2007-05-04, 20:22 | Link #21 | |
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2007-05-04, 21:44 | Link #23 |
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Same here, no serious problems with my PS2... only problem i've seen so far is that it doesn't play dvd's aswell as it used to back in the day... though it's never been the best thing for playing dvds in the first place, so that's not saying too much... Still, as things get old they eventually break down
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2007-05-06, 02:36 | Link #24 |
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
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I barely have time for games these days, but I think this may be the one game I play this summer. The environment and overall artwork looks beautiful.
I read up briefly on it, and was surprised by the gameplay aspects. It's considered an RPG, right? One website called various aspects of the game by different genres. For example, the role playing comes in the fact that you take control of different characters and power up weapons (through combat) and characters (through growing plants and then eating their products), but the gameplay itself is a sort of action/brawler game otherwise. I've never seen a game like that from ATLUS, so it should be interesting. I'm also glad, in a way - RPGs take me too long. I remember being back in high school and being disappointed that games were so short... oh, how much time I had back then.
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2007-05-07, 01:49 | Link #26 | |
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Gabe from Penny Arcade did a preview on it that pretty much describe how the gameplay would be like. Sphere Factor by Penny Arcade Gabe's follow up preview Games nowdays are a mixed infusion of different genres but personally, i think it's better to look at this game as a 2d brawler rather than a rpg.
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2007-05-28, 08:42 | Link #30 |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Just picked this up today, 2 hours in and it's been an enchanting moment. Most reviews already pointed the slowdown problem, which isn't that bad but does annoy. Loading time was relatively ok, about 5 to 10s depending how large the stage is.
Do note, if you aren't very good with brawler type of action games, go easy mode. This isn't the usual mindless bash em up, you have to time your combos and beat tactical retreats to recuperate your POW bar while juggling your soul sucking garden. It's very easy to get tempted to try and plow through the mobs but that's one very easy way to drain your resource. You can always go back to some stage to try for S ranking and farm item/gold/soul. And don't try to hog all the items, there's very limited space for the plethora of goodies you can have so pick the essentials and sell the extras. One tip for the first 2 chapter, hang on to your Painkiller potions, they are great for bosses and you can't make em yet till later. I'll write a more extensive review once i pump more hours into it but so far, it's been very fun and the story, engaging.
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2007-05-28, 17:13 | Link #34 | |
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2007-05-29, 09:36 | Link #36 | |
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8 hrs in, i just finished Gwendolynn's chapter and moving onto Cornelius. A little more tips for beginners. Don't buy items with your Valentine Gold or Aerial Coin, they are rather uncommon and are the coins needed for the restaurants and cafe. For alchemy, make use of the multiplication rule. A Material (3) flask mixed with another Material (3) will yield a material (8). The higher the number, the more phozon it yields on creation. Pay attention to the amount of heals and xp some food provide. Some gives small health and lots of xp boost and vice versa for others. Until you get the healing flask recipe, you ll be relying on your food for healing most of the time. For combat, short combo and hit run are the safest way to get through the stages. There's plenty of space for you to run and Gwendolynn's glide and dive attack makes it easy for this kind of tactic. For the slow downs, it usually helps if you don't leave too many phozon flying around. The slowdowns occured because there's too many objects in the stage. Use a cyclone to clear out the reinforcement and suck in those phozons.
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2007-05-29, 19:15 | Link #37 | |
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Well, I'll give tips of my own I suppose. The Ariel coin can be found in the first forest stage, just clear its various stages with an "S" grade and you'll find the coin aplenty. The same works for the other coins - each stage has its own local coin and item variety. Go back and clear old stages to get material and experience. Learning the material combination for Xtra Phozon is important. It's Material 8 + the Chilli herb you pick up in the fire palace stage. For extra effect, mix Material 88 with the Chilli herb to generate about 20ish phozons in the combination. Tips on combining material potions includes combining with bones (3 points) and with fruits (5 points). It's important to note that for some fruits that you can eat multiple times, you can eat them and use the leftover (so long as it's not a throwable seed or whatever) to combine while retaining the same points (+5 points). Combine 8 and 11 to get 88. Also, gathering materials to bring back to the cafe/restaurant in the Pooka village is the best way to increase HP exp. Focus on a high EXP recipe. |
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2007-05-29, 20:54 | Link #38 |
Falling for Ginsama ^3^
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Just got the game its SO Nice! The art doesn't dissappoint!
and was I lucky because when I got to gamestop, I asked for the game and they had 1 left.... SO yea definitely lucky! Im still on Gwendolyns story right now. O man these boss fights take alot of stuff out of me. IE food, money to buy things, and just rank. >,<
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2007-05-29, 21:53 | Link #39 |
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Got it today, its been pretty fun. Inventory sucks, but bought more bags which helped some. Is there a limit to how many you can buy? I also have experienced slowdown when I drank a luck potion and then attacked through a group of enemies causing them all to drop chests .
Material 0 + Onionne = Antidote Material 2 + Onionne = Napalm Is there a forumla to make with higher numbered materials? The warming potion needs Material 0 but I was able to make it with Material 10. Just wondering why a high numbered Material + Onionne = Antidote instead of Napalm. Right now im at the beginning of Chapter 4, boss of Chapter 3 had a ton of hitpoints. At first I thought it was one of those fights where you lose to continue the story lol.
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2007-05-29, 23:54 | Link #40 |
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I just witnessed the ultimate in slow down last night actually while playing Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsitence. I was fighting the Fury as he was filling the screen with flames and the particle effects became so intense that when I went to fire my shotgun it was like I was in bullet time. It took a full 8-10 seconds for the shotgun animation to finish.
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