What are you currently playing?

[Dead to Rights]

Call of Duty 4.

[Kid Marin]

Phoenix Wright 3, Ninja Gaiden (Virtual Console), Monster Hunter Freedom 2 and Armored Core 4.

[RayFoxSith]

Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles, Final Fantasy Tactics:War of the Lions, and Final Fantasy XII.

[bullman422]

Wild Arms 5, Growlanser H+W, and Persona 3 (second time).

[HellaJera]

Animal Crossing... STILL.
Thousand Arms. Again.
Soul Calibur 2.

[Camanche]

Getting into FFXII right now. Looks like another great.

[RayFoxSith]

^Be careful with the treasure chests if you want the ultimate weapon. I'm replaying it just for the Zodiac Spear.

[SlaughterX]

AC6, CoD4, CoD2, VF5O, and a bit of ES...

[Delition]

I've been playing a little bit more of Nocturne, a little bit of Tactics Ogre, and I keep trying to play Kartia but I cannot stand the character
designs in the game, which keeps turning me off. I've never been a fan of that person's artwork, and I'll never really be one.

I've also been playing some of the new Phoenix Wright, and some more Blue Dragon. I'm on disc 3, but I still don't care about any of the
characters. The main reason I'm playing the game is to get achievements and to beat it. It's really sad that the characters are annoying
as hell, since the gameplay is actually pretty decent.

[Futomimi]

Animal Crossing... STILL.

Animal Crossing is the most soul-crushing, depressing game I have ever played.

I have Persona 3 on hiatus.. still.. because my dorm doesn't really have a comfortable place to sit while playing the PS2 for over half an hour or so. I'm going to try to grind through it over Thanksgiving break, most likely.
So right now, Front Mission 1st, DQ Heroes: Rocket Slime (almost done with this), and Riviera (DS).

[RayFoxSith]

How is front Mission, Mimi?

[Futomimi]

Awesome, but I have to admit that I f*cking suck at it. It's the first FM title that I've ever played, and it's been years that I've even ever really gotten into a tactical RPG, so...

The wanzer customization is much more in-depth than what's there in the NIS cookie cutters that have been flooding the market lately. The story so far has been pretty minimalist and the cutscenes are short, but I don't play games for story, so that's fine by me. Plus giant robots.
I would recommend it.

[RayFoxSith]

Yeah, I heard the game can be a tad difficult because it expects too much out of the player.

[Futomimi]

Meh.
Chances are that the person who says that is the same kind of person that BAWWWWWs about SMT games "expecting too much" out of the player.

[RayFoxSith]

LOL, srsly.

[Arjuna]

FFXI.

[noloe4]

Persona 3. I really need to finish this game. I've had it since the release date and still ain't done.

[Camanche]

^Be careful with the treasure chests if you want the ultimate weapon. I'm replaying it just for the Zodiac Spear.

Who and the what now? I am going into this game blind.

[RayFoxSith]

In the game there's four treasure chests that if you open one of them triggers the game to not give you one of the ultimate weapons, the Zodiac Spear. I only know that there's a chest right across from Old Dalan's place and on the Phon Coast that does it. It's a stupid gimmick Square-Enix put in for people to replay the game if they ever do it.

[Camanche]

Bad Square, bad. Cheap.

[Saishu]

Disgaea 2. I just got into the series, and I don't see how I'll ever manage to take on a Lv 1000+ boss >_>

My army is barely around Lv 100.

[Kakizaki]

EO, put I want to maybe start messing around with DQM:J.

[Marcos_sama]

Persona 3, Monster Hunter Freedom 2, and pretty soon Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hour Glass.

[Flußkönig]

I have put everything else on hiatus in order to play Metal Max Returns.

So far it has been fun, but I have hit a bottleneck of sorts though. There are two large cannons that are blocking the only open path and I can barely put a dent in them.

Eh, I will give it another try tonight.

[AyraTheMyrmidon]

I have a small list of games I'm restricting myself to until I complete them all (Persona 3, Luminous Arc, and Riviera make up half the list). Right now however I'm focusing on the English version of Fire Emblem 10.

[Xerit]

Xenosaga 2
Persona 2 (second cycle)
Half-Life 2
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Megaman ZX: Advent
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

I'm REALLY glad I have so much spare time at work.

[HellaJera]

Animal Crossing... STILL.

Animal Crossing is the most soul-crushing, depressing game I have ever played.

.

What? Why!

Ugh. Good thing I'm a depressing person. We go hand in hand!

[RiotGrrl]

- Touch Detective
- Cooking Mama
- Gunstar Super Heroes
- Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Guild Wars: Prophecies
- Random shmups like Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Cho Ren Sha 68K, Gradius, etc.

[banballow]

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trials and Tribulations
Super Swing Golf

... next up to bat:
LifeSigns: Surgical Unit

[Thunder-Slash]

Currently I'm playing Ys: The Arc of Napishtim.

Once I'm done with that I might start up the SMT: Nocturne I (finally) bought a few days ago.
That game is so frickin' hard to find, and when I found it it was $59.99 used. It's a good thing that it came with everything (even that bonus soundtrack). :D

[Delition]

I always thought the soundtrack with that game was great. So was the pre-order bonus soundtrack with DDS2. Great CDs. Great soundtracks.

Back on topic, I've found myself playing Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, along with Silent Hill: Origins (It's a Silent Hill game...don't expect anything different), and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (It's alright, but I don't feel as if it was worth the money yet...I'll keep playing it, though).

[Futomimi]

Animal Crossing... STILL.

Animal Crossing is the most soul-crushing, depressing game I have ever played.


What? Why!

Ugh. Good thing I'm a depressing person. We go hand in hand!

