What are you playing right now?

[Skyblade]

hmm.. last thing i read was that they pretty much canceled the release and translation for the other country's
since i can read/understand japanese.. its a bit hard to play

I don't read Japanese either. Nevertheless, you can pick it up fairly easily, you just can't get too deep into the systems.

Not being able to read any of the ability names means I'm kind of out of luck for picking which abilities to train or even how to swap them out.

But Ace is easy to pick up, and the controls are really intuitive. Most of the systems will even explain themselves if you stick with it long enough.

Controls:
L Button - Brings up the quick menu (let's me switch characters with <- and ->, but that's all I know about this menu)
R Button - Centers camera behind player, or Locks on to a target (huge help, since it also lets you see Counter indicators)
Analog - Movement
D Pad - Camera (useless)
Triangle - Primary Attack
Circle - Special Ability (Unique to character, utilizes a gauge which charges as you attack)
Square - Magic
X - Block/Dodge

The gameplay itself is really fun. Like Kingdom Hearts but with no jump ability. Each character plays pretty differently, with different attacks and abilities. And you can at least tell where to go on a map without needing to understand the language.


As I said, I got this in anticipation of the fan translation (which I've plugged twice in the Type-0 forum but nobody seems to be interested in), which is looking really good, and the video previews of their translation can give you an overview of the setup, enough that you'll be able to tell what's going on as you play through (most of it, there is one set of scenes that are a little disjointed involving members of the Milites military, but since they don't interact with anyone I know, they could be doing anything).


Honestly, I cannot recommend this game enough. It really is some of the most fun I've had with a Square title in a long time. It's pulled a lot of good elements from all over their works (I can see influence from VIII, VII, Tactics [the original], KH, and plenty of others), and combines them into an absolute gem. Check out the promo vids on the translation page, and then try to get at least the Japanese demo. This game is great.

[Shaibana]

yeah, but i always play for the story so that wont do any good in Japanese :P

[Gamblet]

My mom brought me a game called Sacrifice, it is interesting so far.

[Karifean]

I started Final Fantasy IV Advance a while ago. I'm now flying all over the world trying to find out where to go. I noticed a town called Mythril and an isolated cave next to it, but the latter seems unreachable.

The combat system is still a mystery to me. The damage dealt by attacks seems to be pretty random, ranging from 200 to 900 in some cases (against the same enemy). Sometimes a character randomly gets two turns in a row even though their ATB gauge reset (seems like a glitch). Many weapons have a rather absurd miss chance (Rosa is the only character who can reliably use bows).

[Shaibana]

i wanted to play DMC again after The Last of us, but somehow im just really not in the mood for it...i just dont know what to do now that i finished that game :P

[Hollycat]

Mortal Kombat, Arkham Asylum, Skyrim, and Jak and Daxter HD.

Yesterday I platinumed Zero Escape, Virtues Last Reward. If you own a Vita or a 3DS and/or like room escape games (it's less room escape and more mind trip story) you will love it.

[Araciel]

Chronicles of Mystara and Marvel Heroes.

[Pike]

I was playing a ton of Endless Space but then I kept getting buttmad at it and rage quitting. Fortunately then the weekend hit so I got to play some FFXIV ARR I think I may end up buying it!

[NeoCracker]

Now, for the first time ever, playing Alpha Centauri.

I did a test run basically to figure out how the basics of the controls worked, and now the real fun begins!

[TrollHunter]

Star Ocean Till The End of Time

Once it stops bugging out on me I'll finish Disc 1.

This game does a lot of things to piss me off... but it has so much charm and depth I can't help but forgive it.
I can't stay mad at this game.

[Lonely Paper Star]

Tokyo Jungle, mostly. I unlocked much of the predator class animals up to cheetah. Trying to get the bear (which you unlock through hyena) and the panther (which you have to unlock through the cheetah) is a bitch.


Also, I've been dabbling in Tekken Revolution. It's not bad. It's pretty good for a free-to-play, though.

[magewarrior]

Playing some old psone classics on my android tablet with an emulator. Right now I'm playing Alundra which reminds me a lot of Zelda A Link to the Past. It's about a young man who can cross into people's dreams and must defeat boss battles and solve puzzles that are causing some of the townsfolk to have nightmares. It's a very action oriented rpg with many puzzle elements mixed in, very solid with a great story. And I'm also playing Arc the Lad 1 (part of the Arc the Lad Collection) the first game in the series is a lot like Shining Force except there's very little time spent exploring instead it focuses more on battles more than anything else although I must say this game is beautiful, some of the cutscenes are very good for a 2D RPG.

[Renmiri]

Elder Scrolls Online. Beta looks awesome

[Pike]

Nothing because I have to write this month and it's terrible

[Pumpkin]

I want to take a hiatus from FFIV because they died ;_____; and I want to protest.

But that's what I will be playing again in a few days.