Bioshock Infinte

[MD13]

You should play Xenogears... If you don't have it, go grab ePSXe, your 360 or PS3 controller, and get the torrent for at least Disc 1.

IMO, it's the greatest game ever made. It's a jRPG, but the dialogue, story depth, character development actually surpass Planescape... I know, that's a bold statement, but you've got to play the game to see what I mean. The battle engine is also more entertaining. The game is easily, if you do everything, 65-70+ hours, but you can do a standard run through in about 45.

The second half of the game gets a lot of shit because it takes a story-telling approach, with far less interactivity, but by that time in the game you're so engrossed it doesn't really detract from the overall experience. I actually like the second disc because it speeds up the plot and let's you get through what would've amounted to another 60+ hours in only 20, so I wasn't to upset.

I actually have played it, one of my top JRPGs of all time. I'd put it somewhere on my list, just not top 5. My problem with JRPGs is that I naturally prefer having the choice of shaping your story the way you want it, which is probably why Torment is my favorite game. Also, they've basically never really evolved past the PS1 days. The combat system is still mostly the same save a few cosmetic changes, the storylines aren't as good as they were before, and they're even dumbing the games down a bit; FFXIII was ridiculously bad with it's neverending, 40 hour long hallway. If you re-made games like Chrono Cross, FFVII, VIII, X, Xenogears, etc. and spruced up the graphics, there's almost nothing separating it gameplay-wise from the new JRPGs. Western RPGs on the other hand seem to be suffering from a general dumbing down and mainstreaming of everything, but at least Kickstarter is proving to be a good way for old school, intelligent and mature RPGs to get made. There are already 3 in development with Wasteland 2, Project Eternity and Torment 2, hopefully with many more to come.

Still, I appreciate the quality of the great ones when I play them. The genre just isn't my favorite.

 

[Man Called X]

GOD DAMMIT, STAR OCEAN 2ND STORY WAS AMAZING, AND THE SUIKODENS. Gour, if you haven't actually played Suiko1/2 GO FUCKING DOWNLOAD THEM NOW ASSHOLE AND PLAY THEM. 1 was my favorite game of all time, 2 is considered one of the best jRPGs of all time by many.

Also, any got a good torrent/link/ for Planescape Torment with an HD texture pack?

 

[MD13]

GOD DAMMIT, STAR OCEAN 2ND STORY WAS AMAZING, AND THE SUIKODENS. Gour, if you haven't actually played Suiko1/2 GO FUCKING DOWNLOAD THEM NOW ASSHOLE AND PLAY THEM. 1 was my favorite game of all time, 2 is considered one of the best jRPGs of all time by many.

Also, any got a good torrent/link/ for Planescape Torment with an HD texture pack?

http://www.gog.com/gamecard/planescape_torment

http://www.gog.com/news/mod_spotlight_planescape_torment_mods_guide

First one is where you can legit buy it on gog, 2nd one is where you can download all the mods and instructions on how to use em.

edit: not sure of where to torrent it, but I'm pretty sure it won't be that hard to find.

 

[Man Called X]

http://www.gog.com/gamecard/planescape_torment

http://www.gog.com/news/mod_spotlight_planescape_torment_mods_guide

First one is where you can legit buy it on gog, 2nd one is where you can download all the mods and instructions on how to use em.

Yeah, found an easy GOG torrent that I'll use. I've already bought this game once. Bum.

 

[gourimoko]

GOD DAMMIT, STAR OCEAN 2ND STORY WAS AMAZING, AND THE SUIKODENS. Gour, if you haven't actually played Suiko1/2 GO FUCKING DOWNLOAD THEM NOW ASSHOLE AND PLAY THEM. 1 was my favorite game of all time, 2 is considered one of the best jRPGs of all time by many.

I've played all the Star Oceans, and I'll agree 2nd Story was awesome! I also liked Star Ocean 3 on the PS2; dude, I had well over 100+ hours in that game, the battle engine and item creation systems were amazingly addictive... I never beat the 360 one, SO4 IIRC, didn't get very far.

And I've played and beaten Suikoden I and II, but never played Suikoden III.. Wonder if it's as good as the others. Suikoden is a great game too.. I would say that I prefer Star Ocean though.

Speaking of old school RPGs, anyone remember SNATCHER? Not really that interactive, but man did I love that game on the Sega CD.

Also, any got a good torrent/link/ for Planescape Torment with an HD texture pack?

Hell if I know.. I wonder how it looks though..

 

[Jack Brickman]

Hell if I know.. I wonder how it looks though..

I don't want to make any crazy assumptions but...I'm guessing much like the original, only in HD.

 

[I.K.W.T]

None of these posts are about Bioshock?

 

[Jack Brickman]

None of these posts are about Bioshock?

Yeah we came to the conclusion that it was a good game about four pages back and then started talking about other things.

 

[Man Called X]

I can ruin Bioshock for you really quickly if you want to join in our discussion.

 

[Shakalu M.D.]

Somebody mail me their copy of Bioshock. I'll play it and mail it back when I'm finished.

 

[MD13]

To all the torment fans, here's the first screenshot of the new game:

 

[pr26]

Finally finished Bioshock Infinite last night. Holy shit......what an amazing ending to an amazingly executed game. This game story/world might be my favorite of this console generation.

Other people beat this?

 

[JSS2306]

Finally finished Bioshock Infinite last night. Holy shit......what an amazing ending to an amazingly executed game. This game story/world might be my favorite of this console generation.

Other people beat this?

Working on it now. I'm at hall of heroes. How long do I have?

 

[Jack Brickman]

Working on it now. I'm at hall of heroes. How long do I have?

Quite a while. That's like midway through or less.

 

[pr26]

When you get to emporia, that's when you'll know your closing in on the end.