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awp
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DawnII wrote:

Someone questioned Super Stardust HD earlier. One of the first PSN games i bought, pretty kickass. Can only really enjoy it with a really large tv, 32" for example feels way too cramped. It is very pretty and the coop is cool, tho it gets a little annoying ala old school side scroller coop. Anyway, it's certainly recommendable. I already have Wipeout HD and LBP as well, so infamous and dead nation for me. All these 5 games are apparently really good so you can't go wrong with whatever you pick.
I checked it out as well as Dead Nation (the two I'm making a choice over). Both look pretty interesting, though for different reasons. This doesn't seem the kind of game I'd go co-op for, but Dead Nation looks a bit like a run and gun/roguelike combination, which I would actually play with a friend.

Also, 32" TV.

I'd consider getting a bigger TV if I had room for one, but I don't.
Ivalset
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Welcome back package now available:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/06/03/welcome-back/

And by available I mean unavailable as thousands scramble to try and get their shit.
Seibei4211
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Yeah, I just screwed myself out of a free game since this shit isn't working right. I getting the first free game, but it wouldn't let me, so I eventually backed out back to the Welcome Back page and the first free game disappeared without letting me download anything. Luckily, I have a second account, so it doesn't matter. That also means I can probably get all three of the games I don't have if I just wait until this stuff starts working.
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Seibei4211 wrote:

Yeah, I just screwed myself out of a free game since this shit isn't working right. I getting the first free game, but it wouldn't let me, so I eventually backed out back to the Welcome Back page and the first free game disappeared without letting me download anything. Luckily, I have a second account, so it doesn't matter. That also means I can probably get all three of the games I don't have if I just wait until this stuff starts working.
They listed the way to access the download in the comments of the blog entry even if it "disappears", btw.

I'll probably get the free games later this week.
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Oh god, I'm so bad at Super Stardust HD.

And everytime I fail I get to look at Mr. Pro Asshole DawnII.
Seibei4211
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Nekoroll wrote:

Seibei4211 wrote:

Yeah, I just screwed myself out of a free game since this shit isn't working right. I getting the first free game, but it wouldn't let me, so I eventually backed out back to the Welcome Back page and the first free game disappeared without letting me download anything. Luckily, I have a second account, so it doesn't matter. That also means I can probably get all three of the games I don't have if I just wait until this stuff starts working.
They listed the way to access the download in the comments of the blog entry even if it "disappears", btw.

I'll probably get the free games later this week.
Oh shit, thanks for that info, dude. Never woulda figured that out myself.

Ivalset wrote:

Oh god, I'm so bad at Super Stardust HD.

And everytime I fail I get to look at Mr. Pro Asshole DawnII.
Thank goodness it was free then. I'd be more pissed if I paid for a game that was way too hard for me and/or fucking bullshit.
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I still think 10~15 rock band songs would have been better than free games I wouldn't otherwise have gotten

oh well, sooner it starts accepting my money again the better
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Seibei4211 wrote:

Ivalset wrote:

Oh god, I'm so bad at Super Stardust HD.

And everytime I fail I get to look at Mr. Pro Asshole DawnII.
Thank goodness it was free then. I'd be more pissed if I paid for a game that was way too hard for me and/or fucking bullshit.
I don't think it's really that hard.

I'm just bad right now.

Then again, I did buy Wizardry the other day, so paying for bullshit hard games is right up my alley. It's quite exhilarating when your frontliner meatshield gets hit for over 3 times their health from an enemies' normal attack. Not to mention all the instant kills being thrown around.
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I just realized some people are complaining that the PSN store is down and they don't know that it's because millions of people are all trying to download multi-gigabyte files at the same time

it makes me only the slightest bit uncomfortable that I'm sharing a service planet with people who are that stupid
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This is the most hype shit ever. How have I gone so long without this game. I could listen to this all day.
Seibei4211
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Ival, you's gots some snap-tastic taste in music, man. That's a pretty sick song. I can't wait to play the game with that as the background.
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All the music in Super Stardust HD is just really good.
The Orchestrated and Retro soundtracks are pretty awesome.


