Speaking of Phoenix Wright, I have seen a lot of (new) copies of the first one selling for $20 at GameStop stores as part of some big sale they're having. If anyone is still looking to pick up a copy, go to GameStop.
Ironic, since it was impossible to find for so long.l..
That is where I got mines at. However, even though they are new, they are opened. Personally, I don't mind, but I know some ppl will or have, like my brother (who bought the game.)
I am at chapter 5 of Phoenix Wright(first game) and man, this ep is long. I had to start start over twice; the first time I ran out of ! and the second is because I choose the wrong option, which ended the game. I am gettin addicted to the game and I am thinkin of getting the import for the 3rd game (Gyakuten Saiban 3) mainly because it will be roughly the same price when it comes out to the US (28 dollars +free shipping), it is region free, has the english option, and is comming out a month before the domestic version.
I didn't notice until half way through the second case that you could press start to pause, and save the game at any time. (Before that I thought you could only save at the end of chapters, eg when the Judge calls a recess) It may ruin a bit of the suspense, for some, but it means that if you're at a crucial decision, you can save right before, so that if you really screw it up, you can turn off your DS and then turn it back on again right before that happens. A crappy situation that might be deemed as cheating by some, but it didn't make the game experience any worse for me.
I didn't notice until half way through the second case that you could press start to pause, and save the game at any time. (Before that I thought you could only save at the end of chapters, eg when the Judge calls a recess) It may ruin a bit of the suspense, for some, but it means that if you're at a crucial decision, you can save right before, so that if you really screw it up, you can turn off your DS and then turn it back on again right before that happens. A crappy situation that might be deemed as cheating by some, but it didn't make the game experience any worse for me.
Thanks for the info, though I couldn't save at the time since my brother was saving a save for me for chapter 3; his save point is near where I was when I accidently turned off the system in chapter 3 and since he passed chapter 3, he didn't need the save point. So after choosing the wrong option for chapter 5, I finished chapter 3 so I can clear the save data to use with chapter 5. I passed chapter five yesterday.
Currently playing at Ghost Recon Advanced warfighter, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and Monkey Island 4, and TrackMania United, and Guitar hero 2, and Within a deep forest.
And people wonder why I never seem to complete any of the games I play :-D
Currently.. well.. I started playing the sims 2 again today.. man that's addictive. Still can't find that damned vampire count in nightlife though.. CURSE YOU COUNT! I want your fangy goodness! ok... that... came out wrong.. <_< >_>
Also, Baldur's gate. Having not played the game for years and having never finished it I decided to revisit it and slaughter more innocent Kobolds. Alas however, while my pc seems laggy with the sims but doesn't crash, it does crash with Baldur's gate.. WTH is up with that?!? Seems my pc has old game phobia, it refuses to even install icewind dale and playing any of my old horror games? hah.. surely you jest!
I did get in the mail the other day Grim Fandango (I've played it so many times but never owned my own copy.. wierd), full throttle and the Dig, so.. soon enough lucasarts adventure game nostelgia shall begin. How many can I play before my brain melts and I go completely mad? hmmm??? All I need now is fate of atlantis and then, then they are ALL MINE! mwahahahahaa.
I really should install still life too, I went mad and bought lots and lots of games a while back and because my pc hates me I haven't had a chance to play em.
I'm currently replaying Psychonauts so I can write a review of it for a podcast I'm involved in. (I actually reviewed Season 1 episodes 1-3 a few months ago for a different podcast - I gave it a 4/5; probably would have been a 5 if eps 4-6 had been out by that time...
Ahem not to point out that the ladder FF10 aka FFX FFX-2 FFXII are all SQUARE_ENIX not squaresoft.. the merger kinda made most of the rpgs horrid..ahh runnn
Not finishing the Baldur's Gate series is a serious sin of computer gaming, so everyone needs to do it! :I
I KNOW! *cries* Last time I got to the actual town of Baldur's gate and my harddrive went kaboom and I lost my save game. I've never quite had the patience to play through that far again.. I wanted to go kill rabid chickens tooo!
Same thing happened with BG2, thankfully I actually finished BG2 (took me several years though... ooops) but my harddrive failed when I was almost done with the expansion! NOOOOOO! I can't be bothered restarting the expansion and I lost my character so meh.. maybe some day i'll go back.. but i'd finished that huge dungeon crawl and everything, I dun wanna do that agaaaain!
