I hated Hope at first but the character development throughout the game was so awesome he became my favourite character by the end. Vanille's voice was weird at first but it grew on me. She's just too adorable to hate.
Still trudging away myself at FFXIII-2. Going for platinum trophy and almost got all the fragments. Just dealing with these ANNOYING AS pineapple QUIZZES AND CAPTAIN CRYPTIC and I'm not cheating using an FAQ so this is very annoying. Then I still need the Serendipity fragments and I HATE gambling minigamse so I'm going to hate trying to get the 777 and 10000 net gain trophies. Ugh.
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)
Currently playing:
Dark Souls (on hold)
Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One (going for plat)
Jak 2
Jak 3
ICO
Shadow of the Colossus
Mass Effect 3
Uncharted 3
Grandia
Devil May Cry 2
Atelier Totori
Legend of Dragoon
Tales of the Abyss 3DS
Need to get:
Pokemon Conquest (June 18th)
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance (July somethingth)
Sly 4 (FALL :()
Finally got around to beating Xenoblade. Game is so pineappleing long. 100 hours clocked in, didn't do everything. Once I got into the final stretch I was just so spent that I wanted it to be done. Really good ending though, compared to so many other games with lackluster ones. Only thing I didn't like was...
this is actually a real spoiler
that the Melia/Shulk/Fiora love triangle doesn't get resolved in any real way. Melia doesn't even tell either of them how she feels and honestly, Sharla's kind of a plum. DON'T WORRY MELIA, I'VE GOT YOUR BACK!!! Enter Fiora: SORRY MELIA, FIORA IS WAY COOLER THAN YOU
Nobody has Disgaea DS. I've been looking for that damn game for 3 months and no store has it, ever.
Waiting slowly for Pokemon Conquest, playing through FFTA-2 again because ME NEED SRPG.
Named my clan "Clan Chowder" because it was too damn good to pass up at 2 AM.
I think I'm almost finished with Tales of the Abyss on my 3DS, so now I'll have to start playing RE: Revelations or Kid Icarus :l I used to be super-excited about RE, but it just kinda died. Maybe once I actually get into it, it'll be more fun.
Dear Nintendo, when are you going to release Paper Mario 3DS? I feel that I've been waiting long enough.
Nostalgia-mode had me playing Super Mario Sunshine again... that and I never beat it. >_>; Picking up where I left off, which was at a measly 23 shines...
Nostalgia-mode had me playing Super Mario Sunshine again... that and I never beat it. >_>; Picking up where I left off, which was at a measly 23 shines...
I...wh...what. You must finish it. You'll be glad you did. Awesome god damn game.
Just got Ragnarok Odyssey today. Got to 1-9...and well, to quote a youtube comment, the Orc King is "pineappleing hard to beat". It was mainly due to my cousin dying over and over since he was playing a Hunter, and he sucks at long-ranged characters, but I also bear some blame for dying a few times myself. Doesn't help that the 3 death limit is shared by all party members...
I think I'm almost finished with Tales of the Abyss on my 3DS, so now I'll have to start playing RE: Revelations or Kid Icarus :l I used to be super-excited about RE, but it just kinda died. Maybe once I actually get into it, it'll be more fun.
Dear Nintendo, when are you going to release Paper Mario 3DS? I feel that I've been waiting long enough.
I just beat Revelations and I found it to be pretty damn good. It also showcased the 3DS' graphical capabilities.
I'm currently playing:
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest IX
Soma Bringer
Witcher 2
Lone Survivor
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow and Order of Ecclesia
Xenoblade Chronicles
I went out looking for Gods Eater Burst because @Rob has been peer pressuring me to buy it but had no luck. Ended up buying Professor Layton and the Last Specter. I've emulated some of the older Layton games just to see if they were worth buying and I always found them interesting but never worth $40. This one has London Life which intrigues me and it was only $25 so I decided to go for it. Hope I don't regret it.
Layton 3 is probably the strongest of the 4 DS games, storywise. They're all pretty basically identical in terms of gameplay, which really makes me feel bad for liking them. I hate blatant yearly rehashes (goes for you too assassins creed...) I can't comment on london life because the UK version got ripped off and didn't have it included, which given how layton sells more in europe than any other region, amazed me.
