[Attention] The GFF Gamers Month

Hey Guys, over the last few weeks I've been chatting with Skills over a possible idea to do for the video game forum on GFF.

The idea is based upon Sprouticus's Metal Month, but instead of doing it for Metal Music, I thought it would be a great idea to do it for games in general.

Here is the tentative idea (this is subject to change at any time):

1.) People sign up

2.) Each person claims a day in May (Possibly two days if we don't get enough people to sign up)

3.) On your day you select one game, and then you can have your say about that one game. Why did you pick this game, give a little history on it, why do you like this game so much, and why is it one of your favorites.

I don't know if it would be best if everybody had their own separate thread for their day or if it should be put it all into an overall discussion forum. Regardless, I would like to think it could create a lot of discussion towards classic or even present day games. In terms that people could share different strategies or ways that they loved or hated the game in their own little way.

Another thing, I'm debating is that I'm thinking of making it console specific. This is not a guarantee. I just think an idea like this if it ends up being successful, we could have a GFF Gamers Month every couple of months for each console to each have our say of what one of our favorite games for that system is. I would like to say that I would like to do the first GFF Gamers Month on SNES games, since I'm a bit of an old school gamer. This is not final, if the general consensus feels it should be open to all games, then I'm perfectly fine with that.

4.) The last rule is lets just say if two people end up picking the same game, I guess the person you has their spot earlier in the month would have priority to make their opinion on that game. To the other person, you would just have to pick another. You'd be more than welcome to add whatever discussion to that said game as much as anybody else.

There are so many games I doubt we'll run into that problem, and your more than welcome to pick something that is overly popular or overly obscure. I just think it would be a great idea to share opinions on games whether they are new or old. Who knows it could be fun. It could be a great way for some of the newer members to get involved with the community.

Guys, I'll be completely honest. This is my first time running an event like this since the only other things I have ran is your scatter av/sig week. I would appreciate any comments, feedback, criticisms, insults, or what have you. I would like to make this a good event for the community so any help would be appreciated.

For the time being, lets make this a sign-up thread before we start picking dates. If the idea takes off then we'll add dates that would be more convenient for each member that would like to participate.

Thank you for your time.

Sign Up List:

All slots taken

Dates:

May 1st/2009 - Angel Of Light (game confirmed) - finished
May 2nd/2009 - Encephalon (game confirmed) - finished
May 3rd/2009 - Chaotic (game confirmed) - finished
May 4th/2009 - Worm (game confirmed) - finished
May 5th/2009 - Acerbandit (game confirmed) - finished
May 6th/2009 - Qwarky (game confirmed) - finished
May 7th/2009 - Rychord (game confirmed) - finished
May 8th/2009 - Syndrome (game confirmed) - finished
May 9th/2009 - Araes (game confirmed) - finished
May 10th/2009 - OmagnusPrime (game confirmed) - finished
May 11th/2009 - Sousuke (game confirmed) - finished
May 12th/2009 - Tails (game confirmed) - finished
May 13th/2009 - The Dopefish (game confirmed) - finished
May 14th/2009 - Shin (game confirmed) - finished
May 15th/2009 - Meia (game confirmed) - finished
May 16th/2009 - Dark Nation (game confirmed) - finished
May 17th/2009 - SuperSonic (game confirmed) - finished
May 18th/2009 - Tritoch (game confirmed) - finished
May 19th/2009 - Infernal Monkey (game confirmed) - finished
May 20th/2009 - Colonel Skills (game confirmed) - finished
May 21st/2009 - Moo (game confirmed) - finished
May 22nd/2009 - GB (game confirmed) - finished
May 23rd/2009 - Krelen (game confirmed) - finished
May 24th/2009 - Rockgamer (game confirmed) - finished
May 25th/2009 - Denicalis (game confirmed) - finished
May 26th/2009 - Omnislash124 (game confirmed) - finished
May 27th/2009 - Muzza (game confirmed) - finished
May 28th/2009 - Pangalin (game confirmed)
May 29th/2009 - Hawkeye (game confirmed) - finished
May 30th/2009 - Terra (game confirmed) - finished

(game confirmed): The member has their game selected and a pm has been received.
finished: Review has been written for that members said game.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

So is this basically just someone doing a game review for each day in May or am I missing something?

