I received some welcome news today. I had an interview last week for a PC Tech job over at Verizon Wireless, which I felt went okay enough. I’m never really a good judge on how well an interview went, I’m usually too nervous to think. On the plus side, with only one exception, every job I’ve interviewed for, I was offered. So I guess I must have SOME redeeming quality in my interviews. Don’t know what it is, I’ll tell you when I find out.
Those who know me, know I’ve been scrimping together dozens of paychecks from the one and two day jobs I get every week, budgeting and planning for that occasional week I work only one day, so a steady job is a more than welcome development.
In other news, I found a working used copy of Suikoden III, and have played through it to its conclusion. The ending was… okay, but it didn’t make all that much sense. Add to that your last four stars (people you recruit) are bad guys who you only get to play for about twenty minutes after the game ended, and I wasn’t entirely pleased. This is strange because I can’t count how many times I wanted to experience a game from the villain’s point of view, to find out motives, see what the backstory is, a look behind the scenes. This little bonus scenario failed utterly in that respect. What you get it to see many of the same scenes you ALREADY saw from the heroes’ perspective, along with a couple conversations which don’t reveal anything you didn’t already know.
I can’t say I’ve been more ambivalent about any other game. Its a great game, but it just fell short of what it could have been. From the dilapidated castle you called your home, to the dozens of ananswered questions, and the very questionable military strategy you are forced to utilize, the whole game feels incomplete.
I find myself playing through Suikoden IV now, which is lauded as the worst game in the series. I think I would have to agree. The plot is lackluster and spaced out with hours of sailing, it just doesn’t have that epic Suikoden feel I’m used to. On the plus side, the battle system has been simplified, and there’s dozens of entertaining minigames (I find myself quite addicted to this Mah Jong’esque minigame), so actually playing through it is fun. And once you discover that pressing R1 makes your ship go a lot faster, the sailing isn’t all that bad. Still takes awhile, but is a lot less time-consuming.
I get a new job, and write to short paragraphs, I beat a game, and I can fill a page… I wonder if I have my priorities straight…
Well, that’s all for now.
Zel-kun out.
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