So I've had White Knight Chronicles II sitting at the bottom of my stack of game for about half a year. Near a quarter year before that, I'd nearly beaten the game and since then, I've had a hard time gathering the energy to play. I think it was more to do with how hard it is for me to pick something when I've got so many things to choose from. So I'd booted the game up yesterday and I decided I'm gonna try being an Axe user. I'm normally Longsword or Bow and I wanted to use a different weapon.
Also, I'd finally created an Avatar that looks just how I want him to. He doesn't contract a serious case of Baby-Face the moment I leave the character creator, his skin doesn't turn super pale as soon as I leave the creator and he's actually as tall as I'd like him to be. Overall, I'm very happy with the way my Avatar turned out. Which, for me, is a big deal. I like my characters to look believable and I like them to look perfect. A bad looking character really hurts my enjoyment.
So I've been playing WKC and I'm having the hardest time remembering why it was that I had such a hard time getting myself to play this game. I picked it back up and all I've wanted to do is...everything there is to do. This is also actually, since I'd gotten a better internet, my first time being able to play White Knight Chronicles online, mess around with the Georama, quest with other players. It's almost like I've just now discovered the game for the first time.
My very first time playing the game, I just went and just did the story. But as I've started back up, all I've wanted to do is go out and fight and explore stages. Complete the Adventurer Guild hunting bounties and...I'm actually having a rather fun time grinding, if that makes any sense. There's a very MMO feel and it plays quite similarly to Final Fantasy XII which is a good thing, to me. So I've been dumping huge amounts of time having fun completing the errands(lolwut), doing quests, hunt bounties and just generally running all over a given area to explore and fight. And I've still got a ways to go(I've been playing for a good total of ~20ish hours and I'm about halfway through the actual story) and I don't see myself slowing down anytime soon. The only thing I'm disappointed in is not getting Avatar's personal story arc, because I think Avatar to be an awesome character even if (s)he is mute and not often spoken to.
So before you, my Escapist friends, I lay one very simple question:
What games have you played such a long time ago, that you've recently picked up again and rediscovered your love for, even stronger than before?
Also, I'd finally created an Avatar that looks just how I want him to. He doesn't contract a serious case of Baby-Face the moment I leave the character creator, his skin doesn't turn super pale as soon as I leave the creator and he's actually as tall as I'd like him to be. Overall, I'm very happy with the way my Avatar turned out. Which, for me, is a big deal. I like my characters to look believable and I like them to look perfect. A bad looking character really hurts my enjoyment.
So I've been playing WKC and I'm having the hardest time remembering why it was that I had such a hard time getting myself to play this game. I picked it back up and all I've wanted to do is...everything there is to do. This is also actually, since I'd gotten a better internet, my first time being able to play White Knight Chronicles online, mess around with the Georama, quest with other players. It's almost like I've just now discovered the game for the first time.
My very first time playing the game, I just went and just did the story. But as I've started back up, all I've wanted to do is go out and fight and explore stages. Complete the Adventurer Guild hunting bounties and...I'm actually having a rather fun time grinding, if that makes any sense. There's a very MMO feel and it plays quite similarly to Final Fantasy XII which is a good thing, to me. So I've been dumping huge amounts of time having fun completing the errands(lolwut), doing quests, hunt bounties and just generally running all over a given area to explore and fight. And I've still got a ways to go(I've been playing for a good total of ~20ish hours and I'm about halfway through the actual story) and I don't see myself slowing down anytime soon. The only thing I'm disappointed in is not getting Avatar's personal story arc, because I think Avatar to be an awesome character even if (s)he is mute and not often spoken to.
So before you, my Escapist friends, I lay one very simple question:
What games have you played such a long time ago, that you've recently picked up again and rediscovered your love for, even stronger than before?
