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Discuss any and all games you're playing right here. You guys know the drill!
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Aside from everything that I've always been playing, I picked up the Lonesome Road and Gun Runners' Arsenal DLCs for Fallout: New Vegas a week or two back. Lonesome Road is exactly the DLC that I was hoping for in terms of... well, pretty much all the factors I look for in Fallout DLC. Gun Runners' Arsenal adds a massive variety of new weapons and ammunition, something that is totally worth the 320 Live points needed to buy it. IT may not sound like much, but it just makes everything so damn FUN... if shooting stuff with explosive anti-tank rounds and cluster tactical nukes is your idea of fun, that is. :V
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Spiral knights.
Must collect hats accessories.
Other than that, audiosurf dethroning and trying to get my hands on the frozen synapse bundle just for spacechem.
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From the previous thread:
Musou Orochi Z. I used to call KOEI's games repetitive carp, but suddenly they feel so addictive now.
Yeah pretty much. Even I know they can be but that doesn't stop me from occasionally picking up one and playing it for hours. Samurai Warriors Chronicles on 3DS is still the 3DS game I've put the most time into.
Also I got Disgaea 4 whoooooooo
EDIT: And Kirby's Mass Gangbang! Oh, and Star Fox 64 3D, I guess :3c
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When I can: Elsword, Prototype, Mass Effect, Fallout 3 and maybe Fallout: New Vegas.
Nothing much to report, really, all of them are old games.
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Brought Tsukihime with me to marathon while I'm on my netbook for the long weekend, although I expect I will be having to take breaks from it because there's only so many of those scenes you can stomach in a single day. So far finished up one of the Near Moon routes and halfway through another
Additionally, Iced's recent fic has got me playing Rosenkreuzstilette again (I'd say Megamari but I neither have it installed nor the will to put up with some of the stages).
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fuck hazama fucking fucker had one sliver of life left but then I dropped my combo and fffuuuuuucccckkkkkk hhhiiiimmmm
(im playing bb)
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119 Challenges complete, 1 to go. FLUX Challenge 20: Harder, Faster. It's fitting that the final trial takes place with Home playing in the background. What little there is of it.
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AHAHAHAHA!
Finally.
EO3. B2F F.O.E. Greedy Lizard. Finally killed a few.
New team is...
Front Row: Buccaneer(Gunner) - Hoplite - Gladiator
Back Row: Farmer - Prince
The kooky thing about all this?
The Prince was taking less than 20 damage any time it got poked. Reinforce+Guard Orders was more than enough to patch him up if he got poked.
So now with the Lizard Crests they dropped, I finally have a Lance on my Hoplite. Hell yes.
And the Pasaran's started popping up too! But it takes less than 10 damage any time I bop it. Though I can reliably cut them to half HP before they dash off.
Gonna need more gun! Or more multihit moves like Quickdraw/Rapidfire and Blade Rave/Nine Smashes.
Maybe I should invest in that Mystery Seeds tech the Farmer has, might be just the ticket to sealing it in place.
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I've been trying to A-rank Resident Evil Code Veronica... the time restriction is no problem but the no saves no retries policy bloody well is. I am allowed a save at the halfway point at least, but then Nosferatu happens shortly thereafter and he fucking sucks. So. The strategy is then to get lucky against him, lucky enough not to get Claire poisoned, lucky enough to not get swept off the platform and sometimes even lucky enough to kill him before you run out of ammo. I decided to bring along the grenade launcher though just in case the sniper wouldn't cut it. Then I finally clear that PoS boss and get all the way to that point where you control Claire again at which point I die against that boss you are supposed to run from.
Just too bad he is fucking undodgable... fuck that shit man. I'll try this later though even if I have to go all the way back to Nosferatu again.
A-rank? Just call it 'Incredibly damn patient and lucky-rank'. Its stupid you are not allowed any saves. Beating the entire game without saving isn't about skill, its about not having your console crash on you, about not having a power cut, about not having to answer the bloody phone, about not having a situation going unavoidably wrong. The only way skill somehow plays a role is in the terribufuckus controls...
I still like the game though. Playing for that A-rank is not too fun though. It might've been if you could just get a checkpoint against the bosses or something you would actually be allowed to use but as it is now, its just really irritating.
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Doing more Rosenkreuzstilette. Use up all but one of my lives trying to do the lower route of Traure's stage expecting there to be a bonus down there...
It just gives you an alternate variant of the boss battle. An EASIER variant mind you, but not really worth dying 3-4 times for.
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Fucking hell, Gaijin, you guys certainly know how to make a guy go into fits of RAEG. Harder, Faster is more rage-inducing than Surrf, Labyrinth, Tornado Kick, Trampopoline, and Back Attack - combined.
In...other news, picked up the Pokemon Trading Card Game GBC game. Holy hell, how did I ever get all the Medals way back when? I either can't get the right Evolution cards, no Energy cards, or the enemy dumps heads after heads after heads.
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RKS, doing the Sepperin/Zeppelin castle stages. SWEET MOTHER THAT THIRD FORTRESS BOSS
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Goddamnit, Devil Survivor Overclocked's Day 7 boss (Atsuro route) was almost certainly not this hard when I did Amane's route on the original version. Like, goddamn, how the hell do I even.
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Grand Knights History is really neat, but I haven't gotten the chance to try out the online modes yet :<
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hehehe...FF8 sure is fun.
I kinda like the idea of Drawing magic out of the terrain and foes. More games should do something like that.
What i don't like is how there's only finite uses of it. To a guy who's used to an MP system, charges are kinda jarring.
Though the more charges you have, the better the spell is for junctioning, which I find rather interesting.
You're pretty much encouraged to gather 100 of any spell you could have need of.
So...it's kinda like a Mons game, but with spells instead of monsters.
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Just remember not to overgrind, Hanzo.
The AI in the Pokemon TCG are cheating bastards. An Oddish managed to stunlock three of my Pokes to death, a Geodude got seven heads in a row for its attack...
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Just picked up Ace Combat Assault Horizon
wheeeee~
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Just remember not to overgrind, Hanzo.
Just don't grind at all. The junctioning system is one of the most easily breakable square systems ever. At one point, I think I managed to get 200+ STR with Squall. Combine that with the fact that you can spam limit breaks whenever you are low at HP... yeah.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution Hard-Mode Pacifist Pure-Stealth run complete. I am done with this one for a while.
Time to move on to L.A. Noire and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. :3
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Finally got to play Megaman 64 (Legends) for the first time in years.
I forgot how fun this game was~
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Just don't grind at all. The junctioning system is one of the most easily breakable square systems ever. At one point, I think I managed to get 200+ STR with Squall. Combine that with the fact that you can spam limit breaks whenever you are low at HP... yeah.
It's not that hard. Breaking the game spoilers: Refine Tents into Curagas, get 100 Curagas, junction to HP. You now have 8000+ maximum HP and while at your normal HP for whatever you'd be at early in the game you can limit break. Enjoy your victory. For best results Cardmod and refine stuff from that and get other -aga spells for STR.
Also hell yeah I beat Devil Survivor Overclocked. Atsuro route final boss gave me way more trouble than Amane's did in the original game; I wonder if that was a coincidence and they were supposed to be roughly equal, or what the hell happened.
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GOD HAND
Most fun I've had with a non-shmup game in years.
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Picked up Zelda: Twilight Princess. I did not realize you could use your sword on Epona (or Argo I'm calling him), so I wasted a crapload of time trying to rescue the kid.
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It's not that hard.[/spoiler]
Didn't say it was. :V The magic refinement ability is indeed overpowered... but hell if you wouldn't prefer it to drawing magic. Drawing is so boring.
Also, the fact that the levels doesn't require more than 1000 EXP pretty much means that you can level everyone to Level 100 in a relatively short amount of time. On Disc 1. Did that once in that big forest with the Ochu's. I think those things gave 750 EXP...
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Guardian Heroes.
Guardian. Heroes.
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Welp, ACAH is utterly unplayable on a standard definition TV.
Wonder how much Gamestop will take for it.
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Persona 3 Fes/4/Catherine marathon!
GO GO GO/
Also a little bit of competitive Pokemon Black. Tis fun.~
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Touhouvania 2.
Damn Yuyuko, why you gotta be so hostile?
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Happy to say I beat the final boss of Mega Man Battle Network 2 on hard mode!
Still gonna keep going at it though; I think I'll get myself tangled up in the postgame since it sounds like fun to me. That and I'll have videos for days.
I'm trying to come up with a challenging way to play EXE3, since there is no official Hard Mode for it and the person who once made a patch to make EXE3 harder basically seems to have ragequit the tiny patching scene and taken down all available links so its hard as balls to get my hands on. I was thinking "No Navi Customizer codes (Compression, Extension, or Bugfix), no Number Trader codes (ever), no Styles, no HP Memories". Or something.
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^Can't wait to see how you handled MagnetMan. BV
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^Can't wait to see how you handled MagnetMan. BV
Running headfirst into every one of his attacks. :V
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RARE WEAPON GET! (http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/576685179525910392/3A1A8F19B08160DC4E427A78574F713D67F8E50F/)
For those who are wondering, it's Counter-Strike Online.
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Meh, just really playing Blazblue at the moment. (also Zettai hero Project, Monster Hunter FU and Knights in the Nightmare)
Randomly playing Mystical Ninja Goemon, Goemon Shin Sedai Shuumei and S4 league.
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Still playing Pokemon White. After a week of using Masuda's Method and no shiny I gave up and started team building. I'm running out of stuff to do, I might have to play the musical at some point.
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I
JUST
GOT
SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI
NOCTURNE
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I heard many things about the difficulty of the game.
I swear that I will for the first time prove victorious!
Also, thread title > "The Overlooked Better Threequel" :V
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I
JUST
GOT
SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI
NOCTURNE
join dark side
I heard many things about the difficulty of the game.
I find this game (and the series in general) easier than stuff like VP2 :V It's just strict resource management.
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Just finished Mass Effect 1
Holy shit I loved this game.
I thought it was gonna be bullshit hard for me because it was presented to me as a TPS, a genre I REALLY suck at, so I played on casual. Of course, setting the "Auto-Aim" to maximum really helped me out, I think the fact that I build Shepard, Garrus and Tali in a defensive build helped out as well.
Currently doing second playthrough starting on level 40/60 on Hardcore mode, starting up with the Spectre equipment (I swear to you getting those 1mil credits to unlock the stuff was bullshit easy.) just finished the mission on Eden Prime, so far, I'm killing Geth Juggernauts like if they were nothing.
Anybody here has a balanced party setup for soldier Shephard, though? The closest to it I found was Garrus/Tali, but I wanna know if Tali/Liara are more balanced than that (I have no tech options with Soldier Shephard/Tali/Garrus)
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFf (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEewrf5Zzts)
FUCK. THIS. LEVEL.
...Unrelated, what the hell do you spend Rupees on in Twilight Princess (except for tanking w/Magic Armor in the Cave of Ordeals) in the endgame?
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Nocturne...?
Game: Hooray, that was an annoying Block-The-Plot Quest with a piss-easy boss at the end, wasn't it?
Me: Yes.
Game: MATADOR TIME!
Game: YOUR TEAM COMPOSITION IS ASS!
Me: ;_;
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Nocturne...?
Game: Hooray, that was an annoying Block-The-Plot Quest with a piss-easy boss at the end, wasn't it?
Me: Yes.
Game: MATADOR TIME!
Game: YOUR TEAM COMPOSITION IS ASS!
Me: ;_;
WELCOME TO NOCTURNE
ENJOY YOUR STAY
Also I'm so looking forward to the S/SS/SSSLicense exams in EXE2 <8D
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFf (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEewrf5Zzts)
FUCK. THIS. LEVEL.
Is the level actually like that, or was that just a really shitty encode?
...Unrelated, what the hell do you spend Rupees on in Twilight Princess (except for tanking w/Magic Armor in the Cave of Ordeals) in the endgame?
Absolutely nothing!
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Nocturne...?
Game: Hooray, that was an annoying Block-The-Plot Quest with a piss-easy boss at the end, wasn't it?
Me: Yes.
Game: MATADOR TIME!
Game: YOUR TEAM COMPOSITION IS ASS!
Me: ;_;
Yeaaaaaah. Nocturne is fun but brutal, and I bet there will come a time when you'll wonder if you would have more fun playing something else. Between long, long dungeon crawls though random encounters with baddies that use instant death spells (or instant game over spells, depending on how you view it), to painfully drawn out boss battles with real rough gimmicks (I'm looking at you, Trumpeter), I just gave up on it and went on to something else I wanted to play. I'm typically not one to give up when I'm so far in the game, but Nocturne just happened to make that dubious grade. Mind you, I've got things I've wanted to play for years just sitting around, so my pile of games I haven't played just got too enticing for me to keep at Nocturne and go through a massive grind session right before the end of the game.
Oh, and I still don't know what Luck does, so you may want to skip it. It doesn't seem to boost the crit rate...
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Is the level actually like that, or was that just a really shitty encode?
I'm still unsure about the encoding (I can't play anything Flash-related at full speed anymore, and yes, the screen ratio is fuck since I didn't get the whole "record 16:9 footage in 4:3 and inflate it in the video editor instead of inflating to 16:9 in the recording program and end up with shit" until I recorded the CORE challenges), but yeah, the level's pretty much like that.
Also, the Legendary Pokemon Cards seem to really hate [the final boss] - he drew the Legendary Zapdos, which has an ability to attack one target at random, friend or foe, for 30 damage whenever it's played. He plays it, shoots his Eevee on his bench. He Scoop Ups it, re-plays it, and nukes the same Eevee. Oh, that was my last prize?
SUICIDE
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Anybody here has a balanced party setup for soldier Shephard, though? The closest to it I found was Garrus/Tali, but I wanna know if Tali/Liara are more balanced than that (I have no tech options with Soldier Shephard/Tali/Garrus)
Wrex and Kaidan or Garrus works, I find. Lift and Throw are nice biotics. Honestly, though, unless you're playing on the highest difficulty, ME1 is pretty forgiving for party composition.
ME2 is also, but that's just because the fact that it's a cover based shooter means it is functionally meaningless who you use, except on Insanity.
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YES YES YES
Attempt 1
Taizen Lv 14 + Marogoreh (No affinities)
Angel Lv 13
Jack Frost Lv 10
High Pixie Lv 13
Attempt 2
Taizen Lv 19 + Hifumi (Null Force)
Bicorn Lv 18
Uzume Lv 18
Sudama Lv 13
Now, if only I could beat the Tables on Floor 25 of Tartarus as easily.
I mean, I can, but I don't seem to comprehend "go back and save to avoid being Mudo'd by the first enemy on the next floor."
Also, Shadow Yukiko, again D:
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I finished Shadow of the Colossus.
...I managed to only sort of enjoy myself. This is really one of the best games of the past decade? :T I may just be a Mr. Smartypants with the dissenting opinion, but its uniqueness was offset by the constant dick moves on the part of the "puzzles."
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I finished Shadow of the Colossus.
...I managed to only sort of enjoy myself. This is really one of the best games of the past decade? :T I may just be a Mr. Smartypants with the dissenting opinion, but its uniqueness was offset by the constant dick moves on the part of the "puzzles."
You're not the only person out there who didn't enjoy it too much. It and me don't get along.
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I finished Shadow of the Colossus.
...I managed to only sort of enjoy myself. This is really one of the best games of the past decade? :T I may just be a Mr. Smartypants with the dissenting opinion, but its uniqueness was offset by the constant dick moves on the part of the "puzzles."
That was largely due to its graphics, which were a cut above any other PS2 game at the time (and IIRC, a few PS360 games too). I will admit that a few of them were dicks, though (how are you supposed to realize the tooth-things could help you maneuver that one?), but let's face it - when the entire game hinges on puzzles, it's a bit hard not to be a bit of a dick with some of them.
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That was largely due to its graphics, which were a cut above any other PS2 game at the time (and IIRC, a few PS360 games too). I will admit that a few of them were dicks, though (how are you supposed to realize the tooth-things could help you maneuver that one?), but let's face it - when the entire game hinges on puzzles, it's a bit hard not to be a bit of a dick with some of them.
Yeah, but when the "puzzles" of the final climactic boss were controlling the camera so Wander wouldn't leap right off the colossus, fighting the awkward controls of leaping backwards so he doesn't leap back onto the arm you're trying to get off of, and shooting at an invisible weak point in a situation where you really wouldn't be thinking to use the sword,
it gets a little maddening. :|
Alright I'm done venting. Next game is Persona 3 FES, which I hear I'll enjoy a lot more :D
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Alright I'm done venting. Next game is Persona 3 FES, which I hear I'll enjoy a lot more :D
Quite definetly, won't go into details though, because then there would be a major WoT here (MAJOR Persona 3 FES Fanboy here)
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Finished Xenoblade Chronicles with about 90% completion, estimated. Only some optional super monsters were left with a chance against me :V
Majorly overleveled for the final boss though, since I did every quest I could find (which is the main leveling source in the game, and a plentiful one).
Best 120 hours I ever put into a game by far, and none of that time was grinding or anything like that, pretty much always was on some quests or had a goal.
Now onto Atelier Totori, since I love the Atelier games. Already liking how the advance-dialogue-icon is a fish :derp:
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Finished Xenoblade Chronicles with about 90% completion, estimated.
Erhrrhggghh! Of all the games for the current console generation that I wanted to play, this would probably be it. The westerners have been snubbed.
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Anybody here remember that gem of a game called Freelancer?
I finally got my hands on a copy again, this time for keeps.
Last one I messed with was borrowed from a library.
A good tip in the beginning is to get a Rhino Freighter, then buy Basic Alloy in bulk at West Point Military Academy, and then sell it over at Baltimore Shipyard.
The buying price at West Point is around 40 credits, you'll be selling it at Baltimore for around 108 creds.
Farming Zephiel Turrets and Drail Blasters off of Rogues is also a good way to prepare for obtaining a Rhino, as they have 3 gunports, and 5 turretports.
The most you'll have to do to get Drail and Zephiel weapons is to just be Level 2, the Zephiels drop at Lv1, and Drails at Lv2. You'll only need 3 Drails, and 5 Zephiels, but if you can get even 3 Zephiels, you're set, as you can fill the remaining 2 slots with Starbeam turrets and not notice much difference.
EDIT: and for the die-hard Macross fan in all of us, I present this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqYS0U7ZvBM). The Itano Circus Mod. Fighter-type ships get a major buff, and are a lot cooler to use. If I were to use this, I'd be a firm proponent of using the Patriot Light Fighter you can get on the first planet.
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I've heard of Freelancer, yeah. My roommate and his buds were way into it for a little while, all playing together over LAN for hours at a time.
As for me? Sequence. Just released on Steam a day or two ago it was one of those 'super crazy hidden gems' of the XBL Indie Arcade. It's pretty goddamn fantastic. It's a rhythm game using a typical DDR-esque design... but with RPG Mechanics and multiple notestreams at once. It's like the DDR equivalent of, say, Puzzle Quest or something.
In other words it's fantastic, and hilarious, I mean really even the 'how to play' video is tongue-in-cheek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3-ExfFEx8Q)
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Going through GTA: SA again, mainly to test cutscene models for the Touhou GTA mod.
Also pre-ordered L.A. Noire Complete off Steam and got GTA3 and VC for PC as well, in the hopes for extending mods to these games (silly cars for all, TGTA for the latter two).
May be buying 3, VC, and SA again should I choose to extend support to the Mac versions (I've seen vehicle mods work there properly).
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Anybody here remember that gem of a game called Freelancer?
Yes, those were good times, pity about the would-be-sequel though. Nothing beats cruising through a radioactive cloud while hanging out with some Xenos/small fry.
Finally got my hands on Demon's Souls and... well, it's kicking my ass (naturally) despite the progress today (2 demons slain, that makes it a glorious 3 overall). What did I get myself into?
After finally safely dropping down that huge mining shaft I get the choice of either facing lava-spewing... stone-worms...? (thinking about it, maybe I could've ran past them, derp moment I guess) or a boss that is lava. And no way of retreat.
Should've gone the other way.
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More Nocturne asshattery
>DANTE TIME!
Me: Oh, this is actually rather easy.
>The wild DANTE used BULLET-TIME!
Taizen 224 > 130
High Pixie 120 > 50
Uzume 174 > 70
Bicorn 180 > 75
Me: OH SHIT.
> The wild DANTE used BULLET-TIME.
Me: WHAT AGAIN
Taizen 130 > 44
High Pixie 50 > 0
Uzume 70 > 0
Bicorn 75 > 0
> Player's turn! :D
Me: ...........
Me: Do you think this will kill him?
>Taizen uses Lunge
>HP falls to 20
>Critical hit, 503 damage to the Dante.
>Dante is defeated.
:V
As well as Nocturne, Persona 3 FES.
SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THESE FIRE TABLES.
Also, playing Pokemon White again.
This postgame is still evil!
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As well as Nocturne, Persona 3 FES.
SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THESE FIRE TABLES.
I believe you're talking about the first (I think) guardian of the second block, yes?
If so, bufu, knock all of them down, don't use all-out attack, heal or bufu them again, at least two of them won't be able to move.
Rinse and repeat.
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Professor Layton and the Last Specter
It's pretty obvious that a game is made by Japanese when even in an European setting you have MOTHERFUCKING MECHS IN EVERY GAME BV
oh man this time I FIGHT THE MECHS WITH PUZZLE SOLVING ACTION
Every game also involves the Professor being MacGyver
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Yep, sure playing that Persona 3 FES now. After the rather sparce beginning, things are really picking up now that the game has opened up. =D I must ask though: Why am I playing as Shouma from Mawaru Penguindrum? BV
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Yep, sure playing that Persona 3 FES now. After the rather sparce beginning, things are really picking up now that the game has opened up. =D I must ask though: Why am I playing as Shouma from Mawaru Penguindrum? BV
I hate this about the game :<
It takes so freaking long to get started.
And I got do it twice because I wasn't manly enough for Hard Mode. Arqa was too hard and Thebel didn't give more than 3 EXP :(
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Gave PSP2 another couple hours and now I'm wondering why the game
- uses shitty angsty and edgy one-liners all over the place
- likes to plug the word 'cute' in nearly every item descriptions (gives me chills whenever I imagine which target audience the game's trying to appeal to)
- made the intro song into a fucking screamer for the Games tab preview
Well I guess I'll be checking out Tales of the Moon
3 next.
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Went to buy BlazBlue Continuum Shift, store was closed, since I'm there I go to improvise into another, "Mega Store", end up getting Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
I have very high expectations from this game.
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I've heard good things about it, so you should be relatively pleased.
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Meanwhile, "Don't set your expectations too high" is my advice about it.
Nearing the end of Sequence and still going. So much fun and it's been awesome fun chatting with the developpers, since they've been on the steam forums constantly taking suggestions and bug reports and stuff from the players.
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Professor Layton and the Last Specter
Playing this now as well and man, it's good as usual <3
Also, I'm not sure if this is intentional or unintentional: At one point Otaki says "He's having tea with the specter and a witch in the Golden Garden." Sure, that's all three in the game. but still, sound like Umineko anyone?
:getdown:
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It's kind of odd. The only card player that can match the minimally modified deck in [the Pokemon TCG GBC game] is the dude in the Mason Laboratory who gives you 10 Energy Cards if you win against him. So far, he's the only player I've fought against with this deck that I've lost to twice in a row. Not even the Grand Masters and the Club Leaders can say the same.
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I'd say that he probably just got hella lucky then.
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I've talked about this in IRC already, but I'll talk about it here.
On this day, I have no-damaged The Womb in The Binding of Issac, using ???, and some pretty crappy firepower. Seriously, the battle against It Lives (the upgraded version of Mom's Heart), took about 25 minutes. XD
For those who don't know, Mom's Heart "attacks" by summoning enemies for you to fight. It starts out with two Eyeball enemies, which act like the Beamos from Link's Awakening: they shoot laser beams at you and they are a PAIN to get past safely much of the time. Thankfully, I had the Book of Shadows, which makes the player invincible for a few seconds, so I used that time to kill the robots. The boss will disappear until the enemies are dead, at which it appears again for a few seconds so you can shoot it. Mom's Heart isn't too bad, she summons some (relatively) easy foes, sometimes more Eyes, which can be killed by constantly circling the room while shooting. When Mom's Heart gets about 30% health, she stays onscreen and summons some (weak) enemies while tossing bombs at you. Easy enough, right?
It Lives on the other hand...It not only summons the enemies Mom's Heart does, it also summons Knights (annoying enemies that can only be shot in the back, and turn around frequently, and it summons BOSS ENEMIES. Yes. A BOSS THAT SUMMONS OTHER BOSSES. They're not too hard though, just low-tier stuff like Monstro (an ugly blob that bounces around and tries to land on you), Larry Jr. (snakes that slither around randomly and, er...poop), Duke of Flies (floats around like a moron and spawns flies to attack you), and Chub (a giant grub that charges at you and lays smaller grubs). I think there are others it can summon, but those are the ones I ran into. It should be noted that there's only one boss meter on the screen at any given time, so you can't see if a spawned boss is close to death or not.
Getting through The Womb was one thing (though having the Treasure Map and Compass, along with the Invincibility-granting Book of Shadows made it leagues easier). Getting past It Lives was something else.
After trudging through The Womb, I saw the boss door. I hadn't taken any damage. My Book of Shadows was ready. I was gonna take on this boss and get Mama's Boy, or get hit trying. I stepped through the door, and the battle was on. I immediately activated the book and killed the two eyes before they shot me, then started shooting the boss. Now, keep in mind that my firepower was pretty poor (or It Lives had a lot more HP than I expected), I was doing like one or two pixels worth of damage per shot. ??? has a starting shot power of two notches, and I had it at four when I got here, when I usually have it much higher. The firing rate was decent enough (four notches). I also had slowing shots too, but that didn't matter much on the actual boss since it doesn't move or attack much.
The main threat were the enemies. I had a few close calls with Knights closing in on me at times, enemies spewing projectiles in my direction, Chubs and other stuff charging at me and acting like utter spazzes (like those Larry Jrs)...I don't care if you don't consider The Binding of Issac a danmaku game, there's just as much careful dodging, twitch movements and timing involved as any Touhou, Cave, or other shmup involved. It was a pretty excruciating and panicky 25 minutes of gameplay. I didn't expect the boss to take so long to kill, it doesn't take more than ten minutes (or something around that) using any other character...But keep in mind that I'm using ???, and doesn't have the Lucky Foot to help him out.
75% health...Then 50%...As the boss got closer to about 30% health, I got excited and nervous. Last time I got this far in The Womb without taking damage, I got hit by a bomb (that I didn't see running) and that ended that run. I was pretty bummed at that moment, and it kind of turned me off from Issac for a while, but I eventually picked it back up and started playing again, hoping to get that achievement...Needless to say, lots of lost runs there (even an amusing one where I died to a Blood Donation Machine of all things XD), and I was on the verge of just saying "screw achievements, they're not worth the effort anyways" and just trying to collect the remaining items. But once I unlocked ??? and started playing as him, I felt an urge to keep going and collect that d6. I died a couple times (one was due to bad luck, one was intentional because I had to leave), but this run...I felt compelled to try. I failed at No Damaging the Depths (which I firmly believe is harder than The Womb to No Damage due to some spastic enemies), but I had the Book of Shadows, so I still had a chance.
Who knew that chance would turn into THE run that I No Damaged The Womb? The bombs I saw coming clearly this time (it's a lot safer to stick to the sides than the top or bottom to dodge them), and the enemies were a threat (those firefly enemies that explode into bullets when shot, and the bee-looking enemies that shoot directly at you, among others), but careful and quick dodging saw me through. When the battle was over and Mom shouted out the muffled cry of Issac's name, the end-game treasure chest appeared in the blast-scarred, gib-covered boss room. I never took a single hit, and all I had to do was leave the room and come back to confirm it.
"Issac now holds the d6!" followed by "You got the Mama's Boy Achievement! Holy Crap!" I let out a satisfying cry of victory at that. I had done it, after what seemed like weeks of running into brick walls made of annoying enemies! My achievement wasn't recorded right away on Steam though, but I didn't care. That achievement was firmly under my metaphorical belt, and a simple fix to my game files made it (and seven other achievements) appear on my profile.
October 27th, 2011, 10 PM PST (approximately) will be the date that I will never forget, so long as I still have a working brain. I may not get such achievements in other games, but this was one that I am actually proud of, and worthwhile to get.
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I finished Prototype on Normal not 10 minutes ago.
Now that my computer can actually handle Prototype, the game is actually fun, it's intense, it's frustrating, but it's fun. I only have a few complains about this game.
1- This game is extremely fast-paced, hence, precise movement is hard, which really screws you over when you gotta do a very tightly-timed mission *Glares at Hard Millitary Consume Events.* This can lead to Alex doing extremely stupid stuff and making you rage.
2- The Blade is the most OVERPOWERED THING EVER, same for the Armor. I never once used a power BESIDES the Blade once I got it, mind you, that happens at around mission 14/31, so yeah, for half of the game you have the most Overpowered weapon and Defense of the game, I never once found a use for the Shield, I always found a use for the Armor.
The Blade is so freaking overpowered that it goes BEYOND the Hammerfist, I was killing Tanks with a single full-charged Air Slice from the Blade, while it took me 5~8 hits to kill a tank with the Hammerfist, mind you, the Hammerfist is useless for anything else because it's just that damn slow. The Blade has the speed of the claws, the strength of the Hammerfist, and much better attacks, seriously.
I never found a use for Muscle Mass other than the Final Boss where I was playing safe and was throwing Helicopters at him to keep myself safe (After seeing that he has his own Devastator Attack, and the fact that his normal attack takes away 40% of my health?), still changed for the blade once the timer came up though.
The whipfist got obsolete for absolutely everything but skyjacking choppers after the first boss fight, but that's just because IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO SKYJACK (Okay, so there is another way, but it involves you literally touching the chopper and grabbing it while it's on the air and on the move, no thank you.)
3- The Ending could have been much, much better, it gives you a lot of answers, but it doesn't give you the sense of accomplishment an ending should give
4- Speaking of the ending I had way too much trouble finding 66% of the Web Of Intrigue, since they are, you know, RANDOM, and they are the only real way of getting the full story of the game (I didn't even get the classic "WE ARE THE FIRST AND LAST LINE OF DEFENSE, WE WILL HOLD THE RED LINE, IT IS THE LAST LINE TO EVER HOLD, WE ARE BLACKWATCH!" scene from it, ;_;)
5- The ultimate antagonist of the game, Elizabeth Greene, has the most generic death ever, Alex grabs her, throws her on the ground, and punches the shit out of her, he does THE EXACT SAME THING for EVERY Web Of Intrigue target
6- And finally while they DO say what happens to Karen Parker after she betrays you (You can actually find her and kill her off-screen in a cutscene if you consume every Blackwatch scientist during the Millitary Consume Events), the game just FORGETS about Dana Mercer, the last time you see her, you lead her to a doctor to save her after you rescue her from being kidnapped, she's never again mentioned, and the doctor, which is actually deeply involved with Blackwatch, is only mentioned again in Web Of Intrigue cutscenes, yeah...
I'm glad they are gonna be making Prototype 2, am kinda not glad the Main Character is not gonna be Mercer, also am NOT glad that it's only gonna be released next year, but eh, the game was still pretty fun, 7,5/10 I'd say.
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... Unfortunately Tales of the Moon 3 doesn't look that appealing. I'll save it for later.
Just started Final Fantasy Reishiki. That intro, that improved gameplay, that zettai ryouiki
, everything oh my god :*
"Brutal" is the appropriate word to describe it.
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Annnnnnd I just got Dark Boy in The Binding of Issac. That's great, now I can put it down for a while...Or at least until the Halloween update. XD Then I'll prolly be preoccupied with Sonic Generations, Kirby, or something else. I also forgot about Halo Anniversary...It'd better be worth it. I didn't like Reach that much.
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I've been playing Megaten Imagine again. I've been going around collecting Plug-Ins. Phantom was annoying cause I had to do it twice, cause people decided to come up start attacking after I already beat it to a quarter health. Now I'm working on Zhu Que, which is going to be even more time consuming. A 1-3% chance of appearing at the end of a long dungeon.
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Assassin's Creed.
Why did it take me so long to play these games?
Aww yeah assassinating people in the face how could you lose?
I might actually be done with Brotherhood in time to get Revelations when it comes out :V
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Right now I'm trying to get gta IV 100% complete
Also A bit of infamous, I'm finding it really boring at the moment though. I might bring up the difficulty to Hard if anything.
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Right now I'm trying to get gta IV 100% complete
Make sure to keep checkpoints and a checklist handy for the pigeons. I was missing one of 200 when i was through all of them and I hadn't the slightest clue which one. (Not that those were worse than the Pool minigame. I swear, i was running Jakob over a bunch of times after that)
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Also keep track of all of the events that you do with your friends. You have to do every one of them at least once. I think you also have to win the games you play against them...
But yeah. The pigeons and the stunt jumps are the most tedious things to do within Liberty City.
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You need to win each mini game at least once but you don't have to win against everyone. Thankfully so.
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Finally got ePSXe working.
Symphony of the Night is pretty good. Order of Ecclesia is still better.
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Symphony of the Night is pretty good. Order of Ecclesia is still better.
CotM > PoR > OoE > DoS > AoS > HoD > SoTN :V
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Satisfying my need for speed with Gran Turismo 5.
Currently working on turning my '70 Mustang Mach 1 into something that could do battle in a Trans Am style race. The stiffened sway bars certainly help, but I still feel there's room for improvement.
Got it up to 600+ hp though. Handles better than my Cobra, which is frightening.
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I was missing one of 200 when i was through all of them and I hadn't the slightest clue which one.
IIRC one of the Flying Rats does not appear on that in-game website's map.
But yeah. The pigeons and the stunt jumps are the most tedious things to do within Liberty City.
Agreed there.
Playing a bit of III and VC to consider the option of modding these. Doesn't work too well on my system - cutscenes tend to lock up after they load unless I switch out tasks. Maybe it's time for XP SP2 compatibility mode.
But these will have to be removed as LA Noire Complete arrives (gah stupid 80GB HDD I'm using for now).
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Agreed there.
However, I would rather collect all pigeons three times over than I'd collect all cars in LA Noire just one more time. That has got to be the worst collectathon I have ever taken upon myself.
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However, I would rather collect all pigeons three times over than I'd collect all cars in LA Noire just one more time. That has got to be the worst collectathon I have ever taken upon myself.
Oh dear, I guess I won't be doing that then.
On the other hand, the Just Cause 2 version of this seems even worse, as there are far too many locations, vehicles, vehicle parts, weapon parts, destructable items, etc. to really get through and complete. It also doesn't help that it takes a long time to get anywhere and that the game gets a bit too hard too quickly (apparently it wanted to be an action game, while most played it as a quacky physics-based sandbox of insanity :V).
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CotM > PoR > OoE > DoS > AoS > HoD > SoTN :V
This may or may not have something to do with my having beaten Aria of Sorrow and all the DS ones first, but I couldn't really get into Circle of the Moon or Harmony of Despair.
Will probably give both of them another go after I've beaten SotN.
Or, since I have nothing better to do with my time, LP every single Castlevania game for a system I can record.
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Oh dear, I guess I won't be doing that then.
Imagine this. You sit in your room, playing the game, you are looking for one specific vehicle, no internet page can tell you where it is, you just have to drive around until you find it randomly. It was like that for basically every vehicle but obviously some are rarer than others and in the beginning you'll get new cars really fast but when you get to the last three or four cars, that's when things really start to hurt unless you are lucky to just find it fast. As for Just Cause 2, hilarious story here; I bought it and I had loads of fun with it until one day where my mother moved my xbox while the game was on effectively causing the game to be shred to ribbons. Nice one mom.
This may or may not have something to do with my having beaten Aria of Sorrow and all the DS ones first, but I couldn't really get into Circle of the Moon or Harmony of Despair.
Meh, Its the same for me. I played AoS as my first and tried Harmony and Circle later but didn't like them at first. Then I got the DS ones and was happy with that. Then a bunch of years later one of my friends decided to have this Castlevania-thon so i decided to give those GBA ones' another try. While Harmony was decent (actually, i don't think its better than SoTN) i realized that Circle of the Moon was really damn awesome once you get into it. The hardest one of the bunch, i mean seriously difficult. No shop to help you, random monsters can kill you, the bosses are nuts and the potion drop rate from the monsters are so bad that I had 5 potions by the end of the game.
That each healed 20 HP. I had around 700 i think. Still, great and challenging game. It also has the absolute best soundtrack of all the GBA games in my opinion. So yeah, give em a shot again some time and try to beat them.
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I particularly didn't care for CotM or HoD. They seemed like a rather lacking knock-off of SotN, which I love dearly. AoS is top-notch; DoS was a pretty good follow-up. I enjoyed PoR, but was disappointed in them reusing the same four areas. OoE was fun, but it didn't really grab me until you finally got to go to Castlevania. Unfortunately, Dracula's Castle wasn't up to normal standards, since most of the memory went to the other linear areas.
On topic: I'm bouncing around through many games while waiting impatiently for the release of Saints Row: The Third. Minecraft full release will be happening a few days after that.. So, next week I'm going to be one happy son of a bitch.
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My experience with CotM is pretty much a direct paraphrase of Sanity's reaction to Nocturne.
CotM: Well done, you've cleared out the castle, and did you even do the sewers before Death?
Sophie: Yes.
CotM: DRACULA TIME!
CotM: YOUR DSS CARD COLLECTION IS ASS!
Sophie: ;_;
It took some time, but I eventually beat that bastard with judicious use of double damage. Then I used Patchy Mode as sweet, sweet summoning-abuse catharsis.
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CotM: Well done, you've cleared out the castle, and did you even do the sewers before Death?
Sophie: Yes.
CotM: DRACULA TIME!
CotM: YOUR DSS CARD COLLECTION IS ASS!
Sophie: ;_;
Am I to believe that I'm the only person who didn't use that stuff? Well, yeah Dracula was also as far as I got. I think that final form with the bats is seriously stupid. If just he stayed in that badass looking first form for the entire battle. Although that meteor shower is pretty hard to dodge.
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Make sure to keep checkpoints and a checklist handy for the pigeons. I was missing one of 200 when i was through all of them and I hadn't the slightest clue which one. (Not that those were worse than the Pool minigame. I swear, i was running Jakob over a bunch of times after that)
Awh man, those pegions are terrible things. Im geussing I should print off a map of some sort.
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Yeah you can do that. Either that, or just follow a youtube walkthrough. Its a boring process but its certainly less time consuming than simply following a map and trying to find them on your own.
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All 170 Layton puzzles cleared. That last one I had to cheat though cause it's just way too hard. :derp:
Anyways unlocked a picture where Layton, Luke, and Flora all go back to the village to visit Arianna and Tony.
A nice extra touch there :3
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Touhoumon (Aqua+Yui 1.5) Nuzlocke: HALF YOUR TEAM IS DEAD EDITION.
Also Digimon Masters online and why did you introduce this to me acidicks i have a grinding issue and this game just bleeds 'grind me for delicious digimonz'.
i can't stop killing all these flymons ;.;
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Yeah you can do that. Either that, or just follow a youtube walkthrough. Its a boring process but its certainly less time consuming than simply following a map and trying to find them on your own.
Might end up using a combo of the marked maps and youtube walkthroughs then. Whatever works out.
Also currently playing the Rayman Origins demo, I am so excited for this game its insane.
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Kirby: Mass Attack is the cutest game starring a bloodthirsty mob I have ever played.
And yes, I've played both Pikmins.
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I used the cards, but I didn't have that many of them anyway, and pretty much none of the good combos. Enemies did not like dropping them at all for me. What I didn't use was that glitch that lets you use cards you don't have yet.
Also, yes, indeed, fuck Dracula's last form. Become invincible and body rush a random number of times, then oh he's an eyeball now, and you can't hit him because he's up in a corner and surrounded by rape bats. Thank Yukari for the boomerang.
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Kirby: Mass Attack is the cutest game starring a bloodthirsty mob I have ever played.
And yes, I've played both Pikmins.
It absolutely, unstoppably is.
It is such a cute game and it's so fun and so honestly challenging, too, and I've been loving it to death.
When I haven't been replaying FFXIII, but I beat the final boss and still don't really feel like Postgame-ing, so... onto Disgaea 4. Again.
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Really, CoTM's drop rate was crazy enough that even using THIEF (which skyrockets Luck, which influences drop rate), I didn't get very many items at all. It's fun using FIGHTER though and tearing through Dracula in little time at all. (Jupiter (I think - whoever does shields) helps against the rape-bats, but Mars would be even better.)
A recent append patch for Kamidori came out recently, so I've been checking out the new scenarios. My shinigami was worse than dead weight in the map with her, since half the enemies are spirits (her attacks are Physical, which does 1 damage; and Dark, which heals every single damn enemy on the map) and the other half could only be taken out reliably with my main. I can't even suicide her, since the objectives state that all allies must survive. Now for the other scenario before I head back into the main game to check out the new stuff.
Also playing Call of Gods (http://www.kongregate.com/games/callofgods/call-of-gods), a (badly translated) MMO on Kongregate. Not sure why - I already have the badges, I don't pay a cent.
I've basically given up on Harder, Faster, so I'm trying to Perfect Id. 1-4 always gets me early on, though, with the surprise black beat on the right.
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Arcana Heart 3. Been ages since I've played a fighting game and damn do I suck. Haven't even managed to pull off a single critical heart in training mode yet. :V
KI seems ok, though a little weak on regular difficulty; still possible to win through button mashing, later levels of story mode aside. Voice acting isn't that good, but it's ok.
Anyway, I like it so far.
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Through the power of awesome I defeated the true final boss (but not the bonus boss, don't be silly) of Etrian Odyssey 3 a solid 10 levels below recommendations.
Now going back to hack my way through EO2 again. I actually got pretty far in it once (22F), and I'm in an EO frame of mind.
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FF6 - Playing through a romhack of the game called "Is the Best Game Ever". Yes, that's the name of it. Minus the quotation marks of course. FF6 actually becomes a rather high end level of difficulty with this romhack due to all the changes abound and I love it. Currently using my team of Celes, Locke, Sabin, and Gau to get them all the spells I can grab from Espers while farming for gold in Zozo (Oh yeah, gold is very very sparse until you hit Zozo). Everyone is lv16 right now except for Gau who's a couple levels behind at lv14.
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FF6 - Playing through a romhack of the game called "Is the Best Game Ever". Yes, that's the name of it. Minus the quotation marks of course. FF6 actually becomes a rather high end level of difficulty with this romhack due to all the changes abound and I love it.
That actually sounds interesting. The major issue with FFVI for me is the lack of difficulty. I should go find it.
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Now, is this "You have to grind out your ass" difficulty, or is it changes invoked that make it more valuable to actually use strategy in battles instead of Spam The High Damage Button.
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That is of course a pretty relevant question. Would like to know that as well.
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So far, I haven't needed to actively grind for levels because something is kicking my tail too hard. There are some tough points early on (Imperial Camp in Sabin's Scenario...2x Templar + Soldier fight is nasty as hell), but strategy tends to play a larger role in your success due to the time some battles can last. Battles are longer, yes. Neither can you spam the attack option for instant win most of the time.
Example...TunnelArmr at the end of Locke's Scenario. Using normal weaponry for Locke, you'd be lucky to do 10+ damage every hit at lv8 (That's the level my Locke & Celes were at for this fight).
However, if you have the Aquarius Spear from Sabin's Scenario (Located at Serpent Trench, 2nd cave section), Locke's damage suddenly goes up to a much more healthy 30+ damage a hit. Beating this boss at lv8 now becomes viable with a bit of good fortune on your side. The 10k xp each character gets from this fight will probably shoot them up from lv8 to lv12-13.
TL;DR - Strategy & planning > extreme grinds for levels in most cases.
Other random things that have changed/advice...
- New curves for everything. HP growth, MP growth, XP requirements, and so on.
- Changed skills. Sabin's Pummel for example now can inflict the Countdown status on enemies. Incredibly useful early on for enemies with high defenses.
- Enemies that can basically murder front row characters with alarming speed. Back row for everyone is highly recommended unless you are very confident in your abilities with said character (You do enough damage in the back row anyways).
- Gau's rages have been changed. Ghost for example will have him casting either Ice or a new ability, Enervate. That will heal the MP of whomever it targets. Very very very useful when he's paired with Celes or Terra early on considering Tinctures are expensive & gold is EXTREMELY tight in the WoB (Zozo is basically the only place to get a decent amount of funds...or so I hear at least).
- Related to the above point...find those Elixirs, sell them. They're worth 3750 gold each and can fund your equip and Tonic buying binges until you reach Zozo.
But yeah, I love this hack for the challenge so far. I'm only hoping it'll keep up when I hit the WoR. For whatever reason, I find most FF6 hacks seem to drop any sense of normal enemy difficulty when I reach that area and it kinda irks me. JCE3000GT's hardtype hack for FF6 is a prime example. WAY WAY too easy to break that hardtype hack into something EASIER than the vanilla game (230+ defenses for a team of 4 and max MBlock for 3/4ths of said team with the other character having 110 MBlock? Yeah).
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TL;DR - Strategy & planning > extreme grinds for levels in most cases.
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Although, it does sound like a good hack. Btw, i assume its the SNES version. Am I right?
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Although, it does sound like a good hack. Btw, i assume its the SNES version. Am I right?
Correct, SNES version.
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Started L.A. Noire. Quite good, I'll say, so far.
However, the PC version is locked at 30FPS (probably to ensure good framerates, similar to Rage's automatic auto-config to keep the game running at 60FPS, and in response to the absurdly poor performance of GTA IV on PC) regardless of settings, and to make matters worse the file format and structure are, to my experience, nothing like the ones used in GTA IV, making modding difficult for the time being.
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LA Noire was an awesome experience for me. Hope you have fun :)
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More Nocturne asshattery
"You encounter a Hell Biker. What do you do?"
> Bring out two party members that are weak to fire
BRILLIANT
lol my healer and my debuffer are weak to fire what do
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Speaking of "strategy > grinding" I picked up my copy of Final Fantasy Tactics on PSP again this week where I was towards the end of Chapter 2. You know, because plugging 200+ hours into the original my sophomore year of high school wasn't enough.
Holy crap they must have tuned it from the PSX version because I was getting my butt kicked on the two Gafgarion battles before I realized "oh let me equip accessories to nullify most of the bad stuff!" Of course, all the skill grinding I wound up doing to counteract the dumbass class choices I had made years ago meant the Lucavi battle was a complete joke :V
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Those Gafgarion fights were too easy just by taking his equipment :V
Then again, this was on the original PS1 version. I did play the PSP remake but the insane amounts of lag and the really dead-sounding OST (they killed the reverb :ohdear:) made it a very quick refund. On the other hand, running the original on the PSP's integrated PS1 emulator ran flawlessly.
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Playing through Portal 2. I've realized that I enjoy horsing around with the portals as much as I do solving the puzzles. Again. I'm guessing I'm about halfway through the game right now since
GLaDOS was turned into a potato, which I found so funny that I want to play through that part all over again.
Final Fantasy Tactics
This is the way. I wouldn't mind playing through the updated version, but I played through the original twice and was done with it when everything was over.
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Lost Odyssey - Nearing the end of Disc 2. Just arrived in Saman. Got a couple things to do before I go off to the last Disc 2 dungeon.
Skyrim - Started this today. It is awesome. Bumped the difficulty up to the highest, Master. Yeah I want to get owned like I do in the OOO mod for Oblivion. Just arrived at the first town, Ravenholm or whatever it's called. Hit lv2 on my Argonian before calling it a day.
FF6 Best - Finally finished my grinding for spells from Espers and got a bunch more rages for Gau. MTek Hound rage has Big Guard for one of its possible moves. Safe + Shell for the entire team? Yes freaking please.
Just offed Ifrit & Shiva. Ifrit...didn't really threaten me much, especially with Big Guard up. Shiva though? I don't think she liked my Sabin & Locke's physicals because she countered with Blizzard that did like 180-220 dmg to everyone it hits...with Shell factored in...while everyone's max HP levels at this point were ranging from 380-ish to 450 something. Yeah.
Took two tries for the duo because of Shiva's Blizzard trolling. Ended up doing the brute force method by beserking Sabin & Locke in the front row and hoping for the best.
Shiva's Blizzard hijinks almost cost me my 2nd attempt...but what happens?
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1608/ff6best00000.png
Anima Zero, master of winning romhack battles by the skin of his teeth!
Something tells me this fight's gimmick is that Ifrit counters magic with a nasty counterattack and Shiva counters physicals. That's my guess at least.
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Also Digimon Masters online and why did you introduce this to me acidicks i have a grinding issue and this game just bleeds 'grind me for delicious digimonz'.
I read this a couple days ago. Looked it up, now Damn you Chaore! Just had to take me down with you, didn't you!
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Still playing Persona 3 FES. I'm on September 17, and have 70 hours clocked. My god, I wasn't doubting I would like this game, but I wasn't expecting it to be sooo gooood. After a slow first two months, the plot really kicked off, and the social links keep plot intrigue going even during sparse sections. The battle system is a bit grindy, but even after nearly three days-worth of gameplay, I haven't tired of it. Really loving it, and I'll definitely get Persona 4 after this.
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Good thing, too. Persona 4 is for many many reasons better.
Something I wish could have been kept was splitting up the team and the more interesting dungeon design though.
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Go away Baldur's Gate II
I didn't want to remember I own you (because that will force me to play you).
Wild Mage/Fighter that looks like Revya from Soul Nomad is go. Sigh.
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As promised, I've obtained my copy of Saints Row: the Third. :getdown: I'm loving every second of this game. I'm so so so glad that the storyline continues from the last game. The upgrade system is a welcome addition. Oh yes, I'm going to be having much fun with this one.
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Super Mario 3D Land :V
I love how many secrets there are placed pretty much everywhere, like tiny planks that lead to 1ups or running past the goal to grab star medals. It makes exploring every nook and cranny interesting and worthwhile.
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I'd consider getting SR3, though the notoriously bad release of SR2 on the PC (as well as lack of time, money, and hard drive space) hold me off. Then again, GTA IV and LA Noire have just as bad PC launches, with poor optimization and for some time a large number of users unable to run the games smoothly on even high-end systems.
Not playing much else, barring Minecraft and TF2, at this current time.
EDIT: What the hell SR3? GTA-style cheats are being sold now as DLC? (http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/11/15/for-2-99-thq-will-sell-you-a-pack-of-saints-row-3-cheats/) Even though they can be unlocked without purchase, well, this is a bit absurd.
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The usual shizzle: Counter-Strike and DotA when I feel like killing time online. Managed to lay off Minecraft after getting b& from MotK's very own MC server. However, Team Fortress 2 with a friend took its place, so it's not all happy.
As for the single-player: Hellsinker. It is so brainraep to try to explain the plot behind it using what little information the English-speaking fandom has gathered so far. But it's quite fun to play. It's a bullet hell too, you know. Like Touhou.
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I really wanted a Renamon, so I knew when it was released I'd have to get it. It's Cash Shop only, so I shrugged and bought it. It turned out to be a 5/5. It's so much taller than me. And I've only seen a couple other players with one and it's taller than them xD. And I think it's going to be stronger than Lalamon when it catches up to her level.
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Go away Baldur's Gate II
I didn't want to remember I own you (because that will force me to play you).
Wild Mage/Fighter that looks like Revya from Soul Nomad is go. Sigh.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexcellent
wait wild mage/fighter that means dual-classing away from mage why would you do that (and into vanilla fighter of all things agh)
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Final Fantasy X once again. This game never grows old. Makes me wonder exactly what this HD re-release will be like too.
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Okay, uhh, months and months overdue for an update from me. :V
Zelda Twilight Princess- Started this last month, if not sooner. Enjoyable little romp. I've clocked in thirty hours, and have reached the Temple of Time tonight. Lets see if I can somehow finish before Skyward Sword shows up.
Sonic Colors- started in July, and no longer have any excuse not to finish since I have a TV in my room again.
Sonic Generations- Finished the main campaign, working on challenges, because I'm a semi-completionist and achievement whore.
Okami- Really, really need to finish this someday...
Metro 2033- Great narrative, but the laconic combat caused me to forget about it quickly; I do plan on finishing someday.
S4 League- Been playing it on and off lately, and by that, I mean play it once or twice, then leave it alone for months. I got back into though, due to the Iron Eyes update. Holy cow, this game has come a good way since 2008...
C21- I want to love this game again, but Sighberstep seriously has no clue when to fuck off.
Rusty Hearts- Because I gotta have my stylized brawlers with slightly-clunky controls.
DFO- been off this for months due to Rusty Hearts, and Nexon continuing to be a gigantic, galactic asshole.
Dragon Nest- See above. Though, I have a much better chance of getting back into this one because Nexon has been less retarded with it, and because the game itself is less retarded than DFO, which insists on doing stupid nonsense at every turn.
Dead Space- This is one of the best games I've ever played, seriously. And I normally don't even like this genre much at all. Just completed chapter 7 the other night.
Kirby's Return to Dreamland- Oh my god, Kirby, why do never get old? Currently on world 6, but will have to do some back tracking as I have missed stuff.
Kirby's Dreamland 3- What a classic. Replaying this is so nostalgic. Helps that it has one of the best soundtracks ever.
Dystopia- Still playing this, though, as with S4, I've kinda dropped off due to playing too much. It, along with S4 is still a standby though, and actually replaced S4 for a while.
Super Street Figher 4 AE- I really need to get serious about playing online... Oh, and I need to step up my execution; doing SRK's when you want to double qfc (or vice-versa) is no fun.
AvP 2010- Can't find a multiplayer match for shit. :| Also need to do campaigns on the highest difficulties.
Duke Nukem Forever- Finished the campaign like two months ago. Been meaning to multiplayer.
Cluthulhu Saves the World- Must. Finish. One. Day.
Anomaly Warzone Earth- One of the best indie games ever. Also really need to finish.
Everything Trackmania.
Okay, that sums it up.
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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexcellent
wait wild mage/fighter that means dual-classing away from mage why would you do that (and into vanilla fighter of all things agh)
Actually I may or may not have shadow-whatevered my way into that as a Multiclass (despite normally being unable to multiclass with a kit). I just enjoyed the concept too much.
And it is so fun. Minsc, Edwin, Jan, Korgan, Viconia. It's... certainly a party!
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Just for kicks, I reinstalled Call of Duty: United Offensive for the first time in about 5 years. Holding the line at Bastogne and sprinting between the tail gun and dorsal turret in a bomber are just as exciting when I first played through them. Y'know, I really the way CoD used to be, when it was more of a successful FPS with spirit and spunk instead of a cash cow action movie game franchise.
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Playing Odin Sphere....
The story is so epic that I wanna cry because of it~
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Actually I may or may not have shadow-whatevered my way into that as a Multiclass (despite normally being unable to multiclass with a kit). I just enjoyed the concept too much.
And it is so fun. Minsc, Edwin, Jan, Korgan, Viconia. It's... certainly a party!
Minsc will be a problem, especially with Edwin, but with mod tools you probably do not care!
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Yeah, I have the game lightly modded. No like "hey I have super items" or any shit like that, but just little convenience things - like, Edwin and Minsc will still argue (or Viconia and Korgan, or... any other combination of this group, really, I mean look at them), but won't leave. And I won't have to worry about reputation causing constant bitching and/or leaving from everyone because normally the party would have issues with that too.
So yeah.
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So I played against CS Online's boss and added the boss battle theme from DoDonPachi as the custom theme. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P37-5jXdD0) The results? you'd be the judge :V
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Welp. Saints Row 3 complete. It was much shorter than I had expected.. There were just as many awesome moments as there were disappointing ones, but overall I enjoyed my experience in Steelport.
Now, back to the usual TF2/Minecraft adventures!
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Heroes Over Europe.
inb4 STOP FAPPING TO SPITFIRES
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So I played against CS Online's boss and added the boss battle theme from DoDonPachi as the custom theme. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P37-5jXdD0) The results? you'd be the judge :V
Now I wonder if CS: GO will have boss fights. :3
Knowing Valve, though, it's quite unlikely (however, since TF2 has them...:V). After all CS Online is a Nexon game using Valve's IP, and this boss fight, well, doesn't look like it would belong in a regular CS game. (Good music choice, though)
Played a ton of this last time I was at Korea (it was among the most commonly played games in the PC rooms there). While I'd like to pick this up again, I still prefer the 1.6/Source experience (especially with all the mods...Deathrun and Gungame are always fun) and moreover TF2 and Minecraft have taken up my multiplayer time.
