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

[Pyro]

Dragon Age: Playing the alternate route at the Landsmeet to get the splitpath PC so I can level them to 20 for stat topicness.. He actually has some fairly decent lines.

[NotMiki]

Oh sweet, they use the real Mara in 2? I was just talking about Mishaguji, you know, that OTHER SMT Penis demon.

Oh yeah, forgot about that.  Is he one of the somewhat challenging bosses, or am I thinking of something else?

[Meeplelard]

Onimusha Dawn of Dreams: I'm afraid to announce, I have to back out of doing an abridged series of this.  There's more going on in this game than I expected...by which I mean too many japanese names to keep track of, and there's like actual character interaction and such and...yeah, its hard to explain, but its not quite ridiculous in the way O3 was to do an abridged series of, more just typical Capcom shenanigans!

THAT SAID, just got Tenkai, the manly spear wielding Samurai of...manliness.  Also, for a girl whose suppose to be like the most unlady like thing ever...Jubei has a very effeminite voice, by which I mean she really sounds like a 15 year old spoiled rich girl.   Kind of makes it hard to understand Soki's whole "You really don't act like a girl at all!" claims cause the voice says otherwise!


Also...
Wizard of Oz: Started this.  Pyro can put down the bazooka.  THe game is so far basically Dragon Oz Quest.

[Niu]

Unfortunately no Mara.

I'm afraid you'll need to wait for Devil Summoner 2 for Boss Mara.

Oh sweet, they use the real Mara in 2? I was just talking about Mishaguji, you know, that OTHER SMT Penis demon.

Technically, 2 has Louie with his entire legion of demon lords, all at once.

[Cotigo]

Trips:  Depends on what class you're going.  If you're going Guardian/Soldier then I'd recommend focusing on Treat Injury, Awareness, and maybe some repair.  If you're focusing on skills (Scout/Sentinel/Scoundrel kinda?), Computer Use, Repair, Stealth and Security are all great options. Consulars should probably put a few token points in Treat Injury, then focus on Comp Use/Repair/Security.

You may or may not want points in Persuade.  Unlike 2, you can do just about everything with Force Persuade/Dominate Mind and be able to avoid Dark Side points.

[AAA]

I went Scout, haven't even gotten off the first planet yet so I haven't decide on what Jedi class my character, TOTALLY NOT REVAN, will take. I've pretty much been doing exactly what you recommend so I guess I'll just keep that up.

[Shale]

AAI: Case 4 was pretty great, and any misgivings I had about the ending were erased by the epilogue. Also: Best. Witness. Ever.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Vandal Hearts: Check.

The story got weird, but there were occasional flashes of brilliance in it. Like there was a bunch of writers and one of them knew something about how the world actually works and tried to fit that into the script when the others were busy dreaming up time travel plots and insisting that all the villains needed maniacal cackles.

Ending was kinda cool despite that.

Gameplay was... boring. The map design was amazing, but I just didn't care. VH Map Design + WAXF everything else = good game. *begins waiting*

Got Vandalier Ash, which has stupid requirements, but whatever, I have no qualms about FAQing a 10-year-old game. The broken-ness is overwhelming. Makes a cool Godlike. Would like to see him get more matches. Also, I'll see if I can pick up a VH Japanese guide that has some of the artwork from the ending so we can stop using the ugly-ass sprite art for their DL portraits.


FF12RW: Still playing this, the battles are pretty fun. Stylus controls work nicely for this kind of Tactical game. Far more intuitive than mouse controls. I could never get into PC ones because of this. Still working on the stat topic. I've got almost everything translated, I just need to figure out the formula for healing spells. If my guess is right, then this is one of those games where a target's MDEF reduces the effects of Healing. >.>;; *sigh* But maybe I'm just missing something in the guide.

If I finished translating all the Esper data, then I could publish a BMG at this point, but I don't know if I have the patience for that.

[DomaDragoon]

Arkham Asylum: Beat, with 75% of Riddler Challenges clear. Final boss was downright pathetic (but I was playing on Easy, so yeah...), though the Ivy fight more than made up for it. I'll still be playing to get 100% completion, though.

[Cotigo]

I went Scout, haven't even gotten off the first planet yet so I haven't decide on what Jedi class my character, TOTALLY NOT REVAN, will take. I've pretty much been doing exactly what you recommend so I guess I'll just keep that up.

A couple more things.  One, since you're not a soldier (who would lose a lot of feats), if you feel like having too many force powers later on, don't level !NotRevan up past 5.  You become a Jedi pretty quickly on the next planet, and you can easily rely on Mission for skills and Carth/Zaalbaar for battle until then.  If you do this, then by the time you hit the cap, even if you're not a consular you'll have just about every force power you could reasonably need. 

Also, since you're going light side, going Consular is probably a bad idea unless you have absurdly high CHA.  All the good attack powers are Dark Side, and high CHA lowers the penalty for breaking alignment.

