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Walla posted:Not having to flail my arms around like an idiot is the big draw for me. and yet you're still posting!
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Mar 17, 2021 19:20
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The Bloop posted:lmfao@you It's more that I have a messed up shoulder and back. Even the tiny movements mess up my rotator cuff after enough time. And my wife laughs at me. 
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Mar 17, 2021 19:22
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MarcusSA posted:Xcom 2 on the cheap This port is pretty darn good. The graphics are scaled down so it's not the prettiest thing in the world and some animations cause the frame rates to drop a ton. BUT! The game is a lot of fun. Really deep strategy, and the load times aren't very bad. It also seems to be pretty stable, I don't remember it crashing, all of these were complaints I had with the PS4 version of the game.
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Mar 17, 2021 19:29
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C'mon, Nintendo, port Chimera Squad already. It's the best XCOM game and I wanna play it on the toilet!
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Mar 17, 2021 19:37
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How does xcom 2 play on Switch? Edit: should have refreshed
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Mar 17, 2021 19:39
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Ragequit posted:Speaking of Saga Frontier, the preorder went up. It's $25, which I don't think was mentioned in the first announcement. Anyone not spending $25 on this should be sent to Gitmo. ExcessBLarg! posted:My realistic take is they're running this promo to get people to re-up since they have nothing new to announce for 2021. Yes it's definitely a realistic take that Nintendo has nothing to announce for an entire year. Yep. Completely rational. *ignores already-made announcements and games getting ready to release in the upcoming weeks as well as recent releases* I can't believe the Nintendo Switch is dead.
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Mar 17, 2021 19:42
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A full year of nothing but "...and it's out later today!" announcements in preparation for actually not announcing anything in 2022.
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Mar 17, 2021 19:47
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I took it to mean for the online service and not total for the Switch Those data miners did promise more systems remember? Where's my other system emulators at data miners?
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Mar 17, 2021 19:48
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Ugh that neo geo pocket color collection costs 40 dollars.... that’s a little too high to be worth it....
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Mar 17, 2021 19:53
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Are you committed to this childhood dream or not?
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Mar 17, 2021 19:54
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ChikoDemono posted:Gnosia chat. Made a new save to play as a different gender. Had the best game so far at Loop 9 when you first play as a Gnos. I've played enough of this game now where I can pick people out based on what I know of them. Like someone claimed engineer and Comet counterclaimed, and the fact that I didn't detect a lie and no one else with high intuition jumped on her either meant she had to be telling the truth because she is absolutely poo poo at lying so the other person had to be the fake claim. Up around loop 100 now and I have a lot of the cool skills, and it's pretty fun to be able to do some of the bastard moves that they've been using on me. There's one event sequence that seems like it is going to take an enormous amount of luck to pull off, but I'm enjoying all the story bits and honestly even without getting new events or story stuff I still love this stupid bizarro mafia game. I'm hoping there's like a "just keep looping" option even after I solve everything.
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Mar 17, 2021 19:57
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Walla posted:It's more that I have a messed up shoulder and back. Even the tiny movements mess up my rotator cuff after enough time. Now that is completely fair and accessibility options are unequivocally good
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Mar 17, 2021 19:58
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Evil Fluffy posted:Anyone not spending $25 on this should be sent to Gitmo. Harsh, but fair.
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:Are you committed to this childhood dream or not? gently caress dude you got me lol
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Mar 17, 2021 20:02
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What's the draw for SaGa Frontier? It looks cool but what type of RPG is it?
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Ragequit posted:Speaking of Saga Frontier, the preorder went up. It's $25, which I don't think was mentioned in the first announcement. Is there going to be a physical version in Asia with English support, and for that matter, will there be one for Legend of Mana?
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Ragequit posted:Speaking of Saga Frontier, the preorder went up. It's $25, which I don't think was mentioned in the first announcement. I never played Saga Frontier, what makes it great?
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Al-Saqr posted:Ugh that neo geo pocket color collection costs 40 dollars.... that’s a little too high to be worth it.... I'd say each game is worth $4.
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Mar 17, 2021 20:20
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Takoluka posted:I'd say each game is worth $4. I guess when you put it like that it makes sense
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Inzombiac posted:What's the draw for SaGa Frontier? Frontier in particular is just 7 (now 8 in the remaster) cool vignettes that all take place in the same wide open science fantasy universe. Its more or less the game that Octopath Traveller wished it was homeless snail fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Mar 17, 2021 |
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Mar 17, 2021 20:26
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Interesting, thanks. Do you get to break the game apart like in Disgea?
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Mar 17, 2021 20:32
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is on Switch now, but does anyone know how the performance is?
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Mar 17, 2021 20:51
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Inzombiac posted:Interesting, thanks. Sort of? You can definitely break the game and put together super teams that annihilate your character's final boss, but it's more about knowing where and how to get the good gear/abilities/magic than grinding up big numbers. Things go a lot faster on later playthroughs as a result. The original also had some bugs you could use to really break the game (get infinite money, give yourself infinite turns), but we don't know if they're still in the remake.
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Mar 17, 2021 21:02
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Inzombiac posted:Interesting, thanks. The charm of it is ultimately, everyone's path through the game is going to be pretty different just by virtue of the choices you make.
