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namdo on 10 August 2010

Tales of Symphonia. Pretty much made me check out other RPG's  that weren't named Final Fantasy and i ended up finding Persona series, the old Tales games.

Final Fantasy IX; best RPG ever.



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Scoobes on 10 August 2010
sapphi_snake said:
Scoobes said:

Deus Ex.

Everything about that game was just so immersive, the developers really did think of everything.

You decided how to go about your missions. Do you hack the computer system and open the door whilst programming the turrets to attack the guards? Bribe an official to give you the code? Pick the lock? Kill the guards and get the key? The choice was always yours and the levels were always designed to give you multiple options. Even on my fifth playthrough I was finding the odd hidden room, or new methods to go about things.

And the cyber-punk setting, the storyline with the amazing conspiracy theories, the fact that if you pissed off characters their were genuine consequences to your actions, so many things! Then there was the science in the game. It actually helped me choose my degree course with all the cool biotech stuff in the game.

I got so addicted and the game so immersive that when I was walking down the science block of my school I heard a beeping sound (that turned out to be a timer) that was identical to the sound of the explosives in the game. I then proceeded to jump into the opposite room before realising I was in the real world...

Did that really happen?

Yes... luckily no-one was with me, but it was pretty embarrasing none the less.

I was playing the game everyday and was probably on my 4th playthrough. When I wasn't playing it I'd sit there and watch my younger brother play it. Like I said, addicted.

Never experienced or done anything like it since which goes to show that graphics doesn't = immersion.




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zgamer5 on 10 August 2010
Reasonable said:

Just one?  That's so hard!  How about five?

Grim Fandango (if I did have to chose one it might be this)

Still one of the best, most original narratives in any game - nothing here felt like a rip off from a movie, comic or novel or other better source.  Grim Fandango was a true, original creation.

Great characters with actual heart and a theme and story that actually took you somewhere emotionally.

Some of the best voice acting ever, fun puzzles and just a fantastic ending.

As close to perfection as it gets for videogames.  You might not like it, but that's just taste.  The game itself has no real flaws or issues inherent in its design.

Please get this on PSN or Steam remastered in HD to really let the wonderful art direction shine.

psychonauts is on steam so maybe grim fandango is to, as both are made by tim shafer.



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sapphi_snake on 10 August 2010
Scoobes said:
sapphi_snake said:
Scoobes said:

Deus Ex.

Everything about that game was just so immersive, the developers really did think of everything.

You decided how to go about your missions. Do you hack the computer system and open the door whilst programming the turrets to attack the guards? Bribe an official to give you the code? Pick the lock? Kill the guards and get the key? The choice was always yours and the levels were always designed to give you multiple options. Even on my fifth playthrough I was finding the odd hidden room, or new methods to go about things.

And the cyber-punk setting, the storyline with the amazing conspiracy theories, the fact that if you pissed off characters their were genuine consequences to your actions, so many things! Then there was the science in the game. It actually helped me choose my degree course with all the cool biotech stuff in the game.

I got so addicted and the game so immersive that when I was walking down the science block of my school I heard a beeping sound (that turned out to be a timer) that was identical to the sound of the explosives in the game. I then proceeded to jump into the opposite room before realising I was in the real world...

Did that really happen?

Yes... luckily no-one was with me, but it was pretty embarrasing none the less.

I was playing the game everyday and was probably on my 4th playthrough. When I wasn't playing it I'd sit there and watch my younger brother play it. Like I said, addicted.

Never experienced or done anything like it since which goes to show that graphics doesn't = immersion.

I tried playing Deus Ex, and while I'm no graphics whore it did kinda hurt my eyes a little. What amazed me though was how fun the gameplay was and how you had so many possibilities in reaching you objectives. I started the game 3 times and I remember doing the first mission in 3 different ways. It was really ahead of it's time. Really should get back to it one of these days. You however should put it down. It's not healthy, man.



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sapphi_snake on 10 August 2010
Reasonable said:

Just one?  That's so hard!  How about five?

