Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4669087 times)

magus · « **Reply #10740 on:** April 03, 2011, 07:15:19 PM »

like the opinion of people that paid for it holds more merit

anyway i seems to understand that the extra character is the annoying,chirpy little girl a-la anise from tales of abyss so after thinking it for a while maybe it is better this way....

demi · « **Reply #10741 on:** April 03, 2011, 07:29:13 PM »

Well, yeah. It's not even worthwhile additions. The Graces F port is worth complaining about.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10742 on:** April 03, 2011, 10:43:18 PM »

lol, American PS3 only owners are still butthurt about not being able to play Vesperia on their shitbox. Lets face it, if they really like JRPGS they would have shelled out for the Xbro 360 years ago.

Also PS3 is not region locked, they could have just imported Vesperia for PS3 and grew a set of balls and learned japanese. No sympathy

demi · « **Reply #10743 on:** April 03, 2011, 11:59:51 PM »

I fought one of those Deathmasks on the final floor of FF4's dungeon, and I got the rarest drop from them (Glass Mask).

It's just one of those moments where it's all a-ok. Wish I could get the Pink Tail... knowing I am going to die and never get Adamant Armor :'(

magus · « **Reply #10744 on:** April 04, 2011, 07:13:04 AM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

that's it! when i was playing FF13 my first tought was exactly "boy how i wish i was playing the most incredibly annoying memory game i have ever experienced instead of going down the tube!"

naff · « **Reply #10745 on:** April 04, 2011, 07:25:17 AM »

I helped Sceneman out one afternoon with the table waiting in ToV i.e. reciting what I thought they ordered. You have to do it with each separate character to the end in order to get their special outfit smh

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10746 on:** April 04, 2011, 07:26:24 AM »

it was shit, but you unlock sweet new outfits for your dudes so it's worth it

Kitty Cat Rita

magus · « **Reply #10747 on:** April 04, 2011, 07:50:54 AM »

you know with other character it's bearable,it's only with rita and raven that it gets too stupid

I WANT
ITEM 1 26
ITEM 7 23
NO WAIT SCRATCH THAT
ITEM 3 19
NO WAIT SCRATCH THAT
ITEM 2 9
NO WAIT SCRATCH THAT
ITEM 5 10
ITEM 3 24
NO WAIT SCRATCH THAT

tiesto · « **Reply #10748 on:** April 04, 2011, 09:07:51 AM »

Started up on NIER this weekend. I like it a lot, although I'm not very far in (up to the junk heap). It reminds me of a non-shitty Infinite Undiscovery for some reason. The graphics aren't anything to write home about, but they get the job done. Music is really nice, and the story seems a bit quaint so far... perhaps I have to play more to see where all the praise comes from?

What I really like about the game is how fast your character moves - especially with the ability to jump and dash, it really makes traveling through the environments a blast. The sidequest memo is great too, reminiscent of The Witcher's, a bit. The best parts of the game so far are the goats who kick you, and BOAR DRIFTING

The only things I don't like are, the boar controls are a bit sluggish, it takes a while to get up (and enemies like to beat you when you're down), you get knocked back too easily when you get hit... and of course the DOLPHINS in the ocean of the Seaside town

Diunx · « **Reply #10749 on:** April 04, 2011, 10:41:31 AM »

Lol they had that waiting tables shit in abyss too, I just took a pic of the screen when everyone screemed their order.

Raban · « **Reply #10750 on:** April 04, 2011, 12:18:48 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on April 04, 2011, 09:07:51 AM

Started up on NIER this weekend. I like it a lot, although I'm not very far in (up to the junk heap). It reminds me of a non-shitty Infinite Undiscovery for some reason. The graphics aren't anything to write home about, but they get the job done. Music is really nice, and the story seems a bit quaint so far... perhaps I have to play more to see where all the praise comes from?

What I really like about the game is how fast your character moves - especially with the ability to jump and dash, it really makes traveling through the environments a blast. The sidequest memo is great too, reminiscent of The Witcher's, a bit. The best parts of the game so far are the goats who kick you, and BOAR DRIFTING

The only things I don't like are, the boar controls are a bit sluggish, it takes a while to get up (and enemies like to beat you when you're down), you get knocked back too easily when you get hit... and of course the DOLPHINS in the ocean of the Seaside town

I'm not sure why people here found the story to be any more than wacky bullshit. If you're not a fan of the story at this juncture, it only gets more lol.

But thank you for highlighting the mobility in this game. That's why I keep defending Nier's gameplay. Too few games nowadays give you as much control over your character's movement and it's really awesome zipping around levels. Later on, the combat gets fucking HOT (the game starts drowning you in dudes to fight) and my god it's so good.

