Still playing FFX-2. Currently in Chapter 5 @ 88% completion. I’ve been taking a break from it because of the fact I had to do all those stupid side quests (especially the Chocobo Ranch GUH!!!) to get 100% completion. I’m thinking I’ll play a little bit more tonight. I’m waiting for Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. Almost Tuesday!!!
revpersona,
I’m still in chapter one. I started playing the game three months ago (got up to the public relations mission) and had to go to military training. Is that your first play through?
Yeah, that’s my first play through…so far I haven’t messed anything up. I just need to be sure to get Episode Complete everywhere but Bevelle. Just got to finish the Chocobo Side Quests and the Cactuar Nation, then do the last few sections and I should be at 100%. After both of those side quests are done, I have to venture into Bevelle and make my way down 20 levels to get my last 2 Crimson Spheres then head back to Mushroom Rock Road for a quest.
If that is your first play through Spider…I HIGHLY suggest using a completion guide, because there’s no way in heck I would want to play throught this game again. It’s not a horrible game, but it’s definitely a chore to get 100% and the game just seems to be lacking in certain areas for me.
Currently playing Def Jam: Fight For NY.
I’ve gone through the game several times, now I’m just making up people I know to go through story mode with in the name of boredom.
Next up is ESPN NBA 2k5. Thinking about going through a season/dynasty with the Nuggets or the Heat.
Yeah. Too bad Konami didn’t think to bring it stateside at the time, but otherwise it’s my favorite game of the Gradius series.
Back on topic, I picked up X-Men Legends a couple of days ago and I must say it’s one hell of a game.
I’ve played playing F-Zer0 GP Legend a little bit a few days ago. I printed out a sheet of unlockables so in addition to Time Attack mode, I have plenty reason to keep playing.
I went back to back to Final Fight One last night. Nothing beats shoulder toss a punk to a gang of his on-coming buddies with Alpha Guy. Rapid punch option owns.
I picked up Katamri Damacy at EB Games. I didn’t see it on the shelf so I figured I’d ask the store clerk if they had it. Sure enough, they had about 3 copies on the shelf behind Mortal Kombat Decption behind the desk. He told me everyone loved the game and they always sell a lot of copies. I can’t wait to play it.
I also bought DBZ: Budokai 1 for PS2 for $4.99 used with instructions and the poster. Budokai 1 for PS2 was my very first DBZ game and even though DBZ: Supersonic Warriors is superior to it, I still think it is a fun game and the story mode owns. I found an unexpected purchase in Dark Stalkers 3 for PS2 for $7.99 with instructions. Never played a single DS game but if it’s anything like Street Fighter, I should be good to go. Finally, I bought Iridion II and Gradius Galaxies at Funcoland bot for $9.99 used. Score!! 
Yeah half the time Konami gets no love from us. No Gradius Gaiden, and not even a petition for a Snatcher and Policenauts English translation made them budge.
Yesterday me and one of my buddies took a 4.5 hour drive to a tournament at this guy’s apartment that didn’t become one since not many people showed up. But we still made soup out of it and turned it into competition day/night. We played 3S, Mortal Kombat Deception, GGXX#Reload, the Korean PS2 version, the music is totally different, but still kicks as much ass as the Japanese soundtrack. There was also some drunken #Reload as well, but of course I didn’t participate.
I also got to play Guilty Gear Isuka for the first time. ARRRGH!!! I can’t express how fun this shit is in 4 player mode! It’s like you don’t have to be real good and play seriously, just free your mind and…have fun. I caught lots of matches on my camcorder.
And one of the guys hooked me up with a copy of MELTY BLOOD REACT!!! That’s the bombshell of the whole trip!
CUSTOM SOUND TRACK FEATURE =0
anywho, im getting that game sometime next week.
I liked MGS3. I liked hunting for food, that was kinda cool.
I didn’t like Neo Contra as well. It was too crazy. I can already tell that I’m going to like the first Contra on PS2 more than this one. I also don’t care for the “hit rate” counter. I don’t have time to worry about conserving shots, so I don’t worry about it too much.