My pc just hates long games obviously. I only finished NWN about a year ago.. it went wierd on me and the NPC ai went crazy so my minion started killing every single other npc it encountered.. even non hostile ones! making it impossible for me to complete the missions I needed to. Also, the dragons pissed me off. Rogue + Dragons = NO! I much prefered SOU.. far far better game imo, NWN was too.. bitty and annoying.
Played BG1 once. Multiplayer. 2 hours. Left it alone and the sequel after that. Never been a fan of CRPGs. Love RPGs but it's just as much the social aspect I suspect. Never had the patience for RPGs on the computer since Ultima V (when I didn't understand enlish ironically enough). Still got a couple, but never made it far. Promised myself I need to complete fallout 1 and 2 at some point. Bought neverwinter nights and played through chapter 1. Bought Morrowind the day it was released and lost interest after 3 hours. Like that with most games, but action games which can be played in small chunks, preferably in a window really catch me better, easier to feel you make progress withou...oooh shiny new game *pounce*
I just started playing Hotel Dusk for DS, and it's highly enjoyable so far. It's a reminder of how immersing a first-person exploratory approach to adventure gaming can be.
It'll also remind you how hackneyed adventure game puzzle design can be if done lazily. The environment, artwork, and general atmosphere are very engrossing, and I even like the music (with the exception of a couple tracks), and for the weak points there are some awesome things in that game that I have been enjoying, but oh man there's some stuff in there that will make you want to snap your DS in half so you never have to play it again.
I couldn't get into Morrowwind.. far far to open ended.. I wanted obvious quests and goals not some vuage "oh go to this city.. yeah.. if you want to".. what?
Never bothered playing BG multiplayer, why would I? I don't play well in a team.. hahaha.. i'm a born adventure gamer! we don't do team playing! *grin*
Company of Heroes, Shivering Isles, Resident Evil DS, Metal Gear PO, Super Paper Mario, Big Brain Academy, Gears of War, Half Life 2.. so many because I cant find time to finish them.
I'm playing Mario Strikers Charged Football and Mario Party 8. Although not a lot of both at the moment, since I've had my wisdom tooth extracted yesterday, so I'm mostly playing the 'sit-down-and-just-relax' game.
I'm playing Mario Strikers Charged Football and Mario Party 8. Although not a lot of both at the moment, since I've had my wisdom tooth extracted yesterday, so I'm mostly playing the 'sit-down-and-just-relax' game.
I've been plowing through Indigo Prophecy for the first time. I don't see the bad turn that Emily mentioned, but that could be because I've been busy banging my head against the wall from the action and stealth sequences... I'm loving this game in spite of that, though!
Cave Story just came out for homebrew-enabled PSPs, so I've been playing through that again.
And I've just started on Final Fantasy 7, 8 and 9 again.
And I got Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door (no Super Paper Mario in Europe yet :<), Metroid Prime 1 and 2, Super Smash Bros Melee, Starfox Adventures, Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion, Eternal Darkness, and something else which I can't remember the name of (I got most of those games from a friend), and seeing how big a completionist I am, I'll be at them all until I finish each and every one of them.
Worryingly, the games on the Wii I've had most fun from, and have the most of, just so happen to be Gamecube games.
Not that I had a Gamecube before I got the Wii anyway, so I just see the Wii as a Gamecube which'll play Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros Brawl when they come out.
Been playing Facade (www.interactivestory.net). Finished it numerous times already, but it never gets old barging in to the apartment and going insane.
I've just started playing What Linus Bruckman Sees When His Eyes Are Closed, a patently absurd (but highly intriguing) experiment where you play two adventure games at the same time, with your clicks affecting both. And one of them is serious while the other is not, and they're in different languages (you can unlock subtitles by completing the other subgame).
This week I finally finished Space Quest 0: Replicated. Two years ago I found it, and played till the space station. There I needed something to hit some alien on the head. Drat. Hmm, not sure if it is possible to use the board, but I think I passed the stairs... aar, anyhow, this time I played all the way through, always fun to finish things.
