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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2825 on: November 29, 2011, 11:33:37 PM »
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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2826 on: November 30, 2011, 12:04:13 AM »
I am now at the pathsplit. Harkan is unsure as to what to do!

This is my shocked face. Really.

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2827 on: November 30, 2011, 12:16:12 AM »
I've beaten Yggdra Union once and Unlimited Saga seven times.
Yet I've tried going through Knights in the Nightmare three times and it was too overwhelming.
The craziest mechanics.

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2828 on: November 30, 2011, 01:00:32 AM »
Fate Extra

Boss reset tally.

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Alice: 2 Resets

I am now at the pathsplit. Harkan is unsure as to what to do!

Your choice is basically between allying with a (more or less) established character and fighting two original enemy Servants or allying with an original character and fighting two established enemy Servants.

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2829 on: November 30, 2011, 01:41:29 AM »
It wasn't made by N1 Shale, it was made by Sting. You might remember them from Riviera or Yggdra Union.

Never played Yggdra Union, and Riviera wasn't nearly this nuts.
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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2830 on: November 30, 2011, 02:36:31 AM »
It wasn't made by N1 Shale, it was made by Sting. You might remember them from Riviera or Yggdra Union.

Never played Yggdra Union, and Riviera wasn't nearly this nuts.

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2831 on: November 30, 2011, 02:39:03 AM »
Saga Frontier - Down to 1:33! Not sure how much more work on this I'll do, but yeah. Had a little bad luck finalising my monster forms, but this let me round out my gun/magic skillsets. TrickShot + two Dullahans = gg.

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2832 on: November 30, 2011, 04:36:28 PM »
One quick KitK question: There seem to be arbitrary restrictions on aiming attacks in certain directions depending on a unit's position on the map. Is there any particular rhyme or reason to that?
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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2833 on: December 01, 2011, 06:57:13 AM »
I thought all units had innate restrictions on which directions they could face in KitN?



Wild Arms ACF: I want Emma as a permanent party member already! Damn you, game, give me back my Blue Mage! Currently in Court Seim for the first time, not exposing Calamity Jane's secret to her father. Fast Draw grinding is less work than I expected. It seems the moves gain lots of exp when you use them against something high-level. Speed Fang just hit level 5. I'm really digging the PS system in this game. I think more games should try a more flexible equipment system based on levels-as-equipment-points.


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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2834 on: December 01, 2011, 09:25:11 AM »
One quick KitK question: There seem to be arbitrary restrictions on aiming attacks in certain directions depending on a unit's position on the map. Is there any particular rhyme or reason to that?

To force you use more job classes by limiting the the direction they can face. And only two job classes can actually move.
Though, the game usually stoop in to this: Phase 1, move your units into ideal location. Phase 2, replace all units with Priestess and spam the light staff attacks. It shouldn't take over 6 phases by this point to pass a stage once the priestesses unleash their broken onslaught.

I've beaten Yggdra Union once and Unlimited Saga seven times.
Yet I've tried going through Knights in the Nightmare three times and it was too overwhelming.
The craziest mechanics.

It looks like it is overwhelming, but in reality 80% of those mechanics you can out right ignore it. Priestess spamming will provide you solutions to almost everything.

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2835 on: December 01, 2011, 03:14:53 PM »
To force you use more job classes by limiting the the direction they can face. And only two job classes can actually move.
Though, the game usually stoop in to this: Phase 1, move your units into ideal location. Phase 2, replace all units with Priestess and spam the light staff attacks. It shouldn't take over 6 phases by this point to pass a stage once the priestesses unleash their broken onslaught.


Huh, would've been nice if they mentioned that facing restrictions in the tutorial then. Anyway, up to stage 13, enjoying the game rather a lot now. The multitude of weird mechanics don't really add up to depth, but they do make for some fun fights. The plot is....uh....there, but got better once the battles started having something to do with the cutscenes.
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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2836 on: December 01, 2011, 05:31:39 PM »
So with some bonus money we weren't expecting to have, I grabbed KoF13 and a used copy of FF13(as well as NOCTURNE. They had a used copy of freaking Nocturne there, nearly mint. Snagged that for the collection, so if I want to play it again I won't have to borrow DJ's copy~).

And of course with these new games in hand I proceed to play RSMS instead. <_<; (I had just started it before the whole "you have to leave the house for a week" thing, so wanted to get back to it.)

Using Jamil as my main. Further then I've ever gotten before! Made it to Event Rank 11 before picking up the Ailing Emperor quest...then by the time I made it out of Twinmoon Temple I was ER14. So many battles. Was intending to recruit Farah, but...apparently Jamil, being the one main she has any plot relevance to, is also the one main she won't join up with. -_-

On the subject of Jamil and plot relevence, did the Assassin's Guild quest with him...and let's just say that I didn't keep his buddy from the beginning around. Which made that quest interesting. Not really sure what to do now, though something was said about pirates in Melvir so maybe I should go check that out.

