What Video Games Are You Playing Right Now?

[DarkZedge]

Been playing a lot of Warhammer 40k Retribution, quite hooked on it's setting and universe and willl read about it after

[Fred the Barber]

12 hours ago, Decay said:

The fox doesn't show up until a bit later. And it's a pretty bad value until you get a few s-link ranks for her.

Wait, wait, wait. Hold the phone. The Persona 4 fox was female, in your mind? I had always been thinking of it as male, but not for any particular reason (I guess aside from the inherent bias from being male). For what it's worth, the Megami Tensei Wiki apparently doesn't make any call, consistently referring to the fox as "it". Granted, it's got a heart-covered red bandana thing (where I definitely didn't notice the hearts until I looked it up just now), but that could have come from anywhere; maybe it's a metrosexual fox.

At any rate, regarding the advice not to sweat losing a day or two: while that's fair, it causes me stress to knowingly be sub-optimal, so I always tried to clear the dungeons in a single day. But if you're not crazy like me (in that regard, at least) and that doesn't bother you, then yeah, it's no big deal to lose a day here or there.

[Funyarinpa]

Shiko, welcome to one of the most memorable gaming experiences you will ever have. 

Also, need to farm? Lol what, I only farmed for two dungeons, and then again, that was just playing through the dungeon again once. Got me through everything on Normal. I hate grinding and I did not think that P4G made you grind at all. (dungeon sections were not very good overall until the last third

since dungeons gain emotional significance by then 

though) 

[Eclipsed]

Huh. Maybe I should join the P4G bandwagon huh

 

[Funyarinpa]

14 minutes ago, Eclipsed said:

Huh. Maybe I should join the P4G bandwagon huh

 

You better fucking do so ASAP. I thought I couldn't like JRPGs, P4G is the best game I played last year. 

[Shikomizue]

1 hour ago, Funyarinpa said:

Shiko, welcome to one of the most memorable gaming experiences you will ever have. 

Also, need to farm? Lol what, I only farmed for two dungeons, and then again, that was just playing through the dungeon again once. Got me through everything on Normal. I hate grinding and I did not think that P4G made you grind at all. (dungeon sections were not very good overall until the last third

 

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though) 

Well, I have the original version, so maybe they're also different in that way.

[Darklord Rooke]

Early on in the game I made the sacrifice and forked out LOTS of cash just so I could finish the dungeons in one day. Probably not totally wise, but ...

1 hour ago, Eclipsed said:

Huh. Maybe I should join the P4G bandwagon huh

 

It's a solid dungeon crawler with dating sim mechanics. What more could you possibly wa-

... 

Oh, I see. Well, there's no erotica in it so you're out of luck.

[Decay]

53 minutes ago, Funyarinpa said:

You better fucking do so ASAP. I thought I couldn't like JRPGs, P4G is the best game I played last year. 

P4 is the best game I played... well, I won't say EVER because I've also played Super Mario World, but man, I really love that game. Most hardcore weebs seem to like P3 more, I also loved P3, but not like I did P4. 

3 hours ago, Fred the Barber said:

Wait, wait, wait. Hold the phone. The Persona 4 fox was female, in your mind? I had always been thinking of it as male, but not for any particular reason (I guess aside from the inherent bias from being male). For what it's worth, the Megami Tensei Wiki apparently doesn't make any call, consistently referring to the fox as "it". Granted, it's got a heart-covered red bandana thing (where I definitely didn't notice the hearts until I looked it up just now), but that could have come from anywhere; maybe it's a metrosexual fox.

I'm not entirely sure why I think of it as a female, it just feels right.

Here's a fanart of Funky Student riding Mysterious Fox.

[Eclipsed]

12 minutes ago, Rooke said:

Early on in the game I made the sacrifice and forked out LOTS of cash just so I could finish the dungeons in one day. Probably not totally wise, but ...

It's a solid dungeon crawler with dating sim mechanics. What more could you possibly wa-

... 

Oh, I see. Well, there's no erotica in it so you're out of luck.

Dealbreaker. kk ty I'll hold off until later*

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Ye, reason I'm stalling p4g so much is 'cos I don't want to fall victim to "ITS DA BEST tHING EVERRRRR' and then crap on any future games I end up playing on my Vita. Let me have fun with my shat Nep games first, then I'll get to the good stuff ~ jeez they really wanted to add more kappa emotes huh ._.

[Funyarinpa]

25 minutes ago, Eclipsed said:

~ 

We need a :mysides: emoticon 

[Turnip Sensei]

Trails of Cold Steel is just too good. I have the "damn I like this game"-feeling going on all the time.

