For those who mind, matter, and for those who matter, mind

Well the post is as such - for those mentioned in the 'title'. I am having a break from class till 1pm, class ended at 9am.

*SPOILERS TO KH:BBS AND KH II AHEAD*

Finished Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (the game took me from 16th Sep 2010 till 27th Sep 2010, to complete three storylines, and unlocking the secret ending: Blank Points) Now, I'm quite an avid fan of the series, (alongside my friend who is a BIGGER fan), and I found that Birth By Sleep was quite above average. Nothing 'fantastic' really, owing to the storyline. Why do I say this?

Well, prequels of any main series have (and will always be) been known to be notorious as the 'fill in the gap' and hence 'do a lot of patchwork' to cover loopholes to the series' main story. Birth by Sleep was no exception in my opinion. It did give light and reasoning to how Riku and Kairi were able to wield Keyblades by Kingdom Hearts II, however I thought the reasoning for why Ven looked like Roxas was flimsy, of all the Toms, Dicks and Harry's out there, Sora was the one to 'answer the call to Ven'

A typical Deux Ex Machina, if you ask me, the lead character being able to do ANYTHING, since he's 'special'.

Well, there are pros too of course, such as the versatility of commands you have in this game is rather immense! From typical attacking, to finishers, to deck commands, to shot locks, to command styles. Story wise is decent, its different compared to many games as each character goes to different places at different times, but of course in the end they all reunite. I enjoyed Final Episode and Blank Points too, albeit, like mentioned before, was filled with plot hole patching.

Moving on, I'm planing to start Persona 3 Portable, but I really should finish my exams first before even thinking about it, I truly enjoyed games by Shim Megami Tensei (SMT), i.e. Persona series, Digital Devil Saga series, and Devil Summoner, as it truly beats the crap out of common RPG with realistic characters as well as cleverly designed plots.

An avid gamer I am, not sure if can be classified as hardcore gamer or not though, lol, but those who know me long enough know bout my gaming habits somewhat lol