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Was Star Ocean IV supposed to be good or bad? I got like 6 hours into it then they introduced a teenage character who looked 4 and i was out.
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Apr 14, 2013 06:36
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TheIllestVillain posted:Was Star Ocean IV supposed to be good or bad? I got like 6 hours into it then they introduced a teenage character who looked 4 and i was out. It is a Bad Game.
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Apr 14, 2013 06:38
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Reread the second sentence you typed there and think about what you just asked.
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Apr 14, 2013 06:38
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SO4 is garbage. Also nene that's because you're a bad person who hates fun, sorey
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Apr 14, 2013 06:38
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TheIllestVillain posted:Was Star Ocean IV supposed to be good or bad? I got like 6 hours into it then they introduced a teenage character who looked 4 and i was out. It's terrible and I'm assuming they got a completely out-of-company director to shove every single terrible Japanese anime trope in there to appease...someone.
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Apr 14, 2013 06:38
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Tae posted:It's terrible and I'm assuming they got a completely out-of-company director to shove every single terrible Japanese anime trope in there to appease...someone. The director literally said he wanted to make porn games. That's all you need to know.
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Apr 14, 2013 06:39
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Tae posted:What are thoughts on Valkyrie Profile Plume? I never read or hear anything about that game. I never played the first, but I thought it was pretty fun. The whole concept of the plume is pretty awesome too, you pretty much go around sacrificing your friends' souls to become super powerful, and overkilling enemies to appease the evil entities you work for and stop them from sending assassins after you.
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Apr 14, 2013 06:40
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My biggest complaint about Covenant of the Plume is that it's a little on the short side if you only play through it once, and while the branching plot is designed around replay value, all the stuff that gets carried over in New Game+ means that the first half of the game will be a cakewalk on a second or third playthrough.
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Apr 14, 2013 07:39
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It may be a cakewalk, but at least the story changes different enough that it doesn't feel like you're sleepwalking through the same tired plot copy+pasted. Plus the real meat of gameplay personally is the huge dungeon crawler you get access afterwards when you can use anyone and everyone (and the story's basically an after-hours parody).
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Apr 14, 2013 07:47
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Francois Kofko posted:On a more 'searching for a game' note, is there any game that has the same sort of apocalyptic everything-will-be-reborn aesthetic as Nocturne? It's not new and not an RPG in the usual sense of the word, but the game you are looking for is Terranigma. I wish someone would put more Soul Blazer games on the DS (or elsewhere, but the DS would probably be the best fit), but without loving it up like they somehow did for the Mana series. I have no idea why this genre seems to be so neglected, but alas.
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Apr 14, 2013 07:58
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The Soulblazer trilogy not getting a port/remake probably has something to do with Quintet. They might still hold the IP rights despite being... uh, invisible these days.
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Apr 14, 2013 08:03
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Terranigma owns bones but I never get around to replaying it because I kinda frankly find the opening two acts to be incredibly dull. Until you hit Zuu it's just sorta bland and boring. Soul Blazer's great and doesn't have that problem. Illusion of Gaia was lame and I'll stand by this fact forever
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Apr 14, 2013 08:16
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Friendly Factory fucked around with this message at 08:07 on Jun 4, 2018 |
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Apr 14, 2013 09:00
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Friendly Factory posted:The Last Hope's story is one step down from a sex crime. Absolutely awful, pathetic and disgusting. Never loving played it, but it got 'good reviews' according to wikipedia. What the gently caress did this game do? EDIT: Also looking for any games that play like Fallout 1&2 and Arcanum. Are there any good ones, or do I have to wait for Dead State/Barkley 2. Undead Unicorn fucked around with this message at 09:27 on Apr 14, 2013 |
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Apr 14, 2013 09:19
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Friendly Factory fucked around with this message at 08:06 on Jun 4, 2018 |
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Apr 14, 2013 09:29
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Undead Unicorn posted:Also looking for any games that play like Fallout 1&2 and Arcanum. Are there any good ones, or do I have to wait for Dead State/Barkley 2. Shadowrun Returns is coming in June (I think it was June, too lazy to actually check), so there's that. If you're really jonesing you can play Lionheart, but...don't.
