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[Fir]

Nino's not that hard to level up. A good chapter to level her is the one where you fight Sonia. I surrounded her with unequipped (so they won't counter-attack) high-defense units like Oswin, and let her get all the kills. She levels so fast that she'll be a level 12-15 Mage by the time the chapter ends. Another good chapter for leveling her is the one before you fight Nergal. I forget the title, but it's the one on the huge map and there's like, 80,000 enemies to beat. I think you fight Limstella in that one. Anyway, as long as she gets the last shot in on an enemy, she'll level quickly. She's worth the trouble, too. She's better than Pent and Erk.

And she's also a good person to use the Afa's Drops on.

...Victory or Death was the chapter where you had to fight Limstella. Isn't that chapter where there were like 1,000 archers and snipers that could jump in those things that could hit you from a distance? The chapter also includes more magic users that can hit you from far away...

The CPU is smart enough to pick off smaller characters that don't really have defense. In other words, did you hide nino in the grass or bushes so she could avoid those long range attacks?...

[RetroKid]

...Victory or Death was the chapter where you had to fight Limstella. Isn't that chapter where there were like 1,000 archers and snipers that could jump in those things that could hit you from a distance? The chapter also includes more magic users that can hit you from far away...

The CPU is smart enough to pick off smaller characters that don't really have defense. In other words, did you hide nino in the grass or bushes so she could avoid those long range attacks?...

What I remember from that chapter is there's a wave of Armor Knights and Generals that attack your starting position with in the first few turns, and the 'hide Nino' method works wonders there. I'm pretty sure that where you start off is far away from the ballistas, so they can't get you. If anything, I know for sure that there's a shitload of Heroes that come down from the left side, and that you can hide her behind Hector, Oswin, and whoever else has high defense.

[TehNewGuy]

Right now im playing Legend of Dragoon, and by the time I beat it hopefully i'll have enough money to buy a used copy of Suikoden II

[ReggieHadoken]

I haven't played it but Killer 7 did get an 8.3 at GameSpot if that helps any.

Bomberman DS-I'm sooo not used to killing more than 3 scrubs in a Bomberman game. It's fun but I have to be on the alert for more bombs, more traps, etc. And the game has a tendency to give me crappy power-downs (fire down, speed down, etc.) I wish I could turn that junk off. Anyone else sitll playing Bomberman DS?

[Remy Saotome]

Sorry Reggie, but mostly Meteos and more DMC3 here. I also got out Jungle Beat yesterday and played a few Kingdoms over again. Damn that game is awesome.

[EX-Sucker Punch]

Got a brand new laptop last night predominantly for school, but will still leak a few games in.

Put PC Guilty Gear XX #Reload on my laptop, and it plays like a charm compared to the desktop. Only problem is, when playing Faust, there's a little degree of De-sync when you do gatling combos with him.

[crazy104]

You get nino late in the game though, how is it possible to have her stats raised so high to take on people like kenneth? Arena training? I used Pent and Marcus, but what's the secret behind nino?
I wouldn't use Nino, her cons outweigh her pro's

[ezekial45]

After playing a through a certain part in Killer 7, i can say now that this is by far the most Sadistic, demented, and evilest game i've ever played. This game deserves attention! If any of you are going to get it. You're in for a hell of a ride.

[Fir]

What I remember from that chapter is there's a wave of Armor Knights and Generals that attack your starting position with in the first few turns, and the 'hide Nino' method works wonders there. I'm pretty sure that where you start off is far away from the ballistas, so they can't get you. If anything, I know for sure that there's a shitload of Heroes that come down from the left side, and that you can hide her behind Hector, Oswin, and whoever else has high defense.


...Yeah, I did the same thing but I didn't want to jeopardize nino because I remember some wyvern riders jumped out of nowhere and I had to deal with them. Thing is, they also pick off characters with weak defense so I had hector take care of them. Hector and his axe can handle the riders since they love to use lances and axes best them. Oh and Marcus is good to use too...


crazy104: ...Yeah, she just doesn't have the defense late in the game to stand up against other units and such. I try to train her as much as I can though since I think it would raise the EXP rating at the end of the game...


Speaking of rating, here's mine for my tactican: Ruin

Lyn's Tale

Tactics:*
Survival:*****
Funds:*****
EXP:*****
Combat:*****

"B" Rating

Eliwood's Tale

Tactics:*
Survival:****
Funds:**
EXP:*****
Combat:*****

"C" Rating

Wondering how do you suppose to get the tactics rating up...

[crazy104]

...Yeah, I did the same thing but I didn't want to jeopardize nino because I remember some wyvern riders jumped out of nowhere and I had to deal with them. Thing is, they also pick off characters with weak defense so I had hector take care of them. Hector and his axe can handle the riders since they love to use lances and axes best them. Oh and Marcus is good to use too...


crazy104: ...Yeah, she just doesn't have the defense late in the game to stand up against other units and such. I try to train her as much as I can though since I think it would raise the EXP rating at the end of the game...


Speaking of rating, here's mine for my tactican: Ruin

Lyn's Tale

Tactics:*
Survival:*****
Funds:*****
EXP:*****
Combat:*****

"B" Rating

Eliwood's Tale

Tactics:*
Survival:****
Funds:**
EXP:*****
Combat:*****

"C" Rating

Wondering how do you suppose to get the tactics rating up...
Tactics is how many turns you take to finish the chapter, so the less the amount of turns you take per chapter the higher the rating.

[Fir]

Tactics is how many turns you take to finish the chapter, so the less the amount of turns you take per chapter the higher the rating.

...Gotcha. I take so many safety precautions, so that's why that rating is so low. But survival is more important because I really don't want my characters dying all over the place lol...

...I try to uncover the secret shops as well, but I don't know where to look. I heard they sell powerful weapons....

[AkumaTX]

well currently been playing typing of the dead or atleast just barely began playing about 30 minutes ago. Enjoying it so far, but the only sad thing is i have to press alt+f4 to exit the game since i guess the pc port doesnt have an exit option. Good fun so far, except that horrid voice acting is in there.

[ReggieHadoken]

well currently been playing typing of the dead or atleast just barely began playing about 30 minutes ago. Enjoying it so far, but the only sad thing is i have to press alt+f4 to exit the game since i guess the pc port doesnt have an exit option. Good fun so far, except that horrid voice acting is in there.

Oh, fun game, fun game. I picked it up for the DC a few years back. I even picked up some DC keyboards so I could play it. I like to call it "The most brutal typing lesson ever." And you are correct, the voice acting is suckola. You'd think Sega hired robots to do the parts.

I had some time to kill before I clocked in for work, so I played WW: Twisted! I finally beat Wario-Man's stage!! In doing so, I finally beat the game. Turn It Up is still my most hated game on there. But I've still got lots of mini-games to unlock as well as Souvenirs.

[EX-Sucker Punch]

Any Guwange fans in here? Fuckin' awesome shooter that strays completely away from the redundant military/intergalactic atmosphere that most shooters have.

Today I played it on MAME and beat it 5 times in a row.

[VG Emblem]

Wow,you guys are talking about fire emblem,i love that game,i lost it once,bought a new one then lost it again along with my gba.A few months later i bought a ds,and in may i bought the sacred stones.But before i lost the first one,i beat it about 7 times,all the guys i used were level 20 by the end,so ask me for advice if you want,if i havent forgotten,ill help you.

[Crusader]

Thinking about buying Soul Calibur 2.

[ReggieHadoken]

Well I just unlocked another state in WW: Twisted! You have to get up to 25 microgames before you can unlock another stage and the speed starts off fast and gets faster with each passing game. I think I got up to 14 on it. Maybe 17. I don't remember. As a souvenir, I got the Kid Icarus record and the reading at the bottom was as follows: "This is the closest you'll ever come to a sequel. Har har!" Ouch. Man, Nintendo. That was just cold.

[Remy Saotome]

Well I just unlocked another state in WW: Twisted! You have to get up to 25 microgames before you can unlock another stage and the speed starts off fast and gets faster with each passing game. I think I got up to 14 on it. Maybe 17. I don't remember. As a souvenir, I got the Kid Icarus record and the reading at the bottom was as follows: "This is the closest you'll ever come to a sequel. Har har!" Ouch. Man, Nintendo. That was just cold.Personally, I don't like the Kid Icarus games. But I would like to see Pit in the next Smash just for completeness' sake. He's a well-known N character.

But more importantly, I read an interview with Miyamoto recently in which he was asked about a Kid Icarus sequel and he kinda cryptically hinted that one may be in the works for the Rev. But it's no gaurentee.

[4neqs]

Oh my Lord.

The version of Strider Hiryu's theme in NxC is all sorts of awesome.

[ReggieHadoken]

WellI finally got my airship in FFI. Too bad that dumb thing can hardly land on anything. Most towns I can't even park next to. I gotta park the thing out int he wilderness and get into some freaking random battles jus so I can get to my destination. Feh. Speaking of random battles, in some spots the encounter rate is way too high. There are times when I can't even take two steps without getting into a fight. And the guarded treasure chests are getting annoying. ButI whinne too much. I really do enjoy this game.
:tup:

[P. Gorath]

playing through digital devil saga with the extra save. makes the game breeze by much quicker. after that it will be shadow tower abyss time.

[InfiniDragon]

Back in school again, I'll be able to post more often.




Anyway, I'm currently playing DMC3 and Kirby: Canvas Curse (finally got my DS, haha). Kirby is sick, games like that one make me realize why Nintendo takes so many risks with innovation, if you do it right, it really pays off. Spark power owns everything.

As for DMC, it's hardcore, which is good. 2 sucked for many reasons, but the difficulty was one big one. But WTF is up with Rebellion in that game? Stupid looking Skeletor sword...bring back the Rebellion of DMC2. Or better yet, the Vendetta. Oh well, I'll just keep using Cerberus/Agni & Rudra anyways.

[Calcal]

FF1 i just think certain panels you step on trigger fights. And yeah the airship can only be landed on flatland which sucks. I dont think you can even land it on sand. And i think select+L+R shows a map but im not sure i havent played it in awhile.

[Fir]

WellI finally got my airship in FFI. Too bad that dumb thing can hardly land on anything. Most towns I can't even park next to. I gotta park the thing out int he wilderness and get into some freaking random battles jus so I can get to my destination. Feh. Speaking of random battles, in some spots the encounter rate is way too high. There are times when I can't even take two steps without getting into a fight. And the guarded treasure chests are getting annoying. ButI whinne too much. I really do enjoy this game.
:tup:


...Shit, I remember it took me forever to get that airship because I didn't know where to look! I agree that the random battle encounters are out of control, so hell yeah complain...

...I mean it, two steps....dsfsdfsdssfjghsfaj ( BATTLES ON! ), shit gets tiresome sooner or later. I can't wait until you fight Omega and Shinryu, or maybe you did already... :pray:...

[VG Emblem]

Omega and shinryu were some great battles,but,my level 99 guys came out victorious,the game wouldve been to short without the bonus dungeons.

[ReggieHadoken]

I can't wait until you fight Omega and Shinryu, or maybe you did already... :pray:...

Oh I haven't fought either of them yet but I plan to. The bonus dungeons was one of the main reasons I picked up FFI&II: DOS. But in FFV, I ran into Omega one time by accident. Man, I don't think I'd ever been screwed so quickly in a fight. Omega owned my whole party just one attack. I'm not fighting that thing until my party is at level 99. As for the other bonus dungeons, I'm not sure what levels I should be at before going in.

[Remy Saotome]

Anyway, I'm currently playing DMC3 and Kirby: Canvas Curse (finally got my DS, haha). Kirby is sick, games like that one make me realize why Nintendo takes so many risks with innovation, if you do it right, it really pays off. Spark power owns everything.

As for DMC, it's hardcore, which is good. 2 sucked for many reasons, but the difficulty was one big one. But WTF is up with Rebellion in that game? Stupid looking Skeletor sword...bring back the Rebellion of DMC2. Or better yet, the Vendetta. Oh well, I'll just keep using Cerberus/Agni & Rudra anyways.Yeah, I just finished DMC3 on DMD mode early today. Game is tight as all fuck. And every weapon, both melee and ranged, has unique abilities that make them all useful in different situations.

And yeah, Kirby was awesome. DS has a lot of good stuff. Fuck the haters.

[Lantis]

Oh I haven't fought either of them yet but I plan to. The bonus dungeons was one of the main reasons I picked up FFI&II: DOS. But in FFV, I ran into Omega one time by accident. Man, I don't think I'd ever been screwed so quickly in a fight. Omega owned my whole party just one attack. I'm not fighting that thing until my party is at level 99. As for the other bonus dungeons, I'm not sure what levels I should be at before going in.

FF V's Omega can be neutralized if you equip yourself with Fire Rings...this pretty much absorbs Omega's fire-beam attacks. Have !Sword (from the Sorcerer) or !Sshot (from the Samurai). Use Bolt 3 on your swords, and wail away at that fucker. Make sure you have someone to heal up your party in case Omega does not use the fire beam attacks.

[Million]

well, the UC2 thread returned only to fade away to obscurity yet again... :sad:

Update: --it really rains on your parade to be all "DOMINATING!" and shit online...and then you soon realize that you've been dominating BOTS. ("hey...that Devastation is named...'Devastation'?! Shit.")

