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*Looks at still-unplayed steelbook copy of P5*

I knew buying you when I still haven't finished P3P or started P4G was a mistake, you sly temptress, you!

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Odds of upgrade DLC being available on PS4?
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WazzupGenius00 posted...

that reminds me Ace Combat 3 got very butchered when brought West, not sure if a translation of the original exists though

Yup, AC3 got fully translated a little while back. Definitely worth playing.

Nelson_Mandela posted...

Aren't there a bunch of great front mission games?

There are three Front Mission games on PS1:
Front Mission Alternative is an RTS spinoff/prequel with a partial 'prototype' translation patch
Front Mission 2 has a full translation patch
Front Mission 3 got an official English release
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Pirateking2000 posted...

For a not as known one I personally liked The Secret World and was pretty bummed it wasn't a single player game or something. Combat is generally viewed as bad but boy the story / lore and general atmosphere is great. The investigation quests are also pretty cool too.

Oh so very much this. TSW was a fantastic game spoiled by MMO trappings. Unfortunately, it was completely revamped into Secret World Legends, which is a fantastic game ruined by F2P MMO trappings.

If someone could make a private server, rebalance everything for solo play, and mod in action-RPG combat, it would be one of the best games ever. As it is, it's a fantastic world populated by people who really want you to spend more time and money to see the next bit.
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I pretty much suck at fighting games, but have been getting into some of the recent story-heavy games like the BlazBlue series, Injustice and Mortal Kombat reboot.

The new KI looks pretty good, and is currently cheap on Steam for the complete bundle. It says it's got a proper story, but I'd like a less biased opinion-

1) Does it actually have a decent story mode (the actual quality of the story is less important, as long as it's told well)
2) Does it have a decent amount of single-player content for someone who will never play against another human being?
3) Can you have fun muddling through said solo content without being actually good at it? As in, I can beat the standard AI, but still don't really understand any in-depth mechanics (which is where I am in the games listed at the start).
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I did some backtracking in WoL to pick up spirits I'd missed/couldn't beat earlier, and found that Fiora's ability makes you start the fight as Metal. Which... kind of implies some spoilers, given that it doesn't relate to anything she did before she died. Immediately afterwards, I went to the Spirit Board and saw Mecha Fiora is a thing. Gee, I wonder what happens later on in that game?
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Finally got around to loading Nikki into an Amiibo and making a Mii Swordfighter character... really disappointed to realise that most Mii outfits aren't recolourable. And they all change the sword, but you can't pick a sword and outfit independently.

More customisation is always better, Nintendo! Fix this in a patch!

(Mainly because one of the outfits has a paintbrush sword, which totally fits Nikki's theme but the outfit itself is ugly and not green. Unless there's someone wielding a giant pencil I've yet to unlock, which is what I've always wanted Nikki to fight with).
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Weird that everyone calls them kill shots. I've always thought of them as more like super-crits, since you're probably going to die, but they are survivable if you get sent towards the far edge.

Anyway, I'm loving the game. The thought that's gone into the rulesets of some of the Spirit fights to make them representative of the character is superb.
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Should have the Builder instead. Get that DQB2 Switch cross-promotion going!
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To be fair, he (or someone on his team) did put a pretty massive spoiler in one of the trailers already.

As a big fan of Aqua, finally catching up with her only to find out she's fallen to darkness would have been an awesome twist... if I didn't already know about it months ago.
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Ah, I've seen them, but not fought them yet. Now I have a plan for next time, thanks.
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Are there any more spirits to make the Kapp'n fight not completely impossible? Snorlax just reduces it from guaranteed insta-death to ludicrously difficult.

On Mii topic- I haven't ported her to Ultimate yet, but I used to play as Mii Swordfighter Nikki a lot on SSBFor. I've currently got Evil Nikki (my NNID profile Mii, basically Nikki with a flipper hairstyle and darker colours) as a Brawler wearing the Vampire outfit. Very cool character.
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Four-way match between Tifa, Samus, Zelda and KOS-MOS, but all the match pics are close-ups of their chests.
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Malon or Anju

I also really like Fi as a character, despite loathing her as a gameplay mechanic. (Magical pseudo-AI? Awesome. Explaining the exact solution to every single puzzle the moment you walk into the room? **** right off)
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foolm0r0n posted...

Oh is that the Earth from the 90s show?

It is indeed. Which means that Earth-90 Barry Allen is John Wesley-Shipp reprising his original role. And also means that basically everyone else who was in that show was killed horribly, so have fun watching it now, kids!