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CS is wonderful, hopefully CS:GO will be as wonderful like the old times as well. At least we know one custom game mode is becoming an official mode for GO.
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So I played against CS Online's boss and added the boss battle theme from DoDonPachi as the custom theme. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P37-5jXdD0) The results? you'd be the judge :V
Hey, this game looks pretty fun. Is it a mod to Counter-Strike, or the Japanese version of the game? I heard CS was re-released in Japan as something different, more action-oriented or something... is that it? It actually looks pretty damn fun.
Where can I get it?
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Cadrin, that version you were describing would be Counter-Strike Neo, which was redesigned for the Japanese arcade market.
CS Online is made by Nexon Corporation (Korean MMO company) under Valve license, and is geared for the Korean and Chinese PC cafe markets in particular. It relies on micro-transactions, I believe.
IIRC it runs off the GoldSrc Engine as well, for whatever reason.
I haven't seen many Online players in US though. Most here play 1.6 or Source.
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Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
The game is still so great even now. I never did play the original much though. I think I beat that on Heroic and never could clear some of the levels on Legendary.
I'm up to Silent Cartographer on Legendary. The level before, Truth and Reconciliation, was one of the 3 I never beat on Legendary in the original, but the skulls added to this version helped me with it. The first print and preorder bonus skull Grunt Funeral combined with Boom is a very powerful combo. I'll try to do the levels I never beat on the original on Legendary without skulls some time, but for now I'm just playing with them on. I just have no idea how I'll deal with T&R without them on, or how the Mythic community are going to clear some of the levels all skulls on(even with infinite ammo skull) or detrimental/neutral skulls only.
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Hey, this game looks pretty fun. Is it a mod to Counter-Strike, or the Japanese version of the game? I heard CS was re-released in Japan as something different, more action-oriented or something... is that it? It actually looks pretty damn fun.
Where can I get it?
Here you go. http://cso.iahgames.com/Site/Index.aspx
Geared for the Korean and Chinese PC cafe markets in particular. It relies on micro-transactions, I believe.
Actually, it's geared to Asian markets, considering that they have gone from South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore/Malaysia (the version I'm playing at the moment, since I am a Malaysian) and most recently Indonesia.
More info, click on the CS logo on my sig. Shameless plug rocl.
:V
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Here you go. http://cso.iahgames.com/Site/Index.aspx
Ah, it spread to Singapore already? Not surprised considering the growing PC game market in SE Asia (the East Asia ones, particularly Korea and Taiwan, seem mature already).
I'd put the link to the official Korean site where updates come earlier, but there seems to be little need to do so. Though I'll say that Zombie Scenario Season 2 is all the rage there.
Actually, it's geared to Asian markets, considering that they have gone from South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore/Malaysia (the version I'm playing at the moment, since I am a Malaysian) and most recently Indonesia.
Indeed it is, but I was used to the Korean circuit, being from there myself.
Doesn't seem like it's well-supported in US/CA, AU/NZ, or EU/RU, alas, even though Valve and Nexon, who both have large western presences (in N. America at least), have collaborated with this....
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If Nexon Korea is making this game, then you guys better be SURE it will have boss fights.
Nexon does like it's bosses, after all.
@Thread
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Post-Game stuff, still playing the living shit out of Elsword and Deus Ex: Human Revolution, went back to Final Fantasy XIII for some reason, still leveling up in Fallout: New Vegas, finished Mothership Zeta in Fallout 3, waiting for the right time to go buy Assassin's Creed: Revelations, back to Touhou, now playing some TD Harudo Modo.
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Ah, it spread to Singapore already? Not surprised considering the growing PC game market in SE Asia (the East Asia ones, particularly Korea and Taiwan, seem mature already).
Actually it went gold last year, it went all blazes when the open beta was finished, and stuff happens. CSO SG/MY Just went through its 1st birthday last Halloween.
Not a big surprise since most people have played the Taiwan/Hong Kong version, and everyone on Facebook is now screaming for "RELEASE ZOMBIE MODE 3!". That's a hell lot of things to catch up rocl :V
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I decided to play me some Castlevania Circle of the Moon. Great game that is. I'm going for a Magician run. That apparently means that your stats are tweaked in order to make you a better mage and in addition, you start off with all DSS cards unlocked. Currently, I'm at the Necromancer and I'm level 8. And boy, he is hard. I might be able to beat him easier if I abused the DSS cards but I'd rather defeat him without them. Well, okay, i'll take a strength buff from Venus/Salamander but that's about it.
Its a fun battle but its also pretty long at such a low level and I outright refuse to grind for levels since that kills some of the challenge. However, it doesn't kill the challenge to put up a save-state right before the boss instead of running all that way everytime you lose. Its not hard to get there without taking damage but it sure would be annoying to do everytime.
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I decided to play me some Castlevania Circle of the Moon. Great game that is. I'm going for a Magician run. That apparently means that your stats are tweaked in order to make you a better mage and in addition, you start off with all DSS cards unlocked. Currently, I'm at the Necromancer and I'm level 8. And boy, he is hard. I might be able to beat him easier if I abused the DSS cards but I'd rather defeat him without them. Well, okay, i'll take a strength buff from Venus/Salamander but that's about it.
Its a fun battle but its also pretty long at such a low level and I outright refuse to grind for levels since that kills some of the challenge. However, it doesn't kill the challenge to put up a save-state right before the boss instead of running all that way everytime you lose. Its not hard to get there without taking damage but it sure would be annoying to do everytime.
Have fun with the late game boss fights on Magician mode. You can be at a normal level and get 1-2 shotted by bosses without damn good armor (And even then, it probably lets you survive one extra hit at best).
Anyways...
Skyrim - Had to rescue this one guy for a quest in Whiterun. I kinda regret deciding to find my own way to do it because I couldn't seem to talk anyone into releasing the guy...meaning I had to cut through ~10+ Thalmor Guards, some Archers, and a few Mages. All decked out in Elven Armor...and takes a ton of punishment on Master difficulty to boot. With some smart thinking, I got all the way to the boss enemy using minimal potions.
Boss enemy? Friggin' mage :(. I burned every last damned potion I had because the sucker took MORE punishment than the damned guards.
On the plus side, got enough money to get a home in Whiterun. Finally!
Also killed my first dragon, whee. It's surprisingly nasty. I stay in its breath for more than a second and I pretty much hug the floor and have to try again. Histskin can only do so much to save my ass against that stuff. Stinks when the dragon's low on health as it'll stay on the ground and basically belch fire at anything nearby.
I got a huge laugh when it picked up a guard in its jaws, shook him around for a bit, then tossed him out of its mouth. I'd have tried to get close, but it almost always roasted me when I tried it if it wasn't distracted. Thusly I sticked to pelting it with arrows until it folded.
I'm not looking forward to fighting a dragon solo if such a moment occurs.
Currently lv8. Gonna try to make a bit of gold to get the last two upgrades I need for my Whiterun house.
FF6: Is The Best Game Ever - In the World of the Ruin. I overgrinded I think in the WoB because holy crap Marvel Shoes. +7 Vig/Sta/Spd/Mag + Auto-Safe/Shell/Haste/Regen? Hell yes please.
I basically made most bosses after the Magitek Factory cry. Except for the boss in house 'o flames in Thamasa. The boss itself did crap all damage, but the Balloons? They have 2000 HP and my best attack is Strago's Aqua Rake for ~650 to all of them. Balloons have Exploder. Exploder sucks if they cast it before I can get off 2 Aqua Rakes. Morph'd Terra doesn't help much either, even if Morph was changed. It's now infinite duration and is like the Junk Armor set from MMZ4 in the sense that Terra will deal 2x damage with everything, but also take 2x damage from every attack that hits her.
Rest of WoB after that was lulzs. Lv30 characters vs. Atma Weapon...yeah I owned basically. It had all of one attack that was dangerous at my level, Destroy (Instant death, whee!).
WoR is setup rather interestingly. Basically, you're supposed to skip all chests and run from fights to get all characters back in your party, then use the various areas to level up and get new equipments. It's setup this way so you can use your favorite characters wherever you want and still enjoy some tough normal enemies and some bosses.
The bosses in the way of getting characters are not too bad, but still, can't let your guard down on them. Umaro is probably the sole exception. Tritoch is a bit of an ass to deal with if you don't cheese the hell out of it. Fighting Umaro himself though is not that bad.
Currently running a team of Shadow, Locke, Celes, and Relm, all around the mid 30s right now.
To compare, the readme states you probably can't beat the game at...level 75. Considering what some of the enemies in the high level zones dealt in damage, I'm inclined to believe that for the moment.
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Have fun with the late game boss fights on Magician mode. You can be at a normal level and get 1-2 shotted by bosses without damn good armor (And even then, it probably lets you survive one extra hit at best).
Heh. Sounds like Adramalech, Hugh and the Zombie Twin Dragons are gonna be nasty.
Skyrim - Had to rescue this one guy for a quest in Whiterun. I kinda regret deciding to find my own way to do it because I couldn't seem to talk anyone into releasing the guy...meaning I had to cut through ~10+ Thalmor Guards, some Archers, and a few Mages. All decked out in Elven Armor...and takes a ton of punishment on Master difficulty to boot. With some smart thinking, I got all the way to the boss enemy using minimal potions.
Boss enemy? Friggin' mage :(. I burned every last damned potion I had because the sucker took MORE punishment than the damned guards.
Heh. I remember doing that quest too. I decided I wanted to do it alone so I could sneak my way through but apparently these guys were bigger bitches than that. Luckily, it turns out that once they get far enough away from their base, they start going back again with their backs turned effectively allowing me to stealth attack them for 30x damage. BITCH!
I'm not looking forward to fighting a dragon solo if such a moment occurs.
I haven't encountered any that aren't outside which means you can tank them with a horse. That's pretty helpful.
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Super Mario 3D Land.
So far, it's very good. I'm in World 3 right now... but I had some stupid deaths. Oh well, doesn't matter much.
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Heh. Sounds like Adramalech, Hugh and the Zombie Twin Dragons are gonna be nasty.
I don't remember Adramalech being that nasty. The little skulls he spawns are easily blocked with whip twirling. Maybe the giant fireballs it can sling at you can be a pain to dodge, but that's about it.
Twin Zombie Dragons & Hugh? Yeah, those fights are gonna be lovely.
When I'm thinking about bosses that can easily 1-2 shot you, first thought was Camilla in the Waterways. That giant screw off beam her skull fires is most likely an OHKO or 2 hit KO.
Final Dracula's flaming charge is most certainly an OHKO, but honestly, on any mode not named Fighter, that's probably an OHKO or 2 hit KO anyways so yeah.
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Camilla herself isn't so tough to kill in magician mode though, just use the Thunder-Element Summon combo all the time.
Also damn handy for Drac too.
It's spammy, but that's kinda what you're meant to do in Magician Mode from my experiences.
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I don't remember Adramalech being that nasty. The little skulls he spawns are easily blocked with whip twirling. Maybe the giant fireballs it can sling at you can be a pain to dodge, but that's about it.
Well, not much is gonna be nasty when you can summon a Unicorn that heals you. At the time I got there, the fireballs would deal around 80 damage and I had around 240HP so they could probably kill me in three hits. They are not too bad to dodge though. Weren't aware that the skulls could be blocked with whip twirling but they are pretty easy to avoid by sliding out to the side.
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What am I currently playing?
Zelda: Skyward Sword, that's what I'm playing.
Takes a while to get into the real action, and the flight mechanics need some getting used to (waggle the wiimote to gain altitude), but other than that I'm enjoying it so far. Sword fighting mechanics are superb, and it already has an interesting story.
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Oh my god Sonic Generations
Oh my god Kirby's Return To Dreamland
Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god
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Skyward Sword.
I cannot remember the last time I played a game for four hours straight, and stopped because I was hungry and not bored.
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Back to Circle of the Moon Magician run. Now at Camilla's area, you know the one with the bone chilling music. Beating the Zombie Dragons wasn't really that bad considering I have all the DSS cards. Uranus+Unicorn (i think it was) can heal me if things gets hairy and Diana+Griffin is a nice and powerful ranged shot.
This game is so much fun but it feels a little cheesy to just use DSS on everything that's hard but its not like i have much of a choice since all my other stats seem even lower than they were in the original game making clearing the bosses pretty much impossible unless I can somehow dodge all their stuff for 5-10 minutes being able to survive around 4 hits.
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Baldur's Gate II
For the Glory of Amn!
Anyway, Another Metroid 2 Remake released their demo on 10/27. Essentially redoing Metroid 2: Return of Samus for GB in the GBA format of Fusion/Zero Mission, and boy is it faithful to the original, while taking liberties that really improve the experience. It's really fun and exciting to see one of my favorite old games having some freshness added to it. Anyone with interest in the side-scrolling Metroids should check it out http://metroid2remake.blogspot.com/.
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Back to Circle of the Moon Magician run. Now at Camilla's area, you know the one with the bone chilling music. Beating the Zombie Dragons wasn't really that bad considering I have all the DSS cards. Uranus+Unicorn (i think it was) can heal me if things gets hairy and Diana+Griffin is a nice and powerful ranged shot.
This game is so much fun but it feels a little cheesy to just use DSS on everything that's hard but its not like i have much of a choice since all my other stats seem even lower than they were in the original game making clearing the bosses pretty much impossible unless I can somehow dodge all their stuff for 5-10 minutes being able to survive around 4 hits.
Oh god, Nightmare.
Last time I did a Magician run, I wasn't aware that there's an area with the item to purify the sewer water - so it involves a lot of jumping around and hoping not to get inside the waters too long. At least the healing whip DSS does wonders :V
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Well I found out that there was such an item on my first playthrough. 1) There is no way I would've survived that area without it. 2) That friend of mine who recommended the game to me said I was missing a pretty significant boss.
Speaking of CoTM, I sat down and beat the rest of the game today. I made entire game pretty easy on myself by using the Uranus-Unicorn summon. It can even bypass Hugh's homing swords. Dracula was a pain as always though I found a pretty reliable strategy against the first form. Simply equip a summon and summon something when he makes the meteor strike. Then just wait for him to switch to that attack where he lazors the ground causing fire and whip him with Diana+Griffin for good damage. The 2nd form took quite some experimenting but I took him out by summoning Uranus+Thunderbird everytime his eye got revealed. It was actually quite easy.
Now, I've got Fighter mode unlocked. I'll play that some other time though. And that time will certainly come. It is my favorite Castlevania after all.
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Still playing Skyward Sword. Just killed
Scaldera
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Am I the only one getting the occasional weird control issue? Like, sometimes I'll try to throw a bomb flower and Link will roll it instead...
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Great, now I've got an urge to play BG2 again. Any ideas for the run?
Do note I've already done a solo run. Lot of fun. :V
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Corpse Partyyyy
noped my ass to bed though, so I'm still at
chapter 1
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Guys why does everyone not play mainstream games?
Anyway, Kirby's Return to Dreamland all day, 'erry day.
Being a huge Nintendo and Kirby fan since the age of 2, this game is like a love letter.
I love you too, Kirby!~ <3 :X
Anyway, Kirby is also the best Touhou. He clearly has the best danmaku and the silliest hats.
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Chaos Rings.
This feels like one of those games that are simultaneously easy to win and easy to lose.
I just beat Olgar and Vahti at Level 11 in Escher's scenario.
Anyone know how long this game is?
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Counter-Strike Online again.
Just managed to clear both Trap and Double Gate Normal - the latter isn't actually that hard to beat, as long as people spam upgrades for the barriers for the first seven rounds. And Skull-9.
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Serious Sam 3. Cleared it on Hard, playing it again on Serious. It's so good! Every change to the combat is a straight improvement over the previous games IMO, it's even harder than The Second Encounter, and the final stage tops everything else in the series so far, it's beyond insane. Get it!
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Dissidia 012 due to a multiplayer frenzy in my school, I must practice my La- Leg cramp! Leg cramp!
And now I am welcomed to the fandom.
Also OFP: Game of the Year edition. In fact I'm making a LP of it!
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Shield Bash is so OP, it's not funny. Lightning Round Hero Horde Battle is insanely difficult, since there's no health pickups period. Wish they didn't drop a bomb right when one of the others explode. I can no-damage the final boss, yet I can't clear this. :(
Also: Evidently a lot of people have trouble with using the harp, if the comments are any indication. (http://youtu.be/j41bxa3vqjQ)
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Shield Bash is so OP, it's not funny. Lightning Round Hero Horde Battle is insanely difficult, since there's no health pickups period. Wish they didn't drop a bomb right when one of the others explode. I can no-damage the final boss, yet I can't clear this. :(
Also: Evidently a lot of people have trouble with using the harp, if the comments are any indication. (http://youtu.be/j41bxa3vqjQ)
Failed that mini-game so hard the first time around, before I figured out that you're not supposed to match the rhythm that they swing with, you're supposed to strum EXACTLY AS THEY SWING, and then hold still and wait for another swing.
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I have reached the last month of Persona 3. Man, I wasn't expecting the bad ending to be so...hard-hitting. :< It's so hurtful because it tries to make everything end on a high note, and even gives you the credits and the chance to start a new game plus, as though it's the right choice...
Makes me all the more determined to destroy Nyx and save the world! >:<
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Oh my god Kirby's Return to Dreamland. The entire 'second half' of the game, from the start of the Great Doomer onwards is just... oh my god
It's a huge homage to Kirby's Super Star, just like the rest of the game, and aghghghghg YES
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Suspending Corpse Party for a few days because seriously fuck
feasting on your friend and loli getting Valved into a wall, the former is downright traumatizing
Trying out Fate/Extra. The graphic and music are, uh, good, I guess :V
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Oh my god Kirby's Return to Dreamland. The entire 'second half' of the game, from the start of the Great Doomer onwards is just... oh my god
It's a huge homage to Kirby's Super Star, just like the rest of the game, and aghghghghg YES
Just wait until you completely beat the game and see a certain boss again
... :3
Oh and whoever said this game was easy is pretty fucking retarded. Worlds 6 and 7
are pretty impossible, especially in [somewhat big spoiler ->] Extra Mode
.
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Doom 3.5. Also known as Quake 4. As stupid as it is, it's good shooter fun.
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Currently on my way to the fourth dungeon in Skyward Sword. Beat the
first trial, Farore's Courage.
I haven't played a game this addicting in a long time. I'm playing it hours straight.
It's a loooooooooong game too. It takes ages to reach the next dungeon each time, but the game manages to throw all kinds of fun stuff along the way to still make it enjoyable. Also spending lots of time on side-quests, upgrading and screwing around.
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Back at Circle of the Moon with me. Apparently I can't get enough of this game. I'm going for a Fighter run this time and i'm actually a bit disappointed with it since it makes Nathan brokenly powerful. I mean I'm rushing through the game avoiding all the monsters i can get away with (which is fun and fast-paced) but despite missing out on the experience from all those monsters I am still slaugthering these bosses. I took down the Necromancer and Adramalech without the slightest bit of hazzle which is unusual since they usually challenge a fair amount. Then I get to the Zombie Dragons and they can't do anything to me either. I took a lot of hits in the fight but that still didn't prevent me from winning with plenty of life left. I'm not complaining about the strength boost but the defence and health boost is pretty OP imo.
But its still a really fun game so it doesn't matter too much.
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And that's it for Fighter mode. Okay, I cheated against the final part of the Dracula fight since that thing has to be the most retarded thing in Castlevania history. Its not hard, its boring and the only way you are gonna take hits is because of impatience on your part and I don't like that. So I felt that it was okay considering that I could just go level grind and be done with it like that.
Now I got this thing named Shooter mode and I have no idea what its about. Anyone around who knows? Also, it sounds like its this mode that should've been given the Gradius password. Not Fighter mode.
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And that's it for Fighter mode. Okay, I cheated against the final part of the Dracula fight since that thing has to be the most retarded thing in Castlevania history. Its not hard, its boring and the only way you are gonna take hits is because of impatience on your part and I don't like that. So I felt that it was okay considering that I could just go level grind and be done with it like that.
Now I got this thing named Shooter mode and I have no idea what its about. Anyone around who knows? Also, it sounds like its this mode that should've been given the Gradius password. Not Fighter mode.
Shooter Mode focuses on using your sub weapons, so you basically get a crapton of hearts each time you level. I forget what it does to stats, though. Also, the Knife sub weapon gets an upgrade (first is throwing more than one knife, and I think next is a homing knife throw). I think Thief mode comes next after Shooter mode, but I don't remember (never actually finished Shooter mode).
Weird, Gladius should be the password for Fighter, and I think Crossbow was for Shooter.
Currently playing EssenceRO because I had heard that was the server that MoTK played. I'm glad they gave the Ninja a few upgrades on the server, it's a really fun class to play. I'm also juggling Persona 3 Portable, NieR, and Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep. I'm up to the final part for Aqua and Ventus, and I had already beaten Terra's story (dear GOD that boss was a bitch). If it wasn't for school, I wouldn't be so backlogged with my games... just 3 weeks left for this semester though.
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Now have access to Skyward Sword's sixth dungeon.
Holy shit that escort mission was annoying as fuck. It was everything wrong with them - stupid reason for being necessary in the first place, annoying and utterly helpless character, enemies placed specifically to dick you over...
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BG2.
Archer solo.
SHOOT ALL THE THINGS
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Started playing Eden Eternal again. Totally has nothing to do with the new
loliHalfkin race.
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Picked up Super Mario 3D Land.
I can heartily recommend it to anyone who enjoyed Super Mario Galaxy. Or, really, any Mario game ever - it's 3D levels, but they're more like "2D stages with depth" in a way that actually keeps it feeling much more like... well, like a successor to Mario Bros 3 or NSMB or what have you instead of the 3D-dedicated Mario games, without losing out on the awesome variety and level sense that Galaxy had.
I love it so much.
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Hooraya, I got a permanent sniper (http://local-static1.forum-files.fobby.net/forum_attachments/0028/9301/2011-11-29_00001.jpg) in CS Online's lucky draw (http://cstrikedb.info/wiki/C-Box). Too bad I am not a sniper guy.
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Thanks to Roukanken's Paradise Blue (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,11445.0.html) LP, I've decided to do a semi-blind challenge run of it.
The restrictions are as follows:
Of four characters, only one of them (Shaniqua) is allowed to change class.
Everyone else must remain White Mages
Earlier, I ran into this:
(http://i.imgur.com/xSBOE.png)
Note: Everyone's only L11 there.
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Sonic: Generations.
I might be a bit biased since Sonic was my favorite hero back then. But hey, the game is nice. It is frustrating sometime, but it still has one essential element that every good games must have, it is "fun". One thing I don't like is how short the game is, I can just skip most of the challenges, beat the crap out of rivals, earn emeralds, and voila, last stage is where you are. Even so, it's still one game I do consider as way-above-average. It's full of nostalgia, it's fun, it's beautiful, it's high-speed, it's challenging, and the most important of all, it's Sonic.
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Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Although it's a bit clunky and buggy even with the patch(es), it's a interesting concept for a RPG. Though there's the whole Magic vs Technology, my build is a swift melee character who also tries to persuade people when he's not stabbing people.
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So, I finished Persona 3 last night.
...
:'(
I wanna play The Answer, but I can't just spoil that beautiful ending. I gotta let this game sit for a month or so.
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Corpse Party : Blood Covered ... Repeated Fear.
Thanks to my generous friend, now I have a temporary PSP. The first game he'd recommend me is this game since he knew I love Silent Hill.
At first, it looked like a generic RPG (which is not really my cup of tea), but with horror as seasoning (now I like it). The more I play it, the more I like this game's story.
* Character is the primary good point of this game; I find every character leaves an impression within myself, whether it's sweet or bitter one.
* Story is good so far, I always dig a creepy school as setting. The premise also remind me about Silent Hill, much.
* Scary factor here is not cheap. It is playing with your inner fear, like Silent Hill.
Still in chapter 4 here. If only I am not in my finals ....
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Okay so I finished Super Mario 3D Land.
This game totally makes owning a 3DS worth it. The level design is fantastically fun and feels somewhat reminiscient of Galaxy, and visually it's excellent and I have to hand it to it, the game actually uses the 3D in its level design to great effect sometimes. There are actually segments of the game where the game actually alerts you to use the 3D, and trick rooms where it'll be extremely hard to make certain jumps or correctly figure out where things are without the 3D.
The levels feel a little short, and I was sitting there at the end credits going "you know this was a little on the short side".
And then This game's special world aftergame? Is literally a whole new set of worlds with brand new levels. Literally, the final boss is... actually only the halfway point!
So, uh, heck yeah.
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Corpse Party : Blood Covered ... Repeated Fear.
dem bad ends man
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Partied it up with a couple friends in Broderlands [sic] yesterday. We'll have a four next time we play, too. It was SO MUCH FUN and far superior to going it solo. The time passed even faster than some of the quests, too. I'm playing as a Siren, which is a bit awkward because I don't know how to best exploit the Phasewalk skill just yet. I started using it as a flanking maneuver, but apparently there's a lot of other things that are effective with it. Based on the skill tree, I'll be doing a bit of experimenting but would really like to see if the Daze skills are worth it. It already saved our bacon once...
I really hope the sequel keeps the original's sense of humor and focus on ridiculous weaponry just as much as it fills in the gaps of its lack of depth and enemy variety.
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FFVII Hardtype - Been playing this over the past week or so. Enemies are more nasty obviously, but also, most equips are modified. Some E.Skills got the nerf stick as well (Beta and Magic Hammer are the two big ones). Most importantly though, your stats have been nerfed quite a bit. At where I'm stationed in the game, my max HP levels for my current team...
Cloud (lv31) - 634
Vincent (lv30) - 706
Yuffie (lv27) - 440
...Fun D:. Still, Midgar isn't too bad. The stealable items and some boss drops have changed for Midgar as well.
Just wait until you get onto the ship to Costa del Sol though. The challenge starts climbing pretty fast. Mt.Nibel can and may very well kick your ass, ESPECIALLY the goddamn pain in the ass Materia Keeper. Considering ALL bosses cannot be poisoned now (to my knowledge), that means I have to suffer through Cure2/Trine combo.
...Did I mention pretty much every spell has had their MP cost rebalanced? Since your own team's MP isn't as high as in vanilla (Probably 100-150 MP max by Disc 1's end I'd reckon), this was needed.
What that means for Materia Keeper is it can spam the Cure2/Trine combo far more often than usual. Oh yeah, Cure2 heals it for roughly 1000+ HP. You have to work your rear end off when this phase starts to kill it before running out of resources.
Cleared the Temple of the Ancients a couple days ago. Demon's Gate....yeah I almost shot myself in the foot at one point. Don't ask how I managed to drop the last 2100 or so HP the boss had left with only Cloud alive and the fact a double rock drop or crit rock drop without Barrier + Sadness up could be Game Over from full HP.
Will finish Disc 1 today and get started on Disc 2.
Seraphic Blue - So an update came out for this game within the last week. This game was originally in Japanese, but is now currently in the process of being translated. The newest version's translation goes up to the start of Episode 18.
Having started this game last night, I must say I'm impressed. Fun battle system, interesting story (Prologue before you get into any battles takes a bit of time to get through), equipment/upgrade system will be fun to tinker with when more options become available.
The difficulty...let me just put it this way. I've only cleared the 2nd dungeon.
...I've gotten 3 Game Overs. That is no lie. The difficulty of this game early on is nasty.
Rafflesias...1600 HP for an enemy in the 2nd dungeon where the rest of the rabble is running around 250-350 HP is insane. I basically have to dish out at least 4 fire elemental spells to kill it.
The attack options it has? Normal strike that does like 80-90 HP and Swallow that does half your current HP in damage.
Did I mention both of the above attacks can induce Poison and said status does 20% of your max HP in damage every turn you get? Christ.
At max HP and Swallow just happened to induce Poison? GJ you have just lost around 70% of your HP.
I hate Rafflesias D:.
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Partied it up with a couple friends in Broderlands [sic] yesterday. We'll have a four next time we play, too. It was SO MUCH FUN and far superior to going it solo. The time passed even faster than some of the quests, too. I'm playing as a Siren, which is a bit awkward because I don't know how to best exploit the Phasewalk skill just yet. I started using it as a flanking maneuver, but apparently there's a lot of other things that are effective with it. Based on the skill tree, I'll be doing a bit of experimenting but would really like to see if the Daze skills are worth it. It already saved our bacon once...
what let me in >:(
Phasewalk is good for utility but not terribly good for damage. Lilith's best skill to max out ASAP is probably Mind Games (the daze per bullet); you daze the crap out of everything in the goddamn game and it is awesome. Daze is unbelievably good.
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I've been playing the Oddworld series as of late. All ready beaten Abe's Odyssey and am currently going thru Abe's Exoddus.
..... thank god I have a lot of patience
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I'm closer to throwing a controller in anger than I've ever been in my over 10 years of gaming. (To put this in perspective, I'm a normally placid gamer who is used to games playing epically unfairly.)
Frisbees that hang far right when I barely flick the remote and angled toward the left.
Enemies that counterattack at speeds beyond human cognition, at angles that I'm defending, yet still hit anyway.
Absolutely arbitrary bullshit which completely undoes what could have been a decent run.
Not even not knowing how to actually fight Ghirahim got me anywhere near this level of anger.
And to think, I wondered why I had shelved Wii Sports Resort.
...In less rage-inducing news, two words: "Capitalism, ho!" In addition, I took Sumaga out of my pile, eager to make a dent in my uncompleted games list. I just finished falling out of the sky, hopefully for the last time.
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If I have to fight the Imprisoned one more fucking time, I'm dropping this game.
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Finished Professor Layton & The Spectre's Call. A replay of Lost Future is in order. (I've spent over 40 hours on the Layton games, you know... I have no life.)
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Seraphic Blue - Currently in Ep15 and going through some long ass mountain (Split into two halves, East Side and West Side). Enemies still prove to be quite beastly (Yeah hi I'm a physical dude and I'm gonna smack your 1300-ish max HP mage for 900 damage kthxbye).
Still...I did NOT like the goddamn Chaos of Envy segment I did this morning. Good god that was a nightmare. Lake solo against enemies that can knock off half of his 1720-ish max HP before he can even get the first turn is hell...especially when I have to go through a 5 battle gauntlet with no chance to heal in between any of them...and the final 2 fights are against 3 of the crazy ass enemies (First 3 fights have 2 each in them). I got 2 game overs to that battle gauntlet alone.
The other one? The boss I had to fight BEFORE that goddamn gauntlet. I kinda got caught off guard by the boss charging up, followed by me thinking my 1200 hp atm would be good enough, then getting hit in the face for 1700 damage and dying.
As for the current dungeon I'm in...probably gonna fight a boss before I get out of it. With my track record at predicting some events in this game so far, it would not surprise me at all if I have to fight two bosses in a single battle...or two bosses back to back with no chance to heal in between.
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Okay, so I've been grinding away at The Answer in Persona 3 FES, up to level 65. It's honestly kind of surreal; it has Atlus' trademark cruel battles, yet at the same time it takes the pain out of grinding by giving me regular opportunities to gain over 2000 experience per fight. @_@ I must say, Atlus knows how to create fun boss fights in RPGs.
Well, by fun I mean FUN.
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I got The World Ends With You, Golden Sun: Dark Age, and Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness. I don't know which one to focus on. I'm leaning towards Island of Happiness. Harvest Moon has always been a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. But I put of TWEWY for so long.
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Dark Dawn, not Dark Age.
I found it rather disappointing.
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Dark Dawn, not Dark Age.
I found it rather disappointing.
There were two problems with Dark Dawn. First, that it was far too easy, and second that it added almost nothing from GS2 in terms of gameplay, which made it kind of repetitive and samey. I can't say it was a bad game, but disappointing is about right. :(
TWEWY is still probably my favorite DS game and one of the best the system has IMO. Plaaaay iiiit.
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TWEWY is still probably my favorite DS game and one of the best the system has IMO. Plaaaay iiiit.
This. TWEWY is still easily one of the best DS games ever.
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Kay I started it. Finished the second day. I have no clue what I'm doing :V. And I don't like the main character so far. Music's awesome though.
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Kay I started it. Finished the second day. I have no clue what I'm doing :V. And I don't like the main character so far. Music's awesome though.
No worries. The combat is the hardest thing to get used to (hint: mash one direction with the top screen, occasionally check where the enemies are, until you get used to it). And Neku's a complete ass at the beginning, but he gets better. Ways better.
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Metroid Prime again, this time on Hypermode difficulty. Just got past Thardus. Seriously, getting out of the Space Pirate lab just before that felt harder (health-wise) than this guy did. Though I'm not exactly looking forward to
Omega Pirate
later.
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Metroid Prime again, this time on Hypermode difficulty. Just got past Thardus. Seriously, getting out of the Space Pirate lab just before that felt harder (health-wise) than this guy did. Though I'm not exactly looking forward to Omega Pirate
later.
Yeah. Flaahgra can actually take you down quickly if you don't act fast as some of its attacks come out incredibly quick and can be painful to dodge. Thardus? Eh, there's two attacks it does that are of any real major threat, yet are easy to counter once you know how each attack starts up.
The boss in your spoiler? Easily the hardest fight in the entire game without question on Hypermode. The first visit to the Phazon Mines
can be quite nasty too.
This also reminds me I have to get through MP3 on Hypermode. Lovely.
Anyways..
Seraphic Blue - Made it to where the current translation ends, the start of Ep18. Ep17...was boring at first at it's basically Vene's team backtracking to a previous town to go somewhere.
Of course, when I reached the destination...storyline exposition and I have a boss fight. It's a really nice opener when its first move does like 3400 damage to Nixon...and his max HP hasn't quite broken 2000 yet :V.
On the downside? The boss is weak to light element attacks. Nixon has an attack that's light elemental and based on his physical attack power. He also has a skill that halves his Mentality, but doubles physical attack power. It can be stacked with Force for even more attack.
The result? Nixon + Rosario Snipe + those two attack buffs = 6500-7000 damage to the boss each time. With everyone else on healing/support duty, it didn't take long for Nixon to drop the boss and its 39000 HP.
Afterwards, basically more story exposition.
I now get to sadface until the translation gets updated :ohdear:.
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dem bad ends man
Dem straight. Have you finish it though ? There are a lot of bad ends which caught my interest, for example :
That one when Ayumi acted like a bitch and kill Naomi. Yoshiki and Satoshi died due to darkening. Yuuya killed Yuka. This end is so sick mainly because it explained what happened to the whole casts if you screwed up or hesitating with your decision.
I am not really a big fan of wrong ends, but that accursed game just love to redirect me to one of them :V
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Great story and awesome twists here and there, I REGRET NOTHING. I would love to play Corpse Party : Book of Shadows in the near future, only if I could understand japanese .... asdxcvwq##n%cv.
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So I just finished Metroid Prime on Hypermode. It's too late for me to continue playing anything, but I've "unofficially" begun playing MP2 on Hypermode to follow that up. *shudders at thought of facing Boost Guardian* :ohdear:
The boss in your spoiler? Easily the hardest fight in the entire game without question on Hypermode. The first visit to the Phazon Mines
can be quite nasty too.
For me, boss fights are the only things that are ever remotely challenging in MP1. Your first comment seemed that way for a bit, then I realized I could Power Bomb the legs for easy pickings. I actually had more trouble with Metroid Prime's first form
in the run I just finished. I barely survived it the first time, but I messed up while attacking the Metroids during the second form
and had to redo the whole fight. And it somehow took me several more tries before I got past the first form
again. Fortunately I didn't screw up the rest of that run.
It's been a long time since a non-bullet hell game has challenged me this much. I have to wonder how far I can take this.
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Well, by fun I mean FUN.
Harem Dancer fight is way too much dicks
You should totally try fighting the final boss at Lv.5x-6x. Makes the victory a lot more satisfying.
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF should've put the Ch. number in spoilers
I got to Ch. 5 just now. My favorite so far would be <Ch.2, 3, 4>the Victim's Memoir cannibal end
, the eyestabban end
and the pool end
. That's some traumatizing shit right there.
>Great story and awesome twists
The part where it reveals the culprit
. Totally did not see that coming.
At first glance the story is just another haunted school type. Hell, it isn't terribly new and original, but the storytelling managed to be extremely convincing and interesting. Take a common setting and make something special out of it, heh, I like that.
The screams are some of the most authentic I've heard in any vidya gaem. Somewhere in Japan there are two voice actors wearing eyepatches.
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Still trying to clear The Butcher Birds on Ace difficulty in Heroes over Europe. I'm alternating between the Spitfire XIV and the P-51H, both of which are the Tier 4 versions of their plane. The Spitfire has godly agility and awesome guns, but the P-51 has bombs and rockets, and I can confirm that in that game, rockets solve everything.
oh god how can focke-wulfs do so much damage to me and not the bombers oh please stop for the love of god go after the bombers like you're supposed to leave me alone no sto-*shot down*
I'd use the Black Widow as it has a tailgun that will shoot for you sometimes, but it doesn't have rockets. The Blenheim has rockets, a tailgun AND torpedoes, but saying it's as agile as a whale would be an insult to whales.
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Finished The Answer last night, and with that Persona 3 in general.
That story kinda left a bad taste in my mouth. It's like they undid all the lessons Aigis learned and expressed in the tear-jerking ending of The Journey in order to teach it to her again in The Answer with more heavy-handedness. It was nice to get some resolution on what happened after Minato died, but it was unnecessary through and through.
The gameplay though? Mmwah! <3 Erebus
was every kind of fun an Atlus final boss should be.
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Oh my stars, Mario Kart 7 is a tonne of fun. The new powerups (and modified old ones) are great, the tracks are great, the online's better than MKDS and MKWii... you get the idea. Oh, and the hanggliding sections are reminiscient of going airborne in F-Zero GX, complete with potential shortcuts and stuff and it's GREAT.
So much fun. Also it has Probably the best new Rainbow Road in the series, as each lap is actually completely different from the last. Also, it also comes with SNES Rainbow Road!
Also, Professor Layton 4. Looking forward to it :3
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Welp, just finished Bastion. That was an extremely good game.
Now to hack through Breath of Death VII/Cthulhu Saves the World so I can read Rou's LP
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Welp, just finished Bastion. That was an extremely good game.
Now to hack through Breath of Death VII/Cthulhu Saves the World so I can read Rou's LP
You could always play CStW with dev commentary on and read Rou's LP alongside it too. It's like two LPs in one!
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Just finished Portal 2 and WHAT an ending it was. I really enjoyed how much more variety was put into this one, and the writing made the entire experience enjoyable from beginning to end. I still have Broderlands as my active project (friend availability permitting) with GoS on off-days, but I've wanted to check out Ba-
Welp, just finished Bastion. That was an extremely good game.
Now to hack through Breath of Death VII/Cthulhu Saves the World so I can read Rou's LP
Hey! I'm just starting! I've only gotten through the first two areas, though I'll be restarting because on no fewer than two occasions did I crush a 'statue' of a person who I theorizing can be revived over the course of the game. I kinda flubbed about while getting used to the controls in the first place, so I don't mind a restart.
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF should've put the Ch. number in spoilers
Ouchie, my bad :ohdear:
At first glance the story is just another haunted school type. Hell, it isn't terribly new and original, but the storytelling managed to be extremely convincing and interesting. Take a common setting and make something special out of it, heh, I like that.
Take all of my munny.
To be honest, I didn't expect sounds like cracked floor, squeak, or breeze would scare me; heck, I am already get used with Silent Hill-tier sirens, yet I still find this game (more) terrifying just by the sound effects. I like the Seiyuus, especially Ayumi's; for some obvious reasons, she holds the highest record for being possessed, and Asami Imai succeed in showing the emotion into the extent that we are also terrified whenever Ayumi is possessed. (hell yeah chapter 2, guddamn mirror in the lavatory)
In term of graphic, Corpse Party is very lacking.
In term of gameplay, Corpse Party is not really fun.
In term of premise, Corpse Party is not really original.
Still, the development (either it's about character or story) is great, although there are some who didn't get enough spotlight due to being additional characters, but the more you advance, the more you want to play more, just for its story's twists despite of the scariness.
There are a lot of things happened in chapter 5. So, good luck :3
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I did a bad thing. I put Back to Nature in to see what it was like and now I'm playing that as my main game. Gonna marry the witch. Since her heart is hidden I have to eye ball it and visit her every day I think I can trigger an event. Not that it matters, I'd harass the witch everyday anyways.
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Oh boy oh boy
The 3DS' Ambassador Program GBA games have been released! If you got your 3DS in time to sign up for the program, you get...
*Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
*F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
*Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
*The Legend of Zelda: Minnish Cap
*Mario Kart: Super Circuit
*Mario vs. Donkey Kong
*Metroid Fusion
*Wario Land 4
*Wario Wares Inc.: Mega Microgame$
*Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
That is pretty much a lineup of the BEST Nintendo-created games to have come out on the system. Like, holy crap.
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So I finally got around to playing Fallout: New Vegas.
... And logged about 50 hours into it over roughly a week.
I skipped a lot of stuff on my legion and independent saves, but screw that. I did a lot of stuff on my NCR run so I'm happy with that.
Now I'm wondering if I should try getting the DLC for it, or play something else in my backlog.
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The new Rosenkreuzstilette ~F~ web trial. Has any Megaman-esque game ever had bosses this awesome before? I think my head exploded at the Zorne-Trauare double team, though that may just have been the BOMBS EVERYWHERE
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(http://i.imgur.com/tsYRG.png)
i might make an FE8 girls LP depending on if i can re-devise strategies for every single loving chapter in this ROM hack.
Or else I either do ChinaFE or FE7 if...
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Why am I stuck playing FFXIII? This game is so horrible. :(
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Why am I stuck playing FFXIII? This game is so horrible. :(
bahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa
sorry, but
aaahahahahahahaaa
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Why am I stuck playing FFXIII? This game is so horrible. :(
...Am I the only one who enjoys it?
I mean, I know it's incomplete and I'd never give it GOTY in anything except maybe visuals because dat frozen lake, but I don't think of it as a bad game at all.
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Its got excellent graphics I'll give you that. Its just, the battle system. Enemies seem to made with a mindset of giving them hugenormous amounts of HP meaning that everyone of the extremely plentiful battles can easily take several minutes to beat. That is in itself not a problem if it wasn't because the battles were an exercise in how long you can mash the x button. Or the A button if you are playing xbox.
I like the idea of paradigm shift. Its a fun system actually but its not without its huge flaws. The gameplay is beyond repetitive and is so drawn out that it makes Stage 4 in Perfect Cherry Blossom look a manic shooter at incredibly high rank.
But of course, if you enjoy it then more power to you. I just have one request. Please tell me what you like best about it. I'm genuinely interested!
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I like the idea of paradigm shift. Its a fun system actually but its not without its huge flaws. The gameplay is beyond repetitive and is so drawn out that it makes Stage 4 in Perfect Cherry Blossom look a manic shooter at incredibly high rank.
The problem with the Paradigm Shift is that they took the gambits from FFXII, which people thought was cool, because you can set up battles to run perfectly, and turned it into "You're just going to do the same thing every battle except for boss fights." There isn't even a feel of choosing tactics and commands because your characters will just do things by default, and being able to set certain spells or orders is almost utterly meaningless outside of boss fights. Bosses are the best case for the battle system, as it requires you to adapt, but even that just boils down to "switch to buff and heal, buff and heal, switch to all out offense, switch back to heal as necessary". I mean, yes, virtually all boss fights in all JRPGs will come down to that, but compare FFXIII's pressing two buttons to, say, a SMT boss.
And there's little to no variety in how you approach a battle. You can't try to bumrush a boss like you might in other games because they are meant to be drawn-out battles of attrition. There's no conservation of resources because the only resource in battle is your hp. You're essentially forced into playing the game the way it wants you to play it, with no room for funky or cheesy or clever tactics or anything else.
Which is a shame, because switching configurations during battle is pretty cool, and finding the right balance of abilities to have available (once the game actually gives you your whole party, which takes for-frickin-ever) is a nifty idea. The execution, however...
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I mean, yes, virtually all boss fights in all JRPGs will come down to that, but compare FFXIII's pressing two buttons to, say, a SMT boss.
See, the thing was, you could say that about the FF series in 98% of its boss fights. Very rarely do FF games typically require strategy or particularly prompt attention except in the most edge cases; otherwise you can get away with spamming attack. I mean, arguably, SMT boss fights come down to "spam buff/debuff and then just wail on it" as well, but generally this qualifies as acceptable levels of strategy for an RPG.
One of the reasons FFXII worked for people wasn't just because the gambits let you set things up to flow nicely; it was because the game was fast-paced enough that you couldn't really afford to spend all that time telling every ally exactly what to do for every action (Active on full speed is particularly challenging for this reason; setting up your Gambits incorrectly leads to you desperately trying to keep up with your party's mistakes).
For FFXIII, yes, arguably it is more barebones. Mostly because it cut out a whole lot of redundancies, I find; but also because it needed to be. Yeah, it sorta makes standard encounters feel somewhat boring - this was the same issue Gambits created in XII, was that a regular fight was pretty much on automatic and you didn't have to do much, and for most of XIII yeah, I'll admit, it feels the same. But dem boss battles. Yes, there's no way to cheese or zerg rush (most) of them, but I kind of like that. You actually have to use the tools available to you, and dawdling on your decision making for even a second in many can be death, and that's honestly why I loved it. The fact that, later on, more and more regular battles are potentially life threatening if you approach them the wrong way or overconfidently too is great to me.
Then again, I'm still riding high from the last time I did the game's final chapters. And that might be blinding me to how monotonous getting through the earlier game can be, since pretty much every fight from Bartandalus at the end of Oerba
onwards in the game is a boss fight, even the seeming non-boss encounters, and it's one of the most active, fun, and difficult final stretches of an RPG in my memory. Generally by the end of a game you're either so overpowered that you roflstomp everything or you're simply better of running from every encounter because they're all full of bullshit. XIII had the rare endgame where I found neither to be the case and was where the game really shone, instead of dragging out the final area like most RPGs end up feeling ("oh god why the hell isn't this dungeon over yet I just want to be done")
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ohohohohohohoho my CE of Rayman Origins finally arrived in the mail yesterday and I'm loving it like mad! Its really not as hard as I expected although my stupidity makes up for that so its all good.
OHHHHH THE GRAPHICS OHHHH GOD YES.
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@Garlyle
I'll admit that the game started feeling like a game when you are done with the Gran Pulse section. Just too bad thats around 25 hours of nothing happening. Within the first 11 chapters there are only two challenging bosses. Cid and Bartandalus.
The latter wasn't really challenging though as I figured out how to defeat him on my first go. I had to try twice since the game doesn't allow you to set up new Paradigms in mid battle - a concept that doesn't add challenge, just trial n' error. The former was actually a hard boss yeah, pretty much the only truly challenging fight in the game.
Really, the boss fights were more challenging in FFV, FFIX (provided you wanna steal stuff) and FFX (provided you don't overgrind). Every FF game is basically breakable however FFXIII breaks itself without you even trying.
Another can of worms; This game has a fetich for extremely long and dragged out areas. You can spend around 45 minutes crossing some of these areas. These areas in their layout makes the levels of military shooter look open ended and they are completely without diversity. At least in the rest of the series you were traveling through more interestingly designed locations.
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I will concur with the "FFXIII felt more like a movie than a game" statement.
There were a bunch of challenging segments but really, FFXIII felt more like an exercise in extreme automation than actual gameplay...
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I will concur with the "FFXIII felt more like a movie than a game" statement.
Even as someone who loves FFXIII I have to agree with this. That's why I'm looking forward to XIII-2 which does at least fix the problem of linear world afaik, though I don't know if the battles have been improved as well. I know there's new systems (the employing monsters in battle stuff), but I dunno how that really changes the gameplay.
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Yeah, I'm not gonna disagree with XIII being linear as heck. Or, more importantly, it's unashamedly linear until Gran Pulse and even then the progression through the optional material mostly still has to be done in a certain order anyway. There's an argument that pretty much all RPGs are linear and for the most part it is true, but XIII decided to throw out any pretense that it wasn't. I don't actually mind this but I can definitely understand it rubbing people the wrong way.
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How... does one go about producing a non-linear JRPG?
Slap on twenty different endings that change depending on how one breathes?
For the actual topic title,
BOWSER'S INSIDE STORY CHALLENGE RUN NO. 3
? No dodging, ever
? Only upgrade Stache / Horn
Good fucking god treevils are kicking my ass so hard it isn't even funny
DIIIIIMBLE WOOOOOD
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So having stopped playing Final Fantasy XIII, Mirrors Edge playing started in its stead. It appears that this game is more fun than I remember it. Cool and stylish first person platforming at its best. And loneliest. There need to be more games like this. Also, gotta dig them graphics. Who the hell pains a metro station purple? Them dudes at Dice probably have some really good pills lying around that I'd kill to get hold of.
Then goes Vampire Rain which was bought because it was supposed to be shitty but some people say that it isn't. Which sparks curiosity and all that. It turns out that the game is quite a lot about trial and error but its not necessarily a bad thing since that's basically the only way to make a stealth game truly difficult. I haven't seen it pulled off in any other way that was actually hard. Its no MGS or Splinter Cell but its truly not as bad as people says. It actually got surprisingly varied levels.
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Played through Cave Story + on Normal. I'm not really sure how to properly handle the final bosses, but I got through. But I must have missed something as it'd didn't let me go into the house at the end to save, so no Sacred Grounds. Also it didn't give me the option to save a clear data or anything and nothing unlocked.
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Played through Cave Story + on Normal. I'm not really sure how to properly handle the final bosses, but I got through. But I must have missed something as it'd didn't let me go into the house at the end to save, so no Sacred Grounds. Also it didn't give me the option to save a clear data or anything and nothing unlocked.
there are several steps involved in getting to Sacred Grounds. Off the top of my head...
Make sure not to leave Curly behind to drown.
Get the Booster 2.0, NOT the 1.1 or whatever; basically, if you found a booster upgrade other than 2.0, pass over it and go without it.
I think you also have to wait to exchange your initial weapon until you can bring it back to the guy you stole it from in the first place, but that might not be a requirement.
THere... might be other things? I forget.
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there are several steps involved in getting to Sacred Grounds. Off the top of my head...
Make sure not to leave Curly behind to drown.
Get the Booster 2.0, NOT the 1.1 or whatever; basically, if you found a booster upgrade other than 2.0, pass over it and go without it.
I think you also have to wait to exchange your initial weapon until you can bring it back to the guy you stole it from in the first place, but that might not be a requirement.
THere... might be other things? I forget.
Mostly wrong.
The first step is skipping the Booster 0.8 when he drops down in front of you. If you don't do that, you've already cut yourself off from the Sacred Grounds and from the harder Last Cave.
Second, you have to grab the Tow Rope before fighting the Core. If you got the Booster 0.8, it will be chained down. This is pretty much a plot hole, but it's to force the outcome of Curly drowning, :(
One you have Curly on your back, you have to go to the house in the Labyrinth, drop her off on the bed, check the bookcase, and then drain Curly, and then you have to take her with you after that.
Later, you need to go to the bottom right corner of the Plantation, where you'll find her without her memory. Talk to the people there, and then go all the way back to the Mimiga Graveyard, and boost up to the door in the top right corner.
Here's one of the biggest headscratchers (though skipping the Booster is probably the most "how the crap would I have known that" - you have to talk to Ma Pignon there, who will give you the Mushroom Badge. You then have to open up your inventory and examine it. It will tell you it does nothing. Then, you have to talk to Ma Pignon again, and then you fight it, and then you bring it back to Curly. Once you've done that, you're good to go (unless you choose to keep the Mimiga Mask).
You do not have to get the Spur. You can do it with any of the three weapons.
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Eh, I was in roughly the right direction. It has been a very long time since I have beaten Cave Story.
In other news I still recommend the shit out of Mario Kart 7. I'm at 1500 VR and climbing~
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So I went to a friend's house and got to try my hands at a few
nogaem PS3 games.
- 4-player LBP2: Way too much laughs in this one.
- GoW3: Combat gets painfully boring after a while, but the QTE are cash.
- Mamoru-kun PSN demo: This is excellent. The lack of focus makes some sections a pain in the ass though.
- Toaru Kagaku no Railgun 2: Fun as hell, right up there with Prototype.
Also played a bit of MW3 and Crysis 2 but they were utterly bland and forgettable, bleh.
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Playing Gears of War 3. What's to report? That Chapter 1-6 Insanity is untold levels of bullshit. Fuck insanity in this game relies on the cheapass bullshit card a lot. Gears 2 was a lot better.
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I used to play games like the rest of you, then I took an arrow in the knee.
Yes, I'm playing Skyrim.
I'll also finish playing Tales of the Abyss once I get through all this Christmas stuff.
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Finally got into Cave STGs with DoDonPachi Ressurection; bought the rest of their iOS (iPhone versions) lineup as well thanks to sale. Considering it's a port it plays extremely well on the touch controls, and the dual Smartphone and Arcade modes are a nice touch, though it's occasionally a bit hard to see the danmaku on my 4th gen iPod Touch :V
Only complaint would be that I have to set system language to Japanese for Japanese vocals, particularly the notifications for Hyper Cannon/Counter, bosses, etc.
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Been spending some time with Mushi Futari since I got it last week (haven't gotten Black Label yet, though). Stage 3's a brick wall for me right now on 1.5 Original -- had a no-miss of the first two stages earlier today and still game overed just after the S3 midboss. :derp: 1cc'd Arrange Original, though (reflect + autobombs ftw?)
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Got to play Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary today. It lasted for all of two hours until i realized that the updated visuals looks no better than Halo 3 and the game design was still 2001. Seriously, either big bland open areas or large bland corridor labyrinths. I didn't recall the level design to be this bland but apparently it is. i'm still gonna give it some time and finish it sometime. It just sucks when a game you thought to be pretty good turns out to be pretty... meh.
Still not done with Vampire Rain though. It turned out to be a pretty decent game. Hard as fuck stealth game until you get to the final chapters when it turns into a shitty shooter. That's not very kind of it. I'd wish it wouldn't do that.
Oh and jc_foster, not that your post isn't welcome here but wouldn't it be more appropriate to put that stuff in the STG thread?
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Cave Story.
Fucking bees.
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To go along with my brand-new Xbox 360, finished up Sonic Generations' story tonight.
Pretty simplistic, maybe more simplistic than Sonic Colors, which surprised me a bit.
I like how even the newer levels mix their original designs around for Modern Sonic - I've done some of them enough times over the years that replaying them as is would be way too easy. There's also being able to play the otherwise awesome-looking Crisis City without having to subject myself to playing Sonic '06, thank God. The challenge levels will have to wait until I get this thing mailed back to my place in Indiana, however.
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Oh, lord, BIS is getting brutal now.
So, um, I'm limiting to Stache upgrades only, as well as not dodging.
I'm spending all of my money on healing items, my defense is in the toilet, I'm level 13, and it's time to take on Bowser in Toadley's Clinic.
This.
Is.
Impossible.
My HP is out of 94 and out of 66 and he's knocking them down to 0 and 5 every time he pulls out the Goombas.
Mario:
66 HP / 23 SP / 65 ATK / 55 DEF / 40 SPD / 57 STA
Luigi:
94 HP / 21 SP / 40 ATK / 71 DEF / 28 SPD / 66 STA
Holding out on a SMRPG 2, and hoping it'll be SMT- levels hard
Soooo much
Something like that is exactly what I want to see out of Nintendo and I would love it to fuckin' death
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G3
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Let's pile more stuff on top of all the stuff I'm already playing! Well, then again, I did beat a couple of other games recently, so it's not too bad.
First up, I'm playing Cave Story+. I actually like the updated graphics, and the updated music is pretty solid, too. I thought about attempting the 3 HP run, but then I realized I loved the game and didn't want to wind up hating it. The sprites swapped for Christmas were fun. Quote was dressed as a reindeer, the Doc has a present for a hat, and Professor Booster's getup was ripped right from the movie Elf. Also, that cat that randomly jumps out of the destroyed Monster X had a Christmas sweater on. The sprite is onscreen for probably just over a second and has no animation.
