Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4674411 times)

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #10440 on:** March 18, 2011, 12:42:39 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on March 17, 2011, 09:22:25 PM

Faye Wong is legit! She was in ChungKing Express & 2046

Wong Kar-Wai / Faye Wong / Uematsu / FF all somehow connected makes me

Gundam loves WKW as well. It's creepy how you weeaboos are all wired the same, almost like robots.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #10441 on:** March 18, 2011, 01:13:08 AM »

mega man zero games are also good

Diunx · « **Reply #10442 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:01:15 AM »

Quote from: Powerslave on March 17, 2011, 11:16:02 PM

anyone got some sweet GBA recommendations?

The gunstar heroes game and the Botkai series.

Bebpo · « **Reply #10443 on:** March 18, 2011, 07:50:56 AM »

I marathoned 6 hours straight and finished Catherine at 4:30am tonight.

Game was awesome and it was sooooooooooooooooooooooo SMT in difficulty/game design. The endgame reminded me of Nocturne's endgame. It was so, so hard. In fact, I'm pretty sure the endgame of Catherine is the hardest game I've ever played in my life. But it wasn't like the cheap kind of hard, and only one section was kind of badly designed. Instead it was the SMT kind of hard where it is well designed fucking hard and rewarding.

Really enjoyable story with excellent gameplay/level design and a ton of content. The main story was pretty long! Took me between 13-14 hours. Now there's the other gameplay-focused modes and the main story is pretty replayable because of dialogue choices and multiple endings. Still, I was planning on doing a 2nd run but I really really don't want to do that endgame ever again soooo probably will just youtube the other endings. Anyone who goes for 1000/1000 has my absolute most sympathy as you have to get all the endings which means doing the final dungeons several times and unlike rpgs, this isn't going to get much easier on later attempts. It's brutally difficult.

The graphics were quite nice. The cell-shading on the faces was outstanding. Almost looked like anime at times. A lot of the cutscenes were great too. Persona 5 is going to be sick looking like this. zomg.

A+ game, would buy again

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #10444 on:** March 18, 2011, 08:02:01 AM »

Isn't Catherine just a puzzle game? It's suprising that they can stretch out the game that long.

Diunx · « **Reply #10445 on:** March 18, 2011, 10:57:41 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on March 18, 2011, 07:50:56 AM

The graphics were quite nice. The cell-shading on the faces was outstanding. Almost looked like anime at times. A lot of the cutscenes were great too. Persona 5 is going to be sick looking like this. zomg.

A+ game, would buy again

Is this game announced? I was kind of hoping they would do SMT 4 before a new Persona.

demi · « **Reply #10446 on:** March 18, 2011, 10:59:23 AM »

No dummy.

magus · « **Reply #10447 on:** March 18, 2011, 12:32:18 PM »

got all weapon,got 1 million gold,done 30 sidequests,started to farm for materials to upgrade weapon,already fully upgraded 2 weapons,went trough the junk heap 3 times for the titanium alloys... seriously why the heck he need this item so much when i have to go trough all those enemies just to get 3 copies of them?

iconoclast · « **Reply #10448 on:** March 18, 2011, 12:42:08 PM »

You are in for a very long and boring grind if you're going to max out all weapons. It takes around the same amount of time as Treasure Hunter in FF13... maybe a little less.

Cravis · « **Reply #10449 on:** March 18, 2011, 12:55:47 PM »

Quote from: Powerslave on March 17, 2011, 11:16:02 PM

anyone got some sweet GBA recommendations?

Ninja Five-O
Car Battler Joe
River City Ransom EX
Double Dragon Advance

magus · « **Reply #10450 on:** March 18, 2011, 01:00:44 PM »

i think i might be the only guy on the earth who has actualy played car battler joe
who developed that anyway?

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #10451 on:** March 18, 2011, 01:41:59 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on March 18, 2011, 08:02:01 AM

Isn't Catherine just a puzzle game? It's suprising that they can stretch out the game that long.