EDIT: It makes me want to pop it back in and play some more but I think somebody snuck into my house and replaced my copy of the game with text.

Himu · « **Reply #10751 on:** April 04, 2011, 12:37:28 PM »

nier bores me

Raban · « **Reply #10752 on:** April 04, 2011, 12:43:16 PM »

you bore me

magus · « **Reply #10753 on:** April 04, 2011, 02:18:52 PM »

the dog map side quest sounds like a huge pain in the ass,but i'm taking it as a chance to master more cooking recipes,scanning more monsters and gathering some extra materials,am i supposed to mark the whole map? can i mark the sea?

also i flied all over the world but the map achievement didn't unlock,you guys think i missed a tiny pixel that's hard to notice or something like that?

demi · « **Reply #10754 on:** April 04, 2011, 02:32:35 PM »

Yes. Enjoy

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Also leaving your game on for 10 hours flying

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Diunx · « **Reply #10755 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:13:48 PM »

You achievements whores are crazy

demi · « **Reply #10756 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:16:12 PM »

I got dope ass guns. Can take out Crawmerax solo.

demi · « **Reply #10757 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:28:38 PM »

Invite me tonite I'll help

magus · « **Reply #10758 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:33:20 PM »

Quote from: Diunx on April 04, 2011, 03:13:48 PM

You achievements whores are crazy

i'm not an achievement whores but i like to 100% finish whatever rpg i'm playing if it doesn't involve doing anything too stupid,basicaly as long as i don't have to murder a level 100 monster over and over in the hope he drops a 1% drops

demi · « **Reply #10759 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:41:30 PM »

Yes... we all use the same excuse

magus · « **Reply #10760 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:49:29 PM »

but i don't even have an internet connection to use for bragging rights

demi · « **Reply #10761 on:** April 04, 2011, 03:56:09 PM »

Which makes you -doubly- weird and OCD

Bocsius · « **Reply #10762 on:** April 04, 2011, 06:51:53 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 02, 2011, 11:23:58 PM

Quote from: Bocsius on April 02, 2011, 11:21:13 PM
Playing Baldur's Gate. Having a difficult time keeping my party alive in the early going. With so few hit points, it's not difficult for a single blow to kill somebody.

The combat from those Bioware/Black Isle RPGs from the 90's was really brutal. It's complex and hard as nails, totally unforgiving. Basically, you have to treat every single battle as a boss battle and dig through each character's quirks and skills looking for the right combination to win.

I also think my choice of class wasn't really a good one. I'm playing as a Scorcerer (enabled via running the game under BG1Tutu), which seemed like a good idea at the time. But, I don't know, the mage seems pretty week, and I'd probably be better off if I had just selected a fighter. I could use another tank, after all. If I could change my class right now without starting over, I would probably do it.

naff · « **Reply #10763 on:** April 04, 2011, 07:15:36 PM »

Quote from: magus on April 04, 2011, 03:49:29 PM

but i don't even have an internet connection to use for bragging rights

I was going to comment on this aspect of your whoring. As Demi said, weird and OCD. I mean, once you lose your 360 (inevitable it will break btw) you'll lose all your achievement data and you cannot sync your offline profile to an online profile in future. If you made a online profile then stayed offline using that you could sync it at a later date though (well it would do it automatically as soon as you went online).

demi · « **Reply #10764 on:** April 04, 2011, 10:55:09 PM »

I GOT YOU GOOD YOU FUCKERRRRRRRR

demi · « **Reply #10765 on:** April 05, 2011, 09:21:55 AM »

Yes, makes it more epic

magus · « **Reply #10766 on:** April 05, 2011, 01:48:55 PM »

i was wandering trough the world map of vesperia since i didn't have any idea where to go next,when i was attacked by a giant humanoid match,it wasn't a goblin,it wasn't an orc,it wasn't a giant rat/spider/scorpion,it wasn't neither a zombie or a skeleton,it was a giant humanoid match,and it attacked by bowing his head and telling me he was sorry,and after i defeated it,he dropped a tie,and that's why JRPG will always be better than any western crap

deal with it usafag

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #10767 on:** April 05, 2011, 06:38:10 PM »

Quote from: magus on April 05, 2011, 01:48:55 PM

i was wandering trough the world map of vesperia since i didn't have any idea where to go next,when i was attacked by a giant humanoid match,it wasn't a goblin,it wasn't an orc,it wasn't a giant rat/spider/scorpion,it wasn't neither a zombie or a skeleton,it was a giant humanoid match,and it attacked by bowing his head and telling me he was sorry,and after i defeated it,he dropped a tie,and that's why JRPG will always be better than any western crap

deal with it usafag

I would deal with it, if I knew what the fuck a giant humanoid match was

magus · « **Reply #10768 on:** April 05, 2011, 06:44:12 PM »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match

this with legs and arms?