DawnII
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LMAO Ival you know you like my highscores. Music for that game really is amazing.

By the by, MGS HD collection oh shit. If only because I can transfer my already pwning psp save to the ps3 version and have some decent online support.

Speaking of all these HD remasters, MHP3rd better have decent online matchmaking and right analog stick that isn't swinging shit and I will be satisfied.
Ivalset
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Didn't they say they're using AHP for multiplayer? Gonna be ass, I'm sure.

Also, I'm going to beat the shit out of your score and force you to play more SSHD.
Seibei4211
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If anyone was waiting for the store to stop sucking before getting on there, it seems to be doing a hell of a lot better now.
Azure_Kite
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Indeed. I've now been able to get online and load the games I'd already downloaded (but couldn't authenticate).
Rantai
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Has anyone else been unable to connect to PSN with their PSP?

I assumed the problem was because of the overload of users but it's slowed down now and still hiccuping...
Seibei4211
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I don't think there's ever been a problem with too many people playing the PSP.
rust45
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I got Super Stardust, had to update it but it was well worth it, the game's soundtrack is amazing and I almost beat the first boss.

Also currently downloading Dead Nation as I already had LPB and my bro downloaded Infamous and Wipeout.
Ivalset
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Speaking of, if anyone in here has Super Stardust HD or just got it, you should add me to your friends list so I have motivation to beat some scores.
(PSN: Ivalsetto)

edit: Fucking goddamnit, I had 69 million and the connection to the server timed out while submitting.

;_;
Seibei4211
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I finally completed Dawn of the New World to satisfactory levels. Best items, max levels, 100% monsters caught. Every title except 1, because the lake unfroze and I don't fucking feel like playing the game again just to fish 100 times.

Anyway, Super Stardust HD time, Ival. And probably some Dead Nation. My friend's gonna get that for some co-op soon.
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Ivalset wrote:

Speaking of, if anyone in here has Super Stardust HD or just got it, you should add me to your friends list so I have motivation to beat some scores.
(PSN: Ivalsetto)
I will if I remember.

Man though, this Welcome Back thing is really sweet, all the games offered are awesome and I'm probably going to be giving my PS3 a lot more time over the summer.
Seibei4211
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Holy shit, this game is more unforgiving than it looks. Dying and losing your multiplier and shit is a buzzkill.

Edit: Yeah, I don't think I'm cut out for this game.
Azure_Kite
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Rantai wrote:

Has anyone else been unable to connect to PSN with their PSP?

I assumed the problem was because of the overload of users but it's slowed down now and still hiccuping...

Yeah; it has a few issues here and there on my end, too. I guess we just have to wait until they iron out all the kinks.
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Seibei4211 wrote:

Holy shit, this game is more unforgiving than it looks. Dying and losing your multiplier and shit is a buzzkill.

Edit: Yeah, I don't think I'm cut out for this game.
It just takes a bit of practice, man. Just remember to use your boost when you get in a tight spot.

I feel super good right now because I finally owned the shit out of DawnII's score. Ridiculous that I spent 1:11:36 just getting it. I can't even fathom playing this game for that long in one sitting, but apparently it happened.
Seibei4211
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FUCK. YES. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time! 2012!

New Insomniac IP, Overstrike. Looks fucking awesome. Also, Ival's in that game, apparently, and he's already my favorite character.

Also, Resistance 3 and Dead Island are coming out on the same day, and that's stupid. I'll either have to postpone the purchase of Dead Island or buy both on the same day.
Ivalset
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Apparently I am the best character in every game.
Seibei4211
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Yeah, you were one of the only bearable characters in FFXIII.

