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Ibram Gaunt posted:His real name is Ben Kuchera, hope this helps, OP. Nnnnoooooooo..!
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Million Ghosts posted:You're the only person who's opinions I respect on lovely JRPGs even if I ignore you and play them anyways. I am what's wrong with the industry. 
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Oct 15, 2014 06:39
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Don't dis Natty Doc.
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Million Ghosts posted:You're the only person who's opinions I respect on lovely JRPGs even if I ignore you and play them anyways. I am what's wrong with the industry. same
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Oct 15, 2014 09:01
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I need to get Natural Doctrine really badly, I'm just busy catching up on other bad RPGs first. Look at that poo poo, it looks even more arcane than Unlimited Saga. I've got to have it.
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Oct 15, 2014 09:16
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i was thinking of buying natty doc until i saw NIS on the trailer video and then i laughed loudly and declared i would wait till it was half the price which would happen before february of 2015
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Oct 15, 2014 14:08
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Natty Doc looks more like an anime geometry problem than a game.
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Stelas posted:I need to get Natural Doctrine really badly, I'm just busy catching up on other bad RPGs first. While it might look that way from the screenshot, it's no where near as cryptic as Unlimited Saga. The major thing that image is telling you is that the girl on the right is doing to die miserably(and probably net you a game over) unless she gets incredibly lucky. First off, the leveling system in ND is pretty simple and you can freely switch what you put your points into on the formation screen in the world map based on what you think you'll need in the upcoming map, compared to US's arcane way you build up your party. ND also gives you a big tutorial dump that tells you most of the important facts about the basics you'd need to know about the game when going into the first cave area(which is directly after the initial tutorial area), and it's pretty easy to understand. I don't remember US doing something like that, just feebly trying to explain its messed up slot system before dumping you on your way, and I think even that was ignored if you picked certain characters.
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I am really enjoying Tears to Tiara II. ImpAtom is right - your enjoyment rests heavily on how much you like the story because the game is as much a Visual Novel as it is anything else. Combat is fun and good, reminds me of Jeanne d'Arc more than other SRPGs, both in the aesthetic and how characters can transform and such. I don't normally play VN's so it's a bit jarring to be faced with a 20 minute story scene but once I realized that's what I was in for, I enjoyed it a lot more.
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Levantine posted:I am really enjoying Tears to Tiara II. ImpAtom is right - your enjoyment rests heavily on how much you like the story because the game is as much a Visual Novel as it is anything else. Combat is fun and good, reminds me of Jeanne d'Arc more than other SRPGs, both in the aesthetic and how characters can transform and such. I don't normally play VN's so it's a bit jarring to be faced with a 20 minute story scene but once I realized that's what I was in for, I enjoyed it a lot more. Hmm... I did like Jeanne d"arc, but I really don't want to add to my backlog... Decisions, decisions. Btw, PSP RPGs on Vita TV just don't look that good. Oh, and Sony took out the filtering options unfortunately for some reason  .
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Oct 17, 2014 04:43
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Will the new ps4 firmware add psx emulation, a problem which has been solved since the loving ps2, in or am I just gonna be shouting off a cliff for another year
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Oct 17, 2014 12:08
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hubris.height posted:Will the new ps4 firmware add psx emulation, a problem which has been solved since the loving ps2, in or am I just gonna be shouting off a cliff for another year Better hope playstation now expands like crazy soon, because emulation is a lot harder than you seem to think it is.
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Baltazar Robotnik posted:Better hope playstation now expands like crazy soon, because emulation is a lot harder than you seem to think it is. Lol ps one emulation is a thing that they have been doing since ps2 and the fact that they now use x86 architecture should mean it's even easier to get working considering they aren't programming it on a weird proprietary processor like cell or whatever the ps2 had Like I'm no hardware pro but for an issue which was SOLVED on two generations of consoles to suddenly become more difficult is absolutely backwards and gently caress ps now I own my ps one games already
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Oct 17, 2014 12:40
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Didn't the PS2 do its "emulation" by literally having a PS1 CPU on board which it normally use to handle some audio stuff or something?
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hubris.height posted:Lol ps one emulation is a thing that they have been doing since ps2 and the fact that they now use x86 architecture should mean it's even easier to get working considering they aren't programming it on a weird proprietary processor like cell or whatever the ps2 had Emulation is not something that can just be "solved". Especially with the infernal spaghetti code that is first-gen 3D games. The only reason it works on PS2 and PS3 is because they have elements of the same hardware. Software emulation can barely manage to get individual games working, let alone an entire library of console releases, and half the time there's often still one bug that just can't be tweaked out.
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Oct 17, 2014 12:47
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Zereth posted:Didn't the PS2 do its "emulation" by literally having a PS1 CPU on board which it normally use to handle some audio stuff or something? No. It was purely software. That's why the PS3 can emulate ps1 games too. The PS3 used a PS2 cpu core to run games from that system which is why the feature was dropped to cut manufacturing costs. And yes the ps1 emulation is still spotty enough to prevent a bunch of games from being released on PSN.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Emulation is not something that can just be "solved". Especially with the infernal spaghetti code that is first-gen 3D games. The only reason it works on PS2 and PS3 is because they have elements of the same hardware. Software emulation can barely manage to get individual games working, let alone an entire library of console releases, and half the time there's often still one bug that just can't be tweaked out. wrong. ps3 uses connectix/vgs, a third party emulation program they bought after they sued them into going out of business http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/927750-playstation-3/faqs/50212 posted:So what about PS1 software? Well, around 1999 or so, a company called Connectix e: mind you, this connectix software was written for mac (so probably power pc architecture) and ported over to x86 for windows software when they released that version so the work has already been loving done
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Emulation is not something that can just be "solved". Especially with the infernal spaghetti code that is first-gen 3D games. The only reason it works on PS2 and PS3 is because they have elements of the same hardware. Software emulation can barely manage to get individual games working, let alone an entire library of console releases, and half the time there's often still one bug that just can't be tweaked out. Also, an important thing to remember is that some PS1 games just straight up cannot run on emulators. It's stupid, but I have at least one game that actively does not work on a PS2 or PS3. I cannot begin to imagine why this is the case, but if you're trying to play it on anything but an actual, proper PS1 it just cannot be done.
