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Darksiders 2 strikes me as the kind of game I thought Amalur would be when I first played it. I'm just barely getting my feet wet in the second world, and yet I'm already having so much fun. Definitely the best Zelda game of the decade.
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Aug 17, 2012 13:00
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Oh Snapple! posted:They are, and it's basically Rainbox Six vs. Occupy Wall Street So it's a First Person Traffic Blocking Simulator? Everyone is saying good things about Darksiders II but I never bothered with 1. Since I enjoy Zelda should I get both 1 and 2 or just get 2?
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Aug 17, 2012 13:27
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Oh Snapple! posted:They are, and it's basically Rainbox Six vs. Occupy Wall Street I'm pretty sure they said that version of the game is dead and they're retooling it.
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Aug 17, 2012 13:37
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So I am kinda late to the party here but I just bought a PS3 off of a friend and the first thing I did was download and play Journey. God drat, what an experience. Just superb. I played through the majority of it with one person I bumped into and was genuinely upset when we got separated.  Excellent, excellent game.
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Aug 17, 2012 13:49
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muscles like this? posted:I like Sleeping Dogs but its just going to take some getting used to to not end every mission with around 1 section of Police XP. For those who haven't played it yet, you have two different types of experience from missions, Triad which goes up from defeating enemies and Police, which goes DOWN the more laws you break (hitting civilian cars, jacking rides or injuring/killing civilians.) Thankfully you only have to worry about that during missions and in freeplay you can screw around as much as you want with no penalty. I like the dual XP thing, it's a gentle reminder to watch your targets during missions as you are supposed to be a cop, not a psychopath. But, if you want to be a crazed killer, then you still can, you just won't get those sweet cop rewards for doing so. It doesn't force you to play in character, but it does reward you more if you do so. The 2010 thing may be due to the fact that some of the reports come from the previous undercover cop who had his cover blown. It's likely that they waited a while before putting the new guy in. Also, for the curious, I'm at 22 hours on the clock and just over 50% completion. The way I play sandbox games is a milk and cookies approach to main and side missions. As in, I don't want to run out of one before the other, so I make sure to space out the story stuff with plenty of free world collecting and jobbing. If you play the way I do, then there's certainly plenty of time to be filled with this beauty. I can see how someone burning through just the story would do so in a quarter of the time. I spent forever putting off the time when I would need to use guns. But now I discovered that I love the "aggressive cover" system of leaping over poo poo in slow-mo just as much as I like punching people in the face, so I'm not holding back now. The story is really well done. The characters and the acting are really pulling me into things. When the deaths of the people who I'm spying on affect me (and Wei Shen), then you know they are doing things right. It's not just the character who is going to be having conflicted loyalties, I can see it happening to me too. The more I play the game, the more I love everything about it. It's my game of the year so far.
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Aug 17, 2012 13:51
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Parkingtigers posted:I like the dual XP thing, it's a gentle reminder to watch your targets during missions as you are supposed to be a cop, not a psychopath. But, if you want to be a crazed killer, then you still can, you just won't get those sweet cop rewards for doing so. It doesn't force you to play in character, but it does reward you more if you do so. Wei is still a homicidal maniac who wrings his hands over shooting a rival gangster whilst merrily pitching them over railings to their death, but... I mean so does Batman. So he's, like, roughly no more psychotic than Batman. Which basically works. Of course, my Wei also likes to punch people pissing on the undercover cop HQ, because nobody disrespects the law and gets away with it 
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Aug 17, 2012 15:49
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January 22-Febuary 19th, 2013 is going to be crazy. Nino kuni, Dead Space 3, and Metal Gear Rising. Who's bright idea was it to make January the "holiday" season? The only bright side is each game is 2 weeks away from the next, which gives like 1/10 the total time necessary to complete the previous title, possibly. Good thing 2012 is shaping up to be 2010 all over again where a cheap Fall season yields a packed following year. Playstation allstars and like Resident Evil 6 are the only titles interesting to me it seems. I might finally get caught up on trophies and finishing old games!
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My backlog is huge so I'm actually glad that there's gently caress all coming out this year. Early next year is gonna be crazy though.
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axleblaze posted:My backlog is huge so I'm actually glad that there's gently caress all coming out this year. Early next year is gonna be crazy though. 
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Aug 17, 2012 16:38
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Vaerai Archon posted:So it's a First Person Traffic Blocking Simulator? Definitely get both. The first one will be dirt cheap now, and is an excellent game.
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Aug 17, 2012 21:15
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BlindNinja posted:Definitely get both. The first one will be dirt cheap now, and is an excellent game. The first was polarizing, to say the least. It'd be cool to get the opinion of someone that recommends against getting Darksiders 1.
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Aug 17, 2012 21:36
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Shalinor posted:Is there anyone that didn't like Darksiders 1 that can weigh in on 2?
