Devil Survivor 2

Considering how I've spent 1/2 of my holiday playing this game, it's only natural that I give it some mention. It's a turn-based RPG, kinda like Final Fantasy Tactics, if you've played that. Anyway, the game mechanics are alright, but that's not what makes this game awesome. The thing that got me about this game was the engrossing storyline. It has a wide cast of characters- 13, apart from the main character (MC). All of these characters are of course playable. Multiple endings to the story, too.

MC

Anyways, the main gist of the story is that the current world is breaking down, and you can establish a meritocracy, support egalitarianism, restore the world, kill the current God and live with your broken world, or kill the current God and create a new world. For every game I have favorite characters, this one's no different. I just got super-annoyed when it turned out that the characters I liked cannot all survive- the "perfect ending", where 12/13 side characters survive kills off one of my favorite characters. It annoys me to no end.

This guy dies- *sad face*

First time round I chose to kill God and live in the broken world- took me 30 hours.
Second run I chose to kill God and create a new world (yeah as you can see I'm not much of a fan of this "God"). This took me 10 hours (you carry over stuff from the first game).
Third run, which I'm currently on, I tried to go for the "perfect ending"- IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. There's this annoying thing called the "Fate System" in the game, where you have to raise affinity with the other characters. Max lv of 5 for each of them. Guess what- you need fate lv4 for each character before a certain point, to achieve this "perfect ending". It was a pain in the ass, because you had to say the right thing to each character at the right time. I managed that for all except one character- AND I AM SO MAD. It was soooo much fucking effort, going to each character- I still have no idea how I messed it up. It was just that all of a sudden, BAM there was no opportunity for interaction with the person I needed, and I couldn't raise his affinity anymore. Now he's stumped at lv3 when everyone else is at lv4. ARGH.

WHY

Yeah, those of you who haven't played probably won't understand my frustration- but I rage quit afterwards. That should be a great indicator of how pissed I am- after all, I spent 40+ hours tirelessly on this game. I'm meant to be preparing for my med entrance exams- but eh, fuck that.

In general this is a great game- felt like reading a novel. I usually overlook the storyline of most games- I guess I just don't pay attention- but this one's memorable. Yes, I'd say it was a holiday well-spent.