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"Hey Doublefine! Howabout you develop a Destiny clone?"

Well, I bought Owlboy along with a Earthlok and Galaxy on Fire: Manticore, and I think I already told you I was disappointed with Manticore. Anyway, I'm a bit disappointed with Owlboy too. But there are also things I like. First of all, it's not a platformer - you pretty much fly all the time, and you don't have to flap your wings either, you just automatically hover, and you can control where you go. Owlboy has a couple of moves of his own, but you'll usually be carrying another character whose skills you control. In the beginning of the game, you carry Owlboys friend who has a sort of raygun that you fire. It's not so good... the fire rate is weird, and while you can fire in all 8 directions, it's very awkward and hard to control. The game seems to have neat ideas and mechanics, but they don't really work too well for the most part. It IS clever, but it just doesn't add up in the end. I wouldn't recommend it. 

As our world dies under the intense crushing pressure of capitalism, I remember Final Fantasy VII and say to myself, "Damn, Barret and AVALANCHE were right!"

In an idle moment today, I started thinking of Phantasy Star 2, which I had as a child for my Sega Genesis. It's really an interesting game, with a unique story, but it's also so difficult to the point of being sort of non-fun. I struggled with it as a kid, but I kept on playing it, and eventually made it to the halfway point but that was about it. I had a friend in those years who did defeat it, and he would regal me with tales of the end moments. 

Chris Yarger, who I talk to every day on text, finished Zelda. He got a Switch about two months ago, and is kind of a Nintendo hater... it was a present for his sons. But I told him Zelda was good. He eventually changed his mind. But the other night he told me he was facing the final boss, and a little while after that he told me it was done. I'm way behind in Zelda, but I hope to get back to it eventually. 

...it wasn't bad. I even capped a fool. And then I got killed. It gagged a little, cause I have an iPad Air 2, and I imagine on newer phones of iPad Pros it runs great. The touch screen wasn't terrible. I don't know if it lets you play with a controller cause I haven't tried mine. 

Did I tell you I got Ni No Kuni 2? I'm not very far, just finished with the first mission, but I love it already. First of all, the combat system is totally different - more like a modern FF or Tales game, where you control a character you attacks, blocks, runs around, and uses skills; while the computer controls the other characters. It's great. 

Maniac Mansion, easily one of the best Adventure games ever, is now available for the first time on GOG.com. It's also on sale for only $4. This includes the original version and enhanced edition. 

I downloaded the demo for the new Kirby game, and while I really liked it, I don't think I'm going to buy it yet. Maybe sometime if it's ever cheaper. It's cool, and cute, and clever, but it's really a kids game, and I am so overwhelmed by my backlog, not to mention the fact I preordered Ni No Kuni 2 the other day. So it's just not meant to be right now.  

Football is over, the Olympics are over, March Madness has yet to begin, the weather is nuts, and we've entered the early spring doldrums. But hey - videogames.  I've decided to go back to Final Fantasy XV and try to finish it, and while I haven't started yet, I downloaded the update to it yesterday and it was 20 gigs. Holy Moly. That better be some good shit.