Day 1
So I run down to the mailbox to check for my new game fly
rental. Bill, Bill, credit card...Bill, jury duty notice, Aha... here's the
shit. I had put Persona 4 at the top of the list with about ten other
selections below and in low availability, so I'm about to get my RPG on after I
un-wrap this.... Oh... Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power. For the PS2. Ok...
It feels like I just got socks on Christmas morning, but it all good.
No really its cool, I put this on my game cue at some time or another. Which means that me of the past had wanted to play it. Actually, I always noticed this title on the shelf and wondered why it felt so exclusionary. Only the most Japanese among my group of gamers played it and even they walked away a bit shell shocked. When I would ask about it they simply mumbled something about watching my farm production and shuffled off. Hey, I played most of the Harvest moon series. So on the subject of farming, I feel "you can't tell me Nuuuthhinn!" Thank you.
But It can't be all that bad. I mean, they are in game 100,000,000 of the series. I hear you can dispatch spies, and murder Ronin. And I do hate me some bum ass, lazy ass, Ronin. So I guess I can crank up my trusty old PS Deuce and give this period piece a good bleeding. Ugh. I just read that last sentence.
So I will play it. But not today. I'm still working my way through Nordic Fallout, and we just got Gears 3. Gonna hit up a little fortress tonight as a chaser, just to keep the skills sharp. And then there is, you know, Work. But yeah, its on the list. I promise I will not send this game back until I have given it its fair shake. Definitely. Tomorrow.
No really its cool, I put this on my game cue at some time or another. Which means that me of the past had wanted to play it. Actually, I always noticed this title on the shelf and wondered why it felt so exclusionary. Only the most Japanese among my group of gamers played it and even they walked away a bit shell shocked. When I would ask about it they simply mumbled something about watching my farm production and shuffled off. Hey, I played most of the Harvest moon series. So on the subject of farming, I feel "you can't tell me Nuuuthhinn!" Thank you.
But It can't be all that bad. I mean, they are in game 100,000,000 of the series. I hear you can dispatch spies, and murder Ronin. And I do hate me some bum ass, lazy ass, Ronin. So I guess I can crank up my trusty old PS Deuce and give this period piece a good bleeding. Ugh. I just read that last sentence.
So I will play it. But not today. I'm still working my way through Nordic Fallout, and we just got Gears 3. Gonna hit up a little fortress tonight as a chaser, just to keep the skills sharp. And then there is, you know, Work. But yeah, its on the list. I promise I will not send this game back until I have given it its fair shake. Definitely. Tomorrow.
Day 10
Oh, Nobunaga's Ambition. Hey. Little guy. You still here?
Ok, lets go ahead and see what all of the fuss is about. Cool, so I pop it in
and, what's this? A twenty section tutorial... Wow. That's not that scary. Just
saving money on paper.
I'm introduced to Nobunaga, a Lazy rich kid who is visited by the ghost of his dead father. His father teaches him how to run his Daimyo, I imagine to be the equivalent of a European's piece of land in Feudal times .And after about a Dickens book worth of text, its time for Ghost dad to take his kid around and show him the ropes.
Here is how you farm. Here is how you allocate resources for the acquisition of new lands while focusing on an agriculture based economy. Here is how you deliver plans to your lieutenants and place them in the best position to create positive revenue streams based on their strengths. Here is how you wage war on your neighbors for no other reason but they are there. Here is how you control the proletariat with an iron fist. You know. The basics. Great. So part one through three of the tutorial is knocked out. Can't wait for section four. And it only took... two hours. I'll get to the rest tomorrow.
I'm introduced to Nobunaga, a Lazy rich kid who is visited by the ghost of his dead father. His father teaches him how to run his Daimyo, I imagine to be the equivalent of a European's piece of land in Feudal times .And after about a Dickens book worth of text, its time for Ghost dad to take his kid around and show him the ropes.
Here is how you farm. Here is how you allocate resources for the acquisition of new lands while focusing on an agriculture based economy. Here is how you deliver plans to your lieutenants and place them in the best position to create positive revenue streams based on their strengths. Here is how you wage war on your neighbors for no other reason but they are there. Here is how you control the proletariat with an iron fist. You know. The basics. Great. So part one through three of the tutorial is knocked out. Can't wait for section four. And it only took... two hours. I'll get to the rest tomorrow.
Day 20
Oh, my fucking god. It just sits there on the table,
staring. "I thought you liked RPG's fam? I thought you enjoyed story
driven titles? What's wrong? is Nobunga a little heavy for you? Perhaps
Barbie's Equestrian Adventure is a more skill appropriate title for a casual
player like yourself." Fuck you, Nobunaga's Ambition. I never really loved
you. You were just there, clogging up my game fly cue then stinking up my
coffee table. Knowing I can't send you back until I have at least gotten out of
your damn tutorial. For honors sake. I have 17 MORE of those left! I can't do
this. This is just to much. What are you, Nobunaga's Ambition? Are you a RTS?
RPG? Adventure? Political Drama? Excel spreadsheet? Passions? What? Tell me!
Damn you. Look at my hands. I'm sweating. Damn, I'm seein' Demons! this game is
work.
Day 30
Last... Tutorial... Something about the proper use of
archers during sieges using the L2 shortcut, and something else about paying
tribute to connecting fiefs... almost... done... The tutorial is done. Now I am
sending this fucking pox on my house back to the hell from which it spawned.
Game fly. You taught me a valuable lesson about myself by sending me
this...Game. You taught me my limits. Nobunaga. You defeated me today...
