In Honor of the Great Dragonmaster, Dyne! (Whatcha Playing 8)

[Collectonian]

( last thread (http://www.animeondvd.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/21586/))

You know the drill...what game are you playing these days and how's it coming along?

[ADC]

Still on Etrian Odyssey, after having a bad idea and retiring my starters in favor of enhanced apprentices. Once they're all around level 60 (as it turns out, B18F is a great place to power-level), I'm going to go and finish it. I'm getting tired of it.

Up next? Why, Paper Mario, of course. And I think I'm going to give Final Fantasy III DS one more try before confirming it as one of the three worst FFs of all time (not as bad as FF8 or FF10, that is to say).

[Nosredna]

Awesome title! I loved that game and I should go back and play through it again. I wish I could play through the second game again, but one of the disks doesn't work in my PS2 :sd: .

As for me, I just got the Master Sword in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC), so now I'm looking for the Mirror of the Twilight. I think that's what it is called.......

[Zorak]

Just beat Crackdown.

[Collectonian]

Awesome title! I loved that game and I should go back and play through it again. I wish I could play through the second game again, but one of the disks doesn't work in my PS2 :sd: .

Yeah, I know. Neither one really works on the PS2. They are actually the reason I got a PS One :D

[NickFalzarano]

Still playing Pokemon Pearl on the DS, though I'm mostly just turning it on to catch any new swarming or mansion Pokemonat the moment. My other goal is currently to get my starter (Twiggy, a Torterra) to level 100. He's at 90-something right now, while the rest of my team stagnates in the 50s.

Beat Rule of Rose finally (with action replay) and so I got rid of that. I've since moved on to Suikoden V. About 10 hours in, and things have started to happen, so that's good.

[gnikdrazil]

I finally broke and bought RE4 for Wii. It's the first time I've played it, and the only Resident Evil game I've played other than RE2. 15 minutes into the game, and I was stuck. I had to keep replaying a section where town folks kept coming out of the wood works until a bell rang. Took me 5 tries before the bell finally chimed.

[ape2020]

( last thread (http://www.animeondvd.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/21586/))

You know the drill...what game are you playing these days and how's it coming along?

You know I let this one go but this time let this thread get to 300 responses before starting an new one. Okay.

-ape2020

[Maru]

In Honor of the Great Dragonmaster, Dyne!

Huh, that sounds really familiar... Lunar?


I beat Final Fantasy III a while back (fun last boss! Though poor Ingus was dead for 90% of the fight...) and have since moved on to Ouendan 2.

On a scale from 1 to 10, Ouendan 2 is a 12 :D Each level is so much fun to play; a lot of the songs have great beats that really lend themselves to the game, like Rirura Riruha, Vista and Bambina. Plus the new Kouketsu Ouendan are awesome, and Kai wearing geta is golden. :neko:

[Collectonian]

You know I let this one go but this time let this thread get to 300 responses before starting an new one. Okay.

-ape2020


*shrug* okay. I've just been going by the date, doing it on the 17th each month.

Huh, that sounds really familiar... Lunar?

Yep :)

[Soulblazer]

Actually the Lunar games do work on some models of the PS2. There is only one model number that has problems with both, and one other that has a problem with the second game.

[WilliamG]

Right now I'm in the middle of Growlanser III(PS2). Last night I was in a fighting game mood and played through Guilty Gear X(PS2), Art of Fighting Anthology(PS2), King of Fighters 2003(PS2), and King of Fighters 2006(PS2).

After I complete Growlanser III, I'll probably move on to either Odin Sphere(PS2) or Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones(GBA).

William G.

[Shadow Raven]

NCAA Football 08 - PS3

[Suwako Moriya]

Now that I've managed to get the "good ending", I've more or less achieved my aim in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow. Although I'm not sure if/when I'll start on Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. Two Castlevanias in a row is probably enough for now anyway.

Thus that means my break from playing console RPGs is officially over. Although there is the matter of deciding what to actually start playing next in the first place. I'm thinking Final Fantasy 12, but I'm also tempted to replay Final Fantasy Tactics with a new theme party. Which will be decided when the time comes.

Granted there is also the idea of playing both. Ie focus on 12, but switch to Tactics when I want the security of something familiar to me as a player. Either way I'm hoping to start sometime this week or next, but in the end be it 12, Tactics, or both it's still going to be Final Fantasy that I plan to play soon. Assuming I don't change my mind.

[Mateo_home]

Continuing where I left off in Fire Emblem 10 hard mode run, I finally got past the damn bridge level (3-11). And my god, I think it's the same exact bridge from the previous game, only difference is that you start from the left and the setup is different.

I'm also playing Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap for the GBA on my DS Lite as my "on the go" game. So far I got the Fire element and exploring other places I can now have access to outside. It's very fun and plays like the previous GB Zelda games. I love the new items too such as the Gust Jar and the Cane of Pacci. Okay, it's not that new, but you get to flip stuff rather than create blocks. Which is a nice change of pace. I just don't really care for the sword techniques you gain. So far all I got was the spin attack and the ability to break jars with my sword. What next? The ability to shoot beams of energy from my sword when my health bar is full?

[Collectonian]

With tonight's session, I have passed the 119 hour mark of Final Fantasy XII. Good lordy...will this game never end? Okay, granted, I could just go finish it up, but there are some things I really want to finish up. I have completed the entire Hunt Club sidequest, yeah! I only have THREE marks from the Clan Centrino hunts to do (the two last "official" plus the big finale).

I decided to try and get the best weapons in each person's class before going for the last three marks and the finale. Ya know, I laughed at someone who told me they had logged over 300 hours on this game, but now I see how that is possible. The ultimate crossbow, easy to get (and incidentally, the only one that actually can be sold for any gil). The rest, are nuts. I missed the Zodiac Spear because of those dumb chests. Trying to get the ultimate pole instead, but it is a bazaar item...requiring three each of three items that are insanely rare drops from enemies in the first lower level of Pharos. Nothing like stepping off the elevator and literally fighting to stay alive while 20 or so enemies gang up on you. I managed to get one each of the two items needed from there, and the first thingy lit to light up that dark place. I was rather pissed when I went ot do the second one and it ate my 10 orbs because I tried to do too many at once.

Anyway, my main party of Vaan, Baasch, and Penelo are at levels 71-72, while my sub party is at 49-50. I changed Ashe to the Deathbringer sword because she can't seem to hit the broadside of a barn with her crossbow. The top of everyone's license boards are completely filled, and everything of importance is done on the bottom. All the characters have over 2000 LP, should I get bored and decide to change someone's weaponry LOL.

[ADC]

I put Etrian Odyssey aside — shut up, Whathisface, I put in my work and my time — and am giving Final Fantasy III DS its final chance. It may not be a long chance, though, as I'm remembering the annoyance more than discovering the joy. And Contact and Paper Mario are tasking me. I'd be more interested in diving back into Disgaea and its sequel if I were anywhere near ready to get a PS3, but by the time I do, I think Disgaea 3 will have gone out of print and will cost about $150 on eBay.

Well, either that, or it'll be like $10 in the Circuit City bargain bin, next to Snood Vacation and Wiffle Ball Advance.

[Kinomoto_Shinji]

Finished Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. A very satasfying game. A shame that there isn't much reply after you beat it, but it took a long time to beat it. When I beat the first episode in thirty minutes, I was thinking this was a three hour game.....I was WAY off on that.

I need to get the second one, but I have other stuff I need to clear now. Final Fantasy XII is next on the list. I'm at the place where God tells you where to go
Cid wants you meet him after your first battle with him so I shouldn't be to far away from the end.

[Jaynin]

For the past week pretty much all me free time has gone to playing Ouendan 2. I love the Ouendan games. Best games on the ds to me. For a while I was thinking it was a bit harder than Ouendan 1 while I struggled with a couple of the songs on hard difficulty. However, now I'm up to Countdown with the cheer girls; almost got it, just need to stop screwing up on the last third of the song.

Though now it's going to push me into getting some of these artists albums like the first game did. :P

[Suwako Moriya]

I've more or less decided to start replaying Final Fantasy Tactics. I figure it's the best way to transition back into both Final Fantasy and RPGs. In any case I haven't gotten too far yet. I've mainly got the world map open right now. Once I've dealt with the battle on the first red dot, I'll set up the theme party. Yes people making a themed party is the real reason to replay Final Fantasy Tactics.

I plan to use a Nanoha StrikerS theme. Ramza remains Ramza, but the other four will be named after Subaru, Teana, Elio, and Caro. The main issue is deciding the set up for them. Obviously Teana needs to be a class that can use a Gun or have equip Gun. I'm also tempted to bring Nanoha, Fate, Hayate, and someone else as perhaps higher level members designed to smash stuff, but I'm not sure yet.

The main thing that will be set in stone is the fact there will be at least four members named after characters from Nanoha StrikerS. Regardless of how appropriate my set ups are.

[ADC]

I'm returning to the attempt at FF3DS, not so much because it's proving itself better than the bull penis comment I left in the new FF thread, but because I really have a taste for FF right now and my choices aren't great. It's between 2, 3, 8, and 10. Because I'm going to be getting a PSP Lite anyway, I've decided to wait on 2; and 8 and 10 (1) are awful and (2) would require me to hook up my PS2 again and break up the Negima! figures' unheard conversations on the lid.

[Johnny]

I have a stupidly big stack of games sitting on my desk at the minute that I bouncing between. This includes FIFA World Cup 06, Dragon Quest Swords, SF III Third Strike, Global Defence Force, Spectral vs Generation, Doki Doki Majo Saiban and Ninja Gaiden.

I even have that DS donut game I mentioned a while back sitting looking at me with its big donut eyes asking me "why did you buy me when you know you haven't got the time to play me". It's a game about donuts for fucks sake! :sd: I need help!

[Magus427]

Now that I actually have some time I'm alternating a bit between RE4 for the Wii and Tales of the Abyss for PS2. I'm thinking of playing through Hotel Dusk: Room 215 for a 2nd time, although I'm having a tendancy to find myself playing Texas Hold'em in Club House games on the DS more than anything else (even though I have started playing Lunar Knights too).

-Magus

[Azumangaman]

Street Fighter 3rd strike. Oh man this game is amazing. I learned all of Chun-Li's moves (well at least the ones in the manual) and Spinning Bird Kick completes me. I wish the PS2 one had online play.

And a whole whack of other crap.

[Suwako Moriya]

Speaking of the new FF thread and discussing FF3 DS. I was inspired by ADC in a possibly indirect sense to through the final dungeon only using the six starting classes or well four of the six anyway. Warrior, Black Mage, White Mage, and Red Mage. Apparently yes you really can beat the final dungeon with what can be considered a base party. Whether or not ADC will count this as a good sign for the game or a flaw is another story.

Although I have to admit the weakest link was the Red Mage in part because I was too lazy to go spell hunting to replace Arc's "Summon" spells which can't really be used as a Red Mage with some white and/or black spells. In all honesty the Red Mage turned out to be more of a fighter that would heal on occasion. Hmm maybe I should have used Monk or Thief instead. Then again back up healing can help.

[ape2020]

Well I'm deep into my quest to be ultimate eeeeeeeeeeeeeeevil.

Even more then my dark little brother as we are both playing Overlord on my 360. Oh the joys of sheep being slaughtered, peasents screaming in vain for mercy, and giant swaths of farmland being razed to the ground. I even stole the starving little childerns food for my own personal amusement. Bwwaaahhhhaaaaaaaaa! :> :> :>

-ape2020

[Chacranajxy]

Street Fighter 3rd strike. Oh man this game is amazing. I learned all of Chun-Li's moves (well at least the ones in the manual) and Spinning Bird Kick completes me. I wish the PS2 one had online play.

And a whole whack of other crap.


Well, if you get a chance to grab the Xbox version so you can play online, I will gladly put you in your place. :D

[indigo0086]

I'm playing Jak 3. By Far much less frustrating than Jak II. While I sometimes get tired of the repetitive "GO DO THIS, JAK" (This isn't lost for god sakes) structure of the game. The game is very exploratory, and there are a lot more incentives to get orbs as you not just buy lame secrets but weapon upgrades. Plus it's much easier to get metal head gems.

The game is also TONS easier to navigate through. I finished Jak 2 all the way through and still had a hard time going from one place in the city to another, even within the same sector of the city. It also incorporates a lot more aspects of platforming and mini-gaming along with the action adventure aspect.

I also love the new weapon upgrades.

[AbeChinchilla]

Street Fighter 3rd strike. Oh man this game is amazing. I learned all of Chun-Li's moves (well at least the ones in the manual) and Spinning Bird Kick completes me. I wish the PS2 one had online play.

And a whole whack of other crap.


Oh, god.

I bought SFII: Anniversary Collection two years ago for the classic game. Disappointed at how it was handled (all the pre '95 titles were merged into one game - I would have preferred the ability to select which version I wanted to play, INDIVIDUALLY. World Warrior Chun-Li Vs. Super Turbo Chun-Li is annoying, for example). So I decided to check out SFIII: Third Strike. I might as well give it a shot, right? I remember not liking the original arcade SFIII ages ago ('98-ish? Maybe earlier or later), so I wasn't expecting much.

Wow. I'm glad I bought the Anniversary Collection now, soley for Third Strike, that game is bitchin'. I love the way specials are handled and I love actually being able to execute them. Playing with friends is excellent.

[AbeChinchilla]

First things, first.

Dance Dance Revolution
DDRMAX2 - A few weeks ago, I unlocked all the remaining unlockables (I had done this two years ago, but there was a save corruption, and you know how that is). This time around, I'm actually trying out the unlockable songs. I remember not giving any of them a try because they kind of seemed to scare me. Like they were super hard. But that's not the case.

In fact, I've cleared a number of them on Heavy mode. My default difficulty has now been set to Standard mode, and I'm earning A's and AA's on Standard and Heavy. I'm feeling great. Kind of wondering why some songs on Standard will leave me panting like a dog, yet the Heavy mode versions "feel" natural and leave me energetic and ready to move on to the next stage.

Also playing Difficult and Expert mode on SuperNOVA, but the song selection really is tough under those circumstances. I was upset that I outdid my best score for Dance, Dance (Difficult) by about 400k points, only for an "E" to be slapped on due to my dance gauge (my previous score wore a B).

Overall, I'm pretty darn good at 7-footers, with a few 8-footers thrown in (dependant on the song and the BPM).

On a similar note, I found out that the nearest Pump It Up machine in the area was actually broken the whole time. No wonder I had always sucked at it, yet did well with it at a Chuck E. Cheese's last month (the employees saying that they had just gotten the machine installed).

- - -

I realized how I was heavily ignoring all the RPGs that I have yet to play. I haven't even played .hack//G.U., Vol. 2 in a while (just gotta finish bounty hunting, and probably going to get 9999 WP at the battle arena). Don't even get me started on Final Fantasy XII or Rogue Galaxy. It's like my interest in playing any of the RPGs I've bought over the year is declining.

FFXII, Rogue Galaxy, Wild Arms 4, Star Ocean, Baten Kaitos, Tales of Symphonia.
Hell, I haven't even put in any of my Shadow Hearts games to replay.

Although, I am squeezing in some time to play a really nifty complete RPG Maker XP game though. Last Scenario. The author really put a lot of work (two years) into this and I have about 8 hours clocked in and I'm really enjoying it. You can download it for free here. (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2474929)

[untoldsorrow]

Street Fighter 3rd strike. Oh man this game is amazing. I learned all of Chun-Li's moves (well at least the ones in the manual) and Spinning Bird Kick completes me. I wish the PS2 one had online play.

And a whole whack of other crap.


Oh, god.

I bought SFII: Anniversary Collection two years ago for the classic game. Disappointed at how it was handled (all the pre '95 titles were merged into one game - I would have preferred the ability to select which version I wanted to play, INDIVIDUALLY. World Warrior Chun-Li Vs. Super Turbo Chun-Li is annoying, for example). So I decided to check out SFIII: Third Strike. I might as well give it a shot, right? I remember not liking the original arcade SFIII ages ago ('98-ish? Maybe earlier or later), so I wasn't expecting much.

Wow. I'm glad I bought the Anniversary Collection now, soley for Third Strike, that game is bitchin'. I love the way specials are handled and I love actually being able to execute them. Playing with friends is excellent.

I was in the same boat. I did not like SF 3 from the arcades AT ALL from the few times I've played it. Its a good thing I picked up the Anni collection and started to play it with my friends. IT has become my favorite fighting game of all time. I love the mechanics and overall speed of the game. Too bad I have no one to play with anymore. I've surpassed all my friends where I could be playing it for fun against their seriousness and come away barely hurt.

[indigo0086]

I just god god of war II in the mail from goozex, never though I'd get it within only a week or so of adding it. Can't wait to play it, I would have bought it next month anyway.

[untoldsorrow]

Still playing FF IV Advance. Up to the inner Moon aka last dungeun. My party is Edge, Rydia, Cecil, Rose and suprise...the spoony bard. For some reason, his best weapon that you get at the trials is awesome. It adds haste to him and does wonderful damage, especially to the dragons. He's doing 8000-9999 on all dragons, dead or undead. Too bad he only does ~4000 to Behemoth. I'm thinking of heading ALL the way back to get rid of Rose for Porom (the White mage) because her Spirit is at max compared to Rose. Rose's level is 69 with a Spirit of only 70 while Porom is at level 68 with a spirit of 99. That makes a huge difference in healing power. The only reason I didn't do so was because of Rose's higher HP.

I want to play some more but can't find my DS charger, lol. Don't know where I left it after AnimeNext.

[ADC]

Okay, I'm back into FF3DS (Scholar Luneth, Knight Ingus, Red Mage Refia, Thief Arc), and I'm on the lower continent, having just reacquired the Enterprise from Goldor (stupid git). Found my way into a little cave with some seriously nasty enemies as a result of not knowing where to go next and seeing it while I was flying around, which resulted in my first Game Over since getting whacked by Medusa several game-hours ago. Everybody's around level 26. Had to convert Refia from White Mage because her defence was severely lacking and I was having trouble keeping her alive — not to mention I wanted some Black Magic and didn't want to convert the other three.

The Thief+Scholar plan's a good one, as Arc's able to steal from the enemies the weapons which Luneth can use to kill them. :evil:

[Suwako Moriya]

The Thief+Scholar plan's a good one, as Arc's able to steal from the enemies the weapons which Luneth can use to kill them. :evil:

Heh I just love doing that because it's just pure evil to the enemies. Although in my case Refia got the role of Scholar. I can't help it, she looked cute in that get up and most of my choices for Refia's share of the classes were based on the outfits.

[untoldsorrow]

Still can't find my DS charger so can't continue FF IV Advance so I decided to actually touch my PS2 (haven't touched it for like 2 months) to start MS Saga. Its quite fun, I like blowing gundams up, maybe thats why I can't wait for Dynasty Gundam for PS3.

