The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[JayDizzle]

I found it, with a little more time to spend.



Probably one of my favorite RPG's of all time. Anyone familiar with it?

All I know is that it's the sequel to "Secret of Mana," right?

And I'm glad you found the game you were looking for... Dark Cloud's got the same town-building premise to it but I'm guessing you don't feed trees in it then.

Oh and Jay, you better pick SVER. In the beta, I think I lost maybe 10 times out of 70 matches with SVER. Only team that seemingly works together.

From what I've heard, either you get a good squad commander who knows what he is doing or you have a bunch of dumbasses picking their noses, calling each other "fag" online.

I may pick SVER because of their team maps (easier to defend) but I'm digging VALOR as well.

[Misogi]

BlazBlue:Continuum Shift leaked online today. After downloading it, i found out the hard way that my laptop can not play it at all.

Downloaded Mass Effect 2 for 360..or at least the first disk, however, and my 360 can play that just fine.

About to 2nd prestige on MW2 as well. Overall, a not-so-good day. (really wanted blazblue, damnit.)

[Esjay]

I found it, with a little more time to spend.



Probably one of my favorite RPG's of all time. Anyone familiar with it?

Yep. You ever play Secret of Mana on the old SNES? Fucking fantastic game. Give it a shot if you get a chance.

[SethMode]

Yep. You ever play Secret of Mana on the old SNES? Fucking fantastic game. Give it a shot if you get a chance.

Also look into Seiken Densetsu 3 (which would be the real Secret of Mana 2 if it were ever released in the US). You can find English translated roms on the net and it is fucking amazing.

[jms493]

picked up Mass Effect 1 for 17.99 to see what all the "hoopla" is about.

[JBauerisGod]

From what I've heard, either you get a good squad commander who knows what he is doing or you have a bunch of dumbasses picking their noses, calling each other "fag" online.

I may pick SVER because of their team maps (easier to defend) but I'm digging VALOR as well.

Half the time when I was a squad leader or a commander, my team would still run around aimlessly.

Me: "Hey numbnuts, mortar strike next to the cooling tower."
(-20 EXP)
Retard: "WTF why did you kill me?"

[StealthShot]

I keep forgetting to get the Intel in MW2 and finish spec ops for 1000g.

Did all that Intel BTW it was a bitch, still gotta finish like 10 spec op missions.

[JayDizzle]

Half the time when I was a squad leader or a commander, my team would still run around aimlessly.

Me: "Hey numbnuts, mortar strike next to the cooling tower."
(-20 EXP)
Retard: "WTF why did you kill me?"

I might just boot up my MAG Beta tonight to put a game in before I pick it up Tuesday.

If you're on too, I can't promise anything if you let me on your squad. :bounce:

[SHOGUN]

Finally starting to play Batman: Arkham Asylum. I got it for X-Mas, but haven't really touched it because of MW2 and APF.

[Buzzman]

when you guys get MAG tell me hwo it is. Im sure the beta didnt have everything the real game has so obviously it will be different.

Also is Dark Cloud any good?

[Twigg4075]

Did all that Intel BTW it was a bitch, still gotta finish like 10 spec op missions.

Intel was hard? All you have to do is drop the difficulty to Casual and use YouTube. The entire campaign is only like four hours anyway.


By the way, Conan was the best $1 I've ever spent. Very fun game.

[jms493]

Intel was hard? All you have to do is drop the difficulty to Casual and use YouTube. The entire campaign is only like four hours anyway.


By the way, Conan was the best $1 I've ever spent. Very fun game.

did u beat it?

[JayDizzle]

when you guys get MAG tell me hwo it is. Im sure the beta didnt have everything the real game has so obviously it will be different.

Also is Dark Cloud any good?

I'm fearful about what's been changed and what the Zipper team "fixed" themselves with no input.

Of course, MAG's been playtested throughly by spawn campers, griefers and bums who can't play 1st person shooters like me, so why worry? :D

As for Dark Cloud, I've never played it but I do know about it.

Here's IGN's review of the game though: link

[JayDizzle]

Remember when most of us who had ever owned an earlier system (I'm talking SNES/Genesis days) had dreamed about playing videogames for a living?

And that dream may have expanded once we heard that companies actually pay you to play their games all day?

Thankfully reality and Penny Arcade (late to the party) have shown up to crush our idea once again:

You may know that Sony is putting together a reality show where human beings caper for our amusement. That's regular stuff. But the prize they're competing for - a testing position - is, to be clear, not the sort of thing one competes for.

We know a lot of testers. Testing is an umbrella term in the gaming industry, and isn't entirely sufficient as a descriptor. My friend Clinton did "testing" at Microsoft on the original Xbox, and this testing involved him opening and closing the system's drive tray all day. He just got back from Iraq, but if I were to ask him what the most unrelenting and psyche abrading job he ever held was, I know he'd have to pause a moment before answering.

To the extent that all the people who play games even want the same job, it sure as shit ain't tester. It's brutal slog after brutal slog, crunch after crunch after crunch, and when you land a game you're actually interested in it arrives in a state which is often deeply unlike that of a videogame. Some testers are able climb the corpses of their fellow man and move north in the hierarchy. It does happen. But not every day

[Maynard]

i wish the ME2 thread said USE SPOILER TAGS!

u know some douche is gonna post something without the tag wither way