30 Days of Gaming PC Challenge - PLEASE READ FIRST POST Page 3

Started by Captain Fabio April 19th, 2011 12:31 PM
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Saryka

Seen July 16th, 2013
Posted July 16th, 2013
3,499 posts
16.2 Years
Day 03 - A game that is underrated
Final Fantasy VIII

I've written a few posts in the Video Games forum about why I think this game is totally awesome. I know that it doesn't have the most likable main character (Squall's face is like this >:( for 90% of the game and D: for the remaining 10%), but I really did enjoy the storyline and the world. Some of the other characters were pretty cool too - Quistis Trepe being one of them. Hell, I even liked Seifer. I think what turned people off the game was the battle system: "drawing" magic from your enemies and "junctioning" them to your stats to make you stronger. If you look past that (it's hard to learn but not horrible once you get the hang of it), FFVIII's a pretty good game and still one of my favourites.

Plus, it had the funniest boss theme. :'D

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Zeffy

g'day

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Seen December 1st, 2022
Posted January 30th, 2021
6,395 posts
14.1 Years
Day 3: A game that is underrated
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (GBA) - One of my favorite GBA games actually. It had a nice RPG element to it, like leveling up to learn new spells and such (from what I remember). I loved the music too! I remember 100%ing this game (which I NEVER do) so I had all spells, all chocolate frog cards, the works...and someone erased my file. :[ I've never been able to achieve that again and haven't really played ever since. D: But if you're a fan of the series, I say give it a shot. Not enough people have played it and for a game based on a movie/book, it's very good! Not the most beautiful game, but... -searches for my copy-

Spoiler:
I liked that game. ;D

Day 03 - A game that is underrated
Final Fantasy Tactics / War of the Lions
No, not advance. :| That game sucks eggs. I don't see lots of people around here in our place who plays this game, its such an awesome game tbh. The story is quite superb, a bit dark and sad. But overall, the game is really good.

Margot

some things are that simple

they/he
Seen April 16th, 2022
Posted February 25th, 2019
3,662 posts
17.3 Years
Day 01 - Your First Game
Donkey Kong Country for the old school 90's Nintendo, omg I miss this game so much. My brother and I took turns when we'd lose a round and my dad would get involved when we were too frustrated to keep playing. My mom sold this game and our nintendo to our neighbors before we moved and believe me, there was crying involved.

Day 02 - Your Favorite Character
ACHTUNG BABY! Klavier Gavin. This was actually really hard because I adore 90% of the Ace Attorney characters but I really like what they did with Klavier. Up until AJ, all the prosecutors you face are out to smash your soul and literally kill you in the process to win. This time, the prosecutor is on your side and all he wants is justice, ja? Not to mention he's a prosecutor by day AND A ROCK STAR BY NIGHT. My hero.
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Day 03 - A Game That is Underrated
Perfect Dark? I'm actually not too sure what games people think are highly underrated. I just know that in my stash of videogames my friends care about that one the least and I don't know why. The missions are really fun imo and they have a lot of great games mixed into it when you're not following the storyline. I still play it from time to time although I never did get to be a perfect dark agent :/

~Ryukaa

total nerd

Age 26
Male
Melbourne, Australia
Seen April 5th, 2021
Posted September 16th, 2015
1,328 posts
15.9 Years
Day 03 - A game that is underrated.
Inu-Yasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel. This was a game made by Americans, based off an anime. Now, if you look at the game, you can see the presentation for it... wasn't that great. It looked like something straight from RPG Maker. Even so, appearance is only appearance. Once you start the game, it's actually pretty fun. It can be too easy, or sometimes the bosses have a ridiculous difficulty spike, but overall, it's not a bad game. This is definitely one of the DS games that has been looked over, with people not even giving it a shot. Even though the game is trying to promote America. In Feudal Japan. It's worth a try. It can be funny at times, and challenging. Trust me on this one.

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Age 30
Female
The Milky Way
Seen October 22nd, 2013
Posted December 19th, 2012
929 posts
14.6 Years
Day 03 - A game that is underrated
Star Ocean 3: Till the end of time is pretty underrated, imo. Everyone I talk to has never even heard of the star ocean series, and if they have, they've only heard of Star Ocean 4, the more recent release. It's a great game with a pretty fun battle system, devastatingly hard optional battles, a great storyline, and probably one of the best soundtracks I've ever heard in a game.
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derozio

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Akihabara
Seen June 27th, 2020
Posted August 16th, 2019
5,514 posts
14 Years
Day 01 - Your first video game:

Well, to be totally honest, I don't remember the first video game I ever played. But yes, I've had this console which was sorta like the NES and we had these cartridges which had a lot of games in 'em. Mario was one of those. And must say, I was hooked in those days. I don't really like platforming games now, I'll admit. But back in those days when I was totally new to the gaming scene, I had fun with Mario. :)