Team is:
Jamil - Foils and Pyrology. Was fantastic early, then...just stopped learning new techs for a long time. Which was irritating. Finally picked up Blitz and his Cutting Lunge is starting to form The Scissors and The Stallion quite often, so he's redeeming himself.
Aisha - Seems like an obvious PC for Jamil. Using Bows, Terrology and Bewitchery. Was...very much the weakest PC for a long time, but finally picked up a couple of spamable bow skills as well as Wave of Life and now she's solid. Not great, but solid.
Barbara - My dedicated mage, who has some random martial arts because why not. Wizard class atm, for moar magic damage. Aerology, Hydrology, Demonology and Cosmology are her areas. Blood Curdle makes randoms cry. "Yeah, you three combo that guy. I'll kill his buddy in one spell on my own~"
Sif - Picked up a couple of nice Greatswords early, so swapped her over from 2H Swords to that. Castle Knight is her class, and in Defense mode no less. She's usually the other half of The Scissors with Jamil, thanks to Running Slash. Basically...hits things, has gallons of HP and deflects alot. It's the latter that makes her so good.
Hawke - Was using Foils for awhile when I wasn't sure I was gonna keep him. Recent swapped over to Scimitars/Hand Axes(Imperial Marine class), and haven't looked back. Just managed to scratch up the money for that really nice scimitar from a shop in Yeoville I think, which he's slashing ass and taking names with. My weakest PC overall, since he's also the one I kicked out whenever I needed to recruit someone for a specific mission. Obviously with Cutting Lunge, he forms the last leg of The Stallion and occsionally The Scissors in Sif's place.

Highlight of the game thus far: Scorn going down like a chump to 3 Vortexes activating on him in consecutive turns. And by being really insistant on hitting Jamil(who had Self Immolation up) with Hellfire. I went in expecting a nasty struggle and wound up with AI derp and luck making it an easy win.
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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2837 on: December 02, 2011, 06:03:00 AM »
Dead Rising 2: After recognizing I was at a plot mission with MULTIPLE destinations and wasted a lot of time, I said fuck it, and just decided to do as much as possible for EXP...and Luz decided she hated me for accidentally hitting her a few times while busting up zombies and refused to talk to me, so I killed her, THEN reset.  Bitch.  So anyway, level 20 now and about to do the Motorcycle vs. Train sequence!


Okamiden: Just beat a Giant Nekotori Fish, and just restored another Guardian Sapling and OH GOD THE SCENE ITS SO PRETTY!!!  It also required doing the EXACT SAME THING YOU DID FOR THE DAMN SAPLING IN OKAMI.  Look, I can understand reusing elements from the previous game, but come on, this is downright identical to what Okami did.  This is past "cute nod" and is now just downright being lazy!


...you know, its funny, I need to constantly remind myself that DR2 and Okamiden are both made by the same company.  On one hand, Dead Rising 2 is a serious, very adult oriented game with a dark sense of humor at times, and gameplay that doesn't take itself seriously at all.  Meanwhile, Okamiden is about as fun family friendly as you can get, and has an incredibly playful atmosphere about it...and isn't afraid to throw some serious, dark "holy shit I can't believe that was in a game like this" moments.  You really can't get more opposite than these two games when it comes down to it...
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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2838 on: December 02, 2011, 07:21:28 AM »
Same publisher, different studios. S-E released both FF13 and Nier, and they couldn't be much more different if they tried (because Nier is a good game, for starters).

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2839 on: December 02, 2011, 04:03:47 PM »
So with some bonus money we weren't expecting to have, I grabbed KoF13 and a used copy of FF13(as well as NOCTURNE. They had a used copy of freaking Nocturne there, nearly mint. Snagged that for the collection, so if I want to play it again I won't have to borrow DJ's copy~).

They must be in season, because I saw no less than 3 used copies of Nocturne while I was in NJ.

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2840 on: December 03, 2011, 03:03:59 PM »
Arkham City: Is it me, or is the "firearms jammer" gadget more of a "stand there and let people shoot you" gadget?
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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2841 on: December 03, 2011, 03:48:16 PM »
Halo Anniversary:  finished the co-op campaign on Legendary.  Yeah, this might have been a great game ten years ago, but it's not now.  Combat has evolved, this game hasn't.   4/10

KoF13:  finished arcade mode with all the teams.  I sill like my Art of Fighting team, but some other characters I like playing are Mature, Elizabeth, Billy Kane, Hwa Jai, and Clark.

