The Cheat-Out: Save states are for champs.

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Originally Posted by Raype

Top Gear is slowly turning into Twisted Metal?

I might actually start watching. :wacko:

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Pretty much, have to start dubbing Evans "Sweet Tooth" :wacko:

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Originally Posted by Raype

Top Gear is slowly turning into Twisted Metal?

I might actually start watching. :wacko:

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Pretty much, have to start dubbing Evans "Sweet Tooth" :wacko:

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Originally Posted by Raype

Must be those rose tinted glasses. They don't help your vision half as much as you'd think. :wacko:

So you're like literally allergic to new gaming.

Well now I just feel like an ass. :wacko:

Warrior's still shit though.

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Lol'd.

I have no issues with most PS2 games for long periods but some of the earlier stuff can be sketchy.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Phineas Squiggletail, Esq

Also, my eyes are shitty as is and playing early 3D puts a strain on them. I am revisiting Legend of Dragoon but I have to play it in small bursts because of my eyes.

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Haha, I remember actually laughing at how bad the graphics for Legend of Dragoon were when I played it for the first time a couple of years ago. Seriously can't believe something like that was ever considered good. :'D Though I wound up abandoning the game near the start of the fourth disc for other reasons anyway. Still regret it a little given how far I was and how much I was liking the vibe it had (it was essentially Sony attempting to make a Final Fantasy game in the style of that era, so it was a big nostalgia rush, and felt like playing a big budget PS1 Square game that I had missed~ ^_^), but it's one of the most poorly balanced games I've ever played in its Japanese incarnation. Most of the game is exactly the same except that everything has hugely inflated HP totals over the English version. And since it's a slow battle system as is, random encounters drag on and on, and bosses in the second half of the game can take well over an hour to finish. Which would be fine if they were actually more challenging and you were even at risk of a game over, but generally speaking they're not, and you're not. So it's just turn after turn of slowly chipping away HP totals that are set waaaaaaay too high. And god help you if you mess up and get a game over. :'D

By the time I reached the fourth disc, my game timer was around 62 hours, and I had pretty much proceeded in a straight line through the game without any levelling. Just didn't seem worth it eventually. ._. I've seen people online complaining that the US version "dumbed down" the difficulty for a US audience, but I don't think most of them actually played it in Japanese, as those HP totals made the second half of the game, in particular, painfully unfun and slow as molasses. Suffice to say there's a reason that it isn't remembered as fondly over there as it is in the west. D:

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Originally Posted by Inferno.

Pretty much, have to start dubbing Evans "Sweet Tooth" :wacko:

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SEE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM.

Also for a moment I was thinking Evans had something to do with this. Then I realized it's not our Evans and I had a moderate level of sad.

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Originally Posted by Elin

Haha, I remember actually laughing at how bad the graphics for Legend of Dragoon were when I played it for the first time a couple of years ago. Seriously can't believe something like that was ever considered good. :'D Though I wound up abandoning the game near the start of the fourth disc for other reasons anyway. Still regret it a little given how far I was and how much I was liking the vibe it had (it was essentially Sony attempting to make a Final Fantasy game in the style of that era, so it was a big nostalgia rush, and felt like playing a big budget PS1 Square game that I had missed~ ^_^), but it's one of the most poorly balanced games I've ever played in its Japanese incarnation. Most of the game is exactly the same except that everything has hugely inflated HP totals over the English version. And since it's a slow battle system as is, random encounters drag on and on, and bosses in the second half of the game can take well over an hour to finish. Which would be fine if they were actually more challenging and you were even at risk of a game over, but generally speaking they're not, and you're not. So it's just turn after turn of slowly chipping away HP totals that are set waaaaaaay too high. And god help you if you mess up and get a game over. :'D

By the time I reached the fourth disc, my game timer was around 62 hours, and I had pretty much proceeded in a straight line through the game without any levelling. Just didn't seem worth it eventually. ._. I've seen people online complaining that the US version "dumbed down" the difficulty for a US audience, but I don't think most of them actually played it in Japanese, as those HP totals made the second half of the game, in particular, painfully unfun and slow as molasses. Suffice to say there's a reason that it isn't remembered as fondly over there as it is in the west. D:

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Playing NTSC-U LoD:

Get that reusable attack all item in disc 3
Battle starts
Use item
Battle ends
Win game

Although that does explain a bit. Some bosses would drop dead before you had a chance to see all the dialogue or properly finish the scripted fight (the final boss comes to mind).

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Originally Posted by Raype

There's a new DragonBall anime.

I bet borly would love to see it. ;_;

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I choose to believe that he's too busy watching it to check in and see us. It's less painful that way. ;_;

Evans' arse is presenting new Top Gear. You heard it here first chaps! :wacko:

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Originally Posted by Inferno.

Evans' arse is presenting new Top Gear. You heard it here first chaps! :wacko:

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For the first time in my life, I am interested in watching Top Gear.

I hope the three of the old cast make some new car show because honestly that was why people watched it.

