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The U.R.T.V. boys need to get a room
Jul. 2nd, 2005 11:56 pmBought Xenosaga II the other day so life hath vanished. One thing I really want to say about the game, I would like to, ya know PLAY IT ONCE IN A WHILE! I beat disc one just now and I started playing around 4 p.m. yesterday, not counting the sleep and errands from 12:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. So that's what? That's about 19 hours to beat disc one. It depresses me like crazy. It wouldn't even be so bad if I couldn't tell that between 55-70% of the game is friggin' cut scenes. I love the story to pieces and it rocks much more than Xenosaga I, but aside from dungeons that last about 2 hours and mini-quests that can go from 2-3 hours, it's a matter of watching. I might as well be watching a second season of Xenosaga. A second season that costs $50. I've never complained about cut scenes before because I'm a graphics whore and go nuts over any level of eye candy. But I haven't truly played a game in so long that getting little more than half a game is unsatifying. Just to prove my unfamiliarity with game play, it took me half of Disc 1 to realize that if I use the joystick intead of the d-pad, I can run instead of walk. RPG makers need to learn that while storyline is all well and good, you buy video games to PLAY them.
( Random thoughts on Xenosaga II gameplay )
That said, the story holds me fast. Albedo's scenes almost make me bawl, and the trio has me wibbling. Nigredo was very gay when he was a child. Must have grown out of that. Little Albedo's such a clingy goofball. And Rubedo was an asshole. I want to read trio fic. I love kiddie relationships. All snuggles. Canaan is some nice robot eye candy, and back story with Jr. and chaos is fun. I keep saving all of the trio and Jr./Albedo moments because they're more meaningful than Xenosaga I, in which Albedo was just a robot-raping nutjob. I want more with Shion and Jin, although Shion bores me. And I'm very disappointed that there was so little on KOS-MOS thus far. I didn't even get to use her until we went inside MOMO's head. Oh yes, and chaos is very gay and apparently wants to bed every male he comes in contact with (Jr., Canaan, Jin). I think he particularly wants Jr., but he and Canaan have some amusing, deadpan chemistry. Speaking of deadpan, I am so glad for characters like MOMO and Jr., who freak out about things, since everyone else has zero emotion. Canaan and chaos are the worst when it comes to this. The entire first scene nearly put me to sleep before Jin showed up. MOMO and Jr. make the cutest pairing in the world. ( Random SPOILER-tastic storyline issue about Xenosaga II that upsets me. )
In other news, Pinkie died. My TDK DVD-Rs suck on levels that cannot be defined. I went and purchased some Staple DVD-Rs, which I hear have high success rates. TDK has the worst. I really should have checked before buying them. I now have a lovely set of 20 TDK coasters. They might still be able to record data. Later tonight, I might kick brother out of room and attempt another burn with the new DVD-Rs. If nothing works, I'm going to be most put out.
Avoiding watching the last episode of Loveless because I don't want it to end. Life without loveless is too sad. I'll miss my Soubi, Kio, Yayoi, and even Ritsuka.
( Random thoughts on Xenosaga II gameplay )
That said, the story holds me fast. Albedo's scenes almost make me bawl, and the trio has me wibbling. Nigredo was very gay when he was a child. Must have grown out of that. Little Albedo's such a clingy goofball. And Rubedo was an asshole. I want to read trio fic. I love kiddie relationships. All snuggles. Canaan is some nice robot eye candy, and back story with Jr. and chaos is fun. I keep saving all of the trio and Jr./Albedo moments because they're more meaningful than Xenosaga I, in which Albedo was just a robot-raping nutjob. I want more with Shion and Jin, although Shion bores me. And I'm very disappointed that there was so little on KOS-MOS thus far. I didn't even get to use her until we went inside MOMO's head. Oh yes, and chaos is very gay and apparently wants to bed every male he comes in contact with (Jr., Canaan, Jin). I think he particularly wants Jr., but he and Canaan have some amusing, deadpan chemistry. Speaking of deadpan, I am so glad for characters like MOMO and Jr., who freak out about things, since everyone else has zero emotion. Canaan and chaos are the worst when it comes to this. The entire first scene nearly put me to sleep before Jin showed up. MOMO and Jr. make the cutest pairing in the world. ( Random SPOILER-tastic storyline issue about Xenosaga II that upsets me. )
In other news, Pinkie died. My TDK DVD-Rs suck on levels that cannot be defined. I went and purchased some Staple DVD-Rs, which I hear have high success rates. TDK has the worst. I really should have checked before buying them. I now have a lovely set of 20 TDK coasters. They might still be able to record data. Later tonight, I might kick brother out of room and attempt another burn with the new DVD-Rs. If nothing works, I'm going to be most put out.
Avoiding watching the last episode of Loveless because I don't want it to end. Life without loveless is too sad. I'll miss my Soubi, Kio, Yayoi, and even Ritsuka.