You start out the game in debt, and you're forced into being basically an indentured servant. By a cute little raccoon.

Then while you're paying your debt, you get to be surrounded by more cute little animals that will constantly rag on your house by passive-aggressively complimenting it, then mentioning how small it is. Also, a board of people you will never meet in the game apparently break into your house while you aren't playing, judge you by your taste in interior decor, and then send you a snooty letter with some score based on arbitrary rules that are never outlined in the game.

So these HRA people and cute little animals basically peer pressure you into buying a bigger house, putting you into even more massive debt. So after all of this, what do the animals do the next time they bring up your house? INSULT YOU AGAIN. Lather, rinse, repeat until you have the biggest house possible, the best HRA score, a full museum, and a bunch of adorable but judgmental ass animals for friends, or until you feel like shooting yourself in the face and sell the game.

[Gillian Seed]

FFXI.

ill be playing again right around the new expansion.

[LadyLynx]

I started playing WoW last week. *hangs head in shame*

[Hellfire99X]

I started playing WoW last week. *hangs head in shame*

Nothing wrong with that... WoW was the reason why I wasn't playing as much Super Robot Taisen as I should've been. :P

[HellaJera]

Animal Crossing... STILL.

Animal Crossing is the most soul-crushing, depressing game I have ever played.


What? Why!

Ugh. Good thing I'm a depressing person. We go hand in hand!

You start out the game in debt, and you're forced into being basically an indentured servant. By a cute little raccoon.

Then while you're paying your debt, you get to be surrounded by more cute little animals that will constantly rag on your house by passive-aggressively complimenting it, then mentioning how small it is. Also, a board of people you will never meet in the game apparently break into your house while you aren't playing, judge you by your taste in interior decor, and then send you a snooty letter with some score based on arbitrary rules that are never outlined in the game.

So these HRA people and cute little animals basically peer pressure you into buying a bigger house, putting you into even more massive debt. So after all of this, what do the animals do the next time they bring up your house? INSULT YOU AGAIN. Lather, rinse, repeat until you have the biggest house possible, the best HRA score, a full museum, and a bunch of adorable but judgmental ass animals for friends, or until you feel like shooting yourself in the face and sell the game.

Wow. I never looked at it like that. Except I've never had animals insult my house. They just ask if I got an extension and cheer for me. And my HRA letters aren't snooty at all. It's not too hard to get nice letters from them.

I always thought it was a cute little game to play when I need a break from killing things.

[ravenrooney]

Trauma Center: UtK, Izuna, FIFA 08, and soon TC:NB!!

[Camanche]

Still plugging away at FFXII. Does anyone else hate the gambit system? -_-

[Tenbatsu]

I was not a fan of the gambit system. I also was not a fan of the character customization options. It was too easy to cover the entire board - and the difference between the armor types and weapon types were marginal at best.

But, I never beat FFXII, I'm about half way through. So it might get better. I might finish it one of these days.

[Flußkönig]

Still plugging away at FFXII. Does anyone else hate the gambit system? -_-

Nah, I liked it. It was nice to be free from having to micromanage every trivial encounter, party buffs, healing and all the other tedious elements present in most rpg's.

Plus you can just turn it off if you don't like it, so what is there to complain about?

[RayFoxSith]

Still plugging away at FFXII. Does anyone else hate the gambit system? -_-

It makes the game more easier to play, but I remember someone commenting (and it is kinda true) that you can beat the game by just using the thumb sticks with the gambits.

[charwiimario]

Battalion Wars 2
and
Touch Detective

Hopefully soon I'll be playing Zack and Wiki and Super and Mario and Galaxy

[Logan]

What exactly do y'all not like about the gambits? I thought it was a great way to eliminate the need to micro manage your character's actions like you had to in KOTOR.

I may start up FFXII again, I never did finish it. Got really close to the end but I lost all my save files.

[Futomimi]

blah blah blah blah y'all blah blah blah

Ban plz

[EvilHero]

lol Mimi. I still haven't finished FFXII either, then again, what games have I really ever finished?

I'm kinda playing the original Half Life right now, I don't see whats so great about it.

[Sanctine]

I'm kinda playing the original Half Life right now, I don't see whats so great about it.

Exact thought I had when I first bought it. I thought SiN was much much much better at the time.

Half Life is good, but it's very overrated.

Half Life 2, on the other hand, deserves all the hype it received.

[EvilHero]

Half Life is good, but it's very overrated.


I actually thought the same thing about God of War. Everybody kept praising the boss battles when there was only like, 3 of them, and only one of them was trully above average. Ares was a pretty big disappointment IMO.

The only excuse I can come up for Half life, is the fact that I played it too late. I'm sure when it first came out, it did alot of the things that you see in FPS games today first.

[viiral]

* The Simpsons Game (PS2)
* Naruto Shippuuden: Narutimate Accel (PS2)
* Naruto: Rise of a Ninja (X360)
* Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome (PS2)
* Phantom Brave (PS2)
* Soul Nomad & the World Eaters (PS2)

:roll:

[Sanctine]

The only excuse I can come up for Half life, is the fact that I played it too late. I'm sure when it first came out, it did alot of the things that you see in FPS games today first.

I think the reason why it got so much praise was because of the introduction. Wherever I see footage, or whenever I heard people talking about it, they'd always mention the introduction to the whole experience.

That's really the only thing Half Life had that other FPSs didn't, at that time.

[Lucifer]

Persona 3 still (had to stop because i had the flu or something for a while and couldn't do much of anything) Just started Oblivion too.