Anyway, I did Super Stardust again. I played Easy cause I thought I'd see what the difference was, and I ended up playing the whole thing and getting 66 million. I probably didn't need to be on Easy anyway, but whatever. Also, why is it that I can last forever without getting hit while I have a shield, but once I lose it I get hit fifty times in a row?
Ivalset
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Probably don't play well under pressure. When you lose that shield and then eventually a ship, it's like the beginning of the end. You get sloppy, you make mistakes. You forget to boost, you see death coming but you get slow on your bomb trigger.

It's all in your head, man.

Also it might have something to do the time you spent dead is time spent not shooting, therefore rocks hit each other and spread into a billion tinier rocks which become near impossible to dodge (especially when it loops around to Hard mode)
Seibei4211
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Yeah, I'm still pretty bad at boosting/bombing. I went for that 20 bomb trophy, then continued to stock up bombs for no reason. So I had almost 20 bombs when I beat the last level. And I'm afraid to boost usually cause I don't know where I'll end up. But in any case, I'm pretty much done and satisfied now.
Ivalset
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You have to play on normal, you puss.

Also, you're invincible while boosting, so I usually just dash a good bit ahead and u-turn back at the end. I dunno, it gets easier to sense when to use it as you use it.
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Just a quick question: I'm kind of on the fence about what to get from the Welcome Back Package. It's either inFamous or Super Stardust HD. What do you guys recommend?
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You could get both?
anongos
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That's the problem, I already spent the first one on Wipeout HD. So I have to make a choice between the two.
Ivalset
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inFamous is probably a better deal since it's like a full retail game.

Super Stardust is still fun as hell, though.
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Cracka what? What did you end up scoring?
Ivalset
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106,518,170

BETTER DUST OFF THAT PS3 NIGGA
Seibei4211
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I've got someone on my friends list with 132 mil.
Ivalset
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Well, if they're not from here then I don't particularly care.


...but I'll beat it sometime later.
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inFamous it is then.
awp
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Seibei4211 wrote:

And probably some Dead Nation.
Grabbed that and did the first level on gr1m difficulty with a friend. That game's somewhat unforgiving for someone who is not very good at videogames, though I'll probably be able to get by. If you want to run co-op I'd be down for that.

Ivalset wrote:

Ridiculous that I spent 1:11:36 just getting it. I can't even fathom playing this game for that long in one sitting, but apparently it happened.
I just spent 40 minutes fighting that one super secret super badass hidden side boss in Persona 4 (not the reaper, the good one) and now I feel like a boss.

btw inFamous is a fairly decent third person shooter. Strictly speaking money-wise, you're best off going for inFamous ($30) and buying Super Stardust HD ($15) if you're that torn
DawnII
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Crap every time I try to update Super Stardust my ps3 just restarts. Wtfffffff.
Seibei4211
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I finished my Good playthrough of inFamous 2 today. This game pretty much has most of the problems that the old one had, then also got rid of some of the good things from the first one to make the second game a little worse. There are some nice things that they added, like Ice Launch (!), but overall it kinda felt like a giant DLC pack that gave me new powers, a new location, and extra bullshit.
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There's always prototype 2
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Yeah, but so far that's looking to be the exact same case. Not to mention Prototype was more frustrating than inFamous ever was. Especially that fucking giant Mother boss or whatever on Hard mode. I might end up getting it anyway because dicking around in that game is a lot more fun than in inFamous. But I probably won't be getting another inFamous game if they make one.
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Dead Nation is rather fun, I must say
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Yeah, I've only played the first level so far because I wanna wait for my friend to get back and do an unspoiled playthrough in co-op. But that first level was pretty fun.
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Anybody mind using their shiny playstation plus account to download a copy of sonic 2 (it's free for PSPlus) and boost me the multiplayer trophy? It feels like a sin for me to not have 100% in this game. Should only take like half an hour tops, I think.
Seibei4211
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Sure thing, bud. Oh wait, that means I'd have to activate Chiaki's PS+ thing. I was gonna wait for Seibei's subscription to almost expire, then activate Chiaki's and keep it on for another month. It probably wouldn't kill me to just activate it tomorrow though. I wanna try some more game trials anyway. (Nevermind, I am stupid. That only applies to game trials.)