Kind of, Hawkeye. In one way the person is doing a game review but it opens up discussions toward a game a certain member feels pretty passionate about, it gives them an opportunity to talk about and discuss a game they've always wanted to talk about and share their knowledge with other people who have played the game before.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Blue Falcon

Alternatively.

If anyone is uncertain of when they'll be around and won't know exactly when/if they'll be able to make a date given to or assigned to them, if you want to write the thing beforehand and PM it to me, I'll post it on your behalf on the given day.

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Another thought.

What if we all PM our choice of games to Angel or whatever, and then he can determine if there are any duplicates, and tell that person discreetly if so. That way it's still somewhat of a surprise for those of us reading the thread, but no one ends up with dupes.

Sorry about the wait guys, I just had a 15 hour work day. I just got back about 15 minutes ago.

Thanks for helping me with this Skills, I greatly appreciate it. I guess the consensus is that it won't be console specific, so I'm perfectly fine with that.

I do agree with your idea Skills, about sending a pm to me concerning what game they would like to talk about for this event. I think it would be best if it was a first come - first serve basis but I'm always open to other suggestions. I highly doubt with all the games that exist we'll run into two people that want to talk about the same game.

In terms of the PM, I would appreciate it if everybody could send their primary choice and a secondary choice just on the off chance that your game is already taken. If two people have chosen the same game, then the person who sent a pm for the game first will have priority toward that said game and as skills said I will let that said person know in a private pm.

I'm going to be working on dates for everybody at the moment, so if anything problems come up just let me know. Am I missing anything Skills?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Blue Falcon

I got no more suggestions or ideas or nothing off the top of my head, no. But I'm glad I could be of some use, though. =o

Now comes the hard part of thinking up something that could be discussion worthy, needs more exposure to the average reader, something someone else won't likely pick or expect, and is generally tip top pimpin'.

I think it can be fairly easy. Especially if its a game we've all played before. It can be anything from gaming strategies we've used for playing the game for the first time. Any funny stories that come with playing the game. If people put enough effort you can create a lot of discussion from it.

Do you think we should keep all the discussion to one forum skills, because it looks like with only 6 spaces left, we'll have a full house for this event.

I already got one confirmation from a member of what game they're choosing, and I think I got a few good stories to add with that game.

I have dates picked out for everybody, but if for any apparent reason the date doesn't go well with your schedule let me know and I'll try my best to change it. I took everybody's request with extreme consideration, so I hope the dates work well in your favor. I'm also going to put confirmed next to your name, showing that the person already has their game selected.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

Actually, thinking about it Angel, can you move me up to earlier in the month, say the slot of the 10th? No worries if not, but cheers otherwise.

As for the game choices, are we supposed to be picking titles that are less likely to get a mention? Or just our favourites?

That is not a problem Omagnus, I have you put on May the 10th.I hope that is satisfactory.

In terms of the game choices, its completely open ended. You can pick titles that you absolutely love or you can pick a title that is least likely to get a mention.

For Example, the game I have picked out is an all time favorite of mine, but its a game that I have not seen mention on this forum over the time I've been on here. I think its a great game and that is one of the reasons why I'm choosing it to see what other people feel about the game and see if it can open up any discussion. So my game is a little obscure but I think its a great game nonetheless.

Anybody is totally welcome to pick out a game that best suits their knowledge and dedication toward it.

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Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

When you say confirmed on the front page, is that relating to date soley, or to game choice? (If so, which of my two is confirmed?)

As for the actual discussion itself on each day, is the format freeform (i.e. we make it up), or is there a general outline you want people to follow?

Sorry Omagnus, confirmed means just the game has been chosen by the said member. I want to play it carefully because obviously people's schedules may change so I want to trying to be accommodating as much as possible when it comes to the dates.

