games you played a lot but never beat
pic related. so tedious

>ITT OP Traumadumping his retardation.

Stick to Nintendo, level5 games are too Kino for you faggot. To eveyone else play Dark Cloud 2. Best ps2 era jrpg and one of the best games ever made.

>>713464832
>being contrarian is my identity

>>713464667 (OP)
I'll get around to beat it one day. I stopped cause some levels forcing you to play characters I hadn't built was the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

>Dragon Age Inquisition
My game compy was genuinely cursed and everything had about 100x the hp as it should. I managed to use mods to turn myself overpowered and it barely made shit faster but once I got to the Tresspasser dlc Ironbukl was genuinely unkillable. None of my mods gave unkillable to anyone and I didn't given him any gear to be unkillable either. I was so passed off after the miserable playthrough I endured and never found out why my game was so fucking cursed. It didn't flip the difficulty on my ass nor did the modifiers turn on it just was a genuine break. I YouTube the fucking end of the game and feel so cheated but the game was shit (to play) anyway. The only other time I experienced a nonexistent bug was in Thief 2 where a quest flag on the final mission never happened no matter how many times I restarted and I also was unable to complete that game. Despite that I still had fun plaything through it unlike DAI.

>>713464667 (OP)
I finally beat it this year. Never give up.

>>713466814
It's more contrarian to dislike this game than to like it faggot. Look at the scores.

used a codebreaker for infinite water and still didn't beat it.

it's long game but I don't remember there being anything too hard?
I beat it as kid, some bosses took many tries.

>>713470242
it's one of those pseudo-fun games so it's easy to get burnt out

>>713464667 (OP)
It was alright. Fishing for diamonds to upgrade your weapon was tedious for sure and the city building was retarded too
>here's some buildings you can arrange any way you want to build the town however you like it :)
>actually there is only one very specific layout the town should be in otherwise the townies aren't happy and you don't get rewards
This is the kind of game that could benefit massively from a remake. Some tweaks and fixes here and there and we got a banger on our hands

>>713466814
>levels forcing you to play characters I hadn't built
I don't remember the game ever forcing you to use a specific character other than swapping for just a second to activate a switch and then you're free to switch back

>>713470242
it's not about the difficulty but the jank.

>>713464832
You fucking wish it could kiss Super Mario Sunshine's heel. both DC1&2 were always bad, and even aged worse. There are good ps2 games, these are not one of them. Good aesthetics for the cover tho, almost makes you think that you're playing a good game.

Kinda game you're playing when you don't feel like playing an actually good game.

>>713471882
limited zones forced you onto one character

>>713472412
dark cloud 2 is a good game, you smoking. Fixed all the jank of the first.

>>713472691
Level5 did better with DQ8, then you also get Radiata Stories made by Tri-Ace.

I could get to the end of the Raptor campaign in no time in Jurassic Park on the Genesis but I could never figure out how to beat Grant. I honestly thought you were just supposed to lose.

>>713464667 (OP)
I never beat the elden beast. I couldn't be arsed getting those holy damage mitigating items.

I still have 3 floors left of the final dungeon of the sequel. I really should finish it, but god damn is it a fucking slog at that point.

ps2 niggers so poor, they dont even know ps1 niggas are better

>>713473547
man this game looked so fucking good for a ps2, I remember falling in love with its screenshots in a magazines. I've been promising myself i'd replay it for the past 10 years but I always procrastinate and just play the same safe shit like civ 5 or some stupid online game.

>>713474202
It runs perfectly in emulation, so what's the holdup? Put that shit inside your spare time RIGHT NOW
Lin best girl. God her voice does things to me

>>713474337
>Best Girl is available only temporarily
>Her life is destroyed and there's nothing you can about it

Dark Cloud 1 is an incredible game. Dark Cloud 2 is completely garbage. One of the most obnoxious pieces of shit I've ever played. DC2 fags get the rope

>713474998
>he wants attention
(You)

>>713475038
Kill yourself

>>713464667 (OP)
Yeah, I had the same problem. It also would have been better in my opinion if you just kept playing Toan and had various abilities instead of all these different goofy characters. The constant switching was annoying.