So anyway, I've been playing Red Faction: Guerrilla lately. Man, that game is balls if you actually do the story missions and stuff, but destroying shit is fuuuun every single time (once the area's liberated, that is). Also, oh my God, I was driving my car around, then it suddenly turned into Christine or something and started wildly accelerating all by itself and wouldn't brake. So I bailed out of the car and it kept going for a while until it got stuck on a rail or something. So I had to kill it with a rocket launcher so it wouldn't get free and start killing everybody.
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Was that Christine thing a Stephen King reference because you lost me halfway through
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Well, it was, yeah. I'm just saying the car suddenly had a mind of its own and it had some major bloodlust. It's for situations like these that make me think every open-world game should be required to have a video capture feature like in Just Cause 2.
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So awp and/or Rolled, not to troll or anything, but are there any fun songs on the Rock Band 3 disc? I've probably played maybe 20 of the songs or so and I haven't come across a song that's made me want to go back and play it in Quick Play. It's mostly been either repetitive stuff, power chord crap, or solo stream stuff. Are there any Reptilia/My Name Is Jonas/Helicopter songs on there? Like Whip It was pretty fun, just really repetitive. Space Oddity wasn't bad either.
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There's Bohemian Rhapsody. I kinda dig the sound of The Beautiful People, but it is not a fun song to play. Whip It's on my shitlist; it's a horrible song for drums. There's a song by Elton John that caught me by surprise by being really fun. Most of the songs on the RB3 disc are passable but lacklustre. All the real good shit's in the DLC.
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Oh, yeah, well I was talking specifically about Guitar, because I don't even do Drums anyway. So when do you wanna boost the Sonic stuff anyway? I've had it installed and I've just been waiting for you to get on.
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Whenever you and I both got time. I normally get home around this time after work. I'll start popping on PSN then.

Also good that you got it when you did, apparently it's not free on PSNP as of like, yesterday?

btw the rest of the trophies for that game are very easy to get. If you're awesome at the game, it'll take maybe 2 hours. Otherwise, 3 or 4 hours
Seibei4211
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Wow. I can't believe it, but Nier is a pretty cool game. Way more fun than I thought it'd be.
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Seibei4211 wrote:

Wow. I can't believe it, but Nier is a pretty cool game. Way more fun than I thought it'd be.
The best thing about it is how it keeps changing up the style. Just got up to the Forest of Myth and I did not see it coming.
Also rolling backwards to get everywhere is far more entertaining than it should be.
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The biggest surprise I've had so far is just how fucking hilarious this game is. "This stew smells like I pissed on a campfire." And Grimwoire Weiss is always make awesome jokes. I didn't know RPGs were allowed to be this funny. I wish I could read the comments that appear on your profile while you're playing the game though. Those are pretty great, too.
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I didn't know RPGs were allowed to be this funny.
Haven't played the Disgaea series, hmm?
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The only tactical RPG I've played was some game on the iPod.
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Yeah pretty sure the Disgaea series has the Funniest RPG crown

because it likes to TAKE A DUMP ON THE FACE OF COMMON SENSE

that's Disgaea 4!

(honourable mention to Shadow Hearts Covenant though)
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They're srpgs though; those don't count at all.

I could allow ZHP, though.
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ZHP is a dungeon crawler. I'd say SRPGs are closer than Dungeon crawlers, myself. Granted, they're all in the same boat. Turn-based, not turn-based, whatever. Party size 1, party size 10, whatever. Movement field, no movement field, whatever. The more distinctions you make the harder it is to draw the line, until we can no longer say for sure whether or not Grandia falls into the SRPG bucket because it has AOEs and movement and the like.
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awp wrote:

Yeah pretty sure the Disgaea series has the Funniest RPG crown

because it likes to TAKE A DUMP ON THE FACE OF COMMON SENSE

that's Disgaea 4!