I think it would be best if the format was freeform, because each person is going to look at each game differently. So they can say whatever they want about it. I don't want to restrict what people can say about their game. In terms of a general outline. This is what I'm thinking

1.) Game
2.) Picture of the Game (Box/Case Art)
3.) Publisher & Release Date
4.) Brief History
5.) Brief Review
6.) Some of your personal experiences with the game, such as favorite boss fights, wtf moments, or any other funny stories that have come with this game.
7.) Conclusion

This is just a general formula and doesn't have to be followed right to a tee. I'm not restricting. Always remember its your game and your welcome to say whatever you want about it.

Originally Posted by Meia

o.o' Just um... one game for one day for one month in a year in GFF? ;__; Ah well. Sign me up for the sixth.

Sorry about the 6th being taken Meia, would you like to select another date if you don't mind me asking. You can see what dates are available on the front page.

Additional Spam:

I'm heading off to work guys, so I'll be off the forum for the next 12 hours but if you have any questions or ways we can improve on this event, just leave them on the forum or send a pm, I'll try to respond best I can.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

First & foremost I want to apologize about double-posting in this thread. With the Gamers Month coming up in about 2 days. I just wanted to let everyone know that your first game selection is good for everybody.

We still have three people that haven't sent me their selection for their game yet. They are aware that they still need to send me a selection, but I do understand that they're busy and they'll send their pick in due time.

We still got three slots open, so if we don't get any new participants; if any member wants to have a second day in which they can talk about their second game, just let me know and pick out one of the dates that are still available.

Meia, has expressed interest that she wanted to be a part of this, but the date that she wanted was unavailable so I haven't received any word from her if she still wanted to be in this. I'll send her a pm shortly.

So on May 1st, I'll have a new thread created and the only thing you can post in that thread will be your game, on whatever day you fall under. Just make sure that when you finish writing that you want to say about your particular game you let them know that any discussion concerning your game will take place in this existing thread.

As well, just to play it safe I'll send a pm to each member on the day your game is suppose to be talked about. I don't think it will come to that, but with me gone for 12 hours each day. I just want to make sure that nobody forgets.

So if I am missing anything or if there is anything at all that is unclear, please let know. Lets make this fun event for all the GFF community. Take care everybody. All the best.

Additional Info:

Sprout had to back out due to other responsibilities, which I totally understand. Meia decided to sign up for it afterall, So we're back down to 3 slots available.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Encephalon

I know this is VERY LAST MINUTE but have we thought about making a subforum for this? Or are we going to run all the threads in the root Video Gaming forum? I would think it would be far too cluttered and I'm wondering if we can't use the Front Page Articles forum so that the front page on Gamingforce.org actually shows our respective day.

To be honest, Enceph I thought it was the general consensus was that we would have two threads for this event. One thread to in which everybody's would be posting their description of their game and the other thread in which any discussion concerning a person's game would go there.

I think it is a great idea, I'll be posting my game in the next couple of hours, but I need to get some sleep first. I kind of wish I knew about this earlier but hey its not a big deal. If a moderator sees this post and puts your suggestion to work, Enceph I won't have any problems with it, but I think in the meantime we'll be doing it how sprout's did his metal month in community commons.

Oh fuck it, I'll get my game posted now while I'm still awake. My game is up.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Pangalin

Is there still time to sign up for this? I see a couple of available days in the OP but it hasn't been updated in a while. I'll take the 28th if it's still available, that should give me plenty of time to decide on something.

Yeah that's fine Pang. I was hoping to get those spots filled anyway. I'll put you down for the 28th. Just try to get your game choice to me as soon as possible, just to make sure the game you picked isn't taken by anybody else. Take it easy.

Originally Posted by Dark Nation

I just came across this too. I'd like to participate.

If not, well... no big deal I suppose. I'll take whatever spots are left if I can still sign up.

Your more than welcome to DN. You'll have the last day available which will be on May 16th, and as I just said to Shin. Just try to send me your game choice as soon as possible because I want to make sure nobody has your game selected.

Originally Posted by Shin

Yeah, you better hope a mod spots that, Paco.

Lack of Sleep, Shin. Lack of Sleep. Ahh, fuck it I need my blond moment for this moment for this week anyway.

