Interesting. So I'm not underleveled or anything?
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Wait, so they nerfed Synergists AND Saboteurs? What the hell, man? It's not like they were even overpowered to begin with. Hope and Fang were the only overpowered things in that game.
Yeah, none of the two main characters are exceptional synergists (no offensive buffs), and they're both missing some saboteur skills like curse, fog and pain. Saboteurs are still great to use and effective, you're just kind of forced to use monsters in those roles if you want to do it completely right. And since you can only have three monsters active at a time, and you probably want to use other roles etc...
I haven't ever used a double SEN paradigm. Especially with some boss SEN monsters, you don't need more than one. I usually SEN when I need to switch to MED or SYN/SAB so I can keep the chain going.
Okay, I beat the game. Med/Med/Med helped a lot along with an OP Chichu.
This is true.Ivalset wrote:
Fuck.
For some reason, Oerba always has the best music.
I actually like the normal version of Ruined Hometown much more than the aggressive mix, but you never get to hear the aggressive mix in its entirety unless you do something weird like visit the menu when a mob shows up.
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Well here's a good one. I went to Gamestop just now to get Darkness II, Kingdoms of Amalur, and the guide for the latter since that's probably a huge game. I was looking around and I didn't see the guide for KoA, so I asked if they had it and he said they got an email saying it had been delayed. What the fuck? So the guide is coming out in two weeks instead. By then the internet will probably have whipped up some stuff and I won't want the guide. I don't think I've ever seen that happen before.
Mm, I don't think Kingdoms of Amalur is the kind of game I'd really want a guide for personally, though I'm not really one to buy guides in the first place. Seemed like a simple enough game with not much going on behind the scenes.
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I like maps, and I wanna know about any time-sensitive sidequests with awesome rewards or something. I wanna know if there are any special super awesome weapons to get that I might miss out on normally. Like in FFXII, you'd be screwed if you didn't know how to get that Zodiac Spear from the beginning of the game. But if I play the game and it turns out to be pretty simple to follow, then I'll just use the money I would've used to buy the guide and put it towards Asura's Wrath.
Where's the mystique, Selphie? That sense of discovering the unknown when venturing into a new game in which you know nothing about?
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Nope. That's just not how I play games.
Finally finished Katamari Forever, so I guess I should probably get around to finishing off Valkyria Chronicles and Nier too.
...I need to stop playing games halfway through.
Downloaded a bunch of demos to the xbox since they don't count towards my internet quota.
Played Amalur and made a dark elf guy with a fabulous moustache and played with some rogue/fighter skills with bonuses to mana. It's fun, but it seems to really need a lock on button because I kept harpooning the wrong guys. Stopped playing a little while into the timed part of the demo because I was pretty much sold on buying the game already.
Asura's Wrath is hilarious and I might just buy it when it's a bit cheaper. I was really expecting some sort of God of War clone, but it's good that it's its own thing.
...I need to stop playing games halfway through.
Downloaded a bunch of demos to the xbox since they don't count towards my internet quota.
Played Amalur and made a dark elf guy with a fabulous moustache and played with some rogue/fighter skills with bonuses to mana. It's fun, but it seems to really need a lock on button because I kept harpooning the wrong guys. Stopped playing a little while into the timed part of the demo because I was pretty much sold on buying the game already.
Asura's Wrath is hilarious and I might just buy it when it's a bit cheaper. I was really expecting some sort of God of War clone, but it's good that it's its own thing.
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You played Nier and haven't finished it? Did you not like it? When I played that game, I couldn't stop myself from playing until I was 100% done. I love that game.adam2046 wrote:
Finally finished Katamari Forever, so I guess I should probably get around to finishing off Valkyria Chronicles and Nier too.
...I need to stop playing games halfway through.
Downloaded a bunch of demos to the xbox since they don't count towards my internet quota.
Played Amalur and made a dark elf guy with a fabulous moustache and played with some rogue/fighter skills with bonuses to mana. It's fun, but it seems to really need a lock on button because I kept harpooning the wrong guys. Stopped playing a little while into the timed part of the demo because I was pretty much sold on buying the game already.
Asura's Wrath is hilarious and I might just buy it when it's a bit cheaper. I was really expecting some sort of God of War clone, but it's good that it's its own thing.
Yeah, I wish it had a lock-on button, too. Even for non-projectile stuff, it'd be nice to circle strafe dudes.
That Asura's Wrath demo is what made me go from wanting to buy it eventually to wanting to pre-order it and get it on day one. That shit is outrageous. The chapter 11 one was crazy. That fucking sword, man. Awesome.
I'm actually just incredibly bad at finishing games, I usually stop playing at the halfway mark and start playing something completely different. I still haven't finished Persona 3 and a bunch of other PS2 games thanks to this.Seibei4211 wrote:
You played Nier and haven't finished it? Did you not like it? When I played that game, I couldn't stop myself from playing until I was 100% done. I love that game.
I...don't even know you anymore.adam2046 wrote:
I still haven't finished Persona 3 and a bunch of other PS2 games thanks to this.
I haven't finished P3 either but I only started playing it a month and change ago. I'm probably going to finish it in a couple weeks. Oh, plus The Answer.
Man I stuck a Sazh afro on my Chichu and it is the bossest thing in the world.