I'm not the only one who giggled to that, then.
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I just spent, like, 70 out of the last 120 hours playing Nier, but I finally got that damn Plat. All for the sake of getting my $16 back by beating it within a week. I think I'm clinically insane.
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Shadows of the Damned is pretty fucking awesome, guys. Like it really, really is. The weapons are pretty sweet and each one has its uses. Like, you don't just go through the game using just one gun. I find myself switching it up pretty frequently. And the bosses are those "expose the weakpoint" type bosses like in Zelda, and I love that. There's even a few 2D shooter sections for literally no reason. Like the characters mention it, but they don't question it.

Anyway, that being said, don't spend $60 on it. You can beat this game in a day, two days tops. There is no New Game+. There is no Chapter Select. It still beats inFamous 2 though.
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I finished Dead Nation last night (after beating DNF) and oh god that last level is nuts

such a fun game though
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awp wrote:

I finished Dead Nation last night (after beating DNF) and oh god that last level is nuts

such a fun game though
I know, my friend and I blasted through three of the missions today, there's just something about it that feels blindly fun, like you don't know why it's fun, it just is, and it's a blast.

There's also a very satisfying sound whenever you send a charged rifle shot through a horde of zombies.
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splish splish splish splish

have fun with the last level. It's nothing but open spaces and very large hordes of zombies. Shocker 4 lyfe

one of the levels, like 7 or 8 or something (before the highway) pulls some real bullshit on you and you have to zerg rush like 5 Mouths that are behind destructable walls. That should be a cakewalk with multiplayer but it's a dick move in SP.
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Thought I'd slip by and drop my Playstation Network ID that can be added to the front page, since this seems like the right place to be for anything Playstation related which is nice to know.

PSNID: ampzzzz
This being my Australian/main account, meanwhile I have another as: nakim which is a false American account for a few games and add-ons for international purchases (since it was/is cheaper) I've done.

This will be a spot of fun having to list all the games I own but here goes!
Games including PSN purchases and exclusives:
- Agarest: Generations of War
- Ar Tonelico Qoga Knell Of Ar Ciel
- Assassin's Creed
- Assassins Creed Brotherhood
- Assassin's Creed II
- Atelier Rorona The Alchemist of Arland
- Bejewelled 2 [PSN]
- Blur
- Burnout Paradise [PSN]
- BlazBlue Calamity Trigger
- Cross Edge
- Dead Nation [PSN]
- Devil May Cry 4
- Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days [PSN]
- Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
- Dynasty Warriors 6
- Dynasty Warriors 7
- Eternal Sonata
- Final Fantasy IV [PSN]
- Final Fantasy VII [PSN]
- Final Fantasy VIII [PSN]
- Final Fantasy IX [PSN]
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Fist Of The North Star Kens Rage
- God of War HD Collection [PSN]
- God of War III
- Gran Turismo 5
- Grand Theft Auto 4
- Heavenly Sword
- Hyperdimension Neptunia
- Infamous [PSN]
- Killzone 2
- Killzone 3
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Need For Speed: Undercover
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
- Record of Agarest War [PSN]
- Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
- Saints Row 2
- Super Stardust HD
- Tekken 6
- Uncharted Drakes Fortune
- Uncharted 2 Among Thieves
- Wipeout HD + Fury Add-On [PSN]
- Yakuza 3

Possibly incomplete but I don't care.
Will be updating the list when I get some of the pre-orders I have are released and show up to my door.
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Well, you don't have to post your game list or even your PSN ID. It's just, you know, if you want to. Although it's always interesting to see what games other people have.

