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Mm. Yeah. Thought it was time for an update.

Basically emotionally I'm fine, though I'm not as consistently joyful as I was a few weeks ago. My problem is I'm having real trouble not being nocturnal. I feel sleepy until maybe 8 PM, and then I'm a brand new person!!!! =_______________= And then I miss time with my parents, who are DUH not lying around the house all the time anymore. This is just the interim, I'll be taking classes (not only taking them, but taking them in the plural. TWO. YES.) and seeing more people soon, but, like...last weekend I was struck with a virus or something. I slept all day, and when I wasn't sleeping I was eating or crying (NOT AT THE SAME TIME :P) because I felt so crappy.

Can anybody believe that I am still playing Radiant Mythology on my PSP? It's the only game I've ever played on there, which is a little silly, because I have like 10 of them now. I put it down for a while, but then I picked it up last month. It came to me recently that I am gunning for pretty store-bought armor and the change to arrange it into cute little outfits, which is simply unacceptable. It's going to take me, like, another 100 hours of playing for me to get what I want, and I'm not even that interested in the game anymore. (It's worth noting that if Namco hadn't taken down all the user-uploaded characters on their site, I could just go look around there and see everything I need to. >8|)

The other option is for me to get some homebrew on my PSP and use a cheat to get whatever I want, but I need a new memory stick to do that and I just spent all my money on doujinshi... >_> in fact, I still owe money...and I STILL need a new faceplate for my PSP stat. ._. So, like, not gonna happen, baby.

And so now I shall take this opportunity to switch to another game. EVERYBODY COME ALONG AND WATCH ME HEM AND HAW. READ MY OPINIONS OF LIKE 20 GAMES.

RPG, OR MORE RPG THAN GAY LOVE SIM (I'M LOOKING AT YOU, SUIKODEN)

Star Ocean 2 PSX (IN JAPANESE.)
This looks like fun, except Rena could be a stupidface, and the PSX graphics could be something of a shock, and this doesn't have a New Game + feature, does it? What am I supposed to do if I can't carry any of my items over?!

Persona 3 Fes
I really own this because other people say it's grand. I are sheep. ._. I didn't think to look up how many playable females there are in this game...how many are there? I dunno, the school part looks like big fun, but I'm afraid of the fights.

Saga Frontier 2
I bought this game when I first bought my PS2 and I still haven't played it. I'm never going to play it, am I? Unless there are girls. Also, I think it has a main character who might possibly be hot? Uhh.

Arc the Lad
...=_= I got it for a dollar...I had a crush on Arc a few years back when the anime came out but now I might not care...but I got it for a dollar...

Wild Arms 3
I played this years ago when I was having the depression of a lifetime and didn't realize it. I haven't touched it since, and in fact I'm afraid that if I play it now it'll make me feel bad again. I quit before because I put the Green Thumb on Seles Do. The former belongs with Virginia, but the latter should clearly go to Gallows!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I cannot in any way shape or form play until this is corrected. So I would be starting over again if I played now.

Wild Arms 4
I would just be fighting the last boss if I played this now. I tried to fight some of the optional bosses and got my ass kicked, and gave up. Why would I give up levels for bonuses?! Jesus Christ.

Wild Arms 5
THIS GAME CONTAINS SUFFICIENT VAGINA AND AN INTERESTING MAGIC SYSTEM. The guys get high scores, too. Now if I could just find where I put my copy...

Ar Tonelico
If the battles are as slow-paced as they were in the first Atelier Iris, then I might have to sell this. (I wanted to smash every piece of electronic equipment in the room when those Lilims announced that it was time for "bye-bye!") Also, what convinced me that I wanted to play a game where you hook up to the girls and delve into their minds? Was it the music? Oh my god.

La Pucelle Tactics
I have to play this sometime. I have to start on Disgaea sometime. It's just that I...have other things to play right now.

Valkyrie Profile 2
I have one person who said this is good, another person who said they didn't like it, and another person who says this game is gorgeous. I am deeply appreciative of the fact that there is a female main character, but that's not really everything.

Valkyrie Profile (PSP remake)
Again, female main character, but not enough other strong female characters for me to be perfectly happy. Also, this game looks kind of difficult, or like there's a lot of grinding. Is there?

Eiyuu Densetsu Gagarv Trilogy Shiroki Majo
...I actually...haven't heard much good about this game. But it's an RPG, and it's for the PSP. Might as well fill out my collection...right?

