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Hey there! Congratulations on your graduation. It's an exciting time, I'm sure. FFXIII wasn't all that bad on the replay for me. I just rushed through the mediocre first half and then levelled up on the Archelyte Steepe. It got a lot better after that. I really liked XIII-2 as well, that's the only reason I'm gonna play the third one. But for now, I'm going on blackout for that game. No sense in anticipating it when the newest release date is 8 months away. I saw GotF when if first came out and thought it was really sad, too. I never watched it again because of that reason. lol

Thanks a lot! Getting to the Archlyte Steppe isn't a problem till I get to the Palamecia for some reason. That's when those linear sections really start to DRAG, because they just get longer and longer. The Fifth Ark, and Taejin's Tower are the worst bits in the game for that very reason. The early linear sections like Lake Bresha or Sunleth Waterscape kind of work because they're not really too long, you're just getting into the flow of the game, and there are good changes of scenery throughout even if you're not exploring all of that scenery. The Fifth Ark and Taejin's Tower are just linear, incredibly long areas that just keep going and going. They just turn into monotonous, tooth grinding descents into madness. 

Small?  I graduated with 22 in my class.  Granted my high school was really really small.  I am a fan of Miyazaki films.  My favourtie has to be his first, Castle of Cagliostro.  That is probably the movie that actually got me into anime in the first place.  Sucks about the ps3, I had that happen about a year ago, never replaced it though. 

Dang. Well, smallest high school in my area anyway. Interesting you bring up how you got into anime. I honestly can't even remember how I did. It just kinda happened. I remember how I got into video games though....strange.

Hey congrats on graduation. Been a long time since mine but I will never forget that feeling like a ten ton weight be lifted, very liberating. Just got Ni No Kuni too, it really is impressive, stopped playing it cause I was waiting on the strat guide I ordered. Bummer about your PS3 but on the bright they got the premium deals that come with a game and have a 500 gig hard drive. Been think about up grading to one myself.

Yeah I have only seen Graveyard of the Fireflies once, I have it on VHS. It is easily one of the saddest most heart breaking movies I have ever seen. Couldn't bring myself to watch it again either.

Still gotta beat the first Valkyrie Profile, and find a copy of VP2. I'm abit of a backlog slacker.

As for FF13-3 Lighting Returns...well if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all is all I can say on that subject.  

Thank you! I still haven't played the first Valkyrie Profile actually. The idea of a time limit that you can't do anything to change kind of freaks me out a little. That's probably where my dread for Lightning Returns comes in too. I know you can supposedly do things to lengthen the 13 days, but I don't like feeling rushed in my games. I wanna be able to explore every nook and cranny and I just feel like I can't do that with a time limit looming in the foreseeable distance.

 I don't really like the time limit thing either unless its a racing game, which I don't play those too often. Thats what kept me from getting more than ten minutes into Majoras Mask. I don't like being rushed. Been so long since I played VP that I had kind of forgotten about that. Probably why I put it on the back burner, lol.

Congrates and Jubilations for your graduation into the bitter cesspool of adult life, bring a life preserver 

But seriously, good for you

So that was Snow? Zell 2.0 actually looks less stupid, to be honest my eyes rolled so far in my head i went blind a little. I still need to finish FF9 come to think of it But then Borderlans 2 is sucking up most of my time.

Grave of the Fireflies is too much for me to bear, the first viewing i couldn't take and i've watched some miserable anime in my time. I'll stick with Princess Mononoke and Castle of Cagliostro, thanks 

Ni No Kuni is still haven't got yet but i will, I will.

Thanks a lot! Yeah, Snow looks like it idiot, but really, what else is new?

First, congrats on graduating! :D

On Grave of The Fireflies: it's one of my all time favorite movies, but I'll be damned if I ever put myself through watching it again. No amout of gore or violence could match the horror of watching what happened to those kids.

Man, your PS3 outlasted mine by far. My first one died on me, like, 2 years after I got it. :p 

Thank you!  I think the reason my PS3 lasted for so long was because I didn't become a more than casual gamer until years after I got it. So I wasn't consistently playing it enough for it to crap out early.

Congrats on your Graduation props to ya on that, since i never did and regret it to this day, but this is exactly why im going to get a ps3 ca u se i want to play Ni No Kuni looks freaking awesome and where were you when i posted a blog on if i should get FF XIII-1 and 2 everyone daid it sucked and not to get either now after hearing you talk about it the FF queen lol i feel i missed out :( ,well i did get Knights of the old Republic for Xbox 1 and 2 and being seven years old these games are unbelievable,  anf Valkyrie Profile is good i got about halfway through it and took a break not sure if i will remember what the hell i was doing lol.

