I've had it for a while but haven't touched it haha. Thanks to Monster Hunter (and well work, of course lol). RF3 was amazing, so I've been on board with the series since. I still have yet to touch Frontier (I think it's called) and Oceans. Oceans is really good too apparently.

Hell yea, Rune Factory 4! Gotta start it sometime.

How are you finding Persona 3? I've played the PSP version several times.

Yes, I had a similar problem. I forgot the bell, and then I couldn't ring it because the sun wasn't shining, or some such nonsense. And, um, the kid who helps you get the blue bell has VERY expensive taste -- why does he require a BLACK pearl to make his machine work? And why can't he just hum the song for me? I think he was just trying to mess with me. Little brat. ;P As for who I'm going to marry... I'm kinda playing the field, but so far Julius likes me the most. What can I say, I like guys with purple hair. ;P I kinda like Jin, too, though. I want my kid to be intelligent.

Okay, so I started Animal Parade about a week ago, and I think I'm doing pretty well... I got three bells so far. It's so tedious, though! I should have been able to just jump the fence and put that Earth bell on its frame without having to grow 10 heads of lettuce. >_< And these people (and animals) are sooooo hard to please! How are you doing in the game so far?

Yay, well I'm excited to get it. It should be arriving in the mail tomorrow, and it does look like a good type of game to play while you're sick... The only games I've played that are at all similar are the Animal Crossing games and The Sims (both of which took many, many hours of my life), and I've always wanted to play the Harvest Moon games but never got around to it. BTW, if you want to add me on Steam, my username there is Ringwraith10 as well. I don't have many friends on Steam, so I'm open to having a few and not looking like a loser. I would have my Wii code on my profile here, but I've been too lazy to look it up...

Heh, funny you should ask -- I'm sick, but at least that allowed me to stay home and play some games. I see you're playing Harvest Moon: Animal Parade. I just ordered that game on Amazon, though I've never really played any of the Harvest Moon games before (I am familiar with the concept, though). How is it? Is it worth my $14?

Hi Kristen, I'm Kirsten! I had to comment because your profile features two of my all time favorite games: Bastion and Katamari. <3

i'd say the only characters from Devil Survivor 2 that i liked were Io, Joe, Makoto, and Otome. Everyone else was kind of meh at best (Hinako, Fumi) or just really shitty (Daichi, Keita). they weren't willing to take enough risks with characters that should've been unlikeable, like Yamato and Keita. they tried to make them misunderstood~~~~ and all that jazz but it just doesn't work when the person's a murderous sociopath with powerlust. with Kaido, they didn't really ever try to make him likable, save the parts where he talks about Mari. everything else is him being bad, but for a reason. it showed the side of humanity that was going bonkers with power from the devil summoning and showing the worst depths of the human psyche. and it worked. devil survivor 2, i don't feel like i got any of that.

in 1, i went with gin instantly because after seeing all the atrocities that demons caused, you couldn't really justify their existence anymore imo. atsuro's ending is bad in terms of realistically arguing it for this reason imo, but it's still a well written ending that showcases humanity's wit and cleverness. I like amane's too, if only because it was pretty damn likable. you become the messiah and stop all bad guys. the only hang up was the "WE'LL BE WATCHIN' U NIGGA" part from Metatron, sort of implying that humanity was in a state of fealty after the lockdown. but whatever, still good imo. gin's the best though for me. demons completely gone and you keep the power of the Bels for any possible aftermath or badness that comes. it puts a lot of the responsibility onto your shoulders, and i like that. i'd imagine the characters from 1 being a lot more mature and responsible after the events that took place.

with 2's endings, i just couldn't give a fuck. every argument against equality was horrendous, but ronaldo was a psychopath. yamato was a hypocritical douchefuck and had a horrible ideology. daichi's path really just sounded dumb and playing through it now confirms that. i guess by default AO's ending has been my favorite, even if it's still flawed. giving humanity freedom from Polaris was good and similar to gin's ending in 1. the only thing I don't like is rebuilding society from the ground up. that shit sounds incredibly impractical and would set humanity back a few years. but, like i said, best by default. maybe daichi's + ending will be good, i've yet to get it.

the problem is that they tried to make the characters too likable in regards to non ending characters, and then they tried to make the ending characters so flawed that it ended up just being a shitshow. in desu 1 you actually got characters with flaws but we're still relatable. the endings were varied and specific while still having strengths and weaknesses based on how you interpret it. with desu 2, i feel like it's just an attempt to show that everyone's wrong but alcor.

my party was Otome, Joe, and Ronaldo. I didn't save Jungo on my first playthrough since tl;dr: i was dicking around, intentionally let him die to see what would happen, and forgot to save at a good point to actually save him. this time around i'm using Jungo and he's good i guess. meh. i don't feel like using a different character since i hate daichi, hinako is pretty nondescript, i want to murder airi, makoto is boring, io is sort of all right but not worth using, keita's a fucking douche, and fumi is meh.

i dunno, i feel obligated to blaze through it for 100%'s sake. i'm enjoying it a little more on the second playthrough, at the very least.