Video games have been a huge part of my life growing up (it's how I learned to read for god sakes!), and as I progressed into a money making machine at the age of 15, a good chunk of my monthly wages have gone into buying games. I would get a bimonthly check for 600 bucks, 200 of it would go to games. What I'm trying to say here is that I'm a collector.
Usually what that means is that I have WAAAAAAAY too many games and not nearly enough time to play them all, especially RPG's. Now don't get me wrong, I love RPG's, they just might be my favorite genre actually. But when I'm looking over what title I should use to cure my boredom, an RPG looks a bit more than daunting (especially Atlus ones, I can't even tell you how many times I've restarted Riviera and Yggdra Union).
Now a few months ago I'd acquired an amazing girlfriend with which of whom I am deeply in love with. Her fancy lies with Final Fantasy type games, and when we were sitting down for one of our first few dates, she was appalled at the fact that I owned most of the games she loves and have only beaten a few of them.
Like, she almost gets upset. No joke.
I'll have started one of the games, and then not touch it for a week, and she'll ask me all excitedly how far I've gotten, and at that point the only thing I can give her is disappointment. The scolding will then ensue, and my pride as a gamer, or at least what pro status I ever thought I had, will deflate like a balloon filled with farts.
It's kind of nice though, kind of. I mean, since then, I have finally beaten FFVI, FFX, FFXII, Chrono trigger, Chrono Cross, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts 2, and Dark Cloud.
All really great games, and I knew this, I just never got around to beating them. And with her around, I'm slowly making progress on my collection whilst still buying more and more games. Thankfully, and I never thought I'd say this, but current gen games are WAAAAY shorter than older games so once I hit that bump in VG offspring, I'll be flying through games.
So there you have it, a little peak into my life with my RPG addicted girlfriend, thank you for reading.
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P.S. FFVI is so much better than FFVII
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Damn you rich bastard!
Then I was like:
Ha, that outtah teach him.
And later I was like:
All's well that ends well.
And lastly I was like:
What does that even mean?
Entertaining read.
And yes, FFVI is better than FFVII.
@doifX: Yeah, I didn't have a PS2 till about 2 years ago, I was strictly Nintendo up until that point (cheaper that way) so I've still got a long ways to go with the PS2 library. And I'm glad you agree on the Final Fantasy thing :P
@Kraid: First thing, good catch on that name, Metroid is one of my favorite series. And yes, I intend on keeping her around, i just gotta make sure to play those games or I might get canned myself :P She's very freakin' attractive too, so losing her would be like almost as devastating as my Wii's system memory becoming corrupt! (of course i jest)
How many times did you edit that sentence?
Furthermore, "P.S. FFVI is so much better than FFVII"...
....you are my hero. This is something I'm forced to debate about on campus all the time.
@Shin Oni: I must admit, i think I do that subconsciously, i guess I'm just a glutton for punishment.
@Pixelated Lilac: I consider myself very lucky, she's a wonderful woman. Also, i know your pain, there are just SOO many FFVII fanboys, some of them have never even played VI! So yeah, lol, don't give up the fight!
I have FFVIII, FFVI, FFX, and Kingdom Hearts 2 unbeaten. I'll probably eventually get around to them, but it'll take a while.