What are you playing?

[Eric P]

i'm playing POOP Oblivion.

or will be as soon as I can get some goddamn breathing room.

Summer music schedule is heating up and it's going to be show after show after show for a while

[magus]

i gave it a spin to wind waker again and i really wish i could step on the foot of the people who decided to create that goddamned forsaken fortress,and the whole collect 80 rupee to buy the sail,and staring at the sea while waiting around looking like the most bored guy ever...
i'm not sure how the heck i was able to finish the game the first time

maybe i should give majora another spin

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still love the figurine sidequest
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[magus]

i have the worst luck ever
i did the whole majora mask intro when the game crashed right as i was playing the song of time so i could be done with it!
should have continued from my last save which started somewhere at the goron dungeon

[Joe Molotov]

Picked up Shadow Complex on sale for 560 spacebucks and I've been rocking that.

[Saint Cornelius]

I tried to play the latest Yugioh game for the DS, thinking that since I'm a Magic: The Gathering fan (and a big Card Fighters Clash fan) I'd find something to like, but godDAMN does that fucking game suck.

So now I'm waiting for Ragnarok DS to arrive.

[magus]

i'm sorry i don't see how could somebody like cardfighter clash but declares yu-gi-oh to outright suck

[Saint Cornelius]

i'm sorry i don't see how could somebody like cardfighter clash but declares yu-gi-oh to outright suck

because cardfighter clash was simple, straightforward, and easy to understand.

yugioh is fucking ridiculous. play the card horizontally or vertically! play from your main deck, or your second weird deck! this creature and this creature combine to make this creature, but ONLY if you have a certain card in your hand!

what the fuck? I was longing for the simplicity of M:tG.

(note: when I say "Cardfighters Clash" I mean the one for the Neo Geo Pocket - the one for the DS was a clusterfuck)

[magus]

yes i understood and my point was that cardfighter clash was too simple

yu-gi-oh isn't really that hard to understand,i can explain it if you want

[The Sceneman]

Finally finished 1000/10000 in Blood in the Sand.

Took us less than 3 hours to beat.

Being able to taunt during cutscenes is the shit. Hearing yayo yell FUCKING DIE PUSSY while 50 is talking to some bitch is awesome.

that game is good. "Wheres your boss bitch"

The ending is incredible:

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50 goes through so much crap to get that skull, then he just puts it on the dashboard of his hummer and sticks a lit cigar in its mouth

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[Saint Cornelius]

yes i understood and my point was that cardfighter clash was too simple

  I liked CFC, I... I don't care what you think  :'(

yu-gi-oh isn't really that hard to understand,i can explain it if you want

Don't worry man, I sent it back already. Crossing my fingers that a Duels of the Planeswalkers port comes to the DS (or 3DS, whatever)

[naff]

XENOBLADE

fuck, it's FFXII over again.  I'm going to have 90 hours in this sucker by next week I bet ^^;

I hope the Nintendo backing of this and Last Story gets them western releases. I'd think it was all but confirmed with Nintendos involvement. Here's hoping.

[naff]

This is for the wii?  Why does it look like it has effort in it?!

...and apparently the game has dropped off NoA's list of published titles as of today.  NoA is such a joke.

WHAT?!

[Bebpo]

Xenoblade:

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Wii game of forever

Almost 40 hours now.  Still not halfway!

[Joe Molotov]

That's all? I thought you were playing it like 20 hours a day.

[Bebpo]

I am no demi

The max I can game in a day is 5-8 hours and I don't game on tues/wed each week.

[Raban]

Omggggg, if this doesn't get localized I'm going to take a dump on NOA's front door.

[The Sceneman]

This is for the wii?  Why does it look like it has effort in it?!

...and apparently the game has dropped off NoA's list of published titles as of today.  NoA is such a joke.

WHAT?!

NoA

[WrikaWrek]

Is the story good Bebpo?

[Bebpo]

Sure.  It's not cutscene heavy, but what is there is interesting and so far there aren't any animu/generic characters.  It's fairly well written for what it is.

