[Kiwami]

I bought a cheap PS2 controller since my old ones don't function well anymore, I wanted to play some of my old games again and I started with one of my favorite JRPG's of all time:
Dragon Quest VIII.

Well technically I started with a round of Tekken 3, but anyways, Dragon Quest VIII. I love this game so much and it's exactly as awesome as I remembered it.

The music is amazing, graphics hold up well enough and the gameplay is still one of the purest forms of JRPG you could ask for. It’s not as sharp looking as today’s games so I understand why people would like an HD-port, but I think it looks good enough on my HD TV.

I’m like 5-6 hours into the game and added my final party member yesterday, the smug bastard that is Angelo. Looking forward to proceeding since the game only gets better the further you play IMO. In fact the bonus dungeon is among the things I really look forward to – past me could beat all forms of the extra boss, including the last hardcore challenge, so I’m interested to see how adult me will handle it.

I have a few more games on my list I want to tackle afterwards, including my favorite PS2 game overall – Okami. I think I save this one for Christmas, just because.