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Books On Tape posted:If the early reviews/articles are right in that there is no sign of the eight stories connecting to a single story arc, I'll be a bit disappointed. I mean, they have to connect eventually somehow, right? This is as much as I've seen going around, anyway
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Port Saga Frontier to Switch so I can be my good robot boy
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Books On Tape posted:If the early reviews/articles are right in that there is no sign of the eight stories connecting to a single story arc, I'll be a bit disappointed. I mean, they have to connect eventually somehow, right? No they don't. It wouldn't be the first game SE puts out like that and even in the earliest teasers wasn't it described as 8 characters with 8 different adventures who might cross paths (join your party)? SaGa Frontier was unfinished and buggy but even though some main characters could join each other they had no specific impact on the story of the character you were playing. Assuming they had a story, Lute. Though I guess he was at least given a start and finish, which is more than Fuse got.  Harlock posted:Port Saga Frontier to Switch so I can be my good robot boy Eh if they added the cut/missing content I'd probably get it.
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Jul 11, 2018 00:19
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At least this thread is better than the resetera thread, where p. much everyone is freaking out over whether or not the stories will connect.
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Jul 11, 2018 00:36
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Unlucky7 posted:At least this thread is better than the resetera thread, where p. much everyone is freaking out over whether or not the stories will connect. Who loving cares. The game will be good either way.
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Jul 11, 2018 00:47
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Mordiceius posted:Who loving cares. The game will be good either way.
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Jul 11, 2018 00:49
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Mordiceius posted:Who loving cares. The game will be good either way. 
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Jul 11, 2018 00:52
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Finally cracked and played the demo. Digging Alfyn so far, Concoct seems awesome from the little I used of it, can't wait to get larger parties. Gonna ration out the next two hours for the rest of the week. Friday can't come soon enough.
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Jul 11, 2018 00:53
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Oiled and Ready posted:If we're going by the "successor in some ways to FF6" thing, it's a reference to the Gau/Cyan/"Mr. Thou" exchanges So far we haven't seen anything saying you couldn't play the game with 1 character, the kotaku article seems to imply they think you could, although they could be totally wrong. If you can play with just 1 that implies no forced party swaps. I never was crazy about those myself though.
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Jul 11, 2018 01:35
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Evil Fluffy posted:Excluding scaling exp systems and/or massive rosters (like Suikoden), not having out of party experience only serves to punish people The levels themselves have scaling exp requirements so it really shouldn't be that bad.
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Jul 11, 2018 01:37
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Books On Tape posted:If the early reviews/articles are right in that there is no sign of the eight stories connecting to a single story arc, I'll be a bit disappointed. I mean, they have to connect eventually somehow, right? They don't have to, but the developer who was interviewed about the game DID say they DID. Now, maybe it was a language barrier (he's Japanese) maybe he was bullshitting to sell people on the game, you take from that what you will. ExcessBLarg! posted:They either don't connect at all, or there's one final boss fight after you complete each character's individual story. Possible. Also possible would be a dungeon and then a boss. Maybe a boss, then a dungeon, then a boss. Or maybe there's more. We don't know. Mordiceius posted:Who loving cares. The game will be good either way.
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Jul 11, 2018 01:39
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Well presumably beat the game with one character means beat only that character's story. Though it'll be interesting if there's an epilogue/convergence point that only unlocks once you've cleared the story of every character you've recruited, which changes slightly based on who you did or didn't recruit.
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Jul 11, 2018 01:41
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I’m wondering if the eight stories connect but the game isn’t super explicit about it, like maybe the guy Olberic is after is riding the monster H’aanit is looking for toward’s Tressa’s home town to get Cyrus’ book but it’s just up to you to see it. Which will still make nerds stand up and bitch about how the stories don’t connect.
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Jul 11, 2018 02:42
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Honestly, I wouldn't mind if it was just eight separate personal stories either because it's actually kinda fresh.
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The storylines connect at the end, you just have to input the secret button code before you can access it.
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voltcatfish posted:The storylines connect at the end, you just have to input the secret button code before you can access it. The stories connect at the end, but only if you complete all eight stories in a specific order, hence causing the letters in OCTOPATH to switch around and reveal the password: CATPHOTO
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Jul 11, 2018 03:11
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Mordiceius posted:Who loving cares. The game will be good either way.
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Jul 11, 2018 03:48
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i think i want to buy this game
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Jul 11, 2018 04:45
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i'm totally cool with that. a hefty early game of doing whatever and seeing prologue bits followed by character payoff much later seems unique. will be nice having that kind of freedom.
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Jul 11, 2018 04:49
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Folt The Bolt posted:Them some fightin' words, mate: so, live a live
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Jul 11, 2018 04:54
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I'm pretty stoked to fire this up Friday. I avoided the demo to avoid seeing too much, but I feel like I should figure out who I should start with. I'm leaning Cyrus, since he seems like a pretty unique sort of character.
