Wasting bandwidth since 1996

Well, story mode is finished at least. You know how it is with Phantasy Star – it’s very easy to get a bit obsessive about the online mode, but I’m not going to. Oh no. I’ll have a wee go, sure, but I’m not going to get carried away The last couple of chapters of Story mode were particularly good, although the boss fights were a bit on the simple side. They did, however, yield the easiest 400 gamerscore point thingies ever.

So – guardian license acquired and obigatory ‘Bague’ character created. Not sure how to go about getting a screenshot without resorting to a digital camera, but I’ll try.

So you know me, you’ve seen my game diary posts. You’ve also noticed that they’ve largely stopped. This is mainly because I really haven’t been playing games. I dunno – just too many other demands on my time. I guess when you’re working full time, looking after children for half of the week, studying for a degree in literature, writing a book and attempting to keep in touch with friends, some things fall by the wayside. Gaming has been one of them.

In an attempt to keep it alive, however, I have been playing a little bit of Warhammer Online recently, as well as a bit of Counter Strike and Left4Dead with my boys. Warhammer really has come a long way, particularly in the last patch, but it still threatens to be a hideously large time-sink, so is probably best avoided if possible. And I’ve run out of things to say. So I’ll shut up.

Well, it’s a very Final Fantasy birthday, I have to say. My lovely lady wife presented me with a copy of Tactics A2 and FF12, so I’ve been in a JRPG/Tactics frenzy. First up – tactics.

It’s tactics – nothing else needs to be said, really, but I will anyway. It’s a lot prettier, naturally, being on the DS but there’ve been a lot of tweaks and fixes as well. For starters, shopping is a lot easier, with a very simple and coherent way of seeing what equipping certain items will do to your stats. Also, the judge system has been made a lot less cumbersome than it was in the GBA version. I’m only an hour in so far, but it looks like it’s going to be another 400 hours of glee.