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Nintendo-34 posted...

I hope everyone keeps that in mind when they get ahold of the swimsuits. >_>

I scouted another player's character and of course that character was a woman in a swimsuit lol.

Also I hate that there is a level 55 enemy floating above a level 20 quest. My teammates keep accidentally aggroing it and it proceeds to massacre us. Gonna cheese that fight lol

haloiscoolisbak posted...

Eh, I don't really buy that a majority of them would say something like that. Just because I don't think male loneliness is exclusively right wing issue. Plenty of left wing dudes struggle with confidence and dating too

Then you're misunderstanding where that term sprung up from. 20-30 years ago, the term "passport bro" referred to sex tourism.

But in the 2020's the term refers specifically to the manosphere guys that hate Western women because women have been "ruined" by being "far left feminists" and not wanting a "traditional" marriage. So they go to Asia to find a wife that's more subservient and traditional (ie does whatever he says, stays at home doing the housework and pumping out babies for him). These are the same type of guys that believe women shouldn't be able to divorce without the husband's approval.

It's a very specific type of guy and you don't want to willingly associate yourself with that type. They're a completely different type of guy than the ones that struggle with dating.

BiggCoolDaddy posted...

Glob you're really bending over backwards trying to pretend that being short isnt a huge disadvantage for men.

We've all heard that bullshit about how personality and confidence are what Really matters. But we have also seen women ruthlessly mock men that are short. Even if you seduce them short term, you're still short.

Next you're gonna say dick size doesn't matter and it's all about the "motion in the ocean" or the angle of the dangle.

As Glob said, height is a factor, but it's not the only factor that matters in dating. What you're seeing online is a vocal minority. Tons of women don't care at all about height. Better to fix the things you can change than to blame everything on your height and give up.

Man, almost did all of the squad tasks, but the last one is a high level unique monster. Why Xenoblade, why

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4d2715e5.jpg

https://youtube.com/shorts/G2fnBl9QUhs?si=hFv2uO3-ilkd6egM

GeminiDeus posted...

Also, I'm curious to see everyone's avatar. I spent over an hour on making mine on the Wii U version and she roughly looked like female Ranma.

My character isn't anything crazy. Just a bearded dude in bulky armor
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/9ce48609.jpg

Unsuprised_Pika posted...

Is it me or is money a lot easier to come by now though? I rememher feeling money starved in the OG earlygame

I believe that was one of the QoL changes. They made getting money less grindy this time around. Also more ways to obtain tickets for the material exchange

My brother and I are half brothers. My parents got divorced when I was a baby and my dad remarried and had my brother. So we didn't grow up in the same household. I mostly saw him at holiday gatherings with my dad's side of the family. We get along well, but we're not super close.

NeonPhoenix posted...

Oh wow, you can change and remove clothing from the fashion gear menu. That's a platonically interesting feature

There's a lot of fun casual clothing options that you'll slowly unlock too

Kaldrenthebold posted...

Okay cool. Thanks for that, I never tried on the Wii U (literally I was the only person in existence around me to have one) but I am interested now that I know a few people that picked it up. I assume it's basically just boss fights like MMO's and such?

Yeah, similar to an MMO boss. Join a team, fight the boss, get rewards afterwards. IIRC the online bosses were the only way to get some of the materials needed for high level crafting.

The fact that it even has markers showing up aside from the active one is great enough. I'm really loving it if anyone can tell in this topic.

True, the markers being there at all are great. Just thought it was hilarious that it sent me to such a high level mob

Yeah... Be warned, the quest markers need some work. It will show you the location of nearby enemies that drop the item you need, but it won't always be level appropriate.

I'm doing an affinity quest that has a recommended level of 13 and I'm currently level 19... The enemy it sent me to was level 43 and would 1 shot me. But there are level 9 versions of that enemy on another part of the map. I had to teleport over to that side of the map before they were marked though.

Unsuprised_Pika posted...

They 100% will go after manga that simply has LGBTQ+ characters as "obscene" even if there is barely even so much as hand holding.

This 100%. Like that huge push by Texas Republicans to have LGBTQ books removed from schools.

Or that bill passed in Idaho that allowed parents to report any book in a library that contained content that was "harmful to minors" and the library would have 60 days to move it to an adult only section. And that the law included a broad definition of harmful to minors which deals mostly with sex and nudity, including any act of homosexuality.