[Burin le Savage]

Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
Civilization IV: Warlords
Breath of Fire III
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
Black & White

[Logan]

blah blah blah blah y'all blah blah blah

Ban plz

Easy there, Tex. Shouldn't bash your own kind. Especially when I know your weakness.

Started up FFXII again, although once Super Mario Galaxy is out it will probably be put back on hold.

[Arjuna]

Castlevania Lament of Innocence.

[DirtyHands]

I'm playing:

Persona 2 (Yep i'm a Persona virgin, just started)
SMT Lucifers Call/Nocturne
SMT Devil Summoner

:)

[Sayckeone]

Easy there, Tex. Shouldn't bash your own kind. Especially when I know your weakness.

Started up FFXII again, although once Super Mario Galaxy is out it will probably be put back on hold.

lol Tex

[HellaJera]

GOLDEN SUUUUUUUUUUUN.
Because my boyfriend made.

[Squall81]

Fire Emblem:Radiant Dawn right now. I am trying to power through it before Tuesday. Also rocking Disgaea on my PsP.

On Tuesday I have to pick up Super Mario Galaxy, Kayne & Lynch, Assassins Creed, and Uncharted.

Of course nothing in my house is going to get played till I have 100% on Galaxy.

[Gillian Seed]

Of course nothing in my house is going to get played till I have 100% on Galaxy.

Yeah! Man, has anyone heard the music in Galaxy? Its EPIC!

[RayFoxSith]

Guitar Hero 2

[EvilHero]

Street Fighter 3rd Strike Online

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c371/SSJVegeta76/071111_230115.jpg

Coming out of retirement strong, ranked 15th online with 31 wins and 8 loses as of the beginning of this week. Half those guys ahead of me are chumps and will fall by the end of the week, watch out, Al :twisted:

[Raithgar]

Beautiful Katamari

Man is this game outside of my normal titles.. Interesting though

[Arjuna]

lol No duh Ippo, it's EKS BAWKS. Get on MAME nub.

[EvilHero]

The games old enough to the point only the serious players stay online :P

I can't stand MAME, but I guess i'll have to force myself to get the hang of it.

[Sayckeone]

Uncharted demo.

Holy ####, I'm buying it this week.

[Dead to Rights]

Holy ####, I'm buying it this week.

November 20th, amigo.

[Sayckeone]

Oh. Whatever.

[Thunder-Slash]

I just started Okami yesterday, awesome stuff!

[Delition]

Just finished Silent Hill: Origins a little while ago. It was decent, and the unlockable constumes are pretty amusing, but I'm not sure how much I'm going to play it now.

[RiotGrrl]

GOLDEN SUUUUUUUUUUUN.
Because my boyfriend made.


Noooooo. Golden Sun is so pathetically generic that I couldn't get through it after restarting a grand total of four times. I think I put in around thirty hours total on all my save files. Bleh.

It is pretty though.

I'm still going through Touch Detective, mostly. Some of the puzzles are pretty ridiculous, logic-wise (the net in the first case, anyone?) but the others that I've heard people complain about weren't as bad as I thought they'd be. Still, this is one of those adventure games where you pixel hunt then try every item on every NPC at least once, and wait for the correct results.

[Dead to Rights]

Call of Duty 4 multiplayer (still).

[Squall81]

GOLDEN SUUUUUUUUUUUN.
Because my boyfriend made.


Noooooo. Golden Sun is so pathetically generic that I couldn't get through it after restarting a grand total of four times. I think I put in around thirty hours total on all my save files. Bleh.

It is pretty though.

I'm still going through Touch Detective, mostly. Some of the puzzles are pretty ridiculous, logic-wise (the net in the first case, anyone?) but the others that I've heard people complain about weren't as bad as I thought they'd be. Still, this is one of those adventure games where you pixel hunt then try every item on every NPC at least once, and wait for the correct results.

Nothing was as bad as the coin puzzle in act 2.

[unknown]

Playing Disgaea:Afternoon of Darkness, Silent Hill Origins, and ZOE2.

[Qeis]

got my hand (FINALLY!!!!) on Growlanser HOW (it says that it was limited edition ???)

but I'll have to wait for my mid test term at december,,,

now I relieve my stressed mind by picking on Jivatma in KOF maximum impact 2nd

[Arjuna]

CRYSIS.

[Kakizaki]

Contra 4 when I have some time.

[Hayato]

Still working on P3, haha~ I have WA5 begging to be played, too. But I think those'll have to take the backseat for a while since I've recently gotten my hands on Summon Night 3, and I'm loving it so far. 8D;

[Logan]

FFXII - just got up to the Leviathan.

Super Mario Galaxy - up to 28 stars.

[Dead to Rights]

Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer

Super Mario Galaxy

[Master Zombots]

I think I'm going to go and play Luminous Arc. After checking out the Luminous Arc 2 site, I'm ready to relive the adventure. :)

[Arjuna]

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9600/1178630343872tk3.jpg

[Master Zombots]

Lol. :P

[LadyLynx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7qKD-Ph7ds

[Futomimi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7qKD-Ph7ds

?????????

[EvilHero]

Doesn't that belong in the Youtube thread, LL?

[iammako3]

PS2: Persona 3
DS: Phoenix Wright 2 (so I can open and play the 3rd one >.<;)
PS3: Folklore/Assassin's Creed (haven't gotten very far on either)

[Sayckeone]

How do we report posts as being off topic? I demand a report post button like the previous php board had. LL is off topic and that video sucked.

[RayFoxSith]

LOL'd

Decided I'd put a few minutes of my completed P3 file. Plan to go over my friend's house and play Rock Band if she gets it tomorrow.

