Well I haven't had an erection in almost 3 years now, so it certainly isn't about the sex appeal for me.... I am a huge fan of all this crap but NEVER would I EVER claim it is meaningful, or anything beyond fanservice for that matter.... I do adore these games for very shallow reasons and that I will gladly admit. It is bright, bubbly and makes me happy in a nostalgic way that reminds of being a kid again I guess... Its hard to express really, but its all about the visual aesthetic of it all for me.... Maybe... Okay surely, I'm just weird.... but come on, there has to be some other folk out there that just happen to like the stuff because it oozes some of the most beautiful, albeit cliche and over done, anime-esque graphic to grace console gaming..... Even as big of a fan as I am though (and I am a freakin' ridiculous fan of these admittingly poor titles), once again, to claim they've got any type of appeal beyond that is sort of absurd I suppose.... I feel like fans create a worse stigma for this stuff than the actually games, products or bonus material itself....

I really had vanillaware pegged for having a keen sense of aesthetics.... taking that into account I don't know how to really judge the presentation here.... on one hand I hate it, despite being well done.... on the other-hand, intended or not, I think its hilarious how this looks to be a complete satire of western comic/D&D illustration which I abhore.... I know saying I have a distaste for your Boris and Frazetta styled illustration being a tattoo artist here in the states is borderline-sacreligious but I can't help my personal taste.... it is what it is.... I don't know whether to laugh or cry as a result of the illustrations for this title

When I read what was to come with the LE Agarest Wars 2 this coming summer I couldn't believe it.....

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/04/21/record-of-agarest-war-2-limited-edition-includes-blow-up-doll-wait-a-second/

That is right.... a blow up doll and compress towel to compliment your art book.... they have officially beat their well endowed mousepad of yesteryear if you ask me.... this is just too cool

Between this and the LE Atelier from NIS with "Barrel!" T-Shirt, I must say I'm quite excited at the prospect of how many levels the decor in my living room is going to gain in the coming months :)

That was the unforgivable move that made me utterly abandon capcom altogeather... The only thing they could ever do to make up for it, is a legitimate sequel, on a primary current gen console with as much time and hype as one of their 101 titles sporting some western super heroes I could care less for.... in other words, they will NEVER be forgiven by me!!

Thanks guys! You just bumped this way up on the priority list for me.... If I finish FF3 before I finish tales of graces F I may start it next, otherwise its right behind Radiata Historie for me as that one is getting my full attention :)
 
I did the same thing (picked up some titles I knew I wanted long before the DS).... anyhoo, all I can say is the little handheld is TOTALLY worth it.... there are more RPG's than I can shake a stick at, that are well worth playing..... Never realized it til I bought the thing and really started scouring the library for titles... additionally, if I'm not mistaken the 3ds just dropped in price at gamestop and consequently all the ds versions have as well.... I actually ended up taking my DS back in a few days and upgraded to the 3ds for the nominal price difference after considering what was on the horizon for it.

This one has been on my "to get to" list for quite some time now.... It is just the art style that turns me off everytime I look to my shelf to pick my next backlogged title.... How hip-hop-ity is this really? cause it sure looks awfully hip-hop-ity to me......

NOTE: I'm not being lazy but not poppin it in and checking it out for five minutes.... as five minutes is NOT enough for me to make a judgement and any more then 5 IS enough to make me feel enclined to have to follow through for many more hours..... its a real problem with me.... if I start a game... even if I really don't care for it in light of what else I have on deck, I must see it through..... damn OCD.....

Well I do thank you, and everyone else for your hlep and suggestions..... I'll be sure to report back, once everything is backed up and I got to the meat and potato's of the problem, to let you know how it turns out....

As far as the back-up goes, I'm converting every video file I have to mp4 so I can watch em all on the ps3 in case nothing can be salvaged-LoL!! Talk about an endeavor and a half..... Anyone have any idea how long it takes to convert over a 1TB of video to MP4.... well let me tell you.... A LONG FREAKIN' TIME!!!!

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I almost did an etna tattoo on myself but I opted for Rei Ayaname and a moogle instead..... I can't reach any  more of my body parts appropriately to do etna, but she will still make it to skin someday... I just need to find an artist who I feel will really do her justice :)..... the alternative plan if I become impatient is a prinny next to my moogle-LoL

Oops.... yea.... Atlus.... sorry.... its still in my shrine though.... it belongs next to the other :).... Funny how though I knew it, I never thought of it and just always considerred that the "Working Designs" corner of my abode.... that is gonna sort-of bother me now-LoL

Well, for the time being I am just backing up all my stuff in formats to work on my PS3..... easiest way to watch my anime....

