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Monsoon

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Monsoon
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  • Yeah, I wouldn't be opposed to that, GMH.  We could either meet at the LGS or at my place. 
  • I enjoy a large number of board/card games, but I don't play them as often now since the members of my regular game group are now either married or working more nights.  In our heyday we would roll Catan or Munchkin twice a week, but now it's mostly…
  • There's a reason that both XSEED and CF always refer to the series as "Trails" rather than TitS. 
  • We're finally (FINALLY) getting TitS 2.  PSP, Vita, and Steam, digital-only, 2014.  XSEED publishing, with help from Carpe Fulgur in translating the huge-ass script.  We're also getting the PC version of the first TitS in a few months.    FINALLY
  • Yup.  Just threw $60 at it.  Easiest stupid decision I've made all week. 
  • the New 52 Wonder Woman has some really neat takes on the gods.  I love how Artemis, Apollo, and Hermes seem almost alien.  The whole demigods angle is a little bit too Percy Jackson, but they've kept it interesting enough for me to look forward eve…
  • The Good, The Great, and The Unladylike
  • I think it sort of fits, as so many Westerns are about long, drawn-out shots of landscapes, faceoffs, men on horseback, and people standing over corpses.  Men singing around a campfire are part of the (mostly fictitious) "cowboy mythos," so it makes…
  • I don't see how this thread is much different from this thread: http://itjustbugsme.com/forums/discussion/12172/i-dont-usually-feel-like-watchingplayingetc-something-when-everyone-around-me-is-doing-it#Item_15   ...except that this new one uses th…
  • Allegedly the Metal Gear team worked on LoS, but no word if Kojima himself put in development time.  I know you were saying that in jest, but you weren't exactly wrong....
  • Blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blu…
  • HEY IT'S OKAY THE BARBARIAN HAS 1% MAGIC DAMAGE ON BERSERK SO IT'S JUST AS GOOD AS A HAMMERDIN   ...fuck you Paladins.  Double fuck you, Blizzard. 
  • Diablo III: Reaper of Souls was announced.  Final boss is Ichigo er, Malthael.  New class is Paladin er, Crusader.  This makes me slightly more interested in Diablo III er, wanting to start a new character in Torchlight II. 
  • I would never, ever play a game just for the soundtrack.  I've tried FFMQ multiple times, but have never made it more than, say, 4 hours in.  I don't think it's a very good RPG.    And I'm not sure about the SaGa games.  All of the ones I've playe…
  • I'm at work, but mostly I've been reading articles about Breaking Bad, video games, comic books, and card/board games based on video games and comic books.  Whoop. 
  • Surprisingly, I've almost always heard it as the full two words for the building and the singular referring to the single-home variety.  "Parking lot" and "parking garage" are rarely contracted down to one word.  At least where I grew up (D.C. area)…
  • Recently beat TL2 on Veteran with all four classes (Classist achievement).  Currently level 66 with an Outlander defensive/poison build on Veteran and very very early in the game with a HCV Engineer tank build. 
  • Right, right, I was just talking about RPGs in general.  I guess Pokemon and Final Fantasy are the only JRPGs I'd consider non-niche.  Because RPGs in general are basically some of the most popular games in the world. 
  • Tales of Xillia comes out Tuesday.  I've already preordered it, but I... probably won't play it until next year.  Basically every time I visit GameStop they take me downstairs and introduce me to The Gimp. 
  • Anachronox is an AWESOME PC RPG from 10-15 years ago and don't you forget it.  GOG put it out digitally last year. And yes, it was designed by Tom Hall during a stint at Eidos, and I first saw it in an advertisement that came with my old PC copy of …
  • Final Fantasy, Pokemon, Mario RPGs, Blizzard's games, and BioWare's games are extremely popular and I would consider them non-niche.  I would consider most other RPG series niche, with some more niche than others (Rudra and Energy Breaker are defini…
  • OK, I was going to back out of this God of War discussion, but this is getting silly.  Do I need to identify with Kratos to enjoy God of War?  No.  Do I have to take God of War's world seriously in order to enjoy it?  No.  I enjoy God of War for its…
  • Look, Monty Oum is fucking great at coregraphing fight scenes and animated characters, but he is HORRIBLE at anything resembling story or dialog.  I can't get past the terrible writing and voice work, even though the combat was awesome.  The best of…
  • Pokemon: Golden Axe Edition Run-DmC: Devil May Cry Bioshock: Infinite Undiscovery Three Dog NiGHTS into Dreams Ratchet & Crank That (Soulja Boy)   ...I am so, so sorry for that last one. 
  • Some musical crossovers: Castlevania II: Paul Simon's Quest Paul McCartney & Pilotwings A Tribe Called Dragon Quest Earthbound Wind Waker & Fire Emblem Collective Soul Calibur Sly Cooper and the Family Stone Aimee Mega Man Jet Set Ra…
  • I can't access Youtube from work, but I'll assume it's video of a fencing competition or similar.  Nowhere did I ever imply that God of War's ultraviolence was balanced, sensible, or anything other than a spectacle.  I enjoy the spectacle and aesthe…
  • I guess I was more concerned with flow and aesthetic of combat than I was about resource management, and I think that God of War is far superior in that regard.  Better combos, more variety, and everything moves smoothly.  God of War is rarely chall…
  • I think it had a good marketing push, came out on two consoles, looks pretty on the surface, and had that "Kojima's team" pedigree that attracted some new fans.  Castlevania games have always been niche, but Lords of Shadow had a few things going fo…
  • Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is a C+ God of War clone.  Not a Castlevania game.  But I'll finish it anyway, because I am a whore. 
  • Bitch, you stuck WAY DEEP in Bowen's reaction series.