[ADC]

The Thief+Scholar plan's a good one, as Arc's able to steal from the enemies the weapons which Luneth can use to kill them. :evil:
Heh I just love doing that because it's just pure evil to the enemies. Although in my case Refia got the role of Scholar. I can't help it, she looked cute in that get up and most of my choices for Refia's share of the classes were based on the outfits.
I've decided that Refia's my favorite character of the four (not that she's any great shakes next to the other FF girls), so she gets my favorite classes. I place a high store in the Red Mage class, which was awesome in FF1 and FF5 despite having the worst HP growths of all classes (yes, including Black Mage), so she got it. I will, of course, be converting her over to Devout once I get the next crystal, unless she's kicking so much ass as a Red Mage that it would damage my party too much.

Most of the 'thump' classes are ugly. The Knight has that ridiculous helmet, the Dragoon, all those extra colors on the otherwise-classy dark armour. That wouldn't be a problem in FF1A, which can be won without thump because the magic-using classes are so awesome. FF3DS requires thump.

[Johnny]

Been playing more Dragon Quest Swords today. Don't think I've talked much about it but it's definitely a great game and IMO, one of the best on the Wii at the minute.

It's pretty much like an on-rails RPG, similar to that Dragon Quest TV game that was released in Japan a few years back. Up on the d-pad moves forward, with B being the run button. Fights take place at certain intervals and you just basically swing with the remote to attack, and use B to block. You can only control the 'hero' but do travel with other characters who will use their magic etc when needed.

Being pretty much kiddie-orientated, it's pretty easy but is definitely an enjoyable experience.

[Collectonian]

Well, after approximately 136 hours game play (give or take a few minutes), I have finished Final Fantasy XII at last. With my characters at level 80, the final four battles were pathetically easy...the last hunt marks were harder than that, even with the lack of save points. So now for my final thoughts on the game. Hmmm...on the whole, I would probably say disappointing and that I'm glad I'm not the one who paid $50 + tax for it. It wasn't horrible, and it is kind of hard to put my finger on anything super specific, but it just didn't feel like this one lived up to what I would expect a Final Fantasy game to have. The characters were mostly interesting and fun to follow, although some stayed fairly shallow throughout the game (like Penelo who is a nice girl, but really...beyond knowing her parents are dead and she's devoted to Vaan seems to have no life, personality, or dreams).

The story was supposed to be epic, and should have felt epic, and yet, it really didn't. The few twists were nice like Cid being Balthier's father, Gabranth being Basch's brother and eventually regaining his senses, and Balthier's "heroics" at the end and yet some of them you saw coming a mile away. The background and history of the nethicite, and all that were very interesting, but at the same time it just seemed to be thrown in to make it more interesting. Maybe that's part of the discontent I felt about the game...the story seemed rather fractured and disconnected at times, and seems to be missing something. As for the ending, it was okay, but again, not what I'd come to expect from Final Fantasy. No big romance (not even any little ones, gesh), and while it was nice and feel good, it just felt flat. I was glad Balthier and Fran survived, but really, I didn't expect them not to and it was never any doubt despite the emotional appeal from Ashe. Would have been nice to actually see them though. It was disappointing to hear that Ashe seems to have forgotten her new friends now that she is Queen. Basch protecting Larsa is good, but would be nice to see him dealing with the conflicting duties, considering how long and how much he suffered because of his sword duty to Ashe...now he just tosses her away because of his brother's deathbed wish without any conflict at all? Vaan is a sky pirate...yay...but do they actually do anything or does he just fly around while Penelo waits in Rabanstre, except when he comes to pick her up to visit Balthier and Fran? What about some scenes from all the lands and people we visited and met along the way? With peace at hand, what's up with Rozaria? Are they honoring the peace? Were they wiped out? What? Have the Viera's reconsidered their ways at all after the help the party gave them with hunts and the events in the world? Etc etc.

Quickenings, rock. The license board...so-so. It means anyone can pretty much do anything, but also means no fun of trying to figure out the best party to do something, because you could just train your main party to be melee AND rangers, with relative ease, and change out the weapons as needed. Armor, weapon, and accessory changes in battle? Awesome, though beyond unrealistic The hunt clubs were a nice side, but other than that, they were mostly lacking. The requirements to get the best weapons or some enemies? Beyond ridiculous. So, in the end, my rating would probably be a 7.5. Like I said, not super horrible and not regretting I played it, but I will probably never play it again. Soon as I can repair my game guide, I'll probably sell it off as a pair.

[Suwako Moriya]

More or less my party in Final Fantasy Tactics is almost set up. They have their reacts, support, and moves. It's mainly a case of learning the action abilities of their primary and secondary classes. However I think it's time to move forward a bit soon. Either way I'll see how this party works out in the long run. I tend to be higher leveled than I should be in chapter 1 simply because I like to get my reacts, supports, and moves as soon as possible. Which can involve getting access to later classes.

[StudioZEL]

Nice topic name! This LUNAR fan approves! X3

[ADC]

More or less my party in Final Fantasy Tactics is almost set up. They have their reacts, support, and moves. It's mainly a case of learning the action abilities of their primary and secondary classes. However I think it's time to move forward a bit soon. Either way I'll see how this party works out in the long run. I tend to be higher leveled than I should be in chapter 1 simply because I like to get my reacts, supports, and moves as soon as possible. Which can involve getting access to later classes.
I hear that. I usually have Blade Grasp (Samurai react) before the second faceoff with Miluda (to say nothing of taking on Wiglaf or Argus — they'd better have fixed these for the PSP version).

[ADC]

Okay, so I'm deep enough into FF3DS now that I got Arc all the way up to level-99 Thief, after which I turned him into a Dark Knight. I have plenty of attack items to wreak havoc on a few bosses between here and the end of the game, but I may make Ingus or Luneth a Thief once they're done with their current jobs (Scholar and Dragoon, respectively), just to be sure. And I think Whatshisface was absolutely right about how useful those Scholars are.

Anyway, I got the Invincible and tried my darndest to take on the cave with the Dark Knights at the entrance, but I didn't get through the second level of it before Red Mage Refia was out of level-5 magics, so I had to depart. This game does require a significant amount of level-grinding, which always strikes a nerve with me. But I'm going to finish it, I swear.

FF8? FF10? Maybe one of these days, I guess. I still have the save files.

[mifuneral2]

I finished the main quest of .hack//Infection awhile ago, but I still have to do the side quest at the end. I've just been putting it off, and putting it off. I may switch to another game; I think I kind of burned myself out playing .hack all night long just to get past the final boss.

[Jarred]

Current playlist remains all 360, no Wii or DS at them moment.

Finished off the Rookie Challenge mode in The BIGS, so I'm now putting the game away for a bit. Didn't get to 1 million in Home Run Pinball, but we'll save that for another day.

Have started messing around with Bomberman Live on the arcade. The game is good fun, but I truly suck at it. :D Need to poke you guys on my friends list to pick this one up, as it's a great onliner.

The main game getting the most spin time is Overlord. I'm having an absolute blast with it. Play as an evil demon lord who is trying to rebuild his kingdom by having gremlin-like minions doing your bidding. Everyone calls it "evil Pikmin", but I've never played Pikmin, so that comparison meant nothing to me.

Lots of great tongue-in-cheek humor (I almost lost it the first time one of my minions put on a pumpkin shell for a helmet) with a good amount of interesting challenges as you figure out how to best set forth your horde on the landscape to do battle for you and harvest life forces. I'm actually trying to play as the good overlord at the moment, but I can see myself playing through this again to achieve 100% evil corruption.

[ape2020]

The main game getting the most spin time is Overlord. I'm having an absolute blast with it. Play as an evil demon lord who is trying to rebuild his kingdom by having gremlin-like minions doing your bidding. Everyone calls it "evil Pikmin", but I've never played Pikmin, so that comparison meant nothing to me.

Lots of great tongue-in-cheek humor (I almost lost it the first time one of my minions put on a pumpkin shell for a helmet) with a good amount of interesting challenges as you figure out how to best set forth your horde on the landscape to do battle for you and harvest life forces. I'm actually trying to play as the good overlord at the moment, but I can see myself playing through this again to achieve 100% evil corruption.

Its a shame this game doesn't seem to be getting the attention it deserves. I love it and I'm only thirty percent done. Thats a lot for me considering I don't have that much time to play games. Right now I killed the halfling fat bastard hero and the lazy elf tree hero. Up to 23 minions at the moment as I might have to go on another sheep/human slaughter fest. Having trouble finding that last servant slave girl for my castle.

Oh and spree really hates me as I stole all their food and went on a killing rampage to the point they stopped attacking me and just bow down for mercy.

I find my castle mistress funny as hell as she reminds me a lot of Princess Fiona pre-ogre meeting.

Once I get through it I might look into if the co-op is any good. Though I wonder how it would work and if there is any backstabbing involved.

-ape2020

[ape2020]

Have started messing around with Bomberman Live on the arcade. The game is good fun, but I truly suck at it. :D Need to poke you guys on my friends list to pick this one up, as it's a great onliner.


Oh and I forgot Circuit City is having "save $20 on the purchase of two Xbox Live accessories $19.99 and up". And that includes gaming cards like 1600 cards for $19.99. So that's getting 3200 points for $19.98 before tax.

-ape2020

[Lovely]

I'm currently playing Radiata Stories, and in theory I'm trying to get in some time in Persona 2 and replaying Tales of Legendia.

But uh... I've mostly been playing Radiata Stories.

Radiata stories is basically just silly fun. I'm really enjoying it. Not to mention the game is oddly pretty *_* ...

[mifuneral2]

Have started messing around with Bomberman Live on the arcade. The game is good fun, but I truly suck at it. :D Need to poke you guys on my friends list to pick this one up, as it's a great onliner.


Oh and I forgot Circuit City is having "save $20 on the purchase of two Xbox Live accessories $19.99 and up". And that includes gaming cards like 1600 cards for $19.99. So that's getting 3200 points for $19.98 before tax.

-ape2020

Yes indeed. Also, for those who don't currently *have* Live, their 12 Month sub (49.99) comes with one free month!

I'll be taking advantage of both offers. :)

[Suwako Moriya]

This game does require a significant amount of level-grinding, which always strikes a nerve with me. But I'm going to finish it, I swear.

I'm not sure if you consider this a good thing or a bad thing, but I was in the 50s when I completed the final dungeon. In any case speaking of the Scholar being awesome another class worth investing in is the Bard. Fear the power of preemptive singing from one of the better support classes so long as you're willing to switch harps when needed aka as not being lazy.

[indigo0086]

Have started messing around with Bomberman Live on the arcade. The game is good fun, but I truly suck at it. :D Need to poke you guys on my friends list to pick this one up, as it's a great onliner.


Oh and I forgot Circuit City is having "save $20 on the purchase of two Xbox Live accessories $19.99 and up". And that includes gaming cards like 1600 cards for $19.99. So that's getting 3200 points for $19.98 before tax.

-ape2020

It turned out that wasn't the case, it was a misprint and meant 20% off. Some people on another forum I went to went and they said they wouldn't honor it just because it was a misprint, so they only got 20% off.

[Mateo_home]

I guess it's time for an update. I got up to Dark Hyrule Castle in Minish Cap. Right now I'm outside looking for things I might have missed such as Tiger Scrolls. It's a fun game but what's the deal with no hookshot? Ah well, some of the new items are fun to play with like the Gust Jar and Mole Hands. It's also kind of funny you get the Roc's Cape late in the game compared to Link's Awakening.

Also playing some GoD. I'm up to the dessert map and it's kind of annoying when even the normal enemies can score critical hits with normal weapons. Well they do have the Critical 15/20+ skill.

[mifuneral2]

Have started messing around with Bomberman Live on the arcade. The game is good fun, but I truly suck at it. :D Need to poke you guys on my friends list to pick this one up, as it's a great onliner.


Oh and I forgot Circuit City is having "save $20 on the purchase of two Xbox Live accessories $19.99 and up". And that includes gaming cards like 1600 cards for $19.99. So that's getting 3200 points for $19.98 before tax.

-ape2020

It turned out that wasn't the case, it was a misprint and meant 20% off. Some people on another forum I went to went and they said they wouldn't honor it just because it was a misprint, so they only got 20% off.

Boy am I glad I read this first. That is one hell of a misprint.

I guess I will save my money, then.

[untoldsorrow]

I'm currently playing Radiata Stories, and in theory I'm trying to get in some time in Persona 2 and replaying Tales of Legendia.

But uh... I've mostly been playing Radiata Stories.

Radiata stories is basically just silly fun. I'm really enjoying it. Not to mention the game is oddly pretty *_* ...


Radiata was all types of great.

[Johnny]

Since getting it yesterday, I have been playing Taiko no Tatsujin DS quite a bit. Plays pretty much like every TnT game before, except that it uses the touchscreen for beating the drum and comes with 2 incredibly cute and cool drumstick styli! :D

Has a decent tracklist, although most is taken from the 2nd PSP game and most recent PS2 game, although they're pretty much all great songs so it doesn't matter. The Mario remix is excellent, as is 'Go My Way' from Idolmaster and the Gekiranger theme! :)

There's loads of customisation too and you unlock costumes etc by getting medals on songs.

Is anyone else getting this? I know Jecca is but it's well worth a look even if you haven't played any TnT games before. Such a summer game :)

[Johnny]

Oh yeah, just wanted to ask if anyone bought Escape from Bug Island for the Wii?

[Isuzu Inugami]

But uh... I've mostly been playing Radiata Stories.

Radiata stories is basically just silly fun. I'm really enjoying it. Not to mention the game is oddly pretty *_* ...

Gotta love the Fancy Lala style magical girl!

[Suwako Moriya]

Radiata stories is basically just silly fun. I'm really enjoying it. Not to mention the game is oddly pretty *_* ...
Gotta love the Fancy Lala style magical girl!

Yeah she's definitely kind of fun. I also rather like the twins. Although to be honest I'm partial to Florina for some reason. One of these days I need to replay Radiata Stories to do the other path. However I keep hesitating to.

[pathos]

Radiata stories is basically just silly fun. I'm really enjoying it. Not to mention the game is oddly pretty *_* ...
Gotta love the Fancy Lala style magical girl!

Yeah she's definitely kind of fun. I also rather like the twins. Although to be honest I'm partial to Florina for some reason. One of these days I need to replay Radiata Stories to do the other path. However I keep hesitating to.

Hrm, Jessica/Rachel, for the singer, wasnt it? I just played through the 2nd time recently (took the opposing path this time), and I still have trouble remembering.

My favorite would probably have been the twin dagger void girl, although I cant remember her name for the life of me. But, thats mostly for her usefullness throughout the endgame.

[Suwako Moriya]

I should note the twins I refer to are called Adina and Elena. Also I made a mistake the name of the girl I'm fond of is actually Flora. I feel ashamed now.

Hrm, Jessica/Rachel, for the singer, wasnt it? I just played through the 2nd time recently (took the opposing path this time), and I still have trouble remembering.

To be exact it's Cornelia/Rachel for the Fancy Lala style magical girl/singer. Although I haven't really seen Fancy Lala myself.

My favorite would probably have been the twin dagger void girl, although I cant remember her name for the life of me. But, thats mostly for her usefullness throughout the endgame.

Her name would be Lily I believe.

[untoldsorrow]

One of these days I need to replay Radiata Stories to do the other path. However I keep hesitating to.


Me too. I'm actually 1/2 way throught the non-human side story but haven't been motivated to play it. It could be because I'm burnt over the game (80 hours for the human side) and I have other games to play.

[mifuneral2]

I've had that game for a long time but haven't started it yet. I may end up giving it a shot between my .hack games, for the sake of variety.

[Suwako Moriya]

It could be because I'm burnt over the game (80 hours for the human side) and I have other games to play.

One reason for me hesitating to play more Radiata Stories is this. I'm afraid where as the human side showed that both sides were flawed the none-human side will portray the none-humans as divine perfect beings that can do no wrong. Yeah I know I'm jumping the gun, but it's hard not to have that worry.

[pathos]

It could be because I'm burnt over the game (80 hours for the human side) and I have other games to play.

One reason for me hesitating to play more Radiata Stories is this. I'm afraid where as the human side showed that both sides were flawed the none-human side will portray the none-humans as divine perfect beings that can do no wrong. Yeah I know I'm jumping the gun, but it's hard not to have that worry.

I originally played through the human side when the game first came out. It wasnt until recently that I played through it a second time on the non human side. I'm thinking of playing through it a third time on the human side, and try and collect some of the harder to get party members.


Oh, and I'll hide this, since Patchouli really didn't ask for an answer, and might not want to read it, but, about the flaw thing

Iirc, both sides where pretty flawed on both sides, so no real worries there

[Lovely]

I wonder if it would perturb you guys if I said my current party was all male :D ? Not too many pretty guys I've seen/recruited yet though *sigh*.

Heh, I'll probably throw a cute girl into the mix soon though (I like to rotate the characters .)

Ah well, at least I have Jack. The kid is such a cute and amusing moron :D .

I'm still pretty early in the game I think though. I haven't reached the part where I need to choose a path or anything.

[ADC]

You know how it is, when you're playing a game that's been at least reasonably challenging, and you get to a boss and (snap your fingers if you can) everything's easy as pie and you walk all over the guy with a couple uses of low-level restorative magic which you didn't need to cast but you were already conditioned to keep your HP levels high? You think you've missed something. That can't have been the boss, right?

I submit for your inspection, from Final Fantasy III DS, Hecatoncheir. That dude was almost comically easy, no more special than a random encounter. (Considering that the random encounters in that area are all splitters, he was actually less special than his minions.) I got the fang of Earth, I Teleported out to the surface, and I still think something nasty is coming for me.

[pathos]

The place to choose your path is pretty obvious, so if you dont think you've done it yet, you definately haven't. And, from that point on, you'll only be able to party with humans, or non humans, depending on your choice.

One path is has what is considered the "good" ending. The other path has the more interesting people to party with (with some exceptions). So, neither choice is a bad choice really.

[Kinomoto_Shinji]

I hate fucking Final Fantasy XII. Fucking stupid Pharo's Third section bullshit! I hate these fucking guess and see teleport shitty puzzles. FUCKING TAKE ME TO THE LAST FUCKING BOSS ALREADY! I CANT WAIT TO BEAT THIS PIECE OF SHIT OF AN EXCUSE GAME AND LOCK IT UP IN A SAFE TO NEVER PLAY AGAIN!

[AbeChinchilla]

I hate fucking Final Fantasy XII. Fucking stupid Pharo's Third section bullshit! I hate these fucking guess and see teleport shitty puzzles. FUCKING TAKE ME TO THE LAST FUCKING BOSS ALREADY! I CANT WAIT TO BEAT THIS PIECE OF SHIT OF AN EXCUSE GAME AND LOCK IT UP IN A SAFE TO NEVER PLAY AGAIN!

