What are you playing?

[Anonymous No.984020]

I just can't take it anymore /vr/. I can't be on /v/ anymore. They constantly fight and shitpost and it just isn't fun doing everything but actually talking about vidya.

So lets have a good old fashioned "What are you playing?" thread, /vr/ style.

Playing FFV after seeing it getting recommended several times this week.

[Anonymous No.984047]

>>984020
this place is chill as hell but i noticed it starting to form some vtrolls.


playing some baldurs gate 1

[Anonymous No.984050]

>>984047

Nice. I've been wanting to pick up Baulder's Gate 2 but haven't been able to find it locally.

[Anonymous No.984062]

>On a thread talking about 'casual' vidya gamers
>Several posts discussing how having video games as a hobby means you're a superficial casual
>"I can't wait for the crash to happen guys"

Yeah, I just can't take /v/ anymore. I've been on /vr/ since launch and while the nostalgiagasming gets annoying at least people discuss vidya. I hope you enjoy your stay here fellow /v/ refugee.

Anyway, OT I've been playing this gem for the last week or so and I'm really enjoying some aspects of the battle system, like the additions to make up for the lack of gameplay in battles. The translations borderline horrible though and the story is just okay so far, which is a shame because it could've been on par with some of the FF games for the system with a little work.

Speaking of which, FFV is one of my favorite games in the series, some of the best gameplay and a pretty strong story to go with it - IMO it also has some of the best music like Home Sweet Home. Just play it for what it is and you won't be disappointed.

[Anonymous No.984083]

I beat Super Metroid a few minutes ago, first time I ever played it. I used a walkthrough for the last part though, because I got really tired of all the backtracking, trying to find what I missed.
I don't know yet what I'll be playing next, but I got a whole lot of PS 1 & 2 games from a friend, and I never really played anything on that system, so it'll probably be something from that lot.

[Anonymous No.984108]

FFV is certainly my favourite entry and a very solid title overall. I hope you have great fun with it.
I'm currently playing Lufia II for the snes. I used to play it a lot when it came out. I'm quite enjoying this playthrough even though since I know the game by heart it isn't very challenging now, compared to how I remembered it as a kid. Still enjoying it though.

[Anonymous No.984116]

[Anonymous No.984191]

Chrono cross, so far so god I haven't finished Disc 1 yet.

I just have 1 complain TOO MUCH GODDAMN CHARACTERS JOIN YOUR PARTY I know you can avoid it but I just find it somewhat annoying

Great Game tho...

[Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin !E03Ncvi/k6 No.984206]

I know how you feel, OP. /v/ just... a terrible board. Too bad...

Anyhow, this is one of the best mech combat games I've ever played. It's a testament to the genius of Looking Glass that even their "failure" is among the best of its genre.

[Anonymous No.984280]

>>984116
What's with their faaaaaaces.

I'm currently doing a "chronological order" Suikoden play, with S3, and I know I'll be depressed when it's over.

[Anonymous No.984287]

I started playing Final Fantasy IX again, on the PSN. I just finished VIII, and VII as well, a few months ago.

These are my favourites games of all time. I don't know, it brings back a lot of memories, and while I still enjoy modern games, these have something very special.

Speaking of FFVIII, I spent about a whole hour in the menu yesterday (maybe more) junctioning magic, refining items and stuff, to beat Omega Weapon, pic related. It was much easier than I remembered, actually.

Oh and OP, since you're playing FFV, I hope you're enjoying it, that's a great game.

[Anonymous No.984295]

Finishing up FF6 and starting up FF4 and playing the DQ sfc remake on the side.

[Anonymous No.984298]

Right now I'm thinking about playing some Dragon Quest 5. I kinda wanna marry Deborah this time.

Also I agree, /v/ has turned into some sort of complete retard zone where no sort of real discussion happens ever.

[Anonymous No.984305]

Started playing Pier Solar today and I must admit that I'm quite impressed so far.

[Anonymous No.984306]

This game is so fucking perfect. The gamefeel, the tight controls, the weapons. And the music. Holy shit, the music. I must be playing it for like the twentieth time.

[Anonymous No.986193]

OP here. Still playing FFV.

