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Imm0rt4l

Member
Supermanisdead said:
Get on this boat, onemic. Noel is the best FF hero since Zidane.
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I don't know who the fuck Noel is, but nothing of ff13 is touching ff9. NUFFIN.

DominoKid said:
aisha tyler is on friends lmao. is this real life?
i always knew about it but seeing it is fucking hilarious.
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Speaking of Aisha, anybody watch Archer? Aisha voices Lana.


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I love this show.
 
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Parallax

best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
Imm0rt4l said:
I don't know who the fuck Noel is, but nothing of ff13 is touching ff9. NUFFIN.



Speaking of Aisha, anybody watch Archer? Aisha voices Lana.


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I love this show.
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I fuck with archer. I pretty much watch anything Jon Benjamin is apart of
 
The Faceless Master

The Faceless Master

Member
Dreams-Visions said:
ended up making a thread for it.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503746

we'll see how it goes. I didn't bait any responses, so it may not be as entertaining as it could have been. :(
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hahahahahahaah oh wow, DNA evidence from a convicted rapist and murderer isn't enough, but a confession totally is!




bishoptl said:
Two years ago my wife and I went as Christina Ricci and Sam Jackson in "Black Snake Moan". Had her on a chain in public on a way to a buddy's party and everything. Some of the looks we got on the way to his apartment were beyond salty, I legitimately thought I might have to fight somebody before we arrived.

It was AWESOME.
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god damn!!! i need to do that someday... maybe not here in GA, since it might end in gunfire, but damn!




Devolution said:
Hahaha. At least you weren't OJ and she wasn't zombie Nicole Brown. Then everybody would be mad.
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oh wow, i don't think i could even attempt that in GA
 
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FreeMufasa

Junior Member
Supermanisdead said:
god help me, final fantasy 13-2 is my game of the year. noel's theme shits.
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I need to finish this. Rented it earlier this year but stopped. Really enjoyed what I had played. But man, the story was confusing as fuck, I felt so stupid. All these future timelines and X timelines. Noel was cool as hell.
Tidus>Zidane


bishoptl said:
Two years ago my wife and I went as Christina Ricci and Sam Jackson in "Black Snake Moan". Had her on a chain in public on a way to a buddy's party and everything. Some of the looks we got on the way to his apartment were beyond salty, I legitimately thought I might have to fight somebody before we arrived.

It was AWESOME.
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Hahahahahahaha.

Simply perfect. Oh Shit!
 
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Manmademan

Member
Supermanisdead said:
Get on this boat, onemic. Noel is the best FF hero since Zidane.
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Yeah, no. Balthier takes a gigantic dump on both of them. So do Basch, and Auron if we're going to get really picky.

That being said FFXIII-2 is an EXTREMELY underrated game. People are writing it off en masse because of XIII's failings, when it's really the best traditional jrpg we've gotten this gen. Everyone clamoring for Chrono trigger II really needs to play this game. It made my best RPGs ever list at #10 or so.
 
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DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
Manmademan said:
Yeah, no. Balthier takes a gigantic dump on both of them. So do Basch, and Auron if we're going to get really picky.

That being said FFXIII-2 is an EXTREMELY underrated game. People are writing it off en masse because of XIII's failings, when it's really the best traditional jrpg we've gotten this gen. Everyone clamoring for Chrono trigger II really needs to play this game. It made my best RPGs ever list at #10 or so.
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Eh, its not Tales of Vesperia, but its in the top 3 easily. Ridiculous story aside.
 
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Imm0rt4l

Member
Manmademan said:
Yeah, no. Balthier takes a gigantic dump on both of them. So do Basch, and Auron if we're going to get really picky.

That being said FFXIII-2 is an EXTREMELY underrated game. People are writing it off en masse because of XIII's failings, when it's really the best traditional jrpg we've gotten this gen. Everyone clamoring for Chrono trigger II really needs to play this game. It made my best RPGs ever list at #10 or so.
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Dude this better not be some hyperbole, cuz I'm not going to be happy if I have to play ff13(in order to play XIII-2)to play a game of this caliber.


I'm actually considering playing it. I will co-sign Balthier being a G tho.
 
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FreeMufasa

Junior Member
Imm0rt4l said:
Dude this better not be some hyperbole, cuz I'm not going to be happy if I have to play ff13(in order to play XIII-2)to play a game of this caliber.


