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FF12 is so good. One of my favorite FFs ever only behind 3(6) on the snes and maybe the original ff7.

Currently loving Tainted Grail and it’s an eating up all my playtime.
 
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Been waiting for square Enix to send me a new FF12 zodiac, can't wait. Had original on ps2 never finished

FFX In high school was good.
 
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Falstaff said:
Diablo was how I got introduced to having my computer be hacked/trojan horse. I downloaded so many trainers and shit that let you create your own gear and modify your stats. I still remember getting a pop-up in the middle of playing that told me to look out my bedroom window at like midnight. Scared the shit out of me in 7th grade.
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The King's Sword of Haste! I remember trainers very well!
 
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Being in a bleeding edge EQ guild and the military don't mix.

I got close to major issues a few times. A few days a week I'd stay up all night playing EQ and would drag ass while on duty. I even got called in on the carpet once and asked if I had a problem drinking. I never told them that I was addicted to a vidya game and said that I had terrible insomnia. I was ordered to take a drug test and when it came back negative they more-or-less accepted it.

When EQ came out in early '99, I only had ~10 months left to serve and I got out just before Kunark released or I probably would have gotten in deep shit because I played EQ waaaay too much during the Kunark, Velious, and Planes of Power era.
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Thank you for your service 😎
 
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I do remember spending an entire afternoon dropping +stat potions on the ground and duping them. But I didnt have any friends in game so when I needed a Godly Plate of the Whale or Kings Sword of Haste I had to create it myself.
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I spent quite a bit of time duping items in Elden Ring. Do multiplayer, drop a bunch of things, then reload a cloud save and do it again. Was able to get a massive amount of souls and two of every major DLC weapon. Was awesome.

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Might try this one next, or maybe FF9.
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FF12 is IMO a much better game than FF9. FF12 has MMORPG style gameplay, while FF9 has very slow retro ATB. Most of what FF9 has going for it is the intense nostalgia felt by people who played it back in Winter 2000.

I spent 200+ hours in FF12 and did everything there was to do, over a few replays over the years. FF9 I played twice, once in 2000 and once in 2010, and while it's a nice game with great characters, it really showed its age.

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Infinite Wealth. On the final chapters. Farming levels a bit. Doing the bucket list things, except mini-games, fuck those.

FInished it. NG+ now, I guess. Now I have to fiinsh the fecking mini-games. Batter up!
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I wanted to platinum Infinite Wealth and the previous LAD. They're both really, really good games. However the platinums were gonna end up taking like 70 hours each and I couldn't in good conscience swing that.

Now playing: Nioh 2, and against my better judgment I ordered Yakuza Kiwami 3 so I guess I'm doing that too.

The Yakuza RPGs are my favorites, I think. Yakuza Zero is pretty damn good too. Yakuza 3 is one of the ones I didn't like much (along with 4 and 6) but I'm hoping the Kiwami version will be good-looking enough and different enough to justify a replay.
 
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I spent quite a bit of time duping items in Elden Ring. Do multiplayer, drop a bunch of things, then reload a cloud save and do it again. Was able to get a massive amount of souls and two of every major DLC weapon. Was awesome.



FF12 is IMO a much better game than FF9. FF12 has MMORPG style gameplay, while FF9 has very slow retro ATB. Most of what FF9 has going for it is the intense nostalgia felt by people who played it back in Winter 2000.

I spent 200+ hours in FF12 and did everything there was to do, over a few replays over the years. FF9 I played twice, once in 2000 and once in 2010, and while it's a nice game with great characters, it really showed its age.



I wanted to platinum Infinite Wealth and the previous LAD. They're both really, really good games. However the platinums were gonna end up taking like 70 hours each and I couldn't in good conscience swing that.

Now playing: Nioh 2, and against my better judgment I ordered Yakuza Kiwami 3 so I guess I'm doing that too.

The Yakuza RPGs are my favorites, I think. Yakuza Zero is pretty damn good too. Yakuza 3 is one of the ones I didn't like much (along with 4 and 6) but I'm hoping the Kiwami version will be good-looking enough and different enough to justify a replay.
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I know this isn't the MMO forum but in EQ when the mage got that spell that let them cast +mana items, we did a test and found anything left on the ground lasted around 5 minutes. I would fill my inventory up and speed cast them so they fell on the ground, then pick them up over and over so the whole ground/floor was covered with them. We did an avatar of war run one time where I had so many of the damn things rangers , etc were able to come get mana to cast spells and killed it in half the time. Then they nerfed it.

It was fun but staring at a wall speed casting the same spell over and over got old. Always enjoyed CotH though.
 
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Started a new Valheim run w/ a friend on my server. Haven't played since 2021, fun times and lots of new additions. Just finished a lap to get a feel for our starting landmass today.

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Preparing for our annual LAN next week, got Wreckfest on my server in preparation for it (a favorite of ours, and now w/ map packs for more gooder wrecking), and expecting Peak to be the new hotness this year. Will be a lot of that, Rocket League, Humans Fall Flat, Age of Empires and think we're going to try REPO. We'll see if we get back into some others that were fun last year like The FINALS, or prior favorites like Insurgency.