And holy crap that Legends episode was incredible. Even though they're not joining in with the crossover this year, they still managed to have a very Elseworlds-y episode during it (not to mention hanging a great big lampshade on it in the first scene). And I think they're set to cameo in Part 3 anyway?.
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Sure. As soon as you convince the NFL, FIFA and so on to run major sporting competitions without their top teams being allowed to compete. Otherwise, what's the point?
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I still maintain that Other M is a good game with an awful plot. And even the plot would be decent enough if the characters had different (or even any) personalities.
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CX?

Semi-related note, Rockman.EXE Operate Shooting Star (AKA Mega Man Battle Network: Operate Star Force) has a translation patch now. DS remake of MMBN1 with an added chapter involving some of the SF cast travelling back in time, after which you can choose to play as either Mega Man.EXE or Star Force Mega Man, with different battle mechanics.
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Well Arrow itself kinda sucks now. But the other shows are still good, and this was bloody brilliant.

Just one thing- I thought The Monitor was a good guy? At least in the original Crisis. Why's he destroying universes now?

And weren't there only 52 Earths in the Arrowmultiverse? Could have sworn last year's crossover had a line to the effect that Earth X was the secret 53rd Earth that nobody talks about, now there's at least 90?

Anyway, minor things that are probably not even issues aside, I loved Part 1, can't wait for Part 2. Gotham City!
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As great as that would be in theory, I doubt I'd pay the amount it would inevitably cost.

But if they ever release a Mystery Incorporated complete blu-ray, it's mine.
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LinkMarioSamus posted...

All joking aside, I know it's in good fun, but Samus has other notable things besides big breasts. How does she even fit those in her armor, come to think of it?

The same way she fits her entire body into the Morph Ball.

... and now I'm imagining a Chozo Tech sports bra that keeps your breasts out of the way by storing them in a pocket dimension where physics don't apply.
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It'd be cool if Bethesda officially gave up, released an offline patch and full GECK tools, and let the community fill the nice environment with actual content.
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They put out a poll a while back asking if people would be interested in 'Dragon Age: Tactics'.

So I'm kinda hoping for XCOM: Thedas Edition
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James Pond 2: Codename Robocod is set in Santa's toy factory
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I see Frozen as an averted villain origin story. It's about how Elsa almost became an evil sorceress who would eventually have tried to freeze the planet, but her trip down the (very) slippery slope of morality was halted by Hans' attack on Anna, which served both to bring Elsa back and realise the consequences of her actions, and see what evil looked like and realise she didn't want to end up like that.

So yeah, Elsa is an unwitting, sympathetic villain for most of Frozen. IMO.

Incidentally, there's an arc in Once Upon a Time that's basically a live-action sequel to Frozen, and ties it back to the original Snow Queen tale by having her be Anna and Elsa's aunt. She's also much more of an outright villain (if still somewhat sympathetic) than Elsa.
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Isn't the 3DS version of VII supposed to have cut out a lot of filler? I'm fairly sure I remember reading that the super-lengthy intro/prologue sequence is shorter on 3DS, and there's a few other added features to cut down on the amount of backtracking and searching required.
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I made this exact same topic years ago.
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1- Basically the prototype for JRPGs. Incredibly bare-bones, but important for establishing everything that followed
2- Adds a multi-person party, but otherwise much like 1
3- The definitive early RPG. Just about every other JRPG up until the late PS2 era was based on DQ3.
4- Starts to bring in proper storytelling. Definitely worth playing
5- Much like 4, also worth playing
6- Haven't played this one yet
7- Or this one
8- Or this one
9- Suffers a little from feeling like a series of disconnected stories ("I wonder what problem this town has for us to solve and then move on and forget about"), but still good
10- Is an MMO and thus worthless even if we could understand it
11- Havent played it yet, but apparently it's great

Monsters series - Excellent
Heroes - Very good, despite trying to mix ****ing Tower Defense gameplay into Musou
Builders- One of my favourite games of all time. Buy it. Buy it now. And the sequel due early next year.
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How has Monster Hunter ended up with the same plot as Uwe Boll's Dungeon Siege sequel?
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No Darkwing Duck, no buy.
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If your Eevee played D&D, what class would they choose?
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Supposedly, Monopoly: Tropical Tycoon is a genuinely good variant of Monopoly, with a lot of modern game design elements- unfortunately, one of them is a DVD when an app or just an event deck would be better, but playing for victory points instead of just money and having asymetric player abilities and goals make it a much better game.

