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#173

Ohohoho a grinder type, mmmmmmmmmm
Okay lets see, according to my list Cabal online, Loong online, Jade Dynasty, Aion, Seal online, Eden Eternal and Runescape, or if you want to go for a really old mmorpg you can try metin2.
Those are MMORPGs you should run on your pc, they are quite old so it shouldnt be such a problem. Unless you have like a pc from middle ages ;P. Also on a side note, those are all MMORPGs I have played, and the only one I havent is “sevencore online”… it should be pretty grindy, but I cant really confirm since I havent played it, might check it out :p.
The Bold ones are my favorites for grinding.

Here are some mid heavy grinding mmos you MIGHT run, not sure. Dragon nest, Vindictus (they are more action based, but are also grinding based a lot)

And then if by any chance you get a better pc and want some cool looking game with elements of grinding you can go for TERA (heavy) or Neverwinter (middle).

Also there are also 2 mmos that I remember playing, but Im not really sure if I can solidly call them “grind” MMORPGs, but who knows may you will like them. It is the Perfect World and Aura Kingdom.

I tought it wouldnt look like a spam but it does… oh well I hope this helps.
Anyways if you want any other MMOs just say so. Ill be more than happy to help.

#174

Now that’s quite a list.

I like it. =D

Going to try the bolded ones first and if I find any game(s) that suits me, will continue to play them and grind my ass off.

Thanks, you’re the best. b(^_-)

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#175

First time posting in the gaming discussion thread!

Right now I’m working my way through a few games. I just replaced the batteries in all of my pokemon cartridges, and am playing through Pokemon Red doing a Nuzlocke run (not my first). I’m also working on Pokemon Crystal, so I can eventually tackle Pokemon Stadium 2. If you couldn’t tell already, I’m a true blue pokefan.

I also recently got back to playing Shovel Knight. I love this game soooo much! The music is absolutely amazing. I would say I almost think of it as an album that happens to come with a great game, as well. This is my first play through, but I can see myself going for a New Game+ run and maybe even trying a no-death run in the future. It’s a great time!

And, of course, Hearthstone. At this point, Hearthstone is like the gaming fluid that all of my other gaming is suspended in. I probably don’t play on the ladder as much as I should, but I watch a lot of streams and am pretty active in the reddit community. I consider myself an aggro specialist, and I really prefer decks like face hunter, aggro paladin, and face warrior. Right now I’m working on tweaking and learning an aggro warrior deck that I’ve had moderate success with on the ladder.

My Battle.net handle is RationalPi#1895 and my Steam account name is therationalpi.

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#176

I knew there are people playing HS on kaza. I would totally like to play with you, but the problem is that we may be on different servers :/.
Anyways, rush decks are fun, but it sucks if mage flamestrikes you just or some clear board cards are really depressing to play against.
Note: I love playing in the arena :3. THE MONEEYAAAH WHEN YOU GET 12 WINS WOOO

#177

I have an account on each server, but I don’t play all of them too much. Could always go for some silly decks :stuck_out_tongue:

#178

[quote=“IkaCZ, post:26, topic:842”]
Oldschool gamers has the best tastes, you clearly are one of them. Game Boy Color is still awesome and brings a lot of memories, I dont think it would be weird since you can get really anything in your dreams. Maybe you missed the times when you had a game boy (if you had one) or something I cant really tell.
[/quote]My first (and only) handheld game console was a Game Boy Advance. My first game for it was Golden Sun, which I played to death and it helped cement my love for both JRPGs and Sakuraba’s music. I got a few other games here and there for it, including Link to the Past, which was my first Zelda game and remains one of my favorites. I lost the privilege to use it when I was seven, and I wasn’t able to get it back for ten years. I still have it in my room, but I hardly use it anymore (thanks to both my PS2 and my PC).

Aside from my GBA, I also had an old PC that had a few games on it that I remember fondly. There was Blake Stone: Planet Strike (which was a Wolfenstein 3D clone), Muppet Treasure Island, the original Rayman, and a couple others that I cannot remember off the top of my head. I turned to emulation when I was entered high school, and discovered a lot of retro games that I still fondly remember, like Fire Emblem Gaiden, Soul Blazer, The Adventures of Hourai High, Tales of Phantasia, and Monster World IV. When I got my PS2, I started using emulation less often and started collecting PS2 and PS1 games. Later I started collecting Saturn and Dreamcast games in order to find a reason to cheaply emulate various RPGs and Visual Novels.

