Ren #33 – Feelin’ that winter breeze.. November 17, 2009
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I suppose I should make a post considering I haven’t made one since the end of September. This blog is really dead. I blame all of you, including myself. You included, Mach. But I love each and every one of you. 
Anyway, loco can post if he wants to now, considering I’ve finally made his “posting sprites”.. or whatever you’d like to call them.
I’m sure you all can guess that school keeps most of us rather busy. Which reminds me, I have an interview tomorrow. I don’t know what for, though. The guy phoned me up with a private number just as I was about to attend my class. I basically heard mumbling and then he told me to meet him at Dunkin Donuts tomorrow. How shady. Which reminds me, I have to pick out clothes. ._.
Anyway, gaming progress? Well, from the time frame of the end of September to just about now, I’ve beaten Final Fantasy VI. Since I honestly don’t have much to talk about, I’ll just talk about that. Well, yeah. I found the final dungeon of the game to be extensively annoying, hence I kept it on-hold for a rather brief period of time before consulting Sobou. He gave me some freaking awesome tips, saved me from grinding, also (hell, I didn’t even need the grinding).
Anyway, my three teams for the final dungeon were: (1) Terra, Cyan, Locke, Setzer. (2) Edgar, Sabin, Umaro, Gogo. (3) Mog, Celes, Strago, Gau. Too bad I let Shadow die.
It was a swell game. This accomplishment ultimately leads me to beating two out of twelve (I am counting XIII and not XI) mainstream titles in the Final Fantasy franchise. Fuck yarr. VI and VIII down. I, II, III, IV, V, VII, IX, X, XII, and XIII to go. (Don’t worry, by the time XIII comes out, I’ll have only beaten about [at the most] two more mainstream titles..)
Which leads me to my next rant, Final Fantasy V!
With the beating (I refrain from the use of the word “completing” as my joining of the Backloggery has since deluded the meaning of the word for me) of FFVI, it gave me a surge of Noi’s “Final Fantasy Marathon”.. of course, that won’t last. But, anyway, I felt the need to get more into the series. I’ve pretty much played all of the Final Fantasies now.. I believe… however, I have only beaten two. What a shame.
I started FFV. However, I have a feeling that it will take a while to beat. Why? Well, I’m lazy. And I don’t like the job system. Believe me, the simplistic story intrigues me more than one might think. But anyway, I don’t like the job system. Don’t ask why, I’m quite unsure of that myself.
I’m off to find the Fire Crystal. obtw, my main character’s name is Butts. lol.
Oh, oh. I’ve also started Folklore. I can safely say that this game is fulfilling my expectations (although I expected the story to be much more compelling or at least remotely interesting..) with the gameplay. It feels pretty good to beat the shit out of monsters with other (possibly weaker) monsters and then absorbing them and using them as weapons. It feels like Pokemon. IT DRIVES THE SOUL.
Anyway, I think I need some sleep. Bai. See you again in a few months, probably. (to those who actually read my posts, that is.)
Noi #18 – Games 4 Sale November 8, 2009
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See what I did there? I replaced “for” with “4″, thus making a witty title! Hehe, I’m so smart.
So I came upon a realization. If I really like a game, I’ll play through it until it’s beaten. On occasion, I might drop a game for a while and then pick it up again, but there are times when after dropping it, I never ever pick it up again. Time goes by, and then I when I look at that poor game, waiting to be played, I realize, I didn’t quite enjoy playing the game to begin with. This is the case for most of my currently unfinished games, so, I’m getting rid of them.
Everything that’s on my backlog marked as unfinished is avaiable for sale/trade, with some notable exceptions. I’ll be marking down the games here that I’m perfectly willing to part with, along with conditions and whether or not I’ve had problems with the game before. Games are complete with original case and manual unless specified.
Without further ado, the list:
Gameboy Color -
Mega Man Xtreme -
Game only.
GameCube -
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Resident Evil Zero
Sonic Heroes
Viewtiful Joe 2
NES -
Friday the 13th -
Game only.
