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Started Uncharted 1 about 5-6 days ago and finished it yesterday. Other than the baddies being bullet sponges (which was fixed apparently in 2), this game was total awesome for someone like me. I like a game that has a somewhat interesting story, good graphics, and good, generally easy gameplay. I liked UC1 so much, that the very next thing I did was pop UC2 into my super slim and played through 3-4 chapters of that. Now I'm on Chapter 6 or 7 this morning. The graphics on top of the hotel in Tibetan village are AMAZING! The games are amazing for a single play-through experience. Seriously should have played this sooner than wasting my time with GTA 4. What a waste. I didn't know about Naughty Dog until recently, even after having a PS2 for a while (I know, I live under a rock) and playing through some GTA and sports games. Now I do. The Last of Us looks amazing.
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It doesn't seem like there's many goons playing it so I don't know if I can get any advice, but God of War Ascension is seriously pissing me off. I'm at the Trials of Archimedes and it's complete bullshit. There's 3 incredibly difficult battles in a row with absolutely no checkpoints, health or magic pickups in between. The first battle has you fighting 4-6 Gorgons with 4 lightning witches. The first time I made it through that fight with about 1/8th of my health bar left and no magic, got to the second battle and was promptly destroyed. After discovering there was no checkpoint I wanted to stop playing right then and there because the Gorgon fight was so ridiculously frustrating. The second time I made it through the first battle by abusing the hell out of my magic, got through the second battle by the skin of my teeth only to be stopped dead in my tracks by a loving glitch that prevented me from progressing. MailboxFullOfBombs fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Mar 13, 2013 |
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Mar 13, 2013 20:09
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MailboxFullOfBombs posted:It doesn't seem like there's many goons playing it so I don't know if I can get any advice, but God of War Ascension is seriously pissing me off. I'm at the Trials of Archimedes and it's complete bullshit. There's 3 incredibly difficult battles in a row with absolutely no checkpoints, health or magic pickups in between. The first round gets a lot easier if you spam your magic and use the QTE moves to finish off the gorgons, they'll drop blue orbs and refill your magic as you kill them. The second and third rounds are both pretty easy, you just want to be sure to finish the amazons in the second with the QTE, they'll drop some green orbs and that's your only source of healing for the Trials. If you've powered up your clone he can be handy, too.
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pud posted:The first round gets a lot easier if you spam your magic and use the QTE moves to finish off the gorgons, they'll drop blue orbs and refill your magic as you kill them. The second and third rounds are both pretty easy, you just want to be sure to finish the amazons in the second with the QTE, they'll drop some green orbs and that's your only source of healing for the Trials. If you've powered up your clone he can be handy, too. Thanks, I'll give that a try when I'm feeling more in the mood to play. That glitch stopping me after completing the second fight really left a sour taste in my mouth. I killed that big statue guy (can't remember what they're called) and just ran around for about 5 minutes trying to figure out why nothing was happening, but there was nothing to interact with. So I just turned off the system instead of reloading and fighting those god damned Gorgons again.
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LaserWash posted:Started Uncharted 1 about 5-6 days ago and finished it yesterday. Other than the baddies being bullet sponges (which was fixed apparently in 2), this game was total awesome for someone like me. I like a game that has a somewhat interesting story, good graphics, and good, generally easy gameplay. I too regret not playing the Uncharted series sooner (played my first one back in summer). It's amazing how much of a step up UC2 is compared to an already great UC. The view from the top of the hotel is one of the best views in the game, but the game has plenty other amazing moments.
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LaserWash posted:Started Uncharted 1 about 5-6 days ago and finished it yesterday. Other than the baddies being bullet sponges (which was fixed apparently in 2), this game was total awesome for someone like me. I like a game that has a somewhat interesting story, good graphics, and good, generally easy gameplay. Great to see someone enjoying the series from the beginning. Too many people skip the first game and miss the awe-inspiring technical progression of the games.