The only thing negative I'd say is that you can pretty much see most of the twists in the first half from a mile away because the main character has the ability to see the future and so he'll see clips of scenes from further in the game.  But him knowing what's coming and how he deals with it is also part of the plot so I'll let it fly.  I have NO clue what is going to happen after the halfway point though.

[tiesto]

Now up to Arena 45 in ROF. Should have that and (hopefully) Neverland done this Sunday which is the next chance I get to play. Then I can put it aside finally... will probably replay a new game+ really quickly at a later date just to get the Platinum.

[Bebpo]

Actually the story kicked up a lot tonight.  Closer to a normal rpg like FF at this point.  Though you still can explore whenever and do 100s of sidequests and rare mob hunts.  The story is very Xenogears/Xenosaga/Soma Bringer.   All of Takahashi's games have pretty similar themes and styles.  I really dig his worldviews and epic lore, so I'm loving it.

If anyone's worried the game isn't going to give you the Xeno~ feel, these slightly spoilerish location pictures will get rid of those worries.

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[tiesto]

Damn that looks impressive. 3rd pic gives me the Great Crystal from FF12 vibes, kinda.
Of course I never played any Xeno games.

Borys, go play Xenogears now (on the PC emu with upscaled graphics of course)... it's a flawed game but extremely unique.

[magus]

xenogears is awesome but something tells me borys wouldn't like it

[Bebpo]

I dunno, I think borys would love Xenogears.  It's a huge adventure with good gameplay, awesome locations, and a crazy story.  Also great graphics+music.

The only reason some people don't like Xenogears is that it gets very dialogue heavy on the 2nd disc when they ran out of time and budget and had to recap a lot of events through dialogue that they couldn't afford to recreate.  And some people don't like Takahashi's plots, I guess. 

[Smooth Groove]

Bebpo, how are you capturing those Wii shots?  Can it do HD as well?  I'm interested in getting a good and cheap device for capturing console games. 

Damn that looks impressive. 3rd pic gives me the Great Crystal from FF12 vibes, kinda.
Of course I never played any Xeno games.

I played a bit of Xenosaga 1.  It wasn't as horrible as Drinky made it out to be but the gameplay to cutscene ratio was horrendous. 

[Bebpo]

I'm just taking off-screen photos. 

Game will look a lot nicer if you play it through an emu and natively render it at 1080p, 60fps with AA

[Smooth Groove]

But I can't read Japanese. 

[Bebpo]

Hope NoA cares about rpgs next year!   

[Smooth Groove]

Yeah, I'm actually interested in playing this.  It looks more fun than most of the next-gen JRPGS.  JRPGS have been so weird this gen.  It's like JRPGS makers suddenly can't do interesting story or gameplay anymore because they're devoting all their efforts to making HD graphics, which generally don't even look that good. 

[Beezy]

Hope NoA cares about rpgs next year!   

I hope anyone does. This E3 had none.

[Smooth Groove]

Beezy, Bioware is the new Square!

[Beezy]

I can live with that, but I still need my flashy number and stat battle systems.

I think I'll be able to jump on the handheld RPG train with 3DS since its graphics aren't shit like the DS.

[tiesto]

Yeah, I'm actually interested in playing this.  It looks more fun than most of the next-gen JRPGS.  JRPGS have been so weird this gen.  It's like JRPGS makers suddenly can't do interesting story or gameplay anymore because they're devoting all their efforts to making HD graphics, which generally don't even look that good. 

Try Valkyria Chronicles and Resonance of Fate... very creative and interesting gameplay in both games, probably my 2 fave RPGs this gen.

