Author Topic: Let's Replay Old Games! [Week ??: Planescape: Torment] (Read 5273 times)

Great Rumbler · « **on:** January 24, 2013, 11:31:01 PM »

This is a thread were we replay and talk about old games because I said so. Got a problem with what games I pick? Screw you. Anyway, let's all have fun!

WEEK 1 - XENOGEARS

Director: Tetsuya Takahashi [Xenosaga 1&3, Xenoblade]
Producer: Hiromichi Tamaka [Secret of Mana, Threads of Fate, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy MMOs]
Writers: Tetsuya Takahashi, Kaori Tanaka [Final Fantasy VI, Xenosaga, Soma Bringer], and Masato Kato [Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VII, Chrono Cross, Baten Kaitos]
Music: Yasunori Mitsuda [Chrono Cross, Xenosaga, Soma Bringer]

Developed by: Squaresoft Product Development Division 3 [Threads of Fate, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy MMOs]
Release: February 11, 1998 [Japan] and October 20, 1998 [North America].
Platform: Playstation 1

What you should know before playing: Xenogears has the best story since the renaissance [even though it's mainly a ripoff of Neon Genesis Evangelion].

Enjoy!

Himu · « **Reply #1 on:** January 24, 2013, 11:36:41 PM »

I really liked Xenogears when I was a teenager.

I will still give it points for the story because it was ambitious.

But that gameplay...it's definitely no Chrono Trigger in timelessness. Which is a shame, because I think it could be if it were fully 2d.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #2 on:** January 24, 2013, 11:43:54 PM »

who can play an 80 hour game in one week

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:03:59 AM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on January 24, 2013, 11:43:54 PM

who can play an 80 hour game in one week

You don't have to replay the whole game, baka.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:33:01 AM »

Is this game casual friendly? I might check it out

Himu · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2013, 12:44:03 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 25, 2013, 12:33:01 AM

Is this game casual friendly?

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2013, 01:03:08 AM »

I don't even have a copy

Get something easier to find next time

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #7 on:** January 25, 2013, 01:22:57 AM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on January 25, 2013, 01:03:08 AM

I don't even have a copy

Get something easier to find next time

Just download an ISO like everybody else, geez.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #8 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:16:36 AM »

your clip is 90% cut-scenes

might as well watch it on youtube for 90% of the experience

Shaka Khan · « **Reply #9 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:23:18 AM »

I remember replaying it a few years ago, and thinking "whoa, this is still a really good game! What exactly soured my experience a decade ago?"... and then I started disc 2 and was like, ohhhhh.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #10 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:32:23 AM »

What can i play this on?

My ps1 died years ago.

archnemesis · « **Reply #11 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:35:31 AM »

You can get it from the US PSN Store. Picking an 80 hour RPG for a let's play seems a bit absurd, but at least most people will quit before the really bad parts. I played it on an emulator with frame skipping to save some time.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #12 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:39:01 AM »

My PS3 died too years ago.

This also reminds me that I hate Sony for not sending me a BC model back for two months (they were out) and then me just deciding to get store credit.

archnemesis · « **Reply #13 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:49:58 AM »

Then it's the perfect time to get a Vita!

Himu · « **Reply #14 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:50:37 AM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on January 25, 2013, 02:16:36 AM

your clip is 90% cut-scenes

might as well watch it on youtube for 90% of the experience

Here is gameplay. look at this shit. Shit camera. Fucking platforming bullshit. Battle system is one of the saving graces and it's not that hot.

Game just isn't that good anymore.

Himu · « **Reply #15 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:58:26 AM »

Well, when I was a teenager I loved it. I'd rather do a LET'S REPLAY OLD GAMES! thing of Musashiden. Deffo the superior 1998 Squaresoft rpg. love that game, it's still hot. Xenogears in comparison is like going through a time portal. You pick up a bottle of wine, 1998 vintage, pour a glass, and it's vinegar.

Himu · « **Reply #16 on:** January 25, 2013, 02:59:49 AM »

Put it this way, I'd rather replay Chrono Cross than Xenogears. Considering the fact CC has a pretty good difficulty bump, it'd certainly be all the funner.

Himu · « **Reply #17 on:** January 25, 2013, 03:14:27 AM »

You know what? Let's do CC.

Listened to this and got those feels all up in my spine. Divisive game, I'm not even a big fan, but holy shit.

