Just unlocked Z difficulty on DBZ: Budokai 3. Eassiest way to do it: beat DU mode with Yamcha. Only 3 fights or so. Didn’t lose a single match. Thank you Viral Heart Disease and Vaccine.
Lately, in GTA: SA I’ve had a “screw it” mind set about the missions. I just like to drive around the state beat fools up and take their cash and weapons. The only time I do anything productive is when Ceaser calls me and tells me to chase some random idiot down and take his goods. I get cash for stealing the stuff and even more cash for capping the poor dope that was unfortunat enough to be caught by me. I got $1998 last time I did it. :tup:
Rundown of my week in gaming:
>Bought Tetris Attack for SNES used. The puzzle mode got me mad and laughing at the same time. Mixed thoughts like that are so hilarious.
>Bought Metal Gear Solid 1 (PS1) non greatest hits for 8 bucks. It was used, but was in good shape like anyone hardly played the copy.
>Went back to play Mega Man 7 on SNES from beginning to end, and CRUSHED it in a blur. Timed everything perfectly on getting the Rush Adapter to Protoman’s shield and all other secrets just in time before Dr. Wily’s Castle.
>I traded in my Capcom Fighting Evolution to get a PS2 strategy RPG, for a little while I was torn between Disgaea or LaPucelle Tactics. I chose LaPucelle cuz it’s cheaper.
I don’t even have an Xbox yet but I still may pick that up, nonetheless.
Right now I’m deciding between picking up Spider-Man 2 for the PS2 or Alien Hominid for PS2. I love old-school gaming but after seeing Spidey 2 a few weeks ago, I REALLy want to do some web-slinging. That and the price dropped to $20 on Spidey 2. (Sigh) Decisions, decisions.
BTW, my bro-in-law’s aunt got him an Xbox with NCAA Football 2005 and Topsin. Plus he got Fable tonight. :wow: SNAP!!!
man, Walmart was rediculous today. I don’t see how people can stand working there during the holidays…but hey, I’d work there too right now…thanks to a deep level of desparation. Pay attention to the new sig: Don’t major in art. Don’t end up like me. :tup:
-VJ2 = 35 out of 35 so far on the Chambers. I finally beat #31.
I never used iMovie on this comp, so I erased it and freed up some new HD space…relevance? More space for videogame tracks on my iTunes. The fresh goods:
Better quality version of “This Machine” from Sonic Heroes
Viewtiful Joe 2 --…hmm…avoiding the spoiler***"“The Emperor Revealed!” theme. ends with “And now…for the darkest hour…” It’s easily one of the coolest moments in the game. Damn tha Capcom for leaving out secret characters!!! As soon as I saw “The Emperor” for the first time in the cinemas and in the final showdown…I immediately began thinking of just how cool it would be if he was playable…along with Miss Rachel(for the Silvia part of the team up)
Viewtiful Joe 1 -final showdown—I recorded myself fighting…well…it’s not really a spoiler anymore since part 2 is out…The Captain. I also realized that punching him in the back really gets him hung up for awhile taking damage…I counted about 11 SlowZoom punches there before he did anything about it. And…it ended up as a Rainbow V. I also recorded a bit of Blue’s cinema scenes, and then reversed those segments in SoundEdit to hear what’s really going on. It’s funny, when Blue and Goldie(?) jump up at the end, he’s saying “Captain Blue Kick!”, while Silvia is saying “Super Blue Kick-ia” ?? It’s funny…then it goes “What?” huaaahy!"…“Joe.” It goes on of course, but that’s where I cut it.
better quality VJ1 intro.
VJ 1 results screen music. Up next is some boss music of course. The problem is that the bosses will make the occasional noises over that cool music. The plan is to play as Blue of course, and hover way at the top where they can’t hit me. This may be a problem on Another Joe…as his clones could probably still reach me up there. This would all be much more convenient if there were a simple sound/bgm test thing in the options.
What sort of glitches are you talking about, a-chan? The only problems I had with the game glitch-wise was the Homing Attack can be picky somtimes and that the rail skipping still has the same problems as in SA2.