-I play 3rd person view all the time now....and it seems more comfortable now....I feel like my skills may have even improved at least slightly because of this. There's no denying that the 3rd person view gives you a wider field of vision, so you're more aware of what's going on around your character....so your possible reaction time to anything is better.

-I've theorized a possibly interesting strategy concerning a particular power that I haven't seen used much so far....hopefully it will catch people off guard and give me the edge in battle....haha...I actually thought about it thanks to recent "superpower" threads here. I'll probably go into detail about this simple theory/strat after I've tested it out against various opponents online.

[ReggieHadoken]

When you put it that way, Lantis, FFV Omega sounds like cake to kill. I don't know if the one in FF I & II: DOS is just as easy/hard to kill but I guess I'll find out soon enough.

I just got done doing a 3.5 hour session of FFI playing. To me, that's how RPGs are ment to be played. I can't just play for 45 mins. Well unless the RPG sucks, that is. Anyway, in that time I defeate Kraken, who was a complete joke. Since Lich and Marilith were some tough customers, I was expecting Kraken to give me a hard time. I guess my upgraded Light Warriors were just too much for him. When I cast Haste on my Knight, Master, and Ninja they were wasting the fool. They were doing way more damage than his weakness, thunder-based attacks. Maybe Tiamat won't be hard to beat either.

[Lantis]

When you put it that way, Lantis, FFV Omega sounds like cake to kill. I don't know if the one in FF I & II: DOS is just as easy/hard to kill but I guess I'll find out soon enough.

I just got done doing a 3.5 hour session of FFI playing. To me, that's how RPGs are ment to be played. I can't just play for 45 mins. Well unless the RPG sucks, that is. Anyway, in that time I defeate Kraken, who was a complete joke. Since Lich and Marilith were some tough customers, I was expecting Kraken to give me a hard time. I guess my upgraded Light Warriors were just too much for him. When I cast Haste on my Knight, Master, and Ninja they were wasting the fool. They were doing way more damage than his weakness, thunder-based attacks. Maybe Tiamat won't be hard to beat either.

Yeah, had no trouble with Omega once I had the Fire Rings...only problem was reviving any character that might have died from Omega's random attacks, but they would still be healed by Omega's fire beams afterwards. I was en route to trying to defeat Shinryu as well, but never had the chance...I think the tactic is similar to Omega's, except you need Water Rings and you also need the Lancer's Jump ability.

I wonder if the FF I remake still has the WarMech glitch in Tiamat's Tower? :confused:

[ReggieHadoken]

Yeah, had no trouble with Omega once I had the Fire Rings...only problem was reviving any character that might have died from Omega's random attacks, but they would still be healed by Omega's fire beams afterwards. I was en route to trying to defeat Shinryu as well, but never had the chance...I think the tactic is similar to Omega's, except you need Water Rings and you also need the Lancer's Jump ability.

I wonder if the FF I remake still has the WarMech glitch in Tiamat's Tower? :confused:

According to me Nintendo Player's Guide, there's an enemy called Death Machine that's even worse than Tiamat. They say you may or may not encounter him on the 5th floor. I'm guessing Death Machine and WarMech are one and the same? And what's this glitch about?

[Lantis]

According to me Nintendo Player's Guide, there's an enemy called Death Machine that's even worse than Tiamat. They say you may or may not encounter him on the 5th floor. I'm guessing Death Machine and WarMech are one and the same? And what's this glitch about?

Yeah, that is sorta "the glitch". There is this long hall in the 5th floor...at the end of it, there is 1-in-64 chances that you might stumble upon the Death Machine/WarMech, who indeed, is tougher than Tiamat. Think of him as the first "way-tough hidden boss" in FF history.

[Lantis]

According to me Nintendo Player's Guide, there's an enemy called Death Machine that's even worse than Tiamat. They say you may or may not encounter him on the 5th floor. I'm guessing Death Machine and WarMech are one and the same? And what's this glitch about?

Yeah, that's the "glitch" from the first FF game.

In the 5th floor, there is this long hall. At the end of it, you have one chance in 64 that Death Machine/WarMech appears. And yes, he is undoubtedly tougher than Tiamat (I consider him at the same level as the final boss). I guess this is technically the first "hidden-toughass-boss" in the FF series

[ReggieHadoken]

Yeah, that's the "glitch" from the first FF game.

In the 5th floor, there is this long hall. At the end of it, you have one chance in 64 that Death Machine/WarMech appears. And yes, he is undoubtedly tougher than Tiamat (I consider him at the same level as the final boss). I guess this is technically the first "hidden-toughass-boss" in the FF series

Thankfully I didn't run into that thing. Although in the NES version I think I may have but I really can't recall it all that well.

I finished the first of the bonus dungeons in FFI, the Earthgift Shrine. Man, that place was annoying. So freaking random were the level layouts and the purple forest area had the highest number of random encounters I've seen in the game. Two steps RANDOM BATTLE!! Fights over. One step RANDOM BATTLE!! That crap was really irritating. And even more irksome was the fact that if you wanted to kill all four bosses (Echinda, Cerebrus, Two Headed Dragon, Ahriman) you had to go through that freaking dungeon FOUR TIMES!! BULL!! SCREW!! Thing is, I actually did just that. I guess that's my hardcore gaming moment for the day. The other dungeons better not be that ridiculous.

[Calcal]

Doesnt earthgift have 5 floors? There is one i know it has like 10-20. I think i need to play this again just need to remember which hidden dungeons i didnt finish.

[Fir]

Doesnt earthgift have 5 floors? There is one i know it has like 10-20. I think i need to play this again just need to remember which hidden dungeons i didnt finish.

...Earthgift indeed has five floors. I remember there was this desert in earthgift that drove me fucking crazy because I didn't know where to go and the frequent number of battles = :wasted: :annoy:....

[lseelba]

I'm playing Splinter Cell for Xbox right now. Game pisses me off some times. Like in the Chinese Embassy where you have to drop from a pipe right next to a Colonel and subdue him. It takes 10 minutes just to get to the Colonel, and then if he hears you drop, he turns around and you can't subdue him. 10 more minutes, he sees you again, etc.

Took me about an hour to realize you have to HOLD B while you drop so you land quietly. Thanks Ubisoft!

[Remy Saotome]

Hey Lantis, any advice for Heaven or Hell difficulty? I'm thinking about tackling it, but I'm not sure if I have the skills.

[CrotchMonkey]

are the bosses one hit too?

[Remy Saotome]

are the bosses one hit too?More than likely, but I'm not certain.

I was thinking that I could possibly use Super Dante + Quicksilver. It'd be cheap, but so is dying in one hit in that game.

[Million]

UC2---over at the "epic boards", I've learned some interesting things in my short time there....

Wraith = one of the best powerup forms in the history of gaming...check the commentary:

Junior:
The list is long for wraith.


You can't be locked on to
you're damage increases 25%
you can see people who are invisible and in ethereal
you are immune to most adreniline moves. that means you can't be
flashed, concunsioned, primal screamed, feared, ice burt, stun trapped, earthquaked, smashed, etc. etc. hopefully when the patch comes out homing will be added to this list cause its supposed to be on it.
You can run through poison clouds.

Benifits of wraith are: noobs stay away from you. You aren't pounce attacked from a mile away from behind by some melee whore.
when they can't see your health they don't know how strong or weak you are. A good strategy is to throw on wraith instead of vampire when you are low on health in deathmatch then go run about collecting health pick ups. You'd be suprised how easily you get ignored where if you had on vampire everyone in the room would be gunning for you.
because you can't be feared or primal screamed no one can take away udmage from you. So get udamge and turn on wraith then go on a happy killing spree.


wraith owns. The only thing warrior spirit has on it is the rocket glitch but thats only with rockets so its a limited exploit.

[EX-Sucker Punch]

Playing GGXX#r on my PS2 trying to practice Axl Low bomber loops. Hard as hell cause you have to do a Z motion in mid air a split second after you jump off the ground.

[Lantis]

Hey Lantis, any advice for Heaven or Hell difficulty? I'm thinking about tackling it, but I'm not sure if I have the skills.

I could only pass the first 2 levels before I got owned repeatedly by Cerberus who I THINK also engages into DT mode. And I was using Super Dante.... maybe someone with some mad Quicksilver skills can get through it, but I just couldn't do it anymore. Bear in mind...Vital Stars are no longer neccesary since one hit = death, so don't worry about spending red gems on those. Maybe you could need some Yellow Orbs for good measure....

But that difficulty level is for the hardcore only. Try at your own risk.

[ReggieHadoken]

Oh I've been using my Nintendo Player's Guide to get through FFI. It's help me to avoid dead ends and save me some uneeded random battles. But the desert in the Earthgift Shrine was still a pain. Some parts of it look the same so even with a map it can be tricky to tell just where you're at.

I did some more Battle Mode in Bomberman DS this afternoon on my way to work. Team battle was fun but I enjoying doing single-man matches. That and my teamates have zero reguard for my safety. One idiot just walked past me and planted a bomb near me like I was the enemy. :confused: And I heart the Remote Control item. :tup:

[Gen2000]

are the bosses one hit too?

Yeah they do, HoH is a joke. Everything dies in one hit, so just spamming E&I gets you through 99% of the difficulty easy. The only difficult part is mission 8 and avoiding all the acid but you can just use Nevan's Air Raid ability to fly over it.

It's basically a mode for if you want to see the cutscenes easily.

[Remy Saotome]

Yeah they do, HoH is a joke. Everything dies in one hit, so just spamming E&I gets you through 99% of the difficulty easy. The only difficult part is mission 8 and avoiding all the acid but you can just use Nevan's Air Raid ability to fly over it.

It's basically a mode for if you want to see the cutscenes easily.WTF? HoH makes you die in one hit, not enemies!

EDIT: Holy shit! Enemies really do die in one hit! E&I spamming for the win!

[Gen2000]

WTF? HoH makes you die in one hit, not enemies!

Dante and enemies/bosses can die in one hit, "Heaven" (enemies dying one hit) or "Hell" (you), get it?

I put way too much time into DMC3 to not know how the difficulties work.

[Lantis]

Dante and enemies/bosses can die in one hit, "Heaven" (enemies dying one hit) or "Hell" (you), get it?

I put way too much time into DMC3 to not know how the difficulties work.

Really? I thought it was just my Super Dante cheezing out! :xeye:

[lseelba]

Playing GGXX#r on my PS2 trying to practice Axl Low bomber loops. Hard as hell cause you have to do a Z motion in mid air a split second after you jump off the ground.

I thought all the l33t Axl players tiger kneed those bombers. Am I wrong?

[Remy Saotome]

Dante and enemies/bosses can die in one hit, "Heaven" (enemies dying one hit) or "Hell" (you), get it?

I put way too much time into DMC3 to not know how the difficulties work.Yeah, yeah. I already corrected that man. Check my post again.

And incidentally, I just finished that in one 2 hour sitting. Had mad cash by the end, enough to fully stock up on Yellow Orbs (99). I now have my entire inventory maxed out except for Holy Water (shit is way more expensive than it's worth).

[CrotchMonkey]

i stopped dmc3 at the 4th level on dmd, i should pick it up again and finish it. i entered the cheat to try out hoh first week i got the game and i was just busting out equilibrium ass kicking with gunslinger heh.

[Political Anarc]

Trying to get back into WC3FT. The game is in its 1.18 version which essentaly means I need to replay some single player shit in order to relearn how the races work again. I love me some updates.

[ONE Weapon]

Currently playing FF6 and Socom 2. I ditched wind waker for now

[ShinAkumax]

Playing : SOC3, not bad. The first 3 hours drag the fuck out though. Side kick is broken.

PS: I always maintain an elite level of Ninja Gaiden 1-2 mastery.

[orochizoolander]

still tryin 2 beat neocontra n shinobi on ps2 got it a few weeks ago but haven't played more then a few hours on either and neocontra has no saving so ur required to beat the whole game in 1 sitting with the highest super class S ranking on each level to get the real final ending i got a lota BS ending saying get higher rankings n wen i finally get A in all the levels it sez good job the world is safe get higher rankings lol CONTRA GAMES R THE HARDEST GAMES EVER CREATED N THATS IS A FACT NOT OPINION also i jus got doom3 today looks great n fun to play better then halo2 i recommend it as a must have for xbox

[ReggieHadoken]

Oh man. These bonus dungeons on FFI are killing me. I finished completing the 2nd bonus dungeon, the Hellfire Chasm on my way home from work. I was a bit disappointed that the bosses in there didn't have the fight themes from FFIV. Shame, really. Anyway, I'm in the Lifespring Grotto and I just got done showing Atomos what was up. Man, that was a long fight! What game was Atomos from? FFVI? I can't remember all that well but the dude didn't put up a sucky fight, that's for sure. Some of his attacksdid 350 point sof damage to a single party member. And even with NulBlaze, his fire spells still did some heavy damage.

The Lifestrping Grotto is also home to the feared Omega and Shinryu. My party is at level 51. Is that high enough to take them on or should I leave the dungeon and level up? If I should level up where is a good place to go?