I'm actually considering playing it. I will co-sign Balthier being a G tho.
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Just saw you can get both for. $10 each on the gaming side.
 
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DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
Imm0rt4l said:
Dude this better not be some hyperbole, cuz I'm not going to be happy if I have to play ff13(in order to play XIII-2)to play a game of this caliber.


I'm actually considering playing it. I will co-sign Balthier being a G tho.
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You don't need to play the first really.
 
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Manmademan

Member
Imm0rt4l said:
Dude this better not be some hyperbole, cuz I'm not going to be happy if I have to play ff13(in order to play XIII-2)to play a game of this caliber.


I'm actually considering playing it. I will co-sign Balthier being a G tho.
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It's not hyperbole. FFXIII-2 is an extremely well done time traveling RPG that handles multiple timelines and alternate outcomes really well. Playing through 13 isn't necessary, you can get the gist of the storyline via wikipedia or youtube, and you're good to go. The story really doesn't connect with FFXIII TOO much, but you'll want to understand who certain people are. Hope plays a big role here for instance, but strangely enough Lightning is barely in it.

Things I liked about it:

*FFXIII took about 20 hours to get going. this one drops you immediately into the action without a lot of tutorials and handholding.

*Noel and Serah are your two mains, and you have the ability to customize their fighting style (based on the "roles" seen in FFXIII) to your liking. There's weapon customization here also, and it's not hilariously broken like it was in the previous game. Weapons are easily obtainable and easily upgraded. Someone else mentioned Noel is the best hero since Zidane- I don't really agree, but Noel and Serah are pretty likable and don't grate on me to the extent that FFXIII's cast did (sans Sazh, who was awesome.)

*Your third party member is a monster character i.e. pokemon, and these all have different fighting styles. They can be switched out mid-combat as well with a couple of other ones, so your potential party is pretty large. Monsters can also be fused and cannibalized into other monsters to mix and match abilities. I didn't think I'd like the monster characters as much as i did. There's also the option to have returning characters from FFXIII in the third slot, if you're feeling nostalgic.

*It's extremely nonlinear. Its packed full of sidequests that require timehopping between timelines and locales to solve, and there are a TON of puzzles of a fairly wide variety. One that I'm particularly fond of has you manipulating the weather on a certain stage, changing the layout and enemies in the process. There's also a couple of quiz games (one is well hidden) that I thought were pretty fun.

*There's a monster arena that's full of hard ass optional bosses- some are party members from FFXIII that join you when you beat them, some are callbacks to bosses from previous FF games. Gilgamesh, Ultros, and Omega Weapon can be fought here, and will join you as a third party member if you can beat them.

*much like chrono trigger, postgame allows you to go back and beat bosses you couldn't beat the first time around, leading to "paradox endings" that change the outcome of the game. unlike chrono trigger, there's no need to play through the entire game again to see these, you can simply select an era, "rewind" time to undo your actions that took place, and play through it again as if no one has met you yet. Pretty clever.

Things I didn't like:

*The storyline is typical jrpg silliness, nothing special here. The standard tropes are in full force.

*It's not as hard as the previous game. you can probably cruise through it without too much difficulty, optional bosses aside. Of course, picking a weaker third party member ups the difficulty.

*DLC! there's a lot of it, most of which are costumes and whatnot, but the arena bosses are sadly part of this too. I'm not a fan, but again none of it is necessary to get the most out of the game. it's all bonus.

It can be had for 20 bucks new or less these days, there's literally no reason not to pick it up if you're a fan. Just about every single complaint with FFXIII was addressed here and done well.
 
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FreeMufasa

Junior Member
Have any of you guys played Nier?

Manmademan said:
It's not hyperbole. FFXIII-2 is an extremely well done time traveling RPG that handles multiple timelines and alternate outcomes really well. Playing through 13 isn't necessary, you can get the gist of the storyline via wikipedia or youtube, and you're good to go. The story really doesn't connect with FFXIII TOO much, but you'll want to understand who certain people are. Hope plays a big role here for instance, but strangely enough Lightning is barely in it.

Things I liked about it:

*FFXIII took about 20 hours to get going. this one drops you immediately into the action without a lot of tutorials and handholding.