[LadyLynx]

Really? I thought it was fitting with the board decorum and quite classy. But you are oh so right, I posted this in the wrong thread. I will post it in the correct thread. :)

[Raithgar]

Getting ready for another marathon of Mass Effect (played 12 hours yesterday).

[Sayckeone]

That's not really the kind of thing you want to tell people, Raithgar...

[RayFoxSith]

Trying to get a hang of FFXII: Revenant Wings.

[Master Zombots]

Is it similar to Heroes of Mana? It sort of looks similar to me. Although, the system does look much more friendly in regards to the summoning of units.

[RayFoxSith]

I've heard it is but there are no time meters so your units don't look as cluttered, but the sprites aren't the best and the interface could've used a little more work, but it's a solid game, no less.

EDIT: Damn, as soon as Chapter 2 ends, it gets really addictive.

[Master Zombots]

Well, that sounds good. :) I'll be looking forward to playing it then, thanks. Now I'm still playing Luminous Arc though. And if I'm right in assuming one of the gallery images is unlocked after non-Twilight Witch Cecille has her special conversation, then I just realized that I screwed up and can't unlock that now. And after being about 34 hours into it, it gets me sort of angered at myself for not realizing this. I like completing my games 100%, heh... so I might have to restart completely. :? Meh, I probably will once the second one gets a US release date.

[dragonlife29]

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Super Mario Galaxy, Trauma Center: New Blood

About time I started playing my Wii again. I've been playing it strong since this month :D

[SlaughterX]

MASS EFFECT!!!

[dragonlife29]

MASS EFFECT!!!Nice. Very nice.

[Kid Marin]

I beat Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn. Starting Mario Galaxy and (probably) Assassin's Creed.

[Flußkönig]

I am about half way through Mass Effect.

So far the main storyline missions have been amazing.

Unfortunately, I have some serious issues with the secondary missions. Hopefully this will improve as the I continuing progressing through ME.

[Yazarc]

Front Mission mostly. It's consuming me.

LOTS of new games this month though. I don't know how I'm gonna finish everything in my backlog.

[DamageCity]

Silent Hill Zero
Castlevania DXC
Final Fantasy Tactics PSP

[EvilHero]

Fire Emblem Path of Radiance. I just reached the end of an annoying map, only to have an important character die by an unlikely critical hit. I'm so pissed off right now, I don't want to play the game anymore.

[ViolenceJack]

Switching Between RE4 (switching when Leon gets killed lol), and Rogue Galaxy (2nd playthrough, trying for a 'completion').

[Sayckeone]

Call of Duty 4 online and Team Fortress 2. That's all I plan on playing for a long time.

[Logan]

I'm back to where I was last in FFXII before I lost my save files. I'm a few levels/sidequests short but I'm close to the end of the main story at least.

[Delition]

I finally regained a copy of Final Fantasy Anthology (for $15, which I find to be a good price), so I am going to be playing Final Fantasy VI for a bit before I go to bed.

[Sayckeone]

I played Halo 3 online last night with some niggas, and came to the following conclusion:

Call of Duty 4 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Halo 3.

Game is really bad.

[ViolenceJack]

Rented Valkyrie Profile 2, so I'll be playing that for the next week.

[Kakizaki]

Finally, finally beat the main quest in EO, and started goofing around in the after game. I still think DQ III Reprise tops it as my favorite portable rpg, but it is damn close. P.S., Whoever thinks survivalists don't kick ass for dishing out physical damage is retarded.

[Sayckeone]

Apollon, imo, Kakizaki.

[Kakizaki]

Apollon, imo, Kakizaki.

Exactly. My level 70 Survivalist was easily doing around and over 2200 points worth of damage with Apollon, and was scoring around 500 points per hit on multihit. He was equipped with an Arc Drawer. I started a second Survivalist as a farming mule with some secondary attack features. It will be interesting to have both utilizing maxed out Apollon.

[Arjuna]

Just got done with 2nd playthrough of Portal. Beat it a lot faster than my first time. God I love this game... I guess I had missed one of those rooms insinuating that the cake was lie. It freaked me out.

[EvilHero]

Still playing Fire Emblem Path of Radiance, Chapter 18.

[Saishu]

Disgaea for PSP is kinda disappointing so I've gone back to Disgaea 2. I have passed the level 200 mark!

[RayFoxSith]

Vagrant Story. Trying to figure out the weapon synthesis, but otherwise a very solid game.

[Kid Marin]

Still playing Fire Emblem Path of Radiance, Chapter 18.
Are you playing in hard, Evil ? Good luck then. Keep going on, the badass playable characters will arrive soon.

I beat Mario Galaxy, still 40 stars to find.
Started Assassin's Creed. I like the freedom of that game.

[Futomimi]

I think I might have beaten Riviera last night, but the Nyquil was working and I fell asleep like 6 times during the last boss... sooo uhhh I can't really remember. We will see, I guess.

[Hitoshura]

Jesus christ kakizaki, lv 70? What floor are you on?! I've barely touched postgame (trying to finish up all the quests I can before I continue) and my guys are all like 60-62, though I did beat the game around lv 55 I think. Damn.

[Sayckeone]

I did beat the game around lv 55 I think. Damn.

BULL.




####! My party is in the late 50's early 60's and I last only a few rounds against the end boss.

[CSXLoser]

playing fire emblem radiant dawn 2nd second playthrough 8)

...i want those other characters....

[Dave3]

Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
Resident Evil Outbreak

[Hitoshura]

I did beat the game around lv 55 I think. Damn.

BULL.




####! My party is in the late 50's early 60's and I last only a few rounds against the end boss.

