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Endorph posted:Senran Neptunia crossover game. video games are saved quote:-Mini-Game + (Hot Springs + Peach) = Nyuutou Meditation Yep, exactly what I expected.
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Mar 8, 2021 12:13
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The sequel to the RPG take on Monster Hunter is coming July 9th to Switch and Steam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXG8nqBfY34
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i'm coming up on what appears to be the final dungeon in command mission (or at least i hope so because entering it is a point of no return) and despite my complaints i'm still having a good time with it. the premise of having one character named redips and another named spider who mysteriously never appear in the same room together is very silly, but i do like the more subtle clues about the twist. one of the NPCs in town is in love with spider, and after he dies she insists she saw him walking around recently while other nearby NPCs comment on the tragedy of her logic circuits malfunctioning from heartache most random encounters are still a waste of time but there's still a handful of neat ideas, like a gigantic mettaur who hides in its helmet and runs away quickly, unless you steal its (relatively worthless) item which causes it to go berserk. and most of the bosses, especially the two bonus bosses i've seen, are cool. just a shame about the encounter rate and the very grindy force metal system, and how most of the special weapons are kinda pointless edit: also marino, massimo, and cinnamon are all cool but they basically disappear from the story once axl and zero join back up with you and that's a bummer Looper fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Mar 8, 2021 |
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Mar 8, 2021 19:24
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Honestly I think they had some very good ideas for encounter design, because there are more than a few enemies like that. I also remember some random encounters where you can disable their strongest attacks by hitting them with the right element (i.e. disabling a flamethrower with ice damage), and there's that one medic bot that heals and thanks you if you leave it alone after killing its allies. It's just too bad the encounter rate is so drat high.
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Mar 8, 2021 19:41
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Looper posted:i'm coming up on what appears to be the final dungeon in command mission (or at least i hope so because entering it is a point of no return) and despite my complaints i'm still having a good time with it. the premise of having one character named redips and another named spider who mysteriously never appear in the same room together is very silly リディ スパイダー you'd have to notice their names in english in the instruction manual/see spider's name in english in the menu and then remember seeing redips's name in the manual, or actually catch that the sounds themselves are reversed which is harder to do, especially since most jp people would slide the r off at the end of spider, making it 'supaida' and 'ridipusu' Endorph fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Mar 8, 2021 |
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Mar 8, 2021 19:43
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It's me, I'm the one person in the world who never noticed that Redips was Spider backwards until the reveal.
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Mar 8, 2021 20:49
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Mar 8, 2021 20:55
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What game handles the "one character with two aliases" trope better? Like there's clues in hindsight, short of the character spelling their name backwards. 
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Mar 8, 2021 21:01
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When I was playing FF2 on GBA as a kid I never realized that the mysterious Dark Knight Was actually the same person as your missing friend Leon  Sorry for spoiling this great twist!
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Mar 8, 2021 21:12
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Inspector Gesicht posted:What game handles the "one character with two aliases" trope better? Uhhh Wind Waker maybe? I can't really remember if there are any clues about Tetra before you find out
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Mar 8, 2021 21:16
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Uhhh Wind Waker maybe? I can't really remember if there are any clues about Tetra before you find out Sadly she becomes a lot less interesting, and white, when the reveal comes.
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Mar 8, 2021 21:19
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Uhhh Wind Waker maybe? I can't really remember if there are any clues about Tetra before you find out I guess if it was your first Zelda game, but I figured it out right away because I knew there was gonna be a Zelda in the game, especially when her dad shows up as a boat. I didn't figure out about the old man in Breath of the Wild until that reveal, but that happens at the end of the tutorial
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Mar 8, 2021 21:54
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i think I missed the one in the third ace attorney game back in the day, somehow
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Mar 8, 2021 21:56
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Electric Phantasm posted:The sequel to the RPG take on Monster Hunter is coming July 9th to Switch and Steam.
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Mar 8, 2021 22:09
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DACK FAYDEN posted:so I didn't play the first one, is it a straight JRPG just in the MonHun world, or? Pretty much; you can hatch monster buddies to accompany you so there's some pokemon in its dna too.
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Mar 8, 2021 22:11
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The first one was more a kid friendly Pokemon style JRPG in the MonHun world but otherwise yes
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Mar 8, 2021 22:11
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I haven't played Monster Hunter Stories but this trailer looked pretty cute and made me want to play the second one when it comes out.
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Sadly she becomes a lot less interesting, and white, when the reveal comes.
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Mar 8, 2021 22:18
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Sheik certainly had 8 year old me fooled.
