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Himu · « **Reply #24120 on:** July 23, 2014, 12:29:31 AM »

Chapter 11 was the best chapter, I thought. After that it's a race for the ending for me.

It isn't an awful game, but I can't say it's a particular good one with a straight face. It has its moments, notably the battle system in the second half, but I think that's about it.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #24121 on:** July 23, 2014, 12:36:24 AM »

when i play a jrpg, i need something more than just the battle system. exploration, items, sidequests, towns, shit like that. ff13 removing all that but still being 40+ hours long is why i couldnt stand that game at all.

Himu · « **Reply #24122 on:** July 23, 2014, 12:38:49 AM »

I like it, too.

I've beaten it twice. But it's one of those games where it had potential to be more than what we got. I have no problem with the formula, because I enjoy a lot of RPGs that are similar, hence me being so critical. If the story and dungeons design were better, I'd be a lot more forgiving.

Himu · « **Reply #24123 on:** July 23, 2014, 12:41:44 AM »

Quote from: Big Jumbo on July 23, 2014, 12:36:24 AM

when i play a jrpg, i need something more than just the battle system. exploration, items, sidequests, towns, shit like that. ff13 removing all that but still being 40+ hours long is why i couldnt stand that game at all.

I need more than battles as well, but here's my thing. I'm big on a lot of dungeon crawlers that are just battles. But they often have great dungeon design to go with those battles. All FF13 has is hold forward. If there were a semblance of design in the dungeons rather than just being a straight trek, I feel like people would have complained a LOT less. But as it is, only featuring battles and story - RPGs at their most reductionist - isn't going to win a lot of people over. It's a shame, because the fundamentals are all there for a great game.

I think talking about this has convinced me to get 13-2 for cheap tomorrow.

Himu · « **Reply #24124 on:** July 23, 2014, 12:45:12 AM »

Makes sense. It is pretty great for bite sized sessions.

What did you think about that awesome boss fight in palompolom where you have to defend against those gun shots or you'll die instantly?

I swear some of the boss fights in that game are

Himu · « **Reply #24125 on:** July 23, 2014, 12:51:00 AM »

It's pretty well balanced. I feel like it and 12 have really good game balance more so than the rest of 3d FF's

larrydavid · « **Reply #24126 on:** July 23, 2014, 12:51:13 AM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on July 23, 2014, 12:34:18 AM

i like it

but i think we look for different things out of RPGs to the point that we really only converge on like... DQ games, a couple FFs, and P3.

yo Oscar, I'm curious, what did you like best about P3? It's your favorite Megaten right?

On paper I should have really hated that game but I somehow love it a lot, it's tricky to explain.

Himu · « **Reply #24127 on:** July 23, 2014, 12:52:44 AM »

Oscar forgets that we both enjoy SMT and Ys.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #24128 on:** July 23, 2014, 01:58:13 AM »

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon is cute, I like it. It's a babby rogue-like, but it's fun tho.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #24129 on:** July 23, 2014, 02:11:40 AM »

i am now playing A First Course in Abstract Algebra by John Fraleigh and holy shit this game is super sweet

larrydavid · « **Reply #24130 on:** July 23, 2014, 02:20:00 AM »

Oscar I am gonna make you play SMT3 again when it drops to $3.99 because there is just no way no how that SMT1 is less nonlinear than SMT3.

Maybe you can download a save too to unlock first person mode at the start, I know Aeana loves to play it that way.

larrydavid · « **Reply #24131 on:** July 23, 2014, 02:45:17 AM »

okay that makes way more sense, that bleakness was amazing to me but yeah I could see it being a turnoff for someone else.

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on July 23, 2014, 02:38:47 AM

ehn i already own smt3, i won't be buying it again unless it shows up on iOS, which it won't because atlus fucked the dog on their english release of smt1.

?

this isn't about terribad sales is it because I would hope they kept their expectations in check.

demi · « **Reply #24132 on:** July 23, 2014, 07:39:07 AM »

Enemies get stronger on Day 13, I think. So you will put yourself at a disadvantage.

