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F!S Friending Meme III
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Name:
Age:
Location:
Fandoms:
What in fandom interests me:
What in fandom does NOT interest me:
Major Non-fandom Interests:
My LJ Contains Mostly:
Other:

Everything's optional, of course.

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<b>Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> <b>Location:</b> <b>Fandoms:</b> <b>What in fandom interests me:</b> <b>What in fandom does NOT interest me:</b> <b>Major Non-fandom Interests:</b> <b>My LJ Contains Mostly:</b> <b>Other:</b>

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Comments

[terra]

Garth Nix is big with me, Prydain is probably my favorite, Chrestomanci, but I've read most of the big stuff and I like almost all of it.

I have Persona 3 (I know, everyone has that) but really what keeps me from buying them is the price. I mean, I know they're stuff right up my ally-- I'm big on the genre in general and I love hard RPGs, and the art style is all delicious. But whenever I find them (which is rare) they're ridiculous expensive. D:)

[sandrock.livejournal.com]

Garth Nix! I've only read the Keys to the Kingdom series, but it's one of my absolute favorites. *nods* And I love Lloyd Alexander. Fantastic author. (I have two friends who are telling me to read Chrestomanci also.)

Hehe, I only own two Megaten games myself, and one is Devil Summoner, which is pretty common (as no one seems to like it). I got a Gamefly account in order to rent the rest. That cuts down on the price, unless you really like to own games. I found Digital Devil Saga out of sheer luck. I am still pretty new to it, though I guess I'm unique among the newer players because I played a few other Megaten games before P3. I like Digital Devil Saga the best.

The difficulty aspect is a huge draw. I'm playing FFVIII right now and though I'd say it's more difficult than some Final Fantasy games, it still cannot match the teeth-gnashingly difficult bits in DDS. Personally (my own opinion) DDS is the hardest one I've played, but P3 trails it veeery closely. And I've not finished P3 either, so that might affect my opinion. (And I love the art!!)

Boy, I rambled a wee bit there. Sorry! ^^;

[terra]

I TOTALLY, TOTALLY REC HIS OTHER STUFF. Old Kingdom is probably his best. And Lloyd Alexander. ♥ ♥

That's actually a really good idea, even though I do like to own games, I might like having monies more. I've been interested in Megaten since before Persona 3 hit it big, and yeah, DDS seems to be the one everyone likes the best.

For me the difficulty in Final Fantasy VIII was the level curve-- I tend to grind and that system took away all the benefits of grinding. I started like, keeping everyone at critical health all the time to increase the difficulty and also because I love limits. The harder Final Fantasy games tend to be the older ones, I think with VI they started making the difficulty easier so the emphasis could be more on the story. Also some people find Tactics hard but I don't know if that's because they don't like the system??

Heh heh heh. Friends?

[sandrock.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to find his other books. The place where I live is completely book-inept. The printed word is apparently of little value to people in big cities. *frown* My friend got me into Lloyd Alexander at a young age, which is one of the great things about her. Hehe.

I liked it, though I did cancel my subscription for now, as the list of games I own, but haven't finished, seemed to grow exponentially all of a sudden... so I took a time-out in order to catch up there. DDS is amazing, that's all I can say. P3 is definitely stand-out among many games 'out there' right now, as well.

Aha, that is true, isn't it? I honestly didn't even think of that! I'm the masochistic type though. I run through most areas at max speed and end up really under-leveled in 98% of the games I play. Grinding never occurs to me. I will fight the same boss twenty times without training, even if it's obvious I'm way too weak. *shrugs* Another way to make VIII harder, I guess, is to junction a lot of magic instead of stuff to up your HP? Maybe?

I hear all the time about how hard Tactics is. It makes me... want to play it more. I really am a masochist.

Friends! Absolutely~

[terra]

My mom gave me Prydain at a young age, but I didn't really come to love it until recently. Book ineptness is silly, though. D:

Tactics is hard, I think, because it expects you to grind a bit but it doesn't make that obvious until the game kills you unmercifully. Once you and the game are on the same page it's not that bad, but that could be my masochism talking.

[sandrock.livejournal.com]

I've been a pretty indiscriminate bookworm my whole life. I probably couldn't tell you anything I disliked as a child, except maybe select Charles Dicken's works. (Silly, and depressing. I had to go all over town to find a few books I was hunting.)

Sounds like the sort of thing that'd make me really suffer. *dies* But it also sounds very fun. I've been wondering where I can get ahold of some earlier/more 'obscure' FF games. I talk a lot, but I've only played three in the 'original' timeline (VIII, X, and XII) as well as a few others (Crystal Chronicles, Revenant Wings, etc). I think I glimpsed a comment you made to a friend of mine (degreve) about not liking FFX? I might irritate you a bit then, as I'm one of those fans. ^^;

[terra]

Yeah, it's really rare for me to find a book I don't like.

If you liked Final Fantasy XII, the Tactics plot is like that but better. But horribly translated unless you get the new version. Which has Balthier, so like, extra awesome.

I don't like FFX but am friends with a lot of people who do. It doesn't bother me when people like things, it's more fun to like stuff than dislike it anyway, I think. :D

[sandrock.livejournal.com]

Nigh on impossible! Books are just wonderful things, that's all there is to it~

Ooh, really? That's really neat, I didn't know that~ Is the remake the one for PSP? (I'm apparently very much behind the times here.)

I agree, it is more fun to like things. Though, sometimes I worry I like things too indiscriminately. Oh well! ^^;;; I can't make myself worry about it for too long.