Metroid -
Game only.
PlayStation -
Alundra 2 -
Game only, damaged. Might just send it for free to someone who wants to salvage it.
Fear Effect II: Retro Helix – Claimed for Endaso.
Galerians
PlayStation 2 -
.hack//Infection Part 1
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Chaos Legion
Dark Cloud
Destroy all Humans 2: Make Love not War -
Game only.
Galerians: Ash
Max Payne
Max Payne 2 -
Disc only.
Resident Evil CODE: Veronica X
PlayStation Portable -
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade
Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth -
Game and case, no manual.
SNES -
Disney’s Goof Troop -
Game only.
F-Zero -
Game only.
Wario’s Woods -
Game only.
Wii -
Sonic and the Secret Rings
And there you go. I might update prices later on if people want me to, but otherwise, I’m willing to haggle/bargain for anything.
Mach #69 – Womp. October 19, 2009
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So it’s been a while since we’ve had an update… A long while for that matter. Lazy ass writers… Nothing to talk about these days? I suppose I shouldn’t talk since I haven’t had much to say myself. School is starting to become a real drag… And I still have to get that Dissidia review done for my school’s paper, so I guess I gotta start cracking on that.
It’s been tough trying to just get shit done lately… Kind of annoying since school is staring to kick my ass and I really have to focus on that, amongst other things now… But hell, it’s a drag, but at this point in my life I couldn’t be happier for reasons I can’t discuss here in this blog.
So what’s been up with me lately?
This god damn game.
So this game has semi-engulfed my gaming life. With almost 200 songs spanning over two discs, it’s a IIDX player’s dream game… Except it’s in pink. Apparently some people have a problem with this, but hell, I’m used to it. It’s a wonderful theme though. The game pushes the limits of many IIDX players and there’s just tons of songs to play. It’s fun as all hell.
Plus, lawl, Bad Maniacs.
YOU ARE NOW ENTERING COMPLETELY DARKNESS.
Otherwise, nothing else from me. Except the fact that I have to save some money to get me some Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion and then owe a bunch of my friends presents… A lot of them… This includes my best friend, her brother and my own brother… And I have to pay a friend back for a plushie he got me while he was in Disney World…
fffff
Ugh, figured I might as well just say that we’re still alive here. I expect something out of someone soon. Kinda depressing reading a question I posted a couple weeks ago… Regardless, Star Ocean: Til the End of Time is still a bad game. Fucking plot twist.
Until then, later~
Mach #68 – Urgent October 10, 2009
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So urgent, I left work for about 5 minutes just to make this post without avatars.
I need an opinion. Was Star Ocean: Til’ the End of Time a good game?
Input would be greatly appreciated.
Until then, later~
Dissidirage Weekly #2 – We Are Heroes! … Or something like that. October 7, 2009
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Anyway, finally beat Dissdia the other day and have been speed grinding with some characters since. There are some characters that have stayed where they are others have moved down in my list. However, because I haven’t unlocked all of the Chaos characters, I’ll only be talking about the ones I’ve played as.
Something else I’m forced to do, although completely my fault, is that I’m gonna be doing another Repede Limit Review on Dissidia: Final Fantasy. Wow, a review on a recent game. Why the change of heart all of a sudden? I have to write it for my school paper, so it will also be edited if need be and stuff. Actually expect a decent review out of this game.
After thinking about it for sometime, I don’t think I could accurately rank the characters I play with unless I actually have more of a feel for how they play. At the moment I’m just using the x5 Speed Grind thing, but this is just so I have more attacks at my disposal to go and get a better opinion on the characters I currently have… Off the top of my head, I’m only missing, The Emperor, Cloud of Darkness, Kefka, Shantotto, and Gabranth.
Despite the lack of a full roster there are a couple things I can say:
1. Cecil is still at the top of my list. If anyone tried to fight me, I will use that as my main.
2. Exdeath can go suck a cock in The Void. What a horrible character to use.
3. Cloud is probably not going to be my back-up character. I might just settle for either Terra, Golbez, or Garland… I’m having a little trouble using Garland though, in-accurate bastard he is.