SpeedStats · « **Reply #24133 on:** July 23, 2014, 01:16:30 PM »

Quote from: Queen of Ice on July 23, 2014, 12:51:00 AM

It's pretty well balanced. I feel like it and 12 have really good game balance more so than the rest of 3d FF's

Honestly, I can't hate FF13 like a lot of people seem to because I think it gets way more fun when you're doing hunts and postgame. I didn't like Chapter 11 like most people did because I felt everything about its narrative and characterization fell off a cliff and it felt like there was supposed to be some story element focusing on Vanille and Fang going by all the cutscenes you got depending on the location. So I dunno. I liked chapters 7/8 more than Ch 9/10/11 because stuff was happening even if you didn't have a purpose for it and even if you had a constant level lock. But the whole game is pretty inconsistent, so I don't really look at it as a bastion of design.

Chapter 10 is the make/break point for a lot of people. It was almost mine when I went through the game the first time. Second time wasn't as bad because I knew which parties I liked to use more, and I knew the chapter was more about using Jam/Def more often than the other classes. Spam the other classes constantly in fights where they aren't practical, and of course you're not going to have a super-good time. FF13-2 made the mistake of making the game so easy that you could spam Bla/Atkr/Healr constantly without getting into much trouble unless you were doing the Arena DLC.

If there's any credit I can give to FF13 for something, it's forcing people who power through FF games via powerlevelling to finally use buffs/debuffs and tanks. Those were my favourite classes to use and I don't think FF13 is as difficult as people say it is because I constantly used those classes. FF13's battle system really shines when you're doing everything manually and when the fights are harder, hence I enjoyed a ton of those endgame hunts because I could play around with it to figure out how to take things out as fast as possible or find what makes the classes optimal in each fight. Shit, I didn't even know FF13 had bosses cast a doom counter on you if you're playing like crap for too long until people told me the game was too hard. So I'd totally agree that the game was pretty balanced all things considered. Even if they had to add a level cap to do it. It worked. It worked better than 13-2.

It was more disappointing to me as an example of an FF game like Oscar said. If it didn't have the FF name slapped onto it, it more than likely would've benefitted as a cutscene-focused RPG/new IP.

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on July 23, 2014, 02:06:50 AM

Ys, I'll give you. They are linear as fuck and the first couple games are hockey RPGs. Shit's right up my alley.

Himu · « **Reply #24134 on:** July 23, 2014, 01:18:51 PM »

I've never touched the post-game. It just seemed grindy.

SpeedStats · « **Reply #24135 on:** July 23, 2014, 01:36:58 PM »

It usually is. You can low-ball some of the hunts if you'd wanted to, but if you wanted to get them done mostly painlessly it's best to level up somewhat (but if you left a lot of the hunts for postgame you'll be levelling up normally with a few exceptions). Also the drop rate in FF13 is kinda crap, so you'd be fighting turtles or reloading over and over to finally get a drop. It's one of the most annoying postgames I've played with respect to item acquisition and money gain (because you don't win cash from fights and it's almost infuriating).

So it's not so much I like the postgame, but rather I like the postgame fights.

I did all of the hunts with Tier-1 weapons with no one level-maxed, so it can be done (and if you want to 5-star everything, it's somewhat better if you didn't make your stats maxed since that imposes a penalty towards your target time since they think that with higher stats, you'd be able to do it faster). You just have to be quick with your thumbs and fingers to switch to a Def/Def/Def stance to take advantage of the damage-guard passive skill. Or use Sazh's Random Instant Chain ability to make everything a cakewalk against all odds.

Three of the later 64 hunts are my favourite fights in the entire game, especially if you're fighting them genuinely as opposed to going for the spam poison/spam defender/spam slow strategies.

There's a lot of flexibility that you could try in postgame or Chapter 11 to see if you can get through the battles fast/efficiently or skilfully, but it can depend on what the AI wants to do too. But it's mostly fun to figure out what you can/can't do, or which parties work and which don't. It's when I realized Hope lived out his usefulness and Snow started becoming a little more useful. But I stuck to a party of Fang/Hope/Vanille for the main game, so it was interesting to try lots of stuff out.

Himu · « **Reply #24136 on:** July 23, 2014, 01:42:41 PM »

Unfortunately I no longer have my ps3 FF13 save or a copy of FF13 360. I'd rather try out FF13-2, but I'm just so skeptical towards it. I really wish I weren't so skeptical towards all these games. Even when they cost 20 dollars, I feel like they may not be worth my time. $:-\$

SpeedStats · « **Reply #24137 on:** July 23, 2014, 02:13:18 PM »

fwiw, FF13-2's main game is like 20-29 hours.