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Aug 17, 2012 21:39
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Shalinor posted:Is there anyone that didn't like Darksiders 1 that can weigh in on 2? A lot of the problems from 1 do not carry over into 2.
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Aug 17, 2012 21:40
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Crossposting from the Saints Row The Third thread, since nobody answered me: How does SR3 run in the PS3? I have the PC version with lots of DLCs and was eager to replay it, but suddenly the game started running with pretty unstable framerates here, so I'm contemplating getting a PS3 copy.
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VisAbsoluta posted:Crossposting from the Saints Row The Third thread, since nobody answered me: I platted SR3, and then played it again on Xbox, and I think the PS3 version was definitely the best of the two. Ran just fine with no problems for me.
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OK all you people saying good things about Sleeping Dogs; you just got me to plunk down my money. Are you happy now? PSN is veddermatic, but I think I only have one or two friend slots left, but I'll try to add some of you.
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Parkingtigers posted:I platted SR3, and then played it again on Xbox, and I think the PS3 version was definitely the best of the two. Ran just fine with no problems for me. This. I got into some insane firefights later on, and didn't see any stuttering. I was pretty surprised by that. And I was in them for hours while I was finishing my plat, and my PS3 didn't die, I thought for sure it'd overheat and die or something, but nope!
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VisAbsoluta posted:How does SR3 run in the PS3? http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-face-off-saints-row-the-third Probably way more in depth than you care for, but gives a great breakdown of performance and image quality of PS3 vs 360, as well as weighs in on PC.
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Aug 17, 2012 23:08
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What is The Crucible for Darksiders 2? It seems like an online pass kinda thing, but Darksiders 2 doesn't have multiplayer(that I know of).
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So Outland being free this month reminded me that I got it when it first came out, and I really enjoyed it, but I gave up on it because for some reason I just could not beat the final boss. Must have tried and failed to beat that fucker a million times. Am I just bad at that game or has anyone else had major problems with the final boss?
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Cbouncerrun posted:What is The Crucible for Darksiders 2? It seems like an online pass kinda thing, but Darksiders 2 doesn't have multiplayer(that I know of). It's an arena, wave-based sort of thing, I think. Singleplayer, obviously, as far as I know.
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Cbouncerrun posted:What is The Crucible for Darksiders 2? It seems like an online pass kinda thing, but Darksiders 2 doesn't have multiplayer(that I know of). It's 100 waves of progressively harder challenges. If you can make it to Wave 25/50/75, it'll checkpoint you, but also saves the stores of Wrath/Health potions. So yeah, you basically have 5/5 for 100 waves. You can cut your losses and quit out with a prize after every fifth floor, the longer you stay in, the better the prize, and I believe progress is reset. It gets pretty goddamn hard and really pushes you to swap builds around between rounds to avoid stuff like status effects and use health-/wrath-stealing weapons. It's actually a lot of fun.
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So I have a question, has anyone played Hyperdimension Neptunia? I keep having people reccomend me this title but it has simply the most mixed set of reviews ever. I mean it sounds somewhat interesting that it's an RPG based on the 16 bit console wars, but then I look at the art style and battle systems of the game and it doesn't really strike me as something that's ment to be an actual RPG. It really appears to be more of a visal novel over anything else, but then people are saying it's the next Earthbound because it's that drat strange and good. The game allready is expensive as hell and I've seen it in other places but avoided picking it up due to many of the reviews that I've read. So I'm curious on what opinions people have on it. Vaerai Archon fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Aug 18, 2012 |
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Aug 18, 2012 18:52
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Vaerai Archon posted:So I have a question, has anyone played Hyperdimension Neptunia? Who told you to play this game? Don't trust those people. Beyond the voice acting, everything about Hyperdimension Neptunia is loving awful. I would say the writing has some clever bits too but that stuff is concealed out by all the anime bullshit and embarrassing fan-service. The combat is dull and not nearly as interesting as it should be (you basically assign all you're best attacks to one button and tap the same button over and over to get through battles), the graphics suck, and the dungeons are so boring that you'd assume that they're randomly generated but they're not. Trust me, I beat the game for some reason and there's really nothing there worth recommending.
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Vaerai Archon posted:people are saying it's the next Earthbound because it's that drat strange and good.
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Yeah I've only heard the worst things about it too, but I think that the third game is near release now so I guess it's pretty popular with...a certain market.
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Surlaw posted:I seriously can't believe anyone anywhere has ever said this. My understanding was that Earthbound received luke-warm reviews when it originally came out and it had a cult following that made it one of the more desired games later on in the SNES's cycle and well afterwards. I guess that's where the comparison could be drawn other than both games being under the same genre. I take the sequels and related games like Record of Agarest War Zero are pretty much the same sub-par quality then too. Samurai Sanders posted:Yeah I've only heard the worst things about it too, but I think that the third game is near release now so I guess it's pretty popular with...a certain market. Yeah thats what I feared, I mean I never really judge a game by it's cover(i.e. Catherine) but Hyperdimension felt like it was that type of game. Vaerai Archon fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Aug 18, 2012 |
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Earthbound is unique, charming, and has a lot of heart which makes it easy to overlook less than stellar gameplay mechanics. These other games just exist to be Anime Not-Porn. Look at videos of Neptunia in action.
