Well, I played a ridiculous amount of games yesterday. That is to say, I only played two games, but I played both for a very long time! Me and my co-op partner started off the day with Titan Quest. We were both playing new characters after having not been satisfied with our Summoner/Ranger combo. This time we went with a Diviner (Dream/Spirit) and Oracle (Spirit/Storm) combo, which seems to be working a lot better. Act 3 was a nightmare last time, but it was actually a breeze the second time through. My character is incredibly durable with Deathchill Aura/Ravages of Time and Trance of Convalescence, while my friend's character just does a ridiculous amount of sustained damage.
We played all the way up to Typhon and beat him, and then decided to take a break. I was enjoying the game still, but felt like giving it a rest for awhile. After some deliberation, we decided to resume our playthrough of Secret of Mana. I was relieved he was up for the idea because he left the last session with a bad taste in his mouth. To be fair, one of the first bosses in the game is complete bullshit. Its patterns are almost impossible to predict and it stuns you frequently. Without access to magic, it's a really tough fight--we had to try it several times to get through.
After that one speedbump, we actually ended up playing for a. . .very long time. We didn't stop playing until something like 6 in the morning, and by that point we had almost made it up to the point I got to by myself last time! I'm pretty pleased about this, because I don't think I ever would have had the motivation to do so myself. Honestly though, it's been a great deal of fun uncovering new magic spells, upgrading weapons, and vanquishing bosses. There is a certain simple charm about the game that cannot be denied.
He's mostly been controlling the protagonist and me the girl. I usually take care of the Sprite's spells in boss fights while he takes over on the girl's support magic. We've been trying to spread out the weapon specializations between the characters as well. He really likes the whip and the glove just like I did--but for this particular runthrough, I'm mostly using the spear, bow, and axe. Anything else just gets tossed at the sprite, who is essentially functioning as fodder.
Hopefully we'll actually finish both games within these next few nights. In fact, it's a pretty good possibility we'll finish Titan Quest today. We've just started Act 4 and we're going to play here in a few minutes--so I'll cut off the entry here.
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