GasBandit
Staff member
The one really noticeable thing I wish they'd done is use hex-based maps instead of squares.
A playthrough of the campaign won't cost you a single dime. The story will always be the same every time you pay through. That's one of the reasons once you finish the main campaign with one of the characters, it simply unlocks all the dungeons as daily missions so you can grind that way if you want, or you can go do the story on a harder level, or you can do survival waves. Or, you can just uninstall the game and never play it again if you don't want to.
I do have to say that it's pretty obvious that the developers are in love with the source material. The game goes to the Morlock's underground, Madripoor, Hell's Kitchen, Latveria, Savage Land. The story is your generic Dr. Doom has a plan to use the cosmic cube to snag ultimate power kind of deal, but there are a lot of little nods and touches to the Marvel universe that tickled my fancy enough to stick with it.
Best thing so far in the game:
Characters have recorded dialogue for out of mana and such. Cable's inventory full dialogue: "Even I don't have that many pouches."
THAT'S the game I was thinking of when you posted that video. I couldn't remember the name of the game, but it seemed familiar.
Pretty much just FF14 lately. It's a lot of fun and the horrible server issues are non-existent now, far as I can tell.
GasBandit
Staff member
Well, that's good that it got worked out, I suppose... but as curious as I am about it, I don't know if I will ever voluntarily pay a subscription fee for an MMO again.
It was pretty bad for awhile there, but they took a day of downtime to fully upgrade the server systems, including new servers as well as a more reliable system for the LFG tool and queue system.
system system system.
system system system.
I do wish there were a few more quests that wouldn't open till, say, you get one class to 30+, as Fate grinding/Hunter logs do get a little tedious if you want to level more than 3 or so classes past 15-20.
GasBandit
Staff member
What's the stop code? If you're bluescreening on prototype you've got problems.
So after shining force, now I got a GBA emulator and have started on the Fire Emblem series. Finished the tutorial chapters last night (all 10 of em)... I sure hope the handholding stops soon.
I mean, Shining Force's art, atmosphere and presentation was just as fisher price, but dammit, they tossed you in your first battle with NO NET. Sink or swim!
Of course, the penalty for death was a lot less onerous, too, I suppose.
It flashes by too quickly to see. And I don't feel like replicating the problem.
And yeah, I know my rig's dying. Thus my post in the Tech subforum about getting a new rig.
GasBandit
Staff member
Right click your "my computer" and choose "Manage," then go to the event viewer. It'll have a record of what the stop code was. Really, all of them, arranged in chronological order.It flashes by too quickly to see. And I don't feel like replicating the problem.
And yeah, I know my rig's dying. Thus my post in the Tech subforum about getting a new rig.
Shining Force was one of my absolute favorite games on the Genesis.
Ever play Buck Rodgers?
I've been playing Plants vs Zombies 2 on my iphone. Not bad for a free game. I don't feel like I'm missing much by not spending actual money on the game. In fact it's probably a little harder and more challenging not to. I like the new challenges they have come up with. I appreciate the level designs and new plants. I don't think it's as fun as 1, but it does just fine. And like I said, it's free, so I can't really complain much.
I need to stop making new Fire Emblem Awakening saves and just play Monster Hunter 3 for the period of time until new Pokemon comes out, because once that happens I doubt I'm going to give a shit about any other 3DS game.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is still fantastic. Nearly sent my closest friends to their deaths tonight in a terror mission where the outer space fucks sent a sectopod and a cyberdisc among the other patch of freaks. Several zombies had to be taken out by my airborne wife, and my aunt and best friend were stuck in a bar shootout with some floaters. Fucking love this game. I was ready to give up on the mission, but somehow pulled through with no casualties (though two-thirds of the team had to go to the hospital). Enemy Within is gonna be my #1 game to get for the end of the year.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is still fantastic. Nearly sent my closest friends to their deaths tonight in a terror mission where the outer space fucks sent a sectopod and a cyberdisc among the other patch of freaks. Several zombies had to be taken out by my airborne wife, and my aunt and best friend were stuck in a bar shootout with some floaters. Fucking love this game. I was ready to give up on the mission, but somehow pulled through with no casualties (though two-thirds of the team had to go to the hospital). Enemy Within is gonna be my #1 game to get for the end of the year.
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Just make sure not to get that other Xcom game, it was horrible.
Mass Effect ripoff with terrible AI that can't do shit.
Enemy Unknown was a sleeper hit for me last year.
I really can't blame them for the lack of quality.... they had to completely remake the game because XCOM fans hated the FPS element. They really should have just dropped it.
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That or just went ahead with what they originally intended. I thought the concept was neat even if it wasn't exactly XCOM. Turning its gameplay into a Mass Effect rip-off wasn't a good direction.
The storyline wasn't terrible but the gameplay took me out of it 2 chapters in. I didn't feel I should be babysitting bad AI.
So here's a thing, I tried playing some Liberty City stories yesterday and was almost caught dumbfounded how fucking terrible the controls were. Compared to other open world games like Saint's Row, it was like controlling a guy running through molasses who could trip and be knocked over on just about anything. And the driving....the cars spontaneously rocket 20 feet into the air with the slightest of provocations. It was nearly unplayable. I hope GTA5 has improved this...because fuuuuck, it wasn't fun.
Man, Gay Tony and Lost and the Damned were both so much better than vanilla 4.
Though I still liked Vice City and San Andreas better than everything else. San Andreas had the most stupid shit to do and I loved it for it. Making CJ get fat or buff or anything else was awesome. Also, it had Samuel L Jackson being a dick cop, and that always brought a smile to my face.
GTA4 (and it's expansions) plays like hot diarrhea compared to current open world games.