What are you currently playing?

[Futomimi]

Condemned 2, trying to beat it ASAP so I can trade it for this game my cousin wants (Army of Two, gah). I've actually been making good progress in (first person) games lately. Beat HL2 E2, and RSV2, and I've been beating quite a few of the terrorist hunt missions with my nephew, nothing like a good ol' co-op game for family bonding!

I'm also playing Kane's Wrath...

How come you didn't post that in the Spoils thread for this month? Just wondering.

[Hitoshura]

hurr durr

lol, wtf does that mean?

Hmm, it's just somewhat nonsensical I suppose, kind of like something you say before saying "you ####ed up" or something.

On topic: SMT 1. Also, I think my brother is retarded. He's 13, and I just got him to finish Chrono Trigger. Then got him to play Earthbound. Had to turn the text speed on slow because he couldn't read it fast enough during battles. :/ Asked him why he read so slow, his response was "I never read because I don't like it." What the hell, when I was his age I was reading every Michael Chrichton book in existence. Kids these days.

[Sayckeone]

I never read when I was 13. I was too busy throwing rocks through windows.

[Futomimi]

I read all the time at 13.

[Esoteric]

FFT for psp.

[s1mpleHUmar]

Brawl and King of Kings (NES)

[unknown]

I beat Crisis Core, wasn't worth the $40 so I'm glad I borrowed it.

Thank you.

Everyone seems to be going bat#### for this game when it's nothing more than a piece of ####, slow Kingdom Hearts with hurr durr random slot machine.

I thought it was absolute #### when I played the Japanese version, after playing it in English, I'd say it's about average, too short for $40 though.

[Zachalmighty]

I beat Crisis Core, wasn't worth the $40 so I'm glad I borrowed it.I'm really sorry I paid for it but I have to place the blame on Sqeenix for making me feel like I needed the backstory to FFVII

[Futomimi]

The last thing anyone needed from FFVII was FFVII.

[Zachalmighty]

The last thing anyone needed from FFVII was FFVII.Most people seem to either hate it or love it. I do prefer IX over it anyday though.

FF games are just way too easy for me now.

[Futomimi]

No, I meant that the last FFVII-related game, movie, collectible lunchbox with bonus instant cappucino packets, etc. that should have even been developed was FFVII. I wasn't saying anything about the quality of the original game.

[Zachalmighty]

No, I meant that the last FFVII-related game, movie, collectible lunchbox with bonus instant cappucino packets, etc. that should have even been developed was FFVII. I wasn't saying anything about the quality of the original game.Oh, yeah they really seem to be trying to cash in on it.

You should expect the same from FFXIII since they are making two of them and probably spin-offs.

[banballow]

Rock Band
... I just downloaded "Still Alive", for the low low price of free. :D

[Kakizaki]

EO -- The recent announcement re-energized me to finish the post game.

[Pi]

I am currently playing No More Heroes from time to time, with a bit of Lost Magic. They're fun games, but I wish I had money to play other games!

[noloe4]

Bout to start up Wild Arms 5.

[DarkShear]

FFIII on the DS.

[Kakizaki]

Been wanting to play Nethack at work but the command list is too daunting for me to memorize in a short time.

[Voodoo]

Started up EO

[Camanche]

Ecco the Dolphin on my DS. :)

[Olethros]

Been wanting to play Nethack at work but the command list is too daunting for me to memorize in a short time.

I've had similar aspirations from time to time. If you do attempt it, let me know how it goes for you.

[Zephyr]

I'm switching between some games.

Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon for DS
No More Heroes for Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for Wii
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn for Wii

It's a little unusual for me to do it like this instead of focusing on one game, but the experience for each game is kept more fresh so I might continue doing it.

[Arjuna]

Fourth Stratum! Holy crap I really like the music here, but I was hoping another track would play soon that I heard on the OST. It kind of sounds like NES music instead of the typical Sega Genesis vibes the other tracks give.

[PFV]

Bouncing between Wizardry 8 and Might and Magic VII until EO2 comes out.

Playing EO1 at work, but that's mostly just an attempt to get a maxed retired character to L70 for every class.

[Futomimi]

I think I'm going to try to finish the story portion of EO tonight. We'll see how that goes.

[DarkShear]

I think I'm going to try to finish the story portion of EO tonight. We'll see how that goes.

Good luck little fawn.

[Gillian Seed]

Im going to start on oldies. Im going to beat Shenmue 2 finally, play through MGS's again, try and actually play MG1 and 2 as well.

[Arjuna]

Just beat Metroid Prime Hunters, great game I don't know why Nintendo hasn't made a follow up or another Metroid game on DS.

[Esoteric]

Just beat Metroid Prime Hunters, great game I don't know why Nintendo hasn't made a follow up or another Metroid game on DS.

You really thought so? I thought it was so unsatisfying. And the addition to the Hunters who could take your stuff was dumb because they were too easy. It was also really on the short side. Online was fun for a bit, but then I realized how easy it is to manipulate the system. No one plays fair online in that game.

[Sayckeone]

Ecco the Dolphin on my DS. :)
Huh? There's an Ecco DS title?

[Kakizaki]

^She is just stoned. It is probably American Girl DS or Catz.

[Camanche]

LOL

No, it's the Sega Smash pack for the GBA. It has Ecco the Dolphin, Sonic Spinball and Golden Axe all together.

This game really was meant for a bigger screen though. Cripe.

[s1mpleHUmar]

Just beat Metroid Prime Hunters, great game I don't know why Nintendo hasn't made a follow up or another Metroid game on DS.

Hunters is totally decent. My only complaint is mad carpal tunnel from stylus mode.

Wii: Still doing the Brawl thing
NES: Kid Icarus (Am I the only one who finds this game a tad difficult?)

[Zephyr]

NES: Kid Icarus (Am I the only one who finds this game a tad difficult?)

You're definitely not the only one. I downloaded it onto Virtual Console a while ago, and I've realized that I will really need to focus on that game for a while if I want to make any progress. I find it pretty challenging, but I like that.

[Flußkönig]

I beat the last two story maps for Culdcept Saga and played through .hack GU vol 3.

Looks like it is time to get back to Suikoden. Luckily I have a save file for Suikoden III where I have already played through a few characters chapters. That will be nice since playing through Suikoden III always seems to take me awhile and I want to beat it and Suikoden IV before FES comes out.

[Voodoo]

Still moving along in EO. Im slow so ive only made it to the second floor so far. On the plus side though i beat my first F.O.E. lastnight.

[DarkShear]

On the plus side though i beat my first F.O.E. lastnight.

Always a good feeling. The next FOE is twice as hard as the first depending on your level. Good luck!

Playing FF3 on ze wee DS.

[Raithgar]

Been bounceing between Hotshots Golf 2: OoB and Super Stardust HD

plus I seem to have been sucked into the latest Cloverfield ARG..

[Arjuna]

@ B19F.

[Voodoo]

On the plus side though i beat my first F.O.E. lastnight.

Always a good feeling. The next FOE is twice as hard as the first depending on your level. Good luck!

