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I always thought A2's cloak-into-glowing-red-glide dodge animation looked like it should have fancier mechanics than it does. EDIT: I think it's traditional to say "update at the end of last page" here, but is it really necessary? Does anyone not use the "jump to unread posts" button? I've always wondered.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:17
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Well, I suppose the real trick to A2's dash is remembering it exists and don't keep spamming the dodge button like with 2B/9S
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Oct 26, 2017 20:26
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Oh god, that horrible sphere machine made me twitch just from the screenshot. gently caress that guy.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:36
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Mokinokaro posted:Oh god, that horrible sphere machine made me twitch just from the screenshot. Gonna third this. Not an understatement.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:39
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 UPDATE ON PREVIOUS PAGE AT THE BOTTOM That said gently caress that boss so much.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:44
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The next boss is not only unfun, I think it's actively harmful to the game experience.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:47
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I thought it was fine
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Oct 26, 2017 20:47
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It's not a good boss but I didn't have any trouble with it.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:53
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I love the A2/Pod 042 banter. Hell, I love that A2’s entire personality is “I hate everything but especially loving machines.” After all the mindfucks so far, it’s nice to have a character who sticks with the basics.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:58
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Sindai posted:I always thought A2's cloak-into-glowing-red-glide dodge animation looked like it should have fancier mechanics than it does. Well, that button is only available to people with an account, so people who haven't paid for an account have no choice in the matter.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:59
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Throwing my support to the Next Boss Can Go Right To Hell faction. gently caress that centipede-ish bastard.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:06
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Vauron posted:Well, that button is only available to people with an account, so people who haven't paid for an account have no choice in the matter. those people just have to click the OP because TDI has a "most recent update" link at the very top of the OP.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:14
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Did I miss how A2 was knocked out for two weeks ? Was it the eruption of the building ?
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Oct 26, 2017 21:18
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Sindai posted:I always thought A2's cloak-into-glowing-red-glide dodge animation looked like it should have fancier mechanics than it does. You've never left a thread open in one tab without getting all the way to the bottom, then open up the same thread elsewhere later and have it jump you to the next page? Happens to me all the drat time, what's the point of web 2.0 if SA can't update your last read post via ajax as you scroll down the page 
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Oct 26, 2017 21:18
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The Dark Id posted:I mean, 9S is the lead protagonist of the game. What did you think 2B was the main character? Pfft. She’s died 2/3rds of the way through the plot and had like a quarter as much dialogue as 9S even when she was alive. I believe it's been established that, if a side character is obviously better than the lead, Nier games will let you wish the lead out of existence and put the correct main character in their rightful place. Let's all wish real hard and get the Emil Recettear-alike sim we deserve.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:19
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euphronius posted:Did I kiss how A2 was knocked out for two weeks ? Was it the eruption of the building ? she likes her sleep
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Oct 26, 2017 21:21
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Explosions posted:Let's all wish real hard and get the Emil Recettear-alike sim we deserve. Emil Recettear would be great. There'd be no active plot, you'd just be getting snippets of it as the protaganists of whatever currently-ongoing conflict rush back and forth through your shop and give you snippets about why the horizon is dissolving or giant man-eating babies are eating the next town over In fact, that would literally be the perfect way to cover everything that's happened between Nier and Nier:A, imo  oh also: quote:Previously on NieR: Automata, what one would be lead to believe was the main character of the game given she was featured in 95% of promotional material. This is missing like half a sentence
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Oct 26, 2017 21:21
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I’m actually real miffed 2B kinda dies a non-character
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Oct 26, 2017 21:27
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euphronius posted:Did I miss how A2 was knocked out for two weeks ? Was it the eruption of the building ? I think she murdered a bunch of things, then partied on some low-grade rocket fuel and crashed.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:27
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A2's flash at the end of her dash does have a damage boost but only in a certain circumstance. The added distance on her evade move is extremely fun to play with and for my money, makes her even more fun to play as than 2B. Doubly so when you max the stat out via chips. Josuke Higashikata fucked around with this message at 21:56 on Oct 26, 2017 |
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Oct 26, 2017 21:27
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Increasing Dash Distance & speed to max via plugin chips makes A2 control like a racecar. It's great.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:35
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Chokes McGee posted:still waiting for my caim plushie I have a Kyuubey plushie.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:40
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I think the next boss has a neat idea, but ruined by the 'Platinum Games is still the worst at teaching people how to play their games, what the gently caress are y'all thinking' problem that all Platinum Games have.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:56
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So A2 just murdered the Forest King because she felt like murdering robot babies? Not freeing him from the hell of only staring at the sky for centuries because his followers were stupid? ....yeah, that sounds about right.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:59
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Fabulousvillain posted:I think the next boss has a neat idea, but ruined by the 'Platinum Games is still the worst at teaching people how to play their games, what the gently caress are y'all thinking' problem that all Platinum Games have. I never worked out what the neat idea was, I just resorted to flailing at it and holding down pod attack while constantly guzzling healing items until it died.