Staying in the nostalgic corner, I entered the world of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. I found a xp-installer that made it more xp-friendly. Still unstable. Saving the game like after every little cutscene and point that I can get. Finished it maany years ago, and tried to redo that a couple of times, but it always crashed after a while. This time I'm already at day 5! "DJ BRING SEKEY MADOULE" is one of the things I'll never forget. It just sticks. Keep wondering if I'd make it through without knowing it. Searching in Dr Johns museum, fishing for ideas to put on the wall? Just like Police Quest 1 and "administer test". As a young kid I got the "o d" (open door) etc, but the game often stopped at the drunken driver... :
Ok, I'll stop here, first post to this forum, talkative...
I'm still playing Might & Magic 5. It's quite good, as long as you think that the voice overs and some of the animations are supposed to be corny and humorous...
Silent Hill 4: The Room. I went for the whole experience last night: Lights off, headphones on, door closed... I jumped on more than a couple occasions :P
This is shaping up to be my new favorite in the series.
Silent Hill 4: The Room. I went for the whole experience last night: Lights off, headphones on, door closed... I jumped on more than a couple occasions :P
This is shaping up to be my new favorite in the series.
I had that game, but my lyin' ass former roommate from a yr ago stolen it when he left. It is considered stolen even if he agreed to let me have it to me (originally, he planned to sell it to me for five dollars) in exchange of all the food he was leeching off of me, right?
Anyways, I am still playin ouendan 2.
However, I am also playing the new Pokemon game for the DS. Waiting to get phoenix wright: Justice for All sometimes this week.
Don't have much time for games these days, but when I do, it's always Sims 2. I'm fairly addicted.
Yep, finished it not too long after I posted that. The story was a bit jumbled near the end, so I think I see what you meant now. Still loved the sheer originality of the game though.
Speaking of originality, I've finally joined the legions of Garry's Mod players Greatest. Anything. Ever.
Lol Im stickin by my original assessment I love games like this but yep I agree with Em. I just loved the interactivity in action sequences.. made a nice twist to adventure games both pc and console lovers can get into. Overall a huge success in my book.
Now I'm alternating between playing Silent Hill 2 and Condemned: Criminal Origins on PC.
Also, Touch Detective and Pokemon: Diamond for DS (Phat yo. None of this Lite shit) and The Warriors (I love this game so much, although I don't know if that's because I love the movie, or just because it's so much fun) and Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops on my PSP. I've also discovered that if you get your PSP running on custom firmware, it becomes pretty much the coolest thing ever. Therefore, I'm also occasionally playing Tombi 1 & 2 (Known as Tomba! in the US) and Parappa the Rapper. Good times.
I'm also playing around with the spell checker on Firefox. Apparently movie is not a real word. Nor is Firefox.
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That is where I got mines at. However, even though they are new, they are opened. Personally, I don't mind, but I know some ppl will or have, like my brother (who bought the game.)
Oh wait, you put new in (), my bad.
I didn't notice until half way through the second case that you could press start to pause, and save the game at any time. (Before that I thought you could only save at the end of chapters, eg when the Judge calls a recess) It may ruin a bit of the suspense, for some, but it means that if you're at a crucial decision, you can save right before, so that if you really screw it up, you can turn off your DS and then turn it back on again right before that happens. A crappy situation that might be deemed as cheating by some, but it didn't make the game experience any worse for me.
Thanks for the info, though I couldn't save at the time since my brother was saving a save for me for chapter 3; his save point is near where I was when I accidently turned off the system in chapter 3 and since he passed chapter 3, he didn't need the save point. So after choosing the wrong option for chapter 5, I finished chapter 3 so I can clear the save data to use with chapter 5. I passed chapter five yesterday.
I did this often, and didn't feel guilty about it at all.
And people wonder why I never seem to complete any of the games I play :-D
Also, Baldur's gate. Having not played the game for years and having never finished it I decided to revisit it and slaughter more innocent Kobolds. Alas however, while my pc seems laggy with the sims but doesn't crash, it does crash with Baldur's gate.. WTH is up with that?!? Seems my pc has old game phobia, it refuses to even install icewind dale and playing any of my old horror games? hah.. surely you jest!
I did get in the mail the other day Grim Fandango (I've played it so many times but never owned my own copy.. wierd), full throttle and the Dig, so.. soon enough lucasarts adventure game nostelgia shall begin. How many can I play before my brain melts and I go completely mad? hmmm??? All I need now is fate of atlantis and then, then they are ALL MINE! mwahahahahaa.
