I know why I rarely shop except for grocery

[estara]

I already spend too much money online-shopping as is, especially for books and games, and when I have a doctor's appointment and I'm a bit early or I have to get a parcel from the post office, I just always find something to buy near there.

Today was the day I finally sent out the Bavarian Care Package I auctioned off on Live Long and Marry and while waiting for the Post Office to open after their lunch break, I saw that the annual children's flea market in the street before the post office was on. Since I had time to spend I walked the stalls and sure enough a few pupils from my school had stalls with their parents.

I even found a really cute box with crosspoint needle work which I put into my Bavarian Care Package at the post office later.

But that's not why I'm writing this post. A pupil at my school was selling his Nintendo Gamecube, having gotten himself an Xbox 360, and I've been wanting to play Tales of Symphonia for ages... remember, I'm the person who bought the Dreamcast when SEGA had already announced its discontinuation because of the Japanese Sakura Taisen series, as well as Skies of Arcadia and Grandia II (which I now also own for PS 2). Tales of Symphonia is out on PS 2, but only in Japan! So I bought it with a memory card for € 30.

And then went home and bought Tales of Symphonia and Skies of Arcadia Legends (it never came out for PS 2) for € 60.

*sigh, happy sigh, but sigh*

Comments

[tirwen.livejournal.com]

You will love Tales of Symphonia :)

[estara.livejournal.com]

That's the thing: whenever I read a review or heard about this game (I have all the PS and PS 2 Tales games), it was just the most amazing game of the series ever! And then I saw this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNSrDy1Otas
and this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MeI10RN408

Of course Tales of Legendia also had great skits (real ones, not stolen from Avenue Q ^^) - I hated the main heroine's voice though...

But it means I've spent 90 Euros on a whim...

[tirwen.livejournal.com]

Symphonia has a lot more skits than Legendia, and it's more geared toward multiple playthroughs. You can cook anywhere in Symphonia, not just in towns. You don't have to collect things to learn new spells. If you've played Abyss, Symphonia is a lot closer to that. Legendia was done by the Tales Studio, so that's why it's so different. Load times are also shorter. I hope you enjoy it!

[estara.livejournal.com]

As I said, I've played all the ones on the Playstation Console platforms (I don't own a PSP) which are available in English. I wish Tales of Rebirth, and the REAL 2nd Tales of Destiny were available in English or German...

I'm pretty sure I'll love it ^^.