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Just as a heads up, Tokyo Xanadu is currently $12 in the PSN Big In Japan sale.
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Sep 23, 2021 02:50
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Oh don’t you worry, Artix was on that like butter on bread the minute he found out about that. 
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Sep 23, 2021 03:02
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 I'm picking it up, figured a few others might want to at that price.Though clearly at least one thread regular has already played the game and has Opinions. 
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Sep 23, 2021 03:22
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Now the real question is how long can I keep my bad Tales of Arise opinions out of the commentary?
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Sep 23, 2021 04:17
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 Part 2: Mining Melancholy In today's episode of Oath, we tackle the quarry in search of the mayor. Along the way, we even manage to solve our first plot mysteries: It turns out Chester is fine! He's just a giant piece of poo poo.
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Sep 25, 2021 01:04
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I said before that I thought Felghana isn't quite the best Ys, but it's absolutely got the best soundtrack 
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Sep 25, 2021 01:27
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So, Dularn and Ellefale. Dularn's not too bad once you get the hang of his attacks. He always throws out his sword attacks in the exact same order, but I think the middle one is the hardest to dodge because of the qualities of its homing. I think there's only two magic attacks in part 2, the slow fireball and the fast windblade - if you try to predict jump the wind-blade, you're landing in the fireball, and vice versa. As someone who ran into Ellefale without the first Ruby, she was suffering. I actually didn't even notice the path up there my first time through. She is exactly as she appears, since you need to dodge on the fly; usually jumping diagonally is a pretty solid counter to most of her attacks.
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Sep 25, 2021 05:02
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Artix posted:Now the real question is how long can I keep my bad Tales of Arise opinions out of the commentary? If you post them in the thread, then you won’t have to worry about the commentary.
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Sep 25, 2021 20:32
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White Coke posted:If you post them in the thread, then you won’t have to worry about the commentary.  Anyway I'll leave you to ponder what I could hate about Tales of Arise and instead offer up another poll. As it turns out, we're taking a break in-game too before we power on with the rest of the plot. And believe me, once the plot leaves the station, there aren't any brakes on this train so strap the gently caress in. Intermission Poll You may pick three of the following:      
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Sep 25, 2021 22:57
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Poll isn’t working for me, it doesn’t record my results.
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Sep 25, 2021 23:01
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Huh, was wondering what was up because I didn't see anything on my side either. Let me see if I can fix it, or just make a new one or something. E: Well a google form is probably overkill but gently caress it, it gets the job done. Should be working now. Artix fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Sep 25, 2021 |
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Sep 25, 2021 23:02
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Me, recording the latest episode of Tokyo Xanadu today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_nPp64OrBc
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Sep 27, 2021 02:24
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nine-gear crow posted:Me, recording the latest episode of Tokyo Xanadu today: Artix’s Tales of Arise opinions are that bad?
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Sep 27, 2021 04:18
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Oath in Felghana, Part 3 - Voices of the Temple Tragically, Adol's adventure was cut short when he was killed exploring the Illburns Ruins. Dogi would go on to be the star of the Ys series, bringing the franchise critical acclaim and sales.
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Sep 28, 2021 02:07
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Illburns Ruins: so forbidden that even the videos are private
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Sep 28, 2021 02:23
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Well that was silly but it's fixed now.
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Sep 28, 2021 02:28
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Chester is indeed voiced by Derek Stephen Prince Count McGuire is David Lodge, whom you may remember from Persona 5, World of Warcraft, or Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot
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Sep 28, 2021 02:56
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That nun was Mitsuru, as well, just jam piggety packed with Persona 3 up in here.
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Sep 29, 2021 23:38
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Yeah, and the priest who wandered into the ruins is Junpei, as well. I wouldn't have been surprised if Commander Keene fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Sep 30, 2021 |
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Sep 30, 2021 13:32
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Adol shares the same voice with Minato and almost every minor NPC
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Sep 30, 2021 14:07
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Part 46: Eclipse and Chill In our return to Tokyo Xanadu, we join Shio and Mitsuki as they spend a little time together doing the most romantic thing possible: Cleaning out an eclipse in some dude's closet. Look, dating is hard in the far-flung future of 2015.
