What are you playing?

I started doing some replays of SNES games:

- Chrono Trigger (aiming for every ending)
- Super Mario World
- Yoshi's Island
- Super Mario RPG (I'm gonna try and speedrun this, not sure at what time to aim for though)

On top of that I picked up two games I haven't played yet: Romancing SaGa 3 and Earthbound. Anyone tell what's to expect from those two games? Is Earthbound anything like Mother 3? As in polished like M3?

Been going back and playing some old PS2 games. Played though and beat RC1, now working on Ace Combat 4. Probably gonna play DMC1 next, then RC2. Still waiting on a release date for Anarchy Reigns, probably going to end up buying DDS1 and Vanquish well before that time comes.

Also watched a playthrough of Asura's Wrath. Can only wish this was made into a TV show or something, 'cause HOLY pomegranate its amazing if you think of it that way.

Finally gathered the money for Tales of Graces F through leftovers from budgets... but my price conscientiousness kicked in again.

Yay Finances

While doing some research on the cheapest place to get it, I found a few things at reasonably distanced Gamestops that could be resold higher than I pay under the worst conditions. Therefore with the money intended for Tales of Graces F, I wound up purchasing the following;
(NEW) Atelier Rorona: Special Edition (Paid $21.50; My trade-in site offers $35.00; EBay new $80.00)
(NEW) Atelier Totori: Special Edition (Paid $28.00; My trade-in site offers $34.00; EBay new Varies it would seem)
(Used) 3D Dot Game Heroes (Just wanted it, only a $1 loss for trade in too which is ok)

I had thought about just getting one of the atelier games along with 3DDGH and White Knight Chronicles 2, but White Knight seemed common among stores as well, so it wasn't going to be something I could potentially miss. I also then considered getting a couple DS games that were rare; but then was informed of the company wide policy change to throw away all DS cases and instructions at time of trade-in from gamestops. That sickens me a little bit. Then again, I have two full boxes in the garage just full of empty game boxes (going back to my original N64 system box); so it might just be me who's the odd one.

Anyway, the reason I ended up with those games was 1. The obvious profit, and
2. I had really enjoyed the Atelier Iris sub-series. I only realized later that is was a departure from the standard style of the games primarily due to the male protagonists. These games were genuinely geared towards girl gamers (at first) from what I understand, but that departure made it possible to bring over to the states. I was initially hesitant to continue with these thanks to this and after my attempt to get into Ar Tonelico (outside of the music), but seeing the recent interests here, I thought I'd give it a shot. NOTE: I am not trying to be sexists here, and I might be wrong about things, but this is just what I inferred from the artbook (Yeah, I own the Atelier Chronicles artbook. I said I enjoyed the Iris games, didn't I? Only other book I have is Okami.).

Playing Now!

Star Ocean 4

Just finished Aeos revisit. Really grateful for the Charge skill I found there.

R&C: Crack in Time: Beat hard playthrough; one trophy to plat.
3D Dot:Just starting this, but I don't take it you can change sprites mid-game, can you? Assuming that's the case, how long is the game? I'd like to playthrough several times to at the very least see all the classes if it is short enough.

Not going to touch the Atelier games for a while despite the purchase. I still have the DS one, and both Mana variants to get through anyway. First will be the step back to PS1 games, since I'm going to NEED to trade them in shortly.

Planned Purchase Order

As of now, this is my priority list for games to buy.
Tales of Graces f
FFXIII & FFXIII-2 (Yay price drop!)
White Knight Chronicles II
Disgaea 4
DLC as needed
Sly Collection
Jak Collection
DLC & PS1 Classics
Most recent Professor Layton
XBOX 360 (Not for personal ownership, but to pay off a debt)
Blue Dragon
Tales of Vesperia
PSP 3001
And by this point Ni No Kuni should be out, so that.

DS: Pokemon Pearl, Soul Silver and sometimes White.