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Apr 14, 2013 09:32
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I didn't know Shadowrun was that close to coming out, and thanks for rewarding my stupidity by answering why SO4 was terrible.
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Apr 14, 2013 09:42
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SO4 is what happens when publisher forces a developer to make a game they did not want to make (SO3 was supposed to be the last game). I'm convinced they made it terrible like that so SE wouldn't force them to make another one.
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Apr 14, 2013 15:13
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Undead Unicorn posted:EDIT: You mean turn-based with action points? You'll have to add Divinity: Original Sin to your 'wait for' list.
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Apr 14, 2013 15:32
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TheIllestVillain posted:Was Star Ocean IV supposed to be good or bad? I got like 6 hours into it then they introduced a teenage character who looked 4 and i was out. You didn't even get to the best parts! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNauq6_9iP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDHgznXB3Bg Yes, that's right: the elf guy who calls Lymle a baby in one scene has implied romantic tension with her in another. No but you see she's actually 16 despite looking and acting like she's 4 so it's totally ok and not creepy at all! I actually beat this game, though. The combat is so good and I laughed my way through the story.
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Apr 14, 2013 17:05
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Francois Kofko posted:
I hate you more than anyone in the entire world
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Apr 14, 2013 17:12
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GulagDolls posted:I hate you more than anyone in the entire world Hamlet died for our sins.
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Apr 14, 2013 17:19
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I've always preferred IoG over Terranigma. Wonky translation aside, IoG had a much better plot in my opinion.
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Apr 14, 2013 17:22
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Francois Kofko posted:Terranigma owns bones but I never get around to replaying it because I kinda frankly find the opening two acts to be incredibly dull. Until you hit Zuu it's just sorta bland and boring. Soul Blazer's great and doesn't have that problem. I always though Zuu was the absolute low point of the game, since you have that horribly boring quest with the lion cub to get through. Otherwise I pretty much agree, IoG is the weakest of the three, Soulblazer the best.
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Apr 14, 2013 17:25
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Nate RFB posted:I've always preferred IoG over Terranigma. Wonky translation aside, IoG had a much better plot in my opinion. I felt like the sketchy plot added to the whole dreamlike quality the game had. I was eaten by Riverson and became Riverson
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Apr 14, 2013 17:26
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Sakurazuka posted:Hamlet died for our sins. I don't know, the cute mascot character self-immolating himself to feed a starving African village sure as hell sets the tone for the kind of game it is. I like all three of the games and I would kill for a DS or whatever collection of them. 
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Apr 14, 2013 17:29
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GulagDolls posted:I felt like the sketchy plot added to the whole dreamlike quality the game had. That part was kind of a double whammy of sketchy plot AND sketchy translation. Original he just turned into a Leviathan, he wasn't eaten. Not that that makes any more sense!
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Apr 14, 2013 17:47
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I just discovered Grand Knights Saga, having missed the game originally and all the XSEED shenanigans on top. I saw that Gyoru had released a partial translation patch and that there is also another one floating around the web as well. I'd like to give the game a shot, but which one is more complete?
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Apr 14, 2013 17:57
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Levantine posted:I just discovered Grand Knights Saga, having missed the game originally and all the XSEED shenanigans on top. I saw that Gyoru had released a partial translation patch and that there is also another one floating around the web as well. I'd like to give the game a shot, but which one is more complete?
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Apr 14, 2013 18:21
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Rascyc posted:That's kind of a weird game to play single player since the whole point of the game is the multiplayer component and the war stuff. Single player is mostly like a training mode to get ready to multiplayer (is there even a single player story? One didn't jump out at me). It's interesting to mess with though. I had no problems with Gyoru's patch personally but I didn't really put in the time to figure out if there was more to the game than training for multiplayer. Ah, gotcha. I just saw a couple quick videos and it looks like a Vanillaware RPG. I'll give Gyoru's a shot since that single player sounds like an interesting if short diversion. Thanks!