[Lantis]

Atomos hails from FF V. He's a boss in one of the shield generators of X-Death's castle. He usually uses Comet on one character to kill him, and suck him in using Wormhole while he's still dead. Is he the same there? :confused:

[ReggieHadoken]

Atomos hails from FF V. He's a boss in one of the shield generators of X-Death's castle. He usually uses Comet on one character to kill him, and suck him in using Wormhole while he's still dead. Is he the same there? :confused:

Actually he uses Wormhole when my party members are alive and it always misses.

Been fighting Omega for like 25 mins now. Ugggh. Shoulda waited until I got to level 99. :wow:

[lseelba]

I'm about to start playing Silent Hill on PSX. Hopefully it will be good!

[HeaT]

hey guys, what is the name of that game that is supposed come out for the GBA where its a shooter (airplane like gradius) + rpg like zelda (nes)??? anyone know???

im outi

Roberth

[ReggieHadoken]

Awwww yeah!! Who is da man?! I said who is da man?! After a long battle that seemed to last forever, I finally beat Omega. He must have killed everyone in my part at some point in the battle. The only party member to die just once was No. 18, my White Wizzard. So after I took down Omega, I got out of the Lifespring Grotto Shrine and headed for the Choas Shrine (useless fact: In the NES version I believe it was called the Temple of Chaos and I believe the Lute was the key to traveling back in time). Right now I'm leveling up my party for the upcoming battles with Shinryu, the Phantom train and Death (Doom) Gaze. And I can't beleive the Ultima Weapon is in this game. I must have that sword.

[4neqs]

Sometimes a bit of luck is required in beating FFV Omega. If your setup's not right, you're dead in seconds.

---
Finally got Mayor Mike Haggar to join the party in NxC. There's no other grappler that I know of in-game other than King and Baby Commando, so he will have to do if you want SPD and spinning clothesline goodness.

-spoilers-
Akuma satsui no hadou-ing Ryu into Evil Ryu= ZZZZZZZzzzZZZzz. E.Ryu does have gigantic close-quarter range (and combined close-range and long-range reach, overall).
Oh yeah, Dig-Dug man reimagined and reinvented for the 21st century = awesome.

[ReggieHadoken]

Seeing some of the bosses from FFV in FFI: DOS has given me the urge to play through FFV again. Man, the combat system in that game was just genius. And there was just something about X-Death that made that mother so menacing. I liked him better than Sepiroth. Speaking of Sepiroth, yes he is a Bad-A but Kefka and X-Death are far better villians.

Anyway, I've decided to level up my party in the Chaos Temple. This is the best place in the game to level up. 3000-4000 EXP touting beasts. And since I get like 10000, 15000 gil in most fights, my gil is now maxed out. My party is at level 72 right now. I had to quit playing because my DS power light was red. Charge time!!

[VG Emblem]

wow,i didnt have any advice on beating shinryu and omega,shinryu wasnt that hard.but omega,i dont know how many full life spells i had to cast,it took me a shitload of turns beating him the old fashioned way.has anyone fought this boss that kept casting death spells in the second last extra temple?All i had to do was equip those bracelet things that make you immune to death spells and watch out for and heal his physical strikes.Then after you beat him,he gives you this super broken weapon that is stronger depending on how much hp you had.

[Remy Saotome]

Random question for the day:

How do you get Meteos to let you fuse Soul items together? I have two planets and a weapon that each need a Soul to buy, and I haven't seen a single Soul in 3 or 5 days of play.

Also, how do you get the "true" ending to Straight mode in Star Trip? I think it's the only ending I need.

[ReggieHadoken]

VG Emblem, what levels were your party members at when you beat Omega? Just curious because I was in the low 50s and It took me close to an hour to beat that dude. And I had to use Full-Life countless times.

The weapon you're talking about is the Ultima Weapon, which was also in FFVI. Man, that thing is too good!
:tup:

[ReggieHadoken]

Stupid double post.

EDIT: picking up Meteos and Super Mario 64 DS tomorrow. Can't wait!! :pleased:

[VG Emblem]

VG Emblem, what levels were your party members at when you beat Omega? Just curious because I was in the low 50s and It took me close to an hour to beat that dude. And I had to use Full-Life countless times.

The weapon you're talking about is the Ultima Weapon, which was also in FFVI. Man, that thing is too good!
:tup:
there we go,the ultima weapon.
just to get this cleared up,(i havent played in a while),is omega the boss after the 40 floor extra dungeon,Big machine with the huge cannon spell?If so,level 99.,i tried taking him on when my party was around level 40.,but he easily wiped me out.

[ReggieHadoken]

there we go,the ultima weapon.
just to get this cleared up,(i havent played in a while),is omega the boss after the 40 floor extra dungeon,Big machine with the huge cannon spell?If so,level 99.,i tried taking him on when my party was around level 40.,but he easily wiped me out.

Yeah, that's him/it. My Nintendo Player's Guide says he's difficult no matter how high your stats for your party is. But I still can't help but think I wouldn't have hard such a tough time with him had my party been at level 99. But I won't make the same mistake with Shinryu.

[Lantis]

I don't really care much about X-Death. First of all, his story is kinda dorky (I'm a MAD RAGING TREE! PH33R M3!). Secondly, he acts like a generic bad dude (world conquest cliche and typical evil laughter). Even if I do hate Kefka, I find him more interesting than X-Death...he was just too bland. His design, however, wasn't half bad.

Gilgamesh is where that shit is! :tup:

[VG Emblem]

Yeah, that's him/it. My Nintendo Player's Guide says he's difficult no matter how high your stats for your party is. But I still can't help but think I wouldn't have hard such a tough time with him had my party been at level 99. But I won't make the same mistake with Shinryu.
it was really hard,i have the nintendo players guide too,and shinryu isnt as hard as omega.

[Fir]

and shinryu isnt as hard as omega.

...Really? I thought he was for sure...

[VG Emblem]

...Really? I thought he was for sure...
he wasnt really that hard for me,oh well.
why dont they just make this a sticky thread?

[ReggieHadoken]

My DS game collection is slowly growing. Today I picked up Super Mario 64 DS and Meteos. Those scrubs at GameStop/Funcoland wanted $34.99 for Meteos (same with WarioWare: Touched! and Kirby's Canvas Curse). I thought it was robbery but I got it anyway. As for how Meteos is, I really can't say. I've been having too much fun playing SM64DS. It took some getting used to controlling at first but I've got the hang of it now. And playing as Yoshi is just killer. I can eat my enemies and turn them into eggs. To bad you can only carry one egg at a time.

I just defeated the Goomba Boss and unlocked Mario. As fun as it is to play using Yoshi, there's just something about using Mario in this game that feels right. And it rocks to hear SM64 tunes again.
:tup:

[Remy Saotome]

GJ on copping Meteos and 64DS. Definitely get Kirby, too. It's the DS' most killer app at the moment.

I was playing Meteos earlier today. I still have to buy 4 planets and a few soundtracks, though I'm not sure how many of those. Star Trip and Simple are great fun, and so is vs. play. I don't really feel Time War or Deluge, though.

[4neqs]

...Really? I thought he was for sure...

Nah, he isn't as beastly and can't *really* take you out in the first few seconds unlike Omega.

[FistsofFury]

Finally got back into playing FFVI. Just met Strago and Relm. I was in the burning house and encountered the fire boss unprepared and died:sad:

Time to try again.

[VG Emblem]

GJ on copping Meteos and 64DS. Definitely get Kirby, too. It's the DS' most killer app at the moment.

I was playing Meteos earlier today. I still have to buy 4 planets and a few soundtracks, though I'm not sure how many of those. Star Trip and Simple are great fun, and so is vs. play. I don't really feel Time War or Deluge, though.
i have 3 planets more to get,meteos and brabbit are ready to be bought,but i cant figure out what the last planet is.And i havent bought any sound tracks yet,ill leave getting those after ive gotten the important stuff like planets and items.And i would say meteos and kirby are tied at being the best games on ds and psp.

[VG Emblem]

hey,reggiehadoken,have you played ff2 yet?be warned,its very different and was very hard compared to one,i needed to resort to dirty tricks in order to get past the later levels.If you want to know them,feel free to ask me.One of the nice things is that unlike most rpgs,the instant death spells actually work on even the tougher monsters.And any character can learn any spell and use every weapon,so its very non-linear.
P.S.in ff1,in one of the extra dungeons, i got this dagger called gladius,which i think is the strongest weapon for your black mage,1 point stronger than the cat claws.Has anyone gotten this or any other powerful rare weapons?

[ReggieHadoken]

hey,reggiehadoken,have you played ff2 yet?be warned,its very different and was very hard compared to one,i needed to resort to dirty tricks in order to get past the later levels.If you want to know them,feel free to ask me.One of the nice things is that unlike most rpgs,the instant death spells actually work on even the tougher monsters.And any character can learn any spell and use every weapon,so its very non-linear.
P.S.in ff1,in one of the extra dungeons, i got this dagger called gladius,which i think is the strongest weapon for your black mage,1 point stronger than the cat claws.Has anyone gotten this or any other powerful rare weapons?

I played FFII for a bit on the PS1 in FF Origins. You are correct, the game is VERY different from most FF. I mean, every FF is different but this is serious stuff different. I didn't play for very long because I got into other games but I plan to stick with FFII in FFI&II: DOS. It may take some time, but I hope to addapt to the whole new system in FFII.

[Remy Saotome]

So I just recently grabbed Jak & Daxter off the cheap rack. Pretty fun. Jak 2 worth playing as well? And do you ever get to play as Daxter? He's cooler than Jak, IMO.

And finally, Keira is all kinds of hot.

[VG Emblem]

I played FFII for a bit on the PS1 in FF Origins. You are correct, the game is VERY different from most FF. I mean, every FF is different but this is serious stuff different. I didn't play for very long because I got into other games but I plan to stick with FFII in FFI&II: DOS. It may take some time, but I hope to addapt to the whole new system in FFII.
cool,you should get into it ff2,its better later on when you understand the system,tons and tons of depth.but do you have an answer to the question?

[lseelba]

So I just recently grabbed Jak & Daxter off the cheap rack. Pretty fun. Jak 2 worth playing as well? And do you ever get to play as Daxter? He's cooler than Jak, IMO.

And finally, Keira is all kinds of hot.

All the Jak games are worth playing. Personally, I think Jak 3 is better than Ratchet and Clank 3.

Jak seems more non-linear and you get to roam around more and explore environments.

[SNAAAAKE]

Woo hoo just bought the chicago type writer ak47 on resident evil 4 now I am fucking people up everywhere left and right firing up chicago style :rock:

Anybody know what kind of other shit you get after beating the mini mercenary games ?? Is there more weapons for the main game ??

[Fir]

...There are strengths and weaknesses to the FF2 system...

...Strengths: Leveling up your characters is very simple. In fact, you could use your own party to do so, simply target one of your party members with another one and keep attacking him/her. This would/will benefit both characters stats fairly quickly because the system depends on all stats that you use or receive...so the more you use them or take damage from them, the better you get at it. This goes for other abilities, such as high evasion and/or critical...

...Weaknesses: The flaws of the system of FF2 drastically changes the setting depending on your whereabouts in the game. Often times, you cannot go certain places because monsters would take your party out instantly...giving you no chance whatsoever. This makes it difficult just who to train or lv. up, because training on FF2 is a very slow process. Often times, leveling up your magic spell could take weeks if not months to properly be at full strength (I think the highest is lv. 16). Just because something sounds simple doesn't mean it would be done quickly, pacing your time and efforts is the key (let’s face it, nobody really doesn't want to play FF2 all day trying to level up spells and such)...

[EX-Sucker Punch]

Try this. It worked for me on my original Famicom FF2. I haven't played my FF2 in a long time, I finally got to Pandemonium and then my Famiclone starting fucking up and erased my data on its own.

Best way to gain HP and MP faster:

> For HP, Divide your current maximum HP by a half and just simply hit yourselves until you're under half.

> For MP, divide current max MP by a half and use up your magic until you're under half.

>The price of inns I think changes depending on how low on power you are.

SAVE after every battle. in case you want all your members on the same sheet of music when leveling up, reset/reload the game if you accidently kill one of your party members with a critical hit.

[Fir]

>The price of inns I think changes depending on how low on power you are.

...Hmmm, I thought that only applies to your whereabouts in the game - I'll go back and check probably today...

[EX-Sucker Punch]

...Hmmm, I thought that only applies to your whereabouts in the game - I'll go back and check probably today...

I just looked at an FAQ. I stand corrected. this is the part about inns

"There is no doubt in my mind that you will need to visit an Inn. Here's a
method to save time and gil: Upon entering the Inn of your choice, use
cure on all of your characters until they are all at maximum HP. Then pay
the innkeeper. This way, you will save money seeing as the price for Inns
has to do with your current HP/MP out of your maximum HP/MP. It costs
1 gil per MP. HP is Max HP-Current HP divided by four. Also, it will
increase the strength of your cure spell"

I'd have to say, this gamplay engine that runs on randomness is pretty gay, but fun once you know what you're doing.

Piece of trivia, Final Fantasy 2j is a prelude to the Romancing Saga gameplay engine.

[Superking]

Man, Super Turbo never gets old, it's starting to become like Gameboy Tetris in its longevity. :wow: :clap: :tup:

[VG Emblem]

...Hmmm, I thought that only applies to your whereabouts in the game - I'll go back and check probably today...
it depends also on how low you are on hp and mp,hp takes more gil to cure then mp.And also,is it just me,or is the ultima spell not that good compared to holy and flare?They were both at around the same level and holy and flare were stronger,my maria knew holy and ultima,and holy was just stronger.And yeah,ff2s system does have its flaws,i never said it was perfect,but i like how much depth it has.