So, I still have those two new story modes to play… Might roll with a Villain in one of those and stuff. Sounds fun enough to do. I need the characters I do have in my posession at least at Level 40~50 before I even decide to drop this 5x thing and play normally. Since it’s my Bonus Day, that means I gotta start drilling.
Anyway, still in class right now, so I gotta wrap this up. Sorry for the lack of a substantial update.
Until then, later~
SELECT STAGE #4 – Dragon Power October 1, 2009
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When some of us were little, we would turn on the TV at (insert time here) to watch a show. That show was called Dragon Ball (Z/GT). I’m completely sure a lot of people remember Goku and him growing up in the original Dragon Ball series. I’m pretty sure everyone watched the episode where Goku got shot by Piccolo’s special beam cannon, and I’m pretty sure a lot of people were shaking when Goku came back from the dead to kick Vegeta’s ass. Anyways, I don’t think I need to write much about the Dragon Ball series as a whole, so let’s talk about Dragon Power. Dragon Power is a game made in 1986 for the NES. It was the first Dragon Ball game to be localized (game had to be edited due to lack of license), and it is pretty bad.. Anyways..
DRAGON POWER
“The adventure begins!”
“The quest is for the dragon’s 7 crystal balls; the prize, your greatest wish. Together with Goku and Nora you must face obstacles that lead to each of the balls. Each obstacle seems greater than the last, but with your skill and the help of Swift Cloud and Magic Pole, anything is possible. It’s Dragon Power!”
_STORY//
“Okay, okay. Let’s go on a trip.”
Imagine the "Kung-Fu" song being played here.
The story is pretty much the same as Dragon Ball’s storyline. You search for the Dragon Balls (crystal balls in this game). There are seven of them, and you start off with three. As mentioned earlier, the game was heavily edited. The graphics were edited, and the character names were edited (Goku stayed as Goku, but some characters like Master Roshi become Hermit), and some things were even censored. Remember this scene? Instead of Roshi asking to see Bulma’s panties, Hermit asks for Nora’s sandwich. However, the old Dragon Ball story is still recognizable in this hilarious mess (though in some cases, it doesn’t even resemble Dragon Ball). Still worth a check for the laughs, though.
_GRAPHICS//
“Come on! Swift Cloud!! Jump on well.”
Goku, you look lovely...
The graphics are pretty bad. Like I said earlier, the character sprites were edited. Nora (Bulma) has purple hair, Hermit (Master Roshi) now looks like Gandalf, and Goku (Goku) looks like a monkey faggot that flips you off every time you fight a boss battle. The level tiles are pretty generic, but then again, you won’t really see much different in any NES game. The sprites are comparable to the original Legend of Zelda sprites, but the visuals seem kind of… colour lacking, compared to games like the original Super Mario Bros. The environments aren’t varied enough, so it looks pretty boring at times.
_SOUND//
“I want it too.”
“OK. Give me your sandwich.”
The game doesn’t have much sound variety apart from the four songs you hear constantly throughout the game. Not much to say about this, except that the songs really suck.
_GAMEPLAY//
“Yeow! Help!”
“Oh no. Did she get caught?”
Yeow!
This game consists of 10 stages. The stages have some variety; some parts have platformer style gameplay (kind of like the GBC Legend of Zeldas, except for the notorious boss fights, which I will talk about later). The regular stages are pretty simple. They’re like a Legend of Zelda style game, but more beat-em-up. You don’t get any puzzles, you just blow past enemies and punch them. Sounds solid, but there are some pretty huge flaws. For one thing, the enemy design is stupid. Some enemies attack horizontally only. Although they can move vertically, you can easily kill them by going above them and slapping them with Goku’s Magic Stick. You can jump, but it’s utterly useless, as you can’t jump on most platforms in the plane. The biggest flaw in this game is probably the problem where when you stand still, you constantly lose HP. Hard to believe that a character that is stronger than any person on Earth has trouble standing on his own two legs. There is also the horribly designed Stage 2, where you have to repeatedly go to treasure chests and look for “Pudgy” (Oolong). When you find him, you punch him to make him drop a key. Rather stupid and unnecessary, and they never explain what you’re actually supposed to do.
