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Typhus733 posted:I actually would totally recommend playing both. You absolutely don't have to but they're both great and unlike BG->BG2 the first isn't endlessly tedious.
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Typical Pubbie posted:It's a late 90s era low-budget action adventure game with questionable controls. I thought it was supposed to be the best one of the series?
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WYA posted:I thought it was supposed to be the best one of the series? Doesn't stop it from being old, dated and a bit broken.
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WYA posted:I thought it was supposed to be the best one of the series? Redguard? No, not at all. It isn't even an RPG, so if you're coming to it for something like Skyrim, you won't get it. I like Redguard despite myself(mostly out of nostalgia) but I find it very hard to recommend these days. I've also heard of very few people who even played it, let alone think it's the best of the series. Most people will say either Morrowind or Skyrim.
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Daler Mehndi posted:I also enjoyed IDW 1's expansions Heart of Winter and Trials of the Luremaster, particularly HoW as it gives a lot of new spells on top of the other features. My druid PC felt particularly powerful after applying it. I've not yet played IWD2, but I do agree that the IWD + HoW is absolutely worth playing in its own right.
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Is Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together supposed to be brutally hard? I've only played the GBA version, years ago, and don't remember having near this much trouble. Now, on PSP, I'm barely scraping by most fights.
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Million Ghosts posted:Is Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together supposed to be brutally hard? I've only played the GBA version, years ago, and don't remember having near this much trouble. Now, on PSP, I'm barely scraping by most fights. The GBA one is an entirely different game. I don't know about the PSP remake but the original SNES one was pretty brutal.
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Get an archer. Then get another archer. Maybe a third. Repeat until the game is longer difficult.
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01011001 posted:The GBA one is an entirely different game. I don't know about the PSP remake but the original SNES one was pretty brutal. I don't know why I said GBA when I meant PSX  . Past me must have been way better at gaming then. I have a pair of archers already, someone I know told me to literally make everyone archers if I wanted to win straight up.
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Million Ghosts posted:I don't know why I said GBA when I meant PSX You don't really need more than Canopus w/ a crossbow and a couple of archers. A pair of healer with lobbers is really nice. I also have a couple of mages throwing around status effects. Stuff like charm and petrify land pretty often. I haven't beat it yet, but I thought the missions were only really hard when you actually wanted to save the guest. I decided most of them could just die if that's what they really wanted to do.
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For those that have beaten Trails in the Sky, any tips for beating that rear end in a top hat Lorence? I can't come anywhere close.
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Friendly Factory posted:I actually cannot physically play ME1 after playing 2 and 3. They're just so much better in every way. Yes, I liked 3. Dumbest thing in the series was in ME2 though (giant robo-baby). That's weird because right now I'm sort of dreading Mass Effect 3 and I'd rather go and play Mass Effect 1 again. What is the combat like in 3, is there a bit more enemy variety? Does every encounter still have 2 or 3 waves of the same enemies spawn in?
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Red Bones posted:That's weird because right now I'm sort of dreading Mass Effect 3 and I'd rather go and play Mass Effect 1 again. What is the combat like in 3, is there a bit more enemy variety? Does every encounter still have 2 or 3 waves of the same enemies spawn in? The combat in 3 is the best of the bunch, in my opinion.
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Poonerman posted:For those that have beaten Trails in the Sky, any tips for beating that rear end in a top hat Lorence? I can't come anywhere close. How far back of a save do you have? If you can go far back enough to have access to the shops in Grancel, check your recipe book for CP restoring foods, then buy the poo poo out of the ingredients you need to make them. (Checking briefly, I believe a shop in Grancel also sells Special Ice Cream, which restores 25CP.) Start the fight with 200CP on everybody, go nuts, and then throw CP restoration at Estelle with the rest of your party and spam her S-Craft. Although he's a complete shitwrecker, he's got really low health for that point in the game, so you should be able to power through him like this. If you've got the Gladiator Belt from becoming Bracer First Class, then throw that on Estelle too. If cheesing like this isn't an option, life gets harder. Make sure everybody in your party is immune to mute and confuse so that Demon Flames won't cripple you. If you have the Gladiator Belt, throw that and the Grail Locket on Estelle. (If your Bracer Rank isn't good enough to have the Grail Locket, you're pretty much screwed.) Heal with items, since he'll just cancel anything you try and cast with Zero Storm. (Actually, Zero Storm is one of his least dangerous moves, so it can be a good idea to have someone cast just to bait him into using it.) Basically, his biggest weakness is his surprisingly low HP. You want to hit him as hard and as fast as you can, which means Action 2 quartz are great. More moves also means you have more chances to impede his Tearal spamming, which is essential. Also, keep in mind there's literally no reward except extra BP. If you're not going for 100%, it might be a good idea to not even bother. Cake Attack fucked around with this message at 07:40 on Sep 29, 2013 |
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I'm honestly really annoyed that you don't have to win, considering it's so late in the game. Didn't even bother doing it since I had already missed a few jobs. Also, that ending ruled.
