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There are a lot of action scenes in the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise.
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Dec 21, 2023 19:02
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they were probably referring to astral chain
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Dec 21, 2023 19:19
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ImpAtom posted:
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Dec 21, 2023 19:46
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The protagonist's 'main' outfit. It's fine, pretty flashy and distinctive.
The disguise outfit, which I just think looks way cooler. It obviously evokes Tir McDohl but I just think it looks cooler.
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I dunno, I like the Suikoden V protag's disguise more because it's "not as interesting." The disguise has a solid red-brown-white theme and the gold is restricted to an accent color. Even the protag's hair basically fits within the theme's white, with some gradation. Meanwhile the main outfit has black as a main color and is otherwise red-blue-gold anarchy. And if black's the predominant color then why are his shoulders bare, when having them also covered by the bodysuit would improve the visual cohesion? And why does the scarf also shade to orange, that's a fine design touch but that shade is nowhere else in the rest of the design! And you're doing nothing with his hair color! Like, this isn't anything that I have formal training in, just years of looking at stuff. But my immediate response to the main outfit is "too busy" and I'm pretty sure it's down to how it's using color.
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Dec 21, 2023 23:13
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The disguise is better because capes and cloaks own.
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Dec 21, 2023 23:15
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Idk I think his shoulders are bare because it looks cute. Like half of fantasy RPG characters have a cape, I think it's fun to see something a bit different. I also like how his arm and foot things match his staff
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Dec 21, 2023 23:38
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Be nice to Elliot. He's too busy keeping the rest of my party alive to look cool.
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Dec 21, 2023 23:45
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Feels Villeneuve posted:I wouldn't really consider an auto-attack system "action" but I guess it's up to your own tastes So you don't think FF7R is an action RPG when played in "classic" mode? I think most people would consider any RPG with freedom of movement and real-time combat to be an action-RPG. Like, FXIII isn't one, and Lighting Returns is one. Auto-attack seems like a pretty arbitrary line to draw.
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Dec 22, 2023 00:17
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Tequila Bob posted:So you don't think FF7R is an action RPG when played in "classic" mode? What about Valkyrie Profile?
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Dec 22, 2023 00:19
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Doesn't have freedom of movement during battles. It has some real-time elements in much the same way that Paper Mario or the ATB FF games do, but not enough to make it an action-RPG.
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Dec 22, 2023 00:32
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What about the platforming tho
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Dec 22, 2023 00:33
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How "freeform" is octopath 2. The game looks interesting but I'm in the mood for something at least slightly on rails.
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Dec 22, 2023 00:35
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Ibram Gaunt posted:How "freeform" is octopath 2. The game looks interesting but I'm in the mood for something at least slightly on rails. You are guided to plot points but can hit the in any order. Tequila Bob posted:Doesn't have freedom of movement during battles. It has some real-time elements in much the same way that Paper Mario or the ATB FF games do, but not enough to make it an action-RPG. What about outside battle?
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Dec 22, 2023 00:38
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The platforming in VP has nothing to do with the combat. When I said freedom of movement, I meant during battle. This was obvious because every RPG gives you freedom of movement outside of battle, except maybe Riviera and Unlimited Saga.
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Dec 22, 2023 00:38
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Yeah but in valkyrie Profile you jump around and hit enemies with your sword outside of battle
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Dec 22, 2023 00:52
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Ibram Gaunt posted:How "freeform" is octopath 2. The game looks interesting but I'm in the mood for something at least slightly on rails.
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Dec 22, 2023 00:56
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fridge corn posted:Yeah but in valkyrie Profile you jump around and hit enemies with your sword outside of battle You also do those things in Dragon Quest XI.
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Dec 22, 2023 00:57
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Ibram Gaunt posted:How "freeform" is octopath 2. The game looks interesting but I'm in the mood for something at least slightly on rails. It's very freeform but it's also obvious what your potential next steps are. All the characters have stories you progress through and it's just a matter of picking which chapter to do next at any given time and walking in that direction. I picked 4 characters I like and will do all their stories first and just do whichever of their 4 current chapters has the lowest level requirement.
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Dec 22, 2023 00:58
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I tried Octopath 1 on gamepass, thinking it would be exactly my cup of tea, but quit after maybe 10 hours extremely disappointed by the absolutely disjointed "story" and the fact that characters basically don't acknowledge or interact with each other. Octopath 2 has a preposterous 95% positive rating on steam currently and I'm wondering what accounts for that. Is it just improvements to the storytelling? Are the systems better? Overall package?
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Dec 22, 2023 01:24
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Scoss posted:I tried Octopath 1 on gamepass, thinking it would be exactly my cup of tea, but quit after maybe 10 hours extremely disappointed by the absolutely disjointed "story" and the fact that characters basically don't acknowledge or interact with each other. all of the above. the story's still disjointed (and personally i thought the eight-paths conceit worked against it pretty much every step of the way) but the routes are more varied and the protagonists more interesting than the original, and there's a bunch of QOL features added to the combat including a fast-forward option
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Dec 22, 2023 01:31
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Scoss posted:I tried Octopath 1 on gamepass, thinking it would be exactly my cup of tea, but quit after maybe 10 hours extremely disappointed by the absolutely disjointed "story" and the fact that characters basically don't acknowledge or interact with each other. As someone who already quite liked the first game, it's because the second game is more of the same but with better writing, improved mechanics, and snappier combat.