Eiyuu Densetsu Sora no Kiseki FC
Same as above. I did have a wallpaper for this that makes the characters look very cute. I bought the Japanese versions of this series because I heard the US translation wasn't so good.

Gensou Suikoden I & II for the PSP
These games are pretty much as gay as they can get, aren't they? AND I OWN THEM. But then there are so few women. This is really a dilemma for me. IF THIS GAME IS HARD I'M NOT PLAYING IT.

SHAMEFUL LOVE SIMS OF ANY KIND

Fantastic Fortune PSX (HAHA I OWN THIS. SUCK MY E-PEEN. >:E)
It's a love sim aimed at girls. I am interested in this because the player gets to choose between three different girls to play as. Well, two are girls, and one is androgynous until a certain age which means the possibility of gay sex! YAY!

Fantastic Fortune 2
Another love sim aimed at girls, with three different female leads who are slightly less interesting this time. The guys are more interesting, though. There's a naughty blonde guy with his hair in a ponytail! Tell me how this wouldn't be fun.

Kaitou Apricot
Another foolish love sim for girls. It has a guy who reminds me of Rufus. Or maybe the male Swordsman in Ragnarok Online? Anyway, I like him.

Hiiro no Kakera
Another love sim aimed at girls. One of the male targets reminds me of Ed in no small way, so I think I know who I'd be attacking if I played this. Oh, shit, I just looked at the last page of the manual and this game is made by Idea Factory? Shiiiiiiit. I don't really hear many people praising the quality of their games. Shit.

Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2 (PSP remake)
Neoromance. I have a very detailed guide book for this, but I hesitate because I might really suck at the minigames. I cheated when I played them on the GBA version. Also, I'm not feeling a notable attraction to any of the guys.

Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3
Neoromance. I'm not going to play this until I finish my business with Harutoki 2. It's too bad, because I AM attracted to some of these guys.

Angelique Trois
I bought this at the same time I bought Angelique Etoile. And then I played Etoile first. ...at least I know now that Victor is very relevant to my interests.

Sakura Taisen 1 & 2
I heard this could be enjoyed without masturbating to the girls. Is this true? I'd really like to play a colorful game where lots of girls fight. And if the love sim does become prominent, I can always nail the ballerina. Or the geek. >:D

Twelve ~Sengoku Fuushinden~
This is the first game for the PSP that I wanted. (RadiMy was the last nail in the coffin.) It's colorful and pretty, I can choose a female lead, there are at least three pretty female characters, there is a hot guy that I can build up affection for, and it's an easy game. OKAY.

Riviera ~Yakusoku no Chi Riviera~
This is more RPG than love sim, right? Isn't it? ...the character designs are cute, there's lots of girls and colorful things, and the systems look interesting, but I get the feeling this game will be difficult.

MISC. GAMES

Tales of Fandom vol. 2 (Luke version, in case anyone's asking)
This game carries the distinct possibility that it will deteriorate into a forced march for me the way the first FMA game did. Basically, I was constantly dying either because Ed is awesome, or because Ed was getting thrashed. I refused (and still do) to play it a third time, but I wanted every single bonus video and picture, so I got really twitchy about not missing any of them on my second playthrough. I got them all, thank god, but I noticed early on that I had to force myself to play. =_= Are the minigames in Fandom difficult or unpleasant or stupid? Because if so, I'm going to save this game for when I haven't been getting a hit of Kratos every day from my PSP. >_>

Fullmetal Alchemist 2
Is this easier? Please let it be easier. Or just don't make me play this. ._.

Genji: Dawn of the Samurai
Let me be perfectly honest: I bought this game because Yoshitsune is hot, but I sucked at playing. It was turning into another forced march. I quit maybe 10 hours in. Well, it's very pretty, too. That's good.

Doko Demo Issho (PSP remake)
I read a nasty review for this. Apparently they took out a lot of the cute atmospheric things to make room for the multiplayer abilities, which I will not use. It does look terribly interesting, but also like something that could maybe wait?

dissonantly posted a link to information about Star Ocean remakes. I started recording my reactions in a comment and then thought maybe they would be better off in my own journal.

Ratix looks like an idiot but they got Milly puffing up her tail looking cute...I wonder if she'll still say, "kawa-E" to Ronixis in the remake? That personality of hers is so early 90s. I bet they'll make her into a tsundere. And while they're updating Milly, they should make Ratix and Dorn more gay for each other. WHY NOT? IT'S ALL THE RAGE.

