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Rascyc posted:Is that normally how the trilogies start? I really liked E&L and was so so on Shallie I've said this a bunch of times in the thread but I actually preferred Ayesha to the other games in the Dusk trilogy because: 1) I enjoyed the characters more. 2) The time management had a point, unlike the extremely lenient / nonexisting ones in the other games. E&L and Shallie definitely had better fighting systems, though.
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Endorph posted:these kinds of posts are just as creepy and annoying as the real thing tbh Poe's Law and all that. It figures that just as I start Atelier Shallie a new one comes out that my roommate will play and make me want to play instead.
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RareAcumen posted:Ooh, I finally have a question I can ask here again. I enjoyed Paper Jam a lot aside from the Papercraft battles and some of the required missions. It doesn't have any original characters, but what it does with existing Mario characters is pretty nice.
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Sophie's time management is literally nonexistent. It looks like they planned it at some point (there's an LP system that is entirely vestigial for example) but basically you have as much time as you want to do whatever you want. The average combat difficulty is a little higher than normal and it has a Despair mode if you really want your chill alchemy game to be brutal as poo poo but by and large it's a game to buy if you want to craft rather than be challenged.
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Honestly, a quick rundown of Sophie pros and cons: PROS: Alchemy Inventory Tetris. Really quickly paced, it doesn't take long to get to the fun parts. Alchemy Inventory Tetris! Mostly lighthearted and cute. Alchemy Inventory Tetris!! Lots of crafting opportunities and a reasonably fun method of getting new recipes ALCHEMY INVENTORY TETRIS Great soundtrack ALCHEMY. INVENTORY. TETRIS. CONS: Pretty small amount of monsters who are largely too similar. Kinda bland environments. Sense of progression is a little odd and it feels like long gaps between new things Characters are pretty by the numbers and unexceptional and the story is basically not there at all. Graphics aren't really improved, it's a PS4 title in name only Combat is pretty average Alchemy Inventory Tetris tends to revolve around using the Expert Cauldron 70% of the time that I found.
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All Atelier games are my jam but I'm more hype for the Odin sphere remake today
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Told myself I'd wait but I ended up buying both Odin Sphere and Sophie. Ah well there's my anime game budget til XV.
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https://twitter.com/dril/status/384408932061417472 replace candles with anime and it's me irl
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ImpAtom posted:Sophie's time management is literally nonexistent. It looks like they planned it at some point (there's an LP system that is entirely vestigial for example) but basically you have as much time as you want to do whatever you want. The average combat difficulty is a little higher than normal and it has a Despair mode if you really want your chill alchemy game to be brutal as poo poo but by and large it's a game to buy if you want to craft rather than be challenged. The characters in E&L were kind of meh to me but I really enjoyed crushing bosses in seconds using my carefully synthezised, over-powered bombs. It's really too bad they had to include the (AFAIK) worst outfit in Atelier history. It might be me getting older but I really don't want to buy games with underage (yeah I know she's probably a thousand year old or whatever) characters in fetish or bondage gear. No not even if it's possible to spend real money to buy a better outfit. It's the same with #FE and Persona 5. I enjoy the mechanics and overall style but there's always something that make me go "why would they do that?". If they're going to appeal to the most niche crowds I'd rather spend my limited free time and cash on different things. It's a drat shame.
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Cake Attack posted:https://twitter.com/dril/status/384408932061417472 You could probably slash the food budget and put it into anime.
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bloodychill posted:stop buying anime
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Andrast posted:You could probably slash the food budget and put it into anime. thank you, im glad someone is willing to give me some serious advice
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Renoistic posted:The characters in E&L were kind of meh to me but I really enjoyed crushing bosses in seconds using my carefully synthezised, over-powered bombs. It's really too bad they had to include the (AFAIK) worst outfit in Atelier history. It might be me getting older but I really don't want to buy games with underage (yeah I know she's probably a thousand year old or whatever) characters in fetish or bondage gear. No not even if it's possible to spend real money to buy a better outfit. It's the same with #FE and Persona 5. I enjoy the mechanics and overall style but there's always something that make me go "why would they do that?". If they're going to appeal to the most niche crowds I'd rather spend my limited free time and cash on different things. It's a drat shame. You don't have to spend real money. The gimmick with that character is that you craft her new bodies. I still think most of the designs are poo poo mind you but it isn't a case of "pay DLC for other costumes" but "you can change this character's costume five seconds after you recruit her, which is 3/4ths of the way through the game."
