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That was really cool. I wonder what Robot Bahamut meant by the tyranny of the Bionis... I have to vote for plot! The music in that update was really good too.
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Jun 23, 2014 03:19
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    Oh boy do we mess poo poo up in the next update!
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I really like that part where you're looking over Sword Valley and you realize... yes, that whole thing is the Mechonis' sword.  It's not called Sword Valley for some metaphorical reason, no. It's the loving sword. It blew my mind a little.As usual, can't wait for the next one!
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Jun 26, 2014 03:17
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    A proper send off for a good, old friend.
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Jun 26, 2014 18:40
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Yeah, I barely remember this part of the game at all. I was just pushing through as fast as I could because, GOTTA SAVE FIORA!
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Jun 26, 2014 19:37
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Crafting isn't to terrible in this game. It's just time consuming and annoying because you need to exit out and save after every good craft. At least in the beginning until you have enough gems where it doesn't matter if you fail a couple times. The most important thing to remember with crafting is that your characters affection towards each other makes a huge difference in crafting. But it's basically just, combine a bunch of smaller gems with properties you like, trying to get only 1 or 2 properties on it. The combine those gems to make giant awesome gems. The trick is to combine the gems in such an order that the crappy abilities don't get saved, and only the good ones that you like get saved. It's an interesting system, just the amount of crafting required to make really good gems isn't really worth it. Especially as you were saying, you can just sell the ingredients most of the time and buy gems. I've never really had the gems be so amazing that they were miles above what you could buy in the store
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Jun 27, 2014 00:18
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Also the inventory management for crafting is just... messy.
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Silver Falcon posted:Yeah, I barely remember this part of the game at all. I was just pushing through as fast as I could because, GOTTA SAVE FIORA! I hear you, I literally remember nothing between this boss fight and the events in the vision Shulk has at the end of the episode. But the bits after said vision events are so good  e: and yeah, screw the crafting in this game. Sidequests and the collectapaedia should give you all the gems you need. Hell, a lot of the unique weapons that drop on endgame have gem setups that you would want anyway. ManlyGrunting fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Jun 27, 2014 |
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Jun 27, 2014 00:28
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OddObserver posted:Also the inventory management for crafting is just... messy. Yea, I thought the crafting in this game was a bit too disorganized to be worth doing (especially since I never felt like gems made a huge difference), but the actual crafting scene, for lack of a better term, is fantastic.
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I actually had quite a bit of trouble with Tranquil Morax, although partly that was because I hadn't realized that the covert spider bot thing would run off to fetch help, so I was facing a LOT more Mechon at once. Fastforwarding through battles is a good technique, but in my opinion, you should probably show at least the first fights in an area at normal speed to give us a feel for how they play out. I didn't really get a good sense of how Melia played out with it happening at 3X speed (all right, yes I KNOW how she plays, but you get what I'm saying). For the future, in a few more updates, you could possibly do a few optional bonus videos showing off the other characters and how they fight. If they're optional, people can't complain if it's a bunch of repetitive fighting. 
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I actually had quite a bit of trouble with Tranquil Morax, although partly that was because I hadn't realized that the covert spider bot thing would run off to fetch help, so I was facing a LOT more Mechon at once. Yeah I keep saying I'll do all that stuff and then going WHOO LOOK AT This PLOT IT'S BONKERS. I started out like 'yeah I'll do the best video jrpg let's play ever' and I'm actually a disorganised lump distracted by the game I've already played twice. 'Oh this is so fun I just want to keep killing stuff with no sense of direction or coordination'. Maybe I'll do it all a third time next year! 
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I want to see more of Melia's fighting, because everyone describes her as a glass cannon and that is my absolute favorite character archetype to play in combat. Also, Goddamnit, Shulk, you saw more than just the Silver Mechon in there, TELL THE OTHERS THE REST OF WHAT YOU SAW. Meanwhile, all I could think of after the Mumkar fight was:  "HUUUUUUUUUUUBRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssssssss" *sploosh*
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I may be completely imagining things here but has there been mention of spoilers in case repairing colony 9/6 [I can't even tell which it was]? Is that something that was mentioned here and if so how far off are we on doing that? Or at least getting started?
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Lethemonster posted:Yeah I keep saying I'll do all that stuff and then going WHOO LOOK AT This PLOT IT'S BONKERS. I started out like 'yeah I'll do the best video jrpg let's play ever' and I'm actually a disorganised lump distracted by the game I've already played twice. 'Oh this is so fun I just want to keep killing stuff with no sense of direction or coordination'. To be fair this game is a lot of fun to just run around and explore stuff in, nice and chill in a way. Though my favourite parts in Deus Ex: Human Revolution were running around, breaking and entering and generally being Adam Jensen: hoarder and compulsive thief. Must be all the Banjo-Kazooie I played as a kid. e: \/\/\/ She said in the video that she had stronger weapons so she equipped them and just kept using Monado enchant. ManlyGrunting fucked around with this message at 17:33 on Jun 28, 2014 |
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Jun 28, 2014 17:30
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I saw people doing 1 damage in the Mumkhar fight. Is he immune to the anti-Mechon weapons, or did you just forget to equip them?
