Chrono Trigger is amazing. I haven’t gotten very far, and
I’m already in love. The battle style is incredible. It combines the timed
waiting system with a paused menu system. Basically, you can’t move until your
movement bar is filled. Monsters also have the same system, though the bars may
fill faster or slower than yours, and they can attack as many times as their
bar fills before yours ever does, as is the case when I was hit with Slow four
times on one character. But once you pull up the “Attack” or “Combo” menu, it
pauses everyone else’s bars, including your other party members. This is a good
system. It lets you scroll through your options without being too rushed, but
makes you quick on your feet for when the bars are filling. The story so far is
simple, though complex. I’ve travelled in time twice. And I’ve had my actions
judged before, well, a judge and jury. I’ve realized I’m not quite an asshole,
though I’m well on my way. Seems pretty accurate.
Currently, roswell73 is beginning a journey into my
passion, the Zelda series. He had plenty of trouble playing Link to the Past,
we figured that we might as well let him move on to Ocarina of Time, which is
significantly easier for him. To help him prepare for the more difficult parts,
and to help him find the more obscure points, I’m playing through to refresh my
memory of the finer details. So far, he’s finished the Forest Temple, and only gotten
confused or lost once. Can anyone say Water Temple? I’m making a list of things
for him to do or find before he enters that Temple. Along the lines of getting
every bottle and filling them with magic potion, getting Din’s Fire, etc. I’m
sure we know what that’s for.
The movie for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is coming
out soon, and I’ve been told to read the book before they all drag me to see
it. So far, it’s interesting to say the least. Written in the fashion of a
history book, detailing his life as known from common fact and the diaries the
narrator was given. Written by a fictional man, he gave an account of how he
came upon the diaries and information before beginning this history of the “greatest
vampire hunter of all time”. I don’t have a clear recommendation yet, as I’ve
barely begun the novel, but I’m certainly interested.
Now, I’ve played Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, and I
loved it to death. Fun game, I highly urge anyone who hasn’t already played to
go ahead and try. Based on this, I played FFCC: The Crystal Bearers. It had
some interesting gameplay, a story I found myself just barely involved with,
plenty of extra things to do, people to knock over, monsters to search out, and
items to hunt down. It left me wanting just ever so slightly for a sequel to
that particular game. There are other FFCC titles, and I found FFCC: My Life as
a King on the Wii shopping channel. I was hoping for a fighting game of sorts.
I got a city builder. As Little King Leo, I had to rebuild a city with magic,
and then commission the willing sons and daughters of the citizens to find more
supplies to build more buildings. It had a clever little way of the adventurers
doing the things they were told to. This is hard to get from these kinds of
games. However after a point, the solo adventurers just wouldn’t cut it. So
eventually, when I gained the ability to make a tavern, they could team up. You
can’t imagine my excitement when they all got together into parties and did as
they were told, and they weren’t overpowered by enemies anymore. And the new
adventurers wouldn’t even try to go out by themselves. They stay in the city
and train. This is actually exciting to me for some reason. Considering this is
a stupid game, I’m way too involved in their success.
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