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2842 on: December 03, 2011, 05:17:20 PM »
Arkham City: Is it me, or is the "firearms jammer" gadget more of a "stand there and let people shoot you" gadget?

It's not permanent. It buys you a moment of surprise to run up and punch someone in the face while they reload their gun. I generally just used it when I saw in advance that a mob with guns was in the way of somewhere I needed to get. Hide, use it from a distance (the range is pretty generous) on a couple of them. Makes it a little easier to assault a large group in open areas that are tough to completely stealth through (although I feel like this came up more while hunting Riddler trophies). You're right though, the short duration makes it likely someone'll pick up the gun and fix it before you're done with the fight.

Much more useful is the weapon-breaking combo, if you don't already have that.

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2843 on: December 03, 2011, 08:56:56 PM »
Saga Frontier - Beat Asellus' quest, rather underlevelled, with the amazing team of Ildon, Rei, and RedTurnip (also Cotton). Had something like half a dozen resets on Orlouge partly due to having no statushealing (so Selection was fffff) and partly just due to being underlevelled. Oh well, at least being underlevelled made MysticalChange very impressive.

Order of Ecclesia Hard Mode - I was sorta iffy for this on a while (still am really) because it improves dungeons a LOT but doesn't do very much for the bosses. I've gotten all the boss medals so far mostly because I could, because they were exactly the same bosses I'd already mastered (oh no they do slightly more damage). This is quite unfortunate since I think bosses are where the games are strongest. Fortunately I have now gotten to the two midgame storyline bosses and they were both much improved, and a lot of fun! Perfected the first after some practice, at least, currently at the second.

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2844 on: December 03, 2011, 09:50:32 PM »
I'm not talking about it wearing off, I'm talking about it just not working. I select the jammer, hold LT and RT, and Batman just stands there while mooks shoot automatic weapons at him.
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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2845 on: December 04, 2011, 01:03:39 AM »
Grandia Parallel Trippers Solo: Stuck against the final boss. His attacks are wimpy, but he has monster HP, defense and healing and I can't ever dream of outdamaging him. Feena solo seems to be out of the question since I chose an accessory over her End of the World spell of uber damage and the boss is immune to Time Gate.

Wonderswan SaGa: A FFL1 remake. There's a translation patch for this too. Ah, nostalgia. I'm looking forward to instantkilling God with a chainsaw again. (hope this wasn't removed)
I'm going for a challenge here too, an almost mutant solo. I'm saying "almost" because I'm also using a monster, and monsters are as bad as I remember. It's like I'm playing with Orlandu and Jogurt. Monsters make Kogoro look like a stat god. (They might be decent if you know everything about the game)
My mutant is great, she just 2HKOed a major boss. The main problem is that, again, after any battle she can randomly forget her uber badass MTOHKO Eruption of Doom spell to learn, say, Poison Resist.
Edit: OMG God has an earlygame cameo!
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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2846 on: December 04, 2011, 02:00:21 AM »
Fenrir: You should actually name your SaGa team members "Orlandu" and "Jogurt" and post screen caps.

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2847 on: December 04, 2011, 02:26:15 AM »
I can only name them ORDU and YGRT unfortunately. 4 letters names were the norm back then!



I'll do a quick stat topic to show you the strength of monsters:

Ruth
Mutant
HP: 363
Str: 26
Def: 32 + 21
Agi: 36
Mana: 74
Armor: Raises defense to 99 (by 99?)
Cold Air: 344 ice damage, hits a group
Thunder book: 400 thunder damage, hits a group
Magic Staff: 425 fire damage, hits a group
Psiblast: 150 psychic damage, full MT
SMG: 33 physical damage, hits a group
Saber: 101 physical damage, ST
Poison / Stone resistance


Bob
Monster
HP: 126
Str: 16
Def: 21
Agi: 14
Mana: 9
Bite: 13 physical damage, ST
Poison Fange: 100% poison, ST. Enemy loses 6 HPs every turn.
Weakness to ice damage (...)
Can eat meat to turn into an equally crappy monster with different skills.


I've read you can have endgame monsters in the first world though!

Edit: WAIT WAIT I JUST ATE MEAT GOTTEN FROM A BOSS... This is going to be awesome...
...... 150 HPs... 20 damage... Weakness to fire...
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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2848 on: December 04, 2011, 07:06:48 AM »
Fenrir, why are you getting excited at SaGa 1?
And yes, God still dies to chainsaw.

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Re: Playin' any games today, Flying Nun? (WGAYP - 2011 Edition)
« Reply #2849 on: December 04, 2011, 08:48:44 AM »
Fenrir, why are you getting excited at SaGa 1?

And yes, God still dies to chainsaw.
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