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Red Bones posted:That's weird because right now I'm sort of dreading Mass Effect 3 and I'd rather go and play Mass Effect 1 again. What is the combat like in 3, is there a bit more enemy variety? Does every encounter still have 2 or 3 waves of the same enemies spawn in? Having just started playing 3 recently, here's some key differences from 2, though most is similar. 1. You have a dodge roll. This can be used to quickly duck into cover, or to quick swap from one cover spot to another. 2. You can sprint forever. 3. Any class can equip any weapons, but... 4. ...equipping more weapons affects how fast your powers cooldown. This can range from powers coming back three times as fast to basically being useless. 5. On that note, powers are now better grouped, and you won't be locked out of using an ammo power just because you went into Adrenaline Rush. (You would be locked out of Concussive Shot though) 6. In fact, little things like ammo powers and first aid induce no cooldown period at all. 7. Health no longer regenerates completely, only up to the next 20%, for any more than that you need medi-gel. Others can probably elaborate more than me. On the topic of ME3, has anyone else had a bug with Adrenaline Rush where sometimes it just doesn't do anything? I'll see Shepard glow slightly but there won't be any time slowdown or the other screen effects that go along with it.
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So I was looking for a new wii rpg at my game store and they had phantom brave:we will meet again cheap. Is it any good?
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TheBigTwo posted:So I was looking for a new wii rpg at my game store and they had phantom brave:we will meet again cheap. Have you played any of the Disgaea games? It's a spinoff of those. It's not one of the better ones but it's perfectly playable.
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I haven't played a Disgaea, but they're like sorta like Final Fantasy tactics, right?
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TheBigTwo posted:I haven't played a Disgaea, but they're like sorta like Final Fantasy tactics, right? Uh, sort of. The idea behind Disgaea and its spinoffs is that the game is relatively simple at first blush but has a bunch of esoteric bizarre systems you can use to powergame to insane degrees. It's as much a game about figuring out inventive ways to make numbers get bigger as it is a game about killing enemies. You can play it that way (and it holds together surprisingly well) but huge amounts of the post-game and bonus content revolve around MAKE NUMBERS BIGGER.
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ImpAtom posted:Uh, sort of. Oh okay, thanks I'll get it then, if there's one thing I like in an rpg it's hitting enemies so hard that they die several times.
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TheBigTwo posted:Oh okay, thanks I'll get it then, if there's one thing I like in an rpg it's hitting enemies so hard that they die several times. Just to give you some kind of perspective, in endgame Disgaea games, a million damage is a weak attack.
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TheBigTwo posted:Oh okay, thanks I'll get it then, if there's one thing I like in an rpg it's hitting enemies so hard that they die several times. If you like doing that then this franchise is for you.
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Coughing Hobo posted:Just to give you some kind of perspective, in endgame Disgaea games, a million damage is a weak attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCfv37wwQaQ
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TheBigTwo posted:Oh okay, thanks I'll get it then, if there's one thing I like in an rpg it's hitting enemies so hard that they die several times.
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If I wanted to get into the main series what would be a good starting point?
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Oct 2, 2013 23:52
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If you have a Vita, the Vita version of 3, but yes 3's story/characters aren't great. Otherwise 4.
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Friendly Factory posted:The story in Disgaea games are trash, so start with whatever. I suggest 3 only because it's the most recent one I've played. Disgaea 4 has a perfectly fine story.  ...Which is why I wouldn't suggest checking it out first.
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King of Solomon posted:Disgaea 4 has a perfectly fine story. Is that the one where they only talk about sardines?
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Kild posted:Is that the one where they only talk about sardines? They definitely talk about sardines a lot.
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Poonerman posted:For those that have beaten Trails in the Sky, any tips for beating that rear end in a top hat Lorence? I can't come anywhere close. Cake Attack posted:Also, keep in mind there's literally no reward except extra BP. If you're not going for 100%, it might be a good idea to not even bother. A little late, but it's worth keeping in mind that in the Steam version, that fight will almost certainly be worth an achievement as well (or two, since I'm sure there'll be one for max BP as well), if you care about such things. But yeah, that fight is mostly a bonus challenge. And also a teaser for the real fight with him in SC.
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Friendly Factory posted:The story in Disgaea games are trash, so start with whatever. I suggest 3 only because it's the most recent one I've played. I will fight you. The original Disgaea has some of my favorite story/dialogue/characters from any RPG I've played.
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I wouldn't necessarily call Phantom Brave a 'spin-off' of Disgaea. A lot of the mechanics are similar but it has its own flavor in terms of how it plays, and the story's got nothing to do with Disgaea. Laharl & Co make an appearance, but only in a jokey cameo fight way. Same with Soul Nomad. Though funnily enough Phantom Brave and Soul Nomad are connected in a fairly direct way.
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cheetah7071 posted:I will fight you. The original Disgaea has some of my favorite story/dialogue/characters from any RPG I've played. I agree with this. The first disgaea story is relentlessly hilarious and the characters are great.
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It's definitely preferable to play the original Disgaea on PSP if you can, the voice acting adds a lot to the experience and the PSP version has quite a bit of extra stuff over the PS2 version.
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The PS2 version has voice acting. It has a better voice for Etna and the Prinnies as well.
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Any PC or PS3, X360 RPGs with good prestige systems? i.e. you finish the game, or you get to a certain point and die, but because of your progress the next time you start the game you get an extra ability, or something like that. The only one I can kind of think of is Dragon Quarter and that's kind of questionable at best
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mune posted:Any PC or PS3, X360 RPGs with good prestige systems? i.e. you finish the game, or you get to a certain point and die, but because of your progress the next time you start the game you get an extra ability, or something like that. Rogue Legacy is pretty much the epitome of this.
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