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CptWedgie posted:Do it. The thread demands it! In theory there's nothing stopping you from doing a SSLP instead, as long as you're OK with losing the live reaction aspect!  imo(Related: Watch this space)
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I'm going to be running through FF6 Beyond Chaos (not the open world one, that's Worlds Collide, so most of the terminology in the OP won't apply here). There's a twist though. See, the way I look at it, the appeal of randomizers is twofold. Obviously there's the inherent replayability aspect; every run is different and you never know quite what to expect. Every once in a while, though, you luck into an individual seed that's really firing on all cylinders, so much so that it manages to become a memorable experience in its own right. That's the feeling I'd like to try and tap into with this LP. How? Simple. I've already played this seed *checks notes* ...six years ago. I remember some things, but there's still plenty of room for the game to catch me off guard. And the fact that I remember anything at all should attest to the fact that this seed was a wild ride, and absolutely worth showing off. In the back of my head I've always kind of wanted to revisit it in an LP, and this thread is as good an excuse as I'm ever going to get. So, without further ado: Let's (Re)play An FF6 Beyond Chaos Seed! Part 1: My Special Power Is Exploding The seed is 1488594335, if you're curious, and I'm pretty sure I left all the flags on. Huge caveat, though: obviously this ROM was generated using a very old version of the randomizer, so I can't guarantee that feeding that seed into the current version will produce the same results, especially since I'm sure there are more flags now then there were then. If you want to try and track it down, it was version 62 of Beyond Chaos (NOT EX). From a little cursory digging, it looks like this was very nearly the last version before switching to a different developer and becoming Beyond Chaos EX.
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Apr 20, 2023 23:15
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CptWedgie posted:I never really got into FF6BC, personally, but that's not an argument against it; I've played and enjoyed FF6 before, so by all rights I should like Beyond Chaos- I just... can't play it for some reason. Maybe I've just gotten too used to open-world randomizers. Totally fair! They definitely scratch slightly different itches. I think I'm kind of the opposite, at least when it comes to RPGs (the thread's definitely tempting me to get back into LTTP rando though). It's cool that there's enough design space in the genre for both styles of randomizer to coexist!
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Apr 21, 2023 20:58
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FF6 Beyond Chaos: Part 2: Casino Thamasa And The Worst Viking
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Apr 22, 2023 20:53
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Huh, weird, I went to open up my Beyond Chaos run, and all the sprites and enemy names weren't randomized anymore. I'm guessing what happened is that back at the start I opened up the randomizer briefly to make sure I was giving correct information about my settings, and I had it start running but didn't let it finish. I hadn't exited out of the emulator since then until just now, so probably the ROM got all hosed up the next time I loaded it. Taking another full pass with the randomizer seems to have fixed it, so hopefully I haven't caused any permanent damage.
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May 4, 2023 19:03
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FF6 Beyond Chaos: Part 3: Hideki's Hidekcellent Adventure
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May 7, 2023 19:44
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It wasn't a full heal TBF, I think it only took me one or two more attacks to finish him off the second time.
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May 7, 2023 20:18
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FF6 Beyond Chaos: Part 4: These HP Checks Seem A Bit Narshe
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May 19, 2023 10:46
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CptWedgie posted:No, actually, you're just looking too far to the west; Sabin's house is in that... alcove in the center, not in the Figaro Cave section or next to Mt. Koltz. Like, basically look directly north of South Figaro (Figaro Cave being northwest and Koltz being northeast), and you should be pretty close. ...gently caress. Now that you say something I can picture it clearly, too. Not sure what was wrong with my brain while I was playing, between that and not bothering to save. E: PurpleXVI posted:The classic Beyond Chaos experience: Getting like four or five characters that aren't dogshit and dreading the World of Ruin where you might be lucky to start with one of them, or worse yet have to somehow survive with someone that only knows Explode until you can find someone else. Oh yeah, the start of the WoR is going to be suitably *magical*, don't you worry. Cattail Prophet fucked around with this message at 15:54 on May 19, 2023 |
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May 19, 2023 15:11
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FeyerbrandX posted:You've apparently got some XCom in your randomizer seed because that remaining 10% hit. It does randomize them or at least it did in our LP. That 90% was absolutely just me talking out my rear end, so I'm not remotely surprised to find out I was wrong.  Still feel good about my decision to open them, though; the potential to luck into something ahead of the curve early on outweighs any other factors imo.
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FF6 Beyond Chaos: Part 5: This Update Does Not End After Zozo
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May 29, 2023 00:27
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Oh right, I was doing a thing. Uhhhh- FF6 Beyond Chaos: Part 6: Around The World In 140 Days Obviously I've just been simulating all the cross-continental travel in real time!
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Oct 14, 2023 00:51
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I actually did drop one in front of that trapped chest at the beginning, because I realized I hadn't saved since leaving Zozo and didn't feel like walking all the way back out of Narshe and then back in again. There might have been another one somewhere else too? I forget. But yeah, generally I try to keep myself honest. Honestly, save states wouldn't have helped all that much anyway; that first trip into the factory was doomed the second I walked in. E: If there's ever a boss that's obnoxiously far away from the nearest save point I'll probably use one, but FF6 is usually pretty good about that sort of thing, and aggressively save stating after every random encounter and before opening every chest sounds incredibly tedious. Cattail Prophet fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Oct 15, 2023 |
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Oct 15, 2023 21:24
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FF6 Beyond Chaos: Part 7: Bosses? Where We're Going We Don't Need Bosses Bit of a shorter update this time to balance out the last one, though it still ended up slightly longer than I was expecting.
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Nov 7, 2023 16:57
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FeyerbrandX posted:e: cursed ring is the same gimmick as the cursed shield, except it eventually turns into a hero ring, which you can get so many other ways. Oh lol, gently caress that then, hero rings aren't even that good. Of our current crew, I'd maybe consider giving one to Kars or Goten, but that's about it.
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FF6 Beyond Chaos: Part 8: I Guess Thamasa Doesn't Have A Casino After All
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FeyerbrandX posted:The shops won't sell anything until this point in the plot, the inn would still overcharge for the room until Strago is named. Okay, so I was still mostly right, phew. And yeah, spot on re: sandstorm afaict. FeyerbrandX posted:Also, unless the randomizer shuffled it off, Flame Eater has MP = 0 death, so you could probably have just walked away and let it burn himself out. As for this, I guess it'd depend on how much MP it actually has and how often flare comes up. There's also the matter of the hazils; regen probably keeps up with their physicals, just about, but it's possible they eventually start doing something more dangerous if left alive and I've never seen it because, well, you know.
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Dec 2, 2023 16:02
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Also a totally valid direction to take things in, and more directly supported by the text to boot! I imagine that is at least a little bit what they were actually going for, but bringing the esper stuff into it just muddies the issue unnecessarily. Frankly it's a wonder Terra is as well adjusted as she is, considering how little time she's had to develop a personality.
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FF6 Beyond Chaos: Part 9: Out Of Balance Still not dead.
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FF6 Beyond Chaos: Part 10: World Of Runic There was already a pretty big gap between last update and me starting work on this one. Then it ended up going way longer than planned because I heavily underestimated just how much absolute bullshit there was in this stretch.
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In no particular order, my priorities are going to be: Rei (Terra's slot): Has X-Magic Iria (Shadow's slot): Has Lore, doggo Koharu (Mog's slot): Has Capture Gilga (Gau's slot): Has Steal, cracked base stats, can equip basically all the best poo poo Everyone else that isn't named Hideki is varying degrees of mediocre to "has a Magic command."
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