I've once posted on how I'm a fan of the Dragon Quest games on the DS. The truth is, I've been following the series since the very beginning, when it was called Dragon Warrior. I had to skip over VIII since it was released only on the PS2, but I followed up by IX, and I was looking forward to X.

The latest entry is coming for the Wii, with a release date of August 2 in Japan. Considering that these tend to take a while to localize, I can easily imagine a delay of a year bef ...

I'm daring to make a Final Fantasy topic on the board. Run for the hills!

(Note: this post uses Japanese numbering only to avoid further brain damage)

I used to love the Final Fantasy series. I started with IV, loved V's setting, and was impressed with VI. I never was able to get the hang of the first 3 NES ones despite trying the originals and some remakes a few times. Like many, I was thoroughly impressed with VII, and I found VIII to be a lot of fun. I hit a wall with IX, ...

http://pldh.net/home/archive/252212

So this is a thing. Pokemon's first ever direct sequels.

Post some Rin

http://i.imgur.com/TgW9a.gif

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqf36ReTrDU

This is kind of a follow-up to my Final Fantasy topic.

I haven't played a good console JRPG for a while, and I'm looking at my current options.

I wrote in the earlier topic that I was somehow tempted to play Final Fantasy XIII-2, but I wasn't sure if it would hold up well. I suddendly had a flash from an era mostly gone by now: game demos! I loaded up the Playstation Store, and sure enough, a trial version of the game was available! A quick download later (almost 2 GB o. ...

This comes as a follow-up to my previous topic about Steam.

I'm considering doing some Steam integration on this board, and I'd like to hear from you if this is a good idea or not, and what you'd expect to see. As a basis, much like how it currently works for Minecraft players, it'd be trivial for me to display in "Who's Online" the list of people currently connected in Steam. That way, you can quickly see at a glance if anyone you're hoping to catc ...

It's hard enough to find people who played KS much less it's alpha release "Grid1". But, humor me. :P Has anyone played Grid1? It's an extremely rough draft version and what most people probably expected how this project would end up to be (in other words, really crappy looking). The dialog (although some lines and subjects were carried over to the final) is very different and rough (one path has an editor's notes!). Almost elementary pacing as it goes from one ...

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fallout Edited by TopHat on April 5, 2012 at 11:30:09

There are things in the gaming universe that bother me. Stupid decisions, bad design ideas, dumb moves; the companies we want to like can act like fools sometimes. I'm making this topic to share some of my annoyances, feel free to share your own experiences too.

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It's been known for a while that some companies like Ubisoft have added a "feature" in their PC releases that makes the game "phone home". If your Internet connection gets cut for any reason, e ...

http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=160016

2 player co-op?

PLAYABLE OSWALD?

ALL MY MONEY

ALL OF IT

ALL

OF

IT

Also it says it'll be available on WII, which would imply it's going to be out sooner rather than later.

OH GOD PLEASE DON'T BE A TEASE MY HEART COULDN'T TAKE IT Edited by Teej on August 29, 2011 at 2:34:00

So I was given access to the new Diablo III Beta the other day and I have to say I am impressed. Im happy to have been given this chance to try it out! It's a great game and I even preordered the Collectors Edition.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc&feature=feedu

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure

Hits that goal in less than 24 hours, going to hit 1 million within the second day.

I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE EXCITED FOR AN OLD-SCHOOL POINT-AND-CLICK ADVENTURE GAME BECAUSE AT THIS POINT IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE BIGGEST BUDGET THIS YEAR

Good news: both Mega Man and Pac-Man are joining Street Fighter X Tekken.

Good news: Pac-Man is in a mech suit

http://shoryuken.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/l_packman01.jpg


Controversial news: It's the Mega Man from the box art.

http://shoryuken.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/l_megaman01.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXAQqDErsIo&feature=player_embedded

http://kotaku.com/5880283/ace-attorney-5-announced-for-japan++will-it-go-west

YOU KNOW WHAT I WANT
AND YOU KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
DON'T LET ME DOWN CAPCOM

From the makers of ace attorney. They just released a flash demo, so I'd take a chance to look into it if you haven't already.

http://www.capcom.co.jp/ghosttrick/trial.html

Unlike AA though, this demo is actually playable since it's a really visual game. This isn't a text adventure. You play as a spirit who has to jump into random objects in the world and "trick" them into doing things to prevent a murder. Also, smoothest animations on the DS.

Yup, the annual Steam Holiday Sale has started. Over the coming week-ish you can expect amazing deals and an empty wallet.