My brother!! <3

[Suwako Moriya]

FUCKING TAKE ME TO THE LAST FUCKING BOSS ALREADY! I CANT WAIT TO BEAT THIS PIECE OF SHIT OF AN EXCUSE GAME AND LOCK IT UP IN A SAFE TO NEVER PLAY AGAIN!

Okay granted I have yet to play Final Fantasy 12 so I have not formed my own opinion on it yet. So I'm not saying you have to like the game or anything like that. However the one of your post forces me to ask a very simple question. Which the further you are in the game the more it applies.

If you hate the game so much that you're acting like it personally violated you. Then why in the hell are you still playing it? There's no point forcing yourself to finish a game that you've already judged as terrible. All you'll achieve is feeling like you wasted more of your time. So in short.

1. Calm Down for a minute.

2. Stop playing the game.

3. If you can trade/sell the game in general just get rid of it. (I state if you can because there are games I've played that I was not the owner of so I know it's not always an option)

4. Play something else instead. Something that hopefully won't piss you off.

[Kinomoto_Shinji]

FUCKING TAKE ME TO THE LAST FUCKING BOSS ALREADY! I CANT WAIT TO BEAT THIS PIECE OF SHIT OF AN EXCUSE GAME AND LOCK IT UP IN A SAFE TO NEVER PLAY AGAIN!

Okay granted I have yet to play Final Fantasy 12 so I have not formed my own opinion on it yet. So I'm not saying you have to like the game or anything like that. However the one of your post forces me to ask a very simple question. Which the further you are in the game the more it applies.

If you hate the game so much that you're acting like it personally violated you. Then why in the hell are you still playing it? There's no point forcing yourself to finish a game that you've already judged as terrible. All you'll achieve is feeling like you wasted more of your time. So in short.

1. Calm Down for a minute.

2. Stop playing the game.

3. If you can trade/sell the game in general just get rid of it. (I state if you can because there are games I've played that I was not the owner of so I know it's not always an option)

4. Play something else instead. Something that hopefully won't piss you off.

I never cared for the game since the begining, but I have my reasons for playing it through. While I don't enjoy the new gameplay mechnaics, and the characters aren't all that rememberable, they plot is well written. And I really want to see how it all ends. Since I used the "Good Start" Max Drive save, I've been just plowing through the game up until now. The puzzles in the last dungeon just don't make sense, and when I try to follow a strategy guide, I still get lost. It's annoying me greatly since I know I'm close to the end, but these try and see puzzles are annoying me, especialy since there are these powerful monsters I have to keep fighting when I do something wrong. :/

I'm taking a break today, thats for sure. But I will get it done by the end of this week. I know I shouldn't waste 30hrs on a game I don't like, but the plot is enjoyable enough for me to gritt it.

[Suwako Moriya]

I know I shouldn't waste 30hrs on a game I don't like, but the plot is enjoyable enough for me to gritt it.

I suppose simply giving up on the game and reading spoilers instead isn't a viable alternative? All I know is reading your post(s) reminds me of when I was playing Zelda: Oracle of Ages and found the over all game to be very meh. After failing again and again to complete the second Goron dance mini-game I decided it wasn't worth torturing myself anymore with such a bleh game.

[Collectonian]

The puzzles in the last dungeon just don't make sense, and when I try to follow a strategy guide, I still get lost. It's annoying me greatly since I know I'm close to the end, but these try and see puzzles are annoying me, especialy since there are these powerful monsters I have to keep fighting when I do something wrong. :/

Which guide are you using? I got through there fairly quickly, and without getting lost, by using the official guide. If you want, I could scan in the two pages for that part to help you get past (and yes, you are very close to the end :) )

[Kinomoto_Shinji]

The puzzles in the last dungeon just don't make sense, and when I try to follow a strategy guide, I still get lost. It's annoying me greatly since I know I'm close to the end, but these try and see puzzles are annoying me, especialy since there are these powerful monsters I have to keep fighting when I do something wrong. :/

Which guide are you using? I got through there fairly quickly, and without getting lost, by using the official guide. If you want, I could scan in the two pages for that part to help you get past (and yes, you are very close to the end :) )


You are a Goddess if you can do that for me. :D Rewarping over and over again is tiring.

Edit- I'm using a non-spoiler guide on gamefaqs, so I'm just going by what its telling me to do...which has worked up till this point. <.<

[Collectonian]

You are a Goddess if you can do that for me. :D Rewarping over and over again is tiring.

Aww. :blush: Here ya go:Page 1 (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1105/989728473_269075fffb_o.jpg)

Page 2 (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1233/989735223_13cb0be77e_o.jpg)

When you get to the 90F, its a straight path around and up to the final bosses. I blocked out the action list on the first page, since it does spoil things slightly. :)

[Kinomoto_Shinji]

You are a Goddess if you can do that for me. :D Rewarping over and over again is tiring.

Aww. :blush: Here ya go:Page 1 (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1105/989728473_269075fffb_o.jpg)

Page 2 (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1233/989735223_13cb0be77e_o.jpg)

When you get to the 90F, its a straight path around and up to the final bosses. I blocked out the action list on the first page, since it does spoil things slightly. :)

Thanks! I'll give it a try soon. :) Helpful to have the map and everything marked. Hopefuly I'll have FFXII done by tomorrow. Thanks for the help! :D

[ADC]

So I'm taking a little break from FF3 to play a game I got for $10, Picross DS. It's a challenge, quite possibly the most interesting challenge to come through that door in many years.

Worst Buy, best coupons.

[untoldsorrow]

The puzzles in the last dungeon just don't make sense, and when I try to follow a strategy guide, I still get lost. It's annoying me greatly since I know I'm close to the end, but these try and see puzzles are annoying me, especialy since there are these powerful monsters I have to keep fighting when I do something wrong. :/

Which guide are you using? I got through there fairly quickly, and without getting lost, by using the official guide. If you want, I could scan in the two pages for that part to help you get past (and yes, you are very close to the end :) )


You are a Goddess if you can do that for me. :D Rewarping over and over again is tiring.

Edit- I'm using a non-spoiler guide on gamefaqs, so I'm just going by what its telling me to do...which has worked up till this point. <.<


What was so hard or confusing about it? I never had a problem with it and I don't use a guide/faqs and I'm pretty sure there are many out there like me; just like there will be many others lost like you.

As for my current game, why are Monks so overpowered in FF V Advance? Their damage output is INSANE! I have a white mage and a time mage with the Barehand secondary skill and they're pwning everything.

[Collectonian]

I posted a poll to my LJ to pick my next game, and my readers choose Indigo Prophecy! So I'll be starting that one tonight. Weee!

[AbeChinchilla]

I posted a poll to my LJ to pick my next game, and my readers choose Indigo Prophecy! So I'll be starting that one tonight. Weee!

Enjoy it!

I still have to finish that one myself.

[Nosredna]

Alright I finally beat Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (GC). Took me about 36 hours, which I'm not sure is good or bad.....Of course I still have to find more bugs, poe souls, pieces of the heart and go through the Cave or Ordeals, so I've got a lot more to do. But it was a fun game when I actually started playing through it. Although.....

I'll accept a Link/Midna pairing over a Link/Zelda one especially since the game is called Twilight Princess, but Midna not being able to confess her feelings for Link at the end was a bit disappointing. And her destroying the mirror so they would never be able to see each other wasn't cool either. I guess I'm just a sap :sd: .

I may pick up the Wii version if I can find it cheap, but it's not really a priority.

[prismic]

I had the Japanese version of the game, not knowing they would be bringing it over. I must've played it religiously for 2 months straight, solving at least one puzzle everyday.

Not sure if I want to pick up the US version. It's certainly cheap enough, but playing the same puzzles all over again? Maybe if I wait a few months I would forget how to solve them and everything would be fresh again. :sd:

Picross is awesome.

Currently working through Super Robot Taisen Original Generation. I am taking my sweet time, since I am doing playing routes side by side. And this is the second time I will be restarting the game - I am trying to collect all the secret mechs and some of the requirements are way too easy to miss.

[ADC]

Not sure if I want to pick up the US version. It's certainly cheap enough, but playing the same puzzles all over again? Maybe if I wait a few months I would forget how to solve them and everything would be fresh again. :sd:
I don't know if I'll even wait that long to go through it again once I've done it all once. I don't think I've done one level-2 puzzle without incurring a penalty (usually because I forget to switch from pencil to X, but sometimes out of genuine idiocy). And there's still level 3 and level 4, plus the puzzles which don't tell you when you've gone wrong. I need to get on the ball here.

[Collectonian]

I posted a poll to my LJ to pick my next game, and my readers choose Indigo Prophecy! So I'll be starting that one tonight. Weee!

Enjoy it!

I still have to finish that one myself.

It has a very interesting story, and a rather different game play system. Sometimes frustrating cause my fingers are somewhat arthritic, but still managing to enjoy it. Only downside, I should finish it up tomorrow. :sd: Not a very long game, but it manages to pack in quite a bit of story.

[Suwako Moriya]

More or less my party in Final Fantasy Tactics is almost set up.

All right what is the best/worst thing to say when you've made plenty of progress setting up your party's skills? The answer would be "I have a better idea". So in the middle of chapter two as I work on the secondary four I realize I should make changes to the primary four. Yeah go figure on that one.

[hub]

Short story: I bought Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes for the GC either early 2006 or late 2005, and got to the point where Snake has to descend the side of the tower while being shot at by the Hind. Funny thing: my hand-eye coordination sucks and so I was stuck doing that part for over an hour b/c I couldn't judge when to grab onto the ledges sticking out. Well, I eventually said "f- that" and so hung up the game until tonight.

Was feeling pretty bored (nothing coming out on any of the next-gen consoles that I'm crazy about), and so I decided to go back and give it another shot. Took me like 7-8 damn tries, but I finally got passed that one part. I celebrated by pulling out my sniper rifle and plugging the poor unsuspecting chaps at the other end of the bridge I landed on. :> So now I'm at the point where Snake, being the nuthead that he is, dropped the PAL key into the drainage and so I've got to go and find it again. However it's been years since I played the PSX version, and so my memory is really foggy at this point. But I did pick up a couple of time bombs on the way. :P

So yeah, my thoughts on this game is that it still sucks just as badly as I remembered it, and it's a joke of a remake. The original was already flawless as it was; why go and remake something that didn't need to be remade? Or at least, they could've done more w/ it, cause the new "enhanced" stuff is just crap (so-so graphics and a control scheme that's way too twitchy for my taste). But man, after being spoiled by HD visuals on the 360, it's hard to go back to a last-gen game that isn't an RPG. Had to crank the brightness on our HD TV waaay up in order to see just what the hell I was doing.

But eh, I guess it's been an evening well spent (until my bro. kicked me off the TV).

[untoldsorrow]

Alright I finally beat Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess (GC). Took me about 36 hours, which I'm not sure is good or bad.....Of course I still have to find more bugs, poe souls, pieces of the heart and go through the Cave or Ordeals, so I've got a lot more to do. But it was a fun game when I actually started playing through it. Although.....

I'll accept a Link/Midna pairing over a Link/Zelda one especially since the game is called Twilight Princess, but Midna not being able to confess her feelings for Link at the end was a bit disappointing. And her destroying the mirror so they would never be able to see each other wasn't cool either. I guess I'm just a sap :sd: .

I may pick up the Wii version if I can find it cheap, but it's not really a priority.

Yes, that ending left me with at least 1 tear becuase they won't be able ot see each other again

[untoldsorrow]

Decided to stop playing MS Saga for a bit and started Shadow Hearts: From the New World. SO far so good. I love love Shania, she is one hot babe. Her transformation are awesome and :virgin: . So far I'm up to the point where I go break out Al Chapone. This game has the weirdest party members/characters but it works, lol.

[dejr8bud]

Finally got a PS3 through Amazon(free remote & RE Apocalyspe Blu-ray & 5 free BR movie deal)

Been playing a few things:

Ninja Gaiden Sigma ugh is that hard lol. Cool though.

The Darkness. Considering I don't like FPS games, I'm having fun with it.

Ridge Racer 7..not bad, its fun. Much more fun than RR5 that debuted with the PS2.

My wife bought Enchanted ARms for 19.99 at Best Buy...meh..she likes it..

Tekken Dark Resurrection. Waiting for online play.

Still have to finish God of War 2. Looks great on the PS3.

So far I like the Ps3 but I miss the rumble on some games. Playing Burnout(Ps2) with no rumble is lame..oh well. I'll have to get one of those USB adapters.

[ADC]

Yes, that ending left me with at least 1 tear becuase they won't be able ot see each other again
Not until she's added as a trophy or even a playable character in some future SSB game. And yes, I want that.

[ayareiko]

Just received Melty Blood Act Cadenza (Ver B) for the PC in the mail today.

Kohaku is Awesome.

Tsundere White Len = Win

Neko-Arc Chaos = Total Win

[Chacranajxy]

Just received Melty Blood Act Cadenza (Ver B) for the PC in the mail today.

Kohaku is Awesome.

Tsundere White Len = Win

Neko-Arc Chaos = Total Win

Neco Arc Chaos is frickin' legit. Though my 3 best characters are definitely Akiha Vermillion, Nrvnqsr Chaos, and Nanaya Shiki. I was happy to see the difficulty level of the AI increased significantly in Ver. B since it was way too easy in the original AC... playing on the max difficulty setting is a good challenge.

[Collectonian]

...Indigo Prophecy is now done. Total game play time: approximate 7 hours, 42 minutes. Not a long game, but an interesting break from the usual games I play as it has no leveling or any real "power ups" and little worries about life or anything beyond keeping the mental health up. A little shorter than I would have liked, since there were one or two holes in the story. In particular, the whole Lucas and Carla hooking up needed way more build up...seemed rushed and out of place. On the whole, not a bad game, though it has no replay value.

[AbeChinchilla]

On the whole, not a bad game, though it has no replay value.

Even though you can select different choices and take new turns to obtain different endings?

[Collectonian]

On the whole, not a bad game, though it has no replay value.

Even though you can select different choices and take new turns to obtain different endings?

I went for the good ending on my run through. No interest in the other two at all. :)

Edit: Next game is Devil May Cry. Wee!

[Nosredna]

With Twilight Princess done, I decided to replay another famous Zelda game, this time Ocarina of Time for the GC. I could get out my N64 to play it, but I didn't feel like hooking it all up :sd: . I'm not very far in it yet, I just met Princess Zelda.

[Merr]

Currently replaying Final Fantasy X-2 for the third time (hoping to finally get 100%).

Right now I'm at the part where the girls have to "liberate" uniforms before sneaking into Le Blanc's hideout so that Yuna can give her a massage. :D

[Collectonian]

Is it a bad sign that I've already had to restart Devil May Cry because the first boss made Dante scream like a little girl? :sd: Second run through I've been spending more time slaughtering so that I already had air raid before finishing mission 2. Hopefully that will help :P

[AbeChinchilla]

Edit: Next game is Devil May Cry. Wee!

Ooh, I gotta start this one too. My friend lent it to me half a year ago, and she wants it back soon...

[ADC]

I need to be stopped before I play Picross again. I've already done all the puzzles up to level 7 and a fair few of the level 8s. Sucks, this being good at math thing.

[AbeChinchilla]

Since I finally have Batek Kaitos II, I've been inspired to continue the first one. Quickly re-adapting to the neat battle system and making my way through and remembering why I loved this game in the first place. Still debating whether or not I should play the first and second one simultaneously. I don't want to end up getting addicted to the revamped battle system or anything...

Also squeezing in a classic here and there... No one must know it's Final Fantasy VII.

[Garasharp K7]

I'm playing the Transformers game on the 380 at the moment, and it's one of those games that sits somewhere between mind-bogglingly cool and teeth-gnashingly frustrating. There are some sections that are a joy to play - such as Starscream's missions - but some of the sub missions are a real chore, especially with the time limit; I'd often end up wandering around not knowing where to go with the clock ticking away, and then failing the mission and having to play the whole level from the start - and this would be after several pitched battles with the various enemy drones (I feckin' hate that one with the spinning ball or whatever it is) and earthly forces. I mean it's great laying waste to all and sundry, but doing it again and again becasue the time ran out before you reached a certain point on the map can get old real fast.
And it's annoying too - I bloody hate that little robot that keeps pushing you back every time you try to attack him, and why does Optimus need to send minions after you between battles? (and he runs away too!) I'd expect that from a Decepticon, but not Prime - 'tis rather uncharacteristic of him. :)

At any rate, I'm still enjoying it despite it's flaws, and hearing Frank Welker as Megatron again is such a hoot. :D

[Mateo_home]

Just started playing Odin Sphere. I don't even remember when I got this. Anyway, I'm up to Cold Mountain or whatever is was, and I know it's overstated, but these 2D graphics are beautiful. Even better than a Nippon Ichi game. I take some stupid damage sometimes but the controls are very smooth. Reminds of Super Paper Mario in some way. I just wish there were some platforming elements at some points rather than just run through a 2D circle looking for an exit. You also don't hold many items which can be a pain. They should of borrowed Pokemon's item system and split it into seeds, equip, healing, and alchemy item boxes. But still having a limit in each category. Some character designs are a little WTF like the King, but at least I think he's voiced by Fumihiko Takashi.

This is a great game late in the PS2 library.

[HitokiriShadow]

Yeah, Odin Sphere looks awesome. Plays well too, aside from some slowdone every now and then (though I hear its terrible with a particular boss later on). Man, I really need to start playing this again. I'm still in the first book. :sd:

[alexd00]

Hotel Dusk: Off and on since it came out; I just can't play it for more than an hour or so at a time before the gameplay starts to drag. Still, I want to see how it ends, so I'll play through in chunks until I beat it.

Puzzle Quest: Still "active", although it's dangerously close to the "retired" pile even though I haven't beaten it. I think I'm pretty close to the end, but the Bejeweled gameplay mechanic just doesn't appeal to me anymore after the hours I've logged.

Sigma Star Saga: Another psuedo-active title. It's been in my DS for about nine months, but I don't think I've played it in the past four/five. It's actually a pretty fun game, and I'm interested to see how the story plays out, but other games have just had a priority lately.

Dragon Quest Heroes, Rocket Slime: I've beaten the majority of the game and it was pretty fun, although relatively simplistic. Still need to get a couple crew members, get the last two tank upgrades, beat the final Tank Masters battle, and then I think I'm done.

Picross: Just started and it's been pretty entertaining so far. Should have some time this weekend to really play it, so hopefully I can make significant progress.

Gitaroo Man: In spurts this Summer since I got the insatiable urge to finally beat Master's Mode. Only four stages to go (two of which are "same notes, only faster" I think), but Sanbone Trio is no joke.