I usually look at the two games as games that compliment each other where one game has something that the other doesn't. Heck, I think the second game has a better cast with way less-balanced battles outside of the DLC, but some people might think otherwise.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #24138 on:** July 23, 2014, 05:00:19 PM »

I really enjoyed FFXIII-2.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #24139 on:** July 23, 2014, 05:05:46 PM »

me too. it obviously had no budget, and the battles were way more unbalanced and easy than 13's, but it still had a lot more of what i want out of an rpg. its not a classic or anything, but its pretty fun, especially since its only a couple bucks now.

SpeedStats · « **Reply #24140 on:** July 23, 2014, 05:12:33 PM »

I didn't like FF13-2 as much as FF13 in some spots because a lot of the side content seemed to be there for the sake of being there without being too significant, trying to max/min stats by seeing which spheres to level up based on odd/even levels and jobs is a bit cumbersome, and I could get through 98% of the main game+sidequests without using monsters in the party. That said, it's far far far far far better than a lot of the console RPGs I put myself through last gen.

I still think it's worth trying out on the basis that the soundtrack is really good to me, the cast has more chemistry than FF13's cast overall, and there's at least more of a variety of things to do than FF13. Since it's pretty cheap now and the game itself is short, I don't think it's bad to give it a shot. You might end up liking it a bit.

Just sucks that the last piece of the puzzle in that game's narrative is something you have to buy in the form of DLC, and the better battles (albeit gimmick battles) in the game are paid DLC too.

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #24141 on:** July 23, 2014, 07:00:31 PM »

I thought XIII-2 was pretty terrible myself.

Taking away all the tension and frenetic pace of XIII's battle system kind of destroys that battle system. Which is what the game does by making it very easy and thus ridding any need to switch paradigms.

The story was even more nonsensical then XIII's. While it is interesting that the main thrust of the story is in itself a reaction to XIII(consequences for your "deus ex machina miracle". It's still somehow even more nonsensical. Things just seemingly happen to happen and whatever semblance of cohesive world XIII ever had is now thrown out the window.

As for characters. I guess Noel is tolerable. Serah is pretty boring and bland though. Gaius has an interesting presence and motive though, so I guess that's something. Everyone else is pretty meh.

The rest is just personal problems. I don't like monster replacement party members in anything. Give me an actual party member or nothing. It's kind of more annoying here because they have an artificial ceiling in leveling up thanks to thier character progression being tied to items.

I don't like it when the world you travel through is'nt connected. Maybe thats why I like FFX, because it feels like you're traveling a world. Regardless of how linear it is. So when a game takes that away it's a disappointment if thats what I'm looking for. So the levels basically being levels you transport to does nothing for me. They are more open sure, but eh.

Great soundtrack though.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #24142 on:** July 23, 2014, 08:16:57 PM »

yeah but you like ff13

chronovore · « **Reply #24143 on:** July 23, 2014, 08:50:20 PM »

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on July 22, 2014, 03:39:08 PM

having worked a bit at MS in both general purpose app and game teams, and mostly on UI, it's kind of astounding to me how much bespoke UI work goes into games - it sometimes almost feels like every big game has its own bespoke Windows/Office written for it.

Depending on the team and project, I've been STUNNED at how much specific, custom work can go into UI in a single project. A good portion of it in the worst case was bad management; there is really never a good excuse to having the game's front-end have visually indistinguishable UI performing entirely differently in each mode's menu due to a lack of unified substructure.

Himu · « **Reply #24144 on:** July 23, 2014, 08:51:11 PM »

Quote from: Big Jumbo on July 23, 2014, 08:16:57 PM

yeah but you like ff13

A fair bit of us like FF13, but I think there's few that love it.

SpeedStats · « **Reply #24145 on:** July 23, 2014, 08:56:34 PM »

Quote from: Rahxephon91 on July 23, 2014, 07:00:31 PM

As for characters. I guess Noel is tolerable. Serah is pretty boring and bland though. Gaius has an interesting presence and motive though, so I guess that's something. Everyone else is pretty meh.