As for trying another video player.... I am too afraid of another crash to try until I back things up.... last time it took me hours to even get back to a stable point where I could just sign into windows....

Checked all my cache files, ran CCcleaner, Reg-cure, malwarebytes, smart-defrag and a few other programs.... still no fix on the fragments SYSTEM.....

..... I am about ready to throw my arms up in the air with this one, get it backed up, and take it to someone.....

I still use my psp 2000 and ALWAYS prefer physical copies of my games as well as physical data storage I can transfer, one system to the next if need be.... I always will.....though I imagine my affinity for such places me in a minority who may be behind the times a bit....


agreed! I have a little "working designs shrine" in my living room featuring the limited edition Arc the Lad Collection, Lunar SSSC, Lunar Eternal Blue, Growlanser HoW, and Growlanser G...... you have no idea how upset I am that ages ago I sold off my sega saturn and all my working designs titles (I had every one damnit!!).... look at the value of those on e-bay now.....

As for the class of heroes stuff..... I am ashamed to say it.... but I would totally make a huge donation to get a high level reward if I had the money.... the whole thing actually seems like a pretty cool concept to me.... albeit, a little presumptuous in some respects.... but I like it none-the-less

Ok..... I've manage to determine that it is the replay of video files for some reason the is causing the crashing.... or at least playing video files causes crashing 100 % of the time... I have managed to (after numerous scans and software passes to clean crud up) get it to a point where everything else runs like a charm.... HOWEVER..... a problem yet remains aside from the fact that video files don't work.....

... and this one has really got me on the ropes.... many hours of research and I still don't know for the life of me what it means... when I go to disk defrag it has 4 read-outs,

OS (C:) 0%
Hp Recovery (D:) 0%
Free-Agent Go Flex (my external drive)(O:) 0%
SYSTEM (77% fragmented)

Now.... WHAT IS SYSTEM AND WHY CAN'T I DEFRAG IT!!! I hit defrag..... I don't get any error messages.... I've tried running third party "powerful" defrag tools.... et cetera...... Still at 77 percent....  Should this concern me? Does this have anything to do with my malfunctions....???

well i looked it up on phototend.com/solar (solar questions and answers) and verbatim it says "an eclipse is when the moon goes between the sun and the floor, so all that change is the light. it confuses some animals but wont affect anything else.".... so I don't think that is the case....

with that said... THANKS FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF VULNERABLE AND GULLABLE COMPUTER ILLITERATE KLYDE WHO ACTUALLY THOUGHT THERE COULD BE SOME VALIDITY TO SOLAR CONDITIONS AFFECTING MY COM!!!!

I am currently using Firefox with noscript running.

Please keep suggestions coming guys.... particularly in regard to what I should do when I discover the catylyst to the crashes.... because I believe I narrowed it down to the problematic program, but I'm still not sure how to go about fixing it....

Now that is a thoughtful community member-move if ever I did see one!!-- You just scored 10 points with me Aeolus!

Anyhow..... I finally beat riot's peak in Tales of Graces F! Yes I am proud.... Yes I did also post this in the Tales of Graces F thread.... Yes I am proud....

I also have decided to pick up my Final Fantasy 4 Complete Collection playthrough which I abandoned around this time last year.... Today I just completed the tower of babil (underworld) and said goodbye to two good friends *sob*..... why I am playing FF4 CC in the wake of so many other WAY more enticing backlogged titles? Well..... beats me.... just bothered me I never made it to the after-years I suppose..... I actually think I'm gonna make friday my specific "FF-Day" to complete backlogged final fantasy junk..... still need to get through 3 on the DS as well.....

As for the rest of my week.... well I'm on my way to securing me' grand old castle in my Suikoden "108 star play-through".... and that about covers it......

What I will add is this week has ROCKED as far as finding games at good prices went!! I frequent markets and scour stores for used copies of rare stuff all the time, but I really hit the jackpot this week... Check this list out.... Grandia 1-ps, Grandia 2-dc, evolution-dc, evolution 2-dc, shenmue-dc, chrono trigger- DS, the world ends with you- DS, Valkyrie Profile 2-ps2, dark cloud 2-ps2, Arc of Napishtan-ps2, all for 5 bucks a-piece..... I felt like it was a second christmas.....