I don’t look back on the past very often, but maybe I am neglecting the old indigo brick a bit. The main problem is finding a good game to play on it. I’ve played virtually everything worth playing on the GBA, so I can’t find a reason to pick it up again. :confused:

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#179

Maybe I’ll start posting here on a semi-regular basis, just talking about various games ‘n’ stuff.

Even though I haven’t touched it for a week, I was playing a lot of Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1. I had been meaning to pick it up on the Vita but never got around to it, so having a chance to get it on the PC for ten bucks was a steal. Bits of fanservice aside, I really quite enjoyed the game once combat picked up. It’s pretty heavy on grinding, but that’s a big plus for me personally. Dialogue can be charming at times, and gives something to look forward to between grinding segments. Probably my biggest gripe is with the amount of recycled enemies and environments. I don’t mind seeing some recolors and what not, but it can be laid on pretty thick here. Overall, I’d recommend this game only if you can stand grinding, otherwise you’ll probably just end up dropping it before too long. If you’re on the fence, just wait 'til it goes on sale. Also I finally figured @IFOfPlanetune out, so I suppose that’s a plus. Did you forget a ‘p’ in your name?

Buuuuuuut, the reason I totally stopped dead with Neptunia (even though I’d love to still play it) is because Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate finally came out over here! I actually got a Japanese 3DS to play the game early, but my hype has been totally renewed getting a chance to replay the game with all my friends. The two new weapons, Insect Glaive and Charge Blade, are designed so well that I feel they almost eclipse the other weapons in terms of fun. Seriously, Charge Blade has to be the most satisfying weapon in the game. That said, I’ve been trying something totally new this time around and playing only using the Hunting Horn, and it’s been a very fresh experience. At this point I’m right at the cusp of G rank, and that’s when the everything really picks up. Honestly, I can’t recommend this game enough. It’s got enough content to last you forever. Feel free to PM me if you’d like to play. My NNID is in the accounts topic.

I was also playing a bit of Starbound for pretty much the first time with my friend a couple weeks ago. I’ve actually owned it since it was released (gifted to me) but never got around to playing it. It was pretty fun but… well, it just felt lacking compared to Terraria. Inventory management was especially horrid, and the semi-forced progression, even though you could argue it in Terraria as well, didn’t gel with me. My verdict is that it’s alright, but I can’t shake the feeling that I’d be having a better time elsewhere.

I’ve also been reading a picture playthrough of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (FE4). Without spoiling anything, I have to say that “that moment” was really powerful. Like, normally I don’t care much for the story in Fire Emblem games, but holy crap you really feel for the characters here. Just getting around to the second generation stuff now. This game seems really fun, and I seriously can’t wait to play it. I’ll get around to it soon, hopefully.

Other than that I’m probably going to start playing Elsword again. I’ve got an itch for some PvP, even though I’ll get totally bodied. Back to the ol’ leveling grind, I guess.

I actually had two cartridges of A Link to the Past on my GBA, and both ended up deleting my saves after I had gotten pretty far into the game. Never finished the game due to that. I have no idea why both of 'em did that, but man, it was a downer.

Personally, I never had a Game Boy Color. That said, I loved Pokemon Gold to death, and I know I had a few other color games that I’m forgetting. Probably my favorite Game Boy games were the Fire Emblem titles, Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, Pokemon Ruby, the Kirby games (Amazing Mirror being my favorite), Minish Cap, and Shining Soul II. I’m sure that stuff is missing, but these games had the crap played out of 'em. Fire Emblem in particular is a series that I endlessly love. It’s pretty funny to look back at how bad I was playing those games back then.

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#180

ahh yes. the bane of my progress on basically everything… up until this came out I had been reading VNs at more than double my normal pace, catching up on old games that I never finished, and still managed to find time to study and play LoL. After it came out… well. you would probably be able to tell just by looking at my play time…

#181

I only ever had 3 games for the Game Boy Color. They were all I ever needed and all I ever wanted:
Pokemon Yellow, Pokemon Silver and Pokemon Gold.
I still remember when I first started Pokemon Yellow. My initial team only consisted of Pikachu and Nidoran(male). I was stubborn about not including any of the other pokemon in the starting zone in my team. Which means that I kept trying to beat the first arena with nothing but physical attacks xD
It was a long process of going to the arena for a battle of attrition against stone pokemon, losing, going back into the forest to level up, then trying again. It was fun nonetheless ^^

#182

See, I had Pokemon Blue, Red, Yellow, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FR and LG… but I didn’t know G/S/C even existed until sometime after Diamond and Pearl.

I generally don’t like Pokemon because the gameplay consists of pressing A and mindlessly moving in directions for hours, but the gamecube game Colosseum took up a lot of my time (I had the Umbreon and Espeon all the way through to Pearl) and the sequel XD was fun.