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Mar 8, 2021 22:26
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Harrow posted:I haven't played Monster Hunter Stories but this trailer looked pretty cute and made me want to play the second one when it comes out. The original was fun as hell and is available on smartphone now too if anyone checks it out. Fantastic little proof of concept game that the sequel is looking to massively expand on and improve Also obligatory best kinship attack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA32xd386Sg Zore fucked around with this message at 22:39 on Mar 8, 2021 |
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Mar 8, 2021 22:31
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Question, is Atelier Ryza a good game? I have done the absolute bare minimum of research: (1) get the sequel advertised to me somehow, (2) be reminded vaguely of Tales in its visual style, (3) see that it has decent but not fantastic reviews, (4) look up gameplay trailer and watch a couple mins to see that it's turn-based gameplay and very bright and colorful as advertised Gonna be sort of homeless for a little while as part of a multi-phase move and could use a Switch game to play that'll keep me occupied, this would appear to fit that bill. I play a lot of JRPGs and am not put off by anime poo poo. next step in the process, obviously, is "ask goons for their general impressions"
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Mar 8, 2021 22:41
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Its pretty decent. Not the best atelier but not the worst. The biggest knock on it based on your intended use is its like 20 hours long. If you need long term engagement on a budget Ryza isn't it.
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Mar 8, 2021 22:48
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Went down a "relaxing video game music" rabbit hole for a bit and was reminded of how incredibly good the town music in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODEJGI0GlP0 And then there's this, which if you told me this was just a "walking around a town during the day" theme before I played the game I would not have believed you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d0Tvh9GfGo
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Mar 8, 2021 22:50
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Ryza is more real-time than actual turn-based combat.
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Oh yeah I missed that, Ryza is 100% not turn based
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Ryza has a similar pseudo-ATB as Grandia, right?
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It's closest to FF X-2 to me, it's 'turn based' but everything is on a timer and resolved in real time, apart from skill/item selection anyway.
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Harrow posted:Ryza has a similar pseudo-ATB as Grandia, right? it's full ATB but you only control one character at a time.
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Harrow posted:Went down a "relaxing video game music" rabbit hole for a bit and was reminded of how incredibly good the town music in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is That's a day time, town theme? My goodness
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still the best town theme i've heard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GyOEWqunjk
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cheetah7071 posted:Its pretty decent. Not the best atelier but not the worst. The biggest knock on it based on your intended use is its like 20 hours long. If you need long term engagement on a budget Ryza isn't it. Kind of annoying that a game that already has a sequel and is this short is still full price IMO It looks like a bunch of other Atelier games (I haven't played any) are getting ported to Switch but won't be done until the end of April which kind of ruins the point. I dunno, maybe I'll give this one a shot if I get bored of my PSX/PSP emulation before the move is done cheetah7071 posted:it's full ATB but you only control one character at a time. This is fine tho
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also if we're posting our favorite chill town themes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHqkuihmVxg
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all about Home Guldove, the Another Guldove theme is a bit TOO slow imo
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Chrono Cross had some fantastic music and setpiece art for a game that was such a narrative mess and that didn't know what a rock song was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ILhJCr60A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpGwyd2Ve_0 e: that's perhaps a bit harsh; it's more accurate to say that Chrono Cross didn't know what a rock concert was loquacius fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Mar 8, 2021 |
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loquacius posted:Kind of annoying that a game that already has a sequel and is this short is still full price IMO If you haven't played them already, there's a full ten ateliers on Switch, only many of which are short, and most of which are cheaper than Ryza. Lydie and Suelle in particular is a long game. It's one of the ones getting an enhanced version soon, but the base version is on switch, unlike the other upcoming DX versions.
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cheetah7071 posted:If you haven't played them already, there's a full ten ateliers on Switch, only many of which are short, and most of which are cheaper than Ryza. Lydie and Suelle in particular is a long game. It's one of the ones getting an enhanced version soon, but the base version is on switch, unlike the other upcoming DX versions. Putting aside length (I can buy more than one game if I find myself invested), which would you say is the best one of the ones available on Switch, for someone who hasn't played this series before?
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loquacius posted:Putting aside length (I can buy more than one game if I find myself invested), which would you say is the best one of the ones available on Switch, for someone who hasn't played this series before? Either Lydie and Suelle or Rorona, depending on whether you'd prefer puzzle mechanics or time management mechanics. I have a full write up in the OP of the Atelier thread.
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Looper posted:the premise of having one character named redips and another named spider who mysteriously never appear in the same room together is very silly the best part about that twist is that redips is his real name and spider is the fake one, so it's not like his name is a real word that he reversed for his secret identity, his name is a total nonsense word that coincidentally happens to be spider spelled backwards also iirc it's implied that spider was an actual real person whose identity redips stole before you meet him, so canonically he just found a random dude whose name happened to be his own name backwards and went "ah, yes, the perfect disguise!" command mission rules
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cheetah7071 posted:Either Lydie and Suelle or Rorona, depending on whether you'd prefer puzzle mechanics or time management mechanics. I have a full write up in the OP of the Atelier thread. Extremely helpful, thanks 
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