I need to get back to finishing TAles of the abyss 3d at some point. I got careless, didn't save for nearly 3 or 4 hours of gameplay, after /* Fighting Van the first time, then continuing on after he apparently survived somehow */ and then got wiped at some point. I cannot understand why developers still insist on such retarded punishments in RPGs over nothing. Ugh.
Originally Posted by Justin
When I last played I was missing 4. I stopped caring after looking for a good 5 or so hours for even ONE of them.
If they would at least let you know which shine to pick to look in, it'd be a little more bearable, but since you're essentially digging around blindly hoping you find something, it's the worst part in an otherwise excellent game.
I went out looking for Gods Eater Burst because @Rob has been peer pressuring me to buy it but had no luck. Ended up buying Professor Layton and the Last Specter. I've emulated some of the older Layton games just to see if they were worth buying and I always found them interesting but never worth $40. This one has London Life which intrigues me and it was only $25 so I decided to go for it. Hope I don't regret it.
You won't. It's my favourite of the series thus far, and the addition of London Life is just an added little bonus. It's fun to play around in. It's sort of like a smaller, less-content-filled Animal Crossing.
Bought the remainder of R & C: Future, and Beyond Good & Evil HD (never played the original, but I can remember watching someone play it at some point "in person").
Quest for Booty
Kinda disappointing, but all the same I felt I needed it for completion's sake. It turned out to more or less be a downgrade from the prior game with barely relevant story to act as the middle piece of this series. As I expected going in, it was short; but the lack of weapons and a relevant story got to me more than that. Should have just watched a video on in and saved the cash towards Tales of Graces F.
Beyond Good & Evil HD
As mentioned I never played the original, but I'd hear about it every now and then. Not very far in right now, but I have to say that I miss exploration games like this. I'm trying to spread out the genres a bit more these days, so that I don't get bogged down in my turn based library stockpile; so I likely will be finishing this slowly.
A Crack in Time
Liking it so far, but I'm trying to spread it out over time just like with BGE. Not sure how I feel about weapon components, but I think it might grow on me.
And yes, I went back to these...
Disgaea 3
I just didn't feel closure to this game yet. True, the platinum is likely beyond me, but I wanted to at least get all the rank 40 gear before calling myself satisfied.
So, two days ago, I spent literally 800 turns spamming bonus change in order to find a legendary Arcadia. This was after about 70 reverse pirate attempts with the same goal. Fortunately, the first one I find as a result of that is rank 0. Then this morning, in between dupes of some 5 move shoes (screwed up, I know), I get bored while waiting for the class world guy to show up and throw another useless attempt at the DLC Baal. I actually manage to defeat them without too much difficulty, then notice something. The level is repeatable. .... ..... Hello there unlimited supply of legendary rank 40 emblems and physical monster weapons! Thanks for being so obvious to me so as to save me the time to do the item world of the Arcadia to find you. Though, it might have been nicer if I noticed that before the 7 hour grind that it took to find that first...
Needless to say, I'm aggravated, but at least I'll have all the types soon now, so that I can call it quits until I beat the 4th installment's story 6 or so months down the road at least.
Star Ocean 4
Can't say it's getting better, but I am going to finish the first play-through of it anyway. Trying to stop jumping so much, but after this, I swear I'll get back to the PS1 & PS2 lineup. Unless of course I manage to afford Tales of Graces by that point. But then it'd be right after that.
It's actually very annoying to me right now. I can see the stereotypes that they are trying to show off, but they can't even seem to do it right. Which is sad considering how overused they are. It could just be the English, but even the gestures don't seem like what they were going for. Oh, and on that point; I do make it a point to play games in English for the first play-through and any other language options after that. Same cannot be said for the times I watch Anime as the emotions are the drive rather than story or game-play and generally do not make the transition well.
Regardless, I hope there is a faster way to go from one point of interest to another later on, since it has also started to bother me during follow up sweeps of areas for quests and such.
Portal 2
Built a level in the first 7 hours of the development too being available; had no views once it was published. Mine was a slow thinker puzzle versus most of the popular "bouncy room" crap that has been posted. I'll admit, I see a bit of a pacing issue in the first portion of my map which needs a bit of tweaking, but I don't think it's half bad, and it employes concepts that were not used in the main game or co-op in 3 different areas.