It's a puzzle game mixed in with an ADV/visual novel.

Quote from: Smooth Groove on March 18, 2011, 12:42:39 AM

Quote from: Bebpo on March 17, 2011, 09:22:25 PM
Faye Wong is legit! She was in ChungKing Express & 2046

Wong Kar-Wai / Faye Wong / Uematsu / FF all somehow connected makes me

Gundam loves WKW as well. It's creepy how you weeaboos are all wired the same, almost like robots.

Bebpo · « **Reply #10452 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:24:08 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on March 18, 2011, 08:02:01 AM

Isn't Catherine just a puzzle game? It's suprising that they can stretch out the game that long.

It is, but the game structure is basically Persona 3/4-lite

Instead of school sim sections that can last like 30-60 mins between dungeon runs, you have bar sim sections
Instead of social links, you have well...social links but it's more like 6-10 instead of 20 something.
At night instead of climbing a tower dungeon with dungeon crawling, you climb a tower dungeon with block puzzles
Instead of having new enemies every few floors, you have new traps; block types
both have boss fights at each section of the tower

It's really, really similarly designed to P3/P4. Probably because the game was a test bed for getting ready to do P5 in an HD engine.

If you like P3/P4, you'll love Catherine. If you dislike P3/P4...depends on if you dislike it because of the gameplay or the game structure/story/music/art. If it's the former you might still like Catherine, if it's the latter you probably won't.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #10453 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:30:14 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on March 18, 2011, 02:24:08 PM

both have boss fights at each section of the tower

There are boss fights in Catherine? How they do play out?

demi · « **Reply #10454 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:34:42 PM »

Does Catherine have disgustingly embarassing vocal songs every minute?

Bebpo · « **Reply #10455 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:36:22 PM »

Nah, music is remixes of symphonic stuff.

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on March 18, 2011, 02:30:14 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on March 18, 2011, 02:24:08 PM
both have boss fights at each section of the tower

There are boss fights in Catherine? How they do play out?

Difficultly

demi · « **Reply #10456 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:44:13 PM »

Sounds much better than Persona 3/4 already

Diunx · « **Reply #10457 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:46:32 PM »

Quote from: demi on March 18, 2011, 02:34:42 PM

Does Catherine have disgustingly embarassing vocal songs every minute?

The music in persona 3 sucks soooooo much!

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #10458 on:** March 18, 2011, 03:37:07 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on March 18, 2011, 02:36:22 PM

Nah, music is remixes of symphonic stuff.

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on March 18, 2011, 02:30:14 PM
Quote from: Bebpo on March 18, 2011, 02:24:08 PM
both have boss fights at each section of the tower

There are boss fights in Catherine? How they do play out?

Difficultly

I actually wanted to know what they're like. Are they like the creepy baby thing that chases you up the tower in the demo, or is there more to it?

Bebpo · « **Reply #10459 on:** March 18, 2011, 05:13:50 PM »

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on March 18, 2011, 03:37:07 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on March 18, 2011, 02:36:22 PM
Nah, music is remixes of symphonic stuff.

Quote from: Mr. Gundam on March 18, 2011, 02:30:14 PM
Quote from: Bebpo on March 18, 2011, 02:24:08 PM
both have boss fights at each section of the tower

There are boss fights in Catherine? How they do play out?

Difficultly

I actually wanted to know what they're like. Are they like the creepy baby thing that chases you up the tower in the demo, or is there more to it?

It's like that, but the bosses do more than just chase you up the tower. They have boss attacks that are EVIL and will kill you or cause you to kill yourself. Like one of the bosses early on shoots confusion hearts and you have to hide and take cover to avoid them. If you get hit they reverse your controls for like 20 seconds and cause you to kill yourself >_< Some of the bosses are pretty psycho and you die a ton.

