God, it seems whenever I go onto a site about RPGs there's always some asshole who has to make an unprovoked attack against the works of George Lucas, so I stopped reading after that shitty comparison.

I'm playing some RPG-esque sims for the iPhone right now (and you "level up") within them, mostly from PocketGems.

FF7 is a bit overhyped, but with good reason, although I think it's aged horribly, particularly with regards to the Lego-man character models.

Demon's Souls - Wow. Words cannot express how much I hate this fucking overrated piece of shit. No way to pause the game other than quitting, no music during 99.9% of the game, no automaps, virtually no story, forced repetition if you die, generic graphics, blah, blah, blah. If I were an emperor, I would order this game's developers to be executed by shoving copies of this shitty title up their asses.

Valkyria Chronicles II - A fuck of a lot better than Demon's Shit, I mean, Souls.

Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness - Has been basically one big grindfest for me in Etna Mode, but still a fuck of a lot better than Demon's Souls.

Radiant Historia - See above comments, probably the best time-travel RPG since Chrono Trigger.

Various Cell Phone Games, among them being Temple Run - I would play these over Demon's Souls anyday.

Go ahead, ban me, I dare you.

What I liked about FF9:
The graphics, look really nice on a PS2 with smooth texturing.
The soundtrack.
The variety of skills to learn from items.

What I didn't care much for:
Long loading times before battle.
Tetra Master was a huge step down from Triple Triad.
The plot.

I typically play in one hour intervals to give my eyes a rest between games since it's sort of recommended during said playtime, unless I'm in a spot where I can't perma-save easily, in which case it can go for up to somewhere over two hours, for example, if I'm grinding in the Item World in the Disgaea games.

I used to do the 100% completion thing, but my life has become chock full of commitments, i.e. a full-time job, so I don't anymore, unless doing so means some extra story.

I don't mind them cutting out most of the VA since I would rather the music be the voice of the game, anyway.

The Item Creation system would've been a hell of a lot better had they actually let you manually choose prices instead of randomizing it.

Its - Possessive of it
It's - Contraction of it is
Its' - Not a real word

Before you use "it's" replace it with "it is" and ask yourself "does this sentence make sense?"

Second, I would appreciate the plot of the Kingdom Hearts games a hell of a lot more if they actually tried to be funny, and there's no fucking excuse for the lack of humor. It's hard to take seriously a plot with crossovers and cartoon characters.

lol teh prekwels suk teh originalz rool j0rj lookis r@ped mi chyldhud

Kidding, I actually know someone who liked the Prequels but didn't like KOTOR. I did enjoy KOTOR and its sequel and thought the writing was superior to that in all the Star Wars films. The writing in the originals is pretty shitty.

"Hold your fire? What, are we paying by the laser now?"
"Why you stuck up half-witted scruffy-looking nerf herder"
"We are fleeing into outer space with literally infinite directions to flee. However, we have decided we'll fly directly towards the fleet of storm troopers."

Yeah, I'm playing the first Demon's Souls which I got for Christmas, and it's probably the most fucking overrated game I've ever played. The Japs who decided that there shouldn't be a pause button or automaps should have their fucking heads chopped off.

Zelda lately has been mostly miss for me, so I can probably live without this one.

BioWare as a developer has mostly been hit-or-miss for me, so I'm only cautiously optimistic about this title.

I personally found the Silmarillion and other Tolkien works outside the Lord of the Rings to be unreadable, but I wouldn't mind seeing game adaptations of said works.