Day 126: 5-Star Rating

I was up until almost 5am this morning playing Final Fantasy XIII.  But it was all worth it.  I finally finished the game!  After having the game longer than owning a PS3, I finally did it!  Before I even ordered the PS3, I bought the last copy Wal-Mart had of the game.  It, along with Catherine, were the main reasons I bought the PS3.  Besides, I couldn't justify buying PS3 games if I had no intention of actually getting a PS3 at some point.

Anyway, I beat the game.  Using Snow, Hope, and Fang, I managed to get a 5-Star Rating on the final battle and earn the Superstar trophy.  And now, it is officially marked off of the list.

I worked some more on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.  As much as I played, I didn't get a lot accomplished.  I mainly just traveled around because I wasn't able to fast travel to where I needed to go.

And now I am working on Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix.  I am about to leave Traverse Town with Donald and Goofy, and make my way to worlds unknown.  Well, I know what worlds there are, but at this moment Sora doesn't.  Anyway, I like the new battle music.  And how the boss looks so different compared to the one in the original game.

Well, I am off to play some more.  After having stayed up all that time yesterday, I am not tired at all right now.  I will be up awhile.  If you're online, you're more than welcome to hit me up and chat.  So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!

Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎

Day 125: Gran Pulse Style

I didn't do a whole lot of gaming until about an hour ago.  I played a few minutes of Pokémon White here and there throughout the day, but nothing like a massive amount in one sitting.  Right now I am at the Desert Resort.  I caught a few new Pokémon, including a Scraggy and Sigilyph.  My Servine will be evolving soon.  It is my main attacker here in the desert.  And Sandile is leveling up nicely, having been equipped with the Exp. Share.

Right now though, I have Final Fantasy XIII on Pause.  I started playing it again on a whim this evening.  I wanted to try and complete the Titan's Trials.  And I did!  My final battle was against 4 Verdelet and a summoned Tonberry.  I had to try a few times in order to win, but I actually won!  Now I am on my way to the Cie'th Stones I haven't completed on the World Map in order to get the experience points needed to take on the final stages of the game.  I want to be ready for Orphan.

I feel really good about the game right now.  As if I will finish it soon.

And I guess I should inform you that I did it once again.  I bought another video game.  Actually, two video games.  And a PSP.  The games I purchased were Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep and Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy.  I have been working hard with my online work, so I think I will be able to cover the costs.

Well, that's all from me for now.  So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!

Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎

Day 123: Random Draw

There wasn't a whole lot of gaming done today.  I continued to help my friend get his Platinum trophy for Need for Speed: Most Wanted today.  It was a lot of fun.  Toward the end, a PSN friend of mine joined our game, and made me go from 2nd Place to 3rd Place.  I am not good at racing games at all!

The group stages have been announced for the Osu! World Cup.  The United States is in Group H along with Latvia, Italy, and New Zealand.  The U.S. team is ranked as one of the top seeded teams, so the chance that they'll move on to the Knockout Stage is high.  However, you never can tell.

I explored a little more of Castelia City in Pokémon White while I was waiting around at work today.  Other than that, I played some GTA Online, and earned enough money to buy a garage.  Now I have somewhere to park my car.  Whenever I figure out how to use the ID thing on my car and find it.

Tomorrow I think I will play either Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, or Final Fantasy XIII or XIII-2.  So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!

Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎

Day 121: Overwhelmed

Today was spent wishing that I could play fifty games at once.  That seems to be the only way I can finish the challenge.  I have so many games I am working on, and lots more that I haven't even started.  And then with real life stuff as well, it's like there just isn't any chance of completing this thing.

I try to stay positive and laid back about the whole thing, playing it off as if I don't mind knowing that I won't finish the challenge, but you have to understand that I rarely start something that I can't finish.  So, knowing that I won't be able to complete this challenge upsets me.  And when you get a game that no matter how hard I try to finish like Xenosaga Episode I, it frustrates me to no end.  That and Final Fantasy XIII are at the top of my list of games that I wouldn't mind using as target practice or frisbees.

And it doesn't help that the majority of the games I have take so long to finish.  Like, why do I like RPGs so much!?  Yeah, they have great stories and stuff, but they aren't really made for something like this challenge.

Anyway, tomorrow.  Tomorrow I am going to try my best to play as much as possible.  I don't have anything going on that I know of, so I will aim for finishing something.

Well, that's all from me for now.  So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!

Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎

Day 114: Traipsing through the Woods

Today I did little in the gaming stuff.  I played a little Final Fantasy XIII, and a little Pokémon White.  I also played a little Osu!.  I didn't accomplish much in any of the games I played, but I still played.  I tried to play more, but things would keep popping up and preventing me from doing that.

Anyway, I am nearing the end of the Titan Trials in Final Fantasy XIII.  I am glad there are Save Points, because I would have hated to start over there.

And I am still in the forest trying to stop Team Plasma from taking off with the Dragon Skull.

And I increase my overall osu!mania ranking, even though I fell down the leaderboard in the monthly competitions.

So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!

Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎

Day 113: Nacrene Gym

I played several games today.  This morning I began a save file for Kingdom Hearts Final Mix.  I don't actually know the differences between the original and this "final mix".  Today I started as usual playthroughs of the game begin, I gather materials for a raft.  I also battled Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka.  They were considerably easier to defeat than normal.  Maybe it's because I have been playing the game for a few years, and know how to dodge their attacks or deflect them with my wooden sword.  I don't know.  I also defeated Riku, which was also easier since I remember his attack pattern.

