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Then don't play Legend of Heroes because XSeed will never bring the rest of the story out.
I don't know why i'm being so antagonistic tonight.
I will play Trails in the Sky soon. I really like Xenoblade though. THAT'S WHAT I'M PLAYING.
yah it's time
that's what time
I want a Reynoceros.
I turned the difficult down on Blood from 3/5 to 2/5. The difference is too big. There were 33% fewer enemies ;(
I would have liked to take less damage but keep the enemy count the same. 3/5 was about the equivalent of playing the Dooms on Ultraviolence with a pistol and limited shotgun ammo (UV with the full level of ammo is pretty tame). At least initially. I can't remember how plentiful the ammo gets later.
Magicka - What a wonderful idea for a game. What a horrible game it is to actually play.
I'm on stage 11, forcing myself to finish it just because. I hate it so much and just want it to be over with. It started off so nice and charming, but it turned out that the developers never really thought about what to do once they got past the concept of combining spells. The levels are all complete garbage and there's no reason to fight most of time, so it makes each one feel like 10 times as long as it actually is. Some kind of equipment or RPG leveling or something would go a long way towards making it worth killing stuff, but the joy of wacky slaughter just for its own sake was pretty much over around the same time the first level ended.
The one-note jokes stretched out for way too long and boss glitches forcing reboots of the game certainly don't help the case, although being able to glitch my way through levels by abusing the game's utter confusion when it comes to co-op resurrecting does sometimes bring an interesting angle. I hope someone else comes along soon, takes this idea, and makes something that's actually fun to play out of it.
Battlefield: Bad Company.
Its okay so far.
Installed Borderlands again yesterday, cleared out the first area's quests, entered the second area, and am up to level 21. Lots of balancing issues due to the leveling and random weapons but it's pretty good.
I dunno, I thought it was a lot of fun when I was playing with a group. Once I launched one of my friends halfway across the map with an accidental mine deployment, it became amazing. I can't remember the last game I played where I laughed as hard as I do playing Magicka with a few buddies. I do agree that the levels aren't anything special, and I wish they'd implemented some kind of co-op spell system to mess around with in multiplayer.Quote:
Originally Posted by MechDeus
I've been playing Crysis for the first time. I'm pretty picky about FPS games, but I've really been enjoying it. I'll probably nab the sequel when I'm done, despite hearing mixed things about it.
I agree. The problem is that entire experience took place in the first level, and then the game reveals there's nothing else to it after like 10-20 minutes. I think the closest that anywhere else in the game came to recreating the beginning was discovering thunderstorm and that the random targets included other players, so anytime someone started laying it out the rest of us would be scrambling to get up lightning shields.Quote:
Originally Posted by No One
Fired up Marvel vs Capcom 2 last night on XBLA. I've probably spent more time on this fighting game then any other (Street Fighter Ex Plus Alpha comes in a close second, nice taste right?). As much as I liked MvsC3, I kinda wish the graphic style was just a carbon copy of 2.
Good lord!
We went to a local game store, Cyb Knight games, run by this hilarious Japanese guy. Keeps his used games looking nice and had some great prices. We ended up buying PS2 Monster Hunter (lolol) just for shits and giggles and holy goddamned crap.
I thought the bad controls came from porting a PS2 game to the PSP and having to deal around a missing stick and trigger, but the PS2 had the worst, THE WORST fucking controls I have ever seen in a video game. The character is controlled by the left stick, but the camera is STILL on the fucking dpad! You can't even claw your way through it, the controller shape and stiffness of the dpad make it a LOT more awkward than the already bad PSP claw method. The right stick is used for attacking and it is the most horrible thing I have ever been witness to in my life. Jesus fucking Christ.
Yup.
I am very disappointed that in ME3 you can still open a door and walk to the airlock of your ship but you still can't randomly eject yourself into the icy embrace of space. And then I can't even go in the guy's bathroom this time? I liked EDI telling me how silly I was for being in there before! And I still can't make Sheppard go pee? Or take an impromptu shower? Or even flush the damn toilet/turn on the sink? Then I think back to the bar in Afterlife in ME2 and how they were able to capture the pouring of virtual liquids with photo-realistic quality and I realize they wanted nothing to do with liquid anything ever again.
So Tony Hawk 2X was actually made by Treyarch, not Neversoft. That explains why the physics are slightly off and all of the 5 new levels suck dong.
The 2X Nightclub level in particular may be the worst one in series history, and I've played them, all except for the 360 games.
