Video Game Discussion Thread

[FaustWolf]

Ouch, Sands got blasted by RPGFan. IGN gave it about the same score, but the IGN reviewer's tone seemed far less scathing.

[Yourgingerestfan]

Well im near the end now . The combat starts nice but sorta ends up broken and some attacks are like ....insta-boss killers in a way and the whole system is boring . Music , Characters and Maps are amazing In my opinion the story so far is nice , I would actually say try it , its a good game despite its flaws , the 'Quips' system is unique im sure . If anything just listen to the World map /Options theme ...it is amazing .

[Samopoznanie]

I'd say it's a bit disappointing, but I think the RPGFan one goes a little over the top.  It's an above-average game, but not up to what we'd expect from such an all-star cast.  If it had different names behind it I doubt it would get quite so scathing reviews.

Good story idea, mediocre dialogue.

Good characters, cheesy or annoying voice acting for the most part.

Combat, a refreshing system, but random encounters get a bit tiring with all the happy happy joy joy dungeon crawling.

Graphics, some people have criticised the sprites. To hell with them, I think it looks great.

Music, top notch. 


I agree with the general rating of +-7.5, but I wouldn't be so harsh on it. 

[ZealKnight]

Manado: Begining of the World. By Monolithsoft. Now we know they made Baten Kaitos and Xenosaga, but is Kato involved in this too?

[Romana]

New Pokémon main game announced:
http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/106/1065010p1.html

Manado: Begining of the World. By Monolithsoft. Now we know they made Baten Kaitos and Xenosaga, but is Kato involved in this too?

Well, they've officially named it "Xenoblade" now, and there's a site up.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/sx4j/index.html

[tripehound]

New Pokémon main game announced:
http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/106/1065010p1.html

Well shoot. Good thing I just got out of the shower, 'cause I'm going to be sucking on my feet for a while.

Makes me wonder how close to fruition the DS' successor is. Thanks for that, FaFniR. 

[GenesisOne]

New Pokémon main game announced:
http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/106/1065010p1.html

ANOTHER ONE??

Look, it was great in the 90s when it made its debut and it held strong as a franchise in the early 00s, but now... well, now they're just milking their cash cow to the death.

The moment it got past 150 Pokemon for me to count and collect... hmm... let me put it this way.  It's what Peter Griffin did at the end of this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BtFScDdki0

[Radical_Dreamer]

The moment it got past 150 Pokemon for me to count and collect... hmm... let me put it this way.  It's what Peter Griffin did at the end of this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BtFScDdki0

There were 151 in the first Pokemon. The moment you refer to is the start of the franchise.

[Yourgingerestfan]

I liked the first 251 , then they became ...ugly and cloneys !

[GenesisOne]

Also, there's the PokeRap.

Need I say more?

[Delta Dragon]

The first 150 were great, 251, still great, 386 was starting to get a liiittle pushy but I still really liked that generation of Pokemon, and then came along 493.  *Groan* They've run out of ideas.

[ZombieBucky]

i was content with 151 as well. 200 or so i could deal with. once it went into the 300s, i lost interest. oh well. im sure thats what my brother and sister are going to ask for for their birthdays...

on an unrelated note, am i the only one to level grind to be insanely overlevelled in every game i play? i remember this one time i found myself at level 60 by the end of disc two of ff7, or the one time i was nearing 70 while heading off to fight giovanni in pokemon red.

[Acacia Sgt]

Not really. Actually, right now I'm over leveled in SRWFF. Main party level 47-48? Enemies were 41-43.

Well, right now, they seem to have catch up, but earlier, it definitely applied.

[FaustWolf]

So, Monado: Beginning of the World was recently renamed Xenoblade. Uh-oooooh.
 
Just for reference, it's being made by Monolithsoft, though I'm not even sure if Takahashi's on the team. A true Xeno game simply needs Takahashi, Soraya Saga, and Yasunori Mitsuda or Yuki Kajiura (and a little Kato is never a bad thing).

But even so, a curiosity worth keeping tabs on.

[V_Translanka]

It's possible I'm playing too much Island Paradise on FB...>_>