So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition
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So I kind of beat Astroboy, got the bad ending but it opens up a whole new time paradox new game plus where you can unlock new areas, remixed stages and bosses. The story changes up as well. Fantastic little game.
Anyway I'm in Greece for the next few days so probably won't be playing much games.
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Forgot to mention I played a few hours of ninja gaiden 2. I loved the first ninja gaiden but 2 is just so much better. It's got the same amazing controls but fixes the big problem with the first game, enemies respawning if their spawn point aligns with the edge of the screen. The game is still tough but enemy placement is way better. Levels also throw in some new mechanics to keep things fresh.
The biggest change to the game is you can have two clones follow you which can be used in interesting ways. The bosses are really great.
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Master of the UniverseJoin Date:Posts: 34705
Id forgotten how lovely this was, all absolutely mint. If I remember correctly they could be had for peanuts at the time.
Original ROM chip was still in the box too!
Tried it out and it still works perfectly.
My old save file is still there too
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Started Beyond the Labyrinth on 3DS. It's a Japanese only rpg from Konami and TriAce which strangely never made it to the west and it's a shame as it's really great. There was a fan translation thankfully but it's a little weird to set up. You need to turn subtitles on and also need to change the language of the game to Japanese so the character name text can appear. It's a bit fiddly, I got it to work on my old 3DS but my XL won't work with the character names which are kind of important.
The game starts off looking like a PC98 dungeon crawler and you are joined by 3 other players as it's a fake online game. Shortly into the game you are transported into a much more realistic looking world with a strange girl who is asking for your help.
The game looks incredible, there's a real Ico feel to the game and the girl you escort and protect is very well animated. The music is absolutely incredible. It's composed by Motio sakurabe who composed the likes of dark souls and the Xenoblade games. It's seriously incredible with some stunning tracks, Profusion of Flowers being a standout.
The game plays like a dungeon crawler but there's no random battles, enemies are visible at all times. The battle system is very unique. You can attack and can change the power of attacks with more powerful attacks increasing the time in the turn order until you can attack again, the timeline is always visible. That's the only thing you can do, there's no magic or even a way to heal.
What makes the battle system interesting is that there is a rock paper scissors weakness system. Attacking an enemy with their weakness fills up a pool of HP which is then given to the next player or enemy that has the weakness that was exploited. This is the only way to heal in the game. It makes the game very interesting as you cant just exploit an enemies weakness as if they attack next turn they will just gain all their hp back. You have to set up your turn order so you can steal this HP from the enemy before they attack and often times it's better to whiff a weak attack than exploit a weakness. It sounds complex but it's very intuitive. There are items to use but they aren't traditional items, they allow you to change affinity or skip turns.
I'm really enjoying the game although there's a bit too much of a gap between save points being my only caveat. What surprised me as well is how funny the game is. There's great banter between the characters with each being a different gamer archetype. Prof is a nerd that loves rpgs, lily is a girl that loves cute things while edge is a really cynical guy that balks at all of the girls friendship speeches.
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It's handy enough. It's more complicated if you had softmodded before and are updating. The method depends on what type of 3DS you have. The site that covers this gives you a handy step by step guide to doing it and I was fine following it for my already softmodded 3DS and my then non soft modded 3DS XL.
It's probably a good thing to do it as you'll back up your 3DS and nand as part of the process. Also it's the only way to get DLC for many games now.
With regards to DLC if you install it through the softmod just trust it's there. If you go into the in game store to see if it's installed the game will uninstall the DLC. Just something to be aware of.
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