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MR. J
Nov 22, 2011

Chuck and Fuck

goatface posted:

Your continuing determination to never heal outside of battle is quite bizarre.

It's a system of miscommunication on the game's part because unless you have almost no max HP left you aren't really encouraged to blow an elixir between battles.
Also the series-long stigma against elixirs as the "limited supply emergency heal" item.

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topiKal
Mar 11, 2006

Rock Solid.
Heart Touching.

MR. J posted:

It's a system of miscommunication on the game's part because unless you have almost no max HP left you aren't really encouraged to blow an elixir between battles.
Also the series-long stigma against elixirs as the "limited supply emergency heal" item.

Also we're bad at games

Railing Kill
Nov 14, 2008

You are the first crack in the sheer face of god. From you it will spread.
Holy poo poo how did I not find this earlier? I was a big Tipping 40's fan back in the day, and finding this thread a few days ago was a treat.

So I'm three episodes in and... this game sucks, huh? The combat system is a mess. Also, why do all of the party members wear the same (lack of) colors? You can't tell anyone apart when poo poo's really chaotic. The character designs in FFX were garish and stupid, but they were at least distinct.

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

topiKal posted:

Also we're bad at games

Nothing is going to be worse than gently caress Bandunk though, so you're good.

Kase moch
Jun 5, 2012

Gentlemen prefer blondes

Railing Kill posted:

Holy poo poo how did I not find this earlier? I was a big Tipping 40's fan back in the day, and finding this thread a few days ago was a treat.

So I'm three episodes in and... this game sucks, huh? The combat system is a mess. Also, why do all of the party members wear the same (lack of) colors? You can't tell anyone apart when poo poo's really chaotic. The character designs in FFX were garish and stupid, but they were at least distinct.

This is a pretty bad game, yes. Many many poor design decisions were made and stuck with. And not even in an amusingly bad way like many of FFX's features, no, this game is just bad.

(Except for finding a new recipay.)

Fabulousvillain
May 2, 2015
My brother let me borrow this game recently and I finished it. While I didn't hate playing it, everything reminding me of this game makes me realize how bad this game is. Doesn't help that I see ads for the spin-off mobile game(s?) on every site ever, so I'll just get more bitter about this game until those gently caress off the internet in a few months/years.

topiKal
Mar 11, 2006

Rock Solid.
Heart Touching.
:frogsiren: DELICIOUS :frogsiren:

Episode 37: Remembering Your First Time

Party Bug
Mar 13, 2008

SALT BECOMES EMPOWERMENT
Please respect cup noodles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf5G4mLMQC0

Hyedum
Jun 12, 2010
I don't appreciate that Noctis said "Got it." to Boob Dragoon. That kind of sweet talk should be reserved for Female Love Interest that I don't remember the name of.

EDIT: So I'm guessing this is "the" side quest everybody was afraid of, right?

Hyedum fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Aug 22, 2017

NikkolasKing
Apr 3, 2010



Going by her name, Boob Dragoon is the best character in this game. Boobs are awesome, Dragoons are awesome, it works.

Hyedum
Jun 12, 2010

NikkolasKing posted:

Going by her name, Boob Dragoon is the best character in this game. Boobs are awesome, Dragoons are awesome, it works.

I'm wondering if consistently being an rear end in a top hat to your fiancée means that you can be single for the rest on the game and hit on whoever the gently caress you want.

Although if we're going by the precedent good ol' FFXV has set for driving, eventually it'll just rip the controller out of your hands and choose all of the correct options for you. That'll teach you to have fun in a video game.

Kase moch
Jun 5, 2012

Gentlemen prefer blondes
Jesus christ fuckin Ignis literally inserting himself into the conversation

this game actually made me laugh and enjoy it for a moment, how can that be

Calihan
Jan 6, 2008
Ah you guys finally got up to THAT side-quest.

Enjoy the cringe only shameless product promotion can deliver.

Bocc Kob
Oct 26, 2010
I'll never eat Cup Noodles again. :argh:

Lunethex
Feb 4, 2013

Me llamo Sarah Brandolino, the eighth Castilian of this magnificent marriage.
This game is releasing on PC next year and will require 170gb~ of free space :eng101:

Bethamphetamine
Oct 29, 2012

Lunethex posted:

This game is releasing on PC next year and will require 170gb~ of free space :eng101:

What does this game think it is, porno?

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar

They finally go back to Chekhov''s Women Only Power Plant and Noct doesn't even get to dress up pretty :negative:

I've been looking forward to that for ages.


Also, that was a really hard cut - one second they're standing in Titty Dragoon's ship and the next Noct is wearing hazmat gear and about to run into a daemon infested power plant.

Which, by the way, how the hell did that happen?

When the only thing stopping monsters from invading your town and eating everyone is strong lighting, wouldn't you make drat sure the equipment which powers them is totally secure?

