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Has someone done a chart for SO2, like they did for the Chrono Cross remaster, that lists all the choices and variables? I got the game because the RPGsite review was glowing, listing the twenty years worth of QoL improvements. If this game hits off, there's always a chance we could get Xenogears again. Maybe a remaster that lets you skip the fighting because nobody gave a poo poo about that.
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canon is an illusion. if you don't like a game then it's a spinoff, simple as that
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Nov 1, 2023 20:14
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Actually, Silent Hill 4 is a great candidate for "should have been a spin-off". It doesn't play like SH and it doesn't really scare like SH. But its reduced horror elements do pack a punch sometimes, and the main character's introversion might have been fertile grount to explore. People would've given it a better chance without the big name attached to it, I think.
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Nov 1, 2023 20:14
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the combat in xenogears isn't really that bad
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Nov 1, 2023 20:15
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I like the combat in Xenogears.
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Tequila Bob posted:Actually, Silent Hill 4 is a great candidate for "should have been a spin-off". It doesn't play like SH and it doesn't really scare like SH. But its reduced horror elements do pack a punch sometimes, and the main character's introversion might have been fertile grount to explore. People would've given it a better chance without the big name attached to it, I think. i mean sh4 is just kind of an unfinished game that didnt get a normal dev cycle cause konami was really pushing teams hard to get games out faster
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Nov 1, 2023 20:16
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Looper posted:canon is an illusion. Explain Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, then 
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Nov 1, 2023 20:16
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silent hills is what i call my small breasts
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Nov 1, 2023 20:17
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*making cut it out motion across neck*
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Nov 1, 2023 20:17
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Snake Maze posted:Explain Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, then Dark Draker
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Nov 1, 2023 20:18
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i thought silent hill 4 the room was the scariest of the first four but i don't like being chased through tight corridors by invincible enemies
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Nov 1, 2023 20:18
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sh4 is more just kinda stressful than scary i think. it's got a lot of elements that are stress inducing but the actual scare factor goes away fast once you realize it's mostly just, obnoxious
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Nov 1, 2023 20:19
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you know what had a good scare? lunacid (2023)
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Endorph posted:wild arms 5 directly led to symphogear so its pretty good You mean in the sense that it killed the series?
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Nov 1, 2023 20:20
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Lunacid is great. And it's an RPG as well, so we're back on topic!
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Nov 1, 2023 20:20
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they made a game after 5 also kaneko wasnt directly writing 5 in the first place i think the series was just on the way out cause sony wasn't into publishing niche rpgs anymore
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Nov 1, 2023 20:20
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is there a horror rpg that specifically goes for a slasher feel? the stuff i can think of tends to hit different vibes.
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Nov 1, 2023 20:22
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closest i can think is the space chapter in live a live being a huge riff on alien theres the lakeview cabin games but i dunno if you exactly class those under "rpg"
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Nov 1, 2023 20:23
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Legit can't decide if I should get Star Ocean 2 or Lunacid first. I haven't played SO2 in years and never finished it, but remember liking it a lot. But I also like King's Field and Lunacid looks really cool.
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Nov 1, 2023 20:23
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Snooze Cruise posted:is there a horror rpg that specifically goes for a slasher feel? the stuff i can think of tends to hit different vibes. Joke answer: Dead By Daylight poo poo that's not a rpg, uh. I got nothing.
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The Colonel posted:if you really want to bait people into an mgs mainline argument you need to talk about whether peace walker is a spinoff and, if so, whether v is one by extension because it's a peace walker sequel but also half of v's story is the entire extended cast of peace walker getting brutally killed or turning into massive psychopaths off screen The "V" in Metal Gear Solid V is not the Roman numeral for 5, but rather the letter V. They stopped giving them numbers after 4. It's actually MGS6. Possibly also MGS7.
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Nov 1, 2023 20:24
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lunacid is good, weird mix of king's field/shadow tower and souls stat building with some wacky morrowind acrobat/athletics movement stuff. been enjoying
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The Colonel posted:closest i can think is the space chapter in live a live being a huge riff on alien yeah i probably wouldn't call lakeview cabin rpg. but it does have the multiple characters in a party thing which is why i think a slasher is a weirdly good fit for rpgs.
