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Astfgl posted:Arcanum Stuff I agree with everything but this. Sogg is great for when you start out. All you have to do is ask, and he joins. He hits like a truck, and he's one of the only characters that will stay in your party NO MATTER what you do. No matter what. I think the only other character that stays with you like he does no matter what is Worthless Mutt.
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casual poster posted:anyone know if prince of persia, the 360 version, is worth finishing? so far it has sucked, not as fun as the first one was, the battle system sucks, and you basically just follow a path the whole time. Story is horrible so far. If you aren't having fun, don't bother. The ending is infuriating at best, and the gameplay never changes.
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Morpheus posted:I'd just like to mention that in Demon's Souls, if you're planning to be a magic user, choose the royal character. They have the lowest starting soul level, but they begin with a ring that recovers mp automatically. You can find this ring eventually (in 3-2, after cutting down the heart), but beginning with it makes magic-using so much more viable. A much easier way to get that ring, besides starting as a Royal, is to give the Brass Telescope to the "shiny twinkly" crow in 4-1.
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Valvados posted:A much easier way to get that ring, besides starting as a Royal, is to give the Brass Telescope to the "shiny twinkly" crow in 4-1. Yeah, but you have to fight your way past some of the most annoying enemies in the entire game, plus a boss to get to it.
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Bluetooth human being posted:I agree with everything but this. Sogg is great for when you start out. All you have to do is ask, and he joins. He hits like a truck, and he's one of the only characters that will stay in your party NO MATTER what you do. No matter what. Sure, I just find him to be a particularly boring character. He never does or says anything interesting. Plus, if you're not planning on fighting Lucan to leave Shrouded Hills, there's no real need to take Sogg unless you're playing a very weak character who can't survive the random wilderness encounters between Shrouded Hills and Dernholm/Black Root. Also, Sogg, like Mutt, becomes so good at combat that the game can get boring real quick.
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Crappy Jack posted:Yeah, but you have to fight your way past some of the most annoying enemies in the entire game, plus a boss to get to it. You don't have to fight a boss, and skeletons are a cake walk once you get a blunt weapon. When you enter the gateway that leads to Vanguard, turn left down the tunnel (raise your shield because there's an arrow trap) and head upstairs. After you dispatch the guys up there, head towards the other tower that has a skeleton archer on it; you'll enter at the bottom. Once you get to the top of those stairs, head out the door that the skeleton was guarding and around the path.
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GeneralFai posted:"Olden days" stories aside, if someone suggests consulting a guide before starting a game, they're probably right. That is the purpose of this thread. You are here to tell me things I should know about a game for the express purpose of letting me avoid going to gamefaqs. There are very few games where "Just look up a guide" is preferable to "This game is pretty complex but if you just remember these few things you'll be ok." Back when I was a lurker I got through Persona 3 without opening up gamefaqs, mostly through comments people have posted here and that's one of the most complicated guide-worthy games I've played. Of course my Persona characters could probably be much more powerful if I used gamefaqs to min-max everything and figure out the most perfect fusions but just having a bit of an advantage through this thread is good enough for me. Lets Fuck Bro fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Oct 16, 2009 |
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Guide Dang It Persona 3 does not have any moments where using a guide is more or less mandatory for continuing the game, yet some games (including Persona 4) do. Recommending guides in these moments can't be blamed, because their enjoyment could be severely hampered if they don't consult one. In the case of Persona 4, there's been several people who were completely oblivious to the fact that there was yet another dungeon and a "true ending." The specific set of events you must do to unlock are almost impossible to find without a guide or someone telling you what to do.
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Guide Dang It edit: A lot of the entries on that page are for like secret extras, stuff that's supposed to sell guides, not stuff that's crucial to getting through the game. The classic example is the incredibly brokenly powerful spear in FF12 that will only be picked up by people who are actively reading walkthroughs. I don't really mind not getting the spear because I figured its just a reward for people who enjoy following walkthroughs to the letter. My reward for not reading the guide is that I get to have more fun than the walkthru-readers. Lets Fuck Bro fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Oct 16, 2009 |
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Update! I've been really busy and slacking on the wiki, only about 20-odd pages of the thread to go, but I planned some more superficial upgrades and a better domain at some point. Expect fanciness in a about a week or two, I ain't forgot.