Weird, I thought Serah was a better character than her sister and had better/more organic development than her overall. Noel is cool because he doesn't give a fuck and thinks a lot of the FF13 cast consists of crazy people.

FF13-2 would've been a better game had it been a new IP without its FF13 trappings. The "two people going through time trying to "fix" it and trying to set things in their favour, but the guy who's in charge of guarding time doesn't like it because what the two people are doing messes things up at certain ends" is an interesting idea because it plays with grey areas. But it kinda goes bonkers when some FF13 elements are introduced which brings the game down somewhat.

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #24146 on:** July 23, 2014, 09:24:53 PM »

Quote from: Big Jumbo on July 23, 2014, 08:16:57 PM

yeah but you like ff13

Someone has to.

Himu · « **Reply #24147 on:** July 23, 2014, 09:25:34 PM »

Playing Dark Souls. As for mobile gaming, taking a break from Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, and playing Cally's Caves 2, Peggle, Dungelot during lunch breaks.

Was asking for a jrpg to play and forgot I have Ys Origin and The Last Remnant untouched on steam. Installing Last Remnant. I got halfway through DQ4 in Japanese the other month, so I'm going to test my mettle and play TLR in Japanese. Installing ys origin to see if there's a Japanese option.

Now I'm pretty much done with console gaming in the near future, I might as well finish my steam backlog. Starting with Dark Souls and TLR.

Bebpo · « **Reply #24148 on:** July 23, 2014, 10:14:20 PM »

Finished Guacamelee again with the new turbo championship edition. Liked it the first time outside some annoying sections (Treetops & Inferno challenges), it clicked a lot more this second time and was a hell of a lot of fun. The new additions are great and add about 20-35% more content so it just feels like a more substantial quality game. Gonna 100% it again (and this time I'm going to beat that final treetops saw room!; especially cause I'm finding the controls better on PS4 than I was on PC -> X360 wired controller which felt slightly laggy). Probably my favorite old-school action game in a while and one of my favorite modern games as well. Speedrunning it really feels perfect, just non-stop run, platform, fight. So fast! I realized I never used any of the costumes last time I played so it was fun using them this time to speed it up even more.

Hopefully Drinkbox is gonna do a proper sequel to this in a couple of years. Not enough of these types of games around. No regret in double dipping at full price.

Himu · « **Reply #24149 on:** July 23, 2014, 11:25:53 PM »

Okay. I underestimated my Japanese level I am now. My vocab is way better than a year ago. I guess I'll play tlr in Japanese.

It even has those fucking weird stylized Japanese subtitle characters that the kingdom hearts games use, and it's not phasing me. fuck yes.

a year ago couldn't understand these subtitles at all because they're too stylized. Now to import a jp 3ds and DQ7 when I'm done.

Fifstar · « **Reply #24150 on:** July 24, 2014, 03:25:12 AM »

Started playing Ys Oath in Felghana and it's kicking my ass on normal. I have to admit I suck at action games. The first mini boss already killed me a lot, and now I'm at the boss of the first dungeon. Might have to reconfigure my controls so I can use jump and magic more easily at the same time, I didn't expect to use jump so much. Normal enemies are a cakewalk in comparison. Not sure if I should lower the difficulty, feels like beating the hard bosses is the main thing this game has going for it or are there more gameplay possibilitries opening up later in the game?

archnemesis · « **Reply #24151 on:** July 24, 2014, 03:52:37 AM »

Grind one more level and you'll manage to defeat that boss without any problem. In most Ys games a single level makes a huge difference. You should also focus on reading the enemies' patterns instead of just dishing out damage.

octopushover · « **Reply #24152 on:** July 24, 2014, 10:24:01 AM »

Can't figure out if I hate Magicite or if I'm addicted to it. Considering how simple it is, it knows exactly what rogue-like elements are fun.

demi · « **Reply #24153 on:** July 24, 2014, 10:34:35 AM »

I finished Oath just fine. Then again I'm better at videogames than you.

The first boss is the bitch in the quarry. She is easy.

Just be patient, and hurl fireballs when she does the vertical attack. Jump over the sideways ones. Grind an extra level if possible, it will jack up your damage output.