>>713464667 (OP)
Norune village is such a good starting area, I always end up dropping replays of the game after the desert area tho.

this game is fun enough if you just do the main quest but if you want to try to do some end game farming gems its a pain in the ass

>>713475690
yea its super cozy especially at night.

>>713475690
I fucked loved building and arranging it

>>713464667 (OP)
The tedium is why people like these games. It's always feels like you are progressing in some way.

>>713477113
the thirst and weapon breaking mechanics were not what people enjoyed about it at all, on the contrary.

>that OST

I have my PS2 and dark cloud 1. Is it worth getting a copy of 2 or should I just try setting up an emulator?

>>713464667 (OP)
dark cloud is really good. did you get stuck on the pirate underwater dungeon?

>>713464667 (OP)
Strange Journey

>>713478208
you can get disk only for $20 dollars or less, but I like the first game better

I love dark cloud. it's just a grinding game to make the strongest weapon you can possibly make

>>713464667 (OP)
Rogue Galaxy.

I've played it 3 times but every time I reach the final dungeon, I lose all interest.

The grind in that game is just too much and having to change guns for every other fight sucks ass too.

>>713464832
I broke a controller in rage playing Spheda, but Monica's leopard print bikini was kino to young teenage me.

think this game is underrated

>>713478858
I can't get into rogue galaxy it reminds me too much of alundra 2. and I hate that game

>>713471882
Certain dungeon floors forced certain characters. I spammed items for those floors since I only ever leveled up the main man.

>>713478985
>he didn't level up his cat gf for insane ranged damage
Shiggy diggy

Boring Zelda ripoff

>>713478823
>post your favorite weapons

>>713479080
you never played the game. it's more like Azure dreams but you upgrade weapons and buildings instead of Pokémon

>>713473547
My save got corrupted after 30-40 hours when I was a kid and I just didn't have it in me to do all of it again. I had literally just gotten my first real "gun" and was super excited to use it. Got home from school and it just wouldn't load. Utterly heartbroken.

>>713479080
>played nothing like zelda
>zelda ripoff
I hate when anons say somebody got their opinion off of youtubers but it definitively suits you right now

>>713464667 (OP)
>>713466814
filtered

>>713474202
It's one of the finest things ever made on PS2. I even grew to love Spheda (the camera thing was kind of nonsense though).

>>713479313
tuff break. did you accidentally reformat your memory card?

>>713479493
>rtx tough
fuck me

>>713479261
>>713479379
No, you guys. He wears green. GREEN. Therefore, zelda ripoff.

>>713464667 (OP)
the final boss is fun desu and that laser it shoots deals a lot of damage. Dark Genie was hard as a kid. The ending is generic tho its what you would expect.

>>713479493
Nah, if I'm remembering correctly the save file just broke. All other save data on the card was fine, I just couldn't load that specific save.

>>713473547
>final dungeon
>he doesnt know
It doesnt end at Griffon btw and there is a post-game ending final level in the cave, the boss is Dark Genie. He is in a cave.

>>713479130
Big Bang easily.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB8goMvu3Xo

>>713479379
He's only saying that because there was a magazine at the time of the game's release that called Dark Cloud a zelda killer or some gay journo shit
Fuck they are a plague

>>713479876
did you actually do that or are you posting some random utuber video?

>>713480123
random, just a google search i didnt wanna download the image

>>713479698
I only rented 2 and didn't like it much, but I know how it feels to lose save progress

>>713480174
have you beaten dark cloud 1?

DC2 is a cool game but the missables were annoying.

>>713480265
yes long ago when i was like 12, dark genie is the final boss, never did the 100 floors tower i got filtered at like floor 50 when those mask wind guys start appearing that one shotted me even when using gameshark with infinite health because its not really infinite it just regens instantly so if a move 1 shots its over.

there is so much fucking grinding in dark cloud 1

>>713480424
do you remember what weapon you had?

>>713480439
>broken dagger glitch in your path

>>713480557
even then...

>>713477375
>>that OST
Absolutely based. The flotsam circus theme gives me Italian carnival vibes and I fucking love it. Shame they never made a third game. If they had made one that time traveled and tied into the creation of the dark genie and the atlamillia it would have been amazing. Then release a dlc where you break the cycle marvel style with the heroes of all the games making cameos and participating in some kind of mass effect 2 final battle. Would have been masterclass... What could have been. Same shit with MegaMan legends 3.

