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Spent an hour and a half wringing a few more points out of Dirt 3, but I think it's time to trade it in... Anything beyond here will be pure grind trying to master something I don't enjoy just for the points.
 
Streeteh said:
Xenoblade Chronicles when i get the time.

It's games like these that make me wish i was on the dole :p
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Is this really THAT good?

My favourite JRPG is Tales of Symphonia for the Gamecube and was wondering how this compared? Thing is I promised not to buy a Wii again, but I can get one for like £40 so I would invest if this was THAT good.

Cheers

Oh, I'm currently playing Fallout - New Vegas and InFamous to the opening question.
 
Bought PS3 came with 12 games.

Tried them all then just stuck with BC1, loved it. BC2 came out I pressed eject and play that. eject will be pressed when BC3 comes out on 25th October. Just love the game.
 
Magic_x_uk said:
Bought PS3 came with 12 games.

Tried them all then just stuck with BC1, loved it. BC2 came out I pressed eject and play that. eject will be pressed when BC3 comes out on 25th October. Just love the game.
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Sounds exactly same as me :)
bf2 on pc - then went to 360 - bc1 , bc2 and soon bf3
Although may be going back to pc gaming for this also
 
davewhite04 said:
Is this really THAT good?

My favourite JRPG is Tales of Symphonia for the Gamecube and was wondering how this compared? Thing is I promised not to buy a Wii again, but I can get one for like £40 so I would invest if this was THAT good.

Cheers

Oh, I'm currently playing Fallout - New Vegas and InFamous to the opening question.
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It's the best JRPG of the generation that i've had a proper go with (i haven't had a chance to really get into Tales of Vesperia yet so that may change). I've played every other JRPG worth mentioning and this is pretty much the only one that gets nearly everything 'right'.

It's got great characters (they seem generic at first but you soon realize there's more to them and i've grown to love a couple as much as i did with good Final Fantasy games). The storyline again takes a while to really become interesting, but it's good from the start and becomes excellent as it develops. It's got a great and inventive combat system, a huge set of equipment and customisation, every characters combat style is completely different (but all useful!). The artistic direction is outstanding, you really do feel like you're moving through a massive world as soon as you leave the starting town. It's got a huge number of optional quests which are generally varied and interesting but they are just that, completely optional. It can be anything from collecting ingredients for a mother to cook to helping rebuild an entire city.

My quibbles are that the graphics, while outstanding for the Wii, are incredibly dated. They don't use proper animated cutscenes often enough, often opting for the simple 'jaw moves up and down a lot and generic preset animations play to indicate emotion', but this could be because the cutscenes are so well animated i want more. It's also a bit TOO big, you can find yourself spending hour upon hour obsessing over hunting that particular rare monster, or looking for that last landmark within a massive sprawling jungle only to realize you haven't actually continued with the storyline over the past couple of days (again these things are optional though, i'm a completionist).

I've played Tales of Symphonia and loved it, i personally prefer this.

Oh and it's got full Japanese audio which is always a bonus for me!
 
Streeteh said:
It's the best JRPG of the generation that i've had a proper go with (i haven't had a chance to really get into Tales of Vesperia yet so that may change). I've played every other JRPG worth mentioning and this is pretty much the only one that gets nearly everything 'right'.

It's got great characters (they seem generic at first but you soon realize there's more to them and i've grown to love a couple as much as i did with good Final Fantasy games). The storyline again takes a while to really become interesting, but it's good from the start and becomes excellent as it develops. It's got a great and inventive combat system, a huge set of equipment and customisation, every characters combat style is completely different (but all useful!). The artistic direction is outstanding, you really do feel like you're moving through a massive world as soon as you leave the starting town. It's got a huge number of optional quests which are generally varied and interesting but they are just that, completely optional. It can be anything from collecting ingredients for a mother to cook to helping rebuild an entire city.

My quibbles are that the graphics, while outstanding for the Wii, are incredibly dated. They don't use proper animated cutscenes often enough, often opting for the simple 'jaw moves up and down a lot and generic preset animations play to indicate emotion', but this could be because the cutscenes are so well animated i want more. It's also a bit TOO big, you can find yourself spending hour upon hour obsessing over hunting that particular rare monster, or looking for that last landmark within a massive sprawling jungle only to realize you haven't actually continued with the storyline over the past couple of days (again these things are optional though, i'm a completionist).

I've played Tales of Symphonia and loved it, i personally prefer this.

Oh and it's got full Japanese audio which is always a bonus for me!
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Thanks for this, it has really got me thinking. Any game that gets 9+ from GameTM I take notice of, especially one in the JRPG genre, as I tend to love them for some reason.

I will get this definitely, it's just a question of time and price. I have also just downloaded Tales of Vesparia after selling my old copy, and only got about 1/4 of the way through, so that is next on my hit list after Fallout NV.

Oh dear, Star Wars the old republic I'm half wishing it to be rubbish so I can continue to play all the awesome one player games I've got and are coming out.

This year has been incredible for gaming, it will be interesting see which games win what.

Thanks again, this game sounds soooo good.
 
Played through Prince of Persia Classic and picked up all the life potions to get an achievement. Only one I've not got on there is for completing the game in survival mode in 1 hour without dying. YEAH RIGHT.

Also played some Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2 earlier, which I just downloaded. Whoa, that game is crazy. My wife was watching it with the same rabbit in headlights expression that she gets when I play Pacman Championship Edition DX.
 
Am really enjoying Deus Ex:HR at the moment ... Staying up way too late playing it on the plasma downstairs but it's worth it!

Currently just got to the first aug'd boss and am going to try not to drop the diff (playing on hardest) as that'll lose me an achievement :p
 
Playing thgough FFXIII at the moment. Just at the end of chapter 11. As soon as I get the Taming Staff for Fang I'll head back and start doing the missions.

Really enjoying it but it should have opened up MUCH earlier.

No idea what I'll play after that. Got God of War 1 & 2 remasters to play (never played originals), Heavy Rain, probably Fifa 12, as well as a few PC games.

Not enough time these days :(
 
After owning Dead Space 1 since release day.. finally working my way through! I've tried to play this game around 6 times always stopping, i think its because it freaks me out a bit, feels like I've been playing hours i look at the time and 15 minutes have passed!
anyway, up to chapter 8 now think I'm almost there :)
 
Radiant Silvergun, what a joy to play and so frustrating at the same time.
In the quest to make that red coloured chain keep going, a shot from a blue or yellow enemy you cant kill makes you lose a life. Arrggghhhh !!!

Played the 1st few games and forgot about two of the weapons too. The game is pure class.
 
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