That Taurus Demon Baby will haunt my dreams. Dreams where I lure it to the edge of a bridge...

However, that's not necessarily a problem as much as a frustration from simply being invested and naturally wanting to know more—until it starts to affect the characters.

The biggest downside of seeing the epilogue only and not the full story is the amount of things simply left unexplained. This includes the very foundation of the setting—i.e., how a mere 73 years into the future (from the date Cowboy Bebop first aired) humanity has been able to terraform other planets, moons, and…

Famous last words.

It would probably look more like how you imagine if the photo was taken at ground level.

I was hoping that a Titan actually collapsed somewhere in Germany. Disappoint.

A major habit in Japanese writing is the tendency to leave things cryptically open ended. Almost invariably, Japanese stories omit critical elements in their story that need to be filled in. For example, let's say a hero fought a dragon and saved the town. Here are three scenarios:

But I can safely poke things without drawing aggro. I like being a safe, insubstantial contribution to the team.

I definitely understand the ponderous feeling of the controls, initially at least. One of the big things Dark Souls does is change the way you perceive action. We're so accustomed to nimble, instantaneous response that when a game like Dark Souls come along, it feels "broken." But with time and patience, you start to…

No. It's a conspiracy against developers. We must take to arms.

You have my attention, and I accept your kicks gratefully.

True that. But if I'm gonna put down money for a DS, might as well get a 3DS. Oh well. I guess I should just stop making excuses and get through it. How do you personally feel about 999, though? How long did it take you to get to a good ending?

The man is easily surprised and excited. You should see what happens when a squirrel runs by.

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Usually I'm the uncle, although not for Nintendo. Not yet, anyway.

Yeah, it was atrociously bad, but From and Namco emphasized that it was designed with PCs in mind. Hopefully the keep good on that.

I was actually torn between waiting for PC or getting it now on console. Luckily I have a buddy at Namco-Bandai, who assured me both. I love friends.

I am very close to being on the same boat. Part of it is also that my eyes can't handle the small DS screen anymore...

Harder to keep playing, yes.

Nah man, Umeshoryus and one-frame hit confirms all day, erry day.