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XBC2 isn't the worst game I have ever played but it is for sure the most outright annoying.
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Ibram Gaunt posted:It was basically "nothing" which is fine on its own but the way it was played up by Ubisoft and people in general is what made it super bad. Like you just did a sidequest and could do some flirty dialogue and then never saw the NPC again after the fade to black. It wasn't anything as involved as even like a Bioware romance. Oddly the one thing Valhalla was actually better at since you get a couple of actual romances. They're still pretty perfunctory but more on the BioWare side than 'okay lets gently caress' and you never see them again.
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Nov 21, 2023 20:35
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i don't have much experience with fade to black loving but i like the prostitute in bg3 who will wearily roleplay as drizzt or dump a tub of spiders on the bed
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Nov 21, 2023 20:47
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if this pattern continues then sales for ff21 are gonna blow the roof off
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Nov 21, 2023 21:27
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I played XB2 well after everyone else did with absolutely no knowledge or preconceptions about it and got to make up my own mind. It's not great. (Curiously, many of the issues I have with it are not the commonly held ones!)
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Nov 21, 2023 21:35
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Apart from the skeleton crew Monolith had, wasn't XC2 made in a short space of time for such a giant RPG? They used multiple guest artists with little coordination, which explains why so many blades (guest party members) are hot ladies who belong in completely different animes. Inspector Gesicht fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Nov 21, 2023 |
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Nov 21, 2023 21:49
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theshim posted:I played XB2 well after everyone else did with absolutely no knowledge or preconceptions about it and got to make up my own mind. Conversely, I played it well after everyone else did with no real knowledge about the series beyond memes and people talking about how XB2 was an awful mess and ended up enjoying myself immensely. I even still like XB2 more than XB3, though there's absolutely no argument that XB3 is a more polished and finished game.
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Nov 21, 2023 22:02
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XC2 got Kia Asamiya in so that's good
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Nov 21, 2023 22:02
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If Xenoblade 4 is just Future Redeemed only bigger, it would be the best in the series.
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Nov 21, 2023 22:04
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finally started octopath 2 and picked throne as my first character, and while her opening chapter was utter schlock I’m tickled by the contrast of running into agnea right afterward
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Nov 21, 2023 22:05
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Hikari's opening is like, entirely predictable and kinda melodramatic but I was nodding along with it the entire time so it's great
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Nov 21, 2023 22:09
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i just learned of the existence of nightmare of druaga and am now immediately going to play it because drat, this game has a look i had no idea anyone made a proper 3D console roguelike during this era (discounting FFX-2 Last Mission, anyway) and what's even crazier is that apparently namco thought this would sell enough in other territories that they actually localised it!
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Nov 21, 2023 22:13
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Does the baroque remake count 
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Nov 21, 2023 22:14
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Kanos posted:Conversely, I played it well after everyone else did with no real knowledge about the series beyond memes and people talking about how XB2 was an awful mess and ended up enjoying myself immensely. 
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Nov 21, 2023 22:17
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It depends on what you dislike about XB2 but XB3 does away with all the gatcha stuff which alone is such a massive improvement over XB2 it isn't even funny
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Nov 21, 2023 22:18
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kirbysuperstar posted:Does the baroque remake count you know what, yeah it counts, we can't be discounting the very few examples of this that actually exist lol
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Nov 21, 2023 22:19
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ImpAtom posted:It depends on what you dislike about XB2 but XB3 does away with all the gatcha stuff which alone is such a massive improvement over XB2 it isn't even funny
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Nov 21, 2023 22:19
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theshim posted:The gacha was one of the common complaints that I did not care about at all, actually! I have no compulsion to 100% games (and no real desire to replay XB2) so it didn't matter much to me that I wouldn't be seeing some of the unique Blades. I found the gacha and skill check combo annoying I don’t think the skill checks actually hid that much, but it wasn’t a good feeling if you’d have to shuffle stuff or flat out couldn’t do it
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Nov 21, 2023 22:28
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theshim posted:The gacha was one of the common complaints that I did not care about at all, actually! I have no compulsion to 100% games (and no real desire to replay XB2) so it didn't matter much to me that I wouldn't be seeing some of the unique Blades. It's not about 100% so much as it is that it makes the exploration and battle design feel awkward and scattershot. XB3 is much more tightly designed because it knows the tools you have (more or less) at any given time.