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RareAcumen posted:I may be completely imagining things here but has there been mention of spoilers in case repairing colony 9/6 [I can't even tell which it was]? Is that something that was mentioned here and if so how far off are we on doing that? Or at least getting started? The ability to get started with repairing / rebuilding Colony 6 unlocked at the end of Satorl Marsh, so the existence of that large sidequest hasn't been a spoiler since then. It's a pretty monstrous beast of its own though, so I'm guessing Lethemonster will be showing it off in its own set of updates at some point.
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Vil posted:The ability to get started with repairing / rebuilding Colony 6 unlocked at the end of Satorl Marsh, so the existence of that large sidequest hasn't been a spoiler since then. It's a pretty monstrous beast of its own though, so I'm guessing Lethemonster will be showing it off in its own set of updates at some point. Someone on youtube just started a Let's play of this game too and I'm watching that as well so I got confused which one mentioned it in the comments and didn't want to spoil it. I'm still on 3-5 right now but can someone explain when anti-mechon weapons popped up first? Because I thought the whole thing about mechon was that you couldn't hurt them using conventional weaponry unless you were using the Monado. That obviously excludes ether river dunking or shooting them with a mech cannon.
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I found crafting to be easy. I mean yes, it is far too complex considering how the game goes out of its way to make every other task simple but it isn't actually that hard. However, I am all for a drunk crafting Episode. RareAcumen posted:I'm still on 3-5 right now but can someone explain when anti-mechon weapons popped up first? Because I thought the whole thing about mechon was that you couldn't hurt them using conventional weaponry unless you were using the Monado. That obviously excludes ether river dunking or shooting them with a mech cannon. The fight against Metal Face in which Dunban joins. He comes with one crafted by Dickson.
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Vil posted:The ability to get started with repairing / rebuilding Colony 6 unlocked at the end of Satorl Marsh, so the existence of that large sidequest hasn't been a spoiler since then. It's a pretty monstrous beast of its own though, so I'm guessing Lethemonster will be showing it off in its own set of updates at some point. I will be indeedy. I have actively been trying to do it for quite a while, but fixing most of the colony requires collectables that I just CANNOT get to drop. I am playing a concurrent game that I may end up using to show off the rebuilding. I have managed to get bits and pieces of the place sorted and do intend to show off the whole thing (gently caress you, fossil monkey) but don't have enough yet to put even one coherent update together. I also have a specific plan for when a number of these and other long chain but self contained side quess will be presented within the narrative, to try and make a bit more sense than 'we do need to save Fiora and the Bionis but still had time to help this person rearrange their furniture'. I've never minded that in RPG games but I know it takes some people out of their willing suspension of disbelief. It's slightly odd doing a let's play that from what I can tell is split evenly between people who've seen it all and people completely new. I like it! I will be recording tonight. If you hear snuffling and woofing in the background it is because my labrador associates microphones with me talking to her on skype because I'm at uni, so she compulsively tries to join in the noise making. She does not like the cockney accents in the game 
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Lethemonster posted:She does not like the cockney accents in the game Your labrador has no sense of taste. 
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Hey, if it's alright with the OP I can provide a deeper writeup of the characters and their playstyles and moves and whatnot, just because I'm a turbonerd and like talking about the ways you can play these characters. I think we're at the point where the characters have all of their arts unlocked, barring a couple of Monado arts and maybe one or two level dependant stuff. I just like how all of the arts and skills play into the characters' personality is all.
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ManlyGrunting posted:Hey, if it's alright with the OP I can provide a deeper writeup of the characters and their playstyles and moves and whatnot, just because I'm a turbonerd and like talking about the ways you can play these characters. I think we're at the point where the characters have all of their arts unlocked, barring a couple of Monado arts and maybe one or two level dependant stuff. I just like how all of the arts and skills play into the characters' personality is all. Sure, I'm putting together videos to showcase individual playstyles and group combos. I can give you a heads up when I am going to post about a character and you can get yours ready too. I tried doing it up until now but there were too many arts missing that I was just going to end up reposting a few more hours in going 'and now we use this and this instead for the rest of the game!' People's favourites are Dunban and Riki so far, so I was going to show of those two first.
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Now that I've finally caught up with this LP:  This game is great. Reminds me of all those countless hours playing FFXII on PS2. The fact that Xenoblade Chronicles X is coming out on Wii U makes my heart and possibly my wallet bleed.
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WaltherFeng posted:This game is great. Reminds me of all those countless hours playing FFXII on PS2. Yeah, but this game is actually good. 
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Ometeotl posted:Yeah, but this game is actually good.  Personally, I love that game for exactly what it is: A JRPG where you just get to do stuff at your leisure and wandering into places you'd never even see during the story path. But enough of that. What I'd like to see is Square borrowing mechanics from FFXIV: ARR with its positional combat, skill rotations, enmity management and implementing them into a single player game.