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #24154 on:** July 24, 2014, 11:26:39 AM »

Did anyone get their free copy of The Sims 2 off of Origin yet?

Himu · « **Reply #24155 on:** July 24, 2014, 11:29:03 AM »

Quote from: ferrarimanf355 on July 24, 2014, 11:26:39 AM

Did anyone get their free copy of The Sims 2 off of Origin yet?

no, why

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #24156 on:** July 24, 2014, 11:42:07 AM »

Quote from: Queen of Ice on July 24, 2014, 11:29:03 AM

Quote from: ferrarimanf355 on July 24, 2014, 11:26:39 AM
Did anyone get their free copy of The Sims 2 off of Origin yet?

no, why

Because it's free, silly.

Himu · « **Reply #24157 on:** July 24, 2014, 11:42:50 AM »

Quote from: ferrarimanf355 on July 24, 2014, 11:42:07 AM

Quote from: Queen of Ice on July 24, 2014, 11:29:03 AM
Quote from: ferrarimanf355 on July 24, 2014, 11:26:39 AM
Did anyone get their free copy of The Sims 2 off of Origin yet?

no, why
Because it's free, silly.

...I know.

Rufus · « **Reply #24158 on:** July 24, 2014, 11:53:57 AM »

What do you mean with "get"? Download? Nope.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #24159 on:** July 24, 2014, 01:01:11 PM »

I "bought" it, but it didn't show up in My Games list immediately. I didn't try restarting Origin, tho.

Fifstar · « **Reply #24160 on:** July 24, 2014, 02:59:15 PM »

Quote from: demi on July 24, 2014, 10:34:35 AM

I finished Oath just fine. Then again I'm better at videogames than you.

The first boss is the bitch in the quarry. She is easy.

Just be patient, and hurl fireballs when she does the vertical attack. Jump over the sideways ones. Grind an extra level if possible, it will jack up your damage output.

Got her, I didn't have the gem that lets you charge the fireball on my first attempts. Was doable with it.

demi · « **Reply #24161 on:** July 24, 2014, 03:10:37 PM »

Its much better to just spam fireballs instead, but if it works for you. I never charged a spell at all in the game.

cosmicblizzard · « **Reply #24162 on:** July 25, 2014, 03:51:17 AM »

Started The Cat Lady. Even if it does have a supernatural slant, it's interesting playing as a suicidal 40 year old depressed woman.

Huff · « **Reply #24163 on:** July 26, 2014, 05:13:40 PM »

Finished Zelda a link between worlds. pretty solid game.

magus · « **Reply #24164 on:** July 26, 2014, 10:09:38 PM »

you know i usualy reserve my spergy rant for retro indie game "inspired" by some old classic, but this is actualy pretty well done, the level are quite bigs, there are a lot of enemies, each level has it's own gimmick, there are giant big boss with well determined pattern and the graphics are really well done, it looks and feel like a proper retro genesis side-scroller rather than just trying to go "LOOK! LOOK! SONIC! YOU LIKE SONIC DON'T YOU?"

the level are structured like sonics, there are springs, loops-de-loops, things that propel you into other things, and it's possible to proceed through multiple path, some path leads to secret cards that you can collect, unlike sonic you do have an health bar which is quite bigs but it's not big enough that it makes the game a total cakewalk especialy in the later levels

you control 3 characters, lilac is a "dragon" i put it the air quote because even if the game declares she's a dragon, she looks like blaze the cat after some guys on deviantart decide to make the design more similiar to sonic, lilac can double jump and mostly important can propel herself in the air like you would do in rocket knight adventures, then comes carol who's a green cat, she can glide,stick to the wall and do a rapid kick a-la chunli, she can also picks tank of gas scattered through the level, when she picks one she summon a motorcycle that let you double jump and walk on walls or ceiling, it's pretty funny to look at and it feels great! lastly comes milla who's a blonde timid bunny that i can't help but think that she's there just to remind us that sonic fans also doubles as furries! milla can fly around and has the ability of attacking by making blocks out of thin air and throw them at enemies and can also digs hidden power-up but for some reason she can't access many of the stages

