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3 Dicks Out For Trips
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Epic game is epic. That is all.
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Not getting mine till monday. So sad.
Gonna go rent it tonight I think if any places have it.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Rented this over the weekend, got it till Monday which is when my collector's edition is supposed to arrive. Put about 7 or 8 hours into it since yesterday. Loving it so far, as I just got to
SPOILER: show Really sucking me in with the characters and story. Read it was about 40-50 hours with minor attention to side quests. Hoping I'm not actually that far in yet and have just been taking extra time along the way, as I would be 'almost' 1/4 of the way through and that would kind of surprise me as there is still a lot I haven't even touched yet. I'm always amazed at the details they put into the artwork and world. It really is a beautiful game, and for the style they were going for I don't think they could have done any better on current gen hardware. What? |
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Grim Fandango
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Quote:
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I should be receiving this today. I'm on the last dungeon of Dragon Quest 8 and hope to finally finish it in the next couple of days. I will duly notify you when that happens.
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Got mine on Monday, been playing a lot this week and haven't been around here to post anything about it.
Wizard's Edition was worth it. The extras they sent are really high quality. The book especially. I've got a ton of familiars now and have been struggling through the most recent boss fights which have proved to actually be a nice challenge. I've dabbled in alchemy a bit and made some treats for familiars, haven't gotten too into it yet. I have a feeling it's not very worth it until later in the game except for a few purposes. The amount of materials required to make things makes it somewhat difficult to use efficiently. Have to get a lot of cash saved up in order to really make the most of it. Love this game. One of the best RPGs I've ever played, though I am admittedly not a big fan of Final Fantasy. This game just seems to grab my attention as soon as I picked it up. |
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Grim Fandango
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It's arrived! I downloaded a bunch of familiars last night and wasn't expecing the game to actually get here today. The Wizards Compendium is brilliant, glad I picked up the Wizard's Edition. There's a whole page on flan. Going to start this right now and wallow in the wonder of it all.
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Drongo becomes RIDICULOUSLY powerful later.
Also, I just captured a Toko and 2 Tokotoko's after about 5/6 hours of grinding for the bastards. Got them all within 15 minutes of each other finally. |
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Grim Fandango
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Yeah I metamorphed him and he's doing ridiculous damage now, especially at Old Smokey. The DLC Draggle and Griffy are also hitting quite hard, just been playing around with whatever I catch in the other two spots. The Seed Sprite actually turned out to be pretty useful.
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Grim Fandango
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Went back to Ding Dong Well just to catch a Danglefish. Wanted to call him Dangle Bryan but it wouldn't fit in the box.
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The Champ is Here!
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Dangleson
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it's really real meat
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i think i might use my $25 amazon gift card i got for christmas to buy this...
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Grim Fandango
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it's really real meat
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this game is so bizarre. i'm not sure if i like it yet, but i'm only an hour in
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The one downside to the game is that it takes about 12 hours before you've finally been introduced to ALL of the game's features. They really do introduce you at a snail's pace, when they really could have done it in about half the time.
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I got bored after the temple of trials thing. The fighting system is very novel and has good ideas, but hasn't implemented them as well as they could. It rewards a lot of unpleasant behaviour.
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Grim Fandango
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Unpleasant behavior?
Battles open up more once you can catch familiars and play around with your line up, then you get more mechanics to play with once you get Swaine. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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It's one of the main things that's kept me from buying the game. |
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it's really real meat
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drippy's voice annoys the shit out of me
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Grim Fandango
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It's not the best implemented battle system ever but it works well enough, I enjoy it. One of your AI partners is absolutely wasteful with MP so you need to set her up to deal with it but other than that I've not had any problems. Try the volcano section of the demo, your team there is seriously overpowered but it gives you a general idea of how battles works and if you're going to like it or not.
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By unpleasant behaviour I mean the game rewards things that feel a bit wrong, like just randomly running in circles, and transitioning into defending, which is meant to be an integral part of fighting, is very clunky.
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Grim Fandango
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Oh right. Running in circles isnt that helpful once enemies show up in larger groups, with faster movement speed and AOE spells. I only found it really exploitable on the first couple of bosses. Defending also improves later on. It is a slow starter.
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This game is phenomenal, love it. One of my favorite RPGs ever. The bosses are where the game really shines. Overall this game is kind of 'easy' but I don't even care. It's just fun and really addicting. Really sucks you in and once you're introduced to all of the game's features it starts moving along at a pretty solid pace. The world really opens up and you're more free to do whatever you want.
They've said the possibility of a sequel depends on its success overseas, and so far it has done phenomenally in the US and UK. There are definitely things in this game that COULD have been done better or more in depth, but for what they were going for, they really nailed it. Think a lot of things could certainly be addressed in the sequel if they make one. My one disappointment is that there are not more Ghibli cutscenes. They started off with a lot and as the game went on, I think Ghibli must have been involved in other projects and just couldn't dedicate the time to this game that they should have. Quote:
Once you start metamorphosing familiars, things start to change as well. You'll get some absolutely ridiculous abilities and the ability to really tailor how a fight plays depending on what familiars you use. Movement is more about positioning, as obviously the game isn't a hack and slash. It's certainly not as thoughtful as I would have hoped, but I feel it has great potential in a sequel and it certainly 'worked' and was enjoyable throughout the game for me. Even after endless grinding trying to get rare familiars, I never got bored with the game. I'm now onto other games, but this game got a solid 75-80 hours or so out of me and that's sure as hell something for me. Definitely going to revisit it and play through again at some point using completely different familiars. |
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The Classic Dylan Staples
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The AI in this game is so fucking retarded.
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I am the cheese
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Love this so far
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The Classic Dylan Staples
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A lot of Peruvian influence in this game, weird
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Grim Fandango
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Perdida?
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The Classic Dylan Staples
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That's part of it. There are a lot of cultures like that all around the Andes, not only in Peru but in Bolivia, Chile, etc. The whole continent of Nazcaa, though, was obviously a reflection of the Nazca desert, complete with all of those glyphs of animals and faces and stuff.
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The Classic Dylan Staples
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weird game
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3 Dicks Out For Trips
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Weird yet awesome. This game is Kronik Doofus 22.+ approved
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the low Art Gloominati
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It' 4.99 on PSN til noon pacific but it eats up 40GB. I like the demo to buy it on disc for 12-20 bucks.
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The Classic Dylan Staples
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Poit still hasn't beaten this game,,,
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the low Art Gloominati
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I bought it on disc for 17 dollars.
and the day after I got a 3DS for 70 bucks used, now I want a 3DS XL. Damn cheap impulse buy. |
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