PC: LoL, Maplestory, just started playing Cave Story and it's awesome :f2:

Wii: Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, Donkey Kong Country Returns and other games I can't remember now :f3:

On an actual SNES with Super 8 game converter: The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse, and Battletoads with Game Genie

Virtual Console: Chrono Trigger (Last recorded Magus Battle,) and Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Last recorded Punchenello)

Playing this awesome game called Dota 2.

Opa opa

So far in 2012 I've beat...

Demon's Souls (January 7th)
Mass Effect 2 (January 9th)
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (January 20th)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (February 5th) (Platinum on February 12th)
Resident Evil: Revelations (February 9th)
Rayman Origins (extended play for Platinum on February 14th)
Nier (extended play for Platinum on February 17th)
Sly 2 (February 18th) (platinum)
Jak and Daxter (March 2nd) (platinum)
Tales of Graces F (March 20th)
Uncharted 2 (March 31st)
Super Mario 3D Land (April 3rd) (100%, glittering stars)
Devil May Cry (April 4th)
Devil May Cry 3 (April 18th)
Parasite Eve II (April 23rd) (Bad ending haha. FLIIIIIINNNNTTTT)
Rocket Slime (May 4th)
Xenoblade (May 9th)
Professor Layton and the Last Specter (May 17th)
Atelier Totori ("Good" ending [not true ending] May 22nd)
Jak 2 (May 25th)
Jak 3 (May 27th)
Atelier Meruru (June 3rd)
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (June 13th) (Platinum: June 15th)

Currently playing:
Dark Souls (on hold)
Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One (going for plat)
ICO
Shadow of the Colossus
Mass Effect 3
Uncharted 3
Grandia
Devil May Cry 2
Legend of Dragoon
Tales of the Abyss 3DS
Musashi: Samurai Legend replay (pineapple you, @Providence)

Need to get:
Pokemon Conquest (June 18th)
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance (July somethingth)
Sly 4 (FALL :()

Lords of Shadow ended up being AMAZING. Gameplay is fantastic, story is pretty good, there's so much to do. A++

Ys: Origin - Just finished up Yunica's story mode, gonna finish getting all the SP I need to upgrade the rest of her skills and then move on to Hugo's story mode.

Diablo III - Playing through a Wiz right now on Act III Nightmare, I'm glad I'm not playing on hardcore right now because I've been pretty laggy lately.

So Far have 100% Completed...

Spoiler

-KH1:Final Mix+ (I got EXTREMELY lucky when facing off with Mysterious Figure. If it wasn't for my controller acting up, I'd be dead.)
-KH:Re: Chain Of Memories (Collecting the cards was harder than playing the story.)
-KH: Birth By Sleep: Final Mix+ (In my opinion, No Heart isn't that ruthless as people say he is.)
-KH: Re:Coded (Pretty straight forward.)
-KH2 (North America Ver.)

Still Need To 100%....

Spoiler

KH:358/2 (Turns out, I was missing a messload of Insignia Awards, and did not square off with the "Near 1-Hit Killing Wayvern."
KH2:FM+ (Flipping Terra And Data XIII....I swear to god...Data Roxas, gg.)
KH3:DDD (Waiting for it to be released in English.)

Just bought Gravity Rush. Oh yeah.

The challenge missions are pretty hard to ace. Ugh.

Lords of Shadow platinum get :)))

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Lords of Shadow platinum get :)))

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Bastard. I still have a handful left to get before I get my Platinum.

Lately, when I have time, I've been playing Dragon's Dogma. Pretty good game so far, although the amount of difficulty the game has is a little infuriating at times. And it's not that the GAME is hard, but rather they make enemies SO pineappleing overpowered. I'm barely past the very beginning of the game, and traveling down one road right near the starting town, I encounter regular bandits which take me nearly 20 minutes to kill, not to mention they can kill me and my party in only one hit. It's ridiculous. I know the game is more of a "choose your battles wisely" kind of thing, but I'm so anal about that kind of stuff, I just HAVE to kill anything that gets in my way. :(

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Bastard. I still have a handful left to get before I get my Platinum.

