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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:24 pm
by Reknoc
Wrath Oskvro wrote:About to try out Batman Arkham Asylum. Recently I've had sort of a graphic novel/comic kick and after hearing so many good things about this game, decided to give it a shot.
Best decision you've made.

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:26 am
by brak014
I tried playing Samba de Amigo on the original dreamcast with third party maraca controllers i've had for a few years, and they dont work right at all, im tempted to upgrade and buy a wii to have controllers that are just more reliable, ancient 1999 technology definitely does not hold up over time

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:17 am
by Blue_Tail_Fox
Started playing Dynasty Warriors Online. I like the main series, so I decided to give this a try.

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:52 am
by Wrath Oskvro
^Let me know what you think of DW Online. I may give it a shot myself.

I've been playing Batman Arkham Asylum. It's pretty damn cool to say the least. Alot better than I expected. Also got King Of Fighters XIII which is alright too

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:22 am
by Blue_Tail_Fox
Wrath Oskvro wrote:^Let me know what you think of DW Online. I may give it a shot myself.
It's pretty fun, though I haven't gotten far enough to learn everything besides gameplay elements (because I've been watching YouTube videos a lot recently). You get to create your own character at the beginning and have to have an Aeria Games account to play (so make sure to register for an account by clicking sign up on the Dynasty Warriors Online site before you play). The character creation isn't the most advanced out there (I'd say WWE Day of Reckoning 2 is probably the most advanced), but I'd say it's much better than the actual main series games (probably because this is themed around having unique, created characters). Unfortunately, you have to keep the name under 10 characters (at least that's what I remember) and it can't have spaces. You get to pick a homeland, but it doesn't appear to have any effects on the game. You also only get one character (I don't know if you can buy more character slots).

There appears to be only one server called Inferno, taking place during the Dong Zhuo period. You can choose to join either Cao Cao (who I'm guessing most people joined, including me and my brother), Liu Bei, Sun Jian, Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shao. After selecting a force, you are put into a building which will serve as your character's "home" and once you leave, you get put into a tutorial mission that teaches you the basics of the game. Oh, and you start with a spear, so if you like swords or other weapons better, you'll have to pass a promotion test (which puts you at higher ranks) or buy a different weapon with gold. After you complete the tutorial, you go to the main area of the army you choose to serve and go from there.

The gameplay is pretty much the same as Dynasty Warriors 5 with a few changes (such as no archery), though battles are mostly about capturing bases instead of defeating enemy officers. You can get missions from the tavern, which in turn give you gold for completing them, which you use to buy weapons, armor, and other items. In battle, you have infinite lives and play until the time limit (usually 10 minutes from what I can tell) is breached or the victory or defeat conditions are fulfilled. Weapons have something were they wear down the more you use them and you have to get them repaired (or something like that), but I haven't worn out a weapon yet, so I can't explain it that much. There are tutorial missions to teach you about more "advanced" things, but you probably don't need to do those if you know what you're doing. And there is a date system, but it goes through days pretty quickly. I don't believe it has any effect on the game.

I haven't played any battles yet (mostly just missions to buy better equipment for battles), but my brother faced off with people of higher levels than he was and kicked their butts with no armor and the default weapon, so I'm guessing you'd be more likely to run into noobs at early levels. Once you get to higher levels, you're more likely to run into challenging opponents. If you have a gamepad (as in a wired Xbox 360 controller or a PS3 controller and the DS3 Tool), it's a lot better because the keyboard and mouse controls are annoying.

Overall, if you like the main series and want to play with people online, you'd probably like Dynasty Warriors Online. It's free and you don't need to pay to do better than others, though you'll frequently get annoying messages about stuff that you can buy.

Oh, and I've recently started a playthrough of Klonoa 2.

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:30 am
by Quills on Wheels
^wooo.... maybe you should have posted that in a review...

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:07 pm
by Wrath Oskvro
Thanks Blue Tail. I'll probably give it a go :p I tried it before for like 5 minutes though and didn't like how the enemies take FOREVER to get up off the ground.

Playing Mega Man 8 right now on my Saturn. :D

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:18 am
by Blue_Tail_Fox
Biggest sonic fan wrote:^wooo.... maybe you should have posted that in a review...
I probably should've done that, but I never noticed the review center before you mentioned it.
Wrath Oskvro wrote:Thanks Blue Tail. I'll probably give it a go :p I tried it before for like 5 minutes though and didn't like how the enemies take FOREVER to get up off the ground.
Yeah, i's quite annoying how they do that, which is why I try not to knock them down unless I'm in a large crowd and there's a lot of enemies in the vicinity. In fact, that's what I do in nearly every Dynasty Warriors game.

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:22 am
by Wrath Oskvro
Yeah but in this one specifically they take at least twice as long to get back up.

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:41 pm
by Reknoc
Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D. So far I'm up to Mission Level 5. Most of the problems I had were gone as soon as I started using Krauser.

Apparently you can taunt, but I have no idea how and should really look it up.

Edit: Aha! It's X, which is the top face button. Hate getting grabbed because I press the wrong button being used to 360 face button placement.