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transience's top 50 games with writeups -- part 2, #17-#1.
| ZFS | Posted 5/17/2007 8:15:06 PM | message detail | #101 |
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RPGs are where it's at !! --- Called "Godslayer" by some, feared by most. |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 8:16:19 PM | message detail | #102 |
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I loved jumping over that star for the whole level! art of fire is fun, too --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 8:45:20 PM | message detail | #103 |
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#11: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Year: 2005 System: DS Developer: Capcom I went into Phoenix Wright expecting a silly, entertaining game with childish humour and people yelling objection over and over. that's exactly what I got -- only I was also surprised to find out it has awesome plots and ridiculous twists all over the place. I don't really think Phoenix Wright is very funny. I don't see why Objection! is so huge on the internet and the punny names are just all kinds of bad. there's a few gems in there (Polly is hilarious, for example), but most of the time I'm finding myself shaking my head. what makes PW so incredibly awesome is how great a murder case is for telling a story. the investigations are entertaining so long as you don't get stuck hitting a trigger point, and the times when you're in court are really intense and awesome. whatever genre Phoenix Wright is is so much better at telling a story than an RPG. I often find myself not really caring about an RPG story, but with Phoenix Wright I want to explore every last thing and shove it in every lying witness' face. I can't think of too many things in gaming that are more rewarding than finally nailing somebody in Phoenix Wright. it's really an amazing feeling and the twists that come in Phoenix Wright are so fantastic that you can't help but get pumped up. the highlight of the game, of course, is case 4. the end of case 4 is a contender for most awesome moment in a video game ever. case 3 is also pretty good - it may not have the best characters, but the whole plot of the thing is really tight. case 5 is a little bit annoying with its stupid trigger points and relative difficulty to the other four, but the characters are great and it has some fantastic moments as well. case 1 is just a throwaway tutorial and case 2's just kinda there. overall, I like PW1 more than 2 for a few reasons. one thing that probably shouldn't be underestimated is that it was the first and thus the originality will always stick with you. later games are still pretty cool, but it has this whole "ah yes, I've done this before" thing going on. along with PW1 being unique, I love how fairly simple it is. it's not trying to trick you and make you connect things that have nothing to do with anything like PW2 does. someone lies in court, you go "!" and rub it in their face. it's amazing. there's not much guesswork involved, you don't have to save and pull some trial and error, no need to ever look at a FAQ because you're getting annoyed, none of that. it's just simple, quality fun, and something I find that I can go back, replay and still enjoy quite a bit despite knowing what's going to happen. obligatory super-inequality: 1-4 > 2-4 > 1-5 > 2-2 > 1-3 > 1-2 > 2-3 > 2-1 > 1-1 --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| Kaxon | Posted 5/17/2007 8:52:08 PM | message detail | #104 |
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if this game was made today, it'd probably have a huge world with
all kinds of stuff going on, and that would really ruin CT's charm. In other words, Chrono Cross. --- "Kaxon is a joke account!" - MoogleKupo141 "Kaxon = Kleenex = _kro" - Redtooth |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 8:55:54 PM | message detail | #105 |
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I like Cross's world, a lot. I don't think that would be the problem. the problem would be if there were seven or eight eras the size of Cross's world. that would be trouble. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| Kaxon | Posted 5/17/2007 9:00:17 PM | message detail | #106 |
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I just had to get a Chrono Cross jab in there... I do think one of the
things that made Chrono Cross annoying was being needlessly
complicated... although mostly the story. One of the great things about
CT's story was that it was pretty simple, but Cross had a big helping
of the esoteric BS that Square started to love stuffing in their games
sometime around 1997. Esoteric BS isn't always bad (I love FFT and
Xenosaga), but it's not what a Chrono game is supposed to be about. I got a SNES because I saw this game was out This reminds me of myself and staring at that one tiny picture of FF IV in Nintendo Power day after day waiting for it to come out. --- "Kaxon is a joke account!" - MoogleKupo141 "Kaxon = Kleenex = _kro" - Redtooth |