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Nov 21, 2023 22:32
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ImpAtom posted:It depends on what you dislike about XB2 but XB3 does away with all the gatcha stuff which alone is such a massive improvement over XB2 it isn't even funny does your luck improve dramatically later on, cause I barely saw any unique Blades 40 or 50 hours into the game? I liked XB2 for all its faults, but I didn't have the patience or time to finish it. And I actually grew to sorta appreciate how poorly it explained itself. Cause it meant I was learning things and having lightbulbs moments throughout the (extensive) playtime. Like the mechanics of the game were this big jigsaw you were meant to slowly pick at, not crack in an evening. (Or I'm just thick).
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Nov 21, 2023 22:41
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Skill checks were a minor irritant at most to me, there were like two that I actually had to swap things around for that I remember. The battle system was basically mindless once you figured out one or two tricks like attack canceling and everything got unlocked. Yes, it got a bunch better later on, but I'm not gonna hold that against a game that you start out with a more limited toolset and it expands as you progress, that's perfectly defensible design IMO. Most of my problems ended up being with the plot, the characters, the designs, and the retcons.
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Nov 21, 2023 22:44
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XB2 has a great like last 25%. Makes me think highly of it looking back despite a lot of it being pretty middling just because of that final stretch.
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Nov 21, 2023 22:50
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Liking Xenoblade 2 more than Xenoblade 3 is some psycho poo poo
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Nov 21, 2023 23:03
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Kanos posted:I even still like XB2 more than XB3, though there's absolutely no argument that XB3 is a more polished and finished game. XB2 really is the proper heir to Xenogears and Xenosaga.
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Nov 21, 2023 23:06
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I have XB2 and I want to give it a spin but I ran out of steam with XB1 and never finished it, is it pretty essential to play that one first?
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Nov 21, 2023 23:15
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Having not played XB1, it didn’t feel that way. (But I didn’t finish XB2)
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Nov 21, 2023 23:16
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Amppelix posted:isn't that like 2008? They put Shiren 3 out in English, also in 2008.
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Nov 21, 2023 23:20
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Meowywitch posted:Liking Xenoblade 2 more than Xenoblade 3 is some psycho poo poo then call me the freaking joker
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Nov 21, 2023 23:23
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Feels Villeneuve posted:then call me the freaking joker No that is Persona 5
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Nov 21, 2023 23:24
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You should absolutely finish 1 before playing 2 imo.
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Nov 21, 2023 23:24
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Now that I’m almost done with the SO2 remake, I definitely agree with reviews saying that the original soundtrack was better. Otherwise the remake is significantly better than the original. While I do miss the morphing animation for item creation, being able to mass produce items in seconds is a worthwhile trade off.
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Nov 21, 2023 23:24
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XB2 has Nia in it so it is a good game. 
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Amppelix posted:isn't that like 2008? 2007 in japan at least!
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Inspector Gesicht posted:They used multiple guest artists with little coordination, which explains why so many blades (guest party members) are hot ladies who belong in completely different animes.
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SMRPG remake "super bosses" were not hard for the most part. Mostly just some gimmicks, spoilers below for the fights. Jinx Rematch: All you have to do is hit him with a Triple Attack but he drains your meter to 0. Just time your attacks and blocks and then use the Triple Attack to win. Belome Rematch: He uses a bunch of sleep attacks and any clones he makes will block attacks directed towards him. Block sleep attacks and kill clones quickly, otherwise not a hard fight. Punchinello Rematch: His def is super high, hit the bombs facing you to turn them around to face him. They will then explode in his face instead of yours. Booster Rematch: He will be working on his train and if he completes repairs he will hit the party for 9999 damage. Have someone hit him with a timed attack to stop the repairs and someone else to do group attacks. Mario/Geno/Peach works great here. Bundt Rematch: Another instant kill 9999 attack battle. You can put the Tortes asleep so they won't light the candles and then focus down the cake with physical attacks. Mario/Geno/Peach works great here as well. Johnny Rematch: 1v1 with Mario, give him both Lazy Shell weapon and armor and time your blocks. You can't use items, but Johnny won't do much damage to you as long as you can time your blocks. Not too hard. Culex Rematch: Now he has stronger attacks and more hp along with all of the crystals. Mostly about keeping everyone up among the barrage of attacks. Mario/Geno/Peach works great here again as their Triple Attack can block his countdown party attack. You can also block his countdown single attack. You might want some Red Essences and Croaka Colas as back up but it's mostly just staying alive and taking down the crystals using their weaknesses. I wouldn't bother Thought Peeking for the entries, just buy them for 3 frog coins each.
