Video Games

erik · Post by **erik** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:02 pm

Koumei wrote:
The Wright brothers designed and flew the first airplane.
WRONG! And for that you lose ten points, I'm afraid.

In actual fact it was created by an Englishman by the name of John Stringfellow of Chard in Somerset. Before him, some had created horse-drawn gliders and similar things.

Nah. since it was an Englishman it was probably called something funny like a "lift" or something. Not a plane. Doesn't count!

I need my precious points =-(

Blicero · Post by **Blicero** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:09 pm

I just started replaying Xenosaga Episode I, and though it literally represents everything that's bad about JRPG's (obscenely long cutscenes, a surplus of little girls and androgynous boys, a repetitive battle system, frequently bad/cheesy dialogue, player-as-spectator-not-player, cutscenes and playing time frequently taking place in effectively different game-worlds), I'm still hooked. Assuming I don't get totally swamped by skool, I might even consider playing Episode II again.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:30 pm

I have episodes 2 and 3, but I haven't finished #1 and I've had it for 5+ years. Part of this is due to losing one of my memory cards halfway through. I restarted 1 a few months ago, and have discovered that it goes much better if I play it with other people. I like the mechanics of the battle system enough that I actually put up with the turn-based combat. Xenosaga has some nice ideas for very soft sci-fi games.

Right now, I'm still prioritizing Symphonia 2 though. I am contemplating stealing some of Marta's lines for my Death Knight in the multi-DM Planescape game I'm in.

EDIT: From the Gamefaqs script:

EMIL: Okay. How exactly am I supposed to be careful around her?
MARTA: Don't go near her, don't speak to her, don't respond if she speaks to you, and swear to love only me. (Beams) Then you'll be fine!

Gelare · Post by **Gelare** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:46 pm

Symphonia 2 is one of the best games to play if you're doing something else. Watching TV? Go to the colosseum and tell your pokemon to fight other monsters for fun and profit! Press A once a minute or so, and they'll do the rest!

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:48 pm

I level while reading a novel. Set combat AI to auto, press a button several times periodically, and steer to new encounters when the music changes. Monsters respawn so fast you can just farm the same 3 encounters.

Morzas · Post by **Morzas** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:11 am

I've been playing Policenauts. It's similar to Snatcher, but instead of ripping off Blade Runner and whatnot it copies buddy cop flicks. You can also see Hideo Kojima's trolling begin to emerge in this game, particularly in the bomb defusing scene.

Act 3 made me shit a huge fucking brick.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:03 am

Awesome, I love the buddy-cop genre.

Note: playing 2 player Dynasty Warriors as Ling Tong (aka Mister C-4, the most broken character in the game, with the ability to pursue Lu Bu) and Gan Ning gives the buddy cop experience.

Neeeek · Post by **Neeeek** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:38 am

Koumei wrote:Awesome, I love the buddy-cop genre.

Note: playing 2 player Dynasty Warriors as Ling Tong (aka Mister C-4, the most broken character in the game, with the ability to pursue Lu Bu) and Gan Ning gives the buddy cop experience.

You must be playing DW 5. What really makes Ling Tong amazing is his C-4 is excellent for crowds, while his musou is great for bosses.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:12 am

Any of you super-cool dudes play Shinobi for the Genesis?

I'm thinking about buying it off of the Wii Virtual Console. I wonder what it's--

AAAAAAARGH CHRONO CROSS. I CANNOT GET OVER IT. OLD WOUNDS HAVE BEEN OPENED. NEEEEEERD RAGE!

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:17 am

I played Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi 3. Fuck yes, they were awesome games. Also, I use them as reliable sources when talking about how ninjas work. Ninjas:

*Wear white and bright red
*Run up and stab you in the face
*Summon fire elementals to blow up computer labs

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:59 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw9hgQfmRBw

So THAT'S how you do the 3rd Colossus on Time Attack...

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:25 am

Huh. Darn. Now I've got a reason to try and find my disk again. I guess I will try getting the SotC unlockable items after all. Thanks, for the link, though I fear this may end in me spending hours fruitlessly fighting the sandworm colossus in the big cavern again.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:30 am

Avoraciopoctules wrote:Huh. Darn. Now I've got a reason to try and find my disk again. I guess I will try getting the SotC unlockable items after all. Thanks, for the link, though I fear this may end in me spending hours fruitlessly fighting the sandworm colossus in the big cavern again.

I beat that one, even on Hard Time Attack. Watch the cinema and you'll see a rock spire near you. As soon as the fight starts, run towards it and stand on the base. The sandworm should pass you by and with a bit of luck the horse will get out of his way, too.

Then saddle up and start galloping. As soon as the sandworm lines up behind you, use the bow to aim and plink at his eyes as normal. You'll only have time for a few shots before you're better veer hard one way or another.