Playing FF3 on ze wee DS.

Yeah that second one messed me up. My stupid mistake was thinking that all of the F.O.E. would be the same on the floor.

[DarkShear]

Yeah that second one messed me up. My stupid mistake was thinking that all of the F.O.E. would be the same on the floor.

I meant the FOE's on floor 3. :)

[RayFoxSith]

After bull####ting around the game, I am finally about to face Fenrir in Etrian Odyssey.

[Kid Marin]

Opoona - Very relaxing.
Wild Arms XF - Stuck on the map 1-14 since one week. :?

[Voodoo]

Yeah that second one messed me up. My stupid mistake was thinking that all of the F.O.E. would be the same on the floor.

I meant the FOE's on floor 3. :)

Great now i have something to look forward to. help me :(

[Sayckeone]

The first FOE on B3F is gonna rape you. LAWL

[Futomimi]

Doubt you'll have Immunize yet, so one of the Guard skills (F or B for front or back) or Parry should really help.

edit: oops, forgot to mention that those are Protector skills...

[Zachalmighty]

Wild Arms XF - Stuck on the map 1-14 since one week. :?
Wait until act 2 starts! Then you'll really get angry.

[Voodoo]

Doubt you'll have Immunize yet, so one of the Guard skills (F or B for front or back) or Parry should really help.

edit: oops, forgot to mention that those are Protector skills...

Yeah i have f anf b guard on my Protector and i just got access to immunize but havent put any points in yet. lol thanks for the encouragement Saycke

[Sayckeone]

Pixel Junk: Monsters

[SlaughterX]

Played a little Army of Two yesterday, seemed pretty meh.

[Dead to Rights]

I finished Dark Sector just a little while ago, and overall it was a very fun game from beginning to end (about 10 hours or so). Unfortunately, no unlockable bonus content other than a hard difficulty and a dead online community (I must have seen the same 7 or 8 people for the past three days!) make me feel like I've been ripped off. :(

Useless fact: Hayden is voiced by Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum.

[Thunder-Slash]

Agh! I just remembered that I have Dragon Quest VIII in my backlog. I feel as if I should just give up on 100%-ing that damn Compendium in Nocturne.

Also, I'm almost done with Yggdra Union (Battlefield 43).

[Yazarc]

I purchased Mana Khemia and have started that.

However, I found a great little game store in Salt Lake City (forgot the name of it) at a mall and snagged a copy of Panzer Dragoon Orta for ten bucks. I had wanted to play it for years. I never owned an original XBox but saw the game on the compatible games list for the 360 so I got it.

Since it was used, I just popped it into my console to make sure it was a working copy (it was in perfect condition, appearance-wise). 3 hours later, I just had to be sure it still worked. That game is great! It's booted Mana Khemia onto the back burner for now. Sega needs to make more games like this.

[Kakizaki]

^When I finally broke down and bought an Xbox, I did so for Metal Slug 3. I kind of figured I would crack out on that once I had hooked everything up, but I ended up playing PDO a lot more instead -- I had purchased PDO years prior when it came out. PDO is great. I love all of the pertinent unlockables. Sega really had quite a few nice titles on Xbox. Outside of the Sega and SNK titles, I would have never touched my Xbox.

Have you played any of the other PD titles?

[Arjuna]

Stuck on B20F, pissed off enough that I could scream but I can't so I am just currently grinding the #### out of the other floors.

[Shintai]

I had lent a friend of mine a my modded PS1 and I recently got it back. Ive been playing Mega Man Legends and Legend of Dragoon, I felt so nostalgic.

[Yazarc]

Have you played any of the other PD titles?

Not really. I watched someone play one at a party once, but never actually played it myself. I was kind of a skeptic for a while. When Drakengard came out, I saw the dragon sequences in that game compared to PD and was afraid that's how the game would play(that game was a digital turd for the most part). I probably wouldn't have paid full price for Orta when it came out. In retrospect, it would have been well worth the price. It's just plain fun to play. I love shooters like that.

I know it's criticized here, but the 360 has really been a worthwhile purchase. It has a wider variety of games that interest me and a few of my really good friends from back home own one and it's fun to chat with them while I play.

You said there were some other titles on the XBox you felt were worth it. Care to share a few more with me? I'm really interested in picking up some good games I may have missed due to not owning one. If they're multi-platform, the chances are good that I already own them.

[Kakizaki]

^I really liked the Outrun titles on Xbox. I also enjoyed Jet Set Radio Future, SpikeOut, and Gun Griffon.

[unknown]

Tactics Ogre

[Kakizaki]

Shinobi PS2.

[SlaughterX]

Well I started playing MGS again. The GC version was pissing me off at first, c ouldn't get the hang of the controls, started playing the PS version for a little while, but I switched back to TTS and it's not giving me as much trouble now. Just beat Revolver Ocelot.

[Shintai]

Well I started playing MGS again. The GC version was pissing me off at first, c ouldn't get the hang of the controls, started playing the PS version for a little while, but I switched back to TTS and it's not giving me as much trouble now. Just beat Revolver Ocelot.I felt the same way, the gamecube controller felt weird to play MGS with, but eventually you get used to it.

[Sayckeone]

Persona 3.

This is the most unexciting game I have ever played.

[Arjuna]

It's like you're really Japanese!

Still in Stratum 4 sadly but the boss is now isolated away from the left over FOE's in random corners. Will the others vanish away once I kill the boss? Similar to Fenrir if you kill him the other wolves also vanish off the map.

[Inzaghi]

No, in fact you have to kill all the FOEs before you kill the boss or it'll just respawn and you can't move forward.

[Sayckeone]

OMG! 12th shadow! I'm so excited!

[Arjuna]

No, in fact you have to kill all the FOEs before you kill the boss or it'll just respawn and you can't move forward.

Wow that is the gayest thing I ever heard.

[Futomimi]

Spoilers?


Well, the point is that your mission is to exterminate all of the forest folk.

[Arjuna]

I know but when in a game is this taken so literally? You might as well tell me to grind for 10 hours straight on the regular forest mobs.

[Sayckeone]

I thought having to kill the others before the boss FOE was a total non-issue.

[Futomimi]

Yeah, you don't have to do it all in one trip...

[Arjuna]

Hito told me they all respawn if you leave though..

[Futomimi]

I don't think so? I could be wrong, though, so I'll check.

edit: If you leave the labyrinth and rest in town, they'll respawn. However, I think that you can leave the floor and go back down a few floors to the spring, and they should still be dead when you come back.

[Shintai]

Persona 3.

This is the most unexciting game I have ever played.I bet if it was in first person, you would be praising it, lol.

[Thunder-Slash]

I gave in to my urges to play Dragon Quest 8. Five hours in and I still have only two party members...

[WHI7EW0LF]

playing RWSV2 and COD4 mostly but sometimes I play with myself but only sometimes.

