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[kurt91]

If I remember correctly, the restaurant "filler case" was actually used for foreshadowing. Godot couldn't see the ketchup stains on the white apron because of that visor he has to wear.

Interesting how they used an entire case all to set up a single subtle plot point like that. Still hated that case, though. (Except for the part where Maya channels Mia to get info out of the old man. That was hilarious!)

[The Satellite]

In the case's defense, it was still far better than Turnabout Big Top, and had better music.

But yeah, Godot's vision problems. Interesting plot point. He was a good character too. Smooth, classy, unshakable. Wish a certain plot point wouldn't render him incapable of being a prosecutor again, or at least a major character (barring potential options).

[kurt91]

Well, right now I've just started Final Fantasy X-2 (yet again. I keep getting sidetracked and never finishing, even though I want to.) and I'm using a walkthrough to try and get 100% as quickly as possible. I just got to where I'm supposed to hit Besaid Island and Zanarkand Ruins to progress the story, but I'm going absolutely everywhere else for percentage completion, various goodies, and leveling up. Right now, I just got Clasko to move into the airship, found a Crimson Sphere, and reached around level 13 for each of my characters.

I'm also playing around with some RPG Maker games to get ideas on one that I'm working on. I found one with an interesting slot machine minigame, and accidentally figured out how to break it for free goodies by clicking outside the window to freeze the slots. If I can figure out how to make the game keep track of mouse clicks, I can do something similar but eliminate that exploit. (I want somebody to fine the player 1000 gold or something for cheating. Players are going to be in for quite a surprise!) The other thing about that game is that there's a particular sidequest (known as the "Witch's Quest") where, even though everybody who plays the game is fairly open on helping out, nobody out there is willing to give any information on because of a specific request from the game's creator. Rather frustrating given how hard it is to figure out, but very nice how people as a whole will listen and respect somebody enough to make things this difficult on me.

Speaking of RPGs, does anybody know where I can find the damage formulas used by different games like Final Fantasy, Disgaea, or SMRPG? I'm trying to figure out how to modify the default one I'm using to be easier to work with very small stats, but right now it's either kill the boss in a single hit and not take any damage from it's attacks, or be blown away too easily and not be able to deal any damage at all.

[Dawnlight]

I just beat 17 out of the 21 Chapters in Gravity Rush. I plan to finish this game soon.

[Smiles the Death Bringer]

I got Bioshock and Left 4 Dead on the Steam Halloween Sale.
And I got Final Fantasy III (VI) on Wii Virtual Console.

[Ventus]

Still working on .Hack: Part 4, Just picking up some Virus Core's to go on to the next areas
This is getting tiring...

I have to say out of all four games the last one is the hardest. The enemies are waay over powered. I mean I'm getting my ass handed to me by monsters that are like 20 levels below me... I'm at level 94 and I'm having a hard time getting through this.

I hate to see what cursed wave battles are like in this game... now I'v heard that Tarvos is one of the hardest, I can't wait to have fun with it

[The Satellite]

Welp, finished AC3; I'll compile more thoughts on that and post it in the AC3 thread. So I decided to crack open Apollo Justice; I'm almost done with the AA series, after all, so might as well lay that to rest. (And no, I don't think I'll be playing Edgeworth's game anytime soon; I tried a demo once, and it was terrible.) Anyway, can't judge much based on the first case, but I'm hoping Apollo gets to tackle more of the cases. Phoenix sorta... stole the show in that one. I mean it's the first case, it's a bit excusable, so as long as that doesn't persist, I don't mind. I get the feeling this game's still gonna be about Phoenix anyway.

[Ventus]

Welp (Yes I stole it from TS ) I finished .Hack part 4... I'm happy now I have finally completed the whole first series!, bout time I did.
I will say that part 4 was the worst game out of the four. so much grinding needed it was crazy.

Last night I spent 4 hours looking for 3 Virus C's and that was pain in the ass because I was already at level 99 and to get them I have to fight enemies in a level 3 area >.<. Thank god that I found my negative weapons where I could data drain the weak losers...
But at any rate I'm done!, thank god D:

[The Satellite]

Welp (Yes I stole it from TS )

Hey, I'm not the only one who uses that, and besides, I got that from elsewhere anyway.

So yeah, Apollo Justice. I got pretty far through the fourth case; had wanted to try to finish the game tonight, but I'm going to bed. I'm very close and will finish it tomorrow. It's definitely an interesting game, though the cast is... pretty weak. Apollo himself is a good kid, and I do like that Klavier is a friendly prosecutor who cares more about the truth than victory (even if as a character he feels shallow), but the rest of the new cast is just... kind of flat. Some could say it's because the game pretty much is still all about Phoenix Wright, his fall and vindication, and maybe so. But none of these characters really produce any interesting spark at all. Except for Apollo, he's at least a good all-around character.

Case Four spoiler

But playing the court scene as Phoenix, with his inner monologue and banter with Gumshoe, was easily the highlight of the game for me. It was familiar, and really made me feel like I was playing a new Phoenix Wright game rather than a game about someone else (which in retrospect is probably not a good thing, at least for the sake of Apollo). Laughed several times, loved it.