I kind of want this SO1 remake, but I had the most fun with that game when I cheated and gave everybody 9999 skill points and better talents and got like every item in Ionis. Is there any way to do that on the PSP? =___________________= And I really had trouble with the affection system in that game. I 1. couldn't protect my party members because the fighting system was so crummy and 2. couldn't tell if that little sound effect meant affection went up or down.

Would it make more sense for me to play Star Ocean 2 PSX now, because I just bought it, or should I wait for the remake and feel resentful when play the same game twice? Will Star Ocean 3 make me cry? Should I play something else? Basically my top priorities right now are Star Ocean 2, Twelve, Wild Arms 5, and Harutoki 2, in no particular order.

EDIT: I watched some very flashy attack sequences for Wild Arms 5 on Youtube, so I think I'll go for that. I watched a cutscene, too---it's so over the top dorky. AWESOME. And while I'm playing that, I'll have Harutoki 2 on my PSP...nyuk nyuk nyuk.

EDIT: Oh...I didn't see these directions for getting better items in Atelier Iris 2 before ._.

*adds it to the list*

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Good on you for taking classes! :O Which classes are you taking?

I'm still mad at WA3 for killing my favorite character and then bringing him back as a weird monster, and then killing him again. Freaking B-movie plot. WA5 is supposed to be one of the best in the series though, from what I've heard.

I think I would be more interested in playing adventure games if they had more rounded casts. Stories where the male/female balance is askew tend to make me edgy. I don't like fanservice plots...

Persona 3's not been that hard for me so far; so long as you consult a FAQ pretty regularly and keep an eye out for the elemental weaknesses you can exploit, it seems to go okay. It's extremely long but I feel like it's worth playing just for the experience, since I can't think of another game quite like it.

Never played Suikoden 2 but the first was really easy, unless you want to break your head over getting all 108 stars. DON'T KILL ANYONE if you can avoid it :/

Are you getting Crisis Core? The ending's going to be so miserable but so far it looks like a good game..

Hiiro no Kakera's a love sim, right? I think that would probably be really hard to mess up, even for Idea Factory. >_> (I bought one of their SRPGs, and wow... way too many stats to keep track of, random impossible boss fights out of nowhere, stuff like that..)

Have you heard about this game by the way? I'm not sure if it looks good or not, but the idea's really cute..

"Introduction to Grammar," which is the very lowest expository writing course at the school I can get credit for, and...heh. I forget. =_= I think it's a history course or something. It's not aiming as high as Vietnamese was, but now I'm taking two courses, so.

Oh my god, I KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. He was my favorite character, too ;_; I loved the fights with him. I loved that music! But I had to switch over to liking Jet. (Airplane boy...) As for WA5, I watched the medium summons on Youtube and they are kickin' rad. *_* So now I'm leaning towards that. (I heard the battles are a little faster-paced than in WA4. I would really appreciate that.)

I have trouble with adventure games because you usually only get one character, and they're either a butch woman or a burly strong man. If you get a woman as an alternate character, she's dressed like a slut and can't fight to save her life. Still, I'm probably going to get Crisis Core, because Zax is hot and SOLDIER Cloud is, like. Words cannot describe how much I want to jump him. It will be miserable. =_= I probably won't get it until I deal with some of these unplayed games, though.

So Persona 3 is long? That's refreshing. Games these days tend to be short. I got scared of P3 because it clearly had some hidden bosses or yarikomi things in it, and the only series I've ever been able to do those with is Tales. But I ALWAYS want to do them >:E

Ahahaha but I do want to break my head getting all 108 stars. Especially for Suikoden 2, for which I have been spoiled. I knew about the not killing anyone thing, but thank you for the reminder.

Hiiro no Kakera also has a couple famous voice actors, so I'm sure they could help carry it, but...I'm a little worried about gameplay. Maybe loading times, or an unwieldy system that makes saving and reloading before important choices or events difficult...I was thinking about what you said about Spectral Souls when I wrote this entry.

"Dear My Sun." ...so you become the mommy of these adorable little blonde children...and they grow up? Talking about how they're going to protect Mommy the whole time? OH WOW. MUST OVERLAP SON-BOYS WITH ELRICS. Jesus Christ how long I have wanted a Princess Maker with boys instead...