BUT NOW THERE'S A CATCH.

Much like the Summer Camp event, you can complete achievements in games (and a few on Steam itself) to win objectives.

Objectives win you coal or a gift. A gift is either a coupon or a full game, while coal is an entry in their giveaway.

1000 people get the Valve Complete Pack (Portal 2 included!)
100 winners get the top 5 gam ...

Sega's at it again! A teaser has been posted on their Facebook page for a new game, apparently prepared to celebrate Sonic's 20th anniversary. About no details are available yet, except that it'll apparently feature both the modern and classic Sonic, and will be released for both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s--8_L8FuFY&feature=player_embedded


You have to give it to Sega: the franchise hasn't always been at it's best, but t ...

Hactivist group Anonymous is targeting Sony again for their support of the Stop Online Piracy Act bill.

They released another one of their robot-voiced YouTube messages, letting Sony know that they will be the main objective of their "Operation Blackout" campaign. They promise to "destroy their network" in retaliation.

It's not just Sony they're after. Anonymous also promises to take action against celebrities who support SOPA, including Taylor Swift, Lady ...

This is the MM8BDM topic. Post stuff about the game here, or plan meetings. I'll start something by stating my individual preferences.

Favorite Game Mode- DM
Favorite class mod- KY, for Doc Robot
Favorite Skin- Centaurman
Favorite class- Doc Robot
Favorite weapon-Atomic Fire
Least favorite game mode- all variants of LMS

The 22nd or 23rd, around 7:30 Central, vanilla CTF?

Anybody other LoZ fans excited about this one?

Seems along the order of the many anniversary books Capcom's been doing for Mega Man and Street Fighter over the years, though I'm sure many would hope this volume be more comprehensive and comprehensible, especially those eagerly awaiting the timeline clarification it appears to promise.

Having experienced so many artbooks in the past, I predict that not all will be made clear and certainly not everyone will be satisfied with w ...

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-02-super-street-fighter-4-arcade-edition-version-2012-date-change-log

Capcom's made another Street Fighter 4. This time around, it's just for balance. Seth got some minor nerfs again,(BUFFS TOO!) stuff like that.

Regardless, this shows Capcom's still SF crazy, while BOF and MM seem pretty dead, BOF more so.On another note, UMVC3 apparently has abyssmal sales :D

http://pldh.net/home/archive/161211

YEAHHHHHHHHHH I dunno what to think of this. We were expecting news of a new game by next month, but we got it a bit early and OH BOY no one was expecting it. Edited by TopHat on December 16, 2011 at 22:14:22

http://www.teamfortress.com/australianchristmas2011/

So Engineer gets some awesome stuff

Pyro gets some okay stuff

We get a new map

ALL-CLASS TOPHAT


AND THIS IS JUST DAY 1

A new Humble Indie Bundle has been released!

I mentioned before in passing that I got my hands on the second one, as it came with a trial version of Minecraft. We're now at the fourth edition, and the game selection this time around looks really good!

The concept of these bundles is simple: you give an amount of money of your choice, anywhere from 0.01$ to over 100.00$, you select which portion of your money goes to the developers and the selected charities, and you get several in ...

http://pldh.net/home/archive/620911

(Damn right I'm sourcing PLDH) Edited by Teej on September 13, 2011 at 2:09:25

I'm still spinning through alternatives to expand the board's scope, and I have a few questions for you.

Many of us here happen to use Valve's Steam. Who's using it for multiplayer games? And if so, which games are you mostly playing? I'm not thinking about the "flavor of the month" as much as which games bring you back constantly?

TopHat / Teej / TJ is a well-known worshipper of the entire system, and he made no attempt to hide that fact. I'm al ...

I thought I'd post about this here since we've talked quite a bit about the hacking of online systems in the past several months.

The South Korean-based MMORPG Maple Story was hacked a few days ago. The player data of over 13 million subscribers has been copied. Thankfully, the passwords and Resident Registration Numbers (a national identification number, required to access most Korean online games) were encrypted on the servers.

13 million accounts were copied. The country h ...

Minecraft is a game you must buy online from some European that goes by the name of Notch. Its all blocky, seriously its like playing with inflated pixels! I thought it was pretty fun especially with the Megaman Legends mod. You harvest minerals and other things to build a shelter, make weapons, armor, complex designs like draw bridges and stuff. It goes from day to night and night to day over passage of time. At night monsters come out or if you have Megaman Legends mod on REAVERBOTS come o ...