[Dios <-X->]

About to go pick up God Of War and rivera on gba, good gaming times here i come.

[Fir]

it depends also on how low you are on hp and mp,hp takes more gil to cure then mp.And also,is it just me,or is the ultima spell not that good compared to holy and flare?They were both at around the same level and holy and flare were stronger,my maria knew holy and ultima,and holy was just stronger.And yeah,ff2s system does have its flaws,i never said it was perfect,but i like how much depth it has.


...I noticed this as well. My ultima is at lv.16 and it very seldom takes over 1000 points, but my Maria also has holy and it ALWAYS takes over 1000 points. I don't know why this is, but I tend to rely on Holy's efforts rather than Ultima's. My Flare isn't powered up yet so I can't differentiate its efforts damage wise, but from the way it's looking it might be stronger than Ultima...

...Yeah I agree that FF2's System has much depth as well, just wanted to point out its flaws though...

[VG Emblem]

you know what pisses me off about ff:dos?No matter how strong your magic is,powered up physical attacks will always do more,especially in ff1.It would be cool if their was a way to power up your magic attacks.And in regards to the ultima being inferior to holy thing,maybe you have to teach it to firion for it to be at full capacity or something.

[VG Emblem]

you know what pisses me off about ff:dos?No matter how strong your magic is,powered up physical attacks will always do more,especially in ff1.It would be cool if their was a way to power up your magic attacks.And in regards to the ultima being inferior to holy thing,maybe you have to teach it to firion for it to be at full capacity or something.My firion was busy with flare and i thought it would be better with maria.If anyone has taught their firion ultima and not maria,please inform us.

[Fir]

you know what pisses me off about ff:dos?No matter how strong your magic is,powered up physical attacks will always do more,especially in ff1.It would be cool if their was a way to power up your magic attacks.And in regards to the ultima being inferior to holy thing,maybe you have to teach it to firion for it to be at full capacity or something.My firion was busy with flare and i thought it would be better with maria.If anyone has taught their firion ultima and not maria,please inform us.

...Ok, I just checked back on my FF: DOS and I have another profile with Firion having ultima. It's powered up too (lv.16), but it still takes like 988 or something like that...

...It's not the fact that I thought ultima was a weak spell, because really it isn't. It's the fact that other spells do more damage and or better looking. I love it when I cast flare when it's powered up, the effects are great AND it takes great damage. Ultima at lv.16 starts out ok, but ends pretty bad effect wise ( the animations )...

[VG Emblem]

...Ok, I just checked back on my FF: DOS and I have another profile with Firion having ultima. It's powered up too (lv.16), but it still takes like 988 or something like that...

...It's not the fact that I thought ultima was a weak spell, because really it isn't. It's the fact that other spells do more damage and or better looking. I love it when I cast flare when it's powered up, the effects are great AND it takes great damage. Ultima at lv.16 starts out ok, but ends pretty bad effect wise ( the animations )...
i only got ultima up to level 12 when i figured it would never be as powerful as holy or flare.So i gave up on it and started concentrating on getting flare and holy up.A great tactic in ff2 i found out is:teach teleport to a character,(do it on a character wholl stay with you forever though),then go to a town.walk inside,use teleport,rinse and repeat,it levels it up,when you have it up to higher levels like 10 or more itll be able to instantly kill many enemies.And also invest in osmose,(the spell that allows you to absorb enemies mp),i taught it to maria and it saved me alot because i would have mp to cast cure to keep my party healthy in the brutal later levels.

[Fir]

i only got ultima up to level 12 when i figured it would never be as powerful as holy or flare.So i gave up on it and started concentrating on getting flare and holy up.A great tactic in ff2 i found out is:teach teleport to a character,(do it on a character wholl stay with you forever though),then go to a town.walk inside,use teleport,rinse and repeat,it levels it up,when you have it up to higher levels like 10 or more itll be able to instantly kill many enemies.And also invest in osmose,(the spell that allows you to absorb enemies mp),i taught it to maria and it saved me alot because i would have mp to cast cure to keep my party healthy in the brutal later levels.

...I have teleport at lv 10 but I really didn't see the difference between it and warp ( which I also have at lv. 10 ). I got confused on which works better, but as the game progressed I kinda figured teleport was better in the long run. Plus, it gets you out of tight places I think. I also have Osmose at lv. 6, but it already gives me all the MP I need to keep casting high spells so I don't think it's a necessity to lv. it up...

[Remy Saotome]

Woo hoo just bought the chicago type writer ak47 on resident evil 4 now I am fucking people up everywhere left and right firing up chicago style :rock:

Anybody know what kind of other shit you get after beating the mini mercenary games ?? Is there more weapons for the main game ??Getting a 5-Star rating on every map as every character will earn you the Handcannon. The HC is a .50 magnum revolver that starts with moderately good damage and a 3-round barrel, but can be upgraded to such high damage that it will down anything including bosses in one or two hits, all with infinite ammo.

[Serapis XLE]

Picked up Dungeon Lords - PC RPG and the most recent Star Ocean now that I have a ps2. I don't what reviewer had a stick up his ass when he reviewed Dungeon Lords in GameInformer but it's damn fun so far, imagine a straight-foward morrowind with better graphics and a faster/smoother combat system.

[ReggieHadoken]

Super Mario 64 DS is just crazy fun. I now have 29 stars, and I have beaten the first Bowser level. Now I just need to find Luigi and Wario's keys so I can free them.

I got all my party members up to level 99 on FFI. I don't think I've ever got a party to level 99 in an RPG. Well I'm gonna take them to waste Shinryu and the final bonus dungeon. Death Gaze shouldn't be able to screw with me now. Heck, I doubt Death Machine can touch me at this point.

[Million]

I played some other characters in UC2 for awhile tonight...but I ended up going back to the Necris....back to the awesomeness that is BROCK.

*tonight, at one point I had Udamage, Wraith, AND Vampire on all at once. Such power....it cannot be stopped.

[VG Emblem]

i was playing meteos and i have the planet meteo ready to fuse for quite some time now.The problem is,i want to fuse all other planets first,i did this except for one planet which i dont know how to get it ready to be fused.I enventually ended up fusing meteos,but i still cant figure out how to get that one last planet.

[lseelba]

I'm playing Namco x Capcom right now. I think once I get used to the Japanese menus it will be fun.

Oh yeah, still playing Silent Hill for PSX. I'm very satisfied with it.

[Remy Saotome]

Super Mario 64 DS is just crazy fun. I now have 29 stars, and I have beaten the first Bowser level. Now I just need to find Luigi and Wario's keys so I can free them.I'll give you a hint. You need Mario to free Luigi, and Luigi to free Wario. Actually, where to get them from is pretty obvious once you see the spots. You just have to actually go there.

[EX-Sucker Punch]

Exactly what Namco characters are in Namco x Capcom, as far as outside Soul Caliber and Tekken?

I saw that samurai zombie (Samurai Ghost/Genpei Toumaden), the Druaga guy, is Rick from the Splatterhouse series in it also?

[ReggieHadoken]

Took me forever but I finally found Luigi. After playing Luigi's Mansion back in 2001, it was pretty easy to guess what course I had to go to. I kinda wish everyone was available from the start. I already have nearly 40 stars and that was just with Mario and Yoshi. Also, so far from what I've played, it seems like you only need to use the other character to get a handful of stars. But I could be wrong about that. They did add 30 more stars to find.

[Remy Saotome]

Took me forever but I finally found Luigi. After playing Luigi's Mansion back in 2001, it was pretty easy to guess what course I had to go to. I kinda wish everyone was available from the start. I already have nearly 40 stars and that was just with Mario and Yoshi. Also, so far from what I've played, it seems like you only need to use the other character to get a handful of stars. But I could be wrong about that. They did add 30 more stars to find.Yeah, most of them give you options on what character to use. I tended to use Yoshi for coin gathering, since he can get extra coins by bouncing eggs between multiple baddies, and get coins from some enemies immediately by swallowing them. And other than that, I just stuck with the character who I thought handled the course best. Like Mario in Wet-Dry World, Luigi in Tall, Tall Mountain, and Wario in Lethal Lava Land.

[Infested Jester]

Anyone here playing or played GTA SA before? I got back into it and I remember why I stopped, I'm stuck on a damn racing mission. Anyone have any tips, on how to pass "Farewell My Love" in San Fierro? I tried some cheats but they don't work during the mission, even the blowing cars up one doesn't work since your car explodes as well. :mad:

[4neqs]

Exactly what Namco characters are in Namco x Capcom, as far as outside Soul Caliber and Tekken?


Mostly the old school characters such as Taizo (Dig Dug), Wonder Momo and Bravoman, Valkyrie, etc. although there are more recent ones such as Gantz and Klonoa and Xenosaga characters (KOS-MOS, Shion, and M.O.M.O.)

For Capcom, it's a mix of the older characters (Strider, Captain Commando, Mayor Mike), the staples like Ryu/Ken/Chun-Li/Sakura/Morrigan/Demitri and some more recent ones (e.g. Hideo and Kyoko, Tron, and the Megaman Legends version of Megaman and Roll).

No "new" new characters such as Prince from Katamari Damacy, or Dante, or such.

The game's fun, and really easy for the most part. There are just some missions where certain requirements must be meant (e.g. Character X must survive, get Character Y next to item or place Z, etc.). Nothing that a trip to GameFAQs FAQS/boards of NxC can't solve.

[EX-Sucker Punch]

Wow they picked a good lineup for old school Namco characters. I remember playing Bravoman for Turbografx years ago, and I believe Wonder Momo was one of the first games to feature "female panty shots".

[ReggieHadoken]

Well I played Tekken 5 at my friend Brandon's place. Finally got to see what the fuss was all about. I've always liked Tekken but I thoguht T5 wasn't all that and a bag of chips. Turns out the game is pretty tight. A few fresh faces and the inclusion of Tekken 1-3 is just too good. The final boss, Jinpachi is just wrong on so many levels. He could very well be the cheapest boss in all fighting games. Roger Jr. is a let down though. I loved Roger and Tekken 2 and Tekken Tag but Roger Jr. was a huge disappointment.

I also played Tales of Sympohonia with my pal Brandon. The game has a pretty cool combat system and it reminded me of the glory days of Secret of Mana.

on FFI, I went back into the Lifespring Grotto and I had to fight Gilgamesh again. Even with my party at level 99 and 999 HP each, Gilgamesh still did 400+ HP of damage with single attacks to a party member. But my crew made short work of him anyway so it was all good. I'm gonna take down Shinryu and then head to the final bonus dungeon. After that, I'll head to the Temple of Chaos to complete the game.

[Dios <-X->]

Just Beat Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga the 2nd time, i beat it the first time last yer, and this game was just as fucking sick as it ever was. This has got to be the greatest handheld rpg ever.

[RoninChaos]

I was thinkin' about picking it up. What makes it so good?

[Dios <-X->]

Have you ever played Super Mario RPG? If so , did you like it? If so, there is no fuckin doubt you will cream for this game, its actually funny, as the box suggests, the fighting is fun as hell, good music , GFX, and the plot is downright silly, common nintendo fanfare that we all come to know and love, plus the nostalgia thats in the game from Mario game past that make cameos in the game are just brilliant. i seriously cannot reccommend this game enough if you liked mario rpg.

[EX-Sucker Punch]

Been on a Sega Saturn spree earlier.
First I beat Rockman X3. But not all the way through. I used a password for Doppler's fortress. I need to change the lithium battery in my Saturn.

After that I got lost (like I always do) on Dracula X: Moonlight Nocturne/SOTN.

[*InVeRs3*]

Been playing Romance of the Three Kingdoms X. Great war sim/rpg. It has a FFT like battle system when you wage battle against people. You also have to manage cities, make aliances with other forces and make friends and convince them to join your force. Dynasty Warriors fans might like this game.

[Plutoburn]

Playing Rise of the Nations + expansion.

I can't believe I did not play this game when it first came out. It combines the best part of civilization, RTS, and world map style strategy game.

I rank it equally as good as Rome: Total war.

[Remy Saotome]

I've been playing Neo Contra. Fuck the haters, it's kinda fun. The story is just downright silly B-movie camp, but the gameplay is solid IMO.

[Arjay9975]

Disaster Report. After 4 months of playing nothing but fighting games, it's a nice change of pace.

[VG Emblem]

playing good old fire emblem:stones,ive made niemi a sniper and colm an assasin just now.The problem is,natasha is turning out crappy and ross is doing good as a fighter,i hope he becomes a good hero.

[*InVeRs3*]

I don't understand how to play MARIO IS MISSING.

[Remy Saotome]

I don't understand how to play MARIO IS MISSING.You have to find the Koopas and defeat them to get the swag back. Figure out what you have, and take it to the corresponding information booth. Answer the questions to prove that it's the real deal. Once you've returned everything, figure out what city you're in and call Yoshi to you. Use him to get past the Pokey and return to Bowser's castle. Rinse, wash, repeat.