Seriously. I was using my standard team of LP in front and SAM in the back, just went in fully healed and boosted, pretty sure I went with chasers with my L. Mind you, I had the best swords on my L and P I believe, and a pretty strong bow on my Surivalist. It was actually a little too easy for a final boss imo, but i know the postgame stuff is no joke. Status effects abound, or so I hear.

[Kakizaki]

Jesus christ kakizaki, lv 70? What floor are you on?! I've barely touched postgame (trying to finish up all the quests I can before I continue) and my guys are all like 60-62, though I did beat the game around lv 55 I think. Damn.

I screw around a lot and level on purpose to try new skills and tactics. That is just the way I play rpgs. Just to be clear, my entire party wasn't level 70.

[EvilHero]

Are you playing in hard, Evil ? Good luck then. Keep going on, the badass playable characters will arrive soon.


I hear ya Kid. I finally got Ike promoted, which I was pretty excited about since he's such a good unit that I had to stop using until his promotion. Now i'm just waiting on Volke's promotion to assassin :twisted:

I want to finish this up soon so I can pick up Radiant Dawn. I read some more reviews on it and i'm pretty excited to hear you change perspectives between the different sides. Games need to do that more often.

[Flußkönig]

Playing through Mass Effect again with a new character on hardcore difficulty.

[Gillian Seed]

Just got done with 2nd playthrough of Portal. Beat it a lot faster than my first time. God I love this game... I guess I had missed one of those rooms insinuating that the cake was lie. It freaked me out.

they mention "The Cake is a Lie" a few times throughout the whole game man, haha. How did you miss it? That makes the ending that much more hilarious.

[Arjuna]

I know I said ONE of the rooms haha.

[Kid Marin]

Radiant Dawn. I read some more reviews on it and i'm pretty excited to hear you change perspectives between the different sides.
Yes, and this is really well done. Radiant Dawn has some great comeback and very powerful characters (they promote twice !!!).

[RayFoxSith]

Radiant Dawn has some great comeback and very powerful characters (they promote twice !!!).

Fire Emblem has a habit of making paladins practibly invincible.

[Camanche]

Tekken 5 and NHL 2K.

[CSXLoser]

[quote=EvilHero]Radiant Dawn has some great comeback and very powerful characters (they promote twice !!!).

Fire Emblem has a habit of making paladins practibly invincible. in Path of radiance they do....in radiant dawn, they are not as good. However, they made archers powerful......

[Thunder-Slash]

I just finished Okami... took me about 65 hours to complete...

Now I'm looking for something shorter... Pheonix Wright 3 maybe? Or maybe God of War...

[EvilHero]

Fire Emblem has a habit of making paladins practibly invincible.

I think you're refering to the fact that nearly every Jeigan character happens to be a Paladin. Great to have as tanks in the beginning, but they eat up exp for all the other characters, not really worth using since once the other characters catch up, they often have much better stats.

As for Paladins themselves, yeah they're great, excellent movement and very versatile (especially in PoR where you can decide what extra weapon they wield upon promotion.) Unfortunately, they don't take a hit quite as well and their resistance isn't the best either (IMO anyways.)

However, they made archers powerful......

Probably because of all the new flying units.

[dragonlife29]

Going into my 50th hour of Radiant Dawn, and it's awesome to see other people here like the FE games. Nice.

[Clephas]

Mass Effect and re-playing Ar Tonelico.

[Kid Marin]

I beat Dragon Quest Monsters - Joker. This is an average RPG and a weak DQ title.

[CSXLoser]

[quote]However, they made archers powerful......

Probably because of all the new flying units.

no...get them to 3rd tier and see what i mean >.>

[EvilHero]

no...get them to 3rd tier and see what i mean >.>

I meant in PoR, I haven't played RD yet.

Btw, that broken quote tag really needs to be fixed.

[RiotGrrl]

Psychonauts
Ghosts 'n Goblins
Metal Slug

Thank you GameTap.

[Flußkönig]

I beat Dragon Quest Monsters - Joker. This is an average RPG and a weak DQ title.

I am glad I decided to go with a used copy of Etrian Odyssey rather than DQ:J.

[Sayckeone]

I am glad I decided to go with a used copy of Etrian Odyssey rather than DQ:J.
Shame on you. If we don't get EO2, I'm blaming you.

[Flußkönig]

I am glad I decided to go with a used copy of Etrian Odyssey rather than DQ:J.
Shame on you. If we don't get EO2, I'm blaming you.

I would have bought a new retail copy if there were any available.

Someone is giving it to me as a Christmas gift (even though I had to track a copy down :grumbles) so availability was the issue not money.

[JMAN]

Mass Effect :)

[Kid Marin]

Trauma Center New Blood - I skipped Second Opinion and my surgical skills are rusty: have an hard time with the third operation (normal). :(

Assassin's Creed - At the 5th kill. Cities are really impressive, but the objectives start to repeat. I have found my first unaccessible (?) viewpoints in Acre.

[Kakizaki]

Persona. I never did encounter Alice or get the Glass Doll when I first played Persona about this time 11 years ago. I'm trying to do both now.

[Dead to Rights]

Still playing Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer

I need to decide by Wednesday whether to purchase The Orange Box or Unreal Tournament III.

[Sayckeone]

Orange Box for PC, DTR.

[RayFoxSith]

Bioshock.

[Delition]

Playing Front Mission for the DS and Mass Effect. Debating as to whether I should buy Jeanne D'Arc or not, but I'm in no rush to do so.

[Kid Marin]

Beat Assassin's Creed.
Very interesting game; i can't tell what the sequel will be about but the ending leaves a lot promising possibilities.

[Delition]

I figured with Assassin's Creed that they'd just have a new assassin in a different time for each game. Have one in 1100, 1200, 1300, etc.. This one took place in 1191, right?

