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Games You're Playing Right Now Thread VI - Even in this thread, F O E
Ionasal kkll Solciel:
--- Quote from: Sahgren on March 20, 2015, 01:32:11 AM ---Oh hey, Atelier Shallie patch hit. Time to pick it up. I guess Shikkoku no Sharnoth can stand being delayed... again.
Edit: A movable camera, minimap, no time limit... WHO ARE YOU SHALLIE AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE ATELIER SERIES!?
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Mana Khemia and Atelier Iris beat Shallie to the punch for minimaps and no time limit.
But yeah. Much like how Meruru was the easiest of the Arland trilogy, Shallie made it a point to be easier than Ayesha and Eschatology.
EDIT: I love how there's this Sheep of Fortune wandering around a certain map... It's essentially Blinking every which way. It's so fast!
In other news, Soldner-X 2 released on the Vita, free for owners of the PS3 version, so there's that. I'm hesitant to go into what appears to be the final mission of Hyperdevotion due to the massive backlog of other missions.
I thought 3 oz containers of paint would be not enough for some of this. Turns out, I'm going to end up only using around 3 oz total out of 14 containers of paint. Guess I will have to buy another model kit just to vent some of this paint.
Phlegeth:
I need to play some more Atelier games. The last one I played was Rorona. And I still need to beat Annie.
But anywho, I started playing Gravity Rush. I got it for Christmas, but it kind of got away from me. Dunno why, it's really fun and actually uses the Vita. That being said, I'm going to have to get used to the controls. I flung myself off the edge a few times during the tutorial. And I got a Phantom Brave flashback when I finished the tutorial. I love the music for this game.
Spotty Len:
I'm playing Digimon Story : Cyber Sleuth, and it lives up to my hype quite pleasantly. I think the only thing I am not particularly fond of is the lack of AA, because the game is so beautiful it's a shame to see some pixels sometimes. They probably did that so the game could keep its constant 60fps, which is fair. Also, Vita compress screenshots like mad.
Also, seeing Nakano Broadway and Shinjuku again after all this time made me scream of joy and wish I could go back there again. I know Akiba is in the game, too.
Also, this freaking guy.
Ionasal kkll Solciel:
--- Quote from: Phlegeth on March 21, 2015, 05:16:03 PM ---I need to play some more Atelier games. The last one I played was Rorona. And I still need to beat Annie.
But anywho, I started playing Gravity Rush. I got it for Christmas, but it kind of got away from me. Dunno why, it's really fun and actually uses the Vita. That being said, I'm going to have to get used to the controls. I flung myself off the edge a few times during the tutorial. And I got a Phantom Brave flashback when I finished the tutorial. I love the music for this game.
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Annie was fun. If anything, though, it's a bit too time-restricted in the late game, especially if you're going for the true ending, since days pass insanely fast and without regard to Gathering or fighting while you're in the field. [Also, you should totally pick up Rorona Plus next time it's on sale - it's a remake of Rorona to update it to Meruru's systems, which streamlines a ton of stuff, though it makes certain things much harder to do (e.g. you now have to break boulders in a single bomb throw to pass, instead of tossing a few bombs at it).]
Gravity Rush does have a huge learning curve for learning some of Kat's powers, but master them, and you can basically bounce from Nevi to Nevi, laying the smackdown on everything ever. Master the Gravity Slide (hold down the bottom corners of the screen, turn the Vita like a steering wheel to maneuver, drift by releasing one of the corners), and you basically have nothing to fear from any Nevi in range of that insane power kick.
Also, I love how this kit gives the option for which way the variable wings are set, but failed to set the decals to compensate for the changes (i.e. the flaps), so I have to risk FUBARing myself by cutting the decals themselves.
MewMewHeart:
Picked up Shantae: Risky's Revenge Director Cut version again after procrastinating on finishing it so, yeah collecting secrets and upgrades are fun.