@Ginger, Get it on Steam.

@Drenius, Sounds worth it to me.

edited 13th Mar '12 4:05:37 PM by MousaThe14

Pffffffffttttt. You seem to be laboring under the delusion that my computer is good enough to play something like that

edited 13th Mar '12 4:07:51 PM by gingerninja666

@ Ginger: Mass Effect 2 and 3 are on the PS3. But for the best experience you should probably play the first one as well which is only on the PC and Xbox 360.

I may have also initially taken what he said about having her jump on him a mite literally, Mousa. With the pogo stick even.

Hey, a new comic from westernbirds, cool.

edited 13th Mar '12 4:13:36 PM by Drenius

Sonova-

edited 13th Mar '12 4:08:42 PM by gingerninja666

>sets an avatar to prevent his name being mistaken again

>fails

edited 13th Mar '12 4:12:48 PM by osias

Stupid X-box, stealing my one chance for a satisfying video game antagonist from me. Damn them!

Get a better computer, acquire steam.

???

PROFIT

It's not that there isn't counteraction from an antagonist. It's more like there's counteraction from multiple antagonists. They're fleeting and many, is the thing.

edit: Now, if you want a scarily competent villain, there is always Xehanort.

edited 13th Mar '12 4:19:11 PM by Enlong

You think I'm made of money, do ya?

Give me an example

edit: duh. It's Square. They're pretty damn good with their villains

edited 13th Mar '12 4:20:06 PM by gingerninja666

its time for the other signs

The end is neigh!

@ginger Sorry. I had to go, but for your earlier question, it focuses more on a plot than previous games and the villain(s), which are at least somewhat competent are introduced early on and make common appearances. (Don't know if you'd like it, just think you'd like it the most)

Well the Welsh have to do something useful with themselves since they have no national stereotype to exploit sans screwing sheep. Obviously you're growing money out there.

Okay, I've fully decided on my own accord to LP a little game called Bomberman Hero! It's, like, the only single-player only Bomberman game. Should be tons of fun!

...dammit. When put on the spot, all I can remember is The Jackal, and the man himself isn't seen in person until the final act of the story. Act one of the story has some scenes where the party is basically dodging the man. For most of the story, the main things you're fighting are actually groups of people, or temple traps and curses. I rather liked the feel of that. It's like, your character is fighting forces and magic much larger than himself. And he's just a kid, who was thrown into this destiny through outrageous circumstance.

You know, if you want a competent villain driving the plot, I think it'd probably be better to suggest that you get an emulator and translation patch, then play either Terranigma or Live A Live.

Live A Live especially has a very powerful, very interestingly characterized villain that nobody would fault you for finding sympathetic at times.

edited 13th Mar '12 4:26:51 PM by Enlong

@crowlover Well, if you had to say they were only somewhat competent... -_-

edited 13th Mar '12 4:25:07 PM by gingerninja666

Not sure how you define "competent" and I have a tendency to use qualifiers like that

Ah yeah, I didn't really think of the Jackal when we were discussing Illusion of Gaia because he's pretty much only in the background for 98% of the story. I think Ginger would enjoy Terranigma too.

edited 13th Mar '12 4:27:52 PM by Drenius

Let's see.

There's the king, The Jackel, the Vampires, the Mummy Queen, The Comet, Dark Gaia... I can't think of many more that are pure villains and not groups or misguided.

@crow I define it as "the ability to get shit done without suffering massive losses"

What about Live A Live?

edited 13th Mar '12 4:29:10 PM by gingerninja666

In other news, today I discovered that I've been here for over 96% of the thread, and yet over a third of the regular posters here predate me.

Live A Live has a main villain whose reach quite literally stretches across milenna. His hatred echos through time and is much bigger than any of your characters.

And his identity? Must not be spoiled, no matter what.

I think the problem with describing Illusion of Gaia's villains is that the main thing you're fighting is a force of nature and the subject of prophecy, while the antagonists have goals and aims that, while they hinder you, aren't intrinsically connected to that main threat. So it's harder for them to be as memorable as villains from Terranigma, Live A Live, or Final Fantasy.

edited 13th Mar '12 4:32:32 PM by Enlong

@ginger I'd say that the leaders are competent but the grunts aren't, personally. (But the incompetence of the underlings may grate on you, I can't say for sure) Then again, they've been operating for quite a long time in-game. (I forget the exact number, 5, 10, maybe 20 years)

edited 13th Mar '12 4:31:48 PM by crowlover

Hah, I like single-player Bomberman games too. Did you try any of the Game Boy Color ones?