*Noel and Serah are your two mains, and you have the ability to customize their fighting style (based on the "roles" seen in FFXIII) to your liking. There's weapon customization here also, and it's not hilariously broken like it was in the previous game. Weapons are easily obtainable and easily upgraded. Someone else mentioned Noel is the best hero since Zidane- I don't really agree, but Noel and Serah are pretty likable and don't grate on me to the extent that FFXIII's cast did (sans Sazh, who was awesome.)

*Your third party member is a monster character i.e. pokemon, and these all have different fighting styles. They can be switched out mid-combat as well with a couple of other ones, so your potential party is pretty large. Monsters can also be fused and cannibalized into other monsters to mix and match abilities. I didn't think I'd like the monster characters as much as i did. There's also the option to have returning characters from FFXIII in the third slot, if you're feeling nostalgic.

*It's extremely nonlinear. Its packed full of sidequests that require timehopping between timelines and locales to solve, and there are a TON of puzzles of a fairly wide variety. One that I'm particularly fond of has you manipulating the weather on a certain stage, changing the layout and enemies in the process. There's also a couple of quiz games (one is well hidden) that I thought were pretty fun.

*There's a monster arena that's full of hard ass optional bosses- some are party members from FFXIII that join you when you beat them, some are callbacks to bosses from previous FF games. Gilgamesh, Ultros, and Omega Weapon can be fought here, and will join you as a third party member if you can beat them.

*much like chrono trigger, postgame allows you to go back and beat bosses you couldn't beat the first time around, leading to "paradox endings" that change the outcome of the game. unlike chrono trigger, there's no need to play through the entire game again to see these, you can simply select an era, "rewind" time to undo your actions that took place, and play through it again as if no one has met you yet. Pretty clever.

Things I didn't like:

*The storyline is typical jrpg silliness, nothing special here. The standard tropes are in full force.

*It's not as hard as the previous game. you can probably cruise through it without too much difficulty, optional bosses aside. Of course, picking a weaker third party member ups the difficulty.

*DLC! there's a lot of it, most of which are costumes and whatnot, but the arena bosses are sadly part of this too. I'm not a fan, but again none of it is necessary to get the most out of the game. it's all bonus.

It can be had for 20 bucks new or less these days, there's literally no reason not to pick it up if you're a fan. Just about every single complaint with FFXIII was addressed here and done well.
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Damn, I really want to get back into it. Music was great and I loved the whole capturing monsters and summoning them for battle. I just need a PS3.......

Nakazato said:
Today is my 25th birthday and I'm already depressed. So much for good luck and happy thoughts on 12/12/12.
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Happy birthday man. But what's wrong?
 
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Nakazato

Member
FreeMufasa said:
Happy birthday man. But what's wrong?
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Im way from home struggling and missing my ppl. Said part is i maybe going home next week failing at what i came here to accomplish. Horrible feeling but i know i cant give and will have to comeback in a few months to try again.
 
Jackben

Jackben

bitch I'm taking calls.
Olive Garden is the only place I've ever actually wanted to eat salad. The dessert is surprisingly great as well. Probably one of my favorite cheap but satisfying places to take my girl.
PartTimeWarrior said:
I have yet to try Five Guys but I hope that will change soon
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Same here despite posting about it ages ago. Eventually I will.

When I lived in SoCal In 'N Out was godlike but I always felt slightly sick afterwards. I blame the animal fries.
 
Jackben

Jackben

bitch I'm taking calls.
I fully accept my ignorance about what constitutes quality Italian is completely responsible for why I like Olive Garden. Kinda like how people who don't know about good fried chicken just eat at KFC. If I had experience with something better I would probably drop it but it's cheap and satisfies my inexperienced taste buds so it stays on rotation.
 
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captmcblack

Member
Jackben said:
I fully accept my ignorance about what constitutes quality Italian is completely responsible for why I like Olive Garden. Kinda like how people who don't know about good fried chicken just eat at KFC. If I had experience with something better I would probably drop it but it's cheap and satisfies my inexperienced taste buds so it stays on rotation.
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Where do you live?

There's gotta be a real Italian restaurant nearby you can get some legit stuff at. Mind you, I'm not an Olive Garden hater...but it's not messing with any real Italian grub.
 
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MorisUkunRasik

Member
Looking back at the times I had Olive Garden's Chicken Alfredo... with it's dry-ass-chicken (I couldn't decide where the hyphen would be more appropiate) and lackluster sauce...I was a foolish fool.

You can get decent to really good italian for roughly the same price depending on where you live.
 
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