[ADC]

Picross: Just started and it's been pretty entertaining so far. Should have some time this weekend to really play it, so hopefully I can make significant progress.
Make progress! Once you get to the 20x20 and 25x20 puzzles, it's awesome. (Total pain in the ass at times, but awesome.)

[Chloe]

Tried to start Jade Coccoon, but the disc I got form eBay is scratched to hell, and keeps locking every few minutes. Until I get that problem fixed, I started Suikoden I. Now THIS is fun! I love beating on cute,fluffy things.Not relly as much magic as I would like, but it is still pretty early in the game.

Also did a few more boards of La Pucelle Tactics. I seem to be only able to handle a few boards, before I want to do something else. I do like it, but it seems like a few of my characters/monster allies are real wimps, and are holding me back by needing me to level them. I am almost tempted to just go with a couple heaavy hitters,and ditch the rest of the losers. :> But I will probably need them later...

[Lovely]

Ha, ha, man, you guys weren't kidding when you said the place to choose your path was incredibly obvious XD. I don't think I've ever played a game where they spell out the split so clearly. Heh. But to be honest, I appreciated that.

I chose the non-human side by the way. Yeah, I had more recruits on the human side, many of which were adorable but....

I'm just a bleeding heart I guess. I couldn't just stand by and let the non-humans get stepped on. That, and I just couldn't leave Ridley, it just didn't seem like something Jack would do. Aha, I guess I'm just a romantic at heart.

Of course, now that I've chosen this path I've already run into a bunch of cuties, so it's all good ~. (I'm making myself sound very bad here...)

[Jarred]

So I finally decided to check out a borrowed copy of Dead Rising. Got about 90 minutes in and I'm having a good time, when I finally die by some rednecks in a jeep with turret gun. Okay, no problem, I'm sure it will start back at the last loading point, right? Wait a minute, why am I all the way back at the security room at level 1 . . oh god . . fucking JP developers and your damn save points that I can't locate anywhere!!! ARGHHHHH!!!!!

So now I've completely lost all urge to play this game and I'm returning it. Manual save points suck. They are fabricated challenges and there's no reason not to have auto-save while I'm sitting through loading screens every 5 goddamn minutes. Where the hell is my BioShock!?

[Collectonian]

I'm still struggling through Devil May Cry and wishing I'd switched to Easy Automatic Mode when I had the chance. I'm stuck on mission 4, which I've tried 5 or 6 times so far. I finally got the hang of beating the Shadow only to keep losing to Neo Angelo (and one time accidentally going to Secret Mission 4 which is the three shadow fight...yeah, quick death there).

I'm getting increasingly frustrated by only being able to save between missions, especially when I spend 2 hours getting red orbs to upgrade stuff and what not and still end up dying enough times in the final fight to have to start all the way back at the start of the mission :(

[ADC]

Back to FF3 and I'm apparently doing it wrong. You know that door at the base of the tower which leads to Eureka? It won't open! What kind of shit is that? I'm here, I beat the dude who guards the Earth Crystal, and here I am, with no clue how to get through this damn'd door. And you know what really bothers me? The solution's probably so easy that I'll have to cut off my right hand, force the L shape, and super-glue it to my forehead.

[Suwako Moriya]

Back to FF3 and I'm apparently doing it wrong. You know that door at the base of the tower which leads to Eureka? It won't open! What kind of shit is that?

Here is a hint. Take the really fast airship and visit the place where the moogles live. More or less doing that should [it you on the path of getting the keys you'll need both for Eureka and the rest of the final area. Yes if I remember right you get two key and one is definitely needed while the other leads to stuff to make things easier.

By the way Eureka is more or less travel through and fight bosses for strong "items". It even contains a special shop. You can buy uh Shuriken and certain summon spells for one thing. It also has a pretty nice tune that's a classic for me. Oh its technically an arranged version of a classic, but still gives that feel.

The final area is more or less your standard final area with multiple bosses and includes an event battle. Oh just be glad you're playing the remake since in the original you didn't have the luxury of your HP/MP being recharged after a boss battle. The real fun comes from the very last section. Where if you don't figure out the obvious, you'll be screwed. I can't decide if hiding the secret or blurting it is more evil. :>

On a side note I haven't been playing FFT much since well I had visitors overs, but I plan to get back to it sometime later this week if possible. Either way I should wrap up my party set up while advancing chapter 2. The second party consists of a White Mage, Black Mage, Oracle, and Time Mage each with math skill. It's sort of a self made joke. Just leave it at that for now.

[Kurou]

So I finally decided to check out a borrowed copy of Dead Rising. Got about 90 minutes in and I'm having a good time, when I finally die by some rednecks in a jeep with turret gun. Okay, no problem, I'm sure it will start back at the last loading point, right? Wait a minute, why am I all the way back at the security room at level 1 . . oh god . . fucking JP developers and your damn save points that I can't locate anywhere!!! ARGHHHHH!!!!!

So now I've completely lost all urge to play this game and I'm returning it. Manual save points suck. They are fabricated challenges and there's no reason not to have auto-save while I'm sitting through loading screens every 5 goddamn minutes. Where the hell is my BioShock!?

Otis blatantly tells you it's in the restrooms in one of the conversations. They're even on your map.

I've never understood why people find Dead Rising's save system so hard.

[ADC]

I can't decide if hiding the secret or blurting it is more evil. :>
When you factor in that I still haven't found the place where the moogles live, I don't think it matters at this point. I did, however, acquire Leviathan. I'm paying him the veteran minimum for a one-year contract. We're looking to bring in Bahamut so we can have a big right-handed bat in the middle of the lineup, but his asking price is a bit higher.

It would help if I'd actually been using Summoners. I might convert Arc from Magus to Summoner or maybe Sage (at this point in the game, White Magic is a skill more valuable than gold-pressed latinum).

There, references to baseball and Star Trek (which, itself, often references baseball). That's a gaming post if ever I saw one.

[Suwako Moriya]

When you factor in that I still haven't found the place where the moogles live, I don't think it matters at this point.

Ah okay well the the main thing to remember is this. It's a mountainous area. It has a narrow path and if you don't use the fast air ship you'll be knocked out of the area. I'd describe it more, but I don't have the DS on hand right now. Still just explore your world and you'll find it.

I might convert Arc from Magus to Summoner or maybe Sage (at this point in the game, White Magic is a skill more valuable than gold-pressed latinum).

Well which to convert to depends on what you plan to use. If you're going to use a mixture of magic then Sage is a good idea although they do have the disadvantage of being slower. Also their summons are akin to the call type not the summon type. However if you're going to mostly use one type of magic with a character you're better off specializing. So for example if you're going to use White Magic 90% of the time just accept destiny and be a White Mage or Devout.

Although in my case I went by the logic that since Arc was the Red Mage he was the Sage by default. While Refia got to be a Devout because she was the White Mage. Think of it as natural progression. Plus it seemed to be the fairest way to do things as part of my division strategy.

[Jarred]

Otis blatantly tells you it's in the restrooms in one of the conversations. They're even on your map.

I've never understood why people find Dead Rising's save system so hard.
I got the info from Otis and it's not hard, just poorly implemented. I just can't understand in this day and age of gaming, why should I be forced to seek out save points? And why should I be punished when I come across an unexpected challenge?

There are three things Capcom could have easily done to make it less of a pain: auto-save, start menu save at any point, and/or just re-spawn at the last loading point since they happen so damn frequently. Plenty of other games today do at least one of these options.

[NickFalzarano]

Beat Rule of Rose finally (with action replay) and so I got rid of that. I've since moved on to Suikoden V. About 10 hours in, and things have started to happen, so that's good.

Alas, Prince Prince (not intentional), leader of the Cranberry Army residing at Huge Castle has triumphed over his advesaries after 45 hours. (Though not with the best ending...) And so, I am done with Suikoden V.

Moved on to Xenosaga Episode IV III. The gap in time and events between the second and third game seem to me to have originally been planned as their own game. I've heard its like this at the end of the game too. Regardless, I'm over 5 hours in, (going to find out why the Elsa can't move) and I'm enjoying it much more than the second game. Also glad some of the original voices are back, mostly Shion and KOS-MOS. (Too bad chaos and Momo don't get their superior original voices back though...

[Fencedude]

Well, I finally finished Super Robot Wars: Original Generations a few days ago.

Of course now I have to do another playthrough and do Ryusei's route in OG1 and the Space/Izu/Earth Cradle routes of OG2, but I think I'll take a break. Give my PS2 a rest too. It was on for about a month straight (seriously, I didn't turn it off, Swap Magic hates my system).

In the meantime I finally located a used copy of Phoenix Wright, been playing it at work. Lots of fun, though I'm glad I picked it up used, doesn't seem to be much replay value. Anyway, just started the final story, and once I'm done I'll have to track down the sequel.

And I still need to get back to SRW Alpha 2, and finish Xenosaga 3, and Shadows of the Colossus, and...a whole bunch of other things.

[Fencedude]

Moved on to Xenosaga Episode IV III. The gap in time and events between the second and third game seem to me to have originally been planned as their own game. I've heard its like this at the end of the game too. Regardless, I'm over 5 hours in, (going to find out why the Elsa can't move) and I'm enjoying it much more than the second game. Also glad some of the original voices are back, mostly Shion and KOS-MOS. (Too bad chaos and Momo don't get their superior original voices back though...

It took them three games, but they finally got everything right in XSIII. The ES combat especially is a lot of fun.

And KOS-MOS V4 is pure sex and win.

[Lovely]

And KOS-MOS V4 is pure sex and win.


You know... I hated KOS-MOS in Xenosaga 1-2 but uh.... I gotta say, Fencedude is actually right about this XD .

[Suwako Moriya]

It took them three games, but they finally got everything right in XSIII. The ES combat especially is a lot of fun.

I'm still of the mindset that someone on the staff rushed in and said "Guys I just realized! The PS2 is a video game system. We're actually supposed to be making a game!" Which is really sad because had Xenosaga 3 been the way the series started off they probably would have had the momentum to go for the full six games.

[Suwako Moriya]

You know... I hated KOS-MOS in Xenosaga 1-2 but uh.... I gotta say, Fencedude is actually right about this XD .

I also hated her in the first two games, but even I have to admit she's much better in the third game. If for no other reason then she doesn't bore me to death.

[HitokiriShadow]

After two months of no play, I finally started up Odin Sphere again. When I last played, I was at the end of Book 1, Chapter 4 and the boss killed me with an attack that did nearly 300 HP of damage (I only had about 480 or so HP). So when I restarted, I went through the level 3 times and leveled up and accumulated some better healing items. When I fought him, I ended up killing him without even having to bother healing. While he used the attack he used before (I think), it never hit me. I just pounded his ass while using a special attack to double my attack power and another to do massive damage. If his attack had hit me, it would have killed me, but it either couldn't hit me when I was right next to him or he didn't use it (but I think he just couldn't hit me).

[Hime]

Currently playing Steambot Chronicles (PS2), and Mother 1+2 (GBA).

[Fencedude]

Mrgh.

Decided to get back to XSIII, since Swap Magic was being dumb and not booting.

Currently in Abel's arc, just finished the "Blue Sphere". I want to do more, but I'm about to fall asleep.

[indigo0086]

Currently I'm juggling God of War II, Odin Sphere, and the Darkness.

God of War II is just awesome. It took what made God of War I awesome and made ut so much better. Although they both share pretty much the same premise (you have to obtain this one item to make you all powerful) the journey I think in this one is much more epic. The imagery, mood, and such to this game are so grand. Though I do prefer Rage of the Gods to Rage of the Titans, the electric spartan just does much more for me.

Odin Sphere is better than I though. The fighting is pretty simple and it has a pretty solid strategic element to it. The game looks alright, while the art is great they could have took it to 480p with widescreen, though I know there is a lot of slowdown later on which would probably make it worse (although in the hands of more skilled developers probably could have been pulled off) The art direction is great although the story is pretty much the same crap I would see in some everyday anime. The game is fun, has pretty unusual game elements (buying food, planting sheep bushes, etc) Though at times it shows it's RPG side when I'm organizing my bags and leveling up for about half an hour. *shudder*.
*Note* - Once you learn the healing potion alchemy, the game becomes much more fun.

The Darkness is alright. At some moments it's fun and other moments pretty dull. The story is nice, the acting and leading up to the significant plot points are superb, and the gameplay is pretty fun but thereare a few things that keep this from being solid as a whole. 1) the darklings are useless. The berserker is useful some times, when it's one on one, and even then it's not as useful as I am. The kamikaze is only good when you have to use it to advance. The light killer...more like cannon fodder. And the gunner must be blind, so I won't knock on it for it's handicap. Also the aim is hard to tweak. By default it's a little too sensitive, and you really have to tweak it. Also some minor things keep this from being as great as I thought. In the end it's a fun game as a shooter but it missed a few points.

[Shadow Raven]

Madden 08 - PS3

[untoldsorrow]

Madden 08 - PS3


How is that? I heard Madden for PS3 is only at 30 fps while the 3600 version is running at 60 fps.

[martod]

After two months of no play, I finally started up Odin Sphere again. When I last played, I was at the end of Book 1, Chapter 4 and the boss killed me with an attack that did nearly 300 HP of damage (I only had about 480 or so HP). So when I restarted, I went through the level 3 times and leveled up and accumulated some better healing items. When I fought him, I ended up killing him without even having to bother healing. While he used the attack he used before (I think), it never hit me. I just pounded his ass while using a special attack to double my attack power and another to do massive damage. If his attack had hit me, it would have killed me, but it either couldn't hit me when I was right next to him or he didn't use it (but I think he just couldn't hit me).
Don't take dying personally. With almost every boss you'll die more than a few times while trying to figure out how the dodge the bosses attacks. Practice makes perfect. Although book 3's heroine has a pathetic number of hit points and a ton of attack power, so with her it is best to just try to pound the boss to death before he/she's able to mount a good attack. :D

[ape2020]

Madden 08 - PS3


How is that? I heard Madden for PS3 is only at 30 fps while the 3600 version is running at 60 fps.

While I'm hearing there are other issues besides frame rate, I'm guessing thats the system he has. So the 360 version is not an option.

-ape2020

[AbeChinchilla]

Just started Disc 2 of Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean. :) Clear time for the first disc was approximately 30 hours. Anyways, I'm REALLY starting to get back in the game and now I remember why I was hooked a year ago before I just stopped playing GameCube all together.

Savyna's pretty cool, but her attacks are so fast, it's hard to quickly chain her attack cards together (so her combos end quickly). Also recently had the Great Mizuti join my party. What a character she is! I love her special attacks. And interestingly enough, I don't dislike her voice.

[GHardin]

It's a sort of juggling act as of late...still tinkering with Odin Sphere, replaying Dead Rising, and just Persona 3 tonight, so I gave that a whirl and am seriously enjoying myself at how uniquely odd it is. :neko:

[HitokiriShadow]

After two months of no play, I finally started up Odin Sphere again. When I last played, I was at the end of Book 1, Chapter 4 and the boss killed me with an attack that did nearly 300 HP of damage (I only had about 480 or so HP). So when I restarted, I went through the level 3 times and leveled up and accumulated some better healing items. When I fought him, I ended up killing him without even having to bother healing. While he used the attack he used before (I think), it never hit me. I just pounded his ass while using a special attack to double my attack power and another to do massive damage. If his attack had hit me, it would have killed me, but it either couldn't hit me when I was right next to him or he didn't use it (but I think he just couldn't hit me).
Don't take dying personally. With almost every boss you'll die more than a few times while trying to figure out how the dodge the bosses attacks. Practice makes perfect. Although book 3's heroine has a pathetic number of hit points and a ton of attack power, so with her it is best to just try to pound the boss to death before he/she's able to mount a good attack. :D


I actually haven't died that much. So far it's been once for each boss (except for the second, which I barely beat in the first try), and maybe 4-5 times total outside of boss battles. With the bosses, I tend to do decent and then run out of healing items (or get hit by an attack much stronger than expected), then level up and cream the bosses easily. But I hear some of the later bosses can get really hard/cheap.

[Danj]

I'm kind of surprised at the apparent lack of hype on this forum over Persona 3... did everybody already play it in Japanese or something?

[Suwako Moriya]

In any case as I start making progress on FFT again, I'm in chapter 3. So I have the task of finishing the class set up and perhaps leveling down a bit because my levels are getting a bit too high. Part of the process involves messing around with propositions. Ah propositions are fun for when you just want to gain a bit of JP in a class and not much more. They also a good reminder of how often random battles can come up while walking back and forth. It reaches the point where it's faster to just complete them rather than reset and hope you avoid it next time. :sd:

[untoldsorrow]

I'm kind of surprised at the apparent lack of hype on this forum over Persona 3... did everybody already play it in Japanese or something?

I'm just trying to get it into my hands right now. Hopefully soon.

[Lovely]

Well... we talked about it when it was delayed a bit ^^;.

Anyhoo, I picked it up yesterday, but it'll probably be a while before I play.
I'm still playing Radiata stories, and .hack//GU 3 comes out in about a month and NOTHING will interupt me from that.
Basically, when I start playing Persona 3, I want to be able to put my whole mind into it.

THAT said, the special edition box is pretty sweet ^^. The artbook is really nice, and I'm loving what I've heard of the soundtrack so far.

I wonder if I'll get weak and start playing this game regardless....

[untoldsorrow]

I can't wait to get my hands on it. It'll be the only game I will play until I beat it since there isn't any other games I look forward to even though I have over 10 games still sealed.

[AbeChinchilla]

.hack//GU 3 comes out in about a month and NOTHING will interupt me from that.

Same here. I'm guessing that I should be playing Baten Kaitos: Origins by the time Redemption comes out, and even then, I'm just going to drop everything and play that. :)

[ADC]

I made an assault on the crystal tower in FF3DS which appeared to be going well. Then I ran into a dragon. And they were never heard from again.

[Suwako Moriya]

I made an assault on the crystal tower in FF3DS which appeared to be going well. Then I ran into a dragon. And they were never heard from again.

Heh those Dragons are supposed to be the strongest of the normal enemies in the final dungeon. It's best to treat them as if they were more akin to mini boss battles than normal battles just so you don't put your guard down.

[Nosredna]

I've been playing a lot of Hotel Dusk (DS) and I've finally made it to Chapter 7, but I still lose far too often. I'm really not very good at the game :sd: .

[SpiritualRemains]

I got Persona 3 on Wednesday and started playing it a little bit. I played more of it on Thursday and found out quickly that it followed the Nocturne rule of main character dies, you lose. So I went out and bought the strategy guide.

