What are you playing right now? II

[Dixanadu]

105%? Is that even possible?

[Dynamithix]

So I finally beat both MK vs. DC's campaigns yesterday and I unlocked Shao Kahn and Darkseid. They're both pretty fucking cheap in arcade mode, even if it's on very hard, you can still spam Omega beam or whatever it's called as Darkseid.

Overall, it was quite fun. Too bad there was no Konquest, just fighting and nice cutscenes.

[Manco]

105%? Is that even possible?

Yep. The game's chock full of secret and unlockable levels, and tons of collectible gems.

[Dixanadu]

But why the extra 5?

[Strike Witch]

Team:

- Beijing

- Brooklyn

- Hong Kong

- Dublin

- Shangri-La

Suggest city names. I'm specifically looking for ones from cold countries.

[Dynamithix]

HELSINKI.

[Phylum]

ReykjavÃ*k.

I'd like to see anyone better that. It's the capital of fucking Iceland.

EDIT: I've been playing Mega Man X lately. It's really fun. The levels have a slightly non-linear aspect to them in the hidden areas, but other than that it's a typical Mega Man game with walljumps.

The difficulty has plummeted since I found the armour upgrade, though. I'm guessing it will further plummet when I find the blaster upgrade.

[Wings of Fire]

What a coincidence. I bought Megaman IX and I am having a hell of a time dying every couple of minutes.

[CrissCross]

is it good though?

[Wings of Fire]

I'll let you know when I can play more than two minutes without dying.

[Strike Witch]

Favourite Pokemon.

[Phylum]

What a coincidence. I bought Megaman IX and I am having a hell of a time dying every couple of minutes.

I'm talking about Mega Man X on the Snes, not Mega Man 10.

Also, when was the last time you played a Mega Man game before IX?

[Wings of Fire]

I'm talking about Mega Man X on the Snes, not Mega Man 10.

Also, when was the last time you played a Mega Man game before IX?

Never.

[Phylum]

Then death every 2 minutes sounds about right.

I haven't played IX, but they generally have a fairly steep learning curve.

[CrissCross]

sound's sophisicated

[Disgruntled Intern]

sound's sophisicated

You don't.

[Mac Sirloin]

Playing Fable II, just finished the tattered spire. I resisted all of the commandante commands and lost my Level 4 Inferno, which was expensive. Later on, I went to eat dinner and my friend Aaron spent about an hour grinding the basic jobs which got me 50,000 GOLD that I used to create a housing monopoly in Bowerstone. Economy eat your heart out, you stinking butthole.

[Emesdee]

The Megaman talk made me dig out my copy of Megaman 7. Five hours and one power outage later, I beat it. Felt so much more satisfying than just trying to speedrun the thing.

[StrangerEastwood]

Playing Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross again. God I love these games...And a little Vagrant Story and Legend of Mana on the side, lol. Yeah, I'm in an old school mood lately...

[Strike Witch]

Up to the Elite Four in Pokemon White. My team is pretty much useless against dark type pokemon as it is now though, so I'm kinda fucked against Grimsley.

[Phylum]

I fucking hate when something like that happens. I had the same thing against the final boss of Jade Cocoon 2 in my first playthrough. I managed to brute force my way to the Lilith nest, but when it came to fighting her I needed a team with a better strategy.

I started the fucking game again. Fuck. It was another 40 hours of playing before I managed to get back up to that fight.

[Wings of Fire]

Up to the Elite Four in Pokemon White. My team is pretty much useless against dark type pokemon as it is now though, so I'm kinda fucked against Grimsley.

It's called grinding, also exploiting secondary type weaknesses.

[Mac Sirloin]

I just bought Blue Dragon because it was cheap and I lent my copy of FFIX away. I'm watching the...villain (who is named Nene) being introduced I guess. I'm really liking it. The music is pretty reminiscent of FFIX, which is great because that's the second time I mentioned it in one paragraph. I'm hoping we get more traditional JRPG's like this made, I love this specific type.

EDIT: I'ma bit farther in. Liking it even more. It has the raddest feature for a JRPG: You can collect a bunch of enemies in the field into a circle around you, and choose to fight them all at once. Some enemies will attack others, and if they get a kill you still get experience points for both monsters. Combat gets easier (faster) once you get the titular Dragons. I've also been grinding as much as I can, so I think I'm a bit ahead of the curve. I would strongly recommend you pick this up if you have like ten bucks and don't mind JRPG's.

[Dixanadu]

I played Blue Dragon at a mate's house a while back, I thought I wouldn't like it but even only playing for a few hours, I thought it was pretty nice.

The music is pretty reminiscent of FFIX

Same music composer, that's why.

They made Lost Odyssey, too. I was shocked at how under-rated it was.

I'd take both of those games over any new-gen Final Fantasy any day. The series is going down the shit hole. 12 & 13 sucked everything that was good from the series.

[Wings of Fire]

But 12 was really good.

[Dixanadu]

The mark hunting was the only good thing about it.

[Wings of Fire]

I don't know what you're talking about, it was yards better than X.

[Strike Witch]

If you liked Blue Dragon, give Lost Odyssey a go. It's got characters who are actually well-written, beautiful graphics, and a story that will make you cry. Plus all the usual combat and stuff. It's just very well-made, beautiful soundtrack too.

[Mac Sirloin]

I'll be sure to buy it too, then. It's also pretty cheap. I really just assumed that Final Fantasy games were the staple for all JRPG's released near them, so I've been avoiding getting anything new for awhile. Glad to see the genre is still capable of generating something fun.

[Mac Sirloin]

Same music composer, that's why.

I knew that. I just thought it was particularly in-tune with FFIX specifically.