Sientir's Blog

Final Fantasy 13 continues this week (and likely for many, many weeks to come). Most of this week takes place on the crystallized Lake Bresha, but I do eventually leave there by the end of the week! Direct video links: Final Fantasy XIII—Ep. 6: A Fateful Disagreement - https://youtu.be/vvyPN2MEzrY Final Fantasy XIII—Ep. 7: At least we know what happened to Serah now! - https://youtu.be/UHAg4RFWsp8 Final Fantasy XIII—Ep. 8: Oh, so THAT'S what the orange crystals were! - https://youtu.be/XGSZ2qFxmMU Final Fantasy XIII—Ep. 9: Eidolon Introduction—The Motorcycle Sisters - https://youtu.be/6hJUv-VthN0 Final Fantasy XIII—Ep. 10: This game has a very long tutorial phase... - https://youtu.be/pLKiuq_iygM

This weekend saw a ton of videos drop on Saturday, as I split the Skill Review for the Mesmer up into sections (six, to be exact), so as to hopefully make it more approachable, as I felt the 3+ hour long videos I had made previously to be intimidatingly long. I also beat Eye of the North on Elandra Yggdrasill, my female Dervish! Direct video links: Guild Wars 1—Skill Review Project: Mesmer—Introduction - https://youtu.be/iGpS0fHK5Dw Guild Wars 1—Skill Review Project: Mesmer—Domination Magic - https://youtu.be/O9LQTIq5wfQ Guild Wars 1—Skill Review Project: Mesmer—Fast Casting - https://youtu.be/v7TjY1vIosM Guild Wars 1—Skill Review Project: Mesmer—Illusion Magic - https://youtu.be/tPGL28Twz30 Guild Wars 1—Skill Review Project: Mesmer—Inspiration Magic - https://youtu.be/_j_5JFZbBXg Guild Wars 1—Skill Review Project: Mesmer—PvE-Only & No Attribute - https://youtu.be/_6rPAfdQ1dk Guild Wars 1: Elandra Yggdrasill Completes the Eye of the North! - https://youtu.be/OknF_0

This week, I started playing Final Fantasy XIII for the channel. This is a game I've been wanting to play for a while now, so I'm glad to finally get started playing it! Direct video links: Final Fantasy XIII—Ep. 1: This is pretty, but what is HAPPENING?! - https://youtu.be/rc5SwHF0ZDY Final Fantasy XIII—Ep. 2: "Mother" is not the name of a character with a future. :( - https://youtu.be/PPK5pN69_Pc Final Fantasy XIII—Ep. 3: Uniting the Party! - https://youtu.be/1gIC41oFkgU Final Fantasy XIII—Ep. 4: Who wants to live forever (as a crystal)? - https://youtu.be/HIZ5ZenPL_k Final Fantasy XIII—Ep. 5: Magically Binding Indefinite Objective - https://youtu.be/7mHNwP4Zv6E

The first episode this weekend was the very long Elementalist part of my Guild Wars 1 Skill Review Project. Part of what made this episode so much longer than the previous one was wanting to go into more game design detail, which I think makes the content better, at the cost of making it longer. I intend to respond to this outcome by breaking up the next part into multiple videos. They'll all still come out the same day (according to current plans, anyway), but it should be more palatable! The second video continues Elandra's journey through the Eye of the North content. Direct video links: Guild Wars 1—Skill Review Project: Elementalist - https://youtu.be/g0RafcFdS6o Guild Wars 1: Tweaking a Build & Orozar Highstone's Quests - https://youtu.be/6DVPthnOW2s

I beat Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night this week! I completed the main story, anyway. I then spent an episode analyzing and reviewing the game, then concluded things by wrapping up a few known loose ends of exploration. I expect the game will come back on weekends, likely when I get access to new playable characters. Direct video links: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 31: Exploring the End Game - https://youtu.be/3L_U-ElmWdY Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 32: Bosses Galore! - https://youtu.be/lji5fyYHiSY Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 33: The Credits Roll! - https://youtu.be/JbZRo_fAVp8 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Post-Play Analysis & Review - https://youtu.be/u7nM587MACA Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Wrapping Up Loose Ends - https://youtu.be/d34TOVsYngI

The first (extremely long) video is the first of my profession-specific Guild Wars 1 skill review videos. In it, as you'd expect given the name, I review the Warrior's skills. In the second video, I play more Guild Wars 1, completing the A Gate Too Far mission, which almost completely closes out the third leg of the first part of the Eye of the North story. Direct video links: Guild Wars 1—Skill Review Project: Warrior - https://youtu.be/bcjntXxPJ-U Guild Wars 1: A Gate Too Far - https://youtu.be/5yTGXj47nZs

I continue to wander around while lost. I ended up taking a bit of an interlude in the middle of the week to get ingredients to cook a bunch of new recipes. Once again, I end the week by looking up the barest hint of information on how to progress, and find a bunch of it as a result. I overall like this game, but it has a bad habit of hiding its late game progress a little too well. Direct video links: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 26: The Carpenter - https://youtu.be/oI9vr-cEQjE Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 27: Looking for Progress, Finding Food. - https://youtu.be/xLt_9j6TuBw Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 28: Cooking Time! - https://youtu.be/rEM_v__Le5E Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 29: Saving for a Discount - https://youtu.be/kj9sYkvT6QA Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 30: Oh, THERE'S Progress! - https://youtu.be/yWIBe3s1Fbw

The first video this weekend is the start of what will (according to current plans) ultimately be a twelve part series analyzing the skills in Guild Wars 1. I'm looking forward to it, as I've been wanting to do this for a while! The second episode continues my journey through Eye of the North on my female Dervish. Direct video links: Guild Wars 1—Skill Review Project: Introduction & Overview - https://youtu.be/-lvxGQkyREM Guild Wars 1: Curse of the Nornbear & Blood Washes Blood - https://youtu.be/s93yU69sKAI

I spent much of this week searching for progress. I eventually gave up and took a peek at a barebones walkthrough that pointed me in the direction of the Aegis Plate. I do find and collect a lot of stuff during my search, though! Direct video links: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 21: Hunting for Shards - https://youtu.be/Lq42D-6FFxM Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 22: Farming Materials - https://youtu.be/bM2B_SXmkkw Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 23: 8-Bit Pain - https://youtu.be/xR5QLX0x_vg Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 24: Searching for Progress...but failing to find it! - https://youtu.be/hFlzkwaViB8 Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night—Ep. 25: Guided to the Aegis Plate - https://youtu.be/0LyLbtwrOU8