You only need like level 25-30 in the NES version to beat chaos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ikusagami
And SMT1 is sooooooooooooooooooooo easy.
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You only need like level 25-30 in the NES version to beat chaos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ikusagami
And SMT1 is sooooooooooooooooooooo easy.
I had OCD pretty bad as a kid. ;D I still grind in my sleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by The VCR
Might have to give SMT1 a try then; I usually avoid the series, as I never finished the ones I did play (Nocturne, Persona 2 Eternal Punishment, Devil Survivor).
I typically feel the story is too light, the grinding too heavy, and some of the bosses simply unbalanced.
Granted, I haven't tried Persona 3 or 4 yet, which seem to be universally loved.
Usually I grind before I sleep.
HEYO!
I finished Devil Survivor so many times, it's great. I'm close to beating persona 2 EP, but I need to reburn it.
Persona 4 is amazing, recommended for every PS2 owner, but the first 2 real bosses are going to kick your ass.
I don't care for Persona 3, liked 4 a lot better. The Raidou games are very easy, but still good. (Black Frost and Vritra Best team)
SMT1 is goooooooooood, love the music. I recommend playing the PS1 version with a guide, because it's not in English, but it's oh so much better than the SNES version.
(Status buffs are godly in these games, if you have trouble)
I've been elbowed awake many a time for sleep humping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raype
As a bachelor, cats won't cuddle with me, for some reason. :-/
They're on my epic backlog, but if I'm going to catch up on annoyingly difficult series, Wizardry takes priority.Quote:
Originally Posted by The VCR
He has a "summer blockbuster action movie" writing vibe. Doesn't work so well for the exposition sometimes, but great when you dedicate an entire book to the Last Battle. I know he was given the ending that Jordan had envisioned, so I'm happy with what he did, and he stayed as true to the series as he could. Whether he was the best person for the job, I have no idea, but Memory of Light felt like a huge action movie to me and had my heart pumping a few times, which is very rare for a novel to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ikusagami
He won me over, personally. I'm going to check out his Mistborn series next, I believe. I've heard great things.
I am going to continue my LPs eventually, when I'm not a total lazy fuck.
That's generally how I feel about life.Quote:
Originally Posted by The VCR
It happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drageuth
I took that stance about 2 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by The VCR
I haven't made a video in 2 years.
But you have the best blog entry I have ever seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raype
Dry humping your cats? :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ikusagami
His more modern writing style does have a kinetic pace, if it abandons R.J.'s more poetic, embellished, narrative. He's a lousy psychologist though, something that's important for a writer. . .especially one who's taking over somebody else's characters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drageuth
Thankfully, he didn't render them into archetypes, but he did render them into his own MBTI type, and have them try to fit themselves, consciously, into archetypes that fit their ends. For some, it worked--Rand was written that way originally; forcing himself to become an INTJ over the series--but for others (Lan/Mat) it didn't. Can't comment on the ending yet, though.
As for action feel, have you read R.A. Salvatore? He has a similar style, but I think pulls off that Blockbuster actiony feel better. It's probably why I'm disappointed in Sanderson, everything he does well, I've seen from somebody else who does it. . .weller. But to his credit, I find his style MUCH more enjoyable than Feist!
What can I say, I love the pussy.Quote:
Originally Posted by God of Battle
I wrote that about 4 years ago, with plans to make it an ongoing thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloth
Still haven't written part 2.
My problem with Salvatore is that his characters started to all fall into cliches. Brooding, outcasted protagonist (Drizzt), misunderstood brutish tough guy with occasional anger issues (Wulfgar), obvious allusions to Christianity (Demon Wars series), or just straight up strange time travelling shenanigans (Ynis Aille). His stories started to become far too predictable, and therefore loss their appeal for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ikusagami
It probably didn't help that I discovered them when I was ~10 years old. When I started reading more high fantasy/sci-fi, Salvatore just kind of paled in comparison. I find his writing style easy to follow and get immerse in, but the plot usually doesn't keep me interested for longanymore.
Everyone crash already? :(
Watching hockey and trying to find the energy to do some laundry, then play some more Sly 4.Quote:
Originally Posted by God of Battle
I have no talking points that anyone wants to engage me on, therefore I've stopped posting unless I see a convo I can jump into. :shrug:
Got a point :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Drageuth
I have made it a goal of mine to watch a bunch of movies that are on the National Film Registry over the next few months. Trying to decide which one I want to start with.
Salvatore actually came to mind because I agree with everything you just said. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Drageuth
Granted, I've only read 4 or 5 of his books, somewhere in the middle (didn't see much Wulfgar), but the action is what comes to mind, because he managed to keep my interest even when there was nothing of genuine worth going on. Honestly, some of those books were JUST fighting. If it bores me in television/cinema, you'd think it would bore me in literature, but he managed to keep up a good pace.
The only fantasy writers I'm TRULY impressed by are Jordan, Martin and Erikson. --I've actually never read Tolkien. :o But, admittedly, I don't even read much fiction, let alone modern fiction.
