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[ஒழுக்கின்மை (Paul Eres)]

DARK SOULS

[Ashkin]

I am interested.

[Theophilus]

Me too.

I don't want to have to buy a game, but I guess I will if I have to...

[Dragonmaw]

Regarding this, maybe change it from "play until you beat" and more "play for a week, discuss your thoughts"?

[[RM8]]

Sounds fun, something I like about playing new games is that there's a community of people playing it. It kind of adds to the experience.

[dustin]

OK, so I don't know how to turn this into a poll (if someone else can or someone can tell me how to that'd be great ) so I'll just list some of the options I've heard and people can vote on which one they'd like to play first...

The options seem to be...

Baldurs Gate 2 -  people seem interested but the game is really long...

Deus Ex -  a good length, but lots of people have played it already so may be a better choice for a later game

time and place (mario rom hack) - super easy to get, can be played by everyone, no one seems to have played it, good length, only negative would be I don't know if people are interested in it

monkey island - classic game with a good length

mother 3 - lots of people had it on their lists in the backlog thread, short for an rpg but still on the long side

Or I can just pick one if you guys want.


edit::

Regarding this, maybe change it from "play until you beat" and more "play for a week, discuss your thoughts"?

Yeah I think this is a good idea, I might make it 2 weeks though since I know I have (and I assume other people do) trouble making serious progress in a game in one week.  Or if we pick a short game (like time and place) we could just make it one week.  Also limiting the time means if a game comes up that your not wild about it won't be to long until the next one starts.

[Ashkin]

I could set up an IRC channel for this later if anyone is interested. Would be good for live feedback/chatting about the games.

[Bree]

I think trying to play a game with just the IRC chats and forums would be interesting (i.e. an adventure game with no walkthroughs, SaGa game without GameFAQs). Something where everyone can help contribute to each other's play experience- on that note, something like Alpha Protocol where you can have radically different play experiences would be cool.

[SirNiko]

Final Fantasy 12 was designed specifically so that very rare random elements would only be uncovered by sharing with other players. Somebody finds a rare monster in the jungle that drops a great item, and they share with their friends so everyone can get it.

Playing the original Zelda this way could be good too. The burn-and-bomb method of finding secrets is tedious on your own, but if you split it up among several players it turns into a fun social event.

I feel like we had a topic about that ages ago. I feel like I've already made a post like this sometime far in the past.

[PowRTocH]

Oh my god I would be so down to play the original Zelda actually. Even though there are probably peeps here that know it by heart.

[Blademasterbobo]

yeah zelda would be cool

[Ashkin]

I registered #TGN on Espernet. Hopefully it will see some use.

[[RM8]]

Zelda? How about the TG16 clone,

instead?

Well, I guess it defeats the point since I doubt Neutopia is on anyone's backlog

[Theophilus]

I'm down with original zelda.


It would be neat if there were teamed speed runs of zelda - groups of 8/16 Links on one screen go in and play the game as quickly as possible, with team effort.

[InfiniteStateMachine]

that sounds awesome

[Ashkin]

I agree with LoZ. I've never actually played the whole thing through.

[Theophilus]

lets do it up

Which NES emulator should I use?

[baconman]

Zelda Classic that shit. Also, I'm needing some Humanity, so I can lay down some White Soapstone summon signs to help PS3'ers with their Dark Souls adventuring. Once I get through Anor Londo and unlock the back entrance to it, that is...

[dustin]

yeah sounds like LoZ has a lot of support.  Plus we can all get a hold of it and it isn't to long to play through.  Plus the community aspect will be fun. So...

Let's do this!  

Should I (or someone else I don't care if someone else does it) make a new "official" thread for this or should we just use this one and I'll change the title?  Ashkin's chat sounds like it would be fun to.  How long should we give ourselves to play this?  Somewhere in the time range of a week or two to a month seems good depending on how often people play.

[Richard Kain]

I can't really play along with LoZ, on account of it not being on my backlog. For all the many, many games that I haven't finished, The Legend of Zelda is not one of them. I've played through it multiple times, both quests. It is the one game that I always seem to pick back up and play once every other year or so.