Area 51 and Outrun on the X-Box Magazine demo disc are both pretty good. Might get A51 when it goes discount, and Outrun when it first comes out.
yes, Darkstalkers games are The Shit. I’ve loved them since the first one. DS3 also has a custom-character feature, which is really just a color-edit. Still, it was such fun to just have that much control…I had a Dimitri in all black with white energy around him…I made Felicia naked with dark hair…I can’t remember the others so well but it was great. Unfortunately you can only play them in that separate mode…
Come on Capcom…we need more color-edit and Custom Character modes!!! (like in the HINT HINT**Viewtiful Joe series**Strong HINT Strong HINT.)
I really can’t get enough of Character Creation modes in games…that shit should be in EVERY game if ya ask me. I like making my own characters with original backstories and goals…and playing them in whatever game it is. Once again, just imagine how PERFECT Viewtiful Joe would be if you could create your own superhero with color-edit and perhaps a body-part(*from existing characters) swap or mix/match something. Imagine if in that Capcom Fighting Jam you could make your own fighter or grappler!
Anyway, back on DS3…the TnA report:
-QBee = yep. I’d hit it.
-Lilith and Morrigan of course…I prefer Lilith though…she’s more of a cutesy type, which is superior to pure raw hotness, imo. It helps that she gets naked in one of her super moves.
-Felicia --yep.
-BB Hood—eh, yeah. She’s not on the level of Felicia and Lil though, imo. Too many clothes.
-Hsien Ko --nope. Too…strange. Plus, she has all those sharp things that come from nowhere. I will not risk getting my Meat cut…not ever.
Fighter X
OPM Disc:
The MGS3 demo was cool but short. I thought there would be a boss battle like MGS2 demo. I still haven’t quite got the grasp of the close combat either.
And I played Neo Contra some more. I guess the hit rate is the percentage of enemies you kill. I got up to 94 percent, but still managed to somehow get a C on the level. I think the mission time and lives have something to do with it. I still think that makes the game more difficult than it has to.
I think the most enjoyable game on the demo (so far) is Ratchet and Clank.
Not really feeling Tak 2.
I saw SVC for X-box Live at EB. I’d like to pick it up, but I really want to wait to see if Toys’R’Us is going to do that buy two, get one free sale. Does anyone know when they usually do this? I remember it was in October last year…
Klax. Damn you, Midway arcade classics!
I also played some “Puzzle Kombat” in MKD, before realizing that it isn’t even a little bit fun.
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War.
I dunno, it’s a breath of fresh air after all the Starcrafts and Warcrafts of the world (AoE is just too boring to me, and Rome: Total War, I haven’t gotten enough brainpower to play that yet…)
Funny how it still has Orks though.
Hmm, I’ll have to rent Burnout 3 and try it out. I played the second one and it was meh. Ridge Racer Type 4 and Rage Racer are the pinnacle of arcade racers IMO, but if you say it’s pretty close to RT4…then I will have to give it a shot.
Edit: HS, Zelda: The Minish Cap looks friggin ubelieveable. I love 2D Zeldas (Link to the Past is my favorite Zelda) and this one looks amazing! I can’t wait to play that one! Check it out along with screens of other games being released on Nintendo systems. http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=3221
W00t! I beat Gradius V Monday night! I beat it with only 3 credits left and I didn’t use the code once!! I now have the Weapon Edit feature!! Gradius III style play, here I come!! Maybe I check out Dark Stalkers 3 and some Iridion II.
I finally have Super Mario SunShine finished with all 120 Shines. I ussed a FAQ for about 2/3 of the Blue Coins, but I finished everything else on my own.
Now starting in on X-Men Legends full-force. Characters that I like:
Gambit - He’s just cool. Plus he does obscene amounts of damage on hits. I also really like that radial knockback attack (Staff Slam) and 52 Pick Up seems pretty good.
Nightcrawler - Teleport Frenzy and Blindside Blitz are perfect depictions of 'Crawler’s fighting style. Also, that Leap of Faith skill that gives a chance that he’ll rescue a dying character from a killing blow saved my bacon tons of times during the USS Arbiter Sentinel fights.
Storm - Another character that does obscene amounts of damage. Leadership is also more than just handy thanks to the XP boost. Also need her welding in several parts.