[Sanctine]

Opoona. <3

sometimes I play with myself but only sometimes.

lmao

[Kakizaki]

lolololololololololol

[Sayckeone]

^lol

[Logan]

You said there were some other titles on the XBox you felt were worth it. Care to share a few more with me? I'm really interested in picking up some good games I may have missed due to not owning one. If they're multi-platform, the chances are good that I already own them.

You didn't ask me specifically but I thought I'd give some of my recommendations anyway. I've been without power for a few days and I'm bored so I'll throw in some gameplay footage for a few of them to give you a better idea.

Phantom Dust -

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KDQ6a6eNt98

I figured I'd mention this one first since you praised PDO and I believe this was created by the same person as PDO(I've forgotten his name now). If not for Jet Set Radio Future, this would probably be my favorite title on Xbox. It's an action-strategy game which is somewhat card-based. Basically you choose which powers and abilities(offensive, defensive, recovery, etc.) you want to take into battle(thus the card-based part). These appear on the battlefield as orbs and you walk over them and assign them to which ever face button(A, B, X, Y) you want to assign them too. Of course you are limited to the number of powers you can take into battle. The strategy elements get much deeper as you progress through the game. The story was pretty good I thought and it's a decent length. It took me about 35 hours to complete.

Jet Set Radio Future

You probably already know what it is but I still wanted to mention it. It's still my favorite Xbox title and one of favorite platformers in general.

Otogi (1 & 2)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=77v4ymNNQi0

Otogi is an action game where you play as an undead warrior named Raikoh in a mythological Japanese setting kicking demon ass. I've seen it compared to Shinobi mainly because your health(and magic) drain as you play. Although I don't think it's nearly as hard as Shinobi nor is this draining factor anything of a hindrance once you level up a bit and become stronger. It's not as deep as say DMC or Ninja Gaiden in terms of combat, but it's still a worthy action game with plenty of weapons, spells, and items to collect and lots of destructible objects in the environment.

Kingdom Under Fire: The Cursuders
Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nhFc97Hx9fM

RTS mixed with hack-n-slash. I thought this was the best RTS that has ever been on a console honestly(there are better on PC of course). Heroes is a prequel and is more polished than Crusaders since it allows you to replay stages, has a free mode, and has a larger and more diverse roster of characters to play. The 360 sequel, Circle of Doom, is more of a Diablo-esque dungeon crawler that I've heard mixed feelings about(mostly bad). But these two titles were really good IMO.

Gun Valkyrie

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PVmjZ5kRYt0

This game is really hard to be honest. The learning curve for the controls is extremely steep because they're so complicated and can be frustrating. In the video you see the guy boosting around the screen which is the key to the gameplay. Although doing this requires you to click in the analog sticks in different directions continously in order to remain airbourne. It takes a lot of practice to pull it off as well as the guy does in the video, but it's so fun once you get the hang of it. If the controls were more user friendly this game would've been much more popular IMO. But it's worth checking out especially since you can get it for pretty cheap.

[noloe4]

Bout 4 hours into Wild Arms 5.

[Yazarc]

Thanks Logan. I'll be looking into those suggestions. It's really hard to keep up with the new stuff, let alone trying to weed through the bargain bin to find something I might've missed. I make a very good living, but I'll be damned if I try to keep up with some of the others on this board.

I've started using some of you guys to convince friends that I'm not really that bad with my gaming budget. :P

[DarkShear]

Warcraft III; DOTA

[RayFoxSith]

Played a bit of Growlanser II yesterday. Is it me, or has every Workin Design game had a voice actor with a lisp?
Also, finally reached the second Stratum in EO.

[Voodoo]

Had an urge to replay Devil Summoner. Also made it to the 3rd floor in EO, Can anyone tell me the FOE respawn rate?

[Futomimi]

Most of the regular ones respawn after three days, and the bosses (black FOEs at the end of strata) after 14. The only exceptions that I know of (up to B25) are some foes on floor B20 that will respawn if you go back to town after killing them. There are also bosses on floors B21 and B25 that will never respawn after you beat them.

[Esoteric]

Persona 3.

This is the most unexciting game I have ever played.

That's what I thought too at first. The story and gameplay picks up in the later months alot, I think, although the battle system never stops being tedious.

[Arjuna]

Played a bit of Growlanser II yesterday. Is it me, or has every Workin Design game had a voice actor with a lisp?
Also, finally reached the second Stratum in EO.

Growlanser II was great, III I felt was pretty damn weak. Sure there was a small twist at the end but it was still overall lame compared to II. I really like how the characters from the original are present. The game itself is pretty damn hard, I remember how many times I lost because I didn't think #### through in terms of walking paths for some of my characters. There was one battle where I had to walk off screen and ambush people from behind, I didn't know you had to just point them off the the side to do it though lol.

[RayFoxSith]

^That and it's FAR more interesting than HoW ever was.

[EvilHero]

I agree with Al, 2 was pretty good while 3 was fairly weak. The first game in the series is the best of all of them IMO. I'd recommend playing it if you can get a hold of it.

[Thunder-Slash]

I thought that Growlanser 2's storyline was pretty weak compared to the third one's. I liked how you have like 8 characters in your party at once though.

EvilHero: Wait, was the first one ever released in the US?

[RayFoxSith]

^Nope.

[Arjuna]

Today was EO madness. Was getting my ass kicked left and right by the FOE's, decided to grind for a while, even finally defeated the Golem. Went back up, cleaned house, and beat the main boss on B20F. Made it to the 5th Stratum which IMO is beautiful, totally didn't expect anything like that. Music is also wonderful for this place. Defeated the two hoe's and I think I won't be sleeping tonight, I really want to find out what's up with this Stratum.

[Delition]

I've been hit with a short attention span again and have spent most of my time lately playing:

-Astal (Saturn)
-FFVII Crisis Core (PSP)
-Rockin' Kats (NES)
-Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (SNES)

It's a stupid goal, but I want to try to see how fast I can beat Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts. I was watching a speed run earlier and it made me want to try it for myself. I know I'll fail, but at least it is nice to have a goal.

[Sei]

Doing Digital Devil Saga back to back.

Amazingly fast with a newgame +

[Zachalmighty]

Playing Yggdra Union, just killed Inzaghi and the witch in the next level.

[RayFoxSith]

Baroque. I've gotten down 1600 cubits underground, and haven't died once.

[Delition]

Which difficulty level?

[Divals]

I'm mostly just playing Crisis Core... and I'm thinking of starting Warcraft III when I finish. Either that or FF Tactics or Luminous Arc. I'm feeling strategic.

[DarkShear]

Baroque. I've gotten down 1600 cubits underground, and haven't died once.

Good game so far?

[RayFoxSith]

So far, I can't really complain. Although you can't leave the dungeon at all, the game throws you in the action from the get-go, and the limited item space gets a tad frustrating, I like it. It's a cake walk on easy, though.

[DarkShear]

So far, I can't really complain. Although you can't leave the dungeon at all, the game throws you in the action from the get-go, and the limited item space gets a tad frustrating, I like it. It's a cake walk on easy, though.

Cool thanks, I've been thinking about picking it up.

[Arjuna]

Just beat Etrian Odyssey.. man it makes me want to promote Global Warming.

