Many games being played at the same time. This can sometimes lead to disaster. Unless you are able to organize your time and priorities properly. Somehow with my crazy life and work I am succeeding in this crazy feat.
At the moment I am playing the following games:
There are more to these, however I have been playing these the most so I will only speak of these to save time. I am going to split each game up into its own post so as not to make this too long.
Azure Dreams:
Reliving this game from when I first played it in middle school has been fun. I first rented this game from my local Blockbuster (oh God, those were the days). I was on a big Pokemon kick and I saw this game for Playstation. It seemed similar to Pokemon so I decided to try it out. I am glad that I did.
I kept playing it and playing it, returning it and then checking it out again. I eventually bought a copy off a kid at school for 20.00 (a good deal now I believe). After playing it for awhile I decided one day I would attach a gameshark to Azure Dreams to help me out. The game became a little buggy and I was never able to play properly again. To say I was pissed off is an understatement.
As the years went by I tried my copy of Azure Dreams on my PS2, which it worked for a little while but then started to glitch up on the opening cutscene. Then when I got my PS3 I thought "THIS IS GOING TO BE IT".
I was so wrong. Still with my PS3 I was unable to get through that damn cutscene glitching problem. I tried cleaning the disc, doing all different things. Alas nothing worked.
It was not until I finally got my emulator program running on my PC that I was able to do an image copy of the disc that I own to my computer that I finally was able to get through that damn glitch. Since then I have been smooth sailing with the game. So many memories are flooding back to me.
To sum up this game that maybe not a lot of people know about, your father dies and when you come of age you are allowed to climb up this tower that has 40 floors. All floors are filled with monsters, with floors that change to random designs each playthrough. You have to collect monster eggs and either sell them or hatch them to get monsters to fight with you. Your level does not mean anything in the game. You will pretty much always be weak unless you spend a hell of a lot of time leveling up your weapon. The real strength is with your monsters. The stronger they are the better your chances of survival are. It takes many, many journeys into the tower to get just one monster levels up enough to be useful. It takes more to do at least two. You can also fuse monsters together to change their element and their magic, as well as give them hidden abilities. Something for the true completion players.
The other thing you do is gather money to help rebuild the town (to benefit you and others), complete some quests, and to make girlfriends. Many girlfriends. Each girl requires different things you need to do to have them fall in love with you. Once you make girlfriends (funny, in Japan they are your wives, however because the character is 15, you can't get married in the good ole USA at that age, they say) you can get some fan service and see them in their bikinis at the pool. There is a secret girlfriend, however you won't know who that is until you conquer the tower. OOOOHHHH mystery.
I will admit that there are translation errors to the game. Not surprising. That the story is ok, but there is definite room for growth. The fact that you can't enter the tower with more than 5 items is a pain in the ass, but the limitation provides for you to think ahead and take risks. Things like these are maybe the reason why this is never Game of the Year material, however Azure Dreams is a great game to just play and have fun. Its a nice "rare" gem of a game that is off the beaten path from the big AAA games.
I find myself with almost my first girlfriend (DO NOT LAUGH. I AM HAPPILY MARRIED), and at least one monster that may be strong enough to take me all the way to the top, not including Kewne. I currently find myself working on gathering supplies to fix up the town, but once I am ready to conquer the tower I will probably switch gears real quick.
I do believe that Azure Dreams deserves a remake, or at least a release on the PSN. It would be real fun to play on a PSP or Vita, that is for sure. Almost perfect for them in fact.
At the moment I am playing the following games:
There are more to these, however I have been playing these the most so I will only speak of these to save time. I am going to split each game up into its own post so as not to make this too long.
Azure Dreams:
Reliving this game from when I first played it in middle school has been fun. I first rented this game from my local Blockbuster (oh God, those were the days). I was on a big Pokemon kick and I saw this game for Playstation. It seemed similar to Pokemon so I decided to try it out. I am glad that I did.
I kept playing it and playing it, returning it and then checking it out again. I eventually bought a copy off a kid at school for 20.00 (a good deal now I believe). After playing it for awhile I decided one day I would attach a gameshark to Azure Dreams to help me out. The game became a little buggy and I was never able to play properly again. To say I was pissed off is an understatement.
As the years went by I tried my copy of Azure Dreams on my PS2, which it worked for a little while but then started to glitch up on the opening cutscene. Then when I got my PS3 I thought "THIS IS GOING TO BE IT".
I was so wrong. Still with my PS3 I was unable to get through that damn cutscene glitching problem. I tried cleaning the disc, doing all different things. Alas nothing worked.
It was not until I finally got my emulator program running on my PC that I was able to do an image copy of the disc that I own to my computer that I finally was able to get through that damn glitch. Since then I have been smooth sailing with the game. So many memories are flooding back to me.
To sum up this game that maybe not a lot of people know about, your father dies and when you come of age you are allowed to climb up this tower that has 40 floors. All floors are filled with monsters, with floors that change to random designs each playthrough. You have to collect monster eggs and either sell them or hatch them to get monsters to fight with you. Your level does not mean anything in the game. You will pretty much always be weak unless you spend a hell of a lot of time leveling up your weapon. The real strength is with your monsters. The stronger they are the better your chances of survival are. It takes many, many journeys into the tower to get just one monster levels up enough to be useful. It takes more to do at least two. You can also fuse monsters together to change their element and their magic, as well as give them hidden abilities. Something for the true completion players.
The other thing you do is gather money to help rebuild the town (to benefit you and others), complete some quests, and to make girlfriends. Many girlfriends. Each girl requires different things you need to do to have them fall in love with you. Once you make girlfriends (funny, in Japan they are your wives, however because the character is 15, you can't get married in the good ole USA at that age, they say) you can get some fan service and see them in their bikinis at the pool. There is a secret girlfriend, however you won't know who that is until you conquer the tower. OOOOHHHH mystery.
I will admit that there are translation errors to the game. Not surprising. That the story is ok, but there is definite room for growth. The fact that you can't enter the tower with more than 5 items is a pain in the ass, but the limitation provides for you to think ahead and take risks. Things like these are maybe the reason why this is never Game of the Year material, however Azure Dreams is a great game to just play and have fun. Its a nice "rare" gem of a game that is off the beaten path from the big AAA games.
I find myself with almost my first girlfriend (DO NOT LAUGH. I AM HAPPILY MARRIED), and at least one monster that may be strong enough to take me all the way to the top, not including Kewne. I currently find myself working on gathering supplies to fix up the town, but once I am ready to conquer the tower I will probably switch gears real quick.
I do believe that Azure Dreams deserves a remake, or at least a release on the PSN. It would be real fun to play on a PSP or Vita, that is for sure. Almost perfect for them in fact.
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