I should probably say a few words about how sweet it feels to get revenge, but after all these months I didn’t feel anything. Fighting and training to get strong enough to beat your old nemesis is actually a boring pain in the neck. It’s much cooler in kungfu movies than in real life.

And after all my grinding, going up a level each, giving everyone an advanced class… that damned Cumulus almost killed me again! I was just lucky he didn’t use that wind vortex attack too often, because every time he did Aishe would drop dead. Yes, that Aishe who I turned into a Sage who was supposed to support me with Multiheal. I spent more time resurrecting her than she did healing my party. The real key was putting Oomph on my main character and letting him blast Cumulus with his most powerful attack. DPS > Sustain.

If I had lost that battle again I would have dropped all Dragon Quest games for good, not just Dragon Quest VII. As it is we’re still in business. Sort of. Technically. The reason it’s taken me two weeks from finishing Atelier Escha & Logy to beating Cumulus Vex isn’t because I was spending all that time grinding but because I was spending all that time playing the Picross e series.

I can’t help it, it’s too darned addictive. There’s a definite use-it-or-lose-it aspect to the puzzle solving, but once I shook the rust off my mind I was back in business, baby! I’ve even managed to solve a lot of the Free No-Hint puzzles I gave up on last time. The trick is… Turn off the 3DS! Or put it to sleep or something. Do something else for even 10 minutes and come back and suddenly the next answer jumps out at you. It’s amazing.

Well enough about that. What to play next. I’ve got a lot of half-finished games out there, not just DQVII. But the truth is, they all bore me. I’ve seen what they have to offer, I need something new. Or better yet, more Picross. Maybe I should wipe all my save files and start anew… Yes, yeeeees… It’s been a while since I played anything on the PS2, DS and PSP so maybe something on one of those next time. Maybe an otome game? Or maybe more Picross. Piiicrrosss….

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