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Playing through FFIX and really enjoying it. It has a certain kind of charm that I haven't experienced before. It feels like a well written fairy tale and I am extremely hooked! Vivi and Steiner are my favorite characters. Also seems to be a lot easier than other jRPGs I've played, but then again I am not yet halfway through it (if they split up the story evenly amongst the discs, that is. I'm well into disc 2). Too bad I am extremely busy and cannot put much time into it. I will probably have to wait until another lengthy road trip to take another chunk out of it.
The Witcher 3! My meager budget pains me. I'll be working my butt off from May to September trying to save money for my next University year, so perhaps I will put a little account aside to save up for a PS4. The thing is I really want a Wii U as well 
. Back on topic, you know what they say; Skyrim was wide as an ocean but deep as a puddle (comparisons to Skyrim are inevitable; it is in my top 10 of all time). TW3 looks to be richer and deeper as well as more.... how do I say this..... vibrant? What I mean is that the towns appear to be more alive than Skyrim's, and the overworld appears to be rich in varied content, from what I've seen. I get the impression that the development team really banded together under one common vision. Maybe with a team of 230 employees at one HQ they were able to get a more united output, yet while still having enough creative variance to produce a rich game. In comparison, Skyrim was developed by a team of ~100, 8 of which created over 100 dungeons which frankly, did not differ that much from eachother. If the dungeon variance in TW3 is greater, and your actions in game actually make a difference to the world around you, I truly believe The Witcher 3 will surpass Skyrim for me.
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