Lurker > Robazoid

I'm reasonably sure I advanced, so thank you to everyone who supported me
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Video progress: 183/252

Renall is a pretty complex character! She definitely did evil things in the past, but she doesn't try to justify them and she's doing the right thing here... or, she tried to, at least. It didn't really work out so far. I totally called her being Ion's half-sister, too! Well, I suppose she's really Nay's half-sister. The two of them never reacting to each other probably means they don't know about each other, though. Revelt is a pretty decent final bad guy, too. I hope they don't try to redeem him like they did with Neptool and tried to do with Zill. This story needs an actual bad guy for the ending

I'll try to finish the chapter tomorrow!
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I have vague memories of playing Dark Cloud back in the day but not enough that I can say much about it. Dark Cloud 2 is in my brother's top 5 games, but I've never played it for some reason. Still, I'm curious to see if it shows up later!
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Bump
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Video progress: 180/252

It's starting to bug me just how much Nero's skill-level fluctuates. One minute she's altering the oxygen levels in people's brains to put everyone to sleep without expending much effort. Then the next minute, even with time to prepare a song, the best she can manage is knocking out a few guards to get Cas to safety. I like Cas a lot but she's probably the least competent of the three of them! Nero should've gotten herself away and gone back to save the others later
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Our top 100s may be crazily different, but we almost rank The Last of Us in the same spot! It's 47th in my top 100. I'm looking forward to the sequel too, even though I probably won't play it for awhile after it comes out due to not owning any consoles >_>
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This is a terrible thing. I'm so sorry for your loss
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Video progress: 177/252

I'm ahead of schedule again so I only watched two videos. Still, Chapter 10 has started in an interesting way! I finally met Revelt (who looks nothing like I expected) and Ion/Kanon had their reunion. Ion is also way too calm for there to not be some sort of agreement between her and Renall, so I have hope things won't get too terrible too quickly.
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Out of today's, I've only played a few hours of Borderlands. I didn't really get into the series until BL2.

Still, now we're into the top 50! Good list so far and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest
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Oh hey I went back to finally read comments on chapter nine and saw this

dowolf posted...

just watched video 165.

Hooray for casual sexism!

god dammit Japan

Yeah that made me feel sad. Poor Nei
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Video progress: 175/252

I'm done Chapter Nine! It was fun, but I think the most damning thing about it is that I don't feel the need to do a big post organizing my thoughts. Plus it felt... I dunno, weirdly incomplete. Chapter seven ended on a cliffhanger and it still felt like it had more closure than nine. Something happened between Ion and Renall like seven videos ago and I still don't know what it was! Ah well.

On the plus side, Sarly/Cas/Nero were a great team. The ending song was a lot of fun, too! It made me think of the Simpsons episode where all the robots at Itchy and Scratchy Land go berserk >_>

8 >>> 5 > 1 > 6 > 7 > 4 > 3 > 9 > 2

Ion > Kanon > Sarly > Nay > Nero > Cas > Renall > Undu > Telefunken > Greicoff > Zill > Ruray > Clackett > Shirotaka > Tabou > Pram > Neptool
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Video progress: 165/252

I couldn't watch as much tonight, but I got a bit ahead over the weekend so that's fine. This is basically just a bump, but I liked the video with Nay/Clacket and that final part of the audio CD was interesting!
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Tag

I might play Ys Origin since I'm obligated to play it sometime this year regardless, but I'll see how things go.
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MMBN6 is the only one of the series that I don't own and will therefore likely never play. I still have fond memories of MMBN3, though! I also played it simultaneously with friends, which helped the experience a lot

I also recently replayed (and finished for the first time) Disgaea (the DS version). Such a good game, but I've never delved too deeply into its mechanics... mostly because I'm not sure I fully understand them. Back in the day my brother was all about reincarnation and item worlds and whatnot, I just grinded until I could beat the game normally
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xp1337 posted...

Interested in your opinions of Chapter 9. I think it's one where you'll like it a fair deal more than I did.

It isn't bad so far!

