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

[Dark Holy Elf]

Hafin and Nakil? I got both with no difficulties, so... *looks them up*

All I'm really seeing is "have Asad in your party when going through location en route to Asad's hometown any time in large window X" which strikes me as incredibly tame. It kinda sucks that they're permanently missable if you don't do this, but it makes way too much plot sense for them to be.

The dungeon design complaints are just a question of personality/playing style I think because STi's dungeons don't bother me at all. Yeah, they have dead ends, like... 90% of RPG dungeons. I don't really see the difference between them and, say, FF3, except that FF3's dungeons are longer. I can see where you're coming from, if you put down a game mid-dungeon that is a way to become lost and you're more likely to do this with portables, but I just can't bring myself to be really bothered by it.

[Dhyerwolf]

I wouldn't even be worried about getting lost in most Tiekreis dungeons. Enemies aren't very threatening. But then, I don't really remember any dungeons being all that long minus the final one?

[Grefter]

Because being stuck in a boring dungeon with unthreatening enemies is such a thrilling prospect.  Did I mention that the game is painfully slow?  Bad bad bad bad bad.

[Scar]

RDR - Game over?

Not! I am a free man again, and have conquered everyone who has gotten in my way. time to raise some cattle with the fam.

[DjinnAndTonic]

I FAQ'd all 108 stars. You want crap recruitment... look at Namna (Green porpoise).

Fuck. You. Namna.

[Dark Holy Elf]

Got him without trying. Oh you lovable FAQers.

EDIT: After looking him up in a FAQ, it looks like he's annoying to get at the earliest possible opportunity, but extremely easy to get shortly before the point of no return. Guess which one I did. <_<

[Shale]

Ninja Gaiden Black: Airship! Boss-on-a-horse was....easier than Normal? Maybe just because I know how Ultimate Techniques work now. Weird. Anyway, I've got Dragon Sword Lv. 2 and the counterattacks scroll, so I can finally fight like I'm used to. Well, with more Blade of Nirrtri spam because enemies don't fuck around on Hard, but I can live with that.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Fallout: New Vegas. Just left the starter town. Energy weapons are actually an option at the start now. Holy shit.

[Tide]

BBS: I blame CK. Anyway, fun game. Or it could just be the slew of games I recently played weren't as fun. Hoping more the former. Currently making abilities because yes, this is fun. Also, the board game is a neat addition (hur) and I actually have fun playing it too >_> (more hur).

[DomaDragoon]

Fallout: New Vegas - Second verse, same as the first. A little bit brighter, a little bit worse. I'm really going to miss being a super munchkin and getting everything maxed out. Currently L6 and just made it to Novac, I've scoped my Varmint Rifle and somehow became Very Good just through killing off Powder Gangers. I'm glad they made food and drink much more useful, even if it is time-delayed.

[Dunefar]

Lufia DS: Got this today and I've played up to the Gordovan Drawbridge. I don't have much beyond basic impressions:

- It's a low budget title but not bad. I don't like the world/plot feel changes so far, lost tech blatherings never really do it for me.

- Adding Iris to the party is a damned good idea.

- I think I dislike action RPGs on the small DS screen. >_<

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Fallout: New Vegas - Second verse, same as the first. A little bit brighter, a little bit worse. I'm really going to miss being a super munchkin and getting everything maxed out. Currently L6 and just made it to Novac, I've scoped my Varmint Rifle and somehow became Very Good just through killing off Powder Gangers. I'm glad they made food and drink much more useful, even if it is time-delayed.

You get your first party member there. He's voiced by Cyclops.

I just got done trading him out for Cass.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Lufia DS:
- Adding Iris to the party is a damned good idea.

After all, what's a Lufia game without one of your PCs turning out to be the Goddess of Death?

[DomaDragoon]

You get your first party member there.

Second, actually - I've focused on Science and Repair, so I got ED-E first. Combined, the two tear through everything, though that's more "Rolento" than ED-E. I've probably only managed to kill a half-dozen enemies myself since Boone joined up. Now L8, in the middle of the rocket quest.

[Shale]

Ninja Gaiden: Monastery. This is going to be fuuuuuuuuuuuuun.*

Fun content may be significantly exaggerated

[NotMiki]

Godhand, hard mode: beat Gold and Silver!  Now stuck on...the next level.  Seriously, a tiny room with, sequentially, 3 dudes, 2 dudes and a fat dude, 6 bomb-bearing midgets, and 3 bad dudes, with a demon somewhere in there?  Brutal.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

You get your first party member there.

Second, actually - I've focused on Science and Repair, so I got ED-E first. Combined, the two tear through everything, though that's more "Rolento" than ED-E. I've probably only managed to kill a half-dozen enemies myself since Boone joined up. Now L8, in the middle of the rocket quest.

The rocket quest has pretty good writing... AND A SPACE SUIT.

Anyway, ended up in Freesidr as part of my endeavor to recruit Cass (this is super important). Now doing errands for The King of Kings, armed with That Gun.

[NotMiki]

Godhand: beat Elvis and stage 1!  Only 102 continues!

[Niu]

Lufia DS:
- Adding Iris to the party is a damned good idea.

After all, what's a Lufia game without one of your PCs turning out to be the Goddess of Death?

She actually end up becoming more bland then she already was.

[Pyro]

She is bland, yes. But it works given who and what she is. It's pretty clear that she is spending the earlygame learning about humanity and life. And she does get an amusing scene in every once in a while.

[Scar]

RDR - Beaten? I don't see any more quest givers, so I assume its over.

Oh well on to Infamous.

[Tide]

KH BBS: Aqua's story completed. Final fight was made easy by having a guest. Second final fight was something similar to KH2, so that was easily adaptable. In fact the hardest boss on this route was the one in Neverland >_> (although that became easy eventually). Started off hard, got pretty tame towards mid game and on.

Starting Terra/Ven's route at the same time. Wheel Master has killed me three times now . I may just play the board game for Cure. Also its fine. Meanwhile, Ven goes dwarf hunting.

[Pyro]

Tide: D-Link Aqua for cure if you want. D-Linking also fully restores health.

[Niu]

She is bland, yes. But it works given who and what she is. It's pretty clear that she is spending the earlygame learning about humanity and life. And she does get an amusing scene in every once in a while.

But.. it is so very generic, her behavior. She lost that presence she had in the original, and how she eventually reaches the humanity is great! I'll not fight Maximum conclusion is just "...." inducing. Her character is much more appealing in the original where she is level headed and plays both sides while betraying neither.

[Yoshiken]

Etrian Odyssey 3: Finally got round to trying against Marner again, absolutely annihilated him this time (didn't see Earthquake, so... yeah, no deaths. >_>) Beat the second set of sea quests as well, mostly thanks to having Katylin heal herself every time she heals Ashnan, who reduces the damage the two of them are taking. Still much prefer the sea quests to... pretty much anything else in this game, but I'm also not far enough to have unlocked all the features, so I'll withhold judgement until then.

Viva Pinata: And everything gets smashed. Got annoyed with lack of space, sold almost everything. Then got Crowla Master Romancer, sold almost all of them, then managed to fill up all the space AGAIN. Then my one Sweetooth I had got smashed by Pester. Oh joy. Will probably sell everything yet again and start over sometime soon. >_>