But at least we still have Udgey.

[Orithan]

Speaking of RPGs, does anybody know where I can find the damage formulas used by different games like Final Fantasy, Disgaea, or SMRPG? I'm trying to figure out how to modify the default one I'm using to be easier to work with very small stats, but right now it's either kill the boss in a single hit and not take any damage from it's attacks, or be blown away too easily and not be able to deal any damage at all.

Pokemon has a good damage forumla. Go to Serebii and look under "Game Mechanics" for the damage calculator.

...or if you are lazy (click for damage formula)

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Pokemon Damage formula:

((((2*level/5+2)*attack*power/defense)/50)+2)*STAB*weaknessresistance*randomnumber/100


Variables:

level - The attacking pokemon's level. Easy to adapt to an RPG like yours.

attack - The attacking pokemon's Attack or Special Attack stat, depends on wherever move it is using. Also easy to adapt.

power - The power of the attacking pokemon's move. Useful if adapted for Magic, which have different power levels depending on its tier. For physical attacks, it is best to keep it to another of the characters' stats (Strength in the case of Lufia II).

defense - The defending pokemon's Defense or Special Defense stat, depends on wherever the move targeted at it is physical or special. Easy to integrate into your scenario.

STAB - The damage bonus that the attacking pokemon gets if the move's type is the same as one of its own types, which is 1.5x damage. Pretty redundant in your scenario, considering that your characters/enemies are not as dynamic as what they are in pokemon. Leave this at 1 for now.

weaknessresist - The multiplier for wherever the pokemon is weak to, resists, is immune to or is netural to that move. 0 for immunity (duh), 0.5 for resist (0.25 if both of the pokemon's types resist it), 1 for netural and 2 for weakness (4 if both of the pokemon's types are weak to it). Useful for enemies that have elemental weaknesses.

randomnumber - A random number that multiplies the damage value before getting divided by 100. In pokemon, this is between 85 and 100. This is only there for some randomization in the damage values.

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Speaking of Pokemon, I (finally) managed to get my hands onto a legit copy of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky. It took me ages to find it (but not forever to find Time and Darkness, lolwat), largely because I discovered midway through my searches that it isn't getting produced anymore. Now I am happy to even have it as a legitimate, new copy of that game, considering that it is no longer getting produced.

Edited by Orin XD, 11 November 2012 - 06:55 AM.

[kurt91]

The sad part is, once you finish this and Investigations, you're on the same boat as the rest of us, having to wait for the translation for the next game. Hope you're more patient than I am.

Anyways, still been playing Final Fantasy X-2. Call me crazy, but I'm fairly certain that the developers had absolutely no idea on what to do with difficulty progression. They give you loads of sidequests to do in each chapter, so I've been using a guide to keep track of which ones I have still to do. However, because I've been doing all of the different things that they provided me to do, rather than skip all of them and only do the main story, it seems that I'm horribly overleveled.

I mean, I'm around level 27 with each of my characters, and I'm at the part where the Gullwings learn about Vegnagun and go to Bevelle to look for it. I've been breezing through all of the enemies with fairly simple strategies. For instance, right now I'm using Gunner, Alchemist, White Mage and sticking with Trigger Happy, Attack (still learning Alchemist skills), and Pray. This means that all I have to do is hold down X while occasionally hammering R1 to win just about every battle. Songstress gives you free full lockdown on all enemies right at the very beginning of the game, so learning the initial abilities is a breeze, and it seems that every job has one particular ability that lets you just ignore the battles and hold down the X button to win.

The only place that was a challenge was Gagazet during the uniform raid, simply because I'd be hit with continuous Killer Fang attacks from trios of White Wolves, and I wasn't packing Deathproof equipment. Honestly, the game isn't as bad as everybody seems to think, but it's far too easy if you're like me and like to wander around and soak in the backstory. (easy to do if you liked the first game and want to see what everyone's up to)

[The Satellite]

The sad part is, once you finish this and Investigations, you're on the same boat as the rest of us, having to wait for the translation for the next game. Hope you're more patient than I am.

I'm probably not gonna play Investigations, I remember playing a demo and not liking it at all. Most I'd do is read the synopsis of each case or watch a walkthrough so I can at least see the dialogue.

[Russ]

Eh, I'd say try the first case, and if you don't like it, read a summary of cases 2-4 and then play 5. While most of the game is pretty lackluster, 5 is really good. But TS story depends on every other case... So yeah.

[The Satellite]

Pass. I'm hanging up the series after this. I went straight into Apollo Justice so I could finish off the series, and like I said, I played a demo and disliked it. So I'm not inclined to play the actual game.

[trudatman]

I think that it's indicative of our collective uselessness that this thread has seventy pages in one year. a lot of them seem to be "I'm playing AA, AC3 and LMNOP." to follow that trend, I am telling y'all that I've been playing CB4, which is not based on the movie CB4. I have been trying -- and sometimes succeeding -- to break my buddy's records.