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Xander77 posted:Which would you recommend? Lusteds AI was good enough to get him hired by Creative Assembly, so give that one a whirl. Word to the wise though, stay away from the darthmod stuff, unless you want to look at stupid irritating childish starwars splash screens that have no place being in the game. The DARTH VADER guy does some good work, but holy gently caress man.
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I just picked up Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. I know about the glitch where you can cancel the cost of any support marked by a smoke grenade, but is there anything else I should know?
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This is a long shot given that it's such an old game and not a particularly well-known one to boot, but any tips for Machiavelli:The Prince?
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I rolled a male soldier Shepard for a ME playthrough before ME 2 comes out and I was planning on using Liara, but should i pick Garrus or Tali? Also i read the wiki about this game and it said to wait to do any sidequests until i get all my characters. How far into the main plot do I have to get before I get all my guys? Any other beginner tips would be appreciated  .
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Cranky posted:I rolled a male soldier Shepard for a ME playthrough before ME 2 comes out and I was planning on using Liara, but should i pick Garrus or Tali? Also i read the wiki about this game and it said to wait to do any sidequests until i get all my characters. How far into the main plot do I have to get before I get all my guys? Any other beginner tips would be appreciated As for Garrus vs. Tali, just use the one you like more. ME's easy enough that it won't make a huge difference as long as you have someone that can unlock and decrypt stuff. Random Hajile fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Jan 25, 2010 |
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Cranky posted:I rolled a male soldier Shepard for a ME playthrough before ME 2 comes out and I was planning on using Liara, but should i pick Garrus or Tali. Also i read the wiki about this game and it said to wait to do any sidequests until i get all my characters. How far into the main plot do I have to get before I get all my guys. Any other beginner tips would be appreciated You pick up everyone but Liara during the main storyline before you leave the Citadel. Liara is also found on the main storyline, but you find her on one of the planets when the storyline branches. Since you can do the storyline planets in any order, you can potentially not get her until near the very end of the game. The only reason to avoid side missions until you have your "final" party is to get the achievements associated with each party member. You need to complete something like 15 main missions and 35 side missions with a particular member in your party in order to get the achievement. At least in the XBox version, the party member achievements give you slight bonuses. Cooldown reductions in some of your abilities, some hp regen, or a hardening bonus. Nothing gamebreaking, but kinda nice if you plan on multiple playthroughs. As for other tips, make sure that you have someone in your party that has decryption and possibly hacking. You need decryption to break into all the locked cabinets and crates without using omnigel. But the game uses whichever character has the highest rank in it, so no need for more than one person if you don't want. On normal difficulty, you don't need to worry much about your teammates. They will use their abilities reasonably well, and provide a little bit of supporting fire. There is no penalty if they die, as they will get right back up when the fighting is over (or you get an ability at some point that will rez them). Talk with all available party memebers in between each main story planet. You will pick up a couple of side missions that way. This is also how you advance the Romantic subplot. Tips for driving the mako on the Xbox. The right bumper is what fires the cannon. It will make combat much quicker, as the cannon does a lot more damage than the machine gun. Also, when you are zoomed in with the left trigger, click R3 to zoom in more. You can click R3 a second time to zoom in either further. The side effect of this, is that you can fire the cannon and machinegun much further downward/upward when zoomed in like this.
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From the wiki: http://www.centipeed.com/wsik/index.php/Site/MassEffect The first two replies are quote:- Get Rich quick. No, really, get the "Rich" achievement as soon as possible, don't save anything as far as gear or drops, just sell it all, and sell it all to the doctor on the Citadel for max profit. There are exploits for infinite money, you don't have to use them, but the game is criminally easy as soon as you can get your hands on Spectre gear. I'm literally about to start Mass Effect (I bought the drat thing with my xbox about 2 years ago, its never been in the drive yet, so its probably about time) and I dont know who to believe!
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SiKboy posted:I'm literally about to start Mass Effect (I bought the drat thing with my xbox about 2 years ago, its never been in the drive yet, so its probably about time) and I dont know who to believe! They're not exactly saying the opposite thing. What the second person means is don't fret about not having a lot of money right away, and that item drops and such will allow you to get that achievement in due time.
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SiKboy posted:I'm literally about to start Mass Effect (I bought the drat thing with my xbox about 2 years ago, its never been in the drive yet, so its probably about time) and I dont know who to believe! Once you get the Rich ($1M) achievement, you can buy Spectre weaponry, which easily outclasses anything else you'll find in the game. The sooner you get Rich, the sooner you tear poo poo up like a Krogan Warlord in a room full of Salarian accountants. So buy the first couple of medigel/grenade upgrades and then save all your money until you're rich (first option). The only other advice I feel compelled to give is play the game with Wrex and either Garrus or Tali; the other three are useless and/or annoying.
