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Knurek
Joined: 16 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 12:32 pm |
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Pop'n Music 12 - Iroha. On DualShock. Been playing this for about a week and now I think I'm up to challenge with easy 9 button songs. The whole game (when played on standard PS2 controller) is more like a real-time puzzle translation game (the kind of stuff the translators at UN do) than an arcade game.
Also the visual style is drop dead gorgeous.
Also it has Zankoku no Tenshi and a great Gradius Megamix.
I take it, that other Pop'n Music games are as good as this?
And BlockSum. This will surely be a legendary game.
I've been also finishing Dragovian Trials in DQ8. I'm seriously underlevelled for that stuff (or chose a wrong path for Jessica) as Angelo is the only person with sure-fire revive spell. Blasted Dragons do a critihit on him just about every two rounds... |
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Knurek
Joined: 16 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:38 pm |
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| Deets wrote: |
Basically, 12 and 13 are lovely, and almost entirely devoid of things that annoy me besides obvious stuff like Lamento EX. (...) Besides that though, yeah. Fun game series. |
I've got Carnival too, but haven't even run it yet, Iroha has put me into an unlock spree mode unrivaled as of yet. I mean, almost every 10 minutes game gives you something. I totally dig that.
I totally dig the series too, dunno if it's the visual style or just my secret, repressed j-pop craving, but I simply can't stop thinking about the games (heck, I've even thought of taking some Gameboy emu and Pop'n GB to work today to practice. Didn't happen earlier with any game).
Any other Bemani games that are good when played on DualShock? DDR doesn't look like a lot of fun without the dance mat. What about Beatmania? |
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Knurek
Joined: 16 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:02 pm |
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Okay, something's wrong. I've unlocked just about everything in Pop'n 12 (the ninja shooting minigame doesn't show up, at least at Enjoy 5 button mode), but there's still plenty of stuff to unlock, if the Secret menu is to be believed.
Also, although Challenge Mode has all the songs unlocked, Enjoy got only two new ones (Christmas Medley and the Goemon Song). While there's this:
Am I missing something here? |
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Knurek
Joined: 16 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:04 pm |
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| Deets wrote: |
| However, there are a few other things you can unlock. If you go to Special and choose "Pop'n Request," you can unlock about 12 songs from previous games |
Those are rather... extreme. Gonna take a while till I'm good enough for any of them...
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| Also, enjoy mode is an introductory mode that's crippled intentionally in order to reduce confusion for introductory-level players, so songs that you've unlocked not showing up in there is normal. |
Well, I'm an introductory-level, and playing Enjoy mode was enjoying to say the least. Pity, Challenge is fun up to, say, level 8 and with most of song in the higher tens margin, I'd hope for at least having them in easy mode.
Well, back to practice then. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:41 pm |
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Second ending of DQ8. Not sure what to do now, next Dragovian Trial requires weeks of pointless leveluping.
And I've got DQ7 to play or DQ6 to replay (didn't play the secret dungeon last time, and that's where quite a lot of fun is in DQ games)
//Edit
So, okay, Pop'n Music 13. What the fuck happened here? It's kinda bad, when the only interesting, noncringe songs are the ones from the previous game...
Enjoy Mode is seriously fucked up (larger Pop-kuns make the game actually harder! The tutorial that has to be skipped each and every time is also not really that nice). Also, is it me, or do the notes seem uninspired in this one?
Also the Carnival theme is not really my style.
I guess Iroha was just a lucky shot on Konami's part... |
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Knurek
Joined: 16 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:20 am |
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| Deets wrote: |
| Knurek wrote: |
I guess Iroha was just a lucky shot on Konami's part... |
You have some awfully bizarre complaints. Ones that I've never even heard before! I don't know what to tell you, honestly. It's probably not the game for you. Which is fine, since you're just playing it with a dual shock and stuff. |
I'm pretty amazed myself. I mean, the games don't differ that much, but all I can think while playing Carnival is 'meh, I'm pushing buttons and there's a music playing', while Iroha is more like 'I'm pushing buttons and there's a music playing. Moar, MOAR!!!'... |
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Knurek
Joined: 16 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:33 pm |
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Started Dragon Quest 7 for the third time. Maybe I'll even finish it this time (quit at Sphinx the first time, then one or two subplots after Dharma Shrine)...