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #10769 on:** April 05, 2011, 07:11:39 PM »

Quote from: magus on April 05, 2011, 06:44:12 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match

this with legs and arms?

A humanoid match is your JRPERGER Revelation? Lol will not deal with it.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10770 on:** April 05, 2011, 08:18:34 PM »

lol

at least magus is happy about something in a game for once

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10771 on:** April 06, 2011, 01:22:30 AM »

started playing Diablo 2 last night. I had never played it before. Game is tiiiiiiight.

PC gaming

Raban · « **Reply #10772 on:** April 06, 2011, 02:32:02 AM »

Beat Silent Hill 3 on PS2.

I have never beaten a survival horror game until now. I've always found the genre so repulsive because of how awful the core gameplay usually is. Something in Silent Hill 3 kinda grabbed me (specifically it's extremely short length) and I was able to get through it. The visuals are absolutely stunning for a PS2 game and the soundtrack is really great. Never got to hear any of Yamaoka's legendary music until this game and I must concur with the masses. Shit's legit.

Either way, I think Killer 7's up next.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10773 on:** April 06, 2011, 02:33:57 AM »

SH3 fucking owns, and is super scary too.

Killer 7 is the best game ever made, hands down. Have I mentioned that 3 of my top5 games of all time are on Gamecube?

Is anyone up for a GC vs. N64 argument?

Raban · « **Reply #10774 on:** April 06, 2011, 02:37:23 AM »

Gamecube

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10775 on:** April 06, 2011, 02:39:48 AM »

yep, home to Resident Evil 4, Killer 7, and Baten Kaitos Origins. Better than PS2 for those reasons IMO. (yes I know Re4 and Killer 7 are on PS2 also but the GC versions are superior.)

PS2 has a much larger library of good games of course.

magus · « **Reply #10776 on:** April 06, 2011, 05:28:18 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on April 05, 2011, 08:18:34 PM

lol

at least magus is happy about something in a game for once

unlike someone else who's never happy about me :'(

EDIT: GRAAAAAAAAAARGGHHHHH I WANT TO SMASH EVERYTHING,THIS SECRET MISSION IS SO distinguished mentally-challenged AND EVERYTIME I WANT TO TRY IT AGAIN I HAVE TO SUFFER TROUGH A 5 MINUTE CUTSCENE BECAUSE GAIJIN AREN'T WORTH OF A SKIP SCENE FEATURE

FUCK YOU NAMCO FOR MAKING A GOOD GAME AND THEN PISSING ON IT!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10777 on:** April 06, 2011, 07:24:30 AM »

what secret mission is it. I can help. Trust me.

magus · « **Reply #10778 on:** April 06, 2011, 07:28:17 AM »

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against schwartz/notraven,i always seems to end up too close when he does his mystic arte,by the time i'm on my feet,he already stopped clutching his heart,and if i try to go outside his range,he either decide to not use his mystic arte or he starts chasing after yuri,which leads to the previous scenario,and when the stars aline and he uses his mystic arte without hitting yuri,yuri is too far to hit him with azure fang before he stops clutching his heart!

if i had a way to force him to use his mystic arte more than once this wouldn't be so frustating

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chronovore · « **Reply #10779 on:** April 06, 2011, 08:04:24 AM »

Just finished The Saboteur for the full 1000 gamerscore. It was much better than Mercenaries 2, and I think it got a bad rap, overall. Will post more impressions in der official thread. ACHTUNG!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10780 on:** April 06, 2011, 08:40:09 AM »

Quote from: magus on April 06, 2011, 07:28:17 AM

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against schwartz/notraven,i always seems to end up too close when he does his mystic arte,by the time i'm on my feet,he already stopped clutching his heart,and if i try to go outside his range,he either decide to not use his mystic arte or he starts chasing after yuri,which leads to the previous scenario,and when the stars aline and he uses his mystic arte without hitting yuri,yuri is too far to hit him with azure fang before he stops clutching his heart!

if i had a way to force him to use his mystic arte more than once this wouldn't be so frustating
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do you have the push 'X' recover skill? Equip that. If you dont you can leave the dungeon and buy the weapon and learn it. When this is equipped you can just push X to get up right away (sometimes in midair if you time it right!). You can then get up fast and hit him with azure fang. It may still take a couple of tries though