The guide has helped me a bit, especially with the non-battle stuff, but the boss battles are still difficult. The 10th floor boss gave me trouble because I didn't read ahead in the guide and fused the one of the two personas that were recommended to have on hand. Exacerbating the problem was Iori being sick at the same time. 14th floor boss posed some difficulties as well, but it was manageable after a few attempts.

[HitokiriShadow]

My copy of Persona 3 was supposed to come in yesterday, but when I went to pick it up, it turned out that it hadn't come in after all. They had called me only to find out a little later that it wasn't there.

After much self-debate, I canceled my pre-orders for Luminous Arc and Growlanser. I might pick up LA used at some point if I can get it for a decent price, but I have too many other games to worry about to be concerned about a TRPG on the DS that apparently is fairly average at best.

[untoldsorrow]

I finally got my copy of Persona 3. I can't play tonight :cry: but will do so ALL DAY tomorrow. THe artbook has some awesome art. I was thinking of picking up the guide but I decided not to, I never play with a guide the first time through. Hopefully I will have an easy time finding it when I decide to pick it up.

[Lovely]

Okay, so, I finally finished the non-human path of Radiata Stories tonight. Hmmm... my final thoughts? When the game did funny, it was GREAT. When the game tried to do drama? Noooot so much.

Also the whole... Oh no! We're in the middle of a war and battle right now, but don't kill Cross!
...even though he's never done ONE admirable thing and has no redeemable values whatsoever!
I was so happy when he finally bit it.

Also, I feel I should add that the last dungeon made me want to kill people >:( .
Though the last boss was interesting... my level wasn't as high as it probably SHOULD of been. And my teamates were suicidal. So I eventually ended up just soloing the boss and whittled away his health until he died.

[Shikamaru824]

Okay, so, I finally finished the non-human path of Radiata Stories tonight. Hmmm... my final thoughts? When the game did funny, it was GREAT. When the game tried to do drama? Noooot so much.

Also the whole... Oh no! We're in the middle of a war and battle right now, but don't kill Cross!
...even though he's never done ONE admirable thing and has no redeemable values whatsoever!
I was so happy when he finally bit it.

Also, I feel I should add that the last dungeon made me want to kill people >:( .
Though the last boss was interesting... my level wasn't as high as it probably SHOULD of been. And my teamates were suicidal. So I eventually ended up just soloing the boss and whittled away his health until he died.

The non-human path for this game is in my back log, and I was hoping it would have a better ending then the human path. For me, the human path was basically: "Maybe I'll get Ridley later...CRAP I'm not getting Ridley...please don't let Ridley die...DAMMIT SHE DIED! - The End" Quite depressing as I totally adore her.

Well, I just got my Xbox 360 (and I have the most original gamertag ever); so along with Persona 3 and Luminous Arc, I'm also playing Dead Rising. I hope to finish at least 1 of those games before the week of Blue Dragon, Gundam Musou 360 port, and Wild Arms 5.

[Lovely]

Yeah, I looked up some things on the human path last night, it sounds like a much more depressing journey on that side ^^;.

The fairy path---Is actually a lot cheerier.

That's me being vauge- now for me to be REALLY spoiler-y!

Ridley lives on the fairy path :) . There's actually some pretty sweet moments between her and Jack. And yes, I loved her too. Heck, she's a large part of the reason I CHOSE the fairy path.

[Shikamaru824]

Ridley lives on the fairy path :) . There's actually some pretty sweet moments between her and Jack. And yes, I loved her too. Heck, she's a large part of the reason I CHOSE the fairy path.

Well, you can officially count Radiata Stories - Non-Human path as part of what I'm playing NOW.

(God, and I'm about to go out and pick up Brave Story :cry:)

[Suwako Moriya]

For me, the human path was basically: "Maybe I'll get Ridley later...CRAP I'm not getting Ridley...please don't let Ridley die...DAMMIT SHE DIED! - The End" Quite depressing as I totally adore her.

Yeah the downside to the human path is the Ridley factor where she dies. Then again part of the reason she died was to save the human race since Ridley was intent on killing off her own species. So on one hand I'm sad to have lost Ridley, but on the other hand the human path makes me realize she would have killed off several of the human girls I came to like. So I kind of have mixed feelings on her because of that.

Still one thing I do kind of like about the human path is how you get a festival scene involving a chosen girl based on certain criteria that well eventually involves her watching Jack leave the city to do whatever. I'd ended up with Flora myself. Which just goes to show I used her quite a bit.

[untoldsorrow]

For me, the human path was basically: "Maybe I'll get Ridley later...CRAP I'm not getting Ridley...please don't let Ridley die...DAMMIT SHE DIED! - The End" Quite depressing as I totally adore her.

Yeah the downside to the human path is the Ridley factor where she dies. Then again part of the reason she died was to save the human race since Ridley was intent on killing off her own species. So on one hand I'm sad to have lost Ridley, but on the other hand the human path makes me realize she would have killed off several of the human girls I came to like. So I kind of have mixed feelings on her because of that.

Still one thing I do kind of like about the human path is how you get a festival scene involving a chosen girl based on certain criteria that well eventually involves her watching Jack leave the city to do whatever. I'd ended up with Flora myself. Which just goes to show I used her quite a bit.


I ended up with her also the first time through. She's the best female character you can get and use until you get some other females like Miranda.

I played through the human side 3 or 4 times to get all the human characters and I got Flora twice. This could also be the reason why I just don't feel like finishing up the non-human side, maybe when I feel like playing it again.

[juliant59]

Currently playing Madden 08 on PS3, Castlevania SOTN on PSP/PS3 and Portrait of Ruin on the DS. That's what I'm playing :)

[ADC]

I beat Xande. My team were Dragoon Luneth (seriously, the Dragoon is almost as awesome in this game as the Scholar, so long as you have Blood Lances); Knight Ingus; Devout Refia; Sage Arc. Then the Cloud of Darkness plowed me and I was resurrected by pure soul. They might imply that it's those old dudes, but I'm sure it was actually James Brown. Then I quick-saved because Matrix Software didn't think to fully update FF3 and put save points in dungeons.

And I'm thinking to myself, in FF2A, I can save wherever I want. How did this feature somehow get left behind? But then I remember that the GBA FFs all had bestiaries, and the FF3DS hasn't.

[ADC]

And that's done. Unless I feel the need to send out Mognets to other FF3 gamers so I can unlock the Onion Knight job class and get some of the Master Smith equipment. I have not endeavoured to play through the bonus material in FFs 1, 4–6, so I don't think I'm going to ask for any Friend Codes on this one.

So that leaves 2, 8, and 10 as the only main Final Fantasy games I haven't finished. Considering that 8 and 10 suck ghetto ass, I think the next one I'll go after is 2 on the GBA. I have a save in that just after the launch of the Dreadnought.

[untoldsorrow]

SO I played a little under 8 hours of Persona 3 today. Awesome game so far. The soundtrack is amazing as the art work and presentation. I'm into May 11th so far. SO far I recently got to the 15th floor and beat the monorail boss. I did die once on the boss of the 14th floor. Like someone mentioned, its Nocturne's system of "if leader dies, game over" so thats basically what happened. I have to put more effort to increase my skills, I lack academics and courage, lol.

[ADC]

I still think that Final Fantasy III is one of the weakest entries in the series, but it doesn't bother me the way it used to. There isn't much of a story, even with the change from four generic "onion kids" to four actual characters with backstory; it's still the pro forma 'save the world from the bad guy who wants to destroy everything' format, and that bad guy is barely fleshed out. In some ways it does improve on Final Fantasy, but its flaws are that much worse as a result.

Graphics
The weakness of the DS is that, partially because of the hardware and partially because of the artificial limitation on polygon fill rates imposed by Nintendo, 3D graphics look about on par with the original Playstation, and that's not a good thing. It's not to say that FF3DS is ugly, exactly, but it definitely is generic. Textures are low-resolution, the character models are kind of lumpy, and the overall look isn't really impressive. It's a 3D game on the DS. There are occasional glitches in the rendering and particularly in heavy text boxes, something which should have been caught in alpha- or beta-testing.

Sound
I like the soundtrack to FF3, but there's one part of the sound design which got to bother me after a while. Because they chose to render each 'hit' up to six per character's weapon, you hear the thud as many as 48 times per round. Somebody thought that was a good idea, but I'd have been just as happy not knowing that I was getting 20 hits for 3329 damage. Just tell me the damage, thanks. This is as much an issue of the program design as the sound. Oddly, several of the tracks here were borrowed for the story mode of Chocobo Racing.

Control
This was a strength of the game. Matrix chose to implement both button-based and stylus-based controls, and did not require the gamer to choose between the two. Field control, using the stylus, worked very smoothly in most instances but was a bit tricky when trying to navigate some of the tighter turns in the level designs. I preferred to switch to buttons for battles and menu interaction, which plays like any other FF game. I very much hope that future DS games in the series will retain this mechanism, which worked really well.

Structure
This is the second iteration of the FF job system, and the first which allows the gamer to change jobs during the game rather than be stuck with what's chosen at the start. There is definitely a benefit to sticking with a job until mastering it, but said mastery does not affect performance of other jobs at all. Later versions of the job system conferred persistent benefits to building up in a job, throwing into sharp relief the primitive nature of this game's mechanic. There are some great ideas here, but the implementation is mediocre.

Story
Despite adding some personality and backstory to the party characters, they're still cookie-cutter people who barely interact with the NPCs and don't grow at all. The helper characters were more interesting but didn't stay with the party long enough to provide much. (Also, the battle mechanic for the helper characters was random and usually unhelpful.) This was more of a 'mechanical' FF rather than a 'story' FF, and it shows. The bad guy, Xande, is barely involved in the game at all, appearing only at the end and not interacting with the party beyond a boilerplate exchange of evil pleasantries prior to a battle. There was even less causality for Xande and the various bosses and henchmen here than there was for Garland in FF1. That is to say, this story didn't knock me all down.

Overall
I don't expect to play Final Fantasy III DS again, but I'm not regretting the time I spent on it. Most of the other games in the series are better than FF3, and this game has value more for its place in FF history than as a genuinely enjoyable experience.

Graphics: C
Sound: B
Gameplay: A-
Fun: C
Final score: OM (out of ZOMFG)

[Lovely]

I'm also playing Persona 3. Having a GREAT time with it. Hell, I was enjoying myself with the game when I first popped it in and played 30 minutes or so.

I just found the characters to be instantly likable. It was great!

Now I've played about 5 hours and I'm on April 30th. I probably haven't been proceeding far enough into Tatarus however.
I think I've only hit floor 4 so far ^^;. Heh, heh.

I named my character "Minato Arisato" by the way. Which is apparently his name in the manga. Yes, I couldn't make a decision to make up my own name for him. Heh, heh...

[porkchopexpress]

Currently playing Bioshock which I snagged early.

[Mateo_home]

Currently working through Odin Sphere and I am ****ing hooked. I just got past the first book and I can't help but wonder how many times I died. :sd: But that last boss battle was literally the slowest fight ever, and it wasn't as hard as I thought it was.

Also on the portable side playing Pokemon Diamond and I have a party of Pokemon I want to trade evolve. So if anyone else needs to do the same, feel free to give me a PT.

[untoldsorrow]

I'm also playing Persona 3. Having a GREAT time with it. Hell, I was enjoying myself with the game when I first popped it in and played 30 minutes or so.

I just found the characters to be instantly likable. It was great!

Now I've played about 5 hours and I'm on April 30th. I probably haven't been proceeding far enough into Tatarus however.
I think I've only hit floor 4 so far ^^;. Heh, heh.

I named my character "Minato Arisato" by the way. Which is apparently his name in the manga. Yes, I couldn't make a decision to make up my own name for him. Heh, heh...


Don't worry. I was at floor 4 at May 7th and then had to go to floor 15 the next day so I could finish my accepted missions. So going up 10 floors in 1 day is pretty possible. Only reason I couldn't go farther was because everyone kelp getting tired by the time I made it to the 4th floor, lol.

[Garasharp K7]

Makin' my way through Lost Planet at the moment - there's some wonderful moments involving massive creatures - I don't know why, but fighting skyscraper-sized monsters in games never gets old no matter how many times I do it - but those mechs can be a real headache, especially when the one you've been piloting has been blown to smithereens.
With you still in it.

Right now, I've made it as far as this giant fireball-spitting moth that's giving me no end of trouble. Fighting these guys, I can't help but feel I'm being toyed with. Even using the mechs and such, I still get swatted like a bug. It's still great fun, mind.

[Danj]

I named my character "Minato Arisato" by the way. Which is apparently his name in the manga. Yes, I couldn't make a decision to make up my own name for him. Heh, heh...

Wait.. there's a Persona 3 manga?!

[pathos]

I'm also playing Persona 3. Having a GREAT time with it. Hell, I was enjoying myself with the game when I first popped it in and played 30 minutes or so.

I just found the characters to be instantly likable. It was great!

Now I've played about 5 hours and I'm on April 30th. I probably haven't been proceeding far enough into Tatarus however.
I think I've only hit floor 4 so far ^^;. Heh, heh.

I named my character "Minato Arisato" by the way. Which is apparently his name in the manga. Yes, I couldn't make a decision to make up my own name for him. Heh, heh...


Don't worry. I was at floor 4 at May 7th and then had to go to floor 15 the next day so I could finish my accepted missions. So going up 10 floors in 1 day is pretty possible. Only reason I couldn't go farther was because everyone kelp getting tired by the time I made it to the 4th floor, lol.


I picked up the game Friday night. Of course, when I got home, i found the game disc was missing, and the soundtrack disc was where the game disc was supposed to be. So, a second trip to gamestop was made that night. :sigh:

When I actually started playing the game, I couldnt put the game down. Every time I tried to put the game down, It was "just one more day, and then I swear I'll quit".

I suppose this is spoilerish about that social links (not game story) so I'll hide it just in case

Oh, let me warn you, there are alot of social links that wont open until you get your stats up to a certain level. I missed one that was based on academics. I did, however, make that one that need courage maxed (yes, maxed) or you'd miss it completely and forever.

I'm up to about July 1st or so. Game is very addictive. Almost called in to work because I stayed up to to late last night, and because I wanted to play more :sd:

[pathos]

For me, the human path was basically: "Maybe I'll get Ridley later...CRAP I'm not getting Ridley...please don't let Ridley die...DAMMIT SHE DIED! - The End" Quite depressing as I totally adore her.

Yeah the downside to the human path is the Ridley factor where she dies. Then again part of the reason she died was to save the human race since Ridley was intent on killing off her own species. So on one hand I'm sad to have lost Ridley, but on the other hand the human path makes me realize she would have killed off several of the human girls I came to like. So I kind of have mixed feelings on her because of that.

Still one thing I do kind of like about the human path is how you get a festival scene involving a chosen girl based on certain criteria that well eventually involves her watching Jack leave the city to do whatever. I'd ended up with Flora myself. Which just goes to show I used her quite a bit.


I ended up with her also the first time through. She's the best female character you can get and use until you get some other females like Miranda.

I played through the human side 3 or 4 times to get all the human characters and I got Flora twice. This could also be the reason why I just don't feel like finishing up the non-human side, maybe when I feel like playing it again.

I suppose If I had to rate any of the optional characters on usefulness (not counting the guildmasters, since I havent been able to recruit any of em yet) I'd say female from Valkyrie Profile, thats in the optional dungeon, is by far the best. But, since the only time you can get her is after the game is officially over, she's way to limited to be the best character all around

At least, I think thats where she's from. It's been a long while since I played the human side, so its a bit hard to remember

[animeforever'04]

Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, working on recruits

[Johnny]

Due to sickness, I've been playing very, very little over the past couple of weeks. Got Mario Strikers which I've played for a bit (played the PAL release previously) and is decent enough. Also got that Slide Adventure: Mag Kid game for the DS which comes with the motion tracking peripheral.
It's a pretty cool game, with you having to move your character around using the device to, for example, find arms and legs of a broken robot toy or knock out enemies and have them connect to you in the order a picture tells you to.

My PSP has been my real friend though as I'm sat in bed. Restarted Ridge Racer 2 and Katamari and having fun with both.

On that note, I'm looking for a new PSP game (possibly DS too) to play. Problem is, I have most stuff so it'll have to be the real lesser known stuff.
Was thinking of Outrun 2 for PSP as I love the arcade and console versions. Anyone confirm this plays as well as the PS2 game?
As for DS, how is that Chocobo game? Is it all just mini games or is there more to it?

[untoldsorrow]

I named my character "Minato Arisato" by the way. Which is apparently his name in the manga. Yes, I couldn't make a decision to make up my own name for him. Heh, heh...

Wait.. there's a Persona 3 manga?!


Wait? There is? Damn, I would have loved to use the Hero's real name. I named him Soichiro Arima BTW, lol.

[Lovely]

Well, there's a manga in Japan anyways ^^;. I've only heard about it and I've never actually seen it though (my main interest was getting the main's name >:) .)

But generally, there's a manga or a novel for pretty much every rpg out there...

[Shikamaru824]

For me, the human path was basically: "Maybe I'll get Ridley later...CRAP I'm not getting Ridley...please don't let Ridley die...DAMMIT SHE DIED! - The End" Quite depressing as I totally adore her.

Yeah the downside to the human path is the Ridley factor where she dies. Then again part of the reason she died was to save the human race since Ridley was intent on killing off her own species. So on one hand I'm sad to have lost Ridley, but on the other hand the human path makes me realize she would have killed off several of the human girls I came to like. So I kind of have mixed feelings on her because of that.

Still one thing I do kind of like about the human path is how you get a festival scene involving a chosen girl based on certain criteria that well eventually involves her watching Jack leave the city to do whatever. I'd ended up with Flora myself. Which just goes to show I used her quite a bit.

Heh, I wound up with Flora too in my game. Looks like she just has an alluring that anime gamers just can't ignore ;)

As for Persona 3, I'm part of the Kendo club & Student Council; and befriended the old bookstore couple and made a friend in an online game. I looked in the artbook for the guy's name, but it just said "Main Character". So I named my guy Minoru Masaki

[Suwako Moriya]

Heh, I wound up with Flora too in my game. Looks like she just has an alluring that anime gamers just can't ignore ;)

She's cute, she's a healer, and it didn't take long to get her. So yeah that definitely helped convince me to use her a lot. Plus in some ways being able to heal the status of all members is rather helpful in certain situations.

[Chacranajxy]

I'm going to start Bioshock. Wanna see the LE?

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[Zanza Hiro]

hahaha, that's a really cool fig. i can't wait to play Bioshock

[Nosredna]

Well I beat Hotel Dusk (DS), so now I need to find the next game to play. Hotel Dusk was alright, I didn't like it more than Phoenix Wright, but it was still quite interesting. I liked how all the things tied together in the end and left me satisfied with the ending.

[Noodle]

Shock, I'm posting again..?! I've been too busy the last month working and oh yeah, actually playing games, but now here I am, yay?

