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I hate all DQ music so it didn't make much more of an impression than usual.
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Ragequit posted:I should probably do the same. Got distracted by another game when I got the boat. I'll need to find a summary video up to that point while trying to avoid spoilers on the ending. Yeah I had to read a summary and then rewatched a bunch of cutscenes anyway and still don't fully understand everything that was going on (although not sure I did at the time either). The gameplay was surprisingly far easier to settle back into than I thought it would be though.
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Ramie posted:"oppose society's pointless rules.... in a socially acceptable way!!!!" From my time in Japan, this IS Japanese culture, though. Japanese anti-culture "punks" almost uniformly have the exact same haircut (remake Cloud Strife) dyed in different colors. From observation, they still stick very close to Japanese social rules (bowing, formal/polite conversation). So it's not really surprising at all that for those of us in the "West" it would seem like a tonal disjunction.
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Dec 4, 2023 19:47
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Levitate posted:DQXI’s bombastic and repetitive “overworld” music is a bit much but probably to some extent and people part of the charm No its music is definitely one if its weakest aspects because its racist old warcrimes denier composer was really phoning it in at the end of his life. But he's dead now so hopefully the music will be better in the next one.
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Dec 4, 2023 20:06
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Regy Rusty posted:No its music is definitely one if its weakest aspects because its racist old warcrimes denier composer was really phoning it in at the end of his life. But he's dead now so hopefully the music will be better in the next one. iirc the soundtrack for dq12 is already done and was composed by him
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The day Sugiyama died was fun because the gaming industry at large was lining up to give eulogies about what a legendary artist he was while all the Dragon Quest fans were going "loving FINALLY."
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:iirc the soundtrack for dq12 is already done and was composed by him welp
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I got 100 super jumps in Mario RPG. Feeling pretty proud since kid me was never able to do it on the original even on a crt. https://x.com/seanmcbay/status/1731753018583028192?s=46&t=zpYUUMLitkL1LQfCkNP_qA Now I’m ready to face Culex 3D with my super suit.
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Dec 4, 2023 20:18
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i had more trouble with johnny 2 than the final one because I'm bad at perfect guards lol
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Regy Rusty posted:No its music is definitely one if its weakest aspects because its racist old warcrimes denier composer was really phoning it in at the end of his life. But he's dead now so hopefully the music will be better in the next one. They'll just reuse his old stuff forever because if DQ hates one thing it's change.
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Any recommendations for controllers? I don't really want to shell out $70x2 for 2 pro controllers. vvv Any good? https://www.amazon.com/Switch-Wireless-Controller-Nintendo-Vibration-Girls-Pink/dp/B0BC3FV66C Shaocaholica fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Dec 4, 2023 |
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Dec 4, 2023 20:35
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Shaocaholica posted:Any recommendations for controllers? I don't really want to shell out $70x2 for 2 pro controllers. It's not that much cheaper but the 8bitdo controllers are good, at least: https://www.8bitdo.com/pro2/
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Dec 4, 2023 20:38
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Aftermarket/3rd party controllers have to be switch specific? I can’t just use my existing Xbox controllers?
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Shaocaholica posted:Aftermarket/3rd party controllers have to be switch specific? I can’t just use my existing Xbox controllers? If you're playing docked you can buy a bluetooth adapter to make xbox/psx controllers work. e: this guy https://www.amazon.com/8Bitdo-Wirel...01719287&sr=8-3
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Looper posted:i had more trouble with johnny 2 than the final one because I'm bad at perfect guards lol Same. I had by far the most trouble with him. I don't have the Super Suit because I suck at Super Jumps too so the only way I could beat him was to equip the Lazy Shell on Mario and just tank everything. He died before Mario did so it worked!
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Anyone know of a case that can hold a switch and 2 pro controllers? Most likely I'll have the smaller PowerA nano controllers tho.
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Silver Falcon posted:Same. I had by far the most trouble with him. I don't have the Super Suit because I suck at Super Jumps too so the only way I could beat him was to equip the Lazy Shell on Mario and just tank everything. He died before Mario did so it worked! It's the only fight I used the lazy shell for. My tv has some bad input delay and I didn't care enough about the gimmick to play in handheld. I think solving for Booster gave me the most trouble otherwise.
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Ok just got the switch. How should I be buying games? Retail box? Secondary market physical? Secondary market digital?
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I just go into a shop and buy games
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WHY BONER NOW posted:Notable December releases: If anyone's interested in this I personally don't recommend getting it on the Switch. It doesn't really look great. Some of the building designs need to be a little more unique or have a better silhouette because they can get lost on the low res graphics which is really annoying when trying to manage the needs of nearby buildings. It is, however, not a bad game at all for a really chill city builder if that's what you're looking for.
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Shaocaholica posted:Ok just got the switch. How should I be buying games? Retail box? Secondary market physical? Secondary market digital?
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Shaocaholica posted:So secondary market then No, no he's an official retailer
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Shaocaholica posted:Ok just got the switch. How should I be buying games? Retail box? Secondary market physical? Secondary market digital? Assuming you have no strong preferences such as preferring the convenience of digital, liking having physical boxes to display, or on the other side of it disliking boxes cluttering up your house, you can go with whichever is cheapest! Doesn't matter in the end. You still get the games. Make sure to bookmark this site https://www.dekudeals.com/ and make an account there. You can set up a wishlist with preference such as physical or digital and it'll notify you when a game on your wishlist goes on sale. In general, if you're aiming for first-party Nintendo titles (developed and/or published by Nintendo), you won't see as large of a discount on those. They rarely go on sale. The secondary market is another matter but you'd have to do some hunting. The trade-off is that first-party Nintendo games are some of the best on the system and are consistently high quality, so you do get what you pay for. Good luck on hunting for deals and happy gaming!
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Shaocaholica posted:Ok just got the switch. How should I be buying games? Retail box? Secondary market physical? Secondary market digital? Buy discounted eShop credit at Costco or something, they do $100 credit for $80 on sale regularly. Then use that to just buy games digitally.
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Shaocaholica posted:Ok just got the switch. How should I be buying games? Retail box? Secondary market physical? Secondary market digital? If you wind up with a Nintendo switch online subscription, you can buy game vouchers. Those are $100 for two digital games. The selection is limited to Nintendo games, but also those are the ones that go on sale the least.
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Shaocaholica posted:Ok just got the switch. How should I be buying games? Retail box? Secondary market physical? Secondary market digital? Don't forget to check your local libraries lending networks, especially for shorter, easy games that have been around for a long time on the console.
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SMRPG got me thinking about remakes. Normally I don’t like them. I think nostalgia is a valid feeling to consider when playing a game and I’d rather revisit old games in a more authentic manner. Sometimes the nostalgia can help prop up weaker aspects of a game, and its old graphics can help contextualize those weaker aspects. When those game’s aesthetics get repainted, however, it end up making the project feel like you’re just playing a modern game with weak and outdated mechanics. However, I loved RE2 Remake and this game. There’s probably a lot to write about what makes these remakes good, but I think the key thing with these titles is that they understand the nostalgia and they try to preserve it through other cultural factors while they update the visuals and gameplay mechanics. RE2 and SMRPG feel not just faithful to the source material, but faithful to the 90s and the cultural landscape in which they came. I think the best thing a remake can you is get you excited about how the remake is going to handle your favorite moments. And SMRPG does that in spades. What a great game.
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I was extremely leery of the Link's Awakening remake, because it was the first video game that was *mine*, as opposed to just "one of the Genesis games". Also, the remake's art style looked way worse (to me) in static images than in motion. But it turned out great, and really well done.
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there are definitely too many remakes and remasters coming out these days but I'll allow it for the games i like
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Man they were not joking when they called fire emblems Normal mode 'Easy in disguise'
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JollyBoyJohn posted:Man they were not joking when they called fire emblems Normal mode 'Easy in disguise' I don't know what terms they use nowadays, but "Classic Permadeath" or whatever is what I did on the 3DS games. The folks who play on Nightmare are masochists who also play it like a solved game lmao.
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Looper posted:i had more trouble with johnny 2 than the final one because I'm bad at perfect guards lol It took me awhile to learn the patterns for some of his attacks too. I found that the sound of some of the attacks was a better indicator of when to hit the guard than watching the animations. Once I got that down, it was a lot easier to do it. One of these days I'm going to sit down and get 100 super jumps.
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Looper posted:there are definitely too many remakes and remasters coming out these days but I'll allow it for the games i like remakes are good when they are good. and they are bad when they are bad.
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Shaocaholica posted:So secondary market then a combo of the secondary market and that dekudeals site has saved me loads of money. wishlist the games you want so you get notified of good deals in stores. Amazon has been good for that every few months. Also Source sometimes has some decent clearance sales. but i have also scored killer deals on carts without game cases in pawn shops or sites like poshmark.
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