Amazing game overall, I would go as far as to say in DTR's very own words torwards Final Fantasy XV:

"####ING MASTERPIECE".

I kind of want to talk more about it, but I know Futo will be all like.

O.O

[DarkShear]

Just beat Etrian Odyssey.. man it makes me want to promote Global Warming.

Amazing game overall, I would go as far as to say in DTR's very own words torwards Final Fantasy XV:

"####ING MASTERPIECE".

I kind of want to talk more about it, but I know Futo will be all like.

O.O

You can take about it in the chat room, mimi isn't on!

[Raithgar]

PixelJunk Monsters.. only have 4 more levels to get a "perfect" left

[Futomimi]

You beat EO before me? goddamn I hate you.

[Kakizaki]

My g/f beat it a few days ago.

[Sayckeone]

Don't worry, Mimi. I got EO day one and still have yet to beat it.

[Flußkönig]

Fell asleep while playing as Thomas in Suikoden III, so I started a new game in Suikoden IV.

But then I fell asleep while sailing through the ocean in Suikoden IV. :( Maybe I should just skip to Suikoden V.

[Gillian Seed]

My g/f beat it a few days ago.

Heh...


Fell asleep while playing as Thomas in Suikoden III, so I started a new game in Suikoden IV.

But then I fell asleep while sailing through the ocean in Suikoden IV. Sad Maybe I should just skip to Suikoden V.

Maybe you should play when you are less tired.

[RayFoxSith]

I don't blame you, Flußkönig. The sailing can be so tedious and repetitive.

[Arjuna]

Pokemon Diamond. I haven't played a Pokemon game in 10 years since Blue.

[Flußkönig]

Fell asleep while playing as Thomas in Suikoden III, so I started a new game in Suikoden IV.

But then I fell asleep while sailing through the ocean in Suikoden IV. Sad Maybe I should just skip to Suikoden V.

Maybe you should play when you are less tired.

Good point. I wasn't really all that tired, but I am sick, so that probably contributed to it.

Although I have a feeling I would have fallen asleep while sailing around in SIV regardless. As Ray mentioned it is really tedious with the high encounter rate.

[Zephyr]

Pokemon Diamond. I haven't played a Pokemon game in 10 years since Blue.

Pearl FTW!

Anyway, I haden't played since Gold Version, which was still a while back. I actually went back and got Emerald and Sapphire (yet to find Ruby in a store) so that I could transfer the legendaries over to Pearl.

I've been distracted by my Wii (insert dirty pun line here) lately, so it's been on hold.

[Gillian Seed]

Good point. I wasn't really all that tired, but I am sick, so that probably contributed to it.

Although I have a feeling I would have fallen asleep while sailing around in SIV regardless. As Ray mentioned it is really tedious with the high encounter rate.

SIV is the low of the series, but it isn't ALL bad... just mostly.

[DarkShear]

Fell asleep while playing as Thomas in Suikoden III, so I started a new game in Suikoden IV.

But then I fell asleep while sailing through the ocean in Suikoden IV. :( Maybe I should just skip to Suikoden V.

Unless you suffer from insomnia and playing the Suikoden games is your way of falling asleep, maybe its time to skip the whole series.

[Flußkönig]

Fell asleep while playing as Thomas in Suikoden III, so I started a new game in Suikoden IV.

But then I fell asleep while sailing through the ocean in Suikoden IV. :( Maybe I should just skip to Suikoden V.

Unless you suffer from insomnia and playing the Suikoden games is your way of falling asleep, maybe its time to skip the whole series.

I really like the Suikoden series and have played through each game multiple times. I always wanted to play all the games together though and I decided to attempt a marathon play-through now since I finally have enough free time on my hands.

Maybe I am just all Suikodened out or something. Either way I am pretty sure that this will be the last time I am going to play I, II, III or IV.

[Xeo]

Baroque
Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis
World of Warcraft
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
Ultimate Ghost and Goblins
Lost Odyssey
Professor Layton: And the Curious Village

(I'm a big Suikoden fan myself. V impressed the hell out of me in comparison to IV. II is still my personal favorite though.)

[Maxine MagicFox]

Professor Layton: And the Curious Village

How is this game? I've been tempted to buy it by I fear that it might be "TOO" kiddish and way too easy.

[Inzaghi]

Professor Layton: And the Curious Village

How is this game? I've been tempted to buy it by I fear that it might be "TOO" kiddish and way too easy.

Nah, the puzzles can get pretty tough. I think it's meant more for adults (the "expanded audience") than little kids.

[Maxine MagicFox]

Professor Layton: And the Curious Village

How is this game? I've been tempted to buy it by I fear that it might be "TOO" kiddish and way too easy.

Nah, the puzzles can get pretty tough. I think it's meant more for adults (the "expanded audience") than little kids.

Seriously?! ^_^ Thanks, then. I think I'll put it on my to-buy list. I really like the art but with it being a puzzle game it was like "should I worry about wasting my money".

:? Now which should I buy... this one or P3FES

[Saishu]

I don't think Professor Layton will have the same rarity problem as FES. If that's the case, Layton should still be in stores even after FES sells out if you only have the funds to buy one game right now. I went to Wal-Mart today and they still have a promotional display for Professor Layton actually.

I've been playing Megaman Zero 2. The perfectionist in me has been replaying levels to get an S rank. The Zero games are hard.

[Xeo]

Professor Layton is pretty good, as has just been said some of the puzzles in the game can get pretty nasty, certainly not intended for children. I'm into logic puzzles and riddles, and murder mysteries, so it all comes together nicely for me. The whole weekly puzzle downloads via wifi every Sunday is neat too.

[Shintai]

I beat Megaman Legends not too long ago, so I started Megaman Legends 2, but now I recently got Baroque, so Iam probably gonna be playing Baroque more often. If I get pissed off with it though, Il swtich back to Megaman.

[RayFoxSith]

####, now that you mention Megaman Legends, some of the dungeons remind me of those shown in Baroque...

[Shintai]

Lol, yeah your right, the optional ruins around the island. Man waht a fun game, too bad I beat it in 13 hours in a 2 day span.

[Arjuna]

I have been on an unstoppable grind in EO, but I have finally found something that has stopped me in my tracks.

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/8567/dscf0249rcj0.jpg

[Dave3]

I just started Baroque. I'm enjoying it so far and it's completely kicking my ass.

[Shintai]

I just started Baroque. I'm enjoying it so far and it's completely kicking my ass. Oh me too, its one of the only games where I had to swallow my pride and play on easy instead of normal. Its alot more fun and managable now, but this is my first rougule-like game so I guess I shouldnt take it too hard that Iam playing on easy. Eventually Iam gonna repeat the game again on normal though, to regain my honor, lol.

[massaker]

Nocturne, stuck on those demon doors in the last kalpa, wtf is up with not being able to fuse or rank up a Black Frost. Atlus WTF is up with that??? I killed the mofo why can't I fuse him???

The pain in the asshattry of this game really pisses me off sometimes.

