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Rex's best line is where he notes he likes people because he likes himself and he is people
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After taking a break from this game for a while, the very first rare core I opened up had KOS-MOS in it. That's one hell of a welcome back gift.  So is there any point to opening more core crystals now that I have all the random rare blades?
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Feb 7, 2018 20:35
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Dr. Fetus posted:After taking a break from this game for a while, the very first rare core I opened up had KOS-MOS in it. That's one hell of a welcome back gift. I'd hold onto them in case there are rare DLC blades. Otherwisey ou could try for orb masters that have other good skills I guess but that seems extremely painful to check each one. Edit: VVVV That too but I'd be shocked if you needed more than 2-3 of those to add to the overdrives you already have, and you probably got those 4 star blades that aren't very good just by opening cores for rares. ssb fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Feb 7, 2018 |
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Feb 7, 2018 20:37
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Dr. Fetus posted:After taking a break from this game for a while, the very first rare core I opened up had KOS-MOS in it. That's one hell of a welcome back gift. Maxing and releasing a 4star common blade will give you a overdrive protocol.
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Feb 7, 2018 20:39
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shortspecialbus posted:Really the best is when he (chapter 10 spoiler)spouts it off to the architect Architect: What will you do when you meet Malos? Rex: I'll beat him up! Architect: Then what? Rex: idk have a drink with him Rex is good and essentially feels like the opposite of Shulk. Both are, when it comes down to it, very bland, but for one the pace of the first game doesn't give you time for that to be a problem, and the slow pace of the other actually benefits what personally Rex does have.
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Feb 7, 2018 23:27
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glassyalabolas posted:You forgot about the massive man-hands. They're a cross between people hands and rabbit paws. Dahlia really is the worst design.
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Feb 7, 2018 23:45
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Momomo posted:Architect: What will you do when you meet Malos? Shulk's personality consists of him shouting "FIO-RAAAAAAAA!" Over and over. Rex's personality consists of him repeating things people say to him back at them. "Rex, you're the Aegis's driver now!" "The Aegis's... Driver?"
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Feb 7, 2018 23:47
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bizarre deformity posted:Shulk's personality consists of him shouting "FIO-RAAAAAAAA!" Over and over. So they're both personifications of Japanese weird speech quirks?
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Feb 8, 2018 03:07
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Belgian Waffle posted:I'll be honest, her accent threw me harder than her "costume." Osakan dialect in Japan = Southern accent in English Dub
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Feb 8, 2018 06:38
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Osakan dialect in Japan = Southern accent in English Dub I'm actually surprised that usual equivalence made it through into XC2, considering it was dubbed in the UK.
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Feb 8, 2018 10:59
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'm actually surprised that usual equivalence made it through into XC2, considering it was dubbed in the UK. Yeah, that was my issue with it. I don't know what a british equivalent would be, though. Cockney?
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Feb 8, 2018 11:43
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'm actually surprised that usual equivalence made it through into XC2, considering it was dubbed in the UK. Did they like, dub all the blades somewhere else
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Feb 8, 2018 11:45
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Bird Law posted:How was a system like this ever even considered, much less made it's way into the final game? Dozens of people looked at this horrific gacha system and thought "This will make our game better." The only reason I can think of that they put this system in was mentioned earlier in the thread - so people have vaguely different experiences of the early game depending on which blades they get. I wouldn't say it's a good enough reason but it's all I can think of. I would imagine if you got Godfrey really early on you'd get attached to him even though mechanically he's rubbish. I dunno. I'm playing Tales of Zestria at the moment and there's so much in there that reminds me of Xenoblade, I think it's the stupid way the characters interact. Or that I have to keep entering menus after every battle to check what it did and what new things I got.
