Im deliberately avoiding life atm, hence why Im playing so much. The game being extremely fun also adds to that of course but it's not the main reason, under normal circumstances I would probably play 2-4 hours a day.

Yay for all the castlevania music, here is some more.

Castlevania Portrait of Ruin - Silent Prison
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow - Cursed Clock Tower
Castlevania Dracula X(not rondo of blood, the SNES game) - Divine Bloodlines

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Awesome! DanganRonpa Spoilers!!!
Ok so yesterday played Lightning Returns all afternoon and then until 5 AM(you knoiw 10-12 hours, no big deal..), needless to say Im completely addicted to it. Probably going to finish it today, the boss in the wild lands was too strong so I decided to go and start the Dead Dunes and do those main quests first.
I like the story a lot and I am enjoying the characterization.. It's all backed up by strong motivations or plot points, the main quest of Yusnaan in particular was very strong storywise. The mainstream reviews state that the story is a joke or that it plays out like fanfiction which sounds ridiculous to me.. After the conclusion of FF XIII-2 and with the rich mythology established in both XIII and XIII-2, the story is actually a decent followup and it's very faithful and consistent to what was previously established, the characters are what they are and it MAKES SO MUCH Sense, just thinking about the circumstances that led to their atittudes..

The gameplay is awesome, it's snappy, quick and extremely dynamic, it's also so customizable and some of the battles can be quite challenging, I am really loving it, playing on normall and some of the battles are thrilling.

Already did like 18/20 Sidequests in Luxerion, 8-9/14 in Yusnaan and like 11-12/21 in the Wild Lands, going to explore the Dead dunes all day and hopefully finish the game. Im 22 hours in and at 9 am of the 7th day.

Sorry to hear about your loss :(
Time will heal all wounds eventually.

Contiinuation:

5- Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
6- Final Fantasy XIII
7- The Last of Us
8- Final Fantasy XIII-2
9- DanganRonpa - Trigger Happy Havoc

10 will surely be lightning returns, unless I die in the meantime or something paradoxical happens.

Ah that makes more sense!
10 hours into LR, making huge progress. Im nearly done with 2 of the main quests, have done about 6 more sidequests and a few canvas challenges, Im on day 3, havent gone to the Wild Lands or Dead Dunes yet but Ive been clearing the other 2 cities. Nearing Day 4 and I will begin my exploration of said unexplored lands.

Awesome vocal track from DanganRonpa credits - Saisei
More DanganRonpa love(Im still in withdrawal after beating the game) - Box 16

In FF XII I will have to agree, in regards to FF XIII I thought it was fine, it's a 50-60 hour game with 9 hours worth of cutscenes. That seems like a normal ratio for JRPGs with Xenosaga(where 1/3 of EP 1 and 2 is cutscenes and 1/4 of Episode 2 is cutscenes) being the exception. I love cutscenes too and I wouldnt mind if there were more but I thought it was fine in XIII.

You really mean lack of cutscenes? XIII alone has 9 hours worth of cutscenes or do you mean the CGI cutscenes?
Full customization has it's upsides, while it certainly homogenizes the party it also gives you the choice to pick your favourite characters without worrying that they suck gameplay wise.(ex: Cyan FF6)

I love FF XII but one of it's biggest downfalls i by far the pacing of the plot. In the middle section of the game you get about 20 hours with almost no story progression whatsoever.
I only did a small fraction of the sidequests and beat the game in about 60 hours so I had no problem in following the plot, I thought the story itself was great , even though near the end it went kind of "cliché" with the destiny talk and stuff, it managed to put it's own spin on it by inverting the roles, the villain is actually fightning the gods' control of society and our party were being played as pawns by said gods.

I despise the use of the word "cliché", Im not actually holding it against the game as a complaint, it's just an easy way to explain what I wanted to explain.

Technically I shouldnt have the time either. Im just saying fuck this shit to life for a little bit. It's going to come back and bite me in the ass, that's a given. It takes a ton of work to get back on track if you give the middle finger to Computer Science for a while.

Played LR for about 7 hours straight and it's a really fun game, it's still too early to judge the plot but I havent seen anything "offensive" yet.
Gameplay wise, the combat is awesome and the customization is really well executed. I still dont know how I feel about the time aspect of the game, im currently on day 2, must have done 5-7 side quests and Im in the middle of 2 of the main quests(Luxerion and Yasnaan), I still dont earn enough EP from enemies to abuse Chronostasia all the time but it seems like I will have time to do everything I want, I would have preferred to explore and do things at my own pace without feeling the pressure of the time limit, I hope it becomes a non existent issue soon with chronostasia abuse.

I spent most of my time running around the cities than actually fighting, that felt rather odd, I am digging the challenge tho!

Lightning returns arrived sooner than I expected. Seems like I already have a schedule for the rest of the day. I was planning on studying but fuck it.

Im waiting for Lightning to return to my home so I can finally end the trilogy.
Im thinking of starting up snatcher and getting through that in a single sitting until Lightning literally returns. Did I mention lightning returns the return of lightning, return return lightning...lightning.

Meshgear, like Elegance said, there is a plot reason(FUNDAMENTAL to the plot, I might add) for the apparently "useless" and detached narration.