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Mar 17, 2021 21:07
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That's extremely cool and you've sold me 
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The Bloop posted:lmfao@you one time I watched a friend play BOTW for the first time and when she got a bow and tried to aim it she literally started wildly flailing and then asked how to turn off gyro aiming because it didn't work. it was quite revealing
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Mar 17, 2021 21:25
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homeless snail posted:Not really like that, part of the SaGa aesthetic is that they're full of so many obtuse systems that make it hard to conceptualize it as a video game and its just kind of a simulation of a world where things are happening at you. For instance, most SaGa games have four races of characters that progress in totally different ways, and none of them are just earning exp to level up. Such as monster characters get more powerful by eating other monsters and under certain circumstances evolve into different kinds of monsters, and you can sit down with a thick strategy guide and figure out who to eat to become what with which abilities, or you can just eat poo poo and see what happens because its not really hard enough to care about things too much. So powerleveling is less grinding up stats like Disgaea and more just, having knowledge about how the game works and where stuff is. I really want to try the SaGa games, after having done Octopath since it seems to be the spiritual forebearer of that. But they're proper JRPG length right? Not just games you can dip into. Also where would one start and is it worth doing them all?
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100YrsofAttitude posted:I really want to try the SaGa games, after having done Octopath since it seems to be the spiritual forebearer of that. But they're proper JRPG length right? Not just games you can dip into. Also where would one start and is it worth doing them all? The newest one (SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitions) is supposed to be pretty accessible, it’s also on sale for $15 right now. I picked it up the other day but haven’t started yet. The Romancing SaGa ports are on sale too
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Mar 17, 2021 22:19
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homeless snail posted:People would definitely buy a collection just for those and Faselei, the same way they're gonna buy this one for MotM, but what else are you gonna put on there for filler, Crush Roller? There would definitely be the Biomotor games... maybe Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams, possibly the Puzzle Links? Not sure if they can work out a deal with Sting (or whoever) for Evolution: Eternal Dungeons to be included, but that could be neat.
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The Bloop posted:lmfao@you
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Mar 17, 2021 22:28
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100YrsofAttitude posted:I really want to try the SaGa games, after having done Octopath since it seems to be the spiritual forebearer of that. But they're proper JRPG length right? Not just games you can dip into. Also where would one start and is it worth doing them all? The SaGa games are all standalone, like Final Fantasy, so you can start wherever you want. Length will vary a ton based on the game and character. Frontier has 8 characters who take maybe 6-9 hours each (once you know how the game works and how to break it, a first playthrough that’s wandering around and figuring things out will be a lot slower), Scarlet grace has 4 characters who are closer to 15-50 hours each depending on how completionist you are, Romancing SaGa 2 is a single story that’s 40ish hours to beat, etc. Scarlet Grace is the one on switch that’s arguably the most accessible, because it has thorough and legitimately helpful ingame documentation for how its mechanics work, instead of just throwing you out the door and laughing at you. But it’s also the one that strips out most normal Jrpg padding (towns, dungeons, random battles, npcs) so it can focus on A. Having a crazy amount of sidequests with branches and delayed consequences to decisions so that every playthrough is different B. Having an extremely good battle system (where you spend 90% of your playtime) Romancing SaGa 3 has the best combination of polish, SaGa style gameplay, and a more conventional Jrpg structure, so that’s probably better if you want to start with something more familiar, but it’s also a fairly faithful remake of a SNES game, so some parts can feel more dated. Frontier gives you way more variety in mechanics, setting, and structure than the others, at the cost of more jank (the remaster will probably reduce the jank but I would expect a healthy amount to still be there)
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Willo567 posted:Is there going to be a physical version in Asia with English support, Willo567 posted:and for that matter, will there be one for Legend of Mana?
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Mar 17, 2021 22:39
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Snake Maze posted:The SaGa games are all standalone, like Final Fantasy, so you can start wherever you want. Length will vary a ton based on the game and character. Frontier has 8 characters who take maybe 6-9 hours each (once you know how the game works and how to break it, a first playthrough that’s wandering around and figuring things out will be a lot slower), Scarlet grace has 4 characters who are closer to 15-50 hours each depending on how completionist you are, Romancing SaGa 2 is a single story that’s 40ish hours to beat, etc. I like the sound of Grace. I think I'll start there and then try out Frontiers. Wasn't Final Fantasy Legend a SaGa game on the gameboy?
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100YrsofAttitude posted:I really want to try the SaGa games, after having done Octopath since it seems to be the spiritual forebearer of that. But they're proper JRPG length right? Not just games you can dip into. Also where would one start and is it worth doing them all? If you just want to buy something cheap, Romancing Saga 2 and 3 on sale right now are easy recommendations. RS3 is another game that Octopath draws heavily from, a big JRPG storyline that you have a certain amount of freedom to explore with a big cast of characters. RS2 is a weird multi-generational thing where you play as a succession of kings, where when one ruler dies you pick up where they left off as their heir. They're both great.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:I like the sound of Grace. I think I'll start there and then try out Frontiers. Wasn't Final Fantasy Legend a SaGa game on the gameboy? Yep, it was the original SaGa game. The game boy games are available in a collection on Switch, but they all got remakes in Japan that all have fan translations - the first on Wonderswan Color and 2&3 on DS
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100YrsofAttitude posted:I like the sound of Grace. I think I'll start there and then try out Frontiers. Wasn't Final Fantasy Legend a SaGa game on the gameboy?
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Kawazu is a mad genius. I got Scarlet Grace but I’ve only really played the Frontier games before and even then I had little idea what I was doing but I respect his design commitment immensely lol.
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I rented Frontier back when the game was relatively new, and I remember not liking it much. That might have been because I didn't understand what was going on and had been expecting a more traditional sort of JRPG, though. I have the remaster wishlisted and may end up giving it a shot if I see a nice sale on it.
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Oh final super important SaGa game. Are they d-pad compatible? Meaning I can play them exclusively with the Joy-con d-pad instead of the sticks? If they're fully portable that'll go a LONG way with me getting it asap.
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