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Man, I could go for some 3S since that SF3S topic popped up. I'm so out of practice now though.

What is this 2df? Is it another alternative like GGPO and Kaillera?

It's been a bit over a year since I last played any fighting games...
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I want to like 2 more than 2017, but I like shiny HD graphics and a smooth framerate. I can see further into the distance in 2017, too.

Still playing Monster Hunter 2ndG. WIll trade my foot for a rathalos ruby, but the beast won't give them up! Papa needs a new gunlance. I've killed the Granddaddy Silver Rathalos 4 times now >:|
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Still playing Monster Hunter Portable G.

+40 more hours and still no Rathalos Hearts >:|

Playing this over Wifi Max with friends (and sometimes random hunters) is the shit. Four players against one monster just seems so unfair to the beast. I almost pity it. Probably the biggest reason I have soared past the 200 hour mark.

Started playing Culdcept Saga again. Found a way to farm cards which allowed me to get 1000 cards in like a weekend. Now that I have work and grownup obligations this is a nice timesave!

Finished Gears of War 2. Yeah that cliffhanger ending was so expected and it sucked. Felt like Wile E Coyote slamming into the wall after painting a tunnel and having the roadrunner run through it.

Horde mode alone made me feel better again, real quick! I can beat Wave 1 by myself :-D. Squished by Wave 3, dream of getting to Wave 5.
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I just set up a VS match with Ancient God Baltias on a big board that gives out 16 cards as a reward.

Set the game up for 10 rounds. Very important!

Baltias (or any aggressive opponent) will spend any amount of money to bone you in those 10 rounds. Tease him with things to make him use his spell cards.

You stroll along placing cheap creatures, blazing trails with haste and holy words. If you get kissed by ladyluck you may even finish a lap. You will probably win against the CPUs reckless behavior. The whole thing takes 5 minutes; 7 min. at most. Even if by some freak occurrence you take a loss, you still get 8 cards!
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Man, I gotta get around to playing TF6. Have had it sitting around for months.

Between the little free time I have available. Curse you Monster Hunter for being so easily available in my jacket pocket (i can't believe I cleared the training missions for special piercings). Xbox360 multiplay at home before bed, I haven't had time to sit and play a good shooter in forever.
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Living in an area where the weather goes from 80F "summer" days to snow to colored leaves to snow again with mornings at 20F in a span of weeks; these times have a way of blending together.
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Dragon Quest is the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" of videogames.

Really nothing warms you up and feel better on a frigid day than a round of Dragon Quest while wrapped in a blanket. You can just sit back and get lost in it.
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Love trying to outsmart that shopkeeper, too
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I am playing SF4 still. I see some guys from here also play it, but never seem to run into them.

I mainly use El Fuerte and am surprised I like him so much. I disliked Guy in the Alpha series. I've been hovering between 2.5k and 3.2k bro points here. I sometimes switch to Dhalsim should I ever face a Cammy since I have no answer vs her as El Fuerte.

I would love to reach 4k bro points, but it looks like people are figuring out my latin shenanigans.

When not at home I am chipping away on DQ V. It is such a joy to play in 30minute chunks. I love having a healslime in my wagon. Though I abused my prayer ring too much, because it crumbled. I didn't know they wasted away. I hope I can get another one since I abused multiheal so much.
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I am willing to play non-ranked if I get an invite. Just my circle of friends aren't very much into fighting games.

Nothing is more satisfying than getting a win with Dan though. As much as I thought Dan died after Alpha in SF canon, he just looks so good in the SFIV graphical style.
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Offended?

I'm curious about getting this game now. Here I was just going to wait for Dark Spire as my purchase for the month.

Tell me more about how it offends. That seems to be the flavor of this forum lately :)
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that's sad to see the multiplayer that way. i am still interested in it because i have been wanting to play this with a steering wheel forever. i've never been able to locate a wheel for the reg. xbox and am hoping it will work well with one of the available x360 wheels.
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also. I'm curious to whether or not the rubber banding can be toggled on and off. even the machine at the arcade lets me do this. though this usually means that the first one to crash loses.

EDIT: Looks like I'm probably not going to buy this. at least for now. The wheel support is non-existant; just sort of treats it like a much less sensitive regular controller. Not even rumble. Broken online doesn't help.

I'll just stick with my Xbox copy of Coast 2 Coast. It's not 720p only 480p and widescreen, but I can live with that.
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Yeah. Though it's real touchy on how the system will flag the option to allow it to display that way.

