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I bought it for PS3 shortly after it came out in the UK, and I actually really enjoyed it. I don't get why people just play some of it and claim it's shit- what do you expect? I've NEVER played a FF game that didn't rely on character development (I know the early ones don't, as much, but I think IV onwards definitely do) and FFXIII had BUCKETLOADS of it. It was linear? So was X. Just sayin'. And THAT isn't completely, constantly slammed for being boring. XIII had a load of action, too, and distinctive characters, and the storyline was, although initially a little bit confusing, at least a decent one. And the gameplay greatly depends on whether YOU can be arsed with keeping up with it- if you avoid Auto Battle, which is easy to do, and design your own Paradigms, you have COMPLETE freedom over what you do. XII let you control more than one character, and I really struggled with it because it felt slow and clunky and the AI was always faster than I was. And, honestly, the game-controlled characters never seemed to fail me, besides the annoying grouping together around a Sentinel, which really grated if I was fighting a strong enemy- when you have all the characters in one place, at... Chapter 11, I think it is? I can't remember the exact point... you can fully customise EVERYTHING. Control isn't really that limited, besides where they move- and if you pay attention and switch to the right paradigms you CAN get them to go where you want (e.g. when Sazh is using Commando, every three attacks he takes a step back, moving him further out of the range of attacks; using Ruin means the character will leap back, etc...) And I really was pulled in by Hope and Lightning (and even Snow and eventually Sazh and Vanille)'s character development over the course of the game. I can safely say it's not my favourite game, and it DOES drag, but a lot of the "flaws" (not being able to backtrack, not many towns and town NPCs) are already explained through the plot- these characters are fugitives, they're hated by EVERYONE on Cocoon, they CAN'T go back or wander around towns all the time! As for XIII-2, I'm kind of not looking forward to it AS much- I like what we've seen of Noel's character, but Serah kind of irritates me, as does the moogle, and the plot seems impossibly random, considering what happens to Lightning. Not to mention that Caius (I think that's how you spell it, not sure) has the same voiceactor as Kain from IV and I can't STAND his voice. I'm probably still going to get it, since I like the look of some aspects of it, and hopefully the story kind of redeems itself. I'm just praying they don't end up pulling a X-2 and ruining the sacrifice and such at the ending of XIII, like they did with TIdus' in X.

It definitely only repeats three times. You have three very distinct partners, I don't know where people got 5 weeks from. Technically, the story ends up spanning over four weeks, but it skips. I wasn't offended or even that surprised by it not ending on day 7, since the first 7 days of the game took me about 8 hours to complete and that just didn't seem right. I was anticipating there being more, especially since, you know, I hadn't even MET Joshua yet and he was fairly prevelant on the cover. [shrug] It picked up a lot for me the second week, since the partner makes things more interesting by being all suspicious and snarky- and the third week is where everything kind of comes to a head and things start to get resolved. It's incredibly fun, but watch out for Minamimoto/The Grim Heaper, without spoiling much, he ends up being a complete pain to beat.

It's kind of a scale, actually. You can be a little bit bi, I suppose, if you're sexually attracted to people of your gender, but prefer the opposite most of the time. It's not really a case of just picking "your" sexuality and never being able to stray another way.

She seemed surprised, not, he hoped, in a bad way; he supposed it was kind of out of the blue, but it was the only solution he could think of. Maybe getting the police involved would be the most logical thing to do, sure, but he honestly knew in his gut taking that route wouldn't be the best thing for the fragile blonde girl in front of him- she was barely being held together as it was, he didn't want to cause her any more trauma or stress. He probably wouldn't have even brought her here if he hadn't panicked himself into thinking she was going to die. All Demyx could really do was hope his intuition was right on this one. When Namine brought up Vexen, however, doubt flitted across his face for a moment, quickly replaced with a somewhat hesitant smile. "Heyyy, I'm gonna sort everything out, I promise. No worries. Besides, guy does something like this..." he scratched at the back of his head, thoughtfully, before leaning on his hand again. "Well, he can't really kick up too much of a fuss." He was trying to skirt around a clear answer, and he hoped she was too drained and exhausted to notice properly- after all, he didn't want her freaking out or worrying over HIM of all people. It was meant to be the other way around, and as far as he was concerned, it was his duty to be trying to keep her safe and take away her demons. If that meant talking her psycho old man into letting her leave, so be it. Axel snorted, clearly aggravated by the younger teen blatantly invading his personal space (although that was a complete and utter double standard, as he'd done the same to Roxas and countless others before..) but trying to hold it back as much as he could, to maintain some illusion of self-control. "Like hell do I care if you think it's a hard word, short stuff. And screw that, I do whatever the hell I want. If it's an invitation, though..." Trailing off, voice positively laden with sarcasm for the last statement, he just gave a sly grin. (( As is mine. xDD ))

Aboouuuuuuut three or four hours, unless I'm really involved in an RP or a chat or something. If I'm on any longer, it's never all at once- I take breaks, get drinks, go do something else, stuff like that. I didn't used to do it as much, but it's kind of helpful now.

