The [Official] Video Game Discussion Thread

[Prince Inigo]

I said I would make this some time.

Welcome! Everyone should know by now I'm just so into video games, like, not even going to lie. I'm a reader, player, and sometimes watcher for entertainment - but most definitely a player. You can count on me to talk about strategy, RPG, some various little others. I suppose it depends on if it's mainstream enough for the others (Resident Evil, for example; used to be one of my brother's favorite series for video games).

Mainly I tend to stick with strategy/puzzle and RPG. I guess you can say I really like to think, and both genres have elements of contemplating scenarios. I take time with the games, though, because I take notes and am a completionist whore. "All the items, best scenarios, all the endings," is the motto. This is why I never seem to actually 'complete' games. Storyline-wise, sure, but never on the collecting aspect. I have to basically tell myself when to stop. lol

Listing. I like listing.

Format:
- Game [console] - * - genre

Current games being played:

- Persona [PSP] - *
- .hack//Outbreak [PS2] - * - JRPG
- Little King's Story [Wii] - * - RPG
- Golden Sun: The Lost Age [GBA] - * - RPG
- Persona 3 Portable [PSP] - * - JRPG
- Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean [GC] - * - RPG


Hiatus/Games needed to finish (these are ones I never completed storyline-wise but did start playing):

- Final Fantasy VIII [PSX] - * - RPG
- Pokemon White [DS] - * - RPG
- Jeanne d'Arc [PSP] - * - strategy RPG
- Final Fantasy XII [PS2] - * - RPG
- Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon [DS] - * - strategy RPG


Extra bits (these are ones where I did complete the storyline but need to 'finish it' for reasons to follow; these are ones I would have the patience to do as opposed to the next list):

- Fire Emblem (Blazing Sword) [GBA] (need to beat Hector Hard Mode) - * - strategy RPG
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor [DS] (multiple endings to complete) - * - strategy RPG

Officially completed (unless I ever feel the need to go back and finish everything, these are my 'officially completed'; these have aspects where finishing is nitpicky [i.e. must see every piece of dialogue, gather all the items, collect all titles, max stats, etc.]; basically every game in my house):

- 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors [DS] - * - adventure/puzzle/visual novel
- Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective [DS] - * - adventure/puzzle
- Golden Sun [GBA] - * - RPG
- Pokemon series (Red through Sapphire) - RPG
- Bloody Roar: Primal Fury [GC] - * - fighting
- Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles [Wii] - * - on-rails shooter
- Fire Emblem series ([Blazing Sword] through Radiant Dawn) - strategy RPG



I have so many more games to count, but I can include a few of my favorite series? :3

Series: Fire Emblem, Persona, .hack//, Final Fantasy, Professor Layton, Golden Sun.

This isn't all the games I have, yet it's a start. xD

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[andrew]

wow, does anyone here have a more recent console, like an xbox 360 or ps3? (no offense)

[Wolfy Molly Trigger Iggy]

i have a wii lol.

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CURRENTLY PLAYING

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Xbox 360

- Brink

I've completed most of my games for Xbox. Fallout, Oblivion, Call of Duty. Most mainstream games there.

DS

- 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors
- Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Playing them because Luna suggested them. Omg, they're amazing. Like, the greatest games ever. Especially 999. I want to play Golden Sun too.

HAS PLAYED

- All the Pokemon series
- Previous Golden Sun games
- Lots of puzzle games
- RPG galore
- Basically, you name it and I've probably played it
- Lots of mainstream stuff
- Persona omfg <3
- Like, every Sims game.
- I can't really list everything, I'm a hardcore gamer.
- SPYRO HOLY SHIZ <3333333

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[Axium]

lets see...

playing:
the legend of zelda: twilight princess
Pokemon white
SPORE
Jak II
The legend of zelda: spirit tracks
UberStrike
NBA 2k11

Has played:
Pokemon firered
Pokemon mystery dungeon: red rescue team
Pokemon diamond
The legend of zelda: phantom hourglass
Madden NFL 11*
Nba Live 10*
NHL Slapshot*
SSB Brawl*

* Still plays, just not regularly

[Prince Inigo]

andrew: you have a prob with older consoles, ehhhh? D:< Come talk to me when the PS3 or XBox 360 offers more games I want. (What? What? Persona 5 not out? TOO BAD, NEW CONSOLES. YOU DON'T HAVE MY MONEY). And what. I have a Wii. Definitely newer console. Besides, when PS3 and Xbox 360 came out, they were expensive as heck. If there's anything I'm aiming for right now, it's maximizing my current console library with all the games I could want.

Not really angry; but, as of right now, there are... very little games I would want to buy on PS3/XBox 360. Not to say that Wii had a lot games I wanted to purchase (Carnival Games? Totally want that. >.> ), but Wii was the cheaper console on its debut release. Even my friend (who has a PS3) had to admit that the PS3 was really pricey when it came out (also its games, to boot).

Just to show that I did have some interest in the PS3/XBox 360, here is the minor list I have (coming from the top of my head) that I would want:

-- Catherine [PS3]
-- Hard Corps [PS3]
-- Tales of Vesperia [XBox 360]
-- Final Fantasy XIII [PS3]
-- Eternal Sonata [PS3]
-- BlazBlue games [PS3]
-- Disgaea 3 & 4 [PS3]
-- White Knight Chronicles [PS3]

At this rate and time, I'm not missing much out. Can't exactly buy one console just for this much. Heck, my current Wii library is probably this big, but I'm fixing that as the main goal of game collections.




@kay: I used to play a bit of PC games (Sims, MMOs) but my limitations on them were due to lagging frame rate and the cost of them in my computer's space. I think I would need some tricked-out computer of mass destruction to be able to handle PC games on a grander scale. xD My bro was more into them than I was. (Fable, F.E.A.R., Guild Wars , and a couple more).

Harvest Moon! I like that series. Friends of Mineral Town, More Friends of Mineral Town, Save the Homeland, DS Cute, Sunshine Island and Friends, Magical Melody, and A Wonderful Life are what I have. I also have the spin-off game, Rune Factory, which I need to finish and collect the rest of that one. >.> 2, 3, Frontier. I have so many to get.




@damen: xD Greatest game ever. lol Hopefully there would be a sequel to 999, though I hear that the guy who made it would not make it a direct sequel. :( Visual novels aren't that popular in the western gaming populace. (Heck, this was technically my first visual novel game).



So jacked up on games. Even borrowing two from a friend while he's borrowing one of mine. These are the two I'm borrowing:

-- Steambot Chronicles [PS2] - sandbox RPG (He let me borrow this a long time ago and I never got around to finish it; I think I just need to breeze through the storyline at this point lol)
-- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door [GC] - RPG/adventure (omg people, I used to love the first Paper Mario on the N64, no lies. I'm borrowing it starting today, and I forgot how funny the first two were. At this one part in the early in the game, my friend and I were like, "OH GOSH," because this 50+ army of baddies wanted to beat up Mario. LOL)