What games are you currently playing?

[Firewind]

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PAL is 20% slower (50 Hz) with 20% more lines (576 vs 480 in the SD days.) Either way, changing the code to alter the framerate should be trivial. Hell, if you use VSync you don't even need to touch the code.

Yeah most Devs would just add ugly black lines for the PAL version and try to spin it as a "Widescreen" aspect ratio when it really never was.

Console games don't actually use VSync though which is one of the main reasons why developers lock in the framerate at a certain FPS to be able to get a global release. It also has the knock on effect of PC games being locked to a certain framerate, even though VSync, as you said, eliminated the entire frame rate issue between PAL and NTSC.

If all else fails, blame the French, they are the ones that came up with SECAM purely to protect their own TV market, even though all SECAM TVs are PAl compatible.

[Kailea]

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tel me about it -.- I have to mod my SNES an Genesis soon, so I don't have to buy repros of some PAL games I want ;p

[Malacite]

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So, has anyone else tried the MGS Reveangence demo?

I'm not sure what to make of it. It's exactly what I thought it would be though, a hack n' slash game. They still have some MGS elements, but this is so *not* a MG game - it's just set in that universe with some of the trappings. You can try to stealth some parts, and it's probably smarter to, but this is very clearly a heavy action game. The controls are kinda weird though and it takes a lot of getting used to. Dunno if I'd buy it, seems rather weak plus Raiden was never that popular to begin with. I mean honestly, I'd rather buy DmC if I had to choose.

[Nandito]

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Finally getting to see what the fuss is all about with Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

Freakin' water, man.

[Icemage]

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Playing through Ni No Kuni still. Still unbelievably enchanted by this game. It easily kicks Xenoblade Chronicles off my "best JRPG of generation 7" throne.

Also got the Wizard Edition delivered to me yesterday. Not sure if I want to unbox it, as it's a very small production run.

Someone else unboxing their Wizard Edition:

Icemage

[Ketaru]

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I wonder if that special Music Selection CD has all the tracks that aren't on the official soundtrack. The soundtrack doesn't have everything. Even things that you would think would be a staple to video game soundtracks like the Boss battle theme.

...speaking of which, Ni no Kuni has a LOT of boss battles. I like it. Just beat up the ghost candle dude. Some familiars having Healing Rain simplified things greatly.

[Melody]

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Yes. You read this correctly and it's only a trial but I do not care.

Monster Hunter Frontier 5 for the Xbox 360. Screw you Japan, I will have my favorite game and you can do NOTHING to stop me.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Canadian EBs supposedly broke street date on Fire Emblem Awakening. reviews are starting to pop up and they're all positive so far

Review: Fire Emblem: Awakening - Destructoid

Overall this is shaping up to be the best year for JRPGs in recent memory, what with Ni No Kuni last week, Fire Emblem and a lot of 3DS games.

[Armando]

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I hope Ni no Kuni gets a Wii U or PC port somewhere down the line because as great as it looks and as fun as it probably is, I'm not buying a PS3 for one game

[Malacite]

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You left out the new Tales game coming for PS3 and FF13: Lightning Returns (granted not a lot of people here are looking forward to that one I'd wager). Toss in SP: The Stick of Truth and Path of Exile & you got a fantastic year for RPGs in general honestly. Can't wait for XIV: ARR beta ><


Does Heart of the Swarm count? I'm serious, because yes it's an RTS expansion but the campaign is supposed to be an RPG experience with Kerrigan acting as a hero unit and gaining EXP and new abilities. Kinda like Valkyria is an FPS/Strategy hybrid RPG, HotS is looking like an RTS/RPG hybrid.

[Icemage]

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I hope Ni no Kuni gets a Wii U or PC port somewhere down the line because as great as it looks and as fun as it probably is, I'm not buying a PS3 for one game

Unlikely with the Wii U unless it's years down the road after there's a much larger install base. Even if it does get to that critical install base mass in Japan, the chance of it getting localized would be slim, and the Wii U is region-locked.

Level 5 have never, to my knowledge, ported any of their games to PC (in fact, a quick Google search finds this link on IGN which more or less confirms that). At best we might see some sort of thing a generation down the road that do what the Dolphin emulator does for the Wii, but emulating the PS3 is a pain and a half, and Wii U emulation is probably two generations down the road.


Icemage

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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You left out the new Tales game coming for PS3 and FF13: Lightning Returns

The omission of Lightning Returns: FFXIII was intentional. I care more about news for the Dragon Quest VII remake on 3DS and FFX HD remaster for Vita. Tales I've never really tried but I may give the 3DS version of Abyss a shot at some point.

[Malacite]

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... really? Symphonia was pretty decent, Vesperia is still one of my favorite JRPGs ever, and the new one is looking promising (wasn't super keen on Graces F)


Just watched the review for Fire Emblem for the 3DS... and I now have my 1st must-buy if I can ever snag one cheap. Holy crap, they FINALLY added a casual mode so if your units die in combat, they aren't gone for the remainder of the game. I've always hated that with passion, because sometimes it's just too hard to get to a unit in time to save it. At least in FFT and other similar games, you have a time limit to resurrect your allies (or if you win before the timer runs out they are auto-revived post-combat). Love how they've really sunk so much effort into the character development as well, that's not something you often see a whole lot of outside of the Star Ocean series (one of the many reasons I love SO to death).

[Armando]

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I've always hated that with passion, because sometimes it's just too hard to get to a unit in time to save it

The Wii game fixed that by letting you save mid-fight. The fights in that one were really long though, usually over 100 enemy units with reinforcements factored in; you were certain to have at least one death in the fight if you didn't save. I'd like to see if Awakening is the same or if they brought the scale of the fights back down and removed the battle save.

[Jarre]

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Just downloading FFVII for the pc. Its on offer at squareenix store for £4.99, bargin! also reworked to run on todays systems and debugged. Also few other games like Hitman absolution, and Sleeping dogs with 75% off....