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Black Lushus said:
Yeah but that's a cartridge game with a lot less copies made versus a cd game that sold a gazillion copies and was released at least once.
Sabre
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Now, what FF6 are we taking about, the REAL FF6 or FF3? Im sure the FF3 branded version sells for a shit ton more.
Black Lushus
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I'm sorry, I did mean Final Fantasy 3 that is is really Final Fantasy 6.
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The only way FF3 gets that kind of money is if it's completely mint with box, book, and maps.
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That was most likely the case in the situations I had seen. I didn't fully check them out because there's no way I'm paying 100 bucks for something I already have emulated.
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Bought Sakura Wars, So Long My Love for the PS2. There's a Wii version as well, but the PS2 version comes with a few bonuses. Since I'm too lazy to find the review thread, I'm just doing this here.
For those who don't know, Sakura Wars (Sakura Taisen in Japan) is a long running series in Japan of Strategy RPGs. There are a total of 5 games in the main series, with Sakura Wars, So Long My Love being the final installment. This game is a strategy RPG, but also plays out like a visual novel, as there are no random battles or non-story battles.
The story begins with you taking control of Lt. Shinjiro Taiga. Nephew of Commander Oogami (lead hero of all previous games) of the Royal Imperial Troop Flower Division. Shinjiro believes that he had been accepted into the Flower Division. After meeting with his uncle, he finds out that he has not been assigned to the Flower Division, but actually has been assigned to the new Star Division that is now located in New York City.
The purpose of the Star Division and its original, the Flower Division, is to keep the world's Pneuma (think positive energy) isn't turned into Dark Pneuma and make sure that the people within the city are happy and able to forget about their worries within the Little Lip Theater while the Star Divison performs plays and musicals during down time from battling evil creatures. ...also gotta say its a great way to earn profits to keep it running!
A unique feature to the Sakura Wars series (though originally introduced in 3, I believe) was the ability to gain stats by improving your relationships with your team mates, and the people around you within a time period. Like with all other Sakura Wars and other visual novels, your team mates are all (mostly) girls.
To do this you will need to play with the LIPS system. Yes, its called that, stands for something, but God knows what it is and I'm not about to look it up. The LIPS system is broken down into three parts: 1) Choice - Depending on your answer, your relationships can change from good to bad. Some options only become available after meeting certain requirements. There are even some cases in which you want to let time run out and not give an answer. The most common LIPS. 2) Analog - This allows you to commit a certain percentage to an action or what you say. Its crucial to make sure that the percentage amount is the correct amount for the situation. 3) Stick - This will require you to move the analog sticks in a certain direction to achieve a task. These can range from repairing lights, whacking a few baseballs, etc.
Save points are infrequent, so if you get a wrong question or did something wrong, you've got a long way to kill to get the answer you wanted. You'll hear two different sounds if you got it right or correct. There are also some situations in which you'll get a LIPS and you'll have multiple division members on screen which will effect multiple people's relationships towards you. Sometimes the neutral choice is the only way to go.
As you've already read in the opening post, the story is full of cheese. But you know what? Its flavor is fandu. You've got a harem, steam punk, re-written history, campy voice acting on purpose (English as well as Japanese), robots, sky fights, etc. Because Sakura Wars, So Long My Love is the final installment of the franchise (unfortunately), it only make sense they go out as a swan song of what people loved about the series. I will warn that mileage will vary depending on how much cheese you like.
The music isn't going to blow you away, nor is there any single piece that will stick out. However it all works and adds to the atmosphere of the story and its cheesy goodness.
In terms of graphics, there's no cream, but its still got a nice layer of cake for you to enjoy. The artwork is solid and delivers facial expressions and the situations well. It probably doesn't help that we're now spoiled by PS3 games and Wii games that are much better looking than the PS2 stuff. This game is also quite a few years old, since it came out before the PS2 was dead.
