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GiantRockFromSpace posted:Crisis Core Reunion sounds like fun. As much as the PSP original had its annoyances I still liked it. The question is if to get it on PC or Switch, nice looking or portability.... They did not.
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SettingSun posted:Biggs and Wedge are in SoP, by the way. They're the names of a pair of the Cornelian guards you can talk to between missions. Oh, I didn't go back to Cornelia between missions at all, lol. I'll do that next time. Post edited accordingly.
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NieR Occomata posted:The One Thousand Years of Dreams segments are super contextually similar to the weapon stories/text adventure segments of Nier/Automata, yes. And the main story is nothing to write home about at all, I barely loving remember it outside of it being vaguely similar to FF4’s. Like if Lost Odyssey didn’t have the thousand years of dreams we’d be all like “remember lost odyssey, that not very interesting ff4 clone starring immortals? Weird, right?” I would disagree because I can't recall a single weapon story from Nier whereas there are good rear end stories in Lost Odyssey and the presentation effects are really good. The actual primary story of Lost Odyssey is fairly uninteresting, the villain at the start is the villain at the end and theres no real flavor on it. Sure the stakes rise but he wants the thing he said he wanted at the start, and you have to stop him and its very rote without a lot of narrative charm since the villain really doesn't get enough screen time. Edit: He does assassinate a man with a 50 foot snake which might be the most hilariously unsubtle methods ever devised.
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No Dignity posted:I don't think Gongora would be improved by more screen time, I think he'd come off as a bit broad in a Dragon Quest game I think its true, in my head more screen time would require something for him to do with it I guess. Hes very plain, not much pizzaz and his "intrigue" is done in the first like, two hours of the game so he doesn't escalate or reveal more layers. Hes a serviceable villain, but not inspiring in any way.
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Literally like 30 min into Type-0: It's Cid (Aulstyne), he's evil, he's the leader of the Empire. L'Cie mentioned already. I know this is FNC but it's definitely a completely different world than Cocoon and Pulse. We got our metallic Eidolons, Bahamut and Odin appear in the cutscenes and while we don't start with any, there's an section for Ediolons in the menus. So we already got Cid, and Chocobos and oh my loving God this game is metal as gently caress Jesus loving Christ, yes it is M rated Cutscenes and in-game graphics are surprisingly good Definitely feels like a portable game the way it's cut into these distinct, linear sections, but that's totally fine. Looks like Nine is our Mandatory Dragoon Haven't seen one yet but there's Moogles, one is giving me tips and mission objectives, Kupo! The controls and combat are a bit wonky but not unmanageable so far. If nothing else I loving love the setting, it is 10000% percent My Bag EDIT: I also like the stylish intro credits but it was actually a bit annoying to read them while trying to see what was occurring in the cinematic. Wonder how Our Bros are using magic when the Crystal is all jacked up which expressly jacks up one's ability to use magic. They're all fuckin' l'Cie, aren't they. Like XIII it kinda drops "l'Cie" on you without expressly saying what it is but it is made clear that it's some kind of weapon and very strictly controlled. EDIT EDIT: The voice acting is also... a bit rough. FrostyPox fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Dec 18, 2022 |
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Barudak posted:I would disagree because I can't recall a single weapon story from Nier whereas there are good rear end stories in Lost Odyssey and the presentation effects are really good. The Forest of Myth sequences in Replicant blow literally everything in Lost Odyssey out of the water. Otherwise yeah I don’t disagree, the presentation in one thousand years of dreams is really top notch. Again, it’s imo the only thing the game really has going for it. It was a game that coasted on its novelty and the fact that if you owned a 360 in 2008 and were a JRPG fan, aka me, your options were severely limited. It had the One Thousand Years of Dreams and those were really good, and again it’s the one memorable thing about the game. I’m sort of vaguely interested in replaying it but then I remember how that ring system is just not a very fun gameplay mechanic, it’s an 80 hour JRPG which if I’m going to invest that time on a jrpg from that generation I’d just replay Replicant to ending D for the ninth time in as many years. Either that or FFXV, since last page had me pining to play it again. NieR Occomata fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Dec 17, 2022 |
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SettingSun posted:I would give the world to see a Jack cameo in XVI. it would be sick for Jack to become a Gilgamesh-style cameo character
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I hate to just regurgitate stuff from Twitter, but, lmao. https://twitter.com/kotaku/status/1604189740533964801?s=61&t=29Jr3BQMbXE-ZN5c6fHF7Q Reminds me of the Okami cover with the IGN logo.
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Finished CC, weirdly perfunctory story that's barely 10 hours, not really sure how much of what it added was necessary to the FF 7 canon but they did well with the ending. Surprised that the bulk of the game is short missions but I guess that's the PSP for you.
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I remember feeling at the time that Crisis Core did pretty well at adding backstory and characterization to several key players in FF 7. The ending was well done too. It has some original new characters and elements I could’ve done without but it felt like the only worthwhile FF 7 universe thing until the Remake happened.
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Detective No. 27 posted:I hate to just regurgitate stuff from Twitter, but, lmao. if I'm SE's lawyer I simply argue it was painted by the Gettyi Mages
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Crisis Core's best part was actually making Sephiroth a likable character which does actually make his fall into insanity and villany more emotional. Sadly it also came with Genesis, who either should have had a personality or spouted more than the sane 3 verses of Loveless.
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Detective No. 27 posted:https://twitter.com/wario64/status/1604183287177416705?s=46&t=b7b766CJCnuk9YTocAkSeQ Like I said. You hear gently caress more than once every 30 hours, that's an M rated game.
