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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Great Rumbler on September 18, 2009, 10:23:56 PM

Title: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 18, 2009, 10:23:56 PM
And I've played some really bad ones before! IU is like a kaleidoscope of poor design choices that just don't make any sense no matter how you look them and other things are just "lol japan" or "lol animu".

Let's see, we've got:

-The most milquetoast main character ever paired with a really bossy female character [wonderful combination there]
-Getting chased by an invincible ogre TWICE
-Running for about fifteen minutes through a pitch dark forest full of enemies
-Camera and targeting suck big time
-VA is terribad

I feel ripped off and I paid $10 for a sealed copy.  :-\
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Bocsius on September 18, 2009, 10:24:38 PM
Sudeki redeemed!
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Smooth Groove on September 18, 2009, 10:26:34 PM
Speaking of 3rd rate J-RPGS, how's Last Remnant?  I picked up the PC versio for $20 at Fry's but I haven't opened it yet. 
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Bebpo on September 18, 2009, 10:28:13 PM
didn't Demi like it and get 1000/1000?

edit* I mean IU

Everyone loves TLR
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Kestastrophe on September 18, 2009, 10:29:27 PM
I paid $10 for it too, and I can't bring myself to finish it  :-\
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Bebpo on September 18, 2009, 10:30:47 PM
I paid $80 for it and I got through the forest and never touched it again.

And I liked the game!  It just didn't scream "play me now" so it got backlogged.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: demi on September 18, 2009, 10:31:57 PM
I finished it once, it's on my to-do list for 1000. It's not bad, either. Eternal Sonata is the worst you can do. Maybe you would like that, it has little loli girls and boys.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on September 18, 2009, 10:32:31 PM
I never got around to IU, thankfully, but I'm having a hard time imagining a worse RPG than Eternal Sonata right now.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Joe Molotov on September 18, 2009, 10:33:19 PM
Speaking of 3rd rate J-RPGS, how's Last Remnant?  I picked up the PC versio for $20 at Fry's but I haven't opened it yet. 

It's awesome.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 18, 2009, 10:33:30 PM
Oh God, it gets even better. Now I have to carry Aya through the forest and try to avoid getting hit while all the other guys fight! :rofl

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Eternal Sonata is the worst you can do.

Bought it and played for a few hours. Never touched it again. Eventually sold it for a pittance.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Bebpo on September 18, 2009, 10:34:21 PM
I never got around to IU, thankfully, but I'm having a hard time imagining a worse RPG than Eternal Sonata right now.

I can.  Imagine Eternal Sonata but with more distant save points and ridiculously high difficulty so you die all the time and long load times.
That's not IU, I just wanted to imagine how to make a worse rpg than ES.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on September 18, 2009, 10:42:21 PM
Don't forget to reduce the amount of enemy types in the game.   Instead of 4, cut it to  2.  Just ostriches and turnips palette swapped to infinity.

Fuckin sweet.





(http://i36.tinypic.com/5wma2c.gif) Eternal Sonata
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 18, 2009, 10:44:58 PM
Oh fun, I just came across the androgynously gay duo.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: The Sceneman on September 18, 2009, 11:07:09 PM
at least play it until the dinner dance
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Purple Filth on September 19, 2009, 12:49:38 AM
at least play it until the dinner dance

+1 for this  :lol
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Jansen on September 19, 2009, 01:57:53 AM
at least the suffering doesn't last very long. i beat the game in about 20 hours
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: treythemovie on September 19, 2009, 01:59:34 AM
Well you are playing a Tri-Ace game....
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: originalz on September 19, 2009, 02:24:22 AM
I thought that the second disc was much better than the first one.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: muckson on September 19, 2009, 03:12:42 AM
fuck i hope last remnant is good.  i finally got around to having the time to play it and bought it today.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2009, 11:40:08 AM
Well you are playing a Tri-Ace game....

Star Ocean 2 and Valkyrie Profile were also Tri-Ace games and those two rocked.

By the way, SO2 was almost completely ruined by Tri-Ace in retrospect when they released the PSP version and kicked out the awesome Star Trek-esque CG opening and popped in some animu trash with J-pop playing in the background. I almost ripped my PSP in half when I saw that travesty.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: tiesto on September 19, 2009, 01:16:31 PM
I never got around to IU, thankfully, but I'm having a hard time imagining a worse RPG than Eternal Sonata right now.