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Jul 11, 2018 05:02
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I'm flying back home from Shanghai on Friday morning so that's a great time to finally play the demo
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Jul 11, 2018 05:05
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I gotta say I don’t really care about the story at all. In fact, what little I’ve experienced of the story makes it seem generic in exactly the way I’m looking for. (Primrose’s story was pretty gross, tho, and that level of lechery felt completely unnecessary.) What’s exciting me about this game is its style, gameplay, and aesthetic, and that it’s completely 100% unforgiving about its appeals to nostalgia. As someone who spent far too many hours playing FF6 and Chrono Trigger growing up, this game looks set to deliver me right back into that zone. If the story ends up being amazing, that’ll be cool, but if it ends up being totally standard boilerplate ‘90s nostalgia I’m ok with that too.
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Jul 11, 2018 05:37
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Man I just want to abuse the systems to get good items early and beat up tough optional bosses. If my boy Cyrus and my girl Tressa's individual stories are nice and comfy then that's all I need.
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Jul 11, 2018 06:31
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I must really be into lechery cuz Primrose intro is what got me to buy this.
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Jul 11, 2018 07:54
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My original party lineup was gonna be Tressa/Cyrus/Primrose/Therion but finding out that Tressa and Therion's path actions overlap is a bit of a humdinger, plus Cyrus' plotline failed to grab me, atleast in Chapter 1. I could replace Cyrus with Ophilia but then I'm doubling up on path actions even harder. I guess the "ideal" combo would be going Tressa/Olberic/Primrose/Alfyn but I struggle to care about the 2nd and 4th ones in that. The part of the OP that tells you about the overlapping path actions is cursed  quote:Also this was a few pages back but I'm goint to note that Primrose's apothecary (?) subclass outfit, second from the left, is great 
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Jul 11, 2018 08:08
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Oh my god, Hunter Tressa. That settles that. Edit: Big H feels like a good fit for apothacary too.
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Jonas Albrecht posted:Oh my god, Hunter Tressa. Reminds me of the beastmaster in FFV It seems the streetdate in Europe has been broken. Might go out of my way to get it 2 days early. I've been dying for an old school RPG and having it be portable as well is just the icing on the cake.
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Mulderman posted:It seems the streetdate in Europe has been broken. Might go out of my way to get it 2 days early. I've been dying for an old school RPG and having it be portable as well is just the icing on the cake. I wish I had any indie game stores near me that might break streetdate  I guess I'll have to try my luck with the supermarket.
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Unlucky7 posted:At least this thread is better than the resetera thread, where p. much everyone is freaking out over whether or not the stories will connect. 
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Mordiceius posted:Who loving cares. The game will be good either way.  it’s gonna be a good game anyway.
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I can’t wait for more lechery this Friday
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I can’t wait for pious pilgrimage this Friday.
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I can't wait to walk 5km each way in the rain to get this on Friday 😁
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I can't wait to hate all these great stories because they're presented in an anthology format 
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Is there any reason you shouldn't steal anything and everything as Therion, aside from the potential for reputation hit? Like could it affect side quests if NPCs no longer have certain items, or you can't guide them into battle anymore?Echophonic posted:I avoided the demo to avoid seeing too much, but I feel like I should figure out who I should start with. I'm sure once the game is out there will be a bunch of guides on picking your starting character. Twinfinite posted one that's illustrative. There's not really a wrong choice though, with the only consequence being that you're MC is locked to your party for roughly 3/4ths of the game if you play through all stories in a breadth-wise fashion. Statistically Alfyn makes a lot of sense, but I'm going with Ophilia since I'm pretty dependent on party healing as a play style. That said, starting with Therion is really fun and he's my favorite character. If I ever play through the game a second time I'd probably start with him.
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Do the prologues have any action in them or is it just dialogue? Maybe I'll feel different playing full release but I ended up mashin that B button and skipping like all dialogue cause great you can set the text to instant, but then it's a half second to mash A and skim the words..then 4..seconds..while a character takes two steps..then another half second mash A skim words..and character pauses to think..about their next line.
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ExcessBLarg! posted:Is there any reason you shouldn't steal anything and everything as Therion, aside from the potential for reputation hit? Like could it affect side quests if NPCs no longer have certain items, or you can't guide them into battle anymore? Since the steal items work off the same pool as Tressa's purchasable items I doubt there are any downsides. teh_Broseph posted:Do the prologues have any action in them or is it just dialogue? Maybe I'll feel different playing full release but I ended up mashin that B button and skipping like all dialogue cause great you can set the text to instant, but then it's a half second to mash A and skim the words..then 4..seconds..while a character takes two steps..then another half second mash A skim words..and character pauses to think..about their next line. The prologues are some story, a dungeon, a boss and then a little more story.
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I'm starting to wonder if I'll even have set party of 4. Since the benched characters don't get exp (and obviously don't progress their story) I think I might just rotate the entire cast (well, with Tressa always in my party). That said if I had to pick one party I think it would probably the two babs Tressa and Alfyn, strong mom H'aanit and aunt Ophilia.
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teh_Broseph posted:Do the prologues have any action in them or is it just dialogue? Maybe I'll feel different playing full release but I ended up mashin that B button and skipping like all dialogue cause great you can set the text to instant, but then it's a half second to mash A and skim the words..then 4..seconds..while a character takes two steps..then another half second mash A skim words..and character pauses to think..about their next line. You can skip the prologues entirely and replay them later if you decide you want to see that part. 
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