But the plus side of the boss fights are the climbing puzzles are like 100x easier during boss stages because bosses are mainly about dodging attacks and moving FAST FAST FAST so the game doesn't expect you to solve a puzzle that would normally take you 20 mins of trial and error or brain power to figure it out and move up. You just don't have time.

Because of this I found the boss stages to be harder than the non-boss stages for the first half and then the non-boss stages to be harder than the boss stages for the second half because the puzzles got insane and the bosses were a relief on the brain and more about reflexes.

Powerslave · « **Reply #10460 on:** March 18, 2011, 07:27:12 PM »

thanks for the recs guys, they all seem interesting. I think I'll try Astro Boy first.

Bebpo · « **Reply #10461 on:** March 18, 2011, 09:14:46 PM »

For my next X360 game, should I play Alan Wake or Halo Reach?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #10462 on:** March 18, 2011, 09:18:52 PM »

About 10 hours into Radiant Historia. I'm in Chapter 2.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Just met up with Princess Eruca in the AH; I'm fleeing the city from Hiess and Hugo in SH.

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #10463 on:** March 18, 2011, 09:30:08 PM »

Wheelman

I'm wandering around Barcelona as Vin Diesel and airjacking cars and exploding police cars with sideswipe attacks. Already better than GTAIV.

cool breeze · « **Reply #10464 on:** March 18, 2011, 09:43:35 PM »

Every so often I go back and try to like Contra 4

but I can't do it. It's just so not good!

iconoclast · « **Reply #10465 on:** March 18, 2011, 09:52:14 PM »

Contra 4 is really, really boring. As far as handheld run and guns go, I'd much rather play Metal Slug XX... and even that game is pretty meh.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #10466 on:** March 18, 2011, 10:25:06 PM »

Quote from: iconoclast on March 18, 2011, 09:52:14 PM

iContra 4 is really, really boring. As far as handheld run and guns go, I'd much rather play Metal Slug XX... and even that game is pretty meh.

Contra 4 HGOTG

Bebpo · « **Reply #10467 on:** March 18, 2011, 11:18:02 PM »

I'll never understand the Contra 4 hate. I tried the demo for Uprising and it seemed a lot worse than C4. The level design was empty and boring and the controls felt even more stiff than usual for Contra.

iconoclast · « **Reply #10468 on:** March 19, 2011, 07:34:19 AM »

One thing I really like about HC Uprising is the movement options. The normal run is fairly slow, but you get a dash, air dash, and sprint as well. Once you know where everything is on a level it's just fun as hell to blaze right through it, sprinting and dodging and flipping past everything.

Arc System Works

magus · « **Reply #10469 on:** March 19, 2011, 10:38:50 AM »

ATTENTION PEOPLE,DISSIDIA 012 FEATURES THIS

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MAKING IT AUTOMATICALY THE BEST FINAL FANTASY SPINOFF GAME EVAH

archie4208 · « **Reply #10470 on:** March 19, 2011, 10:58:01 AM »

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Much better

magus · « **Reply #10471 on:** March 19, 2011, 11:04:43 AM »

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

you happy?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #10472 on:** March 19, 2011, 11:05:49 AM »

[youtube=560,345]bDVQazMlm6Q[/youtube]

The bestest.

Quote from: magus on March 19, 2011, 11:04:43 AM

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

you happy?

magus · « **Reply #10473 on:** March 19, 2011, 11:09:53 AM »

that's even worse,you guys are seriously the worst ever

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #10474 on:** March 19, 2011, 11:21:14 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on March 18, 2011, 09:14:46 PM

For my next X360 game, should I play Alan Wake or Halo Reach?

Alan Wake since you care more about story, atmosphere, music more than gameplay.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #10475 on:** March 19, 2011, 11:51:59 AM »

+1 for Alan Wake.

I liked it a lot but it would have been so much better had they included all the dlc with the main game.

