Not a lot of gaming today...because I'm watching football! Nice job by the Bears against the Cowboys, and the Jets against the Patriots. Looking forward to the Manning Bowl in about an hour.
But that's not what you're here for. We continue with Drakengard 2. The game seems to have opened up a little bit. Initially it was rigidly linear -- go here, do this, period. And I'm like "Okay, yessireebob. I'll go there and do that."
But now optional side quests have opened up, which is great for some character leveling. The first one is an Air Mission, let's see what that's all about.
Ah! Just my dragon, all by himself, blowing up Gargoyle Cubes. These are what they sound like Flying Cubes with ugly faces on them. I need to blow that shit up!
First, there's about 20 of them, and little glowing circles appear that shoot lasers at me! I weave in and out and eventually, blow all of the cubes up. I'm done-o!
30 more cubes show up! I'm not done-o! I go back to work. I get blasted a bunch of times, but fortunately even my dragon can use health potions in the inventory, so I heal up, and then I blow that shit up!
Finally. Done-O.
Gah. 40 more cubes show up. Er....a little help here. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
I go back to work. It takes quite a while, but eventually I blow all of that shit up!
I'm Done-O for real. My dragon gains 2 levels in the process. I unlock a land side quest. Guess what we'll be doing in Round 4?
That's a checkmark.
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Time for Dragon Quest 8. My band of four are in Argonia, we need the Magic Mirror from King Clavius in order to get past the barrier wall placed in front of a dungeon by Doulmagus. There, you are all caught up.
I take a look at the new weapons and armor in the shop. They cost a lot of gold that I don't have. And I have a feeling I'm going to need the upgrades shortly. I may have to do a round of gold gathering by grinding monsters. But we'll see what happens.
I enter the castle. I wander around, this place is HUGE. I steal things out of cabinets and barrels, because I'm the hero! I enter into Prince Charmles room. He's a pudgy, whiny, crybaby! He tells me to get out of his room or he'll call the guard on me!
I chop off his head!
Okay, I don't. I continue to wander around the castle, going all the way to the roof. I get lost. I can't find the King. I steal more stuff out of cabinets and barrels. I get mad watching the Giants tank big time to the Colts.
I find the throne room. King Clavius listens to my request for the magic mirror. Apparently, Prince Charmles is refusing to take the Initiation Test to be eligible to succeed to the throne because there are lizards involved. He doesn't like lizards. Bah!
If I want the mirror, I'm to secretly escort Prince Charmles through the Initiation Test, and keep him safe. Okay, I'll do it!
An advisor comes in to inform us all that Prince Charmles has run away! The King berates the fool who let him escape. I take the initiative and chop off his head! The King gives me a high-five.
Just kidding. That didn't happen. The King tells me to help his staff find Prince Charmles. An advisor tells me that the guards wouldn't let him leave the castle, so he must be around here somewhere. Okay, then.
I run around the castle, fortunately staff members tell me Prince locked himself in a room on the third floor, but even the guy with the big axe can't break in. Another guy tells me he spotted a lizard in a store room, Ah Hah!
I go into the store room. There's a hole in the wall. I send my gerbil into the hole! Yes, I have a gerbil!
And now inside the hole, I get to control the gerbil. Woo Hoo. I run around in the dark place behind the hole, until I find the green lizard. He's just sitting there, looking bored. I push him! That wakes him up. There's a hole in the middle of the ground. I look down it. Prince Charmles. Yeah. Okay.
I push the lizard into the hole. He lands on Prince Charmles' head. Prince Charmles freaks out like the whiny brat he is.
I CHEW OFF HIS HEAD!
Okay, I don't, but he does run out of the room. I return to when I came, and my main character picks up the gerbil and puts him back in the coat pocket. I head out, staff members inform me that Prince Charmles was escorted by guards to the throne room.
I return to the throne room. The King convinces Prince Charmles that he's going on the initiation. Funny cut-scene where he reminds him he can't marry a princess if he doesn't, and there's a close-up of Jessica, my super-hot mage's breasts and butt, as the King explains why marrying a princess is a good idea.
Prince Charmles is dazzled enough to momentarily agree to go on the initiation. A moment is enough for him to be dragged out by the guards. I'm starting to like the King. He's crafty. I agree to go follow after Prince Charmles and help him on the initiation, but instead I go to the save point, because that's a story progression check mark.
We're done here until Round 4.
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The Scoreboard: Round Three
If you're keeping score on my progress, I'm 34-6-3 this round. Two of the failures are Killzone. Bah!
I lost in both Spider Solitaire and Poker, but they are considered wins on my progress score. Make of that what you will.
The "ties" are games that I am in progress with. I haven't achieved a checkmark, but I didn't fail either. One of them is Europa Universalis. I would like to replace it, but I don't have anything to replace it with yet. That will change. I will be making some new strategy category acquisitions soon. If you have something to donate, I'll check it out!
MIND TEASERS: 5 of 6 defeated
Chess Titans - 3
Gabriel Knight - 3
Mahjong Titans - 3
Sherlock Holmes - 2
Spider Solitaire - 3
World Series of Poker - 3
STRATEGY: 4 of 6 defeated
Civilization 4 - 3
Europa Universalis - 2 (4 months in. BOoooorIIING)
Gladius - 3
Space Empires - 2
Suikoden Tactics - 3
World of Mixed Martial Arts - 3
SHOOTER: 4 of 6 defeated
Crysis - 3
Fallout 3 - 3
Killzone - 2 (Note to self: Stop getting shot in the head.)
Medal Of Honor - European Assault: 3
Ring of Red - 2 (Note to self: It helps a lot if you hit the target)
Star Wars Battlefront - 3
PURE ACTION: 4 of 6 defeated
Devil May Cry - 3
God of War - 3
Gran Turismo 3 - 3
Madden Football - 2
Soul Reaver 2 - 2 (In progress: Just kicked the door in on a new location)
Soul Caliber - 3
SWORD SLASHERS - 5 of 6 defeated
Champions: Return to Arms - 3
Dark Cloud - 3
Drakengard - 3
.Hack Infection - 3
Oblivion: Elder Scrolls - 2
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams - 3
EPIC - FANTASY - 5 of 6 defeated
Dragon's Age Origin - 2
Dragon's Quest 8 - 3
Final Fantasy 12 - 3
Suikoden 3 - 3
Suikoden 4 - 3
Suikoden 5 - 3
EPIC - OTHER GENRES 4 of 6 defeated
Kingdom Hearts - 3
Marvel Ultimate Alliance - 3
Mercenaries - 2
Rogue Galaxy - 3
Star Ocean - 3
Xenosaga - 2 (Running through Menopause, I mean Merkabah)
ROCKSTAR MISSION BASED 4 of 6
Assassin's Creed - 2
GTA: Liberty City Stories - 3
Hulk: Ultimate Destruction - 3
Manhunt 2 - 3
The Warriors - 2
Urbz - 3
GAMES THAT GOT THE BOOT DUE TO SUCKAGE
SWORD SLASHERS
1) Shadows of Rome
SHOOTERS
1) Freedom Fighters
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