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The Sceneman · « **Reply #10781 on:** April 06, 2011, 08:40:34 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on April 06, 2011, 08:04:24 AM

Just finished The Saboteur for the full 1000 gamerscore. It was much better than Mercenaries 2, and I think it got a bad rap, overall. Will post more impressions in der official thread. ACHTUNG!

nice! Is it worth playing?

magus · « **Reply #10782 on:** April 06, 2011, 08:48:03 AM »

well i have been pretty anal in learning everything and keeping every sword i find so i think i should have that... i'll try to see if that does the trick

pilonv1 · « **Reply #10783 on:** April 06, 2011, 09:12:55 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on April 06, 2011, 08:04:24 AM

Just finished The Saboteur for the full 1000 gamerscore. It was much better than Mercenaries 2, and I think it got a bad rap, overall. Will post more impressions in der official thread. ACHTUNG!

You're more man than I could ever be. Can't imagine putting the hours in to 1000 that.

Himu · « **Reply #10784 on:** April 06, 2011, 09:40:42 AM »

Quote from: Raban on April 06, 2011, 02:32:02 AM

Beat Silent Hill 3 on PS2.

I have never beaten a survival horror game until now. I've always found the genre so repulsive because of how awful the core gameplay usually is. Something in Silent Hill 3 kinda grabbed me (specifically it's extremely short length) and I was able to get through it. The visuals are absolutely stunning for a PS2 game and the soundtrack is really great. Never got to hear any of Yamaoka's legendary music until this game and I must concur with the masses. Shit's legit.

Either way, I think Killer 7's up next.

get Silent Hill 2. SH3's gameplay is better but SH2's story owns.

killer 7 is top 5 best games last gen. bow down

Himu · « **Reply #10785 on:** April 06, 2011, 09:41:26 AM »

told you tales of vesperia owns, magus

magus · « **Reply #10786 on:** April 06, 2011, 10:36:02 AM »

recover did the trick

Quote from: Stringer Bell on April 06, 2011, 09:41:26 AM

told you tales of vesperia owns, magus

it would be a better game if there was no estelle,there should have been no estelle and two ravens! that would have been perfect

chronovore · « **Reply #10787 on:** April 06, 2011, 10:39:59 AM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on April 06, 2011, 08:40:34 AM

Quote from: chronovore on April 06, 2011, 08:04:24 AM
Just finished The Saboteur for the full 1000 gamerscore. It was much better than Mercenaries 2, and I think it got a bad rap, overall. Will post more impressions in der official thread. ACHTUNG!

nice! Is it worth playing?

It depends on what you like in your OWGs. I enjoyed it a lot; I definitely enjoyed it more than I expected, with all the reviews lambasting it for being clunky and derivative. It -IS- clunky and derivative, but not obtrusively so.

Quote from: pilonv1 on April 06, 2011, 09:12:55 AM

Quote from: chronovore on April 06, 2011, 08:04:24 AM
Just finished The Saboteur for the full 1000 gamerscore. It was much better than Mercenaries 2, and I think it got a bad rap, overall. Will post more impressions in der official thread. ACHTUNG!

You're more man than I could ever be. Can't imagine putting the hours in to 1000 that.

Naw, I just have a lot of tolerance for sandbox games. What about it turned you off?

Raban · « **Reply #10788 on:** April 06, 2011, 01:07:31 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on April 06, 2011, 09:40:42 AM

Quote from: Raban on April 06, 2011, 02:32:02 AM
Beat Silent Hill 3 on PS2.

I have never beaten a survival horror game until now. I've always found the genre so repulsive because of how awful the core gameplay usually is. Something in Silent Hill 3 kinda grabbed me (specifically it's extremely short length) and I was able to get through it. The visuals are absolutely stunning for a PS2 game and the soundtrack is really great. Never got to hear any of Yamaoka's legendary music until this game and I must concur with the masses. Shit's legit.

Either way, I think Killer 7's up next.

get Silent Hill 2. SH3's gameplay is better but SH2's story owns.

killer 7 is top 5 best games last gen. bow down

I tried playing SH2 and couldn't. I might go back to it some time, but yeah. Survival horror games + me = no. But I'll keep giving it chances.

Robo · « **Reply #10789 on:** April 06, 2011, 01:08:32 PM »

I was browsing a thread on Shoryuken.com concerning the game speed of SSF2T:HDR and it devolves into a sad debate over input lag, then CRT vs. HDTVs, then 4:3 vs. 16:9 aspect ratio in a tournament setting, and finally boils down to a competition of the most pure gaming rigs:

Ariel assist is so OP.

