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Oh boy more Updates! I'm maybe back on schedule again or something? 33: Woman Given to Thievery Jinkies! Looks like we've got a mystery to solve, gang!
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You know, there's something I forgot to do for several months. And it's a thing that would actually be really useful. SO LET'S FINALLY TALK GOLEMS We've got infinite gems basically so I won't include their prices. Blood Fencer The blood fencer does really nice damage for a golem (or I'm that far behind) and has pretty good health. The only problem is that we've seen both of those attacks before and they only work on the front row. So this golem will be flailing ineffectually at golems that don't want to get into a brawl. Crowberry Look at that attack stat! Look at it! This thing will be dealing gallons of damage and burst hits a bunch of the field. Murder everything, Crowberry is amazing. Eldorada That hammer is doing nuts good damage with a really nice attack stat. And I think those three attacks have decent coverage between them. The only problem is that these days 470 HP is really small and he's going to be taking all of the hits at the front line. But he looks rad as hell. And that ain't nothing. Gale Lancer Well, this golem seems pretty solidly mediocre. Deals elemental damage, which is nice, and outputs a respectable amount of it. It should level up pretty easily so it will be able to hang with us for a while, but it'll never be a standout. Should beat stupid Metal Gear though. Harpy We probably could have gotten this a bit earlier. And if so, that would have been pretty vital, since these numbers are grim. Not even the healing is particularly impressive, which doesn't matter a lot since Harpy will be the first to die. If power voice is actually amazing it could have a place, but I don't think the ability is that great. Mega Penga This is the cutest freakin penguin and I am going to spend all weekend thinking up a name so I can force him in the party. He's got hilariously bad health, but on the other hand that's a lotta damage it puts out and presumably the attack has good range. Orpheus Nobody likes bards. This jerko is why. Horrible damage, not even good healing, and abilities that deal with like the combo meter and debuffs? Who cares? Poseidon Mega Aqua Spear looks precisely like my kinda poo poo. It'll be terrible in battles that are longer than realshort, but when you're dishing out around 250 damage that's A-ok. Prill Cotton jeez this is cute, and those support abilities look pretty good. Of course, they're probably only good enough to give this golem decent HP, while leaving it with attacks that are still bad. But it's cute enough to be worth it. This I decree. Rosewhip Awww, so cute. Some sort of weird maid showing off a lotta thigh with an enormous bodypillow. It's not even hosed up in the slightest. Oh, and other than that it's a worse which witch. Round Master Please let me use this. It is hilariously hosed-up looking. And oh poo poo it's got high charge? This will be rad as hell in boss fights. Royal Bone Have I already talked about this thing? Because by now it's tremendously obsolete and I don't have a lot else to say about it. Cool name though. Ruby Butterfly Is it time for the Brazilian Carnival already? Imagine a healing, buffing, enormous beater and you've got this. And I think shoots go back two spaces, so it doesn't even have horrendous range. Merely bad. Skeleton Rattle rattle rattle. This is a cool-rear end skeleton with some giant ear spikes. Those stats are on the low side, but with levels it should become decent. But it's head looks like a loving electricity transformer so it's the best. Sphinx Level 1 big guy sure whatever. Is it worth the effort? Probably not, unless earth strike hits everywhere. Even for big guys, 100+ EP per attack is pretty horrendous and status effects are not what you want you want to use with all the hassle of dealing with the way large golems ruin movement. This does remind me to see what happens if I have enough size 4 things I overflow my side of the field. Spooky Boo It's old man Burton under that sheet! And Spooky Boo is a massive drag on the party. He is useless. I dislike him on a personal level. Vampire Hey look. A golem that deals good damage, can heal itself and have the HP buffer to not fall down quickly. Bleh! Istvun fucked around with this message at 00:16 on Aug 29, 2015 |
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Aug 28, 2015 23:16
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drat it~ Sphinx is a 2x2... I really wanted that one. Voting for Blood Fencer just because of how cool it looks.
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Aug 29, 2015 00:30
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As a reminder, if you give me names I'll buy it and use it, even if the golem's awful.
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Aug 29, 2015 00:49
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Can't decide between Dracula or Alucard for the Vampire, so I'll compromise with myself and go with Dracucard.
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Aug 29, 2015 09:37
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Zanzibar Ham posted:Can't decide between Dracula or Alucard for the Vampire, so I'll compromise with myself and go with Dracucard. YES
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Aug 29, 2015 16:13
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Well, I have an Update! but this one is a good news bad news deal 34: Junk(yard Boy) Bad news: This entire episode is a waste. Good news: it's 100% Some Numbers' fault.
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Aug 31, 2015 18:54
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Istvun posted:Well, I have an Update! but this one is a good news bad news deal I will continue to refuse to take the blame for not remembering where to go in a game I've never played before.
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Aug 31, 2015 19:11
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How about Tiny TIna for Crowberry?