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They are pretty hard if you're bad at timed hits. Jinx has an additional gimmick where he counters any failed action command with an instakill and Puchinello's bombs only turn around if you do a perfectly timed normal attack from what I can tell.
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Endorph posted:That wasn't a mistake, that was on purpose. They wanted the blades to all feel like a random grabbag of various things. They did say the gender ratio being skewed was the result of generally giving the designers free reign, but yeah if you get a bunch of guest artists for a project it's because you actively want a bunch of stylistically varied designs. By comparison XB3 had saitom do the central characters and everyone else was by indirectly credited in-house staff.
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I never got used to the clash of artstyles, which went beyond the blades. Nomura's work was great but his characters looked like they were ripped out of another game.
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buddychrist10 posted:I had similar reservations on Elise but she's grown on me quite quickly. Most of her abrasiveness seems to be an act she puts on that doesn't match up with her actions. Electric Phantasm posted:Anyone hear anything about this or try it out? I saw an RPG Site review about In Stars and Time. The author seemed pretty positive, they really enjoyed the writing/characters and found the rock paper scissors triangle made for a fairly engaging combat system. I am probably going to skip on it because I am more interested in seeing what Loop Hero has to say about the main theme, but it definitely looks like a pretty cool indie RPG! https://www.rpgsite.net/review/15135-in-stars-time-review Tired Moritz posted:I was gonna ask why people dislike FF16 (I don't have a PS5) but it feels... risky 2. The way the world contorted around making Clive an uncomplicated hero boy who basically never got his hands dirty. I'm thinking of some quests in Sanbreque in particular, but there are plenty of bits of frustrating writing. 3. Unsatisfying antagonists. I'm not as down on Ultima and Anabella as some, but I do find them both very boring. And I do have plenty of issues with Kupka, but there's a decent chance I would have swept away all of them if he was a moogle instead. 4. Combat got pretty dull and samey after a while. 5. Far, far too little in the way of weird minigames and comic relief. 6. Didn't get much of a wow from the music. Definitely a shame, since I really like a lot of the FF14 soundtrack, and I was hoping that FF16 would deliver plenty of stuff I'd like just as much. 7. The game had sprawling open areas to explore, but little reward for actually wandering around exploring them. If you are curious about FF16, I could link you to some articles/deep dive podcasts I quite liked, but it has been long enough that I would need a bit of digging to re-find them... I think this ep of Abnormal Mapping was probably the most entertaining/insightful https://cohost.org/em-being/post/2174338-abnormal-mapping-147 Kuros posted:SMRPG remake "super bosses" were not hard for the most part. Mostly just some gimmicks, spoilers below for the fights. That's a bit of a shame. I do appreciate the visual aid they provided for the Yoshi race, though. Still jank, but it was immensely less frustrating having another way to understand the beat they want you to follow. Maybe about 1/3 of the way through Mario RPG Remake myself, and there's definitely some fun nostalgia, but I am having a pretty interesting time contrasting it with Another Crusade. The amount of friction I face progressing in that has made me a lot more engaged with the world and systems (even now that I'm playing Easy mode). I remembered the boss fights being more memorable and formidable in original Mario RPG, even forcing me to grind a little... I'm not sure if I have a strong preference either way, but I do feel that I care more about Another Crusade's combat.
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avoraciopoctules posted:If you are curious about FF16, I could link you to some articles/deep dive podcasts I quite liked please don't
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