The Dreamcast versions of THPS 1 and 2 are still the best. Plus they support VGA mode!
Last Survivor (arcade) 153000 pts.
Actually a third-person shooter, but it still seems to be influential to a lot of early 90s FPS- looking a bit better than Wolfenstein 3D, IMO. It's a deathmatch against 7 other characters, but the stages each have resident monsters and hazards to deal with (killing monsters racks up gold to buy armor/weapons/food at the shop).
Tetris TGM 3 - S4/6'17"26 (Master mode, classic rule)
Not yet an all clear. Reaching the 10th section isn't usually a problem, unless I've gotten several section time Cools that end up with the speed going into Shirase territory by around 700.
I've been mostly playing Ghost Trick. Fantastic game! It's a shame I got this when the 3DS launched, but I was playing 3DS games instead of Ghost Trick. I was waiting for a clearance DSi XL, but the game looks great on the 3DSXL.
Also playing Rhythm Heaven. I'm not very good at it, but it's interesting enough to make me want to get better.
Ghost Trick is indeed pretty fantastic, the art style alone makes the game worth playing for me. And the entire set of episodes was only $10 on iOS.
Bit.Trip Complete: This is literally the worst game ever.
Lost in Shadow: This is literally the worst game ever.
I just tried out Digimon Rumble Arena on the PS. I think that beats your two worst game evers handily.
DOTA2. 140ish games in. Still suck
Do I need to pull out my 32x? Or force you guys to play Family Fued 3do?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
i knew it!Quote:
Originally Posted by A Robot Bit Me
You would have been very bad at itQuote:
Originally Posted by GohanX
because I think you had to spell the answers correctly
FUED!
Asura's Wrath - Beat all the DLC, just need to clear the regular game once more with Blind Master to get the final gauge which should let me cheese the last couple achievements to get S-ranks on everything. The Lost Episodes are pretty hilarious fan service, I love all the stuff they did with the SF4 ultras including how Ryu's knocks that chunk of moon back into place while Akuma's dislodges it again. The final batch of episodes were also pretty good and the yet-more-fan-service epilogue was entertaining. I loved the QTE brofist and meta-QTE fight against the creator.
Downloaded a second copy of Diablo III on Friday so the gf and I can slog through it together. We're several quests into Act 2 now (level 22 Demon Hunter). I've been using a Barbarian as an alt while playing alone and am impressed with how visceral and meaty the combat is in this game. Attacks really seem to have weight behind them and the carnage occasionally reaches laughable levels when bodies and gibbed limbs are flying all over the place. DH is a lot fun; launching explosive bolas while vaulting all over the map and laying traps never gets old.
You saw what I did there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joust Williams
EDF is such a damn grind. It's kind of addicting though.
Darksiders II is growing on me. I think it's kind of clunky but whatever.
Sleepy Dogs lets you stick a man's face in a moving steel fan. Also airjack while listening to Chinese rap. It's pretty good.
Start another game of FF9 finally.
Holy fuck are the character graphics horrible. You can barely tell what they are when the camera is pointed at them from behind enemies.
I like playing the card game more this time.
I've mostly been playing my 3DSXL since last week, especially since my Ps3 shit the bed. RE: Revelations is sooooo good, and I'm finally getting to try out the DQ games I missed. Aside from that, I've been playing a lot of NES and Master System games. It's funny that aside from a few major titles (RE 6, Dishonored) I don't really miss this gen of consoles as much as I thought I would. I could probably stick with retro games permanently and be happy, aside from the portable stuff.
I'm going to have to strongly disagree. With basically all of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
Yea, the FF9 card game is pretty weak. Rest of the game is rad. I need a Vita.
Digital Distribution aside I'm with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Melf
The graphics are fine, it's the resolution of the PlayStation you're having trouble with. Use an emulator.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
I told you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Melf
It looks better on a CRT, it looks best on PSP, or maybe on a PS3 on a new tv. but not in 3D. You'll see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
If it looks good on a PSP it'd look amazing on a Vita.
What are you playing the game on to crisp the graphics up? Because the character models look horrible on a stock ps1Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
This is what it looks like on the ps1. You can barely tell what the dude in the far right looks like.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...1&d=1346444478
PSP. It's magic.
I'm not buying the game again :C
Or Bleemcast.
or a PSP
No, No, No
STOP IT. JUST STOP IT.
I think PS3 upscales PSX games too? I don't know. It's so jaggy on PSX. They were really pushing the system for all they could. Maybe a good PSX emulator would help?
