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General / Scariest video game?

« on: September 30, 2015, 09:38:00 pm »

Hi all. I am playing Nanashi no Game and it is CREEPY! The premise is kind of similar to 'The Ring' but instead of a cursed videotape it's a cursed video game. So have any of you played a game that genuinely scared you?

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General / Re: Anyone else use an emulator so you don't have to dig your old cartridges out?

« on: September 28, 2015, 07:07:53 pm »

I use an emulator (on my PC) for convenience and to keep my original games in "like new" condition. I like having roms as sort of "digital copies" of the games I own/collect. I just recently started downloading roms of games that were not released in the US and have been "unofficially" translated. In terms of downloading roms of games you haven't purchased, it's a bit of a gray area; especially since older games aren't being sold in stores anymore.

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General / Re: Games never released in US/NA?

« on: September 26, 2015, 02:30:08 pm »

Literally the only way to pay patched ds games is through a flash cart or emulator. Also don't expect to find many Visual novels, there arn't many ds translations that have made it to completion, esp for visual novels.

Yea, I've noticed there aren't many English patched VN's.

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General / Re: Games never released in US/NA?

« on: September 26, 2015, 12:04:40 am »

It's not possible to patch the game rom on a DS cartidge. The only workaround for this is loading a english patched rom of the game onto a flash cart.

Ah, okay. Well thanks!

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General / Games never released in US/NA?

« on: September 25, 2015, 10:50:34 pm »

Hi all!

I am looking for several visual novels on the DS that were only released in JP. I did a google search to see if any ports were released in English but all I came across were "English patched" roms. Is there any way to purchase a non-English game and then download an English translation as opposed to downloading an English patched rom? I'm not familiar with these things and have never used my DS to play anything other than US and store-bought games.

Thank you

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General / Re: Games similar to Animal Crossing or Harvest Moon?

« on: September 20, 2015, 02:08:28 pm »

Rune factory, and Atelier series to a degree.

I have Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny for PS3 and the entire Atelier Series. I will look for Rune Factory on other platforms though. Thanks for the suggestion!

Farmville

Farmville

10/10

Lol...I think I will pass on Farmville but thanks.

There's this one DS game called Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times that's practically a clone of Animal Crossing. You can customize your character and their room, collect bugs and fish as well as other items and the town has villagers that range from animals to supernatural creatures to beings that are based on inanimate objects like roses or cellphones. The thing that sets it apart from AC is the focus on learning magic spells that are used to solve mysteries that appear once a month (I think.) I had a lot of fun with it when I first played it but lost interest after New Leaf came out.

Cool, I'll check that out. You had me at "clone of Animal Crossing". Haha.

Shepherd's Crossing on PSP and Shepherd's Crossing 2 DS on Nintendo DS might be what you're looking for.

This sounds vaguely familiar; I thought this was a PS2 game? I'll look for it across platforms though. Thanks!

Mysims and Mysims Kingdom. Very task heavy and obnoxiously cute. I prefer Kingdom over the original, but both are fine if it's the type of game you're looking for. (There are several consoles these are available for. I recommend the Wii versions only. I think the DS versions are significantly different and I didn't play for more than a few minutes.)

I've played MySims on DS--just a few minutes of it because I didn't really like it (surprisingly, as I tend to love all Sims games). I will try it on the Wii instead though. Thanks!

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General / Games similar to Animal Crossing or Harvest Moon?

« on: September 19, 2015, 12:16:36 pm »

Hi all!

I've played all the Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon games across platforms. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for similar games. Basically any game that centers around a protagonist completing tasks in a town, something of that sort.

Thanks!

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Modern Video Games / Re: Diablo III

« on: September 17, 2013, 05:03:08 pm »

Makes you wonder how the ESRB stays in business.

I don't know why Diablo III is rated M. I personally don't feel killing monsters is especially "Mature" content.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Diablo III

« on: September 16, 2013, 09:48:11 am »

I bought Diablo III (PS3) totally on a whim. I wasn't really interested in it honestly. I saw screenshots and immediately wrote it off because it wasn't a JRPG. But then I thought, "why not try something new?". So glad I wised up and bought this game!  I've been playing co-op with my 5 year old son (both as wizards). So much fun!!!! I plan to play solo on a harder mode as well; looking forward to that.

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General / How did you choose between PS2 and Xbox (or PS3 and 360)?

« on: November 08, 2012, 01:45:14 pm »

I don't know a lot of people who own both Sony and Microsoft consoles. For me, the PS1 came out first so when PS2 and Xbox were released, I stuck with Sony--then the PS3 and Xbox 360 arrived and I also continued with the Sony brand.

There were very few games I wanted that were exclusive to Xbox/Xbox 360 and I really had no complaints about my Playstation consoles. I did have an N64 though (Mario!) and I also bought a Wii (for family/party games).

Do you own consoles from both Sony and Microsoft? When a new console was released, how did you decide which one to get?

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Modern Video Games / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online - Gameplay Video

« on: November 08, 2012, 01:24:07 pm »

I'm definitely looking forward to Elder Scrolls Online. Oblivion and Skyrim have been some of the best games I've played (my only complaint would be that Oblivion is glitchy as hell). From what I've seen, it looks great.

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General / Re: November 2012 - Recently Added To Collection/Recently Purchased

« on: November 02, 2012, 03:29:03 pm »

So I bought some more PS2 games today. My plan is to purchase games by console and once I complete that, move on to another console until my collection is "complete" (ie. until I have all the games I want!) but I keep finding games and adding them to the list so I'm stuck on the PS2 right now. heh. Anyway another mini-haul:

• Phantom Brave
• Shining Force Neo
• Shining Force EXA
• Drakengard 2
• Tsugunai: Atonement
• Shadow of Destiny
• Wild Arms 3
• Stella Deus
• Suikoden Tactics
• Ys: The Ark of Napishtim
• Clock Tower 3
• Grim Grimoire
• Obscure: The Aftermath

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Off Topic / Re: Hurricane Sandy

« on: October 30, 2012, 05:12:23 pm »

I'm in MD--the roads are a mess and some trees have fallen into the street but overall, nothing too terrible in my area. A lot of people don't have power though but I've somehow managed to luck up so I'm hoping it stays on (fingers crossed).

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General / Re: Backlogs

« on: October 26, 2012, 07:39:49 pm »

My entire collection might as well be one giant backlog. A majority of the games I've been purchasing are ones I've never owned before. I started collecting from nothing; having sold or given away most of my games years ago. I'd really like to finish some of my current gen games. I was almost finished Dragon Age: Origins then I bought Dragon Age 2 and forgot about DA:O. Same with Oblivion; fell by the wayside when I got Skyrim.

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Off Topic / Re: Gamer Parents

« on: October 26, 2012, 10:08:12 am »

Oh my Gawd! The Oregon Trail!? such an awesome game! I havent played it in years either but that was one of the first games that started me on video games in general

My family would always drown when we crossed the river! Or all the kids would die from illness! I was terrible at that game but it was fun.

Another gamer parent here! My son just started school, he's four years old. He's a great co op buddy - anything from Kirby to King of the Monsters is better when I'm playing it with him

I know! I have no interest in Lego Batman, but when we play together, it's really fun. He's always fussing at me for slowing him down (I'm not particularly good at the game clearly).

I have 3 teenage girls (Please kill me)

LOL--what great luck to have 3 girls!