Lago PARANOIA · Post by **Lago PARANOIA** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:20 am

Someone on tvtropes keeps deleting the entry for Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 when I put it in So Bad It's Horrible.

Desperation is a stinky cologne.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:34 pm

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/vi ... the-Public

I am amused. Perhaps I will actually try out a MMOG in the not-to-distant future.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:41 am

It's not a very good MMO. There is still not enough content to fill out the levels built.

-Crissa

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:09 am

Will I still get to throw myself off an airship and fall to my death when I discover that as a mage, I can't wear a leather hat (like I did a few hours into playing a mage on a friend's WoW account around 4 or 5 years ago)?

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:15 am

I don't believe there are any heights in DDO.

-Crissa

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 4:26 pm

Anyways, I got my younger sister a used copy of Eternal Sonata and a new (because the store had around 10 new copies of it going for 10 dollars each and I felt sorry for them) copy of Infinite Undiscovery around a week ago. I considered Persona 4, but they didn't have it used.

Eternal Sonata is good, but long-winded from what I've seen so far. Infinite Undiscovery is tedious, but easy to mock.

NativeJovian · Post by **NativeJovian** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:01 pm

Avoraciopoctules wrote:Eternal Sonata is good, but long-winded from what I've seen so far.

You can safely skip the worst bits of that (the between-chapter history lessons on the life of Chopin); it has nothing to do with anything that actually happens in the game, and you can always go back and read it (at your own pace, rather than waiting for the cutscene!) in the menu.

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:39 pm

Wait.

http://compendium.ddo.com/wiki/Skill:Jump
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=196261

Could it be that I have been... deceived? What skullduggery is this? DDO seems claims that jumping is not only in the game, but exists as a viable tactical option that might be worth investing points into.

I wonder if they still have flight magic.

Morzas · Post by **Morzas** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:57 pm

I've been playing a lot of League of Legends, which is basically Defense of the Ancients with everything I hated about it gone. I went back to DotA once because the LoL server was down, and I hated the interface, the weird hotkeys, the community, the system for joining games, the lack of customization, certain overpowered items... everything. It was EXACTLY like how I felt coming back to 3.5 after playing 4e for a while, except in reverse, so the metaphor doesn't really work.

Oh yeah, if anyone else here played DotA, I got a few LoL beta keys at PAX. It's a pretty fun game.

A Hammer · Post by **A Hammer** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:22 pm

Morzas wrote:I've been playing a lot of League of Legends, which is basically Defense of the Ancients with everything I hated about it gone. I went back to DotA once because the LoL server was down, and I hated the interface, the weird hotkeys, the community, the system for joining games, the lack of customization, certain overpowered items... everything. It was EXACTLY like how I felt coming back to 3.5 after playing 4e for a while, except in reverse, so the metaphor doesn't really work.

Oh yeah, if anyone else here played DotA, I got a few LoL beta keys at PAX. It's a pretty fun game.

I've had my eyes on it for a little while now. The quality of the community doesn't exactly have me brimming with confidence, but we'll see how things end up, I guess.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:14 am

Okay, in addition to the Kenshin sets (mentioned in the Rocked You thread), I also got my cousin's stack of PS2 games for the time being (his PS2 is acting up and he has a 360. Read: Score for me.)

So, which of these should I play first? The list is:

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
Samurai Legend Musashi
Xenosaga II
Shining Tears
Both Kingdom Hearts
Suikoden IV
Vagrant Story (PS1 game)

Avoraciopoctules · Post by **Avoraciopoctules** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:31 am

Maxus wrote:So, which of these should I play first? The list is:
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time

Nice, but if you don't like really long cutscenes, you should wait on this one. Hours before you get into the real game.

Maxus wrote:Samurai Legend Musashi

Urg. This is just bad. Not bad in an entertaining way either. My sister picked it up for the slashy cover art, but almost immediately gave up on it. I do not recommend.

Maxus wrote:Xenosaga II

From what little I've played, the gameplay is more tedious than in the first game. It's definitely an interesting soft sci-fi setting though.

Maxus wrote:Shining Tears

This is something I want to play, but haven't had the opportunity to get. It has two-player co-op, and I hear it's good, but has terrible load times for attacks in some versions.

Maxus wrote:Both Kingdom Hearts

I liked both, but the first one was considerably better in my opinion. The first Gameboy (I think Advance?) title was enjoyable too.

Maxus wrote:Suikoden IV

Dubious. It's the least liked of the series from what I've heard. I tried the first half hour, and it was not entertaining.

Maxus wrote:Vagrant Story (PS1 game)

This is supposed to be good. I rented it once, and I liked the story, but had some difficulty getting into the combat system. The world looks nice, but I think you'll encounter a lot of samey ruins.

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I recommend starting with Kingdom Hearts 1, then moving onto Shining Tears or Vagrant story when you want to shift your focus to a different game.