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blackguy32 posted:I disagree. It wasn't the melee itself that made the combat better in my eyes, it was the fluid transition from melee to shooting and back again that made it better in my eyes. You're in a small group if you consider Uncharted 3's clunky melee seamless. quote:Also, there were more weapons than that and even the weapons in that category functioned differently from one another. Yeah, you had a pistol that acted like an assault rifle and a pistol that acted like a shotgun.
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Aphrodite posted:You're in a small group if you consider Uncharted 3's clunky melee seamless. I am not a big fan of Uncharted 3. Also, there is much more variety to the weapons than that.
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All the collectable talk really reminds me of how the collectables all link to experience points, so you can get really sweet abilities quicker if you bother to explore/collect... which you will want to do, because the platforming mechanics and the environments are all best in class. The way Tomb Raider integrates all its systems into a dynamic whole that constantly rewards the player for playing and motivates them to continue doing so is something way too many companies don't even bother with these days. For all the usual sociological/narrative runarounds, I hope that people who actually make video games are giving even half as much focus to the reasons Tomb Raider is a top-shelf video game, mechanically speaking. Each time I successfully traversed a new section to get an out of the way collectable, I felt a little shot of happy in my brain. More developers really should work more diligently toward that goal.
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bloodysabbath posted:All the collectable talk really reminds me of how the collectables all link to experience points, so you can get really sweet abilities quicker if you bother to explore/collect... which you will want to do, because the platforming mechanics and the environments are all best in class. I also like how all the upgrades seem to reflect Lara's growth into an unstoppable killing machine. You start with some basic scavenging abilities, then after a while you get access to some dirty fighting techniques like stabbing people in the leg or throwing dirt in their faces. And by the end you get a bunch of execution-like abilities. It's also reflected in her attitude towards her enemies. I wish more games paid attention to the small details like that.
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I just finished Tomb Raider. Not a perfect game, but really, fired on nearly all cylinders in terms of entertainment. One thing that kinda cracks me up. The model for Lara accurately reflects cuts and scrapes and lacerations and scars and stuff. Seriously, by the end, her arms look like Freddy Kreuger's face.
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Feenix posted:I just finished Tomb Raider. Not a perfect game, but really, fired on nearly all cylinders in terms of entertainment. As we all know from the Batman games, poo poo like that is cool.
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Yeah but homegirl is going to need to wear long sleeves in the next game.
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Nah, she should just be all scarred up. Every game she should be more scarred.
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Next game she'll have long sleeves, but shorts.
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To be honest if they actually keep Lara scarred up the next game I'd be pretty impressed. I assume she's gonna reset to zero like... well, like Batman.
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Imagine a Tomb Raider 5(I know) where Lara Croft is covered in disfiguring scars. She's 43 and has weird leathery skin from being out in the sun all the time and she's COVERED in scar tissue. Also, she's single-handedly reduced the world's population of nameless henchmen by 3.3 billion, and is widely known as the world's most hosed up archer. edit: Man this character sounds awesome. Fergus Mac Roich fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Mar 14, 2013 |
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:Imagine a Tomb Raider 5(I know) where Lara Croft is covered in disfiguring scars. She's 43 and has weird leathery skin from being out in the sun all the time and she's COVERED in scar tissue. Also, she's single-handedly reduced the world's population of nameless henchmen by 3.3 billion, and is widely known as the world's most hosed up archer.
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Anyone around her would be in some sort of... hazardous area.
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:Imagine a Tomb Raider 5(I know) where Lara Croft is covered in disfiguring scars. She's 43 and has weird leathery skin from being out in the sun all the time and she's COVERED in scar tissue. Also, she's single-handedly reduced the world's population of nameless henchmen by 3.3 billion, and is widely known as the world's most hosed up archer. Don't forget the breast cancer.
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:Imagine a Tomb Raider 5(I know) where Lara Croft is covered in disfiguring scars. She's 43 and has weird leathery skin from being out in the sun all the time and she's COVERED in scar tissue. Also, she's single-handedly reduced the world's population of nameless henchmen by 3.3 billion, and is widely known as the world's most hosed up archer. So she'll be the Chosen Undead then? Hmm what sort of weaponry does she use ingame? I might roll a tomb raider in Lordran, dickwraithing in catacombs/tomb of the giants all day every day.
