Favorite Non-Anime TV Shows (will grow as I watch more):
Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
Random facts:
1st anime completed: Dragon Ball Z (5/10)
100th anime completed: Dragon Ball Z Special 1: Bardock, The Father of Goku (5/10)
150th anime completed: Honey and Clover (9/10)
200th anime completed: Shadow Star Narutaru (6/10)
250th anime completed: Kino's Journey (8/10)
300th anime completed: Nineteen 19 (7/10)
350th anime completed: Wind of Edenbourg (4/10)
400th anime completed: Legend of the Galactic Heroes: A Hundred Billion Stars; A Hundred Billion Lights (8/10)
450th anime completed: Kurutta Kyoutou: Danzai no Gakuen (3/10)
500th anime completed: Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo (7/10)
550th anime completed: Moyashimon (7/10)
600th anime completed:Angel's Egg (9/10)
650th anime completed:Mai no Mahou to Katei no Hi (7/10)
675th anime completed: Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season (8/10)
1st Manga completed: Bitter Virgin (7/10)
25th Manga completed: The Music of Marie (9/10)
50th Manga completed: Kare no Satsujin Keikaku (8/10)
75th Manga completed: Ichigo 100% (7/10)
100th Manga completed: Itoshi wo Tome - Kimi ga Kokoro wa (4/10)
125th Manga completed: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure- Phantom Blood (5/10)
150th Manga completed: Shoujo Kakumei Utena (8/10)
1st Visual Novel completed: Kana: Little Sister (9/10)
25th Visual Novel completed: Chaos;Head (8/10)
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Yo! I'm a member of the Tennessee Army National Guard, of which I've been apart of 5+ years and an Anime and Video Game fanatic. Some of my favorite games over the years include, in no particular order:
Metal Gear Solid (series)
Final Fantasy Tactics
Star Ocean The Second Story
Lunar Silver Star Story(any version)
Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic
Jade Empire
Baldur's Gate (series)
Mass Effect
But, for the most part I'm more of an Anime fan than anything. Though, I have been trying to branch out to manga as well. I'm also a fan of Baseball and Football, of which my favorite teams are Chicago Cubs and Tennessee Titans respectively.
I like entertainment that challenges my brain or heart, though I'm not adverse to trying any and all genres as long as it has a good story to tell.
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I started playing Super CastleVania, man can you really see the upgrade from NES to SNES, not only in the graphics and music but also the controls. One of the most terrible annoyances of the NES era was Button lag which added to the frustrating difficulty. Thankfully there is none in the SNES. Not to mention frame rates are much more steady and its just alround so much easier to play games. This specific game toned down the difficulty level quite considerbly so I am really having a blast with it.
But in any case I am going to take a break from CastleVania and play something else now. I have had enough of platforming for one day.
I watch star trek, bablybon 5, and stargate and well they are all interesting with some great story arcs and explosive scenes, looking at these shows over all especially stargate which has like 20+ seasons and many exchanging of writers, directors and actors. It is hard to feel invested. You need a show like breaking Bad or BSG with a solid cast that can stay contracted for the full length of the series, so you have this consistency in quality acting that fits the roles of the narrative. Then you have this solid Beginning, middle and end and BSG specifically has a very brick pacing to it. There really isn’t much down time at all. It is very cohesive.
Speaking of which, there actually is a new BSG project in the works which really has me overly joyed to see how this will come to be and better yet it is actually inspired by the 2004 BSG and not the 1970’s version.
This is the article:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/battlestar-galactica-reboot-sam-esmail-works-at-nbcus-streamer-1239018
And Sam Esmail quoted “BSG fans, this will NOT be a remake of the amazing series @RonDMoore launched because ... why mess with perfection? Instead, we will explore a new story within the mythology while staying true to the spirit of Battlestar. So, say we all!" Esmail tweeted Tuesday.
