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  1. Posted

    Why wasn't 7&8 included? That's really annoying. Here's hoping for dlc in the future.

    Also, there are two things that might entice people: there are challenges that are pretty fun. The ones I played revolved around doing sections/bosses on a time limit.

    Also, there are kinda save states. However it is kinda cumbersome, and not as smooth as the wiiu's save state system. I tried to use it at opportune moments, instead of relying on it. Like the disappearing block bit in the first one. Or getting to the yellow devil. It made my play through more pleasurable, but maybe the feeling of victory is slightly dampened? Still, fuck the yellow devil. That guys real hard.

    Oh, there's also an auto fire button, which makes things easier.

  2. Posted

    Feel free to post detailed impressions as a first timer. I'm curious to see what the experience looks like for a new player today.

     

    Sure thing! Here goes:

     

    Straight away the difference between the first and the second is subtle, but noticable. Two screens of weapons, the addition of the E-Tank and the graphical change between the two main pickups made it a lot cleaner visually, as well as making it easier to read.

     

    Control-wise, it's much the same. It's still as tight as the last one, and just as satisfying.

     

    The music is also a lot better. Dr. Wily's theme is outstanding. I could listen to that forever.

     

    The level design for the main 'men' are by-and-large outstanding. The Heat Man stage was probably my favourite. The invisible blocks were a work of genius. The timing being so perfect, and then the way it slowly weens you from the safe ground, to the less safe fire, to the cavernous ravine was superb. Air man was probably my least favourite. the giant faces were kinda lame, and were a butt to get through.

     

    Going into this, I already knew some stuff about the game, like Air man being weak to wood-man, and that I had to defeat heat-man to defeat wood-man,

    , so I already had a kinda level strat worked out in my head. I also knew from some preview video that I watched that bubble man was generally considered the  first port of call. After that, things got a bit confusing, and I kind fluffed my way through the rest of the man stages.

     

    Then the Dr. Wily stages were a mixture of frustration and excellence. The Dragon was fantastic, the box enemies were frustrating until I learnt their pattern, the weird puzzle sensor things was just a pain and required perfect inventory management, as it seemed that only crash both were the only weapon that worked on the enemy and the blocks. Finally Dr. Wily was kinda easy.

     

     The last boss was a riot. From a confused 'what the fuck does kill him' to an 'ohhh this weapon' and then the goofy pay-off was amazing. It's so confusing as to why they keep on letting Dr. Wily live, but I guess that's old games for you?

     

    Finally, some of the weapons were really pointless. Maybe it was a matter of two many that I got confused, but the Freeze weapon was pointless, I never used it, and never worked out why it's useful. Also the 3rd platform thing I couldn't get when it'd be useful. By and large, I used the wood weapon, the normal beam and occasionally the bubble weapon. Everything else was just used when it was neccessary.

     

    Still, it's definitley better than the first one.

  3. Posted

    The Mega Man Legacy collection came out last week, and I've been slowly burning through all 6 Mega Man games in the collection.

     

    I've never really played a mega man game before, so this is a real joy to play. What's even more surprising is how insanely playable it still is, as well as really tight with the controls.

     

    What's great also is how well it's emulated. Everything from the slowdown to sprite-flickering is emulated on this, which gives it a really great nostalgic feeling, and is bizarrely enjoyable. 

     

    I've just finished MM2, and the last boss was the most insane, goofy ending. I can't wait to delve into the 3rd one.

     

    So who's got this game? let's exchange strats, passwords and E-Tanks.

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    All in all, I enjoyed this show and if you trim away some of the fat, it has a really good core. I'll be moving on to Clannad After Story next and am hopeful that they keep the focus on the things that worked for me and have zero coma ghosts.

     

    Yes! The Tomoyo episode is a fucking heart-breaker. That and I liked her the most made her episode a real tear-jerker. God just reading your synopsis made me well up a bit. God damned that episode is excellent. Who cares if it's a tad cliche, as long as it's told well right?

     

    I haven't gotten through all of after story, but I think? It resolves some things more resolutely. Also you see more of Nagisa's parents, which is a constant source of delight for me.