Video progress: 162/252

Well, memory loss is one way to revert to old Ion I guess. Once her powers fully awaken maybe she'll be in confident mode forever. Renall still scheming has made me reconsider if this is a favorable alternate timeline, too. Nothing bad has really happened yet but I'm worried for when things inevitably go wrong all at once...

I'm not sure what to make of Cas/Tabou/Shirotaka's situation yet, but I just finished the video of them having fun with Nero and it was... well, fun, so I'm going with the flow so far. Nero has also already shot up in my character rankings, here's hoping she can keep it up!
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Oh whoops I forgot to comment yesterday

-TWD is... fine, but I've never understood the absolute love some people have for it. Maybe I was already jaded about zombie apocalypses and the tragedies they bring by the time it came out because, despite being a total sucker for sad moments, none of it phased me. From the write-up, it seems like you're done with Telltale now, though! You should play Life is Strange!

-Far Cry 3 and Tales from the Borderlands are games I plan to play this year!

-Roller Coaster Tycoon was actually recently pushed out of my top 100 by newer games, but I still have fond memories for it. I can also relate to never moving past that first map. There were... I think three that I ever spent significant time on. It was the first map, the next one in the desert, and another one where there was infinite time/money so I could use landscaping to flatten the entire area. I never enjoyed the maps with crazy geographic features that needed to be built around, I wanted it to be flat so I could throw down more attractions. I still got a lot of mileage out of those three maps I played, though! Like you, I also never really got into creating custom roller coasters or anything, and the fact that I never truly delved into a lot of aspects of RCT hurt my overall ranking of it.
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Video progress: 159/252

I'm done all those extra videos after Chapter 8. They weren't quite as good as the extra videos after the first third of the story, but they were still fun to watch. It makes me sad that I'm not sure if Ion will ever act like that again, the all-loving saint... but I'm hopeful. She's made it through way worse things than her awakening without losing her pure spirit, even if she was acting super confident and, for lack of a better word, scheming at the end of Chapter 8.

Also, I've thought this for awhile but I finally feel confident enough to share it: Renall is totally Ion's older half-sister. It feels strange because Nay should probably know that, and Renall should probably know about Nay/react to that whole thing in some way, but all these cryptic mentions of her 'father', the way she wants to protect Ion, and the mere fact that they have a resemblance is enough for me to guess this!

Tomorrow I'll start Chapter 9!
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16. Beat a rhythm game
Persona 4: Dancing All Night

That was one heck of a story mode, but I did it and then all the free mode songs to open up the bonus story mode chapter. I'll count that as beaten!

21/50
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Persona 4: Dancing All Night (Vita)

It was good, but I still prefer a keyboard for my rhythm games. Also, man, this had approximately ten more hours of story mode than I was expecting out of a rhythm game
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Don't worry about it, I'm just glad you haven't left us completely!

As for me, video progress 148/252

Not too much progress today but after yesterday that might be expected. Those audio CD ones were harsh. Poor Ion. Nay had better realize just how bad this was and fully forgive her someday! The whole time I was wondering how that Ion could ever become the 'I want to save everyone' Ion she was at the start of the memories, but they built into it pretty well with that Sophia manipulation. Also, Renall is chillingly effective (just as I was wondering if Sophia would ever show up in the future >_>) but I kind of like that about her. She gets the job done. Plus, that video of her fanboying out over Ion's successes was funny.

One other thing I want to mention is that it's really interesting how they've structured the story, particularly regarding Ion. Non-memory Ion only knows exactly as much as I do, and that made it easy to forget that memory Ion wasn't the same person. A lot of these big revelations were things she already knew about herself and the world, plus she had all of these horrific memories weighing her down. It's becoming difficult to wrap my head around her as a character now but at the same time I'm not seeing any discrepancies. She's just becoming really complex. I also kind of want to go back and rewatch the time she first met Nay just to see if there are any hints/subtleties in how Nay reacts
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xp1337 posted...

This was actually the thing explained in the youtube comments of Video 139 I mentioned.

Oh whoops, I confused two things you said and checked the comments for video 137, then was slightly confused when I didn't see much of anything. My mistake, I've since read the right video's comments. Thank you for the clarification as well.
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Robazoid posted...