I’ve also been messing around with XY recently. Got a permanently Mega-formed shiny Gardevoir!

#183

well, technically, technically not. If you want to go by localization, yeah, there’s a ‘p’ missing. However, due to Twitter being stupid, it didn’t quite work out. However, when we go by Japanese VA, not a single one is saying ‘Planeptune’ , they all just say ‘Planetune’ , so yeah ^^

#184

YES MY FRIEND YESSSS! (sorry too much CS:GO huehue). No seriously the first Rayman was one of the hardest games I have ever played when I was a kid. And then went on and played every single rayman game. STILL WAITING FOR THE 4TH ONE BTW, UBISOFT PLS Y U SPAM RABBITS AT ME.

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#185

Oh, I remember Rayman. The final level was glorious, especially the cake part.
Never kept up with the franchise, but platformers are boring anyway =w=

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#186

[quote=“IkaCZ, post:184, topic:29”]
No seriously the first Rayman was one of the hardest games I have ever played when I was a kid. And then went on and played every single rayman game.
[/quote]Same here. I played through the N64 version of Rayman 2, but I never managed to beat it myself. My sister loves Rayman more than I do, though. She even likes the Rabbids.

[quote=“Takafumi, post:185, topic:29”]
platformers are boring anyway
[/quote]Yeah. I’ve always preferred JRPGs. XD

#187

JesseCox and WoWCrendor did a video on Kazamatsuri.org’s favorite game!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iSzdfpX3r4

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#188

I just got this! I’m glad Monster Hunter is finally blowing up in the West. It’s sold out almost everywhere. Luckily I was able to order a store pickup at Gamestop about 20 minutes away. I stayed up till 3 am playing it last weekend :smiley: This game has the coolest weapons since Final Fantasy. The Charge Blade is really fun to use, and you can feel the power and impact of each hit. I haven’t played online yet though. Anyone want to play? Should I create a separate Monster Hunter topic?

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#189

So I have found a really interesting thing. I found out that there is a Russian Server for an MMORPG called “Blade and Soul”. I was waiting to play that game for 5 years ever since it was announced and its still in Asia.
And I couldn’t wait and downloaded the Russian version. Suprisingly the ping is pretty low and it runs smoothly! It even has an almost-done English patch which is really handy.
It is really nice a MMORPG with asian elements and its heavy action-based so people used to normal MMORPGs will have some problems at first but I think theyll get used to it soon :p.
If anyone wants to join me or is intrested, message me and ill send you the links :p.

#190

ONE YEAR AGO, ONE MAN STARTED PLAYING A REALLY GOOD GAME ABOUT APES ON A SHITTY CONSOLE.
He considered, and still considers it, pretty much the consoles magnum opus, with phenomenal design just all over, with only a nitpicky things in a couple of levels worth complaining about.
Unfortunately other things came out so he had to leave it after beating it without touching hard mode much.

BUT THEN HE RETURNED THIS YEAR, ALMOST A YEAR AFTER BEATING IT.
But the man did not just wish to do any old Hard Mode, oh no, see this game has multiple characters, one of them noticeably being BROKEN AS SHIT, even during normal mode, where she was a power up and not playable like she is in hard, the man chose to avoid using her as much as possible.
Because seriously Retro you made Dixie stupidly overpowered it’s blatantly obvious and how did you even go so hard at this without realizing how broke as fuck she was?

SO for Hard Mode the man made a choice, not only would he be avoiding the broken as fuck Kong, but he would play only as the base character, the one with no special power, he chose to do Hard Mode the hardest way possible, with a Donkey Kong solo.

It took months, it took hours and hours of gameplay, a CERTAIN FUCKING LEVEL clocked at least 6 hours and over 100 lives.

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Oh my fucking GOD that was hard.
Ok like, let me give you some context for everyone who hasn’t played this or knows what Hard Mode is like (Read: Everyone but @Aspirety), I’ve beaten Ninja Gaiden NES, I feel like this achievement should sit next to THAT on my shelf, it’s really that butt fucking nuts on Hard Mode.

FEELS PRETTY GOOD MAN. MY DONG IS FULLY EXPANDED.

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#191

Major props man. That’s a very impressive feat. I should give Hard Mode a try myself, dixie or not.

Though it’s interesting to think that Dixie is significantly less broken than she was in DKC2 and 3. Different game I know, but still.

#192

Man Dixie just is a broken little shit huh?
I’d laugh if she got added to Smash yet continued that trend.

You should totally do it, the game deserves people to play it more, it’s way too fucking unpopular.

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