What Games ya Playin' 2012 - Suplex a Train Edition

[Dark Holy Elf]

FFXIII-2: I found a red chocobo. I tried to ride that chocobo. Discovered that they eat greens at an alarming rate, so you can't ride them (and hence, listen to their theme music) for very long.

0/10 game confirmed

Otherwise, just finished up the plot at the (first?) visit to Academia 400. Pretty scrubby randoms here but a solid boss, good fun. Then the game told me to go find the right gate to advance the plot... somewhere. I miss the orange arrow so much, oh well. I have a commando monster with 400+ attack and 5000+ HP which is insane at this point, but he's literally capped out. Jeigan robot.

[Clear Tranquil]

I never saw any red chocobos  Either on the field or in battle. It's really cool they can be sorta ridden on the field though. All I saw were yellow chocobos all of the time, I think I saw a green pop up in battles a couple of times (and didn't get it's monster crystal) though!

Speaking of which Lightning/Amador DLC get aww yeah! Weapons for Serah/Noel as well. Haven't actually obtained any of this in the game proper yet though just down loaded it all so far.

It's pretty neat there's so much to miss in a blind/quick run through the game though because this way when I replay it I'll still have lots to do including fighting bosses, etc with DLC characters in my team There's also the New Game+/gate closing type thing if I want to do that instead or too. Hmm~

[Niu]

You wouldn't care about the Red Chocobo anymore when the game eventually hands you a gold one for free.
Then go capture a Tonberry and fuse its ATK+35% and MAG+35% on to the Gold Chocobo, then add some miscellaneous ability and you'll be slaughtering the entire Chocobo Race in no time.

[Dark Holy Elf]

I think you completely missed the point of my post!

[Random Consonant]

The game just didn't want you to ride that chocobo

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Every time I see something any say "Not even NEB would like this," he always finds a way to go lower than my expectations.  Case in point: the chocobo.

[Clear Tranquil]

It's too hilarious not to like!~

[Fudozukushi]

Suikoden V: Bloody salt event still won't trigger.

So of course it happens as soon as I start up again.  Clearly my bitching turns the causes of probability.

[superaielman]

FM4- Doing a quick replay of this since Tide's FM3 stream got me in the mood. Right before map 5, about to kick the shit out of Dranz for the first time.

[VySaika]

Suikoden V: Bloody salt event still won't trigger.

So of course it happens as soon as I start up again.  Clearly my bitching turns the causes of probability.

This happens with alarming regularity for me. Random event won't trigger? Getting dicked over by the RNG? I just need to bitch to Jenna or Tai about it and it'll fix itself pretty fast. Especially if they can then look at the screen to see what I'm talking about, only to discover the thing I'm complaining about is no longer happening.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Deathmetal de Chocobo is pretty much the main reason I wanted to play FF13-2.

Lost Odyssey: Sampled this. I still haven't gotten to fight anything not in tutorial land. However, I -have- read two short stories!
...at least they're pretty good short stories.

How does this Target Ring system work? Grah.

[Fenrir]

At least the French will be better than it was in the original I hope given that it was made by Eidos Montreal from memory  (Pretty sure it was Eidos' choice for what it is worth).

Doesn't seem so, it's a very standard dub with the standard people I've heard from every game (Sarif's boss is Adam from Bioshock / Marco from Assassin's Creed / Random bad guy from Just Cause 2 / whatever this guy is in every game) and horrible lyp synching.

But yeah. At least it's better than the Spanish and German versions from what I've seen. Jensen's voice is good.
Like every voiceover it's very grating at first but you get used to it... If you ignore the terribad lyp synching.


I'm at the police station right now.
The game reminds me of Alpha Protocol and Vampire Bloodlines, but... It's not really as good as either so far, I feel.
There are too many "Bethesdaaaaa" moments, especially for a non Bethesda game. Putting fridges near people to block their field of view. People talking about you to their friends even though you're just in front of them. Women casually talking in the toilets at the beginning of the game, me jumping like a madman in front of them.

