Well, finals are finally over. That means it’s finally time to rid myself of the awful backlog I’ve accrued over the years. This is made easier than what it sounds since some of the RPGs actually suck and therefore I just might skip them altogether (I’m looking at you, FFXII.) Anyway, I’m looking into knocking 3-4 RPGs off the list (and adding DQIV to it, as well.) Without further delay, here it is:

• Mana Khemia: I started playing it and I thought it was ok. Then I got Persona 3: FES and haven’t played it since.
• Persona 3: FES: Technically, this is cheating. I finished it this morning at 3 AM (EST) Man, that last boss was painful. I was stuck on him for two days Fun game, though. Definitely would skip on it if you don’t like dungeon crawlers (though, you should get it if you’ve never played the original Persona 3 since this includes an updated version of that.)
• Final Fantasy XII: So, I’m almost certain that I hate this game. Battles seem to be mostly level dependent and not strategy dependent and grinding is very boring in this game. This is near the end of the list.
• Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance: I actually got this game a very long time ago (way before FFXII) I’m not sure why I haven’t played it that much. I think it’s just that I’m too lazy to hook up my Wii just to play it…
• Brave Story: I’ll admit, this game is kinda boring. The story doesn’t seem very deep. This will go near the bottom of the list, maybe a slight before FFXII.
• Front Mission 4: This may sound silly, but the reason I stopped playing this game was because I could hardly read the text. I have a bigger screen now, though, so maybe I can finally play this game. It seemed pretty good from what I can tell.
• Mass Effect: I don’t actually have this yet, but I’ll most like be getting this when it comes out for the PC. Too bad about the draconian DRM…

Looking at the list above, it doesn’t seem to be very long. A lot shorter than what I thought it was going to be. Of course, there are two more games that should be on that list, but they’re so horrible, I can’t even bear seeing their names. Now, let’s see how many of these I can finish before DQ IV comes out (which will be all of these on hold for a very long time.)