If the story manages to stick the landing it'll be the best thing ever

Well, they stuck the landing

Video progress: 140/252

Yeah, I finished Chapter 8. I was like 'I'll just watch an hour like I normally do' and then I'm you nine years in the future happens and suddenly there goes my night. That was great, but once again I find myself in a position where I need to gather my thoughts. I apologize in advance, this is going to be a mess

So, Nay was the original Ion (I was wondering where her body came from... I wonder who Nero's body belonged to). My current understanding is that Revelt likely wanted an extra-dimensional being in a position to become empress, and he sacrificed his daughter to do it. I still don't understand why they need her to do this and why they didn't seem to prepare her all, but fine, I get that. However, I'm not 100% clear on the sequence of events. One memory cut off right as Fractel was about to do the transfer and the next played out with young Ion filling Nay's role of running away/being caught by Zill, but I'm not sure if that was how it actually played out or if it was a memory distortion. Like, did the transfer happen, original Ion went into a new body, and that body ran off to be caught by Zill and became Nay? Or did original Ion manage to escape before the transfer and then was caught by Zill who turned her into Nay? I'm not even sure I'm describing this confusion in a way that makes sense and it isn't even a big deal, but it's the only nagging question I have left from an otherwise amazing sequence of events. I guess I just need to know if original Ion was transferred into a new body or not. It's a scummy move either way but there's a pretty big difference between trying to sacrifice her entirely and simply moving her to a new body (which was then caught by Zill).

Anyway, Nay certainly has become a great character. However, I'm still not completely sold on why she can never ever forgive Ion. I think I'm still missing a critical piece of information since I don't know how complicit Ion was in entering their world. Nay said something about her building a machine but that could mean almost anything. If Ion turns out to be almost as much of a victim as Nay and still isn't forgiven, that's going to really sour my opinion on Nay.

They managed to revert the world, though! Only... I'm dubious that they returned to the original world. Suddenly the Tenmon have a Cielnotron server that doesn't need Nero. Suddenly Kanon is alright. Suddenly everything is working out... yeah, not buying it. Plus Ion has awakened and now she's acting like Neo at the end of the Matrix. I bet she performed her own hack on the world during that time reversion to make everything better, returning them to a more favorable alternate timeline rather than the original one.

Last question I have: Nay and Ion were the ones who went back in time, but did they replace their past selves too? Or is there still a scared Ion somewhere and another Nay being held by Zill's goons? Ah well, maybe it doesn't matter, but I am worried about Nay apparently needing regular injections to not die. Not sure how she's going to get those after going back in time!

Speaking of going back in time, this chapter handled time travel really well. It used it to examine the world/characters in meaningful ways and made perfect logical sense the whole way through, especially after I read your post explaining it further, xp! Thank you again for typing it up... and for introducing me to Ciel nosurge in the first place! This has been quite a ride already and it isn't even over yet. Time-wise I'm barely over halfway.

8 >>> 5 > 1 > 6 > 7 > 4 > 3 > 2

Ion > Kanon > Sarly > Nay > Cas > Undu > Renall > Telefunken > Greicoff > Zill > Ruray > Nero > Clackett > Shirotaka > Tabou > Pram > Neptool
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Life is Strange
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36. Replay a game from a long time ago
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War

It's been at least eight years since I played this

20/50
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Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War (PS2)

It was still good, but not as good as I remembered and certainly nowhere near as good as Ace Combat 5. Still, now I'm properly hyped for whenever Ace Combat 7 comes out, hopefully it's good!
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I'm two episodes further, 133/252. Glad to see that scene of Tabou remembering he left the original Cielnotron behind wasn't a waste like I thought it was at the time! That's some good foreshadowing

I'm sure these small progress updates are lame to read and I apologize for that, but spreading it out like this was the only way I could fit these 59 hours into my schedule without cutting out anything else. I also have to post at least once a day so the topic doesn't purge now that I'm the only one watching (come back Zyxyz). Once I finally finish this and start Ar nosurge, though, I'll burn through that with my usual playthrough topic speed and probably be done in a week or two, so there's that to look forward to! Plus I watch almost as much during the weekend as I do during the week, so I'm sure I'll have more substantial things to say soon.
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50. Beat three games in a series (First game)
Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland

It was alright but it didn't become my favorite game or anything. I'm locked into the trilogy now, though, so hopefully the next two are better!
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Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland (Vita)

Man, I hated that time limit. It really discouraged truly exploring everything the game had to offer. Still, it was a fun little RPG with a lot of unique mechanics, so I enjoyed it!


