Random Gaming Thoughts

[Sarge]

Maybe Christian-inspired, but definitely not Christian. They're what you'd get if you put a heavy dose of Spawn-esque comic bookery in there. I did enjoy the games, however, especially the first one.

Dante's Inferno, I've not played. I'd assume that it's very loosely based on the book. It's basically a God of War-style game, right?

There's elements of Christianity, along with a lot of other religions, in Shin Megami Tensei. I don't know that I've ever seen a positive portrayal of God / YHWH in those games, and I know at least one is quite sympathetic to Lucifer.

[Forlorn Drifter]

It'd be hard to make a case for Dante's Inferno, for a variety of reasons. Use of Christian imagery and ideas? That's fair to say.
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Christian games, depending on what you define a Christian game as, are flat out hard to make. They won't appeal to a large swath of gamers based on subject matter, risks not appealing to portions of Christian groups due to differing ideology, and tends to fall in the trap of putting the message over the gameplay... which we see in other forms of games attempting to make a point.

[MrPopo]

There's elements of Christianity, along with a lot of other religions, in Shin Megami Tensei. I don't know that I've ever seen a positive portrayal of God / YHWH in those games, and I know at least one is quite sympathetic to Lucifer.

The best depiction of God in SMT has been him being indifferent and distant. Lucifer gets a much better rap in that series, with his worst depiction being stuck in the same cycle as God and it going up into full on guy you're supposed to sympathize with.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Does anyone have a good reason for why some games don't let you take screenshots on WiiU?

Because I can't think of anything.

It's infuriating, especially in games with pretty art that I want to share. I'm looking at you Darksiders 2.

[prfsnl_gmr]

Despite the sketchy background of Wisdom Tree, Spiritual Warfare is pretty decent.

I agree. as long as you don't think too hard about it, Spiritual Warfare is a pretty solid NES game. I also enjoyed Exodus and Sunday Funday, but Bible Adventures and King of Kings are pretty shoddy. (I have not yet played Jericho.)

I must say, however, that The Bible Game for the GBA is one of the worst games in my collection. It is absolutely horrible (which means that it does double duty in my Christian games collection and my horrible games collection).

[ExedExes]

I enjoy the Exodus/Joshua/Crystal Mines trilogy, they're all the same game but with different characters/objects, etc.

[the7k]

Went to the pawn shop that always sold PSP games for $4. Go there to pick up Vice City Stories and Tomb Raider Anniversary (I already picked up all the RPGs and Monster Hunters they had) and they jacked the prices on all their PSP games up to $8. Why? Why would you double the price on a system that is only becoming more and more undesirable to the hoi polloi by the minute?

Anyway, what about other games based heavily on currently practiced religions other than Christianity?

[RCBH928]

I need some serious help with FF 7 :

I am at Bizarro Sephiroth and this thing refuses to die. All that is left is the main body and his bottom half. His bottom half takes no damage no matter what I do to it. I cast 2 Pandora boxes and an attack which takes 8k-10k hits from him but he revives with 6700 and this loop continued for 30min before I shut down the playstation.

I did some research and it said that I must use the other party. The game was giving an impression that its just an extra option. Is that all that I have to do to beat him? How about the final boss, is there any forced strategy like that which I have to know about before I face him?

[alienjesus]

I need some serious help with FF 7 :

I am at Bizarro Sephiroth and this thing refuses to die. All that is left is the main body and his bottom half. His bottom half takes no damage no matter what I do to it. I cast 2 Pandora boxes and an attack which takes 8k-10k hits from him but he revives with 6700 and this loop continued for 30min before I shut down the playstation.

I did some research and it said that I must use the other party. The game was giving an impression that its just an extra option. Is that all that I have to do to beat him? How about the final boss, is there any forced strategy like that which I have to know about before I face him?

You do have to use the other party to beat Bizarro Sephiroth. They can target another part of him the 1dt party can't iirc. You need to kill them both simultaneously.

The final boss is really easy, nothing to worry about there.

[KalessinDB]

It's been so long since I played FF7 that all I remember is W-Summon KotR, go make a sandwich, come back and he's dead.