No, Goku isn't sticking his finger out at you... yet.
As Goku progresses in his adventure, he will fight bosses. Most of the bosses are pretty stupid to fight. They have swords, and Goku has hands, feet, and a stick (that, like I said, looks like he’s flicking you off when he uses it). When the bosses touch you, you get hit. Fair enough, but their swords already give them more range than they give you. If you kick in mid-air, you automatically drop like a rock. You can also use a “Wind Wave” projectile (the manual explains how you do it incorrectly), but they are limited in quantity. The bosses are fairly inconsistant (the last boss involves you punching a giant mech that shoots missiles at you, you can literally stand right beside the boss because he doesn’t hurt when you touch him). Either way, while the bosses occasionally have variety, they are horribly boring to fight. They don’t restore your health after you beat them either, so if you die, you have to fight them again. Although you get HP item drops, they are completely random, and your HP will probably run out from you walking around before you get them anyway.
_CONCLUSION//
“It’s only that it’s a waste of time.”
The quote says it all. This game is a waste of your time. Crappy music, average visuals, and horribly flawed gameplay. If you’re a fan of Dragon Ball, and you absolutely MUST play the first localized Dragon Ball game…. don’t bother with this. It’s not worth it… Seriously!
BLEGH!
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Eehhhhhhh, this could have been way longer, but I still haven’t finished my homework… ’till next time, I guess! Bye!
Mach #67 – Busy week coming to a close… October 1, 2009
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And I seriously can’t wait for it to happen. I re-installed Safari to help out with something on my computer and I couldn’t help but notice all the old links I still had. This just so happened to be one of them. So for this post, I’m throwing it REALLY far back. So far, that this was the banner I used before Disc Read Error: Insert Disc 2 was revived. I forgot how simple the banner actually was. I actually like it a lot now that I think about it.
So significant Dissidia progress was made once I got home earlier this evening. Since it was my bonus day, I figured it would be a great day to go and level up the only character who seems to matter right now… Which in this case is Cecil. So in the course of an hour, Level 38 to Level 51. And I’m still nowhere near done with the game… Dammit. I’ll get this done within the next week or so. Definitely gotta take advantage of my Bonus Days more.
: Recently just beat Naruto: Path of a Ninja on stream. After I got that ONE combo I kept repeating, ever battle seemed easy. At that point, I just wanted to finish it up as quickly as I could. Otherwise, a very solid game. Even for a Naruto game, I liked this one quite a bit. The adventure aspect was actually pretty cool, but those traps plagued around the town can go suck a serious cock. I have NO idea how many times those things killed me. This village is WAY too protected. I’m working on Nartuo: The Broken Bond next. Might just have to start this one over because I have NO idea what the hell I’m doing anymore.
While I really have nothing else to say, I’m going to advertise for a bit. This could be relevant to people’s interests, so I suppose it’s worth posting. A friend of mine is selling off a couple games that he owns. He has a fairly good collection of NES, SNES, and PSX games, so check out what he’s selling and if you’re interested in something that he has, hit me up with a PM on the Backloggery, I’ll give you his e-mail so you could inquire stuff with him… Although keep your hands off of Suikoden II, Final Fantasy VII, and Brave Fencer Musashi. He has those on hold for me. Otherwise, I believe everything else is open to inquire about.
Check out what he has to sell: [ link ]
Anyway, I’m just about done for the night.
Until then, later~
Len #32 – Another :U: for the B-LOG! September 29, 2009
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c wut I did thar?