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I just started playing Fatal Frame 2, any tips for it?
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I managed to hunt down a CD copy of the original Alone in the Dark. Any advice would be welcome.
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Any hints and tips for Resident Evil 1 (GC-Wii Port version)?
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sewersider posted:Any hints and tips for Resident Evil 1 (GC-Wii Port version)? You will be hard pressed for ammo in the beginning, but should have plenty of it by the midpoint (aka the return to the mansion with different enemies inside, you'll know what I mean when you get there). The game has Crimson Heads, aka zombies that you kill come back after a certain amount of time as half-licker looking zombies that are stronger, hit faster, and are generally a lot harder to kill. The only way to prevent a dead zombie from turning into a Crimson head is to burn them. Now, you can burn more than one at a time as long as they're dead next to each other, so in the case that you absolutely have to do it, this is the preferred way. However, you can go through the entire game without almost ever having to burn zombies, and having to stick gasoline in your already limited inventory space. How can you do this? Simple. Kill only zombies in puzzle rooms/puzzle item rooms. As you make your way through your mansion, there will be many little side-rooms you will only have to go through once to grab an item, or solve a puzzle. Feel free to kill zombies in here with impunity, as you'll never have to go back to those rooms, and subsequently never have to kill a Crimson Head. In hallways, zombies are easily dodged. Even if your reflexes are slow, you can wait for a zombie to get close to you while you AIM downwards, and shoot him once in the leg, which will always stun him for just long enough for you to run right around him. (make sure you don't run into him, but around, so his lunge towards you misses) For areas/hallways with lots of zombies, this is what your quick kill items are for. Killing a zombie with a quick kill item will usually not have that zombie turn into a Crimson Head (at least with Chris), due to their heads blowing up. A lack of a head or fire will ensure a zombie will not come back as a Crimson Head. Using these simple tactics will leave you with 120/50+ pistol bullets and 50+ shotgun rounds by the aforementioned main return to the mansion. As a sidenote, there will be a very used hallway that will at one point have 4/5 zombies coming in through a window. Use your shotgun here and try to drop them all in one spot, for an easy 1 gasoline burn fire cleansing. As far as individual enemy tactics, zombies should always be dispatched with your pistol, and Crimson Heads (you'll have to fight at least one as a "boss battle" of sorts) fall to the shotgun. Hunters are also dispatched with a shotgun, or grenade rounds. Be especially careful with these guys as they CAN drop you in 2-3 hits. Tarantulas can often be shot off-screen, and using the pistol you can score critical hits in their front head area and drop them in one shot. They're also not particularly threatening enemies despite their appearance, so unless they're right next to you and attacking (usually when you encounter them they are still, and if shot offscreen, they sometimes won't come towards you) don't use the shotgun. EDIT Jill also has the 'easier' game, in that she can take out one boss by never really having to fight, and gets one more weapon than Chris, but Chris gets a stronger version of a weapon Jill gets (IIRC) and has more inventory slots, not to mention a better quick-kill, evening them out. I found Chris' game to be a bit more entertaining, but to a NEW player, Jill's would be a bit easier. Also, the quick kill I'm referring to is hitting a button when a zombie grabs you to have your character instantly dispatch them. vvv OxMan fucked around with this message at 03:38 on Oct 17, 2009 |
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sewersider posted:Any hints and tips for Resident Evil 1 (GC-Wii Port version)? Also, play Jill first. I believe her playthrough is considered 'canon' if that matters.
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Getting Battlefield: Bad Company soon (depending on how fast it ships). F5'd the thread and found nothing. Give me some words of wisdom.
