STR is the Damage stat for all attacks barring Alchemist spells (TEC) and Revenge (MaxHP - CurrentHP). AGI is the Accuracy stat for all STR-based attacks and TEC is used for Alchemist spells (and Revenge); TEC also has a small effect on STR-based accuracy though not the same amount as AGI. LUC is th...

Bosses are vastly superior EXP (and, hell, money too): 1st Stratum: 1400 HP 21,000 EXP 776 En Common Drop 30,000 En Conditional [Kill while Poisoned] 2nd Stratum: 2100 HP 54,000 EXP 1,680 En Common Drop 30,000 En Conditional [Kill with Instant-Death; use Dark Hunter's Climax] 3rd Stratum: 3100 HP 10...

I suppose it comes down to what I said earlier: I can't stand the horror genre. Guess I'm just not "into" games that try to shock me or something so the early REs were "fun" but I was more stuck on, "...please god, stop that you fucking camera," as opposed to, "HOL...

Didn't mean to make it sound like an RE only issue; bad Camera is bad Camera. A lot of games (ie, practically anything with a fixed camera or even some third-person cameras) have it (MGS3's camera makes me want to punch a cat/dog/wall/etc) and it's quite frustrating. Maybe it adds to the immersion o...

The cat did nothing to me ... it's just such an awesome feature that I can not imagine it ever being topped. </sarcasm> Still, it's pretty hilarious to see it and I reeeally wish it was Wiiwaggled instead of (A). That'd just be so awesome and would, sadly, probably be the best part of Tenchu 4 unles...

If only DQVIII had a hard boss fight (pre-optionals, that is) :( That said, the game was pretty awesome and I really didn't get the amount of random hate it got on various boards I frequent ... though I will say I wish some of the skills sucked a bit less. That and I'm tired of silent protagonists. ...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a177/ZealousDemon/shakekitty.gif I have always wanted to shake a kitty with the Wiimote. So close yet so far, Tenchu 4 ... just HAD to map it to the (A) button ... Edit: Just for the sake of putting them both up: http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a177/ZealousDemon/...

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Think that's around ~$176 pre-Shipping ... assuming it'll ship outside of Japan.

WHY DID I WATCH THE WHOLE THING.

Megido isn't a Damage Percentage; Alchemist spells are treated as "Weapons" and are given an ATK stat (Megido is 180, the Elements are 113, and Eschaton is 200). I know the Damage formula but I haven't figured out the Defense one which is a huge reduction (something around a factor of _600...

Dampen has no real effect on the fight you're on as they're both 100% Neutral but for, say, the next Boss ... she has high Physical Resistances (about 50%) and takes extra damage from Volt. If you're lacking a strong Elemental damage, you can just Dampen and she'll take 120% Damage from ALL six Elem...

...I'm such a sucker for shinies. ToV normal box: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mBzT7XwPL._SS400_.jpg And for $10 more: http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/896/896229/tales-of-vesperia-20080804114132527-000.jpg ...I have no willpower :( Oh well, steelbook case and soundtrack ...

The cutscenes are fine ... EXCEPT the blonde character who I can't for the life of me figure out the name of. She just doesn't seem to match the rest of the cast at all. Poison Pink Intro: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vec0NNt815s[/youtube] ~:23-:25 in. Steparu has the entire game up on Yo...

I'm not a fan of the RealDoll* look they have going but otherwise I think it looks pretty nice. Anyway, more digging (thanks Amazon.co.jp!) found me some places citing you can, in fact, turn off Battle Animations. That said, it also turned up some other load time issues in general ... >>. *Edit: Mor...

Combat load times are ~5-7s per attack. Per. Attack. I can't find anywhere that says you can disable animations besides one post over on Atlus forums and the Youtube videos. Even reviews of the game don't mention being able to disable them just that you can skip them. Edit: [youtube]http://www.youtu...