Agreedhaha to be honest, my definition of RPG is.... well... "There's a single player mode with substantial storyline quality where you play a particular character." Infamous 2 was awesome.
Agreedhaha to be honest, my definition of RPG is.... well... "There's a single player mode with substantial storyline quality where you play a particular character." Infamous 2 was awesome.
Cry out for the man born of Flame.
The god, the father,
The beast, the demon.
When the heavens burn, and the land weeps for its children.
Their starved eyes will bear the word.
For pain. For pain.
Echo screaming laughter.
Letho-
I can't argue with the fact that you don't need to use it to its fullest extent, seeing as how my friend got at least to Ultimcia's castle without worrying about it too much. However, it still is an idea that ticks me off. First, it's more of an item system than a magic system, but I found if you want to make your character's kick ass, you have to draw. Especially from bosses. Converting items never really gave me enough high-level magic to reach the level of wreck face I wanted.
I'm with you on FPS whoring though.
Pity the damn thing's over a hundred bucks huh? Five is really good too, and you can pick that up for a decent price on amazon (close to fifty used). Though now that I check...HOLY CRAP! This series is expensive...IS IT?! 3 is the only one I've played...*searches Ebay immediately*
Yeah, but Squall is waaaayyyyy worse than Cloud. At least with Cloud, I did not have to put up with him whining on his bed with the sterotypical hands-over-head emo pose while everyone sings pick-me up songs to the guy. I really wished I could have just not used Squall. I really, really do.Now that I think about it.... most of the recent FF protagonists are emo beyond belief and/or the lone wolf brooding type @ _ @... ever since Cloud... -shakes fist- damn spiky head starting he trend.
Zidane in nine was cool though.
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The meaning of life is simple my friend. Pie. No, not that type of pie.
Simple way to tell: If it's ridiculous, it's CoD. If sniping is actually decent in it, it's Battlefield. If it's sitting on the store shelf unbought, it's Medal of Honor.I can scarcely tell the difference between Call of Duties and Battlefields and Medal of Honors nowadays.
I could shotgun a window and it wouldn't be as broken as CoD: Black Ops.
Final Fantasy XIV has been out for a year now. :P It's... not very good. And this is coming from one of those people who liked XI. The game is free to play and I still don't want to play it. Classic example of a game that was released about a year (maybe even two years) before it was ready and killed off a lot of interest in the process of getting "up to speed." Hell, the only thing playing FFXIV does is make me want to play FFXI.Originally Posted by SirArtemis
Versus XIII is, unfortunately, off the radar. It was announced like a billion years ago and it's not even appearing at the Tokyo Game Show this year! It seems that they're putting it on the backburner in favour of XIII-2, so we might be able to expect to see it sometime in 2012... maybe. I'm not sure how I feel about XIII-2 itself (though I actually kind of liked FFXIII; nowhere near one of my favourites, but I don't hate it with the same unabashed passion as most of the free world), but some of the stuff I've seen looks pretty cool.
Mass Effect 3 will be fantastic, of course, because BioWare can do no wrong. Speaking of whom, if you happen to be into MMOs at all, The Old Republic will be out some time next year and it looks like it's going to be fantastic. Basically they just have to live up to even half the potential this game has right now and it'll be great. In other words, don't fuck it up like S-E did with FFXIV. On a related note, Guild Wars 2 is shaping up to be pretty interesting too, and that one's free to play.
I was a bit disappointed about the setting of Skyrim at first (too similar to Solstheim from Bloodmoon, if you ask me; I would have much preferred to see the Summerset Isle or Elsweyr or something), but I still think it's going to be awesome.
Disgaea 4.
Tomb Raider.
SSX: Deadly Descents.
That is all.
Well, if my memory serves me, you could get a shitload of items from cards, and cards could be won in the minigame or you could "Card" a monster if it's health was low enough. Which is a bit ridiculous in and off itself, but if you liked the card minigame (and I did), you usually wound up with plenty of items. It required perhaps a bit more time spent in the menus and flipping cards, but I personally didn't find it bothersome. But I guess it comes down to personal preference. And personally, I didn't think the materia system from VII was all that great.