Anyway, so I was totally gonna get Eternal Sonata, but now that I actually wanna get it, my Gamestop stopped having it. So I got stuck with Red Dead Redemption, which, by the way, hasn't been as good as I was expecting so far.
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In all honesty, Eternal Sonata is not that great. The combat system is reasonably fun, but the game is otherwise just so plain. Dungeon, Boss, Rinse, Repeat. You just do the same thing over and over again but with a different scenario each time.
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There aren't a lot of games coming out right now (that I feel like spending $60 on), so I'm going through a bunch of games that I feel will probably be lame, but possibly fun. I'm somtimes surprised at what turns out to be fun for me. Also, I kinda feel the need for some more RPG. I thought the Dungeon Siege III demo was enjoyable, but it's at $60, so screw it. RPGs don't really have to be fun and exciting for me to play them a lot, as we can plainly see with my FFXIII Plat.
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Have you played the Disgaea series at all? Because that's a great way to kill about 400 hours (if you're a completionist but only play each game once). All 3 Disgaeas are good, though I'd go for the PSP version of Disgaea 1 and 2 if you have the choice.
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Just played the Sonic Generations demo. A lot of fun for a 2 minute demo (if you're a slowpoke like I am). Makes me wonder how such a short demo had such a large (660MB) file size. Pretty much worth it for the Green Hill tune though.

That game looks promising; more so than Sonic 4.
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I don't even have a PSP. And again, I'm not big on tactical RPGs. I mostly like action RPGs and stuff, like Star Ocean, Tales, Resonance of Fate, and Kingdom Hearts (if that counts). That's kinda why I was looking at Eternal Sonata. Also, 400 hours is overkill. Like, it would have to be my favorite game ever for me to do that.

Since Red Dead Redemption is so boring, and I mean so fucking boring, I might return it and just spring for Dungeon Siege III or something. But seriously, about RDR, for such a highly reviewed game that everyone seems to like, I wanna like it, but I just don't get it. I like the massive gunfights, but one every four hours isn't fast-paced enough for me. So yeah, it's probably a good game, but I can't stand it.
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Eternal Sonata was only an impulse purchase due to how the graphics looked (first of its kind on the western PS market anyhow) but besides the initial couple of hours playing it, not too much else is done with it besides collecting dust.

The only tactical RPG(s) I have thoroughly enjoyed would have to be Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (prefer it still above the first and third) and Final Fantasy VIII.

Seibei4211 wrote:

Since Red Dead Redemption is so boring, and I mean so fucking boring,
I shunned away from Red Dead Redemption as being another over-hyped game that wouldn't deliver and/or be a one-time playthrough, in the end it seemed like it was the right choice.
Anyone remember how hyped up Kane & Lynch was and look what happened in the end there.

For me a big thing is replayability, was it actually worth the $100-110?
This from an Australian game price, go figure the reason I resorted to importing so many of my games.

Of course, if I actually enjoy the game on the first run is another big issue.

Oh how I miss the days of games being released as complete packages and not requiring you to either patch up what shouldn't have needed it or having to buy parts of the game which should have been standard.


As a side note, anyone else getting a Playstation Vita? (Shit name, should've just been left as NGP which sounded better)
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I liked RDR. I really like the engine it's on, so yeah.
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Yeah, I found a way to take away the only fun I was having in the game. Going out into the wilderness and hunting animals is kind of fun every now and then, but I only did that to slowly make money. Then I found out you can do this one mini-game over and over again and get ridiculous amounts of cash really fast. And the mini-game is just pressing a button combination really fast and the combination never changes. The only thing I like about RDR so far is the main character. He's just a cool dude.

But anyway, yeah, I only got RDR cause I got it for $27 and I have the opportunity to get my money back if it sucks, which I will do. Oh, and I probably won't get a Vita unless they come out with something fantastic. So far the only good games for it are spin-offs of console games, which is basically what the PSP did a lot.
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400 hours is for completionists on each game, btw

Disgaea 1 you can do in 40 hours, but might take 80 if you need to learn the system and figure out how to optimize character building. That's really what the Disgaea series is all about; building your character's stats. Unlike other games such as FFT/Tactics Ogre which try to throw in tricky terrain and weather conditions, Disgaea's main game is "make characters super strong, then obliterate everything". There isn't really a focus on strategy until you hit the land of carnage or dark world (the dark world is interesting because it turns some levels into a puzzle game instead of an SRPG)

