The Energon Pub

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Just Cause 2:
All 49 Faction missions completed! Still, plenty left to do in this obscenely large map. (Over 600 square miles)

I'm assuming that's more than the first one, right? And the first one was MASSIVE.

[Shadowman]

Just Cause 2:
All 49 Faction missions completed! Still, plenty left to do in this obscenely large map. (Over 600 square miles)

I'm assuming that's more than the first one, right? And the first one was MASSIVE.

San Esperito was 391 square miles, which, yeah, is pretty sizable. By comparison, GTA San Andreas was something like 14 square miles, Cyrodiil in Elder Scrolls IV is 16. Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall still holds the record, at a whopping 300,000+ square miles.

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Just Cause 2:
All 49 Faction missions completed! Still, plenty left to do in this obscenely large map. (Over 600 square miles)

I'm assuming that's more than the first one, right? And the first one was MASSIVE.

San Esperito was 391 square miles, which, yeah, is pretty sizable. By comparison, GTA San Andreas was something like 14 square miles, Cyrodiil in Elder Scrolls IV is 16. Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall still holds the record, at a whopping 300,000+ square miles.

Holy what the crap.

[Shadowman]

Just Cause 2:
All 49 Faction missions completed! Still, plenty left to do in this obscenely large map. (Over 600 square miles)

I'm assuming that's more than the first one, right? And the first one was MASSIVE.

San Esperito was 391 square miles, which, yeah, is pretty sizable. By comparison, GTA San Andreas was something like 14 square miles, Cyrodiil in Elder Scrolls IV is 16. Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall still holds the record, at a whopping 300,000+ square miles.

Holy what the crap.

To be fair, much of Daggerfall is randomly generated; if they hand-made everything, they'd likely still be working on it today.

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Just Cause 2:
All 49 Faction missions completed! Still, plenty left to do in this obscenely large map. (Over 600 square miles)

I'm assuming that's more than the first one, right? And the first one was MASSIVE.

San Esperito was 391 square miles, which, yeah, is pretty sizable. By comparison, GTA San Andreas was something like 14 square miles, Cyrodiil in Elder Scrolls IV is 16. Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall still holds the record, at a whopping 300,000+ square miles.

Holy what the crap.

To be fair, much of Daggerfall is randomly generated; if they hand-made everything, they'd likely still be working on it today.

Yeah, I figured as much. But still, that's a lot of explorable space.

[SlyTF1]

Just Cause 2:
All 49 Faction missions completed! Still, plenty left to do in this obscenely large map. (Over 600 square miles)

I'm assuming that's more than the first one, right? And the first one was MASSIVE.

San Esperito was 391 square miles, which, yeah, is pretty sizable. By comparison, GTA San Andreas was something like 14 square miles, Cyrodiil in Elder Scrolls IV is 16. Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall still holds the record, at a whopping 300,000+ square miles.

I really want to play Daggerfall. Do they still sell it?

[Shadowman]

Just Cause 2:
All 49 Faction missions completed! Still, plenty left to do in this obscenely large map. (Over 600 square miles)

I'm assuming that's more than the first one, right? And the first one was MASSIVE.

San Esperito was 391 square miles, which, yeah, is pretty sizable. By comparison, GTA San Andreas was something like 14 square miles, Cyrodiil in Elder Scrolls IV is 16. Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall still holds the record, at a whopping 300,000+ square miles.

I really want to play Daggerfall. Do they still sell it?

Bad news: No, they don't sell it anymore

Good news: It's freeware, and there should be a download on Bethesda's site.

[SlyTF1]

Just Cause 2:
All 49 Faction missions completed! Still, plenty left to do in this obscenely large map. (Over 600 square miles)

I'm assuming that's more than the first one, right? And the first one was MASSIVE.

San Esperito was 391 square miles, which, yeah, is pretty sizable. By comparison, GTA San Andreas was something like 14 square miles, Cyrodiil in Elder Scrolls IV is 16. Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall still holds the record, at a whopping 300,000+ square miles.