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Feb 8, 2018 13:16
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:Did they like, dub all the blades somewhere else I don't think so, but you'll note that all the blades have american accents to contrast the humans' british ones (in fact pretty much everyone on Alrest from the same homeland shares an accent which is honestly much more effort and thought than I thought they'd put in). Another little touch that makes the blades seem a bit more otherwordly. Amppelix fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Feb 8, 2018 |
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Feb 8, 2018 23:34
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Taear posted:The only reason I can think of that they put this system in was mentioned earlier in the thread - so people have vaguely different experiences of the early game depending on which blades they get. I wouldn't say it's a good enough reason but it's all I can think of. I would imagine if you got Godfrey really early on you'd get attached to him even though mechanically he's rubbish. I dunno. Save yourself and don't play Zestiria. Seriously.
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Feb 8, 2018 23:39
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I love the blades that sound like champ from anchorman
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Feb 8, 2018 23:42
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I like the blades that say "I made the A team! Score!" because they know they're generic fodder that are only getting equipped for Salvaging Mastery. Also the ones that say "I can't stop growing!" because it sounds less like boasting and more like a panicked cry for help.
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Feb 9, 2018 01:04
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ajkalan posted:I like the blades that say "I made the A team! Score!" because they know they're generic fodder that are only getting equipped for Salvaging Mastery. Just you wait! I'll show you sOmEtHING AWESOME!!!
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Feb 9, 2018 02:56
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Any time a blade says "I'll never forget you!" as I release them I think "No you won't! That's a major part of the plot!"
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Feb 9, 2018 03:56
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mod that changes every male blade's line for joining the team to Yamcha yelling "I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING COOL!"
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Feb 9, 2018 04:04
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I know this is an unimportant question, but what exactly is supposed to happen in-universe when you release a blade? Can you somehow un-resonate with it? Are you murdering it? Because you can find a rare blade again after releasing it, so you're obviously not just telling it to hit the bricks.
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Feb 9, 2018 04:04
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Apparently patch notes for the new game plus patch have dropped, somebody not on mobile should put them here for discussion I think?
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Feb 9, 2018 05:15
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Japanese only for the moment, but here's a translation from some imageboard also, like, spoilers for almost the entire story, dawg quote:Not only can you recruit Patrohka, Mikhail, and Akhos' blades, you can even recruit the three of them by themselves,and they will be available both as random core crystal drops or as rewards from quests, AND they appear to have unique weapons In case its unclear the top part are stuff that applies to the coming NG+ and the middle is just general patch notes
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Feb 9, 2018 05:23
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Just let me exchange like a million gold for a guaranteed rare blade. Just let the Gatcha die.
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Feb 9, 2018 05:27
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Amppelix posted:Japanese only for the moment, but here's a translation from some imageboard It is unclear, but maybe I will just have to wait for the English patch notes to understand better what I'm reading
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Feb 9, 2018 05:30
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It'll be kinda lame if NG+ doesn’t feature any extra difficulty, though I guess you can kinda simulate that by selling all of your core chips and also adjusting your level downward.
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Feb 9, 2018 05:34
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bizarre deformity posted:It is unclear, but maybe I will just have to wait for the English patch notes to understand better what I'm reading I'll try to make it a bit more clear than the quick copypaste. these are NG+ features:
Still a bit rubbish and self-contradictory but that should give you a general idea since parts of the NG+ are stuff that allow you to gain UNLIMITED POWER like even more accessory slots and more affinity skills i certainly hope there's something more difficult to challenge you than what's already in the base game
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Feb 9, 2018 07:35
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Amppelix posted:
This was a mistranslation; there are new options for sorting these things in the menus. (Maybe copies will stack like other items do, so you no longer see eight different legendary Beta Scopes listed separately? At the very least I imagine there will be a sort by type, so that items with the same effect type get sorted together.)
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Feb 9, 2018 07:45
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While some might find the rare blade lottery, trust grinding and ursula's quest annoying... for me, by far, the most annoying part of the game, is when you're running in the field and your blade is running slightly faster behind you and keeps bumping into you and stopping. Not sure if it's all drivers and all blades or just a specific combo, or when your runspeed is at a certain point, but it drives me crazy.
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Feb 9, 2018 10:37
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I wish Overdrives were unlimited. I've run out so no more blades for Nia I guess.