If you're trying Sakura Taisen, may I respectfully suggest 3?

Oh, I just thought I'd just play 1 & 2, and then I'd have another PSP game in the collection and I could say I played Sakura Taisen. =_= <---horrible

3's good?

The PS2 versions of 1&2 have been polished up so their presentation is on par with 3's, but 3 remains my favourite :)

Oh well, it's a grade up from the previous one. Next semester you can take a more challenging class ;)

I'd have liked Jet better if not for that character. They started off the game with a speech like "it's not always good guys and bad guys", ie., you can have a guy robbing trains who is not necessarily out to annihilate humanity, but then they totally messed that up. (I know they pass that role to Maya Schrodinger, but Janus/Virginia was so awesome! Boohoohoo.) And from what I read the ending is silly too. Bah.

On the other hand, you can ride horses and have shootouts on horseback! That was cool.

Crisis Core LOOKS so good, but the setting... I mean even this one trailer ends with him dying. And then it occurred to me that even the heroine of this game dies later because, you know, Aeris. They said in the interviews that it ends on a hopeful note... maybe there'll be a montage of the events of FF7 from Zack's perspective? That might be good. Or it could end like Lufia 2, with the starting dialogue from the original game against a black screen.

Why are there so many depressing RPGs lately? I want one where they all get married! I should finish DQV. And then there's the famously ridiculous ending of FF4, so I have the remake to look forward to~

P3 is veeeeeery long. I think I'm like 80 hours, and only halfway through the main game (forget FES and replays.)

Apparently you have to pick one though, and can't have both at once (dammit, if I had twins I wouldn't give one away!) I guess they want to maximise the number of playthroughs people will have? I'm a bit cautious of this type of game...

I'll probably take more writing next semester, which won't be that hard. But I think I want to move into creative writing. (I'm only taking expository writing so I won't have trouble writing essays and papers in other classes.)

I had a hard time seeing Jet/Virginia. They just...Jet is Not Interested and Virginia's kind of dim...where is this supposed to fit in? ._. If the ending is silly, then I'm just going to skip it. I had my jollies with that game. Whatever.

Yeah, the only thing Crisis Core has going for it are its seductive looks. Maybe they'll show...well, hell I can't think of anything that would make Zax's death better, but I think it'd be cool if they had Tifa taking Cloud under her wing while he's still a basket case. I do wish there could be more frivolity and less gratuitous, pointless angstwhoring in RPGs these days. (>_> AHEM TALES OF DESTINY)

Holy crap. Holy crap. That's a long game. Is it holding your interest?

ONLY ONE? WHAT THE FUCK. Not okay, so not okay. The best part would be raising them to have different personalities and watching them react to each other. (And fangirling etc. I CAN'T HELP MYSELF. It's my catharsis after not caring much for all that Elricest.)

I see. Well then. :3

I don't think you'll have problems writing essays, from reading your posts..

Is Tales of Destiny PS2 that angsty? I remember the original as being quite stupid actually. XD (I mean, Stahn.. ^^;)

P3's holding my interest, but I've been taking breaks from it. A while ago I caught myself obsessing over it to the point where I couldn't concentrate on other things, so I stopped playing for a while. As for length, I'm playing it much more slowly than most people - I've seen people reach the same point at 35 hours. Because you can socialize, dungeon crawl, and do sidequests when and if you want (aside from story sequences, which aren't that common) the pace is really up to you. I'm the type of RPG player that hates missing stuff though, so I play very meticulously and try to take advantage of every 'day'. XD

(Digression: the Commus/S-Links you want to develop are also up to you, unless you want to be completely OCD and try to maximise all commus in one playthrough.It's both linear and open-ended in some respects. I can't think of another game where the silent hero archetype is so well executed - he really is the player and you really have an effect on his 'personality', fighting style and relationships.)

I think the one you don't select still appears in the story..? The summary is 子供を１人紫藤家に預ける事になるが、いつかは清四郎が帰ってきて親子４人で暮らせると信じている。 Probably the rationale is that it would be hard for a single mom to deal with two babies... but still! :( It's probably just because of gameplay reasons. :/ Bah!