The main party members have their characters fleshed out and presented so well that you grow really fond of them, quite like in Persona. But on top of having awesome main characters the side characters and the whole world is really fleshed out. Too often in games it feels like everything revolves around you, but in Cold Steel there's this feeling that you're just one small part of the world. Whether it's new political movements, seeing your neighbors flirting every morning or listening someone from other class ranting about new radio program; it all adds up to this wonderful sense almost living game world.

Talking to every single character is really worth it. There's so many cool little details you'll miss if you don't. I learned my lesson in Chapter 2 when I realized I missed two chapters of Red Moon Rose. (I wanted to read them...)

Some scenery shots:

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The plains are so pretty... And riding with horses is so much fun.

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Bad life advice...

and good life advice.

This kid knows what's up.

I'm not sure if liking Dogi is either good or bad taste. I could have at least understood if it was Adol, as he's quite the looker, but Dogi? To each his own, I guess. 

The 3D-models for monsters look surprisingly impressive.

 

[MoeKyun]

^It will be better if the audio is in Jp, though.

Anddd I'm on Ch. 5 now. Millium really cute.

[Jun Inoue]

2 hours ago, Turnip Sensei said:

Trails of Cold Steel is just too good. I have the "damn I like this game"-feeling going on all the time.

The main party members have their characters fleshed out and presented so well that you grow really fond of them, quite like in Persona. But on top of having awesome main characters the side characters and the whole world is really fleshed out. Too often in games it feels like everything revolves around you, but in Cold Steel there's this feeling that you're just one small part of the world. Whether it's new political movements, seeing your neighbors flirting every morning or listening someone from other class ranting about new radio program; it all adds up to this wonderful sense almost living game world.

Talking to every single character is really worth it. There's so many cool little details you'll miss if you don't. I learned my lesson in Chapter 2 when I realized I missed two chapters of Red Moon Rose. (I wanted to read them...)

Some scenery shots:

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The plains are so pretty... And riding with horses is so much fun.

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Bad life advice...

and good life advice.

This kid knows what's up.

I'm not sure if liking Dogi is either good or bad taste. I could have at least understood if it was Adol, as he's quite the looker, but Dogi? To each his own, I guess. 

The 3D-models for monsters look surprisingly impressive.

 

The Trails in the Sky games are seriously good at creating great, independent worlds.

1 hour ago, MoeKyun said:

^It will be better if the audio is in Jp, though.

Anddd I'm on Ch. 5 now. Millium really cute.

Well, the dub is pretty good, which is smth usually odd in this kind of games! Also, told you about Millium! >:D

[Thunderbro]

11 hours ago, Turnip Sensei said:

There's so many cool little details you'll miss if you don't. I learned my lesson in Chapter 2 when I realized I missed two chapters of Red Moon Rose. (I wanted to read them...)

Check the secondhand shop in Trista. I missed one of the books at some point and it appeared in the shop when I checked it (although it was something like 8000 Mira). 

[Shikomizue]

So I played more P4, Yukkiko waifu confirmed. I like how I talked to her at school one day and it said I need some kind of bonding moment or something like that to get closer, and what do you know a moment pops up and I take it, thus acquiring the social link. I'm happy with myself, not just because of the above, but for buying this game in the first place.

[HotTrax]

Played some The Divison, I think I am going to get it. Lot of Destiny , Gears, and Mass Effect in the game, cover based gameplay feels really tight. The issues fall in if it will have enough content and won't suffer the same fate as Destiny. The PVP stuff is completely not up my alley, hope you can never touch that stuff. Also looks astonishing on PC, sharp textures really add to the world. 

[Fred the Barber]

3 hours ago, Shikomizue said:

So I played more P4, Yukkiko waifu confirmed. I like how I talked to her at school one day and it said I need some kind of bonding moment or something like that to get closer, and what do you know a moment pops up and I take it, thus acquiring the social link. I'm happy with myself, not just because of the above, but for buying this game in the first place.

You might hold off on declaring a P4 waifu until after you meet more of the cast. Also, you should at least know your waifu's name - Yukkiko would have a pretty weird pronunciation.

As for me: I got back into it, and now I can't stop playing the Disgaea 5 endgame. I'm at the point where I can simultaneously level 8 characters from 1 to 9999 in about 5 minutes... and I'm also at the point where that isn't all that useful in breaking new ground. What a lovely and ridiculous game. All other forms of entertainment have basically been on hold for the past week (including, unfortunately, very little progress on G-Senjou lately...).