>>713480513
I think Dark Cloud unevolved because I liked how edgy it looked compared to 7th Heaven. I was & still am an edgelord.

you can get some insane numbers in this game

>>713480608
I loved the 7th heaven it looks amazing

>>713480675
it fits in some other game like Zelda Majoras Mask it has that type of art novuau look to it or whatever its called. I prefer how the serpent sword looks, its more simple & its just like a Falchion or something like that, just a basic but beautiful cutting sword.

Steambot Chornicles is somewhat similar to Dark Cloud 2, but i found the former more fun.

is it just me or are there parallels between dark cloud and Azure dreams?
>minus the Pokémon collecting and weapons collecting fusions instead

>>713480603
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6I02SnhLjo

MY NIGGA

>>713480771
it's not even the best weapon though, and gets kicked out of the line up pretty quickly if you know what you're doing

>>713480850
is it a randomly generated layout dungeon crawler?

>>713479080
>GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN
>HAAÀAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wX_C_YoscM

loved that location so much. So fucking ethereal.

>>713480956
yes, and you can rebuild the city

>>713480956
>>713481040
warning. Azure dreams is fucking hard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvRwd2Thwys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwoXKyCGT2c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDlcOC37bB4

idc what anyone says I loved this game back in the day on PS2. I even did the 100 floor demon shaft at the end.

>>713480771
>I prefer how the serpent sword looks, its more simple & its just like a Falchion or something like that, just a basic but beautiful cutting sword.
This. My favorites were serpent sword, shamshir seventh heaven, crysknife and chopper, in that order. Serpent sword looked like it was made of orange volcanic glass. So cool.

>>713480937
I dont remember whats optimal in that game. I havent played it in maybe more than 15 years. I'm a FF kinda guy now even tho that series is dead too unless they finally return to form while learning about modern JRPGs that evolved their systems & didnt let themselves be stuck in a dead past. these RPGs & JRPGs in general still got a place in gaming but devs dont know how to pull them off anymore.

>>713481103
I don't even have to click on those links to agree with you. dark cloud kicks ass

>have a rare sword
>stone faggot
>whack him a few times
>sword breaks and disappears

>rent it
>it's fun
>magic of buying blank discs, downloading .isos
>all the games i want all the time
>lose interest and never beat another game

>>713481103
this is the most beautiful song by far even my mom liked it when i was playing:
https://youtu.be/Z04VsGHisuM?si=IbytGRrd-cc0Y_V7

>>713481189
we seem to have the same likes. I'd recommend playing it again now that you know more. dark cloud is worth multiple playthroughs

>>713481320
abundance dulls our senses. For real.

>>713481278
thats why i played with gameshark with infiniite auto-repair powders & no thirst. Game was more fun this way. The survival mechanics were so retarded for a game of this kind.

>>713481189
I don't want to go off topic, but what's the last recent jrpg you've played?

>>713480878
>MY NIGGA
Mein Nigga.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHskdcfrkV8&list=PL7704DD431172739B&index=5&pp=iAQB8AUB
What do you even call this kind of music with castanets and... Is it an accordion??? It gives me a feeling of hiraeth or saudade...

>>713464667 (OP)
I really wanted to beat this game but I got hardlocked on a level that forced me to play as a character I never levelled up, and all my weapons were broken and I had no repair powder

>>713464667 (OP)

Same with Dark Cloud 2. I liked the story and had a crush on that one girl as a kid but never fucked with the city aspect

>>713481528
try it again, and level up all your friends weapons

>>713481528
>>713481604
even the sling shot. it's op early game

>>713481348
idk i bet, like i know there is soul in that game a fuck ton of it even in the town building aspect but i dont feel like it right now. its a game that went underappreciated because of its main gameplay "loop" of dungeon crawling which can be tedious but i found it comfy & then returning to the town over & over there is something to that routine happening in different enviroments, seeing the town slowly grow & at the end of a chapter you feel so accomplished like you really made meaningful change in a place you will leave behind to continue the journey then do it again somewhere else, etc. Feels good man.