You probably shouldn't go Consular anyway if you hold your level at 5, since there's not enough force powers in the game to make that worth it.

EDIT:  Incidentally, naming your character Darth Revan makes every scene better, especially toward the end.  I've probably said this before but it bears repeating.

[AAA]

Ah, damn, I already leveled up to 6. Ah well one level won't make much of a difference.

Game's still crashy as hell, though, but I finally got the fucking serum passed around and will give the journals to that one old guy afterwards.

I am using Carth and Mission right now, and they both are doing far better than TOTALLY NOT REVAN, who I decided to do with dual-swords because I am a wanker. Though I did swipe Missions Vibroblade whose nifty hit bonus should help me actually strike things now.

I..think I put a decent amount of points into CHA, I'll have to doublecheck. But I'll keep in mind your advice for not going Consular.

[Scar]

Sc2 Beta is out, I'm supposed to download the client and lose my life to that game, but...

CTDS

I'm confused, was the Sunken Desert always up right after you save that sprout in Zeal? Because for the life of me, I seem to have thought it became available much later like after Chrono goes bye bye or did they change that in the DS version?

Either way, I was enjoying a nice TP boost since those monsters are hell of a lot higher then what I am supposed to be fighting. Plus the equipment in their is leaps ahead of what I can get now too! I also got the Guardian Hat which makes Chrono a walking tank of pure pain!

I just beat the boss in the Sunken Desert. he was dealing around 300 damage with his AOE while my team had around 450 HP. Not a fun fight, had to replay it twice. Oh, but the bastard is dead now, gonna go save Lucca's mommy now!

edit: I know This came later in the game, because I remember magus hanging around in the background leaning on a tree looking all sexy and what not.

I think I'm just going crazy.  ?_?

[Meeplelard]

It was always available.  In fact, IIRC, doing that side quest ASAP is more or less required to beating Ocean Palace Lavos on a Non-NG+ File, cause it nets you Vigil Hats early, which are End-Game defense helms and let you live through Destruction Rains from Heaven if your HP is high enough.

[Grefter]

Consular works just fine as light side actually.  As I have said Force Wave is Neutral and covers all your attack needs at level 15.  Leading up to that, Dark Side doesn't really excel at attack until high levels anyway, until that point it is mostly about control, which lightside brings just fine with the line that ends with Stasis, if they can't move they die just as easy as if you shot them with lightning (quicker even in some cases when you are running with a well constructed group) and Light Side absolutely dominates any droids you fight, Destroy Droid is absolutely broken where you can use it.

If you level squat a Consular from a low level you have enough FP that the double cost of Storm is something you can wear fairly comfortably and just destroy everything anyway.  That is one of the benefits of level squatting, it isn't just the extra powers, it is you get mostly a regular Jedi's FP with your free 50 FP feat thrown on top of it.

[Sierra]

Bioshock 2: Started, played through the "amusement" park. The animatronic Andrew Ryans are destructible, glee. First real Big Sister fight is much like the first Big Daddy fight: kicks your ass and almost totally burns through your resources. Pain.

Kind of doubting anything in the story will be as engaging as Bioshock 1 just because, well, we watched Rapture fall apart once already. Sofia also has kind of a mad scientist vibe and lacks Ryan's VA of ultimate win. Oh well.

[Meeplelard]

Onimusha Dawn of Dreams: I believe I have met my entire team.  To recap...

We have our Protagonist, the Blond Haired Samurai wielding *2* Broadswords (except he never uses the second one, for some reason...is it just for show?  THE GAME'S PLOT EVEN SAYS HE USES TWO DAMN IT!), with the option of wielding a Greatsword instead (changes his fighting style.)

We have the Female Lead (?), whose a Tomboy Ninja with a DEMONIC EYE which gives her awesome powers

Then the Cryptic Monk with a large Lance (that the game claims are merely staves) whose so old, he's lost count of his age.

Followed by a Timid, Allegiance Confused, former best friend and clearly has a crush on the protagonist, who wields large guns.  Note that when I say large guns, I don't mean simple flintlock rifles like you'd expect in this era, I mean stuff like Machine Guns, Automatic Rifles, and Grenade Launchers.  Oh yeah, she ALSO has demolition bombs for walls, and a Batman style Grappling Hook.

Then we have the Spanish Martial Artist (remember, this is Feudal Japan), who has glasses, and an awesome hat.

...is it safe to say I have a team that would fit perfectly into a jRPG?  Cause the game CLEARLY isn't already trying to pretend its a jRPG as is!

That said, pity Ohatsu hasn't joined permanently yet; she was by far the most fun to play as.

So far, fun value of characters would be Ohatsu (GUNS!!!) > Jubei (Ninja!) > Tenkai (STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB!) >>>> Soki (Just...kind of...generic...)  Can't speak for Roberto cause I've very limited experience with him.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Mordin Solus is officially the best character in ME2. It's going to take some work to pass him up for Character of the Year. Who else is going to suggest I swing by for a checkup after I rail the fuck out of Miranda? Not because he thinks she has communicable diseases, but because he's concerned she will take the opportunity to plant a bug.

