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Gaming / Dark Souls
« on: October 10, 2011, 05:40:02 AM »
I don't think I will get many replies, but it's worth a try:

If you desperately want a Metroidvania in 3D, but done well, get Dark Souls.

I kid you not. The game got everything you want from a Metroidvania.

-Nonlinear exploration (punishment for venturing too far too early included, but good players can finish anyway)
-Loads of paths and shortcuts to unlock
-Truckloads of equipment and spells
-Great difficulty (though not unfair, as some claim)
-Great designs for environments, equipment and monsters
-Soundtrack is an orchestral orgy or calm and menacing, it covers the whole program

I can't believe how this game is absorbing me.

Here is music

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUfbdZF_3VM[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-e_ccem4lE[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mERtxPGJeQ[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_UJz04oGwU[/youtube]

Though even if you're not big on CV but want a challenging game that practically devours your freetime, get this.

Holy [parasitic bomb] I love it.

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Gaming / Syndicate
« on: October 03, 2011, 12:43:49 AM »
I assume very few people here are interested in this... but I'll give it a try anyway.


A new take on another older franchise. Some of you might remember the Syndicate games in which you commanded a gang of coated cyborgs that had to trace down their target in funky futuristic or dystopian cities to gun them down mercilessly.

Some might get turned off by the transformation into an FPS or by the new visuals or even by the music, but I'm quite intrigued.

From what I've seen the old squad mechanics will be replaced with a co-op mode for up to 4 players. So if anyone here is interested make sure to inform me, we might end up playing together.

Lastly, the announcement trailer:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewwtznVkSxA[/youtube]

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Anime & Manga / Toriko
« on: July 23, 2011, 07:52:43 PM »

So, who else here reads/watches this?

I find it to be incredibly enjoyable.

It's light hearted. It's drama free. It's fun. It has bizarre beasts. It's about food and adventures.

This entire things looks and reads like an 80s manga. It has the incredibly muscular men and the wonky anatomy. I swear when I first read it I thought it was 20 years old, but it's from 2008.

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Entertainment / Adventure Time
« on: July 22, 2011, 10:18:04 PM »
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHjg6cTxmrQ[/youtube]

Adventure time,
c'mon grab your friends,
we'll go to very
distant lands.
With Jake the dog and
Finn the hu-man, the
fun will never
end, it's adventure
time!

Who else watches and loves this?

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Original / Ghouls ’n Ghosts is nice and all but...
« on: July 01, 2011, 10:38:14 PM »
Shade Man's theme is cool too.

It's completely overshadowed by the GnG theme though.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxSWjJmz1Dk[/youtube]

What a shame.

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Gaming / DD
« on: April 06, 2011, 07:36:14 PM »
The hell is this?
The hell was that?

http://www.capcom.co.jp/DD/

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Original / Ancient City my butt!
« on: November 30, 2010, 04:40:43 PM »
Centaur Man's stage looks modern as heck. Like Oil Ocean Zone in the Sonic games.

It even has Anti-Gravity water.

The hell is up with that?

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Forum Games / RET'S PRAY GAME
« on: October 01, 2010, 04:25:28 AM »
QUICK, AS LONG AS THE MUSIC IS UP

GO TO YOUR PROFILE, THE THEME THAT PLAYS IS YOUR VERY OWN THEME NOW

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Anime & Manga / Berserk
« on: September 27, 2010, 06:34:32 PM »
Decided to make a Berserk thread because this

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-27/new-berserk-anime-project-launching

Anyone here watched the anime? What about the Manga? You should give it a try. It's great. For introductions I'll use the Berserk Wiki



About Berserk

[spoiler]Kentaro Miura first premiered Berserk in 1988 with a 48-page prototype, which won a prize at the Comi Manga School where he was enrolled at the time. On 26 November 1990, the first volume of the manga was published by Hakusensha in its Jets Comics collection. Three more volumes appeared until Berserk was serialized by Young Animal (Hakusensha) in 1992, and new episodes are still being released in the biweekly (every second and fourth Friday of the month) magazine. Volumes are still published biannually in Japan by Hakusensha (Jets Comics collection), and contain 8-11 episodes depending on the release.

In America, the manga is translated and published by Dark Horse Comics, which has released 23 volumes so far, the first in October 22, 2003. As with other Dark Horse manga releases like Hellsing or Trigun Maximum, the Japanese reading format from right to left is preserved in the English release and the sound effects are left untranslated in the earlier releases, but are translated in later books starting from volume 12. The company has also started incorporating references to fantasy films, such as Army of Darkness and Lord of the Rings, into the dialogue. However, the content in general remains untouched.

In Europe, the manga was introduced back in 1996, first in France (Samourai Editions), then in Italy (Panini Comics, under its Marvel Manga - later Planet Manga - imprint) a few months later. The manga has also been translated and released in Germany (Panini Comics/Planet Manga) and in Spain (MangaLine Ediciones) since 2001. In France, after Samurai Editions' bankruptcy, the comic series is now published by both Dynamic Visions (since 2002) and Glénat (since 2004), the latter edition being a larger format. A two-books-in-one Max edition (400+ pages) is also published in Germany and Italy since 2006 (Panini Comics). As of yet the series is not being published in Poland.