I just wish I'd known that when I saw a copy in a charity shop instead of dismissing it as just another Monopoly. I really want to play it now.
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It honestly sickens me that people act like the occasional glitch or framerate drop in a massive, AAA title is something worthy of death threats, then throw money at crap like Goat Simulator and Candy Crush. I'm amazed developers bother at all any more, they could clearly be making a fuckton more money (and taking much less aggravation) for a fraction of the effort.
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Just watched the first episode. Almost gave up immediately after seeing the Dreamworks logo, but... actually turned out to be pretty good. I expect I'll carry on with this. As long as nobody else ever catches me watching it.
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Aren't these just demos until you stump up the cash? If not, what do the IAPs do?

(There used to be Android remakes of the three Game Gear Shining Force games, but they were only released in Japan and delisted ages ago. Would be nice if they reappeared in English).
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Polygon posted...

But were now in a new era of Pokmon, with a new generation of young trainers. Maybe the only way forward is to let go of the past."

So what they're saying is... it's a whole new world we live in, it's a whole new way to be. It's a whole new place with a brand new attitude, but you've still got to catch them all?
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I voted for Bayonetta because Geralt is a literary character.

He's a great literary character, but he shouldn't be in this contest.
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I keep hoping someone will do a fan remake of XOver and make it a proper game- most of the graphics have been ripped, including a sprite sheet of Over-1, so it should be possible to do an actual platformer with the same concept of 'New guy travels through levels based on entire franchise to rescue the famous heroes'.
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xp1337 posted...

and I think one of the Soul Caliburs?

You can build her in SC3's Create A Character mode, although the result will just be a custom fighter that looks like her, there's no KOS-MOS story or moveset or anything.
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Are the Dwarves from The Dwarves the Dwarves from We Are The Dwarves?

I would like to find out please.
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voltch posted...

3D castlevania/mega man games aren't so well received right?

Mega Man X7 sucks, but most of the other 3D games in those series are regarded as at least decent, as far as I'm aware.

The 3D Castlevanias all have enough good points to make up for the poor controls, the Mega Man Legends subseries is pretty well loved, and... I actually don't know what the consensus on Mega Man X Command Mission is, but I thought it was good.
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Aqua is a great character, and if it were up to me, she'd be winning the whole contest.

But this is a popularity contest and KOS-MOS is more well known. That's it.
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Dungeon Keeper Mobile

Ever wondered why Google Play changed the download button on free apps to say 'Install' rather than 'Free'? This is why. A game so blatantly designed to take your money in exchange for nothing that the EU decided it could not legally be called 'free'.

Add to that the fact that it tried to trick you into not leaving a review if you said you were going to give it less than five stars, and that it shat all over a classic franchise that gamers had been hoping for a revival of for years, and you have something that's not so much a game as it is a literal crime.
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It'd be nice to have a legitimate way to play the whole trilogy in Europe. We only actually got Episode II released here back in the day.

(And yes, Psychonauts on PS2 was a trainwreck)
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Fallout 76 is also completely worthless on consoles, but at least the PC version has the potential for modders to fix it by stripping out the pointless multiplayer and turning it back into a proper game.
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This picture, which I adopted as my Watcher in Pillars of Eternity I&II:
https://www.deviantart.com/bogdan-mrk/art/The-Bounty-Hunter-449411290
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Does this one have any more massive spoilers for things that would have been incredibly awesome if they were revealed properly in-game instead of months before the it's even out?
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Nobody likes Bethesda or Fallout any more because they've done bad things since, therefore Fallout sucks and has always sucked.

</internet mentality>
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ZeldaTPLink posted...

Though Aqua should be bottom of the barrel kingdom hearts.

Man, that's one hell of a typo for "Aqua is easily the best character in Kingdom Hearts"
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The Builder from Dragon Quest Builders (with male and female versions like Robin, Corrin etc)

They'd have a big hammer as their main weapon, throw blocks around as projectiles, and maybe be able to plonk down big walls or furniture that would function as temporary obstacles/platforms.
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I've never 'got' fighting games at all, so Smash Bros.

But as far as 'proper' fighting games go, I enjoy Injustice and BlazBlue. Mainly because they have good single-player content and proper stories, so I don't feel as if I'm just flailing around against the AI because I could never beat another player, I'm actually 'accomplishing' something (badly) worthwhile by seeing the plot through.
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