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The Dark Id posted:
feliz chumpleaños
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Feb 11, 2018 21:37
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McStephenson posted:God, this was a real, actual thing that happened in that game, wasn’t it. You saw it too? Oh thank God.
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Feb 11, 2018 21:51
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I always found the surprise cannibalism scene followed by Citan's navel gazing of "To end a person's life, and then consume their flesh. Is that...permissible?" to be crazier than the chuchu crucifixion, but this was definitely one of the sillier moments in any game.
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Feb 11, 2018 22:13
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ajkalan posted:I always found the surprise cannibalism scene followed by Citan's navel gazing of "To end a person's life, and then consume their flesh. Is that...permissible?" to be crazier than the chuchu crucifixion, but this was definitely one of the sillier moments in any game. The constantly ducking out of the party whenever he needs to do some actual work made him enough of a prick, but him letting them eat the people without saying anything was genuinely what the gently caress man
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Feb 11, 2018 22:22
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Having just finished Xenoblade 2, I'm only mildly disappointed we haven't seen quite that level of weirdness again in a Tetsuya Takahashi game. (though we've definitely seen worse, looking at you, Albedo)
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Feb 12, 2018 00:01
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McStephenson posted:God, this was a real, actual thing that happened in that game, wasn’t it. Yeeeep. If I could find a magic genie lamp, one of my wishes would be for Xenogears to get a proper remake and 
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Feb 12, 2018 00:38
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The Dark Id posted:
On the one hand, I now want to go through the Xenogears LP because I don't actually know what happens in it and I want context. On the other hand. What the gently caress is this?
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Feb 12, 2018 00:43
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BlitzMentalist posted:On the one hand, I now want to go through the Xenogears LP because I don't actually know what happens in it and I want context. The party mascot character getting exactly what it deserves.
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Feb 12, 2018 00:46
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BlitzMentalist posted:On the one hand, I now want to go through the Xenogears LP because I don't actually know what happens in it and I want context. Chuthulu is dying for your sins.
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Feb 12, 2018 00:52
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Read the Xenogears LP. It's wonderful. Anyway, having actually hurled myself at the level 99 gambler's coliseum, I can imagine that someone out there beat it legit. Some people are just that "good" at video games, that they'll actually spend that much time developing the sheer muscle memory necessary to handle an hour's worth of one-hit-kill bullshit. Emphasis on bullshit. But, it's not something anyone can just grab, which is why the otherwise not-terrible idea of a post-route-C low level challenge run is off the table for virtually everyone. Altogether, there's no way that arena mode is anything other than intentionally garbage design. It's kind of special that way. So, turn on invincibility using the debug mode and go hog wild. Stare incredulously at what you were otherwise supposed to clear flawlessly. Feel the nostalgia trip of seeing Shade assets and sound effects. Enjoy "Possessed by a Disease" being used an actual second time. Then reload your save and shed not a single tear for the doofy fluorescent hair.
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Feb 12, 2018 01:12
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BlitzMentalist posted:On the one hand, I now want to go through the Xenogears LP because I don't actually know what happens in it and I want context. At one point, because the whole game is more biblical than even motherfucking Evangelion, all the character's mechs are crucified in the background. Chu-chu, however, doesn't have a mech; she just becomes huge and looks really out of place.
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Feb 12, 2018 01:28
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Mazed posted:Read the Xenogears LP. It's wonderful. Most of what I've seen in the way of clears puts emphasis on maximizing A2's berserk and taunts. Make you do as much damage as possible so it can be cleared in a reasonable amount of time. Of course, the chip requirements are kinda crazy, but hey. Why have RPG elements if some lunatic won't maximize them?
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Feb 12, 2018 02:01
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Mazed posted:Read the Xenogears LP. It's wonderful. I mean, one of the core themes of Drakenier is that completionism is bullshit. The "do absolutely everything" ending in every game is some manner of "gently caress you", either a janky rhythm battle followed by the most confusing and unsatisfying of all endings (Drakengard 1 & 3) or literally deleting your entire save file just for a flower on the title screen (Nier). It's only logical that the reward for relentless completionism in the DLC is an arena battle that's only winnable in the academic sense. Like, the "you-know-who" fight that mysteriously appeared is probably just  laughing at you and then you instantly die while he calls you a lame tryhard and then the DLC uninstalls itself. That or Shade/Gestalt Emil who turns out to be the original Emil and he dies for real and it's all your fault.