Also I have no doubt Clarkson was a massive arse to work with, that was partially his appeal however, that he was a loud prima dona but to actually work with him...

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Originally Posted by Raype

Playing NTSC-U LoD:

Get that reusable attack all item in disc 3
Battle starts
Use item
Battle ends
Win game

Although that does explain a bit. Some bosses would drop dead before you had a chance to see all the dialogue or properly finish the scripted fight (the final boss comes to mind).

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Haha, sounds like they knew they had a broken game with the Japanese version, but couldn't be bothered to put the effort in to actually balance it properly, and just wound up breaking it in a different way. :'D I read somewhere that attack items were vastly increased in power in the English version too (they're pretty useless in the Japanese one, by what I remember), so that seems to make sense. Kind of sucks to know that it's just as crippled by poor balance in the English one too, albeit in a slightly less unfun way. D:

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Originally Posted by Elin

I choose to believe that he's too busy watching it to check in and see us. It's less painful that way. ;_;

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Will Broly still be the strongest? Will Borly ever Borly where this Borly is Borly?

STAY TUNED!

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Originally Posted by Inferno.

Evans' arse is presenting new Top Gear. You heard it here first chaps! :wacko:

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Assless chaps in this case.

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Originally Posted by Tassadar

I hope the three of the old cast make some new car show because honestly that was why people watched it.

Also I have no doubt Clarkson was a massive arse to work with, that was partially his appeal however, that he was a loud prima dona but to actually work with him...

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They've just signed a deal with Amazon, they're coming back 2016. :wacko:

Yes, I did read that, I'm glad to hear that.

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Originally Posted by Elin

Haha, I remember actually laughing at how bad the graphics for Legend of Dragoon were when I played it for the first time a couple of years ago. Seriously can't believe something like that was ever considered good. :'D Though I wound up abandoning the game near the start of the fourth disc for other reasons anyway. Still regret it a little given how far I was and how much I was liking the vibe it had (it was essentially Sony attempting to make a Final Fantasy game in the style of that era, so it was a big nostalgia rush, and felt like playing a big budget PS1 Square game that I had missed~ ^_^), but it's one of the most poorly balanced games I've ever played in its Japanese incarnation. Most of the game is exactly the same except that everything has hugely inflated HP totals over the English version. And since it's a slow battle system as is, random encounters drag on and on, and bosses in the second half of the game can take well over an hour to finish. Which would be fine if they were actually more challenging and you were even at risk of a game over, but generally speaking they're not, and you're not. So it's just turn after turn of slowly chipping away HP totals that are set waaaaaaay too high. And god help you if you mess up and get a game over. :'D

By the time I reached the fourth disc, my game timer was around 62 hours, and I had pretty much proceeded in a straight line through the game without any levelling. Just didn't seem worth it eventually. ._. I've seen people online complaining that the US version "dumbed down" the difficulty for a US audience, but I don't think most of them actually played it in Japanese, as those HP totals made the second half of the game, in particular, painfully unfun and slow as molasses. Suffice to say there's a reason that it isn't remembered as fondly over there as it is in the west. D:

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Of course not, and requiring long battles isn't difficulty, it's tedium. But people have to bitch about something.

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Originally Posted by Elin

Haha, sounds like they knew they had a broken game with the Japanese version, but couldn't be bothered to put the effort in to actually balance it properly, and just wound up breaking it in a different way. :'D I read somewhere that attack items were vastly increased in power in the English version too (they're pretty useless in the Japanese one, by what I remember), so that seems to make sense. Kind of sucks to know that it's just as crippled by poor balance in the English one too, albeit in a slightly less unfun way. D:

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I avoided using items because it just broke the hell out of the game. You pretty much become invincible outside of the gimmick boss fights (like that staff monster). Also you get a shit ton of them so good luck not having a dozen off brand megalixers before you finish the first disk. Also that reusable item is unmissable (although if you're a huge moron it is possible to only get a weaker version or a single use variant). Also there's an item that gives 100% escape chance to encounters. Also reusable.

Divine Dragon is still a bag of dicks though. I think Ivolt and I discussed that one a while back. He had no memory card and had to clear the game without shutting off his system. Hilarity ensued.

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Originally Posted by Elin

Haha, sounds like they knew they had a broken game with the Japanese version, but couldn't be bothered to put the effort in to actually balance it properly, and just wound up breaking it in a different way. :'D I read somewhere that attack items were vastly increased in power in the English version too (they're pretty useless in the Japanese one, by what I remember), so that seems to make sense. Kind of sucks to know that it's just as crippled by poor balance in the English one too, albeit in a slightly less unfun way. D:

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Yeah I'd much rather have the option to do something like that then have to trudge through a total borefest. Of course, if a game gets too grindy on me I will just cheat and not give a shit.

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Originally Posted by Tassadar

I hope the three of the old cast make some new car show because honestly that was why people watched it.