Also, hey, no Squall bashing. He wields a gunblade which instantly makes him at least 10% less emo.
I would've liked XIII more if I could take a step left or right off the beaten path and if they didn't think it was a great idea to give you exactly 66% less control over your party than in the other games. Why exactly couldn't we have an option to control others at least? It worked in XII.
Bioware FTW, naturally. Once The Old Republic comes out, a bunch of us from Althanas should form an Althanas clan or something. The force would be strong with us.
EDIT: For all you FPS lovers, you should check these if you haven't already. I found some of the stuff quite interesting.
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"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
William Butler Yeats - The Second Coming
100%-10%= 90% emo
The meaning of life is simple my friend. Pie. No, not that type of pie.
Let me say first and foremost that I totally, completely SUCK at video games. Doesn't stop me from trying to play them anyways.
The hardest thing I've ever done; finishing off the Archdemon in Dragon Age: Origins with a crap party. (I bit the dust a handful of times before I finally looked up a strategy guide.)
Hardest thing I've never done? Last more than half an hour playing Fatal Frame.
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.
~William Dement
I'm late to this thread. That's what I get for getting on Althanas about once a month. :P
Greatest thing I've ever done: Beat Riven. Easily. That game took me months to figure out. I even got so frustrated with it at one point that I stopped playing it for at least a month or so. Maybe more. I finally came back and figured it out. I felt such a massive sense of accomplishment from that. It made the rest of the Myst games seem easy by comparison (except for IV. Still haven't finished that one.)
Also since you mentioned Celestial Weapons in FFX I could throw in that I did get at least 3 fully upgraded ones. Auron, Yuna, and Lulu. The thing was I eventually got into a habit of using those three for most battles, so naturally they got the most exp and leveled up the quickest, which made me want to use them more. This cycle continued until by the end of the game I literally COULD NOT use the other characters, and these three were dealing 9999 damage with almost every hit. I went out of my way to get all three of their weapons fully upgraded (which was really difficult) mainly so I could get the limit break. I also got all of the extra Aeons, too. Man, I loved that game.
Greatest thing I NEVER did.... hmm... that's a tough one. I guess since I mentioned Myst IV I could put that on here. That was one of a short list of games that I played until I got so frustrated I stopped and just never started again. That list would also include: Mass Effect, Bad Company 2, Bioshock, Stalker, and FFXIII. All games I WISH I could have finished, but didn't for one reason or another. I also never reached level 75 (max) in FFXI, despite playing off and on for years. That game just cost me way too much money for me to play it as casually as I did toward the end, lol.
As far as FPS's go, I have to admit I'm a CoD addict. I really don't give a crap about how "unrealistic" they are. I can even deal with stupid retards using noob tubes and last stand all the time. For me, CoD is my favorite FPS because it has the right "feel." It's really difficult to describe, but for me it's very important that FPS games (particularly multiplayer ones) have the right "feel" to them. I think it has a lot to do with the pace, but also the bullet mechanics and stuff like that. I prefer things pretty fast paced and simple. All the dudes I play online with convinced me to get Bad Company 2 and I HATED it. Worst video game purchase for me ever. I think I've played that game for a couple hours total for my 50 bux. Medal of Honor wasn't any better (probably should've been a clue to me that the multiplayer was made by the same people who made BC2, so it played EXACTLY the same) but at least I liked the single player in that one. But I have hundreds of hours logged on CoD4, MW2, and Black Ops. Call me a fan boy, but those games just scratch the itch. I'll be buying MW3. Don't get me wrong, I hate Activision as much as the next guy, I hate how they're trying to rip off everyone just because they can, and I fully realize that not a whole lot of "innovation" is going on, but anything I can get well over 100 hours of entertainment out of is worth my money.
Sorahn, do you have black ops on 360? IF so, you should play with me, Dirks, and Zerith sometime.
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