Re: Now Playing

by Miraculous Kaydybug Sun May 05, 2013 2:02 am

i just got a job stuffing newspapers for 30 bucks a week, but hell its something maybe it will help me get a little more motivation to find something better also i start next week i got up and rushed out the door for nothing today gah!

Back on topic. Just got the Maelstrom spell and holy god! Sending bastards in the sky with a huge fucking tornado is the best thing ever.

by Rainjar Sun May 05, 2013 9:52 am

At least it's something. I was doing a 3 day trial at a warehouse place earlier for 12+ hours a day and they didn't pay me anything. I'll hear if I get the job next week hopefully.

I seem to be the only person who didn't like Dragon's Dogma ;_;.

Got Catherine, Hitman: Absolution, Thomas Was Alone. Thank you, PS+.

by Krubixcube Sun May 05, 2013 9:55 am

Dragon's Dogma didn't really even interest me. Just seemed like another Skyrim really...though I liked Skyrim (but for all the wrong reasons).

by Miraculous Kaydybug Sun May 05, 2013 1:43 pm

It kind of is just another Skyrim. It's basically a TES game developed by a Japanese studio. It's far from perfect, but combat and exploration are keeping me interested. I always found that stuff in TES boring. The story's starting to get interesting rn too, but it's kind of stupid how some subplots don't affect the main story. I tried sleeping with the Duchess, and the Duke had me tortured in his dungeon. Yet as part of the main story im still allowed free roam in his castle and am still part of his knights.

Also the character creation system is great. (I could never make a good looking character in TES EVER) I love my character and pawn. Made my character look like a teenager, and my Pawn is a greatsword loli. My character's name is my handle, and my Pawn is named Alice. If you don't get that reference i will punch you.

by pspiddy Sun May 05, 2013 7:23 pm

Dragon's Dogma looks interesting. I hadn't heard of it until seeing this thread. If hit hits the PC I'll check it out. Or if it hits the <$10 mark on PS3.

After playing through most of the RE2 scenarios on Vita, it makes me want Code Veronica. I really love Vita despite the fact Sony is doing everything they can to make it fail.

Speaking of Capcom, throw some money at them and get Monster Hunter on the damn Vita. Not just so I can play it, but it will sell the system and get other publishers on board.

by SanAndreasX Sun May 05, 2013 7:30 pm

Kayshire Cat wrote:It kind of is just another Skyrim. It's basically a TES game developed by a Japanese studio. It's far from perfect, but combat and exploration are keeping me interested. I always found that stuff in TES boring. The story's starting to get interesting rn too, but it's kind of stupid how some subplots don't affect the main story. I tried sleeping with the Duchess, and the Duke had me tortured in his dungeon. Yet as part of the main story im still allowed free roam in his castle and am still part of his knights.

Also the character creation system is great. (I could never make a good looking character in TES EVER) I love my character and pawn. Made my character look like a teenager, and my Pawn is a greatsword loli. My character's name is my handle, and my Pawn is named Alice. If you don't get that reference i will punch you.

I really liked Dragon's Dogma. The combat is something I would like to see in more action-RPGs, and the character customization is also better than the vast majority of them. The ludonarrative dissonance doesn't bother me so much, I've seen so much worse in games over the years. Smile

by BretBaber Sun May 05, 2013 7:42 pm

I love playing PS1 classics on my Vita just like I enjoyed playing them on the PSP.

by ajapam Sun May 05, 2013 8:21 pm

I didn't like Dragon's Dogma either, Ranger. I only played the demo but I didn't enjoy the combat and it seemed like I could just sit back and let the AI win the game for me.

I've been playing Persona 2: Innocent Sin. There's some annoying gameplay bits that keep getting me stuck, but I'm liking it overall. I'd love for 5 to be sort of a combination of this and 4

by Miraculous Kaydybug Mon May 06, 2013 3:27 am

SanAndreasX wrote:

I really liked Dragon's Dogma. The combat is something I would like to see in more action-RPGs, and the character customization is also better than the vast majority of them. The ludonarrative dissonance doesn't bother me so much, I've seen so much worse in games over the years.

I like how its got a huge open world and has combat like that. Most open world RPGs have some of the worst combat ever, and that's really one of my biggest problems with them. As for the story thing i don't really mind too much because its kind of interesting having subplots that basically say "THE DUKE IS BAD" while the main story presents him as a hero even if they kind of conflict one another.

The pawn system is probably one of my favorite uses of network features ever. It's really cool sending what's basically AI you kind of program yourself to other players worlds. It's cool to see how your friends made their pawns too, but goddammit most people I know made mage pawns, which adding too many of those heavily unbalances my party XD

by Miraculous Kaydybug Mon May 06, 2013 3:30 am

pspiddy wrote:Dragon's Dogma looks interesting. I hadn't heard of it until seeing this thread. If hit hits the PC I'll check it out. Or if it hits the <$10 mark on PS3.

with the expansion out the original version will probably drop in price fast. I think its around $20 now.

by chocobot Mon May 06, 2013 4:03 am

I still need to give Persona 2: Innocent Sin another try. I just really didnt like the gameplay. Now I think that's my fault for spending way too much time talking to every single demon instead of fighting though. That was not a fun way to play...

