Lamp, I'm surprised you rate Suikoden III above V, for me it's the opposite... either way though, I love Suikoden, and I don't even really play JRPGs anymore.
― &U HAEV MY AXE LOL (Will M.), Monday, 12 January 2009 15:42 (fifteen years ago) link
rep harder for iii on story and looks - the trinity added a lot to the game for me and the secret chapters were sick. v had better gameplay but it was blockier and slower too so much less elegant.
― boys are such ruffians! (Lamp), Tuesday, 13 January 2009 05:05 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone ever play the red star? pretty dope imo, it's like a cross between streets of rage style scrolling button masher and ikaruga bullet hell shmup
― cozwn, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
def worth it if you can pick it up for under £3
― cozwn, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone got PAL copies of these they're looking to get rid of
mgs3: subsistencezone of the enders 2: 2nd runnergrandia 2
― cozwn, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 02:02 (fifteen years ago) link
i have all those games but not PAL :((
― Lamp, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 04:34 (fifteen years ago) link
i have grandia 2 on dreamcast - it's kinda grindy, then it's a magic, weird evocation, a softly-spoken but deadly articulate curse wished on its whole genre. For like an hour, halfway through. Then it's kind of grindy again.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
uhhh backloghttp://4.media.tumblr.com/UmgbcxYFvjkvrl3iUguSeR8Uo1_500.jpg
― cozwn, Thursday, 5 February 2009 11:19 (fifteen years ago) link
looks like odin sphere o_O
― FADCFTMFW (cozwn), Saturday, 7 February 2009 23:38 (fifteen years ago) link
i've been acquiring a box of p2 games, having never owned one before. i think they're mainly for if i get made redundant, so i don't immediately start to panic with boredom. it's about the same size as cozwn's picture of his backlog two posts previous.
today i was playing SILENT HILL 2 and it occurred to me that its secret progenitor was ZELDA. if you take the snes one as yr zelda in point then you even get the dark world/light world bullshit from it.
― thomp, Saturday, 9 May 2009 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krzJxIqBSJg
― Jeff LeVine, Sunday, 27 September 2009 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Anybody here ever play this game?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ybZjxJquOs
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 1 October 2009 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
no, but it even had my gf interested and she hates videogames (except mortal kombat for some reason)
― cozwn, Thursday, 1 October 2009 11:53 (fourteen years ago) link
It's a sequel / remake of the PC Engine game Gekisha Boy, btw...http://ramenjunkie.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/robs-gekisha-boy-review-pce/
― Jeff LeVine, Thursday, 1 October 2009 15:02 (fourteen years ago) link
What was that?
― Nhex, Thursday, 1 October 2009 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt_sZwVoQv0
― Jeff LeVine, Sunday, 4 October 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
wait, what's the PS2 photo-taking game? I'm amazed it's not some mid-system life Dreamcast title
― Nhex, Sunday, 4 October 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
The ps2 photo one is Gekibo 2http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-r-77-1-49-en-15-Gekibo+2-70-e5l.html
looks like it came out in Europe too (maybe?), as Polaroid Petehttp://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=22285
― Jeff LeVine, Sunday, 4 October 2009 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
my pal says the Eu release is most likely vaporware
has anyone ever played paparazzi or demolition girl?
― coz (webinar), Wednesday, 14 October 2009 20:54 (fourteen years ago) link
my list of obscure to-play games
Polaroid PeteAir Ranger Rescue HelicopterDemolition GirlLove Ping PongPaparazziGraffiti KingdomWay of the SamuraiNaval Ops: Warship GunnerPanzer Front Ausf BRibbit KingStreet GolferDeep WaterCode of the SamuraiSecret Weapons over Normanday
― coz (webinar), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 20:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Secret Weapons over Normandy
This was trash imo
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Speaking of obscurities, my brother lent me RoomMania #203 over the weekend, but I haven't had a chance to try to play it yet.
― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
if you want a 2 player arcade game you should definitely get the ps1 Buster Bros. Collection (even though the sequels in the collection kinda suck)
― hatchet, axe and saw supervisor (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 20 October 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/19/sony-finally-launches-ps2-in-brazil-or-welcome-to-2000/
WTF
― Alf, Lord Melmacsyn (s1ocki), Friday, 20 November 2009 03:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Hey cozwn, did you ever get through that PS2 backlog? Just curious!