Also Chocolina, WTF.
Also Chocolina, WTF.
Chocolina the best.
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Just started playing a bit of Amalur. Got a few quests under my belt now. Fuck, this game is fun. Chakrams? Fuckin'...forget about it. They're awesome. And Hammers beat the shit out of people (and bears) so well. I love this shit. Although I fucking hate how they have white text with a white shadow underneath it. It just makes me feel like I have blurry vision. So annoying to read that. And I don't know why they called this Hard mode, because you could've fooled me.
Sazh DLC. 5 bucks. Shit, I think I'm obligated to throw that money down.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you have to.
Honestly, I should get that DLC free, but whatever.
I hope he repeatedly asks people if they're afraid of him, while reminding people that they are nothing.
Honestly, I should get that DLC free, but whatever.
I hope he repeatedly asks people if they're afraid of him, while reminding people that they are nothing.
Sazh costs money? Bulllllshit
don't justify charging money for a good character by making all the other characters insufferably angsty twats
don't justify charging money for a good character by making all the other characters insufferably angsty twats
Asura's Wrath? ... meh
What I liked:
Pretty good amount of awesome cut scenes.
Very good kick-assery during actual "gameplay"
Does get better half-way through the game.
What I didn't like:
A few buttons pressed, you've completed an episode. (Is what it felt like to me)
Preview shows up, spoils the episode pretty much.
Really high volume level on the preview when I have a normal volume setting throughout the game.
Having to look at "credits" on every cut scene. Can't count how many times I've seen "Cyber Connect2" pop up in my face.
90% movie and 10% gameplay.
Couldn't really enjoy the movie since I'm constantly on the lookout for upcoming buttons.
Short. Beaten in two sittings. (Less than 10 hours)
Yeah, that's pretty much it!
6/10
Now to redo the whole game on hard...
What I liked:
Pretty good amount of awesome cut scenes.
Very good kick-assery during actual "gameplay"
Does get better half-way through the game.
What I didn't like:
A few buttons pressed, you've completed an episode. (Is what it felt like to me)
Preview shows up, spoils the episode pretty much.
Really high volume level on the preview when I have a normal volume setting throughout the game.
Having to look at "credits" on every cut scene. Can't count how many times I've seen "Cyber Connect2" pop up in my face.
90% movie and 10% gameplay.
Couldn't really enjoy the movie since I'm constantly on the lookout for upcoming buttons.
Short. Beaten in two sittings. (Less than 10 hours)
Yeah, that's pretty much it!
6/10
Now to redo the whole game on hard...
That sounds awful. Did you pay sixty bucks for a slightly long movie?
That's honestly pretty much what I was expecting from the game.
Of course!
Hopefully HDN mk2 is better...
Hopefully HDN mk2 is better...
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Sounds perfect to me. Those cutscenes are the reason I got the game, so it's good that there's a lot. The gameplay itself is so-so, but still pretty cool. Also, they did something different and outrageous, which is more than I can say for 98% of games these days. Creativity should definitely be rewarded. In any case, I can't play that game anyway until I beat Kingdoms of Amalur in a decade or so.
Making a game that is mostly cutscenes is not something I'd classify as good creativity.
Since the game isn't really much of a "game" than it is an anime box set with interactive segments inserted, I might wait a while for the price to drop before I pick it up.
Might as well see how Binary Domain holds up.
Might as well see how Binary Domain holds up.
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So, what, Heavy Rain wasn't a good game? That game was awesome and it is nothing but an interactive movie. So I guess Asura's Wrath isn't that creative, since it just took what Heavy Rain did, cut out the bullshit, and made the interactive sections more fun. How horrible.
Of course it wasn't a good game. It was a good movie.
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That's true. LA Noire and Phoenix Wright don't have great gameplay aspects, yet they're still great. God of War has good gameplay, but the cutscenes were more brutal than ridiculous. Bayonetta's the only game I can think of that has great gameplay and a lot of truly ridiculous cutscenes. The only thing that sucked about those cutscenes was the fact that there was a button press you had to do in a handful of cutscenes that would kill you if you missed it. They were random and stupid. At least in Asura's Wrath and God of War, you'd be stupid to not expect them.
Its not that I find the game bad (I was actually rather hyped when I watched the trailers). I just feel it would be justified for me to buy it when its cheaper since it can be finished within a weekend and there's not much replay value from what I hear. I mean, I live in Australia, prices for games can be ridiculous up to $89.99. Not to mention there's tons of other games I want to check out as well which recently came out. I'm still going to play it...just not at the moment.
Just call it bad. It's a movie.
Just wait for once I feel the price is good enough until I can give my final verdict.Ivalset wrote:
Just call it bad. It's a movie.
It's going to take a while for it to fall to around/below movie ticket prices.
Once it reaches about $60.00 or so it should be fine. I've been meaning to get my hands on Catherine, Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2, Binary Domain and even The Last Story for Wii anyway.
one of the reasons why i totally regret getting an xbox... the exclusives just don't match upDieathan wrote:
I've been meaning to get my hands on Catherine
What do you mean? I thought Catherine came out on Xbox 360. Is it the different box art?-A t H e N a- wrote:
one of the reasons why i totally regret getting an xbox... the exclusives just don't match up