Dodie16
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Just as I was reading your comparison of the PSICOM troops to the helghast troops, in my mind I thought of the troops from Killzone, and lo-and behold you say "helghast". They are pretty similiar; I remember the developers saying that they took some aspects of FPS games and incorporated them into FFXIII, apparently they also took an enemy design as well to use as their's.

One more "interesting" thing about the death of Nora; Hope saw Snow carrying Nora to safety then the bridge collapsed. You saw the back of Hope's head and see a tiny Snow trying to get both Nora and him to safety. But Hope in his rage, ignores his mother volunteering and Snow not forcing anybody to join and Snow trying to save his mother.

I've seen a lot of people be "annoyed" by Vanille's moans, voice-acting, and body language but those three things didn't bother me at all, it was that she held back information. Such as when, in chapter 3, when the party spots the Psicom ship, Hope says that L'Cie aren't human Vanille finally gets angry and grabs Hope at his wrist but quickly calms down probably because she didn't want to get serious which would make her think about facing reality. Of course that scene could have been great by exploring the racism theme (are L'Cie monsters or human) that was quickly and poorly done at the end of Chapter 7.

There is also, I think, a bit of confusion in the story as to who gave the party their focus. It says in the datalog that after defeating the Pulse Fal'Cie - Anima - the party was transported to another dimension and some strange entity bestowed their focus upon them. I don't think it is Anima because the Fa'Cie, besides Barthandelus whom is the Fal'Cie of disguise and illusion, don't have different forms. The analect for the "Arks" reveals that they were created before Cocoon and that their purpose was to fight the "menace beyond". The gods left the world and are thought to be in another dimension - the beyond. Humans when they die open the gate to the beyond a little bit so with the huge sacrifice the gate would be open very widely. Some speculate that the Fal'Cie were trying to fight the gods. It would have been good if Vanille shared her experience when she was first branded as to give a clue wether Anima actually gave the party their focus or it was a mysterious entity from the beyond, as the datalog says. Of course then that would lead to how would Barthandelus know their focus; the entity from beyond could've "leaked" false information.

As I said in my prior post, the soldiers (PSICOM and GC) use manadrives to use "magic" similiar to the L'Cie, such as the gravity bubble. I was suggesting that Yaag and Jihl could've had the strongest manadrives making them a threat even for L'Cie and that both of them would have great martial skill. But they seem inept whenever trouble comes up and it makes me think that even the elite PSICOM are pathetic - definitely not like SOLDIER or SeeD.

Remember in Chapter 3 Snow said that PSICOM is an anit-Pulse task force and havent had to fight in a long time, Sazh then replies with that then the Guardian Corp are better trained and have more experience than PSICOM. Lightning affirms this but then makes that comment about PSICOM's elite. Apparently PSICOM soldiers are so bad that they can't hit an arm that is outstretched.

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BTW, here's an Ettin to smash your foes!

oh ok, it just seemed like you blocked me all of a sudden and i thought it had to do with what i recently said but at least i won't have to feel bad about it anymore . i'm trying to be careful to not say things that will hurt others.

I was going to enter a banner contest on another forum with something like this, but I'm not so sure about its appearance. =3



I don't know what else to add or take away. =P

hey, wanted to ask you something. did i say something wrong during our game of scrabble? its as if you blocked me on FB. If i said anything bad, i'm sorry.

You would not be considered a youth, but a middle-aged woman if we are looking at it from a JRPG view. I'm still young enough to be the main character, as Cloud, Lightning and I think Cecil were 21, but not for long as my birthday is less than two months away. Whenever you get scared just act like a crazed woman who has rabies that will confuse and/or frighten any nasty out to get ya. If you have the ability to foam out your mouth that would help with the act.

Well since I know where you are in the game, did you find a bit odd and/or stupid that Snow said it was his fault for Hope's mother dying (chapter 7) when it was the husky NPC who stood up and said, "hey we want to fight too" and Snow replied "Ok. Volunteers front and center" turns his [Snow] back then Nora gets a gun, Snow asks if she is sure which Hope probably could've heard and Nora responds with "Moms are tough". Snow let me down with that. With all the "reality checks" Lightning and sometimes others put on each other why couldn't they reality check Hope and say "SNOW DIDN'T KILL YOUR MOTHER YOU DUMB TWIT, PSICOM WAS GOING TO KILL EVERBODY IN THE PURGE INCLUDING YOUR MOTHER AND YOU!!!!" But noooooo, we get a story that drags out Snow and Hope's conflict and Hope never getting b!tch slapped figuratively.