Grim Fandango (if I did have to chose one it might be this)

Still one of the best, most original narratives in any game - nothing here felt like a rip off from a movie, comic or novel or other better source.  Grim Fandango was a true, original creation.

Great characters with actual heart and a theme and story that actually took you somewhere emotionally.

Some of the best voice acting ever, fun puzzles and just a fantastic ending.

As close to perfection as it gets for videogames.  You might not like it, but that's just taste.  The game itself has no real flaws or issues inherent in its design.

You know what, Hollywood should stop turning crappy fighting games into movies and adapt games with great stories like Grim Fandago. I could definately see Grim Fandango as an Oscar-winning animation made by Pixar.



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

                                                                               (The Voice of a Generation and Seece)

"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

                                                                               (pizzahut451)

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Reasonable on 10 August 2010
sapphi_snake said:
Reasonable said:

Just one?  That's so hard!  How about five?

Grim Fandango (if I did have to chose one it might be this)

Still one of the best, most original narratives in any game - nothing here felt like a rip off from a movie, comic or novel or other better source.  Grim Fandango was a true, original creation.

Great characters with actual heart and a theme and story that actually took you somewhere emotionally.

Some of the best voice acting ever, fun puzzles and just a fantastic ending.

As close to perfection as it gets for videogames.  You might not like it, but that's just taste.  The game itself has no real flaws or issues inherent in its design.

You know what, Hollywood should stop turning crappy fighting games into movies and adapt games with great stories like Grim Fandago. I could definately see Grim Fandango as an Oscar-winning animation made by Pixar.


Yah, Grim Fandango could make a great animated movie.  TBH playing it I felt I was playing an animated movie!  Sadly Hollywood's more interested in hoping millions who played a game with name recognition and zero story will go see a poor film based on the name vs something less known but clearly more suitable like Grim Fandango.



Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...

zgamer5 on 10 August 2010
Reasonable said:


Yah, Grim Fandango could make a great animated movie.  TBH playing it I felt I was playing an animated movie!  Sadly Hollywood's more interested in hoping millions who played a game with name recognition and zero story will go see a poor film based on the name vs something less known but clearly more suitable like Grim Fandango.


you should try out pyschonauts on steam, you love it. as i said before same devs as grim fandango.



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sapphi_snake on 10 August 2010

Thing is that with the right adverising it could make millions (Pixar for example releases movies that are original and non-sequels all the time and they're very successfull). If only those people in Hollywood had any sense.



"I don't understand how someone could like Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, but not like Twilight!!!"

"Last book I read was Brokeback Mountain, I just don't have the patience for them unless it's softcore porn."

                                                                               (The Voice of a Generation and Seece)

"If you cant stand the sound of your own voice than dont become a singer !!!!!"

                                                                               (pizzahut451)

Reasonable on 10 August 2010
zgamer5 said:
Reasonable said:


Yah, Grim Fandango could make a great animated movie.  TBH playing it I felt I was playing an animated movie!  Sadly Hollywood's more interested in hoping millions who played a game with name recognition and zero story will go see a poor film based on the name vs something less known but clearly more suitable like Grim Fandango.


you should try out pyschonauts on steam, you love it. as i said before same devs as grim fandango.

Yeah, I'll look at that.  I always meant to play it but it was one that 'slipped away' somehow.



Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...

zgamer5 on 10 August 2010
Reasonable said:
zgamer5 said:
Reasonable said:


Yah, Grim Fandango could make a great animated movie.  TBH playing it I felt I was playing an animated movie!  Sadly Hollywood's more interested in hoping millions who played a game with name recognition and zero story will go see a poor film based on the name vs something less known but clearly more suitable like Grim Fandango.


you should try out pyschonauts on steam, you love it. as i said before same devs as grim fandango.

Yeah, I'll look at that.  I always meant to play it but it was one that 'slipped away' somehow.

critic wise it did well, i think its a 9 on meta, but sales wise it got 13k first month according to npd.



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