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i hear tell that the wizard classes, with one exception, are actually garbage in the post game
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There was a Famitsu interview about Nier with some breaking news in bold:.quote:-2B is one of the 3 main characters. But Saito says 'if you talk main character in traditional terms, there are 2' But Yoko insists there are 3.
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Nov 2, 2015 13:48
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Why do so many PSP games use this kinda lovely font? Was XSEED the culprit?
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Nov 2, 2015 14:58
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Yeah, that's the Xseed font, I don't know if other stuff used it too though.
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Nov 2, 2015 14:59
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It's probably because the first generation of psp had a really high refresh rate (which is bad).
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Nov 2, 2015 15:21
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Bleusilences posted:It's probably because the first generation of psp had a really high refresh rate (which is bad). what
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Nov 2, 2015 15:42
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The first generation of psp had a real bad case of ghosting to the point that I personally found it annoying to the point of frustration. If you look at the font it is a bit tick so it might be easier to read under such condition; or I am just over thinking it and it's just a lovely font.
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Nov 2, 2015 16:04
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HGH posted:There was a Famitsu interview about Nier with some breaking news in bold:. The boar was so lovely in Neir that it was quicker to run than to try and aim the boar.
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Nov 2, 2015 16:08
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corn in the bible posted:if youve got a psp and dont have brandish then brandish your wallet and obtain it *falls in a hole* the snes version of that game was disorienting as hell i'm pretty sure i eventually beat it tho...
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Nov 2, 2015 16:16
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That's just the generic font the PSP had. If you notice it's the same one that gets used when you're prompted to input something with the terrible 90's era cellphone text input screen. I assume it was just easier to use that font than license something else out or risk using something that looked like even bigger poo poo.
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Nov 2, 2015 16:17
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The Taint Reaper posted:The boar was so lovely in Neir that it was quicker to run than to try and aim the boar. 
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Nov 2, 2015 16:18
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Zombies' Downfall posted:the snes version of that game was disorienting as hell psp is still kind of awkward, but letting you see the world rotate when you turn helps a lot.
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Nov 2, 2015 16:23
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HGH posted:There was a Famitsu interview about Nier with some breaking news in bold:. quote:-There is damage destruction on 2B's skirt. If you take certain amount of damage, it breaks. There is white leotard underneath 
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Nov 2, 2015 16:29
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The Taint Reaper posted:The boar was so lovely in Neir that it was quicker to run than to try and aim the boar. you shut the gently caress up, if you weren't boar drifting every time you had to cross the plains then you were playing nier wrong and you should die
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Nov 2, 2015 16:33
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Coughing Hobo posted:you shut the gently caress up, if you weren't boar drifting every time you had to cross the plains then you were playing nier wrong and you should die please dont get taint reaped
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Nov 2, 2015 16:36
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Well that's kind of a fashion faux pas, isn't it.
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Nov 2, 2015 18:03
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Xenoblade gets preorder pizza. 10$ of it. Might not be enough to give you cardiac arrest while you choke on fatty pieces of oily dough and cheese. I know Fallout did socks too and popular games just love energy drink promotions but is this sorta trashy promotion common? Who preorders a game for socks/pizza?
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Nov 3, 2015 08:49
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Citizens of Earth is in the Humble pack. Was that actually a good game or is it just an overlong joke? Or both?
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Nov 3, 2015 20:15
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Its a terrible game "inspired" by Earthbound.
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Nov 3, 2015 20:30
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I'm finally closing in on finishing Legend of Legacy and the battles with 7+ enemies on screen at once that bring the 3DS to its knees while taking forever to finish are quickly becoming extremely frustrating. Also, I can now easily pinpoint the "singing shard" mechanic where several enemies can cast spells to make contracts while you *have* to either use a singing shard or be near an elemental relic in order to cast spells (maybe) to be the most annoying part of the battle system by far.
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Nov 3, 2015 21:05
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Mill Village posted:Its a terrible game "inspired" by Earthbound. I don't feel compelled to buy Citizens of Earth because the main character on the cover is too off-putting. When I hear the names Earthbound/Mother 3 I picture a normal kid who goes on a strange, funny, and often heart-rending journey; what I don't picture is a smiling middle-aged politician who's on a campaign. There's too great a distance and too little that resonates. Also, a game needs to have more its premise beyond gobbing off Earthbound. EDIT: Dropsy the clown is more appealing than this guy. Inspector Gesicht fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Nov 4, 2015 |
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Nov 3, 2015 21:46
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bloodychill posted:I'm finally closing in on finishing Legend of Legacy and the battles with 7+ enemies on screen at once that bring the 3DS to its knees while taking forever to finish are quickly becoming extremely frustrating. Also, I can now easily pinpoint the "singing shard" mechanic where several enemies can cast spells to make contracts while you *have* to either use a singing shard or be near an elemental relic in order to cast spells (maybe) to be the most annoying part of the battle system by far. it is not a great game. very disappointing. it has some nice points, but you pretty much hit on all the ones that make it too frustrating to be fun.