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Snooze Cruise posted:is there a horror rpg that specifically goes for a slasher feel? the stuff i can think of tends to hit different vibes. I think slasher and RPG don't necessarily go well together due to slashers tending to be focused more around a single/small number of Big Names as opposed to smaller larger groups. The closest is something like Clock Tower which really isn't very RPG-y. Live A Live has a chapter like that but it has almost no combat.
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Nov 1, 2023 20:25
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Clarste posted:You mean in the sense that it killed the series?
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Nov 1, 2023 20:25
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I think something with a SaGa style approach could work really well with slashers
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Nov 1, 2023 20:26
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someone should make an rpg inspired by twilight/moonlight syndrome where a party of three goes go on increasingly weird and hosed up paranormal adventures that end with a guy having a sword fight with baby satan
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Nov 1, 2023 20:26
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There should be more horror RPGs. Also, that chapter in Live a Live ruled, really enjoyed playing that game overall a few months ago.
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Nov 1, 2023 20:27
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shout out to the chapter of twilight syndrome where the three girls decide to go investigate a weird underground bunker and find out it's populated by a wwii soldier who's trying to create a secret weapon to defeat the allied powers by building a frankenstein monster
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Nov 1, 2023 20:27
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Endorph posted:that Here. Comes. Cults! and It's Trauma screenshots of the dumb webshow really illustrate what western devs (and konami) think silent hill is The obsession with Cult Lore in the Silent Hill fanbase always felt like the prototype to the modern ARG-sort of horror with "Game Lore EXPLAINED 4 hours" YouTube videos
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the cult stuff in sh is nuts cause it's obvious the og games were playing fast and loose and trying to use it more as background context than the driving force and then in comes origins and homecoming and now you are going into the silent hill cult base to have epic fist fights with them and every single character motivation is someone going "i became evil because i joined the silent hill cult and now i want to kill you"
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Has someone done a chart for SO2, like they did for the Chrono Cross remaster, that lists all the choices and variables? I got the game because the RPGsite review was glowing, listing the twenty years worth of QoL improvements. The relevant ones are basically:
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actually you know what would be fun, a stat raiser slasher. first part of the game does all the life sim stuff, daily scheduling, figuring out which stats you want to focus on, building relationships, and then you hit the slasher bit and see if the bonds and things you focused on will let you survive...
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Nov 1, 2023 20:31
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Snooze Cruise posted:actually you know what would be fun, a stat raiser slasher. first part of the game does all the life sim stuff, daily scheduling, figuring out which stats you want to focus on, building relationships, and then you hit the slasher bit and see if the bonds and things you focused on will let you survive... you probably didn't intend this so I'm not blaming you but all this reminds me of is Until Dawn
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hmm i guess i am getting dangerously close to one of those ironic dating sims if i describe it as like tokimeki memorial but you can accidentally date billy loomis, but i mean like, actually playing this straight and get mechanic-y with it
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Endorph posted:wild arms 5 directly led to symphogear so its pretty good what
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Junpei posted:you probably didn't intend this so I'm not blaming you but all this reminds me of is Until Dawn i don't think until dawn is a stat raising sim but i am prepared to be surprised
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Symphogay
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i played ib, the witch's house, and paper lily last month and it made me want to check out more rpg maker style horror games (which are rpgs, obviously)
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Snooze Cruise posted:actually you know what would be fun, a stat raiser slasher. first part of the game does all the life sim stuff, daily scheduling, figuring out which stats you want to focus on, building relationships, and then you hit the slasher bit and see if the bonds and things you focused on will let you survive... there's a few games that play with the idea of one of your friends who you build your relationships with turning out to be a bad guy and your friendship level with them effecting the outcome of them turning bad, but they're all kind of weird experimental and niche and one of them is loop8 where this idea is executed so weirdly that the ideal approach to beating the game is to enter a committed relationship with every single woman in town and also the one bisexual guy
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