It was mildly entertaining. Everyone should've known what to expect before grabbing it.
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It was mildly entertaining. Everyone should've known what to expect before grabbing it.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
I'm contractually obligated to buy any game with Space Channel 5's Ulala in it.
tiggerkiddo
Member
If X-Zone was a fighter, I might honestly buy it...
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
And it's the same thing ad nauseam until the end of the game.
Post your impressions in the OT. The conversations like... make my brain melt.
Like. Everyone's so fucking vapid, it hurts.
Yep; I'll see what Coldman wants to do tomorrow.
Meccanical
Member
That's actually pretty good.
PhantomOfTheKnight
Member
New Sonic episode of Did You Know Gaming is out.
Sonic's personality was inspired by
? What?
Sonic's personality was inspired by
Bill Clinton
Shadow Hog
Member
Don't let Sonic near any female interns
tiggerkiddo
Member
What? No no no, turn back to more pleasant things
And the boss theme samples a looney tunes episode
oh shiiiiiiiieeeeettttt
i should go to bed ._.
EDIT: OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTT
THIS WAS IN CRASH TOO
MY CHILDHOOD
MY BRAIN
WHY AM I CRYING
edit 2: I stopped freaking out, but woah
i should go to bed ._.
EDIT: OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTT
THIS WAS IN CRASH TOO
MY CHILDHOOD
MY BRAIN
WHY AM I CRYING
edit 2: I stopped freaking out, but woah
Lightning Lord
Banned
I like how he points this out and instead of going into detail he focuses on Michael Jackson instead.
Aaron Strife
Banned
The Bill Clinton thing is a reference to what the developers perceived as Clinton's can-do attitude when running for president.
It's an interesting mix to be sure
It's an interesting mix to be sure
Lightning Lord
Banned
Ah, I see now.
Meccanical
Member
The one and only time Shadow was the coolest.
Shadow Hog
Member
Was Clinton even running for president before June 1991? The election wouldn't have been until November 1992 or so.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
In 1991, Clinton announced his candidacy for President, yes. But that was in October. Even then, he would've still had the worldwide attention.
Even if he wasn't running for president, and he was still a governor, they still would have paid attention to him. Some of us actually do watch those Republican/Democrat conferences or whatever else you guys have got going on in politics. You'd be surprised with how much the rest of the world pays attention to American politics. Because whatever you guys do will affect the rest of us one way or another (ex: economics, environment, etc.).
I thought the Bill Clinton/Michael Jackson/Santa thing was common knowledge. Or at least I saw that in a documentary a looong time ago and that knowledge just stuck with me.
Coldman, let me know what you want to do for the OT so we can claim it. :V
Even if he wasn't running for president, and he was still a governor, they still would have paid attention to him. Some of us actually do watch those Republican/Democrat conferences or whatever else you guys have got going on in politics. You'd be surprised with how much the rest of the world pays attention to American politics. Because whatever you guys do will affect the rest of us one way or another (ex: economics, environment, etc.).
I thought the Bill Clinton/Michael Jackson/Santa thing was common knowledge. Or at least I saw that in a documentary a looong time ago and that knowledge just stuck with me.
Coldman, let me know what you want to do for the OT so we can claim it. :V
ViewtifulJC
Banned
How you gonna let a canadian school you in US politics shadow hog
Shadow Hog
Member
Fairly easily. I didn't really start paying attention to politics until 2004 or so, so '90s politics are kind of a mystery to me.
What happened to your Bowser avatar?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
the same thing that happen to his other 20 avatars
This is the only avatar I ever had! I am the real qq more, not this fake that was posting here for months!
I was in a nostalgic mood
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Shadow Hog. I'm like 22 days younger than you. This shouldn't be possible. (I kid.)
This is what happens when your mother leaves CNN on in the living room like 24/7.
OH. Time and Eternity DLC is up.
- Peppers (5-pack) Item Pack (Free)
- A Touch of Love Item Pack (0.99)
- A Hint of Swimwear Bonus Quest ($2.99)
- A Hint of Fishing Bonus Quest ($2.99)
Safe to say, we are not buying any of that DLC for the stream. I wrote some impressions here for the Whatcha Been Playin' thread, which essentially boil down to me expressing my disbelief for everything. I also namedropped JC for a Remember Me snip, and brought up a mystery game that I've been playing lately.
This is what happens when your mother leaves CNN on in the living room like 24/7.
OH. Time and Eternity DLC is up.
- Peppers (5-pack) Item Pack (Free)
- A Touch of Love Item Pack (0.99)
- A Hint of Swimwear Bonus Quest ($2.99)
- A Hint of Fishing Bonus Quest ($2.99)
Safe to say, we are not buying any of that DLC for the stream. I wrote some impressions here for the Whatcha Been Playin' thread, which essentially boil down to me expressing my disbelief for everything. I also namedropped JC for a Remember Me snip, and brought up a mystery game that I've been playing lately.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
Yep. Michael Jackson's boots, Santa Claus's color scheme, and Bill Clinton's "no-nonsense, get-it-done attitude".
The info comes from a Gametap documentary they put out years ago when Gametap was still relevant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D9h-4vQUHM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkhjBAYL2Hs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mFs2v7XM4o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbu4TEE1_pE
Some pretty interesting info about the creation of Sonic in those first two episodes. You can really tell they were aiming for Sonic to be a big deal in America first and foremost.
Of course, Sega of Japan had to go and fuck a lot of that up, because that's what Sega of Japan should primarily be known for these days.
Wait what stream?Shadow Hog. I'm like 22 days younger than you. This shouldn't be possible. (I kid.)
This is what happens when your mother leaves CNN on in the living room like 24/7.
OH. Time and Eternity DLC is up.
