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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: MrAngryFace on September 07, 2007, 06:08:50 PM

Title: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 07, 2007, 06:08:50 PM
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Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Himu on September 07, 2007, 06:10:54 PM
stop buying new games and finish the ones you got!
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 07, 2007, 06:11:58 PM
Eat a butt, I just finished a game last weekend distinguished mentally-challenged fellow
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: CajoleJuice on September 07, 2007, 06:12:40 PM
I don't finish games anymore. I barely even play Bioshock.

It's all about multiplayer nowadays for me.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: demi on September 07, 2007, 06:12:46 PM
Stop playing shit like Persona 3 and you'll have time for better games, Himuro
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Himu on September 07, 2007, 06:19:14 PM
I'm more of a one game at a time person right now. I refuse to juggle shit.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 07, 2007, 06:19:45 PM
I bet MS Saga ends up > Persona 3
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Himu on September 07, 2007, 06:21:09 PM
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

o god

Say it again, MAF
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 07, 2007, 06:21:59 PM
I bet MS Saga ends up > Persona 3
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Himu on September 07, 2007, 06:22:34 PM
say it again MAF
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: TVC15 on September 07, 2007, 06:25:07 PM
I hate to say it because I still think it's a good game, but Persona 3 is the most disappointing of the PS2 Megaten games. 
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 07, 2007, 06:27:18 PM
i've enjoyed the ten hours i spent with ms saga more than the ten hours i've spent with persona 3

sorry, himu, persona 3 is too japafag for even me

and i bought magna carta once

ouch
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: demi on September 07, 2007, 06:45:21 PM
(and Atelier Iris... 1, 2 and 3)
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 07, 2007, 06:48:23 PM
I own 2 and 3 :(
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 07, 2007, 07:00:14 PM
i do not own atelier iris 1
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: TVC15 on September 07, 2007, 07:02:09 PM
But you played it!
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 07, 2007, 07:10:19 PM
:-\
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Shuri on September 07, 2007, 07:14:25 PM
I don't like the fact that they went with the dwarf look for the mechas. Speaking of, anyone could recommend a good mech games that was released lately?
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 07, 2007, 07:15:40 PM
Gundam Musou is fun. I agree, the chibi-mecha crap sux, but OH TEH WELL, im gonnna make the most badass zaku II evar
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on September 07, 2007, 08:28:26 PM
Persona 3 is a cautionary tale for our times
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 07, 2007, 08:34:33 PM
Am I happy? Hell yeah I'm happy!!

Wooo!!
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Himu on September 08, 2007, 03:33:27 PM
I hate to say it because I still think it's a good game, but Persona 3 is the most disappointing of the PS2 Megaten games. 

 :lol

More disappointing than Devil Summoner. Oh TVC. :lol
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Ichirou on September 08, 2007, 09:15:03 PM
MS Saga is good stuff.  You should pick up a copy, Himu.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 08, 2007, 09:21:04 PM
MS Saga is good stuff.  You should pick up a copy, Himu.

You buy ACE3 yet? My copy (with the first pressing bonus!!! yay!!) is on it's way here from Tokyo.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Ichirou on September 08, 2007, 09:26:27 PM
I've decided to wait till it gets cheap.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 08, 2007, 09:34:16 PM
I've decided to wait till it gets cheap.

Ah. I'll be sure to give some impressions when it gets here.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: bork on September 08, 2007, 11:33:34 PM
Oh yeah, ACE3.  I should "rent it" today. 

stop buying new games and finish the ones you got!

Seriously, MAF...you've gotten worse than I am about this, and that's an amazing feat to accomplish!   :D

You haven't even beaten Bioshock yet...what gives??  :o
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Ichirou on September 08, 2007, 11:37:16 PM
I don't even have ACE2 yet, no point in picking up the third one, and I don't really care about the first pressing extras if I have to pay so much extra to get it.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: TVC15 on September 08, 2007, 11:58:35 PM
I hate to say it because I still think it's a good game, but Persona 3 is the most disappointing of the PS2 Megaten games. 

 :lol

More disappointing than Devil Summoner. Oh TVC. :lol

Yep.  I liked Devil Summoner, although I figured Persona 3 would trump it.  Devil Summoner was what it was, nothing more nothing less.  Persona 3 is just blown potential.  And a terrible soundtrack.  I thought Persona 3 would really be open-ended, and allow you to develop your character however you wanted.  Unfortunately, there's only one correct "tree" through every interaction, so only the illusion of choice is there.  Coupled with disappointing dungeon crawling and the worst megaten soundtrack ever, Devil Summoner easily laps Persona 3.  The only thing Persona 3 has over the other PS2 megaten games is the localization.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 09, 2007, 02:04:21 AM
LYTE: MONKEY ON MUH BACk
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: bork on September 09, 2007, 02:12:46 AM
It's time for an intervention.  PUT DOWN THE GUNDAM.  PICK UP THE BIOSHOCK.  :maf
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 09, 2007, 12:40:13 PM
BO BO BO
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Himu on September 09, 2007, 05:14:32 PM
I hate to say it because I still think it's a good game, but Persona 3 is the most disappointing of the PS2 Megaten games. 

 :lol

More disappointing than Devil Summoner. Oh TVC. :lol

Yep.  I liked Devil Summoner, although I figured Persona 3 would trump it.  Devil Summoner was what it was, nothing more nothing less.  Persona 3 is just blown potential.  And a terrible soundtrack.  I thought Persona 3 would really be open-ended, and allow you to develop your character however you wanted.  Unfortunately, there's only one correct "tree" through every interaction, so only the illusion of choice is there.  Coupled with disappointing dungeon crawling and the worst megaten soundtrack ever, Devil Summoner easily laps Persona 3.  The only thing Persona 3 has over the other PS2 megaten games is the localization.

