Apr 19 2009
Cannot Play RPGs When Sick
I contracted some form of yuck either from Sakura con or the four and a half hour flight to get there, and it’s made playing Lost Odyssey or any other RPG near impossible. See, I have thin patience to start with, so it’s amazing that I’m able to play turn-based games at all. Add in the sick factor, and my patience is virtually nonexistent. I get into one turn-based fight, and I’m already turning off the console. Not to mention, hearing the same battle music over and over, and the victory fanfare over and over, doesn’t do much for my illness-induced headache.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a TV console or handheld. The end result is the same.
So what have I been doing while lying in my sick bed (other than begging my husband to please take care of the baby)? Phantom Hourglass has been a nice friend. Oh I go nowhere near the dungeons. That’s just asking for trouble. I played one dungeon when I was starting to get sick, and I yelled at Link so much for not moving his ass fast enough that my husband was a mixture of fear and amused. So I’ve been fishing (in an attempt to snag that heart container), exploring new islands, and playing other mini-games for various rewards. I’m usually not a mini-game person, but at least I have a worthwhile reward in the end for some of these. Well, that and you can’t expect me not to game at all, even though I feel like death.
