LEX'S PROFILE

There are a few behemot kings on the east side of that great plain. After a little bit of leveling up, you can beat them, if you attack from behind (it will be realtively easy to catch them from behind). You will need haste for this battle, as well as buffs and debuffs, but it well worths it, as you get 4k cp. There are 2 BKs and heading north a bit more, you will bump into some blue armadillos, which give you 1980 CP and there are 3 single ones you can easily attack from behind. Going up and down on this line will net a good amount of CP very quickly (the party needs to be rather offensive...I used Lightning, Shaz and Vanille). The mines in the north are even better though, as the enemies aren't too strong, so after you get stronger, and still feel the need to gain CPs, just follow the yellow arrow to the mines.

I too think, that the game is great, even this 11. chapter, though I really hate it when "freedom" equals to boring quests and grinding, but for once, I enjoy the battles, even though I've been doing nothing but battles for about 6-8 hours now...

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...and it's with the trailer: Why oh why did they use Leona Lewis for the music, of all the people on earth, they had to pick her -.-

Thankfully, I am yet to hear any of her "own" songs ingame. I'm not sure if she sings anything else in the game, but if she didn't write it, that's usually good, since apart from her ultimately generic style, she is a good singer.

Also, I like this game so far. I don't really understand what's people's problem with the story. Don't be intimidated from the plethora of new names, (most FFs try that anyway) they are all explained rather soon in the datalog anyway, ( upt to five times, depending on their importance...) and even if you just play the game, there will be an explanation later on. Apart from that, I can't exactly say that the story is too complicated so far. I mean, there are quite a few games here on RMN that have a more complex story. So I think the problem is with the new words, which threw me off-balance too. Also, the main quest is revealed around the begining of the third chapter. There are a lot of white bits, but I like that in a story.

And one more thing: the stuff FFXIII does, the few battles then cutscene: that's exactly what I was talking about in Salerius's article's comments. There is the obvious lienarity, which pissed off quite a few fans, but I think they did quite a good work with keeping the player connected.

Ah, I see, thanks. SE seems to be a little weak when it comes to fast reactions to potential PR disasters. They've had such issues before, but never with the teasers and such...those were very professional.
Well nevermind, only a few days away now...

The voice acting is fine indeed, but...for some reason, it seems...less visually stunning to me than what I expected. Maybe it's the low resolution, but I'm pretty sure, that the pink haired girl's (Vanille was her name I think) armband actually looked rather...boxy. Okay, maybe I'm a bit too critical...
Still, I hope the PS3 version really is better looking...

Dragon Ages: Origins
I expected it to be so fantastic, that it couldn't satisfy me in the end. It's a good game, and the world is yet again great (as expected of bioware), the battle and character advancment is fine, and all in all it is a very polished RPG from a technical point of view, but it just couldn't get me into the "ooh...aah...what comes next?" mood, like mass effect 1-2, jade empire or KOTOR. The story was devoid of any suprising elements, the only thing making the game serious and dark,is that there is a barrel of blood in every enemy, that happens to spill on your characters, even the ones which happen to stand afar from the fight. Oh and every decision you make is "grey". That's actually well done...but that alone won't make a dark fantasy. The characters, the world, the sidequests, the music, and the origin stories are good, but there is something missing. Something what would bring these puzzle pieces together and make them into a part of a great whole...
Okay, I'm sure everybody gets the pont, so Ill stop with the poetic speech.