[Futomimi]

Uhhh what exactly is the trouble with being able to fuse Black Frost? He's level 66 and Night if that helps.

[Xeo]

Weird, Baroque was a cake walk to me on normal, so now I've switched to Hard.

[Master Zombots]

Nice character names, Arjuna. :P

[Delition]

For some odd reason, I'm playing the let-down known as "Heart of Darkness".

I'm thinking about playing Xenogears next, but I don't know where I have to go. Rather, I know where to go (Tower of Babel after the party split), but not where it is or how to get there.

[Thunder-Slash]

Nocturne, stuck on those demon doors in the last kalpa, wtf is up with not being able to fuse or rank up a Black Frost. Atlus WTF is up with that??? I killed the mofo why can't I fuse him???

The pain in the asshattry of this game really pisses me off sometimes.

Did you look for him in the other Kalpas? I think he is in the room you met Dante in the 3rd Kalpa.

[Shintai]

For some odd reason, I'm playing the let-down known as "Heart of Darkness".

I'm thinking about playing Xenogears next, but I don't know where I have to go. Rather, I know where to go (Tower of Babel after the party split), but not where it is or how to get there.My freind let me borrow that, Iam not gonna finish so Iam gonna return it. Its just a rip off of Another World but done in a kiddy way, which is a weird atmosphre for the game. I feel bad that the game flopped though since the creaters worked on the game for 2 years to just have it fail on them like that.

[EvilHero]

Persona 3, so pissed off at it right now. Does the AI normally #### up like that?

[Xeo]

Working on getting some Arena and Gladiator gear in World of Warcraft, a slow process, but lots of Alliance killing, so I'm content.

[Kakizaki]

I have been on an unstoppable grind in EO, but I have finally found something that has stopped me in my tracks.

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/8567/dscf0249rcj0.jpg


I don't know if Sushi and DTR really have suitable Max HP to survive that fight.

[RayFoxSith]

I think I'd be very intimidated if I came across that at a reasonable level.

[Kakizaki]

Drake is a big bitch imo. It frustrates me.

[PFV]

I don't know if Sushi and DTR really have suitable Max HP to survive that fight.
Depending on the party makeup, DTR probably has enough HP. I agree that Sushi might have some difficulty.

Drake is a big bitch imo. It frustrates me.
I thought Drake was the worst of the dragons. Feels too much like you need a very specific setup to get through the fight and have a counter to every situation.

It could simply be my tendency to try and powergame through fights like these, though.

[Arjuna]

Yeah I still need to level up a lot more before I can take him on, I really hope to finish this Stratum by the time EOII hits and won't be able to without killing him and the other dragons.

[Sayckeone]

Persona 3, so pissed off at it right now. Does the AI normally #### up like that?
Yes.

[Hitoshura]

Holy hell.

Somewhat minor SMT1 spoilers, but spoilers nonetheless.


Oh man, I just got out of "The Abyss" part of SMT1, where the earth is ruined. The music here is amazing, and the setting and storyline are getting really ####ing good.

This is easily becoming the best RPG I've played on SNES.

[Shintai]

Holy hell.

Somewhat minor SMT1 spoilers, but spoilers nonetheless.


Oh man, I just got out of "The Abyss" part of SMT1, where the earth is ruined. The music here is amazing, and the setting and storyline are getting really ####ing good.

This is easily becoming the best RPG I've played on SNES.SMT1 was never released in america, so are you playing a fan translated emulater?

[Sei]

Aeon Genesis did a pretty good translation of it, and it is pretty awesome.

Upon playing it it becomes evident why it'll never make America unless Atlus gets some big balls.

Well actually I dunno, could be like persona 3 and no one would notice, the "sensitive event" is at the middle of the game.

Playing Wizardry, house of the dead 2 and 3 and Shiren, oh and Crisis core

[Kakizaki]

Holy hell.

Somewhat minor SMT1 spoilers, but spoilers nonetheless.


Oh man, I just got out of "The Abyss" part of SMT1, where the earth is ruined. The music here is amazing, and the setting and storyline are getting really ####ing good.

This is easily becoming the best RPG I've played on SNES.SMT1 was never released in america, so are you playing a fan translated emulater?


.......................

[PFV]

so are you playing a fan translated emulater?
I'm sure if he's playing on an emulator, it was definately native to English!

[Arjuna]

Holy hell.

Somewhat minor SMT1 spoilers, but spoilers nonetheless.


Oh man, I just got out of "The Abyss" part of SMT1, where the earth is ruined. The music here is amazing, and the setting and storyline are getting really ####ing good.

This is easily becoming the best RPG I've played on SNES.SMT1 was never released in america, so are you playing a fan translated emulater?

lol.

[Raithgar]

just finished mastering all the levels of PixelJunk Monsters

[Shintai]

Omg, I dont know him, maybe he knows japanese and hes playing the original, ever thought of that? Seriously, wtf is wrong with you guys?

[Sayckeone]

Maybe it's the fact that there's no such thing as a fan translated emulator? Emulators play ROMs. ROMs have text within them that gets translated, then applied with a special tool. ROMs get translated, not emulators. What you said would be like someone saying SMT3 is an Atlus translated console.

[Arjuna]

Bah, Saycke beat me to it.

[Sayckeone]

Too slow there, champ.

[Shintai]

Excuse me for not knowing, I dont use emulators or roms and so I dont really know, also sorry for sounding agitated, Iam not in good mood.

[DarkShear]

Excuse me for not knowing, I dont use emulators or roms and so I dont really know, also sorry for sounding agitated, Iam not in good mood.

If you don't know what you're talking about, maybe you shouldn't "call someone out".

[Shintai]

I wasnt trying to make it seem like I was calling anyone out.

[CSXLoser]

Just got Audiosurf...might do an all nighter with this 8)

[Kid Marin]

I beat Opoona.
I would have liked to see more elements added to the battle system, it feels a bit light. The game is super-easy minus one or two frustrating fetch quests.
Opoona has qualities: a lot of art references, interesting design and enough optional stuff; alas the ending seems a bit rushed.

[Saishu]

The final boss of Arcana Heart is too much for me. I beat her shielded form by spamming shuriken, but I'm not good enough at this game yet.

And I thought I was doing fine too because I managed to get to the final boss without any continues...

[Hitoshura]

Just got Audiosurf...might do an all nighter with this 8)

Oh man, Audiosurf. I have put so much time into that. How do you play? Mono and Double Vision player here.

Anyway, those of you who have played SMT1, about how far through the game am I?

[Kakizaki]

The Abyss is pretty early in the game -- like first 3rd or 4th IIRC.

[Sei]

Depends on which ending you are gunning for, there is one per alignment. I think you may be around 70% done.

Hard to determine without spoilers, but it's plenty obvious when you are reaching the end.

You prolly figured this already but XXzio is awesome in this game, spamming it vs tough stuff and crossing your fingers for the paralyze to hit always worked pretty well for me vs stuff I had no business fighting.

