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[alwaysbeenasmiler]

It really is a lot of fun to play a game all the way over again.

Going into my second playthrough of "Tales of Vesperia", I was a little bit wary because I thought perhaps I wasn't quite ready, there were so many worries I had in my head as that was a fandom that myself and my ex-girlfriend shared. And I have a real fucking hard time with fandoms because once upon a time I had a partner in crime, but a long the way I've had to sort of go the path alone without a bosom companion. But let me tell you, I really don't know what I was worrying about. I don't even hate Yuri which means that maybe I've grown past the whole 'superimposing' other people onto characters---> god knows I've grown out of that myself, I love characters but I don't pretend that I 'am' them, not any longer.

And I am picking so much up that was lost on the second playthrough, all the nuances-- every time Schwann shows up, every thing Flynn utters, the Rita/Estelle subtext. OH YES AND I AM ENJOYING PATTY, oh my gosh, could she be any cuter? Maybe she is balancing my whole dislike of Karol, I don't know-- but her voice is cute, she is cute and just d'awww.

I am also seeing some Duke/Raven subtext which actually makes me happy, it means my shipping googles are still on and fully functional.

Also-- dare I say, I can see Yuri/Flynn-- I can accept them as a pairing in a way that I sort of shunned a long time ago. Like, I think that they are both INTENSELY stubborn individuals and still have a hell of a lot of growing to do, but in my heart--I think I want to see them hit the endgame together, because you have lawful good and chaotic good together, and it just sort of works right there-- they both are striving for the same thing, but they are both diametrically opposite in their ways of doing it.

I seriously played Tales of Vesperia most of yesterday (when Tales of Vesperia hit my hands) and nearly ALL of today.

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[carisma_sensei]

I shared lots of videogames with my ex and, in a way, this happened to me too. What I did was recommend Aaron these games and play them with him so I could create new and better experiences with them. I'm lucky to have a boyfriend who loves videogames as much and even more than I do though.

That being said, I'm glad you are having fun with Vesperia! I only saw it begin with my ex, although I'm a Tales of fan (my fav is Eternia, followed by Symphonia) but there are a lot I haven't played yet because I lack the platform and/or game.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Well let me tell you, a great Tales game is a definite weakness of mine.. and Tales of Vesperia is awesome! But well my husband isn't a big RPG person and that is pretty fine, just means I have to squee extra loud on DW

[carisma_sensei]

You can fangirl to me about videogames anytime!!

[divinemusings]

I thought about picking up Tales of Vesperia. I'm so behind on my games, though I wasn't sure if I should wait or not.

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

I understand the backlog, normally I don't pick up video games frivolously because I have finite amount of hours in the day however a Tales game I will always make time for and I would say "Go ahead!" but I don't know your life -- I can only go off of my priorities, of which Tales series sort of goes up to #1 in list of game priorities. I definitely recommend it if you get time to focus on it! <3

[divinemusings]

I might wait a little while and see if the price drops some too. The only thing with Tales series is that once they reach a certain point, they become hard to find. :/ We'll see how I feel once I'm more on top of my life. lol. I also want Kingdom Hearts 3 something fierce, but that one makes mroe sense to wait on because it'll definitely drop in price over the months or have a DLC collected edition by the time my birthday rolls around.

[breyzyyin]

I am so glad that you are enjoying your second playthrough of Tales of Vesperia as much as you are! :D I've been debating about possibly picking up the game myself at some point when my backlog isn't as huge as it is now...and your talk on it here definitely just increased that temptation quite a bit! ♥ Happy continued playing! ♥

[spectrier]

Vesperia is pretty fun isn't it? I'm also dumping all my time on it at the moment and I'm glad you're enjoying it even with the past attachments to it. How far in are you?

I don't have much intelligent to say to your comments about the game other than "yes!" and "very good!". Viva la shipping. ;)

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

I just got Raven and I'm almost to Judith. A lot of the stuff I just sort of forgot-- however it's all coming back to mee as I get further into the story or I just uncover something that made me laugh and I go "Did I laugh like that when I played it before?". Really weird stuff!

[spectrier]

Ah quite a way to go then! I did forget a lot of the game as well...including forgetting how long it actually is.

Oh I totally get you with the "did I laugh like that?" feeling, there's been a number of times I've had this big stupid grin on my face while playing. Judith joining your party was one of them and I always have this low key lol moment whenever anyone calls Raven "old man". He's not old, Rowen in Tales of Xillia was old!!

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

I can kinda see the 'old man' thing because I kinda see Raven/Schwann as being old before their time. Like everytime it planes to Schwann, he gives off the "I have seen some shit.." and while Raven is pretty much his laid back alter ego, I can't help that he can't quite get rid of those cares and it sorta shows in his demeanor, despite the fact that he cant be much younger than 35 (wow, I am older than Schwann.. that is wild)

[dorchadas]

I already probably wasn't going to ever play World of Warcraft again, but I'm half as likely to go back to it now because I played it for six years together with my ex. That's a lot of memories.

Unfortunately, that's all the comment I can make because I've never played a single Tales game! It is a hole in my JRPG knowledge.