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    #392
    megaten
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭megaten


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I got past the first boss in Strange Journey. It wasn't the usual SMT baptism of fire thank god. I'm really enjoying the game it seems a lot more accessible than the Etrian Odyssey series.

    I played the first two areas and it definitely less roadblocks than Nocturne. I never bothered beating it though because I heard the final area is a nightmare with teleporters. I enjoyed what I played though.


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    #393
    penev10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭penev10


    Didn't enjoy what I played of Strange Journey. Got about 30% through. I remember some of the areas being an absolute chore (one place with acid floors!:mad:) and there being a need for some major grinding which was slow-going. Too old-skool for me (at least you don't have to make your own maps though:P).


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    #394
    imitation
    Registered Users Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭imitation


    I'm nearly done with my 100% of FF XIII , if I never see another adamantoise it will be too soon ! Just need to farm a bit more gil and 1 trap and I'm there. Have to say the last mark fights and the guis are actually pretty fun and forced me to use the Paradaigm system much more effectively than I have been. Then on to xiii 2 !


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    #395
    penev10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭penev10


    P3P's structure is a bit strange. I'm in the 3rd dungeon but its really still only the second (but technically there is only one!) and the mini boss midway points are not midway points and the main bosses aren't in the dungeon anyway!

    The story doesn't tie up with the dungeon crawling as well as P4 at all. I often wonder why I'm bothering bar to level up and await the full moon event.

    Otherwise its great (in a poor-man's P4 sense). Still wish they'd make more SMTs with the combat from the Devil Survivor games.


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    #396
    Retr0gamer
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    Oh don't worry, the dungeon ends up rying nicely in with the overall story.
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    #397
    lovesfatgirls
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭lovesfatgirls


    found a copy of crono cross and converted it over to psp cause id heard alot of good things
    am not disapoint wasnt expecting it to be so polished for such an old game

    also started up a new ff8 put it down though cause i killed diablos on first attempt 4 demi's and two duels rest of the game will be really easy :(


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    #398
    ancapailldorcha
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 37,152 CMod ✭✭✭✭ancapailldorcha


    Don't give up on it just yet. Most of the later enemies will be immune to Demi. Also, FF8 is worth it for the broken battle system and the even more broken story.

    We sat again for an hour and a half discussing maps and figures and always getting back to that most damnable creation of the perverted ingenuity of man - the County of Tyrone.

    H. H. Asquith



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    #399
    Ash885
    Registered Users Posts: 639 ✭✭✭Ash885


    ancapailldorcha wrote: »
    Don't give up on it just yet. Most of the later enemies will be immune to Demi. Also, FF8 is worth it for the broken battle system and the even more broken story.


    but it's the fact everything is so broken that annoys me. I remember playing it when it first came out and not having a clue what was happening post the space mission. Even now I'm not too certain what was going on. I will try and replay it, given it's the only one that's bested me yet. (And i'm a sucker for Carbuncle)...


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    #400
    lovesfatgirls
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭lovesfatgirls


    ill probably finish it off for the cards, never realized how easy it was though and short when you think about it
    the only optional boss is omega if memory serves?
    still though crono cross will keep me entertained i think and am eyeing up the lunar remake


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    #401
    Retr0gamer
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    For FF8 all you really need to do is draw 100 of the best spells and junction them to your characters and also concentrate on learning the GF abilities that give % stat increases, they eventually turn into abilities that give you +1 to that stat with each level up. Then you've got the game broken :)

    Chrono Cross kind of annoyed me. It completely pisses on Chrono Triggers story and I never got the battle system. I must go back to it. I remember you got an awful lot of characters in your party, the majority of which were useless (a piece of wood as a character?).
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    #402
    lovesfatgirls
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭lovesfatgirls


    yeah the battle system is weird has me scratching my head each turn and half turn (?) itll pass a few hours anyway


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    #403
    Retr0gamer
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    Well I think most people that don't like Chrono Cross hate it because it's a total disservice to the first game and has one fo those plots that could give Kingdom Hearts a run for it's money in stupidity. If you take it as a game on it's own merits and not a sequel to Chrono Trigger then it's meant to be pretty good if flawed.

