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The new DS Castlevania comes out Wednesday. Once I pick that up, Diablo and Sacred go on a hold. How long a hold? Depends when I get tired of vampire killing.

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ORDER OF ECCLESIA!!!!
...er...sorry...
I'm just excited.

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"I fell off the mountain of words at around the 10,000ft mark. Tell my family...they owe me money." -Narratorway

"If you retort against this, so help me God I'll shove any part of your anatomy I can find into some other part. Figuratively, of course." - Josh

"We have more, can deliver tuesday." - Del S

Good old CoN

glad to see this topic once more =) some of you have got some great games youre playin thru. now that i finished FFXII, im currently working on these:

Odin Sphere
Final Fantasy X (got a little nostalgic)


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"The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared than in being loved."
- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

Heh, looks like I'm on another Diablo II kick at the moment. I'll get back to Wild ARMS 3...eventually.

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I am currently playing Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia and I'm loving it.
The difficulty level is pretty high. Not that the boss-fights are over-the-top, they're still pretty challenging, but that's not it. It's that sometimes I realise, that I'm about to get killed by regular enemies.
The music's great, not Portrait of Ruin great or Symphony of the Night great, but still very good.
Artwork is different. Took a while to get used to it (especially after the shift from Ayami Kojima artwork to typical anime style art), but I like it.
The gameplay is good AND it's different than the rest of the series. I like the use of glyph combinations, the combination attacks make for a much more dynamic game. The fact, that all regular attacks use up MP is kind of weird, but it stops the player from endless streams of dagger throwing or sword slashing.
Also, I'm in love with the boss designer for the Rusalka.

Game progress: about 55%

This post has been edited by SilverMaduin on 23rd October 2008 06:31

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"I fell off the mountain of words at around the 10,000ft mark. Tell my family...they owe me money." -Narratorway

"If you retort against this, so help me God I'll shove any part of your anatomy I can find into some other part. Figuratively, of course." - Josh

"We have more, can deliver tuesday." - Del S

Good old CoN

I have way too many games that I've started and haven't completed. I really need to stop buying/starting new ones and just focus on what I still have open.

For the DS, I haven't finished either Advance Wars game, nor am I done with FF3 or FF4. For the PS2, I have, most notably, Shadow Hearts 2 and FF12 open. For computer, I began a game of Diablo II but haven't gone anywhere with it. I have various games of Secret of Mana out there with all sorts of challenges.

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Hey, put the cellphone down for a while
In the night there is something wild
Can you hear it breathing?
And hey, put the laptop down for a while
In the night there is something wild
I feel it, it's leaving me

I've been thinking just the same thing recently. I went to such great lengths to buy FFV and VI. I completed VI at the start of this year and haven't played either for about nine months.

I've installed Warcraft III again to go back to a map-making project I started nearly two years ago now. I want to keep it going but I know I'll just scrap it again.

FFXII was given some new life this month. My friend and I decided to get the Zodiac Spear as soon as possible from a new game. We used a save-swap system that means we take it in turns to get further. You can get the spear once you leave Raithwell's Tomb, so we did. The Necrohol of Nabudis was a killer though. The Baknamys use some attacks that kill our characters in one go. It was good fun.

Speaking of FFXII, I only just found out about the "International" version in the last week. I'd love to play it.

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Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind.

Me on the Starcraft.

I just finished the second boss in Dracula's Castle in Castlevania: OoE. Bottom line - I think that this game is better than DoS or PoRNDS, and the castle is very, very pretty to look at but still not quite as large or interconnected as I'd like. Right now my map % is just over 80.

The optional nature (and very good rewards) from the village quest system is *exactly* the right amount of Cv grinding I want to do. No more "gotta catch 'em all" with the soul system from AoS/DoS or the near-total lack of prompted item hunting in SotN. It's like Baby Bear's porridge.

And the game is difficult, but good-difficult. VERY few re-used sprites, and some smoking-hot enemy and boss designs (with the notable exception of Wallman). That zombie giant in the northeast dungeon is just... awesome.

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PORTAL!!!!!!!!

So, Xbox decided to get some suckers that didn't already have the orange box to get portal... FINALLY!

I played a PC version of Portal Start to End about a week after it came out at a friend's house, and then did it with a borrowed copy of the orange box from another friend on my Xbox (For the Achievements, of course!), and now... The Xbox Live Arcade has released "Portal: Still Alive" which is a full fledged version of Portal, combined with 14 new challenge maps. With the initial length of Portal to begin with, this darn near doubles your entertainment ability with the game... especially since the new puzzles are retarded hard! I'm only 8/14 deep, because I'm actually stuck!

Also, there are some crazy achievements available. I'm not sure if it was an original achievement or not, but there is one called "Out of the Blue" In which you have to only enter Orange portals (so you come "out of the blue") for every puzzle after you earn both guns. Seems easy, but good luck with that while you're bouncing around in puzzle 18...

So if you liked Portal, and wish to play more, this is your reason and means to.



