bugsonglass said:

gamingeek said:

bugsonglass said:

Astro Boy - Omega Factor is a great GBA game but it does have incredible slowdown too.  at one point i remember it was being sold very cheaply on websites like play.com etc but it's probably very scarce now.  (gunstar super heroes as well)

Oborumuramasa is looking awesome and i can't wait for it.

Steel, like GG said, I would do some research about who you should be leveling up the most in fire emblem.  I played the GBA one and I (thought I) was awesome, didn't lose a single character in battle, recruited many etc etc only to go to the final battle (some 30 hours or more into the game) and realise that I had no chance to beat it because I had been depending on/leveling up the wrong guys, and the units i needed for the final battle (ie the 3 lord units) were just weak and useless.

You talking about the first gba game where you HAD to use Hector Lynn and the other guy right? Thankfully Path of Radiance isn't like that. The final battle you use Ike obviously but anything else goes really. The only thing you really have to worry about is levelling Ike up for the battle with the black knight but you can just retreat and go onto the next mission. The only difference is you either pick up one new character over the other.

Yes that was the GBA one, Hector, Lynn and that red haired guy.  I had got to that stage by pounding everything with Markus and Saine who were practically tanks by then only to discover that they were of no use in the final battle.

OMG THat happened to me too! My Hector was fucking LAME by he time I reached the final boss. I guess having Marcus kick EVERYONE's asses each battle wasn't exactly the right choice.

steelattack said:

bugsonglass said:

gamingeek said:

bugsonglass said:

Astro Boy - Omega Factor is a great GBA game but it does have incredible slowdown too.  at one point i remember it was being sold very cheaply on websites like play.com etc but it's probably very scarce now.  (gunstar super heroes as well)

Oborumuramasa is looking awesome and i can't wait for it.

Steel, like GG said, I would do some research about who you should be leveling up the most in fire emblem.  I played the GBA one and I (thought I) was awesome, didn't lose a single character in battle, recruited many etc etc only to go to the final battle (some 30 hours or more into the game) and realise that I had no chance to beat it because I had been depending on/leveling up the wrong guys, and the units i needed for the final battle (ie the 3 lord units) were just weak and useless.

You talking about the first gba game where you HAD to use Hector Lynn and the other guy right? Thankfully Path of Radiance isn't like that. The final battle you use Ike obviously but anything else goes really. The only thing you really have to worry about is levelling Ike up for the battle with the black knight but you can just retreat and go onto the next mission. The only difference is you either pick up one new character over the other.

Yes that was the GBA one, Hector, Lynn and that red haired guy.  I had got to that stage by pounding everything with Markus and Saine who were practically tanks by then only to discover that they were of no use in the final battle.

OMG THat happened to me too! My Hector was fucking LAME by he time I reached the final boss. I guess having Marcus kick EVERYONE's asses each battle wasn't exactly the right choice.

I had everyone pretty evenly powered, so when it came to the end everyone was equally useless.

iga_bobovic said:

A new one, this one is somewhat an inside joke.

yodariquo said:

I had everyone pretty evenly powered, so when it came to the end everyone was equally useless.

Yoda! I'm starting Baten Kaitos as well. You have any advice?

I have been playing a ton of Little Big Planet. Oh thats right I rented Wario Land, I need to play that (first impressions were not so good, but I have to play a lot more to have a decent opinion). Podcast sounds fun.

Just picked up BWii on an impulse cheapo buy, thanks to Edgecrusher.

This better be good.

dvader said:

I have been playing a ton of Little Big Planet. Oh thats right I rented Wario Land, I need to play that (first impressions were not so good, but I have to play a lot more to have a decent opinion). Podcast sounds fun.

Morning from Melbourne all. Here's to a good news week.

I've decided that despite everyone raving about the Beta, I will not be downloading it. It's too much of a hassle to look for a key and create a US/UK account (though I've been waiting for an excuse to get all the US demos), and it also doesn't help that I have a shitload of work that needs to get done. That, and the beta ends in less than a week. Though I'll eventually pick up the full game.

I'm all aboard for the podcast idea. I might not necessarily be involved with it, but I can help get it off the ground if need be.

Finally, Nintendo can go fuck off with the DSi. The thing that finally pushed me over the edge? They're region-locking the software. FUCK YOU NINTENDO.

iga_bobovic said:

darthhomer said:

dvader said:

I have been playing a ton of Little Big Planet. Oh thats right I rented Wario Land, I need to play that (first impressions were not so good, but I have to play a lot more to have a decent opinion). Podcast sounds fun.

