Diary of a Middle Aged Tekken Scrub

       Just finished 358/2 Days, and didn't think I would have thoughts to put down about  the game, since the game takes place during Chain of Memories. But it's a pretty important lore filled game actually. Considering the reason it took me so long to finally play KHII was because I hated Roxas, and didn't want to play him, a Roxas based game being so good and satisfying to finish is neat to experience. It's so far the easiest game of the first 4 games, but the way the game gets difficult, is more annoying than anything before it. The game doesn't let you edit anything while out of a mission, only in the castle before you leave on a mission. So you may find yourself having to quit a mission to change everything and then go back in. It adds a small layer of friction that is enough to feel frustrating and too annoyed to play sometimes. Not because it made the game hard, but because the mission wasn't possible with the load out you brought.      Th...

         I just finished KH2. For the first time actually. I'm not exactly sure what is different with the Final Mix version, but I have an idea of which boss fights were extra. All of those extra portals in the worlds that just lead to a fight with some random Organization XIII member. And that one fight in [The World That Never Was] against Roxas, that one feels so out of place, with a boss fight right before it, being pretty easy, and the boss fight right after it also being pretty easy. That boss fight was probably the hardest fight in the game.       KH2 was a relatively easy game. You can play through it with little thinking and planning ahead, especially compared to the two KH games right before it. KH1 made me have to think about what I have equipped, what items I'm bringing, and how my spell shortcuts are laid out (that's a Final Mix feature). That game made me think about how to use summons properly. in all of KH2 Ive only used summ...

      In the original Tarzan of the Apes. I remember the conversation between  D'Arnot and Tarzan about the apes, and how they can never plan ahead. How Kala and Kerchak would have Tarzan feeling burdened by carrying extra food with him. The apes never did that, they ate how much they needed, and left everything else alone even if it were plenty, and would just go hungry later when things were scarce. They would happily have a share of Tarzan's packed food though when food was low.    "Even Kala, my mother, could never plan ahead. She simply ate what she needed when she needed it, and if the supply was very scarce, even though she found plenty for several meals, she would never gather any ahead.  I remember that she used to think it very silly of me to burden myself with extra food upon the march, though she was quite glad to eat it with me, if the way chanced to be barren of sustenance."      Maybe there was no way for Tarzan to co...

       I just finished a playthrough of Wild Arms, the first one. Weirdly my own memory of the game was that it was a SNES game, but its a PS1 game. And Visually it looks way better than what the SNES was capable of. So I'm not sure why my memory had it on SNES. Very noticeable funny bits of translation errors though. The game says Ray lines, we know that should be saying Ley Lines. The game mentions the USS Missouri for no reason when a ship captain argues that his ship has no weapons. The game has a lot of Babylonian names that would make the story easier to follow, or at least notice the reference for, had the names been spelled right. Ka Dingle, should have been Kadingir. The name Zeikfried, was definitely supposed to be Siegfried. And a few others I cant seem to remember right now.      But maybe they're all slightly misspelled on purpose.     Fun game though. Easy game too, about 35 hours to get through. Probably wont touch it again for...

      Just finished the Riku story in ReCOM. Crazy how much more story is is packed in it. Makes me want to say most of the story in COM is on the Riku side, and its mostly a Riku game. I also understood the game a lot more playing it, so it made it feel a lot easier, but its also since you cannot edit your deck in Riku mode, the game has to be easier just because it has to work with what they give you. Was very neat. Makes you want another game with this card combat system, its really well thought out.      I also went back to KH1, to grab the last optional boss I still had to do. That weirdo in Hollow Bastion. My friends warned me it was one of the hardest fights in the game, so I was scared, I already thought KH1 was really hard.      It only took me 2 tries to beat him, the fight lets you have Donald and Goofy, and summons, which makes it incredibly easier than the fights that dont allow those, like the Sephiroth, and Ice Titan fights, an...

       Even more Kingdom Hearts, and I finished this one way sooner than I thought I would. I do still have to get through the Riku mode, but I still count this as having finished the game.      Unlike the first game, which I didnt remember being so difficult. Re Chain of Memories, was a lot easier than I remember it being. Technicallyy this is my first time playing RE Chain of Memories, as the the one I played in my youth was the GBA one. Still though, I remember having to stop and grind out cards to unlock doors. This time around I must have got really lucky I never had to do that, I just breezed through the game.       The only bit of difficulty I felt I had was, that heartless boss fight in Monstro, because of the poisoned floors. And the Vexen boss fight, because my deck was pretty badly laid out for it. The rest of the game, including the final boss fights, I just breezed right on through.      Hopefully I can b...

       Just finished Kingdom Hearts 1 Final Mix last night. From the KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- version on steam. It's crazy how brutally difficult this game is. My own memory of the game in my youth was that the only difficult part was Ice Titan and Sephiroth, and even then I dont remember them being thaaaat hard . This game beat my ass though. Like right from the start too, after Destiny Islands and Traverse Town. The boss in the Alice world kicked my ass.       I did do Sephiroth though, that fighjt made me cry and curse and scream. He was waaaay waaaayyy harder than I remembered. What a stupid cheating ass fight. Hilariously difficult how each phase of the fight was more and more unfair and cheating. How did I beat this game as a kid??      Ansem at the end of the game is still unbelievably easy compared to every fight before him too, its so weird.      Now to start Re Chain of Memories, for the first time...