Next is Dead Space 2. It's been installed on my PC for the last 5 weeks, but I know what happens at the start and that gave me the jibblies so much I didn't really want to start. Sure, it's just horror, but it's entertaining all right. You can't tell me that the javelin gun gets old, either. The game seems to want to be System Shock and Doom 3's lovechild after taking a right turn at The Thing Avenue. I also love how the Church of Unitology is SO VERY NOT the Church of Scientology, and how all the worst reports of the CoS are directly incorporated into the CoU.
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I thought about attempting the 3 HP run, but then I realized I loved the game and didn't want to wind up hating it.
Trying this against all better judgment. Things are starting to do a lot more than 2 damage per hit now, so I think I've hit the point of annoyance.
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All right, turns out No Dodging the Bowser fight is almost literally impossible.
Mario / LV 17
98 HP / 27 MP / 66 St / 78 Df / 52 Ag / 63 Lu
Luigi / LV 17
118 HP / 25 MP / 52 St / 89 Df / 36 Ag / 80 Lu
Level grinding even /more/ is almost out of the question.
The Bros. are sitting at about 9,500 EXP total. Level 18 is at 12,000 D:
But.... if I do, I get access to the next tier of equipment :<
Waaaaah~
...So, the general rule for bosses is that they start with one move per turn, and then build up to several the more they die.
He pulls out his fire attack after you chop off 500 of his 900 HP.
The attack hits three times and brings M&L from full health to 2 and 29 HP, respectively.
And then he takes another turn. Last time he punched Mario and he died.
And then he takes another turn. He fakes out Luigi- since this is a "no dodge" nothing happens, Bowser jumps over Luigi.
And then he takes another turn, and pulls out the Goombas.
Enough of them hit Luigi to bring him down to 10 HP.
Everything would be fine if none of the Goombas falling down hit him.
But the last one does.
this gaaaaaaame ;_;
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MJP rented Skyrim for me because I am on winter break now.
Yessss I can live out my fantasy of the unholy union of two-handed battle axes and fireballs to the face while roleplaying a viking/Klingon. Ranged attacks? Stealth? What is this?
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MJP rented Skyrim for me because I am on winter break now.
Yessss I can live out my fantasy of the unholy union of two-handed battle axes and fireballs to the face while roleplaying a viking/Klingon. Ranged attacks? Stealth? What is this?
"God gave you two hands and you use them both for your weapon. I can respect that."
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Pokemon Red.
Curse you assholes who spammed my FB with Charizard pictures!
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I was trying that CrimeCraft game for the Steam Achievement since I finally got it to work.
I decided it wasn't worth bothering with the achievement cause the game was a total abomination. Then deleted it from my hard drive.
Gonna go buy Binding of Isaac though.
Edit:
20 Deaths
0 Mom Kills
0 Chances at the Christmas achievement
Combined suck and bad luck.
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Lessee...
In Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, I am showing my lack of social skills by angering every demon I talk to. Several times I have talked to every demon in battle and ended the battle without a fight by making them all walk off in disgust. :]
And in Skyward Sword, I play as the world's dumbest Link. I don't blame the Wii controls for my inability to thrust; that is entirely Link's fault, because he's extra-dopey this time around. :V
Oh, and I pounced on the Steam sale and bought Serious Sam BFE today, but that will have to wait until I spring for a better video card. :(
And to round out the emotes used at the end of every line, :fail:
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SMT: Nocturne, again.
Oh, and with an audience that is my parents.
My mother called it stupid (She's a Bejeweled person)
My dad seemed to actively engage in it, though.
"Oh, she did some healing spell?" "He's taking four turns doing that?" "It looks like Matador is about to die."
My mother did look up enough to laugh at me when I died, though. :V
Finally defeated the Hell Biker, despite TWO fire-weak party members.
Sometimes how smart this game is scares me.
Kikuri-Hime dies, leaving no one left weak to fire. I summon Chatterskull (drain Fire), and then he stops using Hell Burner because he's losing turns.
And then I resurrect Kikuri-Hime, and he starts wailing on Chatterskull so he can start using Hell Burner again. :]
My dad even commented on it.
"He's trying to take out Chatterskull because of the fire drain, hahahah"
Currently in Kabukicho Prison, level 34.
Wondering what to look out for, usual deal.
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While I wait for my Xbox to be shipped over, playing through Rayman Origins. Thank God there's infinite lives in this game, otherwise I'd go berserk from all the attempts I make to get those Lum medals. :V I'm having great fun with this game though. Ubisoft sure hasn't lost a step with this franchise.
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Experiencing Sonic Adventure DX for the first time, up to Sky Deck. I can see why the obsessive purists think this is where the series started to go downhill... but I like the level designs (even if they don't control perfectly), and the bad voice acting and lip-syncing is more amusing than anything.
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Experiencing Sonic Adventure DX for the first time, up to Sky Deck. I can see why the obsessive purists think this is where the series started to go downhill... but I like the level designs (even if they don't control perfectly), and the bad voice acting and lip-syncing is more amusing than anything.
Hey, be thankful that characters' lines in SA don't overlap like they do in SA2. :V
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Hey, be thankful that characters' lines in SA don't overlap like they do in SA2. :V
Actually, that's one of the most silly things in SA. When scenes overlap between each scenario, they say different things with the same meanings. It got kind of ridiculous when four of the characters are present during Sonic's fight with E-102
and they all say different dialogue in each one when the exact same thing happens. :V
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Actually, that's one of the most silly things in SA. When scenes overlap between each scenario, they say different things with the same meanings. It got kind of ridiculous when four of the characters are present during Sonic's fight with E-102
and they all say different dialogue in each one when the exact same thing happens. :V
No, I think what was meant is that SA2 has dialogue lines that literally start before the other ones end, because the dubbed lines were simply too long. this is the one I always think of (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKGteGlnr28).
Either way, I love Adventure 1 & 2.
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No, I think what was meant is that SA2 has dialogue lines that literally start before the other ones end, because the dubbed lines were simply too long. this is the one I always think of (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKGteGlnr28).
That is indeed what I meant.
Speaking of Sonic, turns out my box arrived in the middle of dinner (I have to say, that was pretty fast delivery). So I'm back playing Sonic Generations again. I'm in heaven. :D
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I had the ability to pick up Nocturne a couple of days ago, but decided not to after remembering my troubles with non-Persona SMT games. Picked up Tetris DS instead, and I wonder just exactly what kind of person cheats in infinite Starmen for multiplayer. Also trying to Perfect Impetus in BIT.TRIP RUNNER.
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I guess you have to clear Mom's Heart in Binding of Isaac for it to count as a Mom kill.
Still, I managed to clear the game which unlocked the next set of levels. I had half a heart left during quite a long time during the last part of the Mom fight, so it ended up being way too close for my liking.
Now I'm going to have to pull it off again along with the new area.
Awesome game though.
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I guess you have to clear Mom's Heart in Binding of Isaac for it to count as a Mom kill.
Still, I managed to clear the game which unlocked the next set of levels. I had half a heart left during quite a long time during the last part of the Mom fight, so it ended up being way too close for my liking.
Now I'm going to have to pull it off again along with the new area.
By the time you have defeated Mom's Heart a couple times, you will wonder how you ever struggled to reach Mom in the first place.
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@Amae
Not sure how :V
I'm sure I'm the only one in the world that's having more trouble with P3 than Nocturne :]
It... feels weird to describe, but at times in Nocturne, it's much easier to brute force things.
I once was left alone with 25 HP at the Dante fight, for instance- instead of recovery, I chose Lunge, and killed him on a 500 damage critical.
Also kind of how I killed Matador.
And Daisoujou.
And Hell Rider.
You can't really do that so often in Persona :D
Well... not reliably, anyway.
I tried to Sonic Punch a Venus Eagle in floor 29 of Arqa, and left it with a less-than-a-pixel-of-HP of a lifebar- after sick Junpei died and sick Yukari died and tired and battered low HP Akihiko left.
I didn't survive.
Oh, but speaking of Nocturne...
I guess I'm going to Asakusa...
Mizuchi was kind of a letdown of a boss...
I was more than capable of taking him down, because all of my friends voided Mirage...
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So since I got the Humble Indie Bundle gifted for christmas, I've been playing alot of Super Meat Boy for the last few days.
Beaten the regular boss so far, working on unlocking the dark boss, getting more bandages, and eventually the bonus world, that last damn warp zone (guess which one), etc.
This game is amazing. Simple yet addicting gameplay, difficult but fair, and an awesome (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATrQKgfLpD0&feature=related) soundtrack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Qga6XIoF4&feature=related). :dragonforce:
I -do- get annoying variable slowdown quite often though, which goes hand-in-hand with occasional input-lag and unresponsive controls. Not the best prerequisite for a game like this. :colonveeplusalpha:
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The random slowdown has caused many BS deaths for me. It'd be even more annoying if I was going for a no death achievement for a chapter.
For the main game, the 360 version definitely plays best, but the PC version's worth it for Super Meat World.
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The random slowdown has caused many BS deaths for me. It'd be even more annoying if I was going for a no death achievement for a chapter.
For the main game, the 360 version definitely plays best, but the PC version's worth it for Super Meat World.
Try running it with -lowquality as a launch option.
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Haven't updated. Here's something to read for those as bored as I am. ;)
Uncharted: Been playing UC2 and 3 back to back. UC2 is the best one. Period. UC3 isn't bad though but it falls short with what feels like a rushed ending with certain elements left unexplained and unanswered which is disappointing. UC3 did have its awesome set piece moments which counts for a lot within this franchise but really, the beginning is far too slow and there are too many puzzles. That makes the replay value smaller than UC2's. The puzzles were pretty darn easy to figure out and once you know what to do with em' those parts of the game will just be filler.
Bulletstorm: Then i've been playing Bulletstorm. Idk what happened with people giving best FPS awards to stuff like Battlefield 3 or MW3. I don't care how great they are at what they do, Bulletstorm is the best one this year. Period. Its very easy yeah, beat Very Hard with zero problems and at one point i could keep going for two hours without dying. The fun part is all the creative ways in which you can kill people and that the game rewards you with score to do it. Imagine that. An FPS game with a scoring system. Sweet!! Also, thumbs up for a hilariously intentionally bad plot with an awesome villain. And an awesome ending.
Deus Ex:
Now I'm playing the original Deus Ex. A game that I didn't play back when it came out but figured it would be time to try. I don't know how the graphics looked compared to stuff back then but nowadays but they are pretty hard to live with today. Also, the stealth sucks in this game. It relies almost entirily on the enemies idiocy, blindness and deafness. Really bad compared to its contemporaries. However, I'll still try to play it through just to see what the story is about and all that. I hope it'll be worth it but I don't think i'll end up regarding it as better than Human Revolution.
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This post is live and closer to a Let's Play than an update, so excuse the brevity :V
I don't have the means to actually Let's Play a game on the DS, which is pretty much why I haven't.
~This is also only assuming that whoever is reading this knows the scenario of the game~
When last we left off on Bowser's Inside Story, I was complaining that Bowser was an asshole.
I have since grinded to Lv. 18, shelled out all of the Princess Peach Date Fund on pants, raising my defense from 80... to 150 :V
My physical damage is halved! But now I'm penniless. ;-;
After being defeated, and while leaving, Bowser acts like an asshole and starts busting the shit out of all of the barricades around the shopping mall and Toad Town. ...Actually, that was rather nice of him.
Instead of following him, Mario and Luigi have to get inside him, so they walk right outside the clinic at the mall where they and Bowser fought and they break the wall (I can't afford property damages, damn you), revealing a contrived coincidence Very Convienent Entry Pipe Into Bowser's... Shoulder? Side Of Face?
Bowser then unexpectedly takes the rein of the story, and then parades around the lake breaking things and punching wildlife like an asshole. Also, underwater fire.
We find a tower. Bowser opts to get high on the smelly flowers sitting beside it. Now, all this time, "smelly flowers" was a cue for The Worst Minigame Fucking Ever.
Screwing up in any minigame costs coins, and screwing up in this one is damn near inevitable, due to sloppy control. Take the stylus and flick the Mario Bros. around the screen. It sounds fine on paper. It's worse than it sounds.
Peach, you better enjoy McDonalds dollar menu burgers
So we sneeze and the tower rises from out of the lake and smashes us.
What.
So we go to Bowser's dick in an attempt to make him huge.
(The Embiggening Center being right around there on the map)
This is like Gradius, except not. It's vertical and you shoot at balls. In his balls. And then Bowser grows huge! Like fifty feet tall! You then begin one of the four Giant Boss fights- holding the DS incredibly awkwardly, flicking the stylus everywhere and touching the screen in different places. The result is eventually that you've punched the tower into submission. In the face, preferably- the game goes out of it's way to point that out to you.
What.
And then we walk inside the tower, completely ignoring any fleeting danger stemming from structural damage- you know, because we punched this thing a lot.
We find a few buttons Bowser is mentally incapable to operate, and then walk into a room at the top of the tower.
Bowser reads a book that actually contains a hologram/ghost thing of the tower's owner, who doesn't seem to mind the new holes here and there in his tower, or the fact that his tower was almost entirely underwater for some number of years. Surprising, as it bears his likeness.
He shows us his invention, an Invisibleness Ray Machine that looks like a cross between a projector and a Boo. The end the light comes from is the opposite than what you might guess at first. It makes his body invisible in certain places- but who cares about that, we can now track down that worm Bowser inhaled~
After probably the most annoying dungeon ever, we find the worm. It's tiny and shouldn't have any more than five hitpoints.
Also, this is a no-dodge run, to remind you. The importance to say again stems from the fact that one of her attacks won't end until you smack her with a hammer. In the face.
And after a few Jump Helmets to the face, she gets bigger!
Which would explain the 400+ damage that little worm could take.
She begins shooting stars and crystal hearts and shrinking you and stomping on Tiny Ass Mario & Luigi.
That's.... it? Wail on her enough and she gets tiny again.
I take the next three turns using Jump Helmets, shaving way more HP than any worm ought to have. And then she got tiny, so Jump Helmets started doing around 260 again, instead of 150 damage. I won rather quickly.
She then turns into a butterfly, expects Mario to comment on her figure, gives us our Star Plot MacCoupon, and then flies off, having only this to say:
And pleaaaase... Stop following me aaaaroundddd... It's creeeepy....
Well said.
To leave, we follow her out the door.
Mario Lv. 21
105 HP / 33 MP / 89 St / 139 En / 64 Ag / 74 Lu
Luigi Lv. 21
125 HP / 31 MP / 64 St / 150 En / 44 Ag / 90 Lu
Bowser Lv. 19
248 HP / 35 MP / 152 St / 209 En / 30 Ag / 74 Lu
(Did I mention the retarded EXP curve? Bowser has 11,786 EXP and Mario has 22,266. They're two levels apart.)
I probably should have Let's Played this game from the start, but it would've been text-only. Like the above, I guess, this is for the bored.
I know I am. I'm in a car headed home from Vegas. It'll be like a 20 hour drive.
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Played through Red Faction Armageddon twice. Once on Normal mode and once on Insane cheesing the fuck out of cheats making it really easy lol. The game was pretty okay, nothing special but pretty okay nonetheless. Notable for the kickass destruction mechanics. They are not without flaws however. Unfortunately they haven't fixed the crappy physics from Guerilla meaning that an entire building can still keep itself up with just one tiny supporting pillar.
I'd love to see a game like this that could incorporate realistic physics with this kind of destructable environments. Well, 960/1000 GS get. I'll have to come back for the final two Co-op-related achievements later on.
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Started up Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. I know I just started, but the puzzles don't seem that hard.
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Started up Golden Sun: Dark Dawn. I know I just started, but the puzzles don't seem that hard.
Generally, there are only a couple of hard puzzles in Dark Dawn, and that's only because you can't use a Psynergy you get fairly early on (which reveals solutions!) to hack your way through.
(and damn it, I really have to pick up Kamidori and Sumaga again, but Minecraft is sucking up time like a black hole)
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I'm playing three games AT ONCE.
The first is Pokemon White Version. It should not need a description.
Second is Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, which I have already beaten. STEEEEEEEEEEL CARNAAAAAAAAAAAAGE. Also the Raptor's agility is better than I remember it being in Ace Combat Zero or Ace Combat 5. It's a bit too light, IMHO. And the F-14 is, sadly, more trucklike in agility for some reason. THE STRIKE EAGLE IS MORE AGILE THAN THE SUPER TOMCAT. Tell me, what is wrong with that sentence? I'll tell you. The Super Cat is a fighter. The Strike Eagle is a groundpounder. Also, the A-10's lolarmor makes it nearly indestructible, which is good. But the Strike Eagle, for some curious reason, has more air-to-ground weaponry. Which is bad. But the Strike Eagle in this game is seriously awesome.
Also, the B-2. Dat flying batwing. It should be more agile than the Bone, but it isn't. It also carries fewer bombs, but that makes more sense, as the Bone has a bigger bomb bay. Lastly, the Apache. The guns are good for aiming at anything that moves. The 4AGM are kinda pointless for anything that isn't behind a building, though. But the rockets solve everything. EVERYTHING. Pity you don't get more.
Third is LEGO Harry Potter years 5-7 for PS3. Blowing up stuff with magic and collecting studs oh God so addicting.
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I return from vacation!
...with DX:HR, and SPAZ, and HOARD, and Bastion, and...
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Played 2 rounds of Binding of Isaac. Didn't have very much luck. On the second one though I got Brimstone pretty early on and had a Full Health pill going into the Mom fight, so I cleared that easily enough since I could heal up once I got to low health. It sucked seeing that I couldn't exit Mom's room after the fight as there was another Full health Pill I wanted to grab but couldn't. Then I got to Womb 2 thinking I might have a shot, then I got absolutely unlucky on enemy formations. I have no idea when I'll see a Devil Room with Brimstone in it again.
I do plan to beat the full game of this someday and maybe even get all the achievements since it's a very fun game.
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Considering putting up a brief collection of pics of the East Coast Touhou Congoer Gentlemen's Vidya Club's continuing shenanigans in Broderlands. Vehicular nuttiness are our most common source of random hilarity, but there are so many that it's hard to pin down exactly how many times these have happened. Of particular note was a miraculous incident that started with a car crash and ended with our vehicle on a platform about 35 feet directly above the crash. No one managed to capture on film, though. There's been a lot of, um, auto-erotica if you will. Also, these sessions may be a bit too popular for their own good.
If I do post pics, what won't be pictured includes: The ridiculous number of voluntary and involuntary suicides committed by all party members, jumping on more heads than Mario, Lancer-related party van road trips, hiding from Rakkzilla rain for 20 minutes and failing, poorly executed plans for maneuvering around the Strider-esque Drifters, copious amounts of footraces between the Berserkers and Siren, vehicles with FAAAAAAAbulous pink and orange paint jobs, shotguns used for travel, greedily hogging those 100 XP revivals, "all of the (insert name of enemy here). All of them.", and panda jokes.
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Got myself PSN version of Sonic CD last night. The ability to switch between the JP/EU and US soundtracks? Playing as tails? Special stages without the PC/Gems Collection doubled framerate? yesplz :derp: Finished a Sonic game, got the bad ending, now doing a Tails game. You know, I hope that sometime soon we get DLC content that lets you play as Knuckles or something... that would be rad.
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I guess I'm about halfway through Dark Dawn. Everything got serious all of a sudden. And people jumped in my team and messed with my Djinn set up.
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Cave Story.
Sanctuary.
OH GOD WHHHHHY
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3 Binding of Isaac Mom's heart kills today bringing me to 5.
1 clear with each of the characters available to me right now. The Eve run was insanely lucky with items. The Isaac run was mostly garbage luck, but I lucked out in getting an Error room allowing me to skip the first mom fight and an Emperor card on Womb 2.
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1. Borderlands
2. Resonance of Fate
3. Katawa Shoujo (and loving it)
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Cave Story.
Sanctuary.
OH GOD WHHHHHY
Butbutbut speedrunning the Sanctuary is so much fun.
Been playing Dungeon Fighter Online a lot lately with a couple of friends. I've got a level 36 witch and a level 11 slayer who's going to become a berserker at 18. For those who don't know, DFO is a MMO beat-em-up in the same style as Streets of Rage, only flashier and with a heavier emphasis on combos.
Aside from that, Blazblue: Continuum Shift and Halo: Reach have both sucked up my free time as of late.
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Finished:
- Cave Story. Insert obligatory wall of praise and manly tears here.
- Ys Seven. The story is fucking stupid, but I sticked around for the boss fights and music, which are both pretty good.
Playing:
Tokyo Mono Hara Shi, a game as obscure as an Atlus game can get. It's a mix between Devil Survivor 2 (interaction), Strange Journey (navigation), Disgaea (combat), The House of the Dead(!) (combat), and a soundtrack that resembles Okami a lot. Sooo, if you are interested in the oldschool SMT games and pattern-y stuff like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVCZCllrwj4) and can read moon, I think it'll be worth a try :V
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Got the Binding of Isaac achievement for completing the full game 8 times. Of course, that only applies up to Mom's Heart and not the part after it that was added later. I think that leaves 1 more to unlock ??? and Sheol.
I did get a Sheol attempt on my last one though. I had the Shovel which allowed me to skip first mom fight. Double KO on Mom's Heart, but I had a 1-up, so I got to try again. No Devil Room after Mom's heart, but I just used the shovel to continue on since the full game completion had been counted. Died to Satan as I had no idea how the fight would play out.
The game seems to be getting easier, mainly due to all the unlock stuff.
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Going through DX:HR finally after having bought it during a Steam sale (and forgot afterwards). Using DX9 with ENBSeries mod with maximum settings (except AA, which is set to FXAA Low) which really cuts framerates (especially in large areas such as the Detroit police station and Alice Pods) but also looks a hell of a lot better than the stock game (even with DX11 and everything maxed).
Playstyle - stealth is key (silenced pistol & SMG, noise surpression and MGS-style radar augs), but brute force (explosive revolver + twin-barrel shotty, some other augs) and hacking (Lv3, Analyse, Evasion 1) are alternatives. Heavy inventory load.
It's worked so far but I end up killing off a ton of troops anyway. :V
And damnit I can't find my original DX disc anymore, >:(
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Also playing Human Revolution for the moment.Still messing around in the beginning of the game. Decided to wait out on the Pick Up heavy stuff aug and instead make it past that turret by blocking its field of vision with cardboard boxes. I wonder how that works but it did. That's why this game is awesome.
What is not so awesome about it is how you by the end of the game have pretty much all augs. You don't really have to choose which augs you want but rather in what order you want them.
Oh well. As for my playstyle, as I've already done a No-alerts, no-kills run on Hard I've simply decided for No-alerts this time around. I don't think I can expand upon the challenge further anyway. Oh and I bought the DLC. I hope its gonna be good.
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Playing through Deus Ex these days. Never really played it until now which was a damn shame as I now find out. :V
The HD patch makes the game look pretty good too even though bad graphics don't really bother me. It's the gameplay that counts anyway.
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In addition to Broderlands, I've been half-sucked into playing PAYDAY: The Heist. The dialogue is cheesy and the voice acting is ridiculous, but it falls nicely into that narm charm zone. The number of heists is limited, and each can be completed in 15-30 minutes, but they're balanced quite well and full of action. Between regular police, regular and heavily armored SWAT forces, plus four very rugged specialist units, there's plenty of trouble to be had, and each heist can be very tense as everything can go pants up in a moment. Each heist features a number of different events that can go well or go poorly, meaning there's a strong amount in variation each and every time you do a heist. Also, weapon loadouts are varied, but each and every weapon serves a purpose; there's no 'junk' weapons. There are also enough other items to make sure that everyone serves a purpose.
The 3(.2? One guest star for a round thus far) of us playing it on a regular basis are all at very different levels, but the game is balanced enough so that while there are clear rewards for career criminals, street rats can hop in, enjoy the action, and contribute a lot as well.
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Just finished replaying Sonic Unleashed, with all S-ranks, all achievements, and all collectables collected (except Art Book 40 lol). Damn, this game takes even longer to get everything than I remembered. I was mainly doing this while I waited for my computer to return, but fortunately I timed this whole thing well enough.
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Still playing DE: Human Revolution. I figured I'd go about a more violent and shooty approach but that turned out to be both boring and easy so I switched to a non-lethal, 100% stealthy playstyle which is a lot funner. :)
If they ever toy with the idea of making another Deus Ex game then it should restrict your options more, as in restrict the amount of augs you can get. Right now I'm running around with around 6 or 8 praxis kits just waiting for me to stumble across an obstacle justifying their use. It would probably be more interesting if they had made the game so that you had to choose between one or the other sometimes or have more limited amounts of choices so that you'd need to work harder to get through the areas flawlessly.
While still providing means to do it regardless of playstyle of course. Or maybe I'm just whining because I figured out all the good stuff on my first playthrough and now the game is easy. :V
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Started Final Fantasy XIII. I have no idea what the stuff at the end of battle means. Are those points experience or what? Is it the Final Fantasy equivalent of Grade? I didn't skip the tutorial and read from the menu, but it didn't tell me what it was or what it did, just how to get it.
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Took a break from my Deus Ex run. That Picus station is probably the toughest part of the game to do without getting spotted+non-lethally. But the music is great so who cares. Anyway, as I beat the place I felt like doing something different so I started collecting Riddles in Arkham City. ?'m doing my best to solve them on my own but sometimes they get too hard. Like having to go to scan one specific place from one other specific place. How was i supposed to figure that out anyway? Most of the actual riddler trophies are fun to figure out though.
What are you talking about? Your rating? If so then its just a sorta pointless system that based on how high rank you score (based on the amount of time you spent dispatching a group of enemies) will restore some of your TP.
I hope that'll answer your question.
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Making my inevitable return to Simcity 4. Have a couple mods and plugins installed, the primary ones being the Network Addon Mod and the Coastal Development Kit. I swear I spend more time modding this game than I do playing it :derp:
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What are you talking about? Your rating? If so then its just a sorta pointless system that based on how high rank you score (based on the amount of time you spent dispatching a group of enemies) will restore some of your TP.
I hope that'll answer your question.
That's probably it, I haven't gotten far enough to get TP.
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That's probably it, I haven't gotten far enough to get TP.
Yeah, the rating is basically just a measure of "Hey, how efficiently did you complete this". There's a couple trophies based around getting maximum rank on enemies in the postgame however, but nothing missable.
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Played some Binding of Isaac as it had been a while since I last played it.
Got a Judas Sheol clear and an Eve Sheol clear.
I didn't expect to pull it off on the Eve one, but the good luck stuff outweighed the bad.
That Eve run had
No damage boosts at all, except a Gish.
D6'd a 1up that saved me at one point.
D6'd a Wafer to halve damage for the Womb and Sheol
D6'd a Relic
Got Book of Revelations on Depths 2.
Ran into the Worm boss and not Death despite having Book of Revelations.
Had a full health pill going into Womb2.
Found a Bad Trip! in Womb 2
Used Full Health on Mom's Heart then went back for Bad Trip
Found a Full Health pill in Sheol then used Bad Trip! at the point where it turns into a Full Health, so I got to enter final boss with full health and a full health pill. And it was still closer than I would have liked due to my terrible damage.
Now, I have to do it with Maggy and ??? to have Sheol clears with all characters. I am not looking forward to those at all, one due to the low speed and the other due to not having normal hearts.
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All of this Deus Ex talk convincing me to fire up my own copy. This time, I'm going to be checking out those HD model and texture packs! :3
Of course, this means that after I complete DX, I'll have to play System Shock 2 again.... Damn you guys. :V
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9 Volt + Battery + Book of Revelations + Permanent Curse status + Flying ability+ Spectral Tears = ??? Sheol clear first try.
Only Maggy left then it'll be item hunting for the Golden God achievement. Also still need to do no damage Caves, Depths, and Womb. I've gotten close on Caves a few times, but I always mess something up.
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All of this Deus Ex talk convincing me to fire up my own copy.
You know what they say about mentioning Deus Ex...:V
And agh, I really should get to System Shock 2 myself...SHODAN seems to be quite the villain. But that can come after playing through HR and the original (Invisible War can be ignored :P) 2-3 times apiece.
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And agh, I really should get to System Shock 2 myself...
Please do. If you love playing Deus Ex, you'll feel right at home with this FPSRPG. Make sure to get the revised models and textures with this one too, as it is totally worth it. Also, you must be wise with your character builds, else you might not be able to see the game though to the end.
I prefer Deus Ex, myself, but System Shock 2 is a FANTASTIC experience if you like the genre.
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... Jamestown, after buying the DLC ships.
WHY TREASON SO GOOD?
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Boss healing in action! Cue the "Oh fuck" reaction from me.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccH10ti_UTM%22)
Counter-Strike Online again.
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I really wish Binding of Isaac would stop giving me BS rooms when trying to go for the Caves no damage achievement. Or going into a boss room, starting right by the thing with it facing you, then it charges into you before you can hope to dodge the thing.
Hell, the only reason I have the no damage achievement for the Depths and Womb is because i triggered an invincibility glitch. Was there anything to it other than using a full health pill with ???, cause I tried just that and it didn't work. Of course when I did it, I used Isaac, did a deal with the devil that used up all my normal hearts, survived it thanks to having more soul hearts than normal hearts, then used the full health pill.
I've had runs where I've only been hit once on the Caves either due to mistakes or unavoidable BS. It's getting really annoying. I've already 100%'d the game, so I just need this for 100% achievements.
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Hell, the only reason I have the no damage achievement for the Depths and Womb is because i triggered an invincibility glitch. Was there anything to it other than using a full health pill with ???, cause I tried just that and it didn't work. Of course when I did it, I used Isaac, did a deal with the devil that used up all my normal hearts, survived it thanks to having more soul hearts than normal hearts, then used the full health pill.
That did work for a time, but as far as I know, that glitch was fixed. Unfortunately so. It was fun while it lasted.
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Then the fix must have only affected ???, cause I did those 2 no damage achievements yesterday with a character other than ???. I got the game during the Holiday sale, so it would have been after the ??? glitch was fixed.
I'm guessing he didn't fix it for other characters because having only soul hearts with the other characters is probably a glitch in itself. I definitely know that ??? can no longer do it cause I tried, but you can still get invincibility with others.
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Got to try out this thing called NBA Jam: On Fire Edition at one of my friends' place. I normally don't find sports games fun at all but how can I dislike a game featuring George W. Bush dunking a ball into a basket by soaring five meters into the sky while covered in fire and spinning around himself three times?
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Holy shit. If I'd known Fatal Frame 2 worked on my 360 I would've taken another shot at finishing it ages ago.
... At least, that was what I was telling myself earlier, but now that I've started playing I just want to close my eyes and rock slowly back and forth instead. This goddamn fucking game.
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It's Fatal Frame. What did you expect?
After going on a small online shopping spree, I picked up Chantelise and the Gundemonium Collection. I wonder why some of the hidden items in Chantelise don't give out a Clear once I get it. Maybe because the items are treasures? Also, Hitogata Happa is completely wtf to me.
I hope Albaka releases the next IC2 release soon, so I can start updating to 1.1.
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Also, Hitogata Happa is completely wtf to me.
I know the feeling. Even after reading through the manual, I still found myself staring at the first boss going "But... I was ready for Happa and I was RIGHT THERE and ran right into the target WHY DIDN'T I HAPPA GOD DAMNIT GAME. I also honestly cannot into GundeadliGne's spawning enemies on both sides shit. It just... eugh. It irks me the wrong way.
Gundemonium Recollection itself is lots of fun though so I'm not mad.
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Fate/Extra
It was a complete impulse buy. It said limited edition and it was Fate so I got it.
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After playing Touhou for so long, my ego was crush when my friend loaded it up in college and I immediately lost all my lives on Mission 0.
Anywho, I'm playing through Resident Evil REmake for the 16th time, Devil May Cry 3, UMVC3 and BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2.
I think this is the best gaming Spring I've ever had.
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Saw a stream of some of Mega Man 9's Superhero mode last night.
I had the mode already but didn't play it for very long. So I just did a full run of the mode, and it really wasn't too bad outside of some of the cheap shots.
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I want to see someone do a buster only no damage run of Superhero mode. I got my ass kicked simply because i so stubbornly refuse to use weapons. :V
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You guys have you played Hyper Princess Pitch (http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=mhee&v=QRJYFbJDkqs) yet
Why not
Go play it
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I don't think that's possible. No damage is a maybe, but not with buster only.
I also liked how the absolutely terrible Wily 2 jump wasn't a big deal cause they added enemies that allow you to take a hit on purpose to safely land on the spikes then jump off.
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Hmm... I guess a run with weapon-usage in situations where it can't be helped would be cool too. But apparently no one likes to make challenges out of the games. I'd try it myself if I had the necessary equipment.
Though, one should never question what's possible in a game like Megaman. Even X6 turned out to be possible to no-damage buster only clear on extreme mode. Well... possible if you are mad and crazy good at the same time. (High Max was a forced exception but I think that's about it... oh and the need to abuse some glitches on certain stretches because the game is seriously unfinished.)
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Playing the new Super Robot Taisen Lord of the Elemental (it came as a bonus with the second game) and getting my BUTT kicked by it, and I now know why people use the phrase Nintendo Hard.
I'm also giving a new run at Touhoumon A+Y since I've lowered Brock's level to see if the game runs easier.
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Got Sonic CD XBLA earlier and played through it. Will take some work to not suck at it.
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So... kinda bored while waiting for the MGS Collection to come out over here in Europe. I'm really looking forward to that one since I haven't played Peace Walker. And besides, I wouldn't want to play it on a PSP anyway. I prefer 3D games on my consoles. Or even PC.
In desperation, I tried to pick up Dead Island again but I then realized why I stopped playing it. Its boring as fuck. I also had MW3 that I hadn't beaten on Veteran yet so I decided to knock that out too. I dunno if it's been said before but even at Veteran, the game isn't remotely difficult. In the worst case scenario, you are gonna have to take things a little slow. Its really silly when even MW2 seemed really hard in comparison.
Why does every developer always seek to cater so much to their casual consumer base that they even dumb down the hardest difficulty? Its like, its not as much about difficulty settings anymore. It's more like Easiness setting where you pick between four different kinds of easy.
Now I'm off to do Dead Space. On Impossible. With only the Plasma Cutter. I hope that's gonna be a bit more fulfilling than MW3 was.
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Played through the first temple in 3d Dot Game Heroes. Fun game so far.
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Managed to beat Hyper Princess Pitch on Battle Princess, and in about 15 minutes to boot. Then again, Normal mode doesn't give the bosses extra lifebars.
Willing to try Goddess of Explosions mode if I wouldn't die a lot! :V
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Started playing Portal 2. Damn, these puzzles are a lot more mind-bending than in the first game.
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Counter-Strike Online. 4 hours on Last Clue and Chaos. Now my hands hurt like hell.
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Majora's Mask dropped.
Fuck the Great Bay Temple.
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I just got and started playing AC: Revelations. Or rather, I got it Friday but I've only gotten a few hours in on it.
It seems that Ubisoft has fallen under the illusion that you can release a game annually with pretty much nothing new added since last time without having people notice it. Its pretty much the Bobby Kotick strategy just with even less appeal since it isn't a fast paced action game but a painfully easy dullfest.
However, I somehow always find myself hooked on collecting stuff and the game offers loads of stuff to collect. And the story of this series has always been pretty interesting so I'll keep playing it. At least until that MGS HD box is released.
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>Start White version Nuzlocke run
>lose to Bianca in the introduction
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lolwut
I've lost to Cheren, but never to Bianca. That's...special!
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Professor Layton and the Spectre's Flute
So far I'm not as crazy into it as I was Unwound Future but I'm only about 60-70 puzzles in right now, and to be fair, Unwound Future only really started to pick up around this time.
EDIT: I beat it. ...And it really didn't get much better D:
Most of the plot twists were easily guessable, including the identity of the villain pretty much immediately after you met him. Only the initial identity of the 'specter' came as a surprise but I'm not sure I actually liked it.
And Descole has two games and a movie ahead to redeem himself, because his introduction was sort of shitty. He's 100% Stereotypical Villain material and his arrival at only the end of the game leaves a whole lot of holes that could have been filled by having an actual villain in his place.
The only reason I'm really forgiving the game at the moment was that it does serve to flesh out Luke decently and actually does a good job of explaining how Luke came to be Layton's apprentice, so... yeah.
I still have about 40 puzzles to go, however, as well as I have not booted up London Life at all, so... maybe the game won't come off as a complete disappointment in the long run?
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I finally got No Damage Caves on Binding of Isaac. 100% achievements done.
Now to wait for the DLC.
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@Kanji
Oh, please, my only two moves were "tackle" and "tail whip."
I use tail whip, I waste a turn that could be used killing it.
It uses tail whip, it halves my lifebar.
Is Level 5 too early for IVs and Nature to have much affect?
My Nature lowered Defense, sooo
I got an Oshawott (I really wanted a Samurott), and I think it was 12 At, 10 Df, 11 Sat, 10 Sdf, 9 Spd.
On the subject of White,
Level 82 Gardevoir, S. ATK Nature bonus, perfect S. ATK IV, an assload of S. ATK EVs, Same Type Attack Bonus, Mind Plate, Psychic.
It one-shots a lot of these endgame people, good lord.
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The Stanley Parable mod for Half-Life 2 (or any Source engine-based game, really, it seems). It's short. It's simple. It's inspiring. It's very non-linear. It's thought-provoking, at least it was to me. This stuff is glorious, I recommend it to everyone who has any Source-based game on Steam, if only for the great narrative made by Kevan Brighting. Listen to the trailer of the mod, containing excerpts from the ingame narration (http://youtu.be/OIppRUoe70E) - personally, I love this voice. It only takes up about 40 MBytes when zipped. So really, download it and do not watch any more videos or read anything about it without playing it first. It is so unique, it should be experienced beforehand.
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Metro 2033 is... better than I thought it would be. The story and characters are more engaging than any normal FPS, though considering this is based on a book, I'm not surprised. Ulman and Khan are quite interesting, and even
ascended redshirts like Pavel
are memorable. The settings are very well detailed too, making the game real engrossing. Sure, the draw of a normal FPS is the actual S part, and this game might not deliver as much as a good one, but it's strengths far outweigh the weaknesses. Still, the only crime I've found with the game is that you aren't driven insane by looking at the Kremlin,
which is essentially what happens in the book.
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Okay, so I'm back at Final Fantasy VI on my quest to find out if the final fantasy games actually were good once or if its just old fanboism that blinded me to the sewage. Or some shit like that. Currently opinion is that Final Fantasy VI is a pretty good game though it is painfully lacking challenge a lot of the time.
However, i've stumbled across one thing that I simply didn't like. The defence of Narshe mission. First of all, there is way too many guys for that mission to remain entertaining. It became tedious almost immediately as it was just you soaking up damage and clearing out enemies. Then the boss... I'll tell ya. I ended up fighting him with Edgar and Celes and due to my rather low levels i encountered an unexpected obstacle. The bastard can 1-shot Celes with his Drain spell so if he pulls that then I'm outta luck. Oh and if he decides to cast Ice 2 on my entire group then that'll wipe me too.
Solution was to keep up a Runic with Celes and hope that said Runic doesn't wear off before I can cast a new one. If it does and he decides to use any of his more devastating spells then I'm screwed.
One could suggest that I should've picked a better group which would raise the question of why you can't change your party after the mission has started. There is no logical reason you wouldn't be able to do this.
tl;dr - Narshe defence mission sucks
- boss can kill party in 1 attack if you get unlucky
- this results in you having to go through 15 minutes of repetitive gameplay if you hadn't had the power of save stating right before the boss.
- If I'm wrong, i want someone to tell me what I could've done different. Levelling before the mission is not acceptable.
I am past the segment now but I'm serious to know if there is someone who can provide some decent defence for the game design since it looks pretty damn half-assed to me since its literally a point of no return so you can't go back and grind levels even if you wanted to.
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Not really sure if this goes here, but oh well. It's probably the best place to ask.
Does anyone know what the name of that game is, where you play as some girl in an rpg. Except that you're not the hero, you're the vendor/merchant that sells the equipment to the 'heroes'?
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Recettear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recettear:_An_Item_Shop's_Tale)?
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Atelier Iris? :V
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Moved onto quite a few different games:
Fate Extra (For when I want to play a game in english)
Black Rock Shooter: The Game
SD Gundam G Generation World
Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos
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FF6 saves your experience levels even after you die. It just sets you back to your last save point. So, no, there is no point at which you can't grind. But the game's set up to not require any real grinding anyway, just fight what comes up and you should be good to go until a certain change of scenery, at which point all challenge flies right out the window.
As for that boss, you have three groups there, why not fight him with whatever group doesn't just have two people in it? If he oneshots one of your guys with Drain or single target Ice2, you still have someone to attack and someone to drop a phoenix down. Full party Ice2 hurts, but it shouldn't be a party-killer unless you're really underleveled. IIRC it's about 175 damage? I'm usually more annoyed at his being able to MT Confuse while we can't to be honest.
Also Gau can status his damn face off, but that's only if you have the right rages.
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FF6 saves your experience levels even after you die. It just sets you back to your last save point.
and oooooooh maaaaaaaan is this abusable
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don't you lose the esper boosts though?
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Who needs esper boosts when you're
flying around the world with
level 80 General Leo
at the beginning of the game?
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To be honest, FF6 GBA is even more broken in that regards except going backwards thanks to a glitch
involving using a temporary save to start a new game (yes, the game isn't overwritten at that point. :V) and have the character of your choice die at the earliest point they can die at.
Too bad it only works via resetting your levels to the lowest they can go, you don't move to the beginning or anything, although you do keep your esper boosts. FF6 GBA did also fix some glitches, IIRC, so really FF6 Snes (No, thank you, I'm going to call it by that name even though it was named FF3 in its SNES days) is the best way to go if you're going to wreck the game with ridiculous glitches.
I'm not even sure how they missed that new glitch for the GBA port in Q&A testing, but anyways...
Currently playing:
Fortune Summoners (It came out in english two days ago if you're counting midnights as having changed days thanks to Carpe Fulgur)
Rune Factory 3 which should technically be named the Waifu Marrying Simulator 3.
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Welp.
I was always complaining that money in Pokemon B/W could get hard to come by sometimes, but now I've got 1,800,000 yen to toss around :<
Considering dumping half my current team if ever I wanted to defeat the Elite Four Rematch set.
Seriously, Game Freak? Level 75?
My team is Gardevoir 84, Giratina 80, Serperior 57, Vanilluxe 56, (something) 55, Absol 50.
I recently picked up a Kyurem, so maybe I'll stick him in there somewhere.
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Recettear (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recettear:_An_Item_Shop's_Tale)?
YES! Thank you
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FF6 saves your experience levels even after you die. It just sets you back to your last save point.
It does ? I didn't know about that.
As for that boss, you have three groups there, why not fight him with whatever group doesn't just have two people in it?
Because that group consisted of Cyan, Gau and Locke. Two of which were knocked out. Besides, I don't think they would be able to beat him since none of them were Celes and because I didn't have that many Phoenix downs.
IIRC it's about 175 damage? I'm usually more annoyed at his being able to MT Confuse while we can't to be honest.
For me, it was about 240-250 dmg. Edgar had 280 so he could survive if he's at full health. Which he probably isn't since its a hopeless effort to keep your guys topped off when you only have two of them and one of them needs to go Runic every round to block spells.
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Man, I forgot how much of a Goblin Punch* SMT games were.
Just started up Devil Survivor, and so far I'm still only on the second day, and that's where it really ramped up the challenge.
..Maybe I shoulda jacked Anti-Ice instead of Ice Dance. Ah well, it's not like I missed out on it, I stole Anti-Ice from a COMP chip.
So it all balances out.
Right now my MC's team is a pair of Gozuki who know Dia instead of Desperation. (Suicide attacks. Y U do this to me game?)
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Nah, Ice Dance is by far the better crack there. The Dances, unlike most equivalent skills in other SMTs, remain viable all the way through the end of the game.
Also fuse a King Frost ASAP. Tyranny is godlike.
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Advice on how to get one?
Oh, funny story. I was jacking around with fusions, and SOMEHOW I fused a Thor! (Insert first quote (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISzAPpUzLuA) here.)
Mind you, this was after I'd fused the Gozuki and an Ubelluris.
Atsuro now has the Thor, and a Toubyou as well, meaning that none can escape the hammerdrop.
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Check GameFAQs for a fusion guide, I don't remember them :V Just make sure to fuse Resist Fire onto him (which is pretty easy to do). I think he's level 21 or so.
This your first time playing Devil Survivor?
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Yeah, pretty much.
Hovering around 16-18ish right now, so i can't quite do every fusion I wanna try.
EDIT: Okay, so Angel+Gagyson seems to be my best bet, I just gotta fuse an Angel. Hopefully I can get Resist Fire/Anti-Fire on one of those two.
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I know (from multiple runs) that there's an easy recipe for King Frost that gets you Resist Fire, which makes him durable as hell.
How have you been statting the MC? And is this the original or Overclocked?
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Original.
So far I'm pretty much having him balanced, with a slight skew towards STR/MAG.
Lemme just turn the game on...Okay, here we go.
STR: 9
MAG: 9
VIT: 8
AGI: 8
As for that recipe, do tell.
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Okay, I would strongly recommend never putting another point in strength. I usually leave it at 8, as that's the requirement for Holy Dance, and you simply don't need anything else.
Physical is horribly gimped in DS, while Overclocked goes a long way towards evening this out. The major problem with it is that there are only enough Physical skills - and Pierce, much more importantly - to have one decent Physical user, and Atsuro is required for a large number of the endgame fights. You may as well just leave the smacking people to him. Besides, magic is waaaaaay better, and there are enough different skills to have three magic users easily.
Ram the magic cap and watch enemies evaporate. You can set Tailwind as your Auto Skill (once you get those) to compensate for somewhat lower agility and whatever the skill is that boosts max HP to keep yourself alive, and then watch everything die horribly before you. There's only one point in the game where you want strength, and...well, a couple extra points don't make that much of a difference.
I'll look up the recipe in a bit.
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Ah, Life Bonus?
Tailwind...You mean Hustle? Or is there actually a skill called that?
So just keep plowing MAG then. Well, I'll be sure to stick points in VIT if I feel I'm too glassy.
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Life Bonus, yeah. There's a better one later that you'll want to switch to.
One of the starting Auto Skills it gives you is Tailwind. It boosts your speed, and is therefore very very useful.
EDIT: Found it. Gagyson and Tlaloc. Tlaloc has Anti-Fire.
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Tlaloc y'say? That's something I can fuse for right now!
So Gagyson+Tlaloc...Alright, I can do that! I'll probably have to level them up a smidge to make them viable for said fusion.
Eh, I need the exp anyhow! Lv22 fusion y'know, so I can't really fuse it yet.
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Make sure to not let Vit and Agi fall behind too much. Vit is pretty self-explanatory; Agi lets you attack first and makes your Dance skills hit more.
I'd also suggest you drop one more point into Str to use the Megido skills later (which can one-hit most endgame parties).
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SHIT SHIT SHIT
Using essentially a Gardevoir (84), a Giratina (78), a Kyurem (76), and a Darmanitan (66), I made it all the way to the last sliver on Volcarona's lifebar.
The other two party slots were EXP Share whores-
Chansey/Blissey (22 -> 49)
and Zorua/Zoroark (1 -> 54)
I used their turns for revive fodder in the end and still lost :(
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PC - playing a bit of DX:HR - Missing Link when not playing TF2 or Minecraft. I'm sure my hacking-heavy pacifist run messed up hard when I decided to EMP a robot. Oh well. :V
iOS - even more DoDonPachi Resurrection; managed 1cc-ing Arcade/ver 1.5 mode (Novice difficulty) with A-Bomb and B-Strong, but gah, can't find enough hidden bees to unlock any extra loops.
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I've started over in Terraria. The game has undergone massive changes and additions since I last played. It's quite enjoyable, and will stave my Minecraft fix while we're in our server downtime. Progress? I'm just about ready to try my hand at fighting the Wall of Flesh. I'd like to finish raiding the dungeon and max out my health first.
As for more recent news, I picked up Final Fantasy XIII-2. I'd have to say, I'm really enjoying it. Then again, I'm a sucker for time travel. :V
It's really interesting how this game presents time travel and the effects of changing the timeline. After my first play session, I've completed the events at Oerba 200 AF,
and am just about to go see the changes that have occurred. It's also interesting to see how the world and previous characters have changed through time. My only gripe right now is Mog. "Kupo" is the new "Desu". :V At least, I get to throw him
once he really starts getting on my nerves. :3
but yeah, I'm liking the game so far. At least it's striving to be a sequel with some substance, unlike X-2 and its copy-paste..
Edit- Just a couple more thoughts.. 1: Having a limit ("Capacity") on accessories is really irritating. I don't want to sacrifice a class bonus (or unlock) just to increase that limit. 2: Chocolina. Is that a costume, or is she some kind of chocobo-human hybrid? How can a merchant sell wares if they don't have any hands? :V
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Make sure to not let Vit and Agi fall behind too much. Vit is pretty self-explanatory; Agi lets you attack first and makes your Dance skills hit more.
I'd also suggest you drop one more point into Str to use the Megido skills later (which can one-hit most endgame parties).
Whoa whoa whoa, Agi boosts the hits on Dances? Source this please, I've never heard nor seen anything on this. Unless you mean accuracy, which I never really had a problem with. Tailwind is pretty damn good and allows you to just ram the magic cap early.
If you're already at 9 strength, going to 10 for Megido isn't a terrible idea, though I found Holy Dance to be far more useful. Either way you'll want a Tyrant to offset the mana costs (it helps that King Frost and Hecate are really damn good).
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Well, I decided to stop playing World of Warcraft after 7 years because of the direction the game is going. How did it go from Deathwing to OMG PANDAS? The next expansion should've been Sargeras or something. Anyways, with all traces of WoW gone, I have time to play other games.
I'm stuck with Starcraft 2 as my main game at the moment. I'm in gold in 1v1s but I have no motivation at all for 1v1s. I mostly play team ladders with friends with our best rank being in 20ish platinum in 3v3.
Also, I found my dust covered DSi with HeartGold inserted into it! I'm currently trying to get an Adamant Breloom with Poison Heal so I can have a full team to face my friend, The only problem is that I can't find my charger and the DS is in the dreaded red zone.
I was going to get Soul Calibur V but I was disappointed by the lack of content due to having only one year of development.
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Alright then, I can do this. I'm now at Lv21, and just fused these demons.
Wendigo(Anti-Ice and Anti-Elec!)
Nekomata(Speedy little bugger.)
Kikuri-Hime(Healer, rezzer, and overall awesome! But hella weak to fire, I should get fire resist onto a mitama and fuse it onto there.)
Current Stats
Lv: 21(Can fuse Pendragon!)
AGI: 8
VIT: 8
MAG: 12
STR: 9
Next Lv, 22, is going into STR, for megido skills.
Also, I just recruited Keisuke, what do you guys suggest for his team? I've heard he makes a great secondary healer, but he seems to be a fine multihit user, especially with Nekomata and Wendigo.
But even with all the skills I've cracked, I don't have as many as I'd like to fill his out.
So far I've got a good idea of what each party member up to keisuke is meant for.
MC: Battlemage (Currently running Shiisaa and THor, will eventually upgrade to Pendragon and King Frost)
Atsuro: Striker(Give him Kishin, Deity, or Touki, Currently running Shiisaa and Gozuki, will upgrade to Thor once MC can upgrade.)
Yuzu: Healer(Give her Fairy, Femme, or Megami to upgrade. Currently using Jack Frost and Kikuri-Hime)
Keisuke: Speedy, possibly a Wilder+Avatar team for switching? Currently using Wendigo and Nekomata.
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WOOOO
finally beat Champion Alder in Pokemon White
With the aforementioned team as well.
That's the sexiest Hall of Fame entry animation yet :*
My Level 89 Gardevoir has 293 Special Attack! How could I not defeat them?! :V
I mean, it only took me seven months!
It's kind of sad that my success depended more or less entirely on it surviving, but still. :ohdear:
What's left to do...
I think I still have some sages to track down...
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For those into Pokemon BW who didn't notice it:
http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/pgl_pokemon_vote_arceus_distribution-2012-01-31/
Nintendo is just nuts. Distributing a lv100 over Dream World...
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Whoa whoa whoa, Agi boosts the hits on Dances? Source this please, I've never heard nor seen anything on this.
Oh crap, I thought all multi-hit skills rely on Agi, but I just went to check again and it seems only the 7-hit Phys skills in DS2 do. My Yuzu seems to get more hits with Dance than my other party members, though.
EDIT: I had Mari (12 Agi) and Keisuke (19 Agi) each Dance five times against a Decarabia party (16 Agi, fuckers kept spamming Makajamaon). Both of them got a 4 at least once, so it appears the hit count is not Agi-dependent.
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Part 1 of my 5-part of Nightmare run in Counter-Strike Online. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxIYhVs5leEp=60469#post60469)
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Yay FFXIII-2 has been acquired.
I am, however, an hour into it and I've never before thought about any game "Man I'm glad I watched the trailers because otherwise I don't think I'd have any idea what the fuck"
Because really, what the fuck. They are definitely trying to speed through introducing the baseline concepts of the game ("Hey we're gonna be travelling through time okay?" and so forth) which is fine, but it's not... exactly being the best writing right now and by that I mean it's an embarassment (And this is coming from someone who liked FFXIII and its writing)
So... we'll see what happens. Again, this is just the first hour or so, but I'm too tired to continue immediately D:
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Because really, what the fuck. They are definitely trying to speed through introducing the baseline concepts of the game ("Hey we're gonna be travelling through time okay?" and so forth) which is fine, but it's not... exactly being the best writing right now and by that I mean it's an embarassment (And this is coming from someone who liked FFXIII and its writing)
I tr?ed the demo with two of my friends. We did a collective face palm when that Noel guy had to crack a 'joke' about that big floating arm not looking to shake hands. I sincerely hope they don't resort to that sort of writing for the rest of the game. I also hope that they got something better up their sleeve than that guy seemingly wanting to destroy the world because oblivion is the fate of everything or some stuff like that.
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Finally picked up Skyrim - my brothers had it for months, but I never played it-
It's a great deal of fun, but I can't say that I enjoy the leveling system.
I can socialize better!
I CAN CAST MORE FIRE ON YOU NOW.
FUS!
No, that's it. I've only learned Fus so far.
4 hours, level 4 (but 1 sublevel to Level 5 to go), on the way to some people on a mountain and to meet the graybeards or something
I guess I'm putting together some sort of catch-all sort of character
18 Restoration, 16 Destruction
26 2 Hand, 28 1 Hand
23 Block
22 Speech 22 Smithing 18 Lockpicking
Etc etc etc etc
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Well, I just found out about all the bonuses you get from having SRWZ2-1 100% beaten when the sequel comes out. So now I have to play through the game 1.5 more times so I have everything. At least money is no longer an issue.
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Just beat Recttears main story line in 24 hours.
Now to totally break the game in endless mode.
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Dustforce is really sweet.
What do you do in Dustforce? To put it into one monstrous sentence: You run, jump, wallslide, and smash around trashy terrain as one of four acrobatic janitors, sweeping up dust, leaves, or whatever other grime is on the floor/wall/ceiling while also smacking the garbage off of assorted enemies that might attack you back and ruin your precious combo.
Several additional sentences:
The game offers some wonderful (if sometimes frustrating) challenge both in its individual level design as well as how the player progresses through the game. You can access a portion of the levels in each of the 4 worlds, with the rest being locked behind either silver or gold locks. To get a silver key, you have to get an S-rank in both completion (sweeping up all the junk in a level) and finesse (not dropping your combo until the end of the level). Hitting enemies and sweeping up trash will keep the combo alive, while getting hit by enemies or taking too long to sweep up some trash will end the combo. Presumably, getting dual S-ranks in a silver key level will net you a gold key. Presumably, doing the same in a gold key level will net you a key that brings you one step closer to something far more challenging.
It also looks nice and clean (at first glance, I was slightly reminded of Super Meat Boy), with a soundtrack that serves as a calm backdrop for what will quickly become an exercise in focus, determination, and precision.
And so ends this post that somehow started to resemble a game review.
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Since Dead Space didn't give me the horror fix I needed, I decided to buy Corpse Party.
I just finished chapter two. Now I have to go do something else for a while so I can sleep tonight.