You should have bailed on that physical shit* a long time ago.
*No, Famicom games are not physical shit. They're transcendental shit.
edit: At least you guys making the mistake of playing FFIX made me check what PSone Classics should be on my Vita. Vagrant Story wins. I'll put the Castlevanias, Resident Evils, Silent Hill, etc. on later.
I haven't tried FF9 on the PS3, but most games look like you smeared Vaseline on them. It's not totally awful, I still use it frequently, but certainly not the best way to play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finch
They look okay. It might be model-specific, but I get some major input lag when playing PS1 games on PS3. It's not my TV, either; the same games run fine on PS2.
The PS3 emulator definitely causes input lag in PS1 games.
It is known.
I've never noticed significant lag, and I play shooters, but I'm the one guy playing a PS3 on a SDTV.
Three frames.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
It is known.
Really? I can hardly navigate menus on mine. It's atrocious.
get fuckedQuote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foqUPiwMiOMQuote:
Originally Posted by Diff-chan
I already Platinumed the only game I have that supports that. And getting another one would be too expensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
I'm on the second disk now, around the part where you fight the second worm as you escape the castle. My game keeps locking up. May have to put the game on hold until I can get a usb memory card reader for the PS3.
I'll probably dig back into earthbound zero.
Considering how many of us now have EBZ, do you guys want to make a thread for it? Or just talk about it in the nes thread or something?
I'm also thinking about finally playing that FF that came out on the PS3. The one that has no world maps that half of you like the cry about. I've avoided it but a friend left it over here, so why not?
I liked it a lot. The first two hours and flying motorcycles though...
Fist of the North Star - Movement and some basic attacking feels clunkier than I was expecting, but the English voices are awesomely cheesy and the cinematic attacks are great. This is good times.
DMC4 - Been a long time since I've played this game and I never really tackled the harder difficulties so I'm trying to knock some of that out. Almost halfway through Son of Sparda mode, which is stupid easy thanks to the upgrades so it's really just a grind to unlock Heaven or Hell and Dante Must Die. Some of the bosses do suffer from being a bit plain from having to be tackled as both Dante and Nero, with Credo being one of the few bosses that was really built to work with the Devil Bringer and is a fun fight because of that.
Disk 3 of FF9
I played this at release. I don't remember giving the plot points of this game much thought 12 years ago. Also, art design is mostly great, with Kuja being the only real problem. Woul would have known square thought his art design was hot shit and that we all needed more of that for future ff releases.
Who the fuck is Woul?
who
Woul, he's the art designer for the Final Fantasy series.
oh, ok
After completely finishing the XBOX version of Star Wars KOTOR, picked up the PC version and trying to get it fully working on Win7 x64 with Xpadder which I almost have totally working outside of the movie sequences...Here's my WIP with widescreen, HUD and ultimate texture mods running at 1080p.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9...y76o1_1280.jpg
You don't need to take pictures of your monitor for PC games. :D
LOL, you're right, I just hadn't mapped a screen cap button to my controller yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
New Super Mario Bros. 2- Bland, uninspired: those are the words i'd use to describe Mario World. This game is better than Mario World. It'd be a thousand times better if they'd update the visual style and the music (it's only a hundred times better as it is), but the level design is great. Still better than any Sonic, Rayman, Meat Boy, and all the other games people think are better than Mario because they don't know any better.
You're going to have to try a little harder to set a new record for the most times being wrong in one post. buttplant posts here after all.
Your bad hands can't handle meat boy. Stick to Mario, just keep pressing right and jumping every so often.Quote:
Originally Posted by Finch
Does anyone seriously think Rayman is better than Mario? If so, which Rayman and which Mario.
Origins is better than NSMB2, but I see your point.
Origins is better than Mario Land 2 and Mario 2jp and Mario World. THAT'S IT.
Rayman 2 shits all over Mario 64.
But that is like saying a Mustang shits all over a Model T.
I wasn't talking about the fake Marios like Mario 64 and Mario Sunshine and Mario Galaxy, i was talking about the real ones.
Damn right it does!Quote:
Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
Rayman Origins is better than any NSMB game. Fact.
If Rayman was in NSMB2 instead of Mario, it would be declared the best Rayman game ever, and people would go so far as to say that it's better than any Mario game ever.
It's funny because it's true.
yeah i could totally see that
If NSMB had even a modicum of the style Rayman has this gen it would probably be a better game. As it is, it's kind of gross and sad.
