22 hours in, chapter 5 — chapter 6 closing in on — and a crap ton of pure, unadulterated fun. I'm on a total grinding roll, racking up trash mob fights and boss battles like it's going out of fashion. My whole crew passed the lv. 65 and 10000 HP mark, which should guarantee an easy victory in the boss fight to come — after which I'll probably have to grind five to ten more levels for the next boss in line, and so on until the credits roll. That's the Re;Birth life, baby!
I'm enjoying the trip all the more as a mere ten hours of play ago, I was on the verge of quitting the game entirely. Despite my love for all things HN, I just couldn't get into the groove of that ultimate instalment. I was seriously put off by the constant stream of cutscenes, the long-arse goofy dialogues and the hardcore recycling of dungeons. The thing is, those are Re;Birth staples, and I enjoyed them until now; but we're now dealing with the third game in the series, and those beloved staples are starting to wear thin. Combine this with the absence of any zesty new character bar (the awesome but not nearly sufficient) Plutia and a story progression that's broken and disjointed like never before, and you get the mighty exception to the 'Third time's the charm' rule.
I'll say it: I love the Re;Birth series to pieces, but that third and last game shouldn't have existed in its actual form. It feels like the ultimate cheap milking, a complete troll of a game that's here to take the piss out of Re;Birth aficionados and see how much shameless recycling they can take before screaming blue murder and daylight robbery. Or does it? Well, that would be forgetting the essence of the Re;Birth, the series' major staple: that staple is Holy Grinding, and it shines as brightly in RB3 as in former entries. Once I latched onto that sweet, sweet grinding, I found myself totally addicted again.
Long story short: I'm acutely aware of RB3's flaws, but I'm enjoying it tremendously nonetheless. I certainly won't stop now, and this run will likely end in a whirlwind of mad, explosive grinding. Until then, dear fellow gamers, keep playing and take care!
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