I really want to play Daggerfall. Do they still sell it?

Bad news: No, they don't sell it anymore

Good news: It's freeware, and there should be a download on Bethesda's site.

I only saw Morrowind and Oblivion.

[The Happy Locust]

CastleVania: Portrait of Ruin
Cleared the second painting by taking out an Egyptian Seductress. She killed me near instantly by taking over Jon. Not sure what I did differently the 3rd try but she went down before I realized the fight was on. Go figure.

Having never played a MetroidVania game before, I have to say it's quite fun.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Note to self: never take large breaks when playing an RPG.

*ahem* Last I stopped I just saved Princess Peach from Petey Pirahna. Right, learned two new moves from the two Toadsworths when Bowser decided to kidnap her again. Sheesh, if it's not the Shroobs it's him! While fleeing he fell into one of the many time holes, leading to Thwomp Volcano.
After a long trek, I reached the top. And as you may expect it erupted. *groans* I took shelter in a labratory, which belongs to a familiar character: E. Gadd, or at least a younger version of him. Of course, flaming debris rained down and set the place on fire. With the tikes I doused the fire, and led to a temporal anomaly in which the future E. Gadd gets inspiration from his past self and invents the Hydrogush 4000 to put the volcano to rest.
Right, as I'm about to enter the top I'm stopped by mr. and mrs. Thwomps, who are both upset. Mr. is depressed and mrs. is angry, and I'm forced to fight her. After defeating her mr. Thwomp kindly let me into the Volcano (after being bumped away by the mrs.), and now, I'm nearing Bowser. Keep your fingers crossed.

[The Happy Locust]

Epic Mickey
Oswald basically told me to get the *** out, but in a kindly cartoonish way of "There's a giant rocket, go to it". Headed through a few projector screens to Tomorrow city, but found it under attack by the blot's creatures. Cleared the usual sidequests to reach the rocket, but found it's parts had been stripped. The first was up in PeteTronic's lair.
Yes, PeteTRONic. I had a Tron disc battle with a blot possessed Pete. This is surprisingly epic.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time

OK, that was... gnarly. Bowser and Baby Bowser teaming up. Shouldn't that have resulted in a...

TIME PARADOX (Insert Metal Gear reference)

After a long battle, they were blown out of the volcano, so all is well... Were it not for the Shroob Mothership's ill timing. It blew a hole in the side of the volcano and sucked up Princess Peach! After her!
The Mothership is rather small, but the Shroob Guardians, the only enemies, are no joke! I still survived it, only to run into an ambush devised by... Peach?! O no, it's actually Princess Shroob in disguise! Just as it looks like I'm gonna be Shroobified, one Shroob is taking pictures and blasts away at the other Shroobs. It's Kylie! OK, enough with the disguises...
Kylie shows the key she found earlier and brings the gang to some kind of device at the core of the ship. She uses the key and activates it... only to trigger a trap door.

...

While Kylie is bumped off to parts unknown (not to me, she lands safely in Yoshi's Island, on Toadbert's head), the gang lands in a Shroobified Toad Town. Let's get out of here!

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I have to admit, Jelly, I have no idea what that post means. Twists and turns everywhere in that plot, it seems!

Metroid Prime:
Still exploring. Having fun with that Wave Beam. Heading to the Research area and taking on/down/out Space Pirates. Let's rock.

Drift City [PC]:
Well, I hit Level 30 and STILL haven't finished the tutorial yet. Still at Station 1 of 4 of City 1 of 4. I'm taking my sweet-ass time, working on unlocking cars and a title that gives me some extra cash as a bonus effect.

Minecraft [PC]:
There're big things goin' down in my friends' server. A bunch (if not all) of us are in Creative Mode so we can improve our town. New buildings are going up, railroads all over, Glowstone illumination to keep the Endermen out, etc. I tell you, this power... This Creative Mode power... It feels SO GOOD.

