Yup… that's basically a glorified Arkanoid game with moe characters overlooking you and animu wallpapers in the back of the stage. Oh, and you can use Vita's gyro and control using tilts! All for only 4800yen(about 50 bucks)! Yippie-ki-yay motherfuckers!!

…Man… making shit 'moe' goes a loooong way in Japanese market huh? I could write a piece-of-shit game in Flash, and hire some competent moe artist to provide a backdrop and I can sell that fucking vaporware next to Uncharted or Ninja Gaiden.

I thought I had enough with SFxT already, so I went back to PSP for a while and fired up Madoka portable.

I was told beforehand that it’s played more like an RPG, so I didn’t outright expect a Devil-May-Cry brand of action, but considering the stuff I saw in the anime, the way I took out the first boss with Mami’s Tiro Finale was so… anti climactic. Just press O while that fucker is within the boxed range and poof, “WE WON!”.

But I suppose there’s still some things to like. I never would’ve thought that walking in determined boxes in somewhat turn-based gameplay still can make the witches’ worlds freaky, and somewhat scary. Maybe because it was in first person view…? The way the enemies look felt like it’s a Silent Hill RPG thinly veiled in bright colors.

And Homura. Homura was straight up G. I ClockUpped(yeah, the magic’s name is ‘Clock Up’, which reminded me of Masked Rider Kabuto) that fucker who bit Mami and that was the only time it felt awesome so far.

For some reason, it felt like Homura sang this…

baronight said:
Btw, not trying to jack up Tera thread, but i remember someone post Blade and Soul thread on sancom, but i never really go check it out, until my friend post a char creation of the game…and i'm like

There seems to be a lot more customization than Tera, but what's the hell is going on with recent Korea MMORPG? I'm seeing less Ragnarok Online and [u]more Illusion Soft stuff[/u]…

You know what’s funny?

Two or three models of Blade and Soul’s quality is much easier for a typical gaming PC to process than two or three models of Illusion’s. And Illusion’s look a bit worse(Sexy Beach Zero at max for comparison).

If Illusion bothered to integrate GPU processing into their games, LIKE EVERY OTHER DEVELOPERS DO SINCE THE 90s, more people would have been able to play their feces of a game.

…However, being able to create that wet looking, hot slut isn’t enough for me to start playing MMOs without a friend insisting(why I’m soon getting into Tera). Unless of course we can see them have hardcore sex like Illusion’s games, then [i]maybe[/i] I’d consider.

motaku96 said:

She was a JAV actress from what I hear. [url=http://tvnihon.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=166453#p166453]Her name is Honoka.[/url]

You know, that kind of villain is one I’d capture not for the sake of justice, but to satisfy my own lust.

Hey! She’s supposed to be evil! If I confine her to my dungeon, never to be seen again, the world will be happy right? She doesn’t have any rights to trial at ICJ or within Geneva Convention right? lol

On topic, this whole season has been real lame to me. Koreha Zombie’s jokes just didn’t register, and even though I still watch Dusk Maiden every two/three weeks, I wasn’t really enthusiastic about it.

I think Daily Lives of Highschool Boys spoiled me.

Street Fighter X Tekken arrived to my doorstep yesterday and I’ve been playing it… but there aren’t many people online yet.(or maybe ever, lol).

Anyone else bought it? PM me your GFWL gamertag so I can add you.

pilu said:

三角でこｎ程度はただのいじめだ。
ちなみにＪａｍｅｓさんはSKYPEグループに参加したいんですか？

俺もう来ないって前に行ったよな？　あの時俺がSKYPE入ったのはPeterのプロジェクトのためだけだったよ。　でも俺はあのプロジェクトとはもう関係ないからSKYPE入る理由ももうないって事になったんだ

sgtmango said:

Gameplay comes first- no exceptions.

I've talked with a lot of people and read a lot about Tera…
Nobody ever mentions monster Hunter! What the fuck is wrong with these barbarians?

Funny…

I went to a Japanese blog just the other day and they were discussing why Monster Hunter wasn't a hit with the West. Someone brought up 'no lock-on' as one of the reasons.

And Tera has been sitting its ass on top 10 most talked about PC games on Gamefaqs forums for a looooooooong while now.

Or is it just because Capcom's too stupid to release a true Monster Hunter sequel on PS3/X360 in the US?

