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And I'm here and waiting, god drat it's probably one of my all time favorite jrpgs
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It's German - and you see that name pop up in Germans and Ashkenazic Jewish families
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Mar 2, 2019 18:31
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FeyerbrandX posted:The combo attack descriptions remind me of Xenosaga 2's mechanics. It helps that the trash mobs aren't ridiculously sturdy in SH2, and combat flows a lot faster, especially once more options are unlocked.
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Mar 3, 2019 21:33
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that's a perfect "The gently caress ya want?" look from Yuri
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Mar 6, 2019 22:17
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sad thing is, you can see parts of the system where it would work if it gotten some polish - and realize they didn't because of so many lovely subsystems that don't interact with the other systems or even work against it - for example you can't have a weapon break and a weapon skill level up in the same system especially with some weapon types being rare or will break quickly.
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Mar 9, 2019 23:51
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and it continues from there. The crest system is actually pretty fun and useful, especially with more stuff unlocks for it.
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Mar 11, 2019 04:51
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Omobono posted:Broken necks are not a joke, even for puppets. He gets ressed by the blue-haired fairy* shortly afterwards, I think a couple days later at the latest. the fairy with the turquoise hair to be specific, and iirc Pinocchio being released was a later addition, originally it just ended there but the character proved popular.
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Mar 11, 2019 17:19
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yeah, I recall particular the fox and cat had by the end ended up starving, with the cat gone blind, and the fox losing his hair, tail and lame (the pair faked those disabilities to beg), while in the movie, the pair are suppose to have been arrested but that got dropped.
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Mar 11, 2019 20:39
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there's one I won't use because I am not a fan of that general kind of mechanics, but I'll let The Dark Id talk about it when we get to them
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Mar 12, 2019 23:09
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that's a relic of the ps2 era that I will miss - the save icons. Some of them are just the logo but a few are adorable, like one of the Digimon games had Patamon as it's icon
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Mar 14, 2019 22:10
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Tuxedo Ted posted:Ol' Finger-Spider was one boss design that stuck with me for ages. I'm not arachnophobic but it still gives be a little bit of the heebie-jeebies. Definitely the giant fingernails. especially as the nails looks filthy and broken - eeeuuugh
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Mar 15, 2019 03:36
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Edvarius posted:Not exactly a scholar of ancient Greek myths so I don't know how much credence to give it, but I've heard that one of the reasons given for Athena turning Arachne into a spider was the tapestry Arachne wove for their contest was all about the sexcapades of the gods. Athena was not amused. Yeah that's in one version - the version I had specifically mentions it depicting Zeus with Europa. The kindest version is where Arachne actually hung herself after the contest is over (either by losing, or Athena being mad and destroying her loom when she won), so Athena gave her new life as a spider out of pity.
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Mar 15, 2019 19:08
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and part of it is so kings can claim divine heritage for their rule, if you look at some myths, it is according to them quite possible for a child to have both a mortal and a divine father
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Mar 16, 2019 00:55
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God, I hate Karin's new clothes - the boots are fine, but the rest was clearly made for player fanservice. Like yes, there's a good reason she can't trot around in a uniform, but can't they give her something that doesn't look like it'll pop off if she breathes too deeply. Let the woman have a pair of pants! Robindaybird fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Mar 16, 2019 |
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Mar 16, 2019 21:01
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yeah, I'm with you there. But the outfit is a big yikes, especially given unlike Alice who is mostly going to be standing around (though her skirt's still way too short), Karin would be moving around a lot, making such a tight skirt an extremely impractical idea.
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Mar 16, 2019 21:25
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ZeusCannon posted:I dont know what even the stupid gently caress is going on in that image but i am angry. EDIT: I can't keep my lovely FF designers straight. Okay, Akihiko Yoshida is to blame for this one (not to be confused with the Yoshida who saved FFXIV) Robindaybird fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Mar 17, 2019 |
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Mar 17, 2019 05:46
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And weirdly, both Nomura and Yoshida's designs are way better in non-FF games - TWEWY actually looks stylish even if every character needs to gain a few pounds and Yoshida did Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together which looks nice, it's something about the FF that brings out - that.
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Mar 17, 2019 05:57
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only problem is Lightning is a loving terrible character and clearly someone's waifu to the point Square going "FIRST FEMALE HERO!!!" while downplaying Yuna, Terra and Celes' importance.
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Mar 17, 2019 15:35
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And I feel like some of the 'Vaan is bad because he's made for eyecandy' is kind of a residue of resentment from certain parts of the fandom mad about the increasing amount of women getting into the series since 7 and on. Like yeah, Vaan's story could've been made stronger, or they should've just made Ashe the protagonist, but there's definitely a huge element of hearsay and smearing going on.