Now if only Minecraft didn't smegging use Java so it would stop crashing all the effing time.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I have to admit, Jelly, I have no idea what that post means. Twists and turns everywhere in that plot, it seems!

That's not even half of it. Thankfully, I think I'm past the craziest part now in short:

- Beat Bowser and Baby Bowser, both get blown out of Volcano
- Princess gets sucked up by Shroob mother ship, Mario bros. give chase
- Ambushed by Shroobs, Princess turns out to be fake all along
- Saved by Kylie Koopa, who disguised herself as a Shroob
- Kylie uses the key she found earlier, triggers a machine, and a trap door
- Kylie lands on Yoshi's Island, Mario Bros. land in Shroobified Toad Town.

Get it now?

Mega Man ZX Advent
Started on Ashe's story, with the Raider Pursuit first, then the Train with Buckfire the Gaxelleroid. Now I have a choice between the Tower of Verdure and the Ice Floes. Rospark or Chronoforce...

[The Happy Locust]

Epic Mickey
Still trying to retrieve some missing rocket parts. Went to the jungle, found some pirates who had been evicted from their base. Ran some local missions to help them regain Tortooga, then moved on to Skull island. Found a device that was converting the pirates to cyborgs. Disabled and reversed it, saving said pirates. Erased some anchors that were holding down a ship so I could raise it. Up top, found the true antithesis to Robot Captain Hook.
Yes, I refer to... PETE PAN! (not a typo)
Ran as fast as possible away from the green-tight wearing brute to the pirate ship.

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
More exploring and finding weapons. Found a bitchin' spell, but my DS reset (grr...) and I lost it. It was a random enemy drop so little chance of finding it again.
Story wise, defeated Stella, found a locket that revealed Wind's identity. Found my 3rd painting, "the Nation of Fools" (I'm home! ) Explored it and found a surprisingly epic boss made of a multi-eyed creature wearing a giant orb of corpses/bodies. It's name was Legion.

[Shadowman]

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow:
Beat Balore, a giant with one laser-beam eye, and two angry fists. Doing so netted me his soul (I can punch people now!) as well as access to the Giant Bat soul, which gives Soma the "Turn into a Bat" ability that Alucard once used. (He might still use it, I haven't played Dawn in a while) Not far from there was a small room containing a bath, a Succubus, a Lilith, and something wonderful probably happening. Farmed the Succubus, since that, along with Giant Bat, is one of the three souls I need for the best ending. And like Locust, my next target is Legion.

EDIT: Legion = Dead. It helps that I picked up the Claimh Solais, the most powerful weapon in the game. And on the way, I nabbed the Flame Demon soul, the last of the three souls I need for the best ending.

Sonic Adventure DX:
Talk about your impulse buys. I saw a friend of mine playing it on Steam, and had the sudden urge to play it myself. It still confirms my belief that Sonic can't work in three dimensions; all that speed is useless since it's nearly impossible to properly control.

Finished Sonic and E-102's stories. I did a couple missions as Tails and Big the Cat. Despite Big being voiced by goddamn Duke Nukem, his gameplay makes me want to punch a cat. Really hard. it's a glorified Fishing Minigame, which I'm normally cool with, but failing a catch means you lose a life then and there. I got two game overs before I completed his first mission.

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In before yiffing.

Sonic Adventure DX:
Despite Big being voiced by goddamn Duke Nukem, his gameplay makes me want to punch a cat.

"I've got balls of yarn."

Minecraft [PC]:
Finished the Moldy Crow. Need to get the landing pad done and show y'all some screenshots. That and play some more Jedi Knight.

Finished building a wheat/watermelon harvester behind the giant tower my friend and I made in the New World, the largely unexplored region to the east of our town. We wanted to make it look like Half-Life 2's Citadel, but it looks like AIDS, so that's what we called it. The front of the AIDS Building has, in giant glowstone letters with lava flowing from them, its name at the top of it, visible from far, far away.