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...Why did nobody tell me just how much EXP Audino gave?
Started messing with Pokemon White(no wi-fi though.), and I find a Lv9 Audino.
I promptly wreck it, and I get something in the order of 600-900 EXP.
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...Why did nobody tell me just how much EXP Audino gave?
Started messing with Pokemon White(no wi-fi though.), and I find a Lv9 Audino.
I promptly wreck it, and I get something in the order of 600-900 EXP.
It Was His Sled.
Level 40 Audinos gave me 4000 EXP while some of the Elite Four pokes gave me 3800.
I don't think you can encounter them much higher than that though.
Yup, their base EXP is some 390 points, compared to the highest 608 (Blissey), the second highest 395 (Chansey), Pokemon God Arceus' 324, and the lowest being the three unevolved B/W starters at 28 and Sunkern at 32.
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Got NES games running on my DS, which means I ended up replaying UFF3 TypeB (http://www.geocities.jp/uffmain/index.html), a Japanese Final Fantasy 3 romhack which aims to do a lot of rebalancing and graphical brush-ups to match the DS version. Why don't I play the DS version instead? Because UFF3 TypeB is harder since none of the inherent calculations have been changed, meaning you have FF3 NES damage figures versus FF3 DS statistics.
The result?
Masochism!
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The result?
Masochism!
Trance why you do this ;_;
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I had heard they were under the trope, Metal Slime, but daaaamn.
Fitting then, that it feels harder to level up. Leveling in B/W feels about as hard as leveling in TOuhoumon Another World.
(Which, incidentally, I have also been playing lately. Still stuck on the Remilia fight.)
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I had heard they were under the trope, Metal Slime, but daaaamn.
Fitting then, that it feels harder to level up. Leveling in B/W feels about as hard as leveling in TOuhoumon Another World.
(Which, incidentally, I have also been playing lately. Still stuck on the Remilia fight.)
Leveling in B/W is shitloads easier than in older games. The divisor constant used in the experience formula is 5 instead of 7 this time around, so everything is worth more points to begin with, but now there's level ratioing involved. Not only that, but they bumped up the Base EXP. thresholds- it used to cap at 255 but now, Blissey has 608, which is almost twice as much as the next. Good luck finding those in the wild though.
My First Turn + Exp. Share Zorua jumped from Lv. 1 to Lv. 55 when I took him through the Elite Four Round Two.
(My Gardevoir is level 92, used psychic on almost all of Marshal's pokemon)
Just yesterday, caught a Level 17 Illumise, fought a Challenger's Cave trainer. Gigalithes come with Sturdy, so they can't be one-shot, and it critted my Gardevoir. I used Quick Attack and then
Illumise gained 11417 Exp. Points!
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I see. Well, it's bound to be a long run anyways, so I may as well enjoy it!
Though that one Audino creepypasta didn't exactly help much.
EDIT: I also encountered N, and had my first fight against him prior to that. He happened to have a Purrloin as well. Cue Mirror Match.
Since he wanted to 'Hear their voices', I decided to humor him with that, and play every single mon I had at that point.
It was pretty awesome. (and my own personal headcanon of how the battle actually goes.)
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And, after my placement match results were five consecutive losses, I've decided to quit playing SC2.
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So today I got a DotA 2 invite. I guess Valve wants more complete DotA beginners to try it out before releasing product.
Spectated a few matches, those went quite well. Alas tutorial mode is not there yet, so private easy-level bot matches had to do.
*a few of those later* ...how to play game :derp: ???
Granted, it's still not a complete product, and it's got a higher learning curve than, say, LoL, but this isn't going too well.
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You could join the #DotS-meido-ers and get on teamspeak to ask us questions. :3
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Thanks for that, then...I might make use of it as I go. ;)
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Trance why you do this ;_;
First run was a "legit" run, wherein I ran myself into a brick wall by rushing to Nepto at Lv.8, which is actually a very bad idea if you've only run 1 dedicated magic user (in my case, I believe I ran Sayaka as a B.Mage) since the Large Rat boss you fight at the end will fucking RUIN you (he's very weak to Fire, but he hits very hard since you're Mini-fied), the first time I beat this game I made all into B.Mages, spammed Fire/Fira hoping he would die eventually, I won with 2 down.
SO I restarted, applying the UFF3_type-B_alljob and UFF3_type-B_MPboost patches to the base patched game so that I could run something a little more themed and fun in nature! The UFF3_type-B-alljob patch gives you all the jobs right after the Wind Crystal; and allows you to change to them without any Capacity Point cost until you open a treasure chest. The UFF3_type-B_MPboost patch gives everybody 5 free MP at all levels. Other patches I applied were:
- UFF3_type-B_font - Reverts to original FF3 font
- UFF3_type-B_jobparameter - All jobs get +10 bonus stats
- UFF3_type-B_jobexp - Job level requirements are drastically reduced (50 -> 25)
Akemi Homura - Onion Knight Homura is hax, Onion Knight also hax
Mami - Geomancer Earth was the closest I could get to Mami without resorting to Summoner since you can't get Summons early on
Sayaka - Mystic Knight Looked better than the Knight sprite
Madoka - Sage Chose this over the Devout because Sage has a nekomimi hood <3
Aaaaaand. In case you wanted some minor detail on the masochism:
The First Dungeon:
You get Leather Armor instead of the SouthWinds, meaning you'll need to beat the LandTurtle with physical attacks. LandTurtle is still a pathetic fat sack of crap.
Sasoon's Left Tower:
Contains incredibly good treasure, but you fight Cockatrices instead of Gryphons, which will kick the everliving shit out of you.
Sasoon Castle
Treasures have been changed!
Mythril Cave
No longer has any treasure.
Kazus
Mythril Armor costs 1200 versus the original 350. Item prices in general have inflated. Did Potions always cost 200?
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Oh boy oh boy, been replaying The World Ends With You. New Game, Level 1, Highest Difficulty (Normal week 1, Hard week 2-3), Manual Control
Holy shit this game is way harder under these conditions. Whatshisface the chef dude was a beast of a boss as opposed to the non-issue I remember him mostly being, and it's not going to get any easier.
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Oh boy oh boy, been replaying The World Ends With You. New Game, Level 1, Highest Difficulty (Normal week 1, Hard week 2-3), Manual Control
Holy shit this game is way harder under these conditions. Whatshisface the chef dude was a beast of a boss as opposed to the non-issue I remember him mostly being, and it's not going to get any easier.
Good bloody luck. I've done this my last two runs through the game, and it's a blast, but there are a couple boss fights that can take quite a few tries (Sho, Kariya/Uzuki, final boss can one-shot you). Fun times ahead!
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>Kariya/Uzuki
Yeah, I'm expecting that to be absolutely whores. Excluding the secret boss, Kariya was the hardest boss for me on Ultimate, so... yeah.
Oh boy though, glad to know it's possible!
EDIT: Holy balls the taboo noise on week 2 day 2 oh god
this is painful
and possibly the hardest square game ever
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Higashizawa.
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EDIT: Holy balls the taboo noise on week 2 day 2 oh god
this is painful
and possibly the hardest square game ever
Is that the rhino?
...no, the rhino's the end of day 5, and that's an event battle anyway.
Yeah, early week 2 bites. Joshua's not very helpful.
Higashizawa.
Yodai. Rhyming. Exposition.
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The flavor of the month (six weeks?) for the East Coast Shenanigang seems to be shifting once again from Payday: The Heist to Killing Floor. It has got to be amongst the simplest games I've ever played in the last 15 years and it still manages to be fun. The class system is probably what seals the deal, making it more enjoyable than L4D, the flavor of the month a few months ago. I've only gotten the hang of such a system thus far, but I'll probably enjoy working on building up most of the classes. And for those who like GUNZ, there's a ridiculous variety of them, and even the tiny starting pistol kicks like a mule and sounds like it shoots lead bricks at supersonic speeds. I'd still like to know how your character manages to shove the butt of Mr. Shottie the Shotgun a meter up his nose every time he shoots it though.
Oh, and the Cockney Britishness to the whole thing is as humorous and quotable as it is campy. DOSH DOSH DOSH IT'S RAINING LOADS EH MONAY!
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Is that the rhino?
...no, the rhino's the end of day 5, and that's an event battle anyway.
Yeah, early week 2 bites. Joshua's not very helpful.Yodai.
It was the kangaroos. Aghghghg
And yeah, I am in desperate need of Joshua's Jesusbeams and possibly to simply wait a couple days and get some stats. There are certain fights that I pretty much damn near cannot win that are regular noise battles because oh my shit Joshua will you STOP BEING HIT I KNOW THERE'S SIX OF THESE FUCKERS BUT AGH and yet having the Jesusbeams would make things so much easier.
MUST PERSEVERE D:<
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Got Simpsons Arcade on XBLA. First playthrough was a 10cc cause I obviously suck at the genre. Not sure how I'm supposed to not suck.
Edit: 6cc using Japanese version.31:29 for the time..
Both runs were Normal difficulty, but that Japan version feels a lot fairer.
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So I get to Nacrene yeah?
I pick up a Throh and Timburr near the forest to the west(hell if I can remember what it's called right now), and I go heal up, get a few potions, the usual.
Head to the Gym to challenge, and guess who pops up? If you guessed N, you're right!
So I do the usual curbstomp, and N gets weirder.
He walks off talking about how once he has the power of Reshiram, he and I could be friends.
Cue me headwalling at his sheer idiocy.
My exact words: "N, you dolt! Y'don't need power to make me a friend, just STICK AROUND LONGER THAN A SINGLE BATTLE."
Doesn't he know to just stick around for a bit to just chat? Sheesh. You'd think he would've learned even that at least.
But who can blame him with a pop like his? :V
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Throh is for chumps. Go back until you get Sawk. Sawk is MVP.
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Tell that to my Throh. He's outclassing my Timburr, and Timburr's several levels higher as of this post.
Besides, I dunno if Sawk will even be that easy to FIND. Besides, I like the color red better anyhow.
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Throh and Sawk outclass Timburr because Timburr is the first in a 3-evolution chain and Throh and Sawk are both standalones.
Obtain a Conkeldurr and smash everything.
(IIRC base 147 attack)
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Neither of them evolve, and both outclass Timburr and all evolutions significantly.
Throh beats Sawk in health by a large chunk and defenses by a small amount, but Sawk is a nice bit stronger and waaaaay faster. Given the number of enemies weak to Fighting, especially late-game and in the Elite Four, and his propensity for one-shotting, Sawk was easily my MVP. He's harder to find in White, but I recommend him if you can. He can simply power through everything but the Flying gym.
Throh and Sawk outclass Timburr because Timburr is the first in a 3-evolution chain and Throh and Sawk are both standalones.
Obtain a Conkeldurr and smash everything.
(IIRC base 147 attack)
140, actually. Throh is more durable and Sawk is again a lot faster, and you don't have to waste time training them up from crap status - they're solid all the way through.
EDIT: Conkeldurr's moveset also kinda sucks, and Close Combat > Superpower.
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Also, obtain a good Psychic type to sweep Marshal.
The E4 is Psychic, Ghost, Dark, Fighting, so don't waste a bunch of your time bringing elemental Pokes, because a bunch don't have any spammable subtyping.
Conkeldurr is trade-only, by the way.
There's also the ubiquitious Hydreigon and Haxorus, if you want to cheat.
My E4 team was Serperior, Simipour, Vanilluxe (whom I recommend highly despite being an ice type), Unfezant... and two others I couldn't be bothered to name right now but my point is that the experience was horrible the first time I tried.
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Yeah, once I get a suitable team member, I'm dropping Timburr.
Even if he's somewhat strong, he's chump stuff.
Psychic? Does Musharna count?
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I actually took down Marshall with Smugleaf.
Turn 1: Leech Seed.
Turns 2-7: Coil.
Then proceed to oneshot everything but Sawk, who has Sturdy.
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So now I got that MGS collection box and I'm now looking to knock out the final achievements in MGS2. One of them being to gather all the dog tags. Sigh, having to play through all the low difficulties just to fetch collectables. Would've probably skipped this one if it wasn't because the achievement was called Great Dane... seriously, how can I pass that?
And yeah I know its a reference to the dog but whatever. I am a Great Dane.
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So now I get to playing Apollo Justice too.
Fun times. First case was long, but thrilling. Nothing like the first case in the first PW game.
I was hooked at every twist and turn! Almost made me wanna get to working in law because of how awesome it felt.
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Got back in to Age of Empires, both 2 and 3. Man, how could I've almost forgotten how fun these were, they were my childhood.
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got the 200/200 on Simpsons Arcade. Gonna be spending a lot of time on this game.
Also up to Flame Temple in 3D Dot Game Heroes.
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>Enter Sasoon Left Tower
>Get bombarded by Mandrakes, Bears and Cockatrices
<Sayaka> あんこく!
<Mami> ちけい!
Time for some money grinding and levels!!! :]
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Bought DoDonPachi Daioujou and GTA3 off the iOS App Store on Thursday, partly to fuel more STG stuff and see how the ports hold up.
DOJ - runs great on both my iPod Touch (4th gen) and iPhone 4S. Game's significantly harder than DFK, though; it'll be a fun little timesink. Alas iPad 1 and iPhone 3GS users will have to jailbreak to install it, for whatever reason (very odd considering the current iPod Touch hardware is mostly the same as the iPad 1's). ???
GTA3 - on the 4S, it runs fairly decently. Touch controls are a bit tough to get the hang of, but the game is for the most part fairly loyal to the original (comparing with non-modded PC version). However, on the iPod it's a different story. App crashes frequently (often due to lack of memory) and framerate is choppy. I'd advise only getting this for iPad 2, iPhone 4S, or a high-end Android unit.
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Replaying Cthulu Saves the World. I do need to do Cthulu's Angels mode sometime, but I figured I'd do it after replaying it. I only played past the first boss though. Insanity Difficulty mode as I already played it on Hard before Insanity was added.
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Started up Disgaea. For some reason I've been in a Tactical kind of mood and Disgaea is a very, very awesome game.
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Status report!
Just finished Underwater Cave (http://shrines.rpgclassics.com/nes/ff3/maps/underwater.shtml)!
4 monster chests:
D.Zombie/Peryton/Eater/DeathClaw
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V
Hyne/Garuda/Goldor/Kraken
EDIT: They don't even contain good stuff :[ Well, I guess they really wanted me to use Scholars.
Madoka Sage@JLv90+!
Sayaka Magic Kn.@JLv90+!
Mami Geomancer@JLv90+!
Akemi --> Conjurer (Has better stats than Summoner)
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I'm up to the final chapter on CStW insane mode. Will either finish it today or tomorrow. then I'll start a playthrough of Cthulu's Angels mode to finish it.
Defeated the optional boss at 34/34/34/38 levels since Umi can stop the first Finishing Move with a Siren Call which gets you 5 more turns to end it. There's still the new optional dungeon that I haven't done yet though, but I'll probably need to train some for it.
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Finished MGS3 again. Hard mode run. A difficulty on which the game is completely without the notion of challenge. I wish it was like MGS2 where you could pick the option of instant game-over as punishment without having to play EE to do it.
Oh and I missed one of the frogs. Yay... At least one of them any way. There is probably no indication as to what frogs you're missing either. Unless that Ga-Ko uniform only squeaks whenever you enter an area in which you are lacking the frog... which is my theory right now. Now then, off to that Peace Walker if not the ME3 demo is available yet.
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Beat CStW Insane last night. Used the final boss to get up to level 45 earlier today and took out the final optional boss in the dungeon that was added in the update.
I then started up Cthulu's Angels mode Insane difficulty. So far it's been easier. I've been able to fight less battles in general. Less battles that can easily game over you. Didn't really have to grind much. Bosses seemed easier despite having less HP on my characters, and still easier despite having a forced party instead of a switchable one. Chapter 4 was pretty much a freebie cause it had a weak enemy for its boss unlike the maingame where chapter 4 probably is one of the hardest bosses in the game. Chapter 6 boss did kill me some before I figured out I just had to focus all effort on survival until it ran out of MP, then kill it.
Then I get into chapter 7 take the boat, and surprise boss fight. Previously bosses have been in the same place as the maingame. I forgot to save, so I had to fight the chapter 6 boss again, but it wasn't hard then. But now I'm going to probably have to level for the first chapter 7 boss cause I can't really survive it well or even do a lot of damage to it since I was struggling to even survive.
Edit: Noticed that if you load a save on this mode, you have to reequip everyone, or the equipment stats aren't added. Still wasn't helping due to the damn RNG since it's 4 randomized targets each time it does the Tentacles spam, so it's either level more for hopefully more power or hope I get lucky on RNG target. I thought I had it once when I got it low on health and just needed tentacles to not hit all 4(since it can hit multiple times even if less hits would kill.) 1/256 chance it would hit the full party with the 4 hits from tentacles spread out randomly and the damn thing did.
Of course, something I've noticed from a lot of RPGs is that Krakens in RPGs are usually hard.
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PSP Disgaea doesn't have that song during the fight with
Maderas
I loved that song.
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Cthulu's Angels mode cleared. Also did the Cthulu's Angels Cave of Destiny boss at level 50.
I can't defeat the Soulcaster though at level 50 despite having done it at around 45 in the maingame. That's the last thing I need to do before I can say I've completed everything in this game. I do have a save at the final boss though which is good for leveling with 1 level per kill. Plan to level to 55 then try again, then if that fails, 60, if that fails, just continue leveling and trying till I get it.
And what's the Dem Bromide look like? The chest that has it on the 360 version can't be opened.
Edit: Done. Took getting to level 60.
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oh dear lord
I caught Thundurus in Pokemon White
(http://i.imgur.com/4z9sV.png)
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Got back into RE4 today. The HD version too. Or rather, the rehash version on the Xbox 360.
I have a few major complaints that I'll list for the no-lives/awesomefolks who actually reads my rambling.
1 - Controls are still hellabufuckusly shiity. Who the fuck figured aiming with the left stick was in any way a good idea? Capcom? Look at third person shooters as they are done today. Left stick for movement, right stick for aiming. Movement while aiming was lacking in RE5 as well (though the controls were better in that game) but at least it seems like its something they're finally implementing in Re6. Which better give Wesker a magical comeback that doesn't make sense at all.
2 - As with MGS, this is lazy porting with pretty much no changes whatsoever. Or I guess it means that you can play games in high def so yay for that. Still looks grey and old. And the achievements are lazy as fuck.
3 - Aiming feels awkward. Why do you need to have that annoying laser pointer aim? It makes aiming for the head needlessly complicated to do fast. Its not a sensible way to craft challenge. Its like, in real life you wouldn't have a crosshair but in real life you don't look over the bloody shoulder either!
---- But those complaints aside its still a fun game. Oh and this achievement is just awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNnq_Dh3iBo (Nice pro tip Cap)
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PSP Disgaea doesn't have that song during the fight with Maderas
I loved that song.
The song was "Invasion from Within" by Tsunami Bomb, in case you didn't know it. I missed that song in the PSP version too. Also Etna's voice. >=(
And why has it taken me until now to discover this thread?
Games I'm playing now: I just got through the Earthbound/Mother series, and I think it's become my favorite RPG series. Much more challenging than the usual deal, being one of the few games I've played that doesn't give you a broken healing spell right off the bat.
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UFF3
gg, cloud of darkness (http://i.imgur.com/ZKO3R.jpg)
UFF3 complete
Akemi LV62 SUMMONER
Mami LV63 DEVOUT
Sayaka LV62 MAGIC KNIGHT
Madoka LV62 ONION KNIGHT
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Finally got around to downloading Halo: Reach (it came from one of those holiday package things bundled with the system back at Christmas). I still have to get reused to the controls, which always seems to happen when I play one of these games, but I beat the first two levels on Heroic by now.
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UFF3
gg, cloud of darkness (http://i.imgur.com/ZKO3R.jpg)
UFF3 complete
Akemi LV62 SUMMONER
Mami LV63 DEVOUT
Sayaka LV62 MAGIC KNIGHT
Madoka LV62 ONION KNIGHT
:golfclap:
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Holy hell, I don't remember RE4 being this easy on Pro... its going even better than my Normal playthrough. :V
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Finish my first playthrough of VVVVVV. Then I did a second playthrough with the Flip Mode.
I'm pretty terrible at the game.
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I guess I won't be playing anything for a while.
Just dropped a DSi and 10 games in a forest that's 200 miles away.
*pulls out gameboy and pokemon blue*
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I guess I won't be playing anything for a while.
Just dropped a DSi and 10 games in a forest that's 200 miles away.
oh man. That... ouch D:
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Playing Elona after someone mentioned it. Went for a Fairy Pianist. It was a bit difficult at first, especially since it's so hard to find decent equipment, but I'm slowly managing. Currently just attempting to make money by doing the Port-Noyel trading runs, among other things. Still can't perform without a rock to the face annoying enough. My character can go in low leveled dungeons, though mostly because I have a quick thrower that winds up killing everything.
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Finished the main story of Disgaea. Feel proud of myself, I didn't accidentally kill any of my team mates like I did on my very first play through and got the good ending. Now to play Etna mode.
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Finished the main story of Disgaea. Feel proud of myself, I didn't accidentally kill any of my team mates like I did on my very first play through and got the good ending. Now to play Etna mode.
Disgaea DS, right? Before you start Etna Mode, make sure to make a backup of your save file and use a new save file for Etna Mode. There was some bug in that mode that basically crashed the game. God, it's been so long that I can't remember what exactly it did. If I'm not mistaken, the game would freeze, and you couldn't progress. This isn't a guaranteed bug, as I managed to get through Etna Mode with no problem. It was a friend of mine that encountered the bug and couldn't play it at all.
Just be safe and don't save over your main file with the Etna game.
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Disgaea DS, right? Before you start Etna Mode, make sure to make a backup of your save file and use a new save file for Etna Mode. There was some bug in that mode that basically crashed the game. God, it's been so long that I can't remember what exactly it did. If I'm not mistaken, the game would freeze, and you couldn't progress. This isn't a guaranteed bug, as I managed to get through Etna Mode with no problem. It was a friend of mine that encountered the bug and couldn't play it at all.
Just be safe and don't save over your main file with the Etna game.
The PSP one. Hope this one doesn't have a bug, cause I already saved in the same slot.
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I have no experience with that version. Best of luck, then.
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Do not use the bugged specialists you punk.
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I used them when I played it. No way I would have grinded the amount needed to beat Uber Prinny Baal without that. The glitched items were so useful in cutting down the time.
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Glitched specialists? Glitched items? I've never heard about those. What's the deal with them?
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They are specialists that improve the rate at which some things improve, most notably the armsmaster, who makes your weapon skill increase more quickly. Some items, (the "foresight" is one, I think) contain them at max power, so it's kinda cheating to use them. Contrary to what some may believe, it doesn't take much longer to collect them fairly. I beat the Uber Prinny and Item God 2 without any cheating, and it took only a few days of specialist collecting. Statistician, manager, and banker(?) are the other three. They increase experience gain, mana per kill, and money (hell, whatever) per battle, respectively. They cap at level 300 or 450 for the armsmaster (might want to double check that), so the level 99,000 ones that come from glitched items aren't as great as they seem. Plus the item world is fun and you get all the other great specialists while gathering those guys if you do it the way you're supposed to.
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Huh. In all of my hours of playing Disgaea, I had never encountered specialists that had that high of ability level. From what I remember, the benefits from Statistician and Armsmaster cap off at 600, so it's pointless to keep obtaining them. Broker is pretty much useless, because by the time you really focus on grinding in the Item World in the post-game, you will be swimming in money.
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Yeah, they're only in specific items. The foresight is one, and I think another is the tainted staff (odd coincidence given the name). It's sprite is invisible if you equip it, as I recall. It also makes your jump stat go to -100 or something, so you don't have enough jump to walk on level terrain. :V I think it's only in the PSP version though, so if you played it on the DS that's probably why you never saw them.
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Oh my god, I was only ten minutes away before I was able to get a hold of my friend's PSP with Disgaea 2 on it. >:(
Has anybody played the Prinny games? The spin-off platformers in Disgaea.
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Since I'm leaving the States for a fortnight soon, I succumbed to temptation and picked up Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and Mario Strikers Charged. Is Death's "hold your ass down and slash you" attack supposed to be instant death? Because I survived one shot from it. Also, Crystal Cup appears to have a difficulty spike right when the KO rounds ensue.
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Has anybody played the Prinny games? The spin-off platformers in Disgaea.
Yes
And they're batshit insane difficult but a lot of fun if you can put up with that
(I played on Hell oh my god the final boss ahhh)
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Huh. In all of my hours of playing Disgaea, I had never encountered specialists that had that high of ability level. From what I remember, the benefits from Statistician and Armsmaster cap off at 600, so it's pointless to keep obtaining them. Broker is pretty much useless, because by the time you really focus on grinding in the Item World in the post-game, you will be swimming in money.
Statisticians cap at 300, Armsmasters at 1900, IIRC. This means 20x the weapon exp, which is really useful.
The important thing about the glitched Foresights is that the specialists come pre-subdued, meaning you can move them around and combine them up to max level in no time, wrecking any curve postgame might have had. It's serious cheating, even if it's just to save time.
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The important thing about the glitched Foresights is that the specialists come pre-subdued
Oh right, I forgot that bit. I was wondering why I seemed to recall not having to retrieve them. And yes, serious cheating given the potency of weapon mastery. I think 90% of my stats came from my weapon alone. (Not that I cheated in my serious playthrough!)
Kind of a related question, does anyone know which weapon dishes out the most damage? I always felt like magic was the strongest, plus you get the big range and AoE.
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In D1, Swords are the best weapon overall, though against a single target Axes might outdo them. This is talking postgame maxing out stuff, of course; for most of the game you can use anything and be fine (and if you have the DS version you use Pleinair with guns and she is pure gold).
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I figured it would be swords. I played through the game with a single character though, and I think magic worked better than a sword would have for that. The way I dealt with Baal wouldn't have worked without it, at least. Shooting people from so far away they can't shoot back and all that.
I didn't know Pleinair was playable in DS, and a gun user at that.
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I didn't know Pleinair was playable in DS, and a gun user at that.
With 120% Hit and 150% Speed, no less.
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Man, Nitesco is broken as fuck
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Man, Nitesco is broken as fuck
Try it with swords.
In other news, flying in tunnels/canyons was never too bad for me - hell, I went through the AC5 tunnels under full afterburner; until now. I don't know what it is about ice cliffs, but they wrecked me so many damn times.
(wtf is up with my K?)
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Playing Skyrim and Might and Magic 8 (again). With a side of Dark Souls whenever I'm in the mood for soul-destroying hell (that game is HARD)
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Oh, boy.
Every time we come to my brother's house it's always CoD time.
Currently trying to mindlessly murder assholes from the Internet who love to wield shotguns and crouch like douchebags, and when they inevitably kill you with their idiotically improbable aiming skills they unfailingly will teabag you somewhere along your floppy, ragdoll corpse and proudly exclaim that "you got owned," except in such a manner as to make english teachers around the world collectively facepalm.
Then why is it fun?
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You're supposed to use a grenade launcher and launch things everywhere like a buffoon, and when you have only one explosive device reamaining use it to kill yourself and respawn with more. That's the fun way to play. :D
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Playing MH Freedom Unite @ HR4. That feel when you just finished off a Gypceros with 3 mins left on the clock.
The game is pretty good buuuut the PSP's controls are ass, plus my right hand gets really sore after a while.
also this
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/417732_2404872541562_1843603191_1485385_26920261_n.jpg)
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah tuesday hurry up
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Man, now that I've actually been sitting down to play FFXIII-2 I am loving it.
I am slightly disappointed over the Lightning DLC at the moment though. NOT because it was a bad fight - for where I was in the game (Just a chunk into chapter 5), this was actually a brilliant fight that I was pretty much perfectly matched for - it took a good fourteen minutes and pretty much never let up onto being "easier" at any given point. It was even more technical than the Cid Raines
fight that was a highlight for many people in the original. No, my disappointment comes from the fact that I am going to have to do it several times if I want a shot at recruiting Amodar or Lightning, because they have a low drop rate. And for now I can about give up on getting Lightning since I have to kill her second, and that's just about impossible because Amodar is resilient as hell.
Otherwise though, seriously, I am loving it. I'd complain a bit about the game being too easy, but then I go back to try to beat Full Power Atlas or bonus bosses that I already have access to instead, and pretty much shut myself up.
Oh, and I guess I could complain about the writing. Caius is turning into the FF villain I give the least shits about really quickly (He was interesting at first and now he's just... not - this is an extreme contrast to Bartandalus, who I thought was a completely pointless villain at first and on my second playthrough of XIII realised he was possibly the most geniusly manipulative bastard in the series) and there's a bit of "Just nod your head and accept it we'll explain later" going on for things, which I am sort of willing to dismiss because time travel will do that to a story, but... I'm having such fun I just don't really care.
EDIT: Funny that I went "I love it, but here's three paragraphs about things I'm a little underwhelmed by". Really though, I am enjoying it a whole lot.
Also my party's COM monster is a Behemoth named Furball who wears a carbuncle statue on his head. Can't really beat that.
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Went back to playing Symphony of the Night after not touching it for a month or two, got everything the castle. Hooray!
Now for the Inverted Castle. Dohoho.
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Yeah, I had taken a break (and then forgot about) FF XIII-2 for a couple of weeks. Now, I have managed to beat the game.
Overall, I enjoyed the game. The writing got a bit *ugh* at times. It seemed that "Paradox" was their handwave explanation for "something is broken; go fix it". It was weird being the only person (couple, if you will) that could access the time portals, when virtually all of the NPCs knew about the portals, paradoxes, artifacts, etc.
Like I said before, it was nice to see the previous characters again. However, it was not really explained how they ended up in different time periods as well. Hope's reason was explained, yes, but not anyone else. I especially would have liked to know what events led up to Snow becoming a l'Cie again..
I pretty much agree with Garlyle on how bland Caius is as a villain. He's got his goals, sure, but there just isn't much depth to his character. However, this seems to only be a setup for the next game.
Yeah, things get pretty fucked up once Caius is finally defeated.
I am pretty disappointed in the "unfinished" areas of the game. Much of Serendipity is locked for DLC, and I'm starting to think that the Coliseum is like that too. I checked in there many times, only to be told that "the time isn't right". Even returning after beating the game, I get the same message. *sigh*
As it stands right now, I only have 75 of the 160 Fragments in the game. I plan on collecting all of them, as I hear there is a bonus ending for doing so. Time to get to work!
By the way, I totally LOVED some of the boss fights in this game. Especially the final fight and the one against the Proto fal'Cie.
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Irisu Syndrome.
:colonveeplusalpha:
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Started playing Phantasy Star and Shining Force on the 360 Genesis Collection. I'm planning to play through all the RPGs on the thing, and I'm expecting that to take a very long time.
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Started playing Phantasy Star and Shining Force on the 360 Genesis Collection. I'm planning to play through all the RPGs on the thing, and I'm expecting that to take a very long time.
Phantasy Star and Shining Force are pretty short though. Less then 20 hours apiece. Phantasy Star 2 on the other hand...
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Is there anything potentially game ruining like FFT's Riovanes or other multibattle sequences? Not that I ever had a run ruined by those fights in FFT, but it'd definitely be nice to know if there's anything to worry about with Shining Force.
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Overall, I enjoyed the game. The writing got a bit *ugh* at times. It seemed that "Paradox" was their handwave explanation for "something is broken; go fix it". It was weird being the only person (couple, if you will) that could access the time portals, when virtually all of the NPCs knew about the portals, paradoxes, artifacts, etc.
Like I said before, it was nice to see the previous characters again. However, it was not really explained how they ended up in different time periods as well. Hope's reason was explained, yes, but not anyone else. I especially would have liked to know what events led up to Snow becoming a l'Cie again..
Apparently there are a LOT of things that are detailed in the game's Fragments more than directly addressed, so you might want to go through and read them sometime. There's some surprises you might not have caught, including among other things, the identity of Chocolina (Which can also be discovered by playing the Sazh DLC)
I am pretty disappointed in the "unfinished" areas of the game. Much of Serendipity is locked for DLC, and I'm starting to think that the Coliseum is like that too. I checked in there many times, only to be told that "the time isn't right". Even returning after beating the game, I get the same message. *sigh*
The Colosseum that you unlock as part of the story is really just there to introduce you to the Arbiter. The actual Colosseum DLC fights are in an entirely separate Colosseum instance that will be unlocked around then. If you are at all interested in the Lightning/Amodar fight I'd get it soon. If not... well, there's at least two more on the way - one of which has fights with Gilgamesh, ana an "unrevealed villain from FFVI" (!?) ; and the other of which will apparently be a fight with Jihl Nabaat from XIII.
As for Serendipity... apparently they fucked up the coding of that area and couldn't actually complete it, so you can't even access them in Serendipity proper; you have to go to the Sazh DLC instance of Serendipity to play the new games.
As it stands right now, I only have 75 of the 160 Fragments in the game. I plan on collecting all of them, as I hear there is a bonus ending for doing so. Time to get to work!
There's also 8 other endings to get! Go get Paradox Scope from the Mystic now and equip it, and some of the fights (Such as Oerba 200AF's and Augusta Tower 200F's) will power up and give you a secondary ending; alternatively, there's also ones just for beating Atlas (Bresha 5AF) and The Royal Ripeness (whatever the fuck the start of chapter 3B's location/time was) at full power.
By the way, I totally LOVED some of the boss fights in this game. Especially the final fight and the one against the Proto fal'Cie.
Oh god, The Proto Fal'cie
fight was really awesome, yes. I need to go hunting some of the sidequest bosses, though...
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Yeah, I guess I need to read up on the entries provided by the fragments. I'm not playing on an HD TV, so text is kinda hard to read! :V
So, there's more to the DLC than I had originally thought. To be honest, I'm not thrilled about having to pay more for the other options, but that's just how things are in games nowadays. The "unrevealed villain from FFVI" and fight with Jihl Nabaat just might talk me into getting some of the DLC someday. :3
There's also 8 other endings to get! Go get Paradox Scope from the Mystic...
Yep. Already on it. I have 3 more Paradox endings left to acquire. ;) The Paradox Scope really doesn't change much from the original fight. The boss' stats are higher, but the fight is virtually the same. After having fought Caius several times, (2 of which in the final boss marathon) you can easily squash his "stronger" version in Oerba 200AF.
I managed to take out the stronger Atlas and Royal Ripeness before I even ventured into 500AF.
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Yeah, I guess I need to read up on the entries provided by the fragments. I'm not playing on an HD TV, so text is kinda hard to read! :V
If you haven't yet, go into Options and set the text to be increased in size. A surprisingly large number of people miss that you can do this. It's still small, but it's far LESS small.
So, there's more to the DLC than I had originally thought. To be honest, I'm not thrilled about having to pay more for the other options, but that's just how things are in games nowadays. The "unrevealed villain from FFVI" and fight with Jihl Nabaat just might talk me into getting some of the DLC someday. :3
Well, the USUAL way that Square adds additional content is to do it all at once and then release an International/Final Mix version of the game with it all, but for the same price as the original game (and, you know, never coming out in english). DLC isn't the best scheme, but it's actually somewhat preferrable to the traditional way of doing things!
Yep. Already on it. I have 3 more Paradox endings left to acquire. ;) The Paradox Scope really doesn't change much from the original fight. The boss' stats are higher, but the fight is virtually the same. After having fought Caius several times, (2 of which in the final boss marathon) you can easily squash his "stronger" version in Oerba 200AF.
I managed to take out the stronger Atlas and Royal Ripeness before I even ventured into 500AF.
I have heard horror stories about the solo fight between Serah and Caius with Paradox Scope
, because apparently he can pretty much kill you even if you're maxed or close. Everyone says it's made easier if you have a really good SEN mon present throughout the fight
, but I'm not far enough to answer that personally... at least, not just yet.
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Started playing Digimon World DS lately.
So far I've got a lot of digimon with the Prissy and Energetic personalities.
One has the Graceful personality, which makes it act like a typical Yamato Nadeshiko.
..It's a Kuwagamon. AKA, one of these (http://wikimon.net/Kuwagamon) guys.
The Prissy ones never stop asking who my second favorite digimon is.
If you've played Tales of Symphonia, and know me well enough, you'd know that I had a Zelos moment.
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If you haven't yet, go into Options and set the text to be increased in size. A surprisingly large number of people miss that you can do this. It's still small, but it's far LESS small.
Well, damn. That would have been nice to notice earlier when I was grinding through all of the quizzes. I don't want to see Captain Cryptic ever again. :V
I have heard horror stories about the solo fight between Serah and Caius with Paradox Scope
, because apparently he can pretty much kill you even if you're maxed or close. Everyone says it's made easier if you have a really good SEN mon present throughout the fight
, but I'm not far enough to answer that personally... at least, not just yet.
Yeah, that's the only Paradox Ending I have left now. MAN, it is brutal. I'm going to have to rework my Paradigm set up and raise up a couple of better monsters to help in that fight. Unfortunately, (at this time) Serah just isn't that strong to be able to do any lasting damage. Every time I manage to get a Stagger (or close to it), he will break the combo. By the time I erase the boss' buffs and get to a safe margin to continue fighting, nearly all of his HP is restored. Anytime that my support character isn't a Sentinel, the boss goes berserk on Serah.
Noel's version wasn't anywhere as bad, even being a 1 on 1 fight.
But the good news is that I finally obtained all of those elusive Wild Fragments. This Paradox Ending is the only thing left to open up on the Crux. Fragments: 102/160.
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Owning people with the XM2010 in Counter-Strike Online, SG/MY Version. Lovin' the new sniper rifle.
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Postponing the Genesis RPGs I'm playing to finally actually play DDS2.
I've actually had the game for over a year(new copy) and only opened it today. Started on Hard mode. Imported a file with all the first playthrough DDS stuff done. I'll go back and do a NG+ run for Demifiend some other day.
I'm planning to do the Satan fight in DDS2, but preparing for that won't even be a concern for quite a while.
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Just started Ace Attorney Investigations 1 a night or two ago, currently on case 3 so far.
Totally loving the logic and deduction systems. And arguing out the flaws in testimonies with other prosecutors and witnesses is funner than I imagined.
All in all, great game, would recommend to friends.
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Oh lordy P4
Why is it so hard to romance Naoto :I
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I'm playing Mabinogi, DarkOrbit, Lord of Ultima, Sims 3 and Runescape.
I've been told I'm not a mainstream gamer. I guess I can agree...
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I was wondering when I'd hit that boss that's gonna make me grind some levels and actually get some better skills learned on my characters kind of like several of Nocturne's bosses, some of P3's bosses, etc. Definitely need some levels cause I actually died in one set of the boss's turns and I obviously need better healing and damage skills.
DDS2 hard Mode Abaddon
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I've been playing Skyrim again. I've been working on the Oblivion Walker trophy. I figured since I was doing that I might as well look the part and raised my smithing up and made Daedric Armor. I look evil.
And I've found four: Wabbajack, Sanguine Rose, The Black Star, and Masque of Clavicus Vile. Now I'm off to get Mehrune's Razor.
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Hoo boy, think I just found a new timesink.
Granado Espada (http://ge.iahgames.com/Site/Default.aspx), an MMO where you play as a family of 'Pioneers' exploring the new continent of Granado Espada.
Each generic you create falls under the Family Name, though you can also Recruit other, non-family, NPCs, each with their own idiosyncrasies and perks.
A fun quirk about this game, compared to other MMOs? You don't just control one character, no. You control THREE!
There are a set few classes to work with for generics though, which is rather nice.
Scout - Healer, Buffer, Supporter, Jack of All Trades Dagger-User
Fighter - Tank, Frontliner, Beatstick, Swords and other sundry pointy stuff are his(or her) forte.
Wizard - Buffer, Healer, Scout, but no traps, and more buffz/healz.
Elementalist - Straight-up magical nuker, comes in 3 different flavors! Burnin' Hot Fire, Refreshingly Cool Ice, and Shockingly Sour Lightning!
Musketeer - These blokes are experts with all things boomstick. Pistols, Muskets, Rifles, you name it. If it's a gun, they use it!
Pretty sure I'm missin' some, but eh, that's what the link's for. 'sides, you can just ask Bystander or something, he knows way more than me.
Anyways, if you guys wanna give it a shot, then go for it. Even this clunky vista can run it relatively well!
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Oh yeah, forgot to mention I finished Symphony of the Night. Brilliant, beautiful game. Doing a second playthrough, man I went through it faster than last time. partly because I'm more experienced, and partly because of a certain drop that only appears once you have a single clearfile. Dericious! ...Also attempted
Richter Mode
. Man, it's hard.
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Don't mind me, I'm just crying over pigeons (http://www.dlsite.com/eng/work/=/product_id/RE091090.html)
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Don't mind me, I'm just crying over pigeons (http://www.dlsite.com/eng/work/=/product_id/RE091090.html)
you are a horrible person :<
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I just finished up Bulletstorm (good fun and pretty, but still too 'modern' for its own good) over the weekend and began Serious Sam 3, now with very pretty graphics and just as much ridiculousness. I can't say it's GOTY material, but I loved the first two for how stupidly simple yet action-packed they were.
May also start a game of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, too. Installed a recommended official fan (?) patch of some sort. If there is any legitimate reason that I will have more fun as a race other than Malkavian, speak now or forever zip your lip. Munchkins be damned. Loonie is where it's at.
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I'll drink to that! I hear the malks actually break the 4th wall a lot, and it's actually the game's plot itself they mention.
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You've made a powerful enemy today, sign!
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Playing Doom the Roguelike after it got its tileset.
I had to face the Cyberdemon without my trusty shotgun, dropping it for a different weapon but forgot about both. Thank goodness for taking a invincibility globe before moving to the next floor and having a BFG9000 on standby.
Though I died on the next floor. Oh well.
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Playing Doom the Roguelike after it got its tileset.
I had to face the Cyberdemon without my trusty shotgun, dropping it for a different weapon but forgot about both. Thank goodness for taking a invincibility globe before moving to the next floor and having a BFG9000 on standby.
Though I died on the next floor. Oh well.
Oh snap DoomRL got updated to tilesets finally?
Might be time to get back into that!
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Yes, apparently the graphics were made by the guy who did the same for Spelunky.
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Right now?
Assassin's Creed 2. (Currently at the part where I'm trying to find the 4 Codex pages for Mario.)
Valkyria Chronicles 2. (Currently grinding and wrapping up extra missions I forgot to do before I tackle December.)
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift. (Currently... putting off story mode and going through Legion mode numerous times, as well as practicing with Ragna, Jin, Makoto, and Platinum.)
Class of Heroes. (Currently... I have no idea what I'm doing.)
I'm also tempted to start up Valkyria Chronicles again, but I keep getting stuck at Chapter 7's mission.
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Started to play some Donpachi and DoDonpachi (arcade versions) amid playing tons of DFK and DOJ on iPhone lately.
Initial response: '...well the series has evolved quite a bit - oh snap, I remember this boss from DFK's Ura loop! ...cripes these are harder than expected :V'
Tried a bit of DOJ arcade too, and all that playing on the iOS version was marginally helpful at best, mostly with just enemy locations and general patterns. I guess the 'move as fast as your finger can swipe' part of the latter has spoiled me, hehe.
I better get the PS1 versions of the former two so I can play them on the go on my modded PSP. Possibly good practice there.
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Yesterday, I hooked up my Dreamcast and played some Jet Grind radio for a bit. Oh, nostalgia.
...And then, today, I noticed something on Twitter. See the newly-made topic about this game to hear all about it. :derp:
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Yes, apparently the graphics were made by the guy who did the same for Spelunky.
Yeah, I can see the resemblance
however, the graphical console has a tendency to lag up A LOT for me, so I've gone back to my old ASCII Interface (DoomRL has a simple enough one that it's not like this is hard to learn, unlike most)
Either way I have missed this game. Still possibly my favourite Roguelike, alongside PMD Explorers of Sky.
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Got into the CS: GO beta today, so I opted to test it out. It came with another giftable invite as well, which I gave to Dusty (he was more than eager to have it).
Great lighting effects (though colours are washed out, similar to BF3 in a sense) and the new weapons feel good to use. Major complaints however go to the following:
- New match-making system (where's my server browser damnit >:()
- Demolition mode is pretty much a round-based Gungame and plays a lot like a COD round :<. Haven't tried other gamemodes but I'm sure I'll be playing in Classic Competitive (ie. CS as we have always known it) mode more often.
- de_lake (the prominently featured new map) resembles L4D's Death Toll too much
- Game was WAY too loud at first, and it definitely wasn't my system at fault
Yep, I'm sure I'll be buying this once it arrives. Still on the fence about DotA 2, since I enjoy watching matches unfold there but can't play worth a damn myself even after some more offline practice.
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Currently on an RTS nostalgia binge and playing C&C Tiberian Sun again. Mostly done with the Nod campaign and halfway through the GDI one since I'm swapping between them to try and play the missions in chronological order.
...I think I enjoy this game a lot more in terms of depth than I did when it originally came out (which was well over a decade ago). I can't really understand why people seem to dislike it so much.
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Fuck yeah. Just beat Ace Attorney Investigations 1 a day or two back.
That last case was so.....Ooh! Gave me chills man.
And after everything was said and done, and the credits rolled, I felt more alive than I have in a long time. Who knew a videogame could do that?
Man....that case. Just...THAT CASE.
Go play it. Seriously. Why aren't you doing that right now?
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Got to final dungeon on DDS2.
I should be able to finish the storyline soon as long as I don't have to grind for very many more skills or levels. The optional stuff will take a while though.
Oh, current floor, you can't use your demon forms. Oh, and there's enemies that are immune to your guns so you have to escape those battles if they appear. Quick Escape refuses to work at all for me in one causing a game over trying to get back to the save point after getting one of the items that unlocks an optional boss as a drop. This series is such bullshit sometimes, but I still like it a lot.
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(http://i.imgur.com/3t2e7.png)
Final Fantasy V: Ancient Cave
A ROM hack of FFV which utilizes an already included save file to get to the titular dungeon, Ancient Cave.
A frog will reset your levels to LV1 (as if you had just started the game) in order to access the Ancient Cave.
Battle through 99 floors of randomly generated maps and collect items, weapons, spells and Jobs like a real roguelike!
Be careful, some boss waves will destroy you! Careful of booby trapped chests!
10 minute time limit per normal floor, so no grinding!
Want a challenge? Disable EXP gain, ABP gain, or escaping! FFVAC is probably one of the biggest tests of your FFV knowledge, so go for it if you want a challenge and enjoy FFV!
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where the heck do I get the patch for this
And is it available in english (because if not, D: )
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where the heck do I get the patch for this
And is it available in english (because if not, D: )
Here (http://ffbin.sp.land.to/upload.html), go to Page 3 and find FF5AC_Ver2.1
It is sadly not available in English.
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Playing a bit of Super Robot Wars: Original Generation for the GBA for my mecha fix. Progressing finely, although since I'm apparently on the "Real" route, it's a bit jarring to have most of my attacks have to be equipment, not to mention I don't seem to be doing much damage with half my units still in "grunt" suits.
Although that might just be me attempting to get all these battle masteries. Not going for every one of them, but whatever.
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Quake 2 :derp:
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(http://i.imgur.com/3t2e7.png)
Final Fantasy V: Ancient Cave
A ROM hack of FFV which utilizes an already included save file to get to the titular dungeon, Ancient Cave.
A frog will reset your levels to LV1 (as if you had just started the game) in order to access the Ancient Cave.
Battle through 99 floors of randomly generated maps and collect items, weapons, spells and Jobs like a real roguelike!
Be careful, some boss waves will destroy you! Careful of booby trapped chests!
10 minute time limit per normal floor, so no grinding!
Want a challenge? Disable EXP gain, ABP gain, or escaping! FFVAC is probably one of the biggest tests of your FFV knowledge, so go for it if you want a challenge and enjoy FFV!
WHO WOULD DO THIS
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Here (http://ffbin.sp.land.to/upload.html), go to Page 3 and find FF5AC_Ver2.1
It is sadly not available in English.
all my tears
but thank you anyway
FFV is my favourite classic FF gameplaywise so I'll probably try to do this anyway
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I'll probably try it just because FFV is the best best one, then end up quitting because I can't read anything in japanese.
I really hope someone can get an english version working.
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I could go through the tedious process of translating everything by hand because to hack it into English would be way too bothersome but I just don't have the time for that at the moment. :fail:
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I too love FF5 but but that sounds like :colonveeplusalpha:
I am playing Pokeymanz Pearl right now! I had gotten it on release but stopped at the 3rd gym. My sister and I were on a ~nostalgia~ trip and I got her Diamond so we can trade and battle like old times :3
(except our router is too secure for DS wi-fi doh)
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My current videogame project(s) have been partially sidelined yet again when a couple friends and I started a co-op game of Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter. Shenanigans ensued immediately. The HD version is a mere 1 gig in size yet somehow manages to look absolutely fantastic. Each stage loaded up in less than two seconds, to boot. It's stunningly well-optimized. The multiplayer aspect really boosts the game up a couple notches as well. I'm still not thoroughly convinced that the scale-up for the number of enemies is as effective as it could be though.
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I too love FF5 but but that sounds like :colonveeplusalpha:
It is really not as :colonveeplusalpha: as it sounds.
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It is really not as :colonveeplusalpha: as it sounds.
It sounds like pure ecstasy to me. Is it at all playable without knowing Japanese? If not I'll just have to add it to the great list of things I'll do once I've learned Japanese.
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It sounds like pure ecstasy to me. Is it at all playable without knowing Japanese? If not I'll just have to add it to the great list of things I'll do once I've learned Japanese.
It is playable. Knowing some kana (and FFV pretty well) is enough for me to figure out pretty much everything.
Everything's fine, oh look, another monster in a b-CRAY CLAW WHAT
welp, I'm out of phoenix downs :(
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Truth to be told if you know nothing about FFV you shouldn't be playing FF5AC in the first place unless you want to get frustrated at the lower floors (B40F comes to mind...)
Also, note that you are running it with a team of Bartz (renamable, I renamed him to Mimic), Faris, Lenna and Cara (wtf is Krile) so no UOM power :V
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Finished DDS2's storyline on Hard. I'm not sure which of the 2 DDS games was easier. They do both have their difficult moments though. Probably the easiest SMT final boss from the ones I've played. I do know the first SMT has easier ones(since you can Zio stunlock almost everything), but I never played that one. I did lose to the final boss once on this game(I didn't in the first one), but there's not much you can do when he uses a move that full buffs him and full debuffs you with 1 turn, crits you several times, then follows with a mind charged spell.
Anyway, I beat Vishnu before beating the game, so that leaves only Shiva, Seth, and Satan left. I need to beat Shiva to get to Seth and need to beat Seth in order to get to Satan. I know there will be a lot of grinding though. I've tried Shiva a few times, but I can't help to think this is a completely stupid boss fight. It repels(loss of all your remaining press turns) different elements on each turn, and the game doesn't even do anything to hint at which elements can hurt him.
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I looked it up, and found the info you need man.
Turn A: fire and ice
Turn B: ice and electricity
Turn C: electricity and force
Turn D: force and earth
Turn E: only earth
Turn F: any elemental attack
return to Turn A
Bring along Void Death and Void Ailment to turn-kill him. And have Mediaharan on the whole team.
Seraph, Argilla, and Gale/Cielo are good picks according to this one guy.
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That actually doesn't look too bad. I do need to grind some for abilities and stuff though.
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Give it a go then.
Oh, those are what he's weak to each turn by the way.
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Got him, so now only 2 remain.
I grinded to get Resist Physical and Null Death on everyone. Also got Mediarahan for all. Had Null Ailment for Cielo. Took a few more tries cause I accidentally kept breaking his rules. He doesn't like you having 3 of a buff on your party, so i was making mistakes like using a third Charge combo to get + Defense after a Ragnarok, or having 2 Charges, then use the Rakukaja+ Heal combo after a Ragnarok that missed one character causing one of the characters to have 3 Defense buffs which caused him to use Psycho Rage, Dekaja, Power/Mind Charges, and full party attacks.
Not even going to try Seth until I have more skills to use against it. Still, it looks like a much more straightforward battle with no annoying rules. I haven't decided whether I'll go for a standard strategy or try the 3 turn kill strategy for Satan. But stat maxing will take a while, so I'll probably have most of the skills by then.
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Huh, Kamidori got an English Patch (http://tenka.seiha.org/2012/02/atelier-wil-and-his-pretty-princess-dressup-adventures/) so I'm playing that for a bit (and remodding the wiki I haven't touched in months) while I cool down from yesterday's 10 hour flight. I've just completed an L50 Hard Charlotte run on Portrait of Ruin, and I'm still trying to complete Ultimate Survival on 機械仕掛けのイヴ ～Dea Ex Machina～ (another eroge - I really have to start finishing these damn things) with Fam. The second-to-last battle keeps kicking my ass, since she actually steals all the buffs you had. Story aside (how do we stop this company from performing illegal shit? I know, buy them out using sex toys!), the battle system is a bit like Princess Waltz with the phases integrated.
EDIT: Oh you are kidding me. There's a Hell difficulty!? I actually have to have a decent release of toys every two weeks to not get a game over? There's actually an exhaustion factor? *sigh*
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Finished Devil Survivor 2. Story-wise, great concept but poor execution. Of all the SMT worlds, I feel least attached to this one.
The combat, on the other hand, is fantastic. It turned out to be my most favorite combat system out of all SMT titles -and- all SRPGs. Tile-based placement and menu-based skirmishes work in perfect harmony and provide a lot of depth.
Phys moves are still broken though.
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I don't own either of the Devil Survivor games.
Defeated Seth in DDS2 earlier. Now the real grinding starts. I will replay the first DDS for Demifiend sometime, but it won't be for a while. 2 grindfest SMT optional bosses in too quick a time period doesn't seem like a good idea.
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Finished Devil Survivor 2. Story-wise, great concept but poor execution. Of all the SMT worlds, I feel least attached to this one.
The combat, on the other hand, is fantastic. It turned out to be my most favorite combat system out of all SMT titles -and- all SRPGs. Tile-based placement and menu-based skirmishes work in perfect harmony and provide a lot of depth.
Phys moves are still broken though.
Just got to Wednesday. Physical a good or bad type of broken?
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Depends on your opinion of being able to faceroll shit I guess.
I wouldn't really know, since I haven't played 2 yet.
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Just got to Wednesday. Physical a good or bad type of broken?
Bad. Every time you select Assassinate, an enemy sprite disappears off the map. For full parties there's Multi-Strike + Pierce + Grimoire + Stone+ which obliterate every single atom in them. Only Rangda and endgame bosses repel these, so you can rape the living shit out of everything from Day 3 to Day 7.
They don't completely trivialize the game (the enemies also hit like trucks), but every initiative strike is a guaranteed victory.
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...I would define that as good broken. By which I mean good = massively overpowered, and bad = absolutely unusable.
I went with a magic MC again (carry over from DS1 days, never got to play Overclocked) and he's served me well so far. The nice thing about a magic MC is that you only need three stats, whereas a physical wants all four.
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FFV Spoof, a rewrite of FFV that I think is pretty amusing! It breaks its own rules by invoking on juvenile humor on some parts but it was written a few years ago so I dunno. I have Bartz as a
Sorceror SoM Mage, Lenna as a Tamer Zoophile, Galuf as a Blue Mage Monster and Faris as a TimeMage. I just finished the events at Karnak and looted basically most of the treasures before it exploded, but I think I missed Ifrit. I forget.
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...Sometimes, I don't know whether this AI is smart as a human, or dumb as a brick. Most of the time, it pulls off the one counter-type correctly, one that usually has me calling "you're looking at my cards, aren't you?" But sometimes, I don't know. One opponent in Hell Survival threw out a leading card that literally the only card type I had hard counters. She had all three card types available, so she couldn't feign idiocy on that part. The particular card I threw out two turns ago hides card numbers, but not the card types, so she had absolutely no excuse not to use the hard counter to my card type.
This is the second-highest difficulty mode.
EDIT: A few weeks into the new year (game-wise): ...They're actually plugging the game I'm playing... right now? I know this damn game isn't a demo, but surely you have better damn things to do than make a "commercial" plugging the game and not even bothering to use decent (actual) action figures for the characters doing the plugging.
Seriously, what is this crap?!
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PSP arrived.
