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Sage Harpuia · 10-23-2011, 05:30 PM

Been playing Mount and Musket, a mod for Mount and Blade: Warband. The weekly line battle is the main thing that is tethering me into playing it; sometimes frustrating to get any kills, but when you do it feels very rewarding or gives a great sense of luck.

Kim · 10-23-2011, 05:52 PM

Just started playing Trails in the Sky today. One of the best turn-based RPGs I've played in a long time.

**Satan's Onion** · 10-23-2011, 06:47 PM

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. It's actually kind of neat, even though there are so very many quests and so much I can make with alchemy that I invariably spend like one-tenth of my playing time actually forwarding the plot and the rest either out hunting monsters for alchemizable goods, searching for spawn spots for alchemizables, or at the alchemy pot making stuff.

Also, whoever actually wrote or translated or whatever the text in this game had a huge hard-on for puns and wordplay and tossing in recognizably British bits of culture and slang and all. It's excellently written, and I like that. I really like that.

Ramary · 10-24-2011, 01:16 AM

Binding of Isaac.

Dear lord. Binding of Isaac.

No idea how to describe this game, but it is awesome. Maybe this trailer will help!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDFnMfJnI7s

...okay it doesn't

It is like this odd blend of Zelda, Smash TV, and a Rogue-like, combined with absolutely fucked up visuals and subject matter and made by the same batshit insane bastards behind Super Meat Boy (in other words, HARRRDDDD. although not as hard as SMB itself). It got me hooked, although you can't save or anything during a play though (which would take no more then one hour usually, shorter if you die) so there is a bit of a time investment per session. But it is one of the BEST 5 bucks I have spent.

Also trying to make a mass effect 3 save ready starting with ME1. Even if ME3 sucks, and I have reason to believe it will, I would like at the very least to see the end.

EVILNess · 10-24-2011, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Liz

Just started playing Trails in the Sky today. One of the best turn-based RPGs I've played in a long time.

Are the other two parts of the game going to be released outside of Japan? I was kinda pissed when I got through about a third of the game and found out it was the end with a big fat to be continued on it.

Still otherwise, a pretty good game.

Ryong · 10-24-2011, 09:28 AM

On the second chapter of Trails in The Sky.

It's going to take a while. From what I've checked, the plot ends after the second game and then the third is just a mission pack sequel. Also, after the Trails in the Sky trilogy, there's Zero No Kiseki and Ao No Kiseki, too - Trails in the Blue series - if Xseed tries to bring the whole series outside of Japan, dang, PSP will still be getting games in 2013.

CABAL49 · 10-24-2011, 10:06 AM

Saints Row 2

mauve · 10-24-2011, 02:45 PM

Started playing my DS Lite again; picked up my copy of SoulSilver after seriously like a year. Apparently I never beat the Elite Four on account of having a craptastic team (My starter and Lugia are the only ones above 40. Basically, up until this point my Feralgator finished off every Gym Leader by himself because I hate leveling, so he's at Level 55 and everyone else is in their 20's or 30's except Lugia. The last time I tried to take on the Elite Four, the Feralgator and Lugia managed to kill EVERYTHING by themselves except for Lance's last Dragon, and by that time I had used all my Revives and so we lost with his freakin' Charizard having only three HP.) So now I'm stuck trampling about Victory Road trying to get my other Pokes into at least the mid 40's.

I've also picked Okami Den back up. I'm kind of on the fence about this one: It started out really good, if a bit too easy, but now we've got giant baby space-whale magnet-gods hanging out in moon-spaceships and ancient Japanese diesel-powered front-loaders working on dig sites and people constantly calling me "Dude" and asking me "what's the haps" in ancient Japan. I mean, I'm cool with suspending disbelief for the moon-people and SUDDENLY ALIEN SPACESHIPS and blonde French guys who are actually from SPAAAACE in the first Okami, because the first Okami was fantastic, but ancient Japanese frontloaders and SPACE WHALES THAT ARE REALLY THE GODS OF MAGNETS (granted, they're supposed to represent the Yin/Yang fish, I think, which I GUESS you could apply to magnets, but still) is pushing it a bit.

Also Kurow is annoying as hell.

Grandmaster_Skweeb · 10-24-2011, 02:48 PM

Dead Island. Thoroughly exploring the resort and city areas to snag IDs and weapon schematics I previously missed.

Between Dead island, TF2, and oblivion I'll be content until Skyrim.

Drownball-Champ · 10-24-2011, 09:58 PM

Currently playing through Xenoblade Chronicles. 20 hours in and I'm not even sure I'm a 3rd of the way through the game, my love of farming and grinding requires I do every itty bitty quest I come across. The british/engllish VAs are a nice change from JYB (no matter how much I love him) and Yuri Lowenthal. Since I have my Wii hooked up again, after almost a year of ignoring it, I may give Arc Rise Fantasia a try when I eventually finish with Xenoblade.