In Asia, Berserk manga has been published in South Korea since 1999 by Dai Won. In Latin America, Panini Comics has published the manga series in a demi-sized (120 pages) edition in Brazil (2005)

Before official English translation copyright was agreed with Dark Horse Comics, fan-based scanlation of the manga was performed by The Hawks and later on Evil Genius. These scanlations were hugely popular among the English speaking Berserk fans. Upon Dark Horse Comics releases, the corresponding scanlation volumes were taken off these websites to avoid copyright infringement.
[/spoiler]

Characters

[spoiler]Guts



In the first three volumes, he was depicted as a tall, muscular male with a huge sword called the Dragonslayer, and a prosthetic left mechanical arm that has a magnetic grip and also conceals a cannon & repeater crossbow. He is obsessed with his task, having no feelings or sympathy for any others who came across his path or get caught in the cross-fire. Guts did not flinch from using the Count's daughter as a hostage to kill him. He was always attacked by evil spirits at night, which gave him no rest due to the sacrificial Brand on his neck.

In the Golden Age Arc, more of Guts' past was revealed, explaining why he had become so obsessed with killing and revenge. He is born as one who may be able to struggle against causality.


Griffith



He is the founder and leader of the mercenary army  Band of the Hawk. Extraordinarily charismatic and handsome, his tactical skill gave him and his army the reputation of invincibility, and the favor of the King of Midland, who was locked in a century-old war with the Empire of Tudor. Due to his many important victories in this war, he is made Lord Protector of Midland by the king, despite his common ancestry.


Griffith was willing to sacrifice everything for the dream of his own kingdom, believing that he is destined for things greater than the average man. Early in his career, he won Guts' service in a duel and Guts became his sword in both the battlefield and in his political fight with disgruntled Midland nobles. A large part of his success was due to Guts' fighting ability and Griffith grew to be dependent on Guts, although their relationship was not exactly friendship.


Caska



She was born and raised in a poor mountainous farming village along an unspecified border between two warring nations (possibly Midland and Tudor or Midland and the Kushan  Empire). Her parents sold her into a local lords' service at a young age, but he attempted to sexually assault her before they could even reach his estate. She was rescued by Griffith and the first members of the Band of the Hawk; interestingly, Griffith did not rescue her directly, but lent her a sword which she used to kill the noble. With nowhere else to turn, she learned to wield a sword and joined the Hawks, eventually rising to the rank of commander. Until Guts arrived, she was Griffith's Second-in Command.


Skull Knight



The Skull Knight first appeared to warn  Guts after he left the  Band of the Hawks  about the group's future demise. His horse appears to be able to fly and jump upon trees. Over the course of Guts' journey, he saved him several times and also seemed to manipulate events around Guts for his own purpose of revenge. He called Guts "struggler", who forever is fighting against fate.


The Skull Knight kills apostles and monsters with ease and can fight evenly with Zodd even in his true demonic form. He swallows the behelits which he recovers from slain apostles. In doing so, he apparently destroys and reforms them as his Sword of Resonance, which can cut through space and time dimension.


Zodd



Zodd, also known as Nosferatu Zodd and Zodd the Immortal, is a powerful Apostle. He resembles a 7-8 foot barbarian warrior in human form, and a humanoid Bull-Lion nearly twice that size when transformed. He also has wings which he can make appear and disappear at will, allowing him to fly.


He wandered from battlefield to battlefield seeking ever-stronger opponents and is known as a rival of the Skull Knight. He is considered by many mercenaries as the "god of the battlefield" and has lived hundreds of years without meeting a worthy human opponent.






There are, of course, more characters, more story and more everything. This is a long running series after all. But I don't want to give too much away in case anyone is interested.[/spoiler]

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Gaming / [sonic slicer] about Sonic
« on: August 25, 2010, 09:58:03 PM »
And make sure to stay on topic~

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Gaming / Square Enix General
« on: June 23, 2010, 06:46:54 PM »
We don't have a FF general thread, but it was requested. However, I think a SE general thread would be a better idea.
My question as a mod: Should I merge all the scattered FF threads into this one or should I simply lock them?


And something special to open this thread:

After more than 4 years of development we finally get first gameplay screenshots (scans actually) of FF Versus 13




List of previous SE related threads (point out if I overlooked one, please):

FF14 Thread
Final Fantasy Tic Tacs
Dissidia
FF Gaiden
FFIV - The After Years
SaGa II

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Gaming / 3D Dot Game Heroes
« on: September 28, 2009, 02:57:58 AM »
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoFYEtj2tDw
[/youtube]

My money is on this.

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Fan Creations / Spriting
« on: September 22, 2009, 07:41:39 PM »
Weird. I was sure we had a "How to sprite" (or something like that) thread around here. Or was that on Sprites Inc? If one exists, please link me there and this thread will be gone in no time.