Himu · « **Reply #18 on:** January 25, 2013, 03:40:17 AM »

True.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #19 on:** January 25, 2013, 07:26:43 AM »

I used to LOVE musashi, but I tried to play it a few years ago and couldn't get into it at all

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #20 on:** January 25, 2013, 07:44:46 AM »

Quote from: Oscar the Grouch on January 25, 2013, 03:38:57 AM

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on January 25, 2013, 02:58:26 AM
Well, when I was a teenager I loved it. I'd rather do a LET'S REPLAY OLD GAMES! thing of Musashiden. Deffo the superior 1998 Squaresoft rpg. love that game, it's still hot. Xenogears in comparison is like going through a time portal. You pick up a bottle of wine, 1998 vintage, pour a glass, and it's vinegar.

when i was a teenager i liked limp bizkit

doesn't mean they were ever good

We have something in common

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #21 on:** January 25, 2013, 08:12:16 AM »

i'm gonna play dmc3

Diunx · « **Reply #22 on:** January 25, 2013, 09:16:50 AM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on January 25, 2013, 07:26:43 AM

I used to LOVE musashi, but I tried to play it a few years ago and couldn't get into it at all

I played it like 6 years ago and loved it! haven't tried the sequel.

Xenogears I could never get into this game, didn't make it past the first disc when I tried to play it, I support himu with Chrono Cross.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #23 on:** January 25, 2013, 09:17:00 AM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on January 25, 2013, 03:14:27 AM

You know what? Let's do CC.

No.

demi · « **Reply #24 on:** January 25, 2013, 09:30:43 AM »

Replaying old games :gay

Enjoy your nostalgia

tiesto · « **Reply #25 on:** January 25, 2013, 10:39:55 AM »

I saw that thread about Musashiden over at GAF and was thinking how that might be a good game for me to replay. I don't really remember that much shit about it. The game was my brother's so I don't have a copy anymore after we both moved out, so I'd have to track down a copy for myself...

Positive Touch · « **Reply #26 on:** January 25, 2013, 10:55:56 AM »

Quote from: demi on January 25, 2013, 09:30:43 AM

Replaying old games :gay

Enjoy your nostalgia

will do! I love replaying my old game because 1) they're still usually fun and 2) old-school A+ games are better than C+ modern games

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #27 on:** January 25, 2013, 11:24:27 AM »

Back when I had Xenogears in the 1999 or 2000, I didn't actually play it myself. Instead, I watched my brother play through the whole thing. I remember that the story was basically so far above my head as to be nonsensical [though I suppose that's still true, actually], but it was kinda compelling because of that. Also, it had implied sex, which was a pretty new thing coming off of years of Sega and Nintendo gaming.

The one memory that really sticks out was the embarrassment of watching that ending scene where everybody's naked.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #28 on:** January 25, 2013, 11:45:31 AM »

i started it a few weeks ago and got distracted from it by a ton of other games.

why is that people who pilot mechs are always whiny folks who are afraid of their power? Aren't there any guys who thinks its cool after they remember how good of a mech pilot they are?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #29 on:** January 25, 2013, 11:50:42 AM »

Quote from: Don Flamenco on January 25, 2013, 11:45:31 AM

why is that people who pilot mechs are always whiny folks who are afraid of their power? Aren't there any guys who thinks its cool after they remember how good of a mech pilot they are?

If you want a cool guy who knows that piloting a giant robot is cool, you should watch Big O.

Roger Smith

Edit: Rather than have this thread devolve into mecha anime talk, I'll do a cross-post in the anime thread with some additional stuff.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #30 on:** January 26, 2013, 02:58:37 AM »

I liked Xenogears back when I played it, but how could you see it as a thing that can be replayed. how.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #31 on:** January 26, 2013, 01:10:53 PM »

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on January 26, 2013, 02:58:37 AM

I liked Xenogears back when I played it, but how could you see it as a thing that can be replayed. how.

Deal with it.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #32 on:** January 26, 2013, 06:48:03 PM »

Xenogear's intro is pretty weird.

-Opening scene that has barely anything to do with the rest of the game
-Then 10 pages of backstory
-Then the main character is in a mech fight
-Then it cuts back to earlier in the game where you're getting ready for that girl's wedding

Also, Fei's impressionist paintings are pretty good, but they're never gonna make it into the Louvre.

Diunx · « **Reply #33 on:** January 26, 2013, 07:14:33 PM »

Is anyone actually replaying this?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #34 on:** January 26, 2013, 07:43:59 PM »

I replayed it for five minutes. That counts.