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Feb 12, 2018 02:08
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BlitzMentalist posted:On the one hand, I now want to go through the Xenogears LP because I don't actually know what happens in it and I want context.
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Feb 12, 2018 02:25
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Cheats on or not, another thing worth trying that arena for is to hear the vocal effects being used for shade-mode Simone. They aren't the same as those used for her regular fight. They're quite something. Bruceski posted:At one point, because the whole game is more biblical than even motherfucking Evangelion, all the character's mechs are crucified in the background. Chu-chu, however, doesn't have a mech; she just becomes huge and looks really out of place. Look man, look you gotta also remember growing to giant mech size is actually this dumb baby mascot character's actual superpower. Xenogears is a very stoic and sophisticated story.
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Feb 12, 2018 02:30
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ajkalan posted:I always found the surprise cannibalism scene followed by Citan's navel gazing of "To end a person's life, and then consume their flesh. Is that...permissible?" to be crazier than the chuchu crucifixion, but this was definitely one of the sillier moments in any game. He was dispensing valuable life lessons, like "don't eat mystery meat", and "never ever trust Dr. Citan Uzuki, M.D., Ph.D.". For free, I might add.
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Feb 12, 2018 02:38
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never forget the chu chu orgy. I certainly did from since playing the game as a kid.
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Feb 12, 2018 03:20
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Having not played Xenogears, I can't tell which ones of you are loving with me and which ones somehow aren't.
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Feb 12, 2018 05:01
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KamikazePotato posted:Having not played Xenogears, I can't tell which ones of you are loving with me and which ones somehow aren't. Xenogears has enough plot for like five games so I'm pretty sure it's all true
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Feb 12, 2018 05:05
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KamikazePotato posted:Having not played Xenogears, I can't tell which ones of you are loving with me and which ones somehow aren't. Over on lparchive.org, there's a Let's Play of Xenogears, also done by TDI. Go read it. It's worth it.
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Feb 12, 2018 05:11
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KamikazePotato posted:Having not played Xenogears, I can't tell which ones of you are loving with me and which ones somehow aren't. Literally everything that has been discussed about Xenogears actually happens in the game. That game goes many many many places.
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Feb 12, 2018 05:25
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Momomo posted:Literally everything that has been discussed about Xenogears actually happens in the game. That game goes many many many places. places like "WHY WOULD YOU LET THEM EAT THAT" or "WHO WOULD BUILD A GUN ROBOT THAT FIRES ITS PILOT IN A BULLET"
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Feb 12, 2018 05:31
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exploded mummy posted:places like "WHY WOULD YOU LET THEM EAT THAT" or "WHO WOULD BUILD A GUN ROBOT THAT FIRES ITS PILOT IN A BULLET" Isn't the answer to both "Citan"?
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Feb 12, 2018 05:59
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Xenogears is a loving masterpiece.
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Feb 12, 2018 06:04
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exploded mummy posted:"WHO WOULD BUILD A GUN ROBOT THAT FIRES ITS PILOT IN A BULLET" In the years since that LP I don't think I've seen anything in a video game top this level of stupidity.
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Feb 12, 2018 06:29
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You will notice that all the later insanity, plus the general getting used to certain anime weirdness, far and above eclipses the fact that there was a working desert submarine large enough to have a giant robot hangar for multiple bots, that later was retrofitted to fly. Episode CXLVI: Elation The Dark Id posted:I reward for Rank C’s completion...are a bunch of worthless chips First one is either "Our reward...is" or "Our rewards...are" Episode CXLVII: Revealing The Dark Id posted:Now hearing it is beneath the Amusement Park, they meant that elevator down to the former Umbrella Labs Guessing there should be a "you probably thought" in there.
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Feb 12, 2018 06:42
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exploded mummy posted:"WHO WOULD BUILD A GUN ROBOT THAT FIRES ITS PILOT IN A BULLET" SO LONG SKORPEX!
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Feb 12, 2018 06:54
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Zagglezig posted:You will notice that all the later insanity, plus the general getting used to certain anime weirdness, far and above eclipses the fact that there was a working desert submarine large enough to have a giant robot hangar for multiple bots, that later was retrofitted to fly. And then it combines with the Kislev's Palace to form an even bigger Gear to fight exactly one battle against an overgrown pincushion.