| Kaxon | Posted 5/17/2007 9:00:57 PM | message detail | #107 |
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*Xenogears, not Xenosaga --- "Kaxon is a joke account!" - MoogleKupo141 "Kaxon = Kleenex = _kro" - Redtooth |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 9:01:40 PM | message detail | #108 |
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I don't think Cross is esoteric.. the things that bother me about it: a.) the battle system b.) it's often not clear about what to do the actual randomness of the plot doesn't bug me at all. as for FF4, I saw it in a blockbuster-type place and was like "YO, FINAL FANTASY TWO" --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| Super Destroy | Posted 5/17/2007 9:02:59 PM | message detail | #109 |
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You almost make me wish I hadn't given away/sold all my copies of PW: AA --- Hardcore™ - We'll probably be modded for this... (>ò_ó)>---{[=(>x_x)> |
| HeroicElectrode | Posted 5/17/2007 9:05:17 PM | message detail | #110 |
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FFIV is too good to be just 12th. Well, compared to, like, Portrait of Ruin. >_> --- Naye745 BZZ! |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 9:06:30 PM | message detail | #111 |
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what's wrong with Portrait? --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| Not Dave | Posted 5/17/2007 9:29:37 PM | message detail | #112 |
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i should get portrait. how's it compare to dawn? --- the man |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 9:32:43 PM | message detail | #113 |
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better in every way, if you ask me. i'd say more but uh list spoilers --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| Not Dave | Posted 5/17/2007 9:34:13 PM | message detail | #114 |
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fantastic. wonder if the stores here will have it... it took me months to find dawn. --- the man |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 9:34:49 PM | message detail | #115 |
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yeah, dawn went rare for some reason. i saw it got something similar to
a greatest hits release recently, and it was the first time i'd seen it
in a store in like ever. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| HeroicElectrode | Posted 5/17/2007 9:37:44 PM | message detail | #116 |
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PoR's a decent game, but not great. Not worthy of a Top 10 games ever status, IMOOOOOOoo --- Naye745 BZZ! |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 5/17/2007 9:38:17 PM | message detail | #117 |
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From trannyscience Posted 5/17/2007 9:34:49 PM #115 yeah, dawn went rare for some reason. ...Yeah, no point for me to buy a DS any more. =/ ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.board8wiki.com/Lady_Ashe |
| Generic Loser | Posted 5/17/2007 9:40:56 PM | message detail | #118 |
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Only argument w/your PW inequality is that 2-3's way too low! :) Great list so far! --- JayLv100. The Cream of The SEP Fanboyism. Official #1 Board 8 Spinarak Fan |
| Not Dave | Posted 5/17/2007 9:41:57 PM | message detail | #119 |
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Not worthy of a Top 10 games ever status, IMOOOOOOoo What'd you think of the other Castlevanias? --- the man |
| HeroicElectrode | Posted 5/17/2007 9:44:34 PM | message detail | #120 |
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out of all the Castlevanias I've played (which is not a whole lot), I'd rank them as such: Symphony of the Night Dawn of Sorrow Super Castlevania IV Portrait of Ruin Circle of the Moon Aria of Sorrow the thing I didn't like about Portrait is how the entire ending of the game seemed so...rushed and forced together. I mean, I liked the game a lot but it just doesn't strike me as a really amazing game for some reason. I'm never particularly eloquent with my opinions, but in this case I can't quite grasp what it is about PoR that left me feeling a bit disappointed. I'll get around to replaying it eventually. >_> --- Naye745 BZZ! |
| Lady Ashe | Posted 5/17/2007 9:46:13 PM | message detail | #121 |
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...AoS at the bottom? Woah. You must not have made it to The Fight. =/ ~~~ Ashe. The Cream of Final Fantasy Fanboyism. http://www.board8wiki.com/Lady_Ashe |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 9:46:45 PM | message detail | #122 |
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I think your complaint then is the four portraits in the end and no exploration? I'm fine with that. I like the individual level aspect of Portrait a whole lot, and I like the design of those places a whole lot. Portrait isn't as sprawling as Dawn or Aria or Symphony, but I actually like it better because of that. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| HeroicElectrode | Posted 5/17/2007 9:49:41 PM | message detail | #123 |