They'd probably throw something in there storyline wise as an excuse to have more gameplay.

[tyedyeflower]

Animal Crossing for the GC and DS

Still playing Lineage II

I will beat Killer 7 and Okami one of these days too >_>

Come X-mas I'll be playing Mario Galaxy <3

[Thunder-Slash]

Orange Box for PC, DTR.

This.

And tyedyeflower, you shall play Okami! It is easily one of the best games I've played in a while. Possibly even better than... Persona 3!

*runs before the ATLUS mods can catch him*

[Logan]

Wizardry: The Forsaken Tale and Shadow of the Colossus. Mostly Wizardry at the moment. I've only killed 2 colossi in SotC.

[Esoteric]

And tyedyeflower, you shall play Okami! It is easily one of the best games I've played in a while. Possibly even better than... Persona 3!



qft

[RayFoxSith]

No, he's right.

[Yazarc]

qft means "quoted for truth" so he agrees. :)

As for what I'm playing, I've been going through Phantasy Star 4 via the Sega genesis collection on my PSP. I just have to remember to make the extra steps required save. I've lost progress once or twice because of my absent mindedness. I kinda dont feel like gaming a whole lot lately. None of the new stuff is holding my attention at the moment. I have a bunch of new games and I think I burned myself out a bit.

[RayFoxSith]

^Don't get to level 99, Yazarc.

[DamageCity]

^Don't get to level 99, Yazarc.

Ha I remember back in the day getting to lvl 99 in PS4 and thinking WTF is going on?

[Esoteric]

qft means "quoted for truth" so he agrees. :)



qft

[Esoteric]

The games of Orange Box for ps3, which isn't nearly as bad as the rumours said. There are some framerate issues, but over all its very smooth and very nice. Team Fortress 2 is extremely fun.

[Kakizaki]

EO. I can't quit playing this game. I was crushed today by a postgame monster. I will be totally crushed if the sequel does not come out here.

[Yazarc]

^Don't get to level 99, Yazarc.

Well aware, guys, but thanks! :wink:

[Izner]

I will beat Killer 7 and Okami one of these days too >_>


Killer 7! You've got one twisted piece of art waiting for you there.
Definatelly worth finishing.
It's kinda fun playing it through a secondtime, once you've gotten a better grasp on the story, too. That is, of course, if you like the gameplay.
It wasn't for everyone.

[Sanctine]

Tales of Symphonia and Kirby's Adventure (NES Wii VC).

Man, Kirby is still my favourite NES game. It has aged so well. I'm having just as much fun with it now as I did when I was 6 or so.

[Yazarc]

Tales of Symphonia and Kirby's Adventure (NES Wii VC).

Man, Kirby is still my favourite NES game. It has aged so well. I'm having just as much fun with it now as I did when I was 6 or so.

You've played the GBA remake of that game, haven't you? I've been playing Lolo on the VC. That is probably my all-time favorite puzzle series.

[Kid Marin]

I've been playing Lolo on the VC. That is probably my all-time favorite puzzle series.
I keep hearing good things about Lolo. I will give it a try.

[Sayckeone]

The Adventures of Lolo is awesome, Kid. You have to play it.

[Kid Marin]

Done, i downloaded Lolo.

[Sanctine]

You've played the GBA remake of that game, haven't you?

No, I haven't, actually. I heard mixed reactions. Why? Is it worth my time to pick up?

[Thunder-Slash]

Since I finished Phoenix Wright 3,

I'm playing through God of War in God Mode right now.

[banballow]

I picked up Super Swing Golf Season 2 this week, so I've been playing that ... a lot. After much hardship, I unlocked Kooh yesterday, and today hit my first Albatross (220y).

I still find it odd that Golf, a genre I've never really cared for in the past, has taken over my Wii for the better part of the last year.

[Arjuna]

Bioshock currently at Fort Frolic, man this game is longer than I thought! Nonetheless it has been amazing all the way through.

[Kid Marin]

Trauma Center: New Blood (beat it) and Adventures of Lolo.

[Delition]

I'm trying to finish off .hack G.U. Volume 3, but I'm not finding the urge to press on. Other than that, I'm mostly playing Front Mission and some Rock Band with my friends.

[Flußkönig]

Eternal Sonata. So far the dialog and story have been laughably bad. The little excerpts about Chopin's life are nice though. I have really been enjoying his compositions.

The battle system has definitely grown on me. But, the bottom line is that the game is far to easy. The lack of difficulty also makes the way that the game goes about gradually introducing new features into the battle system very annoying.

Waiting till the last 1/3 of the game to introduce interesting battle mechanics was a big mistake. It seems like most players would have gotten sick of the repetitive battle mechanics and lack of challenge before reaching that point in the game.

I have heard that the difficulty increases a bit on a new game +. I haven't decided if I want to go that route yet, but the fact that you can skip the vapid cutscenes is a plus.

[Arjuna]

I hit the huge twist of Bioshock... good lord it was really freaky.

WOULD YOU KINDLY?

[RayFoxSith]

Bioshock Spoiler:
I kinda felt the twist was too System Shock 2 though. I always was suspicious of Atlas as soon as I encountered the first Little Sister.

[Arjuna]

Did you actually play System Shock 2? :roll:

SPOILERS:

I expected betrayal but the way it came at you was a lot more horrifying compared to System Shock 2. You also aren't dealing with a malevolent AI, it's a living human being, a powerful one at that who now can pretty much control the entire Rapture. Fontaine is pretty insane, I can't wait to see how this ends.

[ViolenceJack]

Finished Atelier Iris Eternal Mana, now I'm working on finishing up Atelier Iris Grand Phantasm.

