Let's Play Some Motherf*$&ing Games: 2010!!!!!!

[hinode]

Pokemon HG - Pokemon are (Not including failish filler) Sandshrew L19, Quilava L21. Just got my second badge.
Rival oddly didn't give me any trouble....well he beat me once but that was because he crit with watergun TWICE! damn bastard.
One thing thats bugging me is the move "Dig", Sandslash can learn it and I remember it trashing Lance endgame but is it actually any good?

Its current moves are Swift, Defence curl, Poison spike and Rapid spin. I think I'll keep Rapid spin as I know those guys online just love throwing those statuses at you but the rest of the moves seem safe to get rid of right?

Dig used to be 100 power, which was insanely good considering when you got it. It's 80 power now, which is still pretty solid, and very rarely will the AI exploit the windup turn.

Rapid Spin is useless in-game as the computer will never use entry hazards effectively. Feel free to delete it (and every other move currently on your Sandshrew) when you get something better.

I haven't beaten a Pokemon game since Red, but when I beat that one, I actually took the time to get all 150 pokemon in my dex. And it was really unsatisfying that I didn't even get a congradulations message or anything.

Out of curiosity, I'm wondering if future Pokemon games actually reward the player for collecting all 5 million pokemon or so?

Sadly, the answer is "hell no". IIRC Nintendo has actually dropped the old "Gotta Catch'em All" slogan, in large part because actually filling out a Pokedex is such a byzantine process these days. Well, unless you trade for everything annoying like I did, but that's still quite a bit of work.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Eh to collecting the Pokémon in Pokémon besides building a solid, fun party. Just play the game and wear comfy shorts, profit. The gameplay dynamics are the reason to play Pokémon extensively anyway~

[Meeplelard]

You know what the nice thing about Pokemon is?

Its got a shit load of options...that are actually valid!  The cast is diverse, big, and lots of valid options (Granted, limited by version, but you don't wanna be overwhelmed.)

Its proof that Radiata Stories really failed it up with its oversized cast! </cheap shot>

[Cmdr_King]

And it was really unsatisfying that I didn't even get a congradulations message or anything.

Untrue!  If you go to the nondescript tower in Celedon and talk to one of the developers, you get a certificate!

[DjinnAndTonic]

Man, that might have made my childhood better for a whole hour. If only GameFAQs had existed sooner! To think of that lost hour of happiness is torturous indeed.

*looks at Meeple's post* Clearly... Radiata Stories just needed a 20-element typing system!

[Captain K.]

Yeah I finished my Emerald Pokedex at DLCon3, and got the lame certificate.  Pretty close to finishing it on Pearl, but yeah, laziness.

[Dark Holy Elf]

Man, that might have made my childhood better for a whole hour. If only GameFAQs had existed sooner! To think of that lost hour of happiness is torturous indeed.

*looks at Meeple's post* Clearly... Radiata Stories just needed a 20-element typing system!

I bet being able to control more than one PC would have helped the appeal of a large cast!


HGSS sounds cool, I'm getting into the mood to play Pokemon again!

XS2 - Finally got killed, died once to Inversion because I manged to have the worst setup possible for him and made a couple key errors. Also beat the ULTIMATE PUZZLE~ which eluded me last playthrough. Then died again to the purple horseman Ortu right before the final bosses because I grossly overestimated my damage and he did his low-HP counterboost Apoptosis attack which raped my party. Still, almost done the maingame!

MM10 - Beat. This needs a rant, but it's too late for one.

[DomaDragoon]

HG: Falkner falls before the might of Android, my Mareep with Thundershock! Margarine finally evolves into Butterfree! I catch a Sandshrew! My mom steals my money to get an item that I don't know what it is! And I get through Union Cave! Huzzah.

[Clear Tranquil]

Thanks Tal~

FFXIII- Taijin Tower. First two missions were relatively easy but I'm stuck on the Ambling Bellows. I've fought him a lot and managed to get him down to under 80'000 HP once but ... yeah.  I think switching Sazh out for Fang would be a good idea, I can feel that he's started to lag now =/

[Anthony Edward Stark]

You know what Civ 5 has gotten me psyched for?

PLAYING SOME MORE CIV 4.

Only going to turn on one victory condition: culture/diplomacy/conquest. Pick one.

[Taishyr]

Diplomacy.

[Random Consonant]

Diplomacy.

Edit: Blame Hatbot for that.

[Taishyr]

Minor justification: diplo takes the most effort, IMO, to actually pull off. Culture is pretty easy to early-game set up for and kinda lock in for, as it's very very hard to build up enough counter-momentum to get a win in that against someone else late. Conquest is always -fun-, but common. So go diplo.

[Yoshiken]

Heart Gold Hatbot Style: In today's session, we beat two Gym Leaders and fail against two more! And Pryce is one of them! D:

So. Morty, haha. After seeing Hinode mention in chat that Morty can effectively be beaten by a Lv 1 Togepi, I decided to try using my Lv 5 Togepi to beat his Gengar. After 5 Sucker Punches failed to get through Charm, I started using Metronome and Extrasensory. Metronome repeatedly hit sleep moves, which was quite funny when combined with his Hypnosis, but led to a long fight. Eventually ran him out of PP and then chipped him down with Extrasensory/recoil. The other ghosts mostly fell to some Confusion from Smashzee or Dragon Rage from Elftini.

