games you’ve never heard of, part three
For those of you who missed my previous update, , I had reversed my position on “Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy” and decided that, despite all of its failures, it was still fun.
About an hour after that post, I beat the game.
NEW COMPLAINT: “Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy” is way too damn short. Position officially reversed again; I hate it now. HATE.
And so I have moved on to a new game: “Tales of Symphonia.” The game can be quickly explained as the product of throwing all the Final Fantasy games into a blender and making all of the characters chibi. However, unlike Final Fantasy, the combat is real-time instead of turn-based. But all other rules apply: attacks are announced before they are performed, the main character is a brash and idealistic young man, the main character’s love interest must sacrifice herself to save the world, the inevitable traitor has emo hair, etc. My roommates have been watching me play and offering helpful commentary.
For example, there is one attack in the game called “demon fang” that the character announces before performing. One of my roommates heard it as “beaver twang.” Guess what is my house’s new favorite catchphrase? Oh, you’re good.
Also, the main character is named “Lloyd,” which a dear friend of mine deliberately mispronounces as “Cloyd.” When I threatened to name one of my future children that, he responded that he would drive to my child’s school to beat him up every day and encourage others to do the same. But apparently my unborn child can escape this fate if Cloyd is only his middle name.
Merlinus Cloyd Henry is going to hate my guts.
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