Fate is teh series, Fate/stay night is teh first game (it's a visual novel, never released in America, but there's a great fanslation). Go look it up, it's excellent (though I am putting together a blog of some of my complaints). Servants are summoned Heroic Spirits housed in artificial Ghost Liner bodies, so they're more-or-less ghosts.
That bothered me, too, and I haven't played it yet either. I spent years waiting for this game, but man, these reviews....kind of a bummer.
Man, still need to get Ghost Trick. Thanks for that reminder.
Hm, favorite video game ghosts....well, Servants in Fate are technically Ghost Liners, so I'll say Saber. And the Wraith bonus boss in Kingdom Hearts was pretty cool. Er....I think saying too much about The World Ends With You would be spoiler-y, and for some reason teh only oher one I can think of is the annoying ghosts in Silent Hill 4, and screw those guys.
Getting on this right now. Thanks for teh heads-up!
Welp, one more reason to get a PSO account. This looks like fun, and I'd hate for it to die like this.
Good use of FMA up there.
I rarely flip things to Hard Mode; I tend to go through once on Normal or whatever, and then I move to teh next 100+ hour game on my list. But When I do, I like to feel it; I've already beaten teh final boss, make me work for this next round, dammit!
Seriously, I can't wait for 3.0 to get translated.
I do agree, teh story and character aspects get simplified and downplayed a lot in 1.11, and teh cut scenes range from trivial (Shinji accidentally listening in on a couple getting intimate in all-night movie theater while running away) to character critical, like Kensuke's....pretty much his only scene, ever, and Shinji choosing to keep piloting at teh train station. Even so, I tend to tie them, because Operation: Yashima is SO FRAKKING PRETTY in Rebuild, and we do get lots of other fluffy stuff to partially make up for teh cut material.
And yes, 2.22 is completely nuts. Last few minutes will be some of teh craziest of your life, seriously.
Oooo. Positivity. That's a refreshing scent.
I'd totally like to buy Ayesha, but I don't know if I'll be able to, between my speeding ticket and textbooks....
Bleh....I'm kinda burned out on this whole issue rght now. I guess my view is: If it would bother me elsewhere (specifically, any context where I can apply what I call literary criticism and what those around me call overthinking it), it'll bother me in video games. Badass female character? Awesome. Badass female character who goes on and on about not needing male help? Not so awesome. Also annoying as fuck. Badass female character who never actually earns her badass cred on-screen or in any manner the player/viewer/whatever can observe and constantly needs rescuing? Also not so awesome. Also also annoying as fuck. And so on.
Not sure if that was at all relevant, but there ya go. Hope you don't stay gone too long, Kay.