Yeah... they're going to abuse the hell out of this to target LGBTQ content

People like that definitely exist. My boss will go on vacation, but will still be sending and responding to emails.

She also doesn't take much time off in general though. She has enough time accrued that she could technically take off for 4 months straight

NeonPhoenix posted...

They tied an employee and forcefully kissed her, put bacon and food on some muslim worker's PC during Ramadan, had a bunch of sexual assault in their Singapore branch happen during Skull and Bones (which they had to take a loan from the Singapore government to finish and were legally required to release it), and probably other stuff I forget. Ubisoft sucks outside of all their terrible business practices >_>

Oh wow that's really bad. I want to support this game because I like the franchise and I want to support games that get shit on by the anti woke brigade. But I don't want to support all of that

Baron_Ox posted...

tbf, sometimes people experience bugs others don't, so it's best to wait and see if the ones in the OP are widespread issues or not.

but at least if this gets more attention, they'll be more likely to be fixed regardless of whether they're rare or not.

True. Like I played Cyberpunk 2077 at launch and experienced maybe 2 bugs and 0 crashes in my entire playthrough. Compared to other people that were experiencing tons of bugs and crashes. Sometimes you just get lucky (or unlucky)

How did the black community betray him? He went full racist, did he expect his fans to just stick by him no matter what he said?

_____Cait posted...

Can we please move on from P3-5 and actually make 2 a decent game

They'll move on by making Persona 6 and continuing to ignore 1 & 2

Enclave posted...

Assuming you got the DLC?

Of course this depends on if you actually registered the DLC. I got from GameStop and they gave me a card with the code. I don't know about other stores, I imagine on the eShop it would be automatically added?

Ah, the customization center. I figured that was just the interface for customizing the barracks, so I hadn't checked it yet. I'll look into it in a moment.

NeonPhoenix posted...

I have zero clue wtf I was doing in combat. I just auto-attack and click some special moves once in a while?

Did I mention Elma is great? Elma is great >_>

Ah yeah, I thought about giving you some combat pointers before you started lol. But I'm guessing you've got the gist of it now after watching that video?

It's MMO inspired, so there's a focus on positioning when using your arts. Like some arts have added bonuses depending on if you're on the side of, or behind the target. It also helps to wait for your teammates to call out for a specific attack type as it boosts your affinity with them

Wait, how the hell do we get the pre-order bonus? I didn't see any of those items when I started the game

Ivynn posted...

lmao Hanako is probably another one whose comedy is gonna have to be toned down since the punchline for her is just "she's fat and ugly hahahaha" >__>

I don't know, Trails of Cold Steel is a fairly recent JRPG and they had Margarita. She was also the girl that got fat shamed constantly, at least in the first 2 Cold Steel games. So that trope might continue (note: not saying I support it, just acknowledging the possibility)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1fe5e7cf.jpg

Shah138 posted...

The response to the game so far isn't as polarizing as I expected. I'm hearing a lot of praise for the game, but at the same time people criticizing it and reacting in the exact opposite way. I'm sure the Steam score will go down, but it's been at a Very Positive so far.

Honestly the game looks solid. The main people wanting this game to fail were the stupid anti DEI bigots

Fuck it, called out of work today. More Xenoblade! Played for a few hours last night and am having a blast. I really do appreciate not needing field skills to open most of the treasures found on the map

Ivynn posted...

Or Yosuke's attitude toward him. That style of "lol he's a homophobe" humor doesn't play well today. >_>

They might change that a bit. Like in P3R, they softened up Junpei (less of an asshole), and they changed that whole scene with the transgender woman at the beach.

Edit: damnit Neon, no one was talking about best girl until you started it lol

I knew this was going to happen and I'm here for it. Persona 4 is still my favorite in the series and I'd love the QoL updates and normally proportioned character models

s0nicfan posted...

Who's actually worse about constantly re-releasing the same games with minor updates: Bethesda or Atlus?

Bethesda is worse with how many times they've just re-released Skyrim. But Atlus does milk the hell out of Persona as well.

NeonPhoenix posted...

I just picked whatever had a decenf review at Target and it did the job. All my asian friends told me to get one and it is definitely a game changer. I havent cooked rice without it since

Honestly this. So long as you don't get the cheapest of the cheap, they should work fine. I cheaped out on mine (it was like $16) and the auto shut off on it sucks. It always burns the rice at the bottom before it turns off the heat. My gf bought a $40 one from Target and it works so much better than mine does.

