EPIC

FAIL! NINE DAYS BETWEEN POSTS? What is my problem!? I can only say that I wasn't feeling well last week (Seriously, I canceled almost everything I was doing.), and then my new game came when I was feeling better. I'm going to be doing two posts today. One on Vampire Knight Guilty 6 a little later. I want to re watch, and make sure I absorb EVERYTHING before I go on my mass rambles. This post, however, is going to be an update on what I've been doing the past week. Along with some mass spazzing about Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. My love for Tales of Symphonia never went away...it just became dormant over the years. Now the flames of my love has come back with a burning passion, and I can't stop spazzing about the characters. *insert floaty hearts*

Honestly, I really HADN'T done anything much last week. I texted a few of my friends and lazed around the house waiting to feel better. I also helped clean my grandmothers house which doesn't exactly fall under the category of fun. It's not so bad though. We blasted the Mama Mia! soundtrack while I mopped the floors. (She called me weird about 3 times for prancing around like a fairy. xD) I also spent all of yesterday reading the book "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" It's pretty good. It's not a book I would usually pick out to read, but I'm enjoying it.

Okay, time for the epic spazzing I promised. I posted more than a month ago about Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World with the opening in my post. I never did a huge profiling on the game for one big reason. I didn't want to read too much about it, or I wouldn't be able to contain the excitement of the sequel coming out. I'm only 8 hours into the game (it came for me on Monday) which since I don't breeze through games as quickly as some, only puts me in Iselia's Human Ranch. I like to explore way too much for me to just breeze through dungeons.

SO, from what I've seen about the game so far I have to say, I'm enjoying it. I scream almost every time one of the original characters appears. The main character Emil is OK. I know his character will build as the game goes on (he already has grown a bit) but his constant apologies, (Yes, I know Colette apologized all the time too.) and fears of EVERYTHING is an extreme difference from Lloyd. Plus it's hard for me to play as characters who HATE Lloyd! You fall in love with Lloyd when you play the first game. You KNOW that he would never have attacked Palmacosta, and killed Emil's parents even if you DID watch the scene at the beginning. So it's hard for me to hear the constant bashing on Lloyd and all his friends. Even if Emil thinks Lloyd is the murderer of his parents.

Marta, however, is the complete opposite of Emil and she manages to get on my nerves as well. XD Her constant flirting with Emil is enough to make me want to strangle her. Don't get me wrong, I actually DO like these characters. I just have to get used to their quirks. Colette got on my nerves my first two play trough's of ToS, (I have played that game at least 6 times. More than 120 hours of my life was put into that game.) but I still LIKED her.

Then there's Richter. I'm not sure what I think of Richter yet. I DO get the feeling he knows Emil more than he's letting on. I have a hunch that he MIGHT be related to Emil somehow. No, I don't think he's his father. LOL (Even though I guessed right about the major spoiler in the first game. HAHAHA Never letting my brother live that one down.) Maybe a brother, or an uncle though. I'm not sure yet. I have to play some more and see how they interact. My mom hates all three characters from what she hears when she's doing her hair in the bathroom. She keeps telling me to kill all the main characters off! XD

Tenebrae is my favorite of the new set so far. His sarcastic nature reminds of Jade Curtis from Tales of the Abyss. The dry wit of his humor is great, and he plainly speaks whatever is on his mind. Yay for forward characters! I have a feeling he knows more than he's telling Emil, and Marta. I just hope he doesn't betray them later on. That will make me sad. WHY ARE ALL MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS TRAITORS?

The battle system is, as usual, excellent. I'm not sure if I like the addition of adding monsters to your party to fight with you. I always liked having four people fighting. This change makes me feel like I'm playing Pokemon. Not that there's anything wrong with Pokemon, I just don't care for the idea of all the Tales games going in this direction. I CAN'T BELIEVE I CAN'T PLAY AS THE OLD CHARACTERS WHEN THEY'RE IN YOUR PARTY. I mean in the middle of a BATTLE you can change to one, but other than that you can't even RUN AROUND as one. I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING AS SHEENA, AND LLOYD AGAIN!

Voice actors are pretty good. I never like when voices change in a series. I'm happy they managed to get some of the originals. I.e, Presea, Colette, and Kratos.(EVEN THOUGH HE ONLY NARRATES!! WAAAH! My favorite character! *wibble*) Raine's voice is pretty close to the originals, and Zelos' is OK. I heard a clip of Sheena's on youtube and almost cried. Lloyd and Sheena's are a disappointment for me. Their original voices were so PERFECT for them.

There is so much to say about this game, and this probably won't be my only post about it. This game has made me so happy in the span of two days. XD I'm planning on playing some more when I get back from the store today~.

I will say that the Lloyd I know and love appeared in the game. Defeated my characters (I swear it was the fastest kill I have ever received. Span of .2 seconds.), and sealed us in a room. Leaving behind a sign with the poorly drawn Lloyd from the first game, and it read "LLOYD IRRVING WUZ HERE!!!" I had gigglefits for at least 10 minutes. It was so LLOYD. I loved it.

"...and that began the regeneration of the world."

LATER!