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Oct 4, 2021 23:29
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That's a weird euphemism for 7 minutes in heaven
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Oct 4, 2021 23:40
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https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/815377494206054432/894720218591526952/dr_p---er.mp3 The shape of things to come...
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Oct 5, 2021 00:00
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The Soul Device names actually come up during the dramatic summoning cutscenes, but they're not subtitled so it's easy to miss. Kou's Raging Gear, Sora's Valiant Arm(?), Yuuki's Cavalry Mace, and Shio's Vorpal Weapon. I just assumed that they automatically know the names when they summon them. oh right that's the next chapter
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Oct 5, 2021 08:12
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I appreciate that the game doesn't go full-on Cold Steel and have almost every single female character in the game fall for the protagonist. Kou still has multiple potential love interests, but that's still an welcome improvement over every woman falls for him. The Trails series games by Falcom are pretty infamous for the way their introductory game has a very slow, lazy pace to establish a setting, and then cranking the pace up to 11 just before the end. That can be pretty effective at drawing in some people, if they can make it through the slow parts. Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 13:05 on Oct 5, 2021 |
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Oct 5, 2021 12:58
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Artix posted:
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Oct 5, 2021 18:02
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AmiYumi posted:I really enjoy the implication that Shio has spent the intervening years watching Mitsuki for the slightest show of weakness that he might strike her down, like that guy in Rurouni Kenshin More like Sitho.
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Oct 5, 2021 20:34
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This is the pettiest complaint, but I swear the buttons on Shio's casual shirt were on the wrong side. The side with the buttons seemed to also be the side that's on top, rather than the side with holes.
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Oct 6, 2021 06:30
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Part 47: The Fanservice Episode So, we need to talk about the intermission. Pretty much every Falcom game has one of these at roughly the 60-70% mark (although there are a few outliers, like Cold Steel 4's being right before the endgame) and they generally serve to give both you the player and all the characters involved in the plot a quick break before the game slams the accelerator to the floor and The Plot™ takes over for the remainder of the game. They are also, for better or worse, the place where the game slams the worst of its fanservicey moments. Azure is still the worst in that regard, but the hot springs are a close second in terms of Maximum Anime™, although to the game's credit it does not plow headfirst into the worst of the tropes that it could be invoking so... I guess we'll take what we can get here?
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Oct 8, 2021 20:31
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I'm so glad they managed to keep themselves restrained for this. It could have been so much worse. Still would've been nice for Ryouta to get the poo poo kicked out of him, though.
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Oct 10, 2021 01:12
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I'm amazed it took them almost 29 minutes before the obligatory hot springs bust comparison comment/joke showed up.
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Oct 10, 2021 01:51
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One day there will be a hot springs moment where the entirety of it will be the characters playing go or checkers on a floating board. Today isn't that day.
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Oct 10, 2021 02:07
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Giving the same exposition multiple times at the beginning worked for Suicide Squad.
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Oct 10, 2021 03:46
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Shei-kun posted:Still would've been nice for Ryouta to get the poo poo kicked out of him, though.  White Coke posted:Giving the same exposition multiple times at the beginning worked for Suicide Squad. AmiYumi fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Oct 10, 2021 |
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Oct 10, 2021 04:19
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Okay, I was not expecting that to end with Towa rushing up, excited to learn which of her students has banged her cousin.  Real top-notch chaperoning on the part of the teachers, here.
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Oct 10, 2021 04:44
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AmiYumi posted:Okay, I was not expecting that to end with Towa rushing up, excited to learn which of her students has banged her cousin. They’re both in their 20s too, which just makes it all worse.
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Oct 10, 2021 05:22
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Part 48: Second Dinner The game is going to try and get us to lower our guard by letting us "play the game" or some poo poo but don't be fooled, it's just waiting for us to go upstairs so it can hit us with another big plot dump. Don't by fooled by its lies!
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Oct 12, 2021 01:58
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Ah yes, the fan service clip show/summary episode of all animes.
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Oct 12, 2021 23:39
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Cooked Auto posted:Ah yes, the fan service clip show/summary episode of all animes. What is there to say other than:
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Not gonna lie, I started to yawn pretty decently midway through the video.
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