I've tried playing Dicing Knight... Well, I guess I'd like this much much more if the game was for a system with higher resolution. As such the whole fighting system is pretty much random for me. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:29 pm |
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Put some more time into Pop'n Music 13... Well, the challenge mode is nice, and some songs are simply amazing (Suikoden V Medley, Arabian Magic Medley). Guess it's just Enjoy Mode that was fucked up here...
Did also play some Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 with a friend. Amazingly good game! The feeling of deflecting an enemy's fireball swarm with your hands - priceless. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:36 am |
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| Broco wrote: |
I played Cave Story last year and I thought it was a little bit overrated. I seem to be the only person who thinks this. I probably would've liked it more if my expectations weren't blown out of proportion by all the praise I heard.
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Anyway, the game has its strong points -- a lot of charm, good physics and the Hell stage. I just don't think it's the perfect masterpiece some people have claimed it to be. |
Consider that it's a free game, done by one guy in his spare time. And it's still ages better than any Castlevania game. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:27 am |
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| gooktime wrote: |
Every so often, I get a desire to finish DQ8. I put ~25 hours into it this time last year, and a little more in summer but I'm not sure if it'd be wiser to just start a new game, or play one of the earlier DQ's that isn't quite so long. Any advice which one would be a nice introduction to the series?
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Dragon Quest 1 of course. The remixed GBC or SNES version to be exact. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:28 pm |
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| Rud13 wrote: |
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? |
Talk about coincidence. I've finished Vagrant Story a while ago, and I'm just starting DW7 (in the intro as of yet, before the first fight). Heck, if I keep it up, I might even finish FF12 before 2010... |
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Knurek
Joined: 16 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:48 pm |
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Finished unlocking everything in Pop'n Music 13 (well, the Request songs are left, but as they are massive damage 9-line songs I don't think I'll get
to play them until owning a Pop'n controller (read: ever)).
Final thoughts:
Pop'n 12 - amazing default songs, nice stuff to unlock
Pop'n 13 - mediocre default songs, 'holy cow, it's so amazing' stuff to unlock (I mean, Genso Suikoden 5 song alone could make my day).
Did try some Beatmania IIDX 12, but even with 5-line, Auto-Scratch and Pop'n skin, it kinda doesn't speak with me. Pop-kuns are smaller, which messes my timing considerably. And the videos are annoying to say the least.
Also no moe-loli factor, so... |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:36 pm |
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| Deets wrote: |
| You can press select to change difficulty, and all the request songs have 5-line charts, so this shouldn't be a problem. |
That does help 'a little'. Thank you. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:23 pm |
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Played some Lumines Plus. Wow, nice game, though some themes are a bit hard to 'read'. Getting the hang of gameplay rules, I seem to be the only one not having played/watched the PSP original/freeware remakes.
Also some DQ7 and Marathon mode of Pop'n Music 12 (track 66/99, so I'm almost near the end). Fun times. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:46 pm |
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Started playing Pop'n on 9-line.
Fuck, you have to relearn just about everything bout the game. I've beaten just about everything on 5-line in Pop'n 12 and 13 (well, there's one song in P'n 12 that I can't clear for the life of me), and I can't fucking clear a fucking 9 in Normal.
Oh well, back to Enjoy Mode, gonna have to practice a while. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:42 pm |
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Churning away in DQ7 (finished the Volcano part, yeah, I know, I'm slow).
I've also started Sly Racoon (first 3 stages, plays great so far, sans the friggin unskippable tutorial turtle). Too bad the stealth part is kinda nonexistant for now, all the enemies are placed in a way that it's usually not possible to sneak past them.
And uhh, yeah, my mother (50+) discovered StepMania. To quote 'great workout'. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 7:36 am |
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Pop'n Music on 9-line.
With my girlfriend doing the white/yellows. Did even one no-miss (and one I've botched on the last freaking pop-kun, arrrgh), cleared some hypers even (the easier ones of course, but still).