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no, I beat Aria several times. as silly as it sounds, the drab use of
color/castle design turned me off from the game quite a bit. also, it's
by far the easiest of those games, (well, maybe symphony is easier by
the end.) which doesn't ruin it by any means, but kind of makes it less
interesting to replay. I actually like all six of the castlevanias I've fully played, but I would only consider the top 3 on a 'greatest games' list. --- Naye745 BZZ! |
| Not Dave | Posted 5/17/2007 9:53:36 PM | message detail | #124 |
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Dawn Aria III Super IV Circle Symphony Harmony I - - - - - II That looks about right for my own rankings. Everything above Simon's Quest being fun and worth a play. --- the man |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 9:55:46 PM | message detail | #125 |
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Portrait's kind of a mix between Dawn and IV. kinda hard to explain. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 9:56:20 PM | message detail | #126 |
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and not that consensus means a damn thing, but I've seen a lot of Portrait love around here. I've seen a lot of people call it their favourite CV title. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| Generic Loser | Posted 5/17/2007 10:02:53 PM | message detail | #127 |
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PoR is my favorite CV title. --- JayLv100. The Cream of The SEP Fanboyism. Official #1 Board 8 Spinarak Fan |
| HeroicElectrode | Posted 5/17/2007 10:03:01 PM | message detail | #128 |
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haha, i had a friend who kept telling me how awful simon's quest was.
i'd love to play 3 and rondo of blood someday, though. and i've played
a small bit of HoD; it's about as good as Aria in my book. --- Naye745 BZZ! |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 10:03:27 PM | message detail | #129 |
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#10: Xenosaga III Year: 2006 System: PS2 Developer: Monolithsoft Xenosaga III is the only 'saga game that has gameplay I actually really like. 1's battle system is slow and uninteresting - it doesn't get good until you get all-techs and by that point you're halfway through the game. (well, unless you power level the game, but again, Xenosaga I is so boring in-battle that I'd rather just suffer and get my ass kicked) II's battle system is interesting, but just takes forever to get through randoms. it's also impossible to power level, should you want to just get lazy and plow through encounters. it's also incredibly laggy. Xenosaga III's battle system is fast and enjoyable. they simplified the hell out of it, and that's a good thing. I like the skill system they implemented as well. XS3 is a bit of an FFX ripoff with character switching and a sphere grid-like ability system, but if you're gonna rip something off they picked the right thing. ES battles are also a lot better and go a lot quicker. XS's big flaw was always that random encounters were simply not fun, and that's fixed in 3. then, of course, there's the storyline. this seems to either draw people in or send people screaming, and for me it's the former. Xenosaga games always had a way of starting out fairly boring and building up until it leaves you with a cliffhanger ending, but with 3 I found it interesting from the beginning. sure, it's completely convoluted, needs a god damn glossary to explain half of the crap in the game and is so pseudophilosophical it can make you gag, but the more ridiculous a plot is, the more I like it. I'd rather have a cool scene than a story that made perfect sense, anyway. the highlight of the game -- no, the series -- is the entire plot arc on the second half of cd1. pretty much everything that happens in Miltia is really, really awesome and might be my favourite part of any RPG ever. amazing atmosphere, great storyline, interesting character development and a plot twist ending? yeah, I thought that part was absolutely fantastic. disc 2's plot kinda goes a little nuts thanks to actually having to resolve all the nonsense they've built up for the last two games + the fact that Monolith flat out ran out of money, but it's still enjoyable. the last dungeon is by far the biggest offender of this though when every major antagonist from the last three games lines up in a row for you to take them out. I'm all for climactic last dungeons, but this game could have been 20 hours longer instead of just setting everyone up to go down like this. oh well, that's what happens when you have such an ambitious project that isn't so successful financially. that's not a major flaw though, just a minor annoyance. the thing that bugs me the most about XS3 are the boss fights. they're just not very fun, especially the ones in ES crafts. the ones near the end are just completely irritating with their crazy evades. the bosses on foot are better, but still take forever to beat down. I love when you bust out a huge attack on them and their life meter moves like one pixel. so awesome. boss fights are a big thing to me and XS3 just doesn't deliver in that regard. disregarding that flaw, I absolutely loved this game. it had the atmosphere that makes Xenosaga really fascinating along with gameplay that was actually fun. that makes for a really awesome end to a cool series. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| Not Dave | Posted 5/17/2007 10:04:22 PM | message detail | #130 |
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haven't played, probably wouldn't like. --- the man |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 10:04:41 PM | message detail | #131 |
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also, Portrait > Dawn > Aria > Symphony > 3 > 1 > 4 (never really played it) > 2 barely played Circle, never played HOD, and the others are just too obscure for me oh wait, I liked Lament of Innocence. not great, but decent. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| BlAcK TuRtLe | Posted 5/17/2007 10:05:31 PM | message detail | #132 |
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Golem Twins? Spam Falcon Hit followed quickly by Water 2 ggnore Frog/Ayla/Crono has never let me down TuRtLe ~~~ "Like Darth Maul, the bastard child of Michael Flatley and Hellboy" -trancer1 |
| HeroicElectrode | Posted 5/17/2007 10:05:32 PM | message detail | #133 |
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are there still 80 hours of cutscenes in Xenosaga 3? >_> like ND, the Xenosaga series is one i don't have anything against, but am confident i wouldn't have any interest in it. --- Naye745 BZZ! |
| ZFS | Posted 5/17/2007 10:06:37 PM | message detail | #134 |
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holy xenosaga in the top 10 --- Called "Godslayer" by some, feared by most. |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 10:17:50 PM | message detail | #135 |
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what kind of internet speak is 'ggnore' also I use Crono/Marle/Lucca and just use antipode 3, but you have to prepare in order to get ready for them and that's why they suck so much ass. as for a real party, I use a different one every time, whatever I feel like at the moment --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 10:23:26 PM | message detail | #136 |
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as for Xenosaga, it really doesn't have all that many more cutscenes
than other games. the difference with Xenosaga is the way they do them
-- normal games will do a 10 minute scene, a 10 minute town area, 10
minutes of dungeon, etc etc. Xenosaga will do an hour of scenes, a huge
hour-long dungeon, and then repeat. it's the huge chunks of story at
once that seem to get to people, though the ones who actually find it
interesting (hello) love it. honestly, if Xenosaga's plot and
atmosphere don't appeal to you within the first two or three hours,
return it. it's not going to get better. as for length, XS1 is ~30-35 hours, XS2 is 20 and XS3 is 30. it's not as bad as people think. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| LeonhartForever | Posted 5/17/2007 10:52:37 PM | message detail | #137 |
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Oh good, Episode III isn't short like Episode II is. I was disappointed by Episode II's length. --- "I'm only here to see how the story plays out. Any self-respecting leading man would do the same." - Balthier |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 11:05:02 PM | message detail | #138 |
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#9: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Year: 2006 System: DS Developer: Konami Portrait is completely awesome because it takes everything I like about the Castlevania series and combines it into one game. I absolutely adore how they incorporated individual levels in the form of portraits. it's the perfect mix of old level-based Castlevania games and newer, castle-based ones. it also solved my one major complaint with newer Castlevania titles, the fact that I get horribly confused on where I'm going in the castle. castles are huge and every area seems like the exact same, so I have a hard time remembering where I'm going. on the other hand, each portrait has its own theme (desert, town, etc) and it's near-impossible to get lost. I never have a problem figuring out what I'm doing or where I'm going in POR. Portrait also brings back the whip, which is cool. it's got a great difficulty level too. bosses can kill you fast if you're not careful but aren't so difficult that it gets frustrating. there's also hard mode if you want a bigger challenge and