Still very interesting. I've gotten the social enhancer, level 2 hacking and fridge moving augmentations so far, trying to do a no kill playthrough. Hacking feels like cheating, with the game throwing so many codes at you all the time.
Bosses are going to own me, but it can't be as bad as Marburg in Alpha Protocol. (Brayko is worse, but he's forgiven thanks to the battle music)

[Shale]

Women casually talking in the toilets at the beginning of the game, me jumping like a madman in front of them.

I am given to understand that this is not actually unrealistic.

[Lord Ephraim]

The more fragments you collect, the longer you can ride that chocobo.  Clearly if you can't handle sidequesting, you cannot handle this chocobo.

Speaking of FFXIII-2, I have 159/160 fragments collection.  However the last one I require needs you to fight every single enemy in the game.  Some of the spawnrates are awful, even with the Battlemania fragment skill. So fuck it, I'm done.

Silver Chocobo is better for racing since it doesn't require as many materials to level up.  All you need is 680 attack/magic, infuse it with a microchu and cactuar and you'll win every race.

In case you didn't know about Chocolina,  It's Sazh's frocobo, mutated from Sazh's well permed and washed hair.

[superaielman]

DEATH TO CHOCOLINA

[Meeplelard]

How does this Target Ring system work? Grah.

Hold the button down. A big ring will zoom in.  When it reaches the center ring, release it.  You want to hit it anywhere between the  Outer Ring and the Inner Ring (you'll see what I mean when you look at it.)  If you get it directly on the border of the inner Ring, you'll get a Perfect, I believe.

The Ring stuff isn't integral to playing the game, as failing it means you just do standard damage, but it is nice to get the hang of.  You can make it easier by getting a + Ring, which is basically the same thing but with an increased hit box (though only for "Goods"; it expands the outer border basically and makes it really obvious where to hit.  Its good for practice so you know what to look for.)

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Bosses are going to own me, but it can't be as bad as Marburg in Alpha Protocol. (Brayko is worse, but he's forgiven thanks to the battle music)

I never had that much trouble with Marburg, but then again, I used chain shot on him and then stalled him in conversation long enough for the cooldown to refresh and did it to him again.

[Sierra]

Dark Souls: So I'm doing the lead farmer thing in New Londo because dammit, that maiden set looks nice and I want it fully upgraded (fashion~). I toss down a summon sign when I walk in each time just for the hell of it, may as well break up the tedium with one of the most brutal fights in the game, right? This mostly proceeds normally (in-between summons for NG+ runs, which I am woefully unprepared for). Except this one time something else altogether happens. "Invading world as a dark spirit." What the christ? How do I invade someone without telling the game to do it or having any choice in the matter? What the bloody hell just happened?

[Captain K.]

Glitch.  There's other weirdness that happens sometimes with invasions.

[Fenrir]

Cid:
1) Didn't you use the red stone ? I never used it in game, but I think whoever touches the red sign gets invaded.
2) Didn't you have the ring of random invasions from the Dark Moon covenant equipped?

Rob: Pistols are awesome. But as a mostly stealth build on hard mode recruit, every boss is almost impossible. CQC is terrible against a few bosses, too. The three main bosses all give me a ton of trouble on at least one playthrough, even Owen.

Deus Ex: Double takedowns + Level 5 hacking. I
I took double takedowns to stylishly deal with that one quest where you need to get rid of two talking thugs at once.
I still have no augments to help with hacking, but so far it hasn't been a problem.

Half of my playtime is spent doing this with various songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y414Q7vVgYU

[Sierra]

Cid:
1) Didn't you use the red stone ? I never used it in game, but I think whoever touches the red sign gets invaded.
2) Didn't you have the ring of random invasions from the Dark Moon covenant equipped?

