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Inspector Gesicht posted:What JRPGs are grounded in reality, in that the characters wear clothes that'd only take a minute to get on and aren't overly immaculate for their status? If I remember, nobody looked too out of place in Chrono Trigger. What is even the point of making a JRPG if you're not going all out on fashion disasters
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Cake Attack posted:plenty, only ff/square goes all out with the eclectic designs for the most part
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Dec 6, 2014 23:52
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Final Fantasy 7 and 8 had not that crazy of clothing. Cloud was just in a uniform, barret had pretty normal outfits. Tifa was just shorts and a tank top, and then some reason suspenders. Squall, Zeke, Seistis and Rinoa had rather normal clothing as well.
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Dec 6, 2014 23:53
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on the other hand FF7 had whatever Yuffie's outfit was I mean a sweater and shorts doesnt scream ninja to me but sure, but I still don't know what that thing on her arm was.
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Dec 6, 2014 23:57
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Baltazar Robotnik posted:Sui Out next week too. Next week. Excuse me while I go change my pants.
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Inspector Gesicht posted:What JRPGs are grounded in reality, in that the characters wear clothes that'd only take a minute to get on and aren't overly immaculate for their status? If I remember, nobody looked too out of place in Chrono Trigger. The Last Story.
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Dec 7, 2014 00:01
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I remember this picture of every protagonist from every single Tales games and it was comparing how practical their outfits were. Using a belt-o-meter. EDIT: Found it. 
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HGH posted:I remember this picture of every protagonist from every single Tales games and it was comparing how practical their outfits were. To be fair his abs are rock hard.
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Dec 7, 2014 00:55
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HGH posted:I remember this picture of every protagonist from every single Tales games and it was comparing how practical their outfits were. Tales of the Abyss is really weird in this because generally the outfits are relatively simple and you can see how a person would be able to put them on...except for the main character.
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Dec 7, 2014 00:57
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Was he not a rich aristocrat though?
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Tired Moritz posted:Was he not a rich aristocrat though?
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Endorph posted:Yeah but his outfit wasn't fancy, it was just... weird. if i had luke's abs i would never wear an article of clothing that doesn't show them off
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Cake Attack posted:if i had luke's abs i would never wear an article of clothing that doesn't show them off
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Dec 7, 2014 01:09
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one of the characters is named shing meteoryte what the heck
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Heavy neutrino posted:one of the characters is named shing meteoryte they renamed him Kor Meteor not any better really, lol
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Cake Attack posted:they renamed him Kor Meteor Especially when you consider "Cor!" is a British variation of shouting "Cool!" when something impresses you. So his name sounds like parents were fascinated by a passing meteor when the doctors were asking what to put on his birth certificate.
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I am obligated to inquire as to the opinions on the outfits of the Xenogears cast. It's the one topic about it that hasn't been discussed to death or even berated to death.      (not featured; Rico. Because he sucks. Or rather because Xeno Wiki didn't have a picture of his full body)
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NikkolasKing posted:I am obligated to inquire as to the opinions on the outfits of the Xenogears cast. It's the one topic about it that hasn't been discussed to death or even berated to death. So do the rest of the characters fight over who gets to stand behind her whenever she drops something?
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i really wonder what they used to influence the outfit design shame we won't see this kind of designs again though, the direction xeno series moves in now is very distant from those outfits.
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hubris.height posted:i really wonder what they used to influence the outfit design They're all references to some degree or another to various martial arts/kung-fu movies or anime. I saw a really nice lineup of comparisons a long time ago. I'll see if I can dig it up.
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I never played the xenos but the designs look cool. I'm a sucker for asian-inspired designs.
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Heavy neutrino posted:one of the characters is named shing meteoryte that belongs to ultra marine first name ultra, last name marine
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(I haven't played Xenogears and I barely know anything about it) 12th century chinese martial artist stepped into a time-warp please wear pants idiot owns uuuh, sure why not kinda cool
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Heavy neutrino posted:(I haven't played Xenogears and I barely know anything about it) i have played xenogears and i agree with all of these
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Ultra Marine sounds like a name someone would give to a half-retarded pet narwhal.
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Dec 7, 2014 04:00
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bought ff13-3 its pretty fun
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corn in the bible posted:bought ff13-3 Get the pumpkin head accessory as soon as you can. It is required for optimal enjoyment.