Planning on doing em all. :D Even after Halloween is over. :top:Quote:
Originally Posted by Drageuth
Wulfgar was one of the main characters in the Icewind Dale Trilogy, Salvatore's first set of novels that introduced Drizzt back in the late-80s/early-90s. He was featured in a few more novels in the Forgotten Realms world of books, although none of them are coming to mind at the moment beyond The Crystal Shard. Salvatore does swordplay and action extremely well, which I think is why his novels are so successful, but after 20ish books of mostly the same characters, it's hard to get excited about reading them anymore.
I'm actually at the point where I need to start moving away from series, and try and sit down with more one-off adventures, or something that takes place over only two or three books or something. I can't get invested in another huge series again. Other than ASOIAF, obviously. :PP
Tolkien is... Tolkien. I understand why LOTR is so important and why so many people enjoy that universe, but I just can't get into them.
Wulfgar appears in the Icewind Dale Trilogy which came out first. He is also in the Legacy of the Drow series.
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I own almost all his books. :lol
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Originally Posted by Sloth
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Finally getting around to watching Django Unchained, friend had me borrow it from him. It's good so far.
First book I saw of Salvatore's was The Thousand Orcs in 2002 right when it came out. I was like....9? My older brother bought it, and loved it and noticed that there were a whole bunch of books he needed to read before it and went out and bought all of those, Icewind Dale, Dark Elf Trilogy, Cleric Quintet, War of the Spider Queen etc...and I read them all as he bought them :lol
Then he abandoned the series after The Two Swords and I have bought everything since, Transitions, Neverwinter, Sellswords, and now Sundering I need to get. I basically took all his books and claimed them as my own, and he doesnt care either. :biggrin:
I actually read from the book he died to the book he came back, and I think at least one after, where he was all broody 'n stuff.
So I didn't get any early impressions.
Also, always glad to see somebody who isn't nuts for Tolkien. So many people chide me on not reading LotR yet, but even the diehard fans say the movies were pretty faithful. . . and the movies were linear as fuck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmuT8UeTk4s
Just beat Remember Me. I really like the dystopian future of Paris. I adored the second half of the game because the evil corporation you're fighting has ties that would break even family apart "hint, hint". Makes me wish this had a sequel already.
One of the funniest scenes in that movie. :lmao:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ikusagami
I was an "advanced reader" when I was younger and my teachers always struggled to find something to keep me occupied. Eventually one of my teachers loaned me a copy of The Crystal Shard when I was in 5th grade (I think) and I was hooked. Read the Icewind Dale Trilogy, Dark Elf Trilogy, then random other Forgotten Realms books, then discovered the Demon Wars Saga when that came out and was hooked on that. Eventually I moved on, but they still hold a special place in my heart. I just don't think I could go back to them and ruin them with an adult perspective.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloth
I preordered that game, but the stupid shipping company that the site used wanted to charge me $15 to pick it up, so I just left it there and let them return it. Still want to play it -- I think it's cheap on PSN right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheik
I wouldn't say The Lord of the Rings books are linear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ikusagami
You have to remember that Tolkien's stuff was written a while back, so it isn't really fair to compare it to any recent fantasy literature.
The movies aren't the same. Ok, most of the story is there but things are obviously missing and corners have been cut.
Plus the usual movie stuff to make them "cool".
Grabbed off of steam with a 50% sale. Was worth it. My 2 cents are in the recently beat games section. Didn't include spoilers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drageuth
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Originally Posted by Sheik
Same here. I read way above my level. So I always borrowed my older brother's books and read those. This was back when I read a shit ton. Parents never allowed me to play video games during the school week, and my homework took me zero time at all, and with nothing on TV ever on AFN, I just read whatever I could get my hands on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drageuth
Yeah, an ex told me Tolkien does most action offstage, in the classic style, while the movies are mostly. . .just that. But I also heard he waxes on superfluously for like six pages about minutia. Honestly, three different people have complained to me about the detail in how elven rope is tied.Quote:
Originally Posted by deadlegion
Anyway, I have the books, and I do plan to read them. . .
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someday.
I'm also wary, though, that some of the older style plot devices are commonly considered bad writing by modern standards. I love GRRM's comment on Gandalf:
I felt the same way about the New Testament. That ending was total Deus Ex Machina.Quote:
Tolkien made the wrong choice when he brought Gandalf back. Screw Gandalf. He had a great death and the characters should have had to go on without him.
*NERD HUG* :hug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloth
Teachers didn't like that I was reading Stephen King at 10, but nobody commented when I got hooked on fantasy a year later, because none of them ever heard of the authors. Hell, middle school teachers didn't even know the classics.
It's not much of a surprise my high school lit teachers were the only ones who liked me.
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Tolkien may have his flaws but GRRM is far worse. I'm three books into GoT now and although I ate through the first one quickly, the others are slow going. At least JRRT used some interesting sentence structure from time to time whilst discussing elven rope, GRRM writes like he's still in high school, complete with silly sex fantasies and the dreadfully long process of getting to know the more uninteresting characters that are created to replace the ones he's killed.
When anything interesting happens it occurs in about two sentences, so that you almost have to reread it to make sure you've read it correctly. :wacko:
And Elin, you don't count, you hate English~