So, do you have any general tips for spriting? Can tell from experience? Got some tricks?
How does one start? MSPaint? Any rules to follow?

I don't know anything about spriting and the best thing I ever made was a [ray splasher]! I'm in dire need of help.

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Gaming / What's this?
« on: July 30, 2009, 04:12:42 PM »
Super Robot Wars meets Queen's Blade?

The hell?


(I have no idea if we already had a thread about this)

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Gaming / Blood of Bahamut
« on: July 25, 2009, 08:14:31 PM »

I've never heard of this game until now. It looks pretty cool.

Go here to see some traileres: http://www.bahamut.jp/trailers.html

It's for the DS and seems to take a lot from Shadow of the Colossus. HUGE damn monsters for example.

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Gaming / NES Games - The Old Times
« on: June 20, 2009, 07:01:52 PM »
Let's have a nostalgia thread. Here's a small collection of fun or frustrating games.
(Right click --> Show image for full size)


Feel free to add your own  gems.

And a general question: Are there any games you'd like to see remade? Or Do you want a sequel to a certain game/series?

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Entertainment / RPM's Star Wars Thread - Episode I
« on: June 10, 2009, 10:51:32 PM »
I noticed we didn't have a Star Wars thread. Damn shame. So I made one, here in the entertainment board. This thread is for discussing all the Star Wars thing. All of them. Books, movies, games, if you want even fancreations.

You want to talk about it: Do it here.

As for the original movies, my favorite is Episode VI. Followed by Episode V.
The only Star Wars games I ever had were the three Super Star Wars games for the SNES. But damn they were fun.

Also, is it just me, or are there really lots of heavily inured Sith out there? It's almost as if you have to be crippled or malformed to become a Sith. Is it the people's wish to be as badass as Vader? The original lung-cancer-victim?

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Gaming / Feda - Emblem of Justice
« on: June 08, 2009, 09:05:30 PM »
フェーダ エンブレム オブ ジャスティス
FEDA - The Emblem of Justice


Anyone ever heard of this? It's very similar to the Shining series (not the movie). A tactical RPG for the SNES, later remade for the Sega Saturn.
It's lots of fun, especially if you got a thing for SRPGs. The main similarities to Shining Force would be the action animations and the artstyle.

The music is pretty good although nothing spectacular. If you manage to get a translation patch (or pre-patched rom) I suggest you give a try unless you totally hate this genre.

(This thread will soon end up on the last page, but I felt like making it anyway.)

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Gaming / New Sparkster/RKA?
« on: May 15, 2009, 09:35:48 PM »
Check Destructoid

I'll see if I can get that Magazine.

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Gaming / Darkstalkers/Vampire Savior
« on: May 11, 2009, 04:50:53 PM »
Anybody else likes this series? Anybody else hopes for a sequel? Recently got DS: Chaos Tower for my PSP. It's great. I like Fighters where you have to collect stuff.
Sprite animations are damn smooth, short loading times and one of the greatest cast of characters ever featured in a fighting game. It has Felicia, Morrigan and Lilith, there's one for pretty much every taste.

And of course... by Capcom.


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Gaming / DO YOU REALLY WANT ZoE3?
« on: April 20, 2009, 11:25:33 PM »
DO YOU?

I only played ZoE2 but it was friggin sweet.


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DASH / The legends games
« on: March 31, 2009, 05:53:06 PM »
Legends games means:

Quote
MML1
MML2
TMAoTB

[tornado fang] the Cellphone game.

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Entertainment / The greatest songs and themes in cartoons and movies!
« on: February 09, 2009, 03:13:25 PM »
You know, many movies (cartoons especially) use songs. Disney is very famous for their soundtracks. So let's have a thread about those themes. Cause many are awesome.

Post and suggest, and name your favorites.

I start with the best song from any cartoon ever:

The Stonecutter's Hymn

Followed by Frollo's 'Hellfire'

And this one, I like too.

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Gaming / Knytt
« on: February 02, 2009, 09:13:01 PM »
Knytt is a relaxing little game my by Nifflas, who happens to be from Sweden


Nifflas HP
This game focuses on its world and exploration rather than power ups and fighting enemies. It also comes with a beautiful soundtrack. In this game you get abducted by an alien, and very soon after your abduction the saucer crashes. Now you have to find the necessary parts to repair the ship and make your way home.

You start with pretty much all your skills, unlike Metroid-esque games where you have to find relics and items to learn new abilities and open ways.

The world however has a very unique style, and is smoothly animated. You might think it's empty and bland, but there's actually a lot of love in every screen and detail.

If you want a game just for the sake of exploring check out Knytt. You won't regret it.

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Gaming / The Underside
« on: February 02, 2009, 02:42:36 AM »
Yes, that nefarious Cave Story clone. But a clone of something is awesome too. Doesn't matter. If you like paltformer, and well done platformer, and cute graphics, you should check out:


I recommend you try this. It's really great.

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