Day 02 - Your favourite character:



Haha, do I even need to say it? In case you didn't get the hint, I'll spell it out : That guy is Dante from the Devil May Cry series of games. But you know what? It has been only a few months since I started playing games from the DMC franchise. And out of four games that were released, I could only play the third and the fourth installment because the first and the second installments were strictly console-only games. Still, the fact that this character became my favorite video game character in such a short period of time is something. There are quite a lot of things that I like about him - One of those being the fact that he never gets intimidated by anybody and spouts nonsense which infuriates the bad guy even more. XD; For example, I look at these dialogs:

Cerberus: Leave now, mortal! The likes of you are forbidden in this land. You, who are powerless, are not worthy to set foot here.
Dante: Wow, I've never seen a talking mutt before. You know in a dog show, you'd definitely take the first place.
Cerberus: You, a mere human, make a mockery of me?
Dante: Easy, Fido! How about I take you out for a walk? Come on, puppy. Let's go!
Cerberus: You'll regret this you worm!
Dante: It's showtime. Come on!

The boss is several times bigger than dante. A picture of him:
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The differences in their size:


...and then we move on to fight him. n_n; Apart from his attitude, there are quite a lot of other things that make him badass. And I love badass characters! XD; He can be serious at times, too, if required. But then again, he knows when to joke and when not to. The thing is, he is very powerful. And he knows it. This is what makes him spout one-liners around bosses because he knows he'll defeat 'em. In fact, in the games, it seems like the character never has any problems defeating any boss character. Even though the player may have to go through hell to defeat any particular boss. The bosses ARE hard. But after every fight, Dante is like 'Yeah, this was so easy'. So, in short, I love him because he is:

i) Badass: His attitude. I love it. Dante is, in fact, badassery personified.
ii) Cool: I find him 00ber cool. :DDD
iii) Funny: Just watch this. Beware though, may contain dialogs not suitable for people of all ages.
iv) Is better than GARY ************* OAK Is VERY strong
v) He is loveable. <3;

I like his brother Vergil too. But not as much as Dante.

Day 03 - A game that is underrated

Okami? I've heard SO MANY good things about it. Even the critics were pretty damn impressed. Plus, it was a game which Devil May Cry creator 'Hideki Kamiya' (a genius) himself made. Although I never played it, I think it wouldn't hurt to say that it is an underrated game. It had it all - innovative gameplay, good fights and storyline but still failed to make rake in the mullah. As for the games I have played - I haven't really played many games which didn't, ultimately, turn out to be big hits. And I don't know if this game would fit into this category because I'm not aware of how popular it was, but eh, here goes nothing - Real Wars. A real time strategy game. I first played it when I was probably 9 or 10 and I used to love it. Can't really think of any other game.

Eruption

Age 27
Male
North East England
Seen April 4th, 2020
Posted November 17th, 2017
6,316 posts
17 Years
Day 03 - A game that is underrated

PMD games - A lot of reviewers gave it negative comments, but I thought it was a nice little fresh break from the usual pokemon format and the storylines have tended to be amazing.

I don't particularly think its that underrated but its hard to think of underrated games these days.
Female
Seen July 10th, 2013
Posted September 8th, 2012
135 posts
12.5 Years
Day 03 - A game that is underrated

Osu! Tatakae! Ouedan! - I couldn't find many people who knew about this game... so I guess it's kind of underrated in my area? This game's a really good rhythm game with funny mini-stories scattered all over. Regardless of the language, I would really recommend this game just simply because it's fun. >:3

ShinyMeowth

Gone forever

Age 26
Male
Greece
Seen March 23rd, 2012
Posted May 14th, 2011
397 posts
12.4 Years
Day 03 - A game that is underrated

Well, this obviously does not apply here, but the Pokemon games are considered childish and silly by many people out there, who fail to see anything beyond "catch animal, fight other animals, repeat". Again, this is pointless to say here, but I need to add that the plotlines (especially in Black and White), and the complex gameplay algorithms (Like the formula that determines the amount of experience gained after battle) are definitely not characteristics of childish games. Heck, they could make the experience gain algorithm "enemy_level^2", and still get away with it if it was aimed for little children only.

Shiny ★ Meowth

WriteThemWrong

LetMeHearYourPokemon's___ Voice

Age 31
Male
Tucson
Seen September 22nd, 2011
Posted June 19th, 2011
1,130 posts
14.3 Years
Day 03 - A game that is underrated

Mechassault for the original Xbox. It was one of the first games I had for the Xbox and was the first game I became competitive about. Xbox didn't have a great launch lineup and Xbox Live was still getting started, Mechassault, along with a few other titles, helped Xbox develop a fan base and made Xbox Live popular. And since then online console gaming is huge, so anything that helped start it is very important.
They confiscated my monkeys.
Dammit sky!
It's hard talking to cactus.