[Kakizaki]

70% done when leaving the Abyss? No way......It seemed like I messed around with a lot of stuff for a long time after that point. I get what you are saying about it depending on alignment, but I don't know about 70%.

[Kid Marin]

Neutopia II, the missing link between Zelda I & Zelda III. This is totally a Zelda rip-off, but the visuals have this nice Hudson Soft touch typical of the PC Engine age.

[Onion Knight]

I am currently playing Disgaea II.

[Delition]

I just recently found out that "Still Alive" was available for free on Rock Band (XB360, not sure about PS3), so I decided to give it a try. Guitar was a little too easy, but it might be fun to see people try and sing it.

Aside from that, I've gone back to trying to play Lost Planet. I'm mostly trying to get above 1/4 achievements, but I just don't feel the urge to play it.

[Flußkönig]

Finished up Suikoden IV. I am hoping I can squeeze in Emelia's story from SaGa Frontier before Baroque arrives.

That shouldn't be to hard considering how crappy amazon's shipping has ended up being.

[Sayckeone]

^I've experienced nothing but good concerning Amazon's shipping. Items always arrive days before they're scheduled to.

[Flußkönig]

^I've experienced nothing but good concerning Amazon's shipping. Items always arrive days before they're scheduled to.

It is really bizarre, the place it is shipping from is about 4 hours away from where I live but with two day shipping it hasn't moved more than twenty miles over both Friday and Saturday. Supposedly it is going to arrive on Tuesday, but that makes no sense given how close the package is to where I live.

Most of the time I get stuff the day after I order it with two day shipping.

[Sayckeone]

Yeah, that's weird. Get in touch with their customer service, they might hook you up with a coupon for your next order. Amazon's customer service seems to be pretty good from my own experience.

[Flußkönig]

It looks like they ended up having to ship the game from a warehouse that was farther away, and that is the reason for the delay. I am supposed to be getting it today though so I am happy.

[Delition]

It might have taken me forever, but I finally beat Etrian Odyssey tonight. Of course, by beat, I mean the final story boss and not the extra stuff.

For anyone else who has cleared it, did the final story boss seem too easy, or was I just over-leveled? My ending party consisted of:

-Landsknecht
-Dark Hunter
-Survivalist

-Medic
-Alchemist

All level 66.

[Flußkönig]

Baroque.

[Futomimi]

It might have taken me forever, but I finally beat Etrian Odyssey tonight. Of course, by beat, I mean the final story boss and not the extra stuff.

For anyone else who has cleared it, did the final story boss seem too easy, or was I just over-leveled? My ending party consisted of:

-Landsknecht
-Dark Hunter
-Survivalist

-Medic
-Alchemist

All level 66.

It's proving to be a big bitch for me, because I had just rested all of my characters and most of them were severely underleveled (~52). I started to raise a Troubadour because my Alchemist sucks so much, and now, finally, I have everyone caught up except the Medic and Troub.

[Delition]

That's good to know. I was hoping I was just over-leveled.

[DARK HEAT]

i'm currentlky playing cod4 online and ratchet and clank both for ps3

[Delition]

I'm now playing Izuna trying to just beat the main game.

On a side note, the Square-Enix game thread has me wondering...did anyone else here like "The Bouncer", or am I the only one? I've always been a fan of beat-em-ups, so it might just be me.

[DarkShear]

Baroque, yes I've died a few times. For some odd reason I really don't care that I've died.

[SlaughterX]

Finally really started playing Folklore today, it's pretty decent, but the camera angles can get pretty bad at times. I'm on chapter 3 right now...

[Sayckeone]

^'Bout to start that up myself as soon as the update is done. The demo was OK, didn't do much for me, but I figured I'd give the full game a try anyway.

[Zachalmighty]

I'm so close to beating Yggdra Union, I'm on the chapter 5

[RayFoxSith]

I was really really bored today and looked through my backlog. Saw Metal Gear Solid (PS1) staring at me and, what with all this MGS4 hype, popped it in. I'm surprised how well this game has managed to stand based on how old it is.

[Saishu]

I beat the final boss of Arcana Heart today. Yeah. After all of my failed attempts to beat her yesterday, the picture that comes straight after victory was hilariously satisfying.

[Sanctine]

I was really really bored today and looked through my backlog. Saw Metal Gear Solid (PS1) staring at me and, what with all this MGS4 hype, popped it in. I'm surprised how well this game has managed to stand based on how old it is.

I've been replaying that recently, as well. All this MGS4 talk has gotten me in the mood for MGS, and since I bought the Essential Collection, I decided to give it another spin.

I've forgotten how much I love this game. And it has aged so well.

I feel like going on a Darren-style MGS buying binge, all of a sudden.

[Arjuna]

Saycke you need to finish Snake Eater. Didn't you say you bought that device to transfer data? Get to playing!

[DarkShear]

Baroque.

I died on level 2. I failed to equip the items located on level 1.

I rule.

[Sayckeone]

Saycke you need to finish Snake Eater. Didn't you say you bought that device to transfer data? Get to playing!
Yes, sir.

[Zephyr]

Etrian Odyssey - First Stratum

My party right now is Defender, Dark Hunter, Alchemist, Troubadour, and Medic. I like parties that work together to strategically meet my goals rather than just using brute force to plow through games. Do you guys think that this party will work for me?

[Sei]

I'd get rid of the defender, but yeah, any party can work really, as long as you get immunizewith your medic. Later on you get Ronin and Hexer too, Hexer works awesome with a whip dark hunter.

[Futomimi]

What? Defender/Protector is awesome. I had a Dark Hunter at first and switched her out quickly for a Survivalist, but both classes are useful if you give them the right skills. One thing you may want to consider is that the Hexer class, which you get later, apparently has a higher rate of success at binding enemies than the DH class.
Troubadour is awesome. Getting a Landsknecht might be a good idea, but they are the brute physical force party of the game, so they may not be your favorite.

[Sei]

Heh, on my first playthrough I had a defender with the guarding skills thinking they always connected and they never seemed to :( Eventually he went for a Dark Hunter, who while having poor def could shut down most bosses right off with the "bind whatever" skills.

I do hear that some of the def skills are necessary for the post game bosses like the Drake but, I dunno, never really connected with him.

Hexer + Dark Hunter gives you ecstasy too!. I think my final party in that game was Dark Hunter Ronin Landsketch, Troubador and either hex or alkie.

[The Lost Dragoon]

FF 6 on the PSX and FF 1 on the GBA. Almost through with both (just spell and Economizer earning before Kefka's Tower on the former and in the Temple of Chaos with Ultima Weapon on the latter).

After 6, that will leave me with 2 main line FF's that I haven't beaten (3 if you counting 11 which I'll probably never play).

[Sayckeone]

I'll tell you what I'm not playing! I'm not playing anything on my PS3 because this MGOß update is taking FOREVAR!

[The Lost Dragoon]

I'll tell you what I'm not playing! I'm not playing anything on my PS3 because this MGOß update is taking FOREVAR!

Oh, the joys of modern consoles...

[Arjuna]

Pokemon Fire Red! Biatches.

