Post about games that are of VIP Quality or need VIPPER attention!
I'll start with Dwarf Fortress for obvious reasons! ( ˃ ヮ˂)
Next up is Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst!
Sometimes I play with Japanese VIPPERs, they often don't speak a word of English but sometimes we swap emoticons! My SJIS for theirs! ( ﾟ ヮﾟ)
If I'm lucky, I'll see a VIPPER or two in TF2! Yes, on Weeabootique, though I rarely play anymore. ( ﾟ -ﾟ)
>>299
I have to hear this everytime I want to play a emulator on my PSP.
Who here plays InfiniteAion?
Since I was back in the states I picked up my copy of SMT: Strange Journey. Piss easy.
Regarding piss easy games:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm11259792
Demon's Souls in 74 minutes
>>303
The bosses are the only thing that come close to kicking my ass, but it's still an awesome game. That soundtrack is amazing.
Bangai-o for XBLA
http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3181152
Disregard the fool who can barely comprehend this game yet feels entitled to show his face and talk about it, there's also some game footage in the video. Hard to say whether it will be as great as the DS version for now, it feels pretty different.
At least the network sharing thing means that really hard stages will be available.
>>306
Looks like I'll have to get some Microsoft funbucks and dust off my 360 for this. I wish Treasure would publish stuff on PSN. ('A`)
If Treasure did a remake of Guardian Heroes with netplay, it'd probably be a major hit like Castle Crashers.
Just got DQ IX. I'm quite enjoying it thus far. Not too far into it, at level 15.
I humbly invite you all to my game of VIPPERS and DRAGONS:
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Umihara Kawase on the SNES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw2yr0cRbGs
This game is really hard to get around in. (And the music, it's too catchy! ( ˃ ヮ˂))
>>310
The sequel is also great as well! In fact, I have a link to a .rar I found that contains both soundtracks, games, the bad manga, and extra images.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9exfkafz
Learning to do the advanced techniques feels good.
Ok, I've just bought a playstation 1 and I don't know what to play with it. Any suggestions?
I feel ashamed to call myself a gamer when I've never played bangai-o and have missed out on the DS version. ＿|￣|Ο
Fantastic list (particularly No One Can Stop Mr. Domino) but I'd add Metal Slug 1 & 2, LSD, Medieval, Dino Crisis 1 & 2, Tekken 3, Rayman and Silent Hill to that.
>>312,314,316,318
Valkyrie Profile
Vagrant Story
DoDonPachi
Raystorm, Raycrisis
Castlevania SOTN
>>315
So what are you doing to solve this problem RIGHT NOW?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEAl4BeTZc0
PS3 VIPPERs, we need to VIP together in Spelunker HD whenever it comes out.
>>320
Sorry, but this games is too ugly for me. I like retro graphics, but I'm not very nostalgic about the amateurish 90's shareware aesthetics. (And the snake in classic mode being negligently drawn smaller and interpolated is just as offensive as the tile set made of royalty-free textures)
That post is gonna sound way too angry, sorry! But the recent wave of botched retro remakes really annoys me.
Guess I'm becoming old. (Which reminds me of a link you VIPPERs might enjoy - http://gamesolderthanme.blogspot.com/)
>>319
I just purchased a copy to fix my shame. I plan on abandoning all of my duties and responsibilities to play this game when I get it.
>>320
HASSURU HASSURU DUN DUN DADADADA DUN DUN DUNNN DUN DUN
Does anyone still have the link to the video of that black guy playing Spelunker in Japanese?
I would like to turn everyone's attention to Frictional Games' new horror game, Amnesia the Dark Descent. I just finished it a day ago and it is probably the scariest horror game I've ever played. Plus it was a load of fun! Highly recommended!
Could VIPPERs recommend VIP QUALITY SNES games? I am sorely lacking in SNES games in general, for I only have Super Mario All Stars + Super Mario World. I'd rather not games that are hard to find or obscenely expensive due to rarity, though.
>>325
That's easy!
Super Metroid
Contra III
Super Mario RPG
Super Ghouls and Ghost
R-type 3
Blackthorne
All the Donkey Kong games
Gradius 3
Super Castlevania IV
Don't forget Earthbound!
Really, though: Age of Mythology is excellent, as is Golden Sun. Just two games that I've been playing this month, at least.
