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Caphi posted:an actual midterm where there were seven subjects or something and you can only study for three of them in any given playthrough.  You just have to look around for them.
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You can't skip BoF3 if you like good sprite work though. The game is worth playing just for the graphics if you're into that style.
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:You can study for all of them and get a top score, impressing even Jusis You only get three Friendship Points in study hour. Are the answers supposed to be in the library too or something? (I'm kidding, I looked them up because I can't stand losing AP.)
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Rascyc posted:You can't skip BoF3 if you like good sprite work though. The game is worth playing just for the graphics if you're into that style. Yeah, it's uneven and a bit of a mess in places but the spritework is top-notch. I think it has the best dragon system too. Caphi posted:You only get three Friendship Points in study hour. Are the answers supposed to be in the library too or something? There are books in the library you can read, yeah.
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Harrow posted:When I played Dragon Quarter, I didn't use the dragon transformation at all (except the one time the story forces you to when you first get it) until the final dungeon. It made some of the boss fights a little harrowing but it was never all that tough. I loved the hell out of that game, though. Uh, excuse me, any initial showcase post of BoFIV's beautiful soundtrack is required to use the manliest song in the game  .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf9wP-XEKo4 A Warring God's my favourite track too.
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The best thing to do in BoFDQ if you're frustrated with the restart system is to look up the trick with the treasure chest enemies in the ice area. If done correctly a couple times it gives you buckets of money. Inventory space limitations keep it from completely breaking the difficulty of the game, and even if you find it too easy, the game is worth playing for the music, plot and atmosphere alone.
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to be fair about the black rose thing the dude's wife has never voice acted before i don't think. and like, people obviously need to start somewhere but that is kind of blatant nepotism. also he's like 45 and she's 18 and it's weird. review bombing the game over it is dumb tho. that said the VAing is very bad from the two minutes ive heard of it so it is a legitimate flaw in the game. Endorph fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Jul 27, 2016 |
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Jul 27, 2016 19:31
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voltcatfish posted:play the breath of fire game with the talking dog in it It's BoF IV so of course even the cute talking dog man is so severely alcoholic that he's literally never sober in the game. At least in the original since they changed his drunken slurring into a speech impediment in the localization.
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Kanfy posted:It's BoF IV so of course even the cute talking dog man is so severely alcoholic that he's literally never sober in the game. I sometimes wonder what games like this would be like if they were localized 10 years later when localization didn't censor stuff usually
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voltcatfish posted:I sometimes wonder what games like this would be like if they were localized 10 years later when localization didn't censor stuff usually
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Endorph posted:it'd have a drunk dog man in it and otherwise be mostly the same you're talking as if this isn't something that would revolutionize the world as we know it
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hosed up that you'd all forget my man Bow.
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voltcatfish posted:don't deny dogs drugs Dark Dogs Don't Drugs
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Atelier Firis: Recruit a big man, ride on a broom 
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voltcatfish posted:I sometimes wonder what games like this would be like if they were localized 10 years later when localization didn't censor stuff usually BoF IV is more of an exception than the norm, they went at it pretty aggressively for some reason which is unusual for a PS1 game. The most messed up stuff is still in the game too, probably because a lot of it is so central to the plot. I mean, they even left the Pabpab in the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wnd6qEIzVU
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Motto posted:Atelier Firis: Recruit a big man, ride on a broom does the clock in those screens mean they brought back the time system because having no time limit really fucks up the pacing
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Kanfy posted:BoF IV is more of an exception than the norm, they went at it pretty aggressively for some reason which is unusual for a PS1 game. The most messed up stuff is still in the game too, probably because a lot of it is so central to the plot. I think that's why I found the removed scenes in BoF4 so baffling. There's some hosed up poo poo in that game, but for some reason a dude's silhouette getting decapitated or a couple of goofy anime-style scenes is a bridge too far? Also apparently the English localization totally invented Nina having a crush on Cray, too, which is extra funny because it only comes up in a single scene, is just kind of confusing, and then never comes up again.
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corn in the bible posted:does the clock in those screens mean they brought back the time system because having no time limit really fucks up the pacing You have a one year limit to accomplish your initial goal (pass an alchemy exam to prove yourself and be allowed to leave your cavetown for good).
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I hope things actually happen in that first year because Sophie is boring as hell.
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The soundtrack in Bravely Second so far is a huge step down from Bravely Default. Everything else seems like a step up--the dungeon design isn't amazing but they're using 3D space more and that's cool, for example--but man, I miss the BD soundtrack something fierce. Even the world map music in BD was incredible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egy4LnZvl7o
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Motto posted:Atelier Firis: Recruit a big man, ride on a broom Firis is shaping up to be a monster
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Kanfy posted:2 not really, 3 is good and has the coolest Dragon mechanics but it also has a fairly painful encounter rate, 4 is worth playing for the story because dark JRPGs are fairly rare, Dragon Quarter is worth playing to see what you think about it. Dragon Quarter is basically a roguelite you are meant to game over a number of times. Scalding Coffee fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Jul 27, 2016 |
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RareAcumen posted:Disgaea 1- I only just remembered that stealing gets easier if your thief-whatever the class's name is- is a higher level than the enemies you're trying to rob.