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Dec 22, 2023 01:34
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also largely the people who bought octopath 2 already liked octopath 1 so thats gonna balloon its rating i thought octopath 2 was a big improvement but i still had a lot of the same complaints. theres some quests where the characters interact but theyre still basically isolated to just that content (and the specific pairs they set up). if you hated that part of the first game 2 doesnt really change it.
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Dec 22, 2023 01:36
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Scoss posted:I tried Octopath 1 on gamepass, thinking it would be exactly my cup of tea, but quit after maybe 10 hours extremely disappointed by the absolutely disjointed "story" and the fact that characters basically don't acknowledge or interact with each other. It's a good game op. Idk about the first one cuz I never played it
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Dec 22, 2023 01:36
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Tequila Bob posted:So you don't think FF7R is an action RPG when played in "classic" mode? Eh, Parasite Eve meets both those criteria but I'd feel weird calling it an action-rpg.
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Dec 22, 2023 01:50
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Oh it has a demo, I'll give it a try. My main worries was that the freeform nature of the game would make it like SaGa Froneir or something which I found way too intimidating to get into and refunded pretty early lol.
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Dec 22, 2023 02:15
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I feel like I've asked this before but they're both on sale to varying degrees: Is blue reflection worth playing or should I skip to 2?
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Dec 22, 2023 02:37
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i skipped to 2 and didn't feel i missed out on anything. if anything it seems like watching the anime adds more since those characters kinda get more focus
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Dec 22, 2023 02:40
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Same! I went in basically blind to anything about it except that friends told me I would love it. And they were right.
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Dec 22, 2023 02:42
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It's safe to skip to 2. I enjoyed 1 enough but 2 is significantly better, and the references from 1 aren't that complex.
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Dec 22, 2023 02:42
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Thuryl posted:Eh, Parasite Eve meets both those criteria but I'd feel weird calling it an action-rpg. Parasite Eve doesn't have real-time combat, since it's limited by the ATB bar. Same as The SNES/PS1 FF games.
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Dec 22, 2023 02:58
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I only played a bit of PE1 but it kind of seemed like proto-FF12 to me in some ways.
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Dec 22, 2023 02:59
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:I feel like I've asked this before but they're both on sale to varying degrees: Is blue reflection worth playing or should I skip to 2? You're not really missing anything but if you dont mind the extremely slow pace BR1 has a particular atmosphere that the sequel doesn't also kaiju fights.
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Dec 22, 2023 04:59
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Tequila Bob posted:The platforming in VP has nothing to do with the combat. When I said freedom of movement, I meant during battle. This was obvious because every RPG gives you freedom of movement outside of battle, except maybe Riviera and Unlimited Saga. What about Valkyrie Profile 2 then?
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Dec 22, 2023 05:11
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Hyper Inferno posted:What about Valkyrie Profile 2 then? "Enemies only move when you move" isn't real time. Rogue was doing that a long time ago.
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Dec 22, 2023 07:51
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What are the coolest PSN sale rpgs to get in the sale. Hoping to make 2024 the year of the jrpg for me
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Dec 22, 2023 08:31
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Parasite Eve is proto FF14 because you avoid attacks by moving and your abilities are limited by global cooldown meter. I'm sorry I've been reading too much other threads.
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Ramadu posted:What are the coolest PSN sale rpgs to get in the sale. Hoping to make 2024 the year of the jrpg for me From the games I've played on that list, I'd say monster sanctuary (one of my favorite games of the last couple years) and digimon story cyber sleuth (though this one expects quite some grind) I saw soul hackers 2 is like 18 bucks so I might pull the trigger on that soon.
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Dec 22, 2023 15:29
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Been replaying Crystal Project. Still a hell of a game but something I'm less keen on in a replay is how many boss fights demand specific toolsets. Mostly a disappointment for a replay because it'd be way harder to do a four job fiesta thing (as anyone who has done the fiesta knows, part of the charm with FF5 is that while obviously there are disparities with how effective a given job can be, at the end of the day with enough planning any combination can make it through). An easy example of a roadblock: the boss fight to get the owl mount is a hell of a difficulty spike unless you can inflict blindness, then it's a cakewalk. Still having a blast trying out different classes on this playthrough though, and this time around I'm gonna try to beat all the optional bosses too. Wish this gamer luck.
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Dec 22, 2023 15:37
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They announced yesterday that Crystal Project is coming out on Switch on 1/12 if anyone was waiting for that
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lets hang out posted:They announced yesterday that Crystal Project is coming out on Switch on 1/12 if anyone was waiting for that Hell yeah. I'm gonna double dip on that just because it's more convenient to carry my Switch around then the ol 'Deck.
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