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GiantRockFromSpace posted:Crisis Core's best part was actually making Sephiroth a likable character which does actually make his fall into insanity and villany more emotional. This was already part of my headcanon from when I wrote FF7 fics in the late 90's but it's nice to have official confirmation lol
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Not going to lie, I think if Type-0 had been made for home consoles instead of the PSP, it'd loving slap so goddamn hard. It's a great setting held back by being a portable game.
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Sakurazuka posted:This was already part of my headcanon from when I wrote FF7 fics in the late 90's but it's nice to have official confirmation lol Did you also include the fan club wondering about Sephiroth's hair routine?
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Oh gently caress Type-0 has two endings? I'm gonna have to play it twice I guess smdh
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FrostyPox posted:Not going to lie, I think if Type-0 had been made for home consoles instead of the PSP, it'd loving slap so goddamn hard. It's a great setting held back by being a portable game. Honestly I agree.
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FrostyPox posted:Not going to lie, I think if Type-0 had been made for home consoles instead of the PSP, it'd loving slap so goddamn hard. It's a great setting held back by being a portable game. The controls are definitely the worst part
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Like I said. You hear gently caress more than once every 30 hours, that's an M rated game. Nightmare inducing body horror is perfectly family friendly though
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Detective No. 27 posted:I hate to just regurgitate stuff from Twitter, but, lmao. Getty images is now canon to FF7.
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Gackt voice: “Ahh…Getty Images…the gift of the goddess”
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GiantRockFromSpace posted:Crisis Core's best part was actually making Sephiroth a likable character which does actually make his fall into insanity and villany more emotional. But the gift of the goddess tho
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FrostyPox posted:Not going to lie, I think if Type-0 had been made for home consoles instead of the PSP, it'd loving slap so goddamn hard. It's a great setting held back by being a portable game.  Maybe we can get a remake in 20 years 
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NieR Occomata posted:The Forest of Myth sequences in Replicant blow literally everything in Lost Odyssey out of the water. Otherwise yeah I don’t disagree, the presentation in one thousand years of dreams is really top notch. Again, it’s imo the only thing the game really has going for it. It was a game that coasted on its novelty and the fact that if you owned a 360 in 2008 and were a JRPG fan, aka me, your options were severely limited. It had the One Thousand Years of Dreams and those were really good, and again it’s the one memorable thing about the game. I’m sort of vaguely interested in replaying it but then I remember how that ring system is just not a very fun gameplay mechanic, it’s an 80 hour JRPG which if I’m going to invest that time on a jrpg from that generation I’d just replay Replicant to ending D for the ninth time in as many years. Either that or FFXV, since last page had me pining to play it again. The real reason you shouldn't replay it is there is no encounter none ability. Also the forest of myth in Nier did absolutely nothing for me. Its a matter of preference, obviously. For me, Nier and Lost Odyssey were opposites. The written portions were whatever to me in Nier while the main story carried me and I can mount no real enthusiasm for the main story in Lost Oddyssey.. Until you said it I didnt remember the Forest of Myth at all and my only recollection of it after prompting was "ugh, this thing between me and the next objective"
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man, kinda wish they'd redone the story FMVs in Crisis Core instead of just upscaling them. they legit look worse than the in-engine scenes lol.
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Augus posted:man, kinda wish they'd redone the story FMVs in Crisis Core instead of just upscaling them. they legit look worse than the in-engine scenes lol. 'FMVs looking worse than in-engine' is always a weird, funny part of a remaster. It happens every time, and maybe it's because I never really cared about them (I was an N64 kid, FMVs were for other people), but I just find it kinda charmingly funny every time.
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NieR Occomata posted:The Forest of Myth sequences in Replicant blow literally everything in Lost Odyssey out of the water. Otherwise yeah I don’t disagree, the presentation in one thousand years of dreams is really top notch. Again, it’s imo the only thing the game really has going for it. It was a game that coasted on its novelty and the fact that if you owned a 360 in 2008 and were a JRPG fan, aka me, your options were severely limited. It had the One Thousand Years of Dreams and those were really good, and again it’s the one memorable thing about the game. I’m sort of vaguely interested in replaying it but then I remember how that ring system is just not a very fun gameplay mechanic, it’s an 80 hour JRPG which if I’m going to invest that time on a jrpg from that generation I’d just replay Replicant to ending D for the ninth time in as many years. Either that or FFXV, since last page had me pining to play it again. skill issue
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Like I said. You hear gently caress more than once every 30 hours, that's an M rated game. If we can find out from the ESRB how many times someone says gently caress we might be able to estimate how long the game is
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Maybe it’s due to me being a gigantic yoko taro fan and assuming NieR was its own thing but forest of myth is the first time in the game you get definitive confirmation that Nier is a direct sequel to Drakengard, and I remember my mind exploding at the possibilities of what that could possibly loving mean. So for that alone I’m super fond of forest of myth. Also it does fourth wall breaking that’s actually funny and not either cringe inducing or eye rolling.
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Augus posted:man, kinda wish they'd redone the story FMVs in Crisis Core instead of just upscaling them. they legit look worse than the in-engine scenes lol. See, what confuses me is that I'm 90% sure they did redo the FMV's, in some fashion, for one simple reason: The Buster Sword. The PSP game used the fancied-up version of the Buster Sword that was introduced in Advent Children:  While Reunion uses the OG Buster Sword design, like Remake does:  This is properly reflected in every single FMV, which implies that every single FMV was either remade or rerendered with the alternate Buster Sword model. Which begs the question: WHY do they look like dogshit?
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I’m just surprised they still had the FMV files hanging around, knowing SE’s track record for archiving things.
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HD DAD posted:I’m just surprised they still had the FMV files hanging around, knowing SE’s track record for archiving things. They finally got their poo poo together on that front around the mid 2000s after the merger between Square and Enix
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