[RayFoxSith]

Did you actually play System Shock 2? :roll:

No, but I've watched a few things on it and read up a plot synopsis.

[Dead to Rights]

The Orange Box

Call of Duty 4 MP

[Kid Marin]

Metroid Prime 3

[Kakizaki]

FF III DS. Trying to keep myself away from EO.

[Arjuna]

About to face off with Fontaine in Bioshock and then I am pretty much done. Probably going to play FFIV DS or maybe work on HL 2 Episode 2.

[Hitoshura]

Probably going to play FFIV DS

lolwut?

You import or did you get an R4 and I completely forgot about it?

[RayFoxSith]

Blue Dragon. Seems like a nice game.

[Arjuna]

Probably going to play FFIV DS

lolwut?

You import or did you get an R4 and I completely forgot about it?

My friend let me use his M3 since his DS was stolen. :x lol.

With that being said I just beat Bioshock and holy crap.. that last fight was intense. It felt like fighting the Super Tyrant at the end of RE2.. but like much more intense and difficult.

[Flußkönig]

Dai Senryaku VII Exceed. So far it has been excellent.

Anyone who like turn based modern war sims should check this out.

[Kakizaki]

Also goofing around with FFL 2. I am really liking it so far. The bestiary is rad.

[Kid Marin]

Dai Senryaku VII Exceed. So far it has been excellent.

Anyone who like turn based modern war sims should check this out.
Nice. I'm waiting for my copy.

[EvilHero]

Rotating through the 5 different Best of Star Wars PC games. About to finish KOTOR for the second time.

King of Fighters XI is great, got some really good matches against a friend of mine I hadn't seen in a while.

I also finally grasped some concepts to Fire Pro Wrestling. VERY deep game, just like other agetec games, the menus are huge and very confusing.

[Sayckeone]

Call of Duty 4. Still.

[Logan]

Finished FFXII a while ago, although I had some sidequests to do still(Omega Mk. XII & Fishing mini-game).

Finished Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land yesterday. Very fun game and it had a nice twist near the end.

Now I'm up on the last Colossus in Shadow of the Colossus. Still haven't reached him yet, I'm having trouble getting across a platform.

Not sure if I want to start up Valkyrie Profile 2 or Metal Gear Solid 3 next.

[Hitoshura]

^ MGS3 FTW, I've heard VP2 is super grindan

[EvilHero]

I've heard VP2 is super grindan

lol, what?

[Sayckeone]

It's probably more that that stupid 4chan speak. Just ignore it.

[Gillian Seed]

maybe it was supposed to be grind'n, like grinding. is there a lot of level grinding in the game?

[EvilHero]

maybe it was supposed to be grind'n, like grinding. is there a lot of level grinding in the game?

Initially, thats what I thought. I don't recall having to grind in VP2 though.

[Futomimi]

I think you get certain equipment bonuses for doing insane amounts of grinding in VP2, but it wasn't really necessary for me... well, at least until the point at which I lost all interest in the game and sold it.

[Arjuna]

Just installed Call of Duty 4 on my PC last night, probably going to be checking that out.

[Hitoshura]

yes, grindan = grinding. :/

[Arjuna]

HEY NO MORE OF THAT STUPID 4CHAN SPEAK YOU HEAR?

[Logan]

Finally finished SotC completely. White Agro FTW. I'll move onto MGS3 since I'm not feeling an RPG at the moment.

[Kakizaki]

SMT I on my GP2X. ####ing stellar so far and blows emulation on the PSP out of the water.

[La Guna]

currently playing Monster Hunter Freedom on my PSP :D
A Really addictive game ^^

[RayFoxSith]

Getting a hang of Etrian Odyssey. Really fun game.

[Delition]

I really enjoyed EO. It's probably one of my favorite Atlus DS games, if not one of my favorite DS games in general.

As for me? I'm still playing .hack G.U. Volume 3 little by little. I've also been playing a little bit of NiGHTS, as well as some Hoshigami for the DS. At the moment, though, I'm probably going to go and play Splatterhouse 2 or Shining in the Darkness.

[Kid Marin]

Beat Metroid Prime 3. Playing to Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

[Dead to Rights]

It's probably more that that stupid 4chan speak. Just ignore it.

LOL

Still playing Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer, The Orange Box and Neo Geo Battle Coliseum.

[Esoteric]

CoD4 and Assasin's Creed, as well as finishing up HL: Episode 2.

[Hitoshura]

TOP PSX 8)

What's sad is this is the best christmas present I got, and it wasn't even from anyone I know. D:

[Flußkönig]

Just started playing Front Mission and still working on Dai Senryaku VII.

I am really loving Front Mission so far and since I am still at the beginning I am certain it will only get better.

I have played through quite a few of Dai Senryaku's mission maps and have really been enjoying that aspect of the game. Free map mode has been a little iffy though. It is kinda hard to get used to though since it is so different from the mission maps.

[Kakizaki]

SMT I. My eyes are paying the toll for playing it on a portable though.....

[banballow]

It's a bizzare Christmas cocktail of Guilty Gear XX: AC, Trauma Center: NB, and Zack & Wiki.

[Thunder-Slash]

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

Awesome atmosphere is awesome.

[RayFoxSith]

I'm getting back into Panzer Dragoon Orta on my 360. Still trying to track down Saga....

[Gillian Seed]

I got CoD4 tonight Sayck and DTR. Let's roll!

[Sayckeone]

Awesome, dude. I'll probably be on tonight for a bit.

[Gillian Seed]

Awesome, dude. I'll probably be on tonight for a bit.

I got the Clippers/Suns game Im going to tonight, so no go there, but seeon enough. I just hit Level 4, again.

