Living in Japan, playing video games, getting drunk, curse in every sentence and married to a Japanese woman.
It's like the non-alcoholic me.
@Silence:
This game's battle system starts off very limited but keeps adding nuances, different modes, and changes all throughout the game. It begins small and progressively adds things all throughout.You probably haven't even unlocked the Crystarium yet.
If you're bored 3 hours in, you may want to hang in there.
I meant a general span of three hours, not the first three hours.
I was in awe and wonder of the game through the crystal lake. It was one of the most beautiful and creative locations I'd ever seen. Then I spent HOURS DRUDGING THROUGH DARK JUNK HEAPS FIGHTING BORING ASS BATTLES. All I did was spam the x button button and got through. Normally it's like, "I spammed this attack or that attack but no, the game decided all that shit for me.
So then I started playing with the paradigms and at first it was cute but when you've got me spending 4 minutes on one goddamn battle SIMPLY BECAUSE THE GAME WANTS ME TO USE A PARTICULAR COMBINATION TO BEAT IT, it's dumb as shit and ceases to be a ROLE playing game and becomes a 'How Some Japanese Fuck Thinks I Should Play His Video Game'.
Then the shittiness backed off when I entered Palompolum and I enjoyed myself again.
Then came that goddamn airship. Six goddamn fucking hours on that ship and TWO AND A HALF OF THEM SPENT FIGHTING AND REFIGHTING FUCKING CHAPTER 9'S BOSS.
OH MY FUCKING GOD.
THAT pissed me the FUCK off.
First of all, you can't level if you're having trouble because HYUCK! DERS CRYSTAL CAPS!!!!!!
THEN you can't even use the goddamn characters you actually WANT to use, just because they don't have access to other job classes yet! GEE THANKS SQUARE! IT WASN'T ENOUGH YOU SELECTING MY ATTACKS FOR ME AND SHIT.
I play the fucker and he MOPS THE FLOOR with me. Is it a crystal problem? FUCK NO! I just spent the last 3 hours fighting the same 5 goddamn enemies OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER again and was almost entirely maxed out for everyone.
What's the problem? The game doesn't want me to play how I want to.
I can't have a Sentinel take the attacks while a Medic heals and Lightning solo attacks. WHY NOT!? BECAUSE THE GAME WANTS ME TO HAVE A GODDAMN SYNERGIST!!!!!!!!!!
4 times I tried to kill the fuck with my own combo. Died at almost the same place every time. That's not lack of skill. That's not bad luck. That's the game saying, "We don't want you to play our game that way."
GEE THANKS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE REALLY HELPING ME MAKE THE RPG A REAL PERSONAL EXPERIENCE!!!!!!
Finally I learn the 'ACCEPTED' strategy for the cunt and attempt it.
But oh what's this? I can't manage to get him to a stagger after the first one! Everytime he even gets close he does the AWFUL DESTRUDO BEAM. Thanks game! Oh and what's this? A Doom spell!? Well surely I can beat him if I continue to successfully chop away at him or induce Stagger.
Oh…no? I can't? I can't induce stagger? And even though I'm literally tearing away at him for dear life with TWO commandos I didn't make it in time and had to start ALL THE FUCK OVER AGAIN!???????
WHAT IS THIS SHIT FOLKS!?
Then when I finally beat him I look at the target time.
It was like what? 11 minutes? IT TOOK ME 18!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!???? JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY THE GAME HOW SOME SRPG-LOVING COCKSUCKER WANTED ME TO THEY'VE GOTTA MAKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!??????????????
The rpg is dead.