Super Mario Galaxy 2

[Bells]

Originally Posted by Drownball-Champ

Gamestop. Traded in Twilight Princess and M&S at the Olympics took $40 off the price.

Special offer going on this week: http://www.gamestop.com/gs/specialty/tradeins/save40/

Holy crap... that's actually a very nice deal there, nice going.

Also, for those who already played... do you feel that the controls are... i dunno, somewhat different this time around? I can't put my finger on it, but it feels more tight a controlled.

[Nique]

FFX wasn't that bad... if you can put X-2 out of your head and just play the game on its own merit, it's not a terrible game.

*Nique and Bluestar provide dissertation on FFX-2's merits*

*Rest of the forum reminds us that the game is essentially a terrible excuse for cheescake*

*Yes but look at the great battle system!*

*Cheesecake*

*What it lacks in story it makes up for in...*

*Cheesecake?*

*YAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHBBLLEEE...!!!*

[Ecks]

Originally Posted by Nique

*Nique and Bluestar provide dissertation on FFX-2's merits*

*Rest of the forum reminds us that the game is essentially a terrible excuse for cheescake*

*Yes but look at the great battle system!*

*Cheesecake*

*What it lacks in story it makes up for in...*

*Cheesecake?*

*YAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHBBLLEEE...!!!*

Okay, I imagine X-2 had the potential to be a good game. It's just that nobody TOOK IT to the level beyond "fanservice vehicle."

To be fair... X wasn't all it was cracked up to be either... I just loved the music.

[Bells]

And it's broken already

[Drownball-Champ]

Started playing yesterday. I'm at the first castle, but I don't want to move on until I "Galaxy Complete" each place here. I know you can probably come back as soon as you beat the boss, but it's the way I want to do it.

Didn't get all stars in Galaxy. I'll go back and do that eventually, I'm down to the last 20~.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by Nique

*Nique and Bluestar provide dissertation on FFX-2's merits*

*Rest of the forum reminds us that the game is essentially a terrible excuse for cheescake*

*Yes but look at the great battle system!*

*Cheesecake*

*What it lacks in story it makes up for in...*

*Cheesecake?*

*YAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHBBLLEEE...!!!*

Good combat alone can not carry a jRPG. There are plenty of examples that prove this. X-2 is just one of them.

[phil_]

So, co-op is less stupid this time around. The hugging-obsessed Luma is actually useful for grabbing mushrooms and coins. That, and it hugs NPCs, which is adorable.

Anyway, I've been playing since I woke up today, this was my dinner break, and now I'm going to play some more.

[Drownball-Champ]

Are the stupid comets still around? I didn't mind the comet stages themselves it was the fact that I had to wait for them to appear that annoyed me.

[Ecks]

Originally Posted by Bells

And it's broken already

Goddammit, I HATE it when people break a game and it looks more fun broken than it does just to play it.

But then everything is more fun if you break physics.

[phil_]

Originally Posted by Drownball-Champ

Are the stupid comets still around? I didn't mind the comet stages themselves it was the fact that I had to wait for them to appear that annoyed me.

There are still comets. They still come and go as they please. I think you need to collect the Comet coin on a given level for a comet to go there.

Also, cosmic clones are creepy.