What Game Are You Playing Right Now?

Tristan_Geoff · 05-31-2016, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Nah, I'm using ePSXe. I haven't actually saved in-game yet, so I don't know if I'll have problems, but you can save game states, so whatevs.

Dolphin's for GC and Wii emulation though. The problem with that is it wouldn't let me get past the main screen on Wind Waker. Now that I own an actual Gamecube, I don't really need to use it, but if you ever figure it out along the line let me know.

The Batlord · 05-31-2016, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Tristan Geoff

Dolphin's for GC and Wii emulation though. The problem with that is it wouldn't let me get past the main screen on Wind Waker. Now that I own an actual Gamecube, I don't really need to use it, but if you ever figure it out along the line let me know.

Why would I want to emulate Wii games on a computer? Do they even make PC controllers that function like a Wiimote? It's the same reason I haven't tried emulating any N64 games. God I hated that controller. If Playstation only ever did one thing right, it was to kill that controller.

gunnels · 05-31-2016, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Why would I want to emulate Wii games on a computer? Do they even make PC controllers that function like a Wiimote? It's the same reason I haven't tried emulating any N64 games. God I hated that controller. If Playstation only ever did one thing right, it was to kill that controller.

It came in so many cool colors though!

Key · 05-31-2016, 11:47 PM

^gunnels!!!

The Batlord · 06-01-2016, 05:04 PM

Now that I've got my PS1 emulator working I've been playing a bunch of old JRPGs, since they don't require a controller to play correctly. I was kinda shocked just how many PS1 rpgs were so relatively primitive. Most of them are 2D, and just kind of SNES rpgs with a graphical overhaul. Even the Final Fantasy games use 2d prerendered backgrounds. That's not to criticize these games, as I'm currently enjoying the **** out of Suikoden 2, a game that went out of its way to be a 2D rpg, but it's still kind of jarring.

The Batlord · 06-01-2016, 05:53 PM

Oh yeah, and Suikoden 2 is pretty sweet so far. The combat is pretty standard, but from my experience with 4 and 5 that's not surprising, but the selling points from those later, PS2 games, that I remember are that you have a MASSIVE cast of characters to build your parties from, like, I think this game has just over a hundred or something, and you get to build your own army and base.

The first Suikoden I played was 4, and I loved it - even though its combat system was totally generic - just because the world was made up of cool little islands, and your military base of operations that you could build up was a galleon, so you could just sail around like a pirate. But that game is still considered one of the worst of the series.

Then I played 5, which is generally considered the second best of the series, and its story was pretty epic, with another massive cast of characters, and a relatively better combat system, even if it was still JRPG standard. One of the staples of the series is that you get to engage in actual battles, and while 4 had some decent, turn-based naval combat, 5 had a sort of dumbed-down RTS system that took place on both land and sea that was a definite improvement.

And Suikoden 2 is generally considered to be the best of the entire series, so I'm hoping for a brilliant story and some awesome large-scale combat, whatever form it may take. Even at this early stage, where it's basically just a good JRPG, it's still caught my attention in a way that I can't really define, so I'm hoping that that is a very good sign. I doubt that a game that was basically a throwback to 2D SNES rpgs would get such massive amounts of praise, being held up against the best Final Fantasy games even, if there wasn't some serious magic to it beyond just the combination of turn-based rpg cliches with larger battles.

The Batlord · 06-05-2016, 11:59 AM

TFW you drunkenly spend $20 on a ****ty PC gaming controller, that refuses to work, and requires you to install drivers that may or may not contain a trojan, only to find out the next day that you could have just used your 360 controller that already had a cord. And is now working perfectly.

FML.

DwnWthVwls · 06-05-2016, 04:02 PM

Have you played Suikoden I? Also what emulator are you using, I'd love to play some of those games. I bought a ps1, 2 controllers, and a mem card for $20, and all the games I want are like ~$70-80 on Ebay.

I want my FFT back.

Key · 06-05-2016, 04:03 PM

Been really into CS:GO again. Nothing like a good kill streak on good ol' Deathmatch to get the blood flowing.

The Batlord · 06-05-2016, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Have you played Suikoden I? Also what emulator are you using, I'd love to play some of those games. I bought a ps1, 2 controllers, and a mem card for $20, and all the games I want are like ~$70-80 on Ebay.

I want my FFT back.

Welcome to the official ePSXe website

And I have not played Suikoden 1 yet. And here's the god-like rom site I've been using. It has Final Fantasy Tactics. I have it, but have not played it yet.

NDS ROMS PSP ROMS PSX ROMS NES ROMS SNES ROMS GBA ROMS | Emuparadise

Am currently downloading Silent Hill 2.

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