OH YEAH AND THE NEW HALO GAME
>Could VIPPERs recommend VIP QUALITY SNES games?
Shiren the Wanderer
Tactics Ogre
Romancing SaGa 1-3
Shin Megami Tensei 1-2
Dragon Quest 5/6
LIVE-A-LIVE
>I'd rather not games that are hard to find or obscenely expensive due to rarity, though.
oh, you weren't talking about roms. ('A`)
I picked up the new Professor Layton game today. These brain teasers are like crack.
Lord of the Rings Online is now free to play. I play freely. ( ﾟ ｰﾟ)
>>306
Finally some good TGS news: some guys who actually understand what Bangai-O is all about have played the XBLA game, and liked it: http://www.mechadamashii.com/news/news-bangai-o-hd-missile-fury-hands-on-impressions/
That will help me forget about all the other companies focusing on capturing the essence of western gaming through the power of cover mechanics, QTE, and outsourcing.
Hey everyone I have a great idea! Let's make VIP CLUB that's outside SAoVQ proper, where we have to register identities to join!
>>340
Thank you so much. It's just as good as when I first saw it. Shinu no daiyo~ HASSURU HASSURUUUUU
I am currently obsessed with Umihara Kawase Shun DS. I picked it up a while ago when somebody mentioned it on SAoVP, but gave up because it was so difficult. I recently got into it, after getting skilled enough to clear some more stages. The learning curve for the controls is never ending.
I'm partially obsessed with unlocking the illustrations. I couldn't find the illustrations online, so I'm filled with a burning need to collect them all. I'm not sure if I'll ever get the illustration for clearing every single door. Some of the difficult-to-reach exits require frustratingly exact maneuvers. I will often have to spend hours trying to clear just one small level, often having to refer to video walkthroughs.
The worst thing is that I have huge hands and a tiny DS, so my hands and fingers cramp up like crazy. This game leaves me in great physical pain, and eats away hours upon hours of my life, yet I keep playing. In short, I highly recommend it.
Get a DSi XL it's what I did and it is awesome.
On a related noted Drinking whiskey and playing What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord is about the most fun a body can find on a ronery Saturday night.
Why hasn't someone made a VIP Quality doom mod for ZDoom. Seems like it should be easy, just change the monsters and players into boon/daddycool/etc.
>>344
I don't know.. I'd be scared of getting banished from the area for shooting daddycool.
Obviously, the player character should be DADDYCOOL. The marine's portrait on the HUD can be replaced with DADDYCOOL!
>>346
That's a great idea! And the monsters would be unVIPs not worthy of his area and he goes around killing them.
The ending of the new Professor Layton game made me cry like a little bitch. I didn't see that coming.
>>348 Tsk-tsk, such language...
I have yet to play that game, but I'll get it someday. How was it?
Oh dear god, it`s AMAZING.
If anyone's playing Atelier Rorona, I've got a good start on a wiki, http://atelierrorona.wikia.com/. Been copying/translating parts of it from a couple jp sites, but my nihongo isn't very good. Additions, comments on improving the organization, etc... would be appreciated.
>>350
I think I'll try out the Layton games. I have been hearing good things about the series and I don't want to miss out.
http://img.secretareaofvipquality.net/res/749.html
Is the VIP steam group still active? I haven't been able to get an invite. ｡･ﾟ･(ﾉД`)･ﾟ･｡
Hello friend VIPPERs, the Dynasty Warriors Online closed beta is in fact not closed. Maybe you should play!
I'm loving Vanquish so much now. I haven't played a single player game for 5 hours straight since Bayonetta.
Spelunker HD is a magical and beautiful game. It's everything I hoped and wished it would be. Online co-op with six people is way too fun. If any VIPPERs have this, we need to play it and die together.
Has VIPPER picked up the new Hokuto no Ken game?
It's pretty fun!
Except for all the many parts where you must guess which parts of the scenery are destructible or be forever trapped in a maze of waist-high rubble!
I bought Assassin's Creed Brotherhood for PS3 yesterday, but I never got to play it because I got high and passed out when I got home.
However, if any VIPPER has PSN and wants to assassinate everyone together in multiplayer, let me know!
>>360
I may get it; I have roughly fourteen dollars left after buying Bomberman Ultra. I'm debating between it and a few other titles, however.