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Harrow posted:I think that's why I found the removed scenes in BoF4 so baffling. There's some hosed up poo poo in that game, but for some reason a dude's silhouette getting decapitated or a couple of goofy anime-style scenes is a bridge too far? iirc, the cut content was Ursula dropping trou in front of some sailors just to go "FEAR MY VAGINA, MANLY MEN" to prove that women can-too go on ships, the hotsprings scene while they're stuck waiting for the tide to come back in on an island bridge, and the big decapitation scene. All stuff excised at the explicit moment of "THIS IS OUTRIGHT SEXUAL/HIGH-LEVEL VIOLENCE" rather than gutting entire scenes from the game. Scias being changed to a stutterer is about on-par for the time too with alcohol getting changed to "juice" for a lot of games and anime (see also; Skies of Arcadia). The stuff that is left in is likely just as shy of outright/explicit as they can carry it without getting dinged probably. Implied stuff was generally okay around the time of 90's localization, because the sweet innocent little children won't be able to figure it out themselves. You never see the actual sacrifice for the Carronade, just the brief moment before it and the girl's earring landing by Fou-Lu, for example, or what happens when they finally have to say goodbye to Nina's sister.
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for the first time, i care about the ongoing censorship/localization debate. the vag of terror sounds amazing.
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it isn't really a vag of terror it's just 'are you sure you're a woman, lady? you're so badass.' and then ursula takes her pants off and they're like 'oh, well this is awkward'
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And that's why Ursula is one of the best BoF characters. EDIT: \/ There are many reasons, okay? Mokinokaro fucked around with this message at 11:11 on Jul 28, 2016 |
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Mokinokaro posted:And that's why Ursula is one of the best BoF characters. Uh, pretty sure the real reason is shooting Khan off the top of the ship's mast without giving a single gently caress 
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Harrow posted:The soundtrack in Bravely Second so far is a huge step down from Bravely Default. Yeah the music was sorta letdown in BS. It still has some really good tracks but a lot of it is meh. The Asterisk battle them is bad compared to the fantastic one in BD.
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They announced that the composer had changed like two years in advance.
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Endorph posted:They announced that the composer had changed like two years in advance. Doesn't stop it from being a letdown.
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Andrast posted:Doesn't stop it from being a letdown. Especially when they tease you with a few of the old tracks at points.
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Endorph posted:They announced that the composer had changed like two years in advance. Yeah doesn't make it any less of a letdown. The music is still good though for BS just not as amazing as BD's was. Also I love Yew, he's literally Dean Venture.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:The stuff that is left in is likely just as shy of outright/explicit as they can carry it without getting dinged probably. Implied stuff was generally okay around the time of 90's localization, because the sweet innocent little children won't be able to figure it out themselves. You never see the actual sacrifice for the Carronade, just the brief moment before it and the girl's earring landing by Fou-Lu, for example, or what happens when they finally have to say goodbye to Nina's sister. Man, Breath of Fire 4 is dark as hell. The Carronade scene is legitimately horrifying, as is Elena's fate. Or the scene where a boar (I think) kills itself by ramming a boulder over and over again so Fou-Lu can pass, without Fou-Lu even telling it to, because that's the power a god has over mortals. For a PlayStation JRPG with cutesy graphics, it's a chilling game. Golden Goat posted:Yeah the music was sorta letdown in BS. It still has some really good tracks but a lot of it is meh. The Asterisk battle them is bad compared to the fantastic one in BD. I do like the random battle theme in BS a lot, but I really miss the BD overworld theme.
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BoF games always have always had weirdly dark moments I think. Like 3 opens with you toasting a bunch of defenceless miners because you just woke up and don't know what's going on.
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Sakurazuka posted:BoF games always have always had weirdly dark moments I think. Like 3 opens with you toasting a bunch of defenceless miners because you just woke up and don't know what's going on. 2 has basically every family member/close friend of your party go through awful poo poo as well. Nina's sister becomes a giant bird forever so you can have an airship, Rand's mother sacrifices herself to save the party from a trap, at one point you kill your father etc. And that's not even getting in to the optional hosed up stuff like how you can kill the villagers possessed by parasites because the targetting cursor defaults on them. And the normal ending of the game is the MC turning into a dragon to physically block the entrance to hell forever.
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Sakurazuka posted:BoF games always have always had weirdly dark moments I think. Like 3 opens with you toasting a bunch of defenceless miners because you just woke up and don't know what's going on. Well, the miners you fight come at you with shovels and pickaxes and the two guys who free you immediately attack you first as well. There's a bunch of miners just cowering in fear and you don't fight them. The whole business with Nue and its cubs a little later on does probably qualify though.
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