1: Nope, white stone. I've never once used the red stone. Anyway, it was me invading someone else, not someone else invading me.
2: Haven't equipped that thing since I went back to the sunbros. And even then, Darkmoon invasions make you show up as a blue phantom (I was red this time), and the ring pulls you to Anor Londo (the invasion stayed in New Londo).

[Captain K.]

Skyward Sword:  Yo dawg, I heard you like dungeons.  So I put a dungeon in your dungeon that's in your dungeon.

[Sierra]

Dark Souls: Holy crap I actually saw Gravelord Servant invasion sign. They weren't trying to hide it, mind--it was right there in the open as an invitation for PVP. Still, that's a first. The signature looks thoroughly arcane and disreputable. (I still haven't seen any of the black phantoms the covenant's supposed to generate, though.)

I joined the forest covenant so I could kill them and take their stuff, and now I do ninja flips everywhere. I feel like a dick, but still, ninja flips.

[Niu]

RS3.12 - Fought Death. The hell? Why is his defense so thick? But that is kinda the only thing going for him. He does not have Open Gate in this patch, thus his only threatening move is Death Rain, which is easily nullified with water equips. His are damaging moves are ST, so tweaking and Rising Phoenix Formation can deal with it just fine.
Then proceed to fight Sherah after that. Wow, her defense is as thick as Death and... wait what? Why are you spamming high 2HKO MT damage twice a turn? And why is you Wind Darts doing 4 digit damage? And what is with that ridiculous evade after she cast Moon Glow!?
Due to Sherah's stupidly high offense, I end up item farming for the right equips to deal with her. Her most damaging moves are Status and Cold element based. I have to farm a couple of robes that has enough Cold defense and spread out my accessories that has high Status defense to have my entire team with at least 70+ for both Cold and Status defense.... not. Apparently there is not enough Status protection gear in the game to cover everyone, so instead of spreading them out, I gave them to Asellus and Gerald, who are my main sword users with Lightless Sword, which can bypass Sherah's evade. Also tag Ice Sword onto Asellus, so she can null Cold damage completely. Thanks to her low LP, I can't let her get hurt at all. (I had under go multiple resets simply because she ran out of LP).
Then I deal with ST overkill that is Crimson Flare and Wind Dart in the same way I deal with, have Red tank it with Rising Phoenix Formation. Tagging Valeria Heart on him nulls Crimson, and Red has enough physical defense to reduce Wind Dart to three digit.
The fight is a pretty long slug fast. As the only reliable offense against Sherah is Lightless Sword. And even with all the defense tweak, her damage is still high, so must of my turns is used for healing and the average out put per turn is around 6000 only. Took forever but at least I won.
After Sherah, I proceed on destroying the possessed elemntal kings and Mirsa, who are just push overs.

Recruited Sherah after that, hell yes, she can use all element of magic but Sun magic all at once. And high enough agility and dexterity to serve as a gunner. I guess I can throw away the idea of using Emilia in my final team. Speaking of Emilia, I guess I all go her quests before fighting Saruin. I have to train Sherah to gain some physical tech level first.

[Fenrir]

Probably a glitch then.

Deuss ex: In China.

I liked the first boss, you have a ton of options against him. I beat him with the level 3 dermal protections and the rocket launcher once, then reloaded, beat him with stun gun + throwing explosive stuff at him, and got the Super Mario Bros augments instead (jump really high + safe landing)

Seems like my pacifist playthrough is ruined because punching walls while people are on the other side kills them. Who would have thought!?

I think I got pretty much all the really useful augs I need, the rest is just going to be utility or very expensive. (like the stealth cloak + all the extra energy level upgrades I need to go with it) I still don't need any hacking aug aside from the level 5 one.

I'm not a fan of weapon upgrading, because this makes you pick up a weapon very early and stick with it. Hope there's enough ammo around! Weapon stores seem to have a very limited inventory.

The hotel in China really got to me. I know people living in slums/on the street have it even worse... But their living conditions are less inhuman.