We had a lot of fun w/ Lethal Company last year:



I need to set stuff up so I can quickly grab clips like that again this year.

I need to get back to V Rising, buddy got me a cosmetic pack for my birthday, maybe I'll get around to the last few bosses I need to get done. Also want to get Soulmask up on my server, but maybe I'll wait until Valheim peters out a bit. It's been fun getting it going, have lots on there now, some just to test if I can (Foundry, Astroneer, Mines of Moria) and some actively being played or were actively played (Valheim, Icarus, V Rising, StarRupture)

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I’m about 40-50% through GTA4. And I’m not entirely digging the feel of vehicles and the controls feel stiff. It’s been a long time since I played a Rockstar game but this feels like familiar complaints from me.

Right now kid time is Goat Simulator 3. And then I’ve been piddling on a game called EvilQuest on steam. I think it’s short. So probably 2 sessions and it’s done but I have found it to be an endearing sendup of SNES rpg writing and plots
 
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Playing through Chronos The New Dawn. I had an itch for a Deadspace / RE type sci-fi game. I knew what I was getting into with the inventory and difficulty, but love it so far.

I did have to reload an earlier save, because I wasted 2 rare upgrade currencies for what LOOKED like an extra charge of your AE flame/stun thing, as you get a free charge of it each save room. But it was bugged and didn't do anything.

Other than that no complaints so far.
 
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Tarrant said:
Is it much fun with like 80 people online?
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It's a diablo type game, so # of online people doesn't really matter to me? I'd group with my friends, no desire to group with randos.

There's an active discord community for it, I imagine folks who are inclined toward that make out ok.
 
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Just beat gradius 3, a game that I played as a kid but just never beat.

I have been playing through einhander.

This is probably the best space shooter that I have probably ever played so far.

if anyone has some space shootemup reccomendations on retro consoles (up to ps2) I'm all ears. Really never got into this genre.
 
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Identikit said:
Just beat gradius 3, a game that I played as a kid but just never beat.

I have been playing through einhander.

This is probably the best space shooter that I have probably ever played so far.

if anyone has some space shootemup reccomendations on retro consoles (up to ps2) I'm all ears. Really never got into this genre.
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Ikaruga is still the GOAT of all Schmups, I played it on Dreamcast. Although Dodonpachi is a personal favorite of mine, you'll need MAME to play it.
 
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Marvel Heroes.

I discovered this Project Tahiti thing and it's giving me a chance to play the best ARPG of all time again, after the travesty of its shuttering back in 2017.

Project T.A.H.I.T.I. MHO Server

Join us and become an Agent of T.A.H.I.T.I
www.mhtahiti.com
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I'd successfully supressed the trauma I suffered when this game shut down, until now... (second only to WoW as most played)
But seriously, had no idea this was a thing. Even Wilfred Wong is back making YT videos!
Thanks man!
 
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Im currently playing Terra Invicta.



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Grand strategy with emphasis on "Grand". Developed by the same people behind the (in)famous Long War mod for Xcom: Enemy Within.

Warning: one full playthrough will take AT LEAST 100 hours. Fake gamers not allowed.

Terra invicta is a spiritual successor to Xcom in terms of story - aliens have showed up on Earth's doorstep and they are not peaceful.

This leads to a series of human factions with different strategies forming and vying for control over Earth's response, and you control one of these factions.

In terms of gameplay - there is NO tactical turn-based element as there is in the Xcom games. Instead, you control agents that are sent to different regions of the globe to gain control and influence over local goverments. This part of the game plays much more like Crusader Kings - you need to gain territory, research techs, and direct the policy for the nations you bring under your control. It is possible to train armies and use them to occupy territories, but this is extremly inefficient and destructive compared to using influence tactics.

Once you have enough influence to start building space infrastructure, the game shifts from an Earth-centric focus to a solar-system wide focus. You build space stations, ship fleets, and industrialize space in order to take the fight to the aliens.

Terra Invicta is a lot of fun if you enjoy grand strategy, but the game is long by design, so you'll need to be patient to crack the nut and get to the juicy center.
 
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Identikit said:
Just beat gradius 3, a game that I played as a kid but just never beat.

I have been playing through einhander.

This is probably the best space shooter that I have probably ever played so far.

if anyone has some space shootemup reccomendations on retro consoles (up to ps2) I'm all ears. Really never got into this genre.
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Gradius 3 is incredibly difficult. Did you play it on that new PS5 Gradius Collection that quietly dropped in August? That has the best version, the arcade version. If not I'd recommend picking that up and playing the other Gradiuses.

If emulating, SNES has Space Megaforce (insanely good shooter), Super R-Type, Axelay, UN Squadron. If you want something super difficult, and I mean ridiculous, there's R-Type III.

Two extremely good and extremely obscure/cult classics that might require a little more effort to get running: Turbografx-16 has Blazing Lazers, PS1 has Gradius Gaiden.

Einhander is the other one on PS1 that I'd recommend. I played the PS2 variants of Gradius and R-Type and don't remember either making any real impact.
 
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