Tales series I have sort of stopped loving so much on replays. The story is great after the first couple playthroughs and mysterious, but after playing it once or twice it loses it's value. The battle system is really unique I think for when it first came out, but now it needs an improvement. Literally the whole game strategy is to run around you opponent and mash the attack button. Specials do not make it all that much better because most of them are bad and use up too much TP. Once your TP is gone, it is back to button mashing. Even then, it still ends up being, button mash -> special finish -> repeat. I think I might like the game better if I mixed up who I played as instead of the main character all the time. Guy in abyss is awesome.
I have only played abyss, symphonia 1/2, and phantasia. Of them, I rank phantasia the best. The rest sort of fall into line with each other.
p.s. I have played the radiant mythology of the tales series. Proved to me how much I only like the series for the story and not the battle system. Radiant mythology is only for those that love quest completion and their battle system.
The one game series I always come back to for the game play is fire emblem. Even after my 20th playthrough, I still like playing it. I skip all the storylines now except for when I have not heard it for around half a year. I am not exactly sure what it is about the game system I like, but I suppose it is because each playthrough is slightly different than the last. The random stat growths make it impossible to always play the same way each map and with many characters to choose from, you can mix up your teams. I think I have started getting to the point where I do not want to play things merely because they are easy to complete, but I want to mix in some competition or hard dynamics. I thought before that HHM in FE7 was hard, but now after starting it again, it does not seem so bad. I might actually start working on trying to complete Shadow Dragon on hard now.
However, I refuse to play advance wars anymore. I like the overall feel of endless warfare, which is why I like MW2 over many other shooters, but I am horrible at trying to complete missions that start you out on the disadvantage, and I am supposed to somehow complete these whacky accomplishments in a timely manner. Espically since the AI is actually smarter and will not needlessly rush you down which is easy to formulate a strategy to counter. Its an endless thing of either bait and kill or rush and hope for the best.
Overall, it seems harder to get into pure gaming anymore. Once before I had all the time in the world. Some 6+ hours each day and a full 48 hours on the weekend meant I could really get into a new game and complete it. But now, I cannot find the time to really get into it. I start up a new game, but then I end up quitting and revert to something that I can do in a quicker manner like Smash, strategy games, fourms, archery, etc. I do not think I will even get around to completing disagea even (if I ever figure how out to play the game properly). Heck, I picked up like 7 games recently due to past memories of the series like Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals, FInal Fantasy X, and a few others. Never got around to even starting them, or getting a few hours past it. I have never even completed Xenosage which I would really like to complete, but I still never get around to doing it. Anyone else having this problem at all?
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