PixlBit

I hate when people say that the game gets better once it opens up. First of all, that's not a good thing. That's not even close to a good point for defense when you really think about it, because honestly, why can't it be good when you first start it? Plus, it's not good when it opens up anyway. I get no enjoyment out of running around the Archlyte Steppe, especially early on because you have to walk for about 5 minutes just to get anywhere. And everything's overpowered so you can really only fight flans and wolves comfortably. Not my idea of fun, that's for sure.

Yeah someone gave me a strategy guide for it and it breaks it down, but once you actually know what to do, it basically just tells you to farm for certain components, which takes forever. Then to get gil you've gotta sell a certain kind of component, some type of incentive chip or whatever it's called. It's pretty stupid, and the upgraded weapons don't really add that much to your combat experience.

Hmmm time for me to take a trip to Gamestop then. I remember when I worked there for two months. Not pretty.

Doooooooo it.

That's another thing I hate about the game but didn't really touch on. You can start upgrading your weapons halfway through chapter 4, but it's not really explained what's the best way to go about upgrading these weapons. You need a walkthrough or some type of strategy guide to get the most out of the system. All the player really knows is that they can win various components from battle, and that they can essentially pour these components into a weapon at random in order to get the weapon to "level up." That's it. So really, if you don't know every intricacy there is to know about this convoluted system, you'll just wind up pouring any number of any component you can find into a weapon to get it to level up, and that's not exactly the way to go about it. There are rules, and systems, and strategies that you just won't know unless you go the extra mile and read up on it. (Much like everything else in the game).

I was intially upset about the BC thing, but I let it go because it's gonna save me money on the actual console and it's really not that big of a deal, especially because of the new streaming system

The microtransactions thing has always bothered me, not the microtransactions themselves, but the endless bitching that comes with it. Don't want it? Don't buy it. It's really that simple. After all, can you really fault a business for trying to make money?

Call of Duty is a waste of disc, and what idiot said cloud gaming is the new era? Square Enix thinks every one of their games are just the best things out there, and as a result they think every game they put out should make a trillion dollars. Tomb Raider is doing great sales wise, what more do they want? Talk about your head being up your ass. And I've never played a MGS game. I know, shame on me.

I watched some gameplay previews of Revengence, but I've never played a Metal Gear Solid game. Wow, do I feel out of the loop ha.

I can't wait for the HD 1.5 whatever the hell they're calling it. I love Kingdom Hearts. The original was a little....difficult. Very much so for a supposed "kids game". Can't wait to play it again.

I feel that. I'll play these things for hours and feel like I didn't get much accomplished, but I look around and it's dark outside. And then I'm forced to evaluate what I actually did with my life that day...it's depressing really.

Aw dammit that would've been a good idea. Maybe I'll wait until it gets around Lightning Returns time to replay XIII-2. I do love that game.