Well, Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume ain't going to happen for me, at least for now. I'm just not prepared to invest the time that is required to figure out what the hell I'm supposed to be doing in order to succeed in the game. I'm sure that it's pretty basic once you "get" it - but to "get" it takes time, effort and energy, and with a dozen games on my backlog, it's just not going to happen. It's a decent game, just not compelling enough for me to invest more time into it.

Legacy of Y's and the Dark Spire just arrived today for the DS. Looking at the two of them, it would appear based on reviews and player comments that the Dark Spire is really "old school" - and by that I believe they mean most of the bad things about games like incredibly difficult, cheap, and that focus on a trial and constant failure game mechanic. I should have done some more research before ordering that game, but I don't mind supporting Atlus games, we need these nichy titles to keep things interesting.

On the main consoles, I need to pick a game to work on next now that Halo Wars is finished (at least the main campaign part). I think I'm going to give Valkyria Chronicles a spin and see what happens with that. I tried it out a few weeks ago, it seems like a pretty good game that is different enough to be interesting.

Let's see what happens.