Portable: I've been going back a few years with my gameboy lately, this time to play Zelda: Oracle of Ages.
Console: I finally started Tales of the Abyss (what was this, back in Oct I first opened this bad boy up? shit..), but I didn't get too far because right after that I got a PC...
...and so, for the first time ever, on the PC: The world of BL games is now open to me (meh heh heh!) and so I've been playing Absolute Obedience for the last week. :> :neko:

Playing the three of these together at the same time has seriously warped my brain though. :D

[ADC]

Made my first thrust into Luminous Arc, which is a pretty standard tactical RPG. FFT it ain't. But it's pretty good for the first four hours. Some of the girlies are cute, there's a little bit of "compatibility time" after each battle, during which you answer one dating-sim-type question and (hopefully) get the person you're talking to to like you better. I don't know if it makes any difference. I do know that the priest girl you get at the start is way too good for her own good.

The story's a bit heavy-handed at the start. I think FFT's story, which focuses on some of the same things (belief, blasphemy, theocracy), had a lighter and, therefore, more effective touch.

[HitokiriShadow]

Well, it only took me 15 hours over three months, but I finally finished Book 1 (Valkyrie) of Odin Sphere. Or at least I finished it for the moment, as it looks like each character has a "Part 2" to their story.

But the game is very repetitive and requires a lot of repeating levels to get money and items so that you can actually survive. I think I'm going to play another game and then come back to Odin Sphere at some other point. Now I just need to figure out which game I'm going to go with.

[Mateo_home]

Well, it only took me 15 hours over three months, but I finally finished Book 1 (Valkyrie) of Odin Sphere. Or at least I finished it for the moment, as it looks like each character has a "Part 2" to their story.

But the game is very repetitive and requires a lot of repeating levels to get money and items so that you can actually survive. I think I'm going to play another game and then come back to Odin Sphere at some other point. Now I just need to figure out which game I'm going to go with.

I just started book 3. I do tend to agree it does get repetitive after awhile, but once you control a different character it lifts that feeling for a short while. You're still fighting on the same backdrops in the levels. Cornelius has a spin jump which is fun if you use unlimited power. I just hated those green blobs in his last level though. They're hard to kill and if you get too close, they leech off and deliver massive damage. Mama Mia. Mercedes is the most different so far. Unlike the first two, she's slow and can fly. Also she has an ammo meter instead of a POW one. Sort of annoying that aside from absorbing phozons, you can't reload until the last minute, but you can still move at least. But I give her points because she's voiced by Mamiko Noto. Yeah, it's bias.

I think I'll second your idea though. Give this a rest and focus on something else for the time being. For me I'm thinking continuing where I left off (wherever that was) in Metroid Prime to get into the groove for when Metroid Prime 3: The Search for More Money comes out for the Wii next week. :)

[untoldsorrow]

Made my first thrust into Luminous Arc, which is a pretty standard tactical RPG. FFT it ain't. But it's pretty good for the first four hours. Some of the girlies are cute, there's a little bit of "compatibility time" after each battle, during which you answer one dating-sim-type question and (hopefully) get the person you're talking to to like you better. I don't know if it makes any difference. I do know that the priest girl you get at the start is way too good for her own good.
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I just picked it up myself a few days ago. Will play it once I finish Persona 3 and FF V Advance, the only 2 games I'm touching besides Mario Kart DD with my buddies.

[HitokiriShadow]

So I decided to go back a console generation and play Breath of Fire III. I'd rented the game years ago but never got that far in it.

I've played about 3.5 hours, and Loli-Nina just joined me. It's amusing to see two 7(ish) year olds take on zombies and win.

For Masters, I had Ryu become an apprentice for Mygas (or something like that) at level 8. I sacrificed some strength and defense to get a bit of an AP and intelligence boost and learn a spell, Frost. Once my initial party was broken up (at which point Ryu was at level 11), I switched to Bunyan so Ryu could get HP, attack, defense bonuses at the expense of AP and intelligence.

That proved to be a good decision when going through a mountain and fighting mudmen who took almost no damage from physical attacks and not much from fire. Ice does good damage and freezes them, making them vulnerable to physical attacks.

I haven't had a chance to give Nina a Master yet.

[untoldsorrow]

So I decided to go back a console generation and play Breath of Fire III. I'd rented the game years ago but never got that far in it.

I've played about 3.5 hours, and Loli-Nina just joined me. It's amusing to see two 7(ish) year olds take on zombies and win.

For Masters, I had Ryu become an apprentice for Mygas (or something like that) at level 8. I sacrificed some strength and defense to get a bit of an AP and intelligence boost and learn a spell, Frost. Once my initial party was broken up (at which point Ryu was at level 11), I switched to Bunyan so Ryu could get HP, attack, defense bonuses at the expense of AP and intelligence.

That proved to be a good decision when going through a mountain and fighting mudmen who took almost no damage from physical attacks and not much from fire. Ice does good damage and freezes them, making them vulnerable to physical attacks.

I haven't had a chance to give Nina a Master yet.


Ah...BoF 3...one of the most boring game ever IMO. Only saving grace for me, the fishing. ONe of the best fishing games out there, lol.

[ADC]

Ah...BoF 3...one of the most boring game ever IMO. Only saving grace for me, the fishing. ONe of the best fishing games out there, lol.
When a game's so dull that the only thing to save it is fishing, that's a problem. I never got deep enough into BoF3 to experience the wonder of fishing.

[Suwako Moriya]

Ah...BoF 3...one of the most boring game ever IMO. Only saving grace for me, the fishing. ONe of the best fishing games out there, lol.

Honestly I've had trouble getting into Breath of Fire series in general. I've tried, but each time I end up bored and just not caring. It's just not a series for me. Either way I need to find more time to actually play the PS2 later and make some progress in what I'm working on.

[Lovely]

Huh. Really? Breath of Fire 3 was my first Breath of Fire game and I simply ADORED that game back in the day. Hmm... not sure how I would like it now of course.
I also LOVED BoF4. Granted, I purchased 4 after trading in Dragon Quest VII which I... erm... well, the game is popular so I'll just say it very much wasn't for me.

BoF1 and 2, never sounded like games I would like though. And 5 always struck me as a game that would be too much trouble, so I never tried it.
Though, since 5 has been recommended to me, if I ever saw it used in a store, I may consider picking it up.

Hmmm... looking back on what I've wrote here, maybe the reason I enjoyed 3 and 4 so much is simply because I got them at a good time for me....
Ah, well, who can say?

[untoldsorrow]

BoF 1 was actually my favorite of the series. I wouldn't mind a remake of it at all. It was fun, had a decent story along with likeable characters. BoF 4 was kinda good too, 1 and 4 are the best out of all 5 but even then they're average at best. Th eonly thing that wasn't average was the fishing, lol. Love the fishing in 3 and 4.

[Suwako Moriya]

My first attempt at the series was Breath of Fire 1. I think in that situation it was mainly a case of not having the proper motivation at the time rather than outright hating it. Also the fact of the matter is the game was a rental and I felt inclined to let my brothers play it more. So it's definitely closer to one of those cases where I never really got around to giving it a serious attempt like I should have.

I know for certain that I never tried Breath of Fire 2. In the case of Breath Fire 3 I think I did play some of it, but it never clicked with me for some reason. Granted it was probably partially related to the fact I had other games to play at the time. Never mind the fact some were probably replays. For the record Breath of Fire 3 is the only BOF I have any access to without the need to either buy it or rent. Granted that doesn't mean I'll start playing it all of a sudden.

In terms of Breath of Fire 4 I think my problem was the linear aspect felt too forced. I realize most RPGs are linear. Well most console RPGs anyway. The problem here is the forced part. It's possible to make an RPG linear and yet flow so well that one doesn't mind the fact the game is linear. In the case of BOF4 it felt so forced to me that it stood out like a sore thumb.

As for Breath of Fire 5 the main appeal to it is being a change of pace from the past games in the series. However the whole "let's repeatedly start over and hope for the best" aspect that people promote doesn't exactly appeal to me. Yeah I replay some RPGs, but my ideal is to finish the first play through before starting the second.

I will freely admit that I never finished a single Breath of Fire. Perhaps if I had pushed further in any one of the games, I would have reached the point where the game starts to become good to me. The only problem with that is having the motivation to reach that that point which may not exist for some including myself. Clearly it does exist for others.

[juliant59]

Currently playing Jeanne D'Arc on the PSP right now. Picked it up yesterday and it's a blast so far. This is basically Final Fantasy Tactics imo just with the Joan of Arc historical figure put into a fantasy setting with monsters. The anime cutscenes are cool so far and the gameplay rocks. Anyone else pick it up?

[Johnny]

Currently playing Jeanne D'Arc on the PSP right now. Picked it up yesterday and it's a blast so far. This is basically Final Fantasy Tactics imo just with the Joan of Arc historical figure put into a fantasy setting with monsters. The anime cutscenes are cool so far and the gameplay rocks. Anyone else pick it up?

I'm contemplating getting it. What is the difficulty like? I haven't played many SRPGs, but the most notable was Final Fantasy Tactics and, while I enjoyed what I played of it, I found it too hard and confusing. Is there much to learn in terms of job classes and so on? That's the sort of thing that puts me to sleep.

What about length? Any reports on how long the game lasts?

[juliant59]

Currently playing Jeanne D'Arc on the PSP right now. Picked it up yesterday and it's a blast so far. This is basically Final Fantasy Tactics imo just with the Joan of Arc historical figure put into a fantasy setting with monsters. The anime cutscenes are cool so far and the gameplay rocks. Anyone else pick it up?

I'm contemplating getting it. What is the difficulty like? I haven't played many SRPGs, but the most notable was Final Fantasy Tactics and, while I enjoyed what I played of it, I found it too hard and confusing. Is there much to learn in terms of job classes and so on? That's the sort of thing that puts me to sleep.

What about length? Any reports on how long the game lasts?

The difficulty is not too hard so far. No job classes I believe at least not as of yet. It's just really so far command your units and destroy the bad guys and of course follow some conditions in battle like don't let this guy die or defeat all the monsters. Graphics are excellent, anime cutscenes rock, and you can go save in all the towns and go to a shop. You don't have to fight if you don't want to when going to places you have already battled unlike FFT and you can just choose Free Combat. I really like it so far. Reminds me of Tactics well except for the lack of Job Classes so far. I would pick it up, plus I got it for 30 bones at Best Buy so 29.99 for a game that is getting some good reviews ain't that bad. No word on length but the map is pretty big :P

[HitokiriShadow]

Breath of Fire I was one of the first RPGs I ever played. Super Mario RPG was my first and once I discovered the genre, BoF I and FF3(6) were my next ones, though I don't remember which was second and which was third. Breath of Fire I is probably the first one I ever beat. Years later I beat it again on the GBA. It's nothing special story wise but it had some nice gameplay and I didn't have much to compare it with anyway.

I played Breath of Fire II a bit on the SNES but I didn't beat it until I got the GBA remake. I got the bad ending, but the game was so damn long I didn't feel like playing through it again to try to get the good ending. I liked the Shaman aspect of the game, which is somewhat similar to the Masters in BoF 3 except you could combine them and some combinations would transform the characters.

I rented both Bof III and IV years ago but never beat them at the time. About a year ago, I was able to buy both of them and they've been sitting in my backlog until now. I haven't gotten to that point yet this time, but I remember liking in it the first time was the Dragon DNA thing which allows you to obtain Dragon Genes and mix them up for Ryu's dragon transformations. In the previous games, you just went to shrines and got a couple of transformations each time.

I played BoF 5 for a bit but I didn't really care for it.

I really hope Capcom remembers this franchise and makes another one at some point, preferably more in the vain of BoF 1-4 than 5.

[HitokiriShadow]

If I ever get a PSP, I'd like to play Jeanne d'Arc. It looks like a decent TRPG though not nearly as complex as FFT. Am I the only one that thinks "Hey its Saber!" every time they see Jeanne?

[ADC]

I've got the tactical RPGs going pretty solid now:

• Final Fantasy Tactics PSX
• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance GBA
• Luminous Arc DS

If only Nintelligent had finished the English version of Fire Emblem: Goddess of Dawn earlier. I'd have a TRPG in every system I have right now.

[Johnny]

Been playing a lot of Virtua Fighter 5 lately. Hadn't played it in a while but it speaks volumes that 6 months after release I'm still playing it hard and not even near half way through mastering (or at least getting to grips with) all of the characters.
Also have to say that in HD I may as well be playing the arcade machine. Visually stunning.

Aside from that I'm not playing much on the current crop of consoles aside from the skate demo. I dunno, I think I'm going through a phase of disillusionment with what is currently on offer. Not that I'm drifting away from gaming, (it'll be a cold, cold day in hell when that happens) but just that the current gen is, at the minute, leaving me cold.
For instance, the 360s big hitters for the next month or so, Bioshock and Halo 3, don't appeal to me at all and all I can see me buying between now and the end of the year is PGR 4 and Beautiful Katamari (and Guitar Hero III/Rock Band but I don't know which version of those I'll be buying).

PS3 is a lot more promising on paper but there are some doubts after some awful Lair and Warhawk review scores and some "God of War in HD" comments regarding Heavenly Sword. Again, aside from Heavenly Sword, Time Crisis 4 and Sega Rally, there are no PS3 games that look all that interesting.

The Wii comes off the worst of the lot for me. I'm now more or less completely disillusioned with the console. I keep buying for it but nothing has the substance I'm looking for. I even cancelled my Metroid Prime 3 preorder as I've lost faith in it being anything as good as the original.
Having said that, Mario Galaxy looks better every time I see it and, for someone who likes but isn't obsessive about Nintendo first party stuff, it's saying a lot that I'm this excited.
Again though, after Smash Bros, NiGHTS and Ghost Squad, nothing is screaming must buy at me, even Resi UC which is either gonna be slightly above average or Godawful.

So for the minute I'm enjoying retro stuff. Downloaded Cotton and Gunners Heaven from the Japanese PS Store and am loving both. The Adventure of Little Ralph is on there too so I'll be buying that later for 600 Yen and saving myself around £50 in the process.
Sonic 3 came to the Japanese VC recently and I think I'll buy that and maybe some other Japanese MD stuff.

[ADC]

I even cancelled my Metroid Prime 3 preorder as I've lost faith in it being anything as good as the original.
By "original," you mean the one that dropped in 1987? Because there's not a first-person game alive that's better than Metroid on the NES, so you can quit yer yappin' on that angle.

Or did you mean Metroid Prime on the Cube? Well, in that case … I'd still take the 20-year-old 8-bit game.

Now that I've spewed a bit of bad attitude, I'm very much looking forward to Corruption. I don't know if the controls will make that much difference, but just running in widescreen will make it better. Most humans see in widescreen, after all. And one of the previews showed a Morph Ball track that made me want to play pinball like I haven't wanted to since the last time I saw a Theatre of Magic table.

[Johnny]

I even cancelled my Metroid Prime 3 preorder as I've lost faith in it being anything as good as the original.
By "original," you mean the one that dropped in 1987? Because there's not a first-person game alive that's better than Metroid on the NES, so you can quit yer yappin' on that angle.

Or did you mean Metroid Prime on the Cube? Well, in that case … I'd still take the 20-year-old 8-bit game.


I mean the original Metroid Prime. I hate the 8-bit one.

[Collectonian]

I've mostly abandoned Devil May Cry for now, until I can spend a couple of hours on each level to get myself more gems for upgrades, because I suck at that game!

Meanwhile, I've been spending a lot of time playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 in PGA Tour mode. I ended up restarting because the game crashed after installing and during the tutorial the first time. I was having a hard time playing like that, so I started over and am doing much better. Wee. :D

[Chacranajxy]

Been playing a lot of Virtua Fighter 5 lately. Hadn't played it in a while but it speaks volumes that 6 months after release I'm still playing it hard and not even near half way through mastering (or at least getting to grips with) all of the characters.
Also have to say that in HD I may as well be playing the arcade machine. Visually stunning.

Aside from that I'm not playing much on the current crop of consoles aside from the skate demo. I dunno, I think I'm going through a phase of disillusionment with what is currently on offer. Not that I'm drifting away from gaming, (it'll be a cold, cold day in hell when that happens) but just that the current gen is, at the minute, leaving me cold.
For instance, the 360s big hitters for the next month or so, Bioshock and Halo 3, don't appeal to me at all and all I can see me buying between now and the end of the year is PGR 4 and Beautiful Katamari (and Guitar Hero III/Rock Band but I don't know which version of those I'll be buying).

PS3 is a lot more promising on paper but there are some doubts after some awful Lair and Warhawk review scores and some "God of War in HD" comments regarding Heavenly Sword. Again, aside from Heavenly Sword, Time Crisis 4 and Sega Rally, there are no PS3 games that look all that interesting.

The Wii comes off the worst of the lot for me. I'm now more or less completely disillusioned with the console. I keep buying for it but nothing has the substance I'm looking for. I even cancelled my Metroid Prime 3 preorder as I've lost faith in it being anything as good as the original.
Having said that, Mario Galaxy looks better every time I see it and, for someone who likes but isn't obsessive about Nintendo first party stuff, it's saying a lot that I'm this excited.
Again though, after Smash Bros, NiGHTS and Ghost Squad, nothing is screaming must buy at me, even Resi UC which is either gonna be slightly above average or Godawful.

So for the minute I'm enjoying retro stuff. Downloaded Cotton and Gunners Heaven from the Japanese PS Store and am loving both. The Adventure of Little Ralph is on there too so I'll be buying that later for 600 Yen and saving myself around £50 in the process.
Sonic 3 came to the Japanese VC recently and I think I'll buy that and maybe some other Japanese MD stuff.

Disillusioned by the Wii? I know what you mean, but I'm pretty optimistic about the system's future this year, despite that it's been trash since it's release. Right now, I'm planning to pick up Fire Emblem, Metroid Prime 3, Nights 2, RE Umbrella Chronicles (debatable), Soul Calibur Legends (also debatable), Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros Brawl, and Trauma Center this yera alone. I'm sure a couple of those won't turn out, but I do think the release schedule for the system is looking pretty good. I'm really excited for Metroid Prime 3 still, as I did love MP2 even though it clearly wasn't anywhere near as good as the original, but Retro seems to have learned from their mistakes if their interviews are to be taken seriously. Will it surpass MP1? I dunno... probably not. That game is one of my all time favorites because it's damn good and that's not going to be easy to replicate... but I'm at least going to give it a shot.

PS3's lineup is pathetic. There's not a single game I'm buying this year, unless Heavenly Sword somehow magically improves.

The 360's lineup also isn't that great. I'll pick up the RPGs, though with my luck, the only one I really, really want: Lost Odyssey, is probably delayed till next year. The PC's getting nearly all of the interesting games that the PS3 and 360 have to offer (which admittedly isn't much) along with some really good exclusives, so that wins the day for me.

