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This time it's back to the USN campaign, as the Silver Lynxes go check out Grey Rock! Episode 25 - Kevin 11
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I hope you're having a good break. No front mission LP until September? I guess we'll just have to... deal with it.
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Aug 14, 2016 13:49
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Double postin' as I can't delete my original attachment.
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Aug 14, 2016 13:58
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Crazy Achmed posted:Double postin' as I can't delete my original attachment. Oh that's good! I'm probably going to do some new episodes this weekend. The break was good!
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Aug 31, 2016 23:00
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After a long break, I'm back with another episode! And...things go awry. Episode 26 - Royd 5
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Oct 10, 2016 23:58
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Wow, that's a terrible gimmick. But I guess this is an indication of the game's age that someone thought it'd be cool to have a unit wandering the map that one-shots anyone it engages. Also didn't you have a mechanic before? So is there any reason to favour machine guns over rifles? The sheer damage output from a rifle really seems to put MGs to shame, even taking the odd missed shot into consideration. And yes, Ryuji is one hell of a hero.
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Oct 11, 2016 13:01
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Crazy Achmed posted:Wow, that's a terrible gimmick. But I guess this is an indication of the game's age that someone thought it'd be cool to have a unit wandering the map that one-shots anyone it engages. Also didn't you have a mechanic before? The mechanic was an addition to the USN campaign. We'll get something similar in the OCU campaign not too far from now. The reason to use machine guns is for finishing off a number of damaged parts at once this can net huge experience gains because your XP in this game is determined by how many parts you destroy. They also become incredibly powerful later in the game. I'll probably add a few more rifles to my team though.
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Alright after another long hiatus I actually got a decent recording session in! Here are some new episodes, with more to come! Episode 27 - Royd 5 Redux Episode 28 - Kevin Event 6 Walter Mission 2 Walter Event 6 Episode 29 - Royd Event 1 Episode 30 - Royd 6
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Nov 19, 2016 07:40
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Glad this is back!
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Nov 19, 2016 20:54
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Ubiquitous_ posted:Glad this is back! Glad to hear it! I've got just one video today, with hopefully with more to come this weekend: Episode 31 - Royd Secret Mission 1
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I love that the game has two different art styles for its characters depending on which campaign they belong to, it's a pretty funny artifact of its development.
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Nov 29, 2016 20:35
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It's a shame that the last front mission game seems to have scuttled the franchise despite being a massive departure from its core gameplay, but a new armored core is always good. Is that sign in the city background screens supposed to read "LSD"? Huffman seems to have some really liberal policies on drugs, I'm guessing it's like the Amsterdam of the future.
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Crazy Achmed posted:It's a shame that the last front mission game seems to have scuttled the franchise despite being a massive departure from its core gameplay, but a new armored core is always good. Yeah pretty sure that was intentional! The city background art is way more grimy and gritty than what we see on the maps, but that changed in FM2 where they both are really run-down looking.
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And here we are with another video! Once the Christmas break rolls around I should get some larger batches out, but for now I'm trying to do one per week: Episode 32 - Kevin 12
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This week Kevin and company take on a giant railroad cannon! Episode 33 - Kevin 13
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Wow, that mission took a pretty brutal turn once you had no choice but to rush down the cannons. I guess they intended for you to save your missiles, then have your entire team focus down one cannon per turn before engaging the rest of the enemies? Also, can they use their supply truck the same way you use yours with Royd's squad?
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Crazy Achmed posted:Wow, that mission took a pretty brutal turn once you had no choice but to rush down the cannons. I guess they intended for you to save your missiles, then have your entire team focus down one cannon per turn before engaging the rest of the enemies? It's an interesting question whether they can actually use the supply truck, I'm not actually sure. As for the mission plan, you can actually reload missiles from your repair unit just like you can in Royd's campaign, so I could have hung back and reloaded. I could have also brought more units with Long attacks. Finally I could have used Smoke more often to improve my chances against the cannons.
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What better way to finish up 2016 than by playing through the battle of Freedom City! Almost all of it is here to watch. Episode 34 - Kevin Event 7 Episode 35 - Royd 7 Episode 36 - Kevin 14 Walter Mission 4 Episode 37 - Kevin Event 8
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Nice work with obliterating those last few missions, poo poo is starting to get real for Royd and Kevin. I've been giving FM4 a break for the recent past but think i just ran into a particular character in that campaign which I am, well, kinda surprised to see.
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Crazy Achmed posted:Nice work with obliterating those last few missions, poo poo is starting to get real for Royd and Kevin. I've been giving FM4 a break for the recent past but think i just ran into a particular character in that campaign which I am, well, kinda surprised to see. Oh yes, we'll get to those connections! Here is another batch of missions, this time just from the OCU campaign: Episode 38 - Royd 8 Episode 39 - Royd Secret Mission 2
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The holidays are over but I'm still recording! A short mission to check out here: Episode 40 - Royd 9
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And here's the follow up to yesterday's episode. What do J.J. and Keith get up to? Find out here! Episode 41 - Royd 10
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Here are a couple videos from Kevin's scenario. Unfortunately I missed activating a secret mission after Mission 14 in his scenario, so I'm going to have go back and redo a bunch of missions. Because of that uploading will be on hiatus for a while. Episode 42 - Kevin 15 Episode 43 - Kevin 16
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You finally made a Clinton joke. I was really wondering when one would come out.
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SIGSEGV posted:You finally made a Clinton joke. I was really wondering when one would come out. Couldn't help myself! With that little side mission problem sorted out here's the next episode! Let's just say the AI was behaving unusually in this one... Episode 44 - Kevin Secret Mission 4
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MaterialConceptual posted:Couldn't help myself! That was some pretty odd AI behavior there. Also that was some pretty terrible supply management, damaging one depot can make others explode on the other end of the island? That's completely thoughtless!
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SIGSEGV posted:Put a "This machine loses elections." sticker on it. I am in favour of this. quote:That was some pretty odd AI behavior there. Also that was some pretty terrible supply management, damaging one depot can make others explode on the other end of the island? That's completely thoughtless! The whole premise for that mission is embarrassingly paper thin. Probably the most phoned in of the secret missions.
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And we're back to the OCU side of things with this mission. A fairly large one that involves crossing the Mail River. Episode 45 - Royd 11
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Here is our next episode in the OCU campaign where the Canyon Crows do a bit of a train heist. It has been a while since the last one but I hope I can get some more episodes out this week. Episode 46 - Royd 12
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This LP doesn't get too many replies, but I enjoy how thorough it is and mecha exploding doesn't really get old.
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Yep. I'm still watching and enjoying it, it's interesting from both a plot perspective and also looking at the gameplay itself. Some weird stuff in there, such as how machine guns went from being trash in the start of the game to absolutely wrecking things now, and that long-range sniper rifle falling by the wayside in terms of damage output so quickly without really getting a viable replacement (the grenade launchers just don't seem all that powerful). I thought it was an odd choice giving the sniper character a close-range flamethrower as a secondary weapon, but it makes sense in the light of not getting a decent upgrade to the rifle.
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Crazy Achmed posted:Yep. I'm still watching and enjoying it, it's interesting from both a plot perspective and also looking at the gameplay itself. Some weird stuff in there, such as how machine guns went from being trash in the start of the game to absolutely wrecking things now, and that long-range sniper rifle falling by the wayside in terms of damage output so quickly without really getting a viable replacement (the grenade launchers just don't seem all that powerful). I thought it was an odd choice giving the sniper character a close-range flamethrower as a secondary weapon, but it makes sense in the light of not getting a decent upgrade to the rifle. The switch to flamethrower from sniper rifle doesn't make any sense in terms of later FM, but the only difference in FM1 is their damage vs. accuracy. The weird lack of long range rifles in FM1 (except for that one you get with Gina) is a big problem with its design. It's a real shame they didn't do the same thing with the FM DS release that they did with Border of Madness, where they basically backported FM5's mechanics into the FM1 engine. Personally I think the most fun to be had in FM is when you get high level switch and speed skills on your machine guns and can just chew through enemies, although there are a couple missions that are actually well balanced enough to be challenging and fun. Ubiquitous_ posted:This LP doesn't get too many replies, but I enjoy how thorough it is and mecha exploding doesn't really get old. Thanks for the feedback! I know there are quite a few people who lurk on this thread. I guess many people didn't play this game because of the limited DS release. It seems most people familiar with FM only played FM3, with some having also played FM4.
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I keep having problems getting the playlist for this video to work properly on Youtube, but at least you guys who are watching the series on here can check it out! Episode 47 - Kevin 17
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