Son Of General Retro Discussion

valleyoftheunos

had monster party in our house last night, place filthy, garden full of cigarette butts, kitchen table actually destroyed, hours cleaning and car boot full of bottles because every bottle bank near me is full to overflowing and worse, I'm too hungover to play games, not a fantastic day really.

on a lighter note I've a friend who is allergic to Ketchup because its made with vinegar, violently allergic. One sniff and he's off getting sick, we discovered to our glee one day that Salt and vinegar crisps also set him off, cue "hilarious" games and pranks in the pub .

CiDeRmAn

Heinz Organic Tomato Ketchup is pure bliss with chips, its thicker and richer than the regular stuff.

Also, and more importantly, how the hell did the release of Crysis, on consoles, slip by?
I was perusing the xbla menus, as you do, and spotted it for download at 20 blips! I don't know yet if its worth the minor sum, the sequel was cracking but I'm not sure the console version of the original is up to scratch compared to the still marvellous PC original.
Anyone have more info?

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Heinz Organic Tomato Ketchup is pure bliss with chips, its thicker and richer than the regular stuff.

Also, and more importantly, how the hell did the release of Crysis, on consoles, slip by?
I was perusing the xbla menus, as you do, and spotted it for download at 20 blips! I don't know yet if its worth the minor sum, the sequel was cracking but I'm not sure the console version of the original is up to scratch compared to the still marvellous PC original.
Anyone have more info?

It looks as good as the current consoles are gonna get it. It's well done, & very playable (I do like the game but most don't however). Not sure if €20 is worth it though, seems kinda steep.

CiDeRmAn

Knackered, up till 3 playing Dark Souls, my pathetic technique worked against the Black Knight though, I ran away, slammed a door shut in his face, then sniped him with arrows, fire bombs and throwing knives, all from a terrified position on a bridge.
Frak me but this game is hard!
I think I picked the wrong starting character in the Knight, should've gone with the Pyromancer! At least then I'd have had a powerful ranged weapon...
Bugger!

Maybe I should start again??
Any advice there???

Oh, and that fecker at the bottom of the tower, after the Knight, one hit kill!!?? WTF??

johnny_ultimate

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Knackered, up till 3 playing Dark Souls, my pathetic technique worked against the Black Knight though, I ran away, slammed a door shut in his face, then sniped him with arrows, fire bombs and throwing knives, all from a terrified position on a bridge.
Frak me but this game is hard!
I think I picked the wrong starting character in the Knight, should've gone with the Pyromancer! At least then I'd have had a powerful ranged weapon...
Bugger!

Maybe I should start again??
Any advice there???

Oh, and that fecker at the bottom of the tower, after the Knight, one hit kill!!?? WTF??

Oh hai, I'm a Pyromancer!

I don't regret that choice, despite becoming more of a standard sorcery character as the game progressed (<3 Homing Crystal Soulmass). Your starting fire ball spell will indeed be extremely handy for the first few boss battles. I'm trying to figure out where you are: Undead Parish or later? Have you fought the iron boar yet? TBH, if you're only a few hours in now would be the time to restart if you want to. You do pick up pyromancy flames and catalysts (aka your magic enablers) relatively early on, though, if you want to persevere. The first five-six hours are the worst by a distance!

Only two bosses away from completion now, hopefully will finish it this afternoon. Fifty of the finest gaming hours I've ever experienced.

Retr0gamer

Stop talking about it

johnny_ultimate

It'll be retro by the time you play it at this rate

Water / Shelter > Dark Souls > Food > Petrol, in priority terms.

Professey Chin

Anyone going to Japan soon want to get me this t-shirt??


I'll give you cookies.......

James Howlett

Can anyone tell me what "Grandia" is like in terms of playstation 1 rareness?
It is rare, rare-ish or common as muck?

Retr0gamer

James Howlett wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what "Grandia" is like in terms of playstation 1 rareness?
It is rare, rare-ish or common as muck?

It's rare in the same way that FFVII is rare. There's plenty of US copies and even more EU copies where it did well enough to get a budget Ubisoft rerelease. It goes for high-ish prices because it's a spectacularly good game and RPG fanatics want it. Still you should be able to get it for 15-25 if you wait a bit.

James Howlett

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's rare in the same way that FFVII is rare. There's plenty of US copies and even more EU copies where it did well enough to get a budget Ubisoft rerelease. It goes for high-ish prices because it's a spectacularly good game and RPG fanatics want it. Still you should be able to get it for 15-25 if you wait a bit.

Nice, I got it for €1 today in a charity shop
I'll throw up a picture in the "everything something new" thread later with the rest of my haul.

CiDeRmAn

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Oh hai, I'm a Pyromancer!

I don't regret that choice, despite becoming more of a standard sorcery character as the game progressed (<3 Homing Crystal Soulmass). Your starting fire ball spell will indeed be extremely handy for the first few boss battles. I'm trying to figure out where you are: Undead Parish or later? Have you fought the iron boar yet? TBH, if you're only a few hours in now would be the time to restart if you want to. You do pick up pyromancy flames and catalysts (aka your magic enablers) relatively early on, though, if you want to persevere. The first five-six hours are the worst by a distance!

