Been absent.
Nope, I'm not going anywhere, here to stay.

At 11/23/08 01:58 AM, Mendou wrote: Been really playing Grandia this past week or so, I'm not up to the point where

SPOILER:

Sue leaves the party, and so does Gadwin

It's turning out to be a good game and the battle systems simple and fun. Although I'm not a big fan of the magic, I just found bashing monsters melee style was better.

Good, it's nice to see you're enjoying it!

Are you on CD 2 yet?

Another thing I didn't like was just the constant dungeon fighting, not enough time for more character development in my opinion.

Although I didn't mind it, there was quite a bit of hack'n'slash involved, it only annoyed me when I constantly got cornered.

But it looks to be picking up, should get interesting at this point now it's just Justin and Feena.

Yup, it does.

Also if anyones curious, they're both at 22 so far.

Good goin'.

I finally got around to checking in my gamestop coupon, bought two new games today, well, an hour ago precisely.
While I was taking in all the new games that had appeared since the last time I visited gamestop, a certain title hit me that made me remember something. It was Star Ocean First Departure. It looks rather decent, I'm sure someone here has played it before.
The other game I bought was Riviera The Promised Land, it looks interesting and I hope it's worth it.

Also, I don't know how I'm going to survive knowing that there are people here already playing ToS2, waaaargh.

Annnd, I'm off to play.

At 11/24/08 09:26 PM, ikool wrote:

At 11/24/08 08:45 PM, loogiesquared wrote: i'm trying to get my little brother hooked on RPGs. and E-Rated good ones for the DS?

Try Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
Great for a young person RPG! Easy (for experienced gamers) and fun.

I endorse this and add Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga to that.
I was a bit disappointed in Partners in Time. I was expecting a bit better. Don't get me wrong, it's a great RPG, but like you said, too easy.

star ocean first depearture=star ocean 1....good game got lost my file so i didnt beat the original snes title, but knux did, i just ran the game the way i like it, here's some advice do not keep cius you get better characters this way, trust me you get better.

At 11/25/08 05:15 PM, greyshadowskyknight wrote: here's some advice do not keep cius you get better characters this way, trust me you get better.

LIES.
Cius is a powerhouse, keep him, he learns badass moves that owns.
Ciud iz awsum he has big sord and doesnt afriad of enything!!1111!!!

At 11/25/08 06:01 PM, knuxrouge wrote:

At 11/25/08 05:15 PM, greyshadowskyknight wrote: here's some advice do not keep cius you get better characters this way, trust me you get better.

LIES.
Cius is a powerhouse, keep him, he learns badass moves that owns.
Ciud iz awsum he has big sord and doesnt afriad of enything!!1111!!!

fear is better and sexier, her moves owns harder than cius...

I've met Cius in Star Ocean but not Fear yet.

Back to Riviera. (No one here has played it?!)

It's definitely unique. But I was: " WHAT THE HELL GUISE, NO FREE MOVEMENT?!" when I found out that you don't move the character like one would in an RPG. You move using directional buttons, which either moves to a new place or interacts with the enviroment. But. I am used to it now, it's okay.

The fights are a bit different too.
You don't equip weapons and the like, like you normally do. Before a battle starts you get to choose 3 characters to send to battle and you select 4 items, which can consist of weapons and items. A downsidde is that all weapons can only be used a set amount, depending on how many you found. The amount is between 5 and 50, stronger weapons having less utilizable uses.

The story is good. To keep this spoilerfree I'll just skip this part.

What's awesome is that it's completely voiced, even all NPCs! And the voices aren't half bad.

What I doubtlessly don't like

"hate" might be better...

is that you can't go back to previously visited places, except for the base village. Graaaaugh.

But lets see how this turns out.

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World definitely lives up to the legacy that the previous game did, i haven't beat it yet, but it's so damn fun.