[Strangevision]

Been playing Romance of the Three Kingdoms X. Great war sim/rpg. It has a FFT like battle system when you wage battle against people. You also have to manage cities, make aliances with other forces and make friends and convince them to join your force. Dynasty Warriors fans might like this game.
I've been wanting to play this game. Seems pretty cool. But there are so many games in the series, I'm not sure if I need to start w/ a particular one.

[orochizoolander]

jus got doom3 5days ago been playin it non-stop this is 1 of the hottest games to come out in a while it totally owns halo2 n most other shooters not even jus in graphics but the controls r tight n the way the game keeps u on ur toes every fuckin second is jus great i'm almos done i can't wait for the movie to come out this fal leven if the rock is starring in it

[Lantis]

You have to find the Koopas and defeat them to get the swag back. Figure out what you have, and take it to the corresponding information booth. Answer the questions to prove that it's the real deal. Once you've returned everything, figure out what city you're in and call Yoshi to you. Use him to get past the Pokey and return to Bowser's castle. Rinse, wash, repeat.

Where in the world is CARMEN SANDIEGO???? :confused:

[Remy Saotome]

Where in the world is CARMEN SANDIEGO???? :confused:Well it was meant to be a learning game.

[HeaT]

been playing killer 7 the game is sick i dont know why people are hating on it...

im outi

Roberth

[y2kenjination]

Currently playing:

Project Justice
Pocket Fighters
WWE Day of Reckoning

[VG Emblem]

im still playing fire emblem:sacred stones,now,i have a problem,i have a nintendo players guide.The problem is,i went to check wat the stat limits are for warriors,but it seems they goofed,the stat limits say:strenghth:4,skill:8,speed:9.Now,this cant be right,since ive never had a full strenghth warrior,does anyone know wat the stat limits are?

[lseelba]

According to Google, she's in Cairo, Egypt. Mystery solved:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Where+in+the+world+is+CARMEN+SANDIEGO%3F&btnG=Google+Search

[CrotchMonkey]

im currently playing the sequel i never knew existed to the awesome out of this world. the underdogs review made it seem like a much harder game, but so far its been pretty smooth. the cinematics, presentation and pace are just amazing, as good as the first.

theres only been one fustrating part about this game so far and thats the gun fights. you play as lester's alien friend and hes got this fucking pussy whip. it works like a gun except you can use it as a whip to swing across pits and other such uses. problem is it doesnt shoot as fast as lesters pistol, so fights have gotten to the point where i got to be exact on when to shoot to get past their shield.

but so far so good, these days its hard for me to find a game thats so good i have to pull myself away from. how ironic my latest addiction is yet another old game.

damn, just the intro itself is badass.

edit: er.. i already beat it? that short? well the ending was... pretty sad in more ways than one haha. overall, the original is hands down the best. only part from the sequel that i thought was much better were the cinematics.

i enjoyed it.

[VG Emblem]

Ok,i need help in killer7,im at the end of the amusement park level,and im fighting that boss,ayame blackburn.The question is,wat do i have to do,just shoot her,(goddamn shes fast),or some type of puzzle activity or something?Can someone help me?

[roninwarrior24]

im still playing fire emblem:sacred stones,now,i have a problem,i have a nintendo players guide.The problem is,i went to check wat the stat limits are for warriors,but it seems they goofed,the stat limits say:strenghth:4,skill:8,speed:9.Now,this cant be right,since ive never had a full strenghth warrior,does anyone know wat the stat limits are?

Check here for the caps:


http://s7.invisionfree.com/FESS/index.php?act=idx

[lseelba]

I finally beat Splinter Cell. That game is hard as fuck. I'm moving on to Halo 2 now :)

[CrotchMonkey]

i bought castlevania symphony of the night and viewtiful joe today. im having fun replaying sotn again, ill check out viewtiful joe in a bit.

[Remy Saotome]

So I picked up Jak 2. I don't like it very much. Jak & Daxter was a fairly original platformer. It was fun and kinda quirky.

Jak 2 took the very basics of the first game, threw it into a GTA clone, and added Dante's DT form just to be safe.:lame:

Really, this plays just like GTA, except that you're a hero working for various underground resistances, rather than a crook working for various gangs. Jak has a gun now. You steal hover-cars. Run money between your primary resistance cell and a sympathetic bartender. Kill guards. The works.

And Dark Jak. WTF is this shit? It just wouldn't be complete is they didnt bite off the DMC series, too.

Jesus. The first game worked. Why did we get this crap for a sequel?

EDIT: In other news, I have nothing else to do. So I'll prolly still beat it once just to see the story. God, I'm lame.

[Kikosho]

That's exactly how I felt about Prince of Persia 2. THough it wasn't a gta clone per say, but they tried to make that shit darker and "more mature". I liked it when the environments were full of light and the game wasn't so freaking dark and bloody.

[ReggieHadoken]

Check it out, guys, I'm not dead!! I moved into my first apartment a few weeks ago but I haven't gotten Road Runner yet. My pop was kind enough to let me use his computer.

Anyway, I've been playing a lot of Final Fantasy II on my DS. I've already logged more than 30 hours into this baby. The combat system was a bit tricky at first but now I understand it. Firion, Maria and Guy all have over 2000 HP. Maria's Cure spell is at level 11, Firion is pretty good with Protect, and Guy is the man when it comes to Fire. Right now I'm looking for the White Mask and Minwu so I can get the coveted Ultima Tome. Holy is at level 7 right now for Maria and its just started getting slower to level it up now.

As for the actually story, I'm interested to see things through to the end. I already know what happend to Leon, why he's missing and all. The game hasn't told me but I know. I wonder if the Famicom version of FFII was like this remake on the GBA. SPOILERS!!! There was this funny scene where "Princess Hilda" asks to speak with Firion alone and then gets on the bed. Firion asks what's going on and she says she doesn't liked to be teased so Firion walks over to "Hilda" and she turns into a snake like creature. The rest of the party busts in. After the fights over Firion asks how much of the scene did Leila see and she says something like "Enough to know that you shouldn't be letting down your guard around the laddies." I was crackin' up. END SPOILERS

FFII has been keeping me hooked. I haven't even touched Meteos yet.

[HeaT]

Ok,i need help in killer7,im at the end of the amusement park level,and im fighting that boss,ayame blackburn.The question is,wat do i have to do,just shoot her,(goddamn shes fast),or some type of puzzle activity or something?Can someone help me?

you have to shot her when she is in the light...the other times she is invisible and bullets will go through her...you can only shot her when she runs by the light...

if you have powered up Con's gun power i would suggest using him because he shots very fast and you are less likely to miss...

you will have to shot her a lot of times though, i was using Dan who had like level 4 power for his gun and it took quite a few shots...

im outi

Roberth

[ultra_nYo]

So I picked up Jak 2. I don't like it very much. Jak & Daxter was a fairly original platformer. It was fun and kinda quirky.

Jak 2 took the very basics of the first game, threw it into a GTA clone, and added Dante's DT form just to be safe.:lame:

Really, this plays just like GTA, except that you're a hero working for various underground resistances, rather than a crook working for various gangs. Jak has a gun now. You steal hover-cars. Run money between your primary resistance cell and a sympathetic bartender. Kill guards. The works.

And Dark Jak. WTF is this shit? It just wouldn't be complete is they didnt bite off the DMC series, too.

Jesus. The first game worked. Why did we get this crap for a sequel?

EDIT: In other news, I have nothing else to do. So I'll prolly still beat it once just to see the story. God, I'm lame.


I agree with you on this about Jak 2. I wanted to get into a platform game and bought this on a whim during christmas but just couldn't. Maybe I"m just terrible at it but I found the hover car missions quite difficult.

Whats the first game like? Is it the same at all or just a normal platformer

[Remy Saotome]

I agree with you on this about Jak 2. I wanted to get into a platform game and bought this on a whim during christmas but just couldn't. Maybe I"m just terrible at it but I found the hover car missions quite difficult.

Whats the first game like? Is it the same at all or just a normal platformerYeah, first one was pretty cool. Reminded me a lot of a slightly more free-roaming SM64.

[Strangevision]

I enjoyed all the Jak games, but Ratchet and Clank is the flagship PS2 platformer imo. It's just more fun to blow things up.

I'm currently playing Morrowind. It's painfully easy now since I've been leveling the same file for years, but it helps pass the time until Oblivion is released on the Xbox 360. Have you guys seen the screenshots? It looks amazing.

[Gen2000]

I bought Viewtiful Joe 2 the other day for Gamecube, it's a fun game but I'm wondering if there is something wrong with my copy. I get a lot of slowdown when using the Slow VFX power and comboing enemies. I'm not talking about the normal slow effect but it feels like framerate slowdown.

I never experienced it in the original game, at least it was rare when it happened there.

[P. Gorath]

shadow tower: abyss

[ultra_nYo]

Playing through meteos now. Damn this game is awesome. So very very addictive. How many planets are there to unlock. Current goal was to achieve atleast 50 000 points on each planet in deluge. Guess I'll have to gain a higher goal since I just achieved that while taking a dump.

[Remy Saotome]

I bought Viewtiful Joe 2 the other day for Gamecube, it's a fun game but I'm wondering if there is something wrong with my copy. I get a lot of slowdown when using the Slow VFX power and comboing enemies. I'm not talking about the normal slow effect but it feels like framerate slowdown.

I never experienced it in the original game, at least it was rare when it happened there.Nope, nothing wrong with your copy. 2 just has some slowdown issues. Million and I have both bitched about that quite a bit.


Playing through meteos now. Damn this game is awesome. So very very addictive. How many planets are there to unlock. Current goal was to achieve atleast 50 000 points on each planet in deluge. Guess I'll have to gain a higher goal since I just achieved that while taking a dump.There are 32 planets to get. Also 12 endings if you are interested. 2 in straight (based on the scores you get), 7 in multi, and 3 in branch.

[HellSap]

Use Mask De Smith to fight Ayame.
Jak has better story than R&C, and Psychonauts owns up all of them for free. It is now the new champ.

Psycho - You got ST:A?!?! I want it... even if its all in japanese... MUST HAVE KINGS FIELD CLONE.

[P. Gorath]

Psycho - You got ST:A?!?! I want it... even if its all in japanese... MUST HAVE KINGS FIELD CLONE.
yeah, i finally got around to getting the swap magic discs so i could play it. the game is tight as shit and it comes with a fold out that has all directions in english on one side. I also started playing the original King's Field with the breaker pro disc. The music in the game is nice as hell and the game itself is quite good if you take it for what it is (a pre-U.S. launch psx title)

[WasFemto]

Played my NGPC for the first time in forever all day yesterday at work and this system kicks all asses. SNK vs. Capcom and KOF-R2 are crack. Sonic is still pretty cool as well as Metal Slug.

I'm thinking about picking up a DS soon, but I'm not too sure yet. Probably wait alittle while longer.

[RoninChaos]

Have you ever played Super Mario RPG? If so , did you like it? If so, there is no fuckin doubt you will cream for this game, its actually funny, as the box suggests, the fighting is fun as hell, good music , GFX, and the plot is downright silly, common nintendo fanfare that we all come to know and love, plus the nostalgia thats in the game from Mario game past that make cameos in the game are just brilliant. i seriously cannot reccommend this game enough if you liked mario rpg.


I can't find it around here for shit. Any thoughts?

[AlphaDragoon]

Played and beat Xenosaga Ep. 2. I don't know, but for me this one was MUCH more tolerable than the crapfest that is Ep. 1...Sure, the cutscenes weren't as polished, and some of the voices did indeed suck (I'm looking at you, KOS-MOS), but it was more FUN. They didn't force you to go places as much, there were a good amount of side-quests (some of 'em were dumb, but still enjoyable) and best of all, POST-GAME SECRET DUNGEONS!!!

Instead of the Ep. 1 formula for 90% of the game: "Show some KOS-MOS dick waving, show whiny-ass Shion get wet from said dick waving, and game over. By the way, did we mention you can't play your clear file?! BWAHAHAHAHA..."

We got in Ep. 2: (Note: Spoilers)

Much less involvement from Shion or her oversized vibrator, Allen FINALLY getting some recognition from the bitch, more focus on badass people (read: chaos, Jin, Jr.) some good Gear-esque ass-kickery in the E.S., more Albedo (who is the man, and you know it), bosses that you actually have to work to defeat (Ep. 1 players, you know you used Erde Kaiser on the final boss, admit it) and last but not least, we finally know who it is we're fighting! Yay! (Note: Cool points to the Testaments for their Grahf-esque appearances and mannerisms, like standing on top of their E.S.)

Phew. That's my analysis...I actually care about this series now, thanks to this game. Still sucks hose water compared to the legendary Xenogears but then again, many games do.

[X-Death]

Hiya.

I'm basically just killing time with Advance Wars 2, D2:LoD (1.11 woot), MvC2, and Katamari Damacy until Graffiti Kingdom finally fucking shows up.

First they say Graffiti Kingdom will be out in APRIL, then it got pushed back to July 26. Then on saturday (my 20th bday), I went down to eb and found it it got pushed back to August 17. Needless to say I'm pissed. Anyway, while I was out at least I got Tales of Symphonia for $20cdn. Still, FUCK YOU RELEASE DATES.

GK is the sequel to Magic Pengel btw, a game in which you draw your own creations and make them fight, only GK is a platformer this time around. Here's some of the disgustingly good Japanese creations...
http://garakudou.s43.xrea.com/
http://f58.aaa.livedoor.jp/~oukoku/index.html

I will post once again when (IF) it arrives. Later.

