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Is Star Ocean 3's ending really as bad as the guys at Penny Arcade said it was? In the commentary for the SO3 strip in one of the collection books, one of them described it as (wording not exact, but this is the gist of it) like pulling a slot machine lever and having all three wheels landing on asses, which causes the coin tray to fill with poo poo.
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Codiekitty posted:Is Star Ocean 3's ending really as bad as the guys at Penny Arcade said it was? In the commentary for the SO3 strip in one of the collection books, one of them described it as (wording not exact, but this is the gist of it) like pulling a slot machine lever and having all three wheels landing on asses, which causes the coin tray to fill with poo poo. the ending to star ocean 3 is fabulously stupid, and therefore is far superior to most jrpgs where you just fight god
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Dec 28, 2014 06:42
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Codiekitty posted:Is Star Ocean 3's ending really as bad as the guys at Penny Arcade said it was? In the commentary for the SO3 strip in one of the collection books, one of them described it as (wording not exact, but this is the gist of it) like pulling a slot machine lever and having all three wheels landing on asses, which causes the coin tray to fill with poo poo. corn in the bible posted:the ending to star ocean 3 is fabulously stupid, and therefore is far superior to most jrpgs where you just fight god SO3's endboss was FF13-style bullshit because he actually has a TPK attack that does >20k damage per hit and is unavoidable if he chooses to cast it.
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Dec 28, 2014 06:48
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star ocean i miss you i miss when i would click craft on art and would watch a ball of clay turn into a goddess statue and i would cheer
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Dec 28, 2014 07:25
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I played all the way through SO3 and pretty much all I remember is that the horrifyingly anime dude had a MP-draining mist attack that hit way more times than it was supposed to, and MP death was a thing, so he pretty much singlehandedly destroyed every subsequent boss for me. e so I am not jumped by the anime brigade: I love anime and play tons of anime games without a trace of irony, Albel is just a really bad kind of Kingdom Hearts-style 13-year-old-cool anime Panic! at Nabisco fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Dec 28, 2014 |
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Dec 28, 2014 07:26
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The White Dragon posted:SO3's endboss was FF13-style bullshit because he actually has a TPK attack that does >20k damage per hit and is unavoidable if he chooses to cast it. I think you can pro-avoid it with Fayt if you time Dimension Door juuust right or something but yeah Luther was rear end. At least Sataniel in SO4 was piss easy.
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Dec 28, 2014 07:38
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everythng in so4 is boring aand piss easy though the funniest thing about so4 is how you can skip all the cutscenes except the ones with welch in them
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Dec 28, 2014 07:41
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Panic! at Nabisco posted:e so I am not jumped by the anime brigade: I love anime and play tons of anime games without a trace of irony, Albel is just a really bad kind of Kingdom Hearts-style 13-year-old-cool anime and also looks nothing like a kingdom hearrts character
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Dec 28, 2014 07:45
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so3 end boss was a joke because side kick combo'd off itself and did ridiculous damage with invincibility frames at low hp cost
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Dec 28, 2014 07:56
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MockingQuantum posted:What's the best way to play the first Star Ocean, the PSP remake? I think I might add it to my ever growing RPG backlog. Eh. Chain together attacks/specials, get Cyuss, stuff like that. Not much to say about it, since First Departure is more or less linear. Don't get Welch, though. Anything to do with Star Ocean 3 is awful.
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Dec 28, 2014 08:18
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The best way to play it is apparently not through PSN cause it ain't on there
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Dec 28, 2014 08:19
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hubris.height posted:so3 end boss was a joke because side kick combo'd off itself and did ridiculous damage with invincibility frames at low hp cost Any quick-hitting attack stuns him with relative ease. The White Dragon posted:
You can actually go to the top of the arena to avoid it, or just dump a bunch of orichalcum on each character's weapon and break Galaxy mode completely.
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Dec 28, 2014 08:43
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i feel like SO3's system had potential to be good but ultimately you just spammed a single move until you couldn't deal with the voice clip anymore still enjoyed spamming a single move forever a lot
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Dec 28, 2014 15:01
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 I'm almost excited to play SO3 once the shipping service stops their 2-week holiday.The legendary side kick is so good it's listed in the tactics for speedrunning story bosses for BTs. drat...
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Dec 28, 2014 16:19
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There was once a guy who posted here that transcribed the entire Star Ocean 3 script into a word doc. A worthy use of time.
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Dec 28, 2014 16:29
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Here's all you need to know about SO3: You're probably thinking it's going to be an hour, maybe two, of gametime before you're rescued from the second crash-landing and you can get on with the very time-critical plot set up in the first two hours. You're very, very, wrong.
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Dec 28, 2014 16:38
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Here's all you need to know about SO3: You're probably thinking it's going to be an hour, maybe two, of gametime before you're rescued from the second crash-landing and you can get on with the very time-critical plot set up in the first two hours. You're very, very, wrong. That was such a dick move. I was so happy playing a futuristic rpg for once and then bam medieval planet.