[Dead to Rights]

If the Suns play anything like they did against the Lakers recently, it's over for the Clippers.

[System_Error]

Ratchet & Clank, Ninja Gaiden Σ, and Heavenly Sword

[Arjuna]

MegaTen Online. Just started back up today and joined /v/'s Vidya guild. We ripped apart through a couple of dungeon which lead to me selling some nice drops to get some gear.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/313/20071229120203ai5.jpg

[banballow]

Myth Makers Super Kart GP

... went to Toys R Us for Metal Slug Anthology, came home with that and Myth Makers. Surprisingly, it's not really that bad (for $20) once you get the steering down.

[Delition]

Right now I'm playing "Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure" for the Genesis. I'm going to switch over to Castlevania: Bloodlines in a bit. Beat Splatterhouse 2 yesterday.

[RayFoxSith]

I beat Portal yesterday. Still working on Half-Life 2. Gonna try the bonus maps on Portal soon.

[Gillian Seed]

If the Suns play anything like they did against the Lakers recently, it's over for the Clippers.

are you mocking the great Suns because of there christmas day loss to the Lakers? Are YOU a Lakers fan???!!!

[Logan]

Beat MGS3 on Normal yesterday and beat Ico today(so short yet so sweet). Playing Disc 2 of MGS3 now. Just got the best time in all the stages of Snake vs. Monkey. Going to try to get the top scores in both Duel modes, beat MG 1&2, and then replay MGS3 on Extreme before I move on to something else probably.

[System_Error]

http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/11/oblivion_boxart.jpg

[Sayckeone]

^I'm sorry.

[noloe4]

Right now I'm playing "Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure" for the Genesis.

I used to LOVE that game when I was younger. Buster jumps insanely high. I actually beat the game years ago. As much as I liked Dizzy and destroying everything in my path they gave him absolutely next to NO jumping abilities...good times it was :).

[Delition]

I finally beat Ninja Gaiden for the NES. The whole "die against any final bosses, get sent back to stage 6-1" thing always pissed me off to the point of not playing it, but I finally stuck it out. It was a lot easier than I remember it being, but then again I remember it being an absolute terror to play when I was younger.

[System_Error]

^I'm sorry.

Haha I know... My friend swore up & down that it was the best game EVAR, so I got it for 10 bucks on eBay & DO NOT LIKE.

[Arjuna]

What are you talking about? It's like living the adventure.

[Sayckeone]

No, only if it's on Wii!

[Starblayze]

Luminous Arc (yeah it takes me forever, for every ONE game I am playing, there are FIVE calling my name. I am trying to stick this one out with Arc instead of falling into my usual routine of playing a slew of different games on different systems at the same time.) :shock: <---how I look after playing multiple games in one night...

OH! Almost forgot... Shenmue II PAL version on my DC. I beat the first one multiple times, so this will be interesting. Got a mint condition SII game from Ebay for 50 bucks. Better be worth it because it's the same price of buying a first gen Xbox and a copy of the stateside game. :roll:

[Dead to Rights]

Luminous Arc

####ing Masterpiece!

[Arjuna]

LOL nice avatar.

[Master Zombots]

Luminous Arc Make sure that you get Cecil's heart maxed out before she changes. I don't want to spoil anything else though. Just make sure you get it maxed so you don't end up like me and have to start over because you have one missing extras section picture and 40 hours playtime.

For now I'm playing a combination of Drawn to Life, Heroes of Mana (which I think is an excellent game with splendid artwork), and Final Fantasy XII - Revenant Wings. I haven't started Final Fantasy XII yet, but I think I might so that I understand Revenant Wings better.

[Flußkönig]

I haven't started Final Fantasy XII yet, but I think I might so that I understand Revenant Wings better.

There doesn't seem to be any important connections between the two stories. It is pretty easy to infer the relationships that the characters had in FFXII from the text in RW.

But regardless, you should be playing FFXII because it is an awesome game that is far superior to FFXII:RW.

[RayFoxSith]

^Listen to him.

[Sayckeone]

I'm trying to play CoD4 online.

Last time I buy an IW title.

[Esoteric]

Just because of internet problems? Come on, the game itself is still really good.

[Dim Locator]

FF XII
P3 (can't get interested enough to finish really)
Super Mario Galaxy (what I play the most)
FPR

and I am thinking about buying DQVIII....

[Sayckeone]

Just because of internet problems? Come on, the game itself is still really good.
No, because IW has already patched both the 360 and PC versions multiple times. They don't have any of the problems the PS3 version has. We've gotten ONE minor patch, and it fixed NOTHING. They really ####ing dropped the ball with the PS3 version.

[EvilHero]

The first Phoenix Wright, on the fourth case. Love the trials, I enjoy having to use my head to pick out inconsistencies in testimonies, I just can't stand the crime scene investigating stuff. If I wanted that, I would have played the CSI games :roll:

[Gillian Seed]

Just because of internet problems? Come on, the game itself is still really good.

the ONLINE portion is good, and when you cant even play that, what do you have? Nothing fun. I would just like an update or some information that they are working on it, or some connection solution we could use to help fix it. ANYTHING!

[Sayckeone]

the ONLINE portion is good, and when you cant even play that, what do you have? Nothing fun. I would just like an update or some information that they are working on it, or some connection solution we could use to help fix it. ANYTHING!
The offline portion is really good as well, but after the first playthrough, there's really no reason to go back.

[System_Error]

http://www.psu.com/media/articles/unchartedamazonbox.jpg

[Master Zombots]

I'm still playing Heroes of Mana. The WiFi is awesome; I'm about 14 seconds away from getting my clear time on the top 5 this week. 8)