I'm loving it so far but can't really excuse Square's laziness in making the player save a wind drake not once but TWICE.

Come on

[Anonymous No.986198]

Comix Zone
Can't decide if I want to use 6-buttons or just 3

[Anonymous No.986206]

Bangai-O!

It's the tits, even through the (purposefully?) shitty translation you can tell the guys at Treasure did this out of love

[Anonymous No.986213]

>>984306
>Gamefeel

Fuck off Arin

[Anonymous No.986223]

>>986198
always six bro always six always six

[Anonymous No.986243]

>>986193
At least you get this beautiful theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGasykbsZ8I

[Anonymous No.986254]

>>984062
I felt the same way at first, but then I realized that because people are actually discussing vidya and also being helpful to others when they ask for suggestions or have questions, I don't even mind the over-nostalgia that can occur.

[Anonymous No.986262]

Just a moment ago. So I'm done with FF VI Advance, point is I didn't wanna bother doing the extra stuff.

Planning to play V Advance then I thought I might wanna pay a visit to /vr/ and I'm here.

Currently I cleared III, IV, VI, VIII, IX.
I played VII, stopped way too early.
X, I reached Zanarkand.
XII, grinding to level 80s, then I got bored out, supposedly it's just the final dungeon but I want to get more of the rare games and stuff.

[Anonymous No.986261]

>>984306

Gamefeel? The fuck is gamefeel?

I'm playing DoDonPachi in short bursts. Want to try to get good at shmups.

And then trying to chip away at Alien Soldier. As hard as the game is, it's pretty forgiving. Stages aren't too long, and you have passwords, so it's not like you lose any progress.

For longer playing sessions, I'm going through FFVII for the first time. It's pretty cool.

[Anonymous No.986270]

E.V.O Search for Eden.

Also playing Pokemon Emerald.

Still looking for something else though...

[Anonymous No.986291]

>>986261
>alien soldier

i've been dreading this, its 2 games down on my list and i cant move on till its complete

rip me

[Anonymous No.986295]

I am playing a few games right now.

Saints Row 3 (Not /vr/)
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
Animal Crossing: Wild World (Not /vr/)

This is my first venture into Arena, wish me luck!

[Anonymous No.986305]

Currently playing Goemon's Great Adventure along with Dragon's Crown and my daily session of Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo.

[Anonymous No.986313]

>>986291

The hardest part is getting used to the controls, and switching weapons during a boss fight.

Lance and Flamethrower are the best weapons. Homing is pretty good for blazing through the stages, but it's pretty terrible against most bosses. The other weapons aren't really worth using, I've found. Learn how to abuse the fuck out of the counter and the dash.

[Anonymous No.986372]

>>986262
Is FFVI Advace worth it? I'm currently playing the PSX port and (aside the load times) I really like this game a lot. Im waiting for my Chrono Trigger DS copy to arrive and I would like to play on the go both of my favorite games of all time.

[Anonymous No.986378]

>>984020
trying to run a thief on morrowind, orc thief with blunt weapon is more fun than it sounds

[Anonymous No.986394]

>>986372
I'm currently emulating it on my iphone and I'm havng a great time. Just make sure to apply the sound and color fix patches (or at least just the sound one if you like bright colors)

[Anonymous No.986402]

Secret of mana with friend.
Last time we rescued the white dragon.
Really fun game and waiting for our next session, we're just lost most of the time with where to go.
Last time we wandered around for about 2 hours before we gave up and looked from faq were we are supposed to go. (we hadn't talked to one town person we thought we had talked to).

[Anonymous No.986414]

>>986372

If you want some extra stuffs, you can go for Advance, I'm purely playing for the story, but I really take it to consideration to get good equips for everyone and I make it sure I clear every secret there is available before clearing the game. I really want to finish all of the games from the series except of course the online ones, more like a marathon.

I was thinking of I, II or V. Btw what is the I & II Dawn of Souls?

Also, Chrono Trigger is awesome, and Cross too.

[Anonymous No.986443]

Replaying Magic Carpet 2.
Was one of the first PC games I ever owned, thankfully a good port unlike the first one on GoG.