The game play will drive you nuts. And that's more the LIPS system than the battles themselves. Since there is a timer, you will be pressured to respond. Unfortunately, since the save points are infrequent you screw up, you'll need to backtrack heavily. I remember I spent one whole hour and had to go back to my save because I made a critical error. But that's also half the fun too is finding out what things work out and what things don't.
Combat is actually very straight forward. As previously mentioned there are no levels, which means no xp, meaning you don't need to worry about having to have X kill Z to level up, so you can plan with that in mind. There are different things you can do in combat:
Move - You can move pretty much as long as you want, till your action bar runs out.
Normal - Allows you to do a normal attack. Combine 5 action bars for a special combo that grants a little more damage to the string. Takes 1 action bar.
Special Move - As long as you have the SP for it, you can do the character's special move that will nearly always blow away some minor annoyance. Takes 3 action bars.
Joint - These allow for two team members to join together to launch an assault on their opponent(s). Requires SP and takes 3-5 action bars on person(s)
Healing - Requires SP, heals a good amount of HP. Takes 1-2 action bars depending on person.
Defend - ...seriously not explaining this. Takes two action bars.
Anyways, I found it fun and I'd really recommend this fandu.
For those who don't know, Sakura Wars (Sakura Taisen in Japan) is a long running series in Japan of Strategy RPGs. There are a total of 5 games in the main series, with Sakura Wars, So Long My Love being the final installment. This game is a strategy RPG, but also plays out like a visual novel, as there are no random battles or non-story battles.
The story begins with you taking control of Lt. Shinjiro Taiga. Nephew of Commander Oogami (lead hero of all previous games) of the Royal Imperial Troop Flower Division. Shinjiro believes that he had been accepted into the Flower Division. After meeting with his uncle, he finds out that he has not been assigned to the Flower Division, but actually has been assigned to the new Star Division that is now located in New York City.
The purpose of the Star Division and its original, the Flower Division, is to keep the world's Pneuma (think positive energy) isn't turned into Dark Pneuma and make sure that the people within the city are happy and able to forget about their worries within the Little Lip Theater while the Star Divison performs plays and musicals during down time from battling evil creatures. ...also gotta say its a great way to earn profits to keep it running!
A unique feature to the Sakura Wars series (though originally introduced in 3, I believe) was the ability to gain stats by improving your relationships with your team mates, and the people around you within a time period. Like with all other Sakura Wars and other visual novels, your team mates are all (mostly) girls.
To do this you will need to play with the LIPS system. Yes, its called that, stands for something, but God knows what it is and I'm not about to look it up. The LIPS system is broken down into three parts: 1) Choice - Depending on your answer, your relationships can change from good to bad. Some options only become available after meeting certain requirements. There are even some cases in which you want to let time run out and not give an answer. The most common LIPS. 2) Analog - This allows you to commit a certain percentage to an action or what you say. Its crucial to make sure that the percentage amount is the correct amount for the situation. 3) Stick - This will require you to move the analog sticks in a certain direction to achieve a task. These can range from repairing lights, whacking a few baseballs, etc.
Save points are infrequent, so if you get a wrong question or did something wrong, you've got a long way to kill to get the answer you wanted. You'll hear two different sounds if you got it right or correct. There are also some situations in which you'll get a LIPS and you'll have multiple division members on screen which will effect multiple people's relationships towards you. Sometimes the neutral choice is the only way to go.
As you've already read in the opening post, the story is full of cheese. But you know what? Its flavor is fandu. You've got a harem, steam punk, re-written history, campy voice acting on purpose (English as well as Japanese), robots, sky fights, etc. Because Sakura Wars, So Long My Love is the final installment of the franchise (unfortunately), it only make sense they go out as a swan song of what people loved about the series. I will warn that mileage will vary depending on how much cheese you like.
The music isn't going to blow you away, nor is there any single piece that will stick out. However it all works and adds to the atmosphere of the story and its cheesy goodness.
