Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)

[Meeplelard]

I'd personally just like to know what the Swat guys were doing. Were they the local swat team celebrating Aya's wedding in a unique fashion but some idiot loaded real bullets, the umbrella corporation afraid Aya would go after their genetic freaks next or is Toriyama just a really shity writer?
Also why were all the guests outside the locked church while the final boss chillaxed inside? Why is Maeda a creepy pedo rapist now, why was Hunter "Boss" Owen suddenly killed for no reason and why were *rambles on*. Good read as always but I think you're being too kind on the game.

The SWAT thing is the only thing not really explained.  The others?  I don't believe Aya actually knew any of those people BEFORE becoming a CTI Agent, so that aspect sort of falls through if so; I'd have to check again.

Maeda was*ALWAYS* a creep in that regard.  Half of his plot in PE1 was about him being obsessed with Aya.  Where do you get Pedo from though?  Aya is what you call an "Adult"; the game even says that physically, she's a woman in her early 20s.  Either way, Maeda had some sort of obsession with Aya in PE1; 3rd Birthday gave us voice acting, so it just comes off that much stronger.

Owen being killed?  Explained easily: The nature of Overdive.  It changes the past, the game makes this clear, and it can change the past in ways that are not directly related to events.  That's kind of the whole point of the game's journal entries.  You change one event, then a whole bunch of others change too, both before and after, though the game makes it clear the only events that CAN change are ones after the Twisted Emerged too, hence why everything starts off at that date regardless.  Its all about Time Travel plot, and heck, the game is a Time Loop story somewhat, just something changes slightly each time (hence why all of Aya's Missions are Overdived from the first day.)  This really isn't a hard concept.

Basically...no, there are explanations there, just people tend to ignore them.  The SWAT thing was the only thing not said, and that's probably cause its factors unrelated to the game, dealing with the fact that 10 years occurred between PE2 and 3rd Birthday.  This basically says that the series could use a bridge game to describe this factor, but that's really the only thing not explained well.

[Rozalia]

The SWAT thing is the only thing not really explained.

How about Maeda correctly guessing the name of the race of the badguys?  

Maeda was*ALWAYS* a creep in that regard.  Half of his plot in PE1 was about him being obsessed with Aya.

Yeah but at least the dialogue was not quite that rapey if thats a word. Now he says crap like "I bet your tears taste so sweet" all the while Aya smiles makes me think Maeda has transformed into Dr Klamp.
Yes I've heard the whole he was shy and couldn't speak properly thing before but I don't buy it personally. Not to say I dislike Maeda and his rapist voice at all of course, always gives me a chuckle.

Where do you get Pedo from though?

Just that scene where he talks above Eve and says something like "Your DNA in a nubile young body" with the little laugh at the end.

[Niu]

Rozalia, I think you ask the wrong question.
What I found to be the most ridiculous among the plot is how the hell the SPOILER made through the gate when you.. well, just killed him?

[Grefter]

Fable 3 - Finished.  So yeah they killed the only good thing in the game.  So fuck you game.

Lets keep a running tally of the pimps that were killed.

First up Major Swift


A pimp that was rad and they killed insanely cheaply after 2 or 3 scenes.  Largely the reason you have any military backing in your revolution.

At the end of the game, they kill the real protaganist of the story.



Walter.  He is the one that finds and persuades the various leaders to join the revolution.  He is the one that overcomes a crippling prior fear to help you rescue a ton of civilians.  Overcoming this fear of enclosed spaces is a recurring thing with him.  When you go to Aurora and find out that !Nyarlathotep is going to eat the world he is the one that gets infected and with the darkness and knows exactly what is at stake (the main character gets pulled away to their pocket dimension to be spoon fed this knowledge by a blind seer).  Then you get to the end of the game and he gets posessed and heroically sacrificed for fuck all reason (!Nyarlathotep just goes NO ONE EVER ESCAPES, possesses him and then you straight up kill him).  Game over.  Staches killed.