As for Tera itself, I’ll be giving it a 2-month run once it arrives here. The lowest settings sure reminded me of the early days of PS2, lol, but I’ll be running it at low res and minimal model detail. Don’t care much about the environment.

pilu said:
僕はセーバーと仲が悪いじゃないよ！　ただ彼をいじめるのが好きだ。[b]「ウィーアブーのセーバー」は「役立たずのホム」や「ロリコンのゴーゲッターズ」[/b]と同じローカルミームと言うことだから。

つまんが…　ああいうのはひど過ぎて「ただのいじめ」とか俺には見えねえよ

ってかとぼけるな！　てめえはずっとあいつとSKYPEで釣り県下してただろうが！ｗｗｗ

nashi said:
ピカよ、セイバーさんは二十になって嬉しい、という自分の思いを伝えているだけだ。何が悪いのかわからないよ。嫌がらせをするだけなら止めておけ。

一般的にいえばピカはそんなに悪い奴じゃないんだが…

あいつセイバーとは以前から仲が悪いだ。あれは普通だよｗ　気にしなくてもいい

おいお前ら、　nashiに三角のSKYPEに招待してよ

For some reason, reminds me of this…

"Look nigga, I ain't got to do nothin'. My momma take care of me."

Right before all the whining about 'teaching some responsibility’. lol

Don't care which country they came from. This kind of shit makes me wanna turn into a moral crusader.

I find myself no longer able to laugh at the 'IT'S AWWWWWWWRIIIIGHT' meme because of this.

Cantido said:

I hope Kenji works with Sony on more than just this too, I'd even hope him and Toyama do something together. [u]I'd honestly like to see Siren get a new installment if not a port of New Translation or a Remake[/u]. I wonder if that idea was proposed before they requested Toyama to direct gravity daze.

We’re bros. You and I.

My old friend from college just revealed that he’s going to try Tera for 2 months. I asked, “Are you the same guy I know?”. He said “Yeah, but with a recently built expensive PC that he doesn’t know what to use for”. Naturally, he wants me to keep him company.

I hope no one has taken username ‘LeeroyJenkins’ yet because I think I’mma build one hot sorceress to ogle at for those two months.

lannando said:
i am on the chap 11 of Final Fantasy 13, it was a looooooooooong tunnel.

I think this is what you really wanted to say. lol Besides, ‘journey’ isn’t spelled that way.

triumf said:
I’ve spent thirty dollars on DLCs for Tales of Graces,
I feel so ashamed

….but it will not stop me if they continue to make different costumes
or release the miku set/Idolm@ster set

People play RPGs usually by themselves for themselves, so I’m more tolerant with DLC practice in RPGs. I’m especially neutral with costume DLCs because it only adds to the experience and not part of the essential content.

The thing with SFxT though is coming SO DAMN CLOSE to ‘pay to win’. It’s bad enough that they locked out 1/5 of the total roster. They are also about to release premium gems; gems you can equip to one character which will give them advantages. These advantages often break the balance, which is an absolute NO when you’re trying to promote a fighting game to be competitive.

observer said:
I am intrigued by Street Fighter X Tekken but i am not sure if i should buy it for PC. My small fears are that there wont be many players online and that it wont have the Online Team Modus, which is also not available on the XBox version. But i was not able to find any information regarding those issues.

All those missing little features should be the least of your concern though; word from those who found ways to test online is that the PC is still bugged by sound lags in online matches. The thing about PC version of Capcom games is that they can take more months to release compared to console versions.

Now, even a game as old as PC SSFIV still gets me a lot of matches today, the thing is people are agitated with the whole DLC scheme in SFxT. I mean, locking out 1/5 of characters until you pay some more? People relented previously because only costumes were locked on disc, but the shit with SFxT is what starting to kill the hype for FGC.

Some even told me that it’s getting much more difficult to find lobbies, despite the game being released in less than 2 months.

Frankly I despise SFxT’s scheme, but I chose to protest by not paying for the DLC. Capcom somehow got clever enough this time to not put the DLC on disc for the PC like the consoles, but people can always just mod and import assets from X360 version like they’ve done in the past.

nashi said:
私は「それでも構わない」と書いたんだけど、解ってくれたかな。

人に向かって「礼儀正しくしろ」と押し付けるのも何か変じゃね？

ああ　よく解っているよ

あれはただの冗談。　だから俺は「ｗ」を書いたんだ

ところで、あんたはこのサイトどう思うんだろうかな？

renstalon said:
皆さんの日本語を習うきっかけはなんでしたでしょうか？

こっちは大学から卒業したいだけ。　俺のコースには日本語必要だったから勉強しかない。