In terms of graphics, there's no cream, but its still got a nice layer of cake for you to enjoy. The artwork is solid and delivers facial expressions and the situations well. It probably doesn't help that we're now spoiled by PS3 games and Wii games that are much better looking than the PS2 stuff. This game is also quite a few years old, since it came out before the PS2 was dead.
The game play will drive you nuts. And that's more the LIPS system than the battles themselves. Since there is a timer, you will be pressured to respond. Unfortunately, since the save points are infrequent you screw up, you'll need to backtrack heavily. I remember I spent one whole hour and had to go back to my save because I made a critical error. But that's also half the fun too is finding out what things work out and what things don't.
Combat is actually very straight forward. As previously mentioned there are no levels, which means no xp, meaning you don't need to worry about having to have X kill Z to level up, so you can plan with that in mind. There are different things you can do in combat:
Move - You can move pretty much as long as you want, till your action bar runs out.
Normal - Allows you to do a normal attack. Combine 5 action bars for a special combo that grants a little more damage to the string. Takes 1 action bar.
Special Move - As long as you have the SP for it, you can do the character's special move that will nearly always blow away some minor annoyance. Takes 3 action bars.
Joint - These allow for two team members to join together to launch an assault on their opponent(s). Requires SP and takes 3-5 action bars on person(s)
Healing - Requires SP, heals a good amount of HP. Takes 1-2 action bars depending on person.
Defend - ...seriously not explaining this. Takes two action bars.
Anyways, I found it fun and I'd really recommend this fandu.
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Is it true that the Wii version doesn't have the Japanese language track? I heard that it's only the PS2 version that got that bonus for whatever reason.
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Its true that the Japanese track is only available on the PS2 version, but you better have a total grasp of Japanese, because the English translation and modifications are used for the text, so for even someone like me who has a partial grasp of Japanese can spot out how some things are changed or not exactly what is said. Though considering the game takes place in America, quite a few changes had to be done because it just had to be done.
Like there were three names changed. Sagitta Weinberg became Cherion Archer. While only the text is changed (her office door shows Sagitta Weinberg), once you get her history you can play it off as her having changed her name due to her back story. Rikaritta Aries gets changed to Rosarita Aries (Rosita for short). Since she's Mexican, the change makes a ton of sense and is one of the better examples I've seen of having a name change. The last was Plum Spaniel and it was changed to Cherry Cocker. If you look at it like a complete pervert, it looks pretty bad, but considering both last names combined make a type of breed of dog, its not that bad.
Though considering the game is supposed to take place in USA, the English track and VAs are fine. Some are kind of disappointing, but the overall VA performance is good enough that I'd recommend playing it on the English side. While there are certain voices that are annoying, Rosita comes to mind, they come off as at least caring about the roles they play and wanting you to enjoy the experience. And the performances do get better thoroughout the game.
Like there were three names changed. Sagitta Weinberg became Cherion Archer. While only the text is changed (her office door shows Sagitta Weinberg), once you get her history you can play it off as her having changed her name due to her back story. Rikaritta Aries gets changed to Rosarita Aries (Rosita for short). Since she's Mexican, the change makes a ton of sense and is one of the better examples I've seen of having a name change. The last was Plum Spaniel and it was changed to Cherry Cocker. If you look at it like a complete pervert, it looks pretty bad, but considering both last names combined make a type of breed of dog, its not that bad.
Though considering the game is supposed to take place in USA, the English track and VAs are fine. Some are kind of disappointing, but the overall VA performance is good enough that I'd recommend playing it on the English side. While there are certain voices that are annoying, Rosita comes to mind, they come off as at least caring about the roles they play and wanting you to enjoy the experience. And the performances do get better thoroughout the game.
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I got Fifa 08 for the PS3 for 98p. And Tiger "hissy fit" Woods 09 for £4.98, also for the PS3.
Gotta love Games wacky deals.
Gotta love Games wacky deals.
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Sorry to interrupt the game talk but I've got a omputer question for y'all since this looks like the best folder for this.