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Eh, the anime fanservice aspect of it isn't really even it's worst feature. If that was all that was wrong with it, it wouldn't be a problem. There are games that are far FAR worse in that respect. For example Ar Tonelico 2, while being a far better game, is also far more embarrassing in almost every respect.
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I watched a friend of mine play it some time ago. Anime fan service aside, as an actual game it seems bland as all hell. The random battles aren't even really random; after you take a certain amount of steps it's just WHOOP ANOTHER ENCOUNTER HOPE YOU LIKE MASHING THE FAST FORWARD BUTTON SO YOU CAN MEET THAT S RANK.
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Are we all just ignoring his giant red custom text? Sounds like Hyperdimension Neptunia is right up his alley.
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I actively enjoy playing anime as gently caress RPGs, and I wouldn't generally recommend Hyperdimension Neptunia to anyone. It front-loads the worst bullshit, hides the best bits of writing, and the battle system is incredibly weak. If you really must play an allegory for piracy taking over the world, start with Hyperdimension Neptunia 2, where at least the battle system's been fleshed out into something reasonably fun and there's actually a plot attached to the whole thing somewhere. That said: you've still got to like anime as gently caress RPGs to be able to get through it, because it's very repetitive and it also front-loads the worst poo poo around. Fanservice aside, IF and Compile Heart have this problem where they're actually quite good at coming up with new and unique battle systems, they just can't make them fun. Cross Edge has an enormous range of skills and ways to combo those skills together, but the game's so repetitive and slow-paced you'll give up way before you figure it out. e: Sleeping Dogs is pretty drat good, and the social stuff is much less obtrusive than I thought it'd be. I'd almost call it a more fun version of Saints Row 3, it kind of feels like it's taking the SR route of being more arcadey and fun than GTA4, even after you take all the subject matter into account. I wish there was real multiplayer in there, though. Stelas fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Aug 18, 2012 |
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I've only tried a few Idea Factory games, and think that all their games are made very cheaply and quickly. Get someone to draw the characters, write some terrible poo poo for them to say, hire a bunch of bottom-shelf voice actors, and oh yeah, come up with an actual game at some point. edit: oh yeah, and they are the only prolific developer I have seen that Famitsu routinely gives 5s and 6s to. For all the other prolific developers its all 8s and up.
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Is Dead Rising 2: Off the Record different enough from the original version two warrant a purchase? Specifically does Frank control and behave differently?
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RandolphCarter posted:Is Dead Rising 2: Off the Record different enough from the original version two warrant a purchase? Specifically does Frank control and behave differently? Basically, it makes the game feel a lot more like DR1. If that's your cup of tea (it was mine), you'll dig DR2:OTR. If not, then not. If you already beat DR2, the game is very similar, and might not be different enough to interest you. If you didn't beat it, or really love Dead Rising, you'll probably dig it.
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Vaerai Archon posted:I take the sequels and related games like Record of Agarest War Zero are pretty much the same sub-par quality then too. This is the trailer for Record of Agarest War. http://youtu.be/bgOOPUj0lwo?hd=1 It shows only a few seconds of gameplay footage, and the rest is cheesecake shots, almost as if they're so ashamed of the game itself that they have to dress it up as a softcore hentai. That is A Bad Sign™.
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RandolphCarter posted:Is Dead Rising 2: Off the Record different enough from the original version two warrant a purchase? Specifically does Frank control and behave differently? Not really. In fact, they made escorting survivors more difficult which makes the game more of an exercise in frustration. I prefer the original.
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epitasis posted:Are we all just ignoring his giant red custom text? Sounds like Hyperdimension Neptunia is right up his alley. No, even then it's a loving awful game. It's one of the worst RPGs I've ever played and it is actively physically uncomfortable to play with how you have to use the speed-up function. It is awful and has absolutely no charm to make up for it. I'm pretty sure even people who want nothing more than creepy anime can find better creepy anime games.
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Samurai Sanders posted:I've only tried a few Idea Factory games, and think that all their games are made very cheaply and quickly. Get someone to draw the characters, write some terrible poo poo for them to say, hire a bunch of bottom-shelf voice actors, and oh yeah, come up with an actual game at some point. Idea Factory's name couldn't be more ironic. They poo poo out literally dozens of games per generation and they're all horrible. The mechanics are lame, the execution is lame, the technology is lame. Basically Idea Factory is shorthand for Don't Play This Game. Ever. At least Gust puts really solid mechanics and well thought-out combat in their crappy anime pedo bullshit games.
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