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Feb 9, 2018 11:07
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Natural 20 posted:I wish Overdrives were unlimited. I've run out so no more blades for Nia I guess. Yea. You can get them by filling the character tree things as well but even after 90 hours and having the game finished I never actually did that with anyone. Or buying the DLC pass! quote:Save yourself and don't play Zestiria. Seriously. Taear fucked around with this message at 13:36 on Feb 9, 2018 |
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Feb 9, 2018 12:01
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Amppelix posted:since parts of the NG+ are stuff that allow you to gain UNLIMITED POWER like even more accessory slots and more affinity skills i certainly hope there's something more difficult to challenge you than what's already in the base game
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Feb 9, 2018 13:58
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New Game + looks cool and I will probably try it in a few months if I've caught up to my backlog by then (lol no chance)
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Feb 9, 2018 16:00
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Taear posted:Yea. You can get them by filling the character tree things as well but even after 90 hours and having the game finished I never actually did that with anyone. Even worse gear system and a plot that is actively insulting
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Feb 9, 2018 16:31
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Calaveron posted:Even worse gear system and a plot that is actively insulting Zestiria's fine enough, but the endgame devolves into stacking fire damage and spam casting wall of flame over and over. The combat in general shares the problems that modern Tales games have which is that combo based gameplay is amazing to get right, but if a player knows what they're doing they can trivialise the entire game. The solution to this is giving all the bosses massive amounts of super armour which means that even though you have great combo setups you can't actually execute them because your opponent is a) a trash mob that dies straight away b) a boss that super armours through a bunch of the timings. The plot, yeah, it could be a lot better. There's a lot to like about the individual characters and their interactions though. And a hilarious accidental bad ending you can get. Edit: Really do pick up Berseria if you haven't already, it's honestly the best straight up JPRG I've played in years. Natural 20 fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Feb 9, 2018 |
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Feb 9, 2018 16:43
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Calaveron posted:Even worse gear system and a plot that is actively insulting I guess I feel like Xenoblade hasn't got a gear system at all, I interacted with the accessories and aux cores so little beyond the first ten hours or so. quote:The combat in general shares the problems that modern Tales games have which is that combo based gameplay is amazing to get right, but if a player knows what they're doing they can trivialise the entire game
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Feb 9, 2018 16:46
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If you want a jrpg with an awesome combat system but an entire mechanic based around something even cringier than blushy crushy then you should play ar tonelico 1 and 2 Let's not speak about 3
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Feb 9, 2018 16:48
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IcePhoenix posted:If you want a jrpg with an awesome combat system but an entire mechanic based around something even cringier than blushy crushy then you should play ar tonelico 1 and 2 I feel like I'm one of the few people who really doesn't care about combat. As long as I have a decent control over when it happens (which Xenoblade is good at) and it's got an interesting variety of different enemy types that's fine. Some games like Divinity 2 make me feel like Combat is the most important part and I have to pay shitloads of attention to setting it up right and doing it right. I guess it bothers me that in both ToZ and this the story is so out of my hands. That's just part of a JRPG though.
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Feb 9, 2018 17:10
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Taear posted:I feel like I'm one of the few people who really doesn't care about combat. As long as I have a decent control over when it happens (which Xenoblade is good at) and it's got an interesting variety of different enemy types that's fine. Ar Tonelico has one of my favorite combat mechanics in this regard. actually, and it's part of why I love their combat so much. They still have random encounters, but there's a bar on the bottom of your screen that goes down every time you finish one. One it's empty, no more encounters for the area. It also scales the odds of one triggering based on how long it's been since you had one (also indicated by said bar), though I never really paid close attention to that bit. As far as Xenoblade goes, I loved the combat and the music in the game which is probably why I was so forgiving of the story. Good combat and music that I can lose myself in go a long way for me, though if a game fails at either it could turn me off of it completely.
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Taear posted:I feel like I'm one of the few people who really doesn't care about combat. As long as I have a decent control over when it happens (which Xenoblade is good at) and it's got an interesting variety of different enemy types that's fine. I mean there's no game's combat I hate more than Divinity's. But I'm really really weird.
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