Then I get told how I am awesome because I made all the hard decisions and saved the country.  PRO TIP: The hard decisions were don't be a tyrranical douchebag to get money because I owned all the kingdom and fuelled the treasury with property taxes.  Hard decisions dudes.  Another key decision was deciding not to ban alcohol everywhere, this lead to 95% of the population being perpetually drunk and vomiting in the streets (what the fuck, if I knew it would lead to that I would have left it being taxed to hell and back.  This country has bigger problems than Otherworldly terrors if this many people are this alcoholic and that unable to hold it).

All the while I got some pimping wings for being such a benevolent ruler with choices like, do I accept a bribe from a known criminal or do I leave him locked in a cage to starve to death without taking his money to aid the kingdom?  Starving people to death, like a good person does.

Other fine options, rebuild an orphanage or turn it into the first legalised brothel?  Because it is entirely impossible to you know, MOVE THE ORPHANAGE OUT OF THE FUCKING INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT and maybe even legalise prostitution so that you can control and regulate it.

There is a bunch more, but I am to pissed off at the game for killing Walter for fucking nothing.

Oh wait here is one.  I love the voice acting.  That is cheating though because they have Simon Pegg, John Cleese and best of all Stephen Fry (who is great to listen to be a petulant douche).  On the massive huge gigantic downside?  Listening to John Cleese shill for DLC every 15 minutes.  Anyone who thought it was bad in Dragon Age hasn't seen shit.  Fully voice acted by one of the most talented comedic voice talents shilling a store full of probably 30 or so pieces of DLC tons of which you will just go whatevers at if you don't care about playing dress up any more in a game that honestly has a pretty good array of costumes for free.  Oh hey there is some DLC you don't have, you should go check it out bro.  Thanks John, I can live without it.  Like I could live without it the last 70 times you mentioned it.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

If I were to describe Fable 3 in a word, it would be "dumb."

The game is, at it's core, simple-minded. There is nothing but a perfect idea championed by perfect people or reprehensible, self-serving acts proposed by heartless monsters. At no point will you ever be slightly mislead and every character will fall all over you to help you, because it's not like they have any other goals of their own to stop them.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Holy living fuck.

I just started downloading the Duke Nukem Forever beta.

[Tide]

Super Laggy-o RPG version 1.011

More changes:
- Croco 2 is now competent. 1 reset. (Steals items moment he is damaged. Triple acts the lower his HP gets. Has Weird Mushroom to own people who run out of offense.)
- PUNCHInello is now pretty nasty. You want Thunderbolt around in first phase and boosted attacks in the last to get rid of him quick. Triple Punch with Vigor Up + Mezzo's bombs = ow no
- Stench now has a randomized chance to ID
- Lakitus now have CORONA because Laggy
- Booster...well let's just say Laggy buffed Loco Express. (That is to say Loco Express deals 48 damage to Bowser after Fear and Boost. It is basically OHKO anyone. The only good news is, this seems to be a limit move. And Booster himself isn't too durable)
- KNIFE AND GRATE GUY...uh...scarily competent that I decided not to use Boost to win but consumables since it's faster and lets Geno get buffed. Still a pretty tough fight. Bowser is king though. (Knife guy double acts, has some spells now, but still crappy damage. Grate guy remains relatively the same. The big thing though is that if one dies before the other, they will use Knock out, a MT move that deals 9999 damage on their second turn alone)
- CAKE; okay, this version of this fight has the Chefs opening with physicals that deal 100 damage each. That is not a typo. The actual fight with BUNDT was pretty simple. But that opening caused around 8-10 resets before I *finally* got a winning run. Due to the scarceness of Pick me Ups, not having people die early is pretty important. Laggy is supposedly going to change this however.

[Rozalia]

Rozalia, I think you ask the wrong question.
What I found to be the most ridiculous among the plot is how the hell the SPOILER made through the gate when you.. well, just killed him?

Maybe. If you're talking about the final boss then I just ran with it being one of those fights were the bad dude says that it didn't count and he is going to do what you were trying to prevent regardless.