Pennfalath
Sep 10, 2011

Why are these teenagers not at home studying their Latin vocabulary?
Good news! More ffxv material for you guys to LP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xjkypaxnUw

Qtotonibudinibudet
Nov 7, 2011



Omich poluyobok, skazhi ty narkoman? ya prosto tozhe gde to tam zhivu, mogli by vmeste uyobyvat' narkotiki

Pennfalath posted:

Good news! More ffxv material for you guys to LP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xjkypaxnUw

To be honest, the game looks better this way.

coleman francis
Aug 8, 2007

Tap tap
The ketchup bottle
None will come
Then axolotl
Hair Elf
If you want to pwn some flans, the hunter HQ way up on the northwest of the map sells a light element sword. Great for killing daeeamons

topiKal
Mar 11, 2006

Rock Solid.
Heart Touching.
:frogsiren: MORE CAR poo poo :frogsiren:

Episode 38: Sweet Jumps

Lunethex
Feb 4, 2013

Me llamo Sarah Brandolino, the eighth Castilian of this magnificent marriage.
You know there were a couple of jokes about how we should dress politicians up like NASCAR drivers to show who is paying for them.

Noctis is that joke's result, if the way you design your car is any indication :v:

Jesus, Xzibit would be all over this game. A loving monster convertible that JUMPS.

Lunethex fucked around with this message at 00:01 on Sep 1, 2017

Ometeotl
Feb 13, 2012



It's MISSEL! Or SISSLE!
I confused myself...



I audibly said "oh no" when you went into that sewer. That is in no way a short or easy dungeon.

Wiseblood
Dec 31, 2000

God, gently caress that sewer. Even at the appropriate level it's still a huge pain in the rear end.

The Skeleton King
Jul 16, 2011

Right now undead are at the top of my shit list. Undead are complete fuckers. Those geists are fuckers. Necromancers are fuckers. Necrosavants are big time fuckers. Skeletons aren't too bad except when they bleed everyone in the company. Zombos are at least not too bad.


It took 20 hours, but driving in this game just now became okay.

Lunethex
Feb 4, 2013

Me llamo Sarah Brandolino, the eighth Castilian of this magnificent marriage.
I genuinely feel that all the tedium up to this point has been worth it for this jumping monster truck car.

(Also because it's making everyone laugh.)

Jumping into the Iron Giant was loving hysterical, we need more of that, please do it.

DoctorStrangelove
Jun 7, 2012

IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT MEIN FUHRER!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dkN0YIBjEM

Calihan
Jan 6, 2008
I am guessing the Type-D remodelling is something added in the DLC because I sure as hell don't remember that on my playthrough.

Hyedum
Jun 12, 2010
The thread demands that you jump dick-first into every bad guy possible with the new car, including the last boss if he's outside.

EDIT: That xzibit video is amazing, but why did they bleep him saying pimp in the show called pimp my ride?

Hyedum fucked around with this message at 04:07 on Sep 1, 2017

The Skeleton King
Jul 16, 2011

Right now undead are at the top of my shit list. Undead are complete fuckers. Those geists are fuckers. Necromancers are fuckers. Necrosavants are big time fuckers. Skeletons aren't too bad except when they bleed everyone in the company. Zombos are at least not too bad.


Right now the car has more personality than all of the characters combined.

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k
The car rules.


It might be the only part of the game I get excited for.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012





Oh my god they didn't undersell a second of it. I thought they meant like, the stuff was getting more ridiculous. Like they started with cars and then they'd start moving onto go karts and ATVs and by the end they were doing bumper cars and aquariums.

Kase moch
Jun 5, 2012

Gentlemen prefer blondes
Jesus tapdancing christ, monster truck jumps make this game 200% more fun.

Which, to be honest, isn't that impressive when the game wasn't very fun to begin with.

But I'm still mad they add all these improvements long after release. Let's punish early players!

Fabulousvillain
May 2, 2015
Type-D Regalia is flat out the best part of the game, real glad that y'all were talking about fuckin Pimp My Ride in the same episode you made driving fun. I don't need to tell anyone this, but that dungeon loving sucks and since you have Type-D the headlights are pointless now. Game design!

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar
The game has finally started to get interesting now you can slap demons in the tits with the car.


Also, when you were getting your arses kicked in the headlight dungeon, I noticed a interaction prompt pop up:

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
In my experience the dungeons are the most unfun part of a game that is already really struggling to be fun. The game does not seem to be designed with fighting in enclosed spaces in mind, and the party member AI is woefully inept at doing anything but repeatedly getting murdered. It also doesn't help that a lot of the dungeons are absurdly fucknuts large, you can't save in them, and the enemies all respawn if you leave.

The monster truck is pretty dope though, please cruise around until Prompto starts flipping his poo poo about an imperial dropship and then run over an entire platoon.

The Skeleton King
Jul 16, 2011

Right now undead are at the top of my shit list. Undead are complete fuckers. Those geists are fuckers. Necromancers are fuckers. Necrosavants are big time fuckers. Skeletons aren't too bad except when they bleed everyone in the company. Zombos are at least not too bad.


the combat in this game is such a drat mess that you can't tell what's going on most of the time. Its horrible.

RareAcumen
Dec 28, 2012




I'm sure besides eating food for buffs there must be something they can do to deal with stuff like those really powerful imperial robots right?

Shitenshi
Mar 12, 2013

The Skeleton King posted:

the combat in this game is such a drat mess that you can't tell what's going on most of the time. Its horrible.
Word. You ever look at the combat trailers for this game, you think, "Why couldn't it have been like that?" It doesn't help that Hajima Tabata is a loving hack, but Id blasted him to hell and back in his Parasite Eve thread, so enough beating a dead horse.

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goatface
Dec 5, 2007

I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.


Grimey Drawer
Well, at least Noctis won't have his dad punish him for loving up the car.

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