Raban · « **Reply #10790 on:** April 06, 2011, 01:19:15 PM »

@ Super Turbo Ariel

Diunx · « **Reply #10791 on:** April 06, 2011, 02:24:17 PM »

I think I'm near the end of P3 I just got the big revelation from the death arcana shadow, too bad they won't let me fucking go to tartarus.

archie4208 · « **Reply #10792 on:** April 06, 2011, 02:43:08 PM »

Looks like Borys's old setup.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #10793 on:** April 06, 2011, 04:39:56 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on April 06, 2011, 02:43:08 PM

Looks like Borys's old setup.

Before he traded up to that sweet, sweet S-Video.

magus · « **Reply #10794 on:** April 06, 2011, 04:45:59 PM »

you know i'm really pissed at the direction the plot is taking,at first it was cool,it was like code geass but without suzaku and the distinguished mentally-challenged plot twist!

now it just turned into tales of symphonia

iconoclast · « **Reply #10795 on:** April 06, 2011, 04:51:02 PM »

CRTs, never to be beaten.

I want to buy the Panasonic Viera X1 so bad, since it has 0-1 frames of input lag, which is godlike for an LCD. Too bad they stopped producing them and are thus super rare. Someone finally made a good gaming LCD and of course it's unpossible to find. $:-\$

Bebpo · « **Reply #10796 on:** April 06, 2011, 04:53:42 PM »

Quote from: magus on April 06, 2011, 04:45:59 PM

you know i'm really pissed at the direction the plot is taking,at first it was cool,it was like code geass but without suzaku and the distinguished mentally-challenged plot twist!

now it just turned into tales of symphonia

Yay, now you will see why Vesperia is just an average Tales game.

Awesome first half, amazing graphics, totally shit 2nd half. And very average battle system (for a Tales battle system) and cast is generic animu characters other than Yuri who rocks. Estelle is the worst offender.

Hopefully Xillia is like Vesperia except with a good battle system like Graces and a 2nd half that doesn't become awful.

magus · « **Reply #10797 on:** April 06, 2011, 05:02:19 PM »

i see nothing wrong with the battle system,it's exactly like tales of symphonia where you just chain hit like crazy,heck in fact now that i can do 6-hit combo - base arte - arcane arte - base arte it's even more kickass

it's a lot better than abyss with that stupid glyph system and character that were shoe-horned into roles

Diunx · « **Reply #10798 on:** April 06, 2011, 05:08:23 PM »

Abyss

Bebpo · « **Reply #10799 on:** April 06, 2011, 05:18:47 PM »

Quote from: magus on April 06, 2011, 05:02:19 PM

i see nothing wrong with the battle system,it's exactly like tales of symphonia where you just chain hit like crazy,heck in fact now that i can do 6-hit combo - base arte - arcane arte - base arte it's even more kickass

it's a lot better than abyss with that stupid glyph system and character that were shoe-horned into roles

It's boring. You do 6 hit combo -> base -> arcane art -> base art then repeat over and over and over and over again. It's the equivalent of playing FFX and hitting X every battle.

Judith is the only good character from a gameplay perspective since she can do some neat air juggling. Yuri's combat is boring. It starts off fun and could maybe be enough for a 30 hour game, but by 50 hours in he is so boring to play as. I did the entire 2nd half of the game as Judith.

Graces, Destiny R are a lot more free-form like a real fighting game and less just doing one combo over and over. Plus Destiny R has good air combat. Much, much better. Basically all Team Destiny battles systems are way better.

Abyss also has a better battle system because of the FoF/Glyph system. It's the same boring standard combat as Vesperia combat BUT building circles around the battlefield to modify moves into cooler more powerful version of moves at least gave it an interesting gimmick that kept it a little more fresh.

Like you said, Vesperia is like Symphonia. Symphonia is their worst battle system because it was their FIRST 3d battle system and so it was incredibly standard. Symphonia is the 3d equivalent to their early 2d battle systems like Phantasia/Destiny or even Eternia (although Eternia actually had some interesting combo systems). Their early 2d and 3d battle systems are simple, you do the standard hits, then your special move, then your bigger special move, then finish with hi-ougi. Repeat. Nothing much more than that. Then they started adding things to their 2d and 3d battle systems to make them more than that, but Vesperia was kind of a step back to the basics. Like I said, Judith's air juggle system is basically the only modern Tales part of the combat system.

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Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4669087 times)