(( Thank you. <33 )) "No, you don't have to go." Demyx shook his head, leaning his chin on the hand not on top of Namine's. Even though he usually tended to babble and gush when he had some kind of idea, letting his words run over each other, he tried to keep his voice at an even pace, more measured- it wasn't like with his friends, where most of the time he played up being silly because they found it amusing, or even with talking to Axel in the worst of his moods-- then, it was better for him NOT to sound too careful. But here, he just didn't want to step too far, too fast- and rushing along with every thought that came into his head would be a really dumb way to go about things. Instead, he opted for taking it gently, which seemed a better way, at least. "I mean, if you need somewhere to stay, there's... room in my house, my mom wouldn't mind. And, um, if that's, like, totally weird, then I could always ask around- I know Kairi's been kinda worried about you, seemed like she kept texting people about it, and, well, she doesn't just go on about anything. It's usually all about her, if you get that I mean. I mean, it'd at least be worth a try, right? Stop you... gettin' hurt again..." He smiled. "And, hey, you totally aren't a burden. Lighten up." Something somewhat between a shriek and a snarl tore from Axel's lips, which he quickly attempted to turn into a curse word- he fell to one knee, the leg he'd hurt trembling under his weight, and he punched at the floor. His knuckles made an ugly crunching noise, but he ignored it, dragging himself to his feet again, almost as if he could take back the fall, the moment of weakness. "You really gotta stop pushing me. Or do you WANT me to f*ck up your stupid brother, huh?" he hissed through gritted teeth. "...And, by the way, I wouldn't put a douchey thing like that past you, Blondie," the redhead added, deliberately dragging out the nickname, using it on purpose, obviously, knowing it would most likely rile the blond.

I don't know whether it works outside of my area, but most of the time where I'm from you kind of are shoved in a group depending on what classes and such you're passionate about, unless you're in the elite popular group (kind of the Plastics on a slightly larger scale... ). So, I'm one of the drama kids, simple as that. Kind of permitted amongst the popular group, but not really directly to do with it.

For just the range they both have, I'd have to say Vincent Martella and Troy Baker. I just love their voices. And a great deal of my childhood means I'm kind of required to say Tara Strong, too.

Yeah, it sucks, but it's not Youtube's fault. They were bought out, and the site itself isn't the one taking videos and accounts- the companies behind the copyright claims are. I've got lucky, since I've had my account since... around 2006-2007, and I haven't had any strikes thus far despite uploading videos quite often. I'm frequently blocked in other countries, but I haven't had a video muted or taken in a long while. There's a paragraph on fair use somewhere that you can just copy-paste into the dispute box, and it usually gets you whatever they've taken back- I can't find it, though, although I'm sure it's floating around somewhere.

Okay, guys, seriously? Nagging about it "delaying" your precious KH3? Not cool. Especially since people who've been waiting for Versus have had a much longer wait, since it's been in development hell for countless years and we've seen barely anything new. While the KH fans have had quite a few games since KH2, (I don't really care if you consider them spin-offs, BBS seemed pretty strong in itself to me) most of which are somewhat like what you'd expect and should tide you over. While the more FF-orientated fans have had XIII, true, it wasn't much like what they were teased with in Versus XIII, with it's apparently darker and edgier storyline, blood during battle and cutscenes- comparitively, XIII was really tame. They wouldn't use that kind of technology for a Kingdom Hearts game, since they're meant to be kind of cartoony- extremely detailed, realistic areas and character models simply wouldn't fit the series, so that's a no go. But, considering what little they've shown of Versus' graphics, it definitely sounds good. And I really do like the sound of the method they're choosing for the voiceacting to try and make it sound more natural- it might take longer, though, and it should make an improvement to how stilted the speech in things can be sometimes. I hope they keep it up for the english dub, if it DOES work. If they give me a camera phone in-game, I'll just end up with tons of pictures of Prompto, and Noctis' feet. That'll be it. xDDD

Okay, J.K. Rowling has pretty much sworn she won't be writing any other Harry Potter books in the forseeable future. However, there's Pottermore, which isn't a game in itself, more of an interactive HP-related community where you read through the books again through the site and are given new information, facts, extra chapters, etc. They haven't released much, but upon signing up (which will be pretty hard at first, I imagine, judging by how difficult it was to even submit an email address when the site first opened due to the popular demand, you're given a set of questions from a huge pool of them, which sort you into one of the houses- you get information about the founders and history of the house right off the bat, and go on from there. And I... well, I sobbed like a baby throughout a good third of the film, from when Snape walked into the boathouse (before anything was even SHOWN) to Harry facing Voldemort in the forest. And then I cried again at the end of the epilogue. Overall, I thought it was good for a film, but it had nothing on the books- and the inaccuracies in some parts drove me half-insane, like them needing to destroy the diadem with the fang venom, when the flames they were running from should have done it for them. And the boathouse replacing the Shrieking Shack. In the epilogue, Harry DID see Draco, though. They shared a glance and as far as I can remember Draco smiled a little, far more than he got with Ginny or Ron, pretty much. And his scar never hurt in the epilogue in the book. "The scar had not pained him for nineteen years. All was well." I'm certain THAT'S the end to the book. Oh, and Pottermore isn't officially open until October. A "few" fans will be granted access on the 31st of July, but you'd have to be among the first million and the odds aren't really in anyone's favour on that one.