10-23-2011, 05:52 PM	#32
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	Just started playing Trails in the Sky today. One of the best turn-based RPGs I've played in a long time. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

10-23-2011, 06:47 PM	#33
Satan's Onion Swing You Sinners! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: 4th Street Posts: 2,666	Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. It's actually kind of neat, even though there are so very many quests and so much I can make with alchemy that I invariably spend like one-tenth of my playing time actually forwarding the plot and the rest either out hunting monsters for alchemizable goods, searching for spawn spots for alchemizables, or at the alchemy pot making stuff. Also, whoever actually wrote or translated or whatever the text in this game had a huge hard-on for puns and wordplay and tossing in recognizably British bits of culture and slang and all. It's excellently written, and I like that. I really like that. __________________ Good evening, ladies. Please enter and be tained .

10-24-2011, 02:45 PM	#38
mauve So Dreamy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Someplace magical Posts: 6,863	Started playing my DS Lite again; picked up my copy of SoulSilver after seriously like a year. Apparently I never beat the Elite Four on account of having a craptastic team (My starter and Lugia are the only ones above 40. Basically, up until this point my Feralgator finished off every Gym Leader by himself because I hate leveling, so he's at Level 55 and everyone else is in their 20's or 30's except Lugia. The last time I tried to take on the Elite Four, the Feralgator and Lugia managed to kill EVERYTHING by themselves except for Lance's last Dragon, and by that time I had used all my Revives and so we lost with his freakin' Charizard having only three HP.) So now I'm stuck trampling about Victory Road trying to get my other Pokes into at least the mid 40's. I've also picked Okami Den back up. I'm kind of on the fence about this one: It started out really good, if a bit too easy, but now we've got giant baby space-whale magnet-gods hanging out in moon-spaceships and ancient Japanese diesel-powered front-loaders working on dig sites and people constantly calling me "Dude" and asking me "what's the haps" in ancient Japan. I mean, I'm cool with suspending disbelief for the moon-people and SUDDENLY ALIEN SPACESHIPS and blonde French guys who are actually from SPAAAACE in the first Okami, because the first Okami was fantastic, but ancient Japanese frontloaders and SPACE WHALES THAT ARE REALLY THE GODS OF MAGNETS (granted, they're supposed to represent the Yin/Yang fish, I think, which I GUESS you could apply to magnets, but still) is pushing it a bit. Also Kurow is annoying as hell. __________________ Yoo Hoo! Last edited by mauve; 10-24-2011 at 02:48 PM.

10-23-2011, 05:30 PM	#31
Sage Harpuia alea iacta est Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ontario Posts: 130	Been playing Mount and Musket, a mod for Mount and Blade: Warband. The weekly line battle is the main thing that is tethering me into playing it; sometimes frustrating to get any kills, but when you do it feels very rewarding or gives a great sense of luck.

10-24-2011, 01:16 AM	#34
Ramary HE OPENS THE DOOR TO HIS DARK PAST Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Some craphole Posts: 770	Binding of Isaac. Dear lord. Binding of Isaac. No idea how to describe this game, but it is awesome. Maybe this trailer will help! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDFnMfJnI7s ...okay it doesn't It is like this odd blend of Zelda, Smash TV, and a Rogue-like, combined with absolutely fucked up visuals and subject matter and made by the same batshit insane bastards behind Super Meat Boy (in other words, HARRRDDDD. although not as hard as SMB itself). It got me hooked, although you can't save or anything during a play though (which would take no more then one hour usually, shorter if you die) so there is a bit of a time investment per session. But it is one of the BEST 5 bucks I have spent. Also trying to make a mass effect 3 save ready starting with ME1. Even if ME3 sucks, and I have reason to believe it will, I would like at the very least to see the end.

10-24-2011, 09:28 AM	#36
Ryong Professional Threadkiller Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brazil Posts: 3,798	On the second chapter of Trails in The Sky. It's going to take a while. From what I've checked, the plot ends after the second game and then the third is just a mission pack sequel. Also, after the Trails in the Sky trilogy, there's Zero No Kiseki and Ao No Kiseki, too - Trails in the Blue series - if Xseed tries to bring the whole series outside of Japan, dang, PSP will still be getting games in 2013.

10-24-2011, 10:06 AM	#37
CABAL49 Not bad. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Senatus Populusque Americanus Posts: 1,584	Saints Row 2

10-24-2011, 02:48 PM	#39
Grandmaster_Skweeb Doesn't care anymore Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,429	Dead Island. Thoroughly exploring the resort and city areas to snag IDs and weapon schematics I previously missed. Between Dead island, TF2, and oblivion I'll be content until Skyrim.

10-24-2011, 09:58 PM	#40
Drownball-Champ Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 220	Currently playing through Xenoblade Chronicles. 20 hours in and I'm not even sure I'm a 3rd of the way through the game, my love of farming and grinding requires I do every itty bitty quest I come across. The british/engllish VAs are a nice change from JYB (no matter how much I love him) and Yuri Lowenthal. Since I have my Wii hooked up again, after almost a year of ignoring it, I may give Arc Rise Fantasia a try when I eventually finish with Xenoblade.