[Mr. Mechanical]

Chains of Olympus, as well as the other upcoming PSP God of War game, both take place between GoW 1 and 2.

Also, Chains of Olympus is literally like five and a half hours long at best though it's pretty good throughout (for a God of War game). I played it on my sister's PSP.
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[internisus]

Are you sure, Mr. Mech? Wikipedia has it as:

God of War series fictional chronology

Chains of Olympus
God of War
Ghost of Sparta
Betrayal
God of War II
God of War III

[Mr. Mechanical]

Huh. That might be right, it's been a year or two since I played it.
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[Mr. Mechanical]

I lost the Alien Wars several times playing Contra 3 just now. Although now I can almost beat the first two levels without dying at all.
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[Take It Sleazy]

APB's customization system lives up to the hype. It is glorious. Also it's very cumbersome to use and I don't particularly care about the game except driving the cars I make/listening to my theme/playing Barbie.

[CubaLibre]

Absconded with my little sister's (actually originally mine that sort of devolved to her) Chrono Cross discs since we've been talking about it recently both here and in the Axe. Started a new game and got like two hours in. The battle system is actually pretty strategically compelling and the story (which I've utterly, 100% forgotten since playing and beating it when it came out and I bought it in 199X) has an appealing mystery and is charmingly written. Also it's gorgeous, but everyone knew that. In my maturity I already think it's the best PSX/PS2 jrpg I've played.

Also, maybe I don't categorically hate jrpgs like I've been thinking. Maybe it just needs the precisely right blend of self-seriousness and lightheartedness. So far this scratches the Chrono Trigger itch, but then again I remember it getting stupid ridiculous later on. We'll see.
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[Flylighter]

-This past weekend I beat Spelunker mode (again) in 3D Dot Game Heroes for my brother, it took 5 hours.
-Then I played through Super Mario Brothers X! That was a blast!
-I've been watching my brother play Dragon Quest VIII on the PS2, and it really looks awesome. So I did the naturally retarded thing to do and booted up the Dragon Warrior rom. I'm playing through it at 400% emulation speed. I think I've almost completed it.
-I'll probably start playing through Red Dead Redemption again this week. Megaman 10 after that, if there's time before
-This weekend, during which a few of us will sit in a room and start-to-finish Demon's Souls again! Yay!
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[another coma]

[internisus]

Flower and Eden are some pretty fucking wonderful videogames. I am very happy to own a PS3 right now.

[leoboiko]

Second attempt at “It’s a Wonderful World”, and I think this time I learned to like it. Despite all the recommendations, I was put off for various reasons; I don’t care for the “street” style, I don’t like the soundtrack, I was disappointed with the lack of visible equipment in a game that’s so into fashion, and Neku is probably the most annoying teenage protagonist ever. Seriously, the intro monologue alone made me turn off the console. the fact that I was pretty much like that when I was 14 only makes it even more irritating.

Today I put up with it a bit longer and started to understand what’s good about this game. I was afraid I would miss something in the plot (trying to play in the original language), but so far I’m finding everything fairly easy to read, so I guess this will be my next game.
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[Pijaibros]

I was put off by A Wonderful World for about a year after its retail release. I had written it off as "emo nonsense" what with the angsty protagonist with a chip on his shoulder. Still with that silly intro going against it it stumbled into being a good ride with a story (message?) that was more satisfying that I thought it would end up being. Having the overarching game's story woven into the battle so heavily took a while to get into, but once you are brave enough to turn off the "auto partner" option it can be incredibly satisfying wracking up big combos while skillfully playing with that little green puck. The nice thing is you never have to try to wrap your head around this little tactic, but if you do you are rewarded with big rewards from wanting to ramp up the difficulty and even wanting to chain battles because you have become so prostar with its battle system.

As time went on in the game's story it of course gets a bit hamfisted (it is still squaresoft), but this really picks up steam once you make it past week one and have to "expand your horizons". Really recommend sticking with it. I did mainly because I was in the mood for Jet Set Radio (in my pocket) and this was the closest thing I had (and was my excuse to find it). It is IMO the most gorgeous game on the DS. It will be an all positive experience (and will remain that way) if they never ever make a sequel.
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[leoboiko]

I’d like a sequel for the sole reason that I want to actually see the boys in girl clothes when you equip girl clothes on them.
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[Teflon]

Man I'm having just the most juvenile attitude in games nowadays, and I used to be such a good boy.