Viewtiful Joe [Gamecube]:
Cleared the first level. Man, this game is fun as hell.

[Shadowman]

In before yiffing.

If I yiff with anything, it isn't anything from Sonic...Cheetara on the other hand...

Sonic Adventure DX:
Cleared Knuckles and Tails stories, all that's left is Big "Worst fishing mini-game ever" the Cat and Amy "Gratuitous and entirely unwanted panty shots" Rose.

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If I yiff with anything, it isn't anything from Sonic...Cheetara on the other hand...

I'm okay with this.

Sonic Adventure DX:
Cleared Knuckles and Tails stories, all that's left is Big "Worst fishing mini-game ever" the Cat and Amy "Gratuitous and entirely unwanted panty shots" Rose.

When "Sonic" and "Fanservice" are used together, the results are going to fall in "do not want" territory.

Lunia [PC]:
Well, the Achievement system is in now, and some of them seem like you pretty much can't get them unless you buy RL$$$ items, reset your character, etc. Not that I really give a crap, mind you.

[Shadowman]

When "Sonic" and "Fanservice" are used together, the results are going to fall in "do not want" territory.

Also she's canonically 12 years old. So...yeah, that's a nice tall glass of "Do Not Want."

Psychonauts:
To commemorate the release of this on Mac (Odd that they'd do it nearly a decade after the fact) Steam has added achievements to this, so I figured it's a good time to go back and play it again. Just finished the Brain Tumbler, and next I have to deal with Linda the Lungfish. (As voiced by David Kaye!)

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When "Sonic" and "Fanservice" are used together, the results are going to fall in "do not want" territory.

Also she's canonically 12 years old. So...yeah, that's a nice tall glass of "Do Not Want."

Hey, cool, nausea.

Psychonauts:
To commemorate the release of this on Mac (Odd that they'd do it nearly a decade after the fact) Steam has added achievements to this, so I figured it's a good time to go back and play it again. Just finished the Brain Tumbler, and next I have to deal with Linda the Lungfish. (As voiced by David Kaye!)

Ah, so that's why there was a sudden resurgence in folks playing it recently. Now too bad there isn't some kind of anniversary re-version of Grim Fandango. I want to hug Tim Schafer.

[Shadowman]

When "Sonic" and "Fanservice" are used together, the results are going to fall in "do not want" territory.

Also she's canonically 12 years old. So...yeah, that's a nice tall glass of "Do Not Want."

Hey, cool, nausea.

Want to see that change into full-blown vomiting? In Sonic Heroes, both Amy and Cream get that treatment. Cream is, mind you, six years old. I have no idea why they would do that. Mind you, Sonic Heroes wasn't awful, and I certainly don't remember seeing that, but still.

Sonic Adventure DX:
BEATEN! Christ this game needed more work. It was good, but it needed more work. Sonic just can't handle the third dimension. It's why I prefer Mario.

That said, if they release Sonic Adventure 2 on Steam, they can consider my money theirs.

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When "Sonic" and "Fanservice" are used together, the results are going to fall in "do not want" territory.

Also she's canonically 12 years old. So...yeah, that's a nice tall glass of "Do Not Want."

Hey, cool, nausea.

Want to see that change into full-blown vomiting? In Sonic Heroes, both Amy and Cream get that treatment. Cream is, mind you, six years old. I have no idea why they would do that. Mind you, Sonic Heroes wasn't awful, and I certainly don't remember seeing that, but still.

I feel bad every time I see that Sonic logo when I boot up PSO.

Minecraft [PC]:
Went in again. Wheat & Watermelon Harvester crops not yet ready for harvesting. So instead, I built a thin tower all the way to the ceiling of the world near our village and wrote "TROLLOLOLOLOLOL" in glowstone all the way down it, on all four sides.

