Another good solution is to watch more Wim Wenders movies. Bruno Ganz is good for the cuticles.
When you say Wenders, I think of Herzog, then of Rescue Dawn and then I get angry!
Russia gets it in 2 days, and Germany still hasn't gotten it? I am most baffled. I know it was an American production (I think), but still. Is it not available on DVD there?
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My Dad's ice cream birthday cake is still unopened in the freezer and his birthday was Feb 2. Take or not to take?
I dunno, Irond. Playing this game on the heels of Eternal Sonata have left me jaded with this generation's JRPG offerings.
The fact that you aren't scoffing leads me to think you haven't gotten into the tear jerkfest that's around 3/4s in of disc one.
The skill system is endlessly fun to obsess over though. I spend forty minutes last night debating what the best system would be. I guess the game gets kudos for forcing me to think strategically.
I just hit the plot-point you're talking about and... well.. I liked it. I thought it was well-done and kind of affecting. I find the little dream vignettes interesting and refreshing.
I mean, that said, the last JRPG I actually played all the way through was FFVII, so maybe I don't have the right context to really judge such things. I nearly finished Enchanted Arms, which I thought had a puerile story, and I found Blue Dragon's story and characters grating. I've not yet picked up Eternal Sonata because so many people have been griping about it that I didn't really want to risk the $60
FFXII = best JRPG i've played yet. Persona 3 is close one though just for personality and also managing to incorporate dating sim elements in a surprisingly awesome way.
Persona 3 would be about perfect if it weren't for the blandness of Tartarus. I'm all for random dungeons, but P3's is lackluster by standards of a decade ago. From the level layouts to the actual designs, it's just not very exciting at all. It desperately needs some more level variety, and enemy variety wouldn't hurt, either.
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The current crop of PS3/360 RPGs looks excessively unappealing.
I worked on a set last night where I had access to AC power the whole time and all the takes were marked and clapped. You have no idea how much pleasure and relief these little things bring me.
I dunno, Irond. Playing this game on the heels of Eternal Sonata have left me jaded with this generation's JRPG offerings.
The fact that you aren't scoffing leads me to think you haven't gotten into the tear jerkfest that's around 3/4s in of disc one.
The skill system is endlessly fun to obsess over though. I spend forty minutes last night debating what the best system would be. I guess the game gets kudos for forcing me to think strategically.
I just hit the plot-point you're talking about and... well.. I liked it. I thought it was well-done and kind of affecting. I find the little dream vignettes interesting and refreshing.
I mean, that said, the last JRPG I actually played all the way through was FFVII, so maybe I don't have the right context to really judge such things. I nearly finished Enchanted Arms, which I thought had a puerile story, and I found Blue Dragon's story and characters grating. I've not yet picked up Eternal Sonata because so many people have been griping about it that I didn't really want to risk the $60
FFXII = best JRPG i've played yet. Persona 3 is close one though just for personality and also managing to incorporate dating sim elements in a surprisingly awesome way.
Persona 3 would be about perfect if it weren't for the blandness of Tartarus. I'm all for random dungeons, but P3's is lackluster by standards of a decade ago. From the level layouts to the actual designs, it's just not very exciting at all. It desperately needs some more level variety, and enemy variety wouldn't hurt, either.
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The current crop of PS3/360 RPGs looks excessively unappealing.
Mass Effect is pretty fantastic, and Oblivion was crucially flawed in a few aspects but otherwise great. Unless you're talking about JRPGs, in which case I guess I'm not really qualified to judge outside thinking that Lost Odyssey is kind of neat.
Why do all the regulars here feel a need to approach posts by newbies with a weak grasp of English in such a condescending and obnoxious way?
Everytime a thread like the "do violence in video games promote violence in people" pops up everyone seems to want to get their intellectual circle-jerk on before a mod closes it. It's one thing to respect rules, it's another thing entirely to be a prick.
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They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
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Why do all the regulars here feel a need to approach posts by newbies with a weak grasp of English in such a condescending and obnoxious way?