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Oct 26, 2017 22:04
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2b putting her memories in her sword as she died is a top video game moment
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Oct 26, 2017 22:20
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I was going to say, "too bad the weapon story for her sword doesn't change to reflect this", but...it kinda always was about her from the beginning.
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Oct 26, 2017 22:25
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I just wonder who 'didnt' pick A2 right away at this point
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Oct 26, 2017 22:32
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DeafNote posted:I just wonder who 'didnt' pick A2 right away at this point yeah it seems like the right decision just for pacing purposes
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Oct 26, 2017 22:42
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Speaking of weapons... As Virtuous Contract changes hands, its former owner requests that its new owner take care of the future. Shortly afterwards, the wielder of Cruel Oath draws it in rage and speaks only of revenge. That's definitely not by accident.
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Oct 26, 2017 22:42
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DeafNote posted:I just wonder who 'didnt' pick A2 right away at this point
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Oct 26, 2017 22:43
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Qwertycoatl posted:I never worked out what the neat idea was, I just resorted to flailing at it and holding down pod attack while constantly guzzling healing items until it died. It one neat idea dog pilled by several bad ones, so I don't blame you.
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Oct 26, 2017 23:07
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FrankZP posted:Speaking of weapons... As Virtuous Contract changes hands, its former owner requests that its new owner take care of the future. Shortly afterwards, the wielder of Cruel Oath draws it in rage and speaks only of revenge. There are a lot of parallel stories being told throughout Nier:Automata, some of which I didn't even notice when I was playing. Like this one: Picayune posted:Oh no, the little oil-bearing Stubby is still trying. Considering how this seems to parallel Eve's story somewhat, this is a neat little way to put you on edge for whether 9S's story is about to start being parallel too. I wish I'd noticed it before.
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Oct 26, 2017 23:33
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Oil-bearing stubby is one of my favorite bits of this game.
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Oct 26, 2017 23:43
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Know Such Peace posted:Surely there must be some way to figure this out from achievements. Picking A2 has to be pretty popular. It’s Bitchboi versus a completely mysterious new protagonist with 2B’s control scheme. The problem with using progression achievements to gauge this is that anyone who plays through eventually gets them all. What we can know is how many people with incomplete playthroughs picked 9S first and haven't played as A2 yet:  That's approximately: no one.
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Fixed the borked opening paragraph. Whoops. Don't edit together two drafts when you're in a rush to do real life poo poo.  grancheater posted:The problem with using progression achievements to gauge this is that anyone who plays through eventually gets them all. What we can know is how many people with incomplete playthroughs picked 9S first and haven't played as A2 yet: Those two achievements are given like two minutes apart. The A2 one is from when she shows up to save 2B from the infected YoRHa soldiers. The 2B dies one is right after the title card. Achievements are dumb as hell. Unrelated, if you're playing this game for yourself I'd suggest not loving around exploring as 9S if you decide to do his poo poo first. A2's events happen prior to 9S's stuff and you can easily wander into the aftermath of an area where some poo poo went down with A2 and spoil it as 9S.
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Oct 27, 2017 00:13
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So A2 is basically Zero before she had the goal of killing her clone sisters and herself.
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Oct 27, 2017 01:05
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Wrong series, but right character type.
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Oct 27, 2017 01:11
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Kavak posted:So A2 is basically Zero before she had the goal of killing her clone sisters and herself. more of a mixture of Kaine and Zero
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The Dark Id posted:Unrelated, if you're playing this game for yourself I'd suggest not loving around exploring as 9S if you decide to do his poo poo first. A2's events happen prior to 9S's stuff and you can easily wander into the aftermath of an area where some poo poo went down with A2 and spoil it as 9S. Literally nobody in existence who's played this game has had this issue on their first playthrough, I wager.
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