Simoun posted...

They're trying to copy Silent Hill 2's success

I guess, but Silent Hill 2 was actually good and Claire/Lone Survivor really, really weren't. They should've copied that whole 'good' thing before anything else!
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Oh, there's GTA, deservedly ahead of Sleepy Dogs! I also played multiplayer with friends for about a week, it got old pretty quickly, but multiplayer in a GTA game was still great.

As for Borderlands 2, I can't even imagine playing that game solo. I've gone through it three or so times with friends and it's been awesome every time, though!
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25. Beat a game with horror as a central theme
Claire: Extended Cut

Well... it tried to be scary, anyway.

19/50

I also moved Magical Diary from supernatural to romance. I worked hard for that kiss from the cute demon boy that I got in that game, so I'll count it as romance!
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Only had time for one video tonight so this is mostly a bump, but 131 actually answered my earlier question! Zill didn't purposefully send Nero to the wrong place (or send her incorrectly or whatever), it just didn't work out the way Nero hoped.
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Video progress: 130/252

I've started Chapter Eight! I wasn't expecting a two-year timeskip. Casty being dead really makes me hope this time reset plan succeeds. I'm also starting to like Nay now that she's become the character who is saying the things I'm thinking. 'Four-squared six-axis what? Just stop talking and tell me the plan!' However, there was a time travel foul. Nay never would've been captured in a timeline where Sarly and Zill were cooperating.

Anyway, I have a question that I'd like someone (hi xp) to answer if it isn't a spoiler. At one point it seemed like they said Nero was returned to a completely different world, like she'd been tricked by Zill. Then later on they worded it like she'd been returned to her original world after all and was just in incredible pain. I need to know if Zill actually honestly tried to send her back and it just didn't work out like Nero thought it would or if Zill was evil/didn't care and sent Nero back to wherever. The answer to this will determine how effective Zill is as a villain!

Speaking of, Zill has also become a compelling villain. I hate it when villains are all 'I'm doing these evil things for the sake of someone I love' but they're also doing dozens of evil things that are completely unnecessary. Like, Neptool wanted to save Sarly and his solution was to be a jerk to a random colony. I prefer it when they just admit they're evil, and Zill has basically done that now that Undu admits she doesn't seem to care about him anymore.
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I have a lot of fond memories of Mario Kart DS, though I never quite got the hang of snaking so I couldn't play anyone online!

Ah, XIII-2, the only FF so far that I haven't loved. Still, it's a decent game so I'm not sad to see it on the list! I can also see how a completionist like you would enjoy those paradox endings. I don't usually do post-game content so for me getting them was a boring grind
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Video progress: 127/252

I'm done chapter seven, so just in case there is anyone lurking here who doesn't already know the whole story, huge unmarked spoilers will be discussed below

I'm... not quite sure how I feel about that chapter yet (and as such I won't be doing any rankings). My feelings on Chapter Seven (and, by extension, my overall opinion of Ciel nosurge) will probably be decided by wherever the story goes next. I'm going to try and collect my thoughts below so I'm sorry if this winds up being a summary of something everyone here just recently watched

So, Ion is from another world, I understand that now (probably our world since they said she knew about lotus flowers, which are on our world). Nero is also from another, different world (because they said only Ion was missing from her world so it isn't the same place). I guess they discovered Nero in some lost technology and, for some reason, figured they should do the same thing, which resulted in Ion being pulled in. Meanwhile they were also injecting orphans with Nero's DNA for... some reason, which created Kanon. I'm clear on the past but I really don't understand how they got from there to the present.

I guess the Chimon got Kanon somehow, and since her Nero-DNA let her join with any genom they figured she'd be a good representative. However, I'm really struggling to understand how Ion, a being from another world, wound up being the Tenmon princess. It really seems like they didn't even