The only good thing I can say about Dracula X Chronicles is that it also includes Symphony of the Night.
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Welp, I 100% finished FFXIII-2
And it feels weird to say that its biggest flaw is easily its writing, because at the same time it's actually one of the game's strong points. The story writing while you're playing through the game is full of cringe and impossible conclusions and The Only Choice Is Stupidity that rarely seems to do anything clever and may have been slapped together.
Then you go back and read the completed Datalog and Fragments and realise that a lot is going on behind the scenes and there is far, far more thought going into everything you've seen in the game than the game was able to actually express to you. And that the story is a lot more coherent and the characters a lot deeper than you thought.
And now I just look back on it and go "Man I wish they could find someone that was actually good with dialogue"
Also props to them for turning Hope from pretty much everyone's least favourite party member in XIII into everyone's favourite returning character for XIII-2. If they could've given the rest of the cast (old OR new) half the treatment they gave him the game would have been phenomenal
Also I'm still conflicted about how I feel about the ending. It was pretty obvious that it was what was going to happen by the end, but it's precisely because of that that it's shocking - usually you'd expect some sort of Deus Ex Machina to stop something like that from happening. Well, then again, within universe maybe not - it was because there was a literal Deus Ex Machina at the end of XIII that everything in XIII-2 happens, afterall. Still REALLY mad about how the one victory we do get to claim though - that we killed Caius - is the one thing that the secret ending casts into doubt or changes at all though :/
Now, time to wait for XIII-3. Because I will happily play it.
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DW7 with XL, PC.
+: Improved stage design; your attacks really have impact this time; Story Mode is looooooooong; Sun Shang Xiang
-: Backgrounds are dull; frameskip is borked
And no DLC costumes, fuck.
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I am so sick of the save system on Phantasy Star. Went back to it. Yet again, I loaded a game that I know I saved, and now I'm a few dungeons back.
I'm using the Sonic's Ultimate Gensis Collection savestates for this game from now on since at least they would be reliable saves.
As for DDS2, I defeated Satan in it. Fun optional boss fight. The grinding for it sucked though.
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I'm playing DoDonPachi lately, but I will return to CSO tomorrow, because of Human Scenario Mode's release tomorrow. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic2gkXQDQ-k)
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I've been playing a healthy combonation of Dawn of War 1, League of legends, and a bit of TrackMania when I'm not in a thinking mood
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I've been playing Eden Eternal again.
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And now that I've beaten a few games on my backlog, I can finally get to DS2 myself!
That Joe fella is premium comedy material, and so's Daichi.
Io: Blah blah blah, 2000 fault lines in Japan...blah blah blah....impossible for a quake to damage Osaka and Tokyo..
Daichi: ..Wait, what's this about malt?
MC: Time for some whiskey! (You could pick the option to correct him, but this one's funnier.)
Joe: *snrk*
*Note: This is a semi-adapted version of the actual dialogue, but it's FUNNY!
Sadly, I think I failed to save that guy who falls down the stairs, but I think I have another file from before that...I'm not sure though.
..I just don't wanna start over. Dubhe wasn't easy, even with getting nerf'd by Daichi's badass idea.
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save everyone or gtfo
you did finish DS1, right?
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Working on it, but I've never had much problem with playing two games from the same series at once. It's kinda fun to compare the two.
So far I've found that it's much better to be balanced-ish in DS2 than in DS1.
Right now I'm parked on...
STR: 7
MAG: 7
STA: 6
AGI: 6
Right now I'm mostly dicking around with the Fairy types of Demons, and I've noted that despite the double-weakness of Zan/Zio that Knockers have, they're quite reliable.
I even got a Special one that came with Anti-Force, so he's resistant to 3 things instead of 2. It even came with Dia and Extra Cancel!
Not to mention decent stats that make it good for casting AND Phys. Also. Itsumade. Poison. Flight. WTF?
Though I gotta admit, that one lady who joins, the one that you see on the map prior, the one that has a Hare of Inaba and an Itsumade.
She really knows how to utilize Devilspeed+Flight. It's nice to see that we don't have AI that's very retarded, unlike the last one, where guys like Keisuke would pull a Leeroy.
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And I have completed everything in FF XIII-2 now as well. Completing that beastiary took a lot longer than I had wanted it too. The Archylte Steppe had a knack for spawning goblins (and their many different versions) over any of the other monsters in the region. Thankfully, you only have to have an entry for each monster and not the full data on each monster to get the fragment.
The Serah vs Caius Paradox Scope battle was still an exercise in frustration. Things finally shifted in my favor when I resorted to constantly Wounding him to bring his maximum HP down to a safe attacking margin. Funnily enough, his second fight kept the nerfed HP limit, so that went just as quick. Only later did I learn that you could Poison him to nullify his Regeneration, so that made my revelation seem kinda pointless. But hey, I finally got the bastard.
:V
There isn't much else that I could say about the game that either I or Garlyle have said. It's a pretty fun game that I wish would focus more on the whole time travel aspect other than "lolparadox". Hell, I was ready to write Caius off as a "necessary villain" for the sake of the next game...
until I saw the secret ending. What the hell do you mean that he's STILL alive?! Everything was part of his master plan, including fucking up the world AND the timeline. Wonderful.
Welp. Here's hoping that XIII-3 will be good. At least we get one more game featuring the Paradigm battle system. Hopefully, many of my questions from this game will be resolved finally.
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It's nice to see that we don't have AI that's very retarded, unlike the last one, where guys like Keisuke would pull a Leeroy.
And as soon as I read this, my target decides to charge into a guy who had all his demons. He previously somehow managed to have both of his dead. And I was nearing the end of it too.
Oh well, other than those times it's been okay. My MC is more of a magic nuker though.
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Finished replaying Metroid Prime earlier today for the first time in a few years. Still as fun as I remember it being.
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The Serah vs Caius Paradox Scope battle was still an exercise in frustration. Things finally shifted in my favor when I resorted to constantly Wounding him to bring his maximum HP down to a safe attacking margin. Funnily enough, his second fight kept the nerfed HP limit, so that went just as quick. Only later did I learn that you could Poison him to nullify his Regeneration, so that made my revelation seem kinda pointless. But hey, I finally got the bastard.
:V
That fight was actually a lot of fun. It's kind of unfortunate that the Wound spell is pretty much only useful in the Paradox Caius duels
, but yeah, that's how most people do it is to spam SAB/SEN combo.
Noel vs Caius
is possibly my favourite fight in the game by the way
There isn't much else that I could say about the game that either I or Garlyle have said. It's a pretty fun game that I wish would focus more on the whole time travel aspect other than "lolparadox". Hell, I was ready to write Caius off as a "necessary villain" for the sake of the next game...
until I saw the secret ending. What the hell do you mean that he's STILL alive?! Everything was part of his master plan, including fucking up the world AND the timeline. Wonderful.
I thought it was all pretty obvious that that was what was going on. Really, the only thing the true ending really revealed to me was that APPARENTLY he's quite possibly still alive. Which would fucking suck because I still think he's a terrible villain
In other news, I'm buying and downloading Warriors Orochi 3 when I get home from work in the morning OH BOY EXCITEMENT
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...Warriors Orochi 3...
:3 Looks like I've found my next game.
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:3 Looks like I've found my next game.
You definitely should
Because holy crap, this game. The first stage had my jaw on the floor this has never happened with a Musou game, ever, not even my first one which was DW4. I keep thinking "Man they've improved this so much" with several (DW4 -> SW1 -> SW2 -> -> WO1/2 -> SWC were all really impressive improvements) and then just, man, this is such an incredible leap.
My only beef is that the text is kind of a pain to read because I still have an SD TV but oh my god
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Played a bit of Hammerfight.
It's depressing though because it's a fantastic game with a lazy developer who doesn't want to fix all the errors in the game (the biggest one being that Steam has v1.004 while Humble Bundle has v1.005 and the guy hasn't lifted a finger to change that).
The list goes on and on:
The tutorial is unintutive: Even after reading the instructions, it doesn't tell you any of the advanced tactics like adding gems to weapons or linking two weapons together; these techniques are only explained in the Hall as tips when you're changing equipment.
When you add a gem to a weapon, it's irremovable (also, small sized gems will take the place of larger slots despite existing small slots in the weapon): The only way you can get the gem out is to get a new weapon with no gem or edit your savefile so you remove the gem/change it to something else.
The story is unrepeatable (also, you can lose relic weapons and never get them back): If you choose the wrong route in the story, you miss out on some weapons (all weapons are not obtainable in one savefile unless you edit it!) and even two game modes are missing if you have the misfortune to choose incorrectly. After you finish the story, you can't restart it from the beginning to try and get all the weapons/modes and there's no chapter/stage select, you're stuck at the ending and you have to make a new savefile if you want to try all over again.
CPU enemies are not subject to player rules: The CPU can swing their weapon without flying all over the place and they also get free aiming turrets while the player has to link their gun to a swinging weapon, subjecting them to physics for aiming which makes them miss pretty much all the time when you're going at full speed (the dev could have just allowed twinstick, really). Speaking of arquebuses...
Explosives are absolutely stupid (also, CPU enemies explode if they have an arquebus on them): They deal a hell of a lot of damage, have very long misleading range beyond their explosions and are incredibly abundant in postgame play; CPU enemies sometimes have arquebuses that fire sets of TNT/flare bombs which practically cover the screen in explosions you can't avoid. When you destroy enemies with arquebuses, unless you're using a gun yourself (in which case you're insane), there's absolutely NO way to avoid the explosion and if you're too close, you get instagibbed. EVERY SINGLE TIME. Congratulations!
No online multiplayer: The dev doesn't know how to make this work. It's a shame!
Despite all these flaws, the base gameplay is really fun and you get to do things with physics that are really hilarious when you witness them. The things above are irritating and I've been trying to make guns not useless (dual gun setups are hilarious in itself) by increasing their damage/clip size/reload times but it doesn't seem to work.
Fun stuff.
ADDITION: I swear to hell the explosions are getting worse it keeps happening EVERY SINGLE TIME (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XfcqUkybV4)
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Started a run of the original Rayman a few days ago to finally try to beat it. I beat the game earlier today.
What were they even thinking with some of the stuff you have to do? So many troll moves on the part of the game too.
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The Serah vs Caius Paradox Scope battle was still an exercise in frustration. Things finally shifted in my favor when I resorted to constantly Wounding him to bring his maximum HP down to a safe attacking margin. Funnily enough, his second fight kept the nerfed HP limit, so that went just as quick. Only later did I learn that you could Poison him to nullify his Regeneration, so that made my revelation seem kinda pointless. But hey, I finally got the bastard.
:V
I'm gonna be honest and say I found this fight rather easy. This MIGHT be due to the fact I built up a pretty nasty face ripping Chichu when I was grinding for the final battle of the main storyline, but still, not really that hard of a fight for me. I just had Serah as a SEN while Chichu did all the damage, healing up with Potions as needed (Potions are so much better for use in this game compared to FFXIII, especially when coupled with the Grimoire Hat).
If anything, I found the Noel vs Caius Paradox Scope battle more challenging. Noel doesn't get the benefit of a monster to assist him in battle like Serah does while Caius retains more or less the same stuff he did against Serah w/ Paradox Scope. That includes hitting Noel with Deprotect/Deshell via Eye of Bahamut sometimes. Noel basically had to have Protect & Shell active all the time or he would get killed extremely fast. Granted I took this fight on my 2nd attempt because I was strong (Noel had like...5000-ish HP or so?), but still, I went as low as 500-ish HP right after Eye of Bahamut and Caius going into a nasty combo of attacks that you don't really have an opening to recast Protect or Shell in.
Anyways...
Dark Souls - Incredible game I've been playing the last few days. Extremely difficult, but rewarding when you do make progress. Ended up starting a 2nd character because the build I was focusing on was aiming to use the Black Knight Greatsword (Something like 32 str and 18 dex required roughly?), then I got a Black Knight Sword which was basically the same stats as the Greatsword, but only needs 20 str and 18 dex. Luckily on my 2nd character I got my Black Knight Sword off of the Black Knight in Undead Burg (Yay climbing a ladder and cheesing out the sucker with Black Firebombs!).
Maybe this way all that extra str I was planning to shove into for the BK Greatsword can go to something more beneficial like Vitality, Endurance, or Faith.
One thing's for sure, I'm NOT looking forward to traversing Blighttown when I get back to where I was with my first character.
Of course, I've got just under 1 1/2 weeks with Dark Souls until Devil May Cry HD Collection comes out and I plan to play through that + DMC 4 in succession at that time.
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I'm not quite sure whether or not my ability to do some songs on Rhythm Heaven Fever while browsing the 'net at the same time is because I get the rhythm, or I've gotten too used to the patterns.
Also, for being hard as fuck, Ultimate and Hell Survival have sure gotten easier (or less cheaty) now that I've gotten Abyss difficulty unlocked. Also, I know you want me to lose certain battles, but that's no reason why you have to drop me to level 0, or raise the enemy to level 99, or have the enemy throw out three skill cards before the battle starts, or more than one of those at the same time.
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand yet again I find myself playing through Freespace
why is this game SO GOOD
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Playing Soul Calibur V. Even though the game looks bare to the bone, I'm really liking the new styles and the faster pace.
Also, the CaS system is stellar. (http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/528212_2521373094003_1843603191_1531411_890187357_n.jpg) (people on Nico have made, like, half of the Touhou cast ?) Some limitations felt unnecessary and most of the parts are unusable, but it's a huge step up from IV.
Total Play Time: 31:09:00
Play Time: Creation: 12:19:30
:ohdear:
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Just finished Wii's Little King Story, which is one of the best games the console has to offer. Amazing music (remixed classical greats), funny tongue-in-cheek story, charming world to explore, memorable boss fights; unfortunately the ending wrap-up fell a little flat, and the pacing isn't very even. Still, highly recommend it.
Will be getting back into Days of Ruin soon, gauging by progress and frustration with Dual Strike's hard mode.
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Oh my god, kill me someone.
You see the thing is, I'm playing Final Fantasy VIII. Because me and my friend had nothing else to do and I had no better alternative unfortunately. It's not all bad. I have quite the history with the game. It's no secret that this game sucks big time but there are still a few things that I find hilariously dumb about it. The junctioning system for one. You pretty much just overpower the fuck out of yourself with almost no effort or grinding.
Then there are the limit breaks. What the fuck? Squall is already an OP character because of his auto-crit gunblade but getting beaten up hard enough triggers his nerd rage allowing me to hit enemies multiple time for massive damage. and it can be spammed. so stupid!
And the plot... let's not go there. fuck, it's bad.
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Dark Souls - BK Sword is awesome. I basically owned the Bell Gargoyles in record time with that weapon.
Best part of this? I have 4 Twinkling Titanites I can shove into it to boost its power even further ;D.
Probably gonna deal with the annoying ass Capra Demon fight today. Maybe the even more annoying Stray Demon fight too (Explosions with BS hitboxes suck).
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Well, I've been playing a lot of Gunstar Heroes as of late, and now that I'm in the DotA 2 beta, I plan to be playing a lot of that. Oh yeah, and a healthy amount of monster hunter tri somewhere in there...
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frustration with Dual Strike's hard mode.
how is that even possible
Dual Strike's hard mode is the easiest campaign in the series (I honestly find it easier than the Normal Campaign)
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final fantasy 99 - yes, it exists.
it is a romhack of Dragon Quest 3 NES (J)! Almost all the overworld sprites are changed, and pretty much the game got a huge overhaul. Even the dialogue's been changed at parts (though the puff-puff scene at Ashalam/Toleno is still the same, slightly?). I think that it's pretty interesting how the maker handled the new classes.
LV13 Knight - Marisa
LV15 Dragoon - Flan
LV14 White Mage - Alice
LV14 Black Mage - Patchu
Currently: The Pyramids, past Isis Val
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution up ins. It's fantastic. The entire spectacle was well worth every penny. Maybe it won't turn out to be as large as the original, but I've already put 20 hours into it, which is a lot more than I've put into similar games. Experimentation and subtlety has been a huge part of the experience.
I also have the Missing Link DLC, but after traipsing through a media conglomerate's building, I still have no idea where it goes or even if it's supposed to be played separately.
Oh my god, kill me someone.
You see the thing is, I'm playing Final Fantasy VIII.
And the plot... let's not go there. fuck, it's bad.
Play it to break it wide open. The extra boss fights are where it's at.
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Just re-finished Digimon World in PSX.
That just reminds me of how much I like the concept of raising your Digimon via training and care, just like tamagotchi. The plot ain't bad either, it's not too complex and deep, yet still enjoyable for every layer of gamers. My only complain is aimed toward the reincarnation system, it's such a hassle to start from an absolute zero again, although I do understand that it cannot be helped, given how similar the mechanic is to Tamagotchi's.
Overall, I really enjoy this game, at least more than the next installment.
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I also have the Missing Link DLC, but after traipsing through a media conglomerate's building, I still have no idea where it goes or even if it's supposed to be played separately.
It's supposed to be played seperately yeah. Around the time you jump into that pod thing.
Play it to break it wide open. The extra boss fights are where it's at.
As long as you don't break it too hard. Playing the card game (which sucks) will just make the already insultingly easy game even easier. What was it, that Laguna card could turn into 100 Mega Elixirs? And the Gilgamesh card granting you 10 of those things that make your entire party invincible. And I'm guessing that if you do that at low-health and let Squall spam Lionheart, then everything becomes trivial. And what's up with Selphie having a spell that just let's you win any fight. Even Omega.
Come to think of it, this game didn't even have that many extra bosses did it?
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Dual Strike Hard Mode being easier than Normal Mode? Do you mean becuase you can use whatever CO you want? In that case I undestand, but on their own the maps are definately harder... usually. A few do get easier now that I think about it.
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Just re-finished Digimon World in PSX.
That just reminds me of how much I like the concept of raising your Digimon via training and care, just like tamagotchi. The plot ain't bad either, it's not too complex and deep, yet still enjoyable for every layer of gamers. My only complain is aimed toward the reincarnation system, it's such a hassle to start from an absolute zero again, although I do understand that it cannot be helped, given how similar the mechanic is to Tamagotchi's.
Overall, I really enjoy this game, at least more than the next installment.
Yea, World 1 is my favorite. Dusk/Dawn is in a close second.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution up ins. It's fantastic. The entire spectacle was well worth every penny. Maybe it won't turn out to be as large as the original, but I've already put 20 hours into it, which is a lot more than I've put into similar games. Experimentation and subtlety has been a huge part of the experience.
Definitely is shorter than the original, but it's a solid game (aside from the boss fights; fortunately the devs apologized many times and fixed that in Missing Link).
I also have the Missing Link DLC, but after traipsing through a media conglomerate's building, I still have no idea where it goes or even if it's supposed to be played separately.
The DLC happens between the explosion at Hengsha docks
and when you get out of the pod in Singapore
. When you get to the latter, start playing ML.
It's definitely one of the better DLC additions I've played in any game. It has more of the classic DX feel than the main game, I think.
Lastly, if you think DX:HR is too easy (eg. getting every aug by the end of the game on 'Give me Deus Ex' difficulty), consider adding the Difficulty Mod (http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=122159). (sadly it doesn't work in Missing Link IIRC)
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Ys: The Oath in Felghana (http://store.steampowered.com/app/207320/) recently got a PC port, so I've been playing it. I never actually played a Ys game until now, but I'd always heard the music was good. Well, the music IS good. Combat's fun, and the bosses are all incredibly enjoyable. I figure my tone will change whenever I get around to unlocking Nightmare or Inferno mode.
As an indicator of the game's overall difficulty, I will say a few things: The most common achievement (at 38.8%) is one for dying over 10 times to the same boss. 0% have cleared the game on Inferno, 0.1% have cleared the game on Nightmare.
Also, ZOMBIE MAIDS.
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Ys: The Oath in Felghana (http://store.steampowered.com/app/207320/) recently got a PC port, so I've been playing it. I never actually played a Ys game until now, but I'd always heard the music was good. Well, the music IS good. Combat's fun, and the bosses are all incredibly enjoyable. I figure my tone will change whenever I get around to unlocking Nightmare or Inferno mode.
As an indicator of the game's overall difficulty, I will say a few things: The most common achievement (at 38.8%) is one for dying over 10 times to the same boss. 0% have cleared the game on Inferno, 0.1% have cleared the game on Nightmare.
Also, ZOMBIE MAIDS.
I've been considering picking it up. I've heard from Y''s fans that the remake of 3 is actually the best in the series; but my previous experience with 3 was the SNES port of the original. Which was... well, the original Y''s III is kind of despised as the worst in the series. And I can see why.
That and I generally find Falcom games kind of overhyped but I guess I'll try it out when I have the money, because Warriors Orochi 3 cost me a good chunk of money but oh my god is it ever fun. I did not expect guest characters but oh man oh man oh man
In other news I have found myself beginning a No Upgrades Ever challenge of Mega Man Star Force 2. Which... is not a game you're supposed to play without upgrades so we'll have to see how far I can get before I discover the impossible hurdle (Already completed the challenge for SF3, the limit was Jack Corvus v2, like right at the end of the final dungeon augh, because of one attack when he's below half health that cannot be dealt with). The lack of Galactic Advances will probably make it much harder, though it's not like SF3 was easy by any stretch @_@
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It would more clear to say at the rate of progress in DS's Hard Mode, I'll have finished it and will be playing Days of Ruin again.
Hard mode is doesn't live up to it's predecessor's hard modes, but it is by no means the Curbstomp of Black Hole Normal Mode is.
Careful considerations and a restart or two is to be expected.
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As long as you don't break it too hard. Playing the card game (which sucks) will just make the already insultingly easy game even easier. What was it, that Laguna card could turn into 100 Mega Elixirs? And the Gilgamesh card granting you 10 of those things that make your entire party invincible. And I'm guessing that if you do that at low-health and let Squall spam Lionheart, then everything becomes trivial. And what's up with Selphie having a spell that just let's you win any fight. Even Omega.
Come to think of it, this game didn't even have that many extra bosses did it?
Yeah, if you use all the tools you're given as soon as you get the chance, you can really do some damage. That still depends on you voluntarily busting it wide open. As for extra bosses, there is actually a good number. Ultima, Omega, Master Tonberry, Odin, Bahamut, and others I can't really think of off the top of my head. The Omega fight is genuinely a challenge and you'll have to be on your toes the whole time. The others are fun to beat and acquiring the extra summons are really what will help break the game. It requires nearly all the GF's to make sure all your party members can junction to the majority of their stats.Definitely is shorter than the original, but it's a solid game (aside from the boss fights; fortunately the devs apologized many times and fixed that in Missing Link).
The DLC happens between the explosion at Hengsha docks
and when you get out of the pod in Singapore
. When you get to the latter, start playing ML.
It's definitely one of the better DLC additions I've played in any game. It has more of the classic DX feel than the main game, I think.
So long as I know where it goes! I just don't want to play through things without ever having played something I was meant to.
Lastly, if you think DX:HR is too easy (eg. getting every aug by the end of the game on 'Give me Deus Ex' difficulty), consider adding the Difficulty Mod (http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=122159). (sadly it doesn't work in Missing Link IIRC)
Sorta? I only think it would be more difficult if the enemy patrol patterns covered more ground, and there's already been a few tight spots where I've really had to luck out in order to get by. I'd rather not find 20 spots over the course of the game where I have to reload more than a dozen times just to get through.
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Yea, World 1 is my favorite. Dusk/Dawn is in a close second.
Ah, I just heard about that one. How good is it, story-wise, characters-wise, mechanic-wise ? Please compare it with the first three Digimon games in PSX since I never play any PS2 ones.
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Finally got around to picking up Dragon Quest IX again, after literally six months of hiatus.
And suddenly we don't know how to play!
Aaaah~
It took a little bit of level grinding to beat Lleviathan (up to Lv. 19) and now I'm wandering around trying to find some place called Zere Rocks. Or something.
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Ys: The Oath in Felghana (http://store.steampowered.com/app/207320/) recently got a PC port, so I've been playing it. I never actually played a Ys game until now, but I'd always heard the music was good. Well, the music IS good. Combat's fun, and the bosses are all incredibly enjoyable. I figure my tone will change whenever I get around to unlocking Nightmare or Inferno mode.
As an indicator of the game's overall difficulty, I will say a few things: The most common achievement (at 38.8%) is one for dying over 10 times to the same boss. 0% have cleared the game on Inferno, 0.1% have cleared the game on Nightmare.
Also, ZOMBIE MAIDS.
I picked up Oath in Felghana for the PSP and played a bit. I have almost never been that bored. :( Guess it's not for everyone, but I found virtually nothing fun in it.
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Anybody have any recommendations for a RPG? I've kind of been in a lull in that genre for a while and I want to pick something up again.
Requirements:
>Must be T or lower rated
>Either for DS, PSP, Wii, or PS3
Sorry if I'm missing a topic or anything... Thanks. :3
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Anybody have any recommendations for a RPG? I've kind of been in a lull in that genre for a while and I want to pick something up again.
I'd say Earthbound, but I'm not sure if you can get that on the Wii. There's always FFV if you somehow haven't played that yet.
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Ah, I just heard about that one. How good is it, story-wise, characters-wise, mechanic-wise ? Please compare it with the first three Digimon games in PSX since I never play any PS2 ones.
The story is alright. Character wise is where it stands out. It has the largest selection of mons. You can build a team of your favorites pretty easily. And mechanic wise, it's very breakable. When you digivolve they go back to level one, but they have better stats and they catch up to where they were pretty fast and become that much stronger. And once you get rebirth and can take them back to In-Training it gets that much easier to get high stats. But after a while the boss fights anticipate this and become harder, but nothing on MegaTen scale, but you still might have to grind or take a lot of items just in case for a couple of bosses.
And I'd say it's mostly like World 3. You have your party following behind you on the world map, but in combat you can use all three of them instead of just the first. The Digivolution mechanic is sort of the same as in World 3 too. You get evolutions based on level, stats, and elemental affinities.
All in all it's a fun game for a Digimon fan. The only flaws is that it uses random encounters and it's set really high and the combat can get repetitive. And since it's two versions, you might have to go out of your way if one of your favorites isn't in your game. And like I said the grinding can get a little tedious. Especially if you want a specific moveset on something, you'd have to rebirth and digivolve a lot of times.
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Anybody have any recommendations for a RPG? I've kind of been in a lull in that genre for a while and I want to pick something up again.
Requirements:
>Must be T or lower rated
>Either for DS, PSP, Wii, or PS3
Sorry if I'm missing a topic or anything... Thanks. :3
Might want to just make a thread of your own for this.
That said: TWEWY.
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Ys: The Oath in Felghana (http://store.steampowered.com/app/207320/) recently got a PC port, so I've been playing it. I never actually played a Ys game until now, but I'd always heard the music was good. Well, the music IS good. Combat's fun, and the bosses are all incredibly enjoyable. I figure my tone will change whenever I get around to unlocking Nightmare or Inferno mode.
As an indicator of the game's overall difficulty, I will say a few things: The most common achievement (at 38.8%) is one for dying over 10 times to the same boss. 0% have cleared the game on Inferno, 0.1% have cleared the game on Nightmare.
Also, ZOMBIE MAIDS.
Saw someone demo this recently and I felt the urge to immediately buy it. Which does not happen often for me at all.
Loved every second of it. Fast paced challenging action with amazing music.
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Ohh, it sounds fun. I do hope it's nowhere close to Digimon World 2, especially in the leveling system or dungeon-oriented gameplay. Though you said that we use the whole team instead of just the first in combat, is it just like Digimon World 2's ? If so, then how fast is the pace ? You see, even though I like Digimon World 3, I still hate the battle sequence for being slow.
Maybe I need to re-play Digimon World 3 later as well, good ol' frame skip button in emulator shall help me.
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I'd say Earthbound, but I'm not sure if you can get that on the Wii.
EB isn't on the VC yet, but I recommend its sequel, Mother 3, more if you somehow possess a copy of it and decide that you want to play a GBA RPG instead.
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Dark Souls - Blighttown, oh god Blighttown. After spending nearly my entire day getting summoned for Gaping Dragon runs, I ended up attempting this sucker of a place. I had 5 Rings of Sacrifice I bought just for this place until I could reach a bonfire, arming myself with a new one everytime I died.
...I had one left when I reached one about halfway down. Most of the time I just fell to my doom basically xD.
Next bonfire I reached wasn't quite as bad to reach, but still...damn near everything and their offspring being able to induce poison was evil. So were the dart throwers who could induce toxin in like 2-3 hits max.
As for the boss, it was honestly the easiest thing about this stage, even if I did have two extra people with me because I thought those mini leeches inside Quelaag's Domain were gonna cause me hell (Yeah I died to them, go me). Turns out I wasn't supposed to kill the enemies with giant ass growths on their backs cause that's where the mini leeches came from. Oops.
Anyways, the boss didn't really have anything going for it that was super overly dangerous. The lava vomit attack was easily dodged, then the strategy was to basically stay as close to her as possible. The only attack everyone had to back off here for was the one where she rears up and hits the ground hard. AoE attack essentially. Even then, the one time I got hit by it didn't utterly wreck my HP bar, maybe 1/3rd of it, if that. Easily remedied with a quickie Estus Flask.
Second bell rung, new area opened up. Still have like one area to go explore in Blighttown. Fan-freaking-tastic D:.
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Just got FE: Path of Radiance. Fantastic stuff. The combat and interface are fluid, the cast is likeable, the conversations feel natural. This is probably be the first FE game where I actually sat down to read the texts instead of slamming Start through everything.
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Back to Final Fantasy 8. And I've beat my first optional boss Odin!!
He was standing idly by doing absolutely nothing speaking about the weak shall perish and the strong shall prevail. Obviously he was talking about himself as it was a battle Squall was able to take care of on his own. Doing nothing but attacking. While Odin was doing nothing. Not a single action. What the fuck is up with this game? It. Is. Messed. Up.
It's almost like Final Fantasy XIII but with better characters and music. Oh and that's better characters because at least their writing is so stupid that they become memorable.
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It's almost like Final Fantasy XIII but with better characters and music. Oh and that's better characters because at least their writing is so stupid that they become memorable.
...whatever.
Just got FE: Path of Radiance. Fantastic stuff. The combat and interface are fluid, the cast is likeable, the conversations feel natural. This is probably be the first FE game where I actually sat down to read the texts instead of slamming Start through everything.
I really enjoyed PoR, but then I'm a massive FE junkie. It certainly has the cleanest dialogue and characterization in the series (RD was something of a one-step-forwards-two-steps-back in many respects).
I have against my better judgment started a romhack of FE4. It's...pretty cool, all things considered! They actually made changes to the calculations, rather than just the characters' stats and things like that. Given that Pursuit is no longer the deal breaker on making people good (Lex excluded, obviously) I'm going to have to seriously think about pairings this time.
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Just played Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks.
and yeah, ugh, well, uhm, okay, it's not really all bad, but mostly bad. The game-play is just like your usual hack n slash gems with the usual feature to upgrade/earn new skills, but heck, it's not that many, and most of them ain't useful at all. Graphic is a bit turn-off. Voice Acting, scenario, and facial expressions are ARGH, I'd rather slap the protagonists instead of the enemies. Story is okay, but I still cannot comprehend why Scorpion attacked the protagonists, it seems forced in my opinion, given Scorpion's neutral nature.
Overall, the game is simply repetitive. You might find it good/fun at first, but as the story progress, you would find yourself yawning a lot.
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Because it was mentioned earlier I played Advance Wars for the first time in perhaps a year.
3,000+ hours of gameplay across the games and they still pull me in... I only wish I had more (competent) human opponents. Nuking Tabitanks upon Tabitanks while willfully not even using a CO in wi-fi matches was never fun.
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Started up Persona again. Just restarted as I wasn't far in anyway. I'd like to actually beat this and then do Snow Queen later. Expert mode obviously as I pretty much always play the SMT games on the hardest.
What's the best party for SEBEC quest?
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Gameovered to that Shockwave Pulsar attack in the final battle of FF8. Great dick move Square. I didn't even have HP enough to survive that if I had full HP.
Next battle I have raised my guys max HP to be able to survive the attack. So then I get Squall to use his limit break on the 2nd form but right before he actually does that, the boss manages to pull out a Gravija spell officially pulling my guys down to 2000 HP setting me up for a game over that I had no power to avoid. Of course, it all goes more sour because of that retarded random character selection that usually means I'll just have to wait around for the boss to get rid of the secondary characters.
Reminds me of why I don't play that much RPG... The end game of FF8 is surprisingly cool though. I don't care if it makes sense or not. It's still cool.
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Well, there are a lot of good ones.
Most Final Fantasy
Most SMT
Most of the Star Oceans
Probably most of the Tales games
The main Pokemon games
and so much more.
Played Persona PSP up until finishing the part where the school is full of demons. Not sure how far that is. I made sure to get Reiji because the characters I miss from doing so are mandatory when I do the Snow Queen Quest, so I'll be able to use all the characters over the 2 playthroughs. I'll obviously be going for the good endings and just watch the bad ends on Youtube afterward. It's pretty easy for the series so far though, hopefully it gets harder.
Also, do the Mikage Ruins on SEBEC path and Devil Mountain on Snow Queen path have any optional bosses to fight? Obviously, that's not an issue until I actually beat the game on the routes to fully unlock them.
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"Oh hey, here's a Cu Cuchulain knockoff with Phys Up. Get it, MC!" *double killed due to enemy backup healer* "Okay, Shoot The Medic first!" *double killed due to said knockoff*
"****."
And the slow descent starts, especially since I'm working under the restriction "No Free Battles". I think I've got a decent strat now, but don't know how well Joe will appreciate me abandoning one flank completely.
EDIT: Oh, so all I really needed was to move that Zio. Oh well, on to the next one.
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The pain of some of the battles in Saturday in DeSu 2.
Gave up trying to fight Shiva against Hinako/Jungo
Io/Daichi were pretty neat with Lugh's "appearance", though it was easy.
Fumi/Keita/Makoto were a bit annoying, mostly because my MC doesn't have a movement boost.
And Yamato is destroying me me because he keeps taking turns and he has Chaos Breath.
Also replaying Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. While it's easy to grind, I decided to actually go to the arena for once just to see how it is.
Spend 200 turns, get rich and have high leveled units before.
Also jesus christ Eirika get some STR will you
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Well, there are a lot of good ones.
Most Final Fantasy
Most SMT
Most of the Star Oceans
Probably most of the Tales games
The main Pokemon games
To be honest, I do agree. I was just venting my irritations over getting 1 shotted so long into a long and boring battle and having it happen twice. It's pretty easy to take that attack into account though and the Bahamut card just gave me 100 Megalixirs so... :V
The JRPG genre has been pretty weak lately imo. The last good one I played was Tales of Vesperia,,, or Star Ocean 4, i don't remember which one was most recent but I enjoyed both a lot. I'm hoping that XIII-2 can fix that. Despite the fact that it's a sequel to... XIII. I dunno, they said a lot of the issues had been adressed but the plot is apparently about time travel so I'm just hoping that it's not a physical manifestation of a time paradox like last time they tried that.
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Command and Conquer: Generals, Zero Hour! Come find Suwako if anybody plays.
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I'm hoping that XIII-2 can fix that. Despite the fact that it's a sequel to... XIII. I dunno, they said a lot of the issues had been adressed but the plot is apparently about time travel so I'm just hoping that it's not a physical manifestation of a time paradox like last time they tried that.
I'd recommend XIII-2 if you liked the Paradigm system from the first game. The story and writing are a bit "bleh". As a fan of time travel stories, I really wish that they went into a bit more depth on that. You might enjoy the game, you might not. If you didn't like XIII nor care about the characters, then you might want to sit this one out.
Speaking of time travel in games, I am loving Warriors Orochi 3. I haven't played DW6, DW7, or SW3, so the new characters and character designs threw me off at first. Still, it is good, mindless fun.
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While I didn't enjoy Final Fantasy XIII, it wasn't because of the Paradigm system. In fact, I found that to be a pretty cool system that really offered the potential for some fun combat. However, Final Fantasy XIII ended up becoming a rutine of raising the chain with ravages and then switch to commandos to deal heavy damage once they've been staggered. No variety, just a lot of enemies with huge health bars that can't really do anything except having a high HP count.
In XIII, I did like some of the characters like Snow and that black guy whose name I can never remember how to spell. Unfortunately these doesn't seem to play a very large role here instead going with some random generic male RPG character who is seemingly blessed with as many bad puns and jokes as possible. Not that can't hold it's charm on it's own.
I dunno what to think about the game but I've bought it for a really cheap price now so I'll try it out and see what it can do. It wouldn't be the first time in history that a sequel to a bad game turns out to be pretty good.
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Ahem. Final Fantasy talk aside. Silent Hill Downpour just got released over here so I'm playing that for the moment. It seems like this game has a combat system that grants an entirely new meaning to the word horrible but other than that, the game seems just fine. It's really just another example of horror games using poor combat systems as an engine to inspire fright. And it works.
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XIII-2's a little underwhelming on the difficulty front, but it's mostly because the game throws experience at you. If you liked being challenged, then weirdly enough you kind of have to avoid the extra sidequests and stuff (Despite pretty much every area having its own bonus boss at the end of a string of these). They just weren't able to balance out the challenge that well, unlike XIII where they knew what the heck they were throwing at you. It's a weird case where you will probably max out your characters' level in the process of reaching 100%; they just... didn't create enough content that's challenging up at that end of the spectrum, sadly.
That and most of the battles, you'll find, ARE still pretty much "speed RAV and then beat them down with COM". When the game DOES deviate from that, however, it's goddamn fantastic, just... yeah.
(The DLC battles, if fought at the right time, are pretty goddamn grand, but I don't know how much you feel like shelling out the money for them)
Speaking of time travel in games, I am loving Warriors Orochi 3. I haven't played DW6, DW7, or SW3, so the new characters and character designs threw me off at first. Still, it is good, mindless fun.
God yes oh my god wait until you start meeting the cameo characters ahhhh
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Sounds a bit problematic but thanks for the heads-up. I'll just avoid most of the optional stuff then.
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The pain of some of the battles in Saturday in DeSu 2.
Gave up trying to fight Shiva against Hinako/Jungo
Shiva is simple. Just don't melee him. At all. He will annihilate your party wholesale.
Just got to AO's Sunday. Fused a Titania with Repel Phys and Null Curse. Short of Almighty, it is indestructible.
Now I just need to fuse that Purple Mirror.
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Shiva is simple. Just don't melee him. At all. He will annihilate your party wholesale.
Just got to AO's Sunday. Fused a Titania with Repel Phys and Null Curse. Short of Almighty, it is indestructible.
Now I just need to fuse that Purple Mirror.
It's more like the only one who could do amounts of damage without giving the guy 3 turns also didn't have Repel Physical at the time. Doesn't help that I don't feel like looking at how I can get Repel Phys on all my demons or anything.
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I don't even think you can get Repel Phys by that point unless you grind a ridiculous amount. Evil Flow is what you want. Evil Flow is broken as hell.
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Too bad I don't think that'll help against
Yamato
and his 4 range and much faster turn speed.
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Opened up Metroid: Zero Mission again, and like usual, tried for a zero-save challenge (Game Overs dump me back to the beginning of the game) and one-heal challenge (only allowed to use a single heal point aside from the Chozo Statues that block a path - I pick the final area's first save point so I don't have quite as much trouble during the stealth section), 100% under 2hrs. Got all the way to the final large section before the boss where
you get the second suit
before I died because I was an idiot and a little rusty with single wall jumps. Oddly, I'm still good with stuff like diagonal bomb jumps (though double bomb jumps are impossible for me).
Also, Circumpolarity makes it really hard to get the damn Cracks, and Io dying all the time doesn't help either.
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oh my shit
I woke up to Tales Of Graces F and Kid Icarus Uprising
I'm not even joking they both arrived simultaneously and I am flailing AS HARD AS I CAN
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Too bad I don't think that'll help against Yamato
and his 4 range and much faster turn speed.
Haven't gotten to him yet so I can't say for sure, but two things you should know about Evil Flow:
1) The active increases your range by 4, giving you a total of six range. This outranges everything but a couple of the nastiest bosses.
2) Attacking an enemy with Evil Flow pushes their turn back farther than yours. If you sit six spaces away and just attack, unless Yamato
has an actually and significantly higher speed stat (and I'm really annoyed that you can't see that anymore), you can lock him down.
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Haven't gotten to him yet so I can't say for sure, but two things you should know about Evil Flow:
1) The active increases your range by 4, giving you a total of six range. This outranges everything but a couple of the nastiest bosses.
2) Attacking an enemy with Evil Flow pushes their turn back farther than yours. If you sit six spaces away and just attack, unless Yamato
has an actually and significantly higher speed stat (and I'm really annoyed that you can't see that anymore), you can lock him down.
Yamato
has Chaos Breath (natural 4 range) and he gets a passive where he has much more speed, like he must've had 4 turns before any of my team could do anything and I couldn't do anything because he either destroyed my demons, or the leaders since he also has that passive that increases damage to same race
.
Also how Turn Order works seems kinda bull at times, mostly because it seems you get pushed back harder since there are more enemies that can attack you. It doesn't seem as excessive as the first game.
Playing Arkham Asylum since I swore I finished it but the save was still near the beginning. I could never chain the combo well in fights.
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Evil Flow and a Tyrant. Synergizes well to keep refunding the mana cost as well as letting you snipe and lock down a single target.
The turn order this time seems to punish much more heavily for being attacked than the first game did. This does favor the enemy, as they always have more groups, but it does mean that an Evil Flow + Tyrant combo will push an enemy's turn farther back than your own. It worked on Shiva
, and I'm going to get up to Yamato
soon myself.
But I'll test with the MC, rather than AO, as he actually does have a higher speed number than everybody else!
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Currently playing some Mass Effect 1. Twas' on offer on Xbox Live so I figured it was time to repurchase the game since my physical copy of ME1 from 2k7 was so badly damaged that I just ended up getting rid of it. I don't know what the hell happened.
The game is surprisingly good actually. I had remembered Mass Effect as being a game series where the first installment is a bit mediocre but the sequels are a lot better. I got that impression due to the rather inferior combat system but it actually a pretty fun game. I wonder why they saw the need to remove all the RPG elements for the sequels. It's not like you can't mix up RPG elements and the radically improved combat that the sequel brought.
Feels good to play the game again though. The story was a bit confusing back in the day when I first played it but playing it through again with the overall story of the game in mind is pretty cool.
I'm playing as a Vanguard. It might not have the Biotic Charge but it's still a satisfying class to use. It owns ass with those shotguns. I can often 1-shot Geth with a shotgun at 30 meters range. On Hardcore difficulty. Love that stuff.
However, I don't love the idiot who decided that you have to unlock Insanity. Who thought that was a good idea? Probably the same guy who thought that not having frequent checkpoints was a good idea. Instead having me manually go and save the game.
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Turns out
Yamato
was nowhere near as tough on AO's route - two Evil Flow attacks from MC and AO spamming Holy Dance took him down. Whose route are you playing?
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Started playing Devil Survivor 2, which my roommate just got me for my birthday. Awesome roommate.
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Turns out Yamato
was nowhere near as tough on AO's route - two Evil Flow attacks from MC and AO spamming Holy Dance took him down. Whose route are you playing?
I just took Ronny's route. And yeah, Evil Flow helped. Although he and his groupies decided to not attack Bunny at all for whatever reason.
And speaking of AO, the battle with him/Alcor
was hilarious when having a physical team with Phys Repel, apparently it has a third form, but it kinda just died through its own counters.
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Just a heads up for the final battle, which I got killed on the final form of - bring Phys Repel, Null, and Drain. Whoever the unlucky sap with just plain old Anti-Phys is, they're probably dead. But not too many of the worst physical hitters have Pierce, so they're all pretty useful!
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Oh boy oh boy I beat Medusa in Kid Icarus. I'll contain all my thoughts about it in a spoiler, since I'm now done and there might have been a surprise or two worth finding out for yourself
Dark pit dark pit dark pit ACTUALLY A THING HOLY SHIT MY HEART CAN'T TAKE IT INSERT RAVENOUS FANGIRLING FANBOYING HERE oh wait. You want an actual spoiler not revealed in the trailer? Okay fine,
Despite all of the game's best efforts to make it look like it would be the final stage - to the point where EVEN THE TRAILERS never mention the possibility and the game itself calls it the Final Battle and it has the boss rush and stuff... well, actually, Medusa apparently only marks the half way point, holy shit this game is hueg
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Okay. Final Fantasy XIII-2 - A lot better than the previous game indeed but ehh... It's still a sequel to XIII. Which wouldn't be that bad if it wasn't some convoluted and uninteresting time travelling story.
Noel is bland. I think I'll call him Rush the 2nd. If only it was Serah and Snow going through time or something. Snow was my favorite part of XIII. The game seemingly have a lot of elements from SMT in it but without the story and music... Why do you keep hurting my memories Square?
Well... The boss music is awesome. That screamer one. I normally don't even like that sort of music but this one... I like it! And damn am I whining in this thread. I need to play some awesome games.
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Just finished Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I got both the Pacifist and the Foxiest of the Hounds achievements. As it turns out, that's easier than I thought. I thought you lost it as soon as your first guard goes hostile, but it turns out that it requires an alarm to sound, too. Pacifist is tougher because of how boss fights and certain sections go. The crown jewel was
successfully saving Faridah from a mob of Belltower thugs. It involved a takedown, a PEPS blast, two more takedowns, a lucky EMP grenade, another PEPS blast, then several stun gun darts in a very brief window of time.
Like with the first game, this one was great but just seemed to tucker out right at the end. Morally speaking, I wasn't satisfied with ending choice again, either. There was still a lot of good fun to be had. I hope no one minded me 'delivering' vending machines or dumpsters right in front of people's office and apartment doors or dropping unconscious guards on top of one another in embarrassing arrangements. It was either that or stuff them in vents and I bet they wouldn't like that. I'll either replay the first or really, truly start playing Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Malk run next.
Also, to paraphrase an IRC conversation last night:
>Reddyne: So I'm at the end of the game now and my boss is trying to get me to lie for his own gain. Again. Any repercussions for punching his lights out?
>Mefidex: So far as know, there aren't.
>Mefidex: Once you listen to what he has to say, he doesn't do anything else.
>Reddyne: Well, then.
>Reddyne: Pow!
>Reddyne: Wham!
>Reddyne: YES MAN KABLAAM!
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Beat DS2 this morning. Fun times! Even more easily broken than the first, which says something. Evil Flow alone trivializes the vast majority of the huge boss fights at the end and helps out even on those it doesn't shatter.
May screw around a bit in NG+. But I'm thinking of picking up Strange Journey again now. SMT kick is go.
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Okay. So I come across that big plainy area, the Achylte Steppe or something like it. And it was stormy and people were complaining that the mysterious storm had caused all the animals to leave the area so they were quite desperate.
Did they try tinkering with the climate machine they got standing around with two easily operatable levers? If they have such a thing then what is the problem? What is up with this story? And why am I being whored around tasked with WoW-level quests as part of the main story?
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I've been playing minesweeper again. It's not a fair game. Anyone who says there's no luck in minesweeper has clearly never played it.
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You can trigger a mine as your first input. Yes? Good. Then it's luckbased. :V
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Actually you can't in this new version. The first one you choose is always safe, but it still comes down to luck.
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So I gave up my No Free Battle restriction after getting kicked around by (admittedly optional boss) Ghost Q. Fused up an Angel and a Jambavan (I keep thinking Jamba Juice), so we'll see how that turns out.
Also got SpaceChem from today's Steam Daily Deal after enjoying the demo a lot. It's basically The Codex of Alchemical Engineering fused with Manufactoria (and judging by the Challenges, KOHCTPYKTOP too).
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Playing Toribash is kinda like playing QWOP if it was a fighting game. Can't do any of those amazing stunts videos of the game, but at least I can stumble somewhat effectly.
Also oh god this ghost ship chapter in Sacred Stones. Was lucky at first, then one of my units died, so I had to reset.
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Actually you can't in this new version. The first one you choose is always safe, but it still comes down to luck.
pay more attention to the numbers
it only goes down to luck when you have a few unchecked tiles left
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Stopped XIII-2 in favor of IX.
Good old classic game that. The game's definition of fast combat speed sucks though. Even though I jacked the combat speed up as high as it can get, the ATB bars still move slower than snails. In Final Fantasy VIII, there hardly were a moment where I wasn't inputting actions or watching actions unfold. In IX there is unfortunately a lot of downtime. Still good though.
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pay more attention to the numbers
it only goes down to luck when you have a few unchecked tiles left
That's what I mean. You go through the whole field only to be left with a couple tiles that you have to guess. And I never guess right. :I
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So I gave up my No Free Battle restriction after getting kicked around by (admittedly optional boss) Ghost Q. Fused up an Angel and a Jambavan (I keep thinking Jamba Juice), so we'll see how that turns out.
No Free Battles on a first clear would be exceptionally difficult. And Ghost Q was the only enemy in the entire game I decided to grind for, though I probably could have beaten him without the grinding if I'd taken all my teams' demons and put them on standby. Ghost Q's a war of attrition more than anything else.
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Still going through Warriors Orochi 3, although I've tapered off playing that for a bit. I picked up Recettear and Fallout 3, and I'm playing those a bit more. I've never really played a Fallout game before, so I'm sure this will be interesting. The Game of the Year edition was only $20, so why the hell not? :V
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Still playing FFIX. Just beat the card game tournament. What kinda shitty card game is that if the champion get's beaten by a rookie who doesn't even know the rules? :V
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Still playing Devil Survivor 2. I'm in Day 4 and just saw
Joe's Death Clip
. I'm playing a magic heavy hero. Having Blitzkreig and Fire Boost makes Fire Dance hit really, really hard. And I have a King Frost with him so he regens mana. Also have a Thor to tank cause he's a little squishy. Not that it matters when he can one shot most teams. Also I love the Joint Crack thing. As long his team gets the kill, I get all the skills. The rest of my team is Io as a healer type, Jungo as a Melee, and Airi has Status inflicter. That's the one thing I really, really love about MegaTen, is that petrification actually works for the players as well as the enemy. Actually shattering the statues and getting a 1HKO on the other hand...
Also when is Makoto going to join permanently. She and the "Cloudcookoolander" hero get some of the best lines together. Also I want an all girl team.
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Finished The Last Specter's story. Every Professor Layton game always has a great ending :')
My only complaint - The "catch" for the story was a little predictable this time around.
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Actually shattering the statues and getting a 1HKO on the other hand...
Just send a Zan or Mazan their way - a Force attack instantly kills any petrified it touches. EDIT: I forgot it isn't 100 percent anymore in DS2, but it's definitely better than hoping a Phys attack does it. Either way, multi-hit attacks would work well.
On my end, I can see why Alkonost in SpaceChem has levels like "Prelude to a Migraine". Working with these sensors and molecules I can only dump is near about to give me a migraine of my own. Also decided to just go for a full-on restart of DS2.
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 dropped.
I got every star available in World S the first time through because, while it was hard, it was also really fun and that difficulty was legitimate. Hell, I had enough deaths in the Twisty Trials Galaxy comet run to get over a thousand star bits in that level alone - but I stuck with it because I was enjoying myself.
I cannot be fucked to get the rest of the green stars after dying five times in Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla trying to get the first one there, solely because of a shitty camera angle that I can't adjust.
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Got my hands on a copy of Resonance of Fate. This game is STYLISH. Battles seem to take a lot of time, but that's probably just me doing it wrong.
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It is also extremely hard, and I got stuck at the first boss.
I really should try the thing again.
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Okay I think I figured out how the boss fights are going to work from now on in Devil Survivor. The first attempt is going to be spent learning the gimmick and the second attempt will be spent actually winning. Oh and not listening to Makoto and Fumi. "You want to wait and see" they said. "You can only use it once" they said. Waiting and not using it right away got your ass killed Fumi. Seriously though, during the
Alioth
fight. Why wouldn't you want to use the Nullifier right away? Him doing 180-ish damage off the bat is something most people would want to stop ASAP. And he always targetted Fumi for some reason. Not that it was a bad thing, cause by that point I didn't need a healer anymore and she made a good distraction while I got the MC close enough to spam Force Dance.
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ClaDun X2 (almost) post-game.
Honestly, I will say that Ninja has the silliest skills in the game.
Shadow Run + Widen artifact = literally Zone of the Enders 2's ZERO SHIFT zooming kilometers past enemies without caring at all
Thunderbolt + Widen artifact = jump on enemies and hit them ten times per skill usage
and also other silly things as well, ho ho
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Okay I think I figured out how the boss fights are going to work from now on in Devil Survivor. The first attempt is going to be spent learning the gimmick and the second attempt will be spent actually winning.
It's SMT (technically a spin-off, but whatever). This is par for the course. But yeah, I don't know why the game tries so hard to get you to not use it there; it's pretty dumb.
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Whoo I now have a PSVita!
And Continuum Shift Extend and Touch My Glorious King Of All Cosmos's Bulge Katamari
The Vita-exclusive selection of games is actually kind of tiny at the moment, but hey, I needed a new system anyway since my PSP's power button is getting... well, increasingly difficult to make work.
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 dropped.
I got every star available in World S the first time through because, while it was hard, it was also really fun and that difficulty was legitimate. Hell, I had enough deaths in the Twisty Trials Galaxy comet run to get over a thousand star bits in that level alone - but I stuck with it because I was enjoying myself.
I cannot be fucked to get the rest of the green stars after dying five times in Bowser Jr.'s Fiery Flotilla trying to get the first one there, solely because of a shitty camera angle that I can't adjust.
I don't blame you; if memory serves me well, some of those green stars required a really stupid amount of depth perception, like the second green star in Rolling Coaster, and getting them really came down to luck for me.
I picked up Pokemon Kaizo Blue, and it's turning out to be a lot easier than I thought. Certainly not Touhoumon Lunatic/Insane level, and it doesn't look like that much of a grindfest like World Link/Another World.
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Dark Souls. Just made a Strength/Oolicile build some time ago and I am GREATLY enjoying beating things merrily to a pulp with a Great Club +15 at 34 strength (two-handing for 51) and buffing it even stronger with an Oolicile'd Great Magic Weapon.
Also, Knights in the Nightmare. The Slasher axes you have in the beginning in the game? Suddenly, I just realized they're bloody amazing with their 3x charge speed ability AT 3 HITS.
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It's SMT (technically a spin-off, but whatever). This is par for the course. But yeah, I don't know why the game tries so hard to get you to not use it there; it's pretty dumb.
Yea, but at least with the normal battle system, unless you mess up on the main character there's a chance to turn it around without dying.
And Multi-Strike is mean. I put it on Seiryu and felt a little sorry for the enemies. But then I remember I cracked it at some point and decided to put it on Airi. Multi-Strike with Stone+ with really, really mean.
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Yea, but at least with the normal battle system, unless you mess up on the main character there's a chance to turn it around without dying.
Go into a boss battle blind in any other SMT. You will almost certainly lose the first time.
And Multi-Strike is mean. I put it on Seiryu and felt a little sorry for the enemies. But then I remember I cracked it at some point and decided to put it on Airi. Multi-Strike with Stone+ with really, really mean.
Hinako. Hinako with Grimoire, +Stone, and Multi-Strike is almost as ridiculous a bruiser as Jungo with Pierce and Assassinate. They walk around the map and things they hit go poof.
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I recently beat Warrior Orochi 3 on the canon ending path, and I have to thank
Nemea
for being a very good character with his special attack and charge attacks, especially when paired up with Omosis level 10 to effectively get infinite musou off his special move on a weapon plus all the other goodies such as Slay lvl 10, Courage lvl 10, and Might lvl 10 plus maxed Agility. Ate through the story mode battles once I got him jacked up with all the shit on the level 4 weapon. I might need to spend assloads of gems filling up the bonds then do the missions with as many as I can do... which is going to take a while considering the character I seriously mained and put into spoilers is the only one with a level 4 weapon that eats officers and soldiers for breakfast.
Anyways, Xenoblade came in the mail today due to it being a 3-day shipping preorder with the artbook included.
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Found my cartridges for Earthbound, Final Fantasy III, and Gradius III a while ago and I've been playing them ever since. I think my mother got these games when she was in college to pass time when her Dungeons & Dragons buddies were doing homework. I forget what games I bought at the used game stores, I'll find them as time passes.