    I have just finished watching two seasons of working!!! and are now a good way into the third, & I may to my surprise have very much have enjoyed the journey despite the utter lack of plot development in the first two seasons(which had been made up for by a third season which seems to be rapidly trying to tie up all the plot threads in a rapid succession)

    I think this may be the case of it being exactly the sort of anime that i needed at this time I my life, a light hearted, busy, junk food anime that i could digest with very few functioning brain cells when i have been mentally exhausted

     

    Yeah, working is fantastic. I'm loving every episode in season 3. I also feel so sorry for popula. She's kinda thrown by the wayside so far.

     

    Also, for junk food anime, I wholeheartedly recommend Himouto Umaru-chan! It's the kinda cute comedy anime fluff that's so enjoyable to watch, and I seem to just want to eat up. It's really similar to Denki-gai, I think. Here is an adorable gif of the show to make you interested:

     

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  7. Posted

    Oh what that's how you get special monsters? Well that's my second run ruined. :(

     

    I'd say that an electronically produced image makes it a video game. A cover system would make it a good video game.

     

    Now I'm thinking of a parody game call Chess of Duty, where you have to hide behind cover after every turn, and reload your hand to move. When a pawn gets to the end of the board, it turns prestige and can call in an attack copter to blow away other pawns.

  9. Posted

    A PS3 is £50 on eBay. Demon's Souls is £10, dragons dogma is £2 and uncharted 2 is £1 (!!!) vanquish is £5.

    I'm seriously considering buying a PS3 again since the price is so good. Are there any other gems I could get too? The only one in that list I've played is DeS but I'd like to play it again.

     

    I'm totally late to this party, but Persona 3:FES is on the PS3 PSN store for £8, and it's a fantastic game if you've never played it. And also a damn sight cheaper than the £50 you have to pay for a ps2 copy.

  10. Posted

    The final boss fight is glorious. The first time I got to it I laughed the whole way through, because it's so silly. I like when Liquid gives Snake a kiss on the cheek (which is something that can happen in that fight).

     

    How did you feel about the epilogue?

     

    ... where Big Boss shows up for some reason and gives a powerpoint presentation in the graveyard? And Zero pisses himself in a wheelchair? And then Big Boss kills a 105-year old man in a vegetative state. Harumph.

    As grim as it would have been, it should have ended with Snake blowing his brains out to stop spreading the mutated FOXDIE that was in him.

     

    Ultimately, MGS4 is uneven, but it's still a very good game. I'd agree with you though: 3, 1, 4, 2.

     

    Yeah, the big boss was a really nice suprise. That genuinely made me excited. Also that his voice actor is different from 3, and is much, much better. it's still baffling as to why people were upset Hayter isn't going to be BB in V. That powerpoint presentation was also a bit of a confusing mess, but something that I assume will be cleared up in V.

     

    I did think it was mean for BB to kill zero like that, but it shows something about his character.

     

    And yeah, snake should have killed himself. It would have made the ending so much better having a tinge of sadness. I guess hideo couldn't give him a sad ending. I suppose this meant that there is a possibility for a 6, if things hadn't gone down the way they did (although there still is, I guess)

     

    Actually, I'd revise what I said and say 3, 1, 2, 4, because 2 doesn't work unless you've played 1.

     

    If anything, that makes 2 worse, even more so for it to be so convoluted. I realise 4 is in the same boat, but 4 makes a lot of effort to tie everything up.

     

    Also, the thing I love about 4 is otacon. He's such an adorable nerd, that you can't help but love him. All the best bits were with Otacon. Like when snake finds out he stole the octocamo blueprints. That was the best.

  11. Posted

    Oh. Is that all? I thought there was going to be more to it. Like it's genetically altered goat DNA or something.

     

    Anyways, update: I finished MGS4 last night. That was a blast! I loved the last boss fight, how it transitioned between all the MGS's was a real delight. It also reminded me how awful the MGS2 fight was.

     

    Ultimately I really liked 4. The story was real good at wrapping everything up, almost like it was all kinda planned. My only gripe was that I probably wasn't actually playing the game much. I realise now why people call it a cut scene emulator, because by jove it really is. Not that that's a bad thing, I think, because the plot is interesting and suitably nuts.

     

    I was talking to a friend about it, and he wanted to know the order of favourites, so here goes: 3,1,4,2.