[Futomimi]

Dork.

[Delition]

Playing Rondo of Swords. It's going to take me quite a while to get used to the gameplay (I've died about 3 times in the first stage alone), and I'm still not sure if I like the whole running through people to attack. Note that I said me up there, as I'm sure other people are probably having an easier time than I am. It's good so far, but I'm not a big fan of the battle animations up to this point.

[Futomimi]

I finally finished the story section of EO last night! Etreant was easy with everyone finally up to 60-65, haha.

[Zephyr]

I ended up switching my EO party. Took a Landsknecht in place of the Dark Hunter. It just seemed that my front line was getting constantly pulverized. Maybe if I had a Landsknecht, Protector, and the Dark Hunter in the front line it would be better, since damage would be distributed across more characters.

On the third floor now.

[PFV]

Started playing Wizardry: ToFL again. And been playing EO2/SQ2 some while at work.

[Sayckeone]

Landschkenchshchkkkcht > Dark Hunter

Anyway...

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates. It's kind of childish, almost infantile, yet, it's really charming. It's definitely geared toward children. Combat is basic hack and slash and pretty easy, but fun. I'm only just past the first dungeon, but so far, I like this game.

I owe DTR and Sanctine Condemned 2 impressions. Here they are in two words: ####ING AWESOME. Go buy it now.

[RayFoxSith]

My party is a landsknecht, dark hunter, protector, medic, and alchemist and I've been doing fine with them.

[Flußkönig]

Beat the main dungeon in Baroque. Guess I will finish my current character in SaGa Frontier and mess around in the post game dungeons in Baroque.

[Delition]

I've still been playing Rondo of Swords. I must say that I'm liking it so far, aside from the battle animations (but I can skip them, so I do most of the time). Once I remembered that if you quit a battle you can carry over EXP I decided to train my characters...but not for my own good.

I'm at a point where I'm trying to save a random person introduced in this battle, and she keeps running straight towards the enemy with her arms wide-####ing-open. I'm trying to save her, but it's not working well as she runs further than I do.

Eh, it's still fun. I'd give it 8.5/10

[DarkShear]

Beat the main dungeon in Baroque. Guess I will finish my current character in SaGa Frontier and mess around in the post game dungeons in Baroque.

Congrats, I'm going to put some time into the game this weekend.

[Kid Marin]

Baroque (hard mode http://media.cnetnetworks.fr/gamekult-com/images/images/forum/icones/icon49.gif)

[PFV]

Landschkenchshchkkkcht > Dark Hunter

Well, there are instances that a Dark Hunter can deal obscene damage. Like 10K in one turn obscene.

[Sayckeone]

There are also instances where Dark Hunters get their asses kicked in two turns. This instance happens more often than the one you mentioned.

Srsly though, I tried the DH, but he was dying constantly. Took him out and got a Survivalist. Never looked back.

[PFV]

Haha, well, it's probably just one instance anyways.

I dropped my DH out of my lineup pretty quick (for the same reason) when I tried one out (didn't try near as hard to make them work like I did with Hexer). It was probably just by mere miracle that I remembered one of their skills to try it in this instance.

They really aren't so bad when you have some of their top-tier gear, but one of those pieces can be exceptionally irritating to acquire...

Survivalist are awesome, though. I don't think I could imagine not using one at this point.

[Futomimi]

I had a Dark Hunter at first until level 20 or so, then realized that she sucked hardcore and I didn't care enough to level her up enough to give her better skills. I took her out for a Protector and never put her back in my party.

[Flußkönig]

Baroque (hard mode http://media.cnetnetworks.fr/gamekult-com/images/images/forum/icones/icon49.gif)

Good choice Kid. I just don't think a game like Baroque would be fun without a bit of a challenge.



Congrats, I'm going to put some time into the game this weekend.

It ended up being better than I expected. The only problem is that it can get really repetitive if you miss a key point since that will keep you from progressing through the story. Meaning that you will have to go through that iteration of the dungeon until you advance the story.

Unfortunately it is really easy to miss stuff if you aren't using some sort of guide or if you don't search every nook and cranny of each floor.

[ZoraGenin]

Baroque (50%)

[Kakizaki]

Yakuza.

[Sayckeone]

^It's about ####ing time.

[RayFoxSith]

I reached the 10th floor in EO today and was about to face the second stratum's boss when I realize I don't have anymore Warp Wires and my party was tired out. I had to walk ALL THE WAY back to the Geomagnetic Field. I felt like such a ####ing idiot. XD

[Kid Marin]

Good choice Kid. I just don't think a game like Baroque would be fun without a bit of a challenge.

I checked both normal and hard mode. Hard was brutal at first, but i wasn't using the lock. http://media.cnetnetworks.fr/gamekult-com/images/images/forum/icones/icon42.gif So far i can deal with the hard mode.

[Kakizaki]

^It's about ####ing time.

lol. I broke down and bought it last September when I was in one of my frequent beat'um up moods. Got busy with school and didn't touch it again until today. I like it, but I prefer the chapters that are long continuous fights like older brawlers.


Also playing Return of Double Dragon.

[Gillian Seed]

GT5 Prologue. I actually bought that $150 dollar wheel today too... lets just chalk that up as a mistake and impulse buy, and forgive me for it. Luckily I wont have to deal with any ####ty managers to return it... I AM ONE!

GT5 is good, but the wheel is over kill. Very neat, very fun, force feedback is actually cool how you fight and actually control, but I cant drop $150 on some #### ill use a few times in my life.

[RayFoxSith]

Just got to the Azure Rainforest in EO. Very pretty.

[Foryth]

I was playing The Witcher on PC, as well as a bit of Mana Khemia and Baroque, but they all went on my "to finish later" pile (which now has way too many games in it :? ) as I got Etrian Odyssey.

Still near the begining, on the 3rd floor with characters around level 12. At first my party was Landsnecht, Dark Hunter, Protector, Alchemist and Medic, but I decided to ditch the DH for a Survivalist instead. But I kinda like the Dark Hunter, so I'm thinking of maybe swiching another character for it.

Other than that I play the occasional Halo 1 game on PC with the guys from my job and a bit of Arcana Heart with my girlfriend. We both suck very much at it for now, I find it a lot harder than Steet Fighter II or even Guilty Gear, but it's also more rewarding when I manage to get to Mildred... only to get my ass kicked. :x

Also I saw Izuna at my nearby EB-Games for 24$, I'm still hesitating about buying it since I have many other games to play and the reviews aren't very good. (but then again Baroque got some pretty bad reviews and I still like it)

[Saishu]

Arcana Heart is really hard to master. It's the same with me, I think Guilty Gear is easier to play.

You're going to have to run and hide in the corner and do nothing but spam fireballs or the laser attack from Heart's Arcana to definitely win against Mildred.

I've been playing Darkstalkers PSP. Portability rules. I think I'm almost done with console gaming... I need to pick up Castlevania.

[DarkShear]

I was playing roulette and spanish 21 yesterday. Off of $40 in starting betting money on roulette I walked away with $250. Off of $60 in betting money in spanish 21 I walked away with $150.

