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I don't know if there is any bugs in the trilogy edition, but yes Mass Effect is definitely worth it.

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Question about Lost Odyssey: if I have someone in the party with Double SP/Loot/Gold, does that apply to the whole team? Like if I have Sed in a battle does all my immortals get double skill points or do they have to have Double SP set on an immortal for it to apply to them?

edited 16th Jan '13 3:49:47 PM by Spirit

#IceBearForPresident

So, I hear God of War: Ascension will have multiplayer. How does that work?

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.

Apparently, their are many different characters that are basically chosens of Olympians like how Kratos was Chosen by Ares.

Along with fighting each other you also kill stage hazards like a Giant Cyclops.

Watch Symphogear

To come back to the Mass Effect Trilogy on PS 3 question, I have the games now. I'm playing the first game now and can't say that I have any problems with it (aside from in-game stuff, like making a cure on a main mission or controlling the Mako). So, it seems to be a pretty good port.

Also, it seems that, like the original PS 3 version, Mass Effect 2 has the DLC included. Or it doesn't and they just used the same cover as the previous version out of laziness. But it makes me wonder whether it's possible to transfer the save from the first game (of which there wasn't a PS 3 version for a long time, so it wasn't possible with the first PS 3 release of the second game), since it seems to be the same version.

Well, I'll see when I finish the first game and start the second.

edited 19th Jan '13 1:01:54 PM by Nyarly

People aren't as awful as the internet makes them out to be.

Yeah, you can. No sweat.

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.

As I type this, my 4-year-old nephew is playing the Coin Drop minigame on Nintendo Land and getting very hyper and excited about it. He's normally shy about playing video games, since he's afraid he won't do well at them, but this one he's totally hooked on! I'm glad to see I found a video game he's not shy about playing. Even when he makes mistakes on this one (like hitting a skull, which causes all the orange portals to change back to blue ones, as your goal is to turn them all orange), he's still excited and optimistic.

He's so excited he ran down to tell my uncle (who's visiting) to check out the Coin Drop game. The only other time I've seen him actually run to show someone a video game is when I played a Sonic fangame that featured numerous multi-colored Sonics in the credits-sequence (it's Sonic 2 HD, for those wondering).

edited 19th Jan '13 3:02:53 PM by BonsaiForest

Yeah... Except no. The only way to change things is to use the downloadable "interactive comic" (and I don't have any online access with my PS 3). Because god forbiddens, that they actually, you know, change anything on the PS 3 version (or even include that comic thing in the first place).

This really sucks, as the game normally assumes that Shepard only made Renegade decisions (and sacrificed Ashley). I mean, the Council is dead either way (seriously, fuck them). So is Ashley (seriously, fuck her). But so is Wrex (seriously, fuck NO!).

edited 19th Jan '13 8:45:13 PM by Nyarly

People aren't as awful as the internet makes them out to be.

No? Could've sworn I could. Disregard me, then.

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.

So, I played Journey a while ago...

...

...Woah.

"Yeah, it's a shame. Here we are in an underground cave with all these lasers, and instead of having a rave we're using it for evil."

Journey is pretty cool. And I haven't actually gotten a chance to play it yet, just seen it myself.

Dear The Denpa Men: Please allow me to carry more than 99 of an item. Because it is really annoying to run back and forth between the Spirit Shrine and the shop to keep stocking up on offerings because you insist on repeatedly kicking my ass in the final dungeon.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada

...guys?

I think I may have broke my Dreamcast for good.

Oh jesus, that sucks. I liked that console.

Anyways, the Yen-Lo-Wang in Mech Warrior: Online really isn't that great to me. Then again, I can stick both Endo-Steel and Ferro-Fibrous on it. Maybe I should save up for an XL Engine...

"Hipsters: the most dangerous gang in the US." - Pacific Mackerel

I would offer a Big "NO!" out of sympathy, but I'm actually too young for the Dreamcast, so all I can offer is a "bummer".

edited 20th Jan '13 4:17:09 PM by Ninety

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.

Let us play you the song of mourning.

Also, I have officially beaten The Denpa Men. BOO. YAH. Holy christ that final boss. Beam attacks need to die in a fire. It probably didn't help that I wasn't paying attention well enough (playing while browsing forums; waddiyagonnado) and kept failing to notice when he went into "Beam Mode," thus failing to activate my invincibility.

But my battle was hard-fought and well won! Now to collect all the items... and beat that Bonus Boss.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon has a multiplayer mode. What's more, it's the very type of multiplayer mode I thought would be good in Luigi's Mansion to begin with: an online co-op mode where every player is a different colored Luigi! Of course it makes no sense, but does it even have to?

Hi, everyone. I am Freezair. And I am addicted to Virtues Last Reward.

I am dying to know who the voice actors are, because I swear I hear Dojima and Kanji in there... but I am terrified of looking up anything about the game, because I do not want spoilers. Although the game is hilariously spoilerific for 999. I remember when it was originally just announced as a "Spiritual Successor..." Then everyone noticed all the similarities and the recurring characters and the developers 'fessed up that, yeah, it's a sequel. And oh my god, is it ever a sequel, you have better've poured over the original if you hope to make sense of it.

Needless to say, I'm adoring every second of it.

edited 25th Jan '13 1:18:30 PM by FreezairForALimitedTime

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada

Dojima and Kanji, huh? You'd be correct.

• Sigma = Troy Baker
• Tenmyouji a.k.a. Junpei from the first game = J.B. Blanc

I hope you get tiny bits of eggshell in all your omelettes for the rest of your life!

I finished Ecco the Dolphin. It was fucking awful.

Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.

You finished it?

Alright I cheated! I got through "Welcome to the Machine", which took forever, but then died at the last boss. So I said "Fuck it" and looked up the level password for "The Last Fight". No way I was going through that again.

Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.

I was actually referring to how I couldn't get the (what I assume is) the first stage. I guess the notion you beat such a confusing game all on your was too good to be true.

So, I got my hands on the Mass Effect trilogy. Now I see what the whole fuss about it is about, it's pretty darn good. The first one has some framerate issues on my end, but I can live with it.

Sidenote: Video Game Caring Potential practicaly runs in my veins; I can't get myself to choose Renegade/Jackass options, and that goes for any game I play. Hell, even in Pikmin I tend to start everything over should I lose one Pikmin out of stupidity.

"Yeah, it's a shame. Here we are in an underground cave with all these lasers, and instead of having a rave we're using it for evil."

I run into the same problem with Pikmin. I also get discuraged when I hear about people completing all these "chalanges" and I have no idea how they managed to do so. Makes it hard to just sit back and enjoy the game.

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!

I feel you. I've played ME 2 four times and not once have I managed to go full Renegade. Also, the shooting improves.

Dopants: He meant what he said and he said what he meant, a Ninety is faithful 100%.

I've never taken "Evil" routes... Mostly because they're Stupid Evil. Dragon Age Origins is the only game I can think of that let you engage in Pragmatic Villainy.

Bleye knows Sabers.