Gonna Make You Jump Jump

Ah gaming... my favorite hobby. I play everyday and still enjoy it after all these years. Always something new to check out and discuss with gaming friends.

So what have I been playing lately? Thanks for asking!

Dragon Age Origins... complete! One of my proudest completions. Took forever even with guides (and me getting distracted by every shiny piece of loot).

I'd totally play both stackable Japanese versions of Dragon Age (Origins and II) but they don't have an English language option. 

I decided to play Operation Cleanup RPG. Both FFXIII-2 and Enchanted Arms hadn't been finished so went after those completions. All I had left in FFXIII-2 was to beat an optional boss on normal difficulty, win 10,000 coins in the casino, and perform 1,000 paradigm shifts. Boss wasn't too bad after getting a proper strategy. I am NOT a fan of luck based achievements so working on the casino achievement was somewhat annoying. There are 2 options, chocobo races or play the slot machines. I went for slot machines and busted out the turbo controller to auto play for me.

My little fox kept me company. My bf was playing Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2.

So after FFXIII-2 cleanup was complete I decided to tackle Enchanted Arms. I hadn't touched the game in 2 years but as soon as I loaded up my save, it all came back to me. The combat is pretty fun, it was my first grid style turn based JRPG. Only thing I had to do to complete this game was just to finish it. It's nice to see another unfinished game completed. I've also been playing Lord of the Rings: War in the North randomly here and there in co-op with Lil Miss Cherry... I feel like such a noob in that game, haha.

After FFXIII-2, I felt like something casual and easy so started the game KrissX. That's pronounced "criss cross" (make you jump jump?)... and I wouldn't have known that if the game hadn't told me at the menu screen.  It's a really easy game especially since you can just pause and look up the answers using an anagram solver. Overall a very easy completion. Here's what it looks like:

Simple, casual word game. I dig.

Sooooooooooooo... my bf approached me with an idea. Each of us pick out a game for the other person to play. No silly stuff or torturing the other person, a genuine game that you think the other person should give an honest chance. So we traded these:

I picked out Bioshock Infinite for him and there's Star Ocean for me. He originally hesitated playing Bioshock Infinite because of the "someone following you around, holding your hand" aspect. I never played Star Ocean because it's a very difficult completion. Well screw having to complete games, I'm a gamer and ignoring a game because of difficult achievements is now how I want to game anymore. Yeah it's fun to complete games but it wouldn't be a dealbreaker.

Well, the bf has finished Bioshock and he enjoyed the story but not being followed around (as he predicted). He described being followed around as if someone was sitting beside on the couch saying "look there, a lockpick", "look out a sniper!", "hey let's try this door" etc, which I know drives him bonkers. (Good thing I don't do that, lol) But hey I'm glad he played it.  I'm 16+ hours into Star Ocean and have only popped one achievement, lol. I gave up on it the first try after 5 hours because I was really bored. I felt guilty after deleting the game off my hard drive so I'm giving it another go. It's really slow to start but I've been trudging along. Yay for good music on Pandora! 

I'm looking forward to playing our little game again... I have a few ideas in mind for games he has never played. 
Mass Effect (I know!)
Lollipop Chainsaw (he likes hack and slash)
Testament of Sherlock Holmes (he liked the first game)
FFXIII-2 (he didn't care for FFXIII but he did watch me play this and mentioned that it looks more fun)

I'll make another blog post for when we decide to trade games again. Hope I get something good!

Oh and I just have to mention that I'm very excited for Fable Anniversary HD being released on 360 this year!

Now if only we could get Knights of the Old Republic HD remake, then my life would be complete. Cheers!