Moving on from there, I got to Olivine after grabbing Surf, the Dowsing Machine and random items from around the town. Cleared the lighthouse - 3D section in a Pokemon game?! <3<3<3<3 - and went over to Cianwood, getting a Tentexcal added to my team along the way, replacing OnixTide (who was MVP to that point! Again, the best one is replaced! And it was ONIX!). Forgot to save before fighting Eusine, lost. Whoops. Doesn't screw me out of anything, I hope. >.>
Chuck... asddsgfdg. I lost to him a few times, yeah. Lost to random trainers there, actually. Chuck HATES Elftini, apparently - tried fighting him 3 times with Elftini out first to Thunder Wave the Primeape, and every time, he got Focus Punched down after a few turns of Double Team. Managed to kill the Primeape in one of these before Poliwrath finished me off.
Fourth try, I put Carthsnake at the top and try to hit with Glare. Second turn, it goes through and I proceed to switch to no end, going to Togepi to confuse with Sweet Kiss, back to Carthsnake for Intimidate, then Tentexcal to put down Toxic Spikes, back to Carthsnake, back to Togepi, back to Carthsnake... Then to Elftini, who immediately gets Focus Punched through Paralysis and Confusion and dies. :v  Poliwrath was "Smashzee sits and gets healed while poison does its job."

I have nothing in my team that can fly, so I surf back to Olivine and get the potion to Jasmine. Knowing she was freaking evil before, I decide to go over to Mahogany now, and catch a Goldeen (named after another friend) and a MareepFire along the way, replacing Togepi and Elftini (no more Dragon Rage ;_; ). Get the shiny Halados from Lake of Rage (yes, Hal is a Gyarados, it seems to work well that Hal is shiny and powerful), but he's not added to my party. ;_; Sweep the radio station, grabbing some experience for EphKarp in the double battle and an Electrode along the way, who soon replaces... Smashzee. aasdsgfdshgfd. Did I mention both Carthsnake and Smashzee evolved? Yeah, he was my best at the time, and got kicked. gah. 4th time now!
Went through Pryce's gym and... wut. Yeah, I lost to Pryce. Well, lost to a random trainer there first, but then lost to Pryce twice as well before deciding to go back over to Olivine to fight Jasmine. Which is where I am now!

Hopefully soon I'll grab something that can use Fly, but in the meantime, my party is:
 - Lv 27 Tentacool (Excal)
 - Lv 20 Goldeen (Kaspar)
 - Lv 26 Electrode (Jadeica)
 - Lv 13 Mareep (SnowFire)
 - Lv 23 Arbok (Carthrat)
 - Lv 17 Magikarp (Ephraim)

[Anthony Edward Stark]

QUESTION TWO:

Map type?

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Puzzle Quest - This is made of crack. Also, the AI fucking cheats.

[Taishyr]

Uhhhh
Because I feel like it Archipelago your call on size

[Just Another Day]

Puzzle Quest - This is made of crack. Also, the AI fucking cheats.

Yes to crack. Pretty sure it doesn't cheat, though. It definitely doesn't always choose the best move available, and based on personal (obsessive) experience, I can't really say that it feels like it gets better stuff in the top row than the player does.

VC chapter 7 - still fun, and pleasingly challenging. You get next to no information about a map before committing your forces, though, which leads to a strange challenge hiccup, I guess you'd call it; if you fail a map and restart things tend to be much, much easier, because you make much better troop choices.

This isn't so much a complaint, since it's realistic enough, but it feels like the "best" way to play the game would be to deploy a bunch of scouts, play a turn, and then reset, which is a bit strange; it wouldn't be so marked if they at least showed you where enemy units visible from your camps were when you were choosing your troops.

[Shale]

Oooooooooh it definitely cheats. For one thing it sees pieces that haven't fallen yet. For another it knows when it's getting a so-called "random" extra turn and changes tactics to suit.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I knew it.

The game's still crack cocaine in portable videogame form.

[Just Another Day]

I think it says something about the game's addictive qualities that learning this does not decrease my affection for it one jot.

[Shale]

The game's still crack cocaine in portable videogame form.

Fuck yes  it is.

[Hunter Sopko]

Sapphire- Just beat the 4th gym, which did an annoying amount of damage to Marshtomp. I was equal leveled, but eh. Also had the REALLY annoying tendency to hit the enemy to within 1 or so HP and get Hyper Potioned. So it goes. Walking around with the Egg in my inventory. Still running Marshtomp, Kirilia, Electrike, Shroomish, Lombre and Ninjask. Getting more used to things, figured out what Natures do. Yay Relaxed Ninjask, Boo Jolly Kirilia.

Should probably start building up Skarmory and Numel. Will need a Flying and Fire poke soonish, I'm guessing. Spoink is really tempting to use, but I have a Psychic already.

[BaconForTheSoul]

Puzzlequest was awesome.  The space puzzlequest that came out absolutely blows though... I'd a just been happy with the same game that had new moves, bad guys, and plot.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Civ 4- I just clapped up Sitting Bull and now I feel like a real douche.