They could be anywhere.

Anyway, only achievement left to get is to do an Insanity run. Not sure if I want to do it as a Vanguard or go with something else. I hear Infiltrator makes it easy, and of course the assault rifle Soldiers get on the Collector ship is out of control badass.

[Captain K.]

TvsC:  Beat will all characters.  Final one I used was Kaijin no Soki, for the Meeples.

[Grefter]

I am currently trying to play through Insanity on my Engineer from my first run through and it is pretty fucking brutal.  I am not sure if it is the enemies are scaled to me having all the upgrades as I am now level 30 or if it is just ball bustingly hard now and only going to get worse.  Finished Mordin's clinic bit and having to fight the upper side of 30+ guys with rocket launches, flame throwers and shotgun Krogan mixed in is fucking brutal with no chances to save.  When basic assault rifle/SMG guys 4 shot you and everything has armour or shields out the arsehole it is pretty ridiculous sometimes.  I mean this is Heavy Overload with all the power boosters I have available at the start of the game (so 2/3 strength it would have been at end game and missing shorter recharge) takes off 3/4 of their shield.  Incinerate still makes fairly good work of most armour until you get a Krogan (and they WILL kill you if they get into melee).  I am spending far more time swearing than I am having fun and just not sure if I want to continue at all.  I love the combat system but I don't want to burn myself out on it since Alpha Protocol is likely to be fairly similar.

[Hunter Sopko]

Also, I'll see if I can pick up a VH Japanese guide that has some of the artwork from the ending so we can stop using the ugly-ass sprite art for their DL portraits.

Thats half the charm!

[Anthony Edward Stark]

I am currently trying to play through Insanity on my Engineer from my first run through and it is pretty fucking brutal.  I am not sure if it is the enemies are scaled to me having all the upgrades as I am now level 30 or if it is just ball bustingly hard now and only going to get worse.  Finished Mordin's clinic bit and having to fight the upper side of 30+ guys with rocket launches, flame throwers and shotgun Krogan mixed in is fucking brutal with no chances to save.  When basic assault rifle/SMG guys 4 shot you and everything has armour or shields out the arsehole it is pretty ridiculous sometimes.  I mean this is Heavy Overload with all the power boosters I have available at the start of the game (so 2/3 strength it would have been at end game and missing shorter recharge) takes off 3/4 of their shield.  Incinerate still makes fairly good work of most armour until you get a Krogan (and they WILL kill you if they get into melee).  I am spending far more time swearing than I am having fun and just not sure if I want to continue at all.  I love the combat system but I don't want to burn myself out on it since Alpha Protocol is likely to be fairly similar.

Doing it as an engi had never crossed my mind. Science is Miranda's job, until I get Legion. Then it is Legion's job when he is not blowing the fuck out of things with his kickass AMR.

Was thinking Sentinel because tech armor is ridiculous. It is RIDICULOUS.

[Grefter]

Only doing it because that is what I started as yeah.  Thank fuck I picked Assault rifles on my first run through, I have no idea how you would deal with that shit as Engi with just your pistol and SMG.

[Monkeyfinger]

I am currently trying to play through Insanity on my Engineer from my first run through and it is pretty fucking brutal.  I am not sure if it is the enemies are scaled to me having all the upgrades as I am now level 30 or if it is just ball bustingly hard now and only going to get worse.  Finished Mordin's clinic bit and having to fight the upper side of 30+ guys with rocket launches, flame throwers and shotgun Krogan mixed in is fucking brutal with no chances to save.  When basic assault rifle/SMG guys 4 shot you and everything has armour or shields out the arsehole it is pretty ridiculous sometimes.  I mean this is Heavy Overload with all the power boosters I have available at the start of the game (so 2/3 strength it would have been at end game and missing shorter recharge) takes off 3/4 of their shield.  Incinerate still makes fairly good work of most armour until you get a Krogan (and they WILL kill you if they get into melee).  I am spending far more time swearing than I am having fun and just not sure if I want to continue at all.  I love the combat system but I don't want to burn myself out on it since Alpha Protocol is likely to be fairly similar.

They are scaling to you. The beginning of an insanity run is way way easier if you start with a level 1 character.

[Grefter]

Hmmm, will still have to give it a think over whether to restart or just not bother with Insanity at all.  Guess I will see how I go for the Archangel recruitment that I started before shelving it for a night yesterday.

[Scar]

It was always available.  In fact, IIRC, doing that side quest ASAP is more or less required to beating Ocean Palace Lavos on a Non-NG+ File, cause it nets you Vigil Hats early, which are End-Game defense helms and let you live through Destruction Rains from Heaven if your HP is high enough.

No, I did it before the Ocean Palace.