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Blog: Chrono Trigger and inFamous 2

Owning a PS3 and a Vita with Playstation Plus is both a blessing and a curse. On the plus side, I get access to tons of great games for free but because of that, it's hard to focus on just one game. I like playing games to completion, and getting new games every month decreases the chances of that happening. Despite this, I've decided to focus on two games to try to beat: Chrono Trigger and inFamous 2.

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My favorite thing about playing Chrono Trigger on my Vita is that when you boot it up, it shows you the PSP heath warning screen, and then it shows you the Playstation One logo, for a game that originally came out on the SNES. BWWWRR

Chrono Trigger is pretty awesome. I'm seven hours in, and I can see why people call it the best video game of all time. The combat is satisfying, the story is interesting, and the music...just amazing. But regardless of how much I enjoy it, I feel really stupid playing it. Maybe this is just me being spoiled by modern game design, but in my experience with the game, it's been very easy to get lost. While the game hasn't been especially hard at all, I find myself taking a peek at a FAQ just to point me in the right direction, because the game isn't real clear on what you need to do when you finish a task. But is that just me? Or is that the entire point of the game in the first place? Regardless, I'm having a lot of fun with it, and I can't wait to see what's in store for my characters, whom I have named Raz, Chie, and Pizza, respectively (I kept Frog and Robo's default names because I couldn't think of anything else.)

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I originally wanted to finish all of the Sly Cooper games before moving on to inFamous 2, but the temptation got the best of me. However, I'm glad I'm playing it. I haven't played the first inFamous since it came out, and inFamous 2 reminded me of everything that a liked about the first one, at the same improving upon a lot of things that was wrong with the first. Scaling buildings and shooting guys is so much fun, and I find myself just exploring the city most of the time. The story seems fine for far, it definitely hits what it's going for in terms of the comic book tone, but I don't really play it for that. This is the first time in a while that I can't stop playing a game for the game part of it, and the story itself kinda takes shotgun. I needed a break from playing 70 hour games with amazing stories and the inability to jump around like an insane person, I guess. Also, I'm playing as a good guy. While some of the evil actions are funny (like killing street performers), a lot of them seem like the dick option just for the sake of being a dick. I like helping the citizens, so I'm gonna stick to that.

Besides those two games, I've also been playing Wipeout 2048 and Lumines when I have some down time and don't feel like playing those other games. Those games are very fun when you need to kill time, and also very relaxing as well.

That's about it for now, thanks for reading. I'll be back with another update when I play some more games! In the meantime, I'll be updating Twitter and stuff.

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the game isn't real clear on what you need to do when you finish a task.

Given that Ryan and Patrick completed the Endurance Run of this game, I have to question this statement. However, I still have to give it thought, considering the same duo got lost in a part of the game they'd already completed.

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@metalgearsunny said:

the game isn't real clear on what you need to do when you finish a task.

Given that Ryan and Patrick completed the Endurance Run of this game, I have to question this statement. However, I still have to give it thought, considering the same duo got lost in a part of the game they'd already completed.

It can be a little confusing at times.

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Given that Ryan and Patrick completed the Endurance Run of this game, I have to question this statement.

That can't be right. Ryan and Patrick never actually did a Chrono Trigger Endurance Run.

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@video_game_king: Of course it's denial and i can't make a better joke for that endurance run. It was painful to watch. Up to where i stopped anyway.

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@pr1mus:

It didn't get any better.

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@video_game_king said:

@metalgearsunny said:

the game isn't real clear on what you need to do when you finish a task.

Given that Ryan and Patrick completed the Endurance Run of this game, I have to question this statement. However, I still have to give it thought, considering the same duo got lost in a part of the game they'd already completed.

It can be a little confusing at times.

As much as I loved Chrono Trigger, I have to agree here. You don't need a guide to beat it, but I wouldn't fault you for using one occasionally. I think the designers just meant for you to explore and talk to people occasionally and that sometimes goes awry.

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@metalgearsunny said:

@video_game_king said:

@metalgearsunny said:

the game isn't real clear on what you need to do when you finish a task.

Given that Ryan and Patrick completed the Endurance Run of this game, I have to question this statement. However, I still have to give it thought, considering the same duo got lost in a part of the game they'd already completed.

It can be a little confusing at times.

I think the designers just meant for you to explore and talk to people occasionally and that sometimes goes awry.

That's the feeling that I got from it, too.

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@video_game_king: Of course it's denial and i can't make a better joke for that endurance run. It was painful to watch. Up to where i stopped anyway.

Yeah...that wasn't very fun.

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inFAMOUS 2 is such a fantastic game -- game being the key word. It plays so effortlessly and the melee was a significant improvement from the original, even if it was a bit button mashy. Like the original, I literally spent like the first 3-4 hours simply travelling around collecting stuff the traversal and platforming elements are so fun. Sucker Punch deserve the utmost praise for actually turning Zeke into a much more likeable character at that. It was my #2 game for 2011 and I still stand by it!

I agree about the evil stuff, though. They never necessarily give much plausible motivation to Cole's potentially dickish nature, so it's like 'be evil for the sake of being evil' I guess. The evil ending is still pretty good, though, and while you're probably going to anyway, I would advise you all the same to play through it again from the evil side of things.

The other problem I had with inFAMOUS 2 would be the significant decrease of motion-comics. That's obviously because they now had the ability to stage some mo-capped cutscenes, but even still, it helped set the style in the original and it was a little disappointing to find how sparse they were in inFAMOUS 2. But otherwise, I loved it.