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Sep 1, 2015 18:44
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We're tentatively planning to record on Monday, so if anyone wants to request any Golems and/or suggest nicknames, you have a couple of days.
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Sep 4, 2015 05:40
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Istvun posted:
If you haven't already named it, I suggest that you call it Tux.
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Sep 5, 2015 04:26
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We're recording today, so I haven't named things yet. But I do have another Update! 35: Sphinx Someday I will learn to prepare for boss fights. That day was not then.
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Sep 7, 2015 15:22
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In a game like this I'd assume or at least hope that the golems you get could be the same level as the golems that you fight, but apparently not. Cause you know every golem you fought had the chance of one shotting the whole party but you'll never get them to that level. Also how ugly do you gotta make this Sphinx! The design is so questionable and it's really no excuse considering how well designed EVERYTHING else is.
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Sep 7, 2015 16:51
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Zain posted:Also how ugly do you gotta make this Sphinx! The design is so questionable and it's really no excuse considering how well designed EVERYTHING else is. I can see what they were going for, but they really needed to either stay closer to the Egyptian aesthetic or move further away.
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Sep 7, 2015 17:23
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More videos let's continue our Egyptian theme since that's deserts, right? They're basically all Egypt? 36: Anubis
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Sep 10, 2015 13:59
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I have another Update! where we continue our journey into notJapan. 37: Swordswoman With Black Hair Three is a magic number. That is why this post has three lines. And this line three sentences.
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Sep 15, 2015 20:11
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Sorry for taking approximately forever to keep updating, RL issues got in the way. 38: Samurai Who Eats A Lot
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Sep 26, 2015 18:42
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Our new samurai friend is voiced by Karen Strassman, who is a fairly prolific voice actress, lending her voice to, amongst other characters (Karin not being one of them, unfortunately), Kallen from Code Geass, Magoichi Saika from Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, Ursula from Riviera: The Promised Land, Aigis from Persona 3 and Phi from Virtue's Last Reward, which also starrs Liam O'Brien, voicing Dio - here, he's Makoto and definitely-not-Makota, a.k.a. the Mysterious Man. He also voiced Grimoire Nier from NieR and Asura from Asura's Wrath. And that samurai seems like he's bulking, no wonder he eats a lot. Szurumbur fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Sep 27, 2015 |
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Sep 27, 2015 23:14
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Szurumbur posted:Our new samurai friend is voiced by Karen Strassman, who is a fairly prolific voice actress, lending her voice to, amongst other characters (Karin not being one of them, unfortunately), Kallen from Code Geass, Magoichi Saika from Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, Ursula from Riviera: The Promised Land, Aigis from Persona 3 and Phi from Virtue's Last Reward, which also starrs Liam O'Brien, voicing Dio - here, he's Makoto and definitely-not-Makota, a.k.a. the Mysterious Man. He also voiced Grimoire Nier from NieR and Asura from Asura's Wrath. Oh, she voiced some characters in Tales of the Abyss and Tales of Vesperia. That must be where I heard her voice before.
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Sep 27, 2015 23:20
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Szurumbur posted:Our new samurai friend is voiced by Karen Strassman, who is a fairly prolific voice actress, lending her voice to, amongst other characters (Karin not being one of them, unfortunately), Kallen from Code Geass, Magoichi Saika from Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, Ursula from Riviera: The Promised Land, Aigis from Persona 3 and Phi from Virtue's Last Reward, which also starrs Liam O'Brien, voicing Dio - here, he's Makoto and definitely-not-Makota, a.k.a. the Mysterious Man. He also voiced Grimoire Nier from NieR and Asura from Asura's Wrath. Huh, that's pretty neat. I wonder if they could have used her instead of Yuki's VA.
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Sep 28, 2015 00:34
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Istvun posted:Huh, that's pretty neat. I wonder if they could have used her instead of Yuki's VA. Probably not, Yuki doesn't seem like a character suited for her voice, and let's face it, her lines could be read by Simon Templeman and she as a character would still be obnoxious. Some Numbers posted:Oh, she voiced some characters in Tales of the Abyss and Tales of Vesperia. That must be where I heard her voice before. Those two I didn't play, so I wouldn't know, but I remembered that she also voiced the Summoner asterisk boss from Bravely Default! Edit: mostly I'm surprised I can't hear Steven Blum here, really. He should've voiced Yuki. Szurumbur fucked around with this message at 06:57 on Sep 28, 2015 |
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Sep 28, 2015 06:15
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Just as long as she didn't squeak, I'd be happy.
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Sep 28, 2015 23:18
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It is [an unscheduled time] and that means it's an Update! 39: Kind-Looking Old Man In which we sleep with the fishes. Maybe. There might have been some. I wasn't paying attention.
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Sep 29, 2015 21:47
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Istvun posted:It is [an unscheduled time] and that means it's an Update! When's the last time any of us paid attention?
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Sep 29, 2015 21:55
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Some Numbers posted:When's the last time any of us paid attention? Uh, a minute after I had the chance to set my party for a boss fight.