I think my head is dying
It's like being trapped in a room of smells

King Of The Blues

Still got the Blues, For you.

Age 29
Male
The Emerald Isle
Seen July 17th, 2011
Posted June 23rd, 2011
223 posts
12.2 Years
Day 03 - A game that is underrated.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. - PS2.

Why do I think it's underrated?

In my opinion it's a very good but it doesn't get the recognition it deserve. This game is over-shadowed by Vice City, deservedly so, but VCS is a game you would easily forget about. It has a good storyline and characters and graphics roughly the same as the original Vice City. It has good and challenging missions and has sad and revengeful ending.
1952 - GARY MOORE - 2011

Captain Fabio

Age 33
London, UK
Seen November 4th, 2021
Posted November 2nd, 2021
12,193 posts
17.1 Years

Day 04 - Your guilty pleasure game.
Well, this is tough really, because I don't think I have a guilty pleasure game. But if I had to pick any, I guess it would be that new dance game for the Kinect. Don't know what it is called and I don't have it, but my tutor brought it in to University randomly and I went on it, it was so much fun but I don't even know why. However, the novelty wore off rather quickly.

Mr Cat Dog

Frasier says it best

Age 32
Male
London, UK
Seen September 29th, 2017
Posted July 12th, 2017
11,344 posts
19.1 Years
Day 04 - Your guilty pleasure game

Star Wars Episode I: Racer (N64): This game came in a bundle with Ocarina of Time and GoldenEye 007 and I played THIS one the most. THIS ONE. I think I'm just a sucker for racing games anyway, but there was something about the cool high-tech spaceship racing, as well as the desert locations of it all. Looking back on it, it probably wasn't really any good, but don't let 10-year-old me know that!

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Saryka

Seen July 16th, 2013
Posted July 16th, 2013
3,499 posts
16.2 Years
Day 04 - Your guilty pleasure game.
Dance Dance Revolution: EXTREME (PS2)

I got that DDR: EXTREME for Christmas one year and I was hooked. My friends called me a loser for being so addicted to that game but hey, I was getting exercise from it! So it can't have been too bad. :P I used to be pretty good at it but I haven't played it in a while. I should change that...

Margot

some things are that simple

they/he
Seen April 16th, 2022
Posted February 25th, 2019
3,662 posts
17.3 Years
Day 04 - Your guilty pleasure game.
100% any sims game :P I'll go a year without playing the sims and then they'll come out with a new awesome expansion and i'll go on sim playing binges and just waste days on it. If that generations expansion comes out, you bet i'll be wasting more time on it :'D it's so fun but so unbelievably pointless too.

Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years
Day 4: Your Guilty Pleasure Game
Rugrats Scavenger Hunt (N64)
- I believe this was one of my first N64 games. It gets bad ratings overall, because it's basically a board game on a N64 cart. But I found this game very fun, and still do! And there's only 1 board I actually like playing. The one where you have 5 broken statues that you have to find all the pieces to before Angelica finds the pieces to her one statue. The music and sound effects used to scare me and make my eyes well up for some reason (it still happens and tbh, it's happening as I type this...I've always been this way lol). But yeah. No shame in still playing it! I have NEVER finished the Reptar board though and I STILL don't understand it.

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Posted February 5th, 2017
6,779 posts
15.5 Years
Day 04: Your Guilty Pleasure Game

Probably Final Fantasy VII on the NES, which I just got today. I generally don't get poor knock-off games, but this is a large step above the normal Chinese bootleg games that I see. The combat is so slow and repetitive, the music is really irritating after a while, and flashbacks are cut out or done horribly, but it has a sort of charm that I didn't really find in Final Fantasy VII.

I'll be damned if I tell any of my friends that I enjoy this game.

-weeper

Age 30
Male
Canada, Alberta
Seen January 16th, 2020
Posted December 17th, 2019
73 posts
12.2 Years
Might as well jump in. A little late, so I'll catch up on everything.

Day:
01
Question:
First video game
Why:
I can't remember what it was exactly, but I believe it was Crash Bandicoot for the Playstation. Granted, it could have been a game for another system, but the one I remember playing first was Crash Bandicoot. I remember just being stuck on the first level and running around the beach pointlessly. Never actually got far in it, but it is still a memorable game because it was my first.

Day: 02
Question: Favorite character
Why: I haven't really thought of this sort of question before. I typically just power through video games, so it's not like I get attached to a specific character. If I had to choose a favorite character, though, it would be Moosh from the Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages. He really isn't a majorly important character, but I've always liked him. He's a freaking flying blue bear. What's not to like?

