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*being dragged away by the constabulary* officers, you don't understand! that woman's dog conceals the sword that will save us all!
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Lunacid is really good. I cleared out the Accursed Tomb (at least I think I did. There might be more stuff in the mausoleum but I'm scared to go back in there) and found Vampire Hunter D's sword. Now I'm in some sort of blood ocean. I also found a VHS tape that I assumed was a cutesy reference to Paratropic but there's a bunch of tapes on the main menu so maybe it's more significant than I know yet.
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Crowetron posted:Lunacid is really good. I cleared out the Accursed Tomb (at least I think I did. There might be more stuff in the mausoleum but I'm scared to go back in there) and found Vampire Hunter D's sword. Now I'm in some sort of blood ocean. I also found a VHS tape that I assumed was a cutesy reference to Paratropic but there's a bunch of tapes on the main menu so maybe it's more significant than I know yet. i'm only an hour or so in and found a tape near the temple of silence (i assume that's what the place full of mummies is) but i have no idea what it is
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Nov 4, 2023 18:06
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A Sometimes Food posted:Is this legit or what? Have they changed the recruitment options/limits? There's a Cheat Engine table that lets you change party members. I added Ashton to an empty slot after recruiting Opera normally and he still gets his PAs/appears in cutscenes. The game seems to only factor if the character is in your party at all for PAs. Ashton and Opera have some of the same early PAs: Arlia's accessory shop and the dropped Hankerchief one.
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Nov 4, 2023 18:09
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What bugs me is that they've redone the mechanics, the portraits, the backgrounds, the music, the spell animations, why are the character sprites still the same.
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Nov 4, 2023 18:12
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YggiDee posted:What bugs me is that they've redone the mechanics, the portraits, the backgrounds, the music, the spell animations, why are the character sprites still the same. Raw unfiltered sprites are in vogue for some reason
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Nov 4, 2023 18:13
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grieving for Gandalf posted:i'm only an hour or so in and found a tape near the temple of silence (i assume that's what the place full of mummies is) but i have no idea what it is Oh man, there's multiple? I gotta backtrack and be more thorough snooping for secrets.
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Nov 4, 2023 18:17
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YggiDee posted:What bugs me is that they've redone the mechanics, the portraits, the backgrounds, the music, the spell animations, why are the character sprites still the same. Don't fix what ain't broke.
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Nov 4, 2023 18:27
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Hm, I missed the Sprite's Bracelet in that port town. I have a save about two hours back (did the forest and went and got Ashton); is that item really that important or can I just move on Overbite posted:So is it normal in SO2 in the forest of child kidnapping to die instantly to unavoidable wizard beams? Unless I am moving horizontally the exact instant it casts I just die and I can't do anything about it. I've restarted this battle at least 4 times and I can kill the casters pretty easily but theres too many of them and I just get hit with a beam mid attack. Try to be moving forward (or I guess backwards) as often as you can in straight lines rather than diagonally when you start seeing some spells go off. Their Tazmanian Devil-wind attack doesn't really hurt that much if it runs into you, the main thing is the ground explosion spell. Dias went from full health to dead in less than a second because the AI stood still at the wrong time. MechaX fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Nov 4, 2023 |
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Nov 4, 2023 18:48
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YggiDee posted:What bugs me is that they've redone the mechanics, the portraits, the backgrounds, the music, the spell animations, why are the character sprites still the same. It bugs me that they didn't do a new English dub, I get why First Departure R didn't bother but this is a full remake. MechaX posted:Hm, I missed the Sprite's Bracelet in that port town. I have a save about two hours back (did the forest and went and got Ashton); is that item really that important or can I just move on You can just move on.
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Nov 4, 2023 18:54
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MechaX posted:Hm, I missed the Sprite's Bracelet in that port town. I have a save about two hours back (did the forest and went and got Ashton); is that item really that important or can I just move on
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Crowetron posted:Oh man, there's multiple? I gotta backtrack and be more thorough snooping for secrets. you uh, are not supposed to be able to get the one you got before the other one, unless you're referring to the same one they got
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Nov 4, 2023 19:34
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Leraika posted:Must-haves: To add to this for the QOL/breaking the curve section: If you are Claude, steal a battlesuit from a bridge crew on the Calnus. If you recruited Ernest, you can find him in two different PAs in different towns and he has a battlesuit each time.
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hubris.height posted:ashton or opera Well you need Opera in order to get Ernest... so get Ashton
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Honestly gonna have to reevaluate characters based on how good their Break options are - I fear Opera's Tracking Plasma/Healing Star loadout isn't going to cut it this time.