Here's the exact one she has if you want to look at it:
https://www.target.com/p/aroma-20-cup-digital-multicooker-rice-cooker-stainless-steel/-/A-13374757#lnk=sametab

Edit: Nevermind, you just bought one sounds like lol.

Darkninja42 posted...

Figure I'll ask here, in Infinte Wealth do they still have instant game over if Ichiban dies? That's such a dumb mechanic in RPGs.

Yes. It's still there in Infinite Wealth. I'm assuming they're going to stick with that mechanic as some other JRPG's still do that too, like Persona.

IronChef_Kirby posted...

Crash = Go to sleep
Crash out = Have a melty

This. The definition didn't change, some people are just remembering the lingo wrong. It was always just "crash" when you were talking about going to sleep and it still means that. Adding "out" to it is what changes the meaning.

Time posted...

it's like how young people think "out of pocket" means crazy when it means "unavailable" in office lingo.

Now this is one I've never heard used in that way. But yeah I googled it and it was used to mean "unavailable" or "out of reach" as far back as 1908. I'm 35 and I've only ever heard of it used to mean that someone said something crazy.

metralo posted...

whoevers playing it who has played a lot of the others is it more like odyssey or origins/valkyre in terms or itemization and shit.

From what I've seen it seems more like a combination of Odyssey and Valhalla. Gear has rarity tiers and levels again, like they did in Odyssey, but there's not a flood of endless gear like Odyssey. And the gear pieces each have special effects that make them more useful for specific builds/playstyles and the forge upgrades makes it easier to stick with one weapon and keep it relevant throughout the story (similar to how you could stick to one favorite in Valhalla).

But I'm only going by what info I've seen online, as I don't have the game yet.

I'll grab it at some point, but they made the mistake of releasing on the same day as Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition. I've been waiting so long for them to port that game. Every other game is dead to me until I finish it

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Damn, came in to see if anyone had said this yet. But this lol.

wackyteen posted...

yeah but doesn't that require uPlay.

Unfortunately yes, as do most (if not all) Ubisoft games.

Depends on what games you're into really. I'll just list some games that I already own and see if anything jumps out at you. Oh and if it helps, you can always add games that you're interested in, onto your wishlist for later. It can help you keep track of what's on sale and what isn't.

• Immortals Fenyx Rising is $3.99 (90% off). It's basically Ubisoft's attempt at Breath of the Wild, so open world action game. Some decent humor and a big open world with lots of puzzles to solve. So really cheap for a game that's actually not bad.
• Sunset Overdrive is $4.99 (75% off). It's a zombie apocalypse game that is very cartoony and over the top. The combat incentivizes you to always be on the move, sliding along rails, bouncing off of objects, etc. So it does take some practice to get the hang of it. But it's a pretty fun game.
• Immortals of Aveum is $8.99 (85% off). It's a story driven first person shooter with magic, instead of guns. I've been playing it on playstation and it's surprisingly fun considering how much it flew under the radar.
• Scarlet Nexus is $9.59 (84% off). It's an anime style action jrpg with some interesting combat mechanics. The story is told through the point of view of 2 separate characters, so you'll have to play through the game twice if you want to see everything, but each character's story is about 20-25 hours, so it's not terribly long.
• Hades is $9.99 (60% off). It's one of the best rogue-lite's on the market, imo. You see how far you can make it before dying and as you play, you unlock currency that lets you unlock permanent upgrades, which makes the next run a little easier.
• Project Wingman is $12.49 (50% off). It's a flight sim that's more on the arcadey side, like the Ace Combat games. It's really well done for an indie game and really helped scratch that itch on PC before Ace Combat 7 came out (the only Ace Combat on steam).
• Everspace 2 is $17.49 (65% off). It's a spaceship shooter with really fun combat. Lots of ship and weapon variety that you can mix and match to your liking.
• Enshrouded is $23.99 (20% off). This one is an open world, survival/crafting game that's still in early access (planned release in early 2026), so the discount isn't that big. But it's on track to meet the full release date as content is releasing at a steady pace. It has been my favorite survival/crafting game so far. The build tools are really well done and allow a lot of freedom. I've put almost 100 hours into it and my gf has put almost 400 into it.