Maybe Crescent Pale Mist, or Sonic Adventure.
Today I am going to tell you a true story about Minecraft Survival Multiplayer, a tale of love, cubes of dirt, and bittersweet revenge.
Today I went to a random public server, and was informed upon arrival that it was only a temporary map, since the server mods had yet to be updated. As a result, it was a free-for-all server. I walked out a bit and began to build. Then I was killed. I walked out somewhere else, and got a little further. I was killed again. I repeated this two more times, until frustration got the better of me. I knew what I had to do. I had to get revenge on the virtual society that continued to strike me down.
I walked in one direction for miles, never letting go of the 'w' key. I didn't look back. I passed over countless atolls, crossed countless mountains, and swam through oceans and seas. Finally, when I felt I had walked long enough so that no other player could find me, I began to dig.
I mined and mined until my arms could mine no more. Just as I was about to give up my quest for revenge, I stumbled upon diamond. Beautiful, gorgeous diamond. Making copious use of the item duplication glitch, I crafted myself diamond swords and full diamond armor. I collected everything I needed, and then I was ready. I typed /home.
Upon my return to spawn, I went on a quest to kill any and every person upon whom I stumbled. I watched other bandits burn down people's houses, and then killed the bandits myself. People began to accuse me of griefing and hacking, but my misanthropy was undisturbed. I felt that this was a task granted to me by the devil himself.
Then, I found him. That beautiful, innocent lumberjack. He was innocently whacking a tree, trying to collect wood and saplings. With a few slices of my diamond blade, I smote him without pause. But as soon as the life had slipped out of him, I immediately felt a twinge of regret. "I just wanted to plant all my saplings! ;-;" he cried. My heart twisted at his words. Why was I, a cold-blooded killer, now feeling pity for this worthless peon? I hated to admit it, but it was love.
When he returned, I gave him a rose. I gave him a diamond sword. I gave him every sapling I owned. He thanked me and left, but did not return my love. A dejected count of Monte Cristo, I moped in my cave, finally coming to terms with the deep isolation inherent in revenge. It was too late, I could not win his love.
I walked aimlessly for a while, killing people along the way, but the initial energy in my ruthless murders was gone. It was then that I stumbled upon a couple, far far away from the spawn. As I came closer, I saw the two names: my love, and another man who I will only call R. My blood bubbled with rage. This was too much! I couldn't take it! I calmed myself however, and got out a loaf of bread that I had been saving, intending to offer it as a gift. Perhaps if I could make peace with these two men, I could learn to stifle the need for revenge in my heart. I was ready to turn over a new leaf. I happily crossed the wooden bridge to their humble little hut, and threw my loaf of bread upon the ground.
Then without warning, R pulled out a diamond sword and began attacking me! I screamed in pain, quickly took back my loaf of bread, and ran away. How could this happen? Was there no such thing as good-natured people in this world? My love only stood and laughed as I fled the scene, eating my bread to stay alive. When I had escaped the scene, R retreated, but it was too late for me to leave him alone anymore. I turned back around and set fire to his wooden bridge. I relentlessly began whacking him with my own diamond sword, every last bit of humanity escaping with every blow. It was a bloody, dishonorable battle.
Then, an explosion of tools and items. He had died! Victory! 'But wait,' I thought, 'those look like my tools and items!' And indeed they were. R, who was still alive and moving, picked them up, the glorious victor. I slowly realized: it was not he who had died, but I. Why then, had I not returned to spawn? Why did I still have half a blinking heart left? Why could I still walk and jump like a living being?
Then I realized that although I could move, nobody could see me. I walked right through my love and that bastard R without them noticing. I could not pick up items or take damage. I was a ghost. A minecraft ghost, left to invisibly wander the lonely lands of this public server in search of revenge, never again to find love or happiness. I tested my ghostly powers on one unsuspecting fool who was passing by. I found that my ghostly diamond sword still had the power to strike people down. Although he could not see me, I could still kill him. Whatever minecraft gods or devils there may be, they had seen the need for revenge in my heart, and in an ironic twist given me the ultimate revenge body.