Himu · « **Reply #35 on:** January 26, 2013, 08:22:16 PM »

Five minutes. Told you.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #36 on:** January 26, 2013, 08:35:57 PM »

I got about 10 or so hours into on a replay a year or two ago, but it tends to find itself low in the priority list in light of the many new and backlog titles that I'm trying to work on.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #37 on:** January 26, 2013, 10:10:16 PM »

I found this game painful to get through the first time I played it. It seemed to me that most of the appeal for Xenogears lied in the fact that for a few years, it was near impossible to find a copy for less than $80-90. Then Square/Sony had to up and re-release it as a Greatest Hits title, eliminating a lot of its appeal.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #38 on:** January 26, 2013, 10:39:21 PM »

I got Xenogears for $50 on ebay back in the day, got up to some volcano thing where I couldn't win and wandered off to play something else.

Himu · « **Reply #39 on:** January 26, 2013, 10:41:47 PM »

Quote from: The Experiment on January 26, 2013, 10:10:16 PM

I found this game painful to get through the first time I played it. It seemed to me that most of the appeal for Xenogears lied in the fact that for a few years, it was near impossible to find a copy for less than $80-90. Then Square/Sony had to up and re-release it as a Greatest Hits title, eliminating a lot of its appeal.

naw, had its fanbase even when it came out. the rarity increased the prestige, definitely, but no less than it did for Suikoden 2 and Final Fantasy Tactics. Xenogears was regarded due to its extremely ballsy and what the fuck story, which when you're a teenager, is a highly appealing aspect. Even negating what you think about Xenogears' story, if it's anything, it's ambitious, what with thousands of year in timeline and plot progression. I still am attached to the core of the story: a love story spanning a millennia since the creation of the Earth itself as two souls are reincarnated again and again, but are constantly fated to never be able to act on their feelings without heartache, death, and blood. That's awesome.

Ask any XG fan and the reason they'll tell you they like it is the story. I'd not mind replaying it with cheats for that reason.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #40 on:** January 28, 2013, 09:57:50 AM »

WEEK 2 - SUPER MARIO BROS. 3

Designers: Shigeru Miyamoto [Mario, Zelda] and Takashi Tezuka [Mario, Zelda]
Soundtrack: Koji Kondo [Mario, Zelda]

Developed by: Nintendo EAD
Released: October 23, 1988 [Japan] and February 12, 1990 [North America]
Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System

archnemesis · « **Reply #41 on:** January 28, 2013, 10:05:39 AM »

That's a better pick. If I wasn't still struggling to get through NSMBWiiU I'd join.

demi · « **Reply #42 on:** January 28, 2013, 10:16:38 AM »

worst nostalgia thread ever. lmao

go play something new, guys.

Himu · « **Reply #43 on:** January 28, 2013, 10:17:19 AM »

Next week we are doing Rocket Knight Adventures.

demi · « **Reply #44 on:** January 28, 2013, 10:19:38 AM »

Play Beyond Oasis, that game is swag

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #45 on:** January 28, 2013, 10:23:27 AM »

still playing dmc3

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #46 on:** January 28, 2013, 10:26:32 AM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on January 28, 2013, 10:23:27 AM

still playing dmc3

okay

Positive Touch · « **Reply #47 on:** January 28, 2013, 06:04:20 PM »

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on January 28, 2013, 10:17:19 AM

Next week we are doing Rocket Knight Adventures.

now THATS something id replay

The Sceneman · « **Reply #48 on:** January 28, 2013, 08:16:10 PM »

I like the idea of weekly nostalgia gameplay.... I'll join in when I actually own the game of the week

I'll rumble through my collection and make a couple of nominations.

OOOOHHHH RING OF RED LETS DO RING OF RED

The Sceneman · « **Reply #49 on:** January 28, 2013, 08:17:13 PM »

Quote from: demi on January 28, 2013, 10:19:38 AM

Play Beyond Oasis, that game is swag

I played through the Xbox rom long enough to get the cheev, then switched it off

I should try it again

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #50 on:** March 03, 2013, 02:43:41 PM »

Week ?? - Planescape: Torment

Producer: Guido Henkel [Realms of Arkania series, Fallout 2, Neverwinter Nights]
Lead Designer: Chris Avellone [Fallout 2, Icewind Dale, Alpha Protocol, Fallout New Vegas]
Composer: Mark Morgan [Fallout 1-2, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Zork: Nemesis]

Developed by: Black Isle Studios [Fallout 1-2, Icewind Dale 1-2, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II]
Released: December 12, 1999
Platform: PC

Guide to Modding Torment
$10 on GoG

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