Ah!
It's usually a least a few days of drudgery before I go on my next campaign. However, some circumstances came up, and I decided to go ahead and turn the lemons into lemon-scented craters. Plugged in Atelier Rorona (the vanilla PS3 version, might grab the Plus one, but not now) and got to crafting.
It's kinda funny. I've been tearing my way through these dark, epic RPGs for a good while now; they've haven't been all grimdark and gritty, but they haven't been all sweetness and goofy critters either. There was plenty of fun along the way, and discovering the Tales series was very worthwhile.
But there comes a time, a season when you need to shoo out all the angst and grit and doom. There comes a season where you have to drop all the epic world-saving and warring against the forces of doom and suffering and stuff. There comes a season where you just grab some sugary, girly game and just have some adventures wandering around town and terrorizing the local wildlife. This is that kind of game.
It's like Monster Hunter for girls. The whole game revolves around going out and harvesting stuff to make all sorts of items and gadgets and potions and things. It's all about the crafting and taking assignments and making everybody happy. You're not saving the world, just saving the alchemy workshop (mostly because your master is a lazy twit). Everybody is dressed like a fashion magazine cover. The town is all happy and bright, and the local idea of evil...well, I haven't found it yet. Found a character I can't stand, and a random jackass official being officious, but no actual villains. And I love it.
Why? Hell, some of it's reasons I've gone over already. Some is that I have a thing for screwing around with crafting systems, and Atelier is pretty much Crafting System: The RPG Series. Don't get me wrong, we've got enough exploration and combat to work with here, and we've also got a badass voiced by Liam O'Brien helping us tear about the countryside and mash mooks. Bonus points for just being a nice guy and a badass, no strings attached or backstabbing to sweat. He puts the manly in gentlemanly today.
In any case, here's to a bit of happy-go-lucky RPG nuttiness. Hell, I should've started it earlier, it would've been a nice counter-balance to the Tales marathon.
And why the hell hasn't somebody done a ponies crossover yet?!
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