My friend built a bomber jet in the sky with some redstone circuits in it that start the TNT payload countdown, then drops said payload. We want to build a tiny model city on the ground for the bomber to bomb.

Saints Row 2 [PC]:
Did some more co-op with a friend. Finished the Mayhem near the Red Light hideout, earning us 15% crib customization discounts and the chainsaw launcher.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

When "Sonic" and "Fanservice" are used together, the results are going to fall in "do not want" territory.

Also she's canonically 12 years old. So...yeah, that's a nice tall glass of "Do Not Want."

Hey, cool, nausea.

Want to see that change into full-blown vomiting? In Sonic Heroes, both Amy and Cream get that treatment. Cream is, mind you, six years old. I have no idea why they would do that. Mind you, Sonic Heroes wasn't awful, and I certainly don't remember seeing that, but still.

I feel bad every time I see that Sonic logo when I boot up PSO.

And that's as far as you guys should go. You don't know even *half* what fans are capable off when it comes to Sonic... Just turn around and move away slowly...

*stares at Cream*

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Crossed Toad Town and found a pipe leading to Star Hill, my next destination. Before that though, I jumped into the Time Hole next to it to return to the present and do some necessary things: shopping, exploring other areas and refilling my health for free.
Star Hill (not the same one from Super Mario RPG and Paper Mario wasn't so hard of a climb, but the Handfakes were toublesome. On the top, the Cobalt Star reacted and revealed a spirit inside, telling me to go to the Star Shrine. Why is Baby Luigi crying?

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And that's as far as you guys should go. You don't know even *half* what fans are capable off when it comes to Sonic... Just turn around and move away slowly...

*stares at Cream*

I'm from the internet. I know all about what they've done. inb4 R34

Post-Apocalyptic Mayhem [PC]:
Figured I'd try this free weekend. It's goddamn terrible. Gameplay is atrocious, vehicles oversteer, physics/gravity are almost as bad as Drift City. Got an Achievement for adjusting settings in the Options menu. WTF? Promptly uninstalled.

Super Smash Bros. Melee [Gamecube]:
Didn't have time to do a full Adventure Mode, so I started some Challenges. Think I got through about 3 of them. At the one where I'm supposed to 'jack Captain Falcon's coins as the kid from Earthbound. Getting owned. I don't think I've ever played as this character before. Guess I'd better SHOW HIM MAH MOOOVES

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess [Gamecube]:
Found it complete at a pawn shop for $15. It even had the Nintendo Power subscription card with the really bad "Link up with a great offer" pun.

Started playing and my brother walked in. He checks out the game's case and asks what's up with the wolf. I tell him that Link gets turned into a wolf or something. My brother says, "Oh, so that's what they mean by 'Twilight.'" FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Started the game and needed a name for my horse, my noble steed. I name the horse "KITT," of course, and say, "KITT, I NEED YOU, BUDDY" whenever blowing into the grass to summon my ride, and refer to dashing as Super Pursuit Mode and jumping over stuff as Turbo Boost. Yes, I'm awesome like that.

Then I realized that the horse is female, since it's Epona. Hurm. Ah well.

I wanted to call my character "Zelda" to see what would happen, but I called him "1337" instead. Got to the part where it's Link's day off and, geez, he still can't catch a break. So I was supposed to summon a hawk to get a cradle to give to a milfy chick to get a fishing rod to catch a fish to feed a cat to return it to its owner to buy a slingshot, just so that some dude would give me a wooden sword.

Y'know, the Zelda games have been part of the "Adventure Series" since the start, but this seems a bit more like point-and-click adventure to me. Not that I'm complaining!

I'm currently in the forest, fighting off monsters on my way to save a kid and capture a monkey. Or something like that. I think I'm going to have to buy some more lantern oil soon.

Liking it much more than Ocarina of Time so far. Having the protagonist NOT be an annoying-as-hell screaming punk definitely helps.