Dear Skullgirls

guitalex2007

Dear Skullgirls,

I know you're wondering why I'm not playing you right now. You have your suspicions and I'm going to clear the air.

I'm cheating on you. With Pokemon Conquest.

It's just a passing fling, I promise. I know you're looking for a more sophisticated gamer and Pokemon is for children, but I like the strategy. I'm not saying you don't require strategy.

Please don't be upset. I still love you.

.......but I'm THIS close to beating Nobunaga. I need a couple of days.

Love you,
Al

KidPanda

How is the game? im not familiar with that gameplay stuff but it looks pretty interesting.

SaikoJosh

P.S. lose some weight you fat slut

guitalex2007

KidPanda, post: 7159166, member: 21656 wrote:

How is the game? im not familiar with that gameplay stuff but it looks pretty interesting.

The gameplay is closer to something like Disgaea or Tactics games. You have up to 6 units, each has only one Pokemon with one move, and two abilities: one specific to the warlord and one specific to the Pokemon.

Of course the attack determines the range and type, and there is where the Pokemon part comes in (whereas in other Tactics games strengths and weaknesses are based on weapons, here it's on the attack type vs. the opponent's Pokemon type). The terrain comes into play as well; some Pokemon evade attacks more often in their favorite terrain, etc.

Each warlord can carry a certain number of Pokemon, but there is ONE Pokemon out there (out of only about 200, thankfully) for every different warlord where they can reach the highest strength with. It's based on something called a Link, and experience is given in link %, but you can only get 100% link with a certain Pokemon for each warlord. So to go into battle in the fire castle of Ignis, you'll need to find people carrying water Pokemon, or find warlord that like Water Pokemon more and get them to befriend (link with) a water Pokemon and battle with it to strengthen it.

The higher the link, the stronger the Pokemon and the better that one Pokemon's move becomes.

It's certainly the best Pokemon spinoff I've ever played.

KidPanda

Game sounds pretty interesting afterall. the linking bit sounds pretty unique.
i do love pokemon, and i had tons of fun in tactics. best of both worlds it sounds like.
ill probably sleep on this and buy it in the morning. thanks.

XthAtGAm3RGuYX

Cool story

Austin_QED

guitalex2007, post: 7158721, member: 28284 wrote:

Dear Skullgirls,

I know you're wondering why I'm not playing you right now. You have your suspicions and I'm going to clear the air.

I'm cheating on you. With Pokemon Conquest.

It's just a passing fling, I promise. I know you're looking for a more sophisticated gamer and Pokemon is for children, but I like the strategy. I'm not saying you don't require strategy.

Please don't be upset. I still love you.

.......but I'm THIS close to beating Nobunaga. I need a couple of days.

Love you,
Al

It's okay, I'm cheating on Skullgirls with WOW.

I forgot how fun that game could be if you had a legit guild.

DanDan

Why are you talking about a video game in that tone?

It's straight out of Kotaku's comment section.

Arachnofiend

Yeah I still need to get Conquest.

Fire Emblem is still my favorite game, since I have confirmation that Conquest doesn't totally suck there's no good reason I wouldn't like that game too.

Hawkingbird

I been spending less time with Skullgirls and been seeing Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown more. It never makes me wait.

Sanger Zonvolt

I've been playing some other stuff recently as well, Soul Nomad, Masoukishin, etc.

Going to start Disgaea 4 soon.

Boodendorf

Been the same for me, been playing PSO2 and Anarchy Reigns' demo, having a blast.
Still waiting for the SG patch tho.

Uncivilized Elk

I call bullshit on this.

guitalex2007, post: 7158721, member: 28284 wrote:

and Pokemon is for children

Like hell.

And the highest sophistication level you can have is one you attain while playing Pokemon.

GirugaMarc

I'm cheating on it with everything until this fucking patch comes out :s

Inxplotch

Uncivilized Elk, post: 7164777, member: 64896 wrote:

I call bullshit on this.



Like hell.

And the highest sophistication level you can have is one you attain while playing Pokemon.

Pokemon also brings out the worst in people. It is a powerful game.

Anyway, I've been playing skullgirls less because I have a game backlog I need to work through this summer. I'll play more when the patch comes out and it doesn't suck tp find games on PSN.

KhaosMuffins

I, too, have momentarily abandoned Skullgirls for the beauty that is Phantasy Star Online 2. Screw this 27 hour maintenance, though. :/
I need that Skullgirls Turbo patch now.

