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NikkolasKing posted:My impression is Maitreya Buddha in IVA was inspired by a particular tradition of Japanese Zen which is all about "Self Power." I mainly came across it while reading up on Japanese Pure Land Buddhism which is its own very unique thing since the Buddhist schools are not so divided and even antagonistic in places like China. I think Maitreya is a Bodhisattva not a Buddha. He becomes a Buddha for his second fight, but the Maitreya form is Bodhisattva.
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wasn't Lucifer only Matthew Mercer because our hoy boy was also voiced by him?
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Jul 5, 2021 21:23
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Tired Moritz posted:wasn't Lucifer only Matthew Mercer because our hoy boy was also voiced by him?
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Jul 5, 2021 21:37
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SMT4A's Merkabah's design is probably a good middle ground between "just some guy with wings" and the smt4 horrifying monsters. Mostly humanoid with some bizarre features and a too-perfect porcelain exterior Or at least so I thought from the zoom in on the face you see during actual cutscenes, when I google the full art I see that the rest of the body is a lot more inhuman than the face crop
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Jul 5, 2021 21:40
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 Ancient of Days I think hit the dividing line right
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Jul 5, 2021 21:48
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cheetah7071 posted:old Uriel is extremely boring and I will never be excited to fuse him, which is a crime for high-level demons imo counterpoint: old uriels cute
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Jul 5, 2021 22:11
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I do admittedly have a bit of a soft spot for Uriel, along with Surt. I think it's because I was big into Imagine back in the day and those two were big significant boss fights for Law & Chaos respectively so it was a big cool thing.
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Jul 5, 2021 22:34
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NikkolasKing posted:Actually, I might as well ask this here. Mercer took over Kanji from Troy Baker in Persona 4 after Baker blew upa nd became too famous for tiny little series like Persona. Is Mercer a big rich fancy man now, too? Just been playing an old Compile Heart game called Fairy Fencer F and he's in it and I was like "...isn't he too big time for this?" Then again, he's Law in One Piece at present so maybe he isn't too big. Funky Valentine posted:The only reason Baker didn't voice Kanji the whole way through P4A is because his schedule with other VA commitments and motion capture stuff tends to be hectic as-is. According to TV Tropes, the reason for P4A was that Troy Baker was busy getting married at the time. By the time he finished his honeymoon, Matt Mercer was well known.
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MegaZeroX posted:According to TV Tropes, the reason for P4A was that Troy Baker was busy getting married at the time. By the time he finished his honeymoon, Matt Mercer was well known. He also recommended Matt Mercer as his replacement iirc.
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Gaius Marius posted:
It's so good and it sucks the Chaos equivalent super boss is so lame
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Funky Valentine posted:Matt Mercer played Yusuke, he's a prolific and popular voice actor but not at Troy Baker's level yet Matt is absolutely at Baker's level, he takes triple A video game jobs all the time. He's also just an insane workaholic who's definition of a vacation is taking on more voice roles, for low paying anime.
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Jul 6, 2021 01:30
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It's a shame not to get the super cool SMT4 archangel designs for 5, but I kinda already didn't expect them to come back so I'm not too unhappy here.
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Jul 6, 2021 01:57
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Tae posted:Matt is absolutely at Baker's level, he takes triple A video game jobs all the time.
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Jul 6, 2021 01:59
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I hope Zeus from strange journey redux makes an appearance in smt5. I loved the two-face-ish design that emphasized the duality of being the glorious king of the gods, worshipped by the Roman empire, yet also being a unfaithful rapist who slew his father and usurped his throne.
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Jul 6, 2021 03:17
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I have now reached the Diet building in SMT3:N. Someone had fun making these corridors. What a fun way to build a maze. I can't think of any other game that uses optical illusions as a mechanic.
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Jul 6, 2021 15:55
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God of War 3 had an optical illusion based puzzle but it was more annoying than anything.
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Jul 6, 2021 16:08
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Bug Squash posted:I have now reached the Diet building in SMT3:N. The Diet Building is a really cool dungeon
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Jul 6, 2021 16:34
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It's a really fun place. I'm currently a bit past it doing the teleporter/warp puzzles on floor 300-something of the tower, the ones after thor. they're a little bothersome. It's quite the final dungeon.
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Jul 6, 2021 16:51
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Bug Squash posted:I have now reached the Diet building in SMT3:N. nocturne is a love letter to dungeons. and i say: Im Into It
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Jul 6, 2021 17:44
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I fell down every hole In Sector B trying to find Hariti. I finally realized it was a drat staircase by accident, did the quest and got a vest worse than the one I was wearing. I don't have the will to continue playing today
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Jul 6, 2021 22:49
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Pharohman777 posted:I hope Zeus from strange journey redux makes an appearance in smt5. Generally it is considered fair game to kill someone who wants to kill you from before you are even born.
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Jul 6, 2021 22:54
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Hunt11 posted:Generally it is considered fair game to kill someone who wants to kill you from before you are even born. He ate his kids!!!
