The only Tales game I've ever played is Symphonia. I liked the graphics and the music and (most of) the characters and the story but I never did fully grasp the battle system. Mashing buttons got me through most battles but bosses were a horrible slog that only a large stock of healing items could get me through.
Bits and Pieces
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 On 02/10/2014 at 07:34 PM by Ranger1 See More From This User » |
Not to be confused with Random Stuff.
I've spent a good chunk of the last couple of days playing Tales of Xillia. I really like the game, heck, I've liked all the Tales games I've played. Jason watched me play for a bit when he was over the other night and he remarked that it looked like I was in my own anime movie. He hasn't seen Ni No Kuni yet, lol. I like the story, I like the characters, I like doing quests for people, I like the skits. The cut scenes are a little long (not Xenosaga long, but long enough), but it's the battle system I have the biggest issue with. The finer points are lost on me, and lets not even discuss strategy. I mash buttons and hope for the best, and I usually do ok. I dislike that play style in the extreme, though. I like knowing what I'm doing, and I always feel like I haven't a clue and that I'm not really in control. Kind of like the day in my wildlife biology class when we went out and played with the trank gun. I pointed in the general vicinity of the bale of hay we were using for a target, closed my eyes, pulled the trigger, and hoped for the best. I was one of the few that hit the target. Great, except that I knew it was just pure dumb luck. And this is why I don't shoot. You can all thank me now.
Anyway, I finished Chapter 1 in ToX over the weekend. No idea how many chapters are in the game, but for moment I don't care, I'm having fun. Last night I nodded off with the controller in my hand and discovered that it was 2:40 AM. No wonder I nodded off! I love that feeling of being so immersed in a game that you lose track of time.
As for today, my rehire papers went out in the mail. Only 48 more days to go until I'm back at the park. I also took the dog out for a romp in the woods, we have a three mile route that we do that is made up of two loops that I refer to as the Big Loop and the Pond Loop. I dropped the leash in the snow at the furthest point away on the Big Loop and didn't realize it until we'd finished the Pond Loop. It wouldn't have been a problem, except that it was the good leash, and it was getting toward the time when the other dog walkers show up. Bandit is a great dog, but he is unpredictable around strange dogs and I didn't feel comfortable heading onto the busiest part of the trail at the busiest time of day. We trudged back out, found the leash, and made it home without meeting anyone, but that three miles had then morphed into almost five, all spent trudging though a foot of unpacked snow. Think walking in sand, but you can't take your shoes off. We both got a good workout, and I don't think Bandit will complain that he's bored tonight.
Well, I'm off to figure out how I'm going to interpret today's photo prompt.
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