Man, screw Rock Band, that's some good coop game... |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:37 am |
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| EU03 wrote: |
Been playing Drill Dozer and I just got up to the second half of the first stage. It's not too spectacular and I was expecting a little more, but it's put well together and some of the puzzle/gameplay elements are refreshing. A little bit of toned-down metrovania styled linear exploration makes it for a relaxing game to play, actually. The music is great, too.
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Wait for the extra stages. They're what really makes the game. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 8:51 am |
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Started FFXII.
Man, this MMORPG shit is surprisingly fun when there are no other people to spoil it for you.
Also this game really puts the 'fear of the monster' in you. Seeing stuff like Wild Saurian or Gnoma Entite prowling around your lvl10 characters is an experience I wouldn't mind more RPGs replicated.
And moar large, huge-ass enemies. Think how awesome would a RPG be with monsters the size of colossi from SotC. Heck, make them have parasites (ticks, the like) which would decimate the party while trying to climb the fucker for the kill. Or make a monster so big, that the party would get swallowed, get into it's bloodstream and fight lymphocytes the size of a whale... |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 1:53 pm |
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| Moogs wrote: |
| Golden Sun was a prettier version of Beyond the Beyond. |
Wouldn't go that far, no.
The puzzles were nicely done, the battles fun (and fast going to boot!). and the ability to read NPC's mind was pretty awesome (too bad the game didn't go far with it, but well...) |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:34 am |
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| username wrote: |
| I also just finished playing Jak II, and all of the praise for that game baffles me a bit. Quite a bit unfocused with a city that screws up the game's momentum more than anything else, and in truth seems like a step back from Jak and Daxter. I'm hopeful that by the time they made Jak 3 they realized that the game doesn't have to include every genre and just picks a couple to try and excell at, but my hopes aren't raised. |
Jak 2 was truly gorgeous. It had a sprawling city, beautifully rendered vistas and great platforming sections.
Too bad the rest of the game (about 90%) was crappy racing missions, crappy ring racing missions and crappy ring racing missions XTREME!!
Stopped playing the game about 20% through... God, that race engine was an abomination... |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:22 pm |
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Pop'n Music 14
Finally did some 100k plays. Totally random I guess, but still woot! |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:04 am |
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| Vehicular Manslaughter wrote: |
| Also: TPOLM what what. |
The Planet of Leather Moomins? |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:18 pm |
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Played some Grandia 3.
I wouldn't mind the not-so-great graphics, the horrible, horrible dub work and assraping plot if it weren't for the fact that the game is so fucking easy you'd have to be a blind fruitbat with chopped off limbs for it to pose any challenge.
Seriously, all RPGs should have a 'Normal' and 'Hard' difficulity level in addition to current 'Pussy'. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:30 am |
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| darthjim wrote: |
Yes, Tetris.
Yes, this morning.
Lawks, truly I'm at the cutting edge. |
Only if you've played the original, russian PC version. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:28 pm |
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My Pop'n minicon arrived today. So you can safely guess what I've played. I can now clear 15s on 9-line. Woot.
Pop'n Music is like the zen of gaming. The less you think, the better you play. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:37 am |
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| Drem wrote: |
How are the mini controllers? I've been tempted to get one, but then always decide to hold out and eventually get a normal size one, I guess from Desktop Arcade or Ransai. I wish they'd update their waiting lines, though, so I'd have an idea what how long I need to wait.
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Nice, though it takes a while to get used to. First time I played with it I couldn't even clear one heart songs in Enjoy Mode (and I could DualShock just about every 5-line song, and go up to 35 in coop 9-line).
It's clicky as hell though. Much louder than I'd imagine. And sensitive as hell. I think even breathing on buttons registers as a keypress. ;)
Given that an ASC would be like 200$ more (what with shipping costs and shipping tax in Euro zone), I don't see me buying it in foreseeable future.
Not that I wouldn't like one - you can't really coop on Minicon. :( |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:29 am |
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| Broco wrote: |
| Yeah localizers seem to be pretty Internet-meme-happy nowadays. They're rather detached from the original production of the game, and so are eager to put their own mark on it with these little easter egg-ish things. |
Wonder if they used that slimy lolita line from your patch...