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Jul 6, 2021 23:23
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You know how in smt4 and smt4a, theres a mechanic where you can extort money from foes or trade with them? I've been having fun in smt4a on ng+ by trying to bind and/or panic story and sidequest encounters. Because there's some unique dialogue even for minor story or sidequest fights. Especially if the enemy would normally outright refuse fundraising or trade requests. The Kishin Marshiten responded to a trade request when panicked with "Take my items, take me even. No wait, hold on..." Or a Murmur fight during the tsukuji konganji flynn rescue sequence where panicking it allows you to trade with it as it goes something like "Flynn who? Take my stuff!" Pharohman777 fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Jul 7, 2021 |
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Pablo Nergigante posted:He ate his kids!!! he thought a rock was his kid, chronos was kind of dumb ngl
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Jul 7, 2021 12:24
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Pablo Nergigante posted:He ate his kids!!! As a god of agriculture, Cronus was very well-acquainted with reaping and sowing.
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Pablo Nergigante posted:He ate his kids!!! I was on the side of Zeus here. It is very hard to judge someone for killing their father after said father attempted to eat them.
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Funky Valentine posted:As a god of agriculture, Cronus was very well-acquainted with reaping and sowing. From  to  a god of contrasts if there ever was one.
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Zeus has no right to be that swole after being raised exclusively on goat milk.
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My resolve to stick with Noctune Hard Mode is really being tested... the normal fights are fine, even if I die somewhat often. But the bosses have consistently been walls. Like now I'm on, like, that one guy guarding Loki's room where you find the bill. And that guy is like, not even that tough of a boss!! Are there any good grinding spots in the Ginza/Ikebukuro area?
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:My resolve to stick with Noctune Hard Mode is really being tested... the normal fights are fine, even if I die somewhat often. But the bosses have consistently been walls. Like now I'm on, like, that one guy guarding Loki's room where you find the bill. And that guy is like, not even that tough of a boss!! Are there any good grinding spots in the Ginza/Ikebukuro area? IIRC the water areas in the manikin village, where you only encounter that one fish demon who's weak to fire, is probably your best bet. Does hard mode also mess with weaknesses and ailment procs? Troll should be weak to status so it should be reasonably easy to just nab a lilim from the area and spam charm until it sticks.
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vilkacis posted:IIRC the water areas in the manikin village, where you only encounter that one fish demon who's weak to fire, is probably your best bet. AFAIK Hard is just a straight numbers boost for enemies so weaknesses are all the same. It's possible that enemies have higher Luck and thus be a bit harder to hit with ailments but it shouldn't make too much of a difference.
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:My resolve to stick with Noctune Hard Mode is really being tested... the normal fights are fine, even if I die somewhat often. But the bosses have consistently been walls. Like now I'm on, like, that one guy guarding Loki's room where you find the bill. And that guy is like, not even that tough of a boss!! Are there any good grinding spots in the Ginza/Ikebukuro area? He's Weak to status effects like Charm or Panic. I didn't know this until before my latest run, either. Without those he can be legit very hard. EDIT: Beaten, sorry. But it worked just fine for me on Hard.
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Yep, had no idea about the status effect weakness lol
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:Yep, had no idea about the status effect weakness lol I would describe most bosses is Nocturne as puzzle bosses, and Troll is a very upsetting puzzle boss in that the correct solution is something that most video games have trained you to never bother attempting, including Nocturne because from here on out basically no boss will ever be susceptible to ailments ever again
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I want to like nocturne but it starts really slow and the negotiation system seems bad. I beat matador but I'm still mostly just attacking with everyone since I have few aoe skills and less sp. Doesn't go great with the high encounter rate. Last time I quit after failing a negotiation (after handing over 2 of my 4 chakra drops) then getting tossed into another combat after 2 steps and the same demon refused to join again. After taking more of my items. It's like playing a loving pokemon romhack.
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Brandfarlig posted:I want to like nocturne but it starts really slow and the negotiation system seems bad. I beat matador but I'm still mostly just attacking with everyone since I have few aoe skills and less sp. Doesn't go great with the high encounter rate. Sometimes if you tell them no they will ask for a different item. Better not to give away anything too valuable since the negotiation can still fail and you will always get another chance.
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I guess I'm just surprised the game is that hateful to the player for how many fans the game seems to have. Persona-ish combat but actually challenging sounds like a good idea but mostly it's been tedious as gently caress.
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Brandfarlig posted:I guess I'm just surprised the game is that hateful to the player for how many fans the game seems to have. Persona-ish combat but actually challenging sounds like a good idea but mostly it's been tedious as gently caress. SMT games mostly get pretty easy in the later game but the early game can be a bit rough to get started. More than Nocturne SMT 4 is probably the most extreme example of this in the series.
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Item Getter posted:SMT games mostly get pretty easy in the later game but the early game can be a bit rough to get started. More than Nocturne SMT 4 is probably the most extreme example of this in the series. You get your "you better have learned the mechanics" boss only a couple of hours into SMT4, and to be honest Minotaur is pretty good at his job. You might need to back track a little bit and collect demons with the right buffs and heals, but that only adds about half an hour to the playtime. By contrast, loving Matador in SMT3N slams at the 6 to 8 hour mark, and if you didn't know to collect fog breath or solid buffs then gently caress you. None of the demons you can catch know it innately, and they're level up skills are hidden from you except the very next one. On top of all that, he's blocking you from getting to any decent leveling up locations, so even if you do know to fuse and level up dog snake, it takes an hour or two to actually get it high enough. Early SMT4 was hard, but at least it never pulls a Matador on you.
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