I really should install still life too, I went mad and bought lots and lots of games a while back and because my pc hates me I haven't had a chance to play em.
I KNOW! *cries* Last time I got to the actual town of Baldur's gate and my harddrive went kaboom and I lost my save game. I've never quite had the patience to play through that far again.. I wanted to go kill rabid chickens tooo!
Same thing happened with BG2, thankfully I actually finished BG2 (took me several years though... ooops) but my harddrive failed when I was almost done with the expansion! NOOOOOO! I can't be bothered restarting the expansion and I lost my character so meh.. maybe some day i'll go back.. but i'd finished that huge dungeon crawl and everything, I dun wanna do that agaaaain!
My pc just hates long games obviously. I only finished NWN about a year ago.. it went wierd on me and the NPC ai went crazy so my minion started killing every single other npc it encountered.. even non hostile ones! making it impossible for me to complete the missions I needed to. Also, the dragons pissed me off. Rogue + Dragons = NO! I much prefered SOU.. far far better game imo, NWN was too.. bitty and annoying.
Never bothered playing BG multiplayer, why would I? I don't play well in a team.. hahaha.. i'm a born adventure gamer! we don't do team playing! *grin*
You'd do horrible at the Gobliiins games then (gobliiins to goblins) since they'd require you to play co operatively with yourself
Dude I love that game..
i love this game
And I've just started on Final Fantasy 7, 8 and 9 again.
And I got Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door (no Super Paper Mario in Europe yet :<), Metroid Prime 1 and 2, Super Smash Bros Melee, Starfox Adventures, Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion, Eternal Darkness, and something else which I can't remember the name of (I got most of those games from a friend), and seeing how big a completionist I am, I'll be at them all until I finish each and every one of them.
Worryingly, the games on the Wii I've had most fun from, and have the most of, just so happen to be Gamecube games.
Not that I had a Gamecube before I got the Wii anyway, so I just see the Wii as a Gamecube which'll play Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros Brawl when they come out.
This week I finally finished Space Quest 0: Replicated. Two years ago I found it, and played till the space station. There I needed something to hit some alien on the head. Drat. Hmm, not sure if it is possible to use the board, but I think I passed the stairs... aar, anyhow, this time I played all the way through, always fun to finish things.
Staying in the nostalgic corner, I entered the world of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. I found a xp-installer that made it more xp-friendly. Still unstable. Saving the game like after every little cutscene and point that I can get. Finished it maany years ago, and tried to redo that a couple of times, but it always crashed after a while. This time I'm already at day 5! "DJ BRING SEKEY MADOULE" is one of the things I'll never forget. It just sticks. Keep wondering if I'd make it through without knowing it. Searching in Dr Johns museum, fishing for ideas to put on the wall? Just like Police Quest 1 and "administer test". As a young kid I got the "o d" (open door) etc, but the game often stopped at the drunken driver... :
Ok, I'll stop here, first post to this forum, talkative...
This is shaping up to be my new favorite in the series.
I had that game, but my lyin' ass former roommate from a yr ago stolen it when he left. It is considered stolen even if he agreed to let me have it to me (originally, he planned to sell it to me for five dollars) in exchange of all the food he was leeching off of me, right?
Anyways, I am still playin ouendan 2.
However, I am also playing the new Pokemon game for the DS. Waiting to get phoenix wright: Justice for All sometimes this week.
Have you finished it yet?
Don't have much time for games these days, but when I do, it's always Sims 2. I'm fairly addicted.
Yep, finished it not too long after I posted that. The story was a bit jumbled near the end, so I think I see what you meant now. Still loved the sheer originality of the game though.
Speaking of originality, I've finally joined the legions of Garry's Mod players
Also, Touch Detective and Pokemon: Diamond for DS (Phat yo. None of this Lite shit) and The Warriors (I love this game so much, although I don't know if that's because I love the movie, or just because it's so much fun) and Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops on my PSP. I've also discovered that if you get your PSP running on custom firmware, it becomes pretty much the coolest thing ever. Therefore, I'm also occasionally playing Tombi 1 & 2 (Known as Tomba! in the US) and Parappa the Rapper. Good times.
I'm also playing around with the spell checker on Firefox. Apparently movie is not a real word. Nor is Firefox.