All right guys all slots are taken, Worm wanted to post a second game if nobody was going to take any more of the slots. So technically there is one slot available, worm doesn't mind if the game is bumped, if it compensates for somebody new to sign up.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Encephalon

That's right. I completely spaced on that one. Sorry guys. Carry on as planned. I'm writing mine tonight because I'll be driving to Santa Cruz tomorrow and I'll post it before I leave (approx. 2:00pm PST), if that's OK with everyone.

That's fine Enceph, you take your time with it. At least I won't have to send you a pm, but I look forward to reading what you have to say about your game.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Encephalon

Alright, I posted my game and stuck the thread so that it's easy for us all to find it. Really loving that game choice, by the way, Angel of Light.

Thanks Enceph, I guess I'm a bit of an old school gamer at heart, but you did a great review with your choice as well. I feel a bit ashamed that I've actually never ever played rock band even though I have a lot of friends that own it. I think I should definitely give it a try. I don't care what I have to do as long as I don't have to sing. I may not be a fan of a lot of the music on the game, but I got a fucked up music taste to begin with.

More Info: I got DN's game selection, still waiting for a few more people. I don't want to be a nuisance, just whenever the leftover people have a spare moment.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

First of all, I just want to say that I am absolutely impressed with everyone's entries. With the event reaching its half way point everyone is doing a great job with their entries and its even got me interested in some titles that I have never had a chance to play.

With how Omagnus Prime and Qwarky have described their games, I'm actually interested in giving them a shot. Especially ICO because I've always haeard of this game but I never ever knew what it was. With how Qwarky have described the visuals for this game I think I'm in for a real treat. With Shenmue/Shenmue II, I have always known from various gaming TV shows that they were great games because of the level of interaction. I know the story is a little spoiled since I read Omagnus's Entry, but I still want to experience the gameplay. These games are on my hit list so hopefully I can play them soon. It seems like Omagnus these games like to give you a little hate because they seem to tease you a lot.

I would also like to take this opportunity to provide some of my personal gaming experiences with some of the games that have been mentioned thus far.

Chaotic's Game: I actually never got into DDR until really late. I had already finished my university degree, and was actually thinking of going after a second one when I experienced DDR for the first time. I was actually 24 years old. It is actually kind of funny how I got into DDR for the first time. It was actually after we had a Halloween fest at the anime society. That night we had gotten a ride to one of my friends house. As I was getting out of the car, and holding the door for one of the girls to come out. She actually slammed the door while my fingers were on top of the door jamming on of my fingers. I was actually bleeding pretty bad when I walked into his house, so I went to the bathroom to get myself cleaned up. I was actually in a lot of pain so thankfully my friend had some painkillers. So I took quite a few that night.

In his basement he had a lot of people downstairs and they were all playing DDR. He had all the mixes and even two cobalt flux dance pads. I knew about the game at the arcade, but as much as I wanted to play it I was too embarrassed to play it in front of everybody. As the night went on the painkillers started to kick in, and I just didn't give a shit anymore. I decided to try it, and I failed miserably but I had a lot of fun so I kept trying it, and throughout the entire night I managed to go from beginner to light mode.

After that, I played it every weekend at his house, when he use to have a lot of people over. I still didn't want to play at the arcade, in front of a lot of strangers because I thought I would get a little embarrassed. As soon as I started to get into the harder standard songs and easier heavy songs. I decided to bridge that gap from playing at home to playing at the arcade. The biggest thing I take from this game, is that it got me into being active again, since I lost a lot of drive to play sports when I finished university. In two years when I use to play this game at the arcade 3 to 4 times a week for about two years I had lost 35 pounds. Unfortunately I had put that weight back on again, but anytime I come home from working out in Alberta I try to get in a scatter game or two. I pretty good at the game, but I've still yet to pass my first ten footer.