Glad to see it's as good as I remember though I forgot how bad the sound is, possibly even mono since you can't even tell where a creature is, only if it's near you

[Anonymous No.986475]

>>986372
>Chrono Trigger DS
Probably the best port of the game, good on you.

As for FFVIA, I think it's worth playing if you haven't played the game before seeing as it doesn't add as much as FFVA and people tend to complain about the music. If you want a portable version though that's understandable.

[Anonymous No.986532]

Currently playing earthbound. Had the cartridge for a few years and never played it until a few days ago. Just got to Saturn village. I picked it up along with a few other choice games like harvest moon and paladins quest with a SNES for 20 bucks at a thrift store. The Cart was going for 80 bucks then. Best find ever.

[Anonymous No.986606]

>>986372
>>986475
Playing the iOS port right now because I'm too poor to have a DS. Not such a bad port all things considered.

[Anonymous No.986615]

>>984020
Wonder Project J: Mechanical Boy Pino,Im playing the translation and Its really awesome kinda like a raising sim and its very fun

[Anonymous No.986634]

>>986606
May god have mercy of your soul.

[Anonymous No.986642]

The only /vr/ game I'm playing at the moment is Dragon Warrior II. It's quite amusing to follow this great lp at the same time: http://lparchive.org/Dragon-Warrior-II/Update%2001/

Other than that I fire up Space Harrier now and then and try to not suck.

[Anonymous No.986647]

The only /vr/ game I'm playing at the moment is Dragon Warrior II. It's quite amusing to follow this great lp at the same time: http://lparchive.org/Dragon-Warrior-II/Update%2001/

Other than that I fire up Space Harrier now and then and try to not suck.

[Anonymous No.986920]

>>986634

[Anonymous No.986940]

>>984062
Don't worry anon. Once you have the full story you'll like it.

I think it has better lore/back story than most FF games.

[Anonymous No.986958]

Beat pic related the other day. Third time through

[Anonymous No.986969]

Still playing Xenogears. Really enjoying it.

Shit just went down in Shevat and I'm navigating these tunnels trying to get to the Gear hangar

[Anonymous No.986989]

I'm on a classic arcade games kick; Splatterhouse, Jackal, Ninja Spirit, and Spelunker II. I'll probably never realistically beat any of them but I've gotten past the first stage on all of them. Anyone try to beat arcade games today?

[Anonymous No.986994]

>>986958
My nigga. I play through this about once every year or two. You get all the glyphs? And the Fire Reaver?

[Anonymous No.987006]

>>986634

[Anonymous No.987010]

>>984191
very much nostalgia over that game, me and my cousin used to play it alot and I also remembered there being waaaay to many characters to choose from. I like only having a few characters in my party, but at the same time I don't wnat ot miss out on anything

[Anonymous No.987014]

>>984020
Same Here, OP.
I cant`t stand /v/ anymore as well.
It became a 2nd /b/, it´s that awful.
Then a few days ago I started browsing /vr/ more often and I really gotta say, it´s fucking comfy over here :3
(besides, I love godd old school gaming far more than most of the modern stuff. I don`t even know why didnt't come here earlier)

[Anonymous No.987029]

Playing the DS version of FF3. Just killed the giant rat and now I have a boat. Not that far in but enjoying it so far.

[Anonymous No.987036]

>>986940
I hope so, I'm only just about done with disc 1 so the game has enough time to impress me.

[red No.988265]

>>986634
Well yeah. Tactile controls are a pain in the ass. But so what? It's an iPhone, not a DS so of course I'll miss some things. And yet it's not a complete piece of crap and it's still the same old CT I loved.

[Anonymous No.988431]

Just beat Dragon Quest III by the skin of my teeth. After a while Zoma stripped all the buffs off my characters at a really bad time and used breath attacks twice in a row which killed my two Sages.

Luckily I had my Fighter using the Sage Stone and my Hero had enough mana for HealUsAll. Brute forced the rest of his health down. Never been so satisfied when finishing a game.

Gonna start Final Fantasy VI tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.988438]

>>984206

Hell yeah. I've been playing quick Terra Nova matches at night to combat RPG fatigue.

Currently I'm playing Final Fantasy Legend/SaGa II on my phone, as well as Myth and Star Control 2 when I'm at home.