But regarding Gradius, I've gotten really good at shmup games. I literally out of nowhere did a no death run of stage one. That might not sound like much, but Gradius is really unfair compared to our run of the mill shmups. Your hitbox is 1/6 of your ship's shape. There are projectiles in-game that have hitboxes about 1/16 out of place/off center (Translation: Those fucking bubbles in stage 2)
Earthbound, if you do not know, is a quirky RPG with great music, neat graphics, a great story (In fact you can have the battles fought for you, if you're someone who plays for story), and a fun battle system. Instead of magic, your special attacks are kinda like ESP Galuda; Psychic abilities. Power levels are Alpha, beta, gamma, and omega for attack/healing spells, and shield/support spells are sigma and omega. You are a young boy (Canon name "Ness", an anagram of SNES and sound reference to Nintendo Entertainment System) in a small town Onett, located in Eagleland who hears a meteor land outside. You go outside with your sister's plastic bat to investigate, only to find your friend, Pokey Minch bothering the police whom are investigating, yet blaming you. You go home, and if you want to find out the rest, buy the game yourself. You might not have heard much about it because its slogan in america is far different from Japan. Japan's slogan states that it's for anyone and anyone will love this game. America's slogan is three words: "This game stinks", apparently trying to make fun of Master Belch, a boss in-game known for stinking so bad that you want to cry. Yeah, Nintendo of America is tremendously stupid.
Final Fantasy III is the sixth game in the Final Fantasy series (In America, the third because 2, 3, and 5 weren't released in America). You start off as a teenage girl apparently under control of an empire wanting to take over the world (How many times has this destination MacGuffin been used again?). They took control of you because in this game, you are pretty much the only human in the world that can use magic. I'd tell you why but Final Fantasy is mostly driven by story. This game has always been my favorite for its music. There is not one theme in the game that I am UTTERLY SICK OF.
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RD was something of a one-step-forwards-two-steps-back in many respects
I'm playing RD now. The Greil Mercenaries
portions aren't half bad, just like good 'ol PoR. They certainly fucked up Begnion and Daein big time, though.
The game itself is actually really fun. It's like another Devil Survivor 2, messy story, but vast improvements in the combat and music
over the previous game.
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snes games
holy
fucking
shit
You have the actual cartridges? Damn, I'm so jelly. :V All I have for my SNES is SM All Stars, Plok, SMW, and Ghouls n' Ghosts.
I found a trainer with a level 100 Weedle in Kaizo Blue.
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I'm playing RD now.
Brofist.
The Greil Mercenaries
portions aren't half bad, just like good 'ol PoR.
Chapter 3 is a complete massacre, even on Hard. They're just so damn good, especially after struggling with the Dawn Brigade and Elincia's meager forces.
They certainly fucked up Begnion and Daein big time, though.
Not sure what you mean by Begnion, unless it's the "ZOMG BEGNION IS TEH EVULS"...which was there in PoR, just not so massive, and you'd expect Sanaki to have had some impact.
Daein has Fiora, Meg and Leonardo in the same army. There's no defense for them.
The game itself is actually really fun. It's like another Devil Survivor 2, messy story, but vast improvements in the combat and music
over the previous game.
Laguz are kind funkier in RD as opposed to PoR; I would call that a sidegrade vs. an upgrade. Mastery skills are all far too powerful, especially for being automatic, and overall FE just isn't balanced that well for numbers over 30 (I have a notebook of a project I undertook when exceedingly bored, which featured not two but three branching promotions from a central few classes, which had caps as high as 60; it was an amusing diversion, resulted in a solid half dozen pages covered in numbers written in a tiny, cramped hand, and demonstrated a lot of issues with building and extrapolating systems).
But overall it's still hella awesome. I'd recommend checking out Fedule's LPs of PoR and RD when you finish; the PoR one is ongoing and the RD one is in the LPArchives. Despite beating the game several times beforehand I still learned quite a bit about it from him. And I am hype as hell for Awakening; it's adding a whole mess of features, and with one or two notable exceptions they look to be setting up for the best game in the series.
Also restarted Strange Journey for some reason. Doing a Law run this time; up to Delphinus already (started last Wednesday and didn't play over the weekend). My other file is a Chaos run (my first clear was Neutral all the way) which has, naturally, stalled at Eridanus. Not going to get terribly far with this run either unless I sit down with the map when I get there. Who thought teleporter pitfall mazes were a good idea? >:(
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Mainly playing Mass Effect 1 again. This time on Insanity. Doesn't seem much harder than Hardcore to me but then again, I've only done the first two missions and they were actually easier than when I did them on Hardcore because I now know enemy spawning positions and have strategies planned out in advance.
You have the actual cartridges?
Hah, that's nothing. I've got actual JAPANESE cartridges! :V Too bad the Super Famicom is broken though. Playing through an old SNES RPG in Japanese would probably be a great language teacher.
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Got up to the final boss of the SEBEC route on SMT: Persona on Expert. Looks like I'm not even properly prepared yet, so I'll need to grind some more, try to fuse some better personas, etc.
I'd like to finish this sometime soon.
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Got up to the final boss of the SEBEC route on SMT: Persona on Expert. Looks like I'm not even properly prepared yet, so I'll need to grind some more, try to fuse some better personas, etc.
I'd like to finish this sometime soon.
Amusing note: for the Snow Queen route, Lilim is the only thing you will need. At all.
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Finally, finally passed No Thanks Necessary, and got to turn water into a laser beam by extracting random Uranium from it, and shooting the Uranium. The boss was immensely easier than the previous levels, though I doubt I'll be doing the challenge anytime soon. Now I get to use nuclear fusion, yay.
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Still on my RTS binge; nearly finished my Hard difficulty replay of C&C3, having completed both of the main campaigns and working on the Scrin minicampaign now. Probably going to get around to SupCom and/or DoW after this.
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After a months long hiatus, I'm finally making progress in Super Meat Boy. Christ, the dark world levels make me wanna punch something. Granted, things got just a tad easier once I remembered I had a run button. :V
Also, why, why, why in the hell am I playing Boshy?
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Beat Asura last night, so I'm up to...Eridanus.
>:(
On the plus side, my MC was the only one standing when I killed him, so it took me from level 31 straight up to 39.
Awwwwwww yeah.
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Getting back into my Carl groove in BlazBlue CSE. I don't normally enjoy highly technical fighting games but oh my god, that moment when you suddenly have control over the battle as Carl and are wailing on someone with two characters at once is just unmatchable.
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Getting back into my Carl groove in BlazBlue CSE. I don't normally enjoy highly technical fighting games but oh my god, that moment when you suddenly have control over the battle as Carl and are wailing on someone with two characters at once is just unmatchable.
(pst, Garlyle - it's Continuum Shift Extend, not Exceed)
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Beat Asura last night, so I'm up to...Eridanus.
>:(
Yea, I hate Eridanus. Probably my least favorite dungeon in any game.
I think I'm right in front of the final boss in Devil Survivor 2. I'm going down the Anquished One's
route. Yamato
was a huge dick. The two fights before him weren't too bad. The Dragon Stream
started annoying, but once I remembered Pierce goes through Drain and I got Pierce+ off the ClickyXJoe fight
. I put it on Makato and she beat the ever loving shit out of The Dragon Stream
. She also got the last hit on Yamato
, which I thought was pretty neat. And it was just a basic hit too, cause she had no HP for skills. I guess all that's left is Polaris
. Unless something else shows up. Even though she got the last two hits in those fights, she's still four levels below the MC. But so is everyone else. The MC is 67 and the others are 63.
I have a Magic Heavy MC with Prayer/Holy Dance/Drain and Taotie and Loki. So he can attack from a distance and regens mana, also I even have Mana Aid for another 10% regen. I have Blitzcreig on him, but am wondering if I should put Magic Yin. I tried, but Loki doesn't have a huge MP pool and one Megidoleon and he's finished and Taotie can only fire it twice. Is that fine, should I level more? And I have a near Invincible Titania I have on Fumi and near Invincible Purple Mirror on Airi.
And I'm missing four people: Yamato, Clicky, Joe and Hina.
Those first two I get, they're probably not going to join anything outside their own route. But what about Hina? Is it cause me and Airi banned her from Nagoya and Tokyo? And Joe? I thought we got along so well :ohdear: But seriously, will some of the non-leader characters just not join a route or is there something I should look out for in my next playthrough? It's a little disappointing, I wanted to see what demons I get. I got everyone else to level 5. Also Keita too, but I kind of put of saving him cause he was an ass and I didn't like him so he fell down some steps and died.
EDIT: The final boss is an ass. He lures you in with two easy peasy fights and then he's all, "Aww, wussat? You didn't equip any kind of Physical resistance on the guy that needs to stay alive? :D" So yeah, first turn in the final fight, he kills Anquished One
and there was jack I could do about it. Luckily, I could put Repel Physical on him. Unluckily, I have to grind a level just for Null Phys on the MC. I also like how when you crack Victory Cry and Resist Almighty, it removes it from the First Phase. I thought that was neat.
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(pst, Garlyle - it's Continuum Shift Extend, not Exceed)
psst I don't know what you're talking about :3
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pokemon crystal world aka "hi i am a really dumb romhack"
a vignette from my rage:
21:35:35 (trancehime) So, I'm stumbling along this romhack of Pokemon Crystal, right.
21:35:38 (trancehime) My starter is Articuno
21:35:43 (trancehime) I just reached Goldenrod
21:35:48 (PurvisHasLeftThisTimestreamNWS) *Hahahahahahaha*
21:35:50 (trancehime) and one Picnicker in the next route has
21:35:52 (trancehime) a level 40 Pikachu
21:36:04 (Dragoshi) what the christ
21:36:09 (trancehime) I had to use my Flaafy as Growl-bait so that I could lower the Pikachu's ATK low enough for my Togepi to defeat it
21:36:15 (trancehime) (My Togepi was, at the time, Lv24)
21:36:25 (PurvisHasLeftThisTimestreamNWS) *Now. It's been literally over a decade since I played that. But isn't Goldenrod pretty early in?*
21:36:30 (Dragoshi) Yeah
21:36:32 (PurvisHasLeftThisTimestreamNWS) *Like, level 20s range, tops?*
21:36:39 (Dragoshi) Like... 3rd city or so early?
21:36:51 (trancehime) Yeah.
21:36:54 (trancehime) Level 20s range, TOPS.
21:37:03 (trancehime) I was encountering Level 20s range by Bugsy
21:37:13 (trancehime) These trainers are high 20s to 30s, and the occasional 40+
21:37:30 (trancehime) I recall that Whitney has mid 30s?
21:37:51 (trancehime) Either way, I was able to defeat Bugsy with my Azumarill
21:38:01 (trancehime) who went Morph Ball modo and Rollout every single one of his mons
21:38:17 (trancehime) Proceeding to gloriously 2HKO his Charizard and OHKO his Entei and Ho-oh
21:39:27 (PurvisHasLeftThisTimestreamNWS) *Hahahahahaha*
21:39:42 (PurvisHasLeftThisTimestreamNWS) *Why does the Bug trainer have charizard and shits*
21:39:50 (trancehime) And the worst part is
21:39:53 (trancehime) I encountered him by ACCIDENT
21:39:59 (PurvisHasLeftThisTimestreamNWS) *Man*
21:40:01 (trancehime) I talked to the dude who tells you info on the gym leader
21:40:04 (trancehime) All of a sudden
21:40:09 (trancehime) I get Bugsy's dialogue
21:40:11 (trancehime) then FAITO
21:40:13 (trancehime) <me> what
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Fused a Cerberus and another Persona so I could get Mediarahan then beat the final boss. I'm now trying to find my way through the Mikage Ruins. I've gotten to B7 but haven't found the stairs to B8 yet.
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And I'm missing four people: Yamato, Clicky, Joe and Hina.
Those first two I get, they're probably not going to join anything outside their own route. But what about Hina? Is it cause me and Airi banned her from Nagoya and Tokyo? And Joe? I thought we got along so well :ohdear: But seriously, will some of the non-leader characters just not join a route or is there something I should look out for in my next playthrough? It's a little disappointing, I wanted to see what demons I get. I got everyone else to level 5. Also Keita too, but I kind of put of saving him cause he was an ass and I didn't like him so he fell down some steps and died.
Anyone but the first two (and AO) will join you, regardless of route, if you get their Fate up to 4 by the end of Friday. It's really easy to do, actually; I got everyone in my AO run.
The only way to get the first two outside their own routes is the Daichi special route, I believe.
EDIT: The final boss is an ass. He lures you in with two easy peasy fights and then he's all, "Aww, wussat? You didn't equip any kind of Physical resistance on the guy that needs to stay alive? :D" So yeah, first turn in the final fight, he kills Anquished One
and there was jack I could do about it. Luckily, I could put Repel Physical on him. Unluckily, I have to grind a level just for Null Phys on the MC. I also like how when you crack Victory Cry and Resist Almighty, it removes it from the First Phase. I thought that was neat.
Yeah. A note, though: PolarisB doesn't have Pierce, so Drain Phys on AO is hilarious. And about the spoiler, it doesn't remove them specifically then; it's based on the number of guardians you kill - he loses skills and resistances as you whittle them down. Still pretty nifty.
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[16:03] <Trance-Izayoi> =V
[16:03] <Trance-Izayoi> why is this romhack so dumb
[16:04] <Trance-Izayoi> Morty's gym is of the Water type
[16:04] <Anemone-Matsuri> I dunno
[16:04] <Trance-Izayoi> his first trainer has 5 Lv40 mons
[16:04] <Anemone-Matsuri> Why are you still playing if it's so bad :P
[16:04] <Trance-Izayoi> i plan on finishing it
[16:04] <Trance-Izayoi> because i am stubborn
[16:04] <Trance-Izayoi> and have nothing better
'nuff said. :3
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Beat Asura last night, so I'm up to...Eridanus.
I hope you like teleport mazes.
Finished with C&C3's main campaign, so probably going to start on Kane's Wrath either tonight or tomorrow. In the meantime, decided to give SPAZ a shot, and I'm surprised at the depth. I was not expecting a hybrid of Elite-style space exploration and strategy, and I'm absolutely loving it.
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Tried Mikage Ruins B12 again on Persona. I thought it'd be as simple as getting Amen Ra and spamming the move that's effective against karma demons, but it's either not enough or not enough at my current levels.
I haven't seen anything with good persona setups for this floor. It seems so hard to cover everything. I figured I'd be completely done with everything on the SEBEC route by today, but these optional bosses on this floor are making sure that's not going to happen. I think if I could get Makarakarn or the move that does the same effect for 2 turns and high agility to abuse it with, it'd make things a lot simpler. At the moment, I'm not fast enough to always outspeed some of them.
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Curbstomped Ouroboros. Fornax is a nice breath of fresh air after Eridanus, though Alice might be a problem.
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I'm not sure, but I think I've gotten the timing for dodging Blue Shells down in Double Dash!! Red shells are still a bit of a problem. Trying to get 40 points for all the Cups in all weight classes.
Trying not to contract Exploding Head Syndrome figuring out how to get a nuke from water is trying, though. The big limiting factor is that extra Hydrogen, I suppose - that and getting to atomic number 94 from atomic numbers 1 and 8 without going over.
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Well that was dumb.
Bought some armor and fused some demons with Null Curse for Alice. Didn't take any of them. WHOOPS!
Popped a Tetraja Stone and poked her down (hilariously, my only debuffer was weak to Curse). Fortunately enough, she didn't end up using Die For Me! once, though she did start using Energy Drain every turn at the end and was both killing my demons and healing for almost as much damage as I could do with my MC spamming the mid-level attack items (and I used my last one on the last round). Still, Alice went down, and now I've got delicious delicious Forma Search C for my troubles. It's nice.
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MJP set up the Wii and bought me the FFIV After Years :getdown: Hooray reliving my childhood!
the wobbles made me feel like absolute garbage after playing for about 30min but details details
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3rd time in 5 gameplay sessions that I ragequit Tribes after doing nothing for half an hour but mashing the respawn button. Time to give it up.
Back in Vampire - The Masquerade: Bloodlines; The Punctuationing, I'm playing as a crazy vampire running around in public with a severed arm on my way to apparently a VERY haunted house. So much for that pair of pants.
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Started up Ys: The Oath in Felghana about a day ago. Currently somewhere in the Elderm Mountains.
Let's just say: Falcom doesn't like to fuck about with its bosses. Read your enemy or perish.
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I'd forgotten just how incredibly stupid Captain Jack is. I spent about 20 minutes on one run where ever third round or so he'd use Pure Blue and heal himself for over 1000 and purge debuffs, and if I ever knocked him into the red he'd use it twice. Eventually the RNG lost patience and Rain Strike hit my MC twice and killed him.
Ended up having to pull out Doppelganger, 25 levels below me, so he and Alice could reflect enough Rain Strike hits for him to kill himself. I didn't expect to have to do that until Horologium. Gaaaaame >:(
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Fused a Succubus and several judgment personas then finally cleared Mikage Ruins B12. I was expecting the optional boss to be a lot more powerful, whether it be a more powerful form of the final boss or something else and not what it was. The 6 minibosses that you have to survive in order to get ot it were worse than it, mainly because some of the attacks were only survivable with Lilim/Succubus, so I pretty much had to have 2 of my characters wait for some of the worst ones to run out of SP.
The Absorb magic on Lilim/Succubus and the Null/Repel Magic on the Judgment personas spread across the rest of the party made it doable, though it took a while.
I am not starting the Snow Queen Quest for a while. I'm not sure what I'll play through next.
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I just love shouting the "JUST A COUPLE MORE SHOTS!" line when it's appropriate. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zFT4lORLkk)
Yeah, that's my friend playing in that video, I'm at the top floor.
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Pokemon Crystal World:
Chuck:
LV50 Ampharos
LV52 Raikou
Jasmine:
LV50 Umbreon
LV52 Houndoom
LV80 Murkrow
Pryce:
LV70 Meganium
LV72 Victreebel
LV75 Crobat
Me (after Pryce and grinding):
LV62 Articuno
LV54 Ampharos
LV52 Rapidash
LV45 Azumarill
LV35 Togetic
LV34 Dugtrio (For CUT only)
:fail: This romhack :fail:
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Dark Souls - I lost so many souls yesterday in derpy moments, probably close to 180k in total at least. ~90k total on Ceaseless Discharge because I was trying to kill it the cheese way by making it fall into the bottomless pit and failed miserably. I even managed to die when I finally figured out how to get it to work by rolling off into the bottomless pit by mistake, haha.
The other 90k souls I lost? Derping up hard in Great Hollow trying to get all the items there, whee! Getting a Titanite Slab drop off of one of the 10 Crystal Lizards in Great Hollow though made up for it.
I still have some other areas to clean out, namely Depths (Treasure clean up, boss kill, and getting summoned for co-op runs on the boss for mass souls to max out my Pyromancy Glove), Blighttown (Treasure clean up), Catacombs (Rite of Kindling from boss), and a quick trip into the Tomb of the Giants (Grabbing that Covetous Silver Serpent Ring I will be doing), then I'll hit up the rest of Sen's Fortress.
Grandia II - Found a Hard Type mod for the PC version so I gave it a quick run.
The first enemy? 270 HP in vanilla, 530 HP in Hard Type.
Damage from said first enemy? ~20-22 in vanilla, ~80-90 in Hard Type.
...Oh god D:. We'll have to see if this ends up being harder than Grandia ReDux late game for me.
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I can't believe I got all the way up to Tiamat without Luster Candy OR Debilitate. Finally had to pull out and grind up a Vivian to get the source. I didn't get Debilitate and I'm not sure why; she uses Luster Candy on herself and I had to fusion dance up someone with Dekaja...who turned out to be weak to Ice anyway. Foolishness! Will have to fuse and level a Thoth soon.
But Tiamat has been properly squashed, and now it's Grus time.
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Finished the campaigns for both Tiberium Wars and Kane's Wrath on Hard difficulty. The latter seems... oddly skewed in your favor, even on the highest difficulty; once you're able to repel whatever initial waves the AI sends at you, it pretty much forgets how to manage its resources and the missions boil down to cleaning up while it sends a few half-hearted attacks at you.
Then again, KW's campaign always did seem like an afterthought; the mission maps are literally just repurposed multiplayer maps and vice versa; it really isn't as polished as the base game is (and as much as I tend to hate EA, I will admit they got Tiberium Wars right until they took a sledgehammer to the game mechanics in the name of "balance")
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Pokemon Crystal World
Maybe I'll try that once Kaizo Blue stops being such an ass :V
Kaizo Blue Champion:
Level 100 Mew
Level 100 Jolteon
Level 100 Exeggutor
Level 100 Tauros
Level 100 Starmie
Level 100 Mewtwo
at least this isn't z boneka
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Maybe I'll try that once Kaizo Blue stops being such an ass :V
Kaizo Blue Champion:
Level 100 Mew
Level 100 Jolteon
Level 100 Exeggutor
Level 100 Tauros
Level 100 Starmie
Level 100 Mewtwo
at least this isn't z boneka
Pokemon Crystal World's Red has all his Pokemon at level 250. And I had to beat down a level 250 Magikarp just now. :fail:
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I really wish my enemies had less... exact HP phase shifts in the Ys games. Between just barely missing the cutoff (necessitating one more round and possibly getting killed in the process) and dying with one hit left because my enemy decided right then to go batshit crazy, I've at least almost finished Oath on Normal. I think I miss Ancient Ys Vanished now...
I also really wish I remembered to get that damn pendant before I went into the abandoned mine - would have saved me a ton of trouble trying to navigate.
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Downloading Diablo III Beta. It's open for anyone with Battle net ID, from 20th-23rd April.
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Final Fantasy VII, which I've been doing on and off for a while but for the past few days I've binged on (especially last night) and am almost done with Disc 2. Just doing all the Wutai stuff and grabbing Lv. 4 Limits and the Sector 5 key before I head on to Midgar to finish the disc off.
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Finally got my hands on the Bitcher 2 on the Xbox 360 and I gotta say, gameplay-wise, this is probably one of the best RPG's i've ever played. It's actually quite challenging to me which is something i usually don't see in RPG's.
I'm not too interested in the Witcher universe though. Not as of now anyway. Perhabs it will be more interesting later on when the plot thickens.
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I also really wish I remembered to get that damn pendant before I went into the abandoned mine - would have saved me a ton of trouble trying to navigate.
You dont need it so much for there, but later though...
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Loaded up my P3P file, and it seems I'm nowhere near as close to being able to defeat the optional bosses as I thought I was. I still have a whole lot of fusion, farming, grinding, etc. to do.
Where was that program that could help you plan fusions at?
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Pokemon Crystal World's Red has all his Pokemon at level 250. And I had to beat down a level 250 Magikarp just now. :fail:
Are you sure that they're all level 250? A video I watched on YT only had a Pichu that was level 250.
Either way, that's freaking insane! :getdown:
Speaking of Magikarps, the only Magikarps you'll find in Kaizo Blue are level 100 ones in the water routes.
I really wish my enemies had less... exact HP phase shifts in the Ys games. Between just barely missing the cutoff (necessitating one more round and possibly getting killed in the process) and dying with one hit left because my enemy decided right then to go batshit crazy, I've at least almost finished Oath on Normal. I think I miss Ancient Ys Vanished now...
I also really wish I remembered to get that damn pendant before I went into the abandoned mine - would have saved me a ton of trouble trying to navigate.
Thank you for reminding me to play more Oath in Felghana ;)
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After dying a crapload of times to the second phase (seriously, that thing's unfair), finished Normal in Oath. Next up, Hard mode.
EDIT: Fuck, since when did the second boss' regular attack aim at your position and height?! I keep mistiming it and eating energy blade in the face.
EDIT2: A ton of deaths later (including one double kill), finally beat it at level 7 with unupgraded armor.
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Are you sure that they're all level 250? A video I watched on YT only had a Pichu that was level 250.
Either way, that's freaking insane! :getdown:
Oh, I don't remember. They were most certainly at least level 180, and the Pokemon start exceeding Lv100 past... Um, the start of Kanto, I think.
And you sort of have to beat Kanto before the Elite 4.
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Loaded up my P3P file, and it seems I'm nowhere near as close to being able to defeat the optional bosses as I thought I was. I still have a whole lot of fusion, farming, grinding, etc. to do.
Where was that program that could help you plan fusions at?
Igor's Index (http://tired-tracks.com:8080/_Projects/Igor/), right?
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Welp, just got my hands on a copy of Wild ARMs 4 the other night.
Didn't know until starting up a new file that I could get bonus stuff via a Wild ARMs F file. Did I miss anything really worth it? I hope not. :ohdear:
But so far, I'm liking the battle and exploration system, it's far and away easier than the Search System in previous WA titles.
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Finally caught Mewtwo and Mew after about 2 hours of wandering in a cave that has wild level 100 Pokemon appear every 2 steps
Speeding up the game and using savestates are for cheaters and I'm not a cheater
Now it's time to start Crystal World :3
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Just finished Persona 4.
Man, that was a pretty rad ending. The final boss wasn't as cool as the one in Persona 3, but it was still fun.
Though, I do have a small complaint at how objectively happy that ending was. Not that the characters didn't earn it, but when compared to Persona 3... It's as a good friend once said: A happy ending can only be happy one way. A sad ending can be sad a thousand ways. I dunno, it left me with a good feeling, but feeling as though there was still something else...
And yes, I say that upon getting the true end with Izanami. :V
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Going through the boss rush, and I'm amazed at how unfair some of the bosses really are. "Oh, you haven't truly gotten the hang of the controls yet? Here, have homing daggers that start from multiple positions - ones that get in your way even if you know how to dodge them, and by the way, I'm throwing them multiple times in a row. Plus you probably upgraded your sword instead of your armor, so nuts to you." "Keep me contained, huh? Eat energy dome!" "I'm not going to tell you when I change weaknesses - you'll have to eat spears to find out!" "Hey guy, I'm gonna laser you at random. I don't give tells for that one. Also my attack radius for my jump is larger than it looks." "Hey, you know that attack you used to just jump over? Yeah, I'm using that tell for anti-air attacks. Have fun!" "Did you know I can still use my first phase attacks in the second phase? You didn't? Oh well, eat fire!"
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Finally got my hands on the Witcher 2 on the Xbox 360 and I gotta say, gameplay-wise, this is probably one of the best RPG's i've ever played. It's actually quite challenging to me which is something i usually don't see in RPG's.
I'm not too interested in the Witcher universe though. Not as of now anyway. Perhabs it will be more interesting later on when the plot thickens.
Hopefully you like it. The series isn't well known, but is very deserving of the praise it gets.
Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Hard Campaign complete. Much more satisfying than the normal campaign, as HC needed thought and strategy. However, even though the computer gets overwhelming numbers, it doesn't get equipable skills, which goes a long way. Don't think I'm good enough to get through HC without them.
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Welp, just got my hands on a copy of Wild ARMs 4 the other night.
Didn't know until starting up a new file that I could get bonus stuff via a Wild ARMs F file. Did I miss anything really worth it? I hope not. :ohdear:
But so far, I'm liking the battle and exploration system, it's far and away easier than the Search System in previous WA titles.
Nothing major. The badge is more or less unimportant. The thing you really miss if you're a 100% completionist is that you can't access some hidden chests (which just contain increasing piles of cash) without the save file UNLESS you're on a NG+, so you won't be able to open the Black Box on your first playthrough.
But if you're a 100% completionist WA4 will piss you off anyway because it's literally impossible to get 100% monster collection due to an oversight while removing cameo enemies (the enemies are gone but the game still checks to see if you've encountered them), so... yeah
Also I love Wild Arms in general, and 4 is actually kind of a blast. Though it's probably the least popular in the series...
Hopefully you like it. The series isn't well known, but is very deserving of the praise it gets.
Advance Wars: Dual Strike, Hard Campaign complete. Much more satisfying than the normal campaign, as HC needed thought and strategy. However, even though the computer gets overwhelming numbers, it doesn't get equipable skills, which goes a long way. Don't think I'm good enough to get through HC without them.
loling because Hard Campaign
Having access to all the COs really does make it easier than the normal campaign in my mind, until you're insisting on trying to clear the game winning wallpapers of some of the highly situational COs
But then again I've played AW1's campaign and AW2's hard campaign and just
oh my god
compared to that bullshit AWDS is easy mode
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AW1's campaign
bullshit
Oh man that bonus mission against Eagle in the hard campaign. Had some good times with that one. :V
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Friend recently bought me Deus Ex GOTY edition in exchange for... I think a piece of pizza I bought him or something.
Also have been playing ME2 insanity mode. I should have listened and not started as my vanguard already at level 30. And yet despite the impossible I still got through the collector ship.
Screw that Praetorian.
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Having access to all the COs really does make it easier than the normal campaign in my mind, until you're insisting on trying to clear the game winning wallpapers of some of the highly situational COs
Yeah, I cheesed it this time around with Sami, Eagle, and Andy teams to get a feel and unlock the last two skills, but I'm not looking forward to my Flak, Adder and Koal run.
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Pokemon Crystal World: Defeated Clair. Play-by-play:
<CLAIR> Lv78 Alakazam (Psychic/Dark)
<Me> Lv62 Misdreavus (Ghost/Dark)
Misdreavus -- Shadow Ball --> Alakazam
Alakazam throws up Reflect, spends the next few turns being useless w/ Extremespeed due to lack of type coverage
<CLAIR> Lv85 Mew (Psychic/Dark)
<Me> Switch to Lv66 Articuno (Ice/Flying)
Articuno -- Mist (Lowers ATK Sharply) --> Mew
Mew -- AncientPower --> Articuno
Mew -- Psychic --> Articuno
Articuno faints due to Mew's higher SpATK
<CLAIR> Lv85 Mew 50% ATK
<Me> Send Lv62 Misdreavus
Misdreavus -- Mean Look --> Mew, trapped
Mew -- AncientPower --> Misdreavus, deals 35% damage due to 50% ATK rating
Misdreavus => Perish Song
Stall war, Misdreavus and Mew faint
<CLAIR> Lv80 Hypno (Psychic/Electric)
<Me> Send Lv50 Suicune (Water/Psychic)
Revive and heal Misdreavus to 100% HP
Hypno -- Faint Attack/Psychic --> Suicune
Suicune faints
<CLAIR> Lv80 Hypno
<Me> Send Lv62 Misdreavus
Misdreavus -- Shadow Ball --> Hypno
Hypno faints after continuous healing application to Misdreavus, but only once.
Hypno Faint Attack only does 10~22% damage
<CLAIR> Lv82 Espeon (Psychic)
<Me> Lv62 Misdreavus
Misdreavus -- Shadow Ball 2HKO --> Espeon
Espeon forced to use Moonlight due to 70% Shadow Ball damage, Espeon KO'd
MVP: Misdreavus Lv62 :getdown:
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Yeah, I cheesed it this time around with Sami, Eagle, and Andy teams to get a feel and unlock the last two skills, but I'm not looking forward to my Flak, Adder and Koal run.
Honestly, Flak, Jugger, Adder, and Koal are great COs. They're not specialist COs, but they don't exactly have any particular weakness either? Adder and Koal, you just have to get used to the fact that you'll be using their CO Powers constantly - use them to get a surprise attack on a unit that is keeping you just out of range or to speed towards targets. Flak and Jugger still do more damage on average with their normal attacks.
And you only need to have them as Top 3 COs - if you pull out the occasional other CO for certain missions (such as Grit for Ring of Fire - because there is no reason to NOT use Grit for Ring of Fire), you can still do it just fine.
The hard ones are actually completing it for COs like Drake, Olaf, Sonja, and Javier - COs that don't necessarily have great synergy and/or tend to be very specialized in when they excel.
And, ultimately... skills are batshit broken, especially if you feel like using two save files to grind the Oozium mission on Hard (4 COs can get something like 1200 EXP an attempt, and it's a very easy mission; you need the second save file to repeatedly save over and keep your exp gains though). Proper use of them can turn any CO ridiculous for a given mission.
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Also I love Wild Arms in general, and 4 is actually kind of a blast. Though it's probably the least popular in the series...
:hi5wildarmsbro:
I really enjoyed the battle system in WA4 and that you can't just punch through a lot of the bosses you really needed a strategy, but the linear map idea bugged me and a mega-departure from the Wild West theme was :( that and overall storyline got kind of ridiculous and I can't remember for the life of me what was up with all the bad guys and the key conflict, unlike the previous 3
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:hi5wildarmsbro:
I really enjoyed the battle system in WA4 and that you can't just punch through a lot of the bosses you really needed a strategy, but the linear map idea bugged me and a mega-departure from the Wild West theme was :( that and overall storyline got kind of ridiculous and I can't remember for the life of me what was up with all the bad guys and the key conflict, unlike the previous 3
I think it's undeniable that the strong point of WA4 was the battle system and the introduction of the HEX system. It paved the way for Wild Arms XF and Wild Arms 5 systems. However, WA4's plot was definitely not its strong point. For 80% of the game it was KIDS VERSUS ADULTS
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I kinda like the plot of WA4 so far, I liked
Scythe and Belial's kinda-relationship
, they were so tragic really.
The sort of people that, had things been different, they might have been allies. Jeremy's a hothead, Kresnik's a tragic badass.
Jeremy's also one of the harder bosses(Fuck you Inertial Canceller. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.), short of Scythe(lolspacehax).
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The thing you really miss if you're a 100% completionist is that you can't access some hidden chests (which just contain increasing piles of cash) without the save file UNLESS you're on a NG+, so you won't be able to open the Black Box on your first playthrough.
But if you're a 100% completionist WA4 will piss you off anyway because it's literally impossible to get 100% monster collection due to an oversight while removing cameo enemies (the enemies are gone but the game still checks to see if you've encountered them), so... yeah
...I opened the black box on a first playthrough. I couldn't fight Ragu though, because ACF data gives you the levels for the Jude minigame to unlock him.
you can't just punch through a lot of the bosses you really needed a strategy
I kind of agree, but also kind of disagree. The gimmick bosses, sure, you need to know how their ability works. But in the end it always comes down to the same thing, one character being so goddamn broken.
Oh man that bonus mission against Eagle in the hard campaign. Had some good times with that one. :V
I find Kanbei's Error AC even more bullshit. There is literally only one way to do the first 5 or 6 turns without auto-losing. Can't get a Copter through the ridiculous amount of air units and the Fog of War to snipe that infantry? You fail, try again. At least with Rivals AC, pushing Eagle down the field is an option!
(admittedly, I used my AC clear to unlock Drake, so...)
And right now I'm starting to play through Vesperia again with a friend. Note to self - play the magic characters myself next time, this dude apparently can't find the "switch target" button.
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(such as Grit for Ring of Fire - because there is no reason to NOT use Grit for Ring of Fire)
The hard ones are actually completing it for COs like Drake, Olaf, Sonja, and Javier - COs that don't necessarily have great synergy and/or tend to be very specialized in when they excel.
Grit is great for that map, but the way the second front was so rigged for Kanbei, I went with Jess (Road Rage + Rockets) and Javier (Com Tower defense).
The bad weather duo really come into their own when they have the weather power-up skills. I do dislike the change they made to snow though.
Sonja is kinda outclassed by the Eagle Eye skill (and her hidden intel doesn't work on AI), but I'll be pairing her with a Mistwalker Kanbei. And Javier is an asset in any map with Towers (plus he pairs well with Kanbei). Kindle seems like she'd be difficult to utilize well; I was planning on running her with Jugger and Von Bolt. Hmm, thinking Soul of Hachi would work out well.
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Pretty much any CO becomes a god if you just give their partner those three skills that power up the other CO. If you're trying to get a certain CO in the top 3, you can just throw those three skills on him, pair him with some arbitrary "tough guy" (Von Bolt, Kanbei, etc.), then give the tough guy skills to boost his own units. Between two identical units, you can get it so an an enemy attack will do 1 damage and your counterattack will do 6 or 7.
Kindle's a great CO. Spamming Urban Blight works really well against the AI, since they usually keep the units they just built back to repair them, so they end up reaching the field way too late. It's almost like buying yourself a free turn.
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Fuck you, Chester, fuck you and your magic sword that blocks my spells. Is hit and run tactics the only way to engage this guy in the boss rush? I berserked his ass during the story, but I'm weaker in many respects during the rush.
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Welp, finally up to Horologium. Going Law.
Meta Gore
was kinda sadly easy, especially since he could only really hurt two of my party. But the scene right after...I mean yes, the SMT Law option is once again "BRAINWASH EVERYONE FOR THE LORD but I didn't quite expect the game to drop it right on your whole crew. I mean, every time I go into the lab Irving now makes me want to kill myself for what I did to him.
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Grandia 2 Hard Type - Just kicked Valmar's Eye out the door this morning. To be honest, this fight was not as hard as I was expecting it to be. I blame Millenia's Fallen Wings at lv3 because holy crap that damage.
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In Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, I just convinced an old acquaintance of mine that I was her pet turtle who could talk. I love it. The dialogue is fun and the stuff to do is varied enough to warrant a second playthrough at this point. I heard good things about this game for a long time and I've found that the whole experience has some very memorable personalities. Combat might not be top notch, but they don't need to be. Parallels have been drawn between it and Deus Ex and I can certainly see why now.
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Still playing The Witcher 2. I've just made it into the 2nd chapter and the gameplay is still quite entertaining. Unfortunately the story is still boring medieval politics mixed up with you interacting with less than interesting characters whose dialogue feels straight out of a shakespearian novel making certain sentences near impossible to understand.
But the gameplay is still good and that is why I'm playing it. Now, if we could have the quests be about some interesting things then it would be nice.
As a side note, it's hard to see why I would be that interested in clearing my name when I am able to effortlessly hack my way through however many soldiers i need to because humans are the biggest pushovers in the game. Perhabs people would also be interested in teaching their kings how to dodge roll since that would completely neuter the threat of the kingslayers.
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I started a new game on Dark Cloud. I played it awhile ago, but never beat it and I can't remember why.
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I actually had the opportunity to get Dark Cloud instead of WA4.
Dark Cloud, Mana Khemia 1, and Way of The Samurai, along with WA4, were the games I had to choose from that were both within my price range, and worth getting.
But on a more on-topic note, just got past Platapana Passage(Really game? you expect me to carry around a pot filled with FIRE?), and the area after that, the weird little waterway.
Kraken, the Midboss, like Graboid from platapana passage earlier, was a challenging boss.
Largely because of it's tendency to put me to sleep, and shuffle my team around the field.
Nevermind that it was difficult to actually get it locked into a border hex that wasn't water.
It always got a turn or three before Arnaud could cast shut out, and it'd ALWAYS use that turn to move to the center, bat someone out of center and then move there right before Arnaud could lock him in, or some other variation of that.
Hugo, the true area boss, was a much-needed breather from the cheese that was Kraken.
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Playing the hell out of Dungeons of Dredmor. It's not exceptionally hard for a Rougelike, but it's still easy to screw up and get killed by something retarded.
I've made it pretty far down, actually, the farthest I've gotten ever, on my current run. I got exceptionally lucky in the weapons department, despite taking unarmed as a skill, so I've managed to get by purely on Rouge skills thus far. It's been... interesting.
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Con sarn it,
Soil Jimenez
, you got so unbelievably lucky the first time. By which I mean I won, but every single time he used Chaos Tack it only hit the MC and the one demon that didn't repel Gun (and once said demon died and I pulled in Alice, only the MC period), and I had to waste two Amrita Showers after a couple lucky Shufflers.
So I redid it. No Amrita Showers wasted, even though he only ended up reflecting a grand total of two hits.
Also leveling up a Super Pixie. Heheheh.
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Heh, I find my old copy of Advance Wars 1, and man does the nostalgia hit hard.
And then, a day later, my friend tells me about this neat thing called 'Advance Wars by Web'.
I give it a try, and it's pretty fun! It's even got the ability to do tag style like in Dual Strike, which is nice.
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neat thing called 'Advance Wars by Web'.
Oh my God. I am totally trying this when I have some time.
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Here (http://awbw.amarriner.com/) you are then my good man!
Fun fact, they're also working on 'Fire Emblem by Web' as well!
If you see a user called 'Ryoshima' puttering around, that'll be me. I usually run around as- Oh wait, what am I doing telling you the COs I use?!
That's just silly. It ruins my entire tactics!
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Zil was, of course, taken, so I registered as ZillionBrain. Seems kind of complicated, but I'll certainly take some time to figure it out.
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...Is this going to be an excuse to set up an MotK Advance Wars By Web match?
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guild wars 2 beta is pretty sweet
except for the fact that I average 10fps on minimal settings
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...Is this going to be an excuse to set up an MotK Advance Wars By Web match?
I'd be all for it. :V
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Haha, why the hell not then! I know a few folks who play this, and one of them's signed up here too.
Think we should make another thread for this?
And in an on-topic note: NIBELUNG VALESTI!
...Yeah, I think you can guess what I've been playing more of lately. :V
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And in an on-topic note: NIBELUNG VALESTI!
...Yeah, I think you can guess what I've been playing more of lately. :V
IT SHALL BE ENGRAVED UPON YOUR SOUL
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...Is this going to be an excuse to set up an MotK Advance Wars By Web match?
That would be quite the thing! ...I, personally, haven't played an AWbW game in years and I wasn't too good at it but I'd be all for it happening here. :3
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Finally went and finished Catherine on Easy. Even on Easy, it felt satisfying to beat. I went as honest as I could on the first run(though there were some parts where I just couldn't be with either choice) and got the True Lover ending.
Made sure to Gold every stage on Easy so I can skip all the stages while going for the ending. I've managed to Gold the first 2 stages on Normal so far.
Also, I may be starting up Persona again to do the Snow Queen Quest. Do I need to do any sort of preparation before entering the quest if I'm planning to do the Hypnos, Nemesis, Thanatos order instead of Thanatos first?
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Ugh. I'd forgotten exactly how luck-based the final boss of Strange Journey is.
Pillar Zelenin
doesn't count.
Mostly the fact that there are a total of three instant game overs possible, and several others that can happen additionally. To wit:
MA oneshots its target and can hit the MC
Mother's Kiss hits anywhere between three and something like ten times, and if it hits my MC three times in one attack that kills him from full health (this has happened three times so far)
Disaster Cycle can petrify the MC
There's also Darkness, though I've got a few Sacrifices to block that, and Asura Roga, and Disaster Cycle even if it doesn't petrify can still be an easy game over. It's not a battle of attrition, because I've got enough power to beat her down and heal back, it's a simple matter of "how lucky am I".
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oh my god is Rayman Origins ever a glorious little game
I'm like halfway through it now, I think? It's just such an absolute blast oh my god~ It's just so smooth. Like everything was lined up for the perfect runs for it, which was the same kind of precision and care in design that made me love Donkey Kong Country Returns.
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Gained one level. +3 Vitality.
Was exactly enough for me to take three hit from Mother's Kiss. Had 11 hp left.
Law path is easier than Neutral for one simple reason: FREE SERAPH. Totally breaks Horologium when you've got Big Bang for the last few floors.
Oh well. I'll finish my Chaos run another time, but for now, that's two clears of Strange Journey down. Going back and screwing around a bit with Radiant Historia for now, not sure if I'm going to play it through right now or not.
Also need more PSP recommendations. Halp! :ohdear:
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Still playing Catherine.
I've managed to Gold stages 1-5 and Stage 8 on Normal. I still need to play Stages 6, 7, and 9 for Normal. I've gotten the Gold for Stage 1 Hard also but haven't beaten any others on it.
Managed to clear the first level of Babel on Pairs. That second Babel level just seems impossible no matter which mode I try it on, and I've yet to try the third one.
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Haha, why the hell not then! I know a few folks who play this, and one of them's signed up here too.
Think we should make another thread for this?
Don't see why not. In as Mr. Bob.
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Started up the Snow Queen Quest on Persona.
I didn't prepare, but Hypnos was simple enough. Nemesis was also easy to rush through. I plan to do some grinding and fusing before trying Thanatos because it sounds like a complete pain in the ass.
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Started and finished Cawadoody: Modern Rehash 3. It is what it is, folks. It's made to appeal to the masses. It's cut-and-dry oversimplified action that holds your hand from one end of the 2 star action movie campaign to the other. It's very basis was forged some 10 years ago and things haven't changed at all. The games are barely different from one year to the next, but the action is so very far over the top that it becomes such a spectacle on a grand scale that it's fun anyhow. Besides, Spec Ops is still a blast and that was my favorite part from the last one.
I think I have to stop playing Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines because I had a quest glitch. Gary won't call Boss on the phone outside the Fu Syndicate. Dunno if I'll be able to finish it after 28 absolutely fantastic hours of gameplay.>_<
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Only have Stage 9 Gold left to do for Catherine Normal mode, then it'll be onto Hard.
Also managed to somehow clear Singles Menhir in the Babel stages somehow. Maybe I should try to do Altar Singles then since if I could do Menhir, I should be able to do that one single, but then I already beat it in Pairs mode. Wonder how annoying Obelisk will be.
I haven't bothered with the Rapunzel Stages yet.
Edit: And Altar on Single Player wasn't bad after having done Menhir.
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Let's see, Touhou...
More Touhou...
...Fuck.
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Beat Ys Oath in Felghana a while ago so now let's play it on Inferno difficulty. :V
Pretty much everything kills you in two or three hits it's pretty fun.
Up to Valestein Castle now. Although I haven't had much difficulty so far the castle really doesn't kid around anymore damn.
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Arkham City.
I CAN SWING EVERYWHERE AND PUNCH EVERYONE. :getdown:
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Okay, I must have Gaming ADHD or something.
Because at first I was playing WA4, then I was playing Valkyrie Profile 1, then Legend of Dragoon.
Now I'm screwing around with Romance of The Three Kingdoms 2/3. (3 is easy to break if you know what you're doing, though you can still be beaten if you're not careful.)
(And will soon be playing some of the shmups mentioned in the thread I made the other day!)
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I found Graffiti Kingdom. I've been looking for it for awhile. I heard it was like Drawn to Life, but in 3D. And it is, but I can't draw at all. But that's okay, cause you get the monsters you can play as and other pre-drawn stuff and it's fun. I like the Pixil. He's an ass, but it's okay cause he's just a kid and it's entertaining to watch. And I love his hair.
Also a certain shrine-maiden makes a cameo, but that has nothing at all to do with why I looked into the game in the first place. :derp:
Okay, I must have Gaming ADHD or something.
Because at first I was playing WA4, then I was playing Valkyrie Profile 1, then Legend of Dragoon.
Now I'm screwing around with Romance of The Three Kingdoms 2/3. (3 is easy to break if you know what you're doing, though you can still be beaten if you're not careful.)
(And will soon be playing some of the shmups mentioned in the thread I made the other day!)
I know that feel.
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Picked up Radiant Historia again. I am reminded of one of the things I really, really liked about the game - the fact that you have a competent JRPG protagonist.
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I found my copy of Bomberman 64 and I found out that I didn't 100% the game on Hard. So let's get to it!
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Is it possible to take down Botis the first time you encounter him in the field? Between Ziodyne, Diarama, and him fleeing if it takes too long, I don't think even spamming Dances would work.
Also, No Employment Record Found is giving me fits. I don't want to cheap it out with bounce sensor fusion, but I don't really see any other way to deal with the three atoms.
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Is it possible to take down Botis the first time you encounter him in the field? Between Ziodyne, Diarama, and him fleeing if it takes too long, I don't think even spamming Dances would work.
Yes. I took him out first try, no problem. I dunno why people seem to have problems with him. ???
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Yes. I took him out first try, no problem. I dunno why people seem to have problems with him. ???
The problem for me is that Ziodyne and Attack one-shot nearly every single character I can field at my level, and Shield All all but guarantees he gets a shot at me. The only way around it is by forcing him to drain his MP with Ziodyne or Diarama, and there's no way to avoid hemorrhaging of my demons (which can let him continue to cast). I could bring along a few Dragons and snipe him at range to dodge the attacks, but that just means he has more MP to dump into Diaramas, plus the whole attack delay thing.
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Funny thing about Dragons - they seem to push the target's turn back almost as far as your own. DS2 uses weird calculations for how being attacked affects turn order; it's much more than it was in DS1. Several lategame enemies and bosses can actually be locked down by attacking with Dragon/Tyrant pairs.
Mind you I didn't have any Dragon/Tyrant pairs for Botis. I just danced in his weakness and splattered him. Dunno. :wat:
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Funny thing about Dragons - they seem to push the target's turn back almost as far as your own. DS2 uses weird calculations for how being attacked affects turn order; it's much more than it was in DS1. Several lategame enemies and bosses can actually be locked down by attacking with Dragon/Tyrant pairs.
Mind you I didn't have any Dragon/Tyrant pairs for Botis. I just danced in his weakness and splattered him. Dunno. :wat:
He has a weakness? Bufu maybe, if natural Null Mystic doesn't do anything for ailment proc, but I'll have to find more Dancers in any case.
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It is possible that I am misremembering and he doesn't!
I just checked and I am! In which case Dragons become that much better, as you're probably not getting Extra Turns anyway. I still don't remember having any significant problems with him. Sorry. :(
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Oh god oh god I got him down on the last turn before he healed damn it the triple Joint Crack only works if the MC does the killshot I guess fuck Shield All
EDIT: Oh, Joe didn't have his Fate high enough. Whoops.
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Beat Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines with my madness-inducing Malkavian. Take that,
Tony Blair Lacroix!
Picked up Alan Wake since it was on sale recently. Reviews were generally solid and said it was like a Stephen King novel, and he even gets name dropped in the first line of the game. Atmosphere seems to really hit that vibe of a sleepy rural town in the middle of nowhere with too much evilness swarming around it. It's pretty solid. Sorta like Silent Hill, but different all the same. Any input from those who may have played it? I was looking for something to give me the jibblies and it seems to be doing a passable job thus far.
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Started playing Tenchu: Time of the Assassins and remembered why I had quit when playing the series in the ps1. I GET LOST IN EVERY FUCKING STAGE. :colonveeplusalpha:
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Resident Evil : Operation Raccoon City.
Just played it, so I don't have a detailed summary of said game. Even though there is not many, I like the concept of various class you can use with their own unique skills since it allows you to adapt at any level's conditions. Overall, it might be a fun game if you play it with your friends, and I would like to test it someday.
Even so, there are many things I dislike: First, the A.I are terrible, sure they know how to deal with enemies, or to help me when I got caught by a licker, but the major downside is that they often block both my way and field of vision. Second, when I realized it's a strategy game, I was hoping for group-action, such as 'all attack', 'secure the area', or so on (it reminds me of Star Wars: Republic Commando), but I was horribly wrong. Third, given that they are special squads, I suppose they should able to dodge enemy attack or roll, and again I was wrong. Fourth, I want to crouch manually, dammit.
The game wants you to suffer the thrill in any way possible, and it works.
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Grandia 2 Hard Type - Made it to the last save point in Valmar's Moon.
Previous dungeon before this? Enemies had like 5500-6500 HP, did like 1200-1500 damage or more with various attacks.
This dungeon? I only have 3 characters, the first enemy group I run into (Nyalmots I think)...9200 HP for each one and does at least 2000 damage with a normal attack, 2500 or so damage with Blazing Sun or whatever it's called. Everyone's HP right now hovers around 4000-4500 at the start of this dungeon.
...Yeah.
Next new enemy I met? Can cast Zap! to hit those in an area for ~2800 damage...oh and has like 14-15k HP too and they come in groups of 2 D:. Let's not even go into what kind of words are said when they team up with a couple of Nyalmots.
I'm very very afraid to see what the Egg Guardian is like :ohdear:.
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Finished the Snow Queen Quest in Persona. I wouldn't have a problem playing that route again. pretty short, not too bad in general. I do still need to do the optional stuff, but I'll get to it.
Now up to 8 Gold Prizes on Catherine Hard mode, mostly due to looking up guides for most of the levels. I'm really not looking forward to doing the Empireo because that level loves to mess with you with random mystery blocks and random monster block movement, and you can't use undo on Hard to counter any rng problems.
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Finished Rhythm Heaven Fever this morning. ...I only started it this morning too, but hey, rhythm games are never that long D:
Also finished Rayman Origins, and its obscenely delightfully batshit insane difficulty Land of the Livid Dead bonus stage, essentially giving me 100% completion in that.
Aw yeah.
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Started another run of Cave Story earlier and got to Sacred grounds/Blood Stained Sanctuary. Normal mode because Hard mode is dumb, though I'll probably try a Hard mode sometime.
What is with this level? And it seems like my level 3 weapons that I made sure to have mean nothing cause reset to level 1. Machine Gun/Missiles/Bubble/Fire/Blade is my weapon setup. I have 50(55 once I pick up the health up there) health and the Life Pot. I don't even have any idea how I'm supposed to dodge all this stuff.
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What is with this level? And it seems like my level 3 weapons that I made sure to have mean nothing cause reset to level 1. Machine Gun/Missiles/Bubble/Fire/Blade is my weapon setup. I have 50(55 once I pick up the health up there) health and the Life Pot. I don't even have any idea how I'm supposed to dodge all this stuff.
It's the superhard extra stage, what do you expect? Sacred Grounds alone makes me prefer the Spur to the Machine Gun. You've got the maximum available health (I actually missed the last one, so I had to do the whole thing at 47), so you're in good shape, just a matter of learning the stage. And don't get frustrated if you lose 30 health in the second room. It tends to happen.
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Played some Dungeon Defenders (thanks for the gift code Suikama) with Sparda and an RL friend of his today. Pretty fun stuff; might invite a few more of ya on to play this together, and with similar-level characters at that (managed to get 40-odd levels today on one of my heroes while Sparda and his friend's were at 70-something :getdown:)
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Burnout 3: Takedown.
Thank you Xbox Live for making this awesome game available on current-gen consoles. :V
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Just bought Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on Xbox Live Arcade. It is worth 20 dollars, let alone the 10 dollars that it costs you.
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Trying out Age of Empires so I can actually use JACT, a system I used to use when I played osu! religiously but no longer has the game lists (and there's no way you're going to get me to play WoW). Not too interested in the current rewards, but here's hoping they bring some of the old rewards back.
Finally got Sorcerer in RoMG, leveling Assassin for the last two classes.
DS2's Day 4 is easier than Day 3, annoyingly enough, though that's mostly likely thanks to Jungo (who absolutely wrecks enemies, even those with Anti-Phys) and Hathor (who dealt 200x2-4 damage per pop to the end-day boss).
EDIT: Oh man, I could have gotten a title for not engaging in Free Battles? In hindsight, I've only needed them for occasional Skill Cracks (when I couldn't get the right person into position in time), so should be an easy title for next run.
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Heh heh!
Rebooting an 18-hour Persona 3 file on Easy Mode because the game's too hard! :fail:
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Hoo boy, where to begin?
-Genetos-
Unlocking all the different weapons is tricky sometimes!
But genuinely fun, it's kinda like a CAVE Shooter later on, but kinda not!
-R-Type Final-
SO MANY SHIPS. NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY.
-Warriors Orochi 1(PS2)-
For once, Nobunaga isn't an ass!
What a concept! Really digging the SW and Wu storylines, mostly because they have the characters I'm genuinely good with.
-Final Fantasy X-
Despite all the hate I've seen this game get, it's actually not too bad, considering that it's the first PS2 FF game.
I'm actually liking the different enemy properties, like Magic-Resistant, Aerial, Shelled(Use pierce-aligned weapons like Auron and Kimahri's), and so on.
The sphere grid's actually kinda fun to mess around with, even though I ran out of Ability Spheres early on, and wasn't able to get more on demand until Mi'hen Highroad.
(Thank you Valefor and Ifrit, for using your overdrives to overkill all those Dual Horns for twice the Ability Sphere drops!)
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Currently playing Persona 2: Innocent Sin on my PSP until I return home. Once I have access to my gaming rig I have to finish up Space Pirates and Zombies and start on Sonic 4 Ep2.
In the "to play" queue are a Pokemon game (maybe Ruby if I can fix the berry glitch on my cart, restarting White otherwise) and some Simcity game (either reinstalling 4 yet again or doing an LP of 3000)
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Got to try out the Torchlight II beta. I'm playing on Normal with the Berserker right now. I'm still completely sucking and dying a lot, but it's kind of fun still. I'm not sure what Veteran and Elite are like. Even the first boss took way too damn long on Normal. Hopefully I can complete the beta section and get a decent amount of time with other characters before it ends.
