to come up with a better scheduling system. Planning and organizing is how I’ll save the day (and my sanity).
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