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Mokinokaro posted:No. It was purely software. That's why the PS3 can emulate ps1 games too. The ps2 did ps1 entirely in hardware. The IOP is a PS1 on a chip, which is why it will never be possible to run ps1 games off hard disks or USB on one. Dragonatrix posted:Also, an important thing to remember is that some PS1 games just straight up cannot run on emulators. It's stupid, but I have at least one game that actively does not work on a PS2 or PS3. I cannot begin to imagine why this is the case, but if you're trying to play it on anything but an actual, proper PS1 it just cannot be done. Most emulators will sacrifice accuracy if it means getting a popular game working sooner. This often causes problems later on when someone complains about some obscure title no played that did something rear end backwards but somehow still managed to work on the actual hardware. dis astranagant fucked around with this message at 13:29 on Oct 17, 2014 |
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Oct 17, 2014 13:26
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dis astranagant posted:The ps2 did ps1 entirely in hardware. The IOP is a PS1 on a chip, which is why it will never be possible to run ps1 games off hard disks or USB on one. citation needed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2_hardware does not appear that any of the hardware is physical ps1 hardware used for emulation
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dis astranagant posted:Most emulators will sacrifice accuracy if it means getting a popular game working sooner. This often causes problems later on when someone complains about some obscure title no played that did something rear end backwards but somehow still managed to work on the actual hardware. Oh, yeah, I'm not complaining about that example or anything (it's stupid obscure for a reason; it's fuckin' bad) just that it's definitely not perfect by any means.
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hubris.height posted:citation needed Scroll down to the IO Processor, it literally says: quote:CPU Core: Original PlayStation CPU (MIPS R3000A clocked at 33.8688 MHz or 37.5 MHz)
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Admiral H. Curtiss posted:Scroll down to the IO Processor, it literally says: mea culpa
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Oct 17, 2014 13:36
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Yep. Follows in the long tradition of using the previous generation's CPU as some coprocessor (traditionally the SPU but Sony makes actual audio hardware).
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Also Hardware A is not Hardware B. If they want to get PSX emulation working on PS4, they have to start over from scratch.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Also Hardware A is not Hardware B. If they want to get PSX emulation working on PS4, they have to start over from scratch. Well, it's on x86 so they could probably find an existing emulator to buy. pSX is a likely target since it's a one man show with a reputation for accuracy. There would still be some porting involved but the hard work is mostly done.
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"From scratch" is a big exaggeration. As long as they still have the source code, which they should, it should be relatively easy to get it working on different hardware.
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oblomov posted:Hmm... I did like Jeanne d"arc, but I really don't want to add to my backlog... Decisions, decisions. Wait til you don't have quite the backlog. It's a game where you spend more time reading than playing (at least early on) so if that sounds unattractive, skip it. I rather like the story and the characters and the battles are fun when they come up. You eventually get the ability to go back and grind if you want to do that too so there's gameplay to be had. EDIT: What is Playstation Now if not emulation? I've been curious about that since I read about it a while back. It's "streaming" but isn't the system still emulating the game? I don't really understand what it is.
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Admiral H. Curtiss posted:As long as they still have the source code  Ever seeing a port of Panzer Dragoon Saga to anything.
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Levantine posted:EDIT: What is Playstation Now if not emulation? I've been curious about that since I read about it a while back. It's "streaming" but isn't the system still emulating the game? I don't really understand what it is. No, your control inputs are being sent over the internet to hardware elsewhere that is running the game and you are getting a video stream back.
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wateyad posted:No, your control inputs are being sent over the internet to hardware elsewhere that is running the game and you are getting a video stream back. That's actually pretty fascinating! I wondered if that might be the case but I had no idea technology has gotten to that point. Still, not sure how I feel about the prices given I could buy a used copy of pretty much any game on the list and just own it.
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Xinlum posted:Everyone should play through Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines at least twice. Once as a general playthrough, another as a Malkavian. I second every part of this except that Malks are a poo poo class and outperformed by everyone. The single good thing about Malkies would be that people all take the time to comment on it. The tutorial actually laughs at you for being a malkavian so.
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ummm, yeah. bloodlines is a bad game, gameplay-wise. thats not why anyone recommends it, ever.
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Also Malks are crazy powerful, it's either their level 4 or 5 class skill just destroys pretty much everything.
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thats the level five ability. the problem is that it is just an inferior version of level 5 dominate.
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WiiFitForWindows8 posted:I second every part of this except that Malks are a poo poo class and outperformed by everyone. The single good thing about Malkies would be that people all take the time to comment on it. The tutorial actually laughs at you for being a malkavian so. Well, theoretically, on a second playthrough you'd know how to optimize a character. So you'd be able to make up for your mechanical weaknesses.
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Is there any Lords of the Fallen chatter anywhere in Games? I've been looking at it occasionally, but having zero luck using Search to find any goon talk on it.
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there's a psn sale going on: Are any of Time and Eternity, Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, and Battle Princess of Arcadias worth 7$?
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Oct 17, 2014 22:50
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Cake Attack posted:there's a psn sale going on: Time and Eternity isn't worth -$7, Neptunia might be depending on your tolerance for anime, videogame jokes and grinding, and I hope Arcadias might be since I just bought it.
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