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Only plays for sport

Aaaaaaand someone really can't take a joke. It should be known by now that I break everyone's balls by now.

I really don't care about the awards, I just like having my own fun. I thought it was funny how so many people made a stink about what's a "real" couple, and so once again, I put my own spin on things... for the fun of it.

You know, I hear a lot of general statements like "TFF is going to hell!" or "CPC8 is trolling everybody!" but I never see posts reports. If I'm to take statements like that seriously, they can't come out of nowhere.

So...I decided to put my proverbial money where my equally proverbial mouth is and I'm rewriting the story. >_> Gods, I didn't realize how awful some of the dialogue really is until I had to transcribe it. And dialogue is my worst skill, so that's saying something. XD

Also, I didn't realize until someone mentioned it that Cisna's VA also did Ashe. No wonder why she sounds so familiar haha.

Haha, I actually bought my 360 a year before my PS3, you know, for one or two games. I haven't touched it since--not in a year. xD In fact, I refused to play FFXIII on the 360, hence why I bought a PS3~<3

Heehee, I shall add you when I get done with my shower! Maybe we can play something together sometime. =D

That's strange. I've been fairly inactive the past few months. xD Oh wells, thankies, anyway~

That's great! I've been trying to make up for, uh, lost time by being on PSN and gaming like crazy. XD

I love you too <3

It's changed? xD But thankies! <3

I'm doing faaaaatestic~ How about you? =D

Whaties? =O

That's on my to-play someday list. By time I get to it the next one will be out probably. >_>; I actually don't like create-a-character games much because I feel the stories aren't as strong. I hear good things about Dragon Age, though. It helps that they have actual writers for the stories; most RPGs are actually written by the developers themselves, not writers. It shows.

Yeah, I really felt bad for him, he ended up being useless for story purposes when he had more reason than pretty much anyone else to be involved. It couldn't have been that hard for him to catch up, considering we were so kindly cutting a path through all the tough stuff for him and his soldier friends. >_> I mean, during the Magi attack it's clear he's at least as good as Kara or Eldore, perhaps better because he's both trained and not old. Hell, he could probably have held his own against Dragias, if it had come to that. But noo, he gets stuck wandering around aimlessly for the entire game. Not impressed, Level 5.

Wouldn't it be cool if you could randomly run into story characters while questing? Imagine getting stomped by those stupid Direspiders and having Eldore or Cyrus or someone randomly show up and be like hey, I'll save you! Boom, dead spiders. I'd gladly take a hit in GR just for the sheer awesome factor.

At least. They had tons of material to work with and I feel like they used maybe a quarter of what they could have, if less even. I've never seen so many conveniently placed plot coupons in a game before. XD Not nearly enough setup or background, either. I buy games primarily for the story too and there's so few RPGs, it's disappointing when one doesn't put out properly.

I'm pretty sure they forgot about Cyrus halfway through. I would have liked to run into him at least once after leaving Balandor. Have him be a guest character for a temporary mission or even make him an optional main party member. That would have been nice.

Haha, more than a few.

Remember Kara's sister Lena? Well, if Kara's really Grazel's sister, who was she then? I suppose she could have just been a random villager from Albana, but it was never mentioned in the story, even in passing. Like no one else wondered either. As soon as she was sacrificed it was like everyone forgot she existed.

The Setti thing, well at least there was a bit of foreshadowing, if Caesar staring at his boots counts. But yeah, they did skip the planning part, which makes no sense. But then, neither did Setti being Grazel. It would have been better if Setti was actually Medius' son and Grazel just being the adopted one. Making them into one person was a big WTF for me. Unless they were separate people and Grazel took him over somehow...but that doesn't work that well either in context.

And speaking of Caesar, that very first part where you see him doing something to the Ancient Dragon's body is never explained. I want to know what that green crystal was. And if they were 'friends', as he put it, wouldn't he then know about the Dragon Matriarch and the Knight's Ark? The Ancient Dragon clearly recognized Kara as it attacked her first and with that dragonsight if it saw Caesar it would have known he was a pactmaker. Unless the Matriarch is the only dragon who speaks...which makes no sense either. Unless the Ark allowed her to communicate, but the game never made that clear. So many little things with no answers, it really annoys me lol.

And yeah, Kara as Dragias. That was really stretching it. Her being Ebonwings, fine, but being a notorious general at the same time? Not so much. Shapur would have been better as Dragias from the start. I really feel like, by the time they reach the end of Frass Chasm, Kara should have defected from the Magi. That would have been more in character, I think. The only reason it works at all is because the game doesn't focus much on character development in the story context.

Caesar's crush on Kara seems random until the end when he remembers the flower thing. He should have been shown remembering it when he first sees her, or maybe when he first gets his dragonsight and sees her for who and what she really is. The game really fails at effective use of foreshadowing and it's leaving too many pieces of plot out. =/

I think they rushed it too much and left the story by the wayside in favor of the online play. That really sucks. What annoys me more than poor storytelling is when I can see the places where they could have and should have added critical details, but didn't. Could have been a five star story but it ends up as about a two, in my book anyways.

At least all the characters are likable enough, what little you see of them besides Leonard and CISNAAAAAAAAAAAA! -_- Caesar and Kara had good writing but not enough development. Eldore was just kind of there. So was Yulie, after the wine. And of course, the good old silent avatar. They could have at least added more than two lines where the avatar is actually addressed. Maybe gender-based lines. Bah.

I've never been tempted to rewrite a game before but if any game needs it, it's this one. >.<

True, it's just boring alone heh. I'm tired of Big Red. >_> And these higher GR quests pretty much universally suck for soloing. Or the few I've ventured into do, anyways. I might end up grinding the last few levels so I can rebirth, my stats are effed up right now cause I didn't have a skill tree list when I was first allocating my points. =/ Only problem being if I do that, we won't have a tank...eh.

Things to ponder, I suppose.

Though speaking of pondering, once I played the story through entire without a long break in the middle, I realized how little of it makes any sense at all. =/ I find myself more irritated the more I think about it. So many dropped subplots that could have added tons and tons of depth instead of all the pointless grinding. Bah, I say!

Hehe, thanks. Could really use some comments, but I guess I'll just keep posting. Getting even one reader is a sure sign that it COULD be a success.

Yeah, I like playing co-op, tis fun. ^^ Looks like we will be doing a lot of it too, you won't believe how much GR it takes to get to GR9. -_- Plus the abysmal drop rates for the good binding stuff. Bah. If you want to GR grind or farm for materials during the week I won't mind helping.

BTW, I posted a chapter from one of my stories. Look it up when you have the chance!