But yeah, I know what you mean about the industry kinda being shit right now. Either developers lost their talent altogether when they started shifting to new hardware, or game design is no longer even a factor, because the majority of games out now... moreso than ever... are complete trash. Even supposedly "good" games bore me to fuckin' tears a lot of the time now. A lot of games look nice, but run like absolutely shit, and somehow play even worse. I thought it was just me, but then I played a couple last gen games like Metroid Prime 2, RE4 on the Wii, etc., and those made it clear that yeah, games being produced now just... aren't that good. At all.

So... let's see if Persona 3 is good. Coz I'z gonna play that now.

[Johnny]

But yeah, I know what you mean about the industry kinda being shit right now. Either developers lost their talent altogether when they started shifting to new hardware, or game design is no longer even a factor, because the majority of games out now... moreso than ever... are complete trash. Even supposedly "good" games bore me to fuckin' tears a lot of the time now. A lot of games look nice, but run like absolutely shit, and somehow play even worse. I thought it was just me, but then I played a couple last gen games like Metroid Prime 2, RE4 on the Wii, etc., and those made it clear that yeah, games being produced now just... aren't that good. At all.


Yeah, I mean I don't want to come across as negative and all doom and gloom because on the one hand, gaming has never been so good (games are cheaper than ever, HD looks gorgeous, online play can be great etc) but on the other there's a lot of dross at the minute and you know what I'm like - I'll buy pretty much anything.
Another telling sign is that I've started to sell a couple of games, something I never thought I'd do and I don't regret it. Only a couple though (mainly sealed PS2 stuff I know I'll never crack open) but I did buy two PS3 games recently - Minna no Golf 5 and Wangan Midnight - only to have sold them within a week of getting them. Maybe it's just because I don't have the energy to play that much now as I've been sick for weeks or maybe not but I'm not as patient as I was before in terms of keeping things I'm not gonna play.
On the plus side, it means that my current gen collections are pretty much only my favourites and stuff I know I'll go back to.

Oh yeah and I'd actually forgotten about the new Trauma Centre on Wii. That should be great.
In the meantime I've started into the world of Japanese Mega Drive collecting which should prove fun. Funny how I'm more excited about buying 10-15 year old games for the nth time that I rinsed years ago than I am about most stuff at the minute.

[DiGiKerot]

I thought it was just me, but then I played a couple last gen games like Metroid Prime 2, RE4 on the Wii, etc., and those made it clear that yeah, games being produced now just... aren't that good. At all.


I think the unfortunate problem is that those protracted development cycles the better titles went through on previous generations of consoles have just even longer on PS3 and 360. The good 360 stuff is really just hitting now, but we probably won't see it in earnest until mid-08. The PS3 is likely to be even worse except for MGS4. With the winding down on previous generation development, it's going to be a dry, dry year.

Which makes me glad I still have about two years worth of PS2 RPGs backlogged :sd:

[Suwako Moriya]

*Not much to say on Jeanne D'Arc since I lack a PSP*

I haven't played many SRPGs, but the most notable was Final Fantasy Tactics and, while I enjoyed what I played of it, I found it too hard and confusing.

Well this is certainly a change of pace. The usual complaint I hear is about Final Fantasy Tactics being on the easy side and being simpler than other Tactical RPGs. Although this complaint is usually in comparison to Ogre Battle. Not that I've played much if any (I can't really remember) of Ogre Battle or heck the whole Ogre series in general to be honest.

Either way I guess the advantage for me in FFT is I'm a fan of customization with restriction simply because I like the idea of just enough freedom to form my own plans, but enough restriction where I have to actually think about what I'm doing. Too bad the enemies in FFT don't take enough advantage of the system... It seems they rely more on stats and number of troops than anything else.

Still this is probably a good place to state that as I continue in chapter 3 my tedious set up plan is almost done. That's what I get for doing something elaborate with 8 different members. Granted the fun will be leveling down 4 of them to around 36 and making the other 4 around 60. Trust me I have a reason for that. It's kind of like a joke thing where the latter 4 are supposed to be more experienced. Granted the question then becomes Ramza's level. Probably around 45. In the end it won't mean too much once I start moving forward and the character begin leveling up again.

[ADC]

I haven't played many SRPGs, but the most notable was Final Fantasy Tactics and, while I enjoyed what I played of it, I found it too hard and confusing.
Well this is certainly a change of pace. The usual complaint I hear is about Final Fantasy Tactics being on the easy side and being simpler than other Tactical RPGs. Although this complaint is usually in comparison to Ogre Battle. Not that I've played much if any (I can't really remember) of Ogre Battle or heck the whole Ogre series in general to be honest.
I did try Ogre Battle and found it to be extraordinarily difficult to play. Not challenging (which FFT is), but difficult. The mechanics of the game were mind-boggling and the interface was pretty impenetrable as well. FFT's a breeze in comparison, and it's still on the tough end of the tactical RPG spectrum, especially when you compare it to the likes of Luminous Arc (no customization) or Disgaea (level-fest).

The trick is to get Blade Grasp. From that one reaction skill is birthed all possibility.

[Jarred]

For instance, the 360s big hitters for the next month or so, Bioshock and Halo 3, don't appeal to me at all
Did you at least download the BioShock demo and give it a run? I'm about 60% of the way through right now and it blows me the fuck away, and this is coming from someone who doesn't enjoy FPS games. I know you like the RE games, so I'd say you owe it to yourself to check it out as to me it's much more of a survival-horror inspired first person adventure with kick ass shooting kind of game. I shit myself scared during a couple sequences last night. :D

[Johnny]

For instance, the 360s big hitters for the next month or so, Bioshock and Halo 3, don't appeal to me at all
Did you at least download the BioShock demo and give it a run? I'm about 60% of the way through right now and it blows me the fuck away, and this is coming from someone who doesn't enjoy FPS games. I know you like the RE games, so I'd say you owe it to yourself to check it out as to me it's much more of a survival-horror inspired first person adventure with kick ass shooting kind of game. I shit myself scared during a couple sequences last night. :D


Haven't had time to get it. Maybe I'll give it a go. I had it preordered on the back of all the hype but once I watched a few videos, realised it just didn't look that interesting and cancelled the preorder.

[Suwako Moriya]

FFT's a breeze in comparison, and it's still on the tough end of the tactical RPG spectrum, especially when you compare it to the likes of Luminous Arc (no customization) or Disgaea (level-fest).

For the record I have not even tried Luminous Arc so no comment on that. Other than a generic "What no customization?" line.

Ah yes Disgaea which is so in love with leveling up that they made sure there was as much to level up as possible. Level up characters, abilities, and even items.... I found the whole Item World pointless so I was like "I'm better off just buying a new item later*.

For the record no I wasn't interested in the whole "Well you've reached level 1 Billion and now can do 1 damage to me" fiasco uh promotion. :sd: Okay maybe not exactly like that, but it's an exaggeration to make a point. Actually the whole level up fest is why I ultimately gave up on the after game stuff of Phantom Brave at least now.

The trick is to get Blade Grasp. From that one reaction skill is birthed all possibility.

Actually what helped turned the tide for me in my original play through of "Final Fantasy Tactics" was the Mediator. I'd threaten things and find a solution to my problem. Granted obviously getting Blade Grasp certainly does help. Although the sad part is the reason it's so awesome is because it's bugged... Note I said the Mediator turned the tide, but it obviously wasn't the only factor.

Come to think of it part of the key in FFT may be your luck with early random battles. So that way your party of Chemists and Squires can survive long enough to get a promotion. There's a huge difference between "Wow three Goblins" vs "Wow six Chocobos".

Also while it's fun to praise the later abilities one must also be appreciative of the earlier abilities. The ones used to reach the point of getting the later abilities. Granted there's nothing say one has to use a given later ability or stop using an earlier one.

[Jarred]

For instance, the 360s big hitters for the next month or so, Bioshock and Halo 3, don't appeal to me at all
Did you at least download the BioShock demo and give it a run? I'm about 60% of the way through right now and it blows me the fuck away, and this is coming from someone who doesn't enjoy FPS games. I know you like the RE games, so I'd say you owe it to yourself to check it out as to me it's much more of a survival-horror inspired first person adventure with kick ass shooting kind of game. I shit myself scared during a couple sequences last night. :D


Haven't had time to get it. Maybe I'll give it a go. I had it preordered on the back of all the hype but once I watched a few videos, realised it just didn't look that interesting and cancelled the preorder.
Christ, go download it already!! And while you're waiting, pop some uppers, rub one out while watching J-porn, get some booze and cheer the fuck on up!! Then go play, preferably when it's dark.

[ADC]

For the record I have not even tried Luminous Arc so no comment on that. Other than a generic "What no customization?" line.
The developer, imageepoch, is a rookie team (though they certainly hired a veteran sound producer, Mitsuda Yasunori) and may not have thought that much customization was required. It's a fun game so far (I'm about halfway through, I think), but the lack of classes and the linear progression suggest that it'll be a one-time game, whereas FFT has loads of replay value because of all the class options.

I was just playing FFT and cleaned out the Sand Rat Cellar with a team loaded with Monks. Monk plus (Basic Skill) Accumulate equals :bignosebleed:. Equals a lot of other places bleeding if you're on the wrong end of that.

[Suwako Moriya]

I was just playing FFT and cleaned out the Sand Rat Cellar with a team loaded with Monks. Monk plus (Basic Skill) Accumulate equals :bignosebleed:. Equals a lot of other places bleeding if you're on the wrong end of that.

My party includes a Monk who has Elemental, A Save, Two Swords, and Float. Ramaza I decided to make a Squire with Item because I felt like for once having one character use both the initial starting class. Granted he also has HP Restore, Throw Item, and Move+2. Hmm maybe I should switch him to a Chemist with Guts. I wonder if I should reveal my full set up.

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My party includes a Monk who has Elemental, A Save, Two Swords, and Float. Ramaza I decided to make a Squire with Item because I felt like for once having one character use both the initial starting class. Granted he also has HP Restore, Throw Item, and Move+2. Hmm maybe I should switch him to a Chemist with Guts. I wonder if I should reveal my full set up.
Move+2 is fine at the start, but I like to get Bards as quickly as possible for Move+3. The only problem with that strategy is that you'll never use it because of your addiction to digital girlies. Which is to say,

Patchouli Knowledge: Kleenex box? Check. Crusty towel? Check. Skin lotion? Check … Let's play video games.

:P

[Suwako Moriya]

Move+2 is fine at the start, but I like to get Bards as quickly as possible for Move+3. The only problem with that strategy is that you'll never use it because of your addiction to digital girlies. Which is to say,

Actually I have made use of Males before and I mean besides Ramza. Granted it's partially because of the Bard Class and I admit I do bias towards the female. In short 3 out of 5 at least would be girls if I had my way. Still that reminds me I need to get my Male Lancer "Move+3" and as for Ramza Move+2 is a temp thing, I still need to decide what to switch him to.

For the record my current roster make up is 9 girls including Agrias who I'm not really using, but keeping for the heck of it and 3 guys including Ramza and Mustadio (In case I want to sidequest later) Although if you only includes the ones I'm seriously using it's 8 girls and 2 guys.

If you want real insanity from me. Try the fact I have four people with a restricted version of Math Skill. For example one can only use Black Magic and can only calculate by level. All have Fly as their move. Heh I'll just reveal what it looks like and you'll notice a pattern.

Wizard/Math (Level)/Absorb Used MP/Short Charge/Fly
Time Mage/Math(Exp)/Regenerator/Magic Attack Up/Fly
Priest/Math(Height)/Critical Quick/Defense Up/Fly
Oracle/Math (CT)/Counter Magic/Magic Defend Up/Fly

Yes they're all female and part of the reason the play through is taking longer than usual. Then again there is also the fact I haven't found as much time to play later. Either way the plan was to not seriously use them until sometime during chapter 3 anyway. So whatever works. Also don't ask how I concluded the Wizard should have level while the Priest gets height, I don't know either. I just figured it would be kind of interesting try out as a silly thing.

[DiGiKerot]

Just finished the main game of RE4 on the Wii. Good stuff, though I did die a hell of a lot. Took me about 18 hours, which seems pretty slow, though I did leave the console running whilst doing other stuff, and stubbornly stuck not using any first aid sprays (not that there is any advantage to this in RE games any more, but I've never used one before, and I'm not starting now!).

Is it worth playing any of the extra modes you unlock when finishing, or should I just start on Persona 3 or Bioshock?

[HitokiriShadow]

FFT's a breeze in comparison, and it's still on the tough end of the tactical RPG spectrum, especially when you compare it to the likes of Luminous Arc (no customization) or Disgaea (level-fest).

For the record I have not even tried Luminous Arc so no comment on that. Other than a generic "What no customization?" line.

That and a couple of reviews citing generic storyline and possible gameplay issues killed my interest in it. The lack of customization was the big one though. I could deal with the other stuff if I had some nice character customization to work with, but without that, I see little reason to suffer through the other issues. I've decided that the $5 I put down on that title will be better served helping pay for Wild Arms 5.

Ah yes Disgaea which is so in love with leveling up that they made sure there was as much to level up as possible. Level up characters, abilities, and even items.... I found the whole Item World pointless so I was like "I'm better off just buying a new item later*.

For the record no I wasn't interested in the whole "Well you've reached level 1 Billion and now can do 1 damage to me" fiasco uh promotion. :sd: Okay maybe not exactly like that, but it's an exaggeration to make a point. Actually the whole level up fest is why I ultimately gave up on the after game stuff of Phantom Brave at least now.

I love Disgaea, but the level up fest nature means that its involves a LOT of repetition. Find a good level to get experience, and then grind there for hours. It gets boring. I'd love to finish it someday and maybe play Disgaea 2, but with my backlog, something that involves so much grinding gets a very low priority. The game if f'ing hilarious though.

There's a huge difference between "Wow three Goblins" vs "Wow six Chocobos".

Hell, the difference between one chocobo and two chocobos can be a big difference early on. And three could make winning a royal pain in the ass. The most annoying battle in the game is that one battle in chapter 4 with ALL chocobos. God, that was a pain in the ass.

Also while it's fun to praise the later abilities one must also be appreciative of the earlier abilities. The ones used to reach the point of getting the later abilities. Granted there's nothing say one has to use a given later ability or stop using an earlier one.

I find that getting the monks chakra ability early on is helpful. And all characters should have a brief stint as a chemist to get some basic healing items, or at least Ramza and one or two others.

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I find that getting the monks chakra ability early on is helpful. And all characters should have a brief stint as a chemist to get some basic healing items, or at least Ramza and one or two others.
I haven't tried it, but I think it's possible to play through the whole of FFT with a party of Monks. They're dead useful and can pretty much take care of themselves. Might be tough taking on Wiglaf at the end of Chapter 3, but that battle's ridiculous regardless of how you built your team. And they're dirt cheap, too, since they only wear light armor and accessories. Maybe I'll give that a try. It might also be fun to play all Chemists, all the time.

Oh, one addendum: I don't mean to say that Luminous Arc isn't fun. It's just more of a taste-test for people getting into tactical RPGs, while FFT is a main course for all gamers.

[HitokiriShadow]

I wouldn't mind playing Luminous Arc someday, but after everything I've heard, I can wait a while and I'm not paying the full price. If I was in need of new games to play, I would probably go for it, but I'm not exactly lacking.

And I agree about the Weigraf battle. I think a monk party might be able to handle it, but it would require good strategizing with all of their other skill slots. This is assuming they are about on level, and not all at level 99, of course (which is like cheating). The problem is that their Chakra ability probably wouldn't be enough to keep them alive unless they are all grouped together which is suicide in that battle. And all of the enemies have strong long range attacks, so half the team could be dead before they got near the enemies.

[untoldsorrow]

Monks are probably the best class IMO early on in the game. They can do anything including heal hp/status effect with the Chakra skill. I usually make Ramza a monk early on and switch him at the halfway point to something else.

As for Disgaea, great game if you have hours upon hours to waste grinding as someone said. I eventually quit because of that reason. I also didn't get the point of all the classes (besides the mage classes) becuase your skills depended on your weapon. I found that retarded. Sure, to make it seem useful, they make the classes have weapon proficiency but if you are going to grind, leveling up a weapon at a slower rate than another doesn't matter. I just wish for distinction between the classes in skills, not by the weapon you have eqipped.

[Suwako Moriya]

I haven't tried it, but I think it's possible to play through the whole of FFT with a party of Monks.

Actually it's possible to beat the game with any single class and even only using the abilities from that class. As a collective whole people have done it. Granted the real fun is with Calculator because the spells come from other classes. Still in the end it's more fun to mix and match.

Might be tough taking on Wiglaf at the end of Chapter 3, but that battle's ridiculous regardless of how you built your team.

Wegriaf is one of those battles where it boils down to "How soon can I whack him?" Especially in terms of the second half. Actually if anything the battle after it is the real fun thanks to the one you need to protect not exactly being intelligent. :sd:

[Soulblazer]

You only have to do hours and hours of level griding in Disgaea if you want to play the extra content after the main story. You do not really have to do any grinding to play the main story if you do not want o.

[HitokiriShadow]

I never got around to beating Disgaea, but you could probably beat it with a part in their 60s or with just Laharl or a couple of them much higher. Still, even if you aren't going for level 9999 and the extra stuff, you are still going to do a decent amount of grinding.

[Johnny]

Is it worth playing any of the extra modes you unlock when finishing, or should I just start on Persona 3 or Bioshock?

Was this your first time playing through it? If not and you don't feel worn out from 18 hours of the game then they're a fun enough distraction. I previously played the Cube version so they were new to me but I only dabbled in them for a bit. I'm waiting until I get an urge for more Resi 4 action before jumping into them.

[Suwako Moriya]

I never got around to beating Disgaea, but you could probably beat it with a part in their 60s or with just Laharl or a couple of them much higher. Still, even if you aren't going for level 9999 and the extra stuff, you are still going to do a decent amount of grinding.

Well when I beat the game the first time my levels were all over all the place, but my highest levels were around the 60s to 70s. So yeah I can confirm that is true. Then again depending on who you ask I was either under-leveled or over-leveled.

[Shikamaru824]

Just had a birthday, so using money from that to pick up Blue Dragon and Wild Arms 5 - These two will be added to list:

Persona 3 - Pure Love, I look forward to playing the school life more then fighting monsters :)

Luminous Arc - Very much enjoying this game! Stylus controls were a crap-shoot, so button controls all the way. LOVE the characters, great voice-overs, Plot moving along nicely, and all around a nice SRPG experience. Actually, this is a great game to introduce someone to the SRPG genre; it's not "hardcore" like some other games (customization or level grinding), but there's enough elements in the game to have a feel of what a SRPG is like. Definitely a B+/A- from me.