I also have a disliking of Vanille and her attempt to block out reality - she also needed a reality b!tch slap. I just got through chapter 8 and she aggravated me with how she just cried, "NO!" and ran off after Nabaat revealed to Sazh the truth. We see in the security cam that Vanille wasn't sure about Fang's plan and that Dajh stumbled upon them but apparently Sazh can't see that and Vanille just tries to see no evil. I don't like people or characters that try to deny the existence of evil or anything bad, that try to escape reality to the fullest so they don't have to worry about the serious stuff and Vanille is one of those to me.

Also, about NPCs, Rosch at the end of chapter 7. How did he survive? He got lit up but at the end of Chapter 9 he is back. I don't believe that soldier used rubber bullets are their equivalent because the rubber wouldn't have harmed them. Sanctum soldiers appear as if they have some tough armor requiring armor piercing rounds. But somehow he survives and we don't get any reason as to how because the game focuses solely on the main cast. I also love how Lightning said "When Psicom's elite hit the field it is game over" and the game says otherwise. When Fang shoots the camera near Rosch, when Snow and her are rescuing Light and Hope, Rosch says for the ship to fall back. Then when somebody tosses the smoke grenades he is totally inept and gets gunned down -but survives. In chapter 9, all Jihl's plan to capture the other L'Cie was just amass a sh!t-ton of troops, how does that make her smart as the datalog says. They aren't fierce or scary at all. Now they're just humans but regular Psicom troops and GC troops have the manadrive abilities, Jihl and Yaag could've had some advanced manadrives allowing them to be bosses, but we get a let down with them.

Another thing that happens in Chapter 7, why wasn't Snow's arm shot up when he stuck is hand out with his coat. His arm was visible but miraculously he is not harmed.

I did expand Sazh into the Medic role because I hated how OP they made Hope as a Mage and I wanted Sazh to be more versatile. I did this just before I continued the story in Chapter 11. You are close to Gran Pulse, but the actual story is short just like the rest of the chapters and at the end of the chapter the revelation doesn't make sense and to me, comes to quickly. The reason behind staying/going into Gran Pulse is weak, if you haven't found out yet, and is just an excuse for the developers to allow the player to finally have freedom from this very controlling game.

Thank you, it was good! Went to my parents house for a free dinner, got an Iced tea maker!! That makes me feel old, haha. I still remember not being happy unless I got toys or a new video game. Now Im happy with a new pillow and an iced tea maker!

Seriously, you should check this out and see if it interests you. I mean, wow, I didn't think it would be that good but i'm glad i was wrong. YouTube - Dawn of Mana (PS2) gameplay Chapter 1 - Spirit and Maiden

well if you need any entertainment, let me know, i'll be glad to help ya out there. i've been getting my fill of mana for today got part 12 recorded and uploaded but i haven't set it to public view yet. I recently checked out gameplay for Dawn of Mana for the PS2 which i was having doubts about but the gameplay proved me wrong. I'm definitely gameflying that title.

Hey, hows this week been treatin ya? it feels like this week has gone by really fast. Hope you're doing well

There have been some reviews (16 on metacritic) but there hasn't been anything from a major gaming website or magazine. Out of the 16 professional reviews it has a 70 on the PS3 version; plus 13 users have graded the game 8.8. Renting Nier may be the way for you; how often do you rent videogames? I haven't in a long while. I remember that I used to rent World Series Baseball 96 for the Genesis when I was younger - it was my favourite game. Thinking about renting games, I think the last game I rented was... ... either Front Mission 4 or Kingdom Hearts. I think Front Mission 4 came out after Kingdom Hearts so I'll go with the former. I'm usually good about what games I purchase as I always like them, so I have faith that Nier will satisfy me as well.

You don't like Coffee Crumb Cake? *Gasp* That's ok, I'll take your share and you can have my donuts. Donuts are ok with me, I just tend not to eat them; I really don't splurge on sweets though I have no problem with them, sort of a self-check. What is the exchange rate for gil to dollars? I would say that the gil is stronger than the dollar right now, even stronger than the pound. I think the world should convert to gil and then maybe someting will happen where some youths of the world will have to journey to save the planet from an evil person.

