Hello from the land of snow (Canada)
Lately, it has trully become like an American stereotypes (as in, I have shoveled snow for a total of 6 hours on Saturday)

But I am not writting to complain about meaningless solidified water. No sir, here stand Soul Maru at level 30, at the beginning of disk 3 of Koudelka.

First off, thank you. I have bought this game quite a while ago, but if it wasn't for your constant admiration and recomendation of this game, I might have never played it.

You might (or might not) think that I am quite advanced in levels for where I stand in the game. And this is what puzzles me the most about the game... I am one to complain about long battles (see Xenosaga for an example) I like my battle fast and simple until I hit a boss... but that's me. Koudelka, on the other hand is different. I enjoy so much beign in a battle, that I hardly played the game for the first 8 hours. I only leveled up.

Now I face a problem, the bosses are too easy. One hit kills are no fun.

I do have a question actually. I heard there is 3 endings and don't plan on playing this game 3 times. Which one is the best and how do I get it. And by best, I mean one that connects the most with SH (if there is such an ending)

Thanks for the time

Soul Maru

Dear Goog,

First off, I have an explanation for possible reasons why FFVII happened to draw such a large fan-base. It was my first RPG (so sue me, i grew up on Mario, Donkey Kong, and Street Fighter) and that probably swayed me from the get-go (i can't call it rehashed plot if its the first time i've seen it). However, for others, i think it was the first time a main character died. I know that until that point, i figured my characters were pretty much imortal (sure if they all KO it is game over, but if you start back at the last save it is like it never happened, right?) It was one of those "by golly" moments that stuck with me. However, the more RPGs i played, the less special FFVII became... but Aeris' death may have caused players to become all touchy-feely with FFVII.

Anyway, my top RPG's include games like Xenogears, FFVI, FFVII, and so forth. I'm on a hunt for more rpgs (new and old, and playable on the trusty PS2). I like the games for many reasons, but one of the common reasons between the three is their use of machinery. More specifically, i like Gears setting (along with the gears themselves), and i like the worlds that VI and VII are set in. My question is: what would you recomend for games that have similiar settings to those games? I've just begun branching off of S-E, and i don't really know where to look. any tips would be welcome. thanks

Ryan

Multiparter today. First ever. Well, first ever labeled. Normally they're just mashed together.

1) If we have questions and/or comments and/or suggestions and/or offers to help in regards to your kekkai web page (which I've become an avid follower of, for the record), where should we send it as opposed to RPG/RPGamer related stuff?

2) I just got an XBOX for Christmas (I cheated). Aside from Shenmue, Fable, and Sudeki, what are good games? I really want a game that's like Gauntlet: Dark Legacy but newer, I just haven't seen any (for any of the big three systems, in fact).

3) There's a new race in WC3? How the heck did *I* not hear about that, in addition to you?

4) I'm running out of good things to name my characters in RPGs both on line and off. You got anything to throw out there off the top of your head that you don't mind me and eight million other people using?

I've been playing Final Fantasy 5 lately, and it got me thinking about the many many jobs available throughout the Final Fantasy series (most notably in FF5, FFT, FFTA, and FFX-2). I was wondering if you had a favorite job class thing. I'd say my favorite is probably the Thief. A Ninja/Thief like Edge in FF4 is even better. I just like the way a Thief lets you get equipment before you can buy it in stores. It's always fun to steal some awesome sword or robe or something from an enemy when you weren't expecting it.

I guess my second question would be: what do you think is the most useless FF job ever? I think when they start splitting up magic schools and making specialized mages like Time Mages and Oracles, they just aren't very useful. I like it when Haste is a White Magic spell that my healer can cast when no one needs healing. It's annoying when it's the best spell a Time Mage can cast until they finally learn Meteor.

Dearest Google, or shall I say, JAKE ALLEY!

First, I am f--king sick of all the bloodthirsty critics and arrogant [WINDOWS-1252?]fanboys who unfairly flame FFXÕs nearly perfect battle system. I thought that the Sphere Grid system was the *best* character development system *ever* to appear in any RPG to date, WAY better than any generic-ass experience system, and had no problems whatsoever navigating the thing; [WINDOWS-1252?]maybe you just suck, or something. ÒWay too easyÓ? Did you even *play* those mini-games? While most, Yours Truly included, probably agree that they're perhaps the worst part of the game, the game isn't "way too easy" if you figure them into the picture, Alley. Yes, Tidus is a complete dork, and yes, they should've actually called him by name, but the rest of the story is excellent. How the hell can you like feces such as Phantom Brave (5 for the battle system? What a load of bull...) and not FFX? Sorry for the angry letter, but I just *had* to let this steam off.

-The Man with No Name

• Lance Grower

• Growlanser