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Hooray! It's time to go to not Kyoto, where we will meet wonderful people like: 40: Owner Who Knows The Difference
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You know, I kind of miss the era of JRPGs that weren't parodies of the genre but were just unapologeticly cliché, with generic plot twists, but with good characters that were driving the game and plot. I mean, there aren't that many good characters in this game (although Atsuma's being a big idiot is still funny, not to mention his ability to read people's True Names), but games like Skies of Arcadia or Legaia: Duel Saga had little to no surprises in their plot, and yet were endearing and full of charm. Nowadays it seems there must be some kind of super-twist for every story, and often that just doesn't work, since the stories themselves aren't that clever. Or it's just nostalgia for ye good olden days, who can say.
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Szurumbur posted:You know, I kind of miss the era of JRPGs that weren't parodies of the genre but were just unapologeticly cliché, with generic plot twists, but with good characters that were driving the game and plot. I mean, there aren't that many good characters in this game (although Atsuma's being a big idiot is still funny, not to mention his ability to read people's True Names), but games like Skies of Arcadia or Legaia: Duel Saga had little to no surprises in their plot, and yet were endearing and full of charm. I've been thinking about this a bit (since I don't want to make all of the posts) and I think it's mostly nostalgia talking. I mean, the original Final Fantasy had the whole time loop twist, which was pretty radical at the time. Basically the games that you remember are the good games that people played and were influenced by, so developers had those games in mind when they made later ones. In 20 years there will always be a money-obsessed kid cowboy and you'll know where it came from. Oh you'll know. 41: Oboro
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Probably you can't counter-attack any counter-attack, to avoid countering loops, but are there actually any other counters other than Spoilsport anyway?
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Polsy posted:Probably you can't counter-attack any counter-attack, to avoid countering loops, but are there actually any other counters other than Spoilsport anyway? We had another quicker recording session on Thursday, and from that the answer is yes. There are. But I think you're probably right on the reason. And something similar might be why killing two ninjas with the same attack stopped all but one of them from exploding. Istvun fucked around with this message at 12:30 on Oct 10, 2015 |
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Istvun posted:I've been thinking about this a bit (since I don't want to make all of the posts) and I think it's mostly nostalgia talking. I mean, the original Final Fantasy had the whole time loop twist, which was pretty radical at the time. Basically the games that you remember are the good games that people played and were influenced by, so developers had those games in mind when they made later ones. Maybe you're right, nostalgia is a powerful drug, and I was always quick to drop games I didn't enjoy, so I'd have fewer to draw conclusion from anyway. Oh well, there are still good games coming out and that's all I want. Also, seeing many plot twist probably make it easier to say it that the plot twist is predictable, nihil novi and all that 
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Szurumbur posted:Maybe you're right, nostalgia is a powerful drug, and I was always quick to drop games I didn't enjoy, so I'd have fewer to draw conclusion from anyway. Oh well, there are still good games coming out and that's all I want. I mean, I'm not any sort of video game historian, but that seems like the most straightforward answer. Anyways, this and the next Update! will have some audio problems because Some Numbers' microphone leaked. 42: Tokimune
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From my understanding of Chrono Cross is that it's bullshit and something or something. At least the combat is stupid bullshit. FF9 is really good though! You might wanna cut out the battles.
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Oct 15, 2015 02:19
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In this belated Update! we learn that Tux is probably... less cool than a giant killer penguin seems like it would be. 43: Sayaka Sorry about the delays, but various personal issues are going to make it a while before the next update will come out.
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Oct 21, 2015 23:02
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Really, thus far all the 2x2 golems don't really seem worth it to field, just because they prevent your dudes from stacking up 2 on a column to do a thing. What's supposed to advantage them taking up such a lot of space, anyhow? Boosted power? More hit points?
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Glazius posted:Really, thus far all the 2x2 golems don't really seem worth it to field, just because they prevent your dudes from stacking up 2 on a column to do a thing. What's supposed to advantage them taking up such a lot of space, anyhow? Boosted power? More hit points? As far as I can tell, the idea is supposed to be that they have very strong attack skills in exchange. And they do, most of these attacks are hitting way more of the battlefield than almost any 1x1 golem can (the machine gunners being probably the only exception) and have really solid damage. Of course, the fact that they can't ever dodge an attack and often stop other characters from getting into position makes the tradeoff totally not worth it.
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Oct 22, 2015 06:02
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Especially not in random battles since 2D or Not 2D is a goddamn nuke.
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Oct 22, 2015 07:14
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Yeah, that certainly was a counterattack. Probably best that you don't get that many enemies doing them.
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Oct 22, 2015 22:06
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We got some recording in, so here's another Update! 44: Ascetic Monk
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Imagine a world where I start Updating! regularly again. 45: Hydra This very well may be that world. Stranger things have happened. (Like me saving before a boss fight)
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