I knew what I had to do. I hunted down R. I stalked him as he walked around, gloating to others, "I got full diamond armor from some hacker I killed." Little did he know what fate lay in store for him. I began to enact my ghostly rage upon his naive neck, striking him as he walked. "Wtf," he typed, "why am I taking damage?" As much as he struggled to escape his invisible pursuer, he could not escape. My fury knew no end. Though breaking through his diamond armor was a long and arduous task, he could not fight back. My poisonous hatred slowly cut away at his armor little by little, no matter where he wandered.
Finally, I cut away the last of his armor. "wtf" he typed again, his mind clouded with confusion. In desperation, he leaped into the ocean, but minecraft ghosts can swim too. He scrambled onto a lonely island, his last retreat. He could have pleaded with me all he wanted, and I would not have held my blade. With one last swipe, I removed his head, and all my old items came spilling out of his deceased body and spilled onto the ocean floor. My revenge was done.
I returned to spawn and continued to haunt that cursed server, killing every unsuspecting miner upon which I stumbled. They could not see or harm me. I was the ultimate mob. But as a ghost, I would never again be able to feel true love.
>>366
I wish I still played minecraft to understand all of this, but I can't take a year off.
I do enjoy a good Monte Cristo-like tale, but alas, I'm afraid to play minecraft. It took me years to stop playing nethack and it's best to avoid addictive game of that sort.
On another note, just bought the euro version of Agarest since I'm almost done with Cross Edge. Why is a still in the shrink wrap import game cheaper (including shipping) than the crappy US download only version?
>>361
About Ken's Rage: I have never played a dynasty warriors game before, but when playing this game, it feels so obvious that you are supposed to play this game with a spear it's not even funny.
(Also, when playing as Kenshiro, the sequence "punch, grab, punch during grab, run with grabbed enemy towards commander" might as well be an invincibility cheatcode)
I want to play more Spelunker HD, but Pac Man Championship Edition DX is slowly stealing my life away. I just broke 1,600,000 pts on Championship II.
I just got Vagrant Story in the mail. This game is intimidating.
>>373
Just forge a different weapon for every monster in the game and you'll have no trouble finishing the game in less than 200 hours!
I just finished getting all the endings for 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors for DS. I highly recommend this game. The puzzles are super easy, but the story is engaging. The best part about the game is its morbid atmosphere, seasoned with a good sense of humor.
Been playing King's Bounty: The Legend. Its pretty fun tactical RPG. Not particularly hard. Yet.
Anyone following the news about Dark Souls?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsB-8IKjVgk
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/02/01/dark_souls/
Knowing that Bandai is involved already makes me fear the worst for multiplayer (Scraping soul sucking baby's nail only $4.99 BUY NOW)
>>378
I thought FROM SOFTWARE was publishing it themselves in Japan and Bamco is releasing it elsewhere.
Also, any VIPPERs planning on getting Marvel vs Capcom 3?
> I thought FROM SOFTWARE was publishing it themselves in Japan and Bamco is releasing it elsewhere.
It is the case, yes, but given that this has been negotiated right from the start (instead of long after Euroland has given hope in the case of NB publishing the 1st game) I find it reasonable to expect a publisher known to sell level-ups to have no difficulties in strong-arming From Software to do this sort of bullshit. And having publisher for the rest of the world, they probably won't be allowed to have an English translation in the Asian version.
>>379
I'd consider MvsC3 if it's a comped/Promo copy (b/c although I would definitely play with others... I am a PC GAMING type of guy and don't have these newfangled consoles).
>>378-380
I dreamed I was in the world of this game last night, exploring some sort of tower city carved into the body of a gigantic hollowed-out tree. One blue phantom sacrificed himself to give me a chance to backstab a black phantom. Then we met a NPC who looked just like the surviving blue phantom and I realized this was a trap and the two attacked me. Then my two attackers turned into pokémon. Then it became a bit weird.
MvC3 is ridiculous and fun as hell.
I have recently bought a pack of 4 new dreamcast VMUs for €10. What overlooked old games should I burn? Especially those that were Japan or USA exclusive.
I've tried playing Shenmue again. Wish I hadn't! Hard to believe my decade-younger self enjoyed this boredom and waiting simulator.
>>384
Can you read Japanese? If so, try DeSPIRIA. From what I've seen, it's a drug influenced horror RPG from Atlus in the old days. I haven't played it myself (never owned a Dreamcast!), but damn, it's creepy looking!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGwOxTyHPFk
hhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbczKZvj-5U