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If internal struggles were as enjoyable and glamorous as the self conflicted wars within video game characters, we would all be statues, reveling in perpetual self war. -Me

Play me on Rock Band 2, GH-WT, or any other Xbox GH!
Xbox Gamertag-MeanJerry

I've been playing X-Men Legends 2 again lately (on PC). Of course I'm always playing RuneScape and Baldur's Gate too.

I'll be playing Guitar Hero World Tour for the next several months, most likely.

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Hip-Hop QOTW:

"Yeah, where I'ma start it at, look I'ma part of that
Downtown Philly where it's realer than a heart attack
It wasn't really that ill until the start of crack
Now it's a body caught every night on the Almanac"

"Game Theory"
The Roots

Feeling VERY nostalgic, I found a Nintendo 64 copy of Madden 1998. Trying to lead the Giants to victory with the future draft bust Dave Brown at quarterback and Rodney Hampton at running back. Never an easy task.

Also, and more prominently, trying to catch up in the Soul Calibur series. So far, II has dominated my gaming time.

This post has been edited by Sabin on 28th October 2008 17:50

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"When I turn the page
The corner bends into the perfect dog ear
As if the words knew I'd need them again
But at the time, I didn't see it."

~"This Ain't a Surfin' Movie" - Minus the Bear

At the moment, I'm playing Rock Band 2, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Fable II and Fallout 3. I just recently beat Dead Space and Disgaea DS. I am eagerly anticipating Chrono Trigger DS.

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Okay, but there was a goat!

I'm tackling Final Fantasy IV (PS version), and I'm certainly not regretting it (except for the painfully slow saving times).

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I say what I wanna say, I play how I wanna play.

Call of Duty: World at War
Pre-Ordered Left 4 Dead, playing the demon until the release in a couple weeks.
Waiting for the WoW X-pac too.
Tetris on facebook.


Let me know if anyone wants to play.


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Yeah, I barely post.

FF V
FF VI
Xenogears
Etrian Odyssey
Disgaea DS
pokemon diamond
customrobo
Zelda Twilight Princess
lego batman
paper mario 1000yrs door
baten kaitos
rondo of swords

Some of these i have recently decided to play slowly as not to vomit (Etrian Odyssey) but i am really focused on xenogears and FF VI. i am always playing pokemon, i am too old to be that addicted still. there are a few others but i don't play them often these are just the one that i grab at least 3 times week.

I'm working on an Albus Mode playthrough of Castlevania: OoE, and I'm playing the **** out of Mother 3.

It all goes on hold when CTDS comes out next month, though.

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i hope 2 be playing Sonic Unleashed really soon for the 360. i hope that game is good.

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Praise Be To Helix!

Dragon Ball Z Infinite World
Gears of War 2
Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core
Fallout 3
NBA 2K9

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PS3 tag: TipoDLuffy

"...quite possibly the greatest game ever made"

I'm playing the adorable game they call Odin Sphere

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You're telling me that there's no hope.

I'm telling you you're wrong.

Quote (SaffireWeapon @ 21st November 2008 01:23)

Gears of War 2
Fallout 3

GoW2 is awesome.

i want to try and rent F3 this week.

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Praise Be To Helix!

oblivion.......then more oblivion. im probably going to get dead space, resistance 2, and bioshock for myself this christmas. maybe even mirror's edge if im feeling whimsical

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Aujourdhui a commence avec toi.

i have just started to play lunar 2 again and i remember why i liked it in the first place.this game is great.

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Mirrors Edge, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Rock Band 2.

Been working on the ME races at the moment. Rough stuff.

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If internal struggles were as enjoyable and glamorous as the self conflicted wars within video game characters, we would all be statues, reveling in perpetual self war. -Me

Play me on Rock Band 2, GH-WT, or any other Xbox GH!
Xbox Gamertag-MeanJerry

Suikoden Series.
Lunar Series.
Phantasy Star Series.
Xenogears.
WoW.

just finished FFX again, and im bored with all my games... so im waiting to xmas to prob get prof leyton and the curious village and COD:WOW lol. then prob FFIV or whatever on the DS. just waiting till i have money for an xbox so i can play Portal and GOW2!

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Dear Sephiroth, you say its just an illusion... i say your mums on the game ~

Chrono Trigger DS. Yeah, that's about it.

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I just got Super Mario RPG and Secret of Mana on my Wii, so those are my two main games at the moment. I'm also playing Xenosaga ep. 1, but that's sporadic. I really do like it, but once I start playing it, I can't stop so I try to play it when there's a big chunk of open time.

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Why, hello guys! Haven't been around here in a loooong time!
http://dragcave.net/user/LadyTwi
http://www.backloggery.com/ladytwi

I am currently playing FFIV DS, then when I am finished with that, I will probably go out and get either Chrono Trigger DS or MOON, whichever one GameStop has.

I am also playing Tomb Raider:Anniversary on GameTap, and I am thinking of dowloading Portal on Steam.

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"My name is Atma...I am a power both ancient and unrivaled... I do not bleed, for I am but strength given form...Feeble creatures of flesh...Your time is nigh!"

Developed a hankerin' for some FFT that I did. Still playin' Diablo II in between, though.

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