Also I have no doubt Clarkson was a massive arse to work with, that was partially his appeal however, that he was a loud prima dona but to actually work with him...

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Even as someone who was no fan of Top Gear and who despised Clarkson as a person, I can't really imagine it'd be the same show without him. He pretty much was Top Gear, and a huge part of the show's appeal was in his caustic, arrogant persona. They were kind of screwed, really, as they couldn't not let him go after what happened, but it must have been obvious to everyone involved that he was going to be virtually irreplaceable.

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Originally Posted by Raype

Divine Dragon is still a bag of dicks though. I think Ivolt and I discussed that one a while back. He had no memory card and had to clear the game without shutting off his system. Hilarity ensued.

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Was this 2001 or something? I don't even remember what PS1 mem cards having value feels like. :wacko:

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Originally Posted by Mr. Phineas Squiggletail, Esq

Was this 2001 or something? I don't even remember what PS1 mem cards having value feels like. :wacko:

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It was a strange, strange time indeed.

Also this is Ivolt we're talking about so strangeness comes with the territory.

He tells us tales of this mystical fantasy world called new york.

And we are all in awe.

Jesus Christ, finishing a JRPG without a memory card? That's hardcore. We rented and finished Soul Reaver 2 without a PS2 memory card back when we first got our PS2, and even that entailed an all nighter and lots of Red Bull. Admittedly we were working without a walkthrough and had to solve all the puzzles on our own, but it was still only about 10 hours tops, not the 30+ it takes it finish most major JRPGs. I'm starting to understand where all of Ivolt's rage comes from.

I actually pulled all of my old PS1 saves off my PS1 memory cards recently so that I could mess about with them in emulators. Was amazed to see how small the saves were for Diablo, which was a 10 block game that took most of your memory card back in the day. Technology~

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Originally Posted by Raype

New Skype and new tapa talk are awful. This phone is not cooperating. on the other hand it has made cataloging my bitches super easy.

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New tapatalk has an update that doesn't download. Yay. Try tapatalk classic. It's fast, but no longer supports image uploads.

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Originally Posted by Inferno.

No idea.

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Female

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Originally Posted by Tassadar

Arthritis is my favourite JRPG. :wacko:

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Pretty much, have to start dubbing Evans "Sweet Tooth" :wacko:

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Originally Posted by Raype

There's a new DragonBall anime.

I bet borly would love to see it. ;_;

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If Broly is in it, I'm sure he'll be watching. Specially if his ass is handed to him. If Broly's ass is handed to Borly, I meant :wacko:

Are you still working through the top 250 films of imdb Elin?

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Originally Posted by Cookie Monster

Pretty much, have to start dubbing Evans "Sweet Tooth" :wacko:

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Dammit. I can hear the fireworks in the distance. Completely forgot about it tonight :(

This is going to read back like there was some sort of weird forum crash.

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Originally Posted by Sprung

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*Car person

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Originally Posted by Tassadar

Are you still working through the top 250 films of imdb Elin?

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I watched all of them! At least all of them as they were last year. ^^;;; There are probably new entries now, plus some I've seen that have been pushed out of the top 250. How about you?

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Originally Posted by Inferno.

*Car person

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Most girls are

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Originally Posted by Sprung

Most girls are

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Shut up gramps.

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Originally Posted by Inferno.

Shut up gramps.

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Come sit on my lap, and I'll teach you how to work a stick.

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Originally Posted by Elin

I watched all of them! At least all of them as they were last year. ^^;;; There are probably new entries now, plus some I've seen that have been pushed out of the top 250. How about you?

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Last count it sits at 190, there are tons of films on that list though that that don't interest me like films from Bollywood, other films which quickly get there through popular opinion. :wacko:

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Originally Posted by Sprung

Come sit on my lap, and I'll teach you how to work a stick.

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:whistle:

A kick to the balls to simulate the clutch? :wacko:

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Originally Posted by Inferno.

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No, just ignorant.

*FaRt*

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Originally Posted by Tassadar

Last count it sits at 190, there are tons of films on that list though that that don't interest me like films from Bollywood, other films which quickly get there through popular opinion. :wacko:

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Not really big on Bollywood either, to be honest. I've watched a handful of films and thought they were okay, and I want to get into it since it's probably the one remaining really big film industry in the world that I haven't seen a decent amount of films from and I'm sure there's lots of really good stuff there, but it's stylistically so distinct and such a big departure from most of the world's other major film industries that it's hard to know where to begin. I think it'd probably take me learning Hindi or something and getting really involved in the culture and language to get me to follow Bollywood. Maybe someday~

And yeah, I found some of the newer films that were obviously overrated and had only made their way into the top 250 because they were new and popular to be the biggest slog, actually. D: Not because they were bad exactly, but because they weren't exceptional, and weren't always the sort of thing that would normally appeal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAdniWncWu4

Turkish films are where its at.

Back to bed. Need sleep.

All this talk about blown knees is making me feel like I'm playing Skyrim.

Taken a marathon to the knee?