Summer Review
I'm
not really a gamer, and I'm not claiming to be one. I grew up like
any other active child should-- playing games outside, exploring the
neighborhood, and trying to make the things our imaginations cooked
turn to reality-- but everything changed when my college years
started...
Okay,
enough with the melodramatic part. I just couldn't think of a good
introduction so I wrote “that” up there [oh yes, I'm talking
about the first paragraph]. Anyway, since the new school term will
start in a few weeks, I decided to do a summer review-- just random
things I did these past two months (and it really has something to do
with the introduction).
The
month of April was spent doing some moving and tidying up things in
my room. I decided to move to the other side, the one my roommate
vacated after she left to finish her research [she's studying Marine
Science and apparently her adviser turned down her thesis since the
data she gathered was “insufficient” to save the coral reefs in
the planet (just kidding in the last part)]. A lot of my things were
deemed “no longer usable” and thrown off so the room somehow
cleared off of clutter. I'm not a hoarder by the way, and I believe
my untidiness level goes just below half of Nodame's [if you don't
know the name, watch/read the first episode/manga of Nodame no
Cantabile]. Anyway, going back, I also spent a lot of time doing the
laundry. I used to just send all my dirty [not really] clothes to
the cleaners but since I'm saving up, I decided to do the job on my
own... and I preferred the “hand wash method,” so you can just
imagine how my beautiful hands suffered [and no, I'm not vain].
May
came, bidding my era of spring cleaning goodbye. I went back to
hikikomori mode and I became happy. Just when everything was going
well, a friend invited me to a sleepover [not really a bad thing,
it's just... I'm too lazy to go out of my room]. But that friend's
dad cooks well, so the want of not missing a chance to taste a good
home-cooked meal won over the want of being forever alone. Accepting
the invitation was inevitable... and I spent a week's amount of time
staying over. Also within that week, I was able to watch The Avengers
thrice (two of that in 3D). A real recluse, indeed.
The
week of sleepover at Dabz (the good friend), was spent for naught. I
was pretty productive for a hikikomori (who prefered to stay in
someone else's house). In the first three days, I learned to play
Funny Bunny by The Pillows in the bass guitar-- which has always been
a goal, alongside with learning how to fold S-level origami for my
Bossun [Sket Dance] cosplay. The fourth day, I tried playing Soul Cal
V and was able to make a fabulous character [male, with Lei Xia's
move set and sounds like Twenty of Milky Holmes] so I somehow liked
the game. And the rest of the week was for movie and anime marathon.
I was able to catch up with the recent episodes of Tsuritama, Zetman
and Area no Kishi and rewatch No.6... and also a lot of movies--
Billy Madison, Sherlock Holmes (one and two), The Three Musketeers,
Hugo, Step Brothers, Green Hornet, The Secret Garden were viewed.
Since the weekend after that was Kookie's (the cool older sister of
the good friend's) birthday, their family decided to spend it in
Singapore so I had to go back to my room... and thus, the real
hikikomori mode began...
The
following statements may contain spoilers not to your liking. Proceed
with caution.
Love
Revo era: [Reign of terror in my life: Two H.D. (H.D.= Hikikomori
Day)]
I
got the patched version (thanks to greyrook) and started the game
immediately. It was pretty amusing at first and I thought I won't get
hooked considering that I prefer Konami's style when it comes to
otome games but then, after two failed attempts of getting the guy I
want, I started to grow fangs and breathe fire-- desperate, in short.
The good thing about the game is, first, it has self-centered, or
selfish, or vain, or whatever you want to call it character-- you
deal with yourself first [in Gabriel Iglesia's term, from “fluffy”
you in the game to a totally different, loli character later] before
you deal with the guys. You only get to date them if you've lost
enough kilos or if you spam the Q.S. and the Q.L buttons-- the second
likable thing in Love Revo. Q.S. stands for Quick Save while Q.L.
Stands for Quick Load. In case you plan to play the game, don't
forget to hit save button before you exit the game as the data stored
in the Q.S. option is just temporary. On my third play through, I was
able to secure a good ending in Masaki's route-- with all the blood
shed and drama-- and the road to the secret ending is flashing on the
screen. Since desperate times call for desperate measures, I was able
to know the keywords needed to get the ending through a walk through.
But lo, and behold, even the keywords were translated, and the ones I
know are in Japanese. In comes my translating powers. [Keitai] is
[phone]... and [kurisuti] is OH-MY-GAH-I-DON'T-KNOW Christ? Christie?
Christian? I skipped that and decided to translate the third keyword
[kasumisou] which is [baby's-breath] and
OHMYMOTHERFAGGINGGAHTHEBLANKSLOTSARENOTENOUGH. I tried different
approaches but all were in vain, and until now, I haven't seen the
beautiful ending of my dear Masaki's route. I got so depressed and
frustrated after that I decided to end the Love Revo era.
Love
Plus era: [Reign of terror in my life: One H.D.]
I
got Manaka in my first play through ages ago and I decided to start
anew and go for Rinko. I'm not lesbian or anything, but Rinko's just
too cute that I found myself fangirling whenever I got her CG scene.
I was pretty DS in love and dedicated and after 56 Love Plus days, I
got a confession from her and it became a commitment. Well, not
really. I just got more depressed after that, considering that I, who
has never had a commitment to anybody from the opposite sex in the
twenty years of my existence be committed to a pixel-form... and a
female to boot. Another lost time but I needed to move on, so another
game was started.
Suikoden
Tierkreis era: [Reign of terror in my life: Five H.D]
It
was my first time to play a Suikoden game and I was pretty impressed.
The story is good and even the characters are pretty diverse [we're
talking about a Suikoden game here, so no wonder]. I got a lot of
favorites characters (e.g. Nhazu, Taj, Buchse, etc.) and I got
addicted to trading that I spent most of my play time listing the
trade prices of each item of different cities and using the guide to
get more money. I decided to finish the game without consulting any
walk through available by the way, so good luck with the coming days
[I haven't finished playing the game yet as I'm writing this and I
think I'll do another post, game exclusive, once I finish]. I got
stuck in the Snow Fairy mission for a time that I decided to play
another game [and just a friendly reminder for the would-be players,
don't bring Dogha with you when you look for her on the third time; I
did that thinking I'll finish the mission fast but no, I just wasted
a lot of time going up and down Ch'olui Mountain]. I just thought
that if I change my perspective, I'd be able to find an answer...
which was definitely a weird idea but well, it worked for me.
SMT
DS/ Devil Survivor era: [Reign of terror in my life: Two H.D]
Second
attempt in playing an SMT game, the first one was P3 which I dared
not finish, and this time, I got hooked (just like what happened with
the previous game). The story evolves over the use of COMPs (which
are technically NDSs) to summon demons and save the world. Collecting
Macca [going into battles] to buy and pay for bids is the most fun
part, just cross out the annoying demons that uses +Mute that comes
with it. The fusion part is fun too; no walk through or game guides
for this so everything that I get through fusion is just out of luck.
I stopped playing when I was about to battle Beldr though; since the
original plan was to play SMT DS just to distract myself from
Suikoden for a while and finish the latter first.
And
the Suikoden era reigned again....
I'm
still in hikikomori mode at the moment I'm writing this and getting
out of it is still my last option. But maybe, just maybe, I get to
spend another night at Dabz's soon (thus the long earned H.D. Combo
will be broken). I guess I've said too much? I'm pretty tired so this
is it for now.
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