Is this a recent trend? Because housing prices suck compared to 15-20 years ago.

archizzy posted...

I own my home and its 100% paid for. Living in the Midwest where Im at is like a cheat code for easy living when it comes to finances. All the young guys we have hired the last few years have bought houses.

Cheat code for cheaper living, but there's nothing to do if you're used to city living like me.

Aside from the ones you mentioned, I also really enjoyed

Fuzion Frenzy
KotOR 2
Jet Set Radio Future
Project Gotham Racing 1 & 2
Sudeki

Underwater caves are terrifying. Some of them are so deep and dark that it's nearly impossible for rescue teams to find people that go missing down there. No thank you

Remember when he tried it a second time during the pandemic?

Justin2Krelian posted...

It's lower than Walmarts around here

Gross. Soda doesn't even cost that much to make

Prepare yourselves! This is it, haah!" -Justin, Grandia

No, I wouldn't specifically avoid that price if I felt it was worth it. But that's way too much for a fucking 12 pack of soda

No. We had to watch that movie in class and then each do a report on the movie. I had to rewatch that movie so many damn times. I never want to see it again.

I also grew to really hate the ending song, Don't You, to the point that I specifically skip the Luck of the Fryish episode whenever I rewatch Futurama. >_>

What!? It's mind boggling to me that you went so long without listening to jazz. Tons of amazing stuff out there. I'll link a few different subgenres of jazz for you to check out. I will try not to spam you... Much

Primitive Art Orchestra - Heart of Cosmos (Contemporary Jazz/Chamber Jazz)

https://youtu.be/GjJPlqcLBfE?si=SEYIA9bJG-so_hEU

Boney James - Futuresoul (Saxophone Jazz/Smooth Jazz)

https://youtu.be/16PKev5OAG0?si=ABqsm-HdtEz3rC_h

Incognito ft Maysa Leak - A Shade of Blue (Soul/Acid Jazz)

https://youtu.be/AP3HmrDlylo?si=VDcfs55fk1mzmV9q

Antonio Carlos Jobim - One Note Samba (Bossa Nova)

https://youtu.be/0rzNLXxo01Q?si=Elql1Wc6NxFXWZo_

Nope. Played one game per Gen. I wish they'd drop the dual game thing already. Forever gouging the completionists

Cassie posted...

Powers gone out 3 times today.

Damn, I'm so sorry. You've been losing power a lot lately

Also, be prepared to hear the town music... a lot. I went from "this music sucks" to "this music is catchy as hell" lol

https://youtu.be/R60KXxujUug?si=mDjneB_Jmk_OPvuk

Yeah the weather is nice today. High 60's near the coast and high 70's inland. And not super windy like it was yesterday

Yes, he will technically bring in jobs like he promised. The problem though, is that he's also trying to remove thousands of federal jobs. So overall it will be a net loss. Trump voters missed the fine print

Yeah it's fine as a starting point. The game had no connection to 1 or 2, but it was a blast to play.

And yeah, huge focus on exploration. The open world is huge and there's a ton of cool stuff to stumble into.

Also, if you've never played a Xenoblade game before, be warned that there are occasionally really high level monsters wandering lower level areas. Those are meant to be avoided until later. Trying to fight them will be a bad time lol

MyMainAccount posted...

Regarding Trump, Bartell said: "He didn't create the system, but he does have an opportunity to improve it. Hopefully, all this attention will bring to light how broken it is

He literally made it more evil on purpose you dipshit

Yeah I saw that and couldn't help but laugh. Like buddy, this is all being done by design. Trump doesn't give a fuck about your wife, he's not gonna change how this is going down.

Great cast, but I don't know if that's enough big names to call it loaded.

It's nerf or nothing!

Yes, they conveniently ignore that Trump ignores court orders

Yeah if you've never actually talked to her and are just going off of her being attractive, then you're better off looking elsewhere. Joining groups related to your hobbies are a great way to meet people. And dating apps can work as well.

spriga posted...

These kinds of topics are like fresh shit to the flies that are ce self-proclaimed relationship experts.

"Self-proclaimed" would mean that people would have to call themselves a relationship expert and I've never seen anyone here refer to themselves that way. Just people that have managed to find a good relationship and sharing tips that worked for them.