[magus]

saint cornelius
duels of the planeswalkers got a steam release but to be fair it's quite disappointing,when i heard you could only play with pre-maded deck i didn't have any problem with it
what they don't tell you is that there is a great total of 11 decks,5 of them are monocolors and only have basic cards you would find in the basic sets,the other 6 are more colorfull but still make for an incredibly low and boring number (also on note,3 of those deck are from the expansion)

for the curious the multicolor one are
green/black elf deck
green/red warrior deck
blue/black artifact deck
blue/white mill deck
green/red/white naya
green/red/black jund

it's pretty clear that this game was done just to fish for potential buyer for the actual tcg,it doesn't even feature planeswalkers card which is weird considering the game is called "duels of the planeswalkers" and you see them everywhere plastered trough the game

[demi]

Cornelius just download Pokemon TCG for GameBoy

There's actually a translation being done for the sequel that never came out. It will probably never be done, but theres a beta patch you can grab here:

http://tcg2.110mb.com/download.html

[Bebpo]

Yeah, I'm actually interested in playing this.  It looks more fun than most of the next-gen JRPGS.  JRPGS have been so weird this gen.  It's like JRPGS makers suddenly can't do interesting story or gameplay anymore because they're devoting all their efforts to making HD graphics, which generally don't even look that good. 

Try Valkyria Chronicles and Resonance of Fate... very creative and interesting gameplay in both games, probably my 2 fave RPGs this gen.

I don't know if I'd recommend VC outside of the anime rpg fanbase.  The strategy gameplay is good but it's really surrounded by tons of anime stuff and the whole thing is very slowly and at times cumbersome.  I'm still about halfway through my playthrough (chapter 11 of 19, stopped to play Alpha Protocol and then Xenoblade) and I think it's a really good core strategy game that has a lot of unneeded junk.  I'm hoping VC2 makes a lot of interface improvements to make it even better.

Resonance of Fate on the other hand is an rpg for anyone who likes gameplay.  It's fast and to the point and is just 50-60 hours of great gameplay with enjoyable storytelling.  The arena is a grind though and not worth it.

[magus]

Cornelius just download Pokemon TCG for GameBoy

There's actually a translation being done for the sequel that never came out. It will probably never be done, but theres a beta patch you can grab here:

http://tcg2.110mb.com/download.html

duel masters for the gba is a really cool magic the gathering clone
but play the japanese version,the us one is made by a different company and the AI is dumber than a chicken,the interface is horrible and the game is just ugly as hell,it doesn't even have the art for the original cards

just use a list to see what each card does like this one
http://www.ccgdb.com/
and you are set

anyway i'm in the mood of an rpg but i really don't know what to pick,everything so familiar except the older dragon quest (like dragon quest 3) which i try to play and then put down frustated at the whole "here! waste 2 minute fighting 6 slime,bet you can't wait to repeat this in 30 seconds uh?" ordeal
it just feels like it move too slow

maybe final fantasy 9?

[demi]

Play PArasite Eve

[archie4208]

I've restarted Arcanum three times because I am so indecisive about which character I wanted to play.  I started out as a gnome thief, then an ogre warrior and now I'm an elf mage. 

The game world is very unique and the voice acting (so far) isn't terrible!

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Playing Final Fantasy XIII.  I'm at Chapter 3.  The biggest bitch I have about the game is that the game is oversimplified.  Simple Simon fighting strategies and upgrade system.  However the game is shiny and flashy enough for me to press on but I skip virtually every cutscene that I come across.  Vanille is nails-on-chalkboard annoying (the voice actress has some fantastic tits though) with the rest of the cast being the stereotypical JRPG personalities we've all come to know and love.  That isn't a huge problem but FFXIII just seems "off" as a game.  I'll keep playing and probably re-rent the game at a later date.

[magus]

i went with brave fencer musashi,what's the bore opinion on the PS2 sequel?
and on breath of fire 4? it's one of the few psx rpg i never touched

[demi]

Musashi PS2 - poop

BOF4 - good, can get hard (actually has a PC version too)

[Madrun Badrun]

Just beat Bayanetta on normal, so fucking good.  Going to play it again and again.

[Smooth Groove]

Just beat Bayanetta on normal, so fucking good.  Going to play it again and again.

Must be using one hand mode. 

