Let's start at the beginning.

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Originally Posted by Finch

1)Odin Sphere- I don't know what y'all are talkin' 'bout, it's a perfectly playable game. You play it the way it wants you to play or you don't play it. The only thing i found to be especially clumsy is the item selection and other stuff screens. i get it, you need backpacks to expand your inventory, and you have this whole clever circular thing going on. Next time, please just give us the old fashioned squares that pop up at a touch of one button and that allow us to access status, options, etc. from one screen. On the advice of someone else, i'm playing this one in chunks, i expect to finish it sometime before December 21, 2012.

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It makes me happy you posted this, Finch. I'd been wanting to pick this up, and enjoyed noodling around with it for an hour at a friend's house, but TNL bile about the gameplay has kept me away from it. I might give this one a try now.

Actually Yellerdog, if you want to wait a bit, I keep meaning to try playing through this, I could sell it to you, in pretty much mint condition, for ultra cheap in a month or so. Yoshi sold it to me for $30 so I'd probably try to make that up or something. (or like $20 whatever).

Or we could try what I think was recommended a while ago, like TNL trading games. I lend you Odin Sphere you lend me some other game we both play our fill and send em back or whatever.

That sounds good, actually. Let's work it out over PMs.

1. Mass Effect (360) - Starting to really enjoy it. The Mako is fun to drive and I don't think I'll ever change Wrex out of my party.

2. Simpsons (PS3) - I liked the 360 demo enough to add it to my Christmas list and got it. Very stiff platforming with wonky controls and a poor camera, but it stands a chance of getting finished.

How's the "episode" in the game? re:Simpsons

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It makes me happy you posted this, Finch. I'd been wanting to pick this up, and enjoyed noodling around with it for an hour at a friend's house, but TNL bile about the gameplay has kept me away from it. I might give this one a try now.

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I didn't think it was that horrible, myself. It's nothing fantastic, but I had no trouble adjusting to the stamina-oriented combat and the wonky item system.

I've decided to take a break from RPGs for a while, so I finally got around to starting Yakuza, which may as well be an RPG.

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

It makes me happy you posted this, Finch. I'd been wanting to pick this up, and enjoyed noodling around with it for an hour at a friend's house, but TNL bile about the gameplay has kept me away from it. I might give this one a try now.

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It's tied together with the duct tape of love.

What I started in 2008:
Breath of Fire V Dragon Quarter - I decided to replay this game annually because it's fun, and it doesn't have fluff-pacing. Unfortunately, I was trying to ironman (no hardsaves) my way through the game and died about 2 hrs before the final boss. I guess there's always next year.

What I started at end of 2007 that I'm continuing now that BoF5 is outta the way:
Contact - wacky jappy DS RPG with poor combat, but with some interesting ideas elsewhere. it's strangely amusing.

Grim Grimoire - really fun game with an interesting story, and is by far the best rendition of a console RTS yet. i like it more than PC RTSes because actions stop the clock (and I hear all PC RTS players groan...)

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Originally Posted by portnoyd

1. Mass Effect (360) - Starting to really enjoy it. The Mako is fun to drive and I don't think I'll ever change Wrex out of my party.

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Unfortuneatly, the story isn't going to allow that. ;)