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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: February 23, 2011, 01:42:44 AM »

I just beat Very Hard mode by spamming one move as Sentinel (Crouching Heavy) and Dr. Doom's Hidden Rocket assist.  Every round.

Funny stuff.

I did it by spamming Medium Sentinel Force and Hyper Sentinel Force.

With these two posts, I want to ask a rhetorical question. Who in their right mind thought that Sentinel was ever a good idea? Seriously though, it would fit as a miniboss/boss or something, but giving that strength to actual people? What the hell made anyone think it was a good idea?

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EXE / Re: Did sequelitis get the better of the EXE series?

« on: February 22, 2011, 08:36:23 AM »

There is a lot of "sequelphobia" among them, as well. ... Because, not being the original, the experience is no longer fresh.  Truthfully that is a very selective criticism, since there's no guarantee that every gamer has played every previous entry and shares the reviewer's tolerances for recurring trends, so no it's not a practice I agree with.  At the same time, if a franchise is clearly milked, it is worth mentioning, right?  Drawing that line is pretty tough.

I agree with this, and I find reviewers tend to be very hypocritical. They condemn one game of being more of the same, yet praise another although it's more of the same as well. I just leave it as people don't know what they want, which is an everlasting truth I notice on a regular basis.

Metroid Prime 3 for example, scored lower than the first *ONLY* because it was not the first.  That's it.

This, however, I don't agree with. The game certainly felt more flawed than the original to me, and I'm not saying this purely out of nostalgia. There were definitely some design decisions I take issue with in that game.

Then again, this is coming from someone who finds OoT to be more flawed than almost anyone else would readily admit. Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

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Gaming / Re: 360 Breaking Discs

« on: February 22, 2011, 08:27:27 AM »

I've heard about this. It seems to be a bigger issue in older models of the system. Apparently the newer ones are manufactured better, but I take this info with a very large grain of salt to be perfectly honest.

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Anime & Manga / Re: General Anime and Otaku Hate Thread...

« on: February 21, 2011, 02:54:49 PM »

Yes, her.  I don't think I've learned a single word of Japanese from her videos.

Wait... those videos are teaching Japanese?

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: February 19, 2011, 07:01:30 AM »

What have you learned? 

I'll tell you what I've learned. The problem, for once, IS indeed the controller. I mean, I'm not good at the game, but I'm much much better with a PS3 controller than the 360 controller. [tornado fang]ing awful DPad.

See what I mean? The DPad makes a big difference.

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Gaming / Re: The "What are you currently playing?" Thread

« on: February 18, 2011, 05:50:19 AM »

- Tried to run Back to The Future part 1, but apparently I need to get something in order to run. Oh well, at least I have Monkey Island.

If you're stuck on the "Play" Button not working, try running the game in Administrator. That should fix it.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: February 17, 2011, 11:31:30 PM »

Yeah, my general dislike of the 360 Dpad was an extra nail on the coffin for the 360 version.

I'm doing alright in the online wilderness, although all the Akuma and Dante players is making it a little less interesting than it should. Yeesh, people should experiment more. On the plus side, there's less Sentinels than I feared there would be.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: February 17, 2011, 08:08:44 AM »

They need to bring back Hayato, or maybe bust out some Breath of Fire characters.

Edit: The game also needs more Gambit. Much, much more Gambit.

Agreed on all accounts. I had a lot of fun with Gambit, personally. Probably going to be on my Marvel request list.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: February 17, 2011, 05:09:49 AM »

Okay, so who voted and and who did you vote for? As for which version I have I bought the collector editions for both systems. 

I only did Capcom so far, but I put:

Mega Man X
Strider
Jon Talbain (Darkstalkers)
Ryu (Breath of Fire)
Red Arremer

Is anyone else getting tired of having to fight Dante online?

