[Rud31]

Finished DWVII. It only took me two years. Game clocked at 100 hours when I fought God. He whooped me in the "I'm going to have to level so much for this, Fuck that" way. I worded that poorly, but I think the idea is there.

I might start Vagrant Story in a few minutes?
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[mechanori]

I just started DQVII! On my PSP! I think it's a pretty bad idea, but hell, if I'm going to play it, I'm going to play it on a portable, and that's that.

So far, it's logic is ridiculous.

[Pijaibros]

[mechanori]

[Balzac]

Games I played today:

-Gain Ground
-Castlevania Bloodlines
-Dracula X: Chi no Rondo
-Shadow of the Beast (a.k.a Scientology: The Videogame)
-Ristar
-Ranger X
-Typing of Ys
-Jets N' Guns
-Hardcore Gaming 101

Games I did not play today:

-La Mulana
-Samidare
-Home Improvement
-Chanteilese
-Okami

[Lasakon]

I'm thinking about giving Fire Emblem:Subtitle involving Radiance a go finally.

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[Brock]

I beat the last case in Phoenix Wright 2 this morning.

I don't think I'll ever touch that shit again.

[Moogs]

Final Fantasy V Advance is so much better than the version that's on FF Anthologies, especially in terms of the localisation.

Thank god Faris isn't saying "D'YAR!" everytime her text box comes up.

[Pijaibros]

[professor_scissors]

Blocksum.
I played until my fingers would not move anymore. I crave more.

[fundogmo]

Today, I sold (or at very least, put up on half.com) Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams and Steambot Chronicles... without beating either of them.


This is a sad first for me, as I remember a time in my life when I would unlock everything humanly possible in a game, regardless of its quality. Granted, my purchases were proportional to my income, so I could afford to be a discerning spender, but I suddenly feel... old.

Steambot Chronicles is everything I could ask for in a game of its type, but gyaaaaaaaaeaugh, those are some horrible load times, which sort of ruin the desire to do anything in the game. I appreciate how ambitious and robust it all is, but it never really gives you any compelling reason to complete it. In Skies of Arcadia (similar, at least in tone), the characters and story were at least developed enough to at least pretend that you were making someone happy by doing your deeds. In Steambot Chronicles, I'm appreciative of the mere fact that I CAN deliver carpet for a realtively stiff NPC, but it ends up feeling far too mechanical.

It just all feels so lifeless. Maybe its the localizaiton, really.


As far as Dawn of Dreams go, yeeeeeeeeuagh. One day, someone will look back on Capcom-made games of the PS2, and see a nice heap that contain some sort of brawling aspect, some sort of arbitrary puzzle feature, really great presentation but ultimately a pretty shallow feeling game. In an alternate universe without Godhand and Resident Evil 4, it would have been a fairly entertaining game. Not so anymore :(

[BotageL]

From what I've heard from people who played the Japanese release of Dawn of Dreams (which included an English voice/text option!) and the US version, Capcom USA apparently decided the best way to increase the difficulty of the US version was to drastically increase the number of hits each enemy took to kill rather than change their patterns or make them more aggressive or whatever. It just takes longer to kill each one. I can't imagine that helping the feel of the game at all.
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[Rud31]

Went against Vagrant Story after talking with a couple of people and they said I had better like crates and numbers (but not both at the same time.) So I went ahead and got into Dragon Quarter.

When does this game become mind-blowingly awesome?
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[Moogs]

I don't like how Final Fantasy V forces you to leave your cute and cuddly animal transportation friends behind.

What the hell has happened to Boko?!

[GrimmSweeper]

He turns up later on...better off than when you left him, too!

[kthorjensen]

Picked up Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. My team is the Rescuties! I love how polished everything with the Pokemon name on it is.
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[Leau]

It's a bit depressing that everyone seems to hate Pheonix Wright 2. Granted, I've only beat the first 3 cases so far, but I've really enjoyed them so far.

I kind of look at Pheonix Wright the same way that I look at the Simpsons; Primarily that while both may have declined over time, a bad Phenix Wright is still better than 80% of the drek out there. So bfd.
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[haze]

I rather liked Phoenix Wright 2 as well.

