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Thank you.

Honestly, I was kind of depressed when I changed it...

La Mulana 2 is making me psychotic. That said I'm surprised at how far I've gotten with relatively few hints (mostly just stuff that was poorly hinted or that I overlooked in an earlier zone and would have wasted too much time to find). I'm gonna go back to the original remake afterwards. My first go with that game it completely blindsided me with the puzzles such that by the time I knew that taking notes was absolutely essential I was wayyyy over my head

I've also been playing a Japanese copy of Eiyuu Densetsu: Sen no Kiseki III (aka. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III) and trying to use it to speed up my Japanese learning. It's legit helping but also it's going to take me thousands of hours to finish the game at this rate. Hell the game probably still won't be officially translated by then so w/e!

Pokemon Soulsilver, but I'm going to switch over to Persona Q and possibly try to complete my second playthrough of Persona 3-PSP.

I beat Zelda II at work the other day...still can't finish the final palace without cheating (save states), but I think with a little more practice, I might stand a chance.

Not sure what game to play next...I certainly wouldn't be against replaying the GB/C games, which I just did not too long ago, and I've blazed through Link's Awakening many times...then there's a ROM hack or two of LA that I haven't played yet.

Right now I'm just playing a little GTA: Chinatown Wars, but I'm kind of itching to get back into Wizardry.

The remake is fine, but I really like the oldschool MSX graphics and music in the original game.

Making maps and taking notes would definitely help, it's really easy to get lost in those types of games. When I was little, my dad made a map of Legacy of the Wizard...I wonder if it's still around, I remember that thing being huge.

Just given up on Perfect Dark.

Been playing this on and off for the past couple of months, and it's tested my 23 year attachment to FPS games to the limit. So what's wrong with it? How about:

1. Mission objectives often far too vague - it's not clear at times how the player is supposed to carry out a task, or even what the task actually is. Don't usually consult a walkthrough, but had to do so three or four times here.

2.Rubbish story/plot. Far too complicated and downright silly. The point of no return is when one encounters a goofy, Roswell-type alien called 'Elvis' (yep). This idiot is supposed to help you in your fight against the Skedar aliens, but all he's any good at is getting killed, which means instant mission failure. At one point the US President shows up and I still haven't worked out why. He looks strangely like Obama, though the game was released eight years before he was elected.

3. Gameplay issues - weapons not very satisfying to use, no health packs (you can die after taking only three or four hits), inventory system very fiddly and includes several gimmicky gadgets which seem pointless or don't work.

I ran out of ammo several times before I could complete the final level. When I actually managed to dish out quite a hammering to the Boss alien, he simply walked off the platform he was occupying and never came back (did he go through a door, or was I hallucinating by then?). He probably thought 'Screw this!",and I'm feeling much the same about this lousy, massively overhyped game.

Persona Q. i'm so, so excited for Q2.

Just getting into Hell Revealed, which has traditionally been regarded as the toughest of all Doom 2 megawads. Reputedly, it becomes close to impossible for all but the most expert players by the halfway point, even on HMP difficulty (which is what I'm using), so I'm not necessarily expecting to finish it.

I did complete Alien Vendetta a few months ago however, and that is usually rated as being in the top difficulty bracket, but HR is probably a couple of notches higher.

Playing in GLBoom-plus, continuous.


Just got 100% kills/items/secrets on level 4, but still couldn't get the BFG, which was in some sort of well.

Etrian Odyssey.

The first time I tried playing it, I was put off by the fact that you kind of have automap, but you still have to trace it...I think I'm okay with it now.

It's not Wizardry, but it's not bad. The DS certainly has a wealth of Wizardry clones.