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sewersider posted:Any hints and tips for Resident Evil 1 (GC-Wii Port version)? There is a certain enemy that cannot be killed until a certain point late in the game (you will know when). Just RUN when you encounter the blasted thing up until that point, don't waste your ammo.
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danifestmestny posted:Getting Battlefield: Bad Company soon (depending on how fast it ships). F5'd the thread and found nothing. Give me some words of wisdom. The campaign is really just a training ground for multiplayer, but the campaign is really well done and the characters are funny so it's worth playing through. There's really not much to it beyond that. The game is pretty straightforward. You should usually have something explosive for your secondary equipment, though, as the power tool is pretty crappy in campaign. The best is probably the artillery barrage thing
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Ddraig posted:
To add/clarify 'artillary barrage thing': The MRTR-5 is your best friend. Point at the bad thing + hold the trigger for several seconds = no more bad thing. The only reason I put it down was when the mission required I use a different support tool or when temporarily fixing vehicles. This also frees up your second weapon slot (if following the above recommendation of carrying 'something explosive') for more varied weapon choices. Hunting down new weapons/gold earns you nothing. Nothing but bragging rights (and token achievements/trophies). That said, if you want a new/different gun, look at your map and just head towards the nearest X marked on it. Note: These weapons are rarely unattended, so watch out before running into town. Your team will teleport to your side regardless of where you are, and you can actually see it happen when you out maneuver them and even when jumping in vehicles. Always fun to jump in a 3-seater, tear off and watch the fourth member run/teleport after you.
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Traitorous Leopard posted:Welp that was fast, thanks! - You probably stopped reading this thread but if you really want to cheese most of the game, breed a Grizzly early on. If I recall you need a beast family monster as your first monster and a demon as your second monster. This motherfucker will tear poo poo up. - I'd go with a two physical monsters and a spellcaster/healer hybrid and you'll do fine for most of the game. - Eventually as you unlock almost all the worlds, you'll want to start breeding more monsters and getting some of the better monsters, but I wouldn't worry about it until you're far enough in the story and get access to better worlds/monsters. - Monsters that are the result of breeding will gain huge stats advantages over wild versions of the same as they gain stat modifiers from the parents as well as inherit certain skills that are passed down. This is how you can pretty much give any monster any spell in the game. - There is no shame in breeding your whole current team at the same time and getting fresh new level 1 monsters in your party. Because of the above tip, it'll be very easy to level them up (except if they are the best monster of their family or if they are of the ??? family) and you'll be back up to where you were in no time. Well-bred monsters will be able to handle worlds beyond their level range before non-bred monsters ever will. - Another way of doing things is to only breed 2 monsters from your party and keep a third one to boost your baby monsters in high-level zones. A fast monster is ideal, but anyone who can one-shot three monsters at once (usually with a spell) is good for this. - Ultimately it doesn't matter because you have a huge farm where you can leave up to about 40 monsters at any time, kind of like Bill's PC in Pokemon. 20 of those will be "awake" and readily available while the other 20 sleep. Talking to the farmkeeper will let you switch those two at any time. Also keep in mind that the awake team will level up as time goes by but their wilderness rating will go up and their stats and spells won't be as nice as ones you've leveled yourself. However, if you're not going to use them, leaving monsters on the farm is a good way of passively training breeding-fodder. - Keep visting the kingdom after every world is completed as it will expand and many more areas will become available and usually either contain treasure or something important. - Keep TinyMedals as there is a collector for them who will give you tons of good poo poo for however many you turn in. He's located on the same tree altitude as the king's room and to the right. It's been a long time but that's most of what I can remember. I used to play this game religiously when I was a kid and spent many, many days getting an awesome team. I wonder where my copy is, I kind of want to play now 
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gmq posted:I just started playing Fatal Frame 2, any tips for it? The controls are really weird, you basically have to treat Mio like she's a car--accelerate, turn, accelerate, and so on. Learn how to use it rather than messing with the control setup--the camera LOVES to switch views constantly on you, and if you're not driving, you'll end up running backwards a lot by accident, and probably getting whacked for it. If you haven't played a Fatal Frame before, pay really close attention to the camera tutorial, and everything that happens in camera mode. If you just shoot randomly, you'll accomplish nothing, and timing is a big part of fighting well. You can use the right stick to move (slowly) in camera mode. Max out the camera's basic functions before you start toying with the power-up lenses--you won't have enough ammo for them for a long time, and good basic camera poo poo is far more essential. Just spread the points out and fill them up mostly evenly. After that, the Slow lens is amazingly useful, and the Blast and Track ones are pretty good too. Take whatever snapshots of random ghosts you can to fill out the easier stuff in the album, but don't stress over it, you have to play it a few times to get all of them anyhow.