Eh, I've been running into more Akumas. Dantes are certainly up there though.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: February 16, 2011, 12:13:19 AM »

Got some practice in. Not too sure how I'll do against others, but I'll have fun either way

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Entertainment / Re: The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks

« on: February 15, 2011, 03:40:39 PM »

Just wanted to chime in on how the show's coming along. I like it, you guys certainly have a good setup for the show. Certainly feels like you guys have more of a direction now that all the introductory stuff is out of the way.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: February 15, 2011, 11:43:24 AM »

Those costumes are awesome! Too bad we have to pay for them if we want them, though. I'll probably pass.

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Gaming / Re: "Tales of" Series

« on: February 14, 2011, 04:38:31 AM »

Natalia from Abyss gets a lot of [parasitic bomb]. I don't usually see her used in team setups, but everyone else has a pretty even distribution, though most people will stick to Luke/Asch or Guy.

I find Natalia to be quite helpful, to tell the truth. Her healing artes and ability to keep a nice distance away from the enemies has come in handy at times.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: February 13, 2011, 04:30:40 PM »

Tch, what's next.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: February 12, 2011, 07:43:40 AM »

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejmJ3D0YboY&feature=feedu[/youtube]

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: February 12, 2011, 06:18:10 AM »

I'm leaning towards using Ammy, Taskmaster and... haven't decided on the third slot. Zero or Spidey chances are, although I'll certainly try everyone.

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Entertainment / Re: GENERAL COMIC BOOK THREAD (MANGA NOT ALLOWED)

« on: February 11, 2011, 12:54:25 AM »

I'll just leave this here.

Haha, that's just awesome. Makes me want to pull out my Calvin & Hobbes books...

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Gaming / Re: Guitar Hero is dead.

« on: February 10, 2011, 08:26:46 PM »

Good riddance? If they keep it up, Activision will be running other series into the ground as well.

Just to be clear, I can see why people would like Guitar Hero. I can also see why people would stop buying new releases after a new one being out as often as they've been coming out.

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Gaming / Re: "Tales of" Series

« on: February 10, 2011, 08:23:57 PM »

I'm not sure. They're just don't have that kind of "Tales" look. They don't look like they'd fit in a Tales game.

What the deuce are you talking about? Seriously though, I'm not sure what you're responding to here.

If it's the loli thing, did you not see the list STM put up, showing that there were lolis starting from the first game of the series?

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Gaming / Re: "Tales of" Series

« on: February 10, 2011, 05:27:30 AM »

It was always kind of lolified, so not really no.

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Gaming / Re: Easy Mode Mockery why?

« on: February 09, 2011, 07:32:38 PM »

Logic has no place once emotions get involved. Just the way of things.

As far as the topic at hand... Well, I don't ever touch easy, but that's because I'm the type of guy who likes a challenge. I've known plenty of people where challenge simply isn't their thing, but they would like to be able to finish the game. I don't see a problem with that, as long as the easy mode in question doesn't overdo it (as MM10's does, apparently).

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Gaming / Re: "Tales of" Series

« on: February 04, 2011, 09:19:35 AM »

I've seen a few copies of Abyss hovering around in the used PS2 sections around here. It's a pretty good game to advance to from Symphonia, but not so hot from newer games.

At the same time, Bound-by-blood-Phantasia and Destiny fans really do not care for it.

Which I don't understand. I greatly enjoyed Abyss, and I could probably replay it any time. I can't say the same for Symphonia (or Destiny for that matter... I know I know, heresy, whatever). Phantasia and Eternia I can go back to as well, actually.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: February 04, 2011, 12:59:26 AM »

har har, gamefaqs joke

That explains a lot, right there.

Anyways, I don't have too many issues with the soundtrack overall as it is. I'd probably prefer the old school style of composition, but I doubt that holds true for a large number of the fanbase that's going to buy the game.

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Gaming / Re: "Tales of" Series

« on: February 02, 2011, 11:43:58 PM »

They'll probably be doing daily announcements or something. ToGf was the first one to be hinted, so we'll see where they go from here.

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Entertainment / Re: Star Wars - The Clone Wars...

« on: January 31, 2011, 10:09:22 PM »

It's like they're trying to make up for what the prequels didn't do right. Which is everything.