What they really need to do with the workshop level display is divide it into 3 sections: Puzzle, Coordination, and Fun. That way all those silly maps could be isolated from things that could actually make people think.
Built a level in the first 7 hours of the development too being available; had no views once it was published. Mine was a slow thinker puzzle versus most of the popular "bouncy room" crap that has been posted. I'll admit, I see a bit of a pacing issue in the first portion of my map which needs a bit of tweaking, but I don't think it's half bad, and it employes concepts that were not used in the main game or co-op in 3 different areas.
What they really need to do with the workshop level display is divide it into 3 sections: Puzzle, Coordination, and Fun. That way all those silly maps could be isolated from things that could actually make people think.
Whats your portal 2 test chambers name? I like the sound of a puzzle that requires more thought, so I'd like to give it a shot later.
I went out looking for Gods Eater Burst because @Rob has been peer pressuring me to buy it but had no luck. Ended up buying Professor Layton and the Last Specter. I've emulated some of the older Layton games just to see if they were worth buying and I always found them interesting but never worth $40. This one has London Life which intrigues me and it was only $25 so I decided to go for it. Hope I don't regret it.
It's not peer pressure. I'm just talking you into getting the game...
Whats your portal 2 test chambers name? I like the sound of a puzzle that requires more thought, so I'd like to give it a shot later.
Should be visible if you follow my little steam icon then to the workshop area as it was the only one I had published, but if that doesn't work out; its Probable Convolution. I wish there were arrow tiles and such things you see at the start of the chamber though. Since there isn't, I'll just state this; at the start head immediately left, the rest will start to make sense from there hopefully. There's also a cube switch that's wire is broken for some reason and it is hard to see what it does, but it does have a use.
Can't say it's getting better, but I am going to finish the first play-through of it anyway. Trying to stop jumping so much, but after this, I swear I'll get back to the PS1 & PS2 lineup. Unless of course I manage to afford Tales of Graces by that point. But then it'd be right after that.
It's actually very annoying to me right now. I can see the stereotypes that they are trying to show off, but they can't even seem to do it right. Which is sad considering how overused they are. It could just be the English, but even the gestures don't seem like what they were going for. Oh, and on that point; I do make it a point to play games in English for the first play-through and any other language options after that. Same cannot be said for the times I watch Anime as the emotions are the drive rather than story or game-play and generally do not make the transition well.
Regardless, I hope there is a faster way to go from one point of interest to another later on, since it has also started to bother me during follow up sweeps of areas for quests and such.
There is a faster way to get around later. I don't see what you don't like about it; I thought it was the best game in the franchise. Completely made up for the steaming pile of series-ruining-pomegranate that was 'til The End of Time.
Why should they be TRYING to following boring character archetypes? Not that I particularly liked most of the characters in SO4, but I think that complaining about them not being MORE stereotypical is kind of ridiculous. I mean, the kid was creepy and her relationship with whathisface was pineappleing gross. Welch was annoying as pomegranate (pineapple YOU LAURA BAILEY). The little cat girl whose name I can't remember was also annoying. I really like the scythe-user, and the pink-haired magician. Edge and ...I want to say Miranda? His love interest, anyway, weren't horrible. They weren't terrific either, though. But yeah, more cliche would've been worse.
And I loved the battle system. Blindsides are the pomegranate. Story was also decent, though it was a little too sci-fi at some points (though I think the "Return to Earth" is really awesome). Either way, it beats the hell out of WE'RE ALL CHARACTERS IN A VIDEO GAME, and because of that dumb plot twist they had no choice but to take the story back to a prequel (and I wouldn't have played it if they had continued on from that point with either a) everyone blissfully unaware of the truth of their existence, b) everyone aware but keep going as if it never happened or c) have someone else try to interfere from the fourth dimension. which are really the only ways the could've gone with it.) So instead we get to see the events that lead up to Star Ocean 1, and as players we get to keep it in mind that NONE OF THIS IS REAL (INCEPTION) but at least it's not a present factor in the story. Stupidest god damn plot twist ever I WANT TO PUNCH TRI-ACE FOR DOING THAT TO ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SERIES.
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