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Cranky posted:I rolled a male soldier Shepard for a ME playthrough before ME 2 comes out and I was planning on using Liara, but should i pick Garrus or Tali? Also i read the wiki about this game and it said to wait to do any sidequests until i get all my characters. How far into the main plot do I have to get before I get all my guys? Any other beginner tips would be appreciated Option D: Wrex. You need Wrex.
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Any pearls of wisdom out there for Lock's Quest on DS?
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Notinghamington posted:I didn't get this during a steam sale, but I still got it, The Void; anything I need to know before playing it? Avoid spoilers, be prepared to replay a few cycles back with upcoming knowledge. And no-one is telling you the whole truth. That's the best way to go into it.
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I just got Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment off the PSN. I have the first two games but I keep not getting around to playing them. I know it's a prequel, but will it really hurt me not to have played the first two games before getting into this one? Where does series continuity rank between games in this series on a scale from Alundra to Xenosaga?
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Nonvalueadded User posted:The only other advice I feel compelled to give is play the game with Wrex and either Garrus or Tali; the other three are useless and/or annoying. Alternately, I would say that only Wrex, Liara, and Tali are worth having in your party, and that the other three are useless and/or annoying. Wrex is a mixed bag, also, since his character is painfully one-dimensionally evil for the most part, but it is obvious that he is the best stock combat character (other than your own, if you go that route). The best part is that someone will argue with this, pointing out that his evil is just a result of his race's history, but the fact remains that BioWare loves throwing in horribly rude, blatantly evil, and fundamentally unlikable characters to see what kind of rabid adulation they can develop for them on the Internet regardless (Morrigan).
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Here's one for Terranigma, because I'm replaying it and am always amazed at how long it took me to figure this out: Magirock is reusable. When you cast a spell, you recover the magirock used to create it. That means the number of magirock you have represents your maximum MP. For ages I thought magirock was consumed on use and never cast spells unless absolutely necessary.
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Xander77 posted:Aren't they basically BI hordes? Can I stick an army on a bridge and take them out one stack at a time? Technically they are, but on a far bigger scale. Around a dozen 10-star generals with near-maximum dread upgrades, 2 or so to a stack (and there are a lot of stacks), with high experience, high level units w/enhanced armour + weapons and all the morale in the world. They can appear from any part of the eastern edge, and are generally quite spread out, so bottlenecking them is possible but will need some luck. Also, just when you should be done clearing up the Mongols, the Timurids arrive. They're exactly the same, but with elephants. Good luck!
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Nonvalueadded User posted:Once you get the Rich ($1M) achievement, you can buy Spectre weaponry, which easily outclasses anything else you'll find in the game. The sooner you get Rich, the sooner you tear poo poo up like a Krogan Warlord in a room full of Salarian accountants. So buy the first couple of medigel/grenade upgrades and then save all your money until you're rich (first option). The financial advice in ME is pretty useless, because you'll eventually get it as long as you go for a playthrough where you do every single sidequest you receive. Saving stuff early on and selling it and never spending your money is pointless because of how the game scales. Sure, you can "save up" those credits in the beginning but towards the end of the game you start selling things worth 20 times as much as the early things you get. The only actual advice is, after 3/4ths of the game, save up your money, because the stuff you save up early is inconsequential. Since the game scales with level, if you do every single quest you can find you'll end up at around level 50/51 by game's end. Start saving up the money you get around level 40+ and you'll get the money no problem no matter how much you spend in the beginning.
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Quarex posted:Alternately, I would say that only Wrex, Liara, and Tali are worth having in your party, and that the other three are useless and/or annoying. Wrex is a mixed bag, also, since his character is painfully one-dimensionally evil for the most part, but it is obvious that he is the best stock combat character (other than your own, if you go that route). The best part is that someone will argue with this, pointing out that his evil is just a result of his race's history, but the fact remains that BioWare loves throwing in horribly rude, blatantly evil, and fundamentally unlikable characters to see what kind of rabid adulation they can develop for them on the Internet regardless (Morrigan). It's sad that this is the entirety of Edwin and HK-47's appeal but at least they were quirky and funny. Morrigan is just straight up annoying and probably BioWare's worst character that was given so much spotlight in the press.
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I just started playing ME and Wrex is my favorite by far - I just like his grumpy attitude. Ashley was the first to go. I haven't played any other Bioware game, though.
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Jan 27, 2010 15:58
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I'm replaying Mass Effect and plan on importing my character into Mass Effect 2, if I'm romancing Liara should I let Kaidan or Ashley die to get the most enjoyable result in ME2?