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Astfgl posted:- Sebastian: The Boil (but he'll only appear after you've visited Caladan). To get Sebastian, you need to talk to Mr. Willoughsby (the Persuasion Master) and ask him about cleaning up The Boil. Sebastian learns Electric & Explosive schematics. He's a good companion, but if you're a tech you may already have put points in one or both of those disciplines, making Sebastian unnecessary. I rarely take Sebastian. Actually, I disagree with you on this. Even though he may have schematics you already do if you're play a tech character, he comes with some fantastic equipment. A charged axe, flow disruptor shield, and a leather jacket that grants him regeneration. Plus he knows how to really use the axe he comes with. Considering that, he's a pretty goddamn durable character.
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Twitch posted:Any tips for someone just starting out Viewtiful Joe 2? This is from quite a while back, but I recommend saving your money for the item that charges your VFX power faster. That thing totally pays for itself immediately.
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sexual rickshaw posted:Actually, I disagree with you on this. Even though he may have schematics you already do if you're play a tech character, he comes with some fantastic equipment. A charged axe, flow disruptor shield, and a leather jacket that grants him regeneration. Plus he knows how to really use the axe he comes with. Considering that, he's a pretty goddamn durable character. If I'm playing as a tech, I usually have all those items by the time I run into Sebastian. And someone like Loghaire or Chukka or Magnus can use that axe a lot better than Sebastian can. I'm not disagreeing that he's a good character, it's just that I'm usually pretty well-set by the time he shows up, and I've never really seen many incentives to taking him. If I can make every item he has, and if I have other melee companions that are a higher level than him, it's hard to justify making room for him in the party. However, even after all the time I've spent playing Arcanum, I'm still a little shaky on precisely how much the magic/tech slider affects combat effectiveness. So, if Sebastian gets crazy combat bonuses to the charged axe for being a tech character, bonuses that "neutral" characters like Loghaire and Chukka don't get, then you are probably right. But I can't say I've ever really noticed a difference.
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gmq posted:I just started playing Fatal Frame 2, any tips for it? If you run into a ghost that looks like Albert Einstein, stay away--if he catches you, it's insta-death. Adjust the brightness/contrast on your TV if you need to, as the game gets pretty dark at times. Also, play with the lights off and the sound up. The game has a wonderful scary ambiance!
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I have Marvel: Ultimate alliance 2 coming from gamefly. Anything I need to know? Also, I have the first one, but I didn't get around to finishing it. Does anything carry over from the first one?
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Orvin posted:I have Marvel: Ultimate alliance 2 coming from gamefly. Anything I need to know? Also, I have the first one, but I didn't get around to finishing it. Does anything carry over from the first one? Nothing carries over and the second one is quite superior to the first. Unless you have a lot of spare time with three friends you can skip the first one and just watch Deadpool's comments on youtube. Always have Deadpool as player one for some really good conversations. Use fusions as often as you can (they recharge quicker than you think). Thor's hammer of something-or-another attack is completely broken after the first few levels, use him if you like the character but be aware that he literally breaks the difficulty curve, some bosses take mere seconds with him compared to minutes with anyone else. Try to keep a varied team with regards to fusion types, it sucks to realize that your team only has clearing type fusions available when you're fighting a single powerful boss. Oh, and play it with three friends if you can, it's a lot of fun that way and kinda slow with only two people (although not bad.) EDIT: Invisible woman + Luke Cage/Hulk/Thing = Hamster ball of doom, you will understand when you try it. Tzar fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Oct 19, 2009 |
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Just picked up Way of the Samurai 2 and safely returned a pocket sized baby. Anything that might help me get to the final day in one piece? I've heard you can only save one sword per play, so you collect through New Game+.
