Today's Notes 12/16/20

Good afternoon everyone,

Yeah this is being posted very late, because I got up very late because well... I got up very late lol.

Anyway, last night we finished Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, making it the 45th game we've finished on Twitch this year. Game play wise, I sure as hell can leave it because the card mechanic certainly would make more sense in a 2D standard RPG style setting. But in an action-adventure type setting, it's a real hindrance and breaks the natural flow, which became really noticeable on the 13th floor where you're often fighting three waves of enemies. 

That said, I did develop a plan on getting through the final bosses Axel (once) and Marluxia (3 times, but 2 were back to back), based on the fact so many enemies on the 13th floor can be healed if I dish out magic of any type... go all out on normal key blade attacks. Story wise, everything that takes place in Chain of Memories basically can come across as pointless because Sora, Donald and Goofy will forget everything that happens in Castle Oblivion, and thus setting things up for Kingdom Hearts II, but it doesn't become pointless because of the pinkie promise made between Sora and Namine.

And as proven in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, if a pinkie promise is broken.... watch your ass

Did do a Fitness Boxing 2 session today, going about 50 minutes (counting stretching), and I can safely say I do like some minor details in it, such as the game telling you to get some water between some exercises, and I really like the break down of seeing how well I throw specific punches from either the orthodox or south paw stances. That said, it seems the unlocking of specific routines is a lot slower than the original Fitness Boxing. On a side note, the in-game version of Hot N Cold and Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun are not as good as Bad Romance and Born This Way in the first game.

Tonight we're going to hook up the Playstation 2 and do some ESPN Baseball 2K4, continuing the 2004 season featuring the Philadelphia Phillies! Will we be able to win more than we lose? We'll see later tonight over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!