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eriph's Shadow Hearts: Covenant (PS2)
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| [January 10, 2007 01:33:55 AM]
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Alright! So, I did level up and made it through the temple just fine after that. I forgot that SH2 is one of those games where out-of-party characters get experience too. More RPGs need to have that feature. It saves so much time when it comes to leveling up your party members.
There are learning curves, and Shadow Hearts has like...a "re-learning curve." I forgot so much stuff from not playing it for so long. It took me a while to get back into it. Most RPGs aren't really like that, I guess. It's usually, "once you get it, you've got it."
The crest system for magic is...urgh. It's like materia (FF7) but way more annoying. And the "recommended" option is never helpful at all. It always fills up your characters with the most useless crests. I know it was for customizing your characters more, but it was something this game could've done without. SH1 did without it just fine.
So, I was getting frustrated and bored while I was in the temple. Random encounters, how I haven't really missed you. And I know they're a staple in RPGs, but I'm starting to get a little tired of long boring aimlessly-wandering-around dungeons. But once I got back to the good stuff--that is, the plot--I was happy again. Fought Rasputin, and now it's time to go after a certain naughty priest. I got to the tower that Nicholai is hanging at, then decided to take a break there. Looking forward to coming back to it tomorrow!
Also, I forgot how much I love Yuri. He's one of my favorite RPG protagonists ever. Because he's a dork but endearing and funny and has personality.
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| [January 9, 2007 08:18:25 PM]
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The formatting for this site is a little wonky. It won't let me say that I started playing it in 2006. Only 05 or 07. :/ Someone better fix that.
Anyway. I started SH2 quite a while back, then got distracted when KH2 came out and kind of "forgot" to start playing Shadow Hearts again. But I decided now would be a perfect time to start it up again. I absolutely loved the first one, and I was completely in love with the second one up until I stopped playing it.
As it stands, I'm about halfway through the game. Not on the second disc quite yet, but Rasputin turned into a city and...uh, that's what I'm supposed to be doing.
One thing I love about the SH games is the battle system. The Judgement Ring is pretty cool to use once you get used to/good at it. It adds a little bit of skill to battles so they're not quite as repetitive and boring. I'm total Queen of the Judgement Ring most of the time, but when I stop playing the game for a few weeks (...or 9 months), I have to spend a handful of battles figuring out the timing of it again. Aaaand I'm apparently in need of some leveling up for this place, because my characters keep getting killed by packs of these stupid snake things. D:
My party is generally Yuri, Joachim, Blanca, and Gepetto. I was planning on just replacing Gepetto with Young Japanese Samurai Boy whenever I get him, but I've had to replace Gepetto with Karin because his HP is so low that he keeps dying and ends up being completely useless in battle.
So. I played for about an hour, but ended up getting completely frustrated by the fact that I have to fight these enemies in groups of 7 and they all attack at once and keep casting a haste-type spell OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I've just come off putting in 90+ hours into FFXII, so getting reacquainted with SH2 is proving a little difficult. I took a break so I could write this and rethink my "strategy" (that being: "level up like crazy for a bit near the save point before venturing further into the temple"). So, I think it's time to get back to playing and see if I have better luck this time.
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eriph's Shadow Hearts: Covenant (PS2)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Sunday 11 March, 2007
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