Raging Ghost

If this patch comes out after anything I was hyped for, that game's (Skullgirls) going down.

pali

Pokemon is ass.

guitalex2007

Of course it is.

evilweevle

pali, post: 7167927, member: 9193 wrote:

Pokemon is godlike, especially once you start EV training.

fixed it for you.

pali

It died after gold and silver.

Let it go.

OneSanitarium

BW is probably the best thing about Pokemon thus far. The only way it's not better than GSC is the nostalgia factor. BW was fun, it was refreshing, and it wasn't the horror that was DPP.

Metallix

I've been cheating on it with UMVC3. Which I now realize is like going behind your wife's back with a hooker you met at McDonald's.

Once the patch comes, we shall reunite. At least, until AC+R hits PSN...

Uncivilized Elk

evilweevle, post: 7173423, member: 12392 wrote:

fixed it for you.

You did it wrong. Here it is, in the correct form:

pali, post: 7167927, member: 9193 wrote:

Pokemon is godlike, especially if you RNG and EV train.

The RNG part is crucially important. Because breeding that same goddamn Poke for 12 hours to only get two to three 31 IV stats, and settle for everything else to be around 20, is about the most boring thing ever. Taking 10 minutes to RNG a poke on the other hand, woot woot.

And if you don't check IVs at all, that's a total of 180 stat points you're leaving up to chance! EV training allows you to attribute 127. They are both vitally important for battles between real trainers!

(Or, of course, you could save all the time and effort and just play Pokemon Online.)

Sanger Zonvolt

Pokemon Conquest looks like the best Pokemon game to come out in a long time.

Uncivilized Elk

Sanger Zonvolt, post: 7178029, member: 61627 wrote:

Pokemon Conquest looks like the best Pokemon game to come out in a long time.

You mean, other than the rest of the non-spinoff handheld games which allow competitive battling? Then yeah.

KidPanda

my favorite pokemon titles were the ranger series. Growing up with rouge type games and pokemon were instant sell for me.

Sanger Zonvolt

Uncivilized Elk, post: 7179734, member: 64896 wrote:

You mean, other than the rest of the non-spinoff handheld games which allow competitive battling? Then yeah.

I mean compared to how stale Pokemon has become, also I have no respect for competitive Pokemon.

guitalex2007

As soon as you start playing Pokemon competitively, it loses its last shred of fun.

Even with the best team, best typing, best stats, best abilities, best movesets, it's still a game of chance. One critical hit will lose you the game.

St. Minority

guitalex2007, post: 7183982, member: 28284 wrote:

One critical hit will lose you the game.

That's why you carry a shit ton of revives. lol

guitalex2007

St. Minority, post: 7184212, member: 40893 wrote:

That's why you carry a shit ton of revives. lol

guitalex2007, post: 7183982, member: 28284 wrote:

As soon as you start playing Pokemon competitively, it loses its last shred of fun.

You can't use Revives in competitive Pokemon.

shiningnegro

guitalex2007, post: 7184538, member: 28284 wrote:

You can't use Revives in competitive Pokemon.

focus band that shit! competitive pokemon between friends is jokes, that serious stuff you gotta travel for i dunno bout that.

Uncivilized Elk

guitalex2007, post: 7183982, member: 28284 wrote:

As soon as you start playing Pokemon competitively, it loses its last shred of fun.

Until you start playing competitive Pokemon, it isn't any fun.

OneSanitarium

Uncivilized Elk, post: 7186166, member: 64896 wrote:

Until you start playing competitive Pokemon, it isn't any fun.

I find the games fun either way. :<
Except Gen 4. Diamond was hell for me.

Scrub Saibot

So I guess this is the new GD thread

DaRabidDuckie

Nice try.

Check out rule #15 of the Terms and Conditions... you know, what you guys legally agreed to when joining this site:

15. Trolling is classified as sitting on the forums and posting nothing productive. This includes posting with the intention of being insulting towards someone when it's entirely unprovoked. Some people also post with the intention of doing nothing but irritating the mods. That accomplishes nothing and wastes too much bandwidth. Trollers who can't post anything productive will be banned at anytime an administrator feels you are abusing the system.

Please, tell me how this thread is productive. Go ahead, I'm not going to EVO. I have time.


edit: *snickers* Relax, I'm just fucking with you guys. But no, seriously... this thread can't stay open. Sorry. >.>