Streets of rage 2 - Got this for free on PSN+ and I played a ton of people online and I am disappointed. 95% of people are Blaze users and can't handle the power of the PIPE or a Bare Knuckle (Get the Car!) to the face.

[Shale]

Holy living fuck.

I just started downloading the Duke Nukem Forever beta.

Friggin' game entered development before I could drive and my computer still won't run it.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Rimshots to the left, please.

[Bardiche]

Yu-Gi-Oh!, doing it competitively now. Deck I'm running is as follows:

EFFECT MONSTERS
Gambler of Legend x 3
Abare Ushioni x 3
Time Wizard x 1
Arcana Force I - The Magician x 1
Dice Jar x 3
Snipe Hunter x 3
Roulette Barrel x 1
Sasuke Samurai #4 x 2
Morphing Jar x 1

SPELLS
Cup of Ace x 3
Second Coin Toss x 3
Dangermous Machine Type-6 x 2
Swords of Revealing Light x 1

TRAPS
Dice Re-Roll x 1
Tour of Doom x 1
Fire Darts x 3
Fairy Box x 2
Lucky Chance x 2
Paths of Destiny x 3
Bad Reaction To Simochi x 1

The result? Coin tosses, coin tosses everywhere. Do I win? Well, when the enemy often puts out enough offence to almost OTK me... no, not quite. Is it FUN? Hell yes it is.

[Otter]

WA5: Got my sixth party member.  I have the monowheel and explosive bullets, so I guess I can go around opening locked chests from old dungeons.  But that doesn't sound like much fun, and I'm anxious to hurry up and fight some non-scrub bosses, so maybe I'll skip it?  I actually like doing the puzzle boxes well enough, but I don't feel like exploring for them, so I might FAQ their locations.

P4: Can the exotic "urban" transfer student make a life for himself here in rural Inaba?   Only time will tell in this wacky teen murder comedy!



So I finished the first dungeon and got Chie her persona.  I thought peachifruit was exaggerating when she made the joke about how "Yosuke will now die for you" but nope, it turns out that's how friendships actually work in-game.  Once I finally had freedom to do what I wanted with my after-school time, I had no clue what to do with it, so I just went to the library and studied.  There's no reason to let your grades suffer just because someone you know is about to die, I guess.

[Captain K.]

Holy living fuck.

I just started downloading the Duke Nukem Forever beta.

Friggin' game entered development before I could drive and my computer still won't run it.

I'm pretty sure that guy who predicted the end of the world just had his dates wrong since DNF comes out on 6/10.

[Random Consonant]

Shining Force 3 Part 2 - Suddenly, another penguin!  Also more harpies.  Fuck harpies.

[metroid composite]

Desktop Dungeeons v0.21

Unlocked the new dungeon and class, taking the fastest unlock path.

So...when you make a fresh install, all enemies are set to 70% stats.

I...pretty much did not die en route to unlocking the Boss Hive.  And sure, by the end you've got like...Assassin in Crypt with 100% statted enemies, but even this wasn't too bad; Assassin's non-poison skills have risen in my eyes given what I now know about the level-up steamroll.

I have to say I'm quite enjoying the boss hive; I might try to beat it with all classes.  Changling is also very fun to play; adds a whole new dimension.

[Yoshiken]

Pokemon VGC: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3448885 <-- Warstory is posted here.

For those who aren't willing to read, I lost Rd1 to someone who did relatively well, because I was playing too defensively on the whole (and also should have picked Vanilluxe, haha.)
Might enter another tournament that offers tickets to Worlds, but I doubt I'll have the money, so looks like my VGC 2011 is over now.

[Captain K.]

Aw, sorry Yoshi. 

But for the record, I did warn you that playing defensively does not work in VGC.

Star Ocean 4:  Beat the solo Colosseum with Arumat and got up to Ashlay in Teams, but he's a bit tough right now.  Working my way through Cave of 7 stars, currently on the 5th floor.  Being able to leave and save between floors is wonderful for a Star Ocean postgame dungeon.

[Yoshiken]

Well, it wasn't so much defensive play as just... Protecting at completely the wrong times.

