Topic: Babble about a video game you are playing (Read 237043 times)

McDohl · « **Reply #2360 on:** October 18, 2009, 04:54:56 AM »

ONE MILLION NEEDLES

A² · « **Reply #2361 on:** October 19, 2009, 03:42:32 AM »

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Seiken Densetsu

speaking as someone who went so far to beat legend of mana with a ddr pad i think i am on top of the "Dear God, please make one more good one" pile

also spent more time than healthy on looking for some kind of good mana memorabilia but fuck that shit's expensive.

Classic · « **Reply #2362 on:** October 19, 2009, 06:21:58 AM »

Looking back on it, I actually liked Legend of Mana. Balance and horrifying character aside.

Brentai · « **Reply #2363 on:** October 19, 2009, 08:55:10 AM »

I can see how Legend of Mana would be delicious fucking candy to a certain niche of players.

I am not in that niche.

Classic · « **Reply #2364 on:** October 19, 2009, 08:56:14 AM »

More ADD than OCD eh?

Shinra · « **Reply #2365 on:** October 19, 2009, 10:26:48 AM »

I'm more OCD than ADD, and I still hated legend of mana.

A² · « **Reply #2366 on:** October 19, 2009, 04:09:52 PM »

Apparently for LoM's release, S-E Employees were given zippo lighters etched with rabities

Pacobird · « **Reply #2367 on:** October 19, 2009, 04:41:09 PM »

I'm pretty sure a completely new team took over the Mana series after SD3; to support this claim I submit they somehow managed to make the Sword of Mana remake boring as fuck when the original game had more heart than a Gene Hackman sports movie

Brentai · « **Reply #2368 on:** October 19, 2009, 06:02:08 PM »

Sword of Mana was outsourced to Brownie Brown. You'd think that'd be the explanation except

A) Brownie Brown was at least partially founded by Mana veterans and
B) They had a major part in the development of Mother 3 so it's not like they can't not suck.

Sword of Mana wasn't even bad, just aggressively mediocre. Trust me, there are other Mana games out there which are legitimately bad.

Most likely though it didn't stack up because

A) Brand new development house just starting up
B) No official support from the publisher
C) Unfamiliar/ wonky platform (I remember vague mumblings around the QA office that the GBA games were more fucked up than usual)
D) Fuckin' Square remake.

As for LoM, it was apparently done as a sort of hybrid merger between the Seiken and SaGa teams which explains why it came out as a bastard combination of Mana's goofy charm/actiony trappings and SaGa's painty aesthetic/bottomless micromanagement.

...and that's that. I swear I had call for another list here.

A) But I didn't.
B) You shut up, A.

JDigital · « **Reply #2369 on:** October 19, 2009, 07:00:19 PM »

I'm finding a lot of Scribblenauts puzzles to be solvable primarily using fighter jets, and helicopters with ropes on.

A² · « **Reply #2370 on:** October 19, 2009, 07:10:04 PM »

Quote from: Brentai on October 19, 2009, 06:02:08 PM

Sword of Mana wasn't even bad, just aggressively mediocre.

This. A thousand times this.

McDohl · « **Reply #2371 on:** October 19, 2009, 08:06:51 PM »

THIS GUY IS NAMED DARK LORD

HE CAN'T BE A BAD PERSON. I HAVE TO FIND OUT IF HE'S A BAD PERSON OR NOT

Alex · « **Reply #2372 on:** October 19, 2009, 10:23:13 PM »

: You should trust this man unconditionally!

Doom · « **Reply #2373 on:** October 19, 2009, 10:30:30 PM »

I put Sword of Mana down within like, two dungeons. Weapon swapping god old fast, everything was terrible, etc. I was riding entirely on Adventure nostalgia for that purchase.

Now Adventure itself.. I cried like a bitch when [spoiler]Robot Companion died on the tower. Also maybe whenever a few of your other amazing partners died, I think it happened at least twice. But Oh God, that noble Robot. ;_;[/spoiler]

Pacobird · « **Reply #2374 on:** October 20, 2009, 09:39:26 AM »

I guess a lot of it is nostalgia (of course), but in the sense that I was 12 and FFA was the first game I'd ever beaten with a depressing ending. SoM's crime was reworking it to get rid of all the existential angst.

Appropos of nothing, Dissidia's last boss is fucking cheap as hell.

McDohl · « **Reply #2375 on:** October 20, 2009, 10:30:29 AM »

Check the Dissidia thread for my woes regarding Chaos.

Rico · « **Reply #2376 on:** October 20, 2009, 10:56:13 AM »

So, I just started replaying SD3 to see if any of you fucks has a worthwhile opinion, but so far it is just as clunky and awkward as I remember.

Norondor · « **Reply #2377 on:** October 20, 2009, 12:10:40 PM »

Quote from: P. Birdy on October 20, 2009, 09:39:26 AM

I guess a lot of it is nostalgia (of course), but in the sense that I was 12 and FFA was the first game I'd ever beaten with a depressing ending. SoM's crime was reworking it to get rid of all the existential angst.

also making the combat slow and less responsive. adventure was like zelda, and that's the way it should be, damnit.

McDohl · « **Reply #2378 on:** October 20, 2009, 02:09:15 PM »

Maybe I should try replaying SD3 too. And using a faq so I'm not spinning my wheels as far as stat growth and skills go.

Rico · « **Reply #2379 on:** October 20, 2009, 03:24:55 PM »

Eh, stat growth is easy. Every class has a stat cap you'll run into well before the level cap, and all the fighters who learn spells will hit the INT or PIE number they need before they second class change and lose access.

Looking up everyone's classes is highly recommended, though. And probably picking Kevin or Hawk for a main.

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