This should help:

(http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/secretofstars/sots-logo.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c6/Ghost_Lion_Coverart.png)

(http://www.theoldcomputer.com/Libarary%27s/Pictures/NESGameCovers/Hydlide.jpg)
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2009, 01:22:41 PM
Also, this:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Virtual_Hydlide_Box_Art.jpg)
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2009, 02:15:20 PM
I bought it because, generally:

Sega Saturn + Atus + RPG = Golden Goodness

In the case of Virtual Hydlide though, I got, well, the Youtube video makes it quite clear what I got.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2009, 02:17:43 PM
A comment from the Youtube video:

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I've played this game quite a bit, and I enjoyed it the entire time. Looking back on it, it's STILL a decent game by today's standards.

Of course the graphics are going to look painfully clunky-looking now, but its core gameplay still holds up perfectly fine. And for it's time, there's nothing wrong with the graphics either.

You might as well rip apart the first Super Mario Bros.

:rofl
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Don Flamenco on September 19, 2009, 03:04:21 PM
except that SMB1's graphics and gameplay are good and hold up to this day, whereas you can practically see the input lag that would come with that sub-20fps rate in virtual hydlide :lol 

I think that was the second worst video I've seen of a game (top slot goes to Trespasser, of course)
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Don Flamenco on September 19, 2009, 04:27:22 PM
those physics are fucking sick for the time! :lol  and I don't think the industry even caught up to CleavageView™.  I mean, games still use HUDs for christ's sake...why have a fucking HUD when the main character can just ANNOUNCE how many bullets are left?!! 
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: demi on September 19, 2009, 04:28:08 PM
those physics are fucking sick for the time! :lol  and I don't think the industry even caught up to CleavageView™.  I mean, games still use HUDs for christ's sake...why have a fucking HUD when the main character can just ANNOUNCE how many bullets are left?!! 

King Kong does this...
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on September 19, 2009, 06:01:54 PM
Poor dinosaur  :'(
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Joe Molotov on September 19, 2009, 07:02:25 PM
No wonder they went extinct.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2009, 07:59:25 PM
I think that was the second worst video I've seen of a game (top slot goes to Trespasser, of course)
HOLY SHIT Trespasser is awesome!

:bow Seamus Blackley :bow2

[youtube=560,345]kTAZ9XbEwH8[/youtube]

:rofl
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: bork on September 19, 2009, 09:35:34 PM
I bought it because, generally:

Sega Saturn + Atus + RPG = Golden Goodness

In the case of Virtual Hydlide though, I got, well, the Youtube video makes it quite clear what I got.

IIRC, Atlus didn't make Virtual Hydlide.  It was Sega; Atlus USA just localized it. 
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Great Rumbler on September 19, 2009, 09:43:37 PM
I bought it because, generally:

Sega Saturn + Atus + RPG = Golden Goodness

In the case of Virtual Hydlide though, I got, well, the Youtube video makes it quite clear what I got.

IIRC, Atlus didn't make Virtual Hydlide.  It was Sega; Atlus USA just localized it. 

I didn't realize that at the time, though I found it out later. And usually though, Sega + RPG is a pretty good combination as well.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Jansen on September 19, 2009, 09:48:37 PM
how come everyone forgets this little gem when mentioning shitty rpgs?

(http://www.super-nes.com/paladinbox.png)
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Akala on September 20, 2009, 12:53:05 PM
I think that was the second worst video I've seen of a game (top slot goes to Trespasser, of course)
HOLY SHIT Trespasser is awesome!

:bow Seamus Blackley :bow2

[youtube=560,345]kTAZ9XbEwH8[/youtube]

 :lol

Also, what the hell is that first song that's playing from? It's driving me crazy now.

Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: chronovore on September 20, 2009, 01:35:55 PM
Also, this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Virtual_Hydlide_Box_Art.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Virtual_Hydlide_Box_Art.jpg)
Holy shit I just watched a youtube of this. :yuck

[youtube=560,345]rS6dOJGz0bg[/youtube]

That guy's linoleum armor is pretty boss.
Title: Re: Infinte Undiscovery is the worst RPG I've ever played
Post by: Don Flamenco on September 20, 2009, 02:31:10 PM
those physics are fucking sick for the time! :lol  and I don't think the industry even caught up to CleavageView™.  I mean, games still use HUDs for christ's sake...why have a fucking HUD when the main character can just ANNOUNCE how many bullets are left?!! 

King Kong does this...


yeah, but it's not Minnie Driver announcing it. 

the best is when she goes "I think 10 bullets are left."  Bitch, you bettah know fo sho, you've got raptors who want to tear off your one arm.