It's Reyn time!

So finally finished Xenoblade Chronicles and I must say this is the largest, biggest most epic RPG I've played. The story is in depth and the character development is brilliant. In my opinion it isn't one of the most interesting stories I've played in my RPG experiences, although, there are enough twists to keep you want to progressing. The British voice acting is very much a matter of opinion, a friend said it was one of the worst he had come across whereas Hubby loved the cockney accents. Personally I got use to the voices and kind of liked the fact that they were accents from jolly old Britain!
The story is based on two giant robot kind of guys, frozen in battle...apparently gods, and your just a little man that lives on his foot, not like clinging on, the Mechonis and Bionis are huge and have working ecosystems. The Mechon guys attack the Humans and cue giant adventure of revenge and intrigue. 
The leading man in this story is Shulk, a quiet science guy more at home in his lab then swinging a sword.Not my cup of tea for a leading man but character development insured he didn't fail to have some bad ass moments. Reyn is a clumsy guy who is good at being the tank, he has more muscles then brains but in a loveable way. He is probably one of my faves out the lot. Sharla grated on me quite a bit and until the very end seemed to be oblivious to Reyn's love for her. Between Gadoit and Juju she didn't seem to have much of her own personality. More annoying then Sharla was Fiora but only in human form, she is such a dick at the very start and then end of the game. I'm surprised they went through turning her into one of the most rocking awesome fighters into that whingy girl again. She had first dibs on Shulk and lost them to Melia! Then she swans back in to steal him away, poor Melia. Melia is the typical magic girl of the group. I liked her and Shulk together, bit gutting when it was taken away. She had one of the best character development story-lines and I felt the most emotion for the character. Dunban is badass, the end. Rikki started annoying but somehow I turned out liking his humour quite a lot.
The game took me 85 hours to complete and I finished at level 82, so if you are looking for a quick RPG to blast through at the weekend then this is not the game for you....I think I started this game in May or June.
My fave thing in a game is sidequests and so was pleasantly surprised when I had too many! Seriously they were everywhere. Think I must have done over 200 of them but they were all good fun. The visuals in this game are epic and although the close up character models are a bit old school the endless scenery is beautiful.
This is one of the biggest games I have played that is not a MMO and so it is a good game to get your teeth into if you are waiting for the next monolith game.

Ohka Lune and Yoruichi Loire

Picture drawn by the BFF, in game and out

Tales of Xillia, play through one

So Xillia play through one is complete, with no major difficulties as I am pretty sure I was grinding a little bit too much. One of my favorite games in the Tales franchise is Vesperia and so going into this one I felt skeptical as none had lived up to its awesomeness as of yet. In my opinion this one competes on every level and I don't think I've ever played a game where I want everyone in  my party this badly.
I write first play through in the title because at the start of the game you are given a choice of the main protagonist and I chose Jude (male) who is a medical student turned some kind of martial artist....yep. Hes a pretty awesome male protagonist but I feel some of his attention was stolen by other stronger characters in the group. I think hes a bit of a fool for being so oblivious to the feelings a Leia and swooning over grown up woman Milla instead. Milla is meant for Alvin! He's going to have to get over this fact in the upcoming sequel next year. I finally managed to utilize a food system in a Tales game, and thus managed to have all the money in the world. The shop leveling idea was pretty awesome as instead of  new places unlocking new items, you had to unlock the items yourself by donating stuff you found on your adventures, you could donate Gald but I'm pretty fond of the stuff and didn't really want to squander it away.
Alvin was looking to be my favorite characters until he turned a bit emotionally unbalanced half way through the game, in a cut scene I am sure I will see when I play through as Milla. Leia Turned out to be my bestest in the end....swinging big pole arms around is awesome...the end. Rowan Illbert was pretty awesome for an old guy, some of the skits painted him out to be a hilarious pervert....but in a nice way....if that's possible. When Teepo appeared I thought my game was ruined but I turned into a huge fan when the connection with Elize was revealed. All the characters had emotional back stories and I loved them all!
The intro song is pretty epic and probably on par with Vesperia and the opening movie had my bestest anime facial expression in a while....I don't know why but I love it....powerful stuff!