____Possible spoilers____
The battle system is so great, Vesperia fans will not be disappointed at all, the Unison Attack is kinda off and hard to get the hang of, but once you do, it's so awesome. The Mystic artes are more cinematic than normal Tales games, and are all grand. The game has Abyss' Battle speed and Vesperia's difficulty, seriously, you will have to fight 3 or 4 enemies at once in alot of battle and you will find yourself getting jumped hard by monsters. The battle system is so diverse and it's not broken at all.
You have 3 approaches in a fight.
You can:
1. Make use of the elemental grid to capture monsters
2. Use the Unison Attack (which resets the grid)
3. Or do Mystic Artes (which uses up the entire Unison Attack gauge)
The skills system is also good, and also not broken atall either. The original cast rocks, Presea does 40000+ in her mystic arte when you first get her, and the best part is she does it in 2 hits. Regal is awesome too, and Genis is perfect for monster capturing. Lloyd's basic attack is lackluster, but his artes are top notch, Emil's are too, he's like Yuri, but...not Yuri.
And the monsters..don't get me started. The monsters are amazing, it's nothing like Pokemon, its more like Disgaea; you capture monsters, they fight with you, they level up, they can eventually change class, and once they do, they revert to level 1 with added stats which is 20%of their stats from before they changed class. You can teach them magic spells too, which is also badass, they level slower each time they evolve.
I absolute love this game, it is a worthy sequel to Tales of Symphonia.
____End cocksucking____
I'm gonna be inactive for a while again.
Bon Voyage.

Sweet Knux!
Just how far in are you, hours wise?

Neways... The element grid is kinda annoying, I didn't understand how to use it for a while.
Also, you get unison way too fast. I use it almost 2 or 3 times a battle.

when i remember to use it -_-

Yea, its a good game uptil now, I'm a good 10 hours in.

~SPOILARS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Knux, did you happen to fight the black slug in the Iselia Human Ranch? I vsed it 3 times until I finally gave up. It's hidden in a wall with the 4th card key.
~END SPOILARS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

At 11/27/08 05:29 PM, knuxrouge wrote: I'm gonna be inactive for a while again.

Okay...

Bon Voyage.

...have fun and enjoy the trip!

Today is the date ToS2 is released here, omgwtf.

yehhh!! nice club i love rpg :D

At 11/28/08 07:37 AM, Corky-D wrote: Today is the date ToS2 is released here, omgwtf.

<<< Needs console.

At 11/28/08 11:00 AM, Racoonmario wrote:

At 11/28/08 07:37 AM, Corky-D wrote: Today is the date ToS2 is released here, omgwtf.

<<< Needs console.

*joins queue*

At 11/28/08 11:24 AM, Corky-D wrote:

At 11/28/08 11:00 AM, Racoonmario wrote:

At 11/28/08 07:37 AM, Corky-D wrote: Today is the date ToS2 is released here, omgwtf.

<<< Needs console.

*joins queue*

*feels great pity for you both*.
But, I might as well not have the console, for how many stores have DotNW in my town. Wal-mart is useless, and I'd have to travel another town over to get to a Gamestop, which I won't be able to do today.

But then, it's a huge choice between DotNW and Castlevania Judgement.

At 11/28/08 12:41 PM, DeathNoteetoNhtaeD wrote:

But, I might as well not have the console, for how many stores have DotNW in my town. Wal-mart is useless, and I'd have to travel another town over to get to a Gamestop, which I won't be able to do today.

Try getting it online, somehow?

But then, it's a huge choice between DotNW and Castlevania Judgement.

Eh.
Wouldn't be hard for me to decide between them.

At 4/14/03 01:06 AM, OMGFossil wrote: This club is like DQ. DQ club acts like an RPG. This club is like it too. This club is for people who like RPGs. If ya want to join, just holler. Oh yah, my email account is down for now so don't email me and I can't email you. Only either Rm2k or just RPG talk is allowed here.

ILL JOIN!!!

RPG`S ARE MY LIFE!!!

At 11/27/08 07:15 PM, ikool wrote: Sweet Knux!
Just how far in are you, hours wise?

Just beat it. The game is shamefully short, but I blame that on the lack of free navigation of the world map.

