Giving in to the PS2
So after years of being strong, I gave in and bought a Playstation 2. Mind you, I bought a used one, with a 60 dollar trade in for my XBox (original). Still, I bought one. What was my ultimate reason? I wanted to play Dragon Warrior 8. Seriously. With the summer video game lull in full affect (nothing interesting is coming out till the very end of July), I gave into my RPG cravings.
So what do I think of it so far? To be honest, I’m not totally impressed right now. It’s kind of sad, because I have high hopes. It’s just not totally sitting right. Mainly, I’m taking issue with what Sqaure-Enix feels is appropriate for difficulty in the game. There seems to be no correlation between the bosses and the random enemies. Right now, I see no reason for having bosses that are so much more powerful. I wouldn’t mind if I were further in the game, but I’m already finding myself doing more grinding than I want to be doing. At least in the first 6 hours of the game.
It is also possible I just haven’t played a J-RPG in a long time, but something just seems not as good with this one. *Shrugs* I guess I’ll figure it out as time goes along.