Last night/this morning, my laptop got infected with some spyware called Anti Virus Vista. Messed my shit up. Downloaded a free limited version of Spyware Doctor (seemed fairly reputable from my cursory searches) that blocked it but computer is still acting a bit wonky. I e-mailed the school's tech guy and he says I shouldn't download any spyware removal programs and he'll remove it but "it could take days". I got a ten page paper due on Thursday, application for senior thesis approval due next week, and can't really afford to send my computer away for an indeterminate amount of time.
So does this Spyware Doctor thingy work? Should I just drop $30 on it and get this crap off my computer? Or should I just give it to the tech guy for free and hope he has it back within a reasonable amount of time. Working in the library is kind of a last resort option. Hate to rub elbows with those greasy hippies.
Last night/this morning, my laptop got infected with some spyware called Anti Virus Vista. Messed my shit up. Downloaded a free limited version of Spyware Doctor (seemed fairly reputable from my cursory searches) that blocked it but computer is still acting a bit wonky. I e-mailed the school's tech guy and he says I shouldn't download any spyware removal programs and he'll remove it but "it could take days". I got a ten page paper due on Thursday, application for senior thesis approval due next week, and can't really afford to send my computer away for an indeterminate amount of time.
So does this Spyware Doctor thingy work? Should I just drop $30 on it and get this crap off my computer? Or should I just give it to the tech guy for free and hope he has it back within a reasonable amount of time. Working in the library is kind of a last resort option. Hate to rub elbows with those greasy hippies.
Black Lushus
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I'd let the tech guy do it and go with your worst case scenario if need be. I've had shit hit me before, luckily I have a snarky IT friend (think Jimmy Fallon's SNL character) who hooked me up.
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I should have bought these.
Cackling Co Pilot Kamala
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Ended up fixing it myself just by downloading Microsoft Security Essentials. Who woulda thunk?Black Lushus said:
Black Lushus
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Hey! That works too! 
I'm a bit on the computer illiterate side so I don't want to do anymore fucking with it than I have to.
I'm a bit on the computer illiterate side so I don't want to do anymore fucking with it than I have to.
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2GOLD said:
Talking head video on the DCU Online character customization:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=383301407329
Obi Chris Kenobi said:
Good luck with that brother.
Vote Tory.
I'm 85% of the way through Ochorina Of Time and I've reaffirmed what I already knew, not a game made in the last 12 years can come anywhere to touching this.
This is simply the very best game i've ever played.
Black Lushus
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I just can't agree when Zelda: Twilight Princess is right there.
For the record, I'm not one to say that a current generation game will always trump an older generation game for whatever various reasons and advances in technology and what not. I still consider Super Metroid to be the best game I've ever played.
For the record, I'm not one to say that a current generation game will always trump an older generation game for whatever various reasons and advances in technology and what not. I still consider Super Metroid to be the best game I've ever played.
Black Lushus
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Made aiming a lot better...that aiming system in OoT is garbage.
Also, LttP is my second favorite Zelda game, for whatever that's worth.
Also, LttP is my second favorite Zelda game, for whatever that's worth.
Oh absolutely, if I was making a list of my favourite games, LTTP and Links Awakening would both be up there.
I can't say I cared for Wind Waker though.
Edit: Are LTTP and LA available via the Wii? I've been thinking about re-buying a Wii and that would definately push the decision.
I can't say I cared for Wind Waker though.
Edit: Are LTTP and LA available via the Wii? I've been thinking about re-buying a Wii and that would definately push the decision.
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Link to the Past is. Not sure about the other one, though.
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Does the DSi have a virtual console yet or just WiiWare?
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You a Toff, Adam?
Just DSiWare sadly.Mattdotcom said:
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Obi Chris Kenobi said:
I never had Adam pegged as a Tory man. But maybe because I like to think everyone will vote Labour.
By the by, how did the job interview go?
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People still want Labour back in??
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