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I'm playing Gears of War for the first time. I got to the point in the first act where you use the hammer of dawn on the seeders. After that section I nearly threw the hammer away but decided to hold on to it for just in case. Sure enough, later I had to use it to kill a beserker. Now I'm in act 2 and they said the satellites have moved out of position. I can't use the hammer but I'm paranoid about throwing it away. Can I drop it or will I need it again later in the game? If I need it later in the game will another one be provided for me or do I need to lug the one I have around?
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HaroldofTheRock posted:I'm playing Gears of War for the first time. I got to the point in the first act where you use the hammer of dawn on the seeders. After that section I nearly threw the hammer away but decided to hold on to it for just in case. Sure enough, later I had to use it to kill a beserker. IIRC, you will always find one near where you need one.
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HaroldofTheRock posted:I'm playing Gears of War for the first time. I got to the point in the first act where you use the hammer of dawn on the seeders. After that section I nearly threw the hammer away but decided to hold on to it for just in case. Sure enough, later I had to use it to kill a beserker. I did the same thing when I played for the first time. Just drop it in favor of a better weapon; you'll come across plenty more of them. Like Largejaroalmonds said, they're good about making sure one's available when you need it, so you don't need to carry it around.
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So I've started playing Mother 3, and just got to Lucas's chapter (so the actual game has started). Should I be looking for anything that's permanently missable, or anything like that? I know the Mother series, or at least Earthbound, was pretty good with not having any missable stuff, except a couple drops for Poo, but I'd like to be sure.
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Morpheus posted:So I've started playing Mother 3, and just got to Lucas's chapter (so the actual game has started). Should I be looking for anything that's permanently missable, or anything like that? I know the Mother series, or at least Earthbound, was pretty good with not having any missable stuff, except a couple drops for Poo, but I'd like to be sure. I can't think of anything permanently missable. Just have fun with the game. It's not too difficult, and it's just an alla round fun game.
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Morpheus posted:So I've started playing Mother 3, and just got to Lucas's chapter (so the actual game has started). Should I be looking for anything that's permanently missable, or anything like that? I know the Mother series, or at least Earthbound, was pretty good with not having any missable stuff, except a couple drops for Poo, but I'd like to be sure. Make sure to explore Osohe castle in every chapter, even after you think you're done with it. Capsaicin posted:I can't think of anything permanently missable. Just have fun with the game. It's not too difficult, and it's just an alla round fun game. Similar question- i'm a bit further in the game, at the part where Lucas and co. have to pull the needles and am wondering if there is any benefit to talking to everyone in Tazmilly or exploring old areas in between pulling each needle. I found Duster's magic shoes in Osohe, as mentioned above during one of the chapters, and wonder if anything similar exists for other characters?
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Largejaroalmonds posted:IIRC, you will always find one near where you need one. GeneralFai posted:I did the same thing when I played for the first time. Just drop it in favor of a better weapon; you'll come across plenty more of them. Like Largejaroalmonds said, they're good about making sure one's available when you need it, so you don't need to carry it around. Thanks guys. Ammmo was getting a little tight but now that I know I can carry another weapon, that problem should be solved 
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I just started playing Star Ocean 4 on the Xbox, and after beating the first boss, I realized that the BEAT system is a separate set of levels for each character. Should I work on leveling both BEAT up at the same time, or just focus on one?
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HaroldofTheRock posted:Thanks guys. Ammmo was getting a little tight but now that I know I can carry another weapon, that problem should be solved You will never be in a situation where the Hammer is usable without having a Hammer provided to you. As soon as someone's said it's not usable anymore, dump it, it's a paperweight.
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