Well, since its gonna take me forever to beat Persona and quite some time to beat .Hack Vol 3 I thought I do a slight update on my gaming situation.

I beat Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days a couple of weeks ago. Pretty good game it just got annoying at the end. The constant need to level up a newly created members took quite some time. The ending left a lot to be desired. 8/10. I hope to get to Disgaea 3 as soon as I can.

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona.

This game is kinda getting on my nerves. Random encounters every two or three steps gets annoying and the enemies have annoying status inflicting moves. If my whole party gets charmed its pretty much game over. Tbh, I find the boss battles to be easier than normal battles but I'm still in the beginning.

.Hack Vol 3

I finally got Haseo's Xth form and its awesome. But up until then it felt like I was playing .Hack Vol 2.5. This series just limits itself with its online story because of that its hard to take it seriously sometimes... And the amount of button mashing is just crazy.

MagnaCarta 2

Not a good game and not a bad game at all. Its just average stuff. I'm at the final dungeon and should be done with it in a day or two. Doing a review very soon.

Dragon Age: Origins

I wasnt sure about getting this game but I'm glad I did. Its pretty interesting and the story looks to be epic. The game is like Mass Effect in its story telling but severely lacks the polish and touch-ups that Mass Effect has. The gameplay is plays like KOTOR series so its pretty solid.

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You know I just realized something... I enjoyed KOTOR's gameplay when it came out and was addicted to it. I must have played KOTOR at least 10 times.

But KOTOR's gameplay is like an MMOs and yet I enjoyed it...

Here's my conundrum... If i liked KOTOR's MMO sty1e gameplay why didnt I like Final Fantasy 12???

(FF12's gamplay is similar to a MMO)

This question hit me while I was playing Dragon Age. And I've come up with some theories:

A) I'm just an hypocrite

B) My RPG taste have changed/developed since KOTOR.

C) There's something about Final Fantasy 12 I just didnt like.

I was leaning towards B. But I was thinking about A mostly. I mean maybe I just wasnt thinking about it or just didnt put two and two together.

Well, anyway I've decided. After I'm finish with these remaining RPGs I'm going to FORCE myself to play Final Fantasy 12.

That's all for now.

Two More RPGs Down! I'm progressing nicely... I think.

AR Tonelico 2

I clocked it about 50+ hours in this game and it was good/decent.

Short Review: The battle system was aright. Building song magic to unleash heavy damage was the jest of battle and made the whole game repetitive. Really no strategy required. Just build song magic > Unleash it > And if it doesn't kill the enemy do it again. That formula hold true throughout the entire game. The story was cliché with its poticial views. The story fell apart for me at the end because

***SPOILER***

The characters was probably what helped people get through the game.. The comsosphere allowed much character development and it made you more than likely get attached to the characters. I choose Cloche's path. The graphics where mediocre at best and this is yet another 2D JRPG that should've been on the PSP. The music was great and memorable. Unfortunately, the voice acting, while good, was almost non-existent. This game has A LOT of text to read (Think FF7, Xenogears, Legend of Dragoon, etc) and with about (I'm guessing) 35% voice acting for the English localization. Yes, I could have put the Japanese voices on but I'm in America, this game was localized. I want to hear English voices especially if they are good. So without much VA I was almost forced to skip meaningless conversations. Beware if you plan to play this game there is a boss freeze at the end of the game. At the third turn the battle a boss will use an attack that freezes the game. Its amazing how this freeze was overlooked for the localization. Just make sure your packing high level bombs and using the blue magic trick (a glitch)

Overall 7/10.

Mana Khemia: Student Alliance

I got this game in last year for PS2 but waited for the PSP port pretty much because of the 2D graphics.

Short Review: This game traded grinding/leveling for Farming (Farming is gathering items, money and for this game, AP) to make new items and equipment. Its kinda of long process but its fun but at times its just boring. The battle system was fun and fast. The animations on attacks were awesome to watch and they weren't too long. The game was HARD if you didn't do enough Farming for items and AP. The story was like anime ****school setting story telling. With school festivals, ghost stories, fillers AKA character quests, etc. It was entertaining but the story didn't pick up until the last few chapters. And the story wasn't as cliché as I thought it would be. The graphics IMO where fitted for the PSP and should have been on the PSP in the first place.

Overall I enjoyed my time with Mana Khemia (40+ hours) because of its charming characters (Muppy FTW) and anime school setting. 8/10.

Nikki's Song: Nee. Is stuck in my head (chorus is at 1:00)

Alright lets look at the chalkboard

6 more to go eh?

Sigh, I need a break

Yui: You don't get to take a break. You buried yourself into this mess and now I have to help you out of it.

Shadow: Aw come on, can't I play some Uncharted 2 for a little bit?

Yui: NO! Your on a tight schedule

Shadow: Fine... *mumbling* I'm still gonna play some Uncharted 2 anyway...

Yui: What was that!?