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Nov 3, 2015 21:55
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Coughing Hobo posted:you shut the gently caress up, if you weren't boar drifting every time you had to cross the plains then you were playing nier wrong and you should die The boar is garbage if you rammed into the sheep it wouldn't even kill them. I had to kill those 100 sheep by hand for the trophy.
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Holy crap I started a game on Hard in Trails in the Sky since I figured having played it before on the PSP in Japanese I would be able to handle it. I almost got wiped by the group of enemies at the end of the tutorial dungeon. The AI is vicious. It will focus down characters if you let the enemies swarm you and don't try to do crowd control and focus on defensive tactics. I was worried a second playthrough wouldn't be able to hold my interest for 60+ hours, but I think the difficulty has made it a whole new experience. Edit: Also can I just say that I really like the English voices and the slightly different flavor they give the characters from the original Japanese voices? Estelle sounds much less cutesy and Joshua sounds much less emo.
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Inspector Gesicht posted:I don't feel compelled to buy Citizens of Earth because the main character on the cover is too off-putting. When I hear the names Earthbound/Mother 3 I picture a normal kid who goes on a strange, funny, and often heart-rending journey; what I don't picture is a smiling middle-aged politician who's on a campaign. There's too great a distance and too little that resonates. Also, a game needs to have more its premise beyond gobbing off Earthbound. I feel like they name dropped Earthbound just to get more money on their Kickstarter. The whole thing feels uninspired and soulless.
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Getsuya posted:Edit: Also can I just say that I really like the English voices and the slightly different flavor they give the characters from the original Japanese voices? Estelle sounds much less cutesy and Joshua sounds much less emo. They definitely did a good job picking voices for their characters. Estelle sounds like you'd imagine a girl at that age trying to do the responsible thing and living up to the family name and Joshua sounds exactly the supportive brother acting as the voice of reason when Estelle would let her black/white view of justice occasionally get the best of her. They definitely feel a lot more like a natural brother/sister combo by keeping their voices and the dialog a little more even-keeled. bloodychill fucked around with this message at 01:52 on Nov 4, 2015 |
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Nov 4, 2015 01:50
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So, I want to play old-school Final Fantasy games and I don't want to do it via emulator if I can avoid it. Is there some way to play Final Fantasy 1 and 2 on the PS3? What consoles have the games and what's the best ports available where?
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BottledBodhisvata posted:So, I want to play old-school Final Fantasy games and I don't want to do it via emulator if I can avoid it. Steam has 3-8 and 13. PSN has 3-13, both are sans 6 and 12. 1, 2, and 6 are on phones.
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BottledBodhisvata posted:So, I want to play old-school Final Fantasy games and I don't want to do it via emulator if I can avoid it. https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/final-fantasy-origins-(psone-classic)/cid=UP9000-NPUJ01541_00-0000000000000001
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Nov 4, 2015 02:21
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At this point one can play FF1-10 legally on a Vita. Not the ideal versions of all the games but still kind of a neat thing.
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Caveat: the PS1 versions of FF1-2 and 4-6 are probably the worst possible versions of those games including the NES/SNES originals, adding load times and similar bullshit with few if any upsides from the originals. The version of FF4 on Steam is the DS port, which is fine and kind of interesting if you've played it before, but punitively difficult if you haven't and adds new gameplay mechanics that fundamentally change the nature of the game. FF1-3 have never been great games and if you've never played them there's probably no version of any of them that you'll love. I'd recommend the following platforms for playing old Final Fantasy... 1: PSP, GBA, NES 2: PSP, GBA, Famicom w/ patch 3: Steam, Famicom w/ patch 4: PSP, SNES (or SFAM w/ patch) 5: SFAM w/ patch, GBA 6: SNES, GBA 7: Steam 8: Steam 9: PSN store 10: PS3/4 HD ROMs really are the best way to play the SNES games in particular unless you're willing to dig out old hardware and pay new game prices for used carts.
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Final Fantasy Origins was perfectly fine. If anything, I hear it's Advance that kinda sucks as it makes the difficulty laughable and for babbies. Well, for FF1. FF2's difficulty is a bizarre thing that rests solely upon whether you want to break it or not. But I'm crazy and like FF2.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:39
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Zombies' Downfall posted:ROMs really are the best way to play the SNES games in particular unless you're willing to dig out old hardware and pay new game prices for used carts. I remember that glorious period during the N64 and early Gamecube era where SNES carts were dirt cheap. I still have my copies of Chrono Trigger and Lufia 2, though I have to emulate the latter because of the graphical glitches in places like the Dual Blade shrine.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:45
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Any version of Final Fantasy 3 is bad, you have the original bad game, and the ds remake that makes it an even deeper kind of bad. 1 and 2 are pretty unremarkable at this point any version of them is honestly fine, every version you play is going to be dull. 4,5, and 6 are where the 2D Final Fantasies get "good". But 4 has an asinine difficulty curve unless you're playing the SNES version, the SNES Easytype version, or the PSP version. 5 has an interesting job system, but the dungeons are meh and nothing gets all that exciting until the final boss. 6 is the best of the 2D ones and has many interesting bits to do throughout the game.