The other big thing that I take from this game, is that this game introduced to me Trance Music. I have always been a big fan of dance music ever since high school. As sad as it sound but this game actually helped me identify different types of dance music. My favorite artist has always been dj TAKA, and I just love it how he incorporates piano into his music, such as tracks like Frozen Ray, Pandora, Votum Stellarum, .59, Rainbow Flyer and I roughly like about 90% of his music. I even prefer his style of trance over a lot of big artists in trance music such as Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, and many others.

In my house I only own US Versions of all the PS2 Mixes, but I don't have any interest in picking up any of the JP releases. I hope to eventually get time and try some of the UltraMix versions for the XBox, and the Universe Mixes for the 360. My favorite US versions are DDR-Max and DDR-Extreme, DDRMax because it just has so many of my favourite songs; they have two healing visions, two versions of look to the sky, gambol, stomp to my beat, dark black forest, and many others. DDR-Extreme put a lot of the older songs on a PS2 engine such as Wonderland, Kick the Can, Do Me (H.I.G.E.O Mix), plus it has a lot of stuff by dj Taka. My favourite JP Release, is actually DDR Party Collection; despite having a small song list, it has a lot of awesome songs such as Freedom, Stars, Orion .78 (AM-Euro Mix), Dub I Dub, and El Ritmo Tropical.

Worm's Game: To be honest Worm, I don't have much to say about this game Worm. I first noticed this game from when I had the Nintendo Power magazine subscription. I played this game as a kid and probably got to the same point that everybody else did which was the speeder bike level and just found it too hard and gave up. I never touched the game since. With how you described your review Worm it seems like this game may not be as hard as many people have claimed it to be. I haven't played it in such a long time, I think it's worth for me to give it another try.

Acer's Game: The Legend of Zelda: A link to the past was one of the first snes games I had ever owned. I had rented a lot of other snes games. I never had much of an opportunity to own very many of them. I actually had to fight a very personal battle to actually own this game. To the people that actually know me well. I have a fear of open water, but this fear is mostly based upon the fear of drowning (aquaphobia).

One summer my parents decided to sign me up for swimming lessons, much to my disapproval because they didn't want me to sit around the house playing video games all summer. My siblings and myself joined up for swimming lessons at the same time. While it only took my two younger siblings two lessons to get through the beginner level, it actually took me the entire summer to actually get through beginner but what kept my motivation up is that even though my mom knew I didn't like swimming she told me that if I could pass the beginner level, she would actually buy me a snes game. That was all I needed to hear, knowing that I really wanted to pass the beginner course for swimming. I knew it was definitely a luxury because in the early to mid 1990's snes games in my hometown were $80-$100 to buy. I actually managed to pass the beginner course, and my mom asked me to pick out the game I wanted. I told here I wanted to get the Legend of Zelda. That is the game she bought for me.

The problem with most of the snes games, I owned is that I beat them too quickly. This game however actually took me a long time to finish. I think it might of been 3-4 months for me to actually finish it for the first time. I had a hard time with the ice dungeon, but it was actually worth the money to buy it. Even though now I could probably finish it in two days. It is one of my favorite games I played as a teen. After that summer, I never signed up for swimming again, but my wife is trying her best to help me overcome my fear of the water. I guess more than anything else, I helped get over my fear for a chance to own a great video game.

By the way Acer, the first time I beat the game, I actually managed to get into that secret location too with all the blue gems, the first time I tried to drop down the pyramid to defeat Ganon. I never been able to get to that area ever since.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Luxray

Angel, if there's two Japanese releases you should be interested in, it should be EXTREME and SuperNOVA2.

Honestly, they're the two best home versions available.

Well I never had a chance to play SuperNOVA 2 JP, but Extreme is all right, but the general consensus around my ddr community is that the reason why everyone likes Extreme is because of all the 10's and flashing 10's and of course Max period. You know, each to their own; we all have our own tastes and I can't hold anybody against their taste. I haven't even passed a 10 footer yet.

I do like some a lot of the songs on JP Extreme such as Last Message, Heaven is a 57', Twin Bee, Frozen Ray, Tears, and Xenon.

How ya doing, buddy?

Well I just thought I wanted to give my input on some of the games that have been mentioned over the last few days. I've been really busy with work, but I managed to get home a little early, so I apologize in advance if this post is a little long.

