Upgraded two of my games today. I picked up Advance Wars:Days of Ruin and Etrian Odyssey II. I started playing AW first and so far I’m loving it more than Dual Strike. Haven’t tried out the Wi-fi yet. I’ll have to get some friends codes. Does anyone on here play?
I’ll play some of EO2 tonight. I loved the first one, and this is a vast improvement on the formula of part 1, so I cant wait to dive into this one.
Fuck, FFTA2 is awesome. Biggest gripe is that you can’t turn off spell / attack animations.
I’m only 8 or so hours in though, a little after someone gets shot in the street haha.
Fadedsun… there’s a thread for it. I’ll get it soon.
Why would you? they are amazing. Visual treats. It’s cool how the other characters stop during attacks. As for the character graphics, you could give S-E some crap on that. However, you’d have to remember that Squaresoft was never the best deliverer of graphics in their games. Vagrant Story could get itself shot by Legend of Dragoon, in terms of visuals, but the gameplay, and story alone, would be the saving grace that VS needs.
Couldn’t miss that bullet. Poor fellow. Funny how the judge didn’t show face there.
Dispatches are better now. I usually go with the lot instead because it’s so much fun.
Smash Gauge… I’m guessing that this is what has replaced the Judge Point system. I have yet to see this in action outside of the trailers. No mention of combos anymore, so I’m guessing that these are out.
The new Samurai-esque class, for the Humes, shows up at the Pub. His name is weird, but his attacks sound deadly. Can’t wait to get him. 
Still, I’m a bit baffled by the way Square blanks out the classes that you haven’t seen yet.
Also…the big boss battles. Squaresoft knew that the fans would appreciate this important feature. Look at these monsters! Huge… especially the Ant Lion mom. Biyatch ripped my men with her stupid sand attack. Youz gun pay, biyatch.
btw…make sure you do the Clan Trials.
What’s the smash guage? The only shit I’ve seen out of the blue is the random occurrences where someone gets some special skill if they’re alone or if they move next to someone; like haste, attack up, etc.
I haven’t bothered dispatching anyone just yet except for one quest that requires you to do so.
I fucked up early on by not switching my jobs and ability items, especially during those delivery/trade quests where you get free 30AP without fighting.
Question about leveling up, I know it’s to prevent abuse from gaining like 5 levels by hitting your own characters during a fight, but I guess it’s like recent SE games… say you’re at 95 xp, hit someone to gain that level, then you’re “capped out” so to speak, and not gain any more xp until the end of the battle right?
Thanks:tup:
-The spells jusy look awesome; a slime monster used some kind of blinding technique on me and he shot an oil ball at the screen.
-He took that shot like a fuckin’ champ, he did.
-I’ve only done one dispatch, I prefer the battles for the experience.
-Yojimbo? I haven’t seen one yet; thr last new class I got was the Arcanist for the No Muo.
-I haven’t had a boss battle yet, save for fighting that big-ass chicken thing a handful of times.
-The clan trials are a nice treat, especially since you get to choose your difficulty, and it’s a good change of pace as opposed to grinding.
All in all, I can’t say enough good things about A2; I’m going to be playing this for months, just to check out how the job classes meld together.
I lost my first auction…balls.
I’m loving my Elementalist/Green Mage Viera. Sexy bitch.
Floor 8 of EO2, just before the boss dude. Gathering materials for some better weapons n stuff first.
I just started FFTA2. Some questions I’d like some answers on:
When a character joins my clan, do they stay forever? I just got the thief girl in the beginning (the girl’s name starts with an A, I forgot the exact spelling), and she doesn’t seem like she’ll stay permanently.
Does the name of my clan matter? I just left it at default (Gully) since I was too lazy to think of one on the spot. Is there anyway to change it later?
Will max number of units stick to 6? I’m not sure who to level and how many I should level.
I’m still kind of confused as to how bazaar works. Do I just get new equipment if I trade in the required TYPE of materials that all have the same class (A-E)?
Adelle leaves and comes back.
I don’t think clan name matters.
Max units will always depend on the quest, I think it’s max 7, your 6 + 1 npc (or a variant of that).
Bazaar, when you trade in to create equipment, it allows you to buy it in the store; think of it as unlocking them.
Soul Bubbles is by far my GotY on DS.
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As of now (still?) it’s a Toys R US exclusive here in america. I think Amazon will be selling it here soon if they aren’t already.
Derek Daniels
Oh god, you don’t have to blow into the mic for that do you? I can see people passing out if that’s the case.
Awful, FFTA2, one of the trials doesn’t allow you to use magic, and the mimics abuse the fuck out of you with spamming thunder.
So what do I do? Switch to mages and equip the thunder robe (or whatever absorbs thunder) and think I can get away with using focused staff attacks and air render.
Nope!
That shit is classified as using “magick” and therefore I fail the mission.
SEX!
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and Robo! woot!
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took em long enough to cash in
I wonder what it would be like if Chrono Trigger got the Final Fantasy / Dragon Quest remake treatment?
I’m wondering if that would be better or if that + anime cutscenes from PSX version would be better.
Have you ever yelled so loud with excitement that you woke the neighbors? I have. :rock:
It was going to happen eventually, wasn’t it?
I’m not sure if I’ll pick it up, I’ve already bought the game twice now.
Still, it will be nice to get a bunch of new fans, because it’s an amazing game.