I was reluctant to get into SRPGs because I wasn't big on FFT but I sure was glad I gave it a try. Best RPG franchise ever.
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So I finally did a co-op playthrough last night. We almost got fucked in the graveyard in level 7 because we didn't realize for about 5 minutes that we had to kill the four Mouths. Even after we did, it wasn't until, like, level 9 that we finally realized what Mouths even did. Jeez...
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I think from now on everyone who makes a comment about a game should specify what game they're talking about. This thread has been difficult to follow for a very long time.
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Talking about Dead Nation. Yeah the last checkpoint in the Graveyard is kind of a bitch, unless you have flares and shotguns. Throw a flare and shotgun the walls then shotgun the mouths. Then switch to SMG, mow everything down, rinse and repeat. Or, if you have the Launcher, blow the fuck out of the walls.

Or, if you're on multiplayer, have one person crowd control while the other deals with the mouths. Since multiplayer isn't any harder than single player. It's literally just two people in a single player game.
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It was easy once we realized what we were supposed to do. By the time we figured it out, we had wasted all of our good ammo and just about every single throwable item. Then my buddy died after we killed the last mouth and I had to do the rest myself. By the way, I hate it when Jumpers come out of the sky and don't even give you a chance to dodge.
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Yeah, the later levels throw quite the amount of dick moves at you.

Anyway, beat the game with my friend the other day, I died in the middle of the last section and my friend just mowed down everything while I watched. Also, the Shocker is way OP.
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It was easy once we realized what we were supposed to do. By the time we figured it out, we had wasted all of our good ammo and just about every single throwable item. Then my buddy died after we killed the last mouth and I had to do the rest myself. By the way, I hate it when Jumpers come out of the sky and don't even give you a chance to dodge.
HATE that. Especially when it takes 1400x off your combo multiplier
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1400?! I didn't know people were that good, the most my friend and I got to was 300 or maybe a tad higher. Course, we kinda sucked, but still, we thought 300 was high when we were playing.
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The most I got was high 600s. Then one or both of us would catch ourselves on fire, usually because of a bad Rush, flamethrower, or Molotov (or rather, moe-low-tove), and send it down to 1. It's ridiculous how much that drains your multiplier.
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awp wrote:

400 hours is for completionists on each game, btw

Disgaea 1 you can do in 40 hours, but might take 80 if you need to learn the system and figure out how to optimize character building. That's really what the Disgaea series is all about; building your character's stats. Unlike other games such as FFT/Tactics Ogre which try to throw in tricky terrain and weather conditions, Disgaea's main game is "make characters super strong, then obliterate everything". There isn't really a focus on strategy until you hit the land of carnage or dark world (the dark world is interesting because it turns some levels into a puzzle game instead of an SRPG)

I'm still stuck on a level in the Dark world in Disgaea 2. It's one of them where there's a single enemy prinny in a disconnected area of land, and you have no-pickup/throw + no special + no attack geopanels everywhere.

Makes me sad; especially since the dark sun has an insta-game over on like the 7th turn (which isn't really that bad, but still)

So far I've spent about 100 hours on Dark Hero Days (lv2000thief (YEAAAAAAAAH)), and I spent a couple of hundred hours on Disgaea DS. I want to get around to finishing the PSP version, if only for the dialogue/voice acting.

I've got Disgaea 3 but haven't had much opportunity to play it, as I don't currently have a PS3. Oh irony.
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Play on Normal or Braindead, and max your rifle out asap. It's very easy. The highest combo I ever had was 7 or 8 thousand. But the hits you take to your multiplier are percentage based, so the higher your combo, the more you lose. A simple weak-zombie scratch starts taking off like 200x

I'm rushing through the game on Normal for kicks (playing the game just for the hell of it, rather than trying to get all loot, or no damage, or whatever) is so much fun. I'd say the achievements actually ruin the experience if you have the need to collect them (I do) but fortunately that's only 1 or 2 slow-paced runs through the game. Just not giving a fuck what happens makes the game WAY more fun.