Sousuke's Game: I think Final Fantasy III was the game that really helped my dedication toward playing the rpg genre and to this day it remains my favorite Final Fantasy to this date. In my eyes it is the second best story I've seen from a Final Fantasy game. If your wondering what my favorite story from a Final Fantasy game it is Final Fantasy Tactics.

I was only slowly getting into the rpg genre and when I owned a snes I had only played a few rpg's as well as a few action rpg games. To be honest I never really found any of them challenging, the only turn based rpg's I ever played before I played Final Fantasy III was Breath of Fire, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, and Super Mario RPG.

How I acquired Final Fantasy III, is that I had loaned my copy of Breath of Fire to a close friend of mine. He told me I could hold onto this game until I actually beat it. From the opening sequence of the three mech's walking toward the mountain town I was immediately hooked.

This was a game I absolutely loved; especially how some of the characters interacted and as a teenager I really liked Kefka's evil laugh. I use to come home from high school and play this game for a few hours every day. I had never played anything like this, and when I look back at this game I actually got killed quite a lot. You'd think when you get killed all the time, you would just give up on it, but for me I just wanted to play it that much more especially to see what happened next.

I loved how early in the game, when your team got separated at the river it branched into three separate story-lines. I never seen that in any game before. I was just enthralled with the story and how each character had their own detailed story. As fun as the game was it had its very depressing moments. Especially Cyan's story. That character may not have been my favorite character to use, but I had sympathy for his character especially watching his family get killed by Kefka. The ghost train sequence was a little sad.

In the World of Balance it always amazed me how much there was to do. It really felt like the game kept going and going. It didn't seem like it was going to end. I honestly thought that when I got to the floating island. I thought that was the final dungeon. Since I thought it was the final dungeon as I was escaping the floating island I didn't even know you could rescue shadow at the very end. Much to my amazement, and I was really surprised that there was a total new world to discover in terms of the world of ruin. I had never played a game that had so much exploration. Even though I probably could of beaten the game at any time. I wanted to explore it, I wanted to find all my lost team-mates and there haven't been many rpg's to this day that have surprised me as much as this one. I still consider final fantasy VI to have one of the best endings I have ever seen.

The funny thing is: when I had played this game as a teenager I did find it tough. I use to get killed all the time especially in the world of ruin. My friends told me to use the vanish-x-zone or the vanish-doom trick to make it easier. I had really whored out that trick for a lot of the game, so I felt it didn't really do me much justice by progressing through the game that way.

When I actually beat the game, a few years later, someone was telling me all the things that I missed. I really thought when I played the game as a teen, I had done everything, but in all honesty I had only scratched the surface. I actually played the game a few years ago with a mission to do as much as I can and to beat it fair and square, because I wanted to see what I missed out on. I never knew you could save Cid, I never ever knew where the last dragon was, I didn't get all the espers, I didn't know final fantasy three characters had limit breaks, and I didn't know you could save shadow.

There is so much more I can say about what makes this game great, such as the opera scene, locke's storyline, kefka's imprisonment, and many other great moments. I know Sousuke, this may not be your favorite final fantasy but this game helped develop my dedication to rpg's right to this very day. I use final fantasy III to set the bar of what makes a great rpg.

The Dopefish's Game: One thing you taught me Dopefish with your review is there was a lot of things that I didn't know about NHL 94. I had rented a copy of it for my snes and it was one of the few games I use to play with my much older brother in law. I actually liked this game so much, my parents had bought me a copy of NHL 95 for Christmas. I guess I was really excited about NHL 95 because you could trade players and stuff a long those lines, but NHL 94 I actually really enjoyed because NHL 93 I didn't really like that much. I had probably never touched another hockey game after NHL 95.

Some of the memories I had of NHL 94, is when I played against any of my friends and the computer I found it really easy to score and I didn't even do one-timers. I always use to deek out the goalie all the time. I'm sure if I played against any serious competition I probably would of gotten owned. You picked out a great game, and this was definetely one sports game I spent a lot of time playing. I forget when you scored a hat trick, did the crowd throw out hats in NHL 94 or was it NHL 95. The team I use to play all the time when I played that game was the LA Kings. I was a big fan of them at the time. All the same Dopefish, a really excellent review.