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Jan 28, 2010 04:46
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ArcaneMan posted:I'm replaying Mass Effect and plan on importing my character into Mass Effect 2, if I'm romancing Liara should I let Kaidan or Ashley die to get the most enjoyable result in ME2? From what I've seen, it doesn't make much of a difference. Not very important spoiler below You do get a picture of the character you romanced on your desk in ME2, which is neat. Slightly more important spoiler: I romanced Kaidan, and in ME2 he showed up just long enough to tell me he had moved on since two years had passed since you died, and then berated me for siding with Cerebus.
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Anyone have any tips for Final fantasy 9? Any easy ways to get through it?
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casual poster posted:Anyone have any tips for Final fantasy 9? Any easy ways to get through it? A few things I can remember off the top of my head. Don't upgrade your gear right away. Learn everything from it, then upgrade. Take advantage of Chocobo Hot & Cold right away. The rewards from Chocographs are great. There is a dungeon where you'll come across hordes of stone enemies. If you have a stockpile of Softs, it's easymode. The card game makes no sense at all, don't try to understand it. I'll post some more if I can think of anything.
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casual poster posted:Anyone have any tips for Final fantasy 9? Any easy ways to get through it? Some of the equips that teach skills are also missable, like Vivi's Octagon Rod which teaches the -ga spells. You should be be fine on this if you check every shop, as all of them are buyable.
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casual poster posted:Anyone have any tips for Final fantasy 9? Any easy ways to get through it? Don't sell the weakest weapons of each character, they can come in handy for a certain dungeon. The card game is stupid as hell, you don't get any big rewards from it so don't bother. One of the summoners your group can get will be able to use Carbuncle, which will give everyone Reflect, which isn't that great. If you equip an Emerald, Moonstone or Diamond in the summoner character's accessory slot Carbuncle will give a different, often far more beneficial effect. At a certain point in the game, you'll be told to split your party up, and that one party will be going to a place where magic isn't that useful. Take the guys advice and don't send any magic users there. I think Zidane's Thievery attack causes damage based on how many successful steals you've been able to accomplish, also the Dragoon's Dragon Crest is based on how many Dragons you've killed. Keeping that in mind, it's possible to make both attacks very strong as the game progresses, especially given both don't cost a lot of MP to use. Sometimes you'll come across enemies in the wild that have odd battle music and request a specific jewel. Do NOT attack them. Give them the jewel if you have it, or if not just run away and return if/when you do find one. Note that if an enemy shows up asking for a jewel and the odd battle music is not playing, feel free to bash their skulls in. Finally, there's a way to end most fights quickly using the Blue Mage character. Have "It" Eat a Mandragora, Mu, Axe Beak, Blazer Beetle, Jabberwock, or Catoblepas to learn an attack called Limit Glove, which will do jack poo poo unless "It" is at 1hp. So cast Auto Life on "It" (have "It" Eat a Carrion Worm, Gimme Cat, Cerberus, Yan, or Stilva and "It" will learn to cast the spell on "It"self.), kill "It, watch "It" spring back to life, then have "It" use Limit Glove on any enemies.
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'Bird Killer' applies to anything that is in the air, bird or otherwise. Bosses usually have decent stuff to nab and they usually have multiple items to steal. If you are having trouble beating Gizamamluke, go find some Mandragoras. They hang out in forests somewhere outsize of Gizamamluke's grotto. Have Quina eat one (requires the enemy to have low health) to learn Limit Glove which deals 9999 damage if used when Quina has 1 HP. *edit* Alris posted:I think Zidane's Thievery attack causes damage based on how many successful steals you've been able to accomplish, also the Dragoon's Dragon Crest is based on how many Dragons you've killed. Keeping that in mind, it's possible to make both attacks very strong as the game progresses, especially given both don't cost a lot of MP to use. You're right with Thievery, but it takes way too many successful steals to be worth it. Dragon's Crest is easy though; Use Level 5 Doom with the dragons above Gizamamluke's Grotto and you'll be set in no time. Scrublord Prime fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Jan 29, 2010 |
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GreatRedSpirit posted:Phoenix Downs will always revive characters with 1 HP if used in the menu (random single digit HP if in battle). This isn't true. The single digit HP revive is the same in the menu and during battle. I was trying to get the blue mage to 1hp through the menu, and I had to reset several times before it revived for 1hp.
