Video & PC Game Discussion

stonebeard wrote: New CPU/mobo ...lol

Solid state drive?

7200RPM "limits" me at 5.9

 I love my SSD. I wish it were a tad bigger, but I can deal. I would only fill it with porn anyway

Edited by Henry Plainview - May 24 2012 at 22:08

Flyingsod wrote: Have any of you seen Tera in action?

Played the open beta about a month ago. Go back a few pages and I'm sure you'll find my thoughts on it.

Triceratopsoil wrote: That game is on Unreal engine, isn't it? What's the combat like?

Yes, it is on the Unreal engine. Fine, I'll quote myself from last month:

Gamemako wrote: Today, I tried the TERA open beta. In the end, TERA's combat is a lot like Phantasy Star Online, which is a good thing. Unfortunately, it's a bit slower (bad thing) and lacks the loot, being a Korean MMO with silly crafting systems and junk. It is also Korean MMO in a lot of other ways. The grind isn't so hot (probably put in 5 hours, got to all of level 13). Female characters... well, let's just say I made the ill-fated decision to roll a human female with a giant sword, and she now runs around in Daisy-Dukes and half-exposed double-Ds. *sigh* The game looks pretty good, with a vibrant color palette and some pretty pleasant views. Unfortunately, as soon as you get past the starting island, there's nobody to be found, and the large world really comes back to bite itself in the ass. Oh look, giant city! Too bad I've seen all of 3 people wanderings its streets. The "story" bits are also pretty goddamn awful, with a terrible script narrated by a guy who sounds like Bailey from the Mass Effect series. Given that TERA is a buy-and-sub game, I think this one is a big fat "PASS".

If you want more depth, well, dodge-rolling has a cooldown, and you'll spend a lot of time mashing the same attack combinations (the game allows you to chain certain skills together for faster activation). As I remember, the classes were:

Archer: Sort of manual aim. Run around shooting things with terribly weak arrows. Didn't get very far as an Archer.

Berserker: Carry giant axe. Whack enemy. Repeat. Blocks instead of dodges. Slow as hell. Lot of charge-up attacks. Not very fun. The game is too slow already, and then slowing it down even more just makes it unbearable.

Lancer: Also pretty damn slow. Also blocks. Main tank class. About as entertaining as you'd expect a slow-ass tank to be in an action-RPG. Actually attacks faster than the Berserker, but does much less damage.

Mystics: Something with summons, I think? I don't remember all that well.

Priest: Remember very, very little.

Slayer: Got furthest as a human female Slayer. Basically, bash enemies with giant sword, roll to avoid getting hit back. Offensive class. Instead of starting with max MP and going down, they get their MP by whacking enemies first. More fun than most of the others classes in my opinion.

Sorcerer: Ranged normal attacks. Throws fireballs. Seems fun in theory. In practice, I just couldn't enjoy it. Attacks felt like they had no impact and didn't deal that much damage either.

Warrior: Dual-wields swords. Fast-attacking. Was the most fun to play and the most challenging (for what it's worth, anyway, as I didn't get far enough for the game not to be laughably easy).

Also, for reference, this is how bad the clothing is:

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3907/terascreenshot201204202r.png


Edited by Gamemako - May 25 2012 at 00:58

Alitare wrote: Star Ocean: Till the End of Time - Awful plot with some of the worst English voice-acting localization I've ever witnessed. The dungeon crawling, backtracking, and character design are all vilely abysmal. If the combat wasn't as competent as it is, I'd have stomped the damned thing into the dust a while ago. D+

Triceratopsoil wrote: It's not like I would even try anything like that without a free trial, what a clown move

I concur.

Related, PSO2 will be F2P:

Progressive minded people should be interested in Journey for the PS3. Another arty type game a la Limbo, Ico etc, it's not much of a *game*, more like an interactive concept, but worth it for those who enjoy different/experimental types.

Diablo 3 anyone? Just got it this past weekend myself, up to level 21 with my Witch Doctor. Good fun.

I have played Diablo 3. Won't be doing it again. Iterative drivel imo.

Textbook wrote: I have played Diablo 3. Won't be doing it again. Iterative drivel imo.

Mostly TF2 for me again lately, since I'm on a 6v6 team for this season of UGC league