Money spent, game played

[cuddlefish]

Notes on recent discretionary spending:


Macarons
Chocolate was better than pistachio.

Chestnut cream
FOR MONT BLANCS.

Beringse Witte
Eh.

Crottin
YUM!

Ciliege honey
Honey made by bees that visited cherry trees. The blurb in the store said it tastes like almonds. no cyanide plx

Bulk Assam tea
A weird letdown. Maybe I should put in more sugar.

"Wedding cookies"
Full of almonds but taste like lemon? Not sour.

Pinson Violets candy
They taste like fruit but they have the good violet flavor >3>

Fleur de sel caramels
SMOOTH, tastes like apples.

White peaches
PRISTINE

The bitter gourd doesn't count because I made dinner with that.

1 nashi
Dutifully eaten.

Candy labeled as throat lozenges
tastes like menthol, no thanks

Tools for making pritty fleurs with fondant and gum paste, but not the materials har har

An asston of cheap basic clothing, including underwear so that if I finally find Dean I will at least be wearing something cute.

Soon: Aion Online *flaps hands*

Fireworks displays are approaching so I will probably have to buy a shiny LED toy or three.


I've played Atelier Lize on the DS for a little over a week. I had a little bit of a false start because I started playing and then discovered that the first release was so buggy they had to make a second, fixed version. I read something that made it sound like you couldn't even get the good ending if you did it right---wow.

The characters are okay, some might complain about the discussion of money or women, and they totally destroyed item gathering. You have to walk around instead of just saying you'll stay for another day. The battle system is truly awkward and slow (I use Powan a lot ._.). The minigames were fantastic, but they weren't frequent enough---I think it would have been better to give the player the choice to play minigames for more items or to just skip them for the normal amount.

It's quite the tragic game. In fact, I don't think it would be exaggerating to say the first release sullied the name of the Atelier franchise ._. The fixed version is nothing special either. ...but considering my record with broken games, it's no wonder I can't leave it alone >:|

Though I would normally hate her from her character description my favorite character is Powan :> And though I would normally like Lolotte...I don't. What the heck? She's the idiot blonde popular cheerleader girl who snubs the adorable poor geek who is destined to rule the world. Keeping Lize around so she'll look prettier in comparison INDEED.

My excuse for loving Manon is that he's going to be Roy when he grows up. OH FORBIDDEN SHOTA LOVE. I must try to get some character events with him next time.

Comments

Re: Manon

[starving4scotch.livejournal.com]

1. He is going to be Roy when he grows up.

2. I WANT HIS SCARF SO HARDCORE.

Re: Manon

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

What is it about his scarf and those little faces? I love it too...or maybe I love seeing his neck/collarbone showing occasionally in between the scarf DUUUUR HUUUUUR.

Re: Manon

[starving4scotch.livejournal.com]

When I get home I'm making icons of his cranky face.

Re: Manon

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

PLEASE? :> Hey, would you ever want to play the game? >3> (there are several hurdles so I'm guessing probably not)

Re: Manon

[starving4scotch.livejournal.com]

[research research research]

O_O

It's like Cooking Mama meets Final Fantasy meets FMA.

I would LOVE to play... but I fail at Japanese... as well as owining a DS.

Re: Manon

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

Ahem...I successfully played several DS games on an emulator before discovering that it just didn't seem to work with certain games where you had to keep the stylus on the screen for more than a tap. Atelier Lise is one of those. You could also buy a Nintendo DS and an R4 cartridge (what I did). Or you could just fail at the minigames, because they aren't frequent enough, though life does get harder that way ^^;;;

Or, you could try Atelier Iris? I bet you've heard of that. There's three games for the PS2 and while it really isn't as FUCKWIN as the main series, (lacks a female main character, not as focused on item making) it's fun.

The fun part of playing an Atelier game is that there is always a Philosopher's Stone and it's always fun to tell Catie what the game says the ingredients are to see her flail >3> Also, in Atelier Iris, Grand Phantasm, the hero is voice acted by someone amusing... >w>

[narugami.livejournal.com]

I really wanted to play Atelier Lise but the reviews were terrible ^^; I hope Atelier Annie is better.

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

I bet those reviews sounded angry ^^; Unfortunately I share that sentiment a little bit. When even the official site (http://atelier-lise.jp/) is covered with information about bugs...I would be outraged if I bought that game hoping for something at least as good as Atelier Marie and got, well, bitten in the ass >:| If the idea doesn't bother you too much, this is a good game to download ^^;

The first review here (http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88-13306261-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%81%AE%E3%82%A2%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8-~%E3%82%BB%E3%83%A9%E5%B3%B6%E3%81%AE%E9%8C%AC%E9%87%91%E8%A1%93%E5%A3%AB~-%E9%80%9A%E5%B8%B8%E7%89%88/dp/B001FA057C) of Atelier Annie makes it sound just fine. Pick that 8D

[narugami.livejournal.com]

But Lise is cuter than Annie I really wonder how they managed to mess up the game that badly. It's not like Gust is a newbie studio...

[jenanoelle.livejournal.com]

it *kills* me how much they get for creme de marron.. in France it used to cost me something like 3E for a *generous* sized jar.

...*sigh* ..actually, I wonder if Canadia has anything interesting. Apparently there's also a French territory somewhere up there (that does transactions in Euros and everything..)

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

Canadia >:D Yeah, but, it's expensive. There's also a jar of candied chestnuts that's almost $30. :| I think there would be more chestnut products in North America but apparently a disease literally wiped out all the chestnut trees and now they have to replace them. :( So most chestnut products are imported or rare.

[jenanoelle.livejournal.com]

yeah, it seems that the most Chestnut trees that we have in NA are of the Chinese variety.. whoever brought over the one of the first ones must've brought one that carried the disease that kills American ones (and Chinese ones are immune to..), but wouldn't that mean that we still have chestnuts here? They'd just be of the Chinese variety..

I really miss when chestnuts were readily available.. they're fantastic even just roasted.

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

I think it just takes too long for enough chestnut trees to get in enough growth and produce enough nuts. Chinese trees are resistant to the blight but not completely, so they can get killed off, too... :/

They do make chestnuts in syrup in Japan so sometimes I buy imported ones, but they're really different! They're yellow and angular (http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/syunnosyokutaku/cabinet/00713051/img55648530.jpg) and possibly meant to be an accompaniment to green tea with no adornment.