On my television I'd have to tell the system that I do not support 720p and higher. Yet, let it know that my set is widescreen and does 480p.

With those options it then proceeds to play it in 16:9 mode. If I have the usual HD options it defaults to 4:3 mode. It's kinda weird, but I don't know anyone else with this game (or even a reg. xbox) to verify if it's just my set being goofy.
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In Dark Spire my thief became incredibly useful when I accidentally discovered thre is a "Hide" option if I hit a direction when selecting "Defend". The next turn he gets a backstab bonus and hits a random thug for HUEG damage. The Warrior has "Counter", I've not used it.

Here I was thinking he was just made to die every other fight!

Fighting spear wielders still sucks.
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It has an English patch out. All the cards are translated with effects. A little bit of the story is worked on, and none of the shrine effects. The important thing is cards being done though. I can up a working image, but it will have to be much later as I am at work until night time. You can fetch it here if you want to patch it yourself.

I WISH Sega was kind enough to translate it.

They are on my crap-list this year for not bothering to bring Shiren 3 (Wii) and Culdcept DS. Two games I thought were pretty certain for these shores seeing as Shiren DS (also Chocobo Mystery Dungeon for Wii) and Culdcept (X360) were brought over. Still kinda pissed at how lousy the online is for Culdcept x360 is and Namco does nothing to recitfy it. Of all the games to have connection problems is one where you think would have the simplest online implementation.

Culdcept DS is love though. Based on the Saturn version of the game even including some of the old art. No Doublecasts or Immediate creautures (i kinda liked that though as I like to play aggressive). I do appreciate that this version has all the cards be a certain species (serpent, beast, undead, humanoid) along with an element. Does add some variety to most of the cards. Though this version wins because the boards are alot more interesting to play on!

Counter amulet is still counter amulet, however <3
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i think i will have to pick up VOOT as well. I may have to pass on Outrun Live, but VOOT is something I've always wanted to try against people.

Of course since it's been like 6 years since I've last touched it, this will be a pathetic display of spamming close attacks and whiffing dashes.
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I hunted down a copy of Raiden Fighters Aces. I will try and play this sometime tonight. I am hoping that tracking down a copy locally will not be the most fun I will have.

Been a bit since I played a genuine shooter.
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casshern (<3 friender spam) and polymar are my awesome team. ryu has insane priority. i dislike him.

rock and roll are my dream team. capcom, why must you tease me with so much megaman legends here T_T i really like that roll explodes when you KO her.

i use fuerte in sf4 so half the roster is a bad match for me. i have to tostada/propeller game everyone 6 times to get the damage that one bad guess will return to me and even the match. jab DP to fireball with ryu is such nonsense. you can bake a cake in the time you have after hitting that jab DP. even if it trades! i poo on ryu
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I picked up Punch-Out last night.

It is shadow boxing at its finest. Now I'm sure i can get better times just playing with a controller, but it is actually really fun to throw out a punch. I actually worked up a sweat flailing about, I may have to do this more often!

Once again Nintendo misses an obvious option. I'm rather annoyed that I can't switch the controls to lefty. For some odd reason (and only on Wii) I will use the nunchuck in my right hand and the wiimote in my left. Also why I was so sour at making Link right-handed (and mirroring the world) in Twilight Princess.

Even so, since I'm only throwing out punches it is not too much of a hinderance. I really love the presentation here. All the boxers speak only in their native tongues and they're all flamobyant in some way which just adds to their personalities. The pre-bout "day in the life" pictures are very enjoyable to look into the fighters.

One hit KO-ing everyone was good fun. It felt good being able to spot Great Tiger right in the gut during his magic dash move. I lost to Don Flamenco because I kept trying to find a way to get a star on him and failing. He has been upgraded quite a bit though he now fights like a "Super Macho Man" lite and really enjoy that he only speaks Spanish.

I'd talk more, but I only goofed around to see how far I could get in "1 credit". It's real satisfying when I can get a KO vs a TKO in the first round as it always has been.
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For some reason I keep firing up SF4 at least once a week. I find it endlessly amusing that my Fuerte is considered cheap every time I win. Loads of minus rep because I hurt their feelings with knockdown shenanigans (tostada/tortilla).

I mean what else do they expect me to do, let them rise again? Fuerte is practically made of glass, stamina-wise. If I'm up against a Sagat/Ryu, and and after 3 splashes decide to let them rise out pity, would I not be forced to dodge tigers/hadokens for the rest of the match? This probably all boils down to people not being fans of losing.
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