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Apr 14, 2013 18:26
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GulagDolls posted:I hate you more than anyone in the entire world The combat took too long to be not supereasy and way too long for you to unlock the various different abilities. The best dungeon in the game is that one with the multiple floors you can fall up and down through (Great wall? Pyramids? I don't remember) and it takes way too long to get to a point where the gameplay is interesting!! Then again the above implies to Terranigma as well but at least the first two acts are really only about a third of the game at most. Gwyrgyn Blood posted:I always though Zuu was the absolute low point of the game, since you have that horribly boring quest with the lion cub to get through. Otherwise I pretty much agree, IoG is the weakest of the three, Soulblazer the best. Then which is the lush forest-y one that you bring back to life? I hated the one with the cub but I did really like the place where you had to make the four quadrants alive again or whatever (it's been a while since I've played it :I)
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Apr 14, 2013 19:00
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Francois Kofko posted:Then which is the lush forest-y one that you bring back to life? I hated the one with the cub but I did really like the place where you had to make the four quadrants alive again or whatever (it's been a while since I've played it :I) Oh it looks like I was wrong, Zuu was the foresty area with the rolling logs and such. It's the area immediately after that (Canyon) with the lion cub escort quest.
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Apr 14, 2013 19:03
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Cardiovorax posted:Is it really any good? I can hardly imagine a licensed game like that not being awful. It's a mediocre, slow plodding KOTOR with a slow time button instead of a straightup pause button.
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Apr 14, 2013 19:11
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Gwyrgyn Blood posted:Oh it looks like I was wrong, Zuu was the foresty area with the rolling logs and such. It's the area immediately after that (Canyon) with the lion cub escort quest. Yeah, Canyon was garbage. Luckily it was the shortest area of the second act, and after it was the icy mountain and it was pretty cool.
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Apr 14, 2013 19:20
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For all its sins, I can't bring myself to truly hate Star Ocean: The Last Hope, because they named the main character Edge Maverick. I can't think about that fact and not smile to myself.
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Apr 14, 2013 19:58
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Francois Kofko posted:Yeah, Canyon was garbage. Luckily it was the shortest area of the second act, and after it was the icy mountain and it was pretty cool. Agnostalgia posted:For all its sins, I can't bring myself to truly hate Star Ocean: The Last Hope, because they named the main character Edge Maverick. I can't think about that fact and not smile to myself.
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Apr 14, 2013 20:27
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The White Dragon posted:I gotta admit I'm not a big fan of the Canyon or the Ice Mountain (or Norfest or Bloody Mary's Castle), but the Ra Tree and the Greclif are among my favorite dungeons. Greclif is neat in theory but the fact that everything looks the same and gets you lost isn't particularly fun. The slow movement while climbing also bugged the hell out of me. Norfest isn't that bad, and neither is BMC (until you get to Bloody Mary herself, and gently caress that boss, especially because I rarely grind in games) Magic ring did three damage to Bloody Mary!! I entered the castle at like level 18 or something, and you have to be level 22 to even do nontrivial damage. I just 1HP'd her to death. fronz fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Apr 14, 2013 |
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Apr 14, 2013 20:37
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You don't need to grind. Use magic ring. Lightning ring;.
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Apr 14, 2013 20:44
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The dash attack is the One True Path against Bloody Mary 
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symphoniccacophony posted:I'm only about 1/3 through the game, it lacks the refinement you can get with a triple A budget. Combat plays like poor man's version of Dragon Age, but so far the story is quite engaging. Definitely something I would play to the end to see how it all unfolds. The one caveat would be that you need to be familiar the GOT universe and major character to get the most enjoyment. Got it on one of the steam sales so I would say it's worth $20. Just don't buy that other GOT game that is a RTS; critiques panned that one. GreenBuckanneer posted:It's a mediocre, slow plodding KOTOR with a slow time button instead of a straightup pause button.
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