Whoo. Update time?

So I've practically shelved my video game systems. The last game I played was Blood Bowl on the 360. Hmmm... I should actually dust that off. I had just started my second season...

Anyway, yeah, so I've been playing a lot more boardgames lately. Mainly because I have a girlfriend who actually likes playing quite a few of them. There has so far only been one miss (Ravenloft, I am soooo disappointed in you...), and it's been a blast (mostly losing) opening up these boxes again.

I may not see this blog again for a while, since my current obsession seems to have taken over.

Leaf over to my other blog to see what that is...

Vagrant Story

doesn't seem to hold up well. That is all.

DW 2

Finished my first campaign! Weird thing with it is, it seemed to be more difficult in the middle than in the end. I realized later that I took too long to get through the map, and was always pressed for time at the end. My next couple of campaigns turned out to be a breeze.

Final Fantasy X

About eight and a half hours into it. Lost the Blitzball tournament :-( Got to this fiend infested island and am taking a nap at an Al Bhed shop. This game holds up real well, despite the horrendous voice acting. I really want to reach through the screen and strangle Tidus. Is that so wrong?

D.

Koei Warriors

I've been playing a lot of Koei's "Historical" hack-and-slasher Dynasty Warriors 2 on my PSP lately. So much so, that I've been wanting to actually play one of them on my 360. So now I'm torn between picking up a fairly cheap copy of Samurai Warriors 2, or springing for Bladestorm -the Hundred Years War, which is their first foray into the European theater (the game is ostensibly based on the Hundred Years War - ahistorical snickering aside, it's a refreshing change of pace for the tired Asian warscape that the other Warriors games have mucked about in.). My compulsive behavior tells me that I'm probably going to get both, so why even bother thinking about it. We'll see... Off to hack more Yellow Turbans on my PSP...

Crisis Core

Ok. Stop the presses. Another hour into this game, and I'm actually loving it. It's the perfect action rpg for a portable system. The missions are bite sized, and the maps aren't overly sprawling. I can see breaktime RPGing in my near future.

Currently Playing

On the PS2 -
Final Fantasy X (yeah, um. finally). Yakuza (freakin' gem of a game, btw. My sister would love this one! It's a crime movie game, the kind that the Godfather games wish they could've been.)

On the 360 -
Call of Duty World at War (Great bookend to COD 2, and way better than 3).

On the PSP -
Dynasty Warriors 2 (works real well as a portable game, and great for your ten minute breaks at work). Final Fantasy Crisis Core (Still on the fence with this one. I'm only about an hour into it, and so far, it's pretty so-so. But then again, FF VII was never my favorite FF.)

On the PS1 via the PSP -
Persona 2 Innocent Sin (first sequel to Persona that never made it to the YooEssEyyy, thank the Gaming Gods for the dedicated fans who translated this for the rest of us gaijin)
Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon (forget all the shiny 'next gen' sequels, the original PS1 CBs and Spyros are still the ones to play. They're all chock full of fun and technique, and a real treat to listen to to boot (Spyro's soundtracks were mostly done by ex/current Police drummer Stewart Copeland).

On the XBOX
Ninja Gaiden Black (amazing action game, played through the big screen with component cables, goes toe to toe with launch 360 titles)