For a while I was playing
Star Ocean 3, but I was put off by its way too steep learning curve. I'm more of an "old-school" RPGamer, and I prefer the old-styled turn based stuff.
Plus the older one gets, the less time one can concentrate on any RPGs, especially one so complicated as SO3. So I've decided to just pull all my resources (i.e. free time, besides anime of course) on one RPG franchise -
the Suikoden series, starting with
Suikoden V.
I know it's out for nearly half a year now, but its release coincided with a wonderful light-novel based anime about an eccentric cute girl and her supernatural antics (no prizes for guessing). Anyway, I've finally gotten myself to start playing, and oh yes, Suikoden V definately has that Suikoden feel to it again, something that was plain absent in III and IV, especially IV.
(This also means Haruhi-ists will be calling for my head for not translating the novels lately.
)
I don't know if this place includes Bishoujo Games as well, but at the moment, I'm also trying to finish
Tick! Tack!, the Nerine spin off to
SHUFFLE!, before the Kaede spin off
Really? Really! comes out sometime next month.