Total profit: $300

Gambling counts as a game right?

[Flußkönig]

I beat Emeilia's story in SaGa Frontier last night. I am going to play through Red's story and mess around with the bonus dungeons in baroque till FES is out.



I checked both normal and hard mode. Hard was brutal at first, but i wasn't using the lock. http://media.cnetnetworks.fr/gamekult-com/images/images/forum/icones/icon42.gif So far i can deal with the hard mode.

You might want to try out a two handed weapon if you haven't already. The sword arc is much wider (the stunning attacking looks like a 180 degree arc) than the one handed sword and you can hit multiple enemies from the side or behind without having to lock on.

[Kid Marin]

Ah, i found one of this twin blades really early (couldn't keep it then).

I finished my second run in the neuro tower... is it like a never-ending cycle with just more floors each time ??? :?

[Flußkönig]

Ah, i found one of this twin blades really early (couldn't keep it then).

I finished my second run in the neuro tower... is it like a never-ending cycle with just more floors each time ??? :?

You have to trigger plot points for the dungeon to expand any farther, but yes, basically you just go through the dungeon while figuring out the story.

[Kakizaki]

spanish 21

That sounds dirty.

[Sayckeone]

Rondo of Swords arrived today. I played the first battle and so far, I'm digging it. Back to FFCC: RoF.

EDIT: Yuri, in FFCC:RoF, in the ####.

[Delition]

I just finished playing some 2D fighters as part of a week-end event here, and I finally got to play "Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike" for the first time tonight, and I must say that I like it quite a bit.

We also played King of Fighters, both '00 and XI. I'm not the largest King of Fighters fan, but I had fun. Tomorrow might stink, as I'm probably going to have a blister on my thumb from the D-pad, but it was worth it.

[DarkShear]

spanish 21

That sounds dirty.

It is dirty. I was jealous of some dude named Jose who threw down $40 and walked away with $470.

[Foryth]

Yesssss! I just beat Fenrir and gotten to the second stratum! XD This game freakin' rocks!

Okay, I just wanted to share the joy! :P

[Maxine MagicFox]

Yesssss! I just beat Fenrir and gotten to the second stratum! XD This game freakin' rocks!

Okay, I just wanted to share the joy! :P

Good job!! Keep it up!! Fighting the first boss and winning was SUCH a victory high for me. So I know how you feel.

[Zephyr]

Yesssss! I just beat Fenrir and gotten to the second stratum! XD This game freakin' rocks!

Okay, I just wanted to share the joy! :P

Me too. I had trouble with Fenrir at first because I just charged him head on, so I got ganked by his minions. The trick was to lure him away so that they took a few turns to reach us. By the time they got there, he was dead. :D

I'm done mapping B6F now, but it's looking like these Moa things are going to give me quite a bit of trouble as well.

[RayFoxSith]

^The Cutters are what you should be worrying about.

[Neveryll]

I actually have a few within the last couple of days...

World of Warcraft (A Level 70 and a couple of 60s... waiting for the next MMO to come along...)
Odin Sphere (Just pulled it out and started it the other day. Love the level design and the story so far... Must squeeze in another hour today and get a bit further)
Milon's Secret Castle (Got up to the first boss and got waxed by his fireballs. No Save point?? Arrrgggggg... I don't remember it being that tough...)

[The Lost Dragoon]

I finished up FF 1 (GBA), but I'm still working on breaking the stupid curse on the cursed shield in 6. At this point, I'm wishing I'd kept the Ragnarök Esper.

[Kakizaki]

Some pretty selective posting going on in here. Advertising imo.

[Thunder-Slash]

I started replaying the whole MGS saga last week. Right now I'm up to MGS2 right after the Ames crap.

[massaker]

Just finished Nocturne and then Bully. Bully was very good.

Now playing MGS3. Wish you could sneak up behind people and use your knife for an instant kill, is there any sort of behind takedown type thing? Looks like there is in MGS4.

Do you hold them up with your gun like I remember doing in MGS2, with the action button or something?

[DarkShear]

Just finished Nocturne and then Bully. Bully was very good.

Now playing MGS3. Wish you could sneak up behind people and use your knife for an instant kill, is there any sort of behind takedown type thing? Looks like there is in MGS4.

Do you hold them up with your gun like I remember doing in MGS2, with the action button or something?

I put about 20 hours into Bully, was a fun game. A lot of 'stuff' to do in that game.

[Hitoshura]

Just got to Ikebukuro in SMT1, yes I know I'm progressing slowly, haven't had as much time to play recently. This game just gets better the more I play it.

[massaker]

Just got to Ikebukuro in SMT1, yes I know I'm progressing slowly, haven't had as much time to play recently. This game just gets better the more I play it.

Yeah it does, you keep getting better and better demons.

[Gillian Seed]

Just finished Nocturne and then Bully. Bully was very good.

Now playing MGS3. Wish you could sneak up behind people and use your knife for an instant kill, is there any sort of behind takedown type thing? Looks like there is in MGS4.

Do you hold them up with your gun like I remember doing in MGS2, with the action button or something?

Grab them with CQC and use the knife kill, you can do exactly what you are asking for already.

[Thunder-Slash]

Just finished Nocturne and then Bully. Bully was very good.

Now playing MGS3. Wish you could sneak up behind people and use your knife for an instant kill, is there any sort of behind takedown type thing? Looks like there is in MGS4.

Do you hold them up with your gun like I remember doing in MGS2, with the action button or something?

Grab them with CQC and use the knife kill, you can do exactly what you are asking for already.

Also don't forget to use the D-Pad to "stalk" around so that the enemy won't hear you. I don't think tilting the analog slightly will make you unheard... Can anyone confirm this?

[Hitoshura]

Just got to Ikebukuro in SMT1, yes I know I'm progressing slowly, haven't had as much time to play recently. This game just gets better the more I play it.

Yeah it does, you keep getting better and better demons.

Only thing that sucks is that I still couldn't find Steven in Ikebukuro! I don't know if this is another one of those "translation patch screwed up the NPC script" issues like the Law Baptism or the antique shop thing. I mean I guess it doesn't matter, but still, it'd be nice to have some free healing before fighting Yama, which I should be avoiding anyway to stay Neutral but I can't resist the EXP, 'sides I heard TDL has a few places to really shove your alignment one way or the other so.

It's not so much the new demons that keep me going either; honestly, this game has a pretty damn good (but very terse) storyline. I find the biggest reason I keep playing to be "What happens next?"

[Olethros]

Started up Baroque this weekend. So far, I'm really liking it.

[Arjuna]

Lost Odyssey.. goddamn watching that intro scene again was awesome. I forgot that he is immortal lol, I was like uh.. how is he alive again?

[SlaughterX]

I need to get back to playing LO... my friend started the game almsot a month after me and he's already on the 3rd disc, I'm still on the first... :(

[Arjuna]

Fail, not sure if I should stick with English VA's. I mean I do like a few voices but some are just ugh.