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Mar 17, 2019 16:18
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InfiniteDreamer posted:I would argue the reason Nomura's design work better in TWEWY is because the whole game's setting and atmosphere suits the designs. The game takes place in Shibuya which is supposed to be a trendy hotspot for lots of stuff including fashion. I would also say the modern day setting helps it not stick out as much. The skinny artstyle looked fine and more like they were stylizing it,not trying to make them look like an actual human. honestly yeah, just in KH/FF - Nomura's designs are utterly, utterly ridiculous and looks bad.
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Mar 17, 2019 21:40
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jimmydalad posted:So, fun story, I knew and played the game Chaos Wars before Shadow Hearts. Since Chaos Wars features Shadow Hearts characters, they were my first ever experience of any of the characters. The way they chose to portray the characters is the dub was such: Chaos Wars was an interesting case where they knew almost nobody's that's going to buy the game care about the dub but with policy at the time it was required, and not having time or budget, the president of the US branch literally got his family to voice every single character.
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Mar 17, 2019 23:44
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or how Touhou's dialogue makes absolutely no loving sense in english because it's almost all pun-based, and the weapons grade idiots thought a literal translation is more 'faithful'
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Mar 18, 2019 00:57
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For the record, Seton's bill would be about $14,301.80 in today's dollars, so that's a huge chunk of change. Fate/Grand Order also recently put out a singularity that involves a far more famous wolf Seton is associated with
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Mar 19, 2019 23:48
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:The voice acting was also great. as is the scene direction (I loved the little annoyed footstomp Koudelka has after realizing the door is stuck), just yeah the gameplay is absolutely dogshit
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Mar 20, 2019 03:43
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Mokinokaro posted:Yeah the Magimel brothers are stereotypes but the game basically portrays them as nice, but flamboyant guys. It's not intrinsically cruel. and the P5 guys after the sexpest scene can be heard lusting over a celebrity that's high-school age. It's definitely very mean spirited and cruel.
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Mar 21, 2019 02:38
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And there was a shitload of pornography made in the silent movie era, some of it really extreme poo poo. So few survived mainly due to the fragility of film, degradation from copying, and nobody really storing them to preserve them. France probably had some really wild poo poo as Paris was basically where all the social outcasts of Europe and America started to hang out.
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Mar 24, 2019 21:44
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They do get more monsterish
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Mar 26, 2019 06:03
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:I bet it turns out their ultimate goal is to make everyday Halloween, which I think might make us the bad guys for trying to stop them? I mean, too much of a good thing ruins the fun.
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Apr 4, 2019 00:47
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wow the TV Show really has not aged all that well.
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Apr 7, 2019 05:18
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Keith is definitely cuckoo, but he's just mildly eccentric compare to his brother.
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Apr 24, 2019 00:57
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and Lulu's stupid dress was basically the designer being a dick to the programmers "Hah, Animate every single one of these belts!"
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Apr 27, 2019 15:01
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Cardiovorax posted:Sort of. Leather fashion is probably more of a modern thing but, well, there's a reason sado-masochism is 50% named after French Revolution-era Marquis de Sade. Gentlemen getting flogged by ladies was an insanely common fetish - hell, that's half the reason Gardner founded Wicca. The Internet didn't make people freakier, it just made it easier to notice. And count me as one of those people who actually enjoyed Solomon's Key.
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Jul 31, 2019 06:09
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wouldn't surprise me, Shadow Hearts pulls some surprisingly obscure references.
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Jul 31, 2019 15:20
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yeah that's not a TDI edit, it's in game. There's way more out there wolves in the future.
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Aug 6, 2019 21:26
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Ratoslov posted:Oh god, the straw thing. I suddenly remember why I hated this quest. I ended up screwing it up pretty late in the game and got mad.
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Aug 20, 2019 01:34
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for some reason Japanese Media really don't like giving vampires wolf forms - I guess because it overlaps werewolves too much? Anyways, honestly, lot of issue with these mine levels is they're so bland, there's nothing neat or eye-catching about them to break up the monotony
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Sep 8, 2019 21:23
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there's only a couple of characters I never put in my party outside of mandatory/it's their thing going on, Gepetto is just not as good and Cornelia's kind of creepy, another one coming up because their mechanics is a type I never like in RPGs.
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Sep 9, 2019 15:42
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That was mentioned in the introduction to the wolf bouts, but yeah - you'd be surprised how many seemingly rando NPCs are based off of real people.
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Oct 1, 2019 02:10
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I mean they're about as accurate as any horoscope I've seen
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Zagglezig posted:And here I was wondering why no one called Lucia out for that button nonsense in the first big room, or even really mentioned it at all, aside from "oh there are monsters here". This doesn't answer that, but it's cathartic, at least. Honestly, given how she phrases thing and the bits of voice-acting we get, Lucia is definitely meant to come off as a ditz, so the party probably just "Oh jesus she's an airhead"
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