I've always thought Dragon's Dogma looked interesting but not enough to purchase it. Too many other games I'd rather get to first. But I did really like the combat from what I played of the demo.

by Miraculous Kaydybug Mon May 06, 2013 4:06 am

if you get it you can use my pawn though

by pspiddy Tue May 07, 2013 12:00 am

Soul Sacrifice takes a little time to understand. I'm not really out of the "tutorial" levels yet but, since the game is pretty vague on explanations, replaying them is the only way to learn.

There's definitely some depth here. That doesn't mean it's not a grindfest, because it's a TOTAL grindfest. There's some decent flexibility in play styles. So you can go Red Mage if you're not a fan of White or Black. Yeah, a FF reference. What of it?

by BretBaber Tue May 07, 2013 12:34 am

pspiddy wrote:There's some decent flexibility in play styles. So you can go Red Mage if you're not a fan of White or Black. Yeah, a FF reference. What of it?

Reading this makes me now wonder why Square hasn't made a game with Final Fantasy lore that is a hack and slash. Something like Crisis Core, but with a Monster Hunter vibe. Man, now I want a game I'll never get.

by volvocrusher Tue May 07, 2013 12:38 am

Isn't that basically what the Crystal Chronicles games do?

by BretBaber Tue May 07, 2013 12:40 am

I've never played those, so they could very well be like that.

by volvocrusher Tue May 07, 2013 12:41 am

I played the Gamecube one and it seemed pretty much exactly like that except one of the players had to carry around this stupid orb and everyone had to use GBAs for MP. Bleh. The DS and Wii ones got around this from what I heard though.

by BretBaber Tue May 07, 2013 1:21 am

Well they should make a new one. In HD. And make it better. I want all of the jobs from Final Fantasy V to be a possibility.

by Miraculous Kaydybug Tue May 07, 2013 2:35 am

I actually really liked the Gamecube version it was pretty cool on single player imo. You had a moogle to carry it.

by BretBaber Tue May 07, 2013 12:24 pm

I love Moogles, especially in IX. Kupo kupo! For some reason I loved delivering their mail.

by Miraculous Kaydybug Tue May 07, 2013 2:36 pm

You can even customize it a bit. You can trim and color its hair and stuff

by chocobot Tue May 07, 2013 3:44 pm

Couldn't you give the moogle baths too? Crystal Chronicles was a pretty good game but carrying around that bucket or whatever was really horrible, even with the moogle helping. I never tried the later games.

by Miraculous Kaydybug Tue May 07, 2013 7:09 pm

Yeah i think he might get dirty or something and you had to wash him. I can' quite remember.

by chocobot Wed May 08, 2013 4:16 am

So I'm still playing Metal Gear Rising and now I've got a question for anyone else who played it. Is the boss fight with Monsoon REALLY fucking difficult or do I just suck? I think I already know the answer to that but whatever.. I just have to ask because I died horribly once but I was being button mashy and stupid. But I still only barely got by the second time and it was so epic and crazy I got all sweaty while fighting him. SWEATY because of a game.

by Krubixcube Wed May 08, 2013 4:19 am

Metal Gear Rising seems like something I'd only check out if it hit the bargain bin. I don't think it looks bad or anything it just looks...silly, like Vanquish. Fun but worth not worth $60.

How long is it?

by Miraculous Kaydybug Wed May 08, 2013 4:20 am

I might have an answer, but all I can think about is that last part of your post. I'll have to uhm get back to you.

by chocobot Wed May 08, 2013 4:29 am

Krubixcube wrote:Metal Gear Rising seems like something I'd only check out if it hit the bargain bin. I don't think it looks bad or anything it just looks...silly, like Vanquish. Fun but worth not worth $60.

How long is it?

From what I've heard it's really short, maybe 6-8 hours? That's why I didn't buy it right away at full price either. I'm really glad I got it for my birthday though, I love the over the top silliness of it and its really fun and challenging. So I highly recommend it when you find it at the right price.

by volvocrusher Wed May 08, 2013 11:04 am

Metal Gear Rising's my favorite game this year so far. It's short, but I'm replaying the levels a lot and doing a bunch of VR missions so I'm getting my money's worth. And yeah, that boss is a bitch.

by pspiddy Wed May 08, 2013 10:43 pm

Just had a game kick my ass so hard I wanted to congratulate it. It wasn't an "unfair" ass-whoopin either; I had more than enough tools to beat it at its own game. I just choked. I basically had four aces and the game showed me a royal flush.

by Rainjar Thu May 09, 2013 6:30 pm

So I just finished Catherine and I gotta say it was pretty interesting. The puzzles were actually really challenging and the whole social aspect in the bar was great. I disliked the direction it took towards the end but it's still good enough for me to recommend and picking apart its design to analyse feels really refreshing compared to most games. Not perfect but far better and more enjoyable than most games I've played recently. Will probably end up purchasing a physical copy of it eventually just for the collection.

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