The Gamer's Quarter

[helicopterp]

Okay, okay, apologies accepted all around.

I might have some conclusive thoughts about A Link to the Past if I weren't stuck in a dungeon for the last, oh, seven months or so. (Maybe I could send it to one of those new places that will play the game for me if I pay them! That would be productive!)
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Like you thought you'd seen copter perverts before. They were nothing compared to this one.

[Swimmy]

I now have Okami and am enjoying it. The Zelda comparisons are entirely misplaced. The only real similarities I've picked up so far are overarching game structure (also shared with Metroid, Castelvania, etc.), the existence of regular dungeons (uhhh), and awkwardly awkward characters that make annoying noises. I think that last bit is the thing that reminds me the most of OoT.

The brush is completely and totally awesome. I like painting things. I actually don't mind the handholding! After playing Alundra I don't want to solve any more fucking puzzles anyway.

I can beat LttP in 4 hours with 100%. Not exactly the record, but it's one of those games that gets better the faster you play it.
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"Ayn Rand fans are the old school version of Xenogears fanboys."
-seryogin

[dessgeega]

soul reaver 2 has a ridiculous narrative.
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[Dracko]

DESS, NO!
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"This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!"

[Harveyjames]

[helicopterp]

[Shapermc]

[Fred]

Add me to the list of people who are playing Okami. I'm just renting it for now because I am broke and because all the ridiculous games are coming out this month, but I'm enjoying it so far. Helicopterp's comments are reassuring; it's a great game so far, but I feel dizzy sometimes while trying to take in the scenery and deciding what to do. I have a suspicion that this is the point.

I just wish it had been released for the DS instead of the PS2 because I can't draw a circle with a joystick for poop.

[OtakupunkX]

I almost bought Okami this weekend (along with God Hand) but something happened and I wound up with Manhunt, Capcom Classics Collection, Nightmare of Druaga, Zone of the Enders (with the MGS2 demo), and Star Ocean: Second Story, plus the movie Bully (no relation to the videogame, but I think this got rereleased on DVD because the game came out).

I think it's because I'm going through this wierd pseudo-breakup thing that has me more confused than anything. I wish I had bought Okami though.

[helicopterp]

Quick cry for help: Am I doing something wrong when I try to splash water on the dead patches of ground that I can't dig into? Either I have misinterpreted what I can do with the water brush technique or I am totally inept with the celestial brush (which is a definite possibility: the part of the game where you draw vines to a log in a river took me an hour. I have crappy handwriting, too.)


P.S. This game has gotten really good except that there is way too much dialogue and the stupid bug still doesn't think that I know what I'm doing. He also can't figure out how in the world all the dogs that have matching scarves are all members of the same group.


P.P.S. Otakupunkx, I know this is kind of late, but pseudo-break-up things suck much worse than actual break-up things (or not-at-all-break-up things). Tell her (him?) to make up her mind and let you shop for games with a level head.
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Like you thought you'd seen copter perverts before. They were nothing compared to this one.

[Swimmy]

You've gotta get a stronger dig ability. You can buy it later on.
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"Ayn Rand fans are the old school version of Xenogears fanboys."
-seryogin

[OtakupunkX]

[Shapermc]

[helicopterp]

Shaper, that is truly depressing.
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Like you thought you'd seen copter perverts before. They were nothing compared to this one.

[Shapermc]