FF Realm Reborn... Or Realm Refreshed

Expect a lot more about this to be added at later dates as I have only been playing for a week. I am currently unable to access the server so thought I would start off. My failure at accessing the server is reflected in the title my hubby has given it, realm refreshed. Of the time I have been actually able to get into this game I have to say it is probably my perfect MMO. I love Final fantasy and I love WoW so this is the perfect MMO for me.
I have attended my very first LAN party with this game so I feel like I am now truly a geek. As an awesome Gladiator Cat woman named Yoruichi Loire, I roam the world fighting enemies in the name of the immortal flames! I feel very much immersed into the experience, even when Mr Popo runs past on a chocobo and Bum Da is dancing on a table. Me and friends have begun an awesome casual guild on Phoenix server named Neo SeeD, busting through dungeons like pros. Hubby seems to have grown an odd addiction of taking photos of his giant female character sitting on rocks...

One of my first enemy kill quests was with the beloved cactuars but they are unfortunately not of the retro style I love and more ff12 style. I got my own chocobo quite early on and named him Repede and my own retainer man named Toshiro, the little loloffel (I understand that this is not correct, but it's how I say it.)
Hopefully Neo SeeD can continue their successful dungeon runs and our archer stops suffering from over confidence :D
Did I mention that my husband likes taking pictures of his character sitting on a rock looking moody.

Mathematical!

At some point this year, this happened with friends. Spare time and plasticine, good times.....

Animal Crossing : New Leaf

Been a while since I last completed a game....I seem to have started very many long or not finish-able games. So watch this space for Xenoblade, Xillia, Realm Reborn and Persona as these are like to take up most my time! But first Animal Crossing!
So I've had this game since June but as you can't really complete it I wasn't sure when a good time to have a rant about it would be. Now is the time!!
So it starts on a train and you think 'Yay moving to a new town!' But then for some reason all the animal citizens of this town have taken some serious memory displacement drug at some point in time and think you are the mayor. Cue many a day spent collecting fish, bugs and selling anything that may come into your possession so that you can pay off a seemingly endless loan leading to your 4x4 house one day becoming a home you can be proud of.......or a museum for nintendo memorabilia.
 So your town gets allocated a certain randomly selected array of personalities and mine seem to have been picked from the back alley of an insane asylum. I originally had only two residents worth keeping which, through some awesome style choices, has been upgraded to three. Chief, the loveable fox rogue, Buck the friendliest guy in town and more recently, Pashmina, because she is now sporting the smartest threads in town. These are the elite of my town and who I must constantly run small fetching errands and delivery missions for so that they don't leave my humble Midgar for Bell End. (Yes my husband named his town Bell End.) I am constantly ignoring the other delinquents in hopes they would leave and be replaced with someone as cool as camo frog.
This game may sound simplistic with its constant fetching and carrying quests but I find myself addicted to making my town look nice and forever earning money to pay off the legend that is Sir Tom Nook. My house is decorated with the remnants of an underground lab and a horrifying scary Gyroid basement but I do have a lovely green room for when friends wish to stay. I may take interior decorating advice from my animal crossing home when I purchase a house IRL.....
If you're clever you can make your residents say the following:

Nice one Andy!

The Assasin - Borderlands 2

Soooo this took a while to finish as I was playing through co-op with hubby and apparently he doesn't finish games :/ What an epic team we are though, now on our second play through. Hubby playing as Axton the commando and me as Zero in my sneaksuit. When I first put the disc in I was convinced I would be playing as Maya, the only female character available at the time, but the intro sequence sold the assasin to me.
We have finally exploded, slagged, corroded and ignited our way to victory and I am more in love with this franchise then ever before. Character development is amazing and the inclusion of the original borderlands cast made it all the more special. Handsome Jack is possibly one of the best villains out there (he has a diamond pony named butt stallion apparently) and characters like Tiny Tina make the experience all the more hilarious. Clap trap is still full of hilarious quips and the small nods at various other franchises (Donkey Kong, Minecraft, TMNT etc) are a welcome addition. This game is so unlike any other out there and it has enourmous replay value, well worth the release day asking price.
I am now a gambling addict thanks to this game, and although I have never won above a blue weapon in those slot machines I shall still continue to spend every last penny in them.....one day....
Recently a new character DLC has been announced. Say hello to krieg and his shiny meat bicycle....I WANT HIM!

 

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