Wolverine - Mainly for the Feral Rage speed boost, and the Healing Factor makes him easy to keep alive.
Jean Grey - Also does just plain crazy amounts of damage, the only drawback is that since the majority of it is Psychic, she stinks against robots. Psychic Shout is far too overpowered. Plus, she’s hot.
Magma - Yet again, overpowered attacks. Magma Form also makes her almost impossible to kill.
Been playing Final Fantasy 2 on my 8-bit NES. It all of a sudden became a fun game, cuz I learned some weird stuff about the system. For instance, while building up outside Althea (the game’s first town), if Frionel, Maria and Guy are all cured but all have no MP cause you used up all the cure spells, a stay at the inn is extremely cheap maybe in the single digits. You have to treat Building up hit points, magic points, gil and leveling up weapons as individual cases.
For people that are playing the FC cartridge, a rom on NES emulator, or even Final Fantasy Origins, this is the shortest way I can break it down since most people are lazy about reading long FAQs.
Gaining HP:
Divide your current max HP by 2 by all your characters. Whatever the rate is, keep hitting yourselves until you’re under half your current HP. And you’ll gain HP after practically every battle. You don’t necessarily have to be on your knees in almost dead position.
Gaining MP:
Same principle as HP. Except go under half the MP by whoring out spells. But I personally recommend having your characters using ALL your MP.
Getting gil:
Straight kill enemies.
BLOODY ROAR: Primal Fury!!! YES! Finally this game is mine!! All mine! :wow:
I gave up hope in the search for this non-existent game a long time ago…my only way to play it being at a friend’s house. I just gave up and decided to eventually get the Xbox version once I have an Xbox…
today I randomly hit up Gamestop in my favorite mall…and there it was. Used, but better than nothing! $17.99 I had to have it…this was probably my last chance of ever seeing the game for sale again, since certain games have a tendency to completely disappear from the universe these days. I was worried that it wouldn’t play on the way home, since the underside of the disc looks like a retarded monkey took care of it before. Really, people…how hard is it to take decent care of a Gamecube game? This should be even easier than any other disc format games ever…since the GC discs are very small, and you’re already holding it by the edge just from taking out of the system!
I got home, and thank goodness…it plays just fine. I even got the manual!(*I don’t expect that from old used games) I’ve wanted this game for a long time…today is a great day. :tup:
Things:
-I like pretty much all the characters here…there’s some interesting character designs, both in human and beast forms. The graphics are still great, imo.
-the women are HOT. So far I’m liking that blonde girl…Shina(?) more than the others. Her ass and thighs are absolutely wonderful.
-“Stun” is so tight. I don’t care if he’s slow and a bit awkward…he has a really cool Beast form(Beetle), and his Beast form specials are damn cool. I wish I could transform into a large beetle mutant with powers…
-the music is great. It makes me think of Saturday mornings at the arcade back in the late '80s. It just has that feel. If this game existed back in the day, they’d have this on one of the big screens…and there would be the big crowd around whoever is playing…with interesting crowd reactions to what’s happening on screen…all with the smells of Soda drinks and junk food, with sounds of Galaga and Ms. Pacman in the background…ooooooh yeah…
-I’ve been playing this non-stop since I got home today, which was…around 12:20something noon. I’ve beat the game with Gado, Xion, Shina I think…Ganesha(*that was difficult…he seems to have a hard time against Cronos), Stun, Shen Long…hmm…I think that’s it…oh yeah, Bakuryu…and Cronos.
-Cronos looks very gay as a human…but damn his Phoenix form(*his Hyperbeast mode) is TIGHT. I LOVE the special where he appears to drain off the opponent’s beast energy, but then blasts them with it!:wow: (*in the funny and lame penguin form…he just drains off their energy for himself.)
-for some reason, that Chameleon guy reminds me of Sal the Stockbrocker from the Howard Stern show.
I love this game…so much…
Million - did you ever complete that Rainbow V challenge?
Just got a Neo-Geo Pocket Colour with SVC: Card Fighters Clash, and SVC: Match of the Millenium off ebay. Can’t wait till it arrives, since I’ve been playing em non-stop on my Xbox.
Bloody is gonna fucking kill you if he sees that 