I hadn’t “blogged” here in a while, but I did indeed clear Star Ocean 4 and play some other games and stuff.  I want to write a review for Star Ocean 4 once I finish up with the bonus dungeons, and perhaps play the game again.  Here’s a monologue from IRC a bit about what’s going on.

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[12:48:54] <Aquas> yeah, i beat star ocean 4 recently
[12:48:59] <Aquas> almost done with the first bonus dungeon
[12:49:27] <Aquas> but i have to synth some stats to weapons and accessories in preparation of the boss and the next and last dungeon.
[12:50:31] <Aquas> doing that will require farming of sorts by revisiting a planet repeatedly to harvest bizarre fruit which can generate potent stat seeds when used.
[12:51:02] <Aquas> then use those atk / def seeds on weapons.
[12:51:55] <Aquas> = mega buff character with maxed atk and def stats eventually
[12:52:42] <Aquas> gotta fully maximize for any remaining “final bosses” as well, but I’m not sure how many there are besides one for this next dungeon.
[12:54:09] <Aquas> i brought a party with wrist and neck accessories with bonus exp status and gained a fuck load of levels like euphoria leveling up.  all the exp bonuses from each persons equipment topples, reaching about 400% extra plus any bonus gauge exp bonuses
[12:54:33] <Aquas> ive got some fol equipment to make, too.
[12:54:46] <Aquas> to make tons o moneys so i can buy from santa claus
[12:55:05] <Aquas> the celestial dealer of goods
[12:57:15] <Aquas> but since i have to do that item creation shit, i’ve just been playing mushi futari instead.
[12:57:20] <Aquas> which is really damn fun.

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The cleaer took roughly 50 hours, but I’ve already tacked on nearly 20 hours extra from the first bonus dungeon content.

From that, I’ve been playing Futari!  I’ve been really excited for this event and it’s just a great gaming experience overall.  Enjoying Original Mode.  Can somewhat consistently get around 170 million and can reach Stage 5 boss so far.  I’m gonna try my best to get on the boards at shmups.  I also tried Raiden IV and Raiden Fighters Aces.  Good stuff.  Wartech has also been acquired… will get to it eventually.