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Dec 28, 2014 16:53
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Bleusilences posted:That was such a dick move. I was so happy playing a futuristic rpg for once and then bam medieval planet. What makes it worse is that it's all ultimately pointless, and nothing you do on the planet has any bearing on the rest of the plot. The entire first half the of the game is meaningless filler. Oh, and fair warning; When you see a purple-haired girl with Nel, mute the volume before she speaks. I swear Farleen's voice is high enough to upset dogs. Neddy Seagoon fucked around with this message at 17:08 on Dec 28, 2014 |
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Dec 28, 2014 17:03
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I have no idea what's up with these systems and subsystems in resonance of fate but as long as I can keep up the sick 360 noscope bullet time jump action feat. dressup I don't really care
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Dec 28, 2014 17:48
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Gamma Nerd posted:Yo, Abel's Ark is a loving rad dungeon. Looks absolutely incredible and trippy, the music is a nice remix of The One Who Bares Fangs At God, and the ES moves are starting to do absurd damage. I'm so glad I decided to keep going with this game Yuriev is the best Xenosaga Villain. Enjoy a pretty awesome climax with him.
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Dec 28, 2014 17:53
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Bleusilences posted:That was such a dick move. I was so happy playing a futuristic rpg for once and then bam medieval planet. That's the Star Ocean way. Hell, in SO1 you get on a space ship, but then it takes you from a medieval world to a time machine so you can go EVEN FURTHER BACK IN TIME
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Dec 28, 2014 18:11
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I guess the one good thing you can say about SO4 is that it does balance futuristic and primitive planets pretty nicely. SO2 was pretty good about this as well.
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Dec 28, 2014 18:16
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SO4 added an extra kick to its big medieval planet chapter by preventing you from killing the boss for good, because prequel and other dorks are supposed finish it off in an earlier game later. I've just realised my one and only playthrough of SO4 has been stuck on the big space geometry station for years. That's close to the end, right?
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Dec 28, 2014 18:28
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Mill Village posted:I guess the one good thing you can say about SO4 is that it does balance futuristic and primitive planets pretty nicely. SO2 was pretty good about this as well. Plus you do move between planets in SO4 more often than in previous games. The problem is they're all big open fields with two or three unique enemies per world
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Dec 28, 2014 18:30
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SelenicMartian posted:SO4 added an extra kick to its big medieval planet chapter by preventing you from killing the boss for good, because prequel and other dorks are supposed finish it off in an earlier game later. I think you're talking about EN II, which is right before the final dungeon.
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Dec 28, 2014 18:46
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Neddy Seagoon posted:What makes it worse is that it's all ultimately pointless, and nothing you do on the planet has any bearing on the rest of the plot. The entire first half the of the game is meaningless filler. And what makes it worse still is that's also the plot twist of Star Ocean 1 and Star Ocean 2 
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Dec 28, 2014 19:38
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Any RPGs yet on the PS4 that make it worthy of purchase (minus DAI because PC)
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Dec 28, 2014 19:59
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Rascyc posted:Any RPGs yet on the PS4 that make it worthy of purchase (minus DAI because PC) As an unrepentant PS4 owner, I can honestly say that there are hardly any games in general that make it worthy of purchase so far.
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Dec 28, 2014 20:01
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Rascyc posted:Any RPGs yet on the PS4 that make it worthy of purchase (minus DAI because PC) RPGs in general are basically a PC/3DS thing these days, and barely a monthly thing even then.
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Dec 28, 2014 20:04
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Rascyc posted:Any RPGs yet on the PS4 that make it worthy of purchase (minus DAI because PC) Would you like to sample Compile Heart's amazing selection of games? Cause that's all we're getting till like, summer 2015. Well, there is the FF-Type Zero rerelease in March I think.
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Dec 28, 2014 20:11
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Sir Unimaginative posted:RPGs in general are basically a PC/3DS thing these days, and barely a monthly thing even then. PS3 has pretty decent library of RPGs these days too, and still getting at least a few more. PS4 is completely dry though, and with the exception of Bloodborne I don't think there is still even any RPG announced for it you couldn't play on some other system.
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Dec 28, 2014 20:11
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The only franchises I can think of that have committed to the jump to PS4 are Disgaea and Neptunia, and at least one of those will probably get a vita port at some point.
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Dec 28, 2014 20:13
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HGH posted:Would you like to sample Compile Heart's amazing selection of games? Cause that's all we're getting till like, summer 2015. http://gematsu.com/2014/11/omega-quintet-coming-west-spring-2015
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Dec 28, 2014 20:14
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GOTY
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Dec 28, 2014 20:16
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Persona 5 will be on PS4 but PS3 and Vita (?) too. I'd take PS4 over PS3 variant every time just because faster processing/loading but the slow death of console RPG's continues.
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Dec 28, 2014 21:16
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MockingQuantum posted:As an unrepentant PS4 owner, I can honestly say that there are hardly any games in general that make it worthy of purchase so far.
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Dec 28, 2014 21:19
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Rascyc posted:Yah that's what I thought on doing some searches myself. Too bad! No worthy exclusives but the DS4 is probably the best thing about current gen gaming. It's also nice to have a console with an interface that doesn't run like poo poo but the bone and Vita are good for that too.
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Dec 28, 2014 21:25
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bloodychill posted:No worthy exclusives but the DS4 is probably the best thing about current gen gaming. It's also nice to have a console with an interface that doesn't run like poo poo but the bone and Vita are good for that too. On this note, what's everybody's opinion on PSTV? Is it worth it, or am I better off shelling out the extra cash and getting a Vita? I don't care about portability, I just want access to the library of games.
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Dec 28, 2014 21:50
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PSTV doesn't support Gravity Rush or Ys, two of the systems best exclusives, so I wouldn't really recommend it
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Cake Attack posted:PSTV doesn't support Gravity Rush or Ys, two of the systems best exclusives, so I wouldn't really recommend it On the other hand, it does support persona 4 golden.
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