Meia's Game: In terms of Valkyrie Profile, there is not much I can say about this game for the sheer fact that I haven't played it. I own it, I own the PSP and PSX versions. It was probably one of the most expensive games I ever bought off ebay. My wife and I bought it for $140 about 4 years ago. I only ever seen this game played once or twice by my wife. She had only played just past the opening dungeon.

The moment I seen the first battle, and Lenneth said "To My Side My Noble Einherjar". I was just hooked and seeing her special move for the first the nibelung valesti just really captivated my interest toward the game. When I had first owned the game, there were other games I wanted to play first and when I finally got around to wanting to play it, I had to move out to Alberta to work and there was no way I was going to take a 140 dollar game out with me to Alberta. When I get back home for good, this is going to be one of the first games I'm going to play.

I had a Valkyrie profile itch that I needed to scratch, so to compensate for not playing the original. I had played Valkyrie profile 2 because I knew it was a prequel so I thought to myself that this game wasn't going to spoil the first one for me. I was so fucking wrong. I had some stuff spoiled pretty bad, but its not going to deter me from playing the original. According to a lot of people, the first one is far superior anyway, so I absolutely look forward to playing this one in due time.

That's it for now folks.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Despite if people thought Hawkeye didn't write a very good review, I'm just happy for the fact that he participated. You are a good member on this site Hawkeye, compared to some of the idiots that gone and went on this site.

I propped everybody who took time out of their day to participate in this event.

Golden Sun is actually going to be one of the next games I'm going to purchase. I had seen plenty of people play it and it also came across to me as a very enjoyable rpg for the GBA.

You know guys, with one day left, I am absolutely impressed with the dedication that each and every member did with their gaming review. I'm even more impressed that we managed to fill out every day for the month and I hope this is one event that will live on with GFF.

I don't necessarily think my review was particularly great, I can't really dissect games as much as you guys have and I think my review is still one of the shortest out of everybody's. I probably should of included pictures.

Regardless, all we have left is Pangalin's review but as he said; he has had a lot on his plate lately, and then we have Terra's review on the 30th.

I'll be writing some input, of the other games that have been mentioned, since my last post went only up to Valkyrie Profile. I just got home a couple of minutes ago, so I'll have plenty of time over the next 8 days to talk about some of the games that have been mentioned.

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The GFF Gamers month is officially over except for Pang's review, but you know he's been busy and I totally respect that. It just goes to show you that I've completely lost my mind. I think its coming from working too much. 168 hours of work over a 14 day period can wear you down. I totally forgot that May had 31 days, and I had this gamers month set up for only 30 days. My bad.

I just want to take time to give thanks to the people that made this such a great event.

Colonel Skills: I had initially had brought this idea to him, and he gave me the go ahead and the confidence to actually go for the idea. I was kind of a bit skeptical at first if the idea would of panned out. He kept egging me on to go ahead with it. I probably wouldn't have went ahead with the idea if skills didn't think it was a good idea to begin with.

All The Members that Participated: An event is only as good as the people that put the time and effort into it. You know each article that got put into the thread each and every day during month showed us different perspectives into some of the games that we've actually played. Out of all the games that I've seen over the last month, there is quite a few I haven't played and judging by how other people have described them I'm definitely going to give some of them a whirl.

I just want to give some stories of the rest of the games that have been mentioned:

Supersonic's Game: I fell into the same trap that you did Supersonic. This game fell completely out of my radar, and I actually didn't get a chance to play this gem until 2001. I was chatting to one of my gamer friends, and we were having a conversation about the snes. I was telling him how much, I loved playing final fantasy III, and he asked me if I had ever played Chrono Trigger. I had told him that I have heard of people mentioning it before, but I had never played it before.

That comment pissed him off a little bit, he told me I couldn't have an appreciation for rpg's until I actually played this game. He went to his room and let me borrow his snes Chrono Trigger cart, and that I could hold onto it until I actually beat the game. I played it and it was yet again one of those rpg's that I couldn't put down.

