I've done it!! I finally finished this beast at 130 hours and 51 minutes!!!

I just wanted to share my two cents about the ending...


Thats all, felt the need to express my impression and let the world know what I did with a cumulative 5+ days of my life- LoL

MONUMENTAL DAY FOR ME!!.... At 130 hours and 51 minutes.... Xenoblade has finally been laid to rest.... and even at that there was still quite a bit I could have done in the way of optional stuff, but I had my fill.

Now its onto to finishiing up Wild Arms Alter Code F, starting my "108 star" playthrough of the suikoden series, and getting through some backlogged Atelier titles... But something tells me Hyperdimension Neptunia 2 coming out next week and then Tales of Graces F is going to compromise that plan a bit....

Thanks my man!... and yes... I haven't dated or had "relations" with the opposite sex in longer then  I care to admit.... I used to be a relationship-hopping-man-whore at one point and then once I got sober lower "desires" really took a back-seat to my work... Now I am married to my work and I don't cheat ;) LoL


I know nothing of this mayor of which you speak.... I do however smoke upward of 3 packs a day.... but I quit cigars and pipe tobacco in the last year so I guess I'm doing better...

I have a terrible oral fixation, you see. In fact, I also typically chew over 5 dollars worth of gum a day.... Quite troubling actually.... I hate it, but find it difficult to focus for extending periods of time without chewing gum.

I know I am... that will make Xenoblade my first multi-region purchase!! Sadly though, I venture to guess, the vast majority will not and Xenoblade sales are gonna be hurting in NA as a result of how long they waited to localize in spite of the demand.

To be honest, while I played and loved nearly every FF title including the off-shoots, I didn't care for 13 at all..... it held my interest for awhile but the horrible equipment system, linear style, and ultra-lengthy battles in the latter chapters really turned me off by the end...I'm not gonna lie, I'd rather re-play crystal chronicles then ever look at this one again....

2 other more superficial aspects that I couldn't stand was the fact that the summons reminded me of transformers (I hate transformers....) and none of the cast seemed worth caring about to me... ok... well maybe I sort of dug Vanille.... but beyond her they all seemed really generic to me...

Damn... 130 hours into Xenoblade, just about to finish and get to some backlogged titles, and now I'm totally compelled to popping disgaea back in and getting to all the DLC goodies.... 

Wise move, making this decision and announcing it within a few days of the Euro release....something tells me the volume of Xenoblade pirating and importing influenced this to some degree....

I too hate pictures of myself, but you look lovely!

Rack aside, as I'm about as sexually active or interested as a plant....... I love your hair! Its very "yuna meets gillian anderson from early x-files"..

As an aside to the rest of the community BTW... I'm sorry I totally missed alot of your responses to my photo a few pages back... man, you guys really made me blush..... I feel like....*WARNING: CHEESY HEARTFELT MOMENT*..... I dunno.. I've made friends or something :)... *CHEESY HEARTFELT MOMENT: END*

Naturally not everyone hated the game.... fact is, I find RPGfan to have a great sens-ability about JRPGs then most other sites and sources... hence the reason I like this place oh so much..... but it doesn't take much digging to find other reviews of this title that are as low as 3/10...

And on the fanservice complaint note... I totally agree. Its the sole reason I've never really developed a taste for any comical anime really... HOWEVER I will overlook any comedy in poor taste for the art and when it comes to these types of titles the art can't be beat... Lovely pastel to bright color palettes and over-the-top-elated-sounding tunes fill this genre to the brim and I gladly drink every drop of the splendor... super inspiring stuff for me... I dare say I would have never pursued a career in art, had I not discovered anime and JRPGs.

I freakin' loved that game! Playing Atelier Rorona now myself.... still have alot of PS2 Atelier to get to someday myself, including Mhana Khemia...

Sorry I haven't updated the thread recently guys.... been working like a demon... but I just wanted to quickly say fret not... more creepy-clockwork-creations are on the way!

In fact, I have recently been approached to be featured at a steam-punk ball by way of my art, so you can expect to see quite a bit soon! And as promised, another contest! So keep your ray guns in their holsters and your goggles on hand and stay tuned!

I'm currently playing the first and I don't feel its quite that bad.... I'm actually enjoying it... but I'm into the totally-over-the-top j-pop type stuff.... with gameplay improvements I would thoroughly love this title.... as such I'm stoked about the second....

I'm starting to think I'm just weird.... the more "bad" JRPGs of this gen I finally get around to giving a shot in spite of all the hate, the more I find I really like em..... I've been playing JRPG's for nearly 20 years now and have really spent quite a number of hours grinding through "epic" games... so short dungeons and lighthearted stories I can pick up and put down a little easier are always welcome to me amidst a sea of games that require me to micro-manage waaaaay more stuff then the games of yester-year......  Nothing will beat some of the golden days of PS1 for me, but none-the-less I feel JRPGs in general are getting way too bad of a wrap recently.

And on that note, I will proudly express I am also enjoying the ever-loathed Atelier Rorona at the moment.... Mind you I'm playing both of these games while I play Xenoblade... and with 118 hours clocked in Xeno, a little hyperdimension or atelier in between makes the last leg of Xenoblade way easier to digest for me.

Anyhoo, I'm suddenly compelled to re-watch sailor moon after watching the Hyperdimension transformation sequences.... odd isn't it?

I personally like the PSP 2000 best as far as the screen/visual quality is concerned.... Screw the vita until they make it so I can hook it to my TV!!..... I'm still so upset about that fact.... that is the best part of the PSP for me....

After my experience with First Departure I need a break before I even look at 2nd Evo.

As for me, I just polished off Growlanser Heritage of War!!! Yippee kay-yay!! All I can say is wow.... I forgot how fabulous this game was... A little on the easy side.... but other then that I thoroughly loved this game.... makes me wanna go back and play 2 and 3 again now...

I finally tried out Hyperdimension Neptunia since the sequel is on the horizon... I know everyone hated this game and I'll agree, it lacks in just about every department.... but I find it entertaining so far..... if only it didn't have that terribly slow and generic battle system they use in Trinity Souls....

Well the next feat is finally laying  Xenoblade to rest. 115 hours or so in..... I gotta be near the end...

I wasn't ignoring you.... the air freshener idea was my response... that way we both took responsibility for not have enlightened one another... when you inquired about the condition of the games, nothing was ever brought up about smoking.... likewise I suppose I should have known how much people like to smell their copies of suikoden......

Truth is, I've been burned real bad in this same situation before.... I end up trying to be the nice guy and give a refund and end up with my game cases but some refurbished-crap-disc that doesn't budge from the title screen if it loads at all... But I'll tell you what, since I REALLY didn't think the smell would bother you that bad, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt here... If you can't sell em off to your buddy, send them back to me and let me verify everything is in the same condition I sent it out in. I will refund everything, AFTER I VERIFY THE CONDITION, except for the shipping if everything is swell.... But really, if I got a copy of Suikoden in that good of condition for 20 bucks or so I would take the air freshener....

...... ok sorry about the air freshener thing... I guess I was the only one who found that funny......

NOTE: I suppose it would be appropriate for us the PM it out if we need contact each other further on this particular matter now that we have both expressed ourselves openly about it.