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Renoistic posted:The characters in E&L were kind of meh to me but I really enjoyed crushing bosses in seconds using my carefully synthezised, over-powered bombs. It's really too bad they had to include the (AFAIK) worst outfit in Atelier history. It might be me getting older but I really don't want to buy games with underage (yeah I know she's probably a thousand year old or whatever) characters in fetish or bondage gear. No not even if it's possible to spend real money to buy a better outfit. It's the same with #FE and Persona 5. I enjoy the mechanics and overall style but there's always something that make me go "why would they do that?". If they're going to appeal to the most niche crowds I'd rather spend my limited free time and cash on different things. It's a drat shame. What's the issue with P5?
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ImpAtom posted:You don't have to spend real money. The gimmick with that character is that you craft her new bodies. I was just speaking of outfit DLCs in general, but that's... different I suppose?
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Motto posted:What's the issue with P5? drat, why would they make one of the most stylish games ever made...
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Renoistic posted:I was just speaking of outfit DLCs in general, but that's... different I suppose? The gimmick with the character is that she's an alchemist who gets stuck into a doll's body. it's dumb and I dislike it, not in the least because the dude who makes the doll's body is a goddamn weirdo, but it's also basically the only thing in the game like that. It's basically Sophie's version of the stupid boob jokes in Ayesha basically. Not saying you're wrong for having that turn you off the game but it isn't really the tone of the actual game. I feel like every Atelier game except E&L is basically obligated to have That One Goddamn Thing that prevents it from just being a G-rated adventure through crafting cakes.
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Cake Attack posted:https://twitter.com/dril/status/384408932061417472 same Or at least anime videogames
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ImpAtom posted:The gimmick with the character is that she's an alchemist who gets stuck into a doll's body. it's dumb and I dislike it, not in the least because the dude who makes the doll's body is a goddamn weirdo, but it's also basically the only thing in the game like that. It's basically Sophie's version of the stupid boob jokes in Ayesha basically. Not saying you're wrong for having that turn you off the game but it isn't really the tone of the actual game. For Totori it was the Vita store screenshots.
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Motto posted:What's the issue with P5?
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Cake Attack posted:drat, why would they make one of the most stylish games ever made... Like I said, I enjoy the overall aesthetic. Which makes it even more irksome that they gave the guys slick thief outfits and the girl literal BDSM gear. You might argue they went for a catwoman-look, but that doesn't exactly make it better. It's like the artist copied some catsuit in the local halloween shop. I like everyone's civil outfits, though. It's like ImpAtom wrote about Atelier. There always has to be SOMETHING that spoils the fun. Sure, it's the Persona series, but I'd like the creepy poo poo to stay confined to the enemies and bosses.
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uhm have you seen the other two girl's thief outfits?
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It's a catsuit...
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You could always just not buy stuff.
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what the heck is your definition of bdsm gear
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Tight clothes
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Hardcore BDSM:
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^^^ oh thanks Screenshot of offending catsuit required
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its a good thing persona 5 is being censored
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The Colonel posted:what the heck is your definition of bdsm gear I for one don't think that a catsuit is good bedside manner clothing, but I don't know what hospitals y'all go to
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LawfulWaffle posted:I for one don't think that a catsuit is good bedside manner clothing, but I don't know what hospitals y'all go to
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LawfulWaffle posted:I for one don't think that a catsuit is good bedside manner clothing, but I don't know what hospitals y'all go to Appropriately (?) the meme that nurses and nursing students use all the time according to my wife is this, text obviously changing to fit the situation: 
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Renoistic posted:Like I said, I enjoy the overall aesthetic. Which makes it even more irksome that they gave the guys slick thief outfits and the girl literal BDSM gear. You might argue they went for a catwoman-look, but that doesn't exactly make it better. It's like the artist copied some catsuit in the local halloween shop. Haru still looks cool. There's just a boob window instead of what the others have.
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is it really a boob window if the character is still wearing a shirt under it asking the serious philosophical questions The Colonel fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Jun 7, 2016 |
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Maybe not a boob window exactly, just the way it's laid out really draws attention to that area. But then she does cool stuff such as  So it's fine.
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