Then I managed to advance two Save Points in Final Fantasy XIII.  This was amazing, because I haven't advance to the next Save Point in nearly six months.  The party has been stuck at the same spot for so long.  You know, it makes me think that if the characters were real, what they would be doing when the player stops playing for a time.

And finally, I am right in front of the second Gym Leader in Pokémon White.  I have added Tim Burton (Timburr) and P-itch (Throh) to my party, replacing Gauner (Purrloin) and Bernard (Lillipup).  I think I am ready to face her.  And I think I will battle her while I am writing this to give you a kind of play-by-play.  So, here we go...

Trainer Michael vs. Gym Leader Lenora

1. Ticker (Patrat) Level 15 vs. Herdier Level 18
Herdier used Takedown
Ticker uses CUT
Ticker is switched with Slither (Servine)
Herdier uses Takedown

Slither vs. Herdier
Slither uses Leaf Tornado
Herdier uses Takedown
Slither fainted.
Tim Burton (Timburr) is called out.

Tim Burton vs. Herdier
Lenora used Super Potion
Tim Burton uses Low Kick
Herdier uses Takedown
Tim Burton uses Low Kick
Herdier fainted.
Watchog Level 20 is called out.

Tim Burton vs. Watchog.
Michael uses Super Potion
Watchog uses Retaliate.
Tim Burton fainted.
P-itch (Throh) is called out.

P-itch vs. Watchog
Watchog uses Retaliate
P-itch uses Seismic Toss
Watchog uses Hypnosis
P-itch falls asleep.
Michael uses Chesto Berry
Watchog uses Retaliate.
Michael uses Super Potion.
Watchog uses Crunch.
Watchog uses Hypnosis
P-itch falls asleep.
Michael uses chesto Berry
Watchog uses retaliate.
Michael uses Super Potion
Watchog uses Retaliate
Watchog uses Hypnosis
P-itch falls asleep.
Michael uses Chesto Berry
Watchog uses Crunch
Watchog uses Hypnosis
P-itch falls asleep.
Watchog uses crunch
Watchog uses crunch
Watchog uses crunch
P-itch uses Seismic Toss
Michael uses Fresh Water
Watchog uses hypnosis
P-itch falls asleep
Watchog uses Crunch
Watchog uses Crunch
P-itch uses Seismic Toss
Watchog uses Hypnosis.
P-itch avoids the attack
P-itch uses Seismic Toss.
Watchog fainted.

Trainer Michael WINS!

That was a difficult battle.  I guess I wasn't as prepared as I should have been.  Oh well.  The good thing is that I won.  Anyway, the game is saved, and I should finish this entry.  Tomorrow I want to work on Final Fantasy XIII some more.

Before I close, the results were announced for the monthly Osu! competition today.  Though I didn't win, I did make it on the Top 40 Leaderboard!  I finished the month in 34th Place.  And the next competition has already started.  And, look at this...

Yep, that's me at the #1 Position after completing the two beatmaps in this month's competition.  Since this screenshot was taken, I have fallen into 2nd Place.  I am very close to the top spot though, I may be able to take it back.  Also, I am currently in 4th Place in the Taiko competition as well.  I am not too worried about that one, because I don't think I will be able to increase my score any more than it already is.  But the osu!mania one, that one I will try and win.

Well, that's all for now.  So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!

Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎

Day 103: GTA V Final Review

Well, I set out to complete a game today, and I was successful.  I finished every story mission in Grand Theft Auto V.  The credits are literally rolling as I am typing this.  I am glad to have finished it, and to have finished any game.  It's been far too long since I completed a game.  Anyway, I really like the story of Grand Theft Auto V.  That, coupled with a good soundtrack and outstanding graphics, made this one of my favorite games ever.

I was surprised at how far the developers went to push the envelope when they made this game.  I never thought I would ever play a game where I would get to see the inside a person's skull.  And the nudity was something you don't normally see in video games either.  I am really surprised that GTA V didn't receive an AO rating rather than the MA rating it received.  This was probably the most adult-themed game I have seen in my life.

WARNING!!  SPOILERS!!

The last mission allowed me to do what I have wanted to do ever since I met Trevor, and that was to kill him.  I never liked his character, and I wanted to see him die so many times.  I never expected that I would get to burn him alive, though.  That was brutal.  Really brutal.  If I do play through this game again, I will probably choose Option C.  I will never choose Option A.  I mean, why would I kill myself?

Gosh, how long are these credits?  It's played through like four songs now.

Now that I have finished GTA V, I can mark it off the list and work on finishing other games.  I am really close to finishing Final Fantasy XIII.  I have been in the same spot in FF XIII for months.  I think it would be a nice weekend project for me.  And I am also close to finishing Xenosaga Episode I as well.  The only problem I have with finishing both of those games is that the enemies are very difficult to get defeat.  That's why I haven't finished them yet.  So I will be turning to the trusty Internet for help in that regard.  That's what it's there for, after all.

Well, that's all from me for now.  So, for the coming day, enjoy the games you play!

Michael, aka me3lingual, aka 情郎