PixlBit

I heard about this on the From Us to You podcast. I'm interested. I played Star Ocean Second Evolution on PSP. I have Last Hope on Xbox 360. I should probably go play it.

Jeremy said the DS game was the best, but he didn't go into any reasons for that. His description of the game got me excited for it though.

You would expect a person to play a game right after one bought it but not me. I buy something and then go play something else. Silly me. I did just change my play list to focus on new games though. I go back and forth between playing what's new and then going totally retro.

I don't know why a lot of new games are putting such stuff in them recently. Do people really want that? For me, it could make me avoid a game with that in it.

I know what you mean. They have a lot going for them right now. Maybe they'll do something like that again with an appropriate IP. They are doing a Minecraft story next. I wonder what that will be like.

I like that the gaming elements really make you pay closer attention to the story. I was more attentive than I usually am with a movie because of that.

Does it have a story mode? I can only get into fighting games if there is a story mode.

I just noticed that I wasn't using my controller as much as usual. I'd push a button, swipe the stick in different directions, and pull the trigger but not constantly like in most games. A couple of times I actually had to move my character around a room and look at stuff. Such interactivity! You do have to pay attention though, because you never know when a dialog choice will pop up with that timer going beneath it. I had one dialog I missed because the timer was going really fast and I wasn't ready for it.

Oh yea, you also have to listen carefully to every bit of dialog. Sometimes you have to recall information for a dialog choice. I wasn't ready for that either.

It made me laugh out loud many times. It's really good. The comedy is not quite as goofy as in the main games. The jokes are a touch more subtle and complex. It makes sense, I guess, because there is so much more dialog and less reliance on visual humor like in B1 and 2 I think.

I keep trying to do something rational like only keeping the handful of games I'm playing at the moment and trading everything else, but I'm just too attached to the stuff and like buying new stuff too. I do have a limit though and last week was a little bit out of control.