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I think having a time limit isn't bad since it means they don't pad it out to 100 hours, also the combat is good Also, the story is so bad enough to be funny, which is an improvement over ff13 which was just boring
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Endorph posted:i have played xenogears and i agree with all of these same except elhaym should never wear pants corn in the bible posted:bought ff13-3 i was gonna play this soon, i picked it up on sale. good to hear its fun at least
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ImpAtom posted:Get the pumpkin head accessory as soon as you can. It is required for optimal enjoyment.
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Leper Residue posted:Squall, Zeke, Seistis and Rinoa Ehh, close enough.
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Zereth posted:What about the armor where Lightning just straps a bunch of moogles to herself? I think that is DLC and so I can't really recommend it.
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Someone mentioned Langrisser IV a few pages ago, mentioned that it has a fan translation now so all us nerds could play it if we wanted. I'm wondering if anyone has played it? Aesthetically it looks like the kind of thing I very much like and seems to have some interesting gameplay. From what I can tell it has some sort of war combat a bit like Suikoden II, anime as heck character portraits and very classic 16-32 bit sprites and maps. It ticks boxes for me but it could still be very bad, I just don't know
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Endorph posted:shing meteoryte isn't even the worst/best name in tales of hearts To be fair, it's mainly to fit in to the whole weird naming theme. Everyone has a stone or mineral related name, including the person from another universe called "Gall". Assuming Aqua Marine was the first one to be designed, Ultramarine is a dye made from lapis lazuli, so Ultra fits in with the whole "everyone needs some sort of rock related name". Doesn't make it any less stupid though. corn in the bible posted:bought ff13-3 I personally enjoyed using the Luigi Strife outfit. 
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Paperhouse posted:Someone mentioned Langrisser IV a few pages ago, mentioned that it has a fan translation now so all us nerds could play it if we wanted. I'm wondering if anyone has played it? Aesthetically it looks like the kind of thing I very much like and seems to have some interesting gameplay. From what I can tell it has some sort of war combat a bit like Suikoden II, anime as heck character portraits and very classic 16-32 bit sprites and maps. It ticks boxes for me but it could still be very bad, I just don't know Apparently the version with the translation (PSX) took its battle engine from Langrisser V rather than use the one from the Sega Saturn version and tried to fit them into maps that aren't compatible with said engine only for the difficulty curve and stuff to go outta whack.
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Paperhouse posted:Someone mentioned Langrisser IV a few pages ago, mentioned that it has a fan translation now so all us nerds could play it if we wanted. I'm wondering if anyone has played it? Aesthetically it looks like the kind of thing I very much like and seems to have some interesting gameplay. From what I can tell it has some sort of war combat a bit like Suikoden II, anime as heck character portraits and very classic 16-32 bit sprites and maps. It ticks boxes for me but it could still be very bad, I just don't know It's quite good. The portraits are extremely anime, which is a weird change from the first few games, but it's interesting because the Langrisser games specialize in SRPG with heroes AND lots of units -- each hero can hire certain units, and you can set them to follow and defend your hero. This means you can move across the map easily and then control them manually in difficult situations. Pro tip: killing an enemy hero removes his units, but actually killing them before the hero nets you more exp overall. So you have to plan accordingly. Good game design. The turn times can be slow though so if you're emulating you might want to fast forward through those.
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Paperhouse posted:Someone mentioned Langrisser IV a few pages ago, mentioned that it has a fan translation now so all us nerds could play it if we wanted. I'm wondering if anyone has played it? Aesthetically it looks like the kind of thing I very much like and seems to have some interesting gameplay. From what I can tell it has some sort of war combat a bit like Suikoden II, anime as heck character portraits and very classic 16-32 bit sprites and maps. It ticks boxes for me but it could still be very bad, I just don't know It's pretty unique among strategy RPGs, to be honest. It's a weird combination of Advance Wars mechanics (disposable units, damage depends on number of units left) and Fire Emblem mechanics without the permadeath. You deploy your hero units with some number of generic army units, your hero has a leadership radius that raises the stats of their own generic units standing inside. There's a rock-paper-scissors element and a good deal of customization with heroes going through several class change options. I like it a lot but I'm a big weirdo who loves SRPGs so you'll probably have to play it yourself to get an idea.
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I think it's hilarious that in ff13-3 hope is a kid again, for literally no reason
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Agnostalgia posted:Ehh, close enough. I've been playing too many final fantasies I'm just jumbling up all the sorts of names.
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ImpAtom posted:I think that is DLC and so I can't really recommend it.
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