The Gamers Thread: PS3, PC, Wii, 360... pick your poison!!

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Fender178 · #1051 Post by **Fender178** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:47 pm

Relight wrote:Good to hear Fender178. Let us know. I ordered them too, from Amazon... but I live in Canada. So it'll be a number of weeks before they get to my US friend and he redirects them to me. They're cheap... but not cheap enough that you can just blow off the money. I'm very interested to see what they actually are.

I'm very doubtful that any amount of real work has been done on the games. And even if any work has been done, it's likely a hack job. I wouldn't trust anyone to do that kind of work except for someone who is also a Sierra fan and member of the community, such as the patches that NewRisingSun made for example.

Ingram appears to be only a distributor:

http://www.ingramentertainment.com/

Its going to be another week Im afraid. I will probaly get it around the week of Halloween. I might get it on Monday the 24th of this month. I took one day shipping also.

Angelus3K · #1052 Post by **Angelus3K** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:23 pm

Here is a video of Shining Force II (for Vildern) and Monkey Island II running on my PSP!

Vildern · #1053 Post by **Vildern** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:06 pm

lol, nice video :p

I got stuck in SFII, couldn't solve the giant/titan puzzle. SFI had easier puzzles

Angelus3K · #1054 Post by **Angelus3K** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:14 pm

So you never finished it??! You should go back and replay it, I'm sure somewhere like GameFAQs could help if you get stuck.

Vildern · #1055 Post by **Vildern** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:26 pm

I fear I didn't. After several weeks I gave up.... It was not easy. In some aspects, it's even more difficult than SFI, if that's possible.

The mere mentioning of its name makes me want to replay it :p

Angelus3K · #1056 Post by **Angelus3K** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:30 pm

You should, like I said there are plenty of online walkthroughs if you get THAT stuck ;)

Broomie · #1057 Post by **Broomie** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:17 pm

Gah! The PSP just seems so perfect... I'll have to give in and get one.

#1058 Post by **Erpy** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:38 pm

Heh, I got stuck at the Taros shrine too in the past. That's because I thought I was supposed to go straight to Hassan town after getting the raft instead of exploring east Parmecia past the river. The game won't allow you to fight the Taros battle if you don't have the achilles sword (the only weapon that can damage him), because without it, it's not possible to win anyway.

But yeah, SF2 is harder than SF1. And the point in the game you mentioned is even before the enemies start doing insane amounts of damage.

Vildern · #1059 Post by **Vildern** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:04 pm

Heh, I got stuck at the Taros shrine too in the past.

Eh, so it is a nasty point in the game, that Taros Shrine :p

The game won't allow you to fight the Taros battle if you don't have the achilles sword (the only weapon that can damage him), because without it, it's not possible to win anyway.

I really didn't have the sword in my posession. Thanks of the tip.

But yeah, SF2 is harder than SF1. And the point in the game you mentioned is even before the enemies start doing insane amounts of damage.

Then it's even harder then it had been back then? :p Now, that really makes me want to replay it lol

#1060 Post by **Erpy** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:48 pm

Eh, so it is a nasty point in the game, that Taros Shrine

The battle itself is pretty easy. The terrain's not obstructive and only the soulsower monsters are capable of giving you any trouble, because of their high attack and added paralysis effect) The problem is the boss. Only your leader can damage him, so it's basically a one on one duel. Like all bosses in the game, Taros gets two turns every round and in addition, he has fairly high attack and can use his weapon to cast a level 2 thunderbolt spell. (which has massive range and does good damage) Unless you kept your leader at the same level as the rest of the force and Sarah has heal level 3, this part is tough. The caravan you get is worth it though, because of its storehouse.

Then it's even harder then it had been back then?

Soon after the point you were at, you'll notice monsters start getting really high attack stats and need several of your soldiers' hits to go down. (think Kraken battle) The later battles in the sequel are A LOT harder than SF1's later battles and most of the bosses are pretty nasty too. Most of the battles you've won were "intermediate" level.