>>713464667 (OP)
Morrowind. I always get distracted with sidequests but still haven't beaten the main quest.

>>713481446
all that series yes i made this vid
https://youtu.be/Pw4LPSEOMoA?si=leLS_QB-C-FfyYPg&t=2004

jrpg i dont remember which one was the last one i played, some fromsoft slop. Elden Ring again at a friends house im pretty sure. Turn Based man i dont know i cant recall brains foggy. I think it was FF2 just to be a completionist it sucked and it was too easy.
Right now I'm playing Kenshi & I'm almost done with all of it I already saw all I had to see & I'm strong enough to kill Cat-lon & be done with it, but thats not a JRPG its a CRPG. It was fun, legit one of the most original settings i seen in fiction.

>>713481103
God this game fucking BLEEDS soul. Is there anything made in the last decade that dark cloud or other PS2 RPGs remind you of. I know it's a hot take, but I also liked FFXII zodiac edition...

>>713482503
FF12 gameplay sucks but the characters that are not vaan are so cool they carry that game. Gabranth is a really good villian, he is one of those duty above everything niggas that cannot forgive himself because he failed his job so he self imposes as punishment being a lapdog of the empire, dude got ptsd and just wants somebody to kill him so he is free from his self imposed sentence.

>>713482115
>Ranks is FFXII an A.
My nigga.

>>713482764
the dialog is really good, possibly the best voice acting in all of FF, not in gaming but definitely top 10 for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLpAripIK_Y&ab_channel=Dreamboum

>>713482701
>>713482701
>FF12 gameplay sucks but the characters that are not vaan are so cool they carry that game
Ive played some MMOs so I didn't mind the change to combat too much, but I understand the critique. Managing the AI gambit system is tedious. But the art, design, world, quests and writing were all generally pretty good. Story was a bit on the simple side. Like you said though, Vaan is overshadowed and it hurts it. Also the music is fantastic.

>>713482875
>possibly the best voice acting in all of FF
Agreed, Fran, balthier and ashe steal the show. Bausch was good too.

>>713464667 (OP)
>tfw this was one of the first games i ever played
well not exactly the first game i ever played but it was the first time i was old enough to understand video games and what to do in them

>>713481595
>Same with Dark Cloud 2. I liked the story and had a crush on that one girl as a kid but never fucked with the city aspect
Monica and Fran just are just, fucking damn. That rabbit is a semen demon.

>>713478910
both DC1 & DC2 are underrated because they require patience & grinding. Due to the town building i think its a good game for women as well, they love doing that shit.

>>713464667 (OP)
Never fully completed Etrian Odyssey 3. They did the Yggdroid dirty and the combat felt the most basic out of all the EO games I've played. The sailing part was pretty fun though.

>>713472412
>Super Mario Sunshine
the biggest piece of shit mario game?
the 3.5/10? that's the game you want to dickride today?
you are the most tasteless faggot I've ever seen on this board

>>713481726
I'm actually sitting on real jrpgs I've never played before. idk what I'm waiting for
>live alive, romancing saga 2 revenge of the 7, (dei) dq3. all on ndsw

>>713464667 (OP)
I suppose I can say that I never beat Dark Cloud, because I used a cheated file that had infinite auto-repair powders.

>>713464667 (OP)
same, I've gotten to the last dungeon and building the stupid portrait back up or whatever is just not nearly as engaging as playing Sim City or building a mech inbetween the grind

>>713483391
>it's good for woman
no shit dude my little sister loves this shit. after years of fighting over the game she finally gave it to me, but she took Digimon world psx from me from her ninja faggot boyfriend PARSONS IS A FAGGOT LOSER

>>713464667 (OP)
I played the demo that came in the PS2 demo disc

>>713483391
>DC1 required grinding
usually when people say "grinding" they mean repeating the same level over and over again. The "Required grind" in Dark cloud 1 and 2 was progressing through a 30 level dungeon and there only being 10 unique levels in that dungeon.

>>713484213
remember when Playstation underground was fucking awesome?

>>713484021
>same, I've gotten to the last dungeon and building the stupid portrait back up or whatever is just not nearly as engaging as playing Sim City or building a mech inbetween the grind
Based take. Gundorada and Ixion were peak. Shit blew my child mind.