[ManaByte]

Rock Band 2 Addicted. Basically have all the exports I want until RB3.
M:TG Playing on Steam now. Good improvement over the XBLA version.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

Musashi 2 isn't bad, it just isn't as good as the original.

[demi]

Meaning it's bad, thanks for clarifying

[iconoclast]

I marathoned Deadly Premonition over the last couple days and just finished it. Pretty good game. The combat is garbage and the story was a little predictable, but I still really enjoyed it.

I 1000'd Tetris Evolution too. Decent Tetris game, I guess. I'd like to play one of the Tetris Grand Master games though, just to see what the best Tetris games are like.

[Don Flamenco]

Playing Final Fantasy XIII.  I'm at Chapter 3.  The biggest bitch I have about the game is that the game is oversimplified.  Simple Simon fighting strategies and upgrade system.  However the game is shiny and flashy enough for me to press on but I skip virtually every cutscene that I come across.  Vanille is nails-on-chalkboard annoying (the voice actress has some fantastic tits though) with the rest of the cast being the stereotypical JRPG personalities we've all come to know and love.  That isn't a huge problem but FFXIII just seems "off" as a game.  I'll keep playing and probably re-rent the game at a later date.

chapter 11 is awesome.   it's tough getting there, though.

[Vizzys]

been playing some pokemon the card game for gameboycolor on an DS emulator (lameboy ds) since I saw demi mention it and I wanted some nostalgia

 pokemon design has got pretty bad now though, like half these pokemon dont even show up in the newer games either and they really should

[demi]

I just Solo'd Crawmerax on Borderlands. That is so beast.

[magus]

i started replaying brave fencer musashi because i remember it being good but it's even better than what i remembered! i don't know what's sadder,the fact that square-enix once made game like this or that action rpg in this vein are completly forgotten yet as soon as nintendo announce a new zelda everybody is already on the wagon,no matter what

[demi]

I remember getting pissed on the final boss cause I didnt know how to beat him. Then I discovered you had to absorb his shell and I slapped my forehead up

[Beezy]

Just started playing Mirror's Edge, whoever called it best (and only?) first person platformer was right on the money. Great game: frustrating at your first attempt at any level, fun on subsequent tries, wicked trial mode, and finally the free Pure DLC .

[MCD]

Run the Gauntlet
Complete "Desperate Escape" on Professional.

HEY CAPCOM

FUCK YOU

[Smooth Groove]

For those of you who played Mirror's Edge, it says in the controls option that R1/RB turns your character 90/180 degrees, but when I press it I do a 180 turn and that's it. How do I do a 90 turn?

Probably an error.  There's only a 180 turn in the PC game and the tutorial never mentions a 90 turn. 

[tiesto]

Beat Bowser's Inside Story and Resonance of Fate (including the Neverland bonus dungeon!) finally... now gonna play some Galaxy 2... and next week, Sin and Punishment 2

After that I'm thinking finally playing Bayonetta.

[Third]

Fuck, I haven't played a game in a month. I think I need a new hobby. 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

inFamous.

I was just playing for 2 hours straight when my PS3 froze.  All that progress, down the shitter.

I can't believe there's no fucking autosave in this game.    Sucker Punch

[Positive Touch]

Just started playing Mirror's Edge, whoever called it best (and only?) first person platformer was right on the money. Great game: frustrating at your first attempt at any level, fun on subsequent tries, wicked trial mode, and finally the free Pure DLC .

wait wtf?  how is the dlc free?  please do not say pc version

i started replaying brave fencer musashi because i remember it being good but it's even better than what i remembered! i don't know what's sadder,the fact that square-enix once made game like this or that action rpg in this vein are completly forgotten yet as soon as nintendo announce a new zelda everybody is already on the wagon,no matter what

ugh i tried to play this a year ago.  i loved it back when it came out, but now it just feels really slow and easy.  and the day/night cycle was really annoying and forced you to wait around way too much.  decent game but i think it gets remembered  with a little more fondness than it deservers, kinda like parasite eve