[haircute]

The American one? I'm dying to get some good impressions from you guys because for some reason I just can't get myself to actually REALLY want to buy it.

I know Tim was completely enamored with it a long time ago but that was just one person! I need multiple "views". I'm thinking a set with like a couch and some chairs and maybe Barbara Walters could moderate?

Just a thought!
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[Toups]

is this shit like... out already?
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[SplashBeats]

It supposedly came out on the 30th. Could have fooled me, though I haven't exactly been checking around in stores.

[haircute]

Dudes, that game is OUT.

I might go buy it tomorrow but I'm still not sure.
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[schild]

Picking it up in about 6 hours. I'll have some impressions tomorrow night I suppose.

[haircute]

[schild]

Oh, I also got the fucking monstrous strat guide. Seriously, this title could have more shit in it than Dark Cloud 2. You could almost base whether or not you want to purchase it on the size of the guide alone. Main story though - seems to be about a third of the book (I haven't read a single bit of that, I bought it for the Double Jump-Style spreadsheets in the back).

Anyway, yea, more tomorrow. Now I sleep. BTW, when I post stuff, it'll be around midnight Arizona time (mountain now I think). I don't get off work til 8.

[Predator Goose]

[luvcraft]

[SplashBeats]

I just got this! I shall conquer these two tests and some homework before I touch it though.

[boojiboy7]

Man, i need to finish ff12 first. fucking RPG's and their damn length.

[Renfrew]

Does this game have a pre-order bonus or what? I went into Gamestop a few weeks ago to ask when it was going to come out, and they told me when and that it would have a pre-order bonus. They said that they already had it in the back. I go to buy it today, and they deny all knowledge of a pre-order bonus.

I'll have some impressions of the game later.

[DonMarco]

I'll be picking up the game for $20 in six months. The guide I'll get on my next payday.
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[boojiboy7]

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[Felix]

giruvegan is the very last bit of a (long) low point for the game, extending since maybe as far back as mosphoran or therabouts.

that area between the phon coast and the sochen cave palace? that's just there to insult you, i swear.

i mean, yeah, you've got hunts to do all the while, and ultimately i'm not sure how i feel about what that does to the pacing.

after giruvegan it's a totally decent straight shot to the ending, though!

...?

haha wow MGS exclamation points, i love you nana.

(once you stop enjoying gambit tinkering it's pretty much all over)

[boojiboy7]

Yeah, i just need to sit down and pound through that game. I just got past the phon coast for the first time.

[Agent Orange]

[firenze]

Rogue Galaxy is clearly the best PS3 game released so far! (see, and you people thought I could only joke about the Wii's blah early lineup)

I actually haven't played it yet, but I'll be picking it up in the next day or two. And I still haven't finished FFXII either. Or Devil Summoner. Fucking RPGs indeed. I hope I can knock out at least one of them before Persona 3 comes out. Shit, I've still got random PS1 RPGs in my "to finish" pile. One day when I become immortal and have no obligations at all...

[Faithless]

I liked it. But there's a little bit of ... lethargy in it, somehow. And the characters are a tad grating.
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[Toups]

[SplashBeats]

I actually thought the desert was the low point of FF12. You don't have to do the hunts, you know! I only did enough so I could buy bubble belts from the Clan merchant in Rabanastre, since constant effect HPx2 is totally worth doing 14 or 15 hunts.

[aerisdead]

Half an hour into this

It is okay, but seems to use Comic Sans font for EVERYTHING
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[taidan]

Got the last copy at my local Best Buy. Can't play it until after work (provided my roomate will give up the TV).

[Felix]

[v84j3gs2uc7ns4]

[boojiboy7]

i loved a lot of dark cloud 2, till the end when all the weapons looked dumb, the monster system took way too much work and the plot stunk. Still, I had fun till then.

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[skelethulu]

I also contend that FFXII was fun without the hunts, which I also didn't mess around with unti lthe second playthrough.

Also, I just picked up this other game we're talking about, along with the guide. I'm another one of those guys who buys games that DoubleJump makes guides for I'M LOOKING AT YOU GENJI.

[108]

shit dog you didn't buy genji 2, did you?

if so my condolences yeah
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[BotageL]

The Rogue Galaxy demo really didn't do much for me. The graphics are well designed, certainly, but the frame rate in combat is shitty. The character designs are not especially bad, but they're not particularly inspired either. Points for equipment actually altering your character's appearance, though. The concept of your characters chattering as you wander around the world is initally an appealing one, but after a while, their repeated, vapid commentary is just irritating. Combat is honestly fairly boring, and I was never a fan of having to go into a menu to use special attacks in an action RPG.

However, I suppose if you enjoyed Dark Cloud 2 you'll probably enjoy this game too. I just wish I had actually enjoyed DC2. I really wanted to, but the game just wasn't together enough for me to do it.
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[Wall of Beef]

Does this game have random battles or are the creatures visible on the playing field?
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[SplashBeats]

I'm quite enjoying this.

Legato, you can turn the commentary off. I highly recommend it.

The game has enemies that kind of appear out of nowhere, but there are absolutely no loading times whatsoever, so it works really nicely.

[Wall of Beef]

[Renfrew]

I am pretty sure they can not be avoided, but so far they have not happened very often (to me at least).

The cutscenes in this game are some of the most gorgeous things I've ever seen.

[taidan]

So I'm kind of really liking the rewards you get for killing x number of enemies. I think its a good way to make me feel less upset about random battles, since its always towards progress of some kind.

Also, why do so many reviews compare the combat to Kingdom Hearts? I mean yeah, they're both realtime, but RG seems to realize that real time combat requires real time action. KH's insistence on an old turn based menu puts it on a level of ridiculousness that few can match.

[SplashBeats]

I think the comparison comes from the mashy nature of the game.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this game is MY Seiken Densetsu 5, and that goofy thing over there doesn't exist. Or whatever the hell # it is. Someone told me SD4 was already out years ago. I don't know!

By the way, the CG cutscenes were (apparently) all done by Studio 4C. This is why they are awesome.

Oh, I have kind of ran into a problem with the game. Has anyone else noticed all the goddamned Kisala upskirts?

[boojiboy7]

[schild]

Link.

Rogue Galaxy: What I Think Thus Far

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