Day: 03
Question: Underrated game
Why: I'm more of a mainstream gamer. I generally don't poke my nose into games that aren't popular or haven't received lots of praise. However, it isn't to say I haven't played games that aren't unknown. I wouldn't exactly call my pick completely underrated, but when I ask the majority of people what the game is, they have no idea what I'm talking about. The game I chose was Golden Sun. I'm not referring to Golden Sun DS, but the original Golden Sun for the GBA. It wasn't that popular (at least not when you compare it to other RPGs like Final Fantasy). However, it's a great game that is tons of fun.

Day: 04
Question: Guilty pleasure game
Why: I don't really have any guilty pleasure games now, since most games I play are commonly accepted as okay for a teenage male to play. However, a few years ago, my guilty pleasure game was Maple Story. Yeah, many people played it, but the people I was friends with (and still am friends with, mind you) didn't exactly approve of it. They viewed it as a stupid, childish game where you run around beating up mushrooms. True enough, but it was fun and addicting. To each his own.
Age 30
Female
The Milky Way
Seen October 22nd, 2013
Posted December 19th, 2012
929 posts
14.6 Years
Day 04 - Your guilty pleasure game
Wow, that's a hard one. I'd probably have to say Eternal Sonata. Everyone passes it off as girly, and I would get butchered if my friends knew that I've played it through several times through.
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WriteThemWrong

LetMeHearYourPokemon's___ Voice

Age 31
Male
Tucson
Seen September 22nd, 2011
Posted June 19th, 2011
1,130 posts
14.3 Years
Day 04 - Your guilty pleasure game

Cityville on Facebook. It's not even that great of a city simulator but I got into it when it was in beta and just couldn't stop.
They confiscated my monkeys.
Dammit sky!
It's hard talking to cactus.

I think my head is dying
It's like being trapped in a room of smells

King Of The Blues

Still got the Blues, For you.

Age 29
Male
The Emerald Isle
Seen July 17th, 2011
Posted June 23rd, 2011
223 posts
12.2 Years
Day 04 - Your guilty pleasure game.

The Sims.


A little bit more info.

This is a tough one and out of all the games I've played this is the game that comes closest to a guilty pleasure game. I loved playing The Sims: Bustin' Out and The Sims: Urbz In The City on the Nintendo DS and PS2.

Other Sims games I got was The Sims 2: Castaway. It was alright but not great.
The Sims 2: Pets. I found that to be a good game.
The Sims 3. It was alright but eventually got bored of it.
1952 - GARY MOORE - 2011

Alternative

f i r e f l y .

Age 30
Male
Adelaide, Australia
Seen July 4th, 2020
Posted December 21st, 2019
4,258 posts
14.3 Years
Day 04 - Your guilty pleasure game
Y'know, I don't really think I have one for myself. There really aren't any games which I would cower and hide from everyone else because they don't like them. Buuuuut if I had to choose one of the games that I play, it'd have to be something like Yugioh 5D's Decade Duels (Xbox Live Arcade). It really is fun and all, and it reallly isn't the game I'd go around telling everyone that I play it. Yet any game can be a guilty pleasure game, so long as there are people who think it's terrible that you play it.

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* Spoilered for bigness.
Female
Seen July 10th, 2013
Posted September 8th, 2012
135 posts
12.5 Years
Day 04 - Your guilty pleasure game

Uh... Yu-gi-oh Spirit Caller for the DS. I'm fairly sure that barely anyone knows what Yugioh is anymore, so I would be laughed at for playing a game like that. >_> It's quite interesting though... I find it so fun to just pound those smarmy jerks into the ground with my deck, so yeah...

Captain Fabio

Age 33
London, UK
Seen November 4th, 2021
Posted November 2nd, 2021
12,193 posts
17.1 Years

Day 05 - Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were).
This is pretty hard. I don't really know of any characters that are similar to me; maybe Leon S. Kennedy in the looks department, not the coolness department.
I guess I would choose Leon from Resident Evil 4. I blooming love that guy so much that I even cosplayed him. Sad right? I know, but he is just very cool.

Razer302

Three Days Grace - Break

Age 32
England
Seen November 22nd, 2022
Posted December 13th, 2018
3,368 posts
17.1 Years
Day 04 - Your guilty pleasure game

YuGiOh tag force. I love this game on the psp. its amazing. and its seen as being for kids. Well thats what my family say anyway. 0

Day 05 - Game character you feel you are most like (or wish you were)

Luffy (one piece grand battle)

I cosplayed him when I went to london mcm last year, i love his characcter and some of the things about him that he does like with his friends I wold also do for mine.