[Anonymous No.988452]

Been playing DQ II on my ds through lameboy. At first I played the snes version on my android, but it seems superGnes doesn't support this game, I got a glitch that prevent me to revive Roland/Drew. Then I tried the gbc version. Turns out I prefer this version to the snes one. Chimera wings returns me to previous town instead of the first town and it has some animation that the snes version doesn't have.

>>988431
Which version of DQIII you played if I may know? I'm thinking to continue to DQIII after I beat this game.

[Anonymous No.988490]

Playing FF V as well.

I got stuck after destroying one of exdeath's shield towers.
The soldiers told me to ask sage guido for help to open the door to exdeath's chamber,
but that old turtle fart keeps telling me I need to save the great forest.

Which is a terriffic direction since only half of the continents are forest.

[Anonymous No.988498]

>>988452

Whichever version that dude played, you should go with the fan translated SNES version. Game's fuckin' gorgeous. Though I think I recall someone saying the GBC version has like, a couple extra things. Someone else can probably fill in on that.

[Anonymous No.988504]

>>988452
>>988498

Oh, sorry, I actually didn't read your first thing about having emulation troubles. I played through III SNES on my iphone, though, it'd be surprising if there weren't something on android able to handle it...

[Anonymous No.988508]

Wish I was playing something /vr/ right now.

For now, I'm playing through Pikmin 2. Great game. Just wish the switching-between-squad-leaders mechanic was a little more useful.

[Anonymous No.988509]

Playing Paper Mario again for the first time in a long time. I played through it at least 3 times when I was younger, but I realized later how stupid I was. I ignored badges almost completely, and that made the game so much harder than it should have been.

[Anonymous No.988516]

I downloaded Shantae on my 3DS a week ago. Still haven't finished it, but I've been working on it.

Also got Mario Golf (GBC) from Club Nintendo. A golf RPG? Sure, why not! [spoilers]it's beautiful[/spoiler]

[Anonymous No.988534]

Recently found out that my NES save file of FFI got erased, so I'm replaying it (hope my battery doesn't die altogether...)

Just killed Tiamat and now I'm on the final grind to 50. Knight, Master, Red Wizard, White Wizard. Pretty normal stuff, never really gotten into the challenges. But fun, nonetheless.

Since I'm here, what's the best place in the game to level? Should I just grind in the final dungeon?

[Anonymous No.988549]

>>988509
Paper Mario was a glorious spiritual sequel to Mario RPG, and Thousand Year Door was one continuous orgasm. Too bad PMWii sucked sweaty (and gimmicky) donkey balls.

[Anonymous No.988551]

>>988509

how did you manage that? Did you stock up on healing items and just upgraded HP?

you don't really need many badges though, just quake hammer and occasional fire/spike shield, maybe power hammer. +1 to offense and defence are pointless for most battles.

I remember the first time I played it I used flower saver a lot.

[Anonymous No.988552]

Armored Core, stuck on the Raven's Nest prize fight mission.
Fantastic flying fuckheads keep wrecking my shit.

[Anonymous No.988565]

>>984191
Fantastic game. I've finished this game countless time and the nostalgia never wore off.

>Serge, Glenn and Karsh
My favorite combination.

[Anonymous No.988580]

>>988549
I know a lot of people hate on it, but I thought Super Paper Mario was alright. Sticker Star was the reason I bought a 3DS, but I ended up getting really tired of it quickly. SMRPG and TTYD are two of my favorite games ever.

>>988551
Mostly. I used a couple of badges, but usually I just put a good majority of my points into HP.

[Anonymous No.988714]

>>988580
I didn't hate Super Paper Mario but felt it was stepping in the wrong directions. It had a lot of great puzzles and use of the dimensional shift but I think they over did it.

[Anonymous No.989097]

>>988498
>>988504
Thanks, I'll go with your reccomendation. Since this is the last 'retro' DQ series that I haven't played yet, I think I'll use the one with better visual for better gaming experience. I hope it works fine on superGnes, even if it doesn't i'll just play on my notebook or something.

[Anonymous No.989105]

I'm in vacation so all I got is a shitty computer with a 128mo graphics card.
Still, it's more than enough to emulate.
Just finished Chrono Trigger (SNES version) and I dunno what to play right now. I'll probably play some Kirby, but I need a new RPG...