[CrotchMonkey]

been playing some wc3x lately, good shit i can never get sick of it especially if i have a partner. also some vj1 if i feel like it, i dont like the game as much as i should it seems.

basically those two and some neo geo fighters with my half ass stick until i fix my stick and i finally get the real dracula x (hopefully tonight or tomorrow).

[Million]

*there is a new trailer for Hulk Ultimate Destruction over at Gametrailers.com. Check out the awesomeness, please. I refuse to be the only person that will be playing this. There is no doubt it will be perhaps the first truly great Hulk game...as well as one of the greatest comic book hero based games ever. Watch and be amazed at how Hulk does a super elbow drop on a police car, and snatches helicopters out of the air like they were paper airplanes.

*speaking of comic games....then we have Ultimate Spiderman just around the corner...playable Venom, folks. Cel-shade graphics. Comic-book panel-style presentation. If you miss out on this and you are even a casual Spidey fan, you should slap yourself.

[Gen2000]

Nope, nothing wrong with your copy. 2 just has some slowdown issues. Million and I have both bitched about that quite a bit.

Ah, I see. I'm surprise I didn't notice you guys complaining about it earlier. It's no big deal the game is still pretty fun and it only costed $17.

[mr. newbie]

been playin onimusha 3. great game. i wish the timng on the criticals was a little more forgiving.

[CrotchMonkey]

omg i finally got dracula x pc engine version! so far so good, im going to enjoy this!

edit: just beat it, too bad its all in japanese... unlike the weird intro (german?). anyways i got 60% so far, i need to rescue 3 more hostages. does the game fit with the hype? well, its a great game no doubt but its too easy compared to cv3 and scv4 and i know i shouldnt compare this with sotn, but i think i sort of like sotn much more.

[mr. newbie]

snip

how much did you pay. taht game is worth a rediculous amount of money.

anybody else playing tohy hawk for teh psp? i know how to cancel a gavin flip into a roll for mad points.

[Fir]

...I'm still trying to obtain 100% of Support Conversations on Fire Emblem 7. I currently have 10% of success...

- Ephidel

[CrotchMonkey]

ancient persian secret.

well i got 94% so far in dracula x, i got all the hostages.. i wonder what im missing. i think i forgot to finish a level and i know exactly which one so i hopes its that.

edit: finally found the path i never took and got the 100%. yay im a true castlevania fan! :party:

[EX-Sucker Punch]

Beat Rockman & Forte last night from my King's Fortress save data.

I don't know if this is considered hardcore or not, but during Dr. Wily's stage (long ass Megaman 1/X1 style marathon stage with scattered boss rooms instead of 8 chambers) I beat Dynamo Man without using Copy Vision just used the plain Mega Buster.

[Serapis XLE]

I enjoyed all the Jak games, but Ratchet and Clank is the flagship PS2 platformer imo. It's just more fun to blow things up.

I'm currently playing Morrowind. It's painfully easy now since I've been leveling the same file for years, but it helps pass the time until Oblivion is released on the Xbox 360. Have you guys seen the screenshots? It looks amazing.


Yeah the next elder scrolls is gonna be a little too good. I think they made it shorter for the players safety. Good luck finishing morrowind tho, I gave up again.

[EX-Sucker Punch]

Finally decided to take a stab at Castlevania SotN.

It's time I got out of that stage by stage gameplay barrier and at least try the game. And I'm going between both PS1 and Sega Saturn as Alucard.

I'm currently at Marble Gallery on both systems. This is my routine. Beat a segment first on PS1 then go back and do the same on Saturn.

Then after I beat both versions, then I'll beat the Saturn version with Maria.

[Tekno Virus]

BATTLE RAPER: REAL ACTION

This game is....weird. Those FMVs have good graphics though.

[Nightraid]

Hooked up the Dreamcast & playing some Power Stone 2 & Project Justice. :tup:

[Fir]

...Still playing Fire Emblem 7, only this time I'm at 15% of success support talk. Slooooowlllly moving my way up...

[ezekial45]

I finally got my hands on Sky Gunner. I must say it's pretty good. It's kinda hard though. Has anybody else played it?

[ONE Weapon]

Currently playing SOCOM 3 beta. yeeaaah baby

[fjf314]

Lately I've been playing a lot of Doom 3. This game is the shit. I was a huge fan of the original two Doom games, and I think that the latest is a great addition to the series. I'm not really that far yet, but I'm having a blast playing it.

[lseelba]

Been playing Halo 2. It is fun but vehicle combat gets lame sometimes.

[ReggieHadoken]

I finally got my hands on Sky Gunner. I must say it's pretty good. It's kinda hard though. Has anybody else played it?

Oh I've played SG. Fun game but the final boss was just too annoying for me. But then, I don't have a lot of patience. But I loved the visuals, voice overs and different aircrafts. :tup:

Well I finished Final Fantasy II a few days ago. Thanks to it and FFI, I'm finally feeling RPGs again just like I did in the SNES days. I was gonna start Kingdom Hearts but I have to get a new Dual Shock 2 controller because my other one just deciced to screw up. Unbafreakinglievable. And I wanted to playe some Mega Man Anniversary Collection 2. Well there's always Breath of Fire IV and Dragon Warrior VII. I never got around to starting either of those.

Anyway, I started playing Meteos two days ago. Man, does this game rock. It took me some time getting used to it but I'm improving little by little. I need to get my quick reflexes back at puzzle games. I like how no two planets are the same and each meteo looks different. There's also a surprising amount of extras and unlockable content. I say that because these are things I never expect from a puzzle game. Even the visuals are tight and so is the tunage.

[Remy Saotome]

Currently playing a lot of old stuff that. I don't have anything new to play at the moment. Well, sorta. I have been playing Ristar on the Sonic Collection, which I'd never done before and which is also quite enjoyable. Though pretty dang hard in spots, too.

Also been playing MegaMan Collection games, actual Sonic games from that collection, and logging more time on Meteos. I only need 7 more planets on that and I have everything.

[SiLLiEMutAfuKA]

Lately I've decided to play RE1 remake on the GC, really great game; graphics still wow me even though I've played this so many times.

[FistsofFury]

So after watchign VF Final Tuned matches I decided to finally finish Quest mode in VF Evo. I beat all the arcade before, so there was just this one last tournament in Event Square.

OH MY GOD.

Its like every little bitch I've beaten before is there and 100x better. People I could easily beat before I'm having trouble with. I can't even get past the prelims. So anyone that's beat Quest mode....what do I get if I place 3rd or better in this last tournament? If its nothing I won't even bother.

[TaygetaVendetta]

Picked up Outlaw Tennis today. I'm really impressed with the game so far, damn fun to play.

Though I checked numerous times throughout the day, no one was online to play. I hope I see some people online to play soon.

[ReggieHadoken]

Yaay! We can get on SRK again!! :party:

Been playing a lot of Meteos still. I can last in the 5 minute War Room game but always choke during the 2 minute game!! And I can't even get past the Launch 100 Meteos game!! Gah!! But I sooooooo love this game. I haven't loved a puzzle game this much since Tetris Attack.

I've also played some Mario Kart: Double Dash!! I've completed both the Mushroom and Flower Cup race circuits on 50CC. Can't wait to play 100CC for higher speed. 57-63 mph just isn't cuttin' it. It's fun to come up with different team combos and double item storage rocks!! And the return of Koopa Troopa...I'm so happy. I loved him the SNES Super Mario Kart. What worries me is the notorious rubber band AI I've heard of in DD!! Yeah, rubber band AI is in many racing games but I heard it was just insane in DD!!

[Kromo]

"Old" rpg's: Morrowind and FFX. Fun games.

[abacabb]

currently playing fear effect i realized ive never beaten this game

[Neq]

Finally got around to finishing MGS3, don't know what the hell took me so long, it was great stuff. In fact I even went back to finish MGS2 again (yay for stealth camo!) and then I realised how poorly it's ending compares with MGS3's. Can anyone post up a link to the old thread about MGS3 again? I remember it having at least 4+ pages of replies. I've tried numerous search terms and all end up giving me squat or a whole bunch of random threads.

[FistsofFury]

So after watchign VF Final Tuned matches I decided to finally finish Quest mode in VF Evo. I beat all the arcade before, so there was just this one last tournament in Event Square.

OH MY GOD.

Its like every little bitch I've beaten before is there and 100x better. People I could easily beat before I'm having trouble with. I can't even get past the prelims. So anyone that's beat Quest mode....what do I get if I place 3rd or better in this last tournament? If its nothing I won't even bother.



Edit. I beat Quest Mode. On Friday night I booted up VF and found I was really in the zone and just blazed through the final tournament. My final match was with a golden Lion named 'Chibita' and I KICKED HIS ASS. All I got was another orb and a video.

I'm gonna take one more time to bitch about how mad it makes me that you can't fight against custom characters from another memory card. That would have made the game so great for vs mode and really lended the game to having more of a scene here.

[4neqs]

Still addicted to FFT :x Namco x Capcom is getting a bit repetitive and tiresome towards the end.

Playing at the arcade- MvSF, MvC2, Rival Schools

Started to learn Marvel Superheroes as well. Gems are fun, as well as the Iron Man, Juggernaut, and Captain America of old. Pretty great for a ten-year-old fighter.

[wafflemonkey]

bored with my friends copy of sfa3 (playing all alone at 2:45 in the a.m.
at the arcade playin-sf3s (sean pwnrg), just learnin cvs2, and playin watever magnettically attracts my quarters.

[akumachan]

lesseee,

just finished Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg. That was surprisingly good. IMO Sonic Team hasnt exactly been producing quality titles lately, but Billy Hatcher is really worthy of the Sonic Team name. Great level design, and fun gameplay. a good buy for platforming fans.

currently playing Alien Hominid. Another great game, and its 2D! I just finished the first world, and now Im off to Russia.

also currently replaying Mario Golf.

[Hunter D]

Currently playing Tales of Symphonia and loving it. The games story isn't original, but has been told well so far. The va in the game isn't great, but it is decent. The graphics are pretty damn good and the gameplay is tight. Why can't more RPG's use realtime battle system like the tales series and Star Ocean series?

I am also playing viewtiful joe. The game is good, but hard as hell.

The next games I'm going to get are resident evil 4 and code veronica.

Edit: Billy Hatcher was a good platformer that got no love, just like Jak and Daxter. if you're into platformers Achan then you should check out Psychonauts, I've been hearing good things about it.

[YellowS4]

Parappa the Rapper, since PtR2 and UnJammer weren't that great compared to the og.

Dropped all the ps2 stuff just for Dungeon Siege 2. I'm into this more than I ever was compared to D2. But jesus, mp is fucked up. No server saves, so hacked chars are gonna run everything. Which is fine haha. Decent game, nothing spectacular though

[akumachan]

[COLOR=DarkOrchid]Currently playing Tales of Symphonia and loving it. The games story isn't original, but has been told well so far. The va in the game isn't great, but it is decent. The graphics are pretty damn good and the gameplay is tight. Why can't more RPG's use realtime battle system like the tales series and Star Ocean series?


Ive been debating on whether or not to get Tales of Symphonia. I havent played any of the other games in that series.
So the battle system is fun?

I really need a new RPG to play. Ive been also thinking about the Shin Megami Tensei games.

and I still need to play Star Ocean.

[Infested Jester]

Playing God of War again, God Mode for the umpteenth time. Also went through Challenge of the Gods again yesterday for kicks, challeneges 8 and 10 are bullshit. :mad: Waiting for that new Hulk game, played the demo and it seems pretty fun. Shaolin Monks also was suprisingly fun, reminded me of a poor mans God of War, the co op looks hot though.

akumachan, any thoughts on the new Sly, Ratchet, and Jak games? Deadlocked has me worried, even with mods and customizing, I heard theres only 10 or 12 primary weapons. :bluu:

[ezekial45]

Playing God of War again, God Mode for the umpteenth time. Also went through Challenge of the Gods again yesterday for kicks, challeneges 8 and 10 are bullshit. :mad: Waiting for that new Hulk game, played the demo and it seems pretty fun. Shaolin Monks also was suprisingly fun, reminded me of a poor mans God of War, the co op looks hot though.

akumachan, any thoughts on the new Sly, Ratchet, and Jak games? Deadlocked has me worried, even with mods and customizing, I heard theres only 10 or 12 primary weapons. :bluu:

I was definatly surprised by Shaolin Monks. It seemed like another attempt at the action genre with MK. I ended up liking it alot.

[Mr Mort]

I finally beat RE4 ealier this week, and I must say, it's one of the finest games of the current generation of games. One of the few games IMHO that truly showed how the hardware can really give us the "next generation" experience.

Just started God of War last night, and it too is looking to be one of the best games of this generation. Very fun, visually stunning, great musical score, but sometimes the hit-detection seems to be a bit off.

Also been playing a bit of Tekken 5 and SFA3 on the Saturn.

[Million]

Random "oh SHIT THAT WAS TIGHT!" moments of Unreal Championship 2----

*yesterday...against bots of course...there's 2 in front of me, about medium distance...one to the left, and the other to my right...one shoots a shock core(*I think..I just remember what happened next..)...the other shot a missile at about the same time...I was Jackhammer for a change...."REJECTED! MULTIKILL!"...and that wins the match. I couldn't believe it...I'm not 100% sure....but ...it appears that I rejected both the shock(?) shot and the rocket at the same time in one move, taking both bots out.