What a GRAPHICS WHORE.
mzo is right... mzo is always right...
Started Dust the other night, wow, what an excellent game so far. The characters look great and the animation is silky smooth and the progression is nice, and Tough puts up a little challenge. I like it. A lot.
I was playing one part of NSMB Wii over and over again the other day, trying to get some stupid star coin. I had to sit on this elevator and ride it to the top before I got to the part I kept screwing up. It would have been tedious (well, it was mostly) except running back and forth, sliding to a stop, jumping, etc. were all engaging to some degree. Just moving around was fun. And I could entertain myself as the elevator rose.
Compared to Rayman. Ugh. There is absolutely no joy to be had in controlling that guy. Origin's level/art/music design might very well kill the new Mario games, but that is not the whole story.
ARBM made this observation before me, but he was right on the money.
That's like saying that a bad game included a better screen saver than another game.
Kabuki Quantum Fighter- In many ways seems more a sequel to Batman than Return of the Joker ever was. At the very least it's a nice addition to the Batman, Gaiden, Shatterhand controller crunching platformers on the system. Some very surreal and well animated backgrounds. That said, it's mildly annoying that your attack radius is different whether standing, crounching, or hanging, plus I've heard the time limit becomes a burden in later levels.
Right? It's gotta be running the same engine or something, those two games are so similar.
I would add Vice: Project Doom to your short list.
Vice: Project Doom's whip/stick/sword thing is so satisfying to whip, stick, and sword guys with.
Vice is excellent! Tad too easy though.
POWER BLADE
That one too. Wish the sequel wasn't traded on the precious metal market.
I am playing Alice: Madness Returns. I'm not sure how many of you played American McGee's Alice years ago. I liked a lot of the look of the game and I like this one too. I beat Sleeping Dogs (and did go back to do most of the side stuff, but the rest seems like a grind), and I put Darksiders 2 on hold.
I have this issue now where if I don't beat the game right away, there is a good chance that I am never going back to it. Even if it's good. Poor Syndicate ;(
I picked up the MGS collection to begin my chronological playthrough of the entire canonical series that I've been meaning to do for a while. I've only played a couple minutes of MG (MSX), MG2, and PO and never played PW before so that's four new games I'll get to plow through. MGS3 is better than I remember but it's also annoying in ways I forgot about, so I guess it kind of evens out while remaining one of the technically best games in the series that I just don't really care much for. The updated camera (even though I bought Subsistence like two or three years ago I never even took the discs out of the case) is so much better that I can barely even believe it; sometimes I click the right stick just to sigh at how terrible we had it when the game came out.
Started a new game of Mega Man ZX. I forgot how useless the map and directions are, but I still like it and the sequel/reinvention of the X storyline hits some good notes on the nostalgia scale. Even on hard it's still pretty easy, but I do have to pay attention to my lifebar which wasn't a thing in the cakewalk normal mode. Also looks like I never got the Omega armor and probably some other goodies on my ancient original save, so I'll have to scoop those up on this playthrough.
I got to the part of FF9 where you bring Mr. Ladypants that old stone thing and then your friends have to break out.
I put it down for a while to dig into Earthbound zero. I just beat the zoo and found the magic city. Its an alright RPG for the nes. The music is good to great and I like that you level pretty quickly. I looked up the spaceman jr stats and saw that the guide thought I should be level 14 or something to beat him. Pffft, did it on 10 or 11. I don't get people who over level for jrpgs. Part of the fun is figuring out how to beat a boss at the lowest level possible. If I have to go grind, I feel like the game developer is a dumb asshole who can't pace their game.
Speaking of grinding...
I'm playing the original NES Dragon Warrior 1. I love how I'm all badass now that I've leveled and got good armor, then I make one little step over a bridge and I'm getting my ass kicked.
I don't really recommend this game to most people in 2012, but I'm determined, as I never actually beat it back in the day, and beating the Gameboy and SFC versions don't count since they are so stupidly easy.
I come back to that every year or two. I'll beat it some day
I found my GBA SP and a cable, and thinking about it some more I'm pretty sure I got rid of my GBC in some fashion a while ago. The GBC screen is so small inside the GBA screen that it's almost adorable.
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/tnl/att...1&d=1347543705
But argh the buttons are so cramped and I have to hit start to make Snake lie down. Makes me want to emulate.
do it
Emulation is for the weak.
Or, yes,, you should emulate and send me Metal Gear.
I just want him to do it so I don't have to hear him complain