Devil Summoner is Megaten lite. It has a watered down fusion system, easy as shit difficulty, boring battle system that isn't deep at all, random battles in towns, so forth. Persona 3 however, has challenging boss fights, a great battle system that's an evolution over Press Turn, a good story with good characters, good localization, and interesting take on an established genre. P3 has a hell of a lot more going for it than devil summoner. The only good things about devil summoner is that it, like P3 is an experimental game so it's pretty unique (although it doesn't nearly pull its experiment off as well as P3), the story (somewhat), and localization. It's by far the weakest SMT released stateside, while P3 could be arguably be considered the best. Persona 3's October boss fight was better than all of Raidou. Truth.

Music aside, which I pretty much agree on, I disagree entirely about what you say about P3. The dungeon crawling doesn't have any puzzles to it, but the quests add variety and fun to the dungeon crawling. Plus, the guardian boss fights can be a total bitch and require a few tries. The fact I can die at any moment because I have the wrong Persona equipped makes things just as interesting. Devil Summoner didn't feel like that at all. That game is easy as shit. While it's true that when talking to npcs you have to pick the right choices to level up the S. Links, P3 isn't open ended in that vein at all. It's open ended in that you can choose whatever the hell Persona you want to level up through S. Links. Often on any given day you have the opportunity to pick 10-12 different S. Links at once. This variety makes the game interesting 60, 70 hours into the game.

Hell, Digital Devil Saga is lower than Persona 3. It doesn't even have fusion or monster collecting.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 09, 2007, 05:32:55 PM
haha oh teh fanboy
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Himu on September 09, 2007, 05:38:56 PM
I would be lying if i said wasn't a Persona 3 fanboy, and that's because I love SMT to pieces
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Ichirou on September 09, 2007, 08:23:05 PM
I don't even have ACE2 yet, no point in picking up the third one, and I don't really care about the first pressing extras if I have to pay so much extra to get it.

I lied.  I bought it yesterday.  It's better than 1 though I still am not used to the controls.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 09, 2007, 08:39:10 PM
I don't even have ACE2 yet, no point in picking up the third one, and I don't really care about the first pressing extras if I have to pay so much extra to get it.

I lied.  I bought it yesterday.  It's better than 1 though I still am not used to the controls.

Woo!! Yeah!! According to EMS tracking, my copy is sitting at Narita waiting to ship out...
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Ichirou on September 09, 2007, 08:40:43 PM
FMVs are gorgeous - this is what the Transformers movie shoulda looked like.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 09, 2007, 08:45:00 PM
FMVs are gorgeous - this is what the Transformers movie shoulda looked like.

I loved the FMVs in both ACE1 and 2, cannot wait!
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Ichirou on September 09, 2007, 08:45:46 PM
FMVs this time around are even BETTER.  The mecha have a real sense of mass to them, especially Shin Getter, which is probably the biggest one.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 09, 2007, 09:38:29 PM
FMVs this time around are even BETTER.  The mecha have a real sense of mass to them, especially Shin Getter, which is probably the biggest one.

Sweet. My copy of ACE3 has now cleared customs in San Francisco. Should be here early this week!
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Smooth Groove on September 09, 2007, 09:41:19 PM
Do you know Japanese, Lyte Edge or do you just try to figure things out?  Some Japanese only games look interesting to me but I'll never bother with playing a game that I can't read. 
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 09, 2007, 10:03:44 PM
Do you know Japanese, Lyte Edge or do you just try to figure things out?  Some Japanese only games look interesting to me but I'll never bother with playing a game that I can't read. 

I know it's directed at Lyte, but four years of high school Japanese (1995-1999) and continued pathetic practice has helped me be able to get by in a lot of Japanese games that aren't language heavy RPGs.

And also, a lot of the action titles are easily manageable if you don't understand the language. The only one that's really flummoxed me and forced me to pull out some of my old text books is Kenka Banchou.
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Smooth Groove on September 09, 2007, 10:15:08 PM
Do you know Japanese, Lyte Edge or do you just try to figure things out?  Some Japanese only games look interesting to me but I'll never bother with playing a game that I can't read. 

I know it's directed at Lyte, but four years of high school Japanese (1995-1999) and continued pathetic practice has helped me be able to get by in a lot of Japanese games that aren't language heavy RPGs.

And also, a lot of the action titles are easily manageable if you don't understand the language. The only one that's really flummoxed me and forced me to pull out some of my old text books is Kenka Banchou.

It was directed at you actually.  No idea why I wrote Lyte Edge, except for the fact that he lives in Japan.   :lol  Can you read Japanese characters also?  What do you call Japanese written w/English characters? 
Title: Re: Hope youre happy Distantmantra
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 09, 2007, 10:17:23 PM
Do you know Japanese, Lyte Edge or do you just try to figure things out?  Some Japanese only games look interesting to me but I'll never bother with playing a game that I can't read. 

I know it's directed at Lyte, but four years of high school Japanese (1995-1999) and continued pathetic practice has helped me be able to get by in a lot of Japanese games that aren't language heavy RPGs.

And also, a lot of the action titles are easily manageable if you don't understand the language. The only one that's really flummoxed me and forced me to pull out some of my old text books is Kenka Banchou.

It was directed at you actually.  No idea why I wrote Lyte Edge, except for the fact that he lives in Japan.   :lol  Can you read Japanese characters also?  What do you call Japanese written w/English characters? 

Yes, I can read hiragana, katakana, and about 100 kanji or so. Japanese written in English is called romaji.

It also helps to be familiar with the source material that anime-licensed games are based on, as many of them follow the same storyline.