[Anonymous No.989227]

I'm playing SMT on snes9x, my inventory is always full god dammit.
Just rescued the heroine from arachne and I don't know where to go now

[Anonymous No.989280]

>>989227

>SMT

my niggah

[Anonymous No.989286]

Currently playing Jack Bros.

This shit on anaglyph 3D is awesome!

[Anonymous No.989320]

I'm currently slogging through Mother 3. I'm at the part where I'm walking around on the ocean floor and I have to stop every 10 seconds to kiss a gay mer-dude to refill with oyxgen. Why can't there just be a device that lets me breathe underwater like in Final Fantasy?

[Anonymous No.989321]

>>989320
Also, apologies for not playing retro vidya at the moment.

[Anonymous No.989335]

>>989320
That part made me drop the game for a month or two.

[Anonymous No.989454]

>>988452
The SNES one because the GBA version isn't changed like the GBA versions of I and II were to make the gameplay better. The GBC game has a tiny bit of extra superficial content over the SNES version, but the SNES version just looks and sounds so much better.

[Anonymous No.989458]

>>988490
Think about your new mode of transportation and you'll figure out where to go/what to do.

[Anonymous No.989492]

Currently playing:
Resident Evil 1 - about half way through Jill's scenario
Parasite Eve - About to do carriage fight
Link to the Past - Finished first 2 dungeons but lost interest. My gf just got the Master Sword on her file doe.
Zone of the Enders - About to fight the second boss

I was playing Chrono Trigger but got distracted shortly after getting the time machine. Was also attempting Mega Man X: Command Mission but there was too many random encounters. Also started Killer7 but I kept getting interrupted.

Waiting to arrive/just arrived:
Saiyuki Journey West
Summoner 2
RE3 Nemesis
Silent Hill 2
ZOE: 2nd Runner
The Bouncer

[Anonymous No.989748]

The latest retro game I played was Chrono Cross. I played about 18 hours before giving up and just reading a LP to see what the plot was about. I feel I got the same experience, sans grinding with that godawful battle theme pounding my eardrums.

[Anonymous No.990017]

I'm about to play Chrono Trigger for the first time ever.

Is there anything I should know before jumping in? I'm pretty intimidated by the fact that there are different endings

[Anonymous No.991740]

>>990017
I just finished it yesterday and it was my first time with it too. There is a new game plus function, so don't pay too much attention to the endings. Just get as much content as possible. There is only one thing that is really missable. So once you're in a fight with three enemies that pretend to be invincible due to their items, don't forget to steal them with Ayla.

Yeah yeah, late answer I know, but it's a slow board anyway.

[Anonymous No.991748]

>>984116
you're a dork, seriously

[Anonymous No.991949]

>>984116
I do not resemble a whale's penis is any way, shape, or form.

[Anonymous No.992145]

>>986969
I still yet to clear this one, I remember last time I played this. I couldn't get pass Miang, that biatch!

[Anonymous No.992956]

Playing the RPGOne translation of Final Fantasy VI.

The story is blowing my mind. Not that far though Just at the point where you get to open the "magic seal" to go into the esper world.

[Anonymous No.993264]

>>984306
Isn't that game supposed to be hard ass hard??

[Anonymous No.993278]

About to start Daggerfall for the first time. Pretty excited

[Anonymous No.993280]

>>993264
MM2 is probably one of the easiest games in the whole series.

[Anonymous No.993285]

>>993264
>Megaman 2
>hard

What the fuck? No.

[Anonymous No.994232]

Playing some SaGa Frontier 2. Just remembered why I hated the "Infiltrate Alexei's Gang" scenario so much.

[Anonymous No.994312]

>>993264
mega man is probably one of the easiest run n gun games on the nes.
Enemies drop health so often

[Anonymous No.994331]

>>989320
The whole point of that part is to make you feel uncomfortable. You're not going to let the game win are you?

[Anonymous No.995707]

>>989227
H-H-How? I can't do shit in that dungeon.
>Random Encounter
>Paralyzed x10
>Game Over.
And my friggin alignement is lawful so I can't even talk to those pesky midgets.