Anyway, before I update on whatever I’ve done this past week, I’m going to do a stupid girl rant. So.. I got this god damn fucking hair straightener on Friday. It was great. My hair looked awesome. A bit too emo, though. I decided to tone it down, but anyway, it’s fun messing with a hair straightener. I washed my hair, then I tried straightening it again, it was fine.. but it looked too normal. The god damn back of my hair keeps curving at the edges, no matter how many times I try to straighten it, it won’t stop. ._. God damn it. It doesn’t look that bad. But still. I bought it so that my hair wouldn’t curve at the edges. ; – ; ANYWAY, gamesz + anime.
Contains spoilers on FFVI, CANAAN, and Saki. Read at your own risk (though I doubt people will read this post, anyway.).
Mach #66/Dissidirage Weekly #1 – A VOICE FROM THE PAST September 23, 2009
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Joining yours and mine… Deleting all the layers of Backloggery~
[edit @ 3:45pm - 9/26] I’ve decided to do another little segment for myself here on the blog called Dissidirage Weekly. Each week, I’ll be updating my current status in Dissidia: Final Fantasy, as well as where I rank characters in that point in time as well. However, I will be separating the Heroes and Villains. Probably at the end of each month, I’ll be combining the lists and ranking where I play as each and stuff. The edit is just to note of me combining this rant as well as noting the first of Dissidirage Weekly.
Alright, that’s enough singing. I’ve been going on a kind of purge fest on my Backloggery as of yesterday. It’s mainly to reflect games that are no longer in my possession and stuff I’ve downloaded and abandoned since then. There’s a couple of games still 
ed, but I’ll live with them being ed for now.
Anyway, to the more important things.
For those of you who MIGHT’VE noticed it, I added another page to the About Us page. Simply called Random Questions. Every so often, I (or someone else) could toss a random question for the rest of us to answer. I decided to start off with a simple question about the history of our usernames, so Ranters, check it out when you can, alright? I’m interested in knowing the history of some of your usernames.
Oh shi-, Dissidia rant. Hit the jump. (more…)
Ren #31 – SO LET ME COME TO YOU. September 20, 2009
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Today is my religious holiday. Happy Eid! Although, frankly, I couldn’t care less. It just gives me a fucking excuse to wake up early on Sunday, which I have a rather strong aggression towards. Waking up early really sucks. This also reminds me that I need to work on Loco’s characterset thing.. SO GET TO CHOOSING WHOM YOU WANT. Just until we move onto that next theme. I need to download Photoshop CS3 again. o_o Got my laptop back, afterall.
Oh, I know this doesn’t remotely relate to gaming in any way, but I’m reading a book called Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. It’s really fucked up and twisted. Simply because it’s like you’re jumping into the mind of a pedophile. It’s… apparently where the terms “loli” and “lolicon” derive from. Oh, Japan. Although, this originated from Russia, lawl. It’s basically about a middle-aged man that becomes quite obsessed and fascinated with a 12-year old girl. He lusts after her and has fantasies about her. He’s into little girls.. it’s really, urgh. I’m only about 70-pages in so far.
ANYWAY. Gaming.
I beat Dissidia. Pretty much grinded Cloud to the 90’s, so the final boss wasn’t that difficult. Surprisingly, grinding is rather simple in that game, not very time consuming, either. It’s actually quite fun. Well, to me, anyway. >_> It urged me to play the rest of the Final Fantasies, but that’s kind of a stretch. They’re really time consuming, and I’m really lazy. But I’ll do my best!
Which brings me to Final Fantasy VI. Yeah, yo, totally still playin’ that game. It’s fun. For being the main character, Terra doesn’t really show up much. Or maybe it’s because I’m only like 9 hours in. Everyone seems to debate about who’s the main character of FFVI, but the plot revolves around Terra.. and she was also featured as the main for FFVI in Dissidia.. so I’m just going to label her as the main character. Locke is cool and all, but he’s really.. boring.
I just finished up the Opera House segment of the game. Jesus, that shit wasn’t fun at all. I had to go back and fetch Edgar to add onto my team. ; – ; I want my Terra back!~
I need to start up Persona 4 again.. I left off somewhere… after Yukiko’s castle.
Oh, games. How I neglect you so!
