Waking up is exciting. I open my bleary eyes, look to the side, and when I see the time, my heart skips a few beats. "Is it really that late?!" I panic, but then I realize that I've got nothing to do, nowhere to be, and no reason to be worried. But in that one moment, I remember what it was like to be busy.
The reason I woke up late was because I stayed up until 7 playing Golden Sun on the DS. I started my file a long time ago, but I've only played in short bursts since. I finally racked up a decent playtime: over ten hours. I just had to get into the groove.
So far, Dark Dawn is one of the weaker entries in the series (which says a lot since there's only three of them). I like that they continued from the previous storyline since we play as children of the original cast. The soundtrack is a step down though, especially the dungeon music. It's lame ambient noise with an ominous flute, nothing like the melodic themes from the previous games.
My biggest disappointment is the brain-dead battle system. I just mash A all day. The frequency of battles is considerably light too. Dungeons seem to have no monsters whatsoever. It becomes a puzzle game at that point.
I don't expect an amazing story from a handheld game, but one of the characters, Tyrell, is an absolute moron. You can only push the dumb muscle trope so far. It's at times like these I wish everyone was a silent protagonist.
I was still reeling from yesterday's run, so I engaged in passive activity--watching A-Channel. My tastes have really changed. I used to be so wrapped up in power levels and contests of strength, but I'd rather watch girls go to school these days. Man, I becoming one of those people.
I was floored to learn that Digimon was coming back. The first series was my jam. The only reason I give the second one the time of day was because it was related to the first. Otherwise, it's kind of awful...
Daikari for life.
Oh, and Taiora.
My friend wanted some Dragon's Teeth action but I bailed out because I had to work out. He called it early since he had a morning shift tomorrow. When I got the text, I was watching the archived stream of The Last of Us One Night Live. I wish I could've been there. It seemed like a lot of fun. I watch a couple videos of Gento playing through the beginning of the game but he's definitely a noob.
I checked out this shoujo called Ookami Shoujo To Kuro Ouji. It's difficult for me to understand. It's probably the same with girls and shounen harem mangas, but I can't see the appeal of the douchebag love interest. Only in shoujos can you act like a dick and be charming, but act nice and you're up to no good.
I picked up the DS again and reached the part where the world is finally open to exploration. I dread these parts because I have no clear direction. It's just hitting random towns and hoping I trigger the correct sequence of events. It doesn't help when the monsters get massively upgraded and I'm still trying to master all the weapons with this new team addition. I'm trying to balance the levels between my party members too. I'm probably putting more effort into this than I need to. If I'm gonna be sinking twenty plus hours into this, I might as well go all the way.
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