level caps if you want to handicap yourself even further. you can play as optional characters, one of which is really fun and really challenging. there's also a piece of armour that lets every hit do 10% of your max health -- in other words, it's a lot like the original CV titles. there's just so much stuff in Portrait that you can play with. it's so damn fun. there's boss rush with all the optional characters, 100%ing skills/bestiary/item drops/who knows what else, an awesome optional area with room after room of nasty enemies.. Portrait is just fantastic. the game might be short, but it's a fun game to speed run and there's all sorts of ways you could play it. amazing replay value right here, maybe more so than any other game on this list. the one downside to Portrait is the damn spell you have to cast in order to avoid the bad ending. that thing takes like 15 seconds to cast and you can't get hit in the meantime. that is really irritating and there's no real "strategy" involved. either you get lucky or you don't. oh, and the other problem with the game is that you don't get the speed up ability until the second last room in the game. as a speed runner, this drives me nuts. the same thing happened in Dawn of Sorrow. what's the use of a speed up ability if you don't get a chance to use it? I guess you can use it in NG+ but that's not as fun. I like moving fast and Castlevania seems kinda slow to me. it's a minor complaint, but once you're used to speed up, playing otherwise feels like slow motion. I'm really digging for complaints here though. Portrait shocked me with how good it is. --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| Kaxon | Posted 5/17/2007 11:09:46 PM | message detail | #139 |
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I need to go back and finish POR... I don't even really remember quite
where I was. I do remember casting that slow spell (I had to look in a
FAQ to find out about it), but I don't remember anything after that. --- ....TCELES B HSUP |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/17/2007 11:11:26 PM | message detail | #140 |
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Hey, my list isn't doing too bad now! Still don't know what that one last game is, though. --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
| Not Dave | Posted 5/17/2007 11:12:03 PM | message detail | #141 |
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i'll check a couple stores sometime this week --- the man |
| ZFS | Posted 5/17/2007 11:13:51 PM | message detail | #142 |
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I was going to predict the last seven, but there is one game that stumps me. Zero Mission, Shadow Hearts, Xenogears, Super Metroid, Final Fantasy 1, Shadow Hearts: Covenant... Make that two. darn mystery games! --- Called "Godslayer" by some, feared by most. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/17/2007 11:16:11 PM | message detail | #143 |
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Tetris, HM, Tetris! --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
| ZFS | Posted 5/17/2007 11:17:20 PM | message detail | #144 |
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Oh, he likes Tetris? Make that one! I really wanna know what that one is, too !! --- Called "Godslayer" by some, feared by most. |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/17/2007 11:19:08 PM | message detail | #145 |
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I'm pretty curious myself. For all I know, it could be something wacky like Brain Age. I doubt it, though. I'm trying to think of games he's played since I last saw his top 10, but that's like...Xenosaga 3 and both Phoenix Wrights. --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 11:21:31 PM | message detail | #146 |
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actually, I considered Big Brain Academy and ultimately was like "lol this aint a game" --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/17/2007 11:22:54 PM | message detail | #147 |
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Yeah, I figured. Hmmm...Aria maybe? I know you like Aria better than Dawn, and it hasn't shown up yet. --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
| ZFS | Posted 5/17/2007 11:23:32 PM | message detail | #148 |
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Brain Age... more like non-game! --- Called "Godslayer" by some, feared by most. |
| trannyscience | Posted 5/17/2007 11:23:38 PM | message detail | #149 |
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scroll up like ten posts. :) --- i do not violation any rules "I'm abusing my powers and locking this stupid topic." - Kaas |
| KleenexTissue50 | Posted 5/17/2007 11:26:11 PM | message detail | #150 |
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I don't see anything about Aria mentioned in that write-up. <_< --- Sign up to nominate Gilgamesh for SC2k7! http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=34669782 |