    As a stupid teenager who thought FFVII was the greatest accomplishment by human kind I would have fallen into the first category so I'm looking forward to going back to it sometime with some actual maturity under my belt.
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    #404
    lovesfatgirls
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭lovesfatgirls


    ive found that myself recently with one or sequels ive picked up its best to treat them as standalones otherwise your going to be left annoyed and unsatisfied i.e star ocean second evolution its a sequel but not really best to forget the first one when you load up the second. poor example but yeah
    shame that crafting system cant be forgotten though :(

    and ff7 was fairly polished for when it came out if memory serves still looks good on a small screen too :P
    also wasnt it the first or one of the first games to use fmv's throughout a whole game? couldnt get away from them after a while could have happend naturally either way though. idk im old and sleepy :P

    also started grandia missed out on that when i was a boy
    so right now am playing crono cross, grandia, and lunar 1

    was playing tales of the world radiant mythology but burned out on that real quick will pick it back up though the art is nice.


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    #405
    Retr0gamer
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    FFVII definitely wasn't the first to use FMV, sure games have been using FMV since Dragon's Lair in 1983 and there were plenty of RPGs on the Mega CD and PC Engine CD that used FMV cutscenes. When FFVII came out FMV was really frowned upon due to how low quality it was in most games, the exceptions being those little known RPG's on the Mega CD and PC Engine CD like Ys and Lunar 1 and 2. FFVII was different because the FMV was actually really high quality.

    I definitely wouldn't cal FFVII polished either, that game was a complete rush job. It was however still a hell of a lot of fun. The FFVII adverts on TV famously showed no gameplay footage, it was all FMV so it tricked people into buying it who then realised RPGs were actually a lot of fun, except of course the muppets that returned it because they didn't realise there was so much reading involved :rolleyes:

    You're going to love Grandia, it's absolutely superb. It's got the best battle system of any RPG I've played and the story is full of charm.
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    #406
    ride-the-spiral
    Registered Users Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭ride-the-spiral


    Alright Persona 4, it's been a few years, but let's do this.


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    #407
    JoePie
    Registered Users Posts: 470 ✭✭JoePie


    Eternal Sonata. Fun game, but damn you love your lengthy cut scenes. Like beyond ridiculous sometimes.


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    #408
    penev10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭penev10


    JoePie wrote: »
    Eternal Sonata. Fun game, but damn you love your lengthy cut scenes. Like beyond ridiculous sometimes.
    I enjoyed the visual style and the interesting light/dark combat mechanic but otherwise ES felt like it was straight from the PS1 era (if not even older). JRPGs have evolved in so many ways that it just felt generic and simplistic and by about half way through I'd had enough.

    Be interested to know if it does pick up later on so keep us posted.


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    #409
    Retr0gamer
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    I heard later on it uses a lot of palette swaps and gets repetitive.

    I'm playing quite a bit of Dragon's Dogma. Feels more like a western RPG. It's like a much smaller Skyrim but with a battle system that doesn't suck donkey dick.
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    #410
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I'm playing quite a bit of Dragon's Dogma. Feels more like a western RPG. It's like a much smaller Skyrim but with a battle system that doesn't suck donkey dick.

    Playing it myself atm,much better game than skyrim,pity the world isn't as big,I love the combat.


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    #411
    Arawn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,158 ✭✭✭Arawn


    On eternal sonata....I 1k'd it, personally I found it a good game for what it is but not one I'd spend days playing


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    #412
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,998 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Is tales of grace f worth 50 euros?


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    #413
    Retr0gamer
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    Should it not be less than that by now?
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    #414
    penev10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭penev10


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Is tales of grace f worth 50 euros?

    Haven't played but it's €45 on PSN and about €30 on Amazon I think so don't give Gamestop your money!


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    #415
    Arawn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,158 ✭✭✭Arawn


    penev10 wrote: »
    Haven't played but it's €45 on PSN and about €30 on Amazon I think so don't give Gamestop your money!

    http://www.thehut.com/games/platforms/ps3/tales-of-graces-f/10456887.html

    So the 45 seems about right


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    #416
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Should it not be less than that by now?

    It's 50 on gamestop and when you convert sterling on amazon it works out at 45 or there abouts.I'll leave it I think.


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    #417
    Retr0gamer
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    It's 33 euros on playasia with free shipping. Apparently according to Tales fans it's the best in the series other than Xillia which is coming in June.
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    #418
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Oh my........33 euro is very tempting indeed :D.


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    #419
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,998 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    It says shipped within 1-2 weeks?does that mean there out of stock? I found it on shopto.net for 19.95 sterling :eek:.


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    #420
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,806 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Usually means they have another supplier for it rather than their warehouse. If it's out of stock it will say it is.
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    #421
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,998 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    I forgot I still had some money on my us psn account,so I got it off that for 35 dollars I think it was,downloading now,Its gonna forever :/.


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