Brontoforumus Archive

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:


This board has been fossilized.
You are reading an archive of Brontoforumus, a.k.a. The Worst Forums Ever, from 2008 to early 2014.  Registration and posting (for most members) has been disabled here to discourage spambots from taking over.  Old members can still log in to view boards, PMs, etc.

The new message board is at http://brontoforum.us.

Pages: 1 2 3 4 [5]

Author Topic: We Don't Suffer Enough  (Read 7520 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

François

  • Huh.
  • Tested
  • Karma: 83
  • Posts: 3313
    • View Profile
Re: We Don't Suffer Enough
« Reply #80 on: April 06, 2010, 02:18:40 PM »

I don't think there ever is a point where magic is mandatory in the game; IIRC you could have thrown one of those flaming pots at the switch. Also, magirocks return when you use up rings, so you never run out, they're just a limit on how many you can have at once.

To be honest, Terranigma is one of my favorite games. I first played it without any preconceptions as to its quality, and I liked it so much I completed it twice and spent a couple of years as a regular on a dedicated forum for it (some time before I first joined here, so that was long ago). It starts slow and there are a couple of asinine grindy spots, but overall I wouldn't exactly say the gameplay's a good fit for a pain contest. It's not super memorable either, but the music and the uniquely bittersweet (and sometimes surprisingly sinister and creepy) atmosphere make up for it I think.
Logged

Niku

  • MEAT
  • Board Moderator
  • Tested
  • Karma: -65350
  • Posts: 6705
    • View Profile
Re: We Don't Suffer Enough
« Reply #81 on: April 06, 2010, 02:23:08 PM »

man zed do you remember that guy who got to level 50 grinding on just the first two enemies in the first tower
Logged
i'm a blog now, blogs are cool: a fantastic machine made of meat

TA

  • Tested
  • Karma: 29
  • Posts: 3219
    • View Profile
Re: We Don't Suffer Enough
« Reply #82 on: April 06, 2010, 02:33:06 PM »

I don't think there ever is a point where magic is mandatory in the game

Bloody Mary.  Unless you level grind to a psychotic degree.

But yeah it's a solid game.
Logged
Do you understand how terrifying the words “vibrating strap on” are for an asexual? That’s like saying “the holocaust” to a Jew.

François

  • Huh.
  • Tested
  • Karma: 83
  • Posts: 3313
    • View Profile
Re: We Don't Suffer Enough
« Reply #83 on: April 06, 2010, 03:21:19 PM »

man zed do you remember that guy who got to level 50 grinding on just the first two enemies in the first tower

that... vaguely rings a distant bell

like I should remember something that I forgot

wait, were you there too? :pop:

I don't think there ever is a point where magic is mandatory in the game

Bloody Mary.  Unless you level grind to a psychotic degree.

If you can do it by abusing save states, it ain't mandatory! :whoops:
Logged

Niku

  • MEAT
  • Board Moderator
  • Tested
  • Karma: -65350
  • Posts: 6705
    • View Profile
Re: We Don't Suffer Enough
« Reply #84 on: April 06, 2010, 04:41:19 PM »

possibly, if it was hosted on a xoom page.
Logged
i'm a blog now, blogs are cool: a fantastic machine made of meat

François

  • Huh.
  • Tested
  • Karma: 83
  • Posts: 3313
    • View Profile
Re: We Don't Suffer Enough
« Reply #85 on: April 06, 2010, 05:22:12 PM »

Okay, no, I was on Cherubae's forum on http://www.fogu.com/terra/; the info pages are still there but the boards got the old drama+spam one-two punch and they're gone now. I remember Castle Snape (?), also vaguely some other site.

Man I was such a kid back then. About to coordinate a multi-author fanfic covering the entire game, too. Christ. In hindsight it's clear that crew had the combined attention span and writing talent of a dozen kittens. We couldn't even settle on whether we were going to correct the obviously mistranslated location names or use them as is. Much ado, heh.

Anyway yeah it may seem like I love Terranigma because it seeded kind of a social thing for me long ago but it really isn't the obscure masochistic shit-game it may appear to be at first glance. I'm gonna straight up admit I like some crappity-ass games, but this isn't one of them.
Logged

Brentai

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnXYVlPgX_o
  • Admin
  • Tested
  • Karma: -65281
  • Posts: 17524
    • View Profile
Re: We Don't Suffer Enough
« Reply #86 on: April 06, 2010, 06:38:19 PM »

We couldn't even settle on whether we were going to correct the obviously mistranslated location names or use them as is.

Yeah I know some multinational corporations that struggle with the same thing.

Navarl?  Really?
Logged

Niku

  • MEAT
  • Board Moderator
  • Tested
  • Karma: -65350
  • Posts: 6705
    • View Profile
Re: We Don't Suffer Enough
« Reply #87 on: April 06, 2010, 07:03:01 PM »

Okay, no, I was on Cherubae's forum on http://www.fogu.com/terra/; the info pages are still there but the boards got the old drama+spam one-two punch and they're gone now. I remember Castle Snape (?), also vaguely some other site.

Man I was such a kid back then. About to coordinate a multi-author fanfic covering the entire game, too. Christ. In hindsight it's clear that crew had the combined attention span and writing talent of a dozen kittens. We couldn't even settle on whether we were going to correct the obviously mistranslated location names or use them as is. Much ado, heh.

Anyway yeah it may seem like I love Terranigma because it seeded kind of a social thing for me long ago but it really isn't the obscure masochistic shit-game it may appear to be at first glance. I'm gonna straight up admit I like some crappity-ass games, but this isn't one of them.

Castle Snape was the Xoom site.  I'd totally forgotten about Cherubae's page until now.  :D  I hung around them both but never really hit the forums much.
Logged
i'm a blog now, blogs are cool: a fantastic machine made of meat
Pages: 1 2 3 4 [5]