Now that is not to say this is going to have the same type of quality as BSG 2004 by Ronald D. Moor. But more Battlestar of anything to me is awesome. Perhaps explore a different part of the lore and universe of the franchise. Will just have to wait and see I guess, but for now I am probably going to start expanse soon because bsg fans highly recommend it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-tXc944E-w
Yeah that Bitmap book is a day 1 purchase for me, probably even go further and get the limited edition. 600+ pages of nothing but RPG goodness, i mean come on.
Bitmap really creates some excpetional books, I own 4 of their books already and you will be amazed at the quality. They are actually housed in a chipboard box that is dust free and scratch free with a very tight binding and glossy pages lots of reading, text and pictures to view with multi color ribbons for bookmarking all for like maybe $35 for a 350 page guide? Serously. I am a fan.
In any case its what I been using now as my ultimate Media Center for viewing everything on my big 55" TV. Instead of having to watch stuff on your computer which does hurt your eyes after to much long time exposure of LCD panels.
With BSG unfortantly its not available on many streaming sites, it used to be on netflix. So its one of those series that you will have to download or torrent or something like that. Or you can purchase the set but it will run you about $80 dollars. To me its worth it and I have my own physical collection but there is a blueray rip online. I can send you the links through your PM if you like.
https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/a-guide-to-japanese-role-playing-games?mc_cid=eefdb43a8d&mc_eid=b034e1e4d0
It has information on YS I and II of course lol
As for what I am planning on watching, well I am not quite sure yet. There is some new stuff I am looking forward to but I have not yet compiled that list yet.
Just been mostly watching anime, playing video games and catching up on some film series.
Final Fantasy V I think gets alot of unnecessary criticism but at its core, it’s one of the greater fundamental games with well-balanced mechanics and probably more strategy than any FF game until FF XII with its dynamic class-based system. Final Fantasy III had a job system as well, but it was not nearly as great as FF V in my opinion. I remember really having a lot of fun with that game and creating such awesome battle parties for any type of battle situation. The story itself is probably not the highest point but there are some interesting iconic characters like the infamous Giglamesh introduced.
Final Fantasy IV is by many fans labeled as like the holy grail of the series next to VI. Its considered one of the best FF entries in the series and for good reason, the story grips you from beginning to end with great characters and probably one of the best backstorys of any villain in the series until Sephiroth of FF VII. Its character writing at least on the villain side of things is also much more involving than FF VI kefka. I loved FF VI but I did think there was a bit left unexplained about Kefka and his lack of appearance in the 2nd half of the game was kind of concerning. But it was made up for the amazing world building and seeing how Kefka single handily transformed a world into a desolate wasteland due to his tyranny as a twisted sociopath with immoral views on society. (I don't think I am helping my argument here am I, lol sorry it’s just so hard to say anything bad about FF VI since I really love every aspect of that game)
Well truthfully speaking, With FF IV, the writing is consistent, and the major villains have a bit more story evolved, and I think you may appreciate the antagonists having more screen time. Also, the DS remake needs a mention here as I think they did a phenomenal job at portraying such a great story with awesome voice acting and kicked the production value up a notch to where it really feels like when these moments happen in game, its truly a spectacle to witness especially as a longtime fan growing up with the original game. Also, the PSp remake is the definitive collection if you want to play the most authentic original with upscaled textures and lots of extra features including of course the interlude and after years which are two full games. However personally I think after years was just an excuse to create a sequel with more characters and larger dungeons. Well, there were some interesting new mechanics that made the combat system fun, I didn't particular care for it that much in terms of the characters, the writing and long dungeons. It goes on record though for having one of the largest Final dungeons in any FF game to date with a staggering 50 floor deep dive. If you are a hardcore veteran and you appreciate large dungeons, you may like it.
