Is there any interest in a topic for the Kiseki series, I wonder? Seen a couple of people who are fans of it here.
Cool! I’m glad you’re enjoying it. I’ve been wanting to play it myself, but it’s pretty expensive on Steam, and I won’t have access to it on any other consoles. Are you hype for its prequel?
Makes me want to start another Tales thread akin to the one on Kazamatsuri. 
There was a sale for steam keys a few weeks ago for it! It was going for $8 so I had to snatch it up.
Mm well this is really my first Tales game so I’m pretty much a newbie to the whole series. xD
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While I’d be hard pressed to pick a specific “favorite” game, LISA: The Painful would certainly be a top contender. I think that anyone who is a fan of well-written games (as most people on this forum probably are) should check out the LISA series. It’s available on Steam for 5 or 10 dollars.
The basic premise of LISA is a turn-based RPG set in a universe in which a nondescript apocalyptic event has wiped all human females out of existence. The main character, Brad, one day stumbles across a baby girl, presumed to be the only living girl in the world. Brad decides to keep her a secret, until one day she is stolen. The game follows Brad’s journey to find her, and also touches upon Brad’s life prior to the game as a martial arts instructor and drug addict.
Imagine Earthbound as a side-scroller set in a Mad-Max-esque world, completely barren with some readily apparent decay in human intelligence (which I’m almost certain is what would happen if men were the only ones left on the planet, haha).
Off-the-walls artstyle, a kickass soundtrack, strange and eclectic characters, and a rather deep combat system are all secondary to the game’s main draw; the story. It’ll jump from laugh-out-loud hilarious, to disturbing, to just outright depressing in the blink of an eye. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and it made me feel uncomfortable in a way that no other game has really made me feel before.
I think anyone who enjoys a well crafted story deserves to experience this game.
… Wow… I’m sorry for writing an entire goddamn review in this forum topic… I hope I didn’t scare anyone away, lol
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I forgot to add I’m also looking forward to Quantum Break on steam~ Ever since I played Alan Wake I’ve wanted to play more games by Remedy. I’ll probably hunt down Max Payne series sometime too…
Quantum Break is alright (I own it on xBone), but Alan Wake was much better in my opinion. Quantum Break feels very cliche. It’s the kind of game we’ll look back on 20 or so years from now, chuckle and say “That game was so 2010’s!” in the same way we look back at certain 80’s and 90’s action movies. I don’t mean to crush your hype, though, it’s just my opinion. I still think it’s a good game.
I haven’t played the Max Payne series yet. It’s definitely on my wishlist. I just keep finding other games I’d rather buy first…
Ooh no problem at all. Thanks for the input! Hmm do you think it’s better to just wait for the Steam Sales then?
I’m the same way, I’m lagging on VNs and Games oops.
I haven’t played much that often in the past little while, but I still occasionally play some Pokemon and Smash bros on the WiiU with my younger brother every now and then. My times been mostly filled with reading VN’s and watching anime.
My favorite type of games to play would be RPGs. Some of my favorite games are: Fallout New Vegas, Kingdom Hearts II, The Legend of Zelda: wind waker, and Alan Wake.
I’m thinking about buying Danganronpa 2 and/or Contradiction, sometime in the near future.
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Do it. It’s very good, esp. if you enjoyed DR1.
Lately I’ve been playing a Jedi Academy mod called MOVIE BATTLES 2.
I’ve been hosting several sessions with the community, feel free to join if you want to try it with us.
We’ve also played around a bit in SS13 while hosting our own servers.
I second the buying SDR2 if you are gonna buy it. The characters are better developed, the story is less predictable, the gameplay is improved (though I hope with the new V3, they remove the Anagram nonsense, IT’S NOT AN ANAGRAM). Overall an improvement on the first!
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I finished chapter 2 of Danganronpa over the weekend and am started on chapter 3 last night. I am really surprised and curious what the “series” plot ends up being to tie things together as right now it mostly feels like Saw meets Phoenix Wright, but at any rate it is great fun.
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Isn’t it great? I loved getting into bed, pulling out the Vita, and then finding myself still awake at 2 AM engrossed in the game lol. SDR2 is great fun.
I actually never played the first Danganronpa but because I’ve watched the first anime and watching a friend’s play through on youtube, I really want to get it and going to play it blind. I just don’t have that much spending money right now so I wasn’t sure whether to get it now or wait longer, but since you seem to think it’s such a good game I probably will buy it when I get the chance.