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Feb 12, 2018 07:49
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Jagged Jim posted:And then it combines with the Kislev's Palace to form an even bigger Gear to fight exactly one battle against an overgrown pincushion. Almost but not quite. An entire loving city district Metroplex's it up, and uses the previous ship as a loving machine gun.
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Feb 12, 2018 08:12
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Bruceski posted:At one point, because the whole game is more biblical than even motherfucking Evangelion, all the character's mechs are crucified in the background. Chu-chu, however, doesn't have a mech; she just becomes huge and looks really out of place. The whole game is more biblical than the bible.
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Feb 12, 2018 08:19
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dancingbears posted:Isn't the answer to both "Citan"? The best part of that LP was the long list of terrible things Citan did or caused over the course of the game .
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Feb 12, 2018 12:57
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 Zomborgon posted:Can't be sure about legitimacy, but they did appear to do it in ~5 minutes on Very Hard. Always in B-Mode. I haven't played in some months, but from what I can recall it seems plausibly legit. Stacking b-mode with constant taunting, plus the max-efficiency +8 chip loadout (weapon attack+, crit+, taunt+) and crit+ weaponry would probably generate numbers absurd enough to close a 30-level deficit. The player also chains p-shields to reduce random risk in melee. On paper, this seems solid. Of course, there are a couple of close calls in there that border on miraculous, discussed in the comments (like soaking a bullet on basically the same frame as landing a hit). Clearly even in the best case there's still a heavy element of luck. Aeolius fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Feb 12, 2018 |
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Feb 12, 2018 15:53
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That person did it again even faster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwK-yxcJxaY The first seven seconds of the fight is just like my japanese animes
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Feb 12, 2018 16:29
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Neddy Seagoon posted:The best part of that LP was the long list of terrible things Citan did or caused over the course of the game the game flows significantly better if you assume that doc's taking the role of Old Testament Satan guy who's on the side of good, sure, but literally his job is to say "hey, you wanna go do some crimes? let's do some crimes"
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Feb 12, 2018 16:43
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Ze Pollack posted:the game flows significantly better if you assume that doc's taking the role of Old Testament Satan That's not really even an accident. Say the name out loud a few times.
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Feb 12, 2018 17:01
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EclecticTastes posted:I mean, one of the core themes of Drakenier is that completionism is bullshit. The "do absolutely everything" ending in every game is some manner of "gently caress you", either a janky rhythm battle followed by the most confusing and unsatisfying of all endings (Drakengard 1 & 3) or literally deleting your entire save file just for a flower on the title screen (Nier). It's only logical that the reward for relentless completionism in the DLC is an arena battle that's only winnable in the academic sense. Like, the "you-know-who" fight that mysteriously appeared is probably just I won't say anything about the content of that fight, other than that it's less Bullshit than the S rank. But that's a bit like jumping on top of a frag grenade is less destructive to you than being in an atomic blast. True, but meaningless. CmdrKing posted:That's not really even an accident. Say the name out loud a few times. He is absolutely the Shaitan of the party. The C is even supposed to be pronounced like SH. He's on your side, but he is there to test you all the same. He's a great dickish technical good guy.
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Feb 12, 2018 18:41
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apocalypticCritic posted:The whole game is more biblical than the bible. It was just doing the popular japanese theme of grabbing religious iconography thry didn't understand and tossing it it. The more you understand the source the wlss the game makes sense.
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Feb 12, 2018 21:43
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alexminor posted:It was just doing the popular japanese theme of grabbing religious iconography thry didn't understand and tossing it it. The more you understand the source the wlss the game makes sense. I seem to remember it being a relatively decent retelling of Gnosticism, actually. Or at least I have a vague recollection of a poster in the LP thread saying so, it's been a while.
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Feb 12, 2018 21:58
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Ryushikaze posted:He is absolutely the Shaitan of the party. The C is even supposed to be pronounced like SH. He's on your side, but he is there to test you all the same. He's a great dickish technical good guy. Isn't he also head and shoulders above everyone else in that game stats-wise? I seem to remember him being ridiculously powerful compared to the others, especially early on.
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Feb 12, 2018 22:26
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DeathSandwich posted:Isn't he also head and shoulders above everyone else in that game stats-wise? I seem to remember him being ridiculously powerful compared to the others, especially early on. Citan is absolutely one of the most powerful characters in the game, and around the time the rest of the party catches up, he picks up a sword.
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