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Bells
05-23-2010, 03:31 AM
Just got the game today!

No surprise, the game gets 10/10 all around the damn place, but i'll reserve my own opinion until after the first boss at least.

Can't give details now, must play!!

Who else is getting this one?
phil_
05-23-2010, 10:02 AM
Mine will arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday. It'll be a nice change of pace from killing giant monsters with swords to killing giant monsters with my feet.
Drownball-Champ
05-23-2010, 04:14 PM
Picked mine up this morning for $9. Haven't gotten around to playing it yet, trying to get Mario's last 25 stars in SMG.
Kim
05-23-2010, 04:22 PM
I want to play it, but I probably won't have time for it until July.
Bells
05-23-2010, 05:09 PM
Picked mine up this morning for $9. Haven't gotten around to playing it yet, trying to get Mario's last 30-ish stars.

Buh?!
Kyanbu The Legend
05-23-2010, 05:16 PM
Picked mine up this morning for $9. Haven't gotten around to playing it yet, trying to get Mario's last 30-ish stars.

The hell? A new game for under $30? Where did you buy it from? Please don't say a dark ally in a run down town.
Regulus Tera
05-23-2010, 05:40 PM
Got Trauma Team, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and Final Fantasy X. I feel bad for tarnishing the first two by purchasing FFX... but I had a spare twenty bucks and I never finished it, so I figured I might as well make that my JRPG of the summer.

Just did up to Flipswitch Galaxy. Had to stop because I still have to get another forty stars in Super Luigi Galaxy.
Jagos
05-23-2010, 05:42 PM
Super Luigi Galaxy.

FINALLY! The guy gets some respect!
Ecks
05-23-2010, 07:53 PM
Got Trauma Team, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and Final Fantasy X. I feel bad for tarnishing the first two by purchasing FFX... but I had a spare twenty bucks and I never finished it, so I figured I might as well make that my JRPG of the summer.

Just did up to Flipswitch Galaxy. Had to stop because I still have to get another forty stars in Super Luigi Galaxy.

FFX wasn't that bad... if you can put X-2 out of your head and just play the game on its own merit, it's not a terrible game.
Drownball-Champ
05-23-2010, 08:39 PM
The hell? A new game for under $30? Where did you buy it from? Please don't say a dark ally in a run down town.

Gamestop. Traded in Twilight Princess and M&S at the Olympics took $40 off the price.

Special offer going on this week: http://www.gamestop.com/gs/specialty/tradeins/save40/
Bells
05-23-2010, 08:43 PM
Gamestop. Traded in Twilight Princess and M&S at the Olympics took $40 off the price.

Special offer going on this week: http://www.gamestop.com/gs/specialty/tradeins/save40/

Holy crap... that's actually a very nice deal there, nice going.

Also, for those who already played... do you feel that the controls are... i dunno, somewhat different this time around? I can't put my finger on it, but it feels more tight a controlled.
Nique
05-23-2010, 09:26 PM
FFX wasn't that bad... if you can put X-2 out of your head and just play the game on its own merit, it's not a terrible game.


*Nique and Bluestar provide dissertation on FFX-2's merits*

*Rest of the forum reminds us that the game is essentially a terrible excuse for cheescake*

*Yes but look at the great battle system!*

*Cheesecake*

*What it lacks in story it makes up for in...*

*Cheesecake?*

*YAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHBBLLEEE...!!!*
Ecks
05-24-2010, 07:19 PM
*Nique and Bluestar provide dissertation on FFX-2's merits*

*Rest of the forum reminds us that the game is essentially a terrible excuse for cheescake*

*Yes but look at the great battle system!*

*Cheesecake*

*What it lacks in story it makes up for in...*

*Cheesecake?*

*YAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHBBLLEEE...!!!*

Okay, I imagine X-2 had the potential to be a good game. It's just that nobody TOOK IT to the level beyond "fanservice vehicle."

To be fair... X wasn't all it was cracked up to be either... I just loved the music.
Bells
05-24-2010, 09:44 PM
And it's broken already (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNojQ4MW2g4&feature=player_embedded#!)
Drownball-Champ
05-26-2010, 10:00 AM
Started playing yesterday. I'm at the first castle, but I don't want to move on until I "Galaxy Complete" each place here. I know you can probably come back as soon as you beat the boss, but it's the way I want to do it.

Didn't get all stars in Galaxy. I'll go back and do that eventually, I'm down to the last 20~.
Kim
05-26-2010, 10:01 AM
*Nique and Bluestar provide dissertation on FFX-2's merits*

*Rest of the forum reminds us that the game is essentially a terrible excuse for cheescake*

*Yes but look at the great battle system!*

*Cheesecake*

*What it lacks in story it makes up for in...*

*Cheesecake?*

*YAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHBBLLEEE...!!!*

Good combat alone can not carry a jRPG. There are plenty of examples that prove this. X-2 is just one of them.
phil_
05-26-2010, 05:39 PM
So, co-op is less stupid this time around. The hugging-obsessed Luma is actually useful for grabbing mushrooms and coins. That, and it hugs NPCs, which is adorable.

Anyway, I've been playing since I woke up today, this was my dinner break, and now I'm going to play some more.
Drownball-Champ
05-26-2010, 06:19 PM
Are the stupid comets still around? I didn't mind the comet stages themselves it was the fact that I had to wait for them to appear that annoyed me.
Ecks
05-26-2010, 06:55 PM
And it's broken already (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNojQ4MW2g4&feature=player_embedded#!)

Goddammit, I HATE it when people break a game and it looks more fun broken than it does just to play it.

But then everything is more fun if you break physics.
phil_
05-26-2010, 09:38 PM
Are the stupid comets still around? I didn't mind the comet stages themselves it was the fact that I had to wait for them to appear that annoyed me.There are still comets. They still come and go as they please. I think you need to collect the Comet coin on a given level for a comet to go there.

Also, cosmic clones are creepy.
Drownball-Champ
05-26-2010, 11:11 PM
There are still comets. They still come and go as they please. I think you need to collect the Comet coin on a given level for a comet to go there.

Also, cosmic clones are creepy.

I like the noise they make when they copy your long jump. I dunno why though.
Kim
05-27-2010, 04:46 PM
Started playing it today. The Yoshi grappling hook things are my favorite thing ever.

Question: In the tutorial level where it has a Yoshi door, does Yoshi actually show up there at a later point? I want to open that door, and I've got Yoshi on the Marioship, but he's not in that level...
Bells
05-27-2010, 05:14 PM
Goddammit, I HATE it when people break a game and it looks more fun broken than it does just to play it.

But then everything is more fun if you break physics.

Physics? In Mah Mario Bros?! (http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2007/mariogravity.shtml)