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If trophies are something you actually care about I would suggest going back to it. It only takes a few extra hours to get the platinum. Most levels aren't longer than 5 minutes and it's not like it's terribly difficult even on Paladin mode. And the daunting 100,000 exp trophy is a joke. I got my plat with 60,000 exp EXTRA. Once you've got ultimate light and shadow you pretty much become unstoppable for killing things.

Trials are mostly easy with the exception of a few really pineappleing obnoxious bosses (ALL OF THE COLOSSUS BATTLES)

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Originally Posted by Sarah

If trophies are something you actually care about I would suggest going back to it. It only takes a few extra hours to get the platinum. Most levels aren't longer than 5 minutes and it's not like it's terribly difficult even on Paladin mode. And the daunting 100,000 exp trophy is a joke. I got my plat with 60,000 exp EXTRA. Once you've got ultimate light and shadow you pretty much become unstoppable for killing things.

Trials are mostly easy with the exception of a few really pineappleing obnoxious bosses (ALL OF THE COLOSSUS BATTLES)

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Yeah, I am a pretty big trophy whore.

I recall doing one of the colossus trials and after like 6 tries I just gave up and haven't tried since.

What the hell. Took me like 20 tries to Gold Medal the stupid Auldnoir Throwing Challenge. Those damned frog Nevi are wayyyy too hard to hit.

Going through DMC3 on Very Hard, plan to do Dante Must Die once I max out Dante's health/guns. Just ordered Viewtiful Joe 1 and 2 (they're cheap as hell on Amazon, give it a shot guys.)

Also got the worst ending in SMT3 a few months back. Planning on speedrunning through for best ending(in my opinion), then going for a 3rd NG+ on hard mode for the ending with the most content.

I am getting clone rares in DFO. I have decided this.

Finally decided to beat FF3 DS.

I'm finding it really hilarious that regular monsters are harder than bosses...I don't know why that is.

I didn't know where else to post this and didn't want to make a thread for it but


OMG OKAMI HD RELEASE IN NOVEMBER FOR THE PS3 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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I didn't know where else to post this and didn't want to make a thread for it but


OMG OKAMI HD RELEASE IN NOVEMBER FOR THE PS3 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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I support this if only to get more people to experience it.

Really though, I can't see much of a difference in terms of graphics from what the teaser videos show. As I know my experience with it was not near as gritty as they claim the PS2 version to be. Also, I only have a 720 TV, so the experience would not be all that different outside of widescreen standard. Even still as one of my most replayed games of all time, I might pick it up down the road when my priority list gets low.

Hope the hype generated with this forces Capcom to play their hand continuing the series though. Okami-den's intentional cliffhanger and general plot holes that they chose not to fill for the sake of the sequel really bothered me at the time, and I'm wanting to find out more in this "other world" they travel to (Hoping it to be more vast and non-revisit material).

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I support this if only to get more people to experience it.

Really though, I can't see much of a difference in terms of graphics from what the teaser videos show. As I know my experience with it was not near as gritty as they claim the PS2 version to be. Also, I only have a 720 TV, so the experience would not be all that different outside of widescreen standard. Even still as one of my most replayed games of all time, I might pick it up down the road when my priority list gets low.

Hope the hype generated with this forces Capcom to play their hand continuing the series though. Okami-den's intentional cliffhanger and general plot holes that they chose not to fill for the sake of the sequel really bothered me at the time, and I'm wanting to find out more in this "other world" they travel to (Hoping it to be more vast and non-revisit material).

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TROPHIES


TROPHIES MAKE IT WORTH IT. That's one of the games that has enough depth to make trophies both challenging and FUN. All fish. All artifacts. Revive all plants! IMAGINE HOW MUCH PUSH IT WILL GIVE US PERFECTIONISTS

IMAGINE IT [JOHN]!!!!!!!