Neways... The element grid is kinda annoying, I didn't understand how to use it for a while.
Also, you get unison way too fast. I use it almost 2 or 3 times a battle.

when i remember to use it -_-

I'm already used to the grid now, its fun.
SPOILERS______GET BACK!!!
The grid works so simply, each elemental attack you use changes an icon on the grid to that element, then when 3 or 4 of the same element is in the grid, the primary element (the big one in the center) will change to that element. The unison attack is also dependent on the grid and it determines which monster attacks with you and how well they participate. Like lets say your imp decides to join in, you need at least one dark icon in the elemental grid, or have the primary icon in the field dark elemental. The more dark icons on the grid, the better attack the monster will do in the unison attack.
For one icon, the imp will do Bloody Howling.
For two the imp will do Negative Gate.
For three, the imp will do obliteration.
If other icons are involved, then monsters of the corresponding element will also join in.

Yea, its a good game uptil now, I'm a good 10 hours in.

~SPOILARS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~
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Knux, did you happen to fight the black slug in the Iselia Human Ranch? I vsed it 3 times until I finally gave up. It's hidden in a wall with the 4th card key.

I don't recall what your talking about, I may have forgotten about it, I just go for it.

~END SPOILARS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

END SPOILAERS________

At 11/27/08 07:15 PM, ikool wrote: Sweet Knux!
Just how far in are you, hours wise?

Just beat it. The game is shamefully short, but I blame that on the lack of free navigation of the world map.

Neways... The element grid is kinda annoying, I didn't understand how to use it for a while.
Also, you get unison way too fast. I use it almost 2 or 3 times a battle.

when i remember to use it -_-

I'm already used to the grid now, its fun.
SPOILERS______GET BACK!!!
The grid works so simply, each elemental attack you use changes an icon on the grid to that element, then when 3 or 4 of the same element is in the grid, the primary element (the big one in the center) will change to that element. The unison attack is also dependent on the grid and it determines which monster attacks with you and how well they participate. Like lets say your imp decides to join in, you need at least one dark icon in the elemental grid, or have the primary icon in the field dark elemental. The more dark icons on the grid, the better attack the monster will do in the unison attack.
For one icon, the imp will do Bloody Howling.
For two the imp will do Negative Gate.
For three, the imp will do obliteration.
If other icons are involved, then monsters of the corresponding element will also join in.

Yea, its a good game uptil now, I'm a good 10 hours in.

~SPOILARS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~
~
Knux, did you happen to fight the black slug in the Iselia Human Ranch? I vsed it 3 times until I finally gave up. It's hidden in a wall with the 4th card key.

I don't recall what your talking about, I may have forgotten about it, I just go for it.

~END SPOILARS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

END SPOILAERS________

How many hours did it took ya to beat it knux?

At 11/30/08 05:07 AM, Racoonmario wrote: How many hours did it took ya to beat it knux?

Bumped for question.

I'd most probably still play it if it were short.

Star Ocean is crazy, In a good way.
Not even 1 minute into the game and a whole planet asplode.

Uhm....hi.
I like RPG's more than any other kind of games...(maybe l like RTS's and TBS's that much, l don't know)
Favourite RPG's: Oblvion (all hail the best RPG ever created) FF7 (old school, but still good) and The Witcher: Enhanced edition (the first "adult" RPG out there).

Obviously, l would like to join this crew...

So, I bought Dawn of the New World yesterday. Aside from poor lighting in the dungeons, some sappy (but cute) dialouge, and Emil, I am loving this game. I may be having more fun with it than I had with the first one. The bosses are a little too easy for my taste, as my amount of Life Bottles has never fallen below 18 at any given point. Other than those minor greivances, I am loving this game. Oh, yes, and this has been killing me since yesterday. I can swear that Emil's voice actor when he's possessed is the same as who voiced Light in Death Note. If not, I know I've heard that voice before. This also happened with the first game, where it took me a while to figure out Lloyd was actually Robin.

I'll have a review when I beat it.

