Amutt

While I was looking for games for my emulator on my Zodiac I saw Chrono Trigger and remembered quite a few people on these forums talking about how great of an RPG it was. Well after spending hours getting it running and playing with it for a while, I decided it sucks.


Kidding, don't kill me GeN. I can't stop playing it. I never thought I could be so engrossed in this little game, but it has sucked hours of my life away and I can't stop it, and I don't want to.

I fear I have fallen to the dark side. Where once I was a twitch based only gamer, I have fallen prey to the more subtle enjoyment of the story and characters of a turn based RPG.

Is it possible for one to come from a hatred of TB-RPGs to being obsessed with them? I blame KOTOR. It was the first game I ever loved that was not twitch based. It was my gateway game, and a way to spend over a hundred hours beating it six times. After that it was the allure of a LOTR game allowing me to play a story parallel to that of the fellowship. I decided that even though it was TB I could rent it, play for a while and then return to my more "skill based games". After the 30th time I died I decided I would return to my more "skill based games" because this one was to frustrating.

I have been shunned by my circle of friends for loving games of a taboo nature, and I don't care. I feel sick at the fact that I can't wait for Xbox 360 to come out so I can play FF XI. I know my brother may disown me but I must play them.

In conclusion, I have decided that to enjoy the title gamer, I must expand my horizons and enjoy games of all types, even if they will break family ties. It is amazing to me that I have come from being one of the strongest opposers of TB-RPGs to having them be my secret love in under two years. Who knows, maybe I will start watching Anime.

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