[NotMiki]

Cave Story - picked this up at random.  Fun little game.  Beat it for the normal ending, currently battling my way through Sacred Cave.  I appreciate the utter sadism it takes to design that first bit with the spikes.  Lets you know where you stand.

[AndrewRogue]

InFamous: Resumed playing this. Was introduced to Alden. Shot bitches in the face with lightning. Remains fun.

BlazBlue Calamity Trigger: Wolf Butler. Hell yeah. Also Platinum who is... something. CS2 patch is messing me up something fierce though. They took away my BnB for Hazama ;_;

MvC3: Taught Super to respect the HOUTEN- er... BIONIC ARM.

[Captain K.]

Avatar Legends:  Indie game for XBL.  Basically RPG Maker + simple real-time combat and multiplayer, and starring your Mii XBL Avatar.  Pretty good for a $3 game.

[Tide]

Super Laggy-o RPG: version 1.012

Laggy removed the MT ID from KNIFE GUY and GRATE GUY. They're still plenty deadly and Knife Guy triple acts if Grate Guy dies. You should definitely get rid of him first since he also has LIGHTNING ORB and terrible MDef.

Cake...well uh...Chef's physical has been reduced, main part of Bundt hasn't changed all that much. And then...RASPBERRY. Second attack it hits me with: Corona. Bowser solo time. Until Cake kept using Lulla-bye --> Spells from triple acting and killed Bowser . Laggy will readjust again.

[Rozalia]

Fallout NV Honest Hearts - Still a laggy mess even with all the latest patchs but thankfully my save file seems to have stopped increasing in size as it stopped at 10Mb.

The Burned Man seems to be a pretty cool guy though its doubtful you'll be able to take him back to NV though which is a shame as I'd love some Legate vs Legate action. My money would be on the burned man as his pistol "The light in the darkness" packs quite a punch and Lanius is a close combat fighter.

[Fenrir]

Last Remnant: Managed to beat Holy Servant at BR 90, but the Fallen was still slightly too difficult at one point. I could have won after 10 or 15 tries, but I stayed to grind on Ancbolders until BR 105. A few hours later, I went back to town and everyone except Rush upgraded to uber weapons of awesome. The Fallen went down easily, then the Fiery Gates, the Jahna Royals, the Eldritch Dragon, the Conqueror, the Cyclops Standard Model, the Idols, the White Conqueror, the Enlightened Seven, the Lost and the Absolute Conqueror. Phew. None of these took more than one try and the Lost went down in 2 turns.
Yep. I only have the absolutely ridiculous dismantler achievement left to get.

LA Noire: Disc 3.
The quality of the game is improving as the novely wears off. Nice.

New Super Mario Bros Wii: The game looks nice and innocent, but everything is made to make players hate each other. I finished the game with a friend, trying to be as much of an asshole as possible. Pick up Luigi and throw him in lava, pick up a barrel and throw it at Luigi, get all the power ups all the time just so Luigi can't get them, block Luigi when he's trying to jump, stomp Luigi, eat Luigi with Yoshi then throw him in a pit, run as fast as possible so Luigi gets stuck in a wall, etc. The best part is that "doubles" minigame where you can steal someone's turn. This serves no purpose whatsoever, it's just gratuitous. This game is so much more than NSMBDS, and probably the best game on the Wii (speaking from a Mario vet though)

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Fallout NV Honest Hearts - Still a laggy mess even with all the latest patchs but thankfully my save file seems to have stopped increasing in size as it stopped at 10Mb.

The Burned Man seems to be a pretty cool guy though its doubtful you'll be able to take him back to NV though which is a shame as I'd love some Legate vs Legate action. My money would be on the burned man as his pistol "The light in the darkness" packs quite a punch and Lanius is a close combat fighter.

The Burned Man's base DT is 50. I don't think there is anything in the entire game that could kill him except for the Courier.

Let's not even get in to the possibility of reverse-pickpocketing power armor and morphine on to him. Would push it up into the low 90s.