Brave Story: New Traveler - I kinda rolled my eyes near the beginning of the story, but I went with it and now interested where it's going to end. Battle is classic turn-based, which is to say pretty good. But now I'm debating picking up the manga from Tokyopop, since the game likes to interact with someone from that storyline whenever it gets a chance.

Jeanne D'Arc - Picked this up over the weekend. Only played the first 2 battles, but I have very high hopes for the game. Mainly, Jeanne D'Arc plays EXACTLY like Vandal Hearts! I have been waiting forever for another game with this battle system, this game just might distract me from everything else I'm playing.

[Johnny]

I've spent the day playing my Dreamcast. Got through Shutokou Battle, Blue Stinger, Under Defeat, Karous, Trigger Heart Excelica and Fighting Vipers 2 so far. Still plenty left to play though!

On a related note, I've got my more or less final list in terms of what I need to complete my JPN collection. Just gotta replace a few PAL and US games and buy a handful of other JPN games and I'm done. Not a complete collection, but just stuff I know I'm gonna come back to.

Plus as I mentioned before, I've started into JPN Megadrive collecting. Guy from another forum set me up with a 50/60Hz/RGB Scart modded PAL MD1 which should be with me in the next couple of days so I'm super excited for that. Getting Golden Axe III with it and have ordered Bare Knuckle II and Sonic 3. Can get expensive though but the JPN boxart is worth it alone - got my eye on Alien Soldier which generally goes for around £90-£100.

And, if you can add 2 + 2 you'll know where I'm going next - completing my JPN Saturn collection. Quite a few bits and pieces to buy and replace but it'll be so worth it in the end.
After that, probably on to the JPN PSX stuff but there's nothing like retro Sega collecting :)

Oh and I re-preordered Metroid Prime 3 on the back of Gametrailers video review. Better than the first Prime? Count me in!

[Chacranajxy]

I've spent the day playing my Dreamcast. Got through Shutokou Battle, Blue Stinger, Under Defeat, Karous, Trigger Heart Excelica and Fighting Vipers 2 so far. Still plenty left to play though!

On a related note, I've got my more or less final list in terms of what I need to complete my JPN collection. Just gotta replace a few PAL and US games and buy a handful of other JPN games and I'm done. Not a complete collection, but just stuff I know I'm gonna come back to.

Plus as I mentioned before, I've started into JPN Megadrive collecting. Guy from another forum set me up with a 50/60Hz/RGB Scart modded PAL MD1 which should be with me in the next couple of days so I'm super excited for that. Getting Golden Axe III with it and have ordered Bare Knuckle II and Sonic 3. Can get expensive though but the JPN boxart is worth it alone - got my eye on Alien Soldier which generally goes for around £90-£100.

And, if you can add 2 + 2 you'll know where I'm going next - completing my JPN Saturn collection. Quite a few bits and pieces to buy and replace but it'll be so worth it in the end.
After that, probably on to the JPN PSX stuff but there's nothing like retro Sega collecting :)

Oh and I re-preordered Metroid Prime 3 on the back of Gametrailers video review. Better than the first Prime? Count me in!

Yeah, I was happy when I read IGN's review. I don't believe it's better than the first game, but shit, if it is... it'll definitely be my game of the year.

And Saturn collecting... that's going to be expensive. Really, really expensive.

[Johnny]

And Saturn collecting... that's going to be expensive. Really, really expensive.

Of the Japanese stuff I have at the minute, most of it has been relatively cheap (NiGHTS for £5, Christmas NiGHTS for about £3, Burning Rangers SE for £10 are some of the highlights) but yeah, some of the stuff I want gets crazy expensive (I do plan on finally getting me a nice minty Radiant Silvergun at some point as well as Battle Garegga).

Luckily most of the PAL stuff I have to replace is the really common stuff which can be found (sometimes with spinecard) for between £5 and £10 on eBay.

I think the Dreamcast stuff is gonna be the most expensive. I mean I'm looking for stuff like Twinkle Star Sprites, Trizeal and Border Down which go from £40 - £100+. Plus stuff I already own on other consoles like Rez, Ikaruga and Shikigami no Shiro II which average around £60 or so.

Well worth it though but it's hard to stop. It's all about pacing yourself. Although having said that, I also have my eye on a Super Famicom and possibly PC-Engine...

[untoldsorrow]

Persona 3 is my life. Love this game to death. I'm up to Floor 59, level 25 with the hero. I'm trying to max out the Chariot social link since alot of the stronger personas I can make are of the Chariots.

I like randomly going back to lower floors then going back up to 59th because sometimes I get a floor of nothing but rare monsters. It happened 5 times, alot of gold enemies, but the downside...Death comes out REALLY REALLY fast, lol.

[pathos]

I'm actually up to the final month in Persona 3. Around level 110, or was it 120?

I will give out one warning about the social links though. If you aren't worried about maxing them all out, then working on one every time its available is fine. But, if you want to max out as many of them as possible, you pretty much need to spread it around. I'm at the point where the ones I dont have maxed are all school related..and there is ALOT of time off from school in December and January, so I cant work on them at all during those times.

I finally maxed out Fuka's social link, but with the time I have left, I'm pretty sure I dont have enough left to max out Yukari's and Mitsuki's, which I hate. Gotta choose one I guess, and that makes me sad :sigh:

edit - after playing this afternoon, I found I was way off.

220, not 120. Man, thats alot of floors :P

[HitokiriShadow]

How does the calendar time relate to the dungeons? Do you have a real amount of time (like, say, 30 minutes) to play each night, or does the night end when you beat a level or a boss? I'm figuring its something like the latter, because being timed for each night would suck and could make the game potentially unwinnable. I like to take my time and level up and that would make that... difficult.

[Johnny]

Warhawk is out for download on the PSN today. Is anyone getting it? I'm tempted but am still on the fence over how good the game will actually be.
I just don't know if it'll be good enough to replace Lost Planet as my online multiplayer game of choice. We shall see.

I've heard there's a been a few problems for, UK at least, users downloading from the US store. No idea if it's region locked to specific stores but it's out here in a couple of days so it doesn't really matter.

[pathos]

How does the calendar time relate to the dungeons? Do you have a real amount of time (like, say, 30 minutes) to play each night, or does the night end when you beat a level or a boss? I'm figuring its something like the latter, because being timed for each night would suck and could make the game potentially unwinnable. I like to take my time and level up and that would make that... difficult.


Well, only a certain amount of levels are open during certain times. Once something happens in game, more levels open up. You can always go back and visit old dugeons, but you're blocked from going up past a certain point.

I think it's usually new moons that trigger the next levels coming up (actually a few days after the new moon).

Early on I was hard pressed reaching the blockade while it was there, honestly, since you're characters get "tired" while fighting there. Halfway through the game that becomes much less of an issue tho, since they build up stamina. Now its very rare for any of them to get tired while in the dungeon.

Usually the bosses in the dungeon are just scattered about every 10-15 levels or so. they are basially on the floors with the warp points, but dont have much to do with the story. Most of the story events happen outside tarturus.

[porkchopexpress]

Warhawk is out for download on the PSN today. Is anyone getting it? I'm tempted but am still on the fence over how good the game will actually be.
I just don't know if it'll be good enough to replace Lost Planet as my online multiplayer game of choice. We shall see.

I've heard there's a been a few problems for, UK at least, users downloading from the US store. No idea if it's region locked to specific stores but it's out here in a couple of days so it doesn't really matter.


I'm picking up the retail version either today or tomorrow. I get an employee discount at gamestop and can use trade-ins to pay for it so I skipped the downloadable version. I wonder how long it takes to down load anyway?

[Mateo_home]

Moving along nicely in Metroid Prime. I just got the Wave Beam and thank god I can now take out those annoying Pulse Bombu *shakes fist*. The boss BTW for this stage wasn't hard. Just had to plant some bombs under it and it was out in a few seconds. On another note my favorite stage music in this game is Magmoor Caverns.

I also just got Metroid Prime 3 and I dunno if I should jump right into it or finish the first two first.

[ADC]

I picked up Metroid Prime 3 and promptly made an ass of myself by choosing the "advanced" control option. I have never felt so retarded trying to play a game in my life. It might make the game play more like a PC FPS, but when I stop to think that I hate the way PC FPSs play, I realize that this is not a good thing.

So when I recover from this latest idiocy, I'm going to try it again with "normal" controls.

[EmperorBrandon]

Move+2 is fine at the start, but I like to get Bards as quickly as possible for Move+3. The only problem with that strategy is that you'll never use it because of your addiction to digital girlies.


Bah... "Move+X" skills are pretty nifty, but they're not as useful as Teleport in my opinion. You can easily move past obstructions and if you do need to go only a few extra squares beyond your movement range the failure rate is pretty low.

[HitokiriShadow]

Current play time: 10 hours

Ryu is level 17, Nina is level 16, Momo is 13 (I think), and I just got Peco at level 1. :sd: I like the party I currently have, and if I'm going to swap someone out later one, it sure as hell isn't going to be for a stupid little onion.

I only have access to one master right now, and the requirements are annoying. I need 15 different kinds of weapons. But they only count if they are in my inventory, not equipped. I've yet to sell a single weapon I've obtained and I've bought nearly everything I've come across and I'm still 3 short. I have 15 different weapons, but 3 (4 now that I have Peco) of them are equipped and its not possible to not have a weapon equipped.

[broodwars]

I picked up Metroid Prime 3 and promptly made an ass of myself by choosing the "advanced" control option. I have never felt so retarded trying to play a game in my life. It might make the game play more like a PC FPS, but when I stop to think that I hate the way PC FPSs play, I realize that this is not a good thing.

So when I recover from this latest idiocy, I'm going to try it again with "normal" controls.

Here here...I got my copy today as well, and I can't for the life of me get a control scheme I actually like. I especially dislike the "free aim/lock on" setting, because when you're dealing with enemies that have very small weak points it's a pain in the ass to manually target them.

I also don't much care for how a couple buttons are mapped out, especially the jump button. I'm not sure why, but some part of me keeps wanting to use the Z button to jump instead of targeting.

And I DESPISE the use of the down control pad button to use missiles. It just makes targeting even harder.

I still love the game, though...I'm really getting into the new cinematic style (I just finished the first section on the Olympus).

[Suwako Moriya]

Bah... "Move+X" skills are pretty nifty, but they're not as useful as Teleport in my opinion. You can easily move past obstructions and if you do need to go only a few extra squares beyond your movement range the failure rate is pretty low.

Tell that to my Summoner who several times in a row kept failing to teleport during a certain battle. Ah teleport when it works you love it and when it doesn't you get frustrated. Either way at least I'm making progress through chapter 4.

[Johnny]

Bit more DC for me these past couple of days. Replaced two more of my PAL games with NTSC-J ones (Sonic Adventure and Sega Rally 2).

Also got my modded MD today. Been playing Golden Axe III as that's the only JPN game I have so far. Sonic 3, Bare Knuckle II and Super Hang On on the way and managed to sort a trade out and score a copy of Gunstar Heroes :)

Couldn't wait for the US release of Front Mission DS at the end of October so caved in and ordered the Japanese one. £15 at YesAsia is a bit of a bargain.

EDIT: Just curious, anyone getting Monster Hunter Freedom 2 on PSP? I've always wanted to try out a game in the series but never got round to it and this seems like a good place to start. Read a few reviews and seems to be quite good but looking for some more impressions really.

[Kinomoto_Shinji]

I don't know why, but I accidently posted in the Gaming news thread instead of this one. lol. ^^;; Multi-tabing does have its draw backs.

Been playing a lot of SMT: Persona 3. I just finished exams and back to grinding in Tarturus. I didn't get the highest score, but I did score high in the game. I haven't had fun so much fun in a RPG since...I can't remember when.

I still need to beat the last boss(es) in FFXII...just...too...damn...lazy.

[ADC]

I still need to beat the last boss(es) in FFXII...just...too...damn...lazy.
Oh, come on. Unlike most FFs, this one's last level can be finished in less than 30 minutes. And that's even taking into account all the cutscenes. Besides, once you're done, you get to see Penelo in pants that are held up by nothing I can determine. That's the bonus right there.

[ADC]

I have decided to take it all in order. I will start by playing Metroid Prime. Note to Whatshisface: This does not mean I'm abandoning Luminous Arc, which is the primary game on the DS right now, but it does mean I'm not immediately diving into MP3. (It remains to be seen if the audio geeks were right when they said that MP2 was better.)

It also does not mean that I'm abandoning Super Metroid, though my greatest achievement in that game so far is getting Bombs, and beating the Chozo the second time I got them. Ass. 2D Metroid games don't work if you're afraid to use missiles.

[Suwako Moriya]

All right then once more Final Fantasy Tactics has been completed. Although I'll admit in the case of several battles I decided just to end the battle fast as opposed to drag it out. In short I didn't bother with stealing most of the special stuff or getting Ultima.

In any case it's going to be fun deciding what to play next because I'm still not sure what I want to really play. Also before anyone suggests "Go out and buy _____", I probably won't be getting any new games for awhile. So it has to be something I already have access to.

[Lovely]

Um... tell us what you're choices are and we can give suggestions?

[Fencedude]

*chooses a random post*

Anyway, still playing Original Generations, none of you care, blah blah blah

I recently obtained Yume Miru Kusuri ~ A Drug that Makes You Dream, which was released earlier this year by Peach Princess.

Standard H-Game setup, average male protagonist, by the name of Kouhei Kagami, and you have three possible routes: Aeka, Mizuki and Nekoko. So far I've only done Nekoko's route, which was made of lulz, drug trips and anal sex.

Really sweet there at the end though.

[Suwako Moriya]

Um... tell us what you're choices are and we can give suggestions?

Actually that's part of the problem. Most if not all of the remaining titles I have access to there are the following. Ones I've been rather hesitant to play such as Final Fantasy 12. Ones I need to know more about like Legend of Legia 2. Ones I have yet to garner enough of an interest in such as sorry to say the .Hack games. Finally ones that would fall under the category of second chance which may include Breath of Fire 3, but my memory on that is still fuzzy. It's like instead of being at the stage of competition, I'm still at the qualifying stage.

Still here is a list of RPGs I have access to including ones where my interest level is on the low side. Note I may have missed a few.

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Breath of Fire 3
Disgaea 2
Final Fantasy 10-2
Final Fantasy
Lunar 1
Lunar 2
Thousand Arms
Dragon Quest 8
Legend of Legia 2
.Hack (Think in general here)
Radiata Stories (Think None-Human Path)
Skies of Arcadia (Assuming I'm willing to move the Dreamcast to the front room for awhile)
Evolution 2 (Same as Skies of Arcadia, but the other problem is finding out where it went)
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As indicated it's a mixture of low interest titles, hesitant to play titles, and ones I need to know more about. I guess I could go in more detail about some of them, but I'm not sure what I want to say right now.

One other problem is that there isn't as much time to play as there was in the past. The Den TV can no longer be used for games and thus there's more competition for the TV. Not to mention using the computer and actually making progress in my anime DVD watching.

Before anyone asks. It's not so much burn out. Because if I wanted to I could easily replay certain titles. Which is exactly what I did with Final Fantasy Tactics recently. Heck I may just ultimately replay something. However I still want to actually decide on something that I have not completed which is the issue here.

[Garasharp K7]

In any case it's going to be fun deciding what to play next because I'm still not sure what I want to really play. Also before anyone suggests "Go out and buy _____", I probably won't be getting any new games for awhile. So it has to be something I already have access to.

But _____ is really good! I bought an import console just to play it, plus there's a newer version with extra _____ coming out later this year. I'm actually tempted to get it, even though I've got the original _____ already. All the music's been redone too. :)

I haven't been playing much bar the occasional online Alien vs. Predator match these days, but with the upcoming release of Another Century's Episode 3, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYlfiaPehrc) I've gone back to the previous game for a bit. I loved this back when I first played it, and I still love it now. Nothing kicks more arse than taking on the might of the entire Zentraedi fleet with the Black Selena, God Gundam, or just playing as Gai Daigouji. Gai rules. :)

I've still a few games in the backlog to get through - two Metal Gears, God of War 2 and some Simple 2000 games are in there too. Still, I've got some time off work coming up so I reckon I'll get round to them then.
That is, if ACE 3 doesn't turn up first, then chances are I won't be playing 'em 'til late October at the very least.

[Mateo_home]

Still playing Metroid Prime. How far am I? Let's just say I just got the Grapple Beam. One thing I don't like about this is that the later beams don't replace the old ones like they did in Super Metroid. But it does make some enemies unique like those Space pirates that you have to hit with the specific beam. The power ones are the worst.

Aside from the nitpick, I'm having fun with this game.

[Kinomoto_Shinji]

IIDX Distorted....as usual, I suck at the game and can only do level 6 songs. Well, I've passed some 7s, but not many. Anyways, carpal tunnel syndrome FTW! :P

/goes back to playing Persona 3, a game I can actually do well in/

[Johnny]

Today has been about Bare Knuckle II on the MD (played through twice in 2 days and bought on two more formats in two days. Still, I wanna go for another run through. Wonder how many times I've completed this game ever?), Gunstar Heroes MD (hadn't played this in a while. Absolutely brilliant), some Tekken: DR and more of the skate demo.

Also got my Wii component cables which is nice because my eyes don't feel like bleeding when I play it anymore. Oh yeah and started back into Dragon Quest Swords which is fantastic and everyone with a Wii should buy on its US release.

*crosses fingers for at least one out of Metroid Prime 3 and Front Mission DS to be here tomorrow*

[ADC]

Out of that list, I'm all for FFX-2, considering it's probably the most fun of the FFs to play. The battle system's distilled awesomeness. And the story's actually quite good.

That said, have you considered perhaps branching out into non-RPGs for a while?

[Suwako Moriya]

That said, have you considered perhaps branching out into non-RPGs for a while?

I usually play none-RPGs during the break period between RPGs which is what I should be in right now come to think of it. Last time it was a case of focusing on Castlevania. I'm thinking of perhaps playing a random Megaman game. I'll decide that a bit later.

[martod]

Legend of Legaia 2 is one of the single most underrated games I've ever played. It's a conventional RPG mostly that steals from...I mean pays homage to the Tales series a lot. It has cooking, titles for characters, camp conversations, an ultra cute heroine. Plus it has lots of sidequests and a good sense of humor. It's terrible that it went by completely unnoticed, even by a lot of fans of the original.

[Chacranajxy]

I dunno. Legaia 2 was one of those games that I played through, but I think back on it now and wonder why the hell I bothered. It was so mediocre in every respect. The only spectacular thing about the game was the forest music and the campfire music. Those were truly excellent songs. But all the stuff like... gameplay, graphics, storyline, characters, etc... meh.