Snake Maze posted:

That’s one of the bits they changed. In the original you were stealing her panties.

Not hard to see why they changed it, but the new version does feel kind of weird in its own way.

SettingSun posted:

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EclecticTastes posted:

Final Fantasy 7 wasn't for another three years, and Earthbound's graphics are often cited as one of the reasons it failed compared to other SNES games released that year (other factors included a bad marketing campaign and the higher price point it had due to coming with an included guidebook).

The point is that the whole tragic chain of events was set in motion because the captain lost faith in his team long before the computer went crazy. It was because he'd given up on them that OD-10 decided it was necessary to take matters into their own hands. It's a tragic postscript that underlines that the true enemy was never the rogue AI, but rather the crew's inability to overcome their differences.

ImpAtom posted:

You can and should recruit every character.

Fedule posted:

spoiler thoughts

miasmacloud posted:

The localization: I thought the English localization was great. "Your mother." Tho admittedly during the Middle Ages, when I realized everyone was talking in iambic pentameter my eyes kinda glazed over and I just started listening to the Japanese audio. I noticed that Streibough/Straybow saying "I begged you to lose to me in the tournament for love but you were too greedy" wasn't in the Japanese audio. I guess that changes how you perceive Oersted? I feel it's a weird rewrite after how Oersted criticizes himself in the various protagonist endings that I've seen so far, but I'm not really that fussed about it. One of the things I noticed on other parts of the internet is people saying S-E's localization was wrong because Aeon's fan tl said something else, which is hilarious.

Last Celebration posted:

Endgame: i suppose in retrospect fighting Oerstied to the death after he loses his ominous aura was possibly a bad idea and not the way to the true ending, but in my defense I just figured it was a “but thou must” deal after I said no the first time and the prompt appeared again after going to talk to him. Aw well, that’s about twenty minutes of my life pissed away!

EclecticTastes posted:

Using the poke to keep King Mammoth stunned should give you the best odds, but it'll still be an uphill battle. The best move in that case is the jump attack that deals recoil damage on a miss. Stun prevents attacks from missing, so you'll be dealing maximum damage with no risk. It'll require a bit more luck, since you'll need the stun to stick a few more times, but the jump attack can be done at range, so you're not at risk of KM using the lava explosion the second the stun wears off, at least.

Also, finally made my way to the remake's Final Chapter and I'm gonna double down on saying that the AG fan translation of the SNES version remains a must-play, because both versions of Oersted's final chapter have their own unique strong points. Oersted's delivery in the remake is excellent, and the Armageddon Ending gets one hell of a glow-up (no pun intended), but I think a lot of the speeches come off better in the SNES version. I think because they're more direct, they have a bit more punch to them than the more flowery renditions in the remake. That tends to be the defining difference in the writing, is that the more verbose prose improves a lot of the normal dialog, but many of the more hard-hitting lines have their impact softened by it, compared to the AG versions.

Item Getter posted:

Speaking of the Psychic Biker Mecha Pilot, I think it's a little strange that they chose to end his chapter with the cliche sort of "It was all just a dream.... or was it???" type ending, but I guess it all really happened anyway since Odeo is placed on the same boss-rush pantheon as all the other Odios and Akira keeps all of his items from the chapter etc. And all that is basically mandated by the larger structure of the game, which makes you wonder why they chose to end the chapter that way at all. Granted I haven't tried selecting him as the final chapter protagonist so not sure if it's addressed there.

EclecticTastes posted:

The new version kind of implies he was possessed by a "real" demon lord of some sort that was just attracted to Oersted's hate, but I choose to believe that it was just his own hatred given form, the cognitive dissonance caused by his defeat, as well as the dark power of Odio, forcing all of his inner darkness (his sins) to manifest independently of him, needing to be struck down before he could be freed.