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Hmm do you think it’s better to just wait for the Steam Sales then?
Yeah, I would wait for a sale. I’d get it for $20 or so depending on how anxiously you’re waiting, but I wouldn’t pay $50.
Also, sorry for the late response.
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EDIT: I apologize for replying to you. I meant for this to be a general topic reply and I must have hit the wrong button! I’m on mobile and I don’t know how to change this. Sorry, aaaaaahh!
As far as legit PC games go, I got a few games through Humble Bundle like twoish months ago, but I have yet to touch them because I spend all my time on my PC drawing or reading Umineko. Of course it’s worth mentioning my prized possessions are my hard copies of Umineko, haha.
This isn’t game related, but I feel like it’s worth mentioning because it’s computer related and really important to me. I have been in love with a character named Kagamine Len for 5+ years now, and I own all 3 available versions of his software as hard copies. Roughly $600~ in value. Not a game, but definitely not something I could ever let go of.
Back to games.
For consoles, I’ve got:
- my old N64 with a copy of Ocarina of Time. I have some other N64 games I used to play as ROMs, which I play on my PC with my N64 USB controller until I can find them for my N64 again. ((Some of the ROMs I have are expensive, like Conker’s Bad Fur Day, which I would LOVE to have in person once again.))
- 3DS. I have only a few titles that are actually 3DS games though, namely Samurai Warriors Chronicles, Ocarina of Time 3D, and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire. And my personal favorite for the handheld, Miral XD. All the other games I have on my 3DS are virtual console ones. Classic Zelda, Oracle of Ages, Pokemon Red, Pokemon Blue, Pokemon Yellow.
- PS3. I have Project Diva F 2nd, a Vocaloid rhythm game. ((Vocaloid was my favorite thing for years, and is still my favorite thing right after Umineko.)) I have been in love with one of the characters for a little over 5 years straight now. Call me crazy, haha. I play Project Diva more than any other console game I own. I also have Jstars Victory VS + as of last night, so I have yet to touch it. I’ve had GTA 5 but haven’t touched it once.
- PS4 was bought last night, it was the Black Ops 3 bundle. Since I’m a huge Vocaloid fan, Project Diva X was purchased like a month in advance. I have yet to play it, though. Looking forward to it.
I’m curious, which plot twist did he call out if you still remember? (Obviously use spoiler tags)
Anyway, games, I play way too many of them to list all of them here, but I’m a big fan of the Quintet RPGs on the SNES that probably no one even knows here because it’s too long ago and the third wasn’t even released in the States. But if the names “Soul Blazer”, “Illusion of Gaia/Time” (depending on where you’re from) or “Terranigma” ring any bells, that’s the ones I’m talking about.
He called out that the flirty waitress girl was actually a guy. None of us saw it coming and just laughed when he suggested it.
But we could never disprove it.
And as the hints piled up, eventually showing he was right at the end of the game, we were in shock lol
Well right now I’m currently playing Bravely Default and re-playing Pokemon Heartgold.
Bravely Default is quite a lot of fun! I’m almost done with Chapter 2, and I had to backtrack after nearly clearing the last dungeon in order to get the Red Mage Asterik. DeRosa gave me major date rape vibes and i did not like him one bit.
Currently, I quite like my team. Agnes is the main mage with a White/Black mage setup, (gonna make her into a Red Mage after I get a few more JP in WM) Tiz is my other mage with a Time/White Mage setup, but he also is up to a level 7 monk, which means he’s good at magic and physical offense.
Edea is my tank, and the Knight/Spelfencer is perhaps my favorite combo in the game. After she gets a few more job points in those places, I’ll train her in the Valkyrie job. Ringabel is pretty much my all out offense- the Ranger job is godly and combined with Theif destroys all mages once Edea gets her special activated.
As for Heartgold, I decided to play as the boy this time around, since I like to roleplay a bit with Pokemon games. Whitney was easier than I remember but Bugsy actually proved quite a fun challenge. Right now my team is Quilava, Flaafy, and Scyther with a few HM slaves. I’m planning on getting Azumaril, Espeon, and Donphan later.
I personally liked the Ranger/Spellfencer combo a lot. Enchant your bow (or whatever) with your enemy’s elemental weakness, then use the Ranger’s type weakness hitting move. Always fun.