- Peppers (5-pack) Item Pack (Free)
- A Touch of Love Item Pack (0.99)
- A Hint of Swimwear Bonus Quest ($2.99)
- A Hint of Fishing Bonus Quest ($2.99)
Safe to say, we are not buying any of that DLC for the stream. I wrote some impressions here for the Whatcha Been Playin' thread, which essentially boil down to me expressing my disbelief for everything. I also namedropped JC for a Remember Me snip, and brought up a mystery game that I've been playing lately.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
The late-night streams (well, late night for me!) where I randomly play Time and Eternity for like two hours and don't talk over it since I wouldn't be in a position to.
Eff it. Here're the archives.
I don't like advertising my twitch channel much cuz I'm shy.
Eff it. Here're the archives.
I don't like advertising my twitch channel much cuz I'm shy.
Shadow Hog
Member
Yeah, you're finally gonna get that babbleberry and reveal just how lecherous a dragon you've been.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
...You guys are more interested in this game than I am. It's kinda scary. :V
We'll see. Chance of thunderstorms here. I'll see when we get the latest forecast because when I went outside just now it was super-windy.
We'll see. Chance of thunderstorms here. I'll see when we get the latest forecast because when I went outside just now it was super-windy.
I'll probably bail out for a bit when it gets too creepy.
But yeah, the game honestly became so bad that I have to see it to the end. It's like Sonic 06, but only more painful.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Well, if you need help with Graces, I platinumed the game twice. Ask me anything.
Same goes for Xillia. I platinumed that game twice. Ask me anything about that, too. I like the game, but it does so much wrong that it's hard to overlook its flaws.
Same goes for Xillia. I platinumed that game twice. Ask me anything about that, too. I like the game, but it does so much wrong that it's hard to overlook its flaws.
No you won't. You'll keep watching. And I'm the one suffering. You're just watching me suffer in silence.
By bailing out a bit I mean looking away from the stream for a few minutes.
This may sound dumb. But when I bought Graces the day it came out on PS3, it was meant for me and my friends (and siblings) to play it together since they loved the series- it's sort of like past time for me and them since Symphonia.
At the time we were able to hang out a lot often, but I moved pretty far (plus school and work), and we rarely all get together now. Since then I've put it down completely, I'll probably finish it alone, I have no problem doing that, but that's what made stop playing it I believe.
Wow, what problems did you have with Xillia? Do you prefer Graces?
Professor Beef
Banned
tiggerkiddo
Member
That game is just right for QQ, why do you think he switched back to the leering eye avatar??
ViewtifulJC
Banned
*turns on Wii-U for first time in six months, blinking blue light of death*
this fuckin' console
this fuckin' console
Meccanical
Member
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
That's not dumb. Aha, that's part of getting older, I guess. It's why I hope the next mainline Tales has online MP or something, so I can actually play it with a few J-GAF people when we import next time.
My favourite games in the series are Graces/Destiny R/Rebirth. Rebirth has the worst story in the series, but it's still one of my favourites to play. Destiny R is what all the games should aspire to be should they continue on a 2D route, and Graces is the best 3D battle system in the series to me (and it's an excellent attempt at trying to make all of the systems cohesive and work together nicely).
As for Xillia, I've written a lot about how the game just dissatisfied me in the end in many a Tales thread. That isn't to say it's a bad game, because plenty of people enjoyed it, and if I hated it, I wouldn't have played through the game four times. Here are a few posts:
http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=43179295&postcount=1400 (detailing why I thought the game has design problems after my second plat run)
This post where I compared Graces and Xillia
Additionally:
- The boss design in the Tales game has been pretty bad since Tales of Hearts, and it continues here. It actively encourages the player to free run instead of dodge. Bosses like to break out of combos after 10-12-20 hits, and they like to OVL/hi-ougi for no reason.
- Every character is broken to a degree, and the systems are easily exploitable enough if an enemy has an elemental strength and continues to use it so that you null out the damage. Essentially, the game has poor balancing that's too much in favour of the player.
- The environments are terrrribleeeeeeeeeee. Giant empty fields filled with nothing.
- This doesn't feel like a 15th anniversary game at all. Graces f, by contrast, actually felt like one. This strips a lot of the side content that you're used to seeing in a Tales game outside of the Fell Arms quest. Xillia 2 rectifies this by a lot, but it's just a shame that we don't see that in the game that they spent the time developing for the 15th anniversary.
- One of the characters drove me nuts. Outside of that, I thought the cast was fairly decent.
- The EX Dungeon is freaking terrible and I hate it. Map retreads all day everyday. And you have to do the stupid thing three times to completely finish it off.
- Arena battles are just meaningless now.
- Shop levelling system just kind of diminishes the significance of entering a new town.
- No cooking; you buy food from restaurants now.
- The levelling system is like the Crystarium. It gives you the illusion of choice, when really, it doesn't seem to matter much because you're going to get all the skills for the characters anyway.
- The game and its plot are not unfinished, but you can't help but to feel the game, or at least the final act of the game, was cut short, possibly due to time constraints. It's a shame because they had an interesting world building up there.
- The sidequests are basically MMO-like fetch quests and they don't feel as significant as previous Tales game quests.
There's a bunch of other stuff that I can't remember off the top of my head, but those are the most significant. EDIT: I should add that I thought Xillia was fun to play. It's just flawed.
Xillia 2 gave everything a speed nerf which I enjoyed a lot. But I don't like the pacing and design of that game very much, as I wrote here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44456832&postcount=800
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44518930&postcount=815
Xillia 2 is still the better game.
Such lies and slander! How dare you q_q
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Wait a minute. This is a thing?! I didn't know that!
Boy am I glad I didn't buy a launch unit. >.>
Anime game.
Did you like the part where I realized that magic spells were completely OP and can one-shot enemies? That was my first time using it and I was completely shocked.
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