Everytime a thread like the "do violence in video games promote violence in people" pops up everyone seems to want to get their intellectual circle-jerk on before a mod closes it.
There were a couple reasonable responses.
Honestly those threads really get to me - they make me feel so bad for some kid who's going to feel embarrassed because he can't spell or didn't grasp the concept of this forum correctly.
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Irond WillWARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!!Cambridge. MAModeratormod
Why do all the regulars here feel a need to approach posts by newbies with a weak grasp of English in such a condescending and obnoxious way?
Everytime a thread like the "do violence in video games promote violence in people" pops up everyone seems to want to get their intellectual circle-jerk on before a mod closes it. It's one thing to respect rules, it's another thing entirely to be a prick.
There is an obvious difference between someone with a weak grasp of English and someone who just doesn't bother trying.
Why do all the regulars here feel a need to approach posts by newbies with a weak grasp of English in such a condescending and obnoxious way?
Everytime a thread like the "do violence in video games promote violence in people" pops up everyone seems to want to get their intellectual circle-jerk on before a mod closes it. It's one thing to respect rules, it's another thing entirely to be a prick.
I hate it when people do that and am not unwilling to throw infractions for that. Most of the mod locks of such threads are mercy locks.
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also am I the only person who damn near giggles everytime he hears the word dongle?
Why the hell is Sammamish suddenly one of the best places in the country to live?
Divulge.
Because it is awesome to pronounce.
Samamamamamamamish
I lol'd
When you say Wenders, I think of Herzog, then of Rescue Dawn and then I get angry!
Seattle isn't even in the top 100 anymore.
Which kind of worries me in general.
Grr, lunch is over. CURSES.
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Dour and angry. Don't you guys get other emotions?
And no metrosexual is not an emotion.
Russia gets it in 2 days, and Germany still hasn't gotten it? I am most baffled. I know it was an American production (I think), but still. Is it not available on DVD there?
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That looks right.
Persona 3 would be about perfect if it weren't for the blandness of Tartarus. I'm all for random dungeons, but P3's is lackluster by standards of a decade ago. From the level layouts to the actual designs, it's just not very exciting at all. It desperately needs some more level variety, and enemy variety wouldn't hurt, either.
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The current crop of PS3/360 RPGs looks excessively unappealing.
And by that I mean, I obsess over things I can't have.
On the black screen
I want Audiosurf but I have no way of getting it since I don't have access to a credit card D:D:
You want to make me cry, don't you?
t Gim: IMDB says it was released spring of 2007, but that's a dirty lie!
guh.
Unless we were teaming up in it to fight other people. But I don't think you have a Wii so that's a rather moot point.
I have a Wii.
I just know where my allegiance lies, traitor.
Mass Effect is pretty fantastic, and Oblivion was crucially flawed in a few aspects but otherwise great. Unless you're talking about JRPGs, in which case I guess I'm not really qualified to judge outside thinking that Lost Odyssey is kind of neat.
Because he and I are gonna be tearing up random internet people something fierce.
Everytime a thread like the "do violence in video games promote violence in people" pops up everyone seems to want to get their intellectual circle-jerk on before a mod closes it. It's one thing to respect rules, it's another thing entirely to be a prick.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
On the black screen
There were a couple reasonable responses.
Honestly those threads really get to me - they make me feel so bad for some kid who's going to feel embarrassed because he can't spell or didn't grasp the concept of this forum correctly.
ITT: Quid cops to being a closet furry.
I'd try going to a German film site and ask a few questions. Couldn't hurt.
Or you could call up Herzog at home and threaten him.
What the fuck, Will?
There is an obvious difference between someone with a weak grasp of English and someone who just doesn't bother trying.
I hate it when people do that and am not unwilling to throw infractions for that. Most of the mod locks of such threads are mercy locks.
Shit, at my house if you don't eat your slice of Key Lime Pie within 12 hours, it's already been picked out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7HCIGFdBt8