― Nhex, Thursday, 3 December 2009 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
lol if by "ps2 backlog" u mean "modern warfare 2" then probably yes
― his sister was like the heat cummin off the back of an old sb (Lamp), Thursday, 3 December 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
lol no I sold them all for £skrilla£ on ebay
― SKATAAAAAAAAAAA (cozwn), Thursday, 3 December 2009 19:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i liked Personas 3 & 4 a whole lot. which out of these PS2 titles would i enjoy the most?Shin Megami Tensei III: NocturneShin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil SagaShin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless ArmyShin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
― zappi, Thursday, 3 December 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
dds2 is probably the best
― his sister was like the heat cummin off the back of an old sb (Lamp), Thursday, 3 December 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
u can buy it offa czn
― his sister was like the heat cummin off the back of an old sb (Lamp), Thursday, 3 December 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
really i guess u should get dds + dds2 since the stories are intertwined and the story is the reason why its the best follow up to playing the persona series. its really combat focused tho but it improves on nocturne's system (which was a huge pain imo and really finnicky/spreadsheet-y) and the battles tend to stay tactically interesting rather than press x repeat. its also a quicker, less obsessive game than persona
i have not played the devil summoners btw
― his sister was like the heat cummin off the back of an old sb (Lamp), Thursday, 3 December 2009 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
played about an hour of dds last night, and its pretty much what i wanted - the battle system is turn based but with some strategy to it, mercifully short cut scenes - the magic upgrade system seems to be similar to the grid thing in ffx? anyway lamp knows atlus, a+ would buy from again.
― zappi, Friday, 4 December 2009 11:50 (fourteen years ago) link
wow! bof: dragon quarter has to be the most unconventional JRPG I've ever played. I was a bit sceptical at first but after playing it for a while I am utterly hooked now. survival horror role-play gaming at its best. \o/
shining in the darkness, digital devil saga, silent hill, panzer dragoon orta, P.N.03, ico, shadow of the colossus, icewind dale, parasite eve 2
^ this is a list of games I was reminded of while playing
first of all, presentation. it looks a lot like the SMT series, and adds silent hill's grainy video filter to emphasise the dark, gritty atmosphere of the game. it looks dirty and oppressive throughout, underlined further by ryu's, his rival bosch's and nina's character design. they look ghastly (and in nina's case, frail). and there's also that incomprehensible narrator, as in pdo or sotc. to be honest, in my opinion BoF5 is more unsettling than some survival horror games (ie project zero).
then there's the gameplay. only one save slot, and you have to use one of those rare tokens to save? this will never work! thankfully I was proved wrong. it took me a fair while to understand how the game really works, but now I am convinced that capcom wanted to create the ultimate arcadey dungeon crawler. it's a bit like shining in the darkness. you enter the dungeon and try to get as far as possible (leveling up in the process). then when the going gets tough you return to the city hub, buy new items and tackle the dungeon again, which should be easier now that you're at a higher level. only in the this game the battle system is vastly more sophisticated and nearly as good as grandia's. this adds elements from P.N. 03 to the game, in that you will want to do a "perfect run". you can use the environment, traps and area effect spells (!) to your advantage, but as in P.N. 03 you're often overwhelmed when you first enter a new room. the battle system is much closer to bioware's RPGs such as icewind dale than it is to the traditional japanese systems.
next, the story. so... reduced, like ico; nina does look and act a lot like yorda too, come to think of it albeit a bit more proactive. ryu's determination to change fate has sotc vibes, with the twist that ryu is living on borrowed time, what with the D-counter that happily ticks away even if you never change into your dragon form. I have no clue what the ending is going to be like, but somehow I don't expect to see a happy one!
― a passing heavy daftie (cozen), Saturday, 20 February 2010 13:46 (fourteen years ago) link
tl;dr sick game
― a passing heavy daftie (cozen), Saturday, 20 February 2010 14:10 (fourteen years ago) link
lately i really feel like a week bunkered + playing old videogames again.
― thomp, Saturday, 20 February 2010 14:22 (fourteen years ago) link
lol coz who wrote that?
― just supersayin (Lamp), Saturday, 20 February 2010 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
dude on ~another~ forum
I basically agree
― a passing heavy daftie (cozen), Saturday, 20 February 2010 14:44 (fourteen years ago) link
I went on a perilous expedition to a Gamestop in the boondox of LA in the hopes of finding this game for cheap but was foiled by the store's organizational incompetence :(
looks fun as fuck though. I don't really have time for massive RPGs with weeks of playtime (sez the guy who went home and ordered a copy of Persona 4 from Amazon in semi-protest) so a 10-hr arcade-y dungeon crawler sounds like a win to me.
― /no cobo (jamescobo), Monday, 22 February 2010 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link