Red Faction Guerrilla: skipped every movie, wrecked/murdered everything in sight, died, turned off Xbox. Not feeling it despite the brilliant wrecking mechanics, mainly because Mars isn't nearly as much fun as Panau from Just Cause 2 which I'm still pecking at. And its insistence on telling a story it has in common with at least 3 vidcons and probably a dozen animu which was what prompted aforementioned killing spree in the first place. Maybe once I'm done with JC2.


Nier: was amused enough by the insane audio-only 'intro' (someone cussing a book out good) to keep from skipping opening cutscenes. They were unspectacular and $$$'s daughter found a cookie individually packaged in a luxurious tin. Classy.
Fought some Shadows in what was clearly a tutorial but passable because it had a fixed number of dudes and didn't pause the action to explain mechanics meaning a radical dude such as myself could just tear trough it at an absurd pace.
Then it timeskipped more than 1300 years and went all Zelda on me complete with fetchquests for silly items (get MUTTON, buy POTION X3), but tastefully acknowledged this by referencing the Deku tree in a loading screen. It has the potential to go incredibly FF-style heavy handed on this whole sick daughter plot but so far it's been giving juust the right amount of winks to keep from being disgusting.

Oh and it has the kind of wonderful instant animations and direct controls that separate the Shinobis and Ninja Gaidens of this world from Prince of Persia and its horrible mushy mo-capped ilk. In fact if you hit A and B simultaneously $$$ goes into a jump followed instantly by a sword slash which you can repeat fast enough that he looks like a human helicopter. Also an amazingly satisfying roll, possibly another Zelda nod.

All I've seriously fought are sheep at this point (Link hunting harmless sheep: sort of cute. Gruff shirtless old dude in leather pants massacring sheep: bestiality snuff) but I'm digging it so far.

[RT-55J]

Been doing some Contra 3 bro-upping and managed to beat easy mode on our last continue.

Great game.
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[Felix]

[diplo]

[leoboiko]

[Ronnoc]

Playing Uncharted 2. I really, really hate almost everything about it.

[CubaLibre]

[Rud31]

[Flylighter]

I can't, seeing as how he didn't qualify the statement at all. I mean, you're entitled to think whatever you want, but I can't claim to 'get it'.

I may see if I can cyberplow through as many of the Dragon Quest games as I can before I inevitably get my hands on DQ9.
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[Loki Laufeyson]

[LandRoverAttack]

[Loki Laufeyson]

D:
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[leoboiko]

Loki: Apparently, after TWEWY was released, Square guy said they won’t be doing any more of those developer pet projects. This should be enough recommendation (if you can tolerate both jRPGness and teen culture).
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[Loki Laufeyson]

i've been playing a lot of mana khemia on psp. i love the whole alchemy thing in there, but i wish the art style and plot weren't so lame

i guess i'll look into twewy when i get to use a proper internet connection/if i see it really cheap somewhere
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[Ronnoc]

[leoboiko]

[parker]

APB is a piece of shit, in case anyone was wondering about that one. I played the beta awhile back and played it again today to see if they got there act together. The shooting and driving is terrible, and you've pretty much done everything there is to do within an hour of playing.
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[Rud31]

[Mikey]

[internisus]

Rud13, I'm sorry, but everything you just said about Uncharted 2's combat is simply untrue. And the other complaints are a little silly. You sound kind of like me or something.

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

[Marshmallow]

The only thing I like about jrpgs are exploring unique worlds, befriending interesting people and going on a journey with them. pretty much any of the actual mechanical gameplay i can't stand, though.

[Rud31]

[CubaLibre]

Rudie, it just sounds like... you suck. Not a meaty response, but that's all I can say. I beat it on Crushing, and it was fun. If you want more health and more damage, play an easier difficulty.

[idle]

[ionustron]

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

okay jrpgs are bad

[CubaLibre]

No. The problem isn't with any particularity of the format, but rather that, for whatever reason, it's always, always too simple. I guess it doesn't have to be: they call those games "tactics RPGs" though, and they have their own problems.
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[Rud31]