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Alris posted:Finally, there's a way to end most fights quickly using the Blue Mage character. Have "It" Eat a Mandragora, Mu, Axe Beak, Blazer Beetle, Jabberwock, or Catoblepas to learn an attack called Limit Glove, which will do jack poo poo unless "It" is at 1hp. So cast Auto Life on "It" (have "It" Eat a Carrion Worm, Gimme Cat, Cerberus, Yan, or Stilva and "It" will learn to cast the spell on "It"self.), kill "It, watch "It" spring back to life, then have "It" use Limit Glove on any enemies. Any reason we're not revealing what 'It' is? Make sure you utilise each characters abilities effectively, there's not much point having Garnet or Vivi attacking in battle unless you're trying to conserve MP (vivi has focus anyway so use that if you want give him something to do). Steiner's magic sword abilities are pretty powerful early on in the game especially if you abuse enemy elemental weaknesses. It is useful to have Zidane use steal a fair amount just on the grounds that early on in the game it provides you with free healing items, and you'll find the occasional rare item this way. Don't worry about the friendly animals too much, they're only really important for the endgame content. Don't worry too much about missing treasure chests or whatever, most useful items you can buy later on anyway, and there are only a few items that are one offs Don't bother with the Excalibur 2, it's Squaresoft making a moronic design choice and it's not that much more useful since by endgame you'll be hitting 5k+ with most attacks and the hard optional bosses don't get any easier if you have it
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Polite Tim posted:Any reason we're not revealing what 'It' is? I believe the poster used "It" because it's hard to tell whether the Blue Mage is a he or a she.
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Polite Tim posted:Don't bother with the Excalibur 2, it's Squaresoft making a moronic design choice and it's not that much more useful since by endgame you'll be hitting 5k+ with most attacks and the hard optional bosses don't get any easier if you have it Expanding on this, getting Excalibur 2 requires getting to the last dungeon (or next to last) within 12 hours. To do this, you must skip all cutscenes by opening the Playstation just before they start, the closing it to save time. I don't know if this can be done on a Playstation 2.
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Capsaicin posted:I don't know if this can be done on a Playstation 2. The PS2 resets when you open the tray, so without a case mod (they exist for bootdisc-swapping) it is impossible.
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A shrubbery! posted:The PS2 resets when you open the tray, so without a case mod (they exist for bootdisc-swapping) it is impossible. No, it doesn't. Well, at least the slim doesn't.
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Capsaicin posted:Expanding on this, getting Excalibur 2 requires getting to the last dungeon (or next to last) within 12 hours. To do this, you must skip all cutscenes by opening the Playstation just before they start, the closing it to save time. While this is recommended by a lot of people, it's not required. The speedrun on SDA doesn't skip FMVs and still gets a time of eight and a half hours. Either way, it absolutely isn't something you should try on a first playthrough.
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Zaku II SB posted:While this is recommended by a lot of people, it's not required. The speedrun on SDA doesn't skip FMVs and still gets a time of eight and a half hours. Either way, it absolutely isn't something you should try on a first playthrough. Or ever, since there's no way to break the damage cap and Shock always does 9999 anyways.
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gmq posted:No, it doesn't. Well, at least the slim doesn't. Normal PS2 also does not reset when opening the disc tray.
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casual poster posted:Anyone have any tips for Final fantasy 9? Any easy ways to get through it? In the Ice Cavern, there's not a retardedly high encounter rate, battles are triggered when you walk through the gusts of wind. The damage for Thievery increases with Zidane's level and the number of successful thefts. I don't remember the exact formula. The damage for Frog Drop increases with Quina's level and the number of frogs caught. Again I don't remember the exact formula. The damage for Freya's Dragon Crest is the number of dragons killed squared. So killing 100 dragon type enemies will raise it to 9999 damage for 8mp.
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Dr Snofeld posted:In the Ice Cavern, there's not a retardedly high encounter rate, battles are triggered when you walk through the gusts of wind. The number of dragons Freya kills IIRC. Lots of wasted time in that department. Don't defeat a boss until you successfully steal from them. Every single boss carries a unique item and your first 10 or so turns will always come up as misses.
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Centipeed posted:I believe the poster used "It" because it's hard to tell whether the Blue Mage is a he or a she. Conceiling the identity of a character in a decade old game who was big in the promotional material anyway? Never mind. Any tips for Growlanser Heritage of war?
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Polite Tim posted:Conceiling the identity of a character in a decade old game who was big in the promotional material anyway? Never mind. Actually, I don't think ANYBODY knows Quina's gender.
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Dr Snofeld posted:The damage for Thievery increases with Zidane's level and the number of successful thefts. I don't remember the exact formula. quote:The damage for Frog Drop increases with Quina's level and the number of frogs caught. Again I don't remember the exact formula. Thanks Neoseeker! And yeah, Quina's gender is unknown. Even the characters in-game refer to Quina as "s/he" or "it.
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