I installed this one yesterday to play cooperatively with a friend. We’ve finished the story of Yukimura Sanada, and completed all but the last battle of the story of Kotaro Fuma. I’ll consider this one complete when I clear the stories of every character.
Final Fantasy IV (DS), Part 2
We cleared the mountain, and met a monk named Yang on the way. He was from the city that Baron plans to attack next, so we told him all about it and promised his king to help out in the defense. The defense failed, off course, and Baron took the crystal, but not before I found out that Kain betrayed me. It turns out the king of Baron is actually controlled by a man in dark armor named Golbez. He somehow brainwashed Kain in to following him. Needless to say, I got my ass kicked, and they took Rosa.
After the battle, my party decided that the best move would be to surprise attack Baron by sea. The king gave as a boat, and we were on our way. At sea, Leviathan attacked our ship, Rydia fell overboard and Yang jumped after her. Edward got knocked out, and then there was a blackout. I woke up on the beaches near Mysidia, the town I attacked at the beginning of the game (in the flashback). Although angry at me, their leader said I can’t defeat Golbez as a Dark Knight, so he sent me to a mountain nearby to become a Paladin. He’s also sent Palom and Porom, the twin mages, to accompany me. On the way to the mountain top, I encountered Tellah the Sage again, who wants to learn Meteor on the same mountain. Off course, he joined me. At the top, we defeated the Archfiend of earth, Scarmiglione, in his both forms. Cecil became a Paladin, and now he rocks even harder.
After returning to Mysidia, the way to Baron was open. There, I’ve found Yang was brainwashed by Golbez to, so I kicked his ass and brought him to his senses. We entered the castle trough a tunnel from the town of Baron. There, I trashed a guard who was mean to me at the beginning of the game, and then got my ass handed to me (there’s allot of ass in this post) by the king, who was actually Cagnazzo, the Archfiend of water. Right now, I’m trying to figure out how to survive his Tsunami attack.
EDIT: Cagnazzo is no more. It turns out, in order to stop Tsunami, I had to Attack him with lightning attacks. Even so, I just barely killed him. All of my characters except for Cecil and Yang who was paralyzed were dead. Cecil was just about to die to, but his attack killed Cagnazzo. I love it when it’s that close. Sadly, while escaping, Palom and Porom had to turn to stone in order to save the rest of us. We saved Cid, and escaped in his airship, the Enterprise. So now I have my own airship. It’s time to explore the world.
Supreme Commander (PC)
I tried to play this one today, but I really can’t bring myself to complete a mission. This game would be awesome in multiplayer, but in single player, it just isn’t doing it for me. This one is getting off my hard drive.
Final Fantasy IV (DS), Part 1
After completing the last DS game, I decided to start this one. I’ve played for 3 hours and 15 minutes and got to a mountain I need to pass trough now. Since I started the game, two towns got destroyed (three if you count the one in the flashback). The main character is a Dark Knight named Cecil, and his companion is a Dragoon named Kain. Right now, my party consists of Cecil, a girl Summoner named Rydia, a White Mage named Rosa, and a Bard named Edward. Rydia is a girl from a village of summoners called Mist that I unintentionally destroyed, Rosa is Cecil’s friend, and Edward is the prince of an empire that got destroyed. I also encountered a Sage whose name I can’t remember right now. I really like the game, and I think I will finish it quite soon.
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Grimoire of the Rift (DS) (COMPLETED)
I’m 75 hours in to the game, and I’ve completed 210 quests. The story is almost complete, and as far as I know, I have one more quest until I finish it. Luso is level 58, and I have recruited Vaan and Penelo. Vann will be my new thief, as his skills are quite useful in that area. Adelle is level 32, and I have unlocked her special job – the Heritor. The job has some nice skills, but I’m keeping her as a Seer until she learns all of the level 2 Black Magick spells. Hurdy is level 46 and I’m training him as a thief to increase his speed. My Viera Red Mage/Summoner has learned double cast, and is now one of the most powerful characters I have. I’ll go play some more now.
EDIT: I’ve completed the main quest line, and with it, completed the game. The final quest consisted of three battles with a possibility to save between the first two. Luso ended up on level 59, with most of the characters (except for Adelle) closely behind. After the end credits stopped rolling, I was offered to save the game one more time. This gave me a “game completed” title on the save I chose. I’m guessing that completing the game unlocked some extra side quests. The final quest count was 211. I will off course continue to play the game and finish the rest of the side quests, but right now, I think I’ll start another game.
Diablo II – Lord of Destruction (PC), Part 9
Again with the barbarians today. We have completed most of chapter one on nightmare difficulty. That’s about it for this game today.
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Grimoire of the Rift (DS), Part 16
199 quests are solved now. I have advanced the story further, and got Adelle back. I had to fight her and she was level 46, so I hoped she would stay that way, but no such luck. Luso is level 55 now, and I have played the game for 71 hours. I have unlocked the Geomancer and Lanista jobs. The next story quest will take me against Vaan and Penelo, so I’m hoping I will be able to recruit them. There seems to be a Sky Pirate job (based on the weapons I have acquired) and a Dancer job, so that’s probably them. Both pages of the book at the top screen are almost completely filled (there’s room for two more lines), so I’m guessing the main story is almost over to.
Diablo II – Lord of Destruction (PC), Part 8
My friend and I played for about an hour. We have completed normal difficulty with our barbarian characters. We will both use whirlwind, but I’ll be using pole arms, while he decided to use hammers.
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Grimoire of the Rift (DS), Part 15
I’ve finished 193 quests and advanced the story even further. I have kicked out my Nu’Mou Sage/Alchemist, and replaced him with Hurdy the Bard (and currently a Black Mage to). He learned geomancy, so he can kick as even at level 37 he’s currently on. Adelle is level 25 and I have decided to turn her in to a Seer. She has already learned a bunch of High Magick abilities but isn’t very useful yet. I also hired a Banga at level 30, and I’m training him every now and then.
Today, I actually looked at the back of the game box, and there it says that there are over 300 quests in the game, so I guess my 68 hours could turn in to about 120 before the game is complete.
EDIT: After finishing another story quest, Adelle has left my clan. She will probably be back, but it still sucks. Anyway, the quest count is now 198, and the auction season started again, so I’m in the middle of that now.
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Grimoire of the Rift (DS), Part 14
The quest count is now 160. I advanced the story again, but haven’t unlocked any new classes. Luso has mastered the Paladin job and will probably remain a Parivir for the rest of the game. I may train him as a Ninja for a few levels for speed, or as a Paladin for defense. I’m 59 hours in the game, the story is probably about 75% done, and Luso is level 50.
EDIT: The quest count is now 174. Most of my characters are now nearing the end of their builds. I have started training Adelle, so she can replace my Moogle thief. Cid finally caught up with the rest of the team, and I have dismissed some of the weaker clan members, so the average level can be lowered. I will probably end up with my main 6 clan members on high level, and maybe one or two backups. The backups will be one of each race, and they will learn the prerequisites for all of their jobs, so that I can dispatch them on quests when necessary. Luso is now level 53, and the rest of the guys are around 50. Adelle is level 15, so that will be a problem. I’m 63 hours in the game.
EDIT2: The quest count is 178. I have just dismissed all of the characters I have “on the side” and don’t use. They were all low level, so that lowered my average clan level. Now I can recruit high level units from the start. As I said, I will recruit one of each race, and make all of their jobs available. I will mainly use them for dispatch and wanted quests. Cid has mastered the Master Monk job, and has learned all of the available White Monk jobs. Adelle is now level 17. She’s still useless, but not for long. I also unlocked a bunch of new items at the store.