Final Fantasy Tactics is Intimidating

A while ago I bought Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions (the PSP port of the Playstation original). I had decided to get it thinking that I’ve always kind of enjoyed turn based strategy games. I’ve played things like the Advance Wars series, the Metal Gear Acid games, etc. I figured I’d turn up the heat by trying an SRPG. I went in expecting that this would be a more difficult game. Well, I found that it’s not difficult per say. There just a lot of things to keep track of.

My mistake was going to a message board devoted to the game. The community still playing this game is fanatical. There’s a whole world of terminology that barely made sense to me. Plus, they tore this one guy to shreds after he posted his ‘lame’ team. That kind of put me off. I’m always wondering if I’m playing this game wrong.

But the game is about customization, and trial and error tactics. So, I can’t be playing it wrong if I win battles, right?

What I do know about the game is that the job system is neat, and I want my characters to be different things. I’m working towards a certain team I have in mind. It’s difficult work, because I don’t have much knowledge about the game. I don’t know how to really apply experience points and all this gibberish. I’ve been using tutorials and it’s still this very foreign thing to me.

I like using my black mage to set dudes on fire. That’s what I know.

It’s rough, but I’m hoping that I’ll be able to comprehend this game at some point.

The Conspiracy.

The last two weeks have been pretty trouble filled for this blogger. My PC’s power supply crapped out, I wrecked two (2) cars this past week, and Nintendo delayed Brawl, again. Alright so the last one isn’t that troubling. It’s only a month more, and it’s not going to run me a large some of money, so I guess from that stand point it’s alright.

Still, I find it quite off that I post this gushing preview for it only a day before the delay news drops. Someone is spiting me. Well, not really. What are the chances of that anyway? Nintendo, Chrysler, Pontiac, and the dude who built my PC all got together to hassle me for the last two weeks. Right.

Still, this delay is a bit distressing. When you look at the new release dates Japan’s is a week later, and ours is a month later. That doesn’t make sense. What could they possibly be doing? The game almost had to have gone gold in Japan by now, so I guess I’m just missing something here. Why do we have to suffer a longer delay? Translation issues? Online testing? Is that really going to take that much time? Especially since the game is basically finished. I guess I don’t see what needs to be done to get this to the North American public. But, I guess it’s not in my hands. It sucks, hard, but thankfully it’s not anything longer than a month.

But, we can’t forget the bright side. The crowded week of February 11this now much less crowded. Professor Layton and Ace Attorney 4 now all have a little more breathing space. I’d hate to see AA4 tank in sales because of Brawl. Plus, this gives me more of a chance to play catch up with my library. I’ve got a bunch to do yet in Orange Box, FFXII, and I’d like to finish up Okami. So, hey, an extra month to tale care of stuff? Why not. See? It’s not so bad.

Anyway, I know I made that mission statement about not bitching about my life and sticking strictly to business, but I guess I’m legitimizing this post with the Brawl delay and I’m did some social commentary. It’s legit. I’ve got a few “more serious” topics on the back burner (such as part 2 of my 2008 anticipations, and a Sonic commentary focusing on Sonic Chronicles: Dark Brotherhood).

Don’t worry, ’s aite.

The Beginning

So here I am, no longer associated with Meats and Fishes. It was the result of a few things, including a dwindling amount of contributed material. I decided to get back into some non formal journalism by making a blog site. I’m not sure how far this will go. I’m not even sure I’ll stay at this place for very long. I’m trying out WordPress to see if it’s something I like. I may move on to other things or give up web writing all together after this.

But! For a while, who ever does end up looking at this might see some sweet stuff. I’m a huge gamer, so automatically you should expect to see stuff related to gaming show up on here, be it a review, a fanboyish rant about how awesome a game looks, a commentary on the industry etc, ect. I’ve been getting into conspiracies lately too, so I might do something with that from time to time. And I might write other things for the hell of it. Some stuff will just be random stuff I feel like writing about. My promise to the world out there is that this isn’t a place for my personal feelings (save for the first paragraph presented here). I’m not going to come here and tell you I had a fight with a grilfriend, or tell you I got ten brand new puppies. This is a place to present the world with some articles about, well, stuff.

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