I still don't think it is my favorite rpg for the snes. Final Fantasy III still holds that honor, but one thing I liked about this game is that it was incredibly well paced. Nothing ever felt forced or tedious. I don't ever recall any time in that game I ever had to do any grinding, there were a few boss fights i had a hard time with when I first played the game, but after the losing to them during the first try, I beat them after the second or third try. I think Magus was actually one of the fights I had a little bit of trouble with until I figured out his pattern.

It isn't even a very long rpg, and that's one of the reasons why it played at a very good pace. I was happy to see it get released for the DS, because it gave a new generation of gamers a chance to play this wonderful game. It was only within the last few months I managed to find a snes copy of the game. I own the snes version, the final fantasy chronicles version, and the DS version. It is a wonderful game and if anybody collectos snes games, it deserves to have a spot in that collection.

Tritoch's Game: A game that I don't own Tritoch, but a game that will eventually be added to ever increasing collection of anime style games. I have a lot of the shin megami tensei games, but none from DDS. It doesn't even concern me with how expensive they are, I will be getting the collectors box set for the first one, but one thing I'm wondering Tritoch, I've seen DDS 2 in two cases with different front artwork; Is one more valuable than the other.

GB's Game: It is the same thing with Tritoch's game. It is a game that i don't own, but one that I will definitely obtain. I had only ever completed the original breath of fire, and I have played a great portion of breath of fire III, but I hadn't touched the series ever since. I heard a lot of people give me mixed reviews about this game in particular GB, but with some of the things you have described with this game. It has got me interested in the breath of fire series again.

Krelen's Game: In my eyes the grand-daddy of any and all rpg gaming (personal opinion), but it has been my favorite rpg of all time and nothing has come close to dethroning it.

Words can't really describe how much I love this game, and the only reason I even bothered to play this game was because of my love of mecha style anime back in my university days. I had come across this game accidentally, I was just walking down one of the halls at my college residence, and passed by a guys room who had his door open. Didn't know him, and I was hearing really intense music from the game he was playing. I asked if he would mind if I actually watched him play. He said that he wouldn't mind, so I sat in this chair completely mesmerized by an rpg that had anime cut scenes, and was using giant robots.

He was playing the second disc on xenogears and even though I didn't see much gameplay, I sat in his room watching him play xenogears right up to the final dungeon. I was in his room for about 6 hours and he didn't mind one bit. I was completely lost in terms of the story. I didn't understand anything that was going on. He tried to fill in the blanks as best he could. The moment I watched him play this game, I never seen him play it again. I had watched him playing other games because i didn't have a video game system with in university during my first year back in 1999.

I had talked to one of my gaming friends about it a few days later, and he was telling me so many great things about that game. I never had a chance to own it until 2002. I had paid $150 for the black label version fo the game and the guide from ebay. I just wanted to play it so bad, and then I got to enjoy the story from start to finish.

Even though the game had its problems, some of the most horrible and off-sync dubbing I've ever seen in my entire life, and obviously the second disc was rushed it never for one second ruined my experience with this game.

The only dungeon I ever really hated in the game, was the sewer level, I found that level so confusing and really incredibly long. I was really happy to get out of the kislev prison once and for all.

I had thought that I had fully conquered this game, and there was nothing that I missed in that game. I believed that for almost 4 years, then I came across this youtube video.

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I thought you couldn't beat this guy. You had to intentionally lose this battle. Even if you defeat him I didn't think you could get a special item. So because of that I'm playing this game over just to kill this guy to get the slayer robe.

Above all else, it has some of the most beautiful gaming music I've ever listened to. Some of my favorite tracks throughout the entire xenogears soundtrack are Omen, Bond of Sea & Fire, and small two of pieces - restored pieces. As pathetic as this is, small two of pieces was the wedding song me and wife had our first dance as husband and wife.

That's it for now. I'll get the rest of the games over the next day or two. All the same thanks for everybody for making this such a fun and incredible event.

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