My copy of Demon's Souls came in so ... sunk in a few hours (or 5).
[spoiler]Started as a Wanderer and I was so disappointed in myself for pretty much dying instantly against Vanguard T.T
1-1 was pretty simple, though I kept randomly killing myself on the Red Eye Knight guarding a Soul >> Picked up Cling Ring, Thief Ring, and saved dumb fuck Ostrava (I HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO while I wander in a circle). Phalanx made me laugh a little what with the recent discussion on phalanxes here; that said, he was pretty much /yawn
1-2 ... >> Managed to not die to the dogs (seriously, dogs always fuck shit up) but kept fucking up Tower Knight; killed him on my fourth try flawlessly which made me happy (which was pretty much luck on only having two back-hops). Well, almost flawlessly I guess; an archer hit me at the start because I suck at life
Think I'll go back to 1-1 area with the two dragons and grab the rest of the treasures; the Winged Spear on the 1-2 bridge is nice so I wager there's got to be something good over there.
Avoiding walkthroughs as best I can for this~[/spoiler]
Edit: While I'm at it:
Mana Khemia 2 (just size, light on spoilers)
[spoiler]Nearing the end of Phase 7 (of 9) and ... hm. Story is alright, I suppose, but it's really more comedic than anything for like half the game.
Also, I haven't tried them in awhile so maybe the later voices change but god damn, the English VAs are terrible. And, sadly, they HAVE good talent; I suppose the biggest offender is Laura Bailey (Rise - Persona 4, Raspberyl - Disgaea 3) as Ulrika and the atrocious southern accent she uses. Ulrika's JP voice has no hints of "country" or "hick" in her at ALL so I really wonder why the did this T.T
Gameplay wise, the combat system is fun albeit very easy (like, ridiculously so). The synthesizing is still fun and I spent way too much time 100-ing everything I could (and being rewarded for doing so via the Grow Book). To be honest, it's a rather fun game; not sure how I'll feel on the second playthrough for Ulrika's story but for now, it's still entertaining.[/spoiler]
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (ditto)
[spoiler]Oh god, I forgot how much random humor they interject into the game ("I didn't recognize you guys in high def!"). Stopped playing these games after I dumbly erased my save file on one of the PS2 ones years ago T.T
Anyway, I normally don't like platformers but god damn, Ratchet and Clank is fun. Unfortunately, I spend a lot of time trying to farm Raritanium for Weapon Upgrades and/or killing things to farm "WeaponEXP" for Weapon levelling >>
Oh well, the game is fun to play for an hour or two at a time and run around shooting things and platforming. I will say that the first level is pretty fucking epic though. Picking up the next game thanks to this >>[/spoiler]
Edit2: >> Picked up Madden 10 (so I can stop stealing the copy my friend owns) Sunday ... it price dropped Monday. Before mine shipped. I still got charged full price. God, I have terrible luck this week with pricing shit.
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