I don't think the pacing is too quick, if you check my latest post in the "Currently Reading: Intellecual" thread you will see what I thought about the book for the 3 first chapters. I'll just say that what was revealed in chapter 4 was as unexpected as the three first chapters before. But I'm really like the characters and the world - it has its onw flava.

I'm on my second-playthrough of FFXIII and am at the end of chapter 7. For me, there are more things poor with this game than in other FFs. Then another chunk of the game is mediocre and very few stuff is great. I was dissapointed in how Toriyama handled the supporting cast (NPCs like Rosh, Nabaat, Raines, etc.) and the plot was too thin for me. In the first two chapters stuff is going on, but then for chapters 3-6 it is character development with a dash of plot. If more happened in the game and two themes were explored, if they were done in the game it was quite poorly, it would've been better for me. Then there is Hope and Snow; Snow does say something about being the "hero" or "protecting something" a bit too much, but just by a little bit. If they had cut down on it, he would've been fine in that department. My biggest gripe with Snow deals with Hope (I don't know how far you are in the game so I'm not trying to spoil anything).

One thing about FFXIII that makes it so much different from prior games is that it is restrictive - not just linear. In FFX the maps were pretty much the same as in FFXIII, but the player could go back to certain places early in the game and later on; in FFXIII there is only forward and the ability to go back to other places isn't available till chapter 13 - the final chapter. Going along the restrictive thought, the enemies will always be the same group, at the same place. The party leader will always be the same at a certain point of the game till the player is allowed to choose. Now I think there should have been some "new game +" options that would allow the player to choose their party leader in the early chapters and/or choose who's in their party to add some variety. The Crystarium grid for the most part is all show with little substance; the player can only go straight, the divergent paths are very small till chapter 11 and beyond but even they aren't that extensive. Once the character reaches a nod they gain that stat, unlike in FFX where the player could opt not to gain the stat or ability, adding an in-depth customization to the game.

I know, I could've used oven mitts but I never get burned cause I'm careful. I just think it was my friends oven and not the beer - I only had two (Sam Adams) - that oven seemed reistant to me moving the pizza to the center; I don't have that problem with my oven.

Hey what's up? I'm just Barbabeeing ya; I know you don't like that question and for the most part I don't like it either.

Anyhuma. How often do you get sick? When you are sick is it bad or pretty much nothing? My girlfriend is sick, again, and "disabled" due to the fever she has.

I'm glad I don't get sick often and not too serious but even if it was more serious than normal I wouldn't break down in function.... unless my lungs were deteriating from the Black Scrawl Virus (Nier reference).

Didn't really do much today. Went to work, had a meeting with donuts, coffee cake, and other goodies from Dunken Donuts. My new boss told us a summary of her life story. I found out she is half vietnamese and part italian - I thought she had hispanic blood in her but italian is pretty close I guess.

I did want to read or continue with my second playthrough of FFXII but I did neither of those as of yet. My book is six inches away from my left hand as I type this to you. So far it [Shadowfall, Book One of the Godslayer Chronicles by James Clemens] is pretty interesting; in chapter 4 the author revealed something that I thought would have taken longer, it kind of ruined the suspense. If you are wondering about my FFXII file, I just got Penelo in the Giza Plains trying to get a sunstone so I can get into the fete. This time around I'm going to have classes for my characters.

I'm pretty happy that the Mets have been done very well this homestand, they went 9-1, but tomorrow starts of 3-game series with the Phillies. That will test, partly, on how good the Mets really are, I'm excited and a bit scared. Excited because I want the Mets to win and "prove" that they are for real and scared that they will not be so good and crumble making for another long season. At least two of the games I'll be able to see; I wish I could watch more of the games but I don't have any special baseball package with my provider.

This has turned out to be long for a VM. Bwahahahahaha.

Do you have back problems? My back lately has been good except for this past tuesday where it was nagging me at work for some reason. I got some Dr. Scholl's a long time ago, like 2 years, and haven't changed them; I think their "life expectancy" is, what, 3 months? Hahaha. I stretched those out. I also got burned recently on the knuckle of my right index finger. I was trying to move the frozen pizza into the middle of the oven as it was a bit far back to my liking. The cursed pizza wouldn't budge and while trying to pull it forward my hand jerked back touching the oven. I also got a little burnt on the knuckle of my right middle finger as well. The bigger one isn't that bad, it is smaller than a pea. Then I got a random cut on the side of my right index finger, don't know how I got that.

I'll end it at that for now. Ciao.