At 11/30/08 01:57 PM, HeavyTank wrote: Uhm....hi.
I like RPG's more than any other kind of games...(maybe l like RTS's and TBS's that much, l don't know)
Favourite RPG's: Oblvion (all hail the best RPG ever created) FF7 (old school, but still good) and The Witcher: Enhanced edition (the first "adult" RPG out there).

Obviously, l would like to join this crew...

Wow, you are like the first user in ages to make a decent first post in this club.
You're in. I guess.

Well... now that every1 has got it, yeys.
I played for a good 6 hours yesterday and im at 24 hours of gameplay now. I understand the elemental grid now, but thnx neways knux. What I don't understand is the monster's synch abilities. For example, my Fenrir occasionally uses "Halo of Life", but I have no idea what it does...

At 11/30/08 04:00 PM, Racoonmario wrote:

At 11/30/08 01:57 PM, HeavyTank wrote: Uhm....hi.
I like RPG's more than any other kind of games...(maybe l like RTS's and TBS's that much, l don't know)
Favourite RPG's: Oblvion (all hail the best RPG ever created) FF7 (old school, but still good) and The Witcher: Enhanced edition (the first "adult" RPG out there).

Obviously, l would like to join this crew...

Wow, you are like the first user in ages to make a decent first post in this club.

I agree. It's nice to see that there are still people like that out in the depths of the BBS.

We must show them the light!

You're in. I guess.

Of course he is!

as my prophecy fortold i played the new tales game courtesy of knux, and i have to say its not bad, it doesnt have that tales feel, but nonetheless its not a bad game, emil just pissed me off, and at the begining of the game he fights like a fag too.
now back to disgaea, laharl owns all.
now all bow down to this brat with power.

At 11/30/08 04:00 PM, Racoonmario wrote:
Wow, you are like the first user in ages to make a decent first post in this club.

Really?

You're in. I guess.

Thanks.I guess. (:P)

At 12/1/08 02:31 AM, greyshadowskyknight wrote: now all bow down to this brat with power.

Laharl is Etnas bitch, seriously.

At 12/1/08 08:33 AM, Corky-D wrote:

At 12/1/08 02:31 AM, greyshadowskyknight wrote: now all bow down to this brat with power.

Laharl is Etnas bitch, seriously.

Agreed. How far have you guys gotten to beating Disgaea? And whos your strongest character?

Other than Laharl...

Mines an axe warrior. He kicks so much ass.... except hes only level 41....

At 12/1/08 12:58 PM, ikool wrote:

At 12/1/08 08:33 AM, Corky-D wrote:

At 12/1/08 02:31 AM, greyshadowskyknight wrote: now all bow down to this brat with power.

Laharl is Etnas bitch, seriously.

Agreed.

And Laharl frequently abuses Flonne.

How far have you guys gotten to beating Disgaea? And whos your strongest character?

Other than Laharl...

My strongest is an angel, level 2032.

Mines an axe warrior. He kicks so much ass.... except hes only level 41....

Level 41..?

At 12/1/08 01:29 PM, Corky-D wrote:

At 12/1/08 12:58 PM, ikool wrote:

At 12/1/08 08:33 AM, Corky-D wrote:

At 12/1/08 02:31 AM, greyshadowskyknight wrote: now all bow down to this brat with power.

Laharl is Etnas bitch, seriously.

Agreed.

not in disgaea 2 and my laharl kicks etna's ass.

And Laharl frequently abuses Flonne.

yeah i love that, flonne needs something hard in her mouth anyways.

How far have you guys gotten to beating Disgaea? And whos your strongest character?

Other than Laharl...

beat the game and saw 3 endings...woot too bad it got traded in for p3 when it came out.

My strongest is an angel, level 2032.

marjoly...such a shame then its a level 5xx majin axe majin.

Mines an axe warrior. He kicks so much ass.... except hes only level 41....

Level 41..?

hahaha keep going you got a long way to go...

i play disgaea 2 so my field of play is way different. oh for you etna lovers.