...but then there's the question of "MULTIKILL"...there were only 2 bots if I recall, yet I'm sure the announcer said multikill...strange, but cool.

but basically I'm talking to nobody...it would appear my jinx factor even affects the popularity of some games as well. If I like it...chances are there's only about 12 people in the country that agree. I wonder if I could single-handedly kill the otherwise guaranteed success of the Ps3 by simply becoming a fan of that too...

edit---and I got my first "IMPOSSIBLE!" on the map Evil Hands. I still say that's a bullshit map though.

[Stabby]

The story in symphonia gets better, but never gets awesome

The characters make that game though-- genis is my favourite rpg character ever. And he also has my favourite rpg spell -- "INDIGNATION!" omg that spell is too good

I just beat riveira on emulation. I hella wouldn't play this on actual gameboy, and the only reason I finsihed it at all was save states. It is ok on emulator though, just be prepared to do a lot of quicksaving

I realize that storywise, my favorite rpg was Shadow Hearts. It was dark and cool and it had that story told by the old woman "squcik squick squick CAW CAW CAW" :rofl:

anyone that actually played would get what i mean

Anyway, shadow hearts is my favorite RPG for story because in Shadow Hearts: Covenant all the bad guys are scared as fuck of your character because of all the shit you did in the first game. They don't even call you by your name-- they call you motherfucking "God Slayer", and all the female characters have these giant titties for some reason.

anyway, gg


oh, jester, I would play god of war again on god mode, but I know that very last part with his wife and kid would be a bitch. Am I right, or is that part not stupid hard?

[Slide]

Still convinced that Mercenaries for Xbox/PS2 is one of the greatest games ever.


Also I'm a 5,000 post whore.

[Fir]

Still convinced that Mercenaries for Xbox/PS2 is one of the greatest games ever.


Also I'm a 5,000 post whore.


Congrats, Slide.

So yeah, I'm still trying to get 100% of support conversation(s) success on Fire Emblem 7 - Updating that I have 20% now.

[Plutoburn]

Playing Dungeon Siege II, good graphics, great music, gameplay is very Diablo, it's almost like an updated Diablo with 3D graphic.

[Infested Jester]

oh, jester, I would play god of war again on god mode, but I know that very last part with his wife and kid would be a bitch. Am I right, or is that part not stupid hard?

Yeah it's fucking ridiculous, but I guarantee you'll jump up and start yelling "Yeah take that you fuckin bitches!!!" once you beat it. :tup:

Challeneg of the Gods missions 8 and 10 are still the worst IMO though. Fight for 10 minutes still with full health only to get shattered on the last gorgon wave. :mad:

[Remy Saotome]

Just curious if anyone has advice for getting the No Damage Clears on the Man-'o-War and Yeti's stages in MMX8. I already have AAA ranks on every level, and those are the only ones that I still need No Damage Clears on.


Edit: Billy Hatcher was a good platformer that got no love, just like Jak and Daxter. if you're into platformers Achan then you should check out Psychonauts, I've been hearing good things about it.Psychonauts is a mixed bag. Some of the levels are really good, but a few just fall flat. The story and characters are interesting, though a little over-the-top at times. And the art style is... well... a little bit not good. Still, all in all Psychonauts was pretty fun and worth checking out if you like platformers.

Of the Jak series, Jak & Daxter is the only one worth playing. It's easy, but quite fun. Jak 2 and 3 are pretty lame, though. It's really just the main characters thrown into more of a GTA/DMC/R&C hybrid, but where all of the aspects of each aren't very integrated and just don't hold up (though admittedly I've never been a GTA/freeroam fan).

Another platformer that I would suggest checking out is I-Ninja. It's really cartoonish and quirky. There's a surprising diversity in the gameplay. It has NG-style platforming elements, lots of Sonic-esque speed segments, and combat that feels like old skool beat-'em-ups. And a fun and silly sense of humor, with Billy West as the main character.

[YellowS4]

Ok, so Dungeon Siege 2 is fucken weak. Back to Madden lol =\

[ReggieHadoken]

Well I went over to my pal's place and did some fighting game gaming. I haven't played Street Fighter Alpha 3 in months. So we put that bad boy in with my Ken & Chun-Li 15th Anniversary SFII controllers. (6 button SF = Heaven.) I don't know what the heck happend but I was mopping the floor against my pal and his buddy. I had a successful 9-0 wining streak and we were playing 5 round games. I even made an awesome comeback against my friend's pal, Justin when he was up 2 rounds and I was down to 0. He only needed one more victory to win the match but I came back and bested him. He would keep getting me into corners, hoping to keep me there, but I would always get out.

Now my pal, Brandon and his buddy, Justin are no noobs at fighting games, especially 2D fighters. They'll beat me at Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Capcom vs. SNK 2 like nobody's business but for some reason, I was owning them with Ryu. I even had a couple of Super Combo finishes. And I always went with A-ISM. They even brought out Ken. KEN!! And when one of them uses Ken in just about any SF game, it is trouble for me. I always thought it was Ken > Ryu in a fight. Maybe I was just getting lucky but I was even going toe-to-toe with the likes of Vega, Guile and Fei Long, who some say is the best character in Alpha 3. Justin said I played Alpha 3 like I was Japanese.
:wow:

[Calcal]

Started playing the NES again and felt like I accomplished something beating Ninja Gaiden II.

I dont think it would be nearly as hard if they didnt have those damn birds. Oh and that you fly like 20 feet back from a hit and there is usually a conveniant cliff behind you.

[Serapis XLE]

Ok, so Dungeon Siege 2 is fucken weak. Back to Madden lol =\


Argh, what did it come up short in? I'd hate to go buy it only to play for a week or two and forget about it.

[X-Death]

Zoom.

Basically been playing Tales of Symphonia (I see I'm not alone) for the past 2 weeks. Beat it last night. That game was fucking crack, but now that I've beaten it, I'm starting to lose interest. I believe my time was 72:18 with the big sidequests done (left the gc on for countless hours by accident though =P). After you beat the colliseum with everyone and all the side bosses, the last fight is rofltastic.

Also, a big FUCK YOU to Electronics Boutique for still not having Graffiti Kingdom. Bastards.

[Million]

DBZ Supersonic Warriors at work today on lunchbreak....I was Freeza of course...powerlevel: 41 million!!!! (*random scouter explodes*) I ended up with a 17hit combo(*something involving Freeza's version of that "destructo disk" move...I probably just followed it up with another and then rushed the victim to attack physically at the same time the disk hit.)...and, I think I had 100% of my energy left.

HULK Ultimate Destruction will be out in about 2 weeks. The commercials have already started.

[Fir]

Updating 22% success talk on fire emblem 7. Could of got Hawkeye and Ninian support talk B but Eliwood killed Ninian off.

[Remy Saotome]

I just picked up Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg. But unforetunately, my impressions will have to wait a bit. I started in on Hard Mode on MMX8, and would like to finish that first.

I have a free paycheck next week, no bills on the horizon at all. I'm planning to pick up Geist for sure, and Street Fighter Anniversary Collection if I can find it anywhere. Possibly a couple other things as well. What's SRK's take on KoF Maximum Impact? I haven't played any KoFs in a long time, and kicking some ass as Terry and Mai would be sweet.

[Kikosho]

KOF Maximum Impact is a fun fighter, but not to be taken seriously. It's mad broken, but it's mad fun to experiment with the combos and all that good stuff. If you have an Xbox, I suggest you get that version because it has the Japanese with subtitles. I'm not one to complain about Dubs much, but this dub is pure ass. Trust me on this. And the Xbox live is pretty good for a fighter. But if you want the real deal, I'd say go for the 02/03 bundle pack. But you can't lose with either.

[Remy Saotome]

KOF Maximum Impact is a fun fighter, but not to be taken seriously. It's mad broken, but it's mad fun to experiment with the combos and all that good stuff. If you have an Xbox, I suggest you get that version because it has the Japanese with subtitles. I'm not one to complain about Dubs much, but this dub is pure ass. Trust me on this. And the Xbox live is pretty good for a fighter. But if you want the real deal, I'd say go for the 02/03 bundle pack. But you can't lose with either.Honestly, I'd rather have bad English dubs but still be able to understand what they're saying. And I would get one of the 2D double packs, but Wal-Mart is the only place in town that sells new games, and they don't have any of those. Hence the problems finding SFAC as well. And thanks for the input. Fun but broken sounds good to me, considering my roommate is my only comp anyway.

[ReggieHadoken]

I also enjoyed KOF: MI. Not to be taken seriously, but it was still a fun game.

Right now I'm trying to finish Spider-Man 2. I'm at the part where Ock kidnaps Mary Jane and I'm about to do the train battle. I want to finish the game so I can be ready for Ultimate Spider-Man. I saw the trailer for the game and it looks awesome. I'm thinking of picking up the PS2 version but if it has any hiccups, I'm web up the GC version instead.

[Fir]

Got the Sonic Mega Collection Plus or somethin' like that today, going old school.

[YellowS4]

Argh, what did it come up short in? I'd hate to go buy it only to play for a week or two and forget about it.

It feels like it came up short in everything. Its alot better than DS1, but missions and everything feels so tedious. Its a dungeon crawler and its expected, but it feels like a huge grind that gets you nowhere.

If you're gonna do it for MP, don't even bother w/sp since you're gonna end up playing the same things over again. Even if you're in Act3 and you import you char. into MP, you're gonna do them all over again.

Camera can get kinda sloppy, framerate takes a bit hit when theres too much shit on screen. Reliance on the map just to find "secret switches," and ugh, other shit. Posting a random pic just for the hell of it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/res0nance/DungeonSiegeIIScreen-0000copy.jpg

oh yeah, not to mention npcs getting lost or stuck behind things, not following you properly. Some pathfinding issues and Ai

[InfiniDragon]

Updating 22% success talk on fire emblem 7. Could of got Hawkeye and Ninian support talk B but Eliwood killed Ninian off.

Yeah, that part was gold...

Eliwood: Step back while I own this loser with my ridiculously overcompensating, phallic blade of doom!

Lyn: OMG! (looks at her lame ass Mani Katti, orgasms to Eliwood's sword of ownage)

Hector: It's not so big...

Ninian: OMGWTFBBQ?? Wait!

*gets owned by Durandal

Eliwood: Yeah, fool! What's up now, Puff?!

*changes back from dragon form to Ninian

Eliwood, Hector, Lyn: ...fuck.


I was playing FE myself today...stupid random stats keep trying to screw Eliwood and Guy over. And Pent owns, and Florina sucks, so don't let anyone (aka elitist bastards) fool you guys.

[RetroKid]

So, uh, I got Graffiti Kingdom today as a purchase on impulse to hold me over until Nintendogs/Advance Wars DS come out on Monday. Haven't opened it yet, but I'll start it up tomorrow. Looks interesting and quirky.

Haha, my supports percentage in FE7 is like, 12. It would be higher if I wasn't so lazy to blow all those turns trying to trigger them. Some supports take up to 250 turns to get to "A". Fuck that shit.

Pent is good. He's not the best Sage in the game, but he does his job well, especially for a pre-promote. I never use Erk, so he's always my main Sage until Nino levels up. And don't get me started on Peg Knights. I am not a fan of them at all. I'll take wyverns any day.

[Million]

late news, I know, but whatever---I heard on G4 recently DS will have a small price drop to 129.99. I'm hoping it will drop again by the time DBZ Supersonic Warriors 2(*Bukuu whatever) comes out. I still think the most a portable game system should cost is 100 bucks. I know the tech on portables is improving...but it's still a portable system, and I can't help but see it the way they've always been since back in 89/90.

Is Geist out already? People seem to talk like this game already came out....the hell? Where's the hype? You seriously can't expect a game to sell if you just "sneak" it out on to the store shelves.

EDIT-------I had a dream last night about playing Unreal Championship 2. Yes, I love the game so much, I even play it in Dreamland. The odd thing, however, is that I was playing as Sapphire for some reason....and I never pick her. I have 0 interest in the character...she's not even good TnA, imo.(*Selket is the real hotness) In the dream, I was online and DOMINATING with Sapph...which of course is the complete opposite of reality. :sad:

[YellowS4]

Million, yeah the DS is gonna drop another 30 or so dollars. I think its sometime this month too.

And don't bother w/Geist. It sucks

[Remy Saotome]

^
Geist sounds cool, and I'm gonna play it anyway! And if it does indeed suck, I'll take it to the game place and trade it in.

Just out of curiousity though, what makes you say it sucks?

And yeah Million, Geist hit stores this Tuesday.

[ReggieHadoken]

Well I went to the GameStop near my apartment for the first time ever. Was looking for the Sonic Gems Collection. But the fools didn't have it. So I checked the used PS1 pins and found a copy of the rare Street Fighter Collection. Had to fork over $24.99 but now I finally have a console version of SSFII: Turbo, even thought that is one of my least faves in the SFII line. And Alpha 2 Gold is finally mine as well.

[lseelba]

I beat Halo 2 (ending was lame), and moved on to X-men Legends. Fun game but I wish the AI was 100% better.

