Slow Advancement

Here we are! Second update on Dark Dawn! Wasn't exactly sure what time of the week I should update, but for now, Wednesday/Thursday seems like a good time to me since that'd be roughly the day that I started the thing, yeah? Anywho, not as much progress as I'd like, though if I think about it, there's actually a fair amount that went on in terms of the plot and things. And remember how I mentioned grown-up Issac? That's him! ->

Thus far, I've met Kraden, though I have been prevented from joining forces with him, and I've gotten the fourth character! Yay! He's Mia's son, a Water Adept. He's also adorable :3. At the same time that we meet him, we meet his sister, named Nowell. She's also quite cute, but sadly, we had to part ways from her. Besides, there's only room enough for one sassy girl in this party! XP

Other than that, there's not much for me to comment on at this point. The gameplay is very similar to the previous game, though I do like what they've done with weapon abilities. I should've looked at the previous entry before starting this one so I could know if I've commented on this mechanic already, but ah well. Anywho, with the weapons in this game, each one has an ability(most have Critical Strike) and a lot of them have two. The way it works is the more that you use a weapon, the better you get. The better you are, the more you use the ability. After a while, when you've used the weapon a lot and used the ability a lot, you 'master' the ability. Then, you can 'master' the weapon. I think that this just means that you have a higher rate of using the weapons abilities, but I haven't really done a lot of looking into this. Clearly I should XD.

At this point in the game, I'm playing a bit of a bouncing around role, in terms of the actual story. I go from one city, to the next city, then back to the first, then off to a third to go the second and actually progress things so that EVENTUALLY, I can get back to that first village. It's quite insane. Fun though. That's about all that I've got for this week. Here's the levels and such.

Matthew Lv 17 Karis Lv 16 Tyrell Lv 16 Rief Lv 16

3 Venus 3 Jupiter 3 Mars 2 Mercury

1 Jupiter 1 Venus

First Game

Alright, here's the first game: Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. Now, I said that I won't often do recent games, this will be an exception since I bought it the day it came out and I've been looking forward to it for the last month and a half or so XD. This game is the long-awaited sequel to Golden Sun: The Lost Age. It takes place 30 years after Lost Age and follows the story of the children of the heroes from the first two games. I started it yesterday when I got it, so the time will be a day off, remind me of that.

Anywho, so far, I haven't gotten far, but I'm loving it. Seeing how they aged the previous heroes is fun and I can't wait to see the rest of them. I also love what they've done with the menus, it flows so much better than it use to, partly due to the use of the touch screen. I also like that they've given the Djinni a bit more personality. Each one looks a little different, as opposed to all having a li'l template. Of course, the graphics are better by a fair leap, so it's understandable that they couldn't do it in the past.

At this point, I'm heading towards the first 'real' dungeon. I don't consider the initial dungeon a real one because your parents are guiding you through it and giving you advice on how to beat the puzzles. Speaking of which, if you know Golden Sun, you know that puzzles are huge component. Granted that it's early in the game, but thus far, the puzzles have been fairly easy. We'll see if that sticks.

Alright, to end the entries about this game, I'm going to include a few stats. Namely, character levels and Djinni acquired(not specific names, but numbers of each type) and location. Also, I will include who has what Djinni equipped. Here they are:

Matthew Lv 9 Karis Lv 8 Tyrell Lv 8

2 Venus 1 Jupiter 2 Mars

1 Mercury

Location - Just outside of the Konpa Ruins

Let's Try This...

Alright, so, this is probably the third time that I've tried to revive this li'l blog and make use of it. We'll see how it goes XP. Anywho, introduction time, I guess. Name's the Lobster and I'm a gamer. Why Lobster? It's just a nickname that I got and I rather like it, so feel free to use it. Anywho, 'bout this gamin' thing. Here's the deal: I suck at finishing games. I tend to start really excited, and then after a bit of time, I find something else to capture my attention, so I forget about the game and never get back to it. Or, if I do, I've forgotten everything about it, so I start it over and the cycle repeats.

So, I start this blog with a few intentions:

1. Keep track of how long it takes me to beat games

2. Motivate me to finish games

3. Provide the occasional review

I will warn you, the likelihood of me doing any current games is low given the fact that the most up-to-date systems I have are the Nintendo DS and the PSP, neither of which often have games that are really worth the time. Of course, this next post will sort of contradict that, but oh well :P enjoy!