leene_chan | What to do...?

Big rain is coming soon but who knows when? It's clammy and nasty outside. I think I'll make a cup of tea...as soon as I can work up the energy.

So the PS2 remake of Tales of Destiny is coming out Nov. 22? Even though I didn't like the original game I'm still looking forward to the remake. Maybe the PSX game would've been tolerable if it weren't for the ridiculous encounter rate and glitchy battle system?

In light of this I'm continuing to replay Tales of Destiny 2. I wonder if my verdict on the game will change the second time around?

A lot of my enjoyment this time comes from Tales of Eternia nostalgia, which is odd because I played TOD2 first! The plot is not good but the game is fun to look at and play. In TOD2, I feel like I'm viewing an attractive and interesting world through the eyes of an idiot and his shiftless but occasionally amusing party. That's still better than games like TOR and TOS where stupidity oozes out of every pixel on the screen. Maybe it's because the characters' seiyuu at least have the decency to chew the scenery and add some humor to the weaker parts? I know it's not right to think of the main characters as a bunch of jokes (well, I still like Judas) but if it gives me happiness what's the problem? Does anyone seriously like Kyle and Loni?

I'm at the abandoned Oberon factory now. I've spent all my money on cooking ingredients and can't afford new equipment. At least this time around my Japanese has improved enough so that I can understand what all the Enchants do and fiddle around with the A.I characters' settings. Even though I didn't have that hard of a time figuring out what to do three years ago when I first played TOD2 I'm amazed at how much easier it is to figure out now. Well, that was three years ago...