So, I'm not going to bother creating titles that match my blog because I'm too cool for that. ;p

Now then, despite all the delays I'm quite overjoyed about the whole release date moves. Simply because I'm broke, I splurged for Christmas and I've decided to get rid of all my loving debts, so a *nearly* four month break for the huge releases is a breath of relief. I also have to be honest...I'm not excited about Final Fantasy XIII. Seriously, every time I think about it I just kinda go,

"Meh, I'll prolly play it because I've followed the series for so long."

I blame the gaps between releases and the main character named Lightning. I don't know who thought that was cool, but I'm an adult now and elementally themed heroes or heroines aren't cool anymore. Couple that with her appearance, she looks like Yuna, not her fault actually since the character designer is the same one who worked on X, but still, how annoying was Yuna? She tried to be awesome but was mopey and her passive stance made her seem like a housewife on an adventure. That's not what I want, I also don't want someone who looks like a ticked off girlfriend named Lightning running around saving the world with a Cloud-ish type attitude.

Yeah, that's right, I'm not a super-duper Final Fantasy VII fan. With good reason, I don't let nostalgia cloud my judgement, it's an all right game but hardly the amazing accomplishment people make it out to be. Play Final Fantasy IX and you'll have played one of the best Final Fantasy games.

Anyways, I also blame my lack of excitement on the fact that western RPG's are finally hitting the right marks with me. Mass Effect was fun but kinda chatty, it had this pattern of fighting for 30 minutes coupled with talking with people for an hour. But Dragon Age: Origins? Hot dawg that's a fun game and is very well balanced in focus. There's also the amazing point that it's long and is expanding and that's cool. Final Fantasy XIII needs to be that amazing JRPG that pulls the focus back from the western market if it wants to ensure that I'll buy it and other future JRPG's. I can't believe I, as a former passionate advocator of JRPG's is saying this, but it's the truth. With that said, I don't know if I'll be buying XIII or Resonance of Fate this March, but I do know that I'll be buying the new DA:O expansion. 'nuff said. ;D