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Nov. 24, 2009
  • Finally typing out all your feelings on a game that got mixed reviews is a lot of fun! After doing some nit-picking it feels like a huge weight lifted off my back, and now I don't think I'll have to go back to that game ever again. For the longest time I was trying to figure out why I liked it and why, for some reason, I just didn't feel ...
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  • The new combat is fun, but doesn't hold up for 60+ hours:  Final Fantasy makes the jump to Real-time battles in this installment. I was skeptical at first about a change in the traditional combat system that made the series for 10 games, but once you give it a chance it can really suck you in. If you disliked the turn-based combat of the previous games this should be a very nice breath of fresh air. Unfortunately Square Enix didn't really test ...
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  • Darkstar614 replied to the topic changing members of a party in the Dragon Age: Origins board.
    In most towns, you can just hit the button at the top that says "Change Party" next to Options, and Tactics. You don't have to go back to camp.
    6 hours, 19 minutes ago
  • Darkstar614 replied to the topic Rocket "louncher"?
    why did I think this topic had something to do with Blood on the Sand?
    7 hours, 44 minutes ago
Nov. 23, 2009
  • Darkstar614 replied to the topic Your favourite TV Series
    I know you said to explain why about each show, but a lot of others didn't so.. and I don't really think it's necessary. If you don't like whatever show someone lists you probably know what the show is about already. LOST The Office House Family Guy tosh.0 South Park  I don't necessarily hate a lot of shows, it's just hard to juggle them all at once. I'm probably not watching ...
    1 day, 4 hours ago
  • Yeah this would be pretty cool. Though I'm in agreement that any new content/feature would be nice at this point. The weekly content for the site is now surprisingly low, compared to what it was.
    1 day, 7 hours ago
  • Darkstar614 commented on the achievement FRIED PIPER
    I just did this with 1 other friend, though it seems totally reasonable to do it alone. Just requires a few resets, and some slight finesse with Melee'ing (alternate fire) Goto the Barns stage on Dark Carnival Set difficulty to expert Kill all the bots Set difficulty to EasyRun out of the safe room and make an immediate left (try to melee the zombies that are just starting to attack you ...
    1 day, 7 hours ago
  • Darkstar614 replied to the topic I'm convinced in the Left 4 Dead 2 board.
    If it's the part I'm thinking of, when you first come out to the area with that Whack-a-Mole game, look to your right over the railing and you'll see the safe room door, throw the gnome over the railing as far as you can, that way when you're running down that section you won't have to worry about the gnome until the very end.   EDIT: Double-checked, replace Bushes with Fence/railing.
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  • I always felt the same away about forced software installs for players like zune and ipod. But after using the Zune for a little bit I have no problems with the software or the player in general. "Drag and Drop" and "Folders" is starting to become a thing of the past in place of just auto-sorting via Zune/ipod. It really made me appreciate the way you can just sort through ...
    1 day, 9 hours ago
  • Yeah same, been playing L4D2 for PC, if that's what is causing it.
    1 day, 14 hours ago
Nov. 22, 2009
Added by Darkstar614 on Nov. 24, 2009

Finally typing out all your feelings on a game that got mixed reviews is a lot of fun! After doing some nit-picking it feels like a huge weight lifted off my back, and now I don't think I'll have to go back to that game ever again. For the longest time I was trying to figure out why I liked it and why, for some reason, I just didn't feel like playing it each day. But now I think I can always come back a year from now and just read what I wrote again, and I'll remember all about it, and why I shouldn't play it again.
 
Don't get me wrong, it's not a terrible game. It's just not for me, I totally understand why it can be a good game. It's just got some things I dislike. You can read the review to check it out if you want:
 
 http://www.giantbomb.com/final-fantasy-xii/61-11497/user_reviews/?review=11680


Added by Darkstar614 on Oct. 23, 2009

I finally stumbled across an unreleased track that was in Xenosaga episode 2, for whatever reason wasn't on the OST. And its making me want to play that game again.
E. S. Battle
 
But there's just one problem:
 
The combat in that game is: AHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.
 
You have(key word) to spend at least half a dozen turns charging up "Stock" in order to execute multiple attacks in one single turn. You have to do this because you only do any kind of real damage when the enemy's defense is broken. Which you do by attacking in very specific combo which sometimes requires more than one turn to do. So you finally break them, and hopefully you have enough Stock on your other characters to do some damage before the enemy's turn, which by then they recover from that Break.
 
So yeah... sit there basically "passing" your turn and healing through all the abuse you have to take from enemies while this happens. Not fun...
 
 
But part of me wants to play it again, probably because I'm a masochist.


Darkstar614's Reviews
The new combat is fun, but doesn't hold up for 60+ hours (PS2)
 Final Fantasy makes the jump to Real-time battles in this installment. I was skeptical at first about a change in the traditional combat system that made the series for 10 games, but once you give it a chance it can really suck you in. If you disliked the turn-based combat ...
Reviewed by Darkstar614 on Nov. 24, 2009
Only 3.5 Stars, And the Best RPG I've ever played? (PS1)
You might be asking: "Are you insane? How can your favorite RPG not have a 5 star rating?" The answer to that question isn't a simple one. There are certain parts of Xenogears that are beyond anything I've seen (and still haven't) in a video game. But then there are ...
Reviewed by Darkstar614 on Oct. 20, 2009


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Blind purchased King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame. It looks like my kinda surprise release despite the goofy name.
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I'm told by @waybright that Far Cry is now available on Netflix streaming. Regardless of what I might've said in TANG, do not watch Far Cry!
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Sitting in the office while Ryan plays Braid. Feels like he just rewound time all the way back to 2008.
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