and mmm... i don't think i have anything else to say, the game has a LOT of cutscenes for a sidescroller platform, the story is very corny and it's about an evil alien overlord trying to steal some giant diamond so that he can become even more evil and overlordish, there are a lot of other animal characters too including a surprising number of panda's and another cat guy who like to sulks around BECAUSE HE HAS TO FIND HIS FATHER KILLER! once again with all of the animal characters, it kinda reminds me of rocket knight adventures... some of the cutscenes also tends to feel like they are trying too hard to pander to the PC crowd, i mean in one of them all of the girls have a girls night and when one of them ask about the single male character of the group, one of the other answer "maybe he was afraid to get the cooties" the cutscenes are all voiced, in fact there is a lot of voice acting, in one of the level you infiltrate the villain base and as you progress through the level you can hear him barking orders at his mook which is a really cool detail, i tought this was pretty funny considering the recent mighty no.9 debacle

Himu · « **Reply #24165 on:** July 26, 2014, 10:18:09 PM »

That post had a lot of words in it but not a single one about the games quality.

Bebpo · « **Reply #24166 on:** July 27, 2014, 04:06:55 AM »

After playing the Destiny Beta I'm craving some Western AAA shootbang because it's been a while since I've played one of those and all I'm playing is Japanese games + Western Indie stuff anymore. Which is the most fun and satisfying of these. I don't want a lot of story cutscenes or exploration, I just want a streamlined AAA experience that tells the story of a summer popcorn movie. Want something with varied locations, pretty visuals and satisfying gunplay. Also something short like 4-6 hours. Help me pick from these ones:

Deus Ex HR
Dishonored
Far Cry Blood Dragon
CoD Black Ops
CoD MW3
Battlefield 3
Bioshock Infinite
Metro 2033/Last Light

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #24167 on:** July 27, 2014, 04:15:12 AM »

Deus EX HR is not a shooty bang game It has shooting but that isn't the reason you play that game and it isn't 4 to 6 hours.

Dishonored is also more of a stealth game and is best played that way at least until you fail your initial attempts at stealth.

Far Cry Blood Dragon is liked by a lot of people on here and fits most of your criteria.

Black Ops is a fun, stupid, short campaign.

COD MW 3 campaign sucks.
Battlefield 3 campaign sucks.

Haven't played enough of Metro or Last Light to comment on those intelligently.

Bebpo · « **Reply #24168 on:** July 27, 2014, 05:17:26 AM »

Actually ended up playing more Spec Ops: The Line since I'd played a couple hours a month ago. It's pretty shootbang-y. Might play Black Ops or Blood Dragon after. Or maybe I should finally play Halo Reach if I want more Destiny-style combat.

magus · « **Reply #24169 on:** July 27, 2014, 06:35:37 AM »

Quote from: Queen of Ice on July 26, 2014, 10:18:09 PM

That post had a lot of words in it but not a single one about the games quality.

Quote

you know i usualy reserve my spergy rant for retro indie game "inspired" by some old classic, but this is actualy pretty well done

It's literaly the first thing i said

Kabouter · « **Reply #24170 on:** July 27, 2014, 04:17:52 PM »

Went back to playing Football Manager 2014, and I'm currently getting annoyed by the board refusing to build a new stadium. I have 19000 seats (max expansion capacity) in my stadium, it is sold out virtually every match (I think the season average use is like 18950 or something), and I sell like 6000 shirts a month domestically to indicate that my fanbase can't be that small. Yet whenever I ask them to build a new stadium, they say that they don't think there are enough fans to justify it. Money isn't a problem either, there's more than enough in the bank to pay for a large new stadium without any loans or whatever. Anyone perhaps have any tips? Just wait it out?

tiesto · « **Reply #24171 on:** July 27, 2014, 10:27:02 PM »

Beat the super challenging extra boss in Wild Arms XF... should have the game done hopefully soon. But I gotta prepare for a big party I'm hosting next week... so hopefully after that and before I leave for Otakon.

The Legend of Sunblade · « **Reply #24172 on:** July 28, 2014, 10:00:38 AM »

Multiple games at once!

Still plugging in daily hours at FFXIV. After dumping two million gil on Materia for my Novus shield, I've decided to get away from the toil of battle and settle on fishing for a while. Spent the past few days fishing the hours away trying to catch nice fat fish that I use to trade in for a fancy fedora that makes me better at fishing. That's how fishing works, right?