Vildern · #1061 Post by **Vildern** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:01 pm

It's amazing you remember names in the game (Sarah, Taros, etc...)

Thanks for all of your tips. I'm sure I've SFII on a cd somewhere, I just need to find it and start SFing.

And some of the levels were not so "intermediate" for me, btw :p

Angelus3K · #1062 Post by **Angelus3K** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:21 am

Yea I cant remember hardly any of the names. Except the rat is called Slade lol.

I think whats really cool about re-playing (at least for me anyway) is that I can play it practically anywhere anytime on the go!!

The first Megadrive/Genesis RPG I fell in love with was Sword of Vermillion, it was the first RPG I'd played and I was amazed that you could just walk around a village and talk to people, it was exactly what I wanted to do in a game lol. Anyone else heard/played that?

I'll definetly have to re-play that too, its quite a hard game but I did finish it.

#1063 Post by **Erpy** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 3:03 pm

I once completed it with just two characters...the leader (whom I kept using until after the Taros battle) and Sarah, whom I worked up to level 40 in the first battle, kept around as a priest until I got the vigor ball after the Taros battle, promoted to master monk with said item and then worked up to level 99 in the secret battle in the elven village. The game was a lot easier to beat like that than playing it the normal way. But it takes a day or two to raise levels that much.

Angelus3K · #1064 Post by **Angelus3K** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 8:10 pm

Deb and I are just playing Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects and she's beating me 3-2! I'm playing Spidey and she is Elecktra. Where is my Spidey sense when I need it!!

Broomie · #1065 Post by **Broomie** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:18 pm

Not sure if this has been posted here but I saw it a while ago, then saw it again just now and forgot how funny it was.

The Decline of Video Gaming

Check it.

Angelus3K · #1066 Post by **Angelus3K** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:32 am

Lol thats hilarious Brooms!!

I'm exchanging my PSP AGAIN!! The [] button is a bit stuck and I'm not happy about it so I'm gettting another new one delivered tomorrow. Hopefully this one will have a good d-pad and good buttons and no dead pixels!

In other news anybody got their KQ Compliations through yet???

EDIT: Got my 3RD PSP today, seems ok I think I'll keep this one!

Fender178 · #1067 Post by **Fender178** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:10 pm

Not yet for me any ways.

Well according to walmart.com they are getting 3 of the 4 collections in.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=4307246

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=4307237

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=4307191

If thats true I am going to go check to see if they have them in the actual store if they do then I will buy kq sq and pq collections there and get lsl collection from amazon. If not then I will just get em from amazon.

#1068 Post by **navynuke04** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:01 pm

I hope they do get them out on the shelves, and don't just sell them over the internet. I think they'd have a lot more success if they were out where people could see them. I, for one, am somewhat of an impulse shopper at times.

*Looks at his 2GB USB Memory Stick he wasn't planning on buying* :o

Zargaist · #1069 Post by **Zargaist** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:50 am

Availability: This item will be released on January 30, 2006. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.

Directly from Amazon.

Have fun.

Angelus3K · #1070 Post by **Angelus3K** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:25 am

So they've all been delayed!!??

#1071 Post by **navynuke04** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:03 pm

So much for stocking stuffers. :\

Fender178 · #1072 Post by **Fender178** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:41 pm

Well thats funny my estimated shipping and delvery dates havent changed. I wonder why that is?

Gin-Gin · #1073 Post by **Gin-Gin** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:56 pm

Yeah, I noticed that too, and my delivery dates haven't changed, either. This sucks!

Fender178 · #1074 Post by **Fender178** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:09 pm

Well maybe were the lucky ones and they might ship us the shippment that came on october 11th. That is just an educated guess.

I emailed Amazon's Customer's service to ask them about it and I let you know what I found out.

Brainiac · #1075 Post by **Brainiac** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:29 am

If the delay is due to massive pre-orders or potentially adding new content, great. If not, I think VU management has just made the tension between them and the adventure community over KQ9 even worse.

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