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Hoo boy, where to begin?
The Warriors Orochi games are fantastic fun, yes.
As for FFX, that's because it's actually a pretty damn good game! Most of the complaints fall into either the area of storytelling execution (either they found Tidus annoying or just didn't like the whole setup in general) or concerns that only matter during the postgame (Ultimate weapons have some absurdly shitty tasks involved, sphere grid kind of falls apart, etc) - the actual gameplay of the main game is easily one of my favourites in the series and in RPGs in general.
I actually suggest that if you enjoyed it, you try X-2 as well once you're done and if you can get your hands on it. It gets a bad rap for a few reasons (mostly to do with the game not exactly doing itself any favours early on), but it's also a really great game despite how much people complain about it.
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(mostly to do with the game not exactly doing itself any favours early on)
Oh poopie..
That was the point that I couldn't take X-2 seriously anymore. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed playing the game as an extension of the storyline from FFX (my favorite FF). The Job system was always one of my favorite parts of the Final Fantasy games, and X-2 executed it rather well. But.. Dress Spheres? Garment Grids? Are we saving the world or are we playing dress-up? No, we're saving the world while playing dress-up! :V
Not to mention Catnip + Trigger Happy = Game broken.
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I actually got X-2 before X. :V
It was kinda fun though, getting the EX Dressspheres like Machina Maw.
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I'm currently doing what I should have done ages ago and getting around to finishing Digimon World 2 and finally playing the original Digimon World, while slowly making my progress through Persona 3 FES and Borderlands (With friends).
Aside from those off-games and touhou, I've gone back to playing Grand Chase for some odd reason I can't quite explain, I've started playing League Of Legends some time ago and I'm playing Digimon Masters Online because I'm on a Digimon Fangasm Spree.
Nothing to see here.
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Games I'm playing right now~?
Minceraft-O SHIT IT CARSHED!
Crashed* Fuck My Spelling
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Doom II and its millions of fanmade addons never get old. As far as I'm concerned, it's THE perfect FPS game. Currently I'm playing through Number One Kill The Next Generation, or 1killtng.WAD, a very solid megawad, though it pales in comparison with Alien Vendetta (I love this name), which I played a while ago but had to stop near the end because my paranoid playing style ("let's save every thirty seconds and be afraid to check what's in the next room") just wouldn't cut it anymore.
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The Dragon Stream is OP. There's no other reason how
Yamato
can manage to keep his
turn in front of my entire party's despite eating a Double Up Evil Flow. As long as I remember Drain and Pierce, the battle should go (relatively) smoothly - at least moreso than Team Tokyo
buffing every enemy and serving up uncrackables.
EDIT: Polaris B
is such an ass. Deathbound, high speed, no need to move, means almost every single damn time it kills one of my leaders. Guess I need to start replacing stuff with Null/Repel/Drain Phys to even stand a chance to win.
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EDIT: Polaris B
is such an ass. Deathbound, high speed, no need to move, means almost every single damn time it kills one of my leaders. Guess I need to start replacing stuff with Null/Repel/Drain Phys to even stand a chance to win.
Yep. Surprisingly enough, that's the most dangerous part, so your team should be kitted with Null/Repel/Drain and at least Resist on the last one. Drain is hilariously effective there, actually, as it doesn't have Pierce!
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The enemy Berserker in Fate/Extra is
Arcueid
. It was annoying because of what happened between the rounds, you spend most of the week running around trying to fix Rani
and not doing any research. And then on the last couple of days when they find out something about her, I'm just going, I already knew that. It's the age old player knowledge vs character knowledge argument.
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The enemy Berserker in Fate/Extra is Arcueid
.
Only on Rani's route though. You get to fight a different Berserker if you're on Rin's route.
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So I beat Ballos on Cave Story a while back. I then started up a Hard Mode run. And have gotten up to
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/1583/cshard1.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/cshard1.jpg/)
Which ended up like this without a chance at trying Ballos 4.
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/197/cshard2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/69/cshard2.jpg/)
I'm not even sure how I would take out Ballos form 4 like this either. This is one of the few points where Hard mode's lack of missiles just sucks. I'd like to get that Steam Achievement for a 3 HP best ending clear, and I'd rather not replay through it on Normal just so I can missile cheese this form.
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I just finished Mass Effect 3 a little while ago, despite having the game for 2 months. I can understand why people were upset over the ending now, but I'm just more confused by it than upset. I haven't decided what game to play next. I'm planning on trying a low level run of Super Paper Mario this summer, but I'm not sure if I should do it just yet. I'll probably next end up playing Dead Space 2's hardcore mode again for a friend of a friend.
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I tried low-levelling SPM.
The only problem is probably resource management.
Being horribly unable to stock coins makes survival a wee bit difficult.
I don't remember, but I think my level was around 11 ~ 15.
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Playing Pokemon Red, Girl Ver. which is a romhack that simply changes the starters and the overworld sprite of your character and your rival's. Your character becomes Daisy and your rival's head turns into a lass' overworld sprite's head. One caveat for this run is I'd like to avoid using popular Pokemon in Gen1 by late game.
My current team, midway through Mt. Moon, consists of: Redrum (Magikarp), Ran (Vulpix), Chuu (Pikachu), Vice (Beedrill) and Crest (Nidorino).
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Just beat Persona 4, for the technically first time.
Levelled to 80 and had 78/Yukiko 75/Naoto 74/Chie on my team.
Helping certainly was the Soma I found in a regular chest.
Casualties were surprisingly minimal this time, because my last attempt (MC 75, Teddie 75, Naoto 75, Yukiko 75) was fraught with Samarecarm and Revival Bead and Macca Leaf.
Oddly, the main damage came from all the girls :V
Since I booted Teddie, Souji had to take up the support role :getdown:
Ended up finishing it with weapons that ranked in the upper 300s, armor around 250 - 350, and with accessories that increased all stats by ten, four, Max SP by 30%, and halved SP use. 20 SP Salvation is horrendously broken BV
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Finished DX: HR and Missing Link finally, using Very Hard Mod (increases aug prices, adjusts ammo capacities, and makes breakable walls easier to see), ENBSeries (advanced DX9 graphics mod), and normal difficulty (but hard on ML). I credit a GPU upgrade for getting me back to this game (testing led to completion :V).
Definitely the endings were pretty good, especially the one where Panchaea capsizes to let humanity decide for itself
, but aside from the really bad boss fights (grenade launcher + explosive revolver spam to the rescue :V) it was a bit too easy for my tastes and 'hack everything, stealth and distractions over combat, stun/non-lethal takedown as many people as possible, fire weapons if needed' playstyle.
But instead of trying a no-alerts pacifist run of this game I'd rather get my recently-rebought copy of DX, apply the DX10 render patch, and play it again since my vision is augmented memory of that game is now spotty.
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Playing Diablo II: LoD. Barbarian, Nightmare, Act V. Just found Raven Frost from Dac Farren, thus eliminating one of my mortal enemies: freezing.
THE RAPE TRAIN DOES NOT HAVE BRAKES!
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Final Fantasy IV (DS)
Got killed in Tower of Zot an got sent all the way back to Dark Elf >_<
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Started playing Himegari Dungeon Meister; it's a bitch to read since my japanese is still kind of lacking, but it's great practice.
The game's quite good so far, although Kamidori Alchemy Meister was somewhat better. Especially since that one made grinding for levels and materials a lot easier to do (replaying levels you already finished is very limited in Himegari, whereas in Kamidori you can replay pretty much any level as often as you want).
Still, I really like Himegari's story with it's evil demon king. <3
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I love how I can't have fun with Nocturne, while I'm having fun.
HAHAHA! MY PLAN FOR FREE MP IS WORKING!
> Succubus uses "Eternal Rest."
WHY HAVE YOU NOT EVER USED THAT MOVE BEFORE THIS POINT, REALLY
I HAVE TO DEFEAT THOSE FUCKING SISTERS AGAIN
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So as always, I buy my stuff a considerable time after they come out for among other things the price advantage, as per protocol (http://xkcd.com/606/). And likewise as per protocol, I have started playing Portal 2 today. First three chapters to be precise.
Man, I love the humor of these games. My brother actually got the game recently as well, so we will be able to play the co-op together later, without anyone being spoiled already about what's going to happen. :D
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Blah, I can't remember all the games I have played off my hand. I did play: Super Robot Wars W (One full playthrough, and currently abusing the stage 11 money trick.), FF13-2 (At least while the game is better than FF13, it's not by much, IMO.).
Anyways, I was going to buy the dlc expansion that came out today for Binding of Isaac for 3 dollars, but due to unfortunate circumstances, I can't buy the game at all for the moment. It looks really good, though.
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GTA 1
Geesuz. This game is still awesome beyond words. It's really quite a site seeing people 'squished' in this game and I do die a lot for some reason.
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Symphony of the Night gets a lot better after you have Soul of Bat.
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It's also funner when you can do all the tricks, which I can't. Still occasionally fun to play normally though.
Decided I'd finish Torchlight XBLA. So i got rid of my Very Hard character and made a Destroyer on the easiest difficulty. I'd like to at least get the 200/200 in the game. I'll play the higher difficulties on PC because I'll get a free Torchlight copy on Steam once I prepurchase the second game. I had one death so far on an optional map where I forgot about a trap and had the walls crush my character, would have been pissed if I had been playing Hardcore, but I obviously didn't check that mode. I might play some Hardcore on PC though eventually.
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Brain: Pst, hey, I know you're in the middle of game you haven't beaten yet, but you should like totally play Final Fantasy V again.
Me: 'kay.
Yea, it's been awhile since my last playthrough. So why not?
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Brain: Pst, hey, I know you're in the middle of game you haven't beaten yet, but you should like totally play Final Fantasy V again.
Me: 'kay.
Yea, it's been awhile since my last playthrough. So why not?
fffffffffdamnit I need to finish that LP >:(
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Playing Batman: Arkham City right now. Batman's like my favorite superhero and Arkham Asylum was definitely one of my favorite games. This is gonna rock.
fffffffffdamnit I need to finish that LP >:(
Yeah, you do.
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Got to
The Underworld
in FF4 DS. Game is pretty decent so far, although random battles tend to be an exercise in "letting auto-battle do it's job"
Is there anything else to do in Pokemon White after you get to level 65? All the Elite 4 are 10 levels above me still and I got my fill of Battle Tower-esque play in Gen 4, and I can't get on Wi-Fi because none of the hotspots work for me (still using a DS Lite)
I think I'm just going to download Touhoumon and play that instead.
Trying to obtain a new Gamecube controller so I can replay all my GC games. Good times.
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So I just spent two hours streaming Ib blind. That was an intense two hours.
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Grandia 2 Hard Type - Just wiped out Valmar's Core after roughly 82 some odd minutes. This boss is a goddamn beast. You know it's not going to be fun when the first thing you see is an attack that can cause instant death. Also not fun when the Core's main attack, Day of Judgement, does ~4000 damage to everyone. Everyone is running with 4600-5000 HP at lv65 with one maxed Life Up equipped to each character. Having three heads provide more damage is even more brilliant.
How the hell I beat the critter on my first attempt (a blind run of the boss no less!)...well I can't even begin to answer that one.
Now I guess I get to see what the refights with the various parts of Valmar are like as well as the actual final boss.
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Oh god I just found a 7.
(http://oi50.tinypic.com/2qbst36.jpg)
Now I just need to find an 8 and one of my life's greatest goals will be complete.
And another thing.
(http://oi49.tinypic.com/f6ff8.jpg)
Fuck you minesweeper.
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Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY (PS3)
Fun game but not really that good when it comes to sneaky attacks. I don't play games much so basically I'm going to suck at this. :blush:
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So I finally decided to tackle the white whale of my childhood. Final Fantasy 7. only this time... We go hardcore. The Hardcore mod for this game makes a few tweaks here and there to the general difficulty to the game. And let me just say this. Almost everything can fuck you up if you're not careful. Granted, I've only now just got past Guard Scorpion, but still. It's like i've mentioned to several others. Everything is a legitimate threat. Not to mention there are a few new monsters and bosses thrown into the mix. Also, did I forget to mention you actually start out at level 1 this time? >:D
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Pokemon Red (Revolution hack) - I had to ditch my Girl version run because the hacker was inept at tweaking trainer battles, and the Rival fight enroute to the Elite 4 was so terribly glitched that you cannot finish it without WtW, which I cannot use because my DS can't handle cheats. So, I replayed it with the Revolution hack, by Collosseum Translations [sic]. I have finalized my team and am just playing the "level catch up" game because I am 10 levels below Elite 4 levels.
My finalized team:
(http://i.imgur.com/Dpcj7.png)
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I have become a hopeless addict to BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend's Abyss mode
massive, hours-per-attempt RPG mode in a fightan game, that gets steadily harder and more and more nerve-wracking the further you go?
YES PLOX
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(http://oi49.tinypic.com/f6ff8.jpg)
Fuck you minesweeper.
Eh, on expert, you get situations like that all the time . :derp:
Another favorite:
________
X ? ? X
X 3 3 X
1 1 1 1Or even just
X X X
3 ? 3
3 ? 3
X X X
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Here's another that just befell me. It can get really elaborate with this kind of thing, winding all over the board. Sometimes it's almost as if someone constructed them just to thwart me. Unfortunately you're right. You get this stuff all the time.
X 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 X
? 2 ? ? 1 ? ? 1 ? ? 1 ? ? 1 ? ? 2 ?
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Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb. The game is pretty ridiculous now with this DLC.
Also prepurchased Torchlight II, so I'll be playing some Torchlight on PC as well. I'm not sure which class I'll play seriously first on this version. I tried a little bit of Very Hard with the Destroyer and it was a pretty tough thing from what little I tried. I also made sure to grab the Champions Mod, so it'll be a bit harder due to that too. Should probably grab the mods released by the developers as well for respec and the bee spell.
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Perhaps the only thing worse that the Minesweeper bs is Thrill Digger bs. Aside from the empty Green Rupees, each of the values can be two probable values. Blues can be 1 or 2, Reds are 3 or 4, etc. It's a little easier due to Rupoors that don't end your game immediately, but it's also one of the variations that can kill you with the first pick.
Thinking of picking up Drill Dozer again for another run.
I also have no idea whatsoever how I can turn Methane into something something Triflouride with only three reactors (and one of them has to be dedicated to steering the damn laser, the other to picking whether I steer or fire).
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Son of a gun, I died to Rubicante and hadn't saved since before
Yang died
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Son of a gun, I died to Rubicante and hadn't saved since before Yang died
FF4DS right?
Try using the Steal command when he decides to flash you.
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Fire Emblem Kakusei, on a Hard mode run now. It's pretty neat!
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I've been playing Tales of Graces f for quite a while. Dang zhonecage and its item offering requirements, I can't figure them out to save my life. :fail:
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Fire Emblem Kakusei, on a Hard mode run now. It's pretty neat!
shut uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup >:(
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You're doing Fire Emblem stuff too? What a coincidence!
I recently stared playing an old hack of FE7, that one neat crossover one by MageKnight404.
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Feel the Magic XX/XY (NDS)
Why does this Nightmare chapter feels hard now not unlike the last I beat this on my cousin's DS? D:
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oh lawdy persona 3 on easy mode
i told myself i wouldn't be using any Plumes of Dusk but that didn't work out
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Hoh hoh, and they told me it was impossible to beat Red in Soul Silver with my team only at level 56-59. How they laughed!
...Hah, that was fun. Took a good hour, but it was worth it.
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Brain Age 2 DS
I've been playing this ever since I got a job last week so less time for me playing RPG or adventure games...
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Fire Emblem Kakusei, on a Hard mode run now. It's pretty neat!
I just want you to know how incredibly jealous I am of you ;-;
In other news, Mount & Blade: Warband (with Napoleonic Wars DLC preferrably) is an absurdly amazing multiplayer game even if I'm completely terrible at it 8D
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With my first $20 Steam Wallet card, I bought...
I bought The Binding of Isaac and RUSH for a total of $2 (60% Discount Special), I bought a friend Super Meat Boy for $5.09 (Discount), and I bought Rock of Ages (The game, $10)
The Binding of Isaac is really fucking addicting, and if it weren't for my skill at Touhou, I'd be falling apart trying to play this game. It has a lot of shooter mechanics mixed with Zelda mechanics and it's fuckin' awesome.
RUSH is a boring, everyday puzzle game that isn't bad but I'm glad I got it on discount because it's not worth $5
Rock of Ages is a quirky game that takes NOTHING as sacred, so if you're not easily offended, you may love the humor. Some people they make fun of are Leonardo da Vinci, Leonidas, Charlamagne, and King Charles III. You can also unlock a trollface to use as a ball.
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Binding of Isaac is indeed amazing and if you haven't already, be sure to get the Wrath of the Lamb DLC. It adds an absurd amount of additional stuff to pretty much everything and really helps vary up the game experience.
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Took me 28.7 hours to 100% the Wrath of the Lamb DLC. My total Isaac playtime is 107.9 hours according to Steam. Not bad for a 5-8 dollar game depending if you get the DLC or not. Though the game and DLC cost me less than $5 as i got the main game in the Christmas sale.
And I'll still be playing it occasionally despite having Platinum God achievement.
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Ok, forget what I said last post. I've been playing Resident Evil Revelations instead and loving it! I'm up to Episode 6 and I have no complaints with the game. I really can't wait to find out what happens next!
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Been playing a little indie game called Distorted Travesty (http://distortedtravesty.blogspot.ca/)
It's... actually a pretty big game, though. It's an Order Of Ecclesia-style Metroidvania (Individual stages progressed through more or less linearly, but there's plenty of reason to revisit and secrets to find and powerups to pick up alongside its levelling system) with a takes-some-getting-used-to control scheme, but it's actually a very action heavy and potentially really challenging game. The main thing is the ability to swap between five elements (Neutral, Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth), with different enemies having different weaknesses [and each having different associated spells and stuff too]. In addition to this, there is also "crippling" - striking enemies with a specific attack/spell [or sequence of them, later] temporarily shatters their defenses. Sometimes this is far from the optimum way to be attacking them, however, so it's up to you to decide if you'll take the risks involved to deal significantly higher damage. The fact that your dashes actually grant you invulneurability during their startup means you're expected to deal with piles of crazy at times, too.
I've been playing it on the hardest difficulty (Which unlike the others doesn't allow you to adjust the difficulty up or down) and it has been a blast. A potentially infuriating blast at times, because holy shit some of these fucking boss fights. But they have all been AWESOMELY FUN, just really, really hard.
Also everything in the game is shamelessly borrowed (Music, sprites, etc) so it's kind of like a stylish 2D metroidvania game which is made up of settings of other video games and tongue-in-cheek humor, so...
It's actually pretty damn amazing.
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Pokemon Sacred Gold, a Heart Gold romhack (the counterpart version is Storm Silver) which is basically what I wanted HGSS to be, and more!
Currently at Mahogany, with a team of:
Ryou the Farfetch'd (@Stick, Super Luck)
Elena the Flying/Surfing Pikachu (@Light Ball, Static)
Holyze the Ledian (@Occa Berry, Iron Fist)
Fuuro the Sudowoodo (@N/A, Sturdy)
Gumi the Porygon2 (@N/A, Download)
Freesia the Jumpluff (@N/A, Chlorophyll) <-- Designated "catch rare shit"bait as well as ninja-girl
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I'm currently playing Secret of Mana, together with my girlfriend.
Boy, it sure is annoying to level up your weapons and magic at later levels...
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Might start a game of Dragon Age: Origins soon after possessing it for nearly 2 years and playing the opening part twice, then quitting after becoming daunted over the scale of things. Do any vets have any recommendations as to what party to choose and how to build them and the PC? I'm not so interested in min/maxing as I am making the game as fun as possible. I'm thinking more along the lines of the characters that are the most interesting and entertaining as party members and a PC build that is the most fun to play as without the party getting its butt kicked.
Meanwhile, Batman: Arkham City. Oh man, you guys, this game. So cool. The villains are great. There's plenty of sidequests and places to explore and things to find and challenges to do and and and the Riddler is so DEVIOUS and he has such a cosplayable outfit oh man so excited!
I'm currently playing Secret of Mana, together with my girlfriend.
Wish I knew a girl with this sorta mindset.
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Might start a game of Dragon Age: Origins soon after possessing it for nearly 2 years and playing the opening part twice, then quitting after becoming daunted over the scale of things. Do any vets have any recommendations as to what party to choose and how to build them and the PC? I'm not so interested in min/maxing as I am making the game as fun as possible. I'm thinking more along the lines of the characters that are the most interesting and entertaining as party members and a PC build that is the most fun to play as without the party getting its butt kicked.
Mages. Mages shatter DA:O. Especially Arcane Warrior. (I got to play AW in the glory days before the 1.02 patch. Infinite Shimmering Shield? Hells yes.)
Wish I knew a girl with this sorta mindset.
Amen. :(
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Finished Circle of the Moon today.
Harmony of Dissonance is ugly as sin.
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I know I've ranted about it before, but Distorted Travesty is good. Really really good. I've been playing it on the hardest difficulty and it is one of the very, very few games that has remained difficult throughout, from start to finish. Rarely do I find games that have done that. There's some stuff that is extra absurd (namely to do with platforming for secret areas/powerups) but... yeah.
The game's difficulty settings though are really nicely done. Enemies and bosses aren't just more threatening because of higher damage, but also higher defenses - NOT their HP, but their actual defensive stats. Since you can tear apart an enemy's defensive stats by using elemental weaknesses and learning cripple points on enemies, the importance of doing so goes from "completely optional" at easy to "pretty much mandatory" by distorted. Plus, everything cycles through attacks faster, keeping you constantly on your toes - and especially bosses fire projectiles in far greater numbers as well, turning plenty of boss fights crazy.
Suffice to say there have been extremely few 'trivial' rooms on Distorted difficulty, due to the presence of even normal enemies being really dangerous, combined with the game's already tricky platforming (made harder on the harder difficulties with some extra obstacles - including new terrain hazards in boss rooms!). I'm only like halfway through and the game has been consistently challenging throughout.
Also this game is clearly much, much longer than I initially thought.
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Garlyle: It's a pretty awesome game, yeah. At least from what I've seen of Raocow's LP of it, anyway... he's not running it on Distorted, though, I don't think. In any case, probably will pick it up sometime. :getdown:
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I lied, went back to SotN instead.
DOUBLE CRISSAEGRIM OH MY GOD
naturally, i spent half an hour farming them up, and then had a third drop five minutes later
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Well, at least you got them relatively fast - when I was playing PoR, I spent about an hour to get the Eye of Decay (despite that I didn't really need it), only to get it in the NG+ from the very first kill of that enemy.
-22 multiplier for my Macca Bonus made me laugh (I had Multi-Strike lined up for my demons, not realizing my enemy had Drain Phys). I don't think I'll be able to handle the ultimate Bonus Boss, considering the fact that the primary strategy for the penultimate one is to leave a single trash mob alive and rely on the fact it only has Drain Phys on its first style, and it won't change over unless the mob gets killed or I initiate the battle. Got basically only 80k xp out of it, when you can get conceivably inf xp as long as you don't bother with the boss. Ultimate Hit is so worth it, though.
EDIT: Yup, it totally wiped my teams. Even if I remembered to put on Anti-Almighty, it might have only given me one more turn. One of its lackeys heals itself for 1600 damage at the end of a skirmish, the second constantly revives the trash mobs and is damn durable itself, and there's the boss itself. I might actually need to break out Extra Cancel - it never seems to burn its kill shot until Extra Turn. Okay, apparently not.
EDIT2: Wat. Jungo and Lucifer lasted an incredibly long time against this boss, only dying because one of the damn Loa got a Possession off, sealing off my recovery avenue. Even then, they lasted a while before finally dying, thanks to Anti-Almighty, getting the boss nearly to red. I might actually have a chance.
EDIT3: Woot, ultimate Bonus Boss captured! I forgot to equip Anti-Almighty on my offense, but it was strangely reluctant to deliver the kill shots when I was the attacker.
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Mages. Mages shatter DA:O. Especially Arcane Warrior. (I got to play AW in the glory days before the 1.02 patch. Infinite Shimmering Shield? Hells yes.)
Really? My understanding so far as the main character went was that nuke/caster mages were fun but broke the game, supporters might be fun/useful due to the range of buffs/heal/support moves they get, and Arcane Warriors were nigh-broken tanks that were GREAT for fights but they couldn't do much more than self-buff. Maybe it's a build thing? Might be worth a second look since I dunno if that's the truth or not and my knowledge of the game was limited to the first 4 hours of gameplay and now 18 months old. I can dabble around with the party a bit once I get a class since they seem to have innate builds they're good for. Drunken dwarf always tops a high-maintenance stoic jerk , though.
Finished Circle of the Moon today.
Harmony of Dissonance is ugly as sin.
Sure, but it plays much nicer. I found it to be one of my faves amongst the Castlevania series. CotM felt so very clunky, dull, and empty in comparison. What it really came down to wa-
I lied, went back to SotN instead.
D'OH!
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Garlyle: It's a pretty awesome game, yeah. At least from what I've seen of Raocow's LP of it, anyway... he's not running it on Distorted, though, I don't think. In any case, probably will pick it up sometime. :getdown:
Yeah, the LP got me playing it (Having known the creator when he was first working on it way back when helped though and now I wish I'd followed it more).
I'm not watching past what I've personally seen though. Going in blind to a lot of this stuff is ridiculously difficult! He's only playing it on Normal, however, which is interesting, because then I can see just how different the difficulty settings are (It is definitely visible)
Game's a blast though, just like An Untitled Story was (which I also ended up playing because of him... and again on a far harder difficulty)
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My brother's started picking up Pokemon again, so I've also picked it back up to help him out with stuff. Before I came back up to my apartment for the week, I'd traded him a level 71 Virizion to help him against Landorus (immune to Fissure because higher level, resists Earthquake and Rock Slide). Apparently it was a big help!
I'm also still going with Mabinogi, as well as trying to get into Titan Quest again, although this laptop's graphics card is pretty crappy. It makes the computer run pretty hot when I'm playing Mabi, and has randomly shut down TQ a couple times due to the same issue.
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I just noticed that I still have a savestate of Chrono Trigger running for half a year now. I don't know why I'm hesitating to finish it, the game ist great...
In the last days my fingers also itch to play Might and Magic VI again, if that game rings a bell for someone.
Wish I knew a girl with this sorta mindset.
Well, let's say that my girlfriend will soon be a boyfriend, so that's that... :V
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After the third week Recettear becomes armok-damned brutal. 200,000 pix in a WEEK? Outrageous!
It's made worse by the fact people are CONSTANTLY pawning off their crap on me, and it's actually HURTING profits because not enough people are buying the things on the GODDAMN SHELVES. I seriously only sell 3 shelved items on a GOOD shopping period. BEfore my place became a pawn shop I was constantly running out of stuff to sell! (well I still find myself lacking quality stuff to sell alot but not the point)
It's made worse when half my stock always seems to be unsellable at any given point in time due to bullshit market trends.
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Distorted Travesty - Ok because of Garlyle I was curious and checked this game out.
...Holy crap this game is seven kinds of awesome. Started a bit of it on Normal, then decided to start over on Distorted difficulty and I regret nothing. I've died SO much but it's worth it because it's so much fun on this difficulty. I only started late yesterday and I'm already 4 hours in.
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I just got back into Civilization IV: BtS after letting it sit for a few months when I found out there was a Touhou mod for it (still amazed at how long I didn't know this). Even unmodded, I'd say it's probably the best (i.e., my favorite) strategy game I've ever played, not that it couldn't be improved.
In favor of a non-paragraph summary, I will say just that modded, it is the funniest/most interesting thing I've come across in a while.
I almost wanted to make a topic on the mod, but apparently somebody tried that a year or two ago and it didn't get past the first page of replies, so I didn't think I'd have too much luck. :3
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Playing Lone Survivor
In the dark
At 1:30 AM
After finding the shop I'm in eerily left in strange conditions, with a pair of shoes in the middle of the hallway and an empty room with the light on. Turned the light off, proceeded to search the shop using only the light of my cellular phone
If only Amnesia ran on my machine.,,
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Finally got to play Skyrim again. This being my second sitting, and after two months of not touching it because it's actually my brother's.
I KILLED THE FROST TROLL AT LEVEL FIVE WHEEEEE
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aaaaaaaaaaaa
zombie monsters
aaaaaaaaaa
really BIG zombie monster
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I shined the flashlight on it by accident AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA RUN!!!!!!!!!
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I've been playing Digimon Masters Online again. I stopped playing cause there wasn't a lot of stuff. Namely no Gomamon, Lopmon, or Terriermon. But now they're in and I got me a Lopmon. And even better I have access to it's Data and Virus forms, which is really nice.
I think I was suppose to go to the Icicle Area before the Oil Refinery. I went from being three levels below most mobs to being five levels above them.
Anyone else play? I'm on the Leviamon server and my name's Phlegeth on there too. I'm 26 and Lopmon (Tewi) is 39.
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So I had the chance to take the brand new Mario Party 9 for a test drive today, since I now own it.
The reason this is significant, if you haven't heard, is that MP9 is the first one to significantly change up the formula. Each board is now no longer "run around for x turns to try to get your goal, playing a minigame after everyone has moved". Instead, everyone boards a single vehicle that moves down a track (with a handful of breaks) until it reaches the end. Along the way, your rolls can get you a variety of rewards and/or trigger minigames, and at various progress points several different special events can occur - including "boss battle" minigames and other such fun things. Also, there's no more stars. Or coins. Everything is in the form of "mini-stars", which are gained either through various things on the field as you travel, or won by placing well in minigames.
The bad: The high amount of RNG-reliance on the field - moreso than previous games it feels like you have very little control over what's going on and I THINK there's enough shit that could happen on the board that it's entirely possible to win or lose a game entirely independant of minigame results, based sheerly on how the board treats its players. That's... not so hot. Although the game does make a conscious effort to benefit losing players, it's kinda... I don't know. It feels like the RNG is going to be the one cheating you out of victory... and not the other players,
The neutral: There seems to be remarkably fewer instances in which the traditional Mario Party backstabbing comes into play. You know, things like using Boo and sniping someone's star via a Magic Lamp and all that. That may be good or bad; personally I LOVE that aspect of the series but... yeah. Also, Bonus Stars are now on various qualities that due to the above you have less real control over - things like "who lost the most mini-stars during the match". This kinda has a neutral effect overall because they DON'T necessarily go to the ones who were in charge the whole game, so... yeah. Again, RNG potentially cheating you out of a victory, but it makes things a bit more exciting in this instance?
The good: The minigames themselves seem great. Plus, the ability for whoever triggers the minigame (or in the final stretch, whoever is in last) to choose a minigame means you can avoid any minigame you really come to hate; in the meantime though they're a blast? I had a lot of fun with them, and the fact that everything is now in the compiled "mini-stars" category means that winning individual minigames does matter.
there, and this time it's in the right topic.
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The bad: The high amount of RNG-reliance on the field - moreso than previous games it feels like you have very little control over what's going on and I THINK there's enough shit that could happen on the board that it's entirely possible to win or lose a game entirely independant of minigame results, based sheerly on how the board treats its players. That's... not so hot. Although the game does make a conscious effort to benefit losing players, it's kinda... I don't know. It feels like the RNG is going to be the one cheating you out of victory... and not the other players,
...Welcome to Mario Party?
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Starting again on 7th Dragon 2020 PSP; Trickster (Yukana), Samurai (Shinichiro Miki) and Hacker (Kazuya Nakai). This is for the EX-Skill quest videos because my sister's YT file got banned. She didn't had any back-ups for the videos to reupload it sadly. >___>
Still have my first file which consists of Samurai (Miyuki Sawashiro), Psychic (Tanaka Rie) and Destroyer (Takaya Kuroda) and currently got that traitor bitch Mizuchi down on Tokyo Tower after ragequitted last December 2011 because of the mistakes that I did. Allocating some skills before heading on to the galaxy to wipe the rest of the dragons...
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...Welcome to Mario Party?
Well, I've played the entire rest of the series (Including Advance and DS), and I'll put it this way - it feels worse than usual. There's a LOT less individual control over what happens to you on the board; at most there's maybe a couple of "choose a direction" spots on the board and you'll have a choice of two spaces to be ending you turn on IF you happen to be the one in control when you get there. The board, in the meantime, likes to hand out mini-stars [or take them away from you] all over the place, sometimes at rates larger than the rewards from individual minigames.
The traditional items are gone, too. Should you happen to land on a 'gift' space however, you can get a different sized dice (the standard in this one is 1-6 ; I've seen 0-1, 1-3, and 4-6 dice given out... and a single 1-6 sized "slow" dice is given to the player in last shortly before the end of a board, it seems). But, of course, your ability to even get one of those... requires the RNG to hand you it in the first place. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't possible on several boards for a single bad diceroll to cut your mini-stars in half right before the end of a game, among other batshittery from happening-type spaces.
And I know there's Chance Time, King Boo, etc., and that kind of wonderful dickery in the previous games but the thing is, those were things you could make an effort to control in some fashion. They could still dick you over... but in general the fact was it still felt like it was a player being responsible for the dickery. And chances are it was - someone could actively take detours to visit King Boo after saving up, etc. It was something people actively did, as opposed to whoops BAD ROLL.
TL;DR - Less control than previous Mario Party games, same chance of being dicked over - it's just by the RNG this time, not other players. And being a jackass to other players is what makes Mario Party, well, Mario Party!
I'm not saying it's a bad game though. Hell once you get used to it you can just kinda roll with it; and like I said the minigames are pretty great, so it all balances out, really.
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Ahhh, my little 8 year old sister just picked up Persona 3 :getdown:
"Damn it, Junpei, what are you good for?!"
"Stop falling down!"
"You're not going to make me heal myself, are you?"
Apparently, it's quite the radical shift from the Persona 4 she's used to :V
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Gungnir get.
As usual it's an overwhelming mess of things on screen that don't make a lot of sense but when you figure them out will probably be pretty cool? It's a Sting game, I'm playing it anyway.
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Ahhh, my little 8 year old sister just picked up Persona 3 :getdown:
"Damn it, Junpei, what are you good for?!"
"Stop falling down!"
"You're not going to make me heal myself, are you?"
Apparently, it's quite the radical shift from the Persona 4 she's used to :V
It is hard to remember that "Act Freely" means your allies derp half the time (seriously, why the **** are you using Marin Karin again?!), though they do do some smart things on their own steam (they keep track of enemies their attacks are strong/weak to, they'll toss healing your way if it's available and they aren't on an offensive style).
Also, your parents let her play a game where suicide is the main concept for summoning? Not sure if awesome or scary.
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An 8 year old playing a Persona game? That can only be considered awesome.
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Ys Origin
If you liked Oath in Felghana than you'll like this too as it's even better!
Really awesome game, I would recommend everybody to check it out. Fast paced challenging action with awesome music and just fun as all heck.
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First serious run in Dungeons of Dredmor (http://i.imgur.com/RX29T.png), using a chatbot notorious in one of the places I go to for being unbalanced to randomize my skills instead of the in-game randomizer. Needless to say, the game's been very intense. Monster Zoos are really getting harder at this point without my weapon scaling as fast as I'd like it to.
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It is hard to remember that "Act Freely" means your allies derp half the time (seriously, why the **** are you using Marin Karin again?!), though they do do some smart things on their own steam (they keep track of enemies their attacks are strong/weak to, they'll toss healing your way if it's available and they aren't on an offensive style).
Also, your parents let her play a game where suicide is the main concept for summoning? Not sure if awesome or scary.
They let her play Persona 4, and I explained to them that they are not real guns :V
They're still shaky on the concept, though, so shhh.
An 8 year old playing a Persona game? That can only be considered awesome.
It makes me angry. She beat 4 before I did.
And she started later. And she clocked in 110 hours, compared to my 70 >:(
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It is hard to remember that "Act Freely" means your allies derp half the time (seriously, why the **** are you using Marin Karin again?!)
Funny story about that. A certain party member of mine decided to Marin Karin instead of bufuing some Tartarus boss once (not that she hadn't done that before), and it actually succeeded, probably saving my party (i.e., my protagonist) from some Ma-somethingorother/mega-phys the next move the boss had (it was a while ago). Of course, I laughed when it actually happened. The success rate on the spell had to be pathetically, improbably low in that situation, and of course I would've been pretty irritated if it didn't work.
Moral of the story: ??? ... Computer dosen't make completely futile moves?
Anyone else try to play P3P with the party control set to off as much as possible?
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I think she's just bugged out at her lack of "Conserve SP," "Knock Down," and "Full Assault."
I have them, and she's all "that would be SO USEFUL."
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Figuring out Gungnir. The Beat system is still really weird (although holy crap random poison from a thorn whip on the boss is awesome), and the fact that you actually need to move to build up tactics points runs counter to what you'd do in any other SRPG, where you wouldn't move so your next turn would come faster. Still need to mess around with Boosts, and definitely need more people who can knockback or inflict status ailments.
tl;dr friggin' Sting games you are so deep and fun but why do you not actually explain ANYTHING PROPERLY
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FF IV DS.
I got this soon after it came out, but I stopped playing it due to other games. I'm going to actually try to beat this version now.
I started a new file since I didn't really remember where I was at in te game, and I felt like it anyway. I'm after Octomammoth and about to go to the cave with the Antlion. I got the perfect score on Rydia's minigame 3 times, so her special DS version exclusive summon has 99 Int now. 99 Int Thunders are quite effective on OctoMammoth. I just wish I hadn't set Blizzard on it though since that reduced the damage I was capable of doing with the summon. Still, it chose the 700+ damage thunders more often than the Blizzards. I'll probably go back and switch Thunder off of it since I think I remember Antlion being weak to ice.
Obviously since I'm not far in on this run, I haven't run into anything too bad. I do know it'll get worse, but I'm used to BS deaths from all the SMT, and I know this version of FF4 has its share of BS death potential.
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If you haven't played FFIV DS, but HAVE played the original FFIV, read this:
Do, in fact, throw abilities onto the characters who won't be in your party come endgame - specifically, throw up to two (no more than two!) abilities on them, and a bit after they leave the party, you'll be given new abilities from them that are generally superior. Off the top of my head, if you're curious...
Tellah gives a Half MP and fastcasting ability, I think? Rydia will love those lategame. Edward gives improvements to your items (such as the ability to use them on the whole party at once), which is great for most of the game... and I think Palom and Porom, if there's three abilities between them or something, pass on Twin Magic? Or something like that. Either way they're really useful. I forget though, you'd have to doublecheck most of these
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Yeah, I've had to keep a guide up so I don't miss stuff like that. I've only really got Tellah's abilities so far for doing that, it's a tad unfortunate. Still, Fast Talk is pretty radical, though.
Gotta continue where I left off. I got pushed back in my run a few hours due to asshattery and neglecting to save.
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Just finished (sorta) Batman: Arkham City. HOLY CRAP OMGLOLWTFBBQ that ending's gonna screw with the canon somewhere. I still need to complete half of the Riddler challenges to free the remaining hostages. I'm not 100% keen on finding so many trophies simply in order to progress, but the little mental challenges promote a lot of experimentation and problem solving in tiny little doses. Outside of that, the game itself is 15-20 hours of Batman awesomeness, so it was well worth it.
Okay. Set for Dragon Age Origins at last. Will be playing a support mage with some offensive spells just so I'm not spamming a bunch of useless spells during downtime. Will probly make use of a tank, two-handed/dual wielder for extra melee damage, and an archer as I hear that mages can be game-breaking. As per my typical MO, I will play up the Neutral Good crazy person who thinks that he and his friends are participating in a long, protracted, worldwide pillowfight against the darkspawn and that when you hit them with the pillows they spray raspberry jam everywhere.
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Just finished Neptunia mk2. Vast improvement over the first game and the most fun I've had with an RPG since Soul Nomad. The setting / cast were great once again, if noticeably more serious than in the previous one. The combat system was in a completely different galaxy this time and was the main reason I enjoyed the game so much.
Also lol at the unintentional Platinum. That's my first plat and probably my last.
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Returning to Nocturne, navigating the annoying Yoyogi Park Construction Site, and the more annoying Second Kalpa of the Labyrinth of Amala.
The Second Kalpa was fun until HAHAHA MUDOON
I shelled out the 45,000 Macca for the lesser Physical Magatama from the Collector, found little use in it so far. Is the other and Sophia worth it?
...I'm currently level fifty. Is that overleveled?
Also, Persona 3.
I'm at about the eightieth floor, Yabbashah block, but I feel like I'm burning myself out on this, because no dog, no Shinjiro, minimal Strega story, etc etc etc.
It seems like that yawning void that the quality of Persona 4 falls into at around Lv. 40 is at about 20 to 30 in this game.
I tried playing The Answer, but Yukari felt it a better idea to continually Diarama herself and her balls-for-HP than to use Media, because apparently her having 40 HP is that much worse than everyone else having 60 HP all at the same time.
But I digress.
Someone give me a date. When does P3 pick up again?
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...I'm currently level fifty. Is that overleveled?
So long as you are gaining the skills from your magatama when leveling up, there is no such thing as overleveled in that game. I've played played numerous RPGs in my time and waded through some real jerk moves in the past to reach the ending. SMT: Nocturne pulls some super jerk moves the farther you get in the main game, Amala, and the main game because you've been going into Amalama. I've given up on the game twice in the late game and that's an unprecedented feat.
Then again, some of that was just tedium. I may very well permanently drop Genius of Sappheiros simply because it's late game time and dungeons are taking hours to wade through with little progress due to the gimmicks tied into them and the respawn rate. Take things with a grain of salt, but the game will pull a couple of real jerk moves at times. Screw you, Trumpeter.
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I only ask because it seems like the only threat anything in the game poses as of now would be instant-death skills and Setanta who use their Dragon Eye skill nearly exclusively to use the move Guillotine on my character :3
Also considering upgrading my party at some point... got Lv 47 Jinn and Dionysus, as well as 45 Kushinada for a healer...
I had Mediarama for my MC, but dropped it in favor of Diarahan. Whoops >_>;
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Taking a break from Final Fantasy XIII mandatory-battles-only challenge (turns out the game is a lot more enjoyable to play when you aren't fighting all them enemies. I was under the impression that the bosses would be impossible if i didn't have the CP from all the monsters but eh... apparently that's not the case.)
Instead playing some more Deus Ex: HR - trying to make a No-anything challenge run out of it. That is, no augs, no-killing and no takedowns. Of course on Hard difficulty. Not that it matters much outside of bosses since I'm requiring Ghost+Smooth Operator. So far I've made it past the 2nd boss who was indeed quite a pain until i tried the Heavy Machine Gun.
My strategy? Whenever she charges at me, i throw down a EMP Mine in front of me, then she runs into it causing it to explode. Then I throw her a frag grenade and plug out my Heavy Machine Gun and gives her a full salvo at point blank range. Then I just kept repeating this process until i won.
In any case, I'd recommend this challenge to anyone. It's fun and it's pretty badass how many ways you can go about doing stuff. You can use crates to get to places you shouldn't be able to and all mandatory doors are Lv.1. Lovely.
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Still playing Digimon Masters. Apparently Tewi takes after her namesake. After blowing a lot of money enchanting her Attack to Lv12 and her Evasion to Lv9, I was pretty much broke. And needed some chipsets. I decided to go kill some SkullMeramon for some Lv5 Monster Cards to sell. A little while in, one of them drops something I've never seen before: an NSo Egg. I didn't know what it was so I popped it open and found an NSo Chipset. For those who don't know, Lopmon's default Mega is Cherubimon (Evil) who belongs in the NSo family. So I found a chipset I needed completely by accident. And by the time I was finished I had 4. I equipped HP and Defense chipsets. So now Tewi is really hard to hit and when they do it doesn't hurt.
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I recently got over my HDTV's input lag and got back into my Wii Virtual Console library.
I've been playing most of them sparingly but here's what I tend to play.
NES
The Adventures of Lolo
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
Gradius
Ice Climber
Kirby's Adventure
Mega Man I-IV
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan)
SMS
Fantasy Zone
Phantasy Star
TG-16
Gradius II: GOFER no Yabou
Ys Book I and II
SNES
Super Castlevania IV (Since I call it Castlevania IV, I put it in the C area)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Mega Man X
Secret of Mana
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Sega Genesis/Mega Drive
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
NeoGeo
Magician Lord
N64
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Mario Party 2
Paper Mario
Super Mario 64
Yoshi's Story
Oh god help me three of those are shmups
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Wayyy too much. Right now I'm busy with Mass Effect 3 (what an awesome game!) and I got a couple ordered which are waiting to be finished right after ME3: Mass Effect 1 & 2, Asura's Wrath, Dark Souls and Max Payne 3.
Banjo-Tooie and Super Paper Mario are waiting for completion as well. I ought to do those first since I'm halfway through in BT already and got the first two chapters in SPM done too. Then again those can wait too as I have beaten them before already, I just felt like randomly playing those again after so long~.
I should get my priorities straight. xD
Instead playing some more Deus Ex: HR - trying to make a No-anything challenge run out of it. That is, no augs, no-killing and no takedowns. Of course on Hard difficulty. Not that it matters much outside of bosses since I'm requiring Ghost+Smooth Operator. So far I've made it past the 2nd boss who was indeed quite a pain until i tried the Heavy Machine Gun.
My strategy? Whenever she charges at me, i throw down a EMP Mine in front of me, then she runs into it causing it to explode. Then I throw her a frag grenade and plug out my Heavy Machine Gun and gives her a full salvo at point blank range. Then I just kept repeating this process until i won.
In any case, I'd recommend this challenge to anyone. It's fun and it's pretty badass how many ways you can go about doing stuff. You can use crates to get to places you shouldn't be able to and all mandatory doors are Lv.1. Lovely.
When I was going for the trophies for the lulz, I stacked a few and did the Hard Mode, Pacifist (which includes no Takedown since Takedowns have a tendency to kill off enemies due to a bug) and no Detection cheevos in the same run. Needless to say it was quite fun, promoting a lot of experimentation trying things one probably wouldn't think of initially. After beating it four times the fun's gone though, haha. Good luck with that run!
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Wait way too much for me?
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Nah, I meant myself. I have a tendency of stacking games and starting a new one when I'm still in the middle of another one. :D
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YESSSSS.
Got my little sister to pick up Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne.
Her reaction?
It's not as hard as you make it look!
:fail:
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Since there's no general Video Game Rage thread, let me say this here
I had 999 rupees in A Link to the Past when I walked up to a thief and talked to him (didn't remember what he would do.)
HE GAVE ME 300 RUPEES.
Four chests.
Red rupee, FUCK.
Red rupee, FUCK!
Red rupee, GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!
Red rupee, SON OF A BITCH!
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Why don't you make one?
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Why don't you make one?
I don't think it would go over that well but okay I will :D
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why am i playing DMO (digimon masters online)
why have i lost such control of my life I've been playing it for a FEW WEEKS
AAAA ;w;
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Taking a break from Final Fantasy XIII mandatory-battles-only challenge (turns out the game is a lot more enjoyable to play when you aren't fighting all them enemies. I was under the impression that the bosses would be impossible if i didn't have the CP from all the monsters but eh... apparently that's not the case.)
It's amazing how much more interesting it makes the game, isn't it?
Pokemon Conquest came out yesterday, so I figured that while I wait for my copy of it to arrive (And for the JP release of BW2), I will finish up other spinoffs - meaning Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky. ...Kinda forgot how great this game is!
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I feel like I'm missing something in FF4 DS because I'm
on the Moon
and suddenly enemies are kicking my ass when they weren't before. I can hardly survive regular battles now without Cecil getting KO'd
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It's amazing how much more interesting it makes the game, isn't it?
Indeed. It even means I get to appreciate the story more since I'm getting more exposure to that than to corridor cleaning. :D
When I was going for the trophies for the lulz, I stacked a few and did the Hard Mode, Pacifist (which includes no Takedown since Takedowns have a tendency to kill off enemies due to a bug) and no Detection cheevos in the same run. Needless to say it was quite fun, promoting a lot of experimentation trying things one probably wouldn't think of initially. After beating it four times the fun's gone though, haha. Good luck with that run!
I didn't know about that bug. Though, you can always see whether your enemies are knocked out or not so I guess you're safe? Not that it matters for me, I've already been through a Pacifist, Hard Mode, No Alerts run. Same as you. It is hilarious how easily people die in the game though. I tried throwing a wooden box at a knocked out civilian and that somehow killed him. Then some other time, I hid some gangsters body in the sewers with his face down (he was a bad guy so it's okay). Why didn't he drown? Weird stuff.
But yeah uhh, still enjoying using the environment rather than augs to get around. I just used a fire extinguisher as a stepping stone to enter a place that would either require Lv.4 hacking or enhanced Jumping to get into! It's so awesome how you are just completely at liberty in that respect. Find crates to stack and get everywhere!
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About 4 hours into Pokemon Conquest. To me it feels like a FFT-lite with Pokemon. :S
I really want to love it but it just doesn't seem to be happening. I mean a Pokemon SRPG is cool and all but I can't really think of any reasons to play this instead of some other game.
Pros:
-Pretty cool character designs, nice new Pokemon art
-Pokemon SRPG :>
Cons:
-Menus feel kind of sluggish
-Mandatory battle animations, and a kinda slow text speed
-Little to no character customization(Each pokemon only gets one move, though when it evolves sometimes the move changes)
Nitpicking:
-Can't change battle formation before a battle
-No elevation display or attack elevation ranges
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I feel like I'm missing something in FF4 DS because I'm on the Moon
and suddenly enemies are kicking my ass when they weren't before. I can hardly survive regular battles now without Cecil getting KO'd
the difference between earth enemies and moon enemies is like fifteen levels
the standard reaction is to grind on those amoeba-like enemies for a minimum of 90 minutes <3
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Pokemon Black 2 DS
Screw IV/EV training, let's go for the old no-brainer, all brawl battle system!
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Right now I'm just playing through the Metal Gear Solid series and Dark Souls :V
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TODAY IS THE DAY
I'M GOING TO MAKE IT TO FLOOR 6 IN SlashEM
AND THEN PROBABLY DIE IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS
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Just got the Gods & Kings expansion for Civ V and played a bit of single-player. Adds quite a bit that the stock game lacks - glad to see espionage and religion back again, and adapted for the Civ V system. New units are nice too.
Though caravels were nerfed quite hard :\
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Wow. F.3.A.R. was mediocrity and it's mediocritest. And real short. I'mma play the original to get that flavor out of my mouth. I think I just saved a friend $8 from when it was on sale.
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Finished up Deus Ex Human Revolution No augs, no knockouts, no kills, no alerts run. Let's make an abbreviation for that: NANKNNKINA! Again, really fun. Omega Ranch kinda required me to blow hole through a wall with my exploding revolver but luckily nobody was close enough to hear it.
Now that I'm done with that challenge, I think I'll go finish up that Ghost Recon game. (Which is really disappointing. I had hoped for more tactical gameplay rather than just a generally piss-easy third person shooter with repetitive gameplay but eh, let's just finish off this game and shelf it afterwards.
When I'm done with exams, I think it might be SMT time!
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I've spent many hours of the last week totally addicted to DROD (Deadly Rooms Of Death), probably the best puzzle game I've ever played. Close to finishing up Dugan's Dungeon, 22 floors down and 3 to go. Anyone else played this excellent game? If you do give it a shot, bear in mind the first two or three floors are basically a tutorial, and the difficulty ramps up quite a bit after that. Even in the less difficult areas though, the game feels very devious and it's always satisfying to clear a room. Hugely recommended!
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I've been playing Touhoumon recently. It's an amusing hack to say the least.
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Been immersed in Asura's Wrath lately. Holy shit this game is just HNNGNGHGHGH. If I were to sum up the game (or shall I say "interactive anime movie"), take a climactic ending of the most epic game you have ever played and span it across the entire game. It's that amazing. Only downside is that it's rather short. I'm nearing the end and it hasn't been a lot of "playtime" so far. Though I'm inclined to fall for the DLC scam for once and get the bonus episodes.
Goddamnit Capcom stop making me love and hate you again. </3
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So because what appears to be the final boss in RE Revelations is currently ripping me a new one, I decided to go back to playing Chrono Trigger on the DS, after neglecting it for far too long. In the last week I managed to get all the way from Heckran to
recruiting Magus.
I've been told that I'm near the end of the game, but I apparently missed a whole bunch of side stuff. I'll have to replay this game sometime, but right now I want to see which ending I'm going to get.
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So because what appears to be the final boss in RE Revelations is currently ripping me a new one, I decided to go back to playing Chrono Trigger on the DS, after neglecting it for far too long. In the last week I managed to get all the way from Heckran to recruiting Magus.
I've been told that I'm near the end of the game, but I apparently missed a whole bunch of side stuff. I'll have to replay this game sometime, but right now I want to see which ending I'm going to get.
The side stuff in CT is pretty much all from the moment when the final dungeon makes itself pretty clear, and you get back the ability to go wherever and whenever. There is extremely little stuff during the story that is missable.
As for endings, there's only really the main ending available the first time through - there's just some variance based on three factors: how you get to the final boss (Epoch's Day Of Lavos setting, End of Time's bucket, or through the Black Omen
), whether or not you do the Death Mountain sidequest successfully, and whether you choose to kill Magus
or not when given the chance. It's roughly the same ending, however. All the seriously different endings are triggered by using various things present in NG+ to challenge the final boss early and thus have some... unusual repercussions on the timeline.
On my end, discovered two things while gaming on my vacation:
1. I'm really really bad at Metal Gear Solid 3.
2. Meanwhile I seem to have almost broken Wild Arms XF because I haven't lost in a while, it's just... there is no such thing as a fast battle in that game. Every fight is long. Also, I think I missed the Ragu O Ragula fight... D:
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Aside from my very, very slow progress on Digimon World 2, Digimon World, Digimon Masters Online and Persona 3 FES, I got my hands on two "new" games, one I was interested in and another which I was looking for ages and I finally got my hands on.
First in Kingdom Hearts Re-Coded, for the DS, it seems interesting enough for now, but I don't see the storyline being any useful for the canon anytime soon.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix, for the PS2, YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS~ <3333333333333333333333333 <- I've been looking for this for ages!
First thing I did was do some weird ripping-and-patching stuff to get the game to about 90% english, and now I'm playing like a madman, just finished Roxas's intro, and indeed, I forgot how much better Sora was to play with than Roxas.
Also, Critical Mode is fun as fuck, starting the game with 2 Lucky Luckys and an Aerial Finisher Plus AND a Finisher Plus? GodDAMN
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1. I'm really really bad at Metal Gear Solid 3.
What are you bad at? Unless you keep running out of tranqs, they're always the best way to take out enemies until you get a sniper rifle (and you can steal a boss' tranquilizer sniper rifle, too!) If you've having trouble seeing enemies before they see you, just go prone every time you reach an intersection while still in cover and sneak up to it so you can see. Also, play around with the camo. Some of them are better in some situations than ones you'd think perform better.
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currently playing.. for psp
Blazblue CSE
FF type-0
God eater again
Blue roses
Tales of the world 3
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I just started playing Ib (thanks to Pixiv :F). At first I thought it was going to be some mystery RPG. I was wrong.
Now I'm stuck because I'm scared ;____;. Damn. I really want to get an ending but I'm too scared to go out and explore further.
I'm so silly, lol.
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Kingdom Hearts 3D demo :V
Knights in the Nightmare DS (I friggin' love this game)
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I just finished Mass Effect 3 with the Extended Cut DLC.
I can say it was the biggest blessing this game ever got and ever will get.
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Been playing some Demon's Souls and Dark Souls.
Can't get enough of those games.
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I just finished Mass Effect 3 with the Extended Cut DLC.
I can say it was the biggest blessing this game ever got and ever will get.
And I'm sitting here waiting for a new copy of Mass Effect 1 to arrive (and have it hopefully work properly this time around) so that I can finally go through the entire trilogy and finish it with the new ending. :E
Meanwhile Max Payne 3, really stylish game. Then again it's Rockstar so what else am I to expect.
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- Black 2, my first Pokemans game since, uh, Emerald. I'm not particularly fond of the babby difficulty
(hell, even the moonspeak is easy) and those pink things monopolizing all the EXP.
- Onimusha Dawn of Dreams. This game aged pretty well.
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Beat Dante's Inferno was a lot of fun buuut I can see why people say it plays way too close to GoW.
