Super No Vacancy posted:

that subtext was all in the original line tbh

Kongming posted:

When did this happen. I just finished Remake two days ago and she said steel sky line the same as ever. That is lame as hell if they actually did that lol.

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I am kinda understanding of the whole "wounded walk" thing to emphasize focusing on your environment when poo poo is going down but the L2 R2 where they wait patiently for you to hit the button before doing anything and otherwise they just stand there indefinitely was lmao

Lakbay posted:

I know she was like this in the OG, but Yuffie's introduction gave me mild second hand embarrassment

BisbyWorl posted:

Speaking of, what was your strat for the fourth match?

Like, it's cute that they brought in the minigame from Intergrade. But heavily limiting your options, removing magic as a panic button, giving Greg a ton of stuff you don't, and putting it on a hard timer compared to Intergrade letting you win by having more towers is bullshit.

BisbyWorl posted:

Ytlaya posted:

I feel like I'm misunderstanding something about the targeting system.

I just struggled with one of the Junon combat simulations (the one with all the fliers), partly because I'd be wailing on a staggered enemy and then, out of nowhere, my target which change and my character would launch themselves towards another enemy. But the original enemy was still alive.

Is there some weird quirk to the lock-on function? It definitely doesn't actually lock-on; my target changes constantly when I'm locked on. It makes me think I'm missing something.

Rand Brittain posted:

Okay, really starting to hate the last stage of Fort Condor. It's probably not actually the case, but I can't help getting the feeling that the commander's troops are always stronger than mine and that he can summon as many of him as he likes. The one time I got close to whittling his health down, apparently at random, he decided to stop time.

Rand Brittain posted:

Well, I meant that it was random that I managed to whittle him down at all, and it seems equally random whether I'll have any units, either.

Is there a secret to using clerics to keep your guys up? Basically everything seems to vanish immediately once there's a guy from the opposite side of the weapon triangle in the mix.

Oxxidation posted:

i used the fourth board, base defense or whatever it was called, with cloud and tifa as the heroes and set down ballistae at the two chokepoints while blitzing the other side of the map with everything i had. there's still an element of luck in how fast you get to gilgamesh before he can overwhelm you with his specialty units, but the ballistae help chip away at invaders and distract them if they get past your units. once everything converged on greg i summoned another ballista right across from him, along with two clerics and more ranged units. the clerics kept all my melee characters alive while the ranged stayed far enough away so they wouldn't get caught in his Stop spell

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Now the next one is this stupid "Prevent them from flying while they do an ability that repeatedly knocks down your whole party" lol.

This is where MAI is getting annoying, did you know their talons can pierce through solid stone

Frankston posted:

Is there some way to permanently show weaknesses on an enemy I've scanned?

I hate having to assess every enemy every battle because I can't remember what every single enemy is weak to.

Nelson Mandingo posted:

I really need the option to turn it off. I'd love to get that minigame done but that's not happening.

Rand Brittain posted:

Finished the Costa del Sol chapter.

That was fun, but I'm kind of disappointed in the way that our heroes have made it clear that they're the Terrorists Who Don't Murder Anybody,* even Barrett. Hojo spent the entire chapter oozing sexual menace to a bunch of women, but we're letting him go because "we've done enough" and then stare at the sunset wondering if hating him makes us a bad person just because he kept two of us prisoner for several years.

This is one of the areas where I feel like Rebirth's mastery of tone falls apart.

*except for nameless mooks, we kill those all the time without a care

Anyway, I love Red XIII; he's the breakout character of 2024.

ImpAtom posted:

For good or ill, at the moment they're trying to avoid bringing Shinra down on them. Rufus was already basically willing to let them go and deal with Sephiroth and they (fairly correct) decided that they want to avoid being in direct conflict with Shinra if they can at least until the literal world-ending threat is handled. Murdering Shinra's top scientist, no matter how justified, is what gets them moved from "Some wanted posters" to "Top priority."

RuBisCO posted:

Posting real quick to say game rules and is really quite funny. This is also just a Xenoblade game, they are strikingly similar in game design.

The loving bit with (Chapter 6) Jules showing up and immediately giving me a traumatic stress response but it turns out his quest is to just clear a bunch of monsters NOPE DO CRUNCHES RIGHT NOW loving sent me for a loop. I found this one much easier though, at least.

I have a pathological need to get all the rewards from mini-games and I'm terrified that THIS is the one that makes me vomit blood. So far so good though!

I'm glad Tifa is just as fun (and strong) as FF7R1 because she's been glued to my player slot as much as possible. No one else even feels close to as satisfying to me. I just got Yuffie and I'm kind of lost as to what to do with her, though I am astounded she more or less brought her entire Intermission moveset with her. That's great!

fezball posted:

I managed all the other minigames I've encountered so far well enough, but the half-press trigger on this one is absolute bullshit - I can land that maybe 30% of the time, no way I'm ever doing it 5+ times in one go like the last stage wants me to

This really should have a difficulty setting for minigames, as is a lot of them are way overtuned.

D.Fuzzbot posted:

I just did jules with 0 mistakes and still lost, jesus why?

Blackbelt Bobman posted:

Is the reward for Fort Condor Hard Mode really just some party exp? I might still do it because fort condor is fun.

CapnAndy posted:

On a writing note, I'm so impressed by the love triangle stuff so far. Cloud and Tifa are spikey and uncomfortable when they're alone together, you can feel how much history there is and how they've both hurt each other in the past and how much each one matters to the other and how they're terrified of actually facing that because holy poo poo, it'll hurt so much, any honest talk would require acknowledging all the bleeding wounds they've still got that they're both trying very hard to ignore. And on the flip side, everything about Aerith is easy. She's always happy to hang out with you, she thinks you're great, whatever you want to do is great, the way you are right now is great, any decisions you make are great, she's gonna be perky and flirty and always supportive of you no matter what. Which makes her feel fake. She's a magical girlfriend, she's wish fufilment, this is not a real relationship. Cloud and Tifa feel very real.

Nucular Carmul posted:

Reaching Cosmo Canyon and finding that the game still manages to surprise with unique and interesting towns is a delight. As a lover of mountain villages with mixed elevations I'm a big fan! And I love how every town has an in universe purpose. (If this seems overly obvious to some I am a disgusting quitter who only did OG Midgar and quit because I wanted that aesthetic the whole game please forgive teenage me)