Anyone can confirm/deny? |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:05 am |
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| Broco wrote: |
| I'm not sure if that was intended as a burn or serious question Knurek. Anyway, if burn, partially conceded -- I did some fairly idiosyncratic things. But in my defense, no Internet memes. If serious question, nah, they would be worried that I would sue them for stealing my line. There have been cases of fanfiction authors suing license holders for alleged plagiarism in the past. |
No, I loved your translation, and wouldn't mind seeing it in the commercial release. And that line was just about the only one in any fantranslation that made me laugh out loud... |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:19 pm |
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9 hours into Digital Devil Saga...
WTF? It's an jRPG that requires some thoughtful playing, doesn't have an annoying teen upstart main character, has some nifty puzzles/dungeon crawling and annoying filler music replaced with not so annoying filler rock music...
I mean, it's like playing Resident Evil without the zombies, shooting and a good story.
I feel weirded out by this. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:35 am |
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Been getting better and better at Pop'n Music. I can clear most songs up to 20 now.
It really is a scary game though. You see this wall of notes rushing to meet you and you're like 'WTF? Is that even possible? No way I'm gonna clear that' and then your brain shuts down and your hands take over and you're popping shit left and right... Strange feeling... |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:29 am |
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Started playing Sly 2 again, wrapped up 5th episode and started 6th one (the snow one with trains).
Seriously, what's with all the hate for this game? Hadn't had so much fun with a platformer for a while. Sure, it's a radical departure from the first part, but it's not Jak or something (which changed from great seamless platformer into bland furry GTA clone with terrible driving controls). The only thing that's changed for worse are the boss fights (though, I dunno, they've been getting better and better).
Also, was the music done by that Lucasarts that scored Curse of Monkey Island? I can totally hear the resemblances. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:15 am |
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| Rud13 wrote: |
| Everything I've seen about the Sly series implies that it is piss easy. |
Well, they're not the hardest games ever, true.
I'd say they are on par with Psychonauts (with the exception of time challenges in Sly 1). And the story and level design are also on par with Psychonauts.
The reception here (and just about everywhere), compared to Psychonauts is rather weak though...
I mean, when it comes to Sucker Punch games I still prefer Rocket over Sly, but that doesn't really make Sly games bad. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:08 pm |
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| Rud13 wrote: |
| See I also don't like Psychonauts. |
Ah, that'd explain it. You just hate everything that's good. :P |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:05 pm |
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I'm surprised by the serious lack of love for MLB Power Pros on the interwebs.
Been playing this for a while and it ranks up with Baseball Stars 2 in the fun factor. And this is with me being a serious baseball n00b (what with living in Europe and all). |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:06 am |
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| Infernarl wrote: |
| Can you think of a better puzzle game where speed is not a factor. (ok it is a little bit, but if you can't finish a puzzle in an hour you need to learn how to play) |
Guru Logic Champ
Denki Blocks
DROD
Polarium
Sokoban
Mr Pants too I guess |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:31 am |
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Finishing up the first Ratchet & Clank (hunting the gold bolts, looking for secret areas, etc).
Love the game but I'd love it even more if it had a way of raising bolt output. Still missing cash for the later weapons, not to mention the gold upgrades, and grinding for cash isn't really that fun here...
Some bonus combo score multiplies for instance. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:57 am |
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There's also Soccer Kid or whatever the SNES version was called (Kid Kleets?).
Though I kinda wish they ported the earlier Krisalis title as well, Arabian Nights (http://hol.abime.net/3289). Kinda liked that title more... |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:47 am |
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Well, fuck this.
Wanted to give SMT3 a go, and looks like the PAL version is fucking riddled with gamebreaking bugs... Everytime Zio is being cast the game just freezes.
If you've played SMT3, you know how kinda bad this is. Not sure if this is just my copy of the game, or is my PS2 acting up (though the NTSC version of the game doesn't exhibit this problem)...
Damn, will need either to play in B/W or switch to playing on the PC. |
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Knurek
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:39 pm |
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| Martial Loh wrote: |
| Knurek - you have the Ghostlight director cut version of SMT3 right? I'm sure Zio didn't do that for me.. (i have an original...not a backup) |
It's not really available anywhere here ATM. I do have the NTSC original, but have to obviously play with a Swap Magic...
It's probably just my PS2 laser, the NTSC version does have some awkward pauses here and there, no replicable crashes though. |
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