Lost in Translation

When it comes to games, a language barrier can be hard to overcome. Then again, finding new things to do with a so-so game can be entertaining as well.

Well, I just finished Final Fantasy III last night, and while I enjoyed the game, I'm not sure how I feel now that it is over. The confrontation with the final enemy is set up in such a way that you cannot save your progress at any point after you face the first of 6 final enemies. In other words, when you die, you have to start all over again with the first one (and there's more than a few critters in the way, too). This would not be so bad except that there is a lengthy bit of exposition that they stick in the beginning of this sequence that I had to sit through three times because I was not skilled enough to defeat the final villain the first two times (the disparity in strength between the final boss and the first 5 is rather annoying.) Oddly enough, when I built my party up for my third run at the boss, I was surprised at how easily I defeated it - either the enemy just wasn't built to handle high-level characters or I just got lucky.

At any rate, I'm ready for a new game. Any suggestions?

Click click click

One thing that is constant with game consoles is that when it comes to entering information, they make "hunt and peck" look like speed typing.

Not much to report this week. I'm still playing Final Fantasy III and while the game is great, I'm still ticked off about the online message system. Read last week's post for more info.

I have this to say about Nintendo's Wii - setting it up is a lot easier than buying one.