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In Training posted:The man in black is Sephiroth, and people say He's in the next town a lot. well maybe I was just being forgetful and attributing my dislike of the middle portion to something that wasn't actually true I still don't like the meandering middle very much
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Sep 20, 2019 21:10
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I got the goose game and honked at a small child until they were so scared they shut themselves in a phone box.
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Sep 20, 2019 21:10
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njsykora posted:I got the goose game and honked at a small child until they were so scared they shut themselves in a phone box.
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Sep 20, 2019 21:13
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In Training posted:The man in black is Sephiroth, and people say He's in the next town a lot. I hurt Aerith today
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Sep 20, 2019 21:14
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cheetah7071 posted:well maybe I was just being forgetful and attributing my dislike of the middle portion to something that wasn't actually true That's fair. It's absolutely not as directed as the opening and final acts
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Sep 20, 2019 21:16
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I was also entranced by FF8 from beginning to end but couldn't tell you a drat thing that happens in between the end of disc 1 and when you go to the moon whereas I have a fairly decent memory of the broad outline of FF7's middle despite not really liking it, so maybe I'm just weird
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Sep 20, 2019 21:17
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I mean time compression does that
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Sep 20, 2019 21:19
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Cowcaster posted:i could’ve sworn the man in black was johnny cash i thought he fled across the desert
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Sep 20, 2019 21:20
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cheetah7071 posted:I was also entranced by FF8 from beginning to end but couldn't tell you a drat thing that happens in between the end of disc 1 and when you go to the moon whereas I have a fairly decent memory of the broad outline of FF7's middle despite not really liking it, so maybe I'm just weird 
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Sep 20, 2019 21:21
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chekovs bbs post
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Sep 20, 2019 21:22
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cheetah7071 posted:I guess? In my mind it's just the same poo poo as Golden Sun, or Tales of Symphonia, or hell parts of FFX, where for a large chunk of the game every location is a place you're just passing through, rather than there because you have something to accomplish there. It creates a narrative that feels aimless because in the end nobody really has any agency. Both the player and the characters are going to this next town because where else are they gonna go? Even something as simple as adding more dialogue along the lines of "Someone saw Sephiroth in the next town over, so we're heading there next" would make it feel a lot more purposeful. There is a bit of that but I honestly could not tell you why the party goes to the Gold Saucer besides "it's there". There are moments where you just continue because the next logical location is right next to you, but for the most part there's a continuing thread of plot related clues stringing you along. You go to Kalm to rest and Cloud tells his story, then there's a missable NPC who's like "yo I saw a black caped guy head to the mines." You try to go to the mines but there's the giant invincible serpent so you wrangle up a chocobo and holy gently caress, the black cape guy murdered this monster and puts it on display wtf. You run into the Turks who blurt out seeing Sephiroth heading to Junon and so on. The Gold Saucer just happens to be the only location along the way but almost immediately you run into the proprietor who is like "oh yeah, some weirdo was asking about this ultra mysterious materia!" I understand what you're getting at regarding early RPGs, but the hunt for Sephiroth definitely had a narrative thread and I appreciated it a lot more than most narrative heavy RPGs that just grab you by the shoulder and scream "WE GOTTA DO poo poo THE NEXT TOWN OVER!" And even when FF7 feels like a monster-of-the-week formula you still get narrative reasons for your traveling restrictions like you need a buggy to cross the desert and you need a plane to move about the islands. You say it's a lack of agency, and from a player perspective it is, but from a narrative perspective it's the party doing the logical thing. Compare this to idk Final Fantasy 12 where you feel like a prisoner to the narrative because the protagonist's POV is a passenger, not a free agent.
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Sep 20, 2019 21:22
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isn't that the only spot in the entire game where it clarifies what GF stands for, and it's extremely missable if you don't think to check the computer
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Sep 20, 2019 21:23
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When I first played FF12 I figured out that experience was split between party members, but when you got a new party member it would set their level in relation to yours, so I just immediately grinded Vaan to level 50 by himself before starting the game proper.
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Sep 20, 2019 21:27
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CubeTheory posted:When I first played FF12 I figured out that experience was split between party members, but when you got a new party member it would set their level in relation to yours, so I just immediately grinded Vaan to level 50 by himself before starting the game proper.
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Sep 20, 2019 21:29
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Phantasium posted:i thought he fled across the desert Sephiroth definitely flees across the desert.
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Sep 20, 2019 21:29
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CubeTheory posted:When I first played FF12 I figured out that experience was split between party members, but when you got a new party member it would set their level in relation to yours, so I just immediately grinded Vaan to level 50 by himself before starting the game proper. sounds like a miserable way to make the rest of the game less fun
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Sep 20, 2019 21:29
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I got the FF8 Remaster so soon I will have finished all the PS1 FFs.In Training posted:The man in black is Sephiroth, and people say He's in the next town a lot.
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Sep 20, 2019 21:30
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For all my complaining about the meandering nature of the middle act of FF7, I did enjoy the plot twist that all the Sephiroth clones/pseudo-clones, Cloud included, are being called to the glacier by real Sephiroth and that Cloud's journey was at least in part not of his own agency
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Sep 20, 2019 21:31
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cheetah7071 posted:sounds like a miserable way to make the rest of the game less fun It was really fun to push at the edges of the system and discover ways to beat stronger and stronger foes quickly and efficiently with just Vaan. That said, it was probably a mistake and did make the first half of that game basically a nongame.