((I... can't even fathom how long I've been gone. I'm sorry. I just had a lot of stuff to sort out, and I really haven't been near the internet in the past two months, certainly not long enough to form a reply. ;A; I'm pretty sure I'm better now, at least, I feel it, so I shouldn't be taking any lengthy breaks again anytime soon, but I'm really sorry I left this hanging. DDX And I can't get the colours to work, for some reason.)) Oh god, she was going to cry. Demyx didn't quite know if he could manage to deal with that, not in a strange environment, as it was. He could still sense the nurse's gaze lingering warily on his back, and tried to push the discomfort aside despite the prickling at the back of his neck. Maybe he shouldn't have slipped up- he gathered that she hadn't been told much, since she hadn't given any indication of knowing what to expect with him in the first place. And, if the goddamned idiots hadn't even told her who he was, he very much doubted they'd have admitted to giving him just a little of her backstory, as far as they knew. He hadn't even considered it at first, had just taken the fact she only lived with her father in his stride, along with the other tiny shreds of fact- she didn't have siblings, her grades were okay, she'd tried to kill herself. Weighing it all up, though, after she'd told him the problems stemmed from home... it hadn't taken that long to hit him. See, they treated him like he was stupid. Even Nami probably hadn't anticipated him working it out, judging by the look on her face- he tried to remind himself that she most likely hadn't known they'd told him anything, but, he had to admit, it still stung a little. A childish kind of smarting, immature hurt, that he quickly swallowed, and, barely listening to Namine's insisting she was fine, reached across towards her hand. He didn't take it properly, just softly placing his hand on top of hers. Like a lot of the physical things about her, it was small- although he hardly had huge hands himself, his fingers were pretty long, which was definitely helpful when it came to playing music. "Of course I'm going to worry. And, honestly? You don't look so okay, and it's not gonna get better without somebody pushing it to. You..." With a groan, he ran his free hand through his hair, meeting her eye properly again once he'd found the damn bottle to finish what he was saying. "You can't let it carry on, you can't go back there. Please." Finally getting to his feet properly, Axel started to walk off down the hall, passing Roxas by. The swagger to his step was marred, though, since it felt like he'd pulled something in his left leg kicking the brat off, and had to try not to limp. Giving a lopsided grin, he didn't allow himself to appear angry at the punk daring to call him a dirtbag- after all, it was nothing compared to what he could do when he put his mind to it, he was sure of that. "Better me than a snotnosed shortass like YOU," he sneered. "And, aw, shit, did I hurt you? Baby!" Just scoffing at Roxas trying to hiss his actual name for a moment, he didn't slow down in his somewhat stilted stroll down the hallway. "Roxas? Bet you think that sounds firetrucking tough, huh? Whatever, I'll commit it to memory if it's so damn important, kid."

"No problem." The tense set to his shoulders fell, and Demyx's posture slumped a little- partly because it was relaxed normally, but also because of the relief; it came so strongly, it almost caught him by surprise. And, although it was weak, he managed a smile, leaning down at her bedside when he was as close enough to support himself. For a moment, his gaze lingered on the needle, too, following hers, but then he shrugged, a quick, easy tilt to his shoulders. "'Fraid so. It's probably doing some good, Nami. Not that I'm a doctor, obviously, but... I think it's there for a reason, right?" Wrinkling his nose slightly, he sighed, and then looked up, meeting her gaze. "You don't have to worry, you know. I'm not letting them send you back... back there. I-I know it's, like, a total pain, but you can't go back to him." Axel just grinned, green eyes sparking. "Don't be such a tightass, kid. Stop ruining my fun- besides, s'not like I can injure him anymore than I could beat the firetruck outta you, is it?" He kicked upwards, hard- with both feet at once, and shoved with all his might, so that he finally managed to get Roxas off of him- but the redhead didn't try and get on top of him, just kneeled where he managed to get himself up, a few rough breaths struggling in his chest before he started to stand up properly. "Besides, you've nearly wasted the entire period, and- sucks for you- I have Math and I will not miss those huge jugs, not even for you, Blondie."

Ouch, ouch, guys. Little less harsh, maybe? So he's young, and it might not be the kind of "OMFG I WANNA MARRY YOU IN TEN YEARS AND HAVE FOURTY KIDS" kind of ending, but really? It's still not just something you can shrug off like it means nothing. Just... try and see it as a more positive thing. Arrange to meet up as much as you can, and just think how much you'll have to talk about when you see her! It might feel like the end of the world, but maybe it'll make you closer than before.