And the bonus stages. Just to warn you, the bonus stages are insanely glitchy, with stuff like characters running backwards, getting caught on pipe joints, and the like. Get the Chaos Emeralds and never go there again.
In other news, I purchased and beat Wario World last week. Very fun, but very, very short game. I’ve also completed Super Mario 64 DS with all 150 stars and all 28 mini-game keys. It’s kinda funny how easy the character differentials make some of the stars this time compared to on the original. Some of the new stars are pretty cool, too.
I just learned from EGM(got it today) that there are new powers in Super Mario64 DS…but they only mentioned mario blimping up, and I guess Yoshi throws eggs?..what is Wario’s ability?
And yeah, I still want to get Wario World. Best Buy had it on demo a long time ago, and I remember it was a damn fun first impression…but the complaints on the net are all the same: too short. Still, it seems like a fun game to replay just to beat up the enemies over and over again. IMO, Nintendo created a character here that upstages their #1 guy by a long shot. New Wario game vs. New Mario game? I’ll take Wario anyday. He’s just too cool.
im not sure how many people actually play this gta game anymore but i still get excited playing this game i am just in awe how awesome this piece of work is im so impressed with rockstar’s ability to put together such a masterpiece and gta San Anderas is just as good
so in other words vice city is still the shit to me :encore:
The moveset is like this:
Mario:
Average speed, jumping height, and power
Can use the Wing Cap
Can bloat up like the P-Balloon power-up
Can do the wall kick-jump
Only character who can enter the final Bowser level
First unlockable character
Yoshi:
No power and low speed, average jumping height
Can get a temporary flamethrower-like ability
Short-ranged tongue attack rather than punches
Can spit enemies as weapons, and turn them into eggs and throw them
Can do a short hover jump
Cannot kill the Boo enemies
Starting character
Luigi:
Low power, high speed and jump height
Takes extra damage from hits
Can use the Transparency Cap
Has a sort of flutter slow-decent, and an even slower helicopter decent from backflips
Can run on water (Sadly, this isn’t actually useful anywhere, but it’s cool)
Second unlockable character
Wario:
High power, low speed and jump height
Takes reduced damage from hits
Can use the Heavy Metal Cap
Can punch some enemies to death that other characters have to “dizzy” to kill
Can use wrestling moves on the opponents in multiplayer
Last unlockable character
There is also a new power-up. Super Mushrooms can be found from time to time, which cause your character to grow extra large and grant invulnerability for a short time. Each level has one new star, and there are several other new stars hidden here and there throughout the game. Each of the Mario Bros. is unlocked by defeating a new boss in a new course for each of them. You have to defeat a giant Goomba to unlock Mario, King Boo to unlock Luigi, and a giant Ice Bully to unlock Wario.
whoa…looks like Rogue Agent didn’t turn out so well, at least from this review in EGM. Apparently it’s too much like Goldeneye…which is a problem since that game is now “old”. You can’t even jump.
Now that I have Xbox…I think Otogi 1 and 2 are probably priority, since they aren’t popular and are probably in danger of disappearing from the fabric of reality soon.
According to some things I’ve read on the Gamefaqs boards…the Midway Arcade Treasures 2 apparently sucks. :sad: I keep seeing commentary that Midway did a really half-ass job on most of the good games there…and apparently emulation isn’t quite as accurate as a port(?)…one game(I think Pit Fighter) is sped up, and there are glaring inaccuracies in the other games as well. That sucks…when it’s nostalgia time…the shit has to be PERFECT for me. On today’s systems…there’s simply no excuse for something from previous generations to not be arcade-perfect.
EDIT*—Viewtiful Joe 3 speculation: Final boss of the trilogy --something to do with Charles the 3rd? I won’t give away part 2’s ending, but something specific happens that is kinda leading me to that guess…and there’s the small factor of just the name “Charles the 3rd”…or perhaps it could be a relative of Charles the 3rd, etc. Just some crazy rumors/speculation from me.