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Sep 20, 2019 21:32
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Spring Break My Heart posted:
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Sep 20, 2019 21:33
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I dont really care if the map doesnt really follow Earth logic in a game with a bunch of magick and giant robots everywhere, personally.
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Sep 20, 2019 21:33
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FF7 is just weird and alien and grotesque and associates capitalism with being a leach on the earth that has rotted away the entire world. The remake needs to be covered in a layer of sweat and grime for me to appreciate it.
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Sep 20, 2019 21:35
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Spring Break My Heart posted:I dont really care if the map doesnt really follow Earth logic in a game with a bunch of magick and giant robots everywhere, personally. Personally I think it's cool when stories think "How would the people of this world, who are still human beings with real human needs and psychology, structure their world if they had magic and giant robots" Honestly the amount of thought the story of FF14 seems put to in this is what's making it such a good FF game
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Sep 20, 2019 21:42
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cheetah7071 posted:isn't that the only spot in the entire game where it clarifies what GF stands for, and it's extremely missable if you don't think to check the computer
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Sep 20, 2019 21:43
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Anyone remember the map screen glitch in Links Awakening? I was too dumb to get through it as intended and didn't have the internet to guide me so I just glitched my way around the entire world, even got through to the boss of turtle rock. Kinda sad to see that the remake did away with screen transitions (possibly to the detriment of its performance).
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Sep 20, 2019 21:45
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Personally I think it's cool when stories think "How would the people of this world, who are still human beings with real human needs and psychology, structure their world if they had magic and giant robots" The answer is "giant amusement park for the rich overlooking prisoners of a town destroyed by Shinra's paramilitary in retaliation for destruction of their property."
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Sep 20, 2019 21:48
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get that OUT of my face posted:tfw no GF 
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Sep 20, 2019 21:51
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lets hang out posted:Anyone remember the map screen glitch in Links Awakening? I was too dumb to get through it as intended and didn't have the internet to guide me so I just glitched my way around the entire world, even got through to the boss of turtle rock. Kinda sad to see that the remake did away with screen transitions (possibly to the detriment of its performance). i guess Nintendo is either ashamed of it or would rather people play the DX version (or both) because the original was never re-released
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Sep 20, 2019 21:51
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I am getting near the end of the main story of Witcher 3. I am determined to finish this, I am going to do this, everyone. Please believe in me. I have had this game since May 19, 2015.
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Sep 20, 2019 21:57
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jenny leclue has stayed good through 5 hours, only lagging point was a part in a boat and that was it
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Sep 20, 2019 22:01
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Just wanted to drop by and thank you to the admin "VideoGames" for banning the piece of poo poo "Verranicus" Cheers.
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Sep 20, 2019 22:02
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I said come in! posted:I am getting near the end of the main story of Witcher 3. I am determined to finish this, I am going to do this, everyone. Please believe in me. I have had this game since May 19, 2015. You can do it! What part are you at? There was definitely a moment where I thought I was at the finishing moments, and was definitely not!
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Sep 20, 2019 22:04
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Goose game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q81ptFSA4mk
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Sep 20, 2019 22:08
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Awesome Animals posted:You can do it! I was in a bathhouse, and fought some dudes while naked in the most sexy way possible. Still looking for Ciri, but I think i've done about 28 - 30 main quests so far.
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Sep 20, 2019 22:14
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I said come in! posted:I was in a bathhouse, and fought some dudes while naked in the most sexy way possible. Still looking for Ciri, but I think i've done about 28 - 30 main quests so far. I’d say you’re closer to halfway. Are you enjoying it?
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Sep 20, 2019 22:20
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I said come in! posted:I was in a bathhouse, and fought some dudes while naked in the most sexy way possible. Still looking for Ciri, but I think i've done about 28 - 30 main quests so far. You are not getting near the end of the main story lol
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Sep 20, 2019 22:21
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Awesome Animals posted:I’d say you’re closer to halfway. Are you enjoying it? Bummer! I was looking at a guide and it looked like I had about 18 - 20 quests left. I am enjoying the game though! The world is so stinking beautiful looking. Playing it at ultra settings on a RTX 2070, and its a smooth 60fps the entire time.
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Sep 20, 2019 22:21
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Despite it often being considered the most cheerful FF on the Ps1, I always thought of 9 as being the most in your face regarding its grittiness. You see the Queen unleashing monstrosities and being able to do absolutely nothing to diminish the damages, the Black Mages and their aimless lives, eventually Zidane, Kuja and their brethren as well, Garnet just not getting one loving break in her life. Related to FF, I switched back to my White Mage and boy, did I miss choosing literally any Duty and getting an instant queue. I said come in! posted:I was in a bathhouse, and fought some dudes while naked in the most sexy way possible. Still looking for Ciri, but I think i've done about 28 - 30 main quests so far. If you're still looking for Ciri then you got a long ways to go yet.
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Sep 20, 2019 22:22
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Samuringa posted:If you're still looking for Ciri then you got a long ways to go yet. Fair! I will soldier on. This will not ruin anything for me. Going to finish this game. 
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Sep 20, 2019 22:23
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Samuringa posted:Related to FF, I switched back to my White Mage and boy, did I miss choosing literally any Duty and getting an instant queue. healers dont get to complain about queues
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