Games The RPG thread

[riki]

Tales of Zestiria is annouced!

 

[SharkBait]

For a game coming so late on ps3 I expected better visuals, though just looks like its on the same xillia engine or what not..xillia 3 even?

 

[Jammin]

Lol, always thought that name was weird.

Were you a Magician or something like that?

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The Boss that truly gave me nightmares(an optional one), was the Stray Demon back when you return to the Asylum for the second time. I challenged this guy at around level 14 if I remember, and my attacks would take like 5 points of health out of 1000(as an example), and he can pretty much one-shot me. I'd fight this guy for days before I could kill him.

Pyromancer, but whether it was my class, which it shouldn't have been because classes mean a little less when you are as far along as I was, or just me being bad(the likely explination) I absolutely could not beat that guy.

 

[KingOfNight]

Pyromancer, but whether it was my class, which it shouldn't have been because classes mean a little less when you are as far along as I was, or just me being bad(the likely explination) I absolutely could not beat that guy.

Pyromancer facing fire-based boss, doesn't sound like a good idea. Warrior Class(like me) have a super easy time with this guy.

 

[riki]

For a game coming so late on ps3 I expected better visuals, though just looks like its on the same xillia engine or what not..xillia 3 even?

I think it takes place in another world though.

Oh it will be released worldwide.

 

[Nuno]

Any1 been playing DayZ? I bought the Alpha Early Access on Steam but I'm not sure whether I like it or not. I thought it would be more epic tbh, much more. Granted I've only played it like 2 hours but I feel like I have achieved nothing in the span of time. And for an open world "100% free choice" environment I feel like it's surprisingly lacking of randomness. Like e.g. there's never a massive amount of goodies in a random house. If anything there's maybe one trash item in every house (generously speaking).

Doesn't really help that my pc is struggling with the graphics too, which was unexpected. So far I'm unsure of what I think about it. First impression is kind of "ok".

 

[riki]

The trailer for Tales of Zesteria is up

 

[Shinsatsu]

Any1 been playing DayZ? I bought the Alpha Early Access on Steam but I'm not sure whether I like it or not. I thought it would be more epic tbh, much more. Granted I've only played it like 2 hours but I feel like I have achieved nothing in the span of time. And for an open world "100% free choice" environment I feel like it's surprisingly lacking of randomness. Like e.g. there's never a massive amount of goodies in a random house. If anything there's maybe one trash item in every house (generously speaking).

Doesn't really help that my pc is struggling with the graphics too, which was unexpected. So far I'm unsure of what I think about it. First impression is kind of "ok".

It's not that good IMO.
The frame drop is really huge. I know a guy with the most powerful PC possible and he lags like hell. The graphic problem is the engine's fault cuz they didn't tweak it yet. As for the gameplay ... I am not interested. It gets kind of redundant after a while.

 

[Nuno]

I thought it'd be more fun tbh. I think it's more fun if you roam around with mates, but for a game that should function as an open world randomized survival game it is surprisingly stale i.e. non-random. For example you need a few key components to 100% survive: backpack for inventory space, food, water, med kit and shooting weapon. You'd think if you explored houses you could stumble across a gold mine, but it's like every house has maximum 1 item in them, for example a rotten apple (useless) or a can of beans, or if you're lucky a backpack. Exploring houses is 99% of the time a disappointment and waste of time. So dumb. Also any weapon that isn't a pilstol/rifle is useless vs the zombies, rofl... They also chase you FOREVER seriously. Like 10 minutes unless you lose them in heavy vegetation (forest) or buildings.

 

[riki]

More info about Tales of Zestiria's protagonists are up, and Falcom is making a PS4 game.

 

[Utsune]

I've been contemplating on DayZ for a while. I saw a couple of gameplays of when it was still an ARMA mod, and thought it was kinda interesting. I do expect playing with friends would be much more fun. Unless there are more features/actions you can do/certain objectives etc i.e. becoming more than just a free-roam...... it will remain as it is, an objective-less free-roam kind of game, as redundant as it sounds.

It does remind me of Minecraft in that sense, but I suspect the 'aim' of the game is much different as the developers of the game wish it to become. DayZ does have realism in mind, but the fact remains that this is only a game, there's only so much the idea of realism can give (not saying how the features directly provide realism, but whether the cross between realism and survival game can work to support this intended realism.) Sure there are features/physics that attempt to imitate real life, but it ain't like you risk your life for your life (if you get me,) and rather than 'fighting and hoping to live another day,' your goal is more like 'seeing how far you can get before your next life' lol... kinda thing...

The lack of absolute 'freedom' (e.g. climbing onto the roof using the water pipe and throw slates at zombies) means that there's only so much realism can provide despite the attempt. Though the idea and intentions are there, these limitations do not make this a 'good' overall experience relative to the kind of experience its realism tries to provide.

Such wordy, so mouthful. /rant

Don't get me wrong, I would love to play the game at some point.

 

[riki]

Has anyone tried the Bravely Default demo? It's pretty good and it reminds me of the old FF (but then it's made by SE )

 

[Jammin]

Has anyone tried the Bravely Default demo? It's pretty good and it reminds me of the old FF (but then it's made by SE )

Nine, I didn't know there was a demo out. I'll have to check that out tonight.

 

[riki]

Man, I need some more villagers to restore the village, but there no one else with 3DS around here.

 

[kakashi919]

Yeah to me it's a mix of FF 1, 5 and 4 lol. I need more villages also, but no one seems to have a 3DS anywhere. It's a pretty awesome game, can't wait for the full version.

 

[riki]

I found a cheat Although I have to restart the demo again, but it was worth it

 

[kakashi919]

I found a cheat Although I have to restart the demo again, but it was worth it

Good thing I haven't reached there yet lol. Thank you riki,you're a saviour

 

[riki]

Where are you at right now? I'm about to face the second boss (the turtle monster), but I'm trying to level up my characters' second jobs and earn some more money

 

[kakashi919]

Where are you at right now? I'm about to face the second boss (the turtle monster), but I'm trying to level up my characters' second jobs and earn some more money

I just defeated the intruder in the supply cave. The charming witch or whatever she was. Just grinding until the monsters in the cave don't give much exp.

 

[riki]

What level are your characters? Mine are level 10