Thanks! And aw man I must of missed that one :( but i can definitely tell you to give them a try. Those games aren't really something I can recommend or not recommend, because it really depends on you. Some people love them, some people hate them, and there's very little inbetween. I'd say lean more toward 13-2, but in all honesty you should go for 13 just to get in good with the story in order to have a better connection to 13-2 when you finally get around to it. I know 13-2 has that in-game 13 summary thing, but nothing like playing through the actual game.

Congratulations on graduation! Time for summer, woo!

I need to watch Grave of the Fireflies at some point. I actually do like sad movies, but ones with good endings ... so maybe I won't like it, cause I hear it's just a straight downer, but I know I'll end up seeing it somehow.

Thanks! It really is sad. Like, NO light at the end of the tunnel. Not even a little bit.

Happy Grajeeayshun Britt. I'm afraid to say this out loud (is writing actually out loud?) but my current launch model PS3 is still working. I have sessions when the audio and video through the HDMI connection cut out randomly but the unit keeps running. Thankfully it only happens once in a while. I play PS1, 2 and 3 games on it. I guess I could hook up my old PS2 for the first 2 but I definitely can't afford a new PS3 right now.

Thank you! The actual system still works, like it'll turn on and stuff. But the disc drive has completely given up. I can put CDs in and out, but they don't load. Obviously the warranty is way done with by now, and I fear getting it fixed will cost more and not be as good an investment as just getting a new one, considering the fact that it's already got a clusterfuck of other problems. Oh well, what can ya do.

Congrats!

Why thank you!

Carolina girls, the best in the world. I've been out of school for 21 years. lol. I'm old.

Congrats on graduating.  Hope you get your PS3 sorted out.

Thank you! And I hope so too...this is starting to get a little depressing. Why couldn't it have been my Xbox...

Yean, the Snow redesign is lousy, but I guess it's better than the 13-2 one. Spikey hair really didn't suit him . I'd say the original 13 one was the best cause of his cute little beanie. As for the sword, it looks like its made out of ice and there are two big parts to it so it probably has something to do with the Shiva Eidolon.

More than likely, that doesn't stop it from being stupid and completely inconsistent with the character that's been developed in two previous games though.

Snow looks like classic Dante in a new suit. lol. It's kinda cool but not that original. Congrats on graduating of course. You go,Britt!

Oh yeah!....he does! Now I don't know whether I'm more or less disturbed...

And thanks!

Dammit Gamer Girl. I just posted the video for the new Lightning Returns trailer and praised the new game play. My only gripe is that there is no Leona Lewis this time around. We are like Caius and Lightning forever disagreeing.
 

I didn't mind the gameplay at all, that looks pretty promising, even though I'm sure the 13 day thing will begin to grate after a while. I just don't feel like it needed to get to this point. 

Congrats on graduating!

The day I did, I couldnt have been happier. My school was a hell hole I wanted out of fast. That sucks ur PS3 busted, I know ur pain very well. I hope you get a new one soon so ya can get back Ni No Kuni.

Thanks! Same here, been suffering through art school for the last seven years (it's a middle school too) and I'm glad to be rid of it. Here's hoping on that PS3, I'm quite literally dying without Ni No Kuni

Congratulations, but way to make me feel old - I had a 25th reunion last year (that I skipped because my best friend wasn't going). I went to a rural high school that took in kids from six or seven towns and my graduating class was only 139, and we were one of the larger classes.

I saw Grave of the Fireflys a couple of months ago. I agree totally that it may well be one of the best anime movies out there, but I don't think I could ever watch it again.

Congrats! I'm sure you consider your class size to be small but I'm pretty sure my class didn't break 80 (I once lived in the Middle of Nowhere, Arkansas, however).

I love Ni No Kuni. I need to get back to it. For some reason I've placed more attention on shooters (Killzone 3, Halo 4) recently. I love how old-fashioned it is.

I own a copy of Grave of the Fireflies and I've only seen it once. I agree: great film but its emotionally overwhelming and logically it proceeds and ends the only way it can. I value movies (especially the animated kind, for they are rare) that sheds light on post-war life (the stories we rarely hear about) and says so much with so little. Isao Takahata is a master and I'd recommend Only Yesterday if you haven't seen it. It's happy, hilarious and very much a slice-of-life film (that happens to be animated).