The Amazon reviews for this game are really good (and the art is really cute). I think you might enjoy it since there are 4 voices for each of the boys, depending on their age/personality. I kind of want to play it but I think it would make me feel like a だめ人間 ;_; Maybe when I go to Japan (this is going to be a legendary trip when I actually do it) if I can get it for cheap in a bin somewhere. XD

Also, to answer your question:

Yeah, it is a colourful game with girls fighting, yes, you can enjoy it without masturbating to the girls, no, there is no geek or ballerina (there is a viking and a master thief), and there's a lot of singing and dancing also.

...I really need to stop perking up at the words "master thief".

Congrats on the classes! Where are you taking them?

=______________= SILLY GIRL.

Harvard Extension. =w= Their choice of courses isn't outrageous, but it's Harvard, so they do have some lesser-known elementary languages.

:3 ...thanks. Heh, I sure do write a lot, don't I 8D Part of the reason I'm taking the writing courses is that they'll be an easy way for me to build up credits. I honestly can't see myself taking most of the other courses. (Except for art, and I'm trying to avoid that for the most part.)

Ah, I'm meticulous. I'll probably take a long time, too, though I can't see myself maxing out all the commu on one playthrough.

I didn't know P3 had a silent hero. This is already interesting to me because of Crono and Serge, and now you say you can affect him depending on how you play? =w= This is attractive. (Haha, a male version of myself. Kimee.)

I saw a couple pictures in there that suggested the other son does appear in the story, yes. But that sounds a hell of a lot like you only get one son, so. Maybe...you pick one son to have for the early years, and then the other becomes the new kid, and you raise them both while also introducing them to each other...? Aw, hell no, that's too complicated, and the endings would be too complicated, too. I wonder how the ame/muchi system works. Is the correct answer random, or does it depend on the situation or the son? I'd probably give Fuuto candy all the time, and he'd turn into the Spoiled Fuuto...

Why...why だめ人間? Because the only purpose women have in life is getting married and having babies, and those who do not by the age of 25 are Christmas cakes? Or because the mom in this game is Supermommy and nobody could ever ever be her? Or because you are thinking だめ人間 thoughts about the fine young men depicted in this game >:D (I find this terribly unlikely, but just in case)?

Important update! "Smart" Raito's voice actor Kakihara Tetsuya was Klein in Atelier Iris, and he sang the ED for Okane ga Nai? Whoa. ._. "Cool" Raito is played by Kentarou Itou, who has also been Chester Barklight, Akimichi Chouji, and BARRY THE CHOPPER. 8D "Kind" Fuuto's Ono Daisuke has been Hyuuga in Neo Angelique, Yukito in Air, and ITSUKI (!) in Haruhi! "Spoiled" Fuuto, played by Shimowada Hiroki, has also been Toboe in Wolf's Rain, and some character I don't care about in Hiiro no Kakera. :D

That's an important update, alright. :) Raito seems harder to mess up since all of his possible personalities have their good side.. Hmm. The reviews on Amazon say the manual is kind of confusing so it might be difficult to shoot for a specific ending.

Haha, you were trying to cut down your list but I came in and mentioned a new game, sorry. XD;

えーと（ちょっと恥ずかしいから日本語で書きます）一番目の理由が一番近いと思います。高校で私のクラスメートだった人が何人ももう結婚していて子供が出来ていて人がいます。そんなに早く結婚するのがあまりよくないとは確かに思うんですが。。。私が２４歳なんだし、何というか。。コンプレックスがあるかもしれません。x_x

In P3, your character will likely have different stats and weapons and relationships depending on your playing style, to summarize. You don't really 'change' him, but your game will be different from everyone else who's playing the game.

My friends have mentioned that recently. I think the answer is that you cannot compare yourself to people anymore. It was probably easy and even important in K-12 school because everybody was in the same grade in the same school learning the same thing and it was all required, but now that we're grownups...nothing's required. We can do what we want, and everybody is going to be radically different because of that. So I strongly encourage you to stop that, young lady. There is no age limit, and anyone who says there is is being a buttface. Do what you want. Don't let a game or other people sass you about how you live your life.

I'm sorry, I tried to say it in Japanese and I couldn't. I don't think anybody'll bother you about what I say here. (And if they do, I'll eat them.)

...that said, I do know what it's like to want to have my very own bunky and possibly some children by him. (Sort of. I am ambiguous about this, and I think many women my age are.) I think this game is perfect, because you get to experience all the pretty and fun parts of childrearing without risking your entire life.

...that's...kinda cool. Ooh, what will my character be like...?

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