Ahh Final Fantasy X. What can I say about this? This in my opinion was the most accessible FF title of the bunch not just for hardcore fans but mainstream audiences as well. The graphics were freaking amazing for its time and I remember when this was first released on the Playstation 2, I was absolutely in awe at the levels of production this game brought to the table of the series. Every cinematic was breathtaking and had some of the greatest musical tracks coupled with great fluid motion of characters on screen and stellar voice acting. This was also the first time, motion capturing was used to depict more realistic motion flare of characters on screen during cutscenes. It was a very experimental stage this point in time but fans were blown away by it when it was first introduced. This technique obvously became a staple that continued into later years and new generations and is pretty much norm now a days for visual motion projection and even going as far as using real life humans for motion capturing. We sure have came along way since its introduction in FF X. This was also the blueprint for FF XIII CG glory. It is also very notable for being the "last game" in the series to actually have a decent good story as most fans will tell, you the writing aspect of FF sort of dipped after this.
Speaking interms of gameplay and mechanics I loved the sphere grid system to as it enabled you to really take control of your party roles more aggressively instead of being restricted to certain player archetypes. Its also the one game where I put probably close to 500+ hrs into it. It’s a standard 50-60 hr game for the main story but trying to complete everything including the battle arena’s certainly takes a lot of time and commitment but it was one of the games I think I had the most fun playing next to FF XII in the sheer number of things you can do in the game. That being said, the game does follow a more linear approach and gets rid of the over world system present in most FF titles as you probably already know at this point. But its still a great game with amazing set piece moments and great characters and an interesting story.
Other more Purist will tell you that you can never go wrong with "release date order" which I personally agree with myself. However, you can really play any of the games in any order, but I think YS I and II should almost always definitely be played before YS origins. YS origins build’d upon the story and background of YS I and II and there for spoils a lot of the story from those games and is also more deeply connected. It does have some references from YS VI but there subtle and nothing extreme so it’s not necessary to wait to play YS origins, if you want to play it directly after YS I and II, then that is ok.
Now for own my personal view on this specifically referring to how I play any series. I always play every game in its release date order, but I also sometimes like to see how the series evolves and changes with each entry. I also have a firm belief that with release date order is the preferred way the creators/developers intended for you to experience the series and for me you can never go wrong with that.
For example, in Kingdom Hearts, Birth by sleep might be the first game in the story's chronology but it’s based on your large familiarity of the series, the world and its characters as a whole and so absolutely would not be a good starting point for Kingdom hearts. YS although not nearly as interconnected as trails, still I think holds some truth to those rules especially with a company like falcom who is known for such forshadowing, throwbacks and references connected to to other games in that respective franchise.
https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/collections/all/products/snes-superfamicom-a-visual-compendium
Yeah, fair enough, at least you know how to change it and it works for any game on up to trails of azure.
So, after years and years, I finally played the CastleVania series lol. This is one series I sort of passed on growing up due to its sheer difficulty coupled with the fact you cannot save on the regular nintendo made it seem impossible but now with the PS4 collection, I can finally replay these games and I am going through the WHOLE series. I been wondering why fans always indicate castlevania as a rpg series because I never saw that with the first game. It was mainly a platformer with frustratingly difficult sections, so it was cool seeing how the series kind of evolved with CastleVania II, then Super Castlevania and finally SOTN. It kind of reminds me of playing Super Metroid but with rpg elements where you can talk to people at towns, buy equipment for your action/platforming adventures. Honestly, I been having alot of fun with this and it is just one of the franchises I wanted to get to before I get to damn old lol.
Anyways been trying to Prioritize myself a bit more these days, only tackling video games that I just must play in my lifetime instead of trying to play all the niche and obscure titles. For example, did you know I have never actually played Saga Frontier before? and with the remake coming out, it’s a perfect time as any.
Over the last few years, I have garnered quite a splendid collection of PS1 titles. At one point I sold all my ps1 games and was left with hardly anything but now managed to get most of them back.
My sole purpose in life though is to conquer every popular rpg video game franchise out there, ones that I completely overshadowed or that flew under my radar in favor of like Final Fantasy growing up. I am waiting for FF VII remake part 2 and IF they manage to release the Yufie DLC for ps4, I’ll play that to at some point. How ever I am not investing in a playstation 5. It’s just far too soon for that. We probably will not get FF XVI any time soon so there is no point in purchasing a console with nothing to lookforward to. I have enough on my plate as it is and I am having LOADS of fun just playing some of these classics.