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Nov 4, 2023 20:09
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I've had good results with Rena's Crush at max hasten speech
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What party members are good to aim for in SO2 if I don't care as much about gameplay (since it sounds like you can become strong regardless of who's in your party) and mainly just want to get "the ones who are the most interesting"? I'll be playing with Claude.
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YggiDee posted:What bugs me is that they've redone the mechanics, the portraits, the backgrounds, the music, the spell animations, why are the character sprites still the same. Smh so hard at this post
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Nov 4, 2023 20:28
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Ytlaya posted:What party members are good to aim for in SO2 if I don't care as much about gameplay (since it sounds like you can become strong regardless of who's in your party) and mainly just want to get "the ones who are the most interesting"? I'll be playing with Claude. claude is a one man army
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"Interesting" is sort of loaded because none of the characters in this PS1 game really live up their potential, but the girl characters tend to be a bit more quirky, both in terms of their personalities and their weapon choices.
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I would seriously consider skipping the game if you don't care about gameplay. If it's more that you're not concerned about gameplay just pick on aesthetics and don't set your aim too high, yeah.
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TurnipFritter posted:"Interesting" is sort of loaded because none of the characters in this PS1 game really live up their potential, but the girl characters tend to be a bit more quirky, both in terms of their personalities and their weapon choices. Ashton is right there, you know?? CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:To add to this for the QOL/breaking the curve section: This might be because I have been spending my time opening goodie boxes and fishing but we all find ways to amuse ourselves.
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Nov 4, 2023 20:54
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... Do they still have pear into peaches and craud has advanced forward?
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Nov 4, 2023 21:01
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pixel bitches posted:Smh so hard at this post Ashton's blue dragon shouldn't be pink and if that makes me a communist or whatever then lock me up.
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Nov 4, 2023 21:04
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Well, I beat SO2R, and even went through the post-game dungeon, and now I kinda wish I could choose New Game+ to not carry over levels.
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SO2R's "gives you a random item" items were not kidding in how random they are. I might have just gotten Rena's ultimate weapons from one go, and I'm not that far into the game.
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Cyflan posted:Well, I beat SO2R, and even went through the post-game dungeon, and now I kinda wish I could choose New Game+ to not carry over levels. That was quick
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pixel bitches posted:That was quick Yeah, I spent the past 2 days doing basically nothing but playing the game. Though helps that it isn't that long of a game, especially with fast travel being a thing now. Edit: Oh, and what did I think of it? Stellar. Definitely the definitive version of Star Ocean 2. Cyflan fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Nov 4, 2023 |
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I'm about 15 hours in and only just discovered the fast travel it's insane. Though tbf I had played almost the entirety of so1r before I realised there was a run button 
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Rascyc posted:I would seriously consider skipping the game if you don't care about gameplay. If it's more that you're not concerned about gameplay just pick on aesthetics and don't set your aim too high, yeah. I do care about gameplay, but not to the extent of wanting to choose party members on the basis of who is Optimal. I'm also fine with characters being tropes, as long as they're entertaining tropes. Melodrama is also good and welcome. The more melodrama the better.
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Just realized you can craft and dupe level-up medals that can take you up to 100. What level is the normal final boss?
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Gyoru posted:claude is a one man army As opposed to cliff who is a one man wrecking crew
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pixel bitches posted:I'm about 15 hours in and only just discovered the fast travel it's insane.
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Neeksy posted:How did you miss that? The game literally stops to tell you about it. I suffer from Acute Tutorial Pop-up Blindness 
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Just realized you can craft and dupe level-up medals that can take you up to 100. What level is the normal final boss? My team was around 90-100 when I reached the final boss. (Without using the medals)
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Nov 4, 2023 23:01
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The medals are best-used when you're in late-game anyway. Training + Enlightenment already give you a decent enough boost. And if you're smart about crafting, leveling up is only part of your strategy.
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Nov 4, 2023 23:10
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Heck you can just use Formations that give you a shitload of bonus exp and money.
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kirbysuperstar posted:As opposed to cliff who is a one man wrecking crew You know if I wasn't stuck with Fayt/Cliff/Nel for like 70% of the game, I'd replay SO3 and actually level up Maria this time
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Smashed through a nice leisurely 25ish hour Universe playthrough. Still one of the GOATs for nostalgia reasons. The dialogue in this version of the game seems kinda dry, though. Last time I played through it was in Japanese on ps4 like 6 or 7 years ago. The script could have used some sprucing up, but I guess they wanted to reuse the voice acting to cut down on production. Nothing gave me too much trouble, making ample use of the IC. The fact that you can instant retry battles and even make adjustments to gear/etc makes it pretty easy to deal with getting instantly wiped when you gently caress up or get bad RNG.
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So just making sure, is there no way to make party members avoid attacks? This boss does an AOE instant kill and kills everyone I'm not controlling all at the same time because they won't move away from it.
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