ITT, we talk about recent game purchases

[Chromer]

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I would buy a copy of the Street Fighter Anniversary Collection for PS2, but apparently no stores have any new copies of them anymore. =(

Ha! I play SF3S on it all the time.

Anyways, I bought Rumble Roses and Max Payne 2 recently. Max Payne 2 just oozes bad-assness but I had to get used to the ****ty controls and what not. Its a chore just walking from one room to another. =\

Also, RR is not the greatest game of all time either. I mean, I knew the game is about watching hot pixelated women beat the hell out of each other, but the wretsling system is just a letdown. Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 this game is not. The system has the bare minimums of branching from submission to grapple attacks and the dialogue is rofl-worthy. Now don't get me wrong, some of the voice actresses do a spot on take of the character but the actress who plays the Black girl in the game, sounds like a jive-turkey talkin mama from the 70s.

Ooook....


Anyways, the game also kinda sucks because the story mode plays like a freaking STREET FIGHTER GAME. It would've been nice to have a menu where you can boosts stats and check out your progress between matches but as soon as you beat one girl...ZIP! The game boosts you off to another girl with no chance to come back. I found this out the hard way when I beat the girl before the final girl, Devil Rose. I put the controller down because I thought it would go to a menu or something to get a soda. I come back and I'm at the main screen of the game. Apparently like in SF, if you lose, you have 10 seconds to continue.

Oh boy.


To end this, I was kind of dissapointed by RR but I am suprised at how much more awesome Max Payne 2 is. Now time to go get Bully. =)

[Tibs]

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The last game I bought was like, Guitar Hero. :/

[sjoecool1991]

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Just bought Guild Wars, pretty awesome game.

[eviloyster]

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Pre-ordered Gyakuten Saiban 2.

Ordered Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan.

Both look awesome.

Both, I cannot wait for.

[Laharl]

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You might have to explain a bit about those. I don't think the majority of people here even know what those are.

[Varia]

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I got Ever 17, FF: Tactics, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time and Legend of Mana 2 (forgot title)

All in Japanese o:

[Laharl]

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I got Ever 17, FF: Tactics, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time and Legend of Mana 2 (forgot title)

All in Japanese o:

You should track down Star Ocean: The Second Story if you want a real game. Till the End of Time was godawful in comparison.

[Moogy]

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You might have to explain a bit about those. I don't think the majority of people here even know what those are.

Gyakuten Saiban = Phoenix Wright
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! = Elite Beat Agents

I got Ever 17, FF: Tactics, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time and Legend of Mana 2 (forgot title)

All in Japanese o:

Good job winning at life. Hard. Please enjoy Ever17. SO3 is great too.

Do you mean Children of Mana, the new DS title? Legend of Mana isn't even a main Mana game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiken_Densetsu

You should track down Star Ocean: The Second Story if you want a real game. Till the End of Time was godawful in comparison.

I'm not going to say SO3 is better than SO2, but I'll say this: SO3 destroys SO2 in these areas: graphics (duh), music (Sakuraba really shines with full streaming audio, not PSX instrumentation), and the battle system (hell yes).

SO2 has much better non-battle systems (IC is TOTALLY broken in SO3) and much, much better characters (not that it really matters in an SO game, since the story sucks anyway). It's also a little longer.

[Varia]

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Yeah, my bad, it's just Legend of Mana. I wanted to get disgaea but $$$$$$

[Laharl]

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I'm not going to say SO3 is better than SO2, but I'll say this: SO3 destroys SO2 in these areas: graphics (duh), music (Sakuraba really shines with full streaming audio, not PSX instrumentation), and the battle system (hell yes).

SO2 has much better non-battle systems (IC is TOTALLY broken in SO3) and much, much better characters (not that it really matters in an SO game, since the story sucks anyway). It's also a little longer.

*boggle*

Better battle system? Star Ocean 3 lacks what made Star Ocean 2 great, and that is how hectic and chaotic battles were. It was FUN. Star Ocean 3's battle system is the reason why I don't like it. The fact killer moves take HP to do killed the game for me.

And while the story isn't exactly stellar in either, SO2 really did have the better storyline.

[Moogy]

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Spamming Air Raid, Energy Burst, and Max Shockwave is some of the most fun I've ever had. Playing SO3 is all about the postgame, really - you're not playing the game until you're doing ridiculous amounts of damage with the best skills in the game, locking down every enemy stupid enough to wander into your path!

SO2's ownage is good too. Just put Rena on heal, have Claude spam Mirror Slice (or just mash X with the Eternal Sphere equipped), and you're basically good. Throw in Chisato for Tear Gas and Dias or Ashton for additional melee ownage and you've beaten everything.

SO3 wins, though, because of the massive, absurd amounts of damage you can do later on. Ethereal Blast? Hell yes. Chained Energy Bursts spammed from across the battlefield? HELL YES.

[Laharl]

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To be honest, I never got far enough in the game for that sort of thing.

If a game doesn't hold my interest in the beginning, I honestly don't care if it picks up later on. Just like with Wind Waker. I hated the stupid sailing. Friends tell me that I'm missing out, and I tell them that I shouldn't have to druge through hours of unplayable, boring **** at the very beginning of a game to finally get to the good stuff.

[TS_SonicMaster]

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Games I've bought Since I got my gamecube
Tales of Symphonia: July 2006
Ultimate Spiderman: June 2006
Shadow the Hedgehog: November 2005
Metroid Prime 2: December 2004 ..I think
Animal Crossing:I don't Remember
Kirby Air Ride: same as above
Super Mario Sunshine: same
StarFox Adventures: same
Metroid Prime: When it came out.
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle: When it came out.
Super Smash Bros Melee: When it came out

[Moogy]

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To be honest, I never got far enough in the game for that sort of thing.

If a game doesn't hold my interest in the beginning, I honestly don't care if it picks up later on. Just like with Wind Waker. I hated the stupid sailing. Friends tell me that I'm missing out, and I tell them that I shouldn't have to druge through hours of unplayable, boring **** at the very beginning of a game to finally get to the good stuff.

Ah yes, SO3 probably has the slowest beginning of any game ever. The first 5 hours or so are total BS. I can see where you're coming from.

Wind Waker sucked, yeah.

[Squeek]

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I enjoyed Wind Waker =(

Then again, I've enjoyed pretty much every Zelda game except the original Game Boy title "Link's Awakening" and the second NES title "The Adventures of Link".