After maxing the rifle, I'd work on the machine gun and the shotgun at a ratio of 2:1. Once those are upgraded to the max (give or take clip and max ammo - level those up, but don't bother with the last couple upgrades until down the road) start saving your money for the Shocker. The Shocker is shit for special infected, but is unrivalled at taking out all manner of zombie (weak, fat, military...the works). You can take out a crowd of 40 military infected in about four seconds with the shocker. With the rifle, that's 320 bullets. That's like 2 or 3 minutes of shooting. The shocker just tears them in half.
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Man, I thought RDR was super boring and I hated the game, right? I just finished a playthrough of Dungeon Siege III and I thought that was super boring, too. But for some reason, I totally loved DS3. It doesn't make any sense.
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So any of you guys played the Uncharted 3 beta?

Honestly, something just felt off about the whole thing to me. The climbing felt buggy, the combat felt slow, and fist cuffs never worked. I remember played Uncharted 2 multi and thought it was a blast, but the beta just wasn't.
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I'm leaving it up to a full-game trial if the Playstation Network and my Playstation Plus membership allow it before I make my full purchase...
I've had too many games which were supposed to just be 'beta' but turned out to be exactly the same in full release.state, which pisses me off greatly considering there have been too many games I've had some amount of hope for with the premise of being something fun only to complete back-flip and turn out to be horrible.

A nice example of this would have to be Haze.
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Well it's a good thing I don't care about MP then. I'm glad they're saving the awesome for stuff that really matters.
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Seibei4211 wrote:

I just finished a playthrough of Dungeon Siege III and I thought that was super boring, too. But for some reason, I totally loved DS3. It doesn't make any sense.
Dungeon Siege is a Kill-Shit-Get-Loot game, in the vein of Champions of Norrath, Diablo, and Torchlight. Those games are dreadful to watch, monotonous in their description, and lackluster in their presentation. But where they get you is in the sharp gameplay. Those games are designed to be addicting, and the opportunity for reward is constantly present.

I love KSGL games
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Yeah, but this game is even pretty weak from a KSGL standpoint. Like, you get loot a lot, but most of it is crap and it's not fun sifting through the crap and selling it back. And then like, there's not a lot of oh-my-God-totally-awesome stuff cause it's all designed to be in tiers and stuff so the stats are equal, but put into different categories and stuff. Like minus 10 attack, plus 10 will. And even when you think you're super buffed up and shit, there's not a lot of difference, except with obvious changes like your health and crit percentage. It's hard for me to play that game for more than an hour or two at a time since you have to spend so much time looking at stats and seeing if anything's better and stuff.

And yet, despite all of that, I still love it. It's just a fucking conundrum.
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Do you guys want to know the true definition of insanity? It's the state of mind you're in after playing the second-to-last level of Joe Danger 297 times without beating it. This game is awesome, but holy shit, everyone involved with this game needs to be shot for making it so hard to get 100%

Update: I am the fucking Chosen One. Joe Danger 100%. I kinda wish I had done it on my main account though. Would've been nice. Oh well.
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Update: I am the fucking Chosen One. Joe Danger 100%. I kinda wish I had done it on my main account though. Would've been nice. Oh well.
This is the reason why I have my PS3 automatically log in to my main (Australian) account at all times, since there's nothing worse than a 100% completion occurring on anything bar your main account unless you want to do all the hard work yet again.
But then that'd just make you out to be a masochist especially on some of the harder/longer games to platinum trophy get.
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No, I specifically chose to play Joe Danger on my alt account because that's what it's for. I knew Joe Danger would be hard, so I didn't want to force myself to get 100% if I didn't want to. I had no way of knowing that I would get so determined to get 100% in that game. I've actually got 2 plats on an account that's not supposed to have any. And I've almost got a 3rd as well. It's like, it's still my account, and I still got the trophy, so that's good enough for me.
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ampzz wrote:

Seibei4211 wrote:

But then that'd just make you out to be a masochist especially on some of the harder/longer games to platinum trophy get.
100% Megaman 10 /flex
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