Morning from Melbourne all. Here's to a good news week.

I've decided that despite everyone raving about the Beta, I will not be downloading it. It's too much of a hassle to look for a key and create a US/UK account (though I've been waiting for an excuse to get all the US demos), and it also doesn't help that I have a shitload of work that needs to get done. That, and the beta ends in less than a week. Though I'll eventually pick up the full game.

I'm all aboard for the podcast idea. I might not necessarily be involved with it, but I can help get it off the ground if need be.

Finally, Nintendo can go fuck off with the DSi. The thing that finally pushed me over the edge? They're region-locking the software. FUCK YOU NINTENDO.

Why would you buy a DSi? You have a DSlite already right? There is no point in buying it, the DSi is for a new market! Plus no GBA port means that you will not have FURY, finkrat!

P.S. Sydney > Melbourne

THAT IS FUCKING BLASPHEMY IGA. DON'T BELEIVE A GODDAMNED WORD ANYONE FROM SYDNEY TELLS YOU ABOUT MELBOURNE.

To e honest, I was interested because of some of the possibilities on offer. But hey, I'll be getting a new Mario & Luigi game, so that's good enough. And a new WarioWare!

darthhomer said:

punk rebel ecks said:

darthhomer said:

Been playin' Fallout. Good game.

And yes Punk - you NEED to find a copy of Astro Boy.

I played Fallout 2 and it was awesome but eventually I got to a dead end and didn't want to keep grinding. Buy "The Witcher" it is essentially a 3D Fallout only more fleshed out and no world map travel (so far).

I need to, I really need to.

Which version of the Witcher are you playing anyway?

I think I'm playing the Uncensored Enhanced Edition.

iga_bobovic said:

Muramasa new pics

eyegasm

I don't know what is more amazin.g The games graphics or how GAF is literally retarded when talking about Odin Sphere.

darthhomer said:

Both.

"Odin Sphere had horrible gameplay because the combat sucked!"

"Odin Sphere was VERY repetitive!"

"Odin Sphere is VERY Shallow!"

"Odin Sphere was horrible here's hoping that this game plays more like Megaman X!"

"I hated the part at the end were the game doesn't tell you what order to beat the bosses!"

Good fucking God these comments make me want to fucking kill somebody. No combat wasn't even remotely the focus of the game, developing strategy's was since the game was a TACTICAL ACTION RPG not your standard Tales of ... button mashing circle jerk fest. No the game isn't repetitive as every time you play a new character the game plays very differently (think of it like when you play single player campaign in a class type RTS like Starcraft). No the game isn't shallow it is actually the deepest action RPG around. No the game is nothing like Megaman. No the game specifically tells you (hell it interupts and bring up a screen) to read all the books that you have gathered and they will practically tell you in which order you fight in.

Sorry for freaking out but God this is pissing me off. I mean this is why game forumlas never change and new ones are extremely rarely introduced. The only time a formula catches on is when a HUGE game changes a formula, case in point Resident Evil 4 in which people bitched about because they said it was an action game. What the fuck? That game was just as actually possibly even more "survival-horror" then the previous ones were, I don't know how they were playing it to get that it was an "action-game" (though this is referring to a good degree of the gaming community). And didn't GAF shit on Contact and Super Paper Mario as well? Yet these games that bring upon new formulas get ignored yet Warioland Shake It a game from my understanding from watching videos and reading your guys comments that does NOTHING new to the platforming genre and in many ways goes backwards for the Warioland series gets praised to no end and is "where 2D should go"? Yeah that's a good idea just take the old games put less soul and concentration on the gameplay and put in top notch graphics, that's the way to go.

Now I know way there are over 3,600 users logged onto the site yet only 200 or so of them are actually posting.

(Sorry for sounding so harsh but seriously)

I have played more Wario Land and yeah its damn good game. It started slow but then the variety in levels kick in and the platforming starts to get really good. Almost every level throws in a new kink to the gameplay, like one stage introduces a ball you get to bounce around to hit switches, one stage has bars you swing on, one stage is underwater in a submarine and its more like a shooting game. So it keeps you on your toes. Every level has a bunch of hidden crap and side goals which are difficult so even though the game could be finished in what I estimate to be 6 hours, there is a ton of stuff to look for.

So good stuff, not sure I recommend a buy but a rental for sure.