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #10476 on:** March 19, 2011, 12:57:12 PM »

Just got to level 20 as a racer in NFS Hot Pursuit. Currently level 17 as a cop. I need to get the rest of the online achievements, get to level 20 as a cop, then I can dive into Shift 2 Unleashed on the 29th.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #10477 on:** March 19, 2011, 01:01:00 PM »

Alan Wake vs. Halo Reach?

tbh... Halo. Alane Wake was good up until chapter 3 or 4. Was seriously downhill after that.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #10478 on:** March 19, 2011, 01:08:00 PM »

Halo ain't really that fun as a single player game, though. Unless you're doing a Legendary run. Otherwise I get real bored playing it on my own.

magus · « **Reply #10479 on:** March 19, 2011, 02:26:15 PM »

upgraded my first 5 weapons in nier,still this is so mind numbingly boring....... why the fuck those items are so rare?

anyway i have 2 questions for whoever finished the game

spoiler (click to show/hide)

the aerie assploded,does that mean i can't get any material from aerie until i start a new game? and if i do finish the game now that i have all the weapons but haven't got ending b what ending would i get?

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The Sceneman · « **Reply #10480 on:** March 19, 2011, 02:37:09 PM »

spoiler (click to show/hide)

yep, you'll have to grind for eagle eggs when youre going for ending C & D. Although the DLC dungeon does drop them, too.

you'll get ending B (and only B) if you haven't had it yet

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magus · « **Reply #10481 on:** March 19, 2011, 02:41:24 PM »

any tips on getting more pyrite? i'm searching for them in the junk heaps but so far i got only 1 and i'm starting to get really annoyed

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10482 on:** March 19, 2011, 02:44:08 PM »

iirc the shit drops pretty often in the barren temple

magus · « **Reply #10483 on:** March 19, 2011, 03:01:41 PM »

the barren temple is the one in the desert right? i went in and outside a few times but no harvest spot appeared... bad luck or wrong place?

The Sceneman · « **Reply #10484 on:** March 19, 2011, 03:10:10 PM »

yeah Desert Temple. Go in, and check the first rooms on each side for harvest points (and the pile of rubble straight ahead of you when you first enter. Repeat

iconoclast · « **Reply #10485 on:** March 19, 2011, 03:18:28 PM »

there's a trick to make getting rare pick ups easier. i think after you get something, instead of leaving the zone and reloading it, you can just suicide and see if the closest shiny next to you has respawned. if not, suicide again.

something like that.

magus · « **Reply #10486 on:** March 19, 2011, 03:35:20 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on March 19, 2011, 03:10:10 PM

yeah Desert Temple. Go in, and check the first rooms on each side for harvest points (and the pile of rubble straight ahead of you when you first enter. Repeat

yea got 4 pyrite so far doing this

Bebpo · « **Reply #10487 on:** March 19, 2011, 08:04:12 PM »

Got Blazblue CS from the Akysis sale.

Pretty cool BUT I CAN'T FUCKING BEAT HAZAMA arghh. It's so frustrating putting a cheap boss like this at the end of a looooooooong arcade mode because of 10 fights + load times. Took me like 45 mins to get to him and now I've spent 30 mins trying to beat him. If I turn off the system it'll all be for nothing. What a piece of shit. MAD

Bebpo · « **Reply #10488 on:** March 19, 2011, 08:20:03 PM »

Ok, fuck it. After an hour of fighting unlimited Hazama I took the disc out, got this close to breaking it in half and am shelving the game for eternity now. Cheapest boss in a fighting game ever. wtf. He blocks all my shit and then spams distortion attacks that do insane damage any time he blocks an attack of mine that has recovery frames.

archie4208 · « **Reply #10489 on:** March 19, 2011, 10:01:55 PM »

I've been on a big FPS kick recently so I replayed HL2 Ep 2 (

) and I just started F.E.A.R.

Diunx · « **Reply #10490 on:** March 19, 2011, 10:51:48 PM »

Bulletstorm is HOT!

