Chocobos and Materia in FF14?

 
    The other day when I was surfing the web I had seen that Square-Enix released a new trailer for the new Final Fantasy 14 update.  Being quite the FF fan I decided to check it out and shockingly I immediately got excited for the game.  A couple of the additions that got me hyped was the fact that they are finally adding chocobos in the game.  I still find it hard to believe that the game has been out for a year now and it does not have chocobos(really?).  Another thing that they are adding is a materia system.  This is what really got my hyped.  I think that the materia  system from FF7 is by far the best weapon system in an RPG.  This addition alone might get me to pay the subscription fee for FF14.
 
    Last year when I played the beta for FF14, I walked away from it very disappointed.  There was a lot of problems with the game that you simply overlooked because it was very well in beta.  The bad thing of it was when the game was actually released, SE didn't fix most of the problems that plagued the beta.  Luckily SE hasn't charged a monthly fee for the game since its release as far as I know of.  I guess you could look at it as a beta still really.  Its still crazy though that SE would release a game in this state.
 
    All things considered, I am still on the fence on whether or not I want to jump into a MMO right now (especially after my previous post on having too many games to play).  The one thing SE did do right though is that they got me interested in it again.

Need More Time!!!!

    This happens every year around this time when I realize that I have a problem of having too many games to play.  Sounds kind of crazy that I could have too many games to play, doesn't it?  Who wouldn't want to have this problem?  Right now, I hate to be in this position because the onslaught of games for the fall season is already upon us and I still have games from the beginning of the year that I haven't even touched yet.  Hell, I even got games from last year that I still have yet to go back to.  This is one of the biggest problems I face all the time.  I try to take on too much and in the end, I end up not finishing half the games I start.
    Being an adult is taxing and I find myself more likely than not, getting caught up in everyday life working till my eyes bleed.  Working a full time job (3rd shift at that) is mind numbinb enough, but to do that and attempt college is not much fun.  I sure do miss the days of being a kid when I could spend all day playing games and not have to feel grim about it.  Today it always seems like there is always something else I need to be doing.  I guess if all I did was sit around all day and play video games though, I'd feel somewhat lazy and all sorts of scum(not to say that people that do are).  Still though, it'd be nice to just have a weekend here or there where I could dedicate it to video games.  I need to make an attempt to have weekends like these.
   One thing I need to do is to just start focusing on one game and play it till there is no tomorrow.  Maybe then I would actually have some games finished.  Not having a game completely finished isn't all bad either.  Its not like I didn't have my enjoyment with the game for the time that I put into it.  There are plenty of games that I praise but just don't have the time to go back and finish them.  I still feel though that I need to start thinking its alright that I don't try every single game that comes out.

RE4 == Still Awesome

    So it turns out that I'm defiantly hooked on Resident Evil 4 again.  As said before I'm going to finish it this time and so far the odds of actually finishing it are looking really good.  I'm having such a great time with it, even more so than I can remember.  It does so many things right unlike Resident Evil 5.  Don't get me wrong, I really liked RE5 but it was missing that classic RE tone and I feel that RE4 still had the RE horror that the series was known for.  To me, its such a shame that the series has changed into an action game.  I miss the horror aspect.
   To come to think of it, I never gave RE4 its credit for how genre defining the game actually was back when it was released.  So many games have since taken note from RE4 and its game play.  Most noticeably to me is the camera and how its positioned.  To go back now and think back about how crazy of an idea that it was to have a camera like that is funny because now it feels like the norm.  The complaint I remember having is how tedious the inventory system was and today it holds the same frustrations but its certainly not game breaking.  Switching between weapons can also be a pain because you have to go into the menu to equip them.  You think they could of added a quick select option for this version.
    Like I said, I'm loving my experience with the PS3 version of RE4.  Not sure what stopped me from finishing it before but I'm certainly not going to let anything stop me this time.  Maybe I'll try to write up a little review when I'm done?  Not sure, but I'll make sure to find time to try.

Resident Evil 4.... Again?

       Well, here I go again, waiting for Resident Evil 4 to download.  I don't even know why I bought to be honest.  I now own 4 versions of RE4 and have yet to finish it one time.  There is nothing wrong with the game and I truly do want to finish its just  I never seem to actually get through it.  I do have gripes with it though and I'm one of the people that like the older games better.  I like the slower moving zombies and fixed camera angles.  I even liked the horrible voice acting.  Those games were actually scary unlike today's RE where its more action oriented.  Problems aside though,  I'm promising myself this time that I am going to finish RE4.  I guess I will have to wait and see if I can keep that promise....

A New Beginning

     As a kid, I never thought that I would get to the point where a job would get in the way of my life. I was always one to say that would never let a job take over my life and yet I let it happen.  Of course everyone is different and different views on life are essential for making the world turn but I never felt that I fit into the role of the 9 to 5 lifestyle. There was a time when I thought that having a steady job with a decent amount of money coming in was something I wanted. Just to live on my own was a accomplishment that felt great. Really, who doesn't feel great when they first move out from their parents and realize they have their whole life ahead of them? It feels great. Most importantly lets not forget the freedom that you gain too. You make the decisions and you set the rules.

     Right out of high school I just did whatever and had no realization that I should look towards my future and start working towards it.  I ended up getting a full time job and a place to live and just enjoyed my everyday life.  That was all great but now 7 years later I'm not happy with what I'm doing as far as my occupation and day to day life goes.  I need to do something different.  Luckily I finally got some sense smacked into me and enrolled back into school and I got to say, its the best thing I've ever done.  Its such a breathe of fresh air to actually be working towards something.  To have a goal in life. It took a while for me to realize but I now realize that life is too short to just mess around.  Some people can live like that but I can't.  Life it also full of choices and sometimes there are risks involved but that makes you a better person in the end.

Cheers to a new beginning.

blogger. I missed you..... :)

So a couple days ago I pondered at the idea of blogging again. I think just about everybody goes through this at least once or twice if not hundreds of times. I doubt anyone is even following my blog anymore so I'm probably speaking to no one but for anyone thats still there, I'm back! Everything is going to be pretty basic for the time being until I can get into a full swing of things but hang in there, it shouldn't be long. :)

Blog test from droid. :)

Just posting to see how blogging from my phone would be.  Definitely not how I would prefer to blog but a cool little alternative.  On a second note.  I really need to start blogging again...... It helps the soul.