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haircute
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 Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:09 am Post subject: Has anyone played Rogue Galaxy yet? |
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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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haircute
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:24 am |
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Dudes, that game is OUT.
I might go buy it tomorrow but I'm still not sure.
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haircute
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:46 am |
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| schild wrote: |
| Picking it up in about 6 hours. I'll have some impressions tomorrow night I suppose. |
I'll wait until then before I purchase it.
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haircute
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:18 am |
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| schild wrote: |
Link.
Rogue Galaxy: What I Think Thus Far
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So Rogue Galaxy dropped this week for the PS2. Reviews across the board have been middling at best. Many of the reviews mention things like "Level 5 did such great work on Dragon Quest VIII that Rogue Galaxy simply pales in comparison." Bullshit. Dragon Quest VIII, while expertly constructed, was terribly slow and boring. You ran too slow, the game progressed too slowly, fights took too long, unlocking everything took way too long (goddamn metal BS), and it looked like Dragon Ball. Ok, that last part is a bit of a copout on my part. I can't be bothered to think very hard right now. But I've put a few hours into Rogue Galaxy and I can honestly say that I'm enjoying it.
Loot. There's a hell of a lot. I like loot, I mean, who doesn't? Eight million people can't be wrong. As far as I'm concerned, short of Diablo, Rogue Galaxy does loot right. Also, you're a fucking space pirate. You hunt monsters, get treasure, and fly around space. That's pretty awesome, right? Yea, it is. But I'll tell you, there's something that really eats at me. Double Jump did the strategy guide. At first I was stoked because I'm a big Disgaea fan. But Rogue Galaxy is nothing like Disgaea. And yet, it still seems to have an unbelievable amount of "content." That's in quotes since there's more optional content than real storyline content. That doesn't really bother me. What bothers me is what I've looked at thus far in the book. If you're like me, you read strategy guides an area back. After you finish an area and move away from it, you read it for what you might have missed. Well, in the first area, it looks like I have to come back and farm the shit out of it later in my quest to 100% the game. Ugh. I'll do it, the combat is actually pretty fun (I like it more than say, Devil Summoner), but I can't say I'll enjoy it. However! There's no question that the sum of the game will be better than it's parts (especially the part I just mentioned). It's very well constructed and the pacing, thus far, seems spot on.
The other thing I feel compelled to mention is the revelation flow chart. It seems Level 5 wanted to create a skill system that was the bastard child of Final Fantasy XII and Digital Devil Saga. The biggest difference is each character has it's own set of skills and the entire thing is based around gathering items. I can't complain about this, I knew going in that Level 5 made Dark Cloud 2 and it's fairly obvious that they're obsessed with collection games. Anyway, you get items and place them into this big flow chart and each time you fill in a little section you unlock a new skill. It's actually a really cool system, short of the fact it's a total timesink. There's no doubt going to be a need to farm enemies all throughout the game to get rare drops to fill up the better skillsets. Being obsessive about treasure hunting in video games, I'll have no problem with this, but for some it could be a major turnoff. Proceed with caution, YMMV, etc.
I don't feel comfortable reviewing this yet simply because I haven't played nearly enough of the main storyline, the minigames, or optional content. But thus far it's grabbed me by the balls pretty good. Which is a shame, since I was well on my way to 100 hours in Disgaea 2. Ok, I'm done now, and I'm pretty sure I've said a lot of nothing. I feel pretty compelled to say that if you like traveling around exotic worlds gathering treasures, slaying named monsters, meeting a new version of C-3PO and R2-D2, and like Space Pirates that you really can't go wrong. Or at least, that's what I think thus far. |
Sorry that took so long to post. Halfway through playing I wanted some pancakes and waffles, so we made some.
Also, yes, random battles. And... I've heard cases of stuttering when played on a PS2, almost non-existant when played on a PS3 (sometimes it stutters when you jump out of a building and drop off the stairs real quick, I think it just kinda wigs out a bit). |
This is the kind of info I was looking for.
I'm going to roll a d6 tomorrow and on a roll between 1-5 I'm picking it up. A straight six is a "wait till next payday" kind of thing.
Thanks!
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haircute
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:47 am |
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Bought this today in addition to Taito Legends for five bucks and FFV for GBA for FULL PRICE.
Me and my sister played the hell out of bubble bobble and the game where you bounce your child on a trampoline.
It's SUPERTIME!
We were dissapointed to find out it's actually suppertime.
Guess we can't read?
Super time is much better!
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:59 am |
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| boojiboy7 wrote: |
| dude, just play thunderfox haircute. |
going to go play it right now
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haircute
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:32 am |
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The girl with pink hair in the game said "omg" and "kawaii"
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haircute
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:44 am |
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The talking cat pisses me off.
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haircute
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:20 pm |
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| RecessRapist wrote: |
| haircute wrote: |
| The talking cat pisses me off. |
Have you seen the captain yet Haircute? |
Not yet and some how I don't think I ever will.
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haircute
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:36 pm |
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| Renfrew wrote: |
| Will I be a traitor to FKW07 if I keep playing this? |
You fucking know it.
Don't you DARE play this anymore during this week.
(i will be playing some ar tonelico though)
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