Fred the Barber Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Getsuya, did you know there's a Lufia 2 game mode where you only play the Ancient Cave? If you beat the game once, you unlock "Retry" mode, which is just the ordinary game but you get 4x EXP and 4x Money (speed run!). If you beat "Retry" mode, though, it unlocks the Ancient Cave-only mode. I don't know if there's another mode after that, but I have a suspicion there is, because there was room for it on the game start menu, IIRC... Anyway, the cool thing about the Ancient Cave-only mode is that you can select your party from the whole game's cast each time before you go into the cave. So, you can tune your party based on the blue chest gear you get, for one thing. And for another, you can bring Dekar along with you all the time. Not only is he a total badass stats-wise, if you get lucky you can get a Dekar Blade, which you will really, really want to beat the final boss (I actually did beat the cave once, but only because I used a cheat code [either with a Game Genie or with the emulator] to instant level-up to 99 from the first fight ... and it still wasn't easy). I think the farthest I've legitimately gotten was somewhere in the level 50s or so. Even if you're Level 99, with a good set of gear, it's still easy to get clobbered on the bottom floors by random monsters - the baddies from about 70 onwards are all seriously bad news, from what I recall. The boss... is weird. What you really need to beat the boss is a lot of gear with AP abilities (I think that's what it was called?) that do percentage-based damage, because the boss has a crapton of HP and you have a limited time to beat him. Getsuya 1 Quote
Getsuya Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Man that is awesome. I'm probably going to make a few more tries with the party I have now (I went as soon as it opened up so I have Maxim, Guy, Dekar and Selan) and then go beat the game twice so I can unlock that mode. I really am starting to love Mysterious Dungeon style games, though I wish more of them were turn-based RPGs like Lufia instead of being action RPGs like the majority of the genre. Still, I think I'll pick up Shiren 5 for Vita and the Touhou one when that hits too. Edit: Woooooo! Found Strong on floor 2. Edit2: AND Champion. For some reason I never have a run where I find one but not the other, and I usually find them close together. Too bad neither can save me when blue chest mimics eat my face. Quote
InvictusCobra Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 My computer broke down and now I will have to resort to my Playstation 3 for fun... Guess it's time to finish those Tales of Graces f and Xillia I bought on sale and never got to finish. Started Graces f, got to Pascal's sister's laboratory and quit on the first boss there. 19 hours in and I still don't understand how the combat in this bloody game works. Oh well, guess I'm just a stiff who likes his turn based or completely fluid gameplay, not some mish mash (excuse me if I completely missed the point of it's combat) heh. Quote
Fred the Barber Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Ahh, that's pretty much my preferred party, anyway. I think that's usually how I set it up when I could pick my own party, though it does always feel weird having Maxim in the back row. I think Lufia 2 is the only game where I've really, thoroughly enjoyed that pure dungeon crawling gameplay; there's some serious magic in the way they set everything up. I still pick up Lufia 2 and play it for a while every couple of years, mostly because of the Ancient Cave, but also for the really fun puzzles. I remember they released a Lufia 2 remake for the DS a few years ago, and I was super excited, but playing it was really disappointing... they'd missed all the best parts of the original game (the turn-based combat, and the fun puzzles...) Quote
Fred the Barber Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 My computer broke down and now I will have to resort to my Playstation 3 for fun... Guess it's time to finish those Tales of Graces f and Xillia I bought on sale and never got to finish. Started Graces f, got to Pascal's sister's laboratory and quit on the first boss there. 19 hours in and I still don't understand how the combat in this bloody game works. Oh well, guess I'm just a stiff who likes his turn based or completely fluid gameplay, not some mish mash (excuse me if I completely missed the point of it's combat) heh. No, you can't quit! The combat in Graces F is the biggest part of what makes it miles better than the other Tales games I've played from the same era (Xillia, Xillia 2, and Vesperia). Are you using the back-step and side-step enough? You've got to abuse the heck out of those mechanics to do well in the game... but if you're using those heavily, then I dunno. Quote
ValenKnight Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Destiny, The Witcher 3, Far cry 4, and Metro last light. Then on the 23rd Batman Arkham Knight and devil may cry 4. Quote
Devarcan Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 replaying tales of the abyss on 3ds oh damn, haircut scenes... shit about to get serious Quote