Bebpo · « **Reply #10491 on:** March 19, 2011, 10:55:15 PM »

Everyone is loving Bulletstorm.

I'm all over it when they throw it up on a steam weekend deal.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #10492 on:** March 19, 2011, 11:05:31 PM »

Yet you'd buy it at full price if it's from Japan.

Bebpo · « **Reply #10493 on:** March 19, 2011, 11:22:29 PM »

Nah, I'd never buy it if it was from Japan!

Japanese FPS

I don't pay full price for FPS games because I don't enjoy the genre much anymore and because the campaigns are like 4-8 hours and I never touch the multiplayer. There was a time when I loved FPS games during the 90s, but these days I'm kind of bored of them.

magus · « **Reply #10494 on:** March 20, 2011, 08:29:32 AM »

okay after my pyrite trips i fully upgraded 5 more weapons bringing the total to 10,a lot of ingredient i'm missing seems to be random drops from shades (broken wristwatch,folklorn necklace and the like) considering that,maybe i should just finish the game and wait to see what i can get trough normal play before reaching

spoiler (click to show/hide)

the bit where the aerie assplode

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again?

iconoclast · « **Reply #10495 on:** March 20, 2011, 11:41:03 AM »

Trying to play Ketsui. My Xbox occasionally freezes in the middle of a run, which is pretty fucking frustrating. I can make it to stage 5 when things are going well, but I think a 1-ALL is still pretty far off. Maybe if I started using bombs instead of constantly dying with 3-4 in stock things would go better. I should be able to top my old high score though, gonna be practicing this more often.

Also, I wish I could replace the "Darkened" arrange in Ketsui Extra with the one in DFK BL. Then the game would be absolutely perfectly.
[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

magus · « **Reply #10496 on:** March 20, 2011, 12:46:46 PM »

i finished the new plot of dissidia,it's a little short but at least the character don't end up blabbering non sense,i guess i can always play the old game with the new addition (read FFVII battle music

)

i've dibbed a little on labyrinth mode and i don't understand... does it works like in lufia cave where i can only bring in what i find inside? do i keep all the loot i find? i noticed the shop is selling an item with a cave symbol does that mean i can bring that one inside the labyrinth? does the labyrinth gets harder the deeper i go?

is there a way to quickly gain some experience? i would like to level up kuja a bit so i can do that report battle but i don't have any idea how i can do so since i did all my XP in story mode...

Bebpo · « **Reply #10497 on:** March 20, 2011, 02:03:29 PM »

After you beat the game:

XP: Wait until it's your "special day" or change the psp clock to make it your special day, buy all the XP/PP calendar icons in the catalogue, then play 000 scenario (costs 2000 PP). Fight the level 100 enemies and lose but do some damage and you'll gain like 5 levels in 10 seconds. When you get ~lvl.50-60 party start beating the lvl.50-60 guys for good xp and equipment drops. The 000 scenario lets you make a party of any 5 characters including the villians.

Labyrinth: You take in NOTHING besides your character level (and all the enemy fights are scaled to that level) and you get equip with coins and go along the branches and explore the dungeon. There are a few ways to take the stuff you get in the place out of the place. You don't gain much xp/pp in this mode, but you get good loot and you get to see all the alternate costumes since the enemies wear them and you get to hear all the music tracks that don't appear in the story mode. And yeah it gets harder as you progress deeper in it.

magus · « **Reply #10498 on:** March 20, 2011, 03:27:52 PM »

i was playing cloud story when i entered an optional area where i found a chest with 1997 gil,i suddenly realized it was FF7 release date and now the fanboy shame won't go away $:-\$

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DAT MUSIC!

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Diunx · « **Reply #10499 on:** March 20, 2011, 04:12:10 PM »

Damn! Strange Journey crash when I try to save the game :'(

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Author Topic: What are you playing? (Read 4674411 times)