In X-2, i’m currently trying to get the last 19% of completion points, and I just reached the 81st floor of Via Infinito. I fucked up Chac with tripple Gunners. I’ve gone through the 5 chapters twice already. I still need to get the Trainer and Mascot spheres and master all the other ones. It’s funny, this game got me playing RPGs again, cause I find the battle system to be addictive. Last thing I was doing on the game was raising chocobos.
As for San Andreas, the last mission I did was where CJ burglarized some cat for crates of weapons. My CJ looks like he came straight out of New Edition, or some shit. Looking like he Bobby Brown or somebody. Got the “gumby” haircut(that’s what we called it back in the day, I forgot what it’s called on SA).
When I come back up to Maryland tomorrow morning, I’m gonna start playing that Star Ocean: Till the end of Time. Has anyone played it, and is it any good?
I just finished the game and got the perfect ending (100%) on Sunday. The game was fun. I wasn’t crazy about the story, but the gameplay and new systems were cool. I didn’t master every job (only Dark Knight, Lady Luck, Warrior and Gunner, with each character specializing in either alchemy, thief, white, black and samurai). Chac (even oversouled) is easy with three gunners (one having catnip and speed bracer). Watch out for the last two bosses in Via Infinito. The first boss can be killed in two turns with a gunner w speed bracer/catnip, but the old fart is gangsta. Remember to use magic spring and heal/revive/dispel like a demon as he can stop characters and casts meteor (so the gunner will definitely die). If you need help, I’ll glad to help.
I’m currently playing Silent Hill 3 and will probably start MGS 3 afterword.
Million definitely cop Halo, Halo 2 and Ninja Gaiden. I believe you don’t have a PS2 (maybe I’m wrong), so definitely pick up Street Fighter Anniversary, GTA double pack and GTA San Andreas.
Welcome to the world of M$N.
Congrats on the 100%.
Yeah the story isnt anything to talk about, but the battle system and game play really IS addictive.
When I beat Chac, I wasn’t using the Gunner/catnip/speed bracer combination, Rikku just had a speed bracer and the other 2 had sprint shoes and the key to success. I was only dealing about 1000(something around there) damage each bullet, but I just fired away repeatedly for about 3 mins straight and it fell. It didn’t get a turn, if it did I would have died.
As for those last 2 bosses waiting down there, I haven’t even attempted yet, because fuckin Mega Tonbarry is trouble. I’m gonna start going Gunner-catnip on that bitch. I had spent the last 40 floors dodging that fool.
Are there any other cool combinations like the Gunner-catnip?
EDIT: Btw, for Yuna I mastered: Gunner, White Mage, Lady Luck, Warrior, Dark Knight, Berserker, Samurai and Thief
Rikku: Thief, White Mage, Black Mage, Gunner, Dark Knight, Lady Luck
Paine: Warrior, Dark Knight, Black Mage, Samurai, Alchemist, Berserker, Gunner
Dag I can’t remember the rest. I had a couple more mastered with Rikku and Paine, but cant remember.
I didn’t like Ninja Gaiden very much, for one simple reason. Despite all the cool weapons, excellent graphics, great platforming sections, and nifty spells you get, the combat system sucked IMO. You have to block way too much, and often end up resorting to the use of one move over and over again in a fight, mostly the run-up-the-wall-and-dive-bomb and the jumping flash forward slash (Don’t know names, sorry).
Oh, and I finally finished Viewtiful Joe 2 about 10 minutes ago. I really didn’t like Joe 2 nearly as much as the original. The bosses are especially not as fun, and the writing is noticably inferior. I’d give VJ a 10/10, but VJ2 a mere 7/10. I don’t even think I’ll bother with the other difficulties and such on 2, especially since there are no extra characters like in 1.
How true, all I do is the jumping forward diving slash thing and I roll around like a spaz. But I enjoyed it, it is hard, fun, and something fresh. I actually wanted to keep playing and beat the game, even though I got to the stupid fire dragon and just quit for a long time.
I need to get KOTOR 2, I hope it’s just as awesome as one. I should go check some reviews out.
It’s funny…then it goes “What?” huaaahy!"…“Joe.” It goes on of course, but that’s where I cut it.