sub-zer0 Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Finally Beat Dawn of war II-Chaos Rising, I can finally move on to Retribution, both sad and happy at the same time , happy because I finally get to play some more dawn of war II, sad that it is the last dawn of war II game, I would say I did a shitty job in that last mission...Got all my blood raven brothers killed, but still somehow I got the full purity ending,lol Quote
Funyarinpa Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Bought a hidden gem called Deadcore, the game is AMAZING- It's kinda like Mirror's Edge but you feel more free and it is more sci-fi. The Witcher 1 is downloding. Refunded Sir, You're Being Hunted because it isn't my kind of thing. Quote
Kurisu-Chan Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 And here it is, finally going for the last battle...Alone, with no help from my space marine brother. Guess it's up to my ultra elite terminator squads to defend the whole planets without any help... Quote
Cythnar Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Checking out ESO right now. Have had the game for a million years, and even had an active subscription for months without even playing. Figured I'd finally mess around with it, lol. And here it is, finally going for the last battle...Alone, with no help from my space marine brother. Guess it's up to my ultra elite terminator squads to defend the whole planets without any help... You can do it, Ku-chan! Quote
Kurisu-Chan Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 Checking out ESO right now. Have had the game for a million years, and even had an active subscription for months without even playing. Figured I'd finally mess around with it, lol. You can do it, Ku-chan! Of course, a bunch of cowards imperial guards, a few space marines against a whole tyranid fleet, i'm sure it's completely fair. Quote
Kenshin_sama Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 So, I finished my download and installation of The Witcher and playing it now. I don't really dislike the combat that much. It is pretty much as clunky as others have described it, but I've gotten a fairly solid grip on the controls. I've only finished the first segment of the game, but I like the plot development so far. I think it's pretty enjoyable. Quote
sarkasmus Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 I finished my second playthrough in The Witcher 3 a few days ago, now I'll start the third one. Quote
Lewycool Posted June 14, 2015 Posted June 14, 2015 Completed X-com Because it's an awesome game Quote
TexasDice Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 I threw out my cash to buy The Witcher 3 and Fire Emblem Awakening. I guess I'll play those. Why can't I be more responsible with money... Quote
TexasDice Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Dawn of war 2 : Chaos rising finished. Loyal, slightly corrupted or fully corrupted? Quote
Kurisu-Chan Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Completely loyal to the emperor and the chapter. Quote
TexasDice Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 Yooooouuuu got the non-canon ending, uuuuuh... ~ Now go and do it over again. Quote
Funyarinpa Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 In spite of the backlog (and the Steam Sale loot), I started playing Metroid Prime. Now that I have played two previous games in the series (Zero Mission and Super Metroid because M2 sucks), there are many more nuances I can appreciate- though I am not sure if I can call the "Get in derelict spaceship, attack a boss, run away with a countdown as the vessel explodes" a throwback or a lazy rehash of Super Metroid's own intro. Edit: Opening the map now fucks up the FPS, fuck this. Or maybe not, I don't know. Guess who is very easily scared and just about to boot up Alien: Isolation for the first time Quote
solidbatman Posted June 18, 2015 Author Posted June 18, 2015 Cities: Skylines is my newest addiction Quote
Funyarinpa Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 Damn, Psychonauts is fun Finished Hotline Miami 2 on normal, I'll leave Hard and the Plat for later. Quote
Turnip Sensei Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 I finally Finished Trails in the Sky. The tournament in the final chapter was so boring that I took a long break from the game. But man, did the story get intense after the tournament. The final confrontations were epic, though the last dungeon was awfully frustrating. Who thought it was a good idea to hide all the good equipment behind annoying encounters? The enemies were too tanky and not that dangerous, finishing the final dungeon was dreadful test in patience. The final boss was pretty fun though. And the ending was pretty good, considering it is pretty much set up for next game. Trails in the Sky really shined in the final parts. The final chapter changed my opinion from a "pretty good game" to "this is amazing". Now I'm in Second Chapter hype mode. BookwormOtaku 1 Quote
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