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Indivisible, the soon-to-be greatest let down in crowd-funding failure, put out their latest update on the projectquote:Lab Zero has told Polygon that its upcoming action-RPG Indivisible will feature crossover characters from a range of indie games as Incarnations. http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/3/9666784/lab-zero-indivisible-shovel-knight-super-time-force-guest-characters
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I really want to get in to first-person dungeon crawlers. The old ones. I've poked at them a few times but never really sat down to play through one since I was a kid playing through Eye of the Beholder (which I loved to death). Between the offerings at both GOG and Steam what would be the best ones to start out with? I'm looking at the old-timey ones, so not stuff like Legend of Grimrock (which I have played and really enjoyed as well). One thing that's important though is that I don't have much time per session to play these. I would be sitting down for maybe 30 minutes to an hour per day. I'd like a game that would be rewarding even in small chunks like that. I was thinking of picking up Elminage Gothic since it's only $3, or Wizardry 6+7 since they're going for $5 for the pair but even at the low prices I didn't want to pick up games I might never get around to playing, so I wanted to get some opinions about the genre first before rushing in. Currently I own Might and Magic 1-6 and Bard's Tale 1-3 (they were the only reason I bought the new Bard's Tale, since it comes with the original ones). Oh and Shining in the Darkness. V At the moment I only have a PC for playing things on. Getsuya fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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If you have a DS, you could always pick up The Dark Spire. It's brutal, but not unforgiving: built to have that old school WPRG feel (no animes, unlike Etrian Odyssey, if that's a dealbreaker for you) without making you deal with poo poo like age and equipment condition. It's meaner than EO, too, though. Elminage is okay, but it's like a hardass version of Dark Spire. Keep track of age! Savescum! Examine every direction in every square! Grind like three levels before you can even leave the first room! It's a first person dungeon crawler with absolutely none of the modern amenities. I thought it was pretty fun, but I eventually burned out on it  I'll suggest you skip Paper Sorcerer. Great in concept, but then it makes a bunch of unforgivable missteps, from basic poo poo like not letting you name your characters (in a Wizardry game! Jeez!) to aesthetic stuff like having a terrible soundtrack (the composer didn't even bother making his songs loop) all the way down to a code level (I ran into tons of game-breaking bugs because they run the combat in a hack of their first person exploration engine, which is like something out of Bethesda's playbook). Fur20 fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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Nov 5, 2015 01:24
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Getsuya posted:I really want to get in to first-person dungeon crawlers. The old ones. I've poked at them a few times but never really sat down to play through one since I was a kid playing through Eye of the Beholder (which I loved to death). Between the offerings at both GOG and Steam what would be the best ones to start out with? I'm looking at the old-timey ones, so not stuff like Legend of Grimrock (which I have played and really enjoyed as well). I don't know if you're stuck on turn-based offerings, but I think you might like Ultima Underworld. Both games are on GOG for 6 bucks and I found them to be nice, old-school offerings without being too obtuse or dated. I recommend taking notes, but there's an automap feature so you don't need to be too obsessive. It's free-moving too, not grid based. https://www.gog.com/game/ultima_underworld_1_2
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Getsuya posted:I really want to get in to first-person dungeon crawlers. The old ones. I've poked at them a few times but never really sat down to play through one since I was a kid playing through Eye of the Beholder (which I loved to death). Between the offerings at both GOG and Steam what would be the best ones to start out with? I'm looking at the old-timey ones, so not stuff like Legend of Grimrock (which I have played and really enjoyed as well). I'm obviously biased because I fuckin' love the series but Might and Magic 3 through 6 sound like a pretty solid choice for your circumstances, especially since you already own them: they're relatively accessible (it's pretty much impossible to seriously screw yourself over in terms of party composition as long as you don't purposely set out to make a weird gimmick party), and you can save your game at any time except in combat so you don't need to be able to play for extended sessions. Speaking of combat, it's usually fast-paced unless you're fighting something you're out of your depth against, and you don't have to deal with random encounters: once you clear an area out it mostly stays cleared out. Skip the first two games; I love them dearly but you can only save your game at the inns in towns and that's probably gonna be frustrating if you might only be able to play for a half-hour at a time. Wizardry 6 and 7 are a looot more complex and unforgiving (even setting aside the character creation and combat system, you get to deal with fun features like trying to track down which NPC found a plot-important item before you did and walked off with it). Elminage Gothic is much closer mechanically to Wizardry than M&M but with some modern quality of life features so it's a lot less punishing overall, and for $3 it's a good place to start if you want to know if Wizardry-style gameplay appeals to you. I wouldn't encourage you to start with the Bard's Tale series, as they're even more unforgiving than the later Wizardry games but with less depth.
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Tae posted:Indivisible, the soon-to-be greatest let down in crowd-funding failure, put out their latest update on the project I'm impressed they actually got almost half the money they need by now. I'm also sad that there's no way in hell they can get the rest in just 10 days.
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