I bet nobody here can beat me up his game in the next 24 hours

>>713484631
>nobody here can beat this game

no one here is good enough to try and beat this game in 24 hours

>>713484631
>>713484672
It's fucking long, not hard.

>>713484795
it's possible to beat it in 24... it's based on rng and luck

>>713484886
Nobody is impressed that you beat this game in less than 24 hours. And nobody has time for impromptu "bets" that involve them spending the next 15-20 hours straight replaying some game from their childhood.

dark cloud was the first gotcha game for ps2, excerpt you don't spend real money

>>713484982
I never said I did if played this game post your favorite weapon in jpg form

>>713484886
>>713484631
good for you that you are a speedrunner cuck but you are autistic this game is better enjoyed slowly taking your time building the town however immerses you. Its about the friends made along the way.

>>713464667 (OP)
They really just put Link on the cover and called it something else, huh

>>713485297
this is why normies compared this game to Zelda. Just because Toan has middle parted hair and a green hat.

>>713485262
cope and seethe

>>713485063
>Gatcha game, but your waifu can randomly break, and you have not not only re-pull her, you also have to start leveling her from scratch.
How long until they actually try it?

>>713464667 (OP)
Special little Early PS2 title. Town Building is awesome and for its time there was nothing like it. Imagine that a big ass RPG where you can build the world around you however you want it, but there's a level of mastery to it. Always so cool to go from the build view to the ground level and explore things up close. Was incredible. Also the music is all synthesized on the PS2. Love the opening theme still https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gJ3qHyqCa4 and the game itself being one of those titles that separated the PS2 from the Dreamcast - predating the Xbox and Gamecube it was a summer game for me. I played it all Summer long in 2001 and have fond memories of figuring out all of its systems and earning new gear. It feels like a game that could only exist in that moment where developers were still figuring out how to make PS2 games. Also the drinkable water in Dungeons always looked ridiculously pretty the way it rippled dynamically.

>>713479130
Super Steve

>>713485485
running dungeons is gotcha. I hope they don't do it

been ages but I remember trying to work out Broken Dagger rules
apparently going through one whole WHPs cycle didn't remove the negative values

>>713485790
super Steve is op.... but

I love this game I don't want it monetized

>>713485841
>favorite character
>the old man

it's very hard trying to find good official artwork now

>>713478208
If you can find one. Works fine on an emulator, though. It's definitely worth playing. They rebuilt the engine to fix a lot of the jank the original has. Still has a bit of jank, but it's less of a kick in the balls

>>713485841
what was your last city?

>>713485841
>everything deleted

>>713479698
Brutal. Out of all the playthroughs I've done, this game has never corrupted on me. I wonder what caused it.

I played this for hours and hours just driving around using the replay editor... launching cops off that bridge too

>files too large

>>713486689
fuck off dude adults are taking. play your gay game

>>713479785
That's the dungeon I was talking about. Griffon's castle was a breeze. The Zelmite Mines takes damn forever. What frustrates the hell out of me is that not even killing things from there can level Monica's transformations at a decent rate. Who thought it was a good idea to make the xp gain so low and have pretty much every one of them be next to useless aside from the Gemron? You can't even turn into one of the cool Gunrons or other variants.

>>713470242
People are talking the grinding and how you can instantly ruin hours and hours of grinding in an instant because you broke your gear

>>713479785
if you had 3 wishes what would they be ?

>>713479785
pick your wishes retarded!

>>713486689
stuntman was way better

get good Wishes GL!

>>713487020

>I'm going to fucking kill you
>paise 5000

>>713486937
a loyal fertile gf
a very stable and simple job
9999 more wishes

>>713488006
Its the dad of Toan, Super Steve says some shit in that fight hinting that Pendragon might be Toan's father.

Also
>100 floor post game dungeon
>Get 600 attack weapon that you are never going to use anyway because you already did everything

Chronicle 2 should have been the evolution of Chronicle 1... like in Dark Cloud 2

For some reason I've 99.x% completion on all the PS2 GTA games. Did all the secrets, collectathon shit, etc... but I just couldn't bring myself to beat them, even though it'd be trivial. Some weird hangup I had. Maybe I'll replay them some day.