Perhaps, like Katamari, people only liked the original for it's novelty?

[Felix]

i'll be the first to admit i have an overdeveloped sense of novelty, but damned if the first phoenix wright (and katamari for that matter) wasn't far better than its sequel.

actually - anybody want my JPN copy of justice for all? we'll say $20 shipped; full english script and all of that, as you all know by now.

[dongle]

Started FFVIadvance. Trying to decide between playing that and the RPGOne re-translation of FF6.

Also plugged away at Lemmings and Lumines on the PSP. Lemmings is really good! That was my first PC game (came bundled with my soundblaster), so I'm fairly protective of it due to sentimental memories. This is a faithful recreation and expansion of the title, and I don't miss the mouse at all, really. Lumines I like, yet I have nothing new to say on that title.

[Felix]

[Brock]

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[BotageL]

I do not recall any script changes in the half of VP PSP I played. On the other hand, it does have some very irritating slowdown for no good reason. However, it is also $40, and the PSX version still goes for high amounts last I checked, so if ownership is desired, PSP is the better choice.
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[dongle]

I'm the sort of person who would not feel bad playing downloaded PSX ISOs if I owned the PSP disc.

Also started Hotel Dusk.

[Wilkes]

I can't tell if Guilty Gear Isuka is the most or least sophisticated 2D fighting game I've ever played.

[fundogmo]

[Churippu]

D: Rally X Arrangement.

I am trying to get the high score on the machine at the mall! I only got second top score today (AGAIN). I suppose I need to practice! I got to round 14.

[nocturnedelight]

[Rucio]

I have been playing WoW and Pheonix Wright: Ace Attourney. The last case is neat and really hard.
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I finished Kirby's Tilt and Tumble the other day, though the game has me down at 34%. It was fun, controls well, looks nice probably about as good as Kirby's Dream Course, good, simple games.

Next on the gbc will probably be Mario Land 2.
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[option]

Castlevania: PoR

the gameplay is really good, and the graphics are pretty nice too.

Too bad the flow of the game is so terrible. The level designs dont have really any thought put into them ether. I swear they must have spent a ton of time making all the background tiles, updating sprites and such, but then just fed it all into a random level generator.



Played PowerStone today too. I really love the big colorful arcadey graphics of the Dreamcast/Naomi era.

The normal mapped reality emulating epics of today get kinda heavy at times.

[dementia]

[firenze]

Giga Wing Generations. I think I might try to 1CC it, only 6 stages and I can already get part way into Stage 4 on one life. I don't think I've ever 1CC'd anything, maybe Sol-Feace back in the Sega CD days. Anyway, GGG - it's ugly as sin. It's the worst in the series. But it's still got that perfect Takumi timing of waiting for juuuuuust another split second until your reflect recharges, allowing you to go hurtling into a ton of plasma bullets and feeling all safe and hi-scoring. I really think the Takumi games made me man the fuck up and not get too nervous when a bajillion bullets are on screen. You have that little security blanket of knowing that soon you'll be able to reflect again, and everything will be all right.

Also been playing Last Resort on Neo (preparing for Last Hope on DC), and Root Beer Tapper on 360. Yes, this is what I use my $400 machine for. I'm starting to kick some ass on Root Beer Tapper. And I know it's not REALLY "root" beer. It's crazy that one of the achievements requires 50 online vs. wins. I'm 2 and 0 right now.

[firenze]

Oh shit I forgot. I downloaded Jet Moto from the PS3 store thingy. I never played this game back in the 90s. It's actually quite good! I like the surf music influenced soundtrack a lot. It's also hard. Racing games have become much easier these days, I think.

This is one of those games I never would have played if not for modern microtransaction emulated stuff. And I'm actually quite glad I did.

[haze]

played Super Ghouls & Ghosts for some reason today, for the first time I actually got past the ghost ship to the very awesome raft level. Can't beat it yet, but the special effects kind of make up for all the malicious gameplay. this is good quality SNES stuff, nothing else I've seen really pulled off this effect of "feeling seasick"

I have new respect for this game! just enough to make me not mind dying every 20 seconds.