September 17th, 2010

Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce (360): Just a little more progress. I'm still not sure about all the controls, and the constant but brief loading screens between areas are jarring and ugly. Still, it's nice that it's easier to indulge in smaller doses, and the graphics just look gorgeous.

I've nabbed a couple more Wu generals now, but still have yet to really sink my teeth into things. Did the Yellow Turban battle though... classic stuff, if again a little more small-scale.

Final Fantasy XI (PC): Two big events today: Windower, and Divineempress. With a buddy taking up the Windower thing as well, and XIV/PSP2 coming up, I figured I'd give it a go again (the problem didn't work last time, whoops!). It took a lot of tweaking, but it's pretty nice. Being able to see cooldowns without navigating several menus, use a controller while the game is in the background, and simple logging ability (as in, not logging like a lumberjack, which you can do in game, but chat/battle logging).

It also removes the fog in the distance, which is nice. It doesn't show you anything further away, just removes the gray.

And Divineempress made her return to XI, and it came down to me to help her get back into the swnig of things. We just did a quick page in Terrigan, took on some crabs and raptors, nothing special!

Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP): FINALLY! ...or not, all I did was install it to the memory card. I think I'ma create Dyne in the PSP demo, move him to the full game, then back to the PSP2 demo, then to the full game!

Sonic Adventure DX (360): First actual level today, and it felt nice to be playing again. Surely the controls are a little wonky by today's standards, but it's still highly playable and a nice dose of nostalgia.

Ho boy, that camera though... almost makes me nauseous, hahah.

Took a little stroll around the city, hit up the ruins area and had all sorts of memories of digging around as Knuckles during one of Sega's SA internet contests back in the day. So much I've forgotten, like the battle with Robotnik outside of Tail's workship, before you even get to the Mystic Ruins (which I played through as well!).

Gah, wish there weren't so many games on my plate right now, I really wouldn't mind replaying SA in depth.

September 16th, 2010

We were totally gonna hit up an Abyssea party around noon, and I totally slept in late. Bad, bad, bad, Chuck, ugh.

Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce (360): Just played a little to get a taste for it. The small areas are way uncool, but the hub town and freedom is way cool. And the graphics are gorgeous on my 32" 1080p, heehee. I'm really excited to sink my teeth deeper into this.

Final Fantasy XI (PC): We did finally get an Abyssea with a leader who didn't know what he was doing. We were passing on ruby lights because he wanted loot and supposedly they would inhibit the appearance of chests. After much debate and consulting of the Wiki, we finally convinced him that not only does ruby light increase the speed at which we gain EXP, it also INCREASED both the quality AND quantity of the red chests he wanted! Ugh, that really hindered our progress.

Still, I did nab the last Kindred Crest I needed, as well as the four merits required to beat Limit Break 7, so I made that progress!

Sonic Adventure DX (360): Just did Emerald Coast and unlocked Tails. Memories. <3