Only two bosses away from completion now, hopefully will finish it this afternoon. Fifty of the finest gaming hours I've ever experienced.

Seriously, had my gamesave just fail, freezing on the loading screen of my 360 copy, so I took this as a sign from Brian and decided to restart as a Pyromancer, so far so good, in 30 mins I was up to the point I had left as a Knight, and that had originally taken some hours, I'm on a castle rampart fighting a great big nasty thingy, it's on top of the tower after butchering the archers that I'll take him, oh yes!!


A great game that punishes the unprepared and the inpatient, so Retr0 should have plenty of time over the few months 'til Christmas to read lots of wiki material and be ready!!

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Seriously, had my gamesave just fail, freezing on the loading screen of my 360 copy, so I took this as a sign from Brian and decided to restart as a Pyromancer, so far so good, in 30 mins I was up to the point I had left as a Knight, and that had originally taken some hours, I'm on a castle rampart fighting a great big nasty thingy, it's on top of the tower after butchering the archers that I'll take him, oh yes!!

It's more to do with knowing what is coming up and being prepared. I've said before how my friend beat the first level of Demon's Souls on his first go, not because he is good but because I was there telling him what to do and what to expect. It's a learning experience. You'll find everything you've done already a lot easier.

Maybe next week I'll have the money

CiDeRmAn

Yeah, easier, like figuring out after 2 hours that you've been playing the game as a Knight with a broken sword hilt, wondering why you've suddenly got so crap at games and putting it down to the expected extreme difficulty level, then finding out the sword was back at the start....

Muppet!!!!

johnny_ultimate

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Yeah, easier, like figuring out after 2 hours that you've been playing the game as a Knight with a broken sword hilt, wondering why you've suddenly got so crap at games and putting it down to the expected extreme difficulty level, then finding out the sword was back at the start....

Muppet!!!!

Start upgrading your weapons as soon as you can, too! There's a blacksmith pretty early in the game (after the first major 'story' event): powered up weapons will give you a very nice advantage

Only the final boss left to go, but have a few miscellaneous bits and pieces I want to track down before kicking it off. Shall be taking a bit of a break before kicking into NG+ - Nathan Drake is a callin'!

Andrew76

luas_dublin wrote: »

been away for the bank holidays but meant to post aldi are doing a really nice soldering iron for a tenner and helping hands for three quid . handy for modding

Thanks for the heads up on these. The helping hands magnifying glass is really useful when doing some wiring. Cheers!

Atavan-Halen

Got Flower Sun & Rain on the DS today. Always caught my eye every time I seen it in shops but never got it until today :P Is it any good?

johnny_ultimate

atavan-halen wrote: »

Got Flower Sun & Rain on the DS today. Always caught my eye every time I seen it in shops but never got it until today :P Is it any good?

I've heard it's an arthouse game whose main purpose is to make you endure it rather than enjoy it as a satirical, subversive commentary on the very nature of videogame design and its inherent repetition.

So yeah, 'good' may not be the optimal word.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpigqfcvlM

Retr0gamer

That video up there is well worth checking out for anyone interested in 1. how good game design works and 2. how ****ing awesome Mega Man is.

DinoRex

Dr Bob

Andrew76 wrote: »

luas_dublin wrote: »

been away for the bank holidays but meant to post aldi are doing a really nice soldering iron for a tenner and helping hands for three quid . handy for modding

Thanks for the heads up on these. The helping hands magnifying glass is really useful when doing some wiring. Cheers!

no worries. It may be because im so cackhanded with a soldering iron but doing any kind of fiddly work without one is a nightmare. at 3 or so quid theyre worth it . the soldering iron has a mini set built into the base as well by the way.

CiDeRmAn

A little something for y'all,

johnny_ultimate

Finished Dark Souls! The relief!

pdbhp

Smutty new Beyond the Labyrinth video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTx7WAg5IQI

3DS may just be getting the service it deserves!

Retr0gamer

Looks fantastic. Also didn't know it was a Tri-Ace game. You can be assured it's got a great battle system then.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Finished Dark Souls! The relief!

New game plus time!

johnny_ultimate

Retr0gamer wrote: »

New game plus time!

I'm taking a break for a while to play some games that aren't so stressful (and DoDonPachi of course, which is equally heart-destroying). But NG+ all in good time!

pdbhp

Arrrrgggghhh still waiting for my games to be dispatched from Play Asia. I hate waiting:(
On a brighter note my new DS Lite shell and screw driver set has been dispatched:D

megaten

pdbhp wrote: »

Smutty new Beyond the Labyrinth video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTx7WAg5IQI

3DS may just be getting the service it deserves!

Looks interesting for a dungeon crawler. What's Konami's track record on localising stuff to the west?

DinoRex

My CD32 finally arrived this afternoon, after it failing to get to me the first time.

Of course the address on the parcel was utter bollox...

Doesn't have my road on it or the post code... and also spells Dublin as 'Dublart'

Think I'll be sticking the seller with the extra postal costs on this one.