Thanks to birthday funding (and not so much to Koei cheapness), I managed to finally afford Dynasty Warriors 8 XL for PS4. Being able to transfer my PS3 save took me by surprise (and made me thankful that I hadn't ditched my PS3 copy in the first place). Losing all my ambition mode officers in ambition 2.0 sucks though.

At least I still keep my bonds. Lu Lingqi is great, instantly raised her to level 100 and am going to town with her.

Also picked up Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition on PS4, partially cause of the superhero sale. I wasn't very interested in this to begin with, but it was $8 and I need more PS4 games to use in party settings, DC fighter with Batman should fill the bill. Played around with it a bit, might finish the story but I don't plan on taking it further than that. STAR Labs seems like a huge chore.

Raban · « **Reply #24173 on:** July 28, 2014, 12:23:08 PM »

re: bebpo Dishonored is a fucking amazing game and I strongly suggest playing it. It's a little longer than you say you want, something like 8-12 hours depending on how you go through it, but it's fucking rad. I really hope you set aside your blockbuster lust for this one, it's a shining example of excellent western game design. For the more typical, brainless AAA shootan, Black Ops has a great campaign. Took me 3-4 hours and its got some truly memorable set pieces. I haven't really played the other games on your list, but I strongly recommend those two.

p.s. throw Bioshock Infinite in the garbage.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #24174 on:** July 28, 2014, 01:25:18 PM »

Sen no Kiseki has become a bit of a school-based fetch quest game early on, but it has a Grandia/Lunar-esque turn-based JRPG battle system so I love it.

Freyj · « **Reply #24175 on:** July 28, 2014, 07:27:04 PM »

Seeing Grandia comparisons got my hopes up waaaay too much for FC. I can see why people make the comparisons, but Grandia's combat, dungeons, etc. are so, so much better.

magus · « **Reply #24176 on:** July 28, 2014, 07:55:30 PM »

finished freedom planet and yeah... thumbs up! this was really good and you should definitely check out (or at least check out the demo) if you like genesis sidescroller (which i'm going to assume you do because you have a taste!) alas you will probably turn into a furry but sacrifices have to be made

game took me around 2 hour and half to finish and 52 death, though that number is a little skewed because i've died like something like 30 times on the final boss, i died more time on the final boss than on the whole game altogether, the game isn't really hard (at least on normal... there is an hard difficulty too) but the final boss is impossible! he dashes all around the stage, makes explosion everywhere,has an attack that takes half of your health bar and everytime you get close to him (which you have to do since you only have short range attack) he picks you,throws you away and then uses his other attack

i don't have much else to say other than what i first said in the first post so i took some screenshot which i tought showcased some cool moment of the game

oh yeah, the last screenshot... one of the pitch of this game was "inspired by gunstar heroesssssss!1!" that's another thing that kinda sounds like bullshit but i can sort of see it, there are a lot of robotic bosses and it's hard to explain but they kinda move like they would in a treasure game, there is even a morphing boss a-la seven force

Bebpo · « **Reply #24177 on:** July 28, 2014, 08:11:35 PM »

What about if you hate sonic?

chronovore · « **Reply #24178 on:** July 28, 2014, 08:15:33 PM »

Playing a heap of PvZ:GW with my son, who is destroying enemies left and right. He wants to play Gotham City Imposters, which he caught me playing, but it's couched in blood and "real gun" violence. I'm thinking about deleting Gotham just because it's not that fun to play and he keeps seeing it and pestering me about it.

Also still dithering around in Dark Souls 1, which is pretty great and still terrifying ALL THE TIME. Yesterday I finally got Havel's Ring on my 5th or 6th attempt. I'm happy to know that Humanity isn't lost if I can make a corpse run. I'm still not convinced that I'll make it to the end of the game this time. Seems even harder than I remember.

I need to get back to Spelunky before my limited platforming muscle memory atrophies. :'(

magus · « **Reply #24179 on:** July 28, 2014, 08:25:46 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on July 28, 2014, 08:11:35 PM

What about if you hate sonic?

i don't care much about sonic but as i said, it steals lot of things from sonic like the bigass stages and the springs and loop-de-loop everywhere so i'm not sure if you would like it or not

i honestly don't agree about the boss which i found fun but i think the rest of the video does a good job talking about the game

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