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practicality) wrote2005-06-19 07:21 pm
practicality) wrote2005-06-19 07:21 pm
Bored.
Yes, finally, my first 'I'm bored' post of the summer. Mostly because everybody that I usually talk to is busy or not online or whatever, and I'm trying to save the two books I checked out for my massively long trip on Thursday and Friday.
So...book recs? Music recs? Fic recs? And any good old-and-thus-cheap-used game recs? I'm bringing the PSOne with me to North Carolina, and I probably won't have any internet access, so I'm not going to have much else to do - bringing FF8 and FF9, although FF8 is really only getting played because people have sworn to me that there is in fact something resembling plot later, and Squall develops more personality than a rock, although I'm skeptical, which is why I haven't touched it since last summer.
So...book recs? Music recs? Fic recs? And any good old-and-thus-cheap-used game recs? I'm bringing the PSOne with me to North Carolina, and I probably won't have any internet access, so I'm not going to have much else to do - bringing FF8 and FF9, although FF8 is really only getting played because people have sworn to me that there is in fact something resembling plot later, and Squall develops more personality than a rock, although I'm skeptical, which is why I haven't touched it since last summer.
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I actually have a started game in KotOR, and we own Jade Empire, although I just watched Ben play. I'll talk to him about God of War - the Xbox is kinda his and he has more money XD;
I am not opposed to HP/DM - I read anything that's well-written and convincing, pretty much ^^
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God of War is actually for the PS2, so...I guess you don't have to worry about XBox-ness for that one. ^_^
Yes, you must play Jade Empire. I love the engine. It's so much fun. It's a little bit easy if you play on "Normal/Master" level, so if you're really looking for a challenge you should play it on "Grand Master." I just played through on Master because I wanted to finish it quickly before I moved. :x I really need to get myself an XBox (maybe I'll get the XBox 360 when it comes out), cause it looks like it'll be having a lot more interesting games in the future. (But then again, so is the PS3.)
There are a lot of features of Jade Empire which will totally make you go, "Whoa, deja vu from KotOR." Most notably the availability of Light Side/Dark Side paths, the conversation options, the menu screen layout, etc. etc. but the most important part is the fact that you have so many "battle styles" and actual active battle, instead of "select 'attack' from the menu." (Which I am very sick of.) KotOR is really awesome. :D You'll like it, I think. It's really hard not to like. ^_^
As for HP/DM, try to find Aja's "Love Under Will" and Maya's "Underwater Light." They're both amazing, but unfortunately unfinished. (Ugh, that just kills me, you have no idea.) "Love Under Will" is my favorite HP/DM of all time. :D *hearts* If I think of any other really good HP/DM, I'll let you know.