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Fergus Mac Roich posted:Imagine a Tomb Raider 5(I know) where Lara Croft is covered in disfiguring scars. She's 43 and has weird leathery skin from being out in the sun all the time and she's COVERED in scar tissue. Also, she's single-handedly reduced the world's population of nameless henchmen by 3.3 billion, and is widely known as the world's most hosed up archer. A female Nameless One would be awesome. I was kind of surprised you couldn't choose your gender even when Planescape was new honestly. It's not like anyone on Planescape had THAT much animation to redo.
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Im amazed that she didn't break any bones in the game. She is truly made out of adamantium.
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Neo Rasa posted:A female Nameless One would be awesome. I was kind of surprised you couldn't choose your gender even when Planescape was new honestly. It's not like anyone on Planescape had THAT much animation to redo. They'd reboot the series again before they ever get to that point.
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That loving Sned posted:They'd reboot the series again before they ever get to that point. Actually...
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I rented God of War: Ascension, how is the Last of Us demo pack-in handled? Is it a code, or is accessible from the game itself?
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Dan Didio posted:I rented God of War: Ascension, how is the Last of Us demo pack-in handled? Is it a code, or is accessible from the game itself?
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Ah, that's a shame. Oh well, it's not like I was hoping for anything, just noticed the sticker on the box when I got it home.
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Hi everyone, I've been told multiple times no by many, many different people I'd love the Persona series, but I don't have any Sony consoles other than my PS3, does anyone know what path I should take if i'm going to start the series or if I should get another console to play them?
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Mar 14, 2013 10:13
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Download Persona 3 FES from PSN.
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Admiral H. Curtiss posted:Download Persona 3 FES from PSN. I won't be missing any plot points or something from the previous 2??
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Austrian mook posted:I won't be missing any plot points or something from the previous 2?? They're unrelated storywise, as I understand it.
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Austrian mook posted:I won't be missing any plot points or something from the previous 2?? 3 has nothing to with the first 2 in both gameplay and story so yeah just start with 3.
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Alright! Thanks guys! I'll download it tomorrow and start playing!
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Just finished Uncharted 2 last night and echoing the people who wished they had played through it sooner. I got a bit weary of the combat towards the end (just mowing down the same 5 or so enemy types over and over) and I thought the platforming was done a bit better in the AC series, but overall it was one of the best games I've played in years. I have number 3 waiting to be played, but I need a bit of a break before I dive in so I'm going to play through Journey and LBP first. I don't know much about Journey other than deserts and scarves, other people pop into your game and it's pretty short. With the way the game is structured should I attempt to do it in one sitting, or will I be ok playing it over a few evenings?
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Raffles posted:Just finished Uncharted 2 last night and echoing the people who wished they had played through it sooner. I got a bit weary of the combat towards the end (just mowing down the same 5 or so enemy types over and over) and I thought the platforming was done a bit better in the AC series, but overall it was one of the best games I've played in years. I have number 3 waiting to be played, but I need a bit of a break before I dive in so I'm going to play through Journey and LBP first.
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Raffles posted:Just finished Uncharted 2 last night and echoing the people who wished they had played through it sooner. I got a bit weary of the combat towards the end (just mowing down the same 5 or so enemy types over and over) and I thought the platforming was done a bit better in the AC series, but overall it was one of the best games I've played in years. I have number 3 waiting to be played, but I need a bit of a break before I dive in so I'm going to play through Journey and LBP first. Do Journey in one sitting, it's short and good enough that it shouldn't be a problem.
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For best results try to eliminate everything that might distract you and use headphones or something similar. And yes, do it in one sitting.
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Stare-Out posted:For best results try to eliminate everything that might distract you and use headphones or something similar. And yes, do it in one sitting. And make DAMNED sure you're signed into PSN before you start playing.
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Also be sure to post a Journey trip report when you finish.  I wanna go back to my first Journey. 
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