     

    I like 2, but it controlls like balls, and the story is so overbearingly confusing.

  12. Posted

    I'm kinda with twig on Madoka. I enjoyed it, but found it quite empty? idk.

     

    Also I'm sorry for being a butt and not commenting on all you guys watching school-live. I shall do so when I can! T_T

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    Which irritating house fight? Do you mean with Laughing Octopus? What didn't you like about it?

     

    Not octopus, the fight after you first meet Meryl in the first act. Laughing Octopus was an awesome fight. I have tranq'd all the bosses so far, thanks to the super useful shotgun ammo, which really makes no sense.

     

    The 'Beauty' part of the fights are always really weird and feel kinda pointless? They just slowly walk towards you. What happens if you let them grab you?

     

    Also the way Drebin described them as 'sexy babes with war-torn pasts' or something like that made me cringe a bit. I do really like the boss designs though.

     

    Also also, why do gekkos make mooing noises? What's with them.

  15. Posted

    So last night I finished act 3 in MGS4. Wow this game is a real mixed bag of stuff. After pushing through that irritating house fight, things really picked up. The stand up moments for me so far have both been in act 2 and 3. 3 was amazing, as tailing a guy through the city was a joy. knocking out guards before he realised also gave me insane satisfaction. What a stupid guy for not noticing eh? Although I did tranq him on sight when he changed into a guard. It was only after he woke up I realised what an idiot I was.

     

    Also oh boy does the story ramp up in the third act. Everyone is back, ready to dollop out some big juicy plot nuggets before leaving again.

     

    As a random aside, it felt like after the fury fight, there should have been some sewer sneaking fun before meeting ocelot. I guess they didn't have time to put it in? It's very rare for an MGS game to transition places in a cut scene (unless snake is on a vehicle)

     

    Also at the beginning of 2, freeing the resistance fighters from the 2 guards pointing guns at them and they then causing a ruckus to which you could sneak through was extremely satisfying. Also in the same act, hiding in the oil barrel to let a patrol pass me unnoticed was super satisfying. Before I started playing the series, the whole box thing was always sold to me as a big ongoing joke. That it actually works is always something I find really enjoyable.

  18. Posted

    The combination of heartfelt Iwata posts and goofy 'smoke weed every day' posts is hilarious. What a wonderfully weird thing the miiverse is.

     

    Also, for all of you lucky people in the EU, Xenoblade Chronicles is out on the WiiU VC. There is literally no reason not to play and experience this fantastic JRPG now. You can even play with the gamepad. 

  19. Posted

    Oh boy I'm totally up for watching some Gundam. My knowledge for the whole universe is purely cultural, and not at all because I've watched it, and I've always wanted to watch some gundam. Spotlight anime ey-oh! (I'm the worst. Excuse me)

  22. Posted

    The main thing that annoyed me was the inconsistencies with Fry and Leela's relationship. It was so off and on, depending on the writer's mood. I really loved the ending of season 4, and it just felt like they were too scared to progress their relationship. I'd love to be corrected on this, as I kinda stopped half way through season 5.

  24. Posted

    Sorrow fight spoiler:

    Every person you kill comes back as a ghost, and zombie-like shuffles towards you as you walk down the river, sapping health when they touch you. Each death is also relative to the story too, which is bookmarked by bosses. It's a pretty cool fight, but when you have 100+ kills by then, it takes a long time to walk through them all. Especially when you didn't know that you could die at any time, not just at the end. :/

     

     

    Holy shit how did you kill 273 people?! Are there even that many in the game before The Sorrow? Did you keep getting alerts and killing all of the newly spawned troops?

     

    Yeah pretty much. I had a reckless no-restart run, where I would accept my failings and tried to roll with it. This did end up with me mounting multiple AA guns and shooting everything till it stopped. Which was fun. I think. I must have gotten like 100+ kills by the time I got to the sorrow.

  25. Posted

    Ok. I just saw it.

     

    !!!!!!

     

     

    Yes! I hope you liked it. ;3

     

    did you see it coming? Sadly it was ruined for me before I watched the episode! I've yet to watch the second episode yet, but it'll be interesting to know where it'll go. I have it on good authority that it really goes to crazy places.