Bayonetta's a cripe ton of fun but... well I gotta say the plot's going kinda oddly enough at the beginning. I like how they play a song for a 5 second scene, cut it off, and play a new song all in the same cutscene. Also, what's up with those still frame ones where they aren't moving but their voice is going, and yet for some reason their hair is still flowing with the wind? Just seems odd to me.
Also bought Dark Souls recently. Haven't played yet, no judgment can be placed.
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I wish you fun times, Dark Souls is tough as nails but very motivating. Awesome game for sure, I'm playing it at the moment too.
That and Shadows of the Damned (Suda51 I love you <3) and Mortal Kombat for the xbawks.
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Pokemon Conquest came in whoooo
it's... it's actually slightly tougher than I expected it to be based on the first couple kingdoms. Then again I'm deliberately avoiding grinding and that definitely seems to be one of those things that can make a big difference in this game. But the 'only one move per Pokemon' thing isn't actually bothering me as much as I expected. It means I need to actually tailor my teams to what I'm about to face and that's actually really nice, because typically in Pokemon games (and SRPGs in general) there's no reason not to stick with a single party throughout the whole game.
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Pokemon Conquest came in whoooo
it's... it's actually slightly tougher than I expected it to be based on the first couple kingdoms. Then again I'm deliberately avoiding grinding and that definitely seems to be one of those things that can make a big difference in this game. But the 'only one move per Pokemon' thing isn't actually bothering me as much as I expected. It means I need to actually tailor my teams to what I'm about to face and that's actually really nice, because typically in Pokemon games (and SRPGs in general) there's no reason not to stick with a single party throughout the whole game.
Images. Now.
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I don't even get good quality photos from my webcam unfortunately D:
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Mostly the PC-98 Touhou games. I've been getting into HRtP as of late.
If you want games other than Touhou, Pokemon White and Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch De Dokodon.
The Binding of Isaac, Earthbound, Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Earthbound Zero/Mother 1, Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Mega Man games 1 through 4, Mega Man X
Phantasy Star, Phantasy Star II, Phantasy Star IV
I have too much time at home, don't I?
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Been playing Quantum Conundrum lately (and no I didn't buy it for the TF2 items, I previously played a demo at PAX East :V). Without going into comparisons with the Portal series (which arise largely from Portal's lead designer, Kim Swift, working on this game too), I'll say that the ideas are sound and fun to toy with. However the puzzles themselves have a ton of trial-and-error and platforming involved. Plus the level design isn't all that great.
Earthbound Zero/Mother 1
Excellent game and series, but I recommend installing the Easy Patch (http://starmen.net/mother1/easypatch/). The first game has a royal ton of grinding that really slows things down.
Minecraft
Join us on the server :3
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Started playing Island of Happiness again. It took a couple of in game days to remember what I was doing. I had to restart after that because I had a cow and chicken and not feeding them for a couple of days might be a little bad. Also was gunning for the Witch.
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Excellent game and series, but I recommend installing the Easy Patch (http://starmen.net/mother1/easypatch/). The first game has a royal ton of grinding that really slows things down.
I would, but that would make the game easy. I actually enjoy grinding. One time I just sat at Onett (This is Earthbound) and actually made enough money to buy that house on the edge of town AND a Cup of Lifenoodles to boot! (Note: Assuming that Lifenoodles cost $1500 a cup. Yes I know you can't buy lifenoodles until you get to Saturn Valley, I'm just saying for the sake of saying.) I don't mean to sound like a jackass turning you down, I don't mean it in any form of hostility. I'm just saying that I'd like to have the challenge Itoi intended. If I can take ZUN's challenges, I can attempt to take Itoi's.
On second thought I might install it but only if I decide that, yeah, this is getting too damn annoying.
Join us on the server :3
FUCK YES.
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I have finally started playing Skyrim. I think every dungeon I've explored so far has had some uniqeness to it, or some kind of mini-plot, which I find pretty cool. I also like how the map records which dungeons I've already cleared. Spares me from having to remember them all like I did in Oblivion.
I never heard of this easy patch for the first Mother game. I got through without it, though I have to admit some parts were kind of silly. I wouldn't want to change it though. I found the constant threat of death to be part of the game's appeal. :V
A tip to make the end a bit easier: Get a bunch of flamethrowers from the thugs in the last city.
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anyone still looking/having stuff to use on UT2k4 ?
Mechwarrior 4 (its free...FREE !)
Busou Shinki Battle Masters Mk 2
some Borderlands on Xbox 360, wish there was some touhou models to replace original characters on the PC version...I'd go heels over head for that...
Dawn of war soulstorm : Black eldars are pissin' me off so I rage quit with me battle sisters...
And if I ever get a better PC I'll invest in getting New Vegas and slap on some mods and have some touhou/mecha musume models....I mean, I'm gonna look at a video game character's ass for hours upon hours, might as well be a PRETTY ass
And I am STILL scared sh*tless of original touhou games...
I dunno I just feel like horrible things will happen if I play thoses...
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I would, but that would make the game easy. I actually enjoy grinding. One time I just sat at Onett (This is Earthbound) and actually made enough money to buy that house on the edge of town AND a Cup of Lifenoodles to boot! (Note: Assuming that Lifenoodles cost $1500 a cup. Yes I know you can't buy lifenoodles until you get to Saturn Valley, I'm just saying for the sake of saying.) I don't mean to sound like a jackass turning you down, I don't mean it in any form of hostility. I'm just saying that I'd like to have the challenge Itoi intended. If I can take ZUN's challenges, I can attempt to take Itoi's.
On second thought I might install it but only if I decide that, yeah, this is getting too damn annoying.
Managed to do similar once before even leaving Onett for the first time. Took forever to make money by selling pizza boxes alone. :getdown:
And having played Mother 1 completely without the Easy Patch, I can definitely understand that. It's just that the grinding got extremely annoying especially around Mt. Itoi.
A tip to make the end a bit easier: Get a bunch of flamethrowers from the thugs in the last city.
I second this.
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So I suddenly stumble across this patch that allows me to play Oni on Windows Vista/7. It wasn't compatible but this patch changes that. The game is one of my childhood favorites and it's still awesome.
Relatively obscure i think. Anyway, it's awesome so i've been playing it nonestop for like 4 hours now and I'm about to go continue! :D
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- I've been pretty into DJ Max Portable 2 lately. The sheer euphoria of comboing a huge chunk of a song/an entire song, man.
- Rockman & Forte. This one hasn't changed at all since I last played it several years back. Masterpiece.
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- Rockman & Forte. This one hasn't changed at all since I last played it several years back. Masterpiece.
SFC version or GBA version? The former controls so much better.
I've been messing around with Simcity 4 lately (and not 2000, as my avatar/text combo would suggest); really getting the hang of the region system to connect multiple cities together and have them interact as a single unit.
Also, while I have been playing a lot of TF2 lately I think I'm gonna take a bit of a break for a while until the Pyromania update has time to cool down.
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Just picked up SMT Strange Journey.
Just entered Bootes, and now the game is finally getting to where it has decided that it dislikes the idea of my survival :*
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Just picked up SMT Strange Journey.
Just entered Bootes, and now the game is finally getting to where it has decided that it dislikes the idea of my survival :*
OH BOY ARE YOU IN FOR A TREAT :getdown: :getdown: :getdown:
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I have just entered Sector Carina.
Jimenez is probably my favorite character >_>;
Defeated Mitra with
MC Lv. 19
Leanan Sidhe Lv. 18
Gu Huo Niao Lv. 16
Jack Frost Lv. 14
I've since levelled to 21, 19, and replaced the latter two with
Dzelarhons Lv. 21 (+Resist Ice, so no weaknesses)
Fortuna Lv. 20 (Mediarama and Recarm? Yes please.)
The game isn't too difficult so far. I mean, the only real trouble I've had so far was with stupid assholes that know Mudo. But that's about it. Oh, and Enemy Searching several Takeminakata despite being level 12. That was fun.
Macca Beam as well. Ran into three Pretas once that spammed that shit until I lost almost 5,000 dollars.
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Having beaten Oni, I've now started playing the old Half Life games again. A reminder of back when first person shooter games were more interesting.
- Rockman & Forte. This one hasn't changed at all since I last played it several years back. Masterpiece.
Best classic series Megaman game ever.
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SFC version or GBA version? The former controls so much better.
SFC after I ragequit the other one
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Best classic series Megaman game ever.
/brofist
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Also playing Koumajou Densetsu II. Only just started and got to Youmu in Stage 3 and she destroyed me like any other boss until i figured out how to do them. I kinda need a few attempts to figure out how to beat the bosses since the way this game works doesn't lend itself too well to improvization. Also, hitboxes changing size depending on whether or not you are in mid air is both awkward and a bit dumb imo. Still, it's a fun game so I can cope with my gripes so far. ;)
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PC:
Skyrim - 3rd Playthrough, a Khajit specializing in Conjuration, Illusion, and Swords & Shields. Also, her name is Orin-Chen.
Crusader Kings II - Attempting to bring Islam to Iberia, with some success.
Also...
Just finished 100%ing Analogue: A Hate Story. Worth the $10 (though I bought it while it was on sale). Gameplay reminisent of Portal (1986 version).
PSV:
Mortal Kombat. Easily beats UMvC3 in every way.
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Pokemon Black 2 (JP)
Reaaallly slow progress but currently on Hodomoe City.
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Also playing Koumajou Densetsu II. Only just started and got to Youmu in Stage 3 and she destroyed me like any other boss until i figured out how to do them. I kinda need a few attempts to figure out how to beat the bosses since the way this game works doesn't lend itself too well to improvization. Also, hitboxes changing size depending on whether or not you are in mid air is both awkward and a bit dumb imo. Still, it's a fun game so I can cope with my gripes so far. ;)
Some of the latter stages are some of the most fun I've had with a fanmade Touhou game. Not to mention that the music is some of the best you'll hear in a fanmade Touhou game, too. The hitbox thing takes some getting used to, but it's intended to be exploited. Really, the entire package comes together quite well. There's a good reason I've been stalking Frontier Aja's site every now and again outside of Banpai Akira playing a big part in making cosplay-able costumes.
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Oh man, I'd forgotten how bloody precise you had to be in Trauma Center: Under the Knife. Pempti's injection point is continually moving, unlike it's UtK2 incarnation, sutures have to be good, or they're just ignored, Kyriaki just goes wherever it feels like when diving, etc.
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Wow, Carina was pretty short. Took me at least four hours to do Antlia and Bootes, and this one ended in a paltry two.
*shrug
Party's still more or less the same.
Horkos was disappointingly easy, and dragged on much longer than it should have >_>;
I think he restored at least 800 HP :/
The game has certainly stopped holding my hand, but I still feel as though it's not taking me seriously :(
Delphinus time!
Game time's a little over ten hours, and currently level 27, I think.
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Acceleration of Suguri X-Edition.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU PLAY THIS GAME
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Oh man. Garlyle was right!
Pokemon Conquest IS awesome! Sure, only one attack per pokemon, but hey! S'damn good stuff this!
So far I've already gotten the second kingdom, and recruited several dudes.
Most notably is a Darumakka, it's got Flame Wheel and Run Up yo! I dunno what Run Up does, but it works! Guy hits for like, 20-40 damage on a regular basis!
Except on fire types, where it's 10-20.
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playing Super Mario 3D Land
"oh lord that was difficult"
> you can now use pipes to access special worlds!
:flamingv:
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Finished up another playthrough of Symphony of the Night this evening. Got not one, but two Cassaegrims with little, if even intentional grinding (basically got the second while testing out the first). Of course, this run seemed to rather like giving me rare sword drops from the getgo.
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I started EO3 again.
:colonveeplusalpha:
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I started playing Rune Factory 3. This might be the hardest Harvest Moon game yet. I mean, you've got all these awesome girls to choose from. You've got this artist who is constantly shouting, an extremely lazy person (seriously she gives Komachi a run for her money), and an over enthusiastic witch. And just when I narrowed it down to those three, I run into someone who looks like Yuugi wearing glasses.
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Spent a lot of my laptop-less time playing Persona 2 Innocent Sin (the PSP version). IT's... good? Either they really turned up EXP/Tarot gains, or I have a horrible memory, because it's not nearly as grindy as I remember. It still leaves me feeling vaguely dazed and confused at times though, and the encounter rate is irritating to no end.
I'm apparently like 1/2 to 2/3 of the way through it now though (Xibalba just rose and I got Jun)
so I should probably just push through and finish it, but... yeah. It both is good and yet doesn't quite feel like it has aged well enough for it not to feel like a chore at times, if that makes sense.
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Finished Catherine. Masterful design overall. The game introduces something new in every stage, is skill-based, doesn't beat itself; boss fights have more adrenaline rush than a shitload of action games; Shoji Meguro.
Moved on to Vanquish aka. Other TPS Devs Are You Even Trying. Stages could use a lot of improvement, but this is how you do gun combat.
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Okay, I lied. Strange Journey never stopped holding my hand :derp:
Asura almost literally could not have been an easier boss (two recovery spells and no fallen members) and Ouroborus's first form went down in less than ten minutes.
Her second form, took only slightly longer than that, and my one death was caused by the game's continuous flux of a turn order (my agility stat is forty-fucking-one, why is Black Frost moving before I am) and I still sustained half a sprinkling of casualties.
Currently in Fornax, trying to track down Those Three Stupid Things, and failing.
The first one, who bust through the wall? Damn, who was that? Well, he went down in less than ten turns >_>
Is there a reliable source of Incense in this game, by the way? Wanting to increase my stats :3
Party (despite the active party continuously changing):
47 Human Souzin Gyaku (ST 27/MA 34/VI 44/AG 42/LU 43)
44 Tyrant King Frost
41 Femme Clotho
40 Dragon Gucumatz
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25 Divine Virtue
35 Kishin Takeminakata
39 Jaki Rakshasa
28 Raptor Zhen
38 Jaki Black Frost
42 Flight Rukh
Hhh. The demons I picked up to use for fusion fodder are rapidly becoming obsolete for even that purpose.
Tee hee hee!
I got my sister to play this game, too!
I, uh, am kind of worried, though. I think she should be much farther than Antlia 1F, Level 5, and three party members, given her current game time of 2 hours 32 minutes.
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I think there was a boss rush you can get at. I hear it gives 10 of one, or 10 of each, based on how quickly you go through.
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That's NG+ only, apparently.
I'm a little offput on fusing new party members, due to the bevy of weaknesses and lost strengths that I'd end up with in the transition, but I simply cannot continue to try to level these jerks up.
Seriously now, how realistic is 170,000 EXP for a Black Frost (base 30) Lv. 38 -> 39, compared to 127,000 for Lv. 50 -> 51 for a fresh Decarabia?
Fornax is a little annoying, but it's doable. But where are these jerks...?
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Okay, I lied. Strange Journey never stopped holding my hand :derp:
Asura almost literally could not have been an easier boss (two recovery spells and no fallen members) and Ouroborus's first form went down in less than ten minutes.
Her second form, took only slightly longer than that, and my one death was caused by the game's continuous flux of a turn order (my agility stat is forty-fucking-one, why is Black Frost moving before I am) and I still sustained half a sprinkling of casualties.
Currently in Fornax, trying to track down Those Three Stupid Things, and failing.
The first one, who bust through the wall? Damn, who was that? Well, he went down in less than ten turns >_>
Is there a reliable source of Incense in this game, by the way? Wanting to increase my stats :3
Party (despite the active party continuously changing):
47 Human Souzin Gyaku (ST 27/MA 34/VI 44/AG 42/LU 43)
44 Tyrant King Frost
41 Femme Clotho
40 Dragon Gucumatz
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25 Divine Virtue
35 Kishin Takeminakata
39 Jaki Rakshasa
28 Raptor Zhen
38 Jaki Black Frost
42 Flight Rukh
Hhh. The demons I picked up to use for fusion fodder are rapidly becoming obsolete for even that purpose.
Tee hee hee!
I got my sister to play this game, too!
I, uh, am kind of worried, though. I think she should be much farther than Antlia 1F, Level 5, and three party members, given her current game time of 2 hours 32 minutes.
Did you use a map for Eridanus? Because with a map/guide, SJ really isn't as bad as the SMT title might lead you to believe. You are rather overleveled though.
Also just a fun note - my strategy of choice for Asura is to spend a couple turns buffing/debuffing, and then return all my demons and just solo him. With the Belobog vest and a good sword, this tends to work really well and can net you around 7 or 8 levels for winning.
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Knights in the Nightmare.
SO.
GOOD.
:getdown:
I knew about this game when it was new but never looked into it until now, and I sorely regret waiting all these years. Oh man.
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Did you use a map for Eridanus? Because with a map/guide, SJ really isn't as bad as the SMT title might lead you to believe. You are rather overleveled though.
Also just a fun note - my strategy of choice for Asura is to spend a couple turns buffing/debuffing, and then return all my demons and just solo him. With the Belobog vest and a good sword, this tends to work really well and can net you around 7 or 8 levels for winning.
I've actually not touched maps at all this run, except for one use in Mitra's mansion, because I was wandering around for an hour looking for where to go. (Fucking Gate Search.) I've been brute forcing every dungeon so far, and it's working pretty well for me. Eridanus was hell and a half, though, but I'm glad I got it over with.
He wants us to go all over Eridanus again? I hate this place! Do you know how freaking huge it is?!
And what does 'rather overleveled' mean? :ohdear:
I was under the impression that wiping every encounter (in the dungeon you're currently in) the game tosses at you would be feasible for maintaining your level- like in every other SMT game I've ever played. (Except maybe Persona 3. Fucking tower bosses.)
That being said, optional bosses (Like the ones at the top of Eridanus) are supposed to be difficult, right?
Like, the two Devas you fight and the two Angels, who are like. "no healing magic," or "no combined Magic over 60?"
Hrr... my strategy was to full-team Co-Op two Bufudynes a turn, but I suppose that works too. Everyone in the party still gained two levels, so :toot:
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Upcoming in Majora's Mask: The Water Dungeon
Games I don't want to motivate myself to play: Majora's Mask
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Well i playing currently:Gta San Andreas Touhou Mod,Left 4 Dead 2,Beat Hazard,Ultimate Doom,Wolfesntein 3d Spear of Destiny and etc.
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Upcoming in Majora's Mask: The Water Dungeon
Games I don't want to motivate myself to play: Majora's Mask
But... but... the Great Bay Temple is the best temple in the entire game. :(
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I'm taking a Touhou hiatus. What games do I want to replace it with?
DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label
DoDonPachi Original
EspGaluda
Ketsui
Guwange
Mushihimesama Futari (Apparently you're not supposed to capitalize "sama" and refer to it ONLY as Futari, one part I will comply with and the other part I declare "suck it" towards) Black Label
DonPachi
...
:fail: I think I have issues...
Upcoming in Majora's Mask: The Water Dungeon
Games I don't want to motivate myself to play: Majora's Mask
My response:
But... but... the Great Bay Temple is the best temple in the entire game. :(
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Bits of Counter-Strike Online, Modern Warfare 3, and
DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou Black Label
DoDonPachi Original
and some Doom (UltiDoom, Doom 2, Master Levels, Final Doom).
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I'm taking a Touhou hiatus. What games do I want to replace it with?
*presented by Cave!*
:fail: I think I have issues...
Too many STGs at once! Needs more variety! (though DOJ BL, Ketsui, and Futari are good).
Gone on another fighting game spree again, this time KOF '98 Ultimate Match (US PS2), SF3 Third Strike (Dreamcast), BlazBlue: CT (the uncommon PC version), and Garou: MOTW (NeoGeo). Doing somewhat well in all of them except Third Strike (hooray lack of practice plus SNK/Arc System Works bent) considering I don't even have a proper joystick.
On another note, I think a 'Fighter of the Fortnight' regular competition in here, similar to SotW, would be a great idea....
Also getting rage at the Ura route bees in DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu (iOS). They're the one thing keeping me from getting to the Ura loop there.
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oh lord this special world business in SM3DL is reducing me to tears
i'm only on 2-3 and my life stock is actually at a net loss at this point
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Too many STGs at once! Needs more variety! (though DOJ BL, Ketsui, and Futari are good).
I KNOW :ohdear:
STGs are just too fun for me to play anything else. To be frank, everything else is starting to bore me and STGs are practically the only thing I can enjoy anymore. That's what I mean by "I think I have issues".
Gone on another fighting game spree again, this time KOF '98 Ultimate Match (US PS2), SF3 Third Strike (Dreamcast), BlazBlue: CT (the uncommon PC version), and Garou: MOTW (NeoGeo). Doing somewhat well in all of them except Third Strike (hooray lack of practice plus SNK/Arc System Works bent) considering I don't even have a proper joystick.
On another note, I think a 'Fighter of the Fortnight' regular competition in here, similar to SotW, would be a great idea....
>Mentions fighter addiction
>Doesn't mention Power Stone
You're a new one.
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Hey, don't get me wrong here - I've played the Power Stone games on my 'Cast. I just haven't played them lately. :P (plus I generally do terrible with 3D fighters unless they play in a 2D fashion eg. Rival Schools).
In regards to the STG bit, well, that isn't good. Oversaturation in one thing hurts a lot in the long run, so start looking at other genres of games, possibly even those completely different from what you're accustomed to.
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Okay, so formerly Japan-only indie gaming site Playism has, as of like an hour ago, opened its international site (http://playism-games.com/), and is offering both titles familiar to english gamers like Spacechem, and formerly JP-distrubted-only games like Hyperspace Invaders Zero and Yume Nikki (for free!)
The biggest one of the day, however, and what I'm going to drown myself in playing is La-Mulana (http://la-mulana.com/), the remade version - which was first announced about three years ago and saw an obscenely long wait for the english release on WiiWare before getting cancelled about two months ago. So they brought it to PC instead!
I'm going to stream the hell out of this whenever possible because oh my god I haven't been this excited for a game in a long, long time. ...Actually, does anyone else stream playing games at all here?
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La-Mulana, the remade version
Oh my. This is awesome news. I am actually getting back into playing La Mulana after a year long haitus, and finally found an item to progress with. Why does it have to be in the last place I search?
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Oh my. This is awesome news. I am actually getting back into playing La Mulana after a year long haitus, and finally found an item to progress with. Why does it have to be in the last place I search?
Because La-Mulana is tricky like that, but that's what I love about it.
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Koumajou Densetsu II.
Having just finished Final Fantasy XIII which I ended up liking in the end. Sure it's first 10 chapters are god awful gameplay wise in my opinion with all those super prolonged battles giving little to no CP and the little to no progression that goes on with my characters stats but it all gets a lot better when you get to Gran Pulse and now I've 5 starred 87% of the Marks there. Plus the bosses get's significantly more interesting at that point in the game. And whoever thought the Ch10 boss was any kind of hard never heard of the Sentinel class. Add to that the presence of the single most awesome black guy in any videogame I've ever played and it's actually a quite decent game if I look beyond the things i really hate about it. No more bad blood between it and me. Hooray!
So moving on to XIII-2... Sazh and Snow are hardly present and in their place I get bloody Noel. No amount of gameplay improvements can fix that! ;(
Question for you guys though: I haven't found SAB and SYN to be very relevant in XIII-2 so far and debuffing and buffing is the most interesting aspect of RPG's for me. Am I doing things wrong or are they just useless/not needed?
Finally, Koumajou Densetsu II. Started it again from the beginning and went all the way through. Hella fun game and quite challenging at times as well. Gotta give Hard mode a shot too. Though not being able to skip the final cutscene before the final boss is really annoying and means that I don't have a hint of a bad feeling about blasting her ass to oblivion with Flandre.
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Question for you guys though: I haven't found SAB and SYN to be very relevant in XIII-2 so far and debuffing and buffing is the most interesting aspect of RPG's for me. Am I doing things wrong or are they just useless/not needed?
Y'know, I don't think I used either of those two classes at all through the main storyline, or even through most of the side-quest stuff. If I recall, there were two specific fights in which I went out of my way to alter my Paradigm setup to use the classes. SAB ended up being my saving grace in the "hardest boss fight" of the game, although it made the fight much much longer. Constantly casting Wound to whittle down max HP in the Serah vs Caius Paradox Ending battle... :V
Unless you're striving for 100% completion, you probably won't need to use either class. They got a lot more mileage in XIII.
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Question for you guys though: I haven't found SAB and SYN to be very relevant in XIII-2 so far and debuffing and buffing is the most interesting aspect of RPG's for me. Am I doing things wrong or are they just useless/not needed?
SYN is less useful overall, sadly. Even though three of the major buffs - Vigilance, Shell, and Protect - are learnable by both main characters and are pretty essential for taking on certain postgame bosses or just trying to take on certain powerful foes early... there is no longer a Haste spell at all, and Bravery, Faith, and the En____/Bar___ spells only appear on monsters, and it's kind of a pain to get them all on one (unless you're using Sazh, who gets most of them, I think). It still helps, but the role overall doesn't pack nearly the punch it did previously.
SAB is still good, but it's hardly mandatory. If anything it's better now - enemies have a set tolerance, and that means it takes a certain number of casts to rack up the 'points' on the effect to trigger it [obviously, more SABs/higher rank SABs speed up this process]. So, you can learn and predict how much of a spell it takes to 'land' the ailment in this one, no unnecessary randomness! Plus, all of the useful SAB spells are on the heroes - the monster-only SAB spells are all the disablers, which as usual either don't work or simply aren't necessary on things. There's really only one time in the game that they're really all that mandatory, however, being a boss fight or two related to postgame-only content; otherwise, they're just there to speed things up with smart use.
Honestly, XIII-2 is generally easier - the main game seems to expect you to do 0 sidequesting, up until the final chapter at which point the game takes off the gloves (suffice to say that it can almost be like the final area of XIII again, unless you've done a lot of side stuff). There's exceptions in the postgame content (boss hunts, paradox ending bosses, Raspatil, and the DLC fights) and even then while the postgame content is fun, it shouldn't be too threatening.
...Actualy, speaking of which, if you do decide to throw extra money at the game, the DLC fights are probably the best fights in the two entires (if not some of the best in the entirity of FF or RPGs in general, really). Lightning & Amodar can probably be tackled around chapter 5, and the rest progress onwards steadily from there until they are dwarfing almost anything else in the game itself quickly - they also all use unique mechanics and tricks and you really have to figure out how to get through their strategies in order to succeed. I was quite impressed; but it's also a heavy investment for them, so it's really up to you.
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So I chose the loud girl in Rune Factory 3. And then she went missing, but that's okay there's the Catch the Most Squid contest the next day. Which I dominated! I caught six squid.
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Oh shit Persona 4 on Expert is so much more fun now I'm doing things correctly.
Currently at Shadow Yukiko, level 14.
I accidentally tripped her Pissy Boss Mode before killing her ally, and that was a hoot and a half.
Ended up getting it down to <10 HP (However much one calls less than one pixel) before Burn to Ashes nicked my friends, and was followed by a critical Cleave from the Prince.
I've no means of recovering from Fear, so when Shivering Rondo missed my MC (with 142 / 268 HP at the time) twice, well that was just badass :getdown:
Killing the Avenger Knight midboss in three turns was also pretty cool.
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Thanks to finally getting a paycheck worth more than $300 and the Steam Summer Sale, I now have a bunch of new games to play through, including:
Portal 2
Alice: Madness Returns
The Binding of Isaac
Ys Origin
Plus Hellsinker's on its way from Japan.
So many games, incredibly little time to play them in (curse only having 2 hours before and after work for me-time). Plus I'm expecting my PS3 to come in the mail within the next week, so I can finally go through Ar tonelico Qoga (after having it sit next to my monitor since I bought it at launch), Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk 2, and Gran Turismo 5. Not sure if I should try and get the original Neptunia too...
For my portable stuffs, I've pulled out Elite Beat Agents again, see if I can manage the S rank on the ones I haven't done yet (usually I Was Born to Love You and ABC, because, seriously, wtf is up with their beat density?) and try to manage that one damn spinner on The Anthem on Sweatin'. Unrelated, I changed out the (slightly broken) shell of my DSLite for a transparent blue one - it's decent (and cool-looking), but it scratches far easier and feels like it's going to break again.
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I can't recommend the La-Mulana remake hard enough
Oh my god it's so amazing.
I wrote up a list of reasons over here (http://thispleasestormod.tumblr.com/post/27125970313/reasons-the-la-mulana-remake-is-amazing-the) but the TL;DR version of it is that it kept everything that made the original great, but changed a lot of things that were inconsistent/odd/bad about the original, and there's just enough in terms of content changes that people familiar with the original are going to have to relearn/discover enough to keep things interesting and fresh.
fuck hard mode though. It's not just a handful of extra enemies; it's a handful of very strategically placed, dangerous enemies from further sections of the game showing up early, as well as extra damage (and possibly health too) on boss fights. It's... holy balls every boss after Amphisbaena is ridiculous.
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Got Ys Origin. First time playing an Ys game. Started it on Nightmare with Yunica.
Got to the first boss(or maybe miniboss, not sure) at level 4. Just wouldn't work out, got to level 6 and it was pretty simple, so I guess levels are quite useful here. I'm at the second one now. I think I could do it at my current level if I could learn how to dodge one of the attacks, but I might do a little leveling anyway.
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While level's less important to your progression than say, Ys I and II, where you didn't deal any useful damage unless you were a specific level, it's still a major factor. I found the second boss (the first medallion one) incredibly annoying, since to deal damage, [REDACTED], and the angle is sometimes weird. I don't even think that attack is even doable unless you can predict it.
also help me i'm buying too many steam sale games i won't have money for lunch if this keeps up
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I picked up Ys Origins too. It's my first Ys game, wasn't ballsy enough to attempt Nightmare, so I went with normal. I'm right outside the third boss, decided to kill enough things to buy the Increase SP Blessing and I'm Lv27 now xD. Man I hated that first boss
I kept falling off!
Second boss was easier and the second midboss was way easier than even the first midboss. Got in on my first attempt.
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Am I missing something here?
Room full of water and spikes. Some spiked enemies that I'm doing 0 damage to, that I can't even really get close to cause they just shock you to death. And it doesn't seem like they get hurt if they go on the spikes.
And you barely get any SP on Nightmare, so I've only been able to afford the armor upgrades so far.
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Got Killing Floor from Steam sale. Bloody fun, and full of British idiosyncracies.
Damnit why didn't I buy this earlier when the TF2 Pyro item cross promo was going on? :V
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Am I missing something here?
Room full of water and spikes. Some spiked enemies that I'm doing 0 damage to, that I can't even really get close to cause they just shock you to death. And it doesn't seem like they get hurt if they go on the spikes.
And you barely get any SP on Nightmare, so I've only been able to afford the armor upgrades so far.
Don't worry about the turtles for now. You can't do anything to them... yet. You will eventually.
And even on Normal, you should only be able to get the armor upgrades realistically.
You can swim, too, you know.
One wonders why you have to have the Scales actively selected to get long breath power.
EDIT: Oh wow, I've just encountered the battle connected with the "Don't Start What You Can't Finish" achievement. It's just holy crap; I mean, I know it's a Hopeless Boss Battle and all that, but persisting attacks is pretty hax.
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Spacechem is hard. And it's disheartening. You forge a solution, it's not right, you toggle some things, get a small breakthrough and then discover you don't even have enough space with your layout and start all over again. Even better, after you figure it out, a yet more monstrous puzzle is next. I'm pretty good at logic and puzzles, and I absolutely love the chemistry theme, but I'm only in the middle of Alkonost (4th planet) and if it keeps going at this rate I'm going to have a breakdown.
Still, I just figured out Random Oxides. My solution is grossly overcomplicated, but it serves its purpose. Oh the satisfaction.
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Four hours into La-Mulana (in terms of progress that hasn't been lost due to gameovers)
They have moved just enough things in this game that I am quickly starting to trip over new puzzles, missing key items that aren't where they're supposed to be (SERPENT STAFF
WHERE'D YOU GO I REALLY COULD USE YOU RIGHT NOW), and even after struggling through the absurdity that is the hard mode boss fights, find myself with limited options and a lot of uncertainty about where the hell I'm headed.
also I must be missing all of the ROMs everywhere somehow, because I got the computer upgrade but I've never even come close to having max space used on the original model... D:
also I don't trust Eden
, not at all. It took me a bit of staring but I'm damn sure it's a trap, but it was a damn good trap that I have to commend the developpers for if so because it even fooled me. Moderately certain it's actually the Gate of Confusion and if I can just figure out how to make the pedestals in the temple of the moon spawn, I'll know for sure
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Try watching DeceasedCrab's LP of it, that should help somewhat. (I'm watching it right now to prepare for my future run of the original.)
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Try watching DeceasedCrab's LP of it, that should help somewhat. (I'm watching it right now to prepare for my future run of the original.)
DC hasn't LP'd the remake, and I'm trying to stay away from that kind of thing anyway.
I've completed the original game. But there's just enough stuff different in the remake. I'm trying to track down the Serpent Staff
, which is definitely not where it was supposed to be; I need to solve a whole new puzzle to access what I can only speculate is the Gate of Confusion
; I have a boss to fight in the Twin Labyrinths
which was never fought nearly so early and is giving me hell; and where the hell did the door to the Tower of the Goddess
go, because it's sure not where it was originally.
That kinda thing.
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Ah.
Well, maybe he'll do the remake. (Hopefully without the hell temple 'surprise'. I think he broke for a minute or two when he saw 'that'. I know I did.)
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Warhammer 40k: Space Marine. This is my first time playing any Warhammer 40k series. Between being a 9 foot tall walking tank with a 1.0 caliber machine gun and a shotgun capable of evaporating half-ton monstrosities, plus ceaseless waves of bloodthirsty enemies that I've chewed to pieces with a chainsword in the deteriorating husk of a war-ravaged megalopolis for the sake of the Emperor and his Imperium, there's enough testosterone here to make a dozen Chuck Norrises blush.
Sorta has that C&C: Renegade feel to it. Nice scale, though giant mobs of baddies can catch you off guard and wipe the floor with you if you aren't able to see the future, but that makes it the right level of tough, too. Crazy mythos as well. Even after all that, gameplay's kinda samey, Enjoy it once and move on. Hurrah, Steam sales!
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DoDonPachi, using ProMeTheus' method of Recording and Summarizing Shit (RaSS)
Replay 001
Spend ten minutes fiddling around with settings because I had to reinstall ShmupMAME During the stream yesterday, I fucked something up
Replay 002
During the fiddling around with settings, I set all four directions to the "up" key.
Replay 003
Killed Zone 1-1's boss' options and then died after getting the second 10,000 point star. OTL
Replay 004
Being a picky little jerk, I ended the replay right after I hit the insert coin buton on the warning screen.
Replay 005
Carry a good run all the way to the Zone 1-2 boss, where I run into a bullet like a moron.
Replay 006
Was too focused on killing the close-left cannon on the Zone 1-2 boss
Replay 007
Got killed trying to get a bomb in Zone 1-2
Replay 008
Died before the Zone 1-1 midboss. OTL
Replay 009
Inserted coin on warning screen. orz
Replay 010
HGIOPGGHERVNHHGOPENIOPWERFDNHWEIPWERPGHWPWGJIGHWIPGH I DIED THE SAME WAY AS REPLAY 007
Replay 011
Died getting a bee BEFORE THE ZONE 1-1 MIDBOSS
Replay 012
JUST DIE TO THE ZONE 1-1 BOSS FOR NO FUCKING REASON OKAY
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oh lord shadow kanji was easier on expert mode what is this
(i guess the jack frost +resist fire / physical helps but still)
Party was level 25... while I struggled to beat him at level 26 on Normal last time... er...
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oh lord shadow kanji was easier on expert mode what is this
(i guess the jack frost +resist fire / physical helps but still)
Party was level 25... while I struggled to beat him at level 26 on Normal last time... er...
Speaking of Expert mode, I need to start playing Kingdom Hearts on Expert or continue my Expert run of Kingdom Hearts II.
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Kingdom Hearts I on Proud is much, much harder than II. Just so you know :D
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Kingdom Hearts I on Proud is much, much harder than II. Just so you know :D
ohshitwhat
Should I start with Break of Dawn (Top choices for all three questions at the start of the game) or Dead of Night (Bottom three choices)?
What should I pick and what should I discard?
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Break of Dawn and take the sword.
Always take the sword at the beginning of the game (I usually drop the staff)
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Break of Dawn and take the sword.
Always take the sword at the beginning of the game (I usually drop the staff)
But the abilities
I NEED SCAN :c
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Dawn is more experience early levels, less late levels. Night is the opposite.
I prefered Night, Take Shield, Drop Sword.
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Still playing Final Fantasy XIII-2. I'm actually quite enjoying myself despite the issues I have with it. One rather large issue is really annoying though.
Wild Artifacts. How the hell are you supposed to know where you already got them? Why couldn't there be some indication on the Historia Crux that a certain area in a certain time holds a Wild Fragment?
It's complete BS. I was trying to unlock a gate in the Augusta Tower 200AF and then I was missing a Wild Fragment. So I had to look up a guide and try looking for a Wild Fragment that I don't remember picking up. Turns out one is in Oerba in some obscure corner you need to throw the moogle at. Wow. How the hell did they expect you to find these? It's not like it's some random accessory or weapon either. It's a bloody important key item!
EDIT: And it turns out I'll need another wild fragment to open another gate in Oerba 300AF. I guess it's time to use a guide and the process of elimination to find out where I'm missing one. Fuck you game.
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So giving Tribes Ascend a shot since I was able to get the starter pack for cheap. This game is so fun but I am so awful at it.
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EDIT: And it turns out I'll need another wild fragment to open another gate in Oerba 300AF. I guess it's time to use a guide and the process of elimination to find out where I'm missing one. Fuck you game.
Wild Fragments are kind of ass
In other news, while streaming Binding of Isaac yesterday, I got my second mom's heart kill - which proceeded to turn into my first Sheol kill as well. And the whole time I was going "Y'know I'm pretty sure I could go straight onto Sheol and beat it, but the game will totally not let me in"
Oh, and while I'm thinking about it, can I just take some time to pimp A Valley Without Wind (http://store.steampowered.com/app/209330/)? Discovered it yesterday thanks to a friend of mine. It's a procedurally generated game that has a very Metroid-esque feel, with individual rooms being generated in a sidescroller as opposed to a single, huge, wide-open world. However, there's an absolutely huge number of these adventure fields being generated, all comprising a single massive map which is a fractured world that you develop outwards into and develop civilization in, between missions you undertake in every and any corner of this place, with the ultimate goal of destroying the 'Overlord' of the continent you're on.
It's a bit different from other procedurally-generated games as a result, and it's amazing like that.
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Still playing Final Fantasy XIII-2. I'm actually quite enjoying myself despite the issues I have with it. One rather large issue is really annoying though.
Wild Artifacts. How the hell are you supposed to know where you already got them? Why couldn't there be some indication on the Historia Crux that a certain area in a certain time holds a Wild Fragment?
It's complete BS. ... Wow. How the hell did they expect you to find these? It's not like it's some random accessory or weapon either. It's a bloody important key item!
Preach on, preach on. I tell ya, these are my exact thoughts regarding those damn Wild Artifacts. There were a couple of times where I thought I couldn't advance through the game because I thought I misused one of them. Especially since I had a difficult time seeing them to be able to find them. No shame in looking at a guide just to find these alone.
Oh, and while I'm thinking about it, can I just take some time to pimp A Valley Without Wind (http://store.steampowered.com/app/209330/)? Discovered it yesterday thanks to a friend of mine. It's a procedurally generated game that has a very Metroid-esque feel, with individual rooms being generated in a sidescroller as opposed to a single, huge, wide-open world. However, there's an absolutely huge number of these adventure fields being generated, all comprising a single massive map which is a fractured world that you develop outwards into and develop civilization in, between missions you undertake in every and any corner of this place, with the ultimate goal of destroying the 'Overlord' of the continent you're on.
It's a bit different from other procedurally-generated games as a result, and it's amazing like that.
Yeah, I picked this one up a few weeks ago after Extra Credits mentioned it. I've always been a fan of 2D platforming games, and Metroidvania titles are lots of fun. The game just had an update which greatly changed its flow. Missions now grant you Spell Gems instead of ingredients to make them, which is kinda cool. I was 80% through my first continent when these changes occurred, and after the update, it instantly made all of my skills Level 5! So, I just plowed through the rest of the continent with little-to-no problem. I'll probably scrap this world and start another one based on the updated game, mainly because I had generated so much of this world going into many many many missions to earn crafting materials.
Also, I really wish that they allowed you to choose characters from different eras at the start, instead of having to rescue them along the way. Well, I could live with that if they didn't lock 2 specific classes in areas that do not generate on the first continent. Still, it's a lot of fun.
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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey.
My first party setup is
MC Lv. 50
Gucumatz Lv. 43
Kingu Lv. 46
Tonatiuh Lv. 45 (+Resist Ice haha!)
My second party setup is
MC Lv. 50
Tangata Manu Lv. 5
Angel Lv. 7
Harpy Lv. 9 / Dwarf Lv. 20
The latter was much more successful in killing Captain Jack; but the remainder of the battle didn't turn out as planned, unfortunately.
With the first, there were always situations like Rain Strike getting in before Tetrakarn, making Tetrakarn a horrendous waste of MP every other turn, and the turns where not only does Jack go before Gucumatz, but he heals himself, making the Tetrakarn unnecessary in the first place.
Hurk.
Fornax is still incredibly easy, though. Mitra's, Horkos's, and Morax's upgraded formes were all nary a threat to me and my party's all element coverage and shared alignment.
In fact, the one trouble spot I ran into the entire time with Fornax was when I was Enemy Searching, slapping around the Kinnamon here and there and then suddenly running into a nearly level seventy Black Rider that has a peculiar fondness for the Megidola spell, which deals 500 damage to characters with 490 HP. It really is rather disheartening.
*sigh
Oh, and this got a laugh out of me:
[Got to the fifth level, and] I reached the end of the map and the boss but by that time I was fed up for having already invested 30 hours into bumping into walls and consulting online maps. Due to my constant wandering and being lost my team was so highly leveled that random encounters and bosses no longer provided a challenge or entertainment.
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I cleared some more stages on Koumajou Densetsu II. That is to say, from Stage 6 and to the final chapter. I had loads of fun in the stages but both Yuyuko and Ran left me wondering how you are supposed to tackle these guys just with your knife without taking boatloads of hits in the process. At least both are easily disposed of by using Reimu and Alice respectively.
I did ragequit on the Final Boss though. Yukari herself was quite a douche but manageable. I even managed a no-hit no-sub weapon battle on her. I have no idea how. Then we go to memorize-fest final boss and let's just say that trial n' error, unskipable cutscenes (especially the final one where you can't even skip through dialogue) and hard hitting attacks doesn't mix well for me. :(
EDIT: Turns out there are updates around that other than adding a Phantasm Level also grants the ability to skip cutscenes along with Stage select from the continue screen. Neat. I think my affection for this game just went up a few notches. I don't know if it was possible before but it's possible to give myself 20 lives per credit now which will make practicing Remilia far more convinient.
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I'm still trying to get through Ys Origin Nightmare.
But is there any sort of good strategy to use for the boss at the end of the 4th area? I'm obviously overleveled for the fight as is considering the enemies before the boss give crap for experience. I keep getting destroyed, and experience being scaled based on level makes it take long if I want to grind any. I'm level 36, and it was bad enough that enemies showing 300+ experience in the monster list were giving me around 40. Then when I hit level 36, it dropped to around 20 experience per. And that's with the 1.99x experience multiplier for keeping up a hit chain. And it takes over 10,000 experience to go from level 36 to level 37, screw that.
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I'm still trying to get through Ys Origin Nightmare.
But is there any sort of good strategy to use for the boss at the end of the 4th area? I'm obviously overleveled for the fight as is considering the enemies before the boss give crap for experience. I keep getting destroyed, and experience being scaled based on level makes it take long if I want to grind any. I'm level 36, and it was bad enough that enemies showing 300+ experience in the monster list were giving me around 40. Then when I hit level 36, it dropped to around 20 experience per. And that's with the 1.99x experience multiplier for keeping up a hit chain. And it takes over 10,000 experience to go from level 36 to level 37, screw that.
Ugh...that boss. It was such a pain with Yunica, even on Normal. Are you destroying the tentacles first? If you wail on them from the corner they can't hurt you. Unless it gets new moves on Nightmare. And then you just wail on the roots. I had to use the mouse controls to keep on them though. Also spamming her Wind attack on them helped and you can get two if they're close together. It took me around four to five phases to kill it.
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Huge :( now that I've seen the Carpe Fulgur Collection as part of today's Steam Sale. I've had Chantelise for a while, and I have enjoyed it, I bought Recettear earlier during the sale, and I've played it exactly once since I bought it. Figured I might as well complete the collection and grab Fortune Summoners while it's on sale today.
That aside, the end boss of the third area in Ys Origin is kicking my ass. I know how to dodge its attacks, I just can't do it well enough to figure out how to deal severe damage to the boss before I die.
EDIT: Whupped it. Evidently I was attacking from the wrong angle.
Also, 307 in Splice is simply a mystery to me.
...It's a good thing I'm hoping to save up enough for a gaming rig, I can't even play some of the games I've bought recently on this laptop, and I'm rapidly running out of space on this old 160 GB drive.
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Now playing Arkham Asylum. The Arkham games are so damn awesome. You feel like a real badass when you leap into a group of thugs and then beat them up with a like 54 hit combo with anyone daring to fight back being served a counter-attack. Of course playing on Hard difficulty since having an indication of when enemies are attacking is ridiculous and kills the challenge.
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Finished the future arc of Tales of Graces f this morning.
For those who've been curious about the game... my personal feelings are as follows. The downsides of the game are some horrendously boring dungeon designs and some really uninteresting main plot (I actually think it's probably the worst plot in the Tales series that I've played; and I have played several of the spinoffs, so...). The soundtrack is also really weak - a lot of it is absolutely minimal and loops within seconds and just... yeah. It's completely uninspired. The upsides? The cast of characters is wonderfully enjoyable and develops well (which makes the story bearable), and the battle system is just leagues above other tales games and an absurd amount of fun, with each character feeling and playing completely different from one another. I'm honestly going to have a hard time going back to any other Tales Of game after this.
But, the next major game on my list isn't a Tales Of game... it's Xenoblade Chronicles, and what little I've had the chance to play of it so far... it's basically looking to be XII without some of the things that people usually complain about? Which is to say things are looking up
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I got doter 2, woot
Here's hoping the dickery is less bad than in 1
EDIT: and VF5FS for the xbawx. Online is a ghost town.
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Narration performed by Rod Serling:
"In a town in America, similar to any other, a young man plays Alan Wake's American Nightmare. Its presentation heavily inspired by The Twilight Zone, it takes place in rural Arizona using the original Alan Wake mythos as a backdrop. The young man guides Alan, the Champion of the Light, in his journey to defeat his twisted doppleganger, Mr. S*****h, the Harbinger of Darkness. Though the characterization isn't as strong as the main story's, guiding Alan has become more enjoyable due to a greater variety of enemy types and larger focus on combat, proving to be an effective combination. But the young man's experience with a time loop plot line wracks his brain - blatant cracks in a mask barely covering recycled environments and characters. Such is the tale for those who play Alan Wake's American Nightmare."
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Huh. Qoga's battle system is actually pretty hard compared to 1 and 2. I've had to burn revival and healing items at feverish pace, for cryin' out loud. I'm at the Ciela Gate Reservoir right now.
Also didn't even realize Purge is one of four buttons instead of holding all four until the battle where it was introduced was nearly over. I was wondering why doing it that way only fired the spell.
Also not sure how to deal with the monsters I need to slay to empower the Evil Ring in Origin.
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Day 1 of Xenoblade Chronicles
10 hours of playtime
oh my god this game is so good
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And now I'm playing Lost Odyssey and Tales of Phantasia.
The former is a tad too slow-paced but other than that it seems good. The first two bosses almost killed me which is quite surprising. Well okay, the first boss killed me twice because the RNG dictated that the boss should overuse his super attack.
The latter is a really fun old Super Famicom RPG. I don't know enough japanese to play it though so I'm relying on a fanmade patch and ehh... i'm not sure how authentic it is because it contains quite a lot of foul language but to see that kinda thing in so old a game is nice still. The story? I dunno, they sent me off to three different dungeons before allowing me to get to Maxwell (who I found seriously cheap with that attack of his.) but other than that it seems to be okay.
Oh and I don't like how a single grain of dust landing her shoulder is enough to cause the white mage to stop casting her spell. I'd want for the characters to just restart their spell if they get interrupted instead of depending on me to give the same order again.
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Currently playing Donkey Kong 64 again. I bought the game when I was young but didn't get very far
, because all those minigames make me rage.
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Finished Yunica's playthrough on Ys Origin. Not sure whether I'll start up Hugo's or play Felghana first.
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Aw yeah, guess who beat the La Mulana remake on Hard! THIS GUY!
But I'm not quite done. Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to livestream Hell Temple blind. I'll gladly link it here when I do (The target time is about 3PM PST at the moment) and you can all come laugh at me
EDIT: WE ARE GO (http://www.livestream.com/garlyle)
EDIT EDIT: Got through 25 rooms today. here's a summary (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQbDSgxMHsI)
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Pokemon Emerald ~Nuzlocke Challenge~
1: The first Pokemon you encounter within an area is the only Pokemon you may capture within that area. If you already own it, then the next Pokemon that you encounter (but do not own) is the only one you may catch.
2: Each Pokemon is given 2 lives. After getting knocked out twice, you may never use it again.
3: Every Pokemon you capture must be nicknamed.
4: Shiny Pokemon may be captured, regardless of rule 1.
"Alright, Wattson's Voltorb is level 20 and they don't learn Selfdestruct til later, so I'll be fine!"
*Voltorb used Selfdestruct!*
"..." *turn off/turn on, withdraws Aron*
*later*
"I got stuck with a Slugma in Fiery Pass, so I have more than a 5% chance of getting Skarmory on Route 113."
*Spinda'd*
"... Eh, I figured... I'll go train it and come back here later."
*second encounter yields a Skarmory*
"OH GOD DAMN."
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Really,
Ayatane
, can't you just stay with your mom, where you belong?
I'm not entirely sure why, but Falcom's appearance in Neptunia made me nearly pass out with laughter. Maybe I'm playing the Ys games too much?
Illusionist/Cannoneer seems a bit OP, despite the whole "need two characters" thing.
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Doing Old World Blues in New Vegas. It's really entertaining. But a lot of robot scorpions and robot dogs. My shotgun fist and this halo thingie I found are expensive to repair and I'm running out of caps. The halo thingie isn't too bad since I had Salt Upon Wounds hat coming into it and I can find more to repair it with. But the shotgun fist is a problem. I left my Mantis Claw and She Claw back in New Vegas :V And I haven't found any Unarmed Weapons yet. Found a kick-ass Ax though.
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Darksiders - Jesus this game is fucking amazing. Basically it feels like Zelda meets a bit of a God of War meets Soul Reaver for me. ~ 6 hrs and 45 minutes in on Apocalyptic difficulty and I'm currently hunting for the Griever in what appears to be a mostly water based zone. Fantastic D:.
Lost Odyssey - Just hit the 2nd disc and got Ming in my party. Now to steal a ride and get my tail out of Numara.
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Growlanser IV is out! After years of waiting there is finally new Growlanser game!
that isn't a shitpile like V was
I hope I don't end up so deep in this game that I forget to stream hell temple today @_@
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Crysis 2 was more impressive than the first, which is saying a lot. It might've sacrificed open-endedness, but lost nothing anywhere else. Scale was fantastic, Weapons felt real beefy, enemies are tough, sometimes to a painful extent, and patience and cunning are almost always rewarding. What a thrill.
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Just bought... Gimme a minute...
Steam Indie Pack V, price is $10 for another 21 hours, go the fuck and get it.
- The Tiny Bang Story
- Ys: The Oath in Felghana
- Greed Corp
- Audiosurf
- Gemini Rue
Gundemonium Pack for $10, saving a total of $2 for the entire package
- Hitogata Happa
- GundeadLigne
- Gundemonium Recollection
The Gundemonium Pack is a series of shmups (Hitogata Happa is Vertical, GundeadLigne and Gundemonium Recollection are Horizontal) with a graphical style and enemy set similar to Return to Jabberwock and Bunny Must Die, where the main mook running around was a jack-o-lantern in a varied color range.
Let me go over what others I've played
Audiosurf creates levels based on your music. Near-endless fun.
Ys: The Oath in Felghana is an action rpg that's very fun, the graphics are great, and well worth the fifteen dollars to buy it alone, let alone ten dollars to buy it with FOUR OTHER GAMES.
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The Gundemonium Pack is a series of shmups (Hitogata Happa is Vertical, GundeadLigne and Gundemonium Recollection are Horizontal) with a graphical style and enemy set similar to Return to Jabberwock and Bunny Must Die, where the main mook running around was a jack-o-lantern in a varied color range.
I'm pretty sure this isn't an accident, as I believe the Gundemonium games were made by the same company as Bunny Must Die?
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I'm pretty sure this isn't an accident, as I believe the Gundemonium games were made by the same company as Bunny Must Die?
I know. That's actually what I meant to say.
Speaking of which, fuck the shmup competition, I'm playing Ys for the rest of the summer. (Joking)
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I'm currently playing Reccetear and Aquaria, with a back burner of Civ 5 G&K, PoP Two Thrones, Hydrophobia Prophecy, Hitman Blood Money, and DDO.
I've beated Aquaria before, but it's been a while since then. The music is great; one of the reasons I started it again was one dungeon bgm in Recettear that sounded reminiscent of Aquaria.
I don't like all the clicking Aquaria makes you do though. I'm trying to make Autohotkey fix the problem, but it is not working properly.
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Started Knights of the Old Republic. Holy shit, that first boss was a pain. He kept paralyzing and draining our health. Also I think he kicked a couple of Stun Grenade back at us too. After a few attempts, Bastilla and Mission seemed to work. Throwing a boss like that at us at the beginning of the game is a pretty awesome way to force us to learn the combat. Also; really, really mean.
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Oh hey, it looks like the eXceed Collection is on Steam, in case anyone was interested in it but didn't get it earlier.
I've completed Ar tonelico Qoga, and I'm a bit disappointed with the final boss. The first part of it was a complete joke - it stopped doing anything for a minute or so, those bits it releases are easy as pie to force away, etc. (Both) MYUs were harder than this.
It probably would have been good to know earlier in Tactics A2 that one of the quests gets a Law Card good for cock-blocking Anti-Judge spells.
Not sure if I should finish up the rest of the stuff in Qoga, head for Motorstorm Apocalypse, go further in Neptunia mk 2, or more Sly Cooper.
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Played about 1/3 of Amnesia with two friends. It was really fun :V
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All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 PSP
Still starting this game, unlocked Ryuki, Knight, OOO and W as of now so as Wizard via password.
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Played about 1/3 of Amnesia with two friends. It was really fun :V
Give us a gameplay video NOW :V
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Give us a gameplay video NOW :V
When they left, one friend mentioned that we should've recorded. Sorry about that :U
Well, the funniest part, I might as well tell, was in the storage. Basically this happened. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPCptVOds8I#t=5m9s)
Except after freaking out, I failed at closing the machine parts room's door and ended up wedging Daniel between the door and the wall. Unable to move and in a huge panic, I just decided to crouch and not look. We all thought we were goners (it was pretty bright. Thanks torch.), and awaited our death. But then nothing happened, and after this realization we started laughing at how pathetically we were managing to survive.
The monster was still there and we could hear it, but eventually it left and we made it out alive.
We only got as far as the elevator's machine room, so not much else happened besides that and the water part.
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When they left, one friend mentioned that we should've recorded. Sorry about that :U
Well, the funniest part, I might as well tell, was in the storage. Basically this happened. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPCptVOds8I#t=5m9s)
Except after freaking out, I failed at closing the machine parts room's door and ended up wedging Daniel between the door and the wall. Unable to move and in a huge panic, I just decided to crouch and not look. We all thought we were goners (it was pretty bright. Thanks torch.), and awaited our death. But then nothing happened, and after this realization we started laughing at how pathetically we were managing to survive.
The monster was still there and we could hear it, but eventually it left and we made it out alive.
We only got as far as the elevator's machine room, so not much else happened besides that and the water part.
Welp
Why don't you play it again from the start and record it again~