Shadow: Nothing!

Anyway, next are:

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FINALLY, Disgaea 2! I cant wait to play. I had it for the PS2 since last year but heard about PSP port so I waited to play on here.

I went to the New York anime frestival the other day and I was kinda dissappointed and liked it at the same time. Mostly because I forgot how Bleach, Naruto, Death Note, Suzumiya themed it was last year and it was the same this year... With a lack of One Piece... If you dont already know I'm a huge HUGE One Piece fan. I swear it was a rare occasion to find anything One Piece there. I was reminded how much 4kids sucked the life out of One Piece in America...

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But other than that it was quite nice. Almost like last year in terms of setup. I did not go to any panels because the lines where so long and I would feel silly waiting on a long line by myself... My friends that I wanted to go couldnt go. One had to work, the other dropped off the face of the earth and the third one just said no

Igonrant Anime Fan
Bayonetta and Sands of Destruction
The Cosplay
The Stuff I got

Ignorant Anime Fan

Alright so as soon as I went in I saw a demo of Bayonetta. So I waited on the short line to play. As I was waiting I hear this one guy behind me say "One Piece SUCKS!" Of course like a reflex I turn my head and say "Excuse me?"

And this is how it went down

I'll call the fanboy baka

Baka: What?

Shadow: I thought I heard someone say One Piece sucks.

Baka: It does.

Shadow: Why does it suck I think its pretty awesome

Baka: The art sucks and a guy made of rubber.

Shadow: Ok yea the art isn't the best and –

Baka: And there's a guy named ZOLO with a sword in his mouth.

Shadow: Wait you say Zolo. So you watched in on T.V? Trust me watch it subbed and its even better

Baka: Dude, I already know about whole 4kids killed One Piece crap but its pretty much the same.

(ok at this point time just froze and I gave him a blank stare)

Shadow: When 60 something episodes get cut from an anime it is not the same! When guns are replaced with water guns it's not the same! when –

Baka: Whoa, they cut 60 epsidoes?

Shadow: YES! Ok man you haven't seen the real One Piece so I'm just stop right there and save you from owning yourself.

Baka: Whatever…

So yea this guy had the nerve to say One Piece sucks at the wrong place at the wrong time. I think he said it because he saw a person cosplaying Luffy.

Baynotta and Sands of Destruction

Alright, after I stopped that idiot fanboy from owning himself I continued to wait for Baynotta. After a 5 min or so wait. I finally get to play.

Bayonetta

DMC gamplay with a hot chick? How could I say no?

This game is EXACTLY like Devil May Cry. I knew this before hand from watching trailers. But really, its everything like DMC just with a hot chick. The game offers nothing new and completely rips DMC. But that's not a bad thing. Since it plays like DMC it is fun to play and watch. But when the game comes out and it gets higher than an 8.5 from any review site they are idiots. Of course I'll get it when comes out. Come on, it's a hot chick kicking ass DMC sty1e how could I look at away

Sands of Destruction

After playing and being disappointed with Bayontta's gamplay I look off to the side and see an interesting RPG for DS coming out next year called Sands of Destruction.

Looks to be an interesting JRPG

Anime JRPG? No way I could pass this up. I didn't get to see the backstory or anything but the game play was pretty much standard JRPG stuff. It was turned based with basic JRPG elements with different terms and it had random battles. I believe in this genration of gaming random battles is a no-no, but I can still play them. Anyway, the graphics where a little of a let down as they where small sprites and not necessarly great. I will defiantly being playing it next year when it comes out.

The Cosplay

I'm gonna keep this short and sweet because with no pics its almost pointless. Anyway saw some good cosplay and saw some not good cosplay. The end. Next time I'll make sure to have my own camera.

The Stuff

Misa scroll, Strawhat Flag scroll, Tigers yin and yang scroll, Morrigan, Kallen, and Hinata pic

Had to get the Strawhat Flag no matter what Because I didnt get last time because it was sold out. When I got there this time I headed straight for it and it was the last one The Misa poster I got because its sexy. Tiger poster it looked cool. Hinata pic was sexy and the Kallen pic is awesome. And words cannot desribe the sheer epicness of the Morrigan pic. I freakin' LOVE IT!

Rainbow Mika - I had to get it

My Sword: Yabou

I wanted two swords but my money wouldnt allow it I named the sword Yabou. It means ambition. Unfortnately, Yabou may be leaving because my mom doesnt like a sword (weapon) in the house. So idk what I'm going to do with it... Maybe I'll put it in a safe in a bank...

So that's about it people. I now wish I had the camera but I couldnt bring it because my mom just said no for no reason (you know how moms can be)

I'm gonna buy my own camera pretty soon (next paycheck probably) and I'm going to start uploading videos on youtube about stuff that really pisses me off and anime reviews and other stuff. I think the first one I'll do is a review on Princess Lover. DONT WATCH PRINCESS LOVER!