[Shikomizue]

9 hours ago, Fred the Barber said:

You might hold off on declaring a P4 waifu until after you meet more of the cast. Also, you should at least know your waifu's name - Yukkiko would have a pretty weird pronunciation.

Yukkiko, Yukiko, same thing right? (I know it's not but at least you know what I mean.)

We'll see if I change my waifu, we'll see. Inb4 Kanji is waifu.

[Jun Inoue]

3 hours ago, Shikomizue said:

Yukkiko, Yukiko, same thing right? (I know it's not but at least you know what I mean.)

We'll see if I change my waifu, we'll see. Inb4 Kanji is waifu.

Hey, Kanji is pretty sweet, mate! Also, I always found hilarious and super weird that Yukiko's "shy" face is a super perverted expression. Pay attention to it.

[BookwormOtaku]

Beat Senran Kagura 2 a few days ago. Overall I liked it, but it is the weakest of the series for me. Partially because of lack of a real lock on which makes solo fights a pain compared to paired ones, and on the writing end too much time was spent building things up, Yomi's character development was way weaker than in the original game's Hebijo story which makes the decision to retcon it all the more infuriating, and it is disappointing to not be able to play as Kagura or Naraku. I can say I liked the story though as the good parts were genuinely enjoyable, especially the comedy, and fighting in pairs was pretty fun, and it made the Yoma Nest side levels fun too.

I also just beat Dragonball Z Extreme Butoden, the best things about it being its battle system and its villains' story was interesting. Unfortunately that story had a disappointing ending and the other story modes were terribly written.

Currently playing Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl.

[Funyarinpa]

Going to buy Persona 3 Portable and Final Fantasy VI today. Huge hopes for P3P seeing as Persona 4 Golden became my #4 favorite game of all time when I finished it last New Year's Eve. Could only go a month without Persona. 

As for FFVI, heard it was very good, it's on sale, might as well play my first FF by now.

[Fred the Barber]

4 hours ago, Funyarinpa said:

Going to buy Persona 3 Portable and Final Fantasy VI today. Huge hopes for P3P seeing as Persona 4 Golden became my #4 favorite game of all time when I finished it last New Year's Eve. Could only go a month without Persona. 

As for FFVI, heard it was very good, it's on sale, might as well play my first FF by now.

Just be careful you don't get yourself over-hyped - it won't matter how good something is if you go into it expecting to be blown away immediately. P3P has its ups and downs, and is quite a bit different from P4G in all aspects aside from core gameplay (which is one of the surprisingly least-important aspects of those two games).

FFVI is a favorite, and IMO it has aged very well, so I think you'll be pleased there. Just don't forget to wait for Shadow.

[Kogashuko]

I got gamefly and I'm hoping they send me the new digimon game when it comes out then I'll be playing that <3

[Funyarinpa]

Not really feeling Persona 3 Portable. Will need some time to adjust to how the gameplay works and the presentation. (VN storytelling, cursor to pick stuff, little stick support (having to use D-pad for battle, saving etc. is annoying), bad text and image quality, etc.)

Junpei's pissed me off with his "see how nice a person I am!" line as soon as he was introduced. Mitsuru and Yukari seem nice, and I'm pretty sure the school board director (forgot his name) is voiced by Igor's VA. Haven't had any day for myself yet though, and P4G wasn't fun by this point either. Not worried at all. Somewhat digging the relatively muted color palette. 

The music is definitely great.

Playing as MaleMC since it's closer to the original.

 

5 hours ago, Fred the Barber said:

Just be careful you don't get yourself over-hyped - it won't matter how good something is if you go into it expecting to be blown away immediately.

Probably too late, but I really wanted more Persona. I knew about the game's drawbacks before going in though, so I somewhat knew what to expect.

Also, after P4G becoming my #4 favorite game of all time (behind 999, Virtue's Last Rewards and Danganronpa 2) despite the first 3 or so hours being shitty, I am not worried about my current impressions at all.  

[Kogashuko]

27 minutes ago, Funyarinpa said:

Probably too late, but I really wanted more Persona. I knew about the game's drawbacks before going in though, so I somewhat knew what to expect.

Also, after P4G becoming my #4 favorite game of all time (behind 999, Virtue's Last Rewards and Danganronpa 2) despite the first 3 or so hours being shitty, I am not worried about my current impressions at all.  

4 is by far better then 3 but its at least worth a play through I love them both. But least we have Persona 5 to look forward to this year?