[EX-Sucker Punch]

GGXX#R action at this guy's house as usual.

Got a 10 win streak with Axl. I can do those Bomber loops real good now.

The TK's don't really cut it for me. Quick Counter clockwise 360's do the trick!

[Lantis]

Well I went to the GameStop near my apartment for the first time ever. Was looking for the Sonic Gems Collection. But the fools didn't have it. So I checked the used PS1 pins and found a copy of the rare Street Fighter Collection. Had to fork over $24.99 but now I finally have a console version of SSFII: Turbo, even thought that is one of my least faves in the SFII line. And Alpha 2 Gold is finally mine as well.

Weird...I was starting to play SF Collection as well (I'm on SSF II right now). :confused:

[phae]

I'm playing two games right now.. old SNES games I've never played before, both from series i've never tried.

I'm loving it.

Right now i'm playing the SNES version of Star Ocean and i'm also playing Breath of Fire 2.

After that I'm planning to tackle Secret of Evermore and Radical Dreamers.

[RetroKid]

Radical Dreamers sucked. It's a choose-your-own-adventure book in video game form. I can't even say it's part of the Chrono continuum because there are a lot of plot holes when you compare the stories of Radical Dreamers and Chrono Cross.

Okay game to play through once, but after that, never play it again.

Haha, I should probably be an asshole and spoil the biggest surprise in Radical Dreamers, but I won't.

[phae]

Choose your own adventure books rock! Heehee. I'd rather deal with a lot of plot holes than deal with not knowing wtf is going on because I haven't played Chrono Cross yet (it's at my dad's house)

I'm really liking Star Ocean.. I like how the battles work.

I'd be playing the SNES Fire Emblems but I can not find translations, and I don't have the patience for playing it sans storyline at the moment.. maybe later.

[RetroKid]

Fire Emblem: Seisen no Keifu (FE4) is already translated. The patch is really easy to find through Google.

[Fir]

Ah yes, good ole' Fire Emblem 4...

Anyway, I picked up Digital Devil Saga the other day - seems pretty cool for the most part.

[ReggieHadoken]

SCREW SPIDER-MAN 2!! I get to the final battle with Doc Ock and wouldn't you know it, the makers decided to make it stupidly ridiculous. If Ock grabs you, he beats the living crap outta you and you have to turn off 8 generators. And of course the fusion reactor field is going wild but your spider-sense doesn't warn you of when it's going to expand and hit you. And the generators are all over the place so you have to search well for them. And don't let Ock throw you because you may get thrown in the water.
:rolleyes:

Guess I just don't have the patience for that crap.

[ezekial45]

SCREW SPIDER-MAN 2!! I get to the final battle with Doc Ock and wouldn't you know it, the makers decided to make it stupidly ridiculous. If Ock grabs you, he beats the living crap outta you and you have to turn off 8 generators. And of course the fusion reactor field is going wild but your spider-sense doesn't warn you of when it's going to expand and hit you. And the generators are all over the place so you have to search well for them. And don't let Ock throw you because you may get thrown in the water.
:rolleyes:

Guess I just don't have the patience for that crap.

Yeah, that was pretty ridiculous.

[InfiniDragon]

Right now i'm playing the SNES version of Star Ocean and i'm also playing Breath of Fire 2.

After that I'm planning to tackle Secret of Evermore and Radical Dreamers.

Original Star Ocean, huh? Way too easy in some points for my tastes (won't spoil anything though), but it had/has excellent graphics and sound for the time. Till the End of Time is where it's at though, that and The Second Story are hardcore.

And do yourself a favor, avoid Radical Dreamers like plague. That game makes me cry on the inside. In fact, go replay Chrono Trigger to purify yourself of the notion of ever playing RD. :rofl:

[Nemesis00]

Just beat RE4 for the second time. Now the wait for something worthwhile to come out begins.

[lseelba]

I'm rocking Super Monkey Ball DX right now. Fun game.

[Slide]

Aight so I'm checking out some classic PSX games that i had once played and never finished, and games that i've always wanted to get but didnt at the time.

Tactics Ogre: this shit is fuckin expensive, I was looking at Amazon.com and the shit is like $77.

Herc's Adventures: this game is about $34 and should be less.

I suggest never ever returning games back to stores, especially RPGs because eventually they get high in price and hard to find later on. Keep them shits.

--------

Btw, I'm still enjoying Mercenaries(xbox), too good.

[Shodokan123]

dark stalkers chronicle on dreamcast... too good ^_^

[EX-Sucker Punch]

This thread is a taste of what I've been playing for the past 2 days.
http://www.shoryuken.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97482

[Remy Saotome]

So I got KoF:MI, and have been playing that. So far, I'm quite impressed. It seems much deeper and more diverse than any other 3D fighter I've ever played. Mai and Leona look great, even better than they used too. And I like how one of Leona's alternate outfits makes her look like Blue Mary, since Blue Mary herself didn't make it into the game. Yuri's new outfit is also really good. And Terry is as cool as always, and being able to use both his FF and his Garou outfit in the same game is really cool.

And I have a new love. Mignon. At first, I thought she looked retarded. But then I discovered that her alternate costum is a cat-chick outfit. And her third color scheme for that is a leopard-print bikini! Plus, she's got a decent keep-away game. Yep, in a 3D fighter. Too good!

Also playing Billy Hatcher. So far it just seems average. Nothing special, but not bad. Blah, Sonic Heroes is way better. Stick to a sequel for that, Sonic Team.

[Infested Jester]

Silent Hill 1 and Panzer Dragoon Orta.

Eagerly awaiting MK Shaolin Monks after playing the demo, a VERY pleasant surprise. :tup:

[TaygetaVendetta]

I've been playing the Rainbow 6: Lockdown demo for about 3 days now, and I just can't get into the game.

Even without the demo's missing sound effects (most noticeably for grenades altogether) and awful framerate (for people interested in the full product: pray to God this is fixed in the final version), theres little to like here.

The character upgrade system is interesting, but ultimately pointless (as in a majority of players will have stats maxed out for each character type in no time, so there may as well be no upgrades at all).

The graphics seem to be a giant step backwards from Ghost Recon2 and GR2: Summit Strike for some reason, with character models and environments looking just above par.

I may rent the full version to see if anything is fixed, but the demo makes it out to look like a bad game.

[ReggieHadoken]

I unlocked another planet on Meteos. My playtime is now more than 5 hours. Maybe I'll have to check the net for guides. I guess there are more planets to unlock than I thought. I went to my parents house to get my laundry and I let my dad play Meteos. He must have played for more than an hour.
:tup:

I also picked up the Sonic Gems Collection. Screw the haters, I enjoyed Sonic R when I played it on PC and I've wanted to try out Sonic Fighters. I also liked Sonic Triple Trouble on Game Gear.

I got vacation coming up at the end of this week so I may just goof off and search for some good low priced games. I saw Viewtiful Joe 2 on GC for $14.99 at GameStop. Maybe I'll pick it up but the bills are a calling. Bills. Sigh. They suck.
:tdown:

[lseelba]

dark stalkers chronicle on dreamcast... too good ^_^

Too good? I couldn't get into it at all. You playing against the computer or against human opponents?

[Feyz]

I bought a Nintendo DS on ebay and it arrived today... looks new, only $54 bones for this baby. :tup:

Now I'm a gonna just wait for the new castlevania game.

[RetroKid]

Hello. I picked up Advance Wars: Dual Strike during my lunch break at work today. Let's just say I didn't get any work done after 1:00. I also picked up Nintendogs: Chihuahua and friends because I've been anticipating that sim for months. I named my Yorkshire Terrier puppy Hector. Uh, that's about it. Good day, sirs.

[EX-Sucker Punch]

I brought my laptop to the arcade and got some King of Fighters 98 action on Kawaks earlier with a few other dudes. One guy was beastin' on the keyboard, I can't do that! We had a slammin' time!

Ahh the power of the laptop/notebook. You'll be surprised if you're lucky enough to dig up competition through playing a few matches or showing them a match video or two.

[MrQuotes]

Mega Man Battle Network 5 is my first try at the series... and it's most defenitely not going to be my last..

[Lantis]

So I got KoF:MI, and have been playing that. So far, I'm quite impressed. It seems much deeper and more diverse than any other 3D fighter I've ever played. Mai and Leona look great, even better than they used too. And I like how one of Leona's alternate outfits makes her look like Blue Mary, since Blue Mary herself didn't make it into the game. Yuri's new outfit is also really good. And Terry is as cool as always, and being able to use both his FF and his Garou outfit in the same game is really cool.

And I have a new love. Mignon. At first, I thought she looked retarded. But then I discovered that her alternate costum is a cat-chick outfit. And her third color scheme for that is a leopard-print bikini! Plus, she's got a decent keep-away game. Yep, in a 3D fighter. Too good!


Except that I can't STAND the dubbing for that game. Forget DBZ...the worst dubbing is in KOF: MI. Kyo saying "Try this...ON FOR SIZE!" during the Orochinagi sounds like I just tuned in some corny episode of the Power Rangers. :xeye: And why does Athena pronounce her name "A-teen-ah"? :confused:

And they mispelled "Clark Steel" to "Clark Still". :bluu:

As for Mignon...I make her die in the most horrible ways. Seriously. What kind of twisted mind conjured her? :wasted:

[Remy Saotome]

Except that I can't STAND the dubbing for that game. Forget DBZ...the worst dubbing is in KOF: MI. Kyo saying "Try this...ON FOR SIZE!" during the Orochinagi sounds like I just tuned in some corny episode of the Power Rangers. :xeye: And why does Athena pronounce her name "A-teen-ah"? :confused: True, the voice acting does suck balls. But I still find the gameplay enjoyable.

Although, I need some help with a challenge. The one where you have to finish a 30% life Seth in one combo with no super. Any fairly simple combos that I could use?


And they mispelled "Clark Steel" to "Clark Still". :bluu::rofl:I noticed that too. Pretty stupid.

I was also wondering if K''s name is actually pronounced "kay-dash" like the stupid announcer guy says. I've always thought that it was just said "kay".

[Lantis]

Hmmmm...been a while since I played it. I think your best bets are Iori or Alba on that one.

And yes, actually K' is pronounced "Kay-Dash". K9999 is also pronounced "Kay Four Nine". And Angel is actually pronounced "An-Hell" (Spanish pronounciation).

[Kikosho]

Silent Hill 1 and Panzer Dragoon Orta.

Eagerly awaiting MK Shaolin Monks after playing the demo, a VERY pleasant surprise. :tup:
Hell yes. That demo kicked ass. I can't wait for this game as well.

[Kikosho]

True, the voice acting does suck balls. But I still find the gameplay enjoyable.

Although, I need some help with a challenge. The one where you have to finish a 30% life Seth in one combo with no super. Any fairly simple combos that I could use?

:rofl:I noticed that too. Pretty stupid.

I was also wondering if K''s name is actually pronounced "kay-dash" like the stupid announcer guy says. I've always thought that it was just said "kay".
I think I did that one with Ryo. After I landed his :r::l::r:+:p:, I let them hit the wall and then do his sdm. I think that's how I did it.

[ReggieHadoken]

Finally got my hands on the Sonic Gems Collection. Got GameStop's last copy so you know what that means. Oh it's "new" but we opened it up already. Dumb scrubs.

Man, the intro to Sonic CD still rocks. That "Sonic Boom" ditty gets in your head and stays there. The zones in the game are so huge and at times it makes me wonder do I want to to stay in the present, go to the past or to the future? I played Sonic CD on my PC back in 2001 but it didn't matter how speedy your comp was, it ran slow and choppy. It feels so good to play a good version of the game. Just wish I knew the zones better. In every other Sonic game I'm confident because I know where to go but all these zones are still new to me.

Sonic R. I don't care what the haters say, I really liked this game and thanks to analog control, it controls a lot better. OK, so turning yourself around when you go the wrong way is a pain but the game runs a lot smoother than it did on my PC. And the tunes rock. I think it might be some form of Euro pop but I really like the tunes here. Screw the haters. Took me forever to get the first Chaos Emerald because Knuckles kept getting ahead of me because I would always snag it on the final lap. So I got it on my 2nd lap and had enough time to get ahead and take first. So far, I have two emaeralds. But that third course, Regal Ruins has so may short cuts and turns. Kinda hard to know where to go.

[phae]

I remember playing Sonic CD on my segaCD when I was younger.. that shit rules.

Sonic boom sonic boom sonic boooooo~ooom.

That song is addictive.

[Remy Saotome]

True, the insturmental versions of the Sonic R soundtrack rock. But the gameplay is pretty shallow and unbalanced, and the controls were always sluggish, though it sounds like they may have fixed that.

And I still say that CD is an overrated game. It has its enjoyable moments, but is inferior to StH2 and S3&K.

I'm gonna get this collection though. Curse being such a Sonic nut.

[ReggieHadoken]

I played Sonic R and while I don't think the game is good, it is a nice diversion. I like how you can jump on on the side of the ring and comboing fools on the wall is cool. But then, even though this was made by AM2, it is pretty easy to see that this wasn't ment to be taken as a serious fighter. Also, it's nice to know that even in 1996, the whole "insane-cheap" final boss was still well intact, Metal Sonic is a nightmare. Not only is he insanely fast on combos but he's also packing a laser! A friggin' laser!!