So What Are YOU Playing?

[Yuri-G]

I liked the characters and felt they had a bit more depth than the usual crew. They're not Rutee-level amazing, but still a cut above some of the cliched stereotypes that Tales loves to trot out so often. mostly I would say it's the childhood story arc that made me feel that way; something about getting to know them as kids and then seeing them as adults made them feel a lot less one-dimensional.

as for the battle system - hmm, why did I like it so much? I think a lot of it comes down to the way the designers rewarded and punished you for certain playstyles. in the past, if you dodged an attack it saved you from damage. in Graces, if you dodge an attack it boosts your CC. in the past, if you hit a weak point it did more damage. in Graces you're encouraged to aim for multiple weak points and switch up your attacks to stack the weakness debuff as much as possible (I think, I forget exactly how that part worked). the lack of an MP gauge meant I was always aiming for more CC to free-style maul the enemy, and you get more CC by playing technically. it just flowed very well for me.

granted I haven't played as many of the current-gen or the previous-gen Tales games... I was much more a fan back in the PSX days. Destiny II (NA) for lyfe motherfucker

[Ornery Sheep]

Ah, gotcha. Well, every game's got somethin' for someone.

It wasn't personally too high on my list of favorites within the series but (aside from GBA Phantasia) I haven't played a Tales of that I didn't like (at least a little bit).

I definitely see your points about the combat and I'd definitely suggest you give the Xillias a try, Xillia 2 in particular does many of the things you like but plays a bit more 'traditionally' I guess.

I'm also curious to see if anything is done about Zestiria's camera before localization, if so, I think that'll be a fun one too.

[Exoduso]

Went on to Xillia now, lack of side stepping is extremely difficult to get used to after practically using it throughout the entire campaign in Graces f.

[Ayn]

Snap pivot for great justice.

[Ornery Sheep]

Snap pivot is basically side step on crack, love it. Leia's backstep with dem iframes and elongating staff got to be pretty awesome too, actually.

[Melena]

Finally started working on Link Between Worlds. Mad at myself for not starting sooner.

[Genosync]

Graces's story and characters are meh as tales games usually are but I'll be damned if it's not a fun game to PLAY, which is the point of games to begin with.

[Omniyoji]

Aaaand completing the walking dead turned me into a trophy whore....

[Doombear]

Aaaand completing the walking dead turned me into a trophy whore....

Oh that gateway trophy. Gets lots of people. Oh look, here's a nice relatively easy Platinum Trophy for you! Isn't that nice? Don't you want more now?! GET MORE NOW!

[Corrderio]

At the boss in the Limewater Cave in Ys VI. Got to admit this game's grinding is a lot different than Felghana/Origins. It's more about grinding ore to upgrade your swords and money for seeds than it is that additional level or two to make a boss less suicidal to fight.

Not sure what level swords max out at, but getting them 8 at this point is pretty much a must IMO for the magic regen.

[Exoduso]

So a few nights ago I noticed that I had "purchased" both of the first two Batman games since they were apparently free on the PSN at one point or another...
Kind of mad at myself for not playing them sooner, ran through Asylum in like 2 days and am now playing City and loving it. These games are fucking fantastic and if you missed them for whatever reason, go play them now.

[Tokitoki]

So a few nights ago I noticed that I had "purchased" both of the first two Batman games since they were apparently free on the PSN at one point or another...
Kind of mad at myself for not playing them sooner, ran through Asylum in like 2 days and am now playing City and loving it. These games are fucking fantastic and if you missed them for whatever reason, go play them now.

I played up until the Joker part, ie the end, and never finished. I still need to play the rest of these games.

[Corrderio]

So I'm at the last boss in Ys VI and I think I'm fucked 3 ways and them some. His hits do a shitton of damage and I'm at a point of no return so I can't go back and grind or buy seeds for attribute boosts.

[Kalmado]

Any opinions on the Painkiller series? While a bit old now, Bundlestars has 5 Painkiller games for $5. http://www.bundlestars.com/all-bundl...killer-bundle/

[Krandor]

The original Painkiller was the shit at the time, but the rest of the series hasn't been so hot. There's never actually been a real sequel I believe, everything is just a standalone expansion excluding the remake.

[Omniyoji]

Dat feeling you get when some gives you shit during a fighting game, you own them, and then they rage... priceless

[Corrderio]

So I'm at the last boss in Ys VI and I think I'm fucked 3 ways and them some. His hits do a shitton of damage and I'm at a point of no return so I can't go back and grind or buy seeds for attribute boosts.

And sure enough that's what happened. Had to restart from the start today, but I was able to speed run it and beat the game. Only boss I didn't fight was Majuunun since that SoB. needs roughly 300 attack just to damage him.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Dat feeling you get when some gives you shit during a fighting game, you own them, and then they rage... priceless

Do it with a low tier char vs high tier, even more rage.

Or would the other way around be better? idk

[Lyall]

Do it with a low tier char vs high tier, even more rage.

Or would the other way around be better? idk

I had a friend of a coworker challenge me to Street Fighter 3: Third Strike on the Xbox when he heard we played it. Mind you, neither myself or my coworker are into the meta or fighting game scene. His friend was talking i-frames and turning frames and how Chun-Li's got attacks with only X frames compared to blah blah blah. I just play Ken because I've always picked Ken since SF2 on the SNES.

Long story short, my scrubbiness is so out of tune with what's expected of Ken players that I Rain Man his ass. He starts flipping shit about console lag and how if we were on a ps2 it wouldn't matter and how he's not used to blah blah blah. Goes and sits in his car for twenty minutes and then just goes home.

It was the most satisfying victory I've ever had in basically any video game settings.

[Krandor]

That's his own fault for playing the PS2 version which had legitimate timing differences from every other version of the game.