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Ometeotl posted:Yeah, but this game is actually good. Hey now. They both do things right where the other goes wrong. But they both do great at story and pure joy of running around looking at the nice views.
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I'm in a new flat with no internet and I've lost my voice thanks to my lungs going 'oh hey wonder what being full of fluid is like?!' But, the next few updates are probably better without my commentary so I'm dropping provisional links here. The first update was a rather rough section of the game cut down to show as little faff as possible while still showing the small area off and what I did to get through it. You'll see a couple of uniques I cut out the fights with because literally nothing I fight in this area is special or different at all. The updates after this one are favourites parts of the game for me and I will just be adding a little bit of commentary to the boss fight that happens before the cutscene extravaganza. Here you go: Xenoblade Chronicles Revelations 3 - 7 Xenoblade Chronicles Revelations 3 - 8
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I'm not knocking the kickass game. But I just realized how much easier it is to watch while you're explaining things and also making sarcastic jokes. I felt like Fiora rebelling was like Darth Vader throwing the Emperor to his death. Definitely got that vibe. I wish this game had the Captain of the Thames in it....
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Lethemonster posted:I'm in a new flat with no internet and I've lost my voice thanks to my lungs going 'oh hey wonder what being full of fluid is like?!'  Good luck with your new place and also your lungs!Increment Plot Drama++ The Fiora rollercoaster continues. So, how bad was fighting mechon on the tiny little platforms and ledges? Without being able to maneuver for side slashes and back stab benefits is button mashing attacks still adequate at this level? Anyway, as much commentary as you can healthily squeeze in would be appreciated. Watching plain videos of the game playing out is less gooder than hearing what a real person with opinions is experiencing and what they think of it. Not that I don't appreciate the editing work that's gone in, I just prefer Let's Play to You Watch.
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Well, they're all dead now, LP over!ThaGhettoJew posted:
Button mashing will get you killed by now. These areas are pretty tough, and you need all the advantages you can get. quote:Anyway, as much commentary as you can healthily squeeze in would be appreciated. Watching plain videos of the game playing out is less gooder than hearing what a real person with opinions is experiencing and what they think of it. Not that I don't appreciate the editing work that's gone in, I just prefer Let's Play to You Watch. Yeah, I have to agree with that. The three minutes of running around in fast-forward mode at the start of Rev. 3-7 was not interesting. If there was commentary, or you showed the battles, that would have worked, but without either, there just was nothing there.
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Yeah I'm only putting them up because I get pestered occasionally by some people who would rather just watch a blank video than wait. I'll post the next two blank but if you are not one of those people just ignore them, I will upload commentated versions of all of them. And I noticed this morning I encoded them all in SD >: | Good to hear my nonsensical babbling is actually a plus point though! RE: Button mashing: It will most definitely just get you dead now unless you overlevel yourself. The part at which we approach and murder Mumkhar is a turning point in the game for actually paying attention to lots of the extra mechanics and character specialties. As per request we'll be going through the intricacies of leading man Dunban very shortly!
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Definitely agreed that your very British rambling adds a lot to the videos. Also, it couldn't hurt to include at least a few fights! It's a bit weird to watch you infiltrate a heavily guarded enemy base and barely see you fight anything. I get the combat gets repetitive to watch, but consider at least including you beating the Uniques?
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I do miss your rambling. Also... it seems kind of like we're gearing up for the big final battle, which if I know my Xeno series means we're about a fourth of the way through the game.
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Glazius posted:I do miss your rambling. I feel like a quarter through is about right. As a guess, we do a big boss to wrap up the first act, transition to mechonis for the second act, then back to save bionis for the finale, plus about a third more in side quests and post game content.
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Outsource your commentary. I'm sure you can find goons eager to comment over your videos. You could even give them scripts so they said what you wanted them to during the LP.
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Heffer posted:I feel like a quarter through is about right. As a guess, we do a big boss to wrap up the first act, transition to mechonis for the second act, then back to save bionis for the finale, plus about a third more in side quests and post game content. I wouldn't say a quarter, a bit closer to a third.
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Blind Sally posted:Outsource your commentary. I'm sure you can find goons eager to comment over your videos. You could even give them scripts so they said what you wanted them to during the LP. But then I'll cause the pay of homegrown LPers to plummet and cause a downturn in the industry!!! And you might end up having to listen to someone with a funny accept like a Quebecois or something. I have voice back, recording is going ahead today. Heffer posted:I feel like a quarter through is about right. As a guess, we do a big boss to wrap up the first act, transition to mechonis for the second act, then back to save bionis for the finale, plus about a third more in side quests and post game content. Glazius posted:I do miss your rambling. Alectai posted:I wouldn't say a quarter, a bit closer to a third. I have to admit, we've reached the point where I know what the big story beats are but can't remember a lot of what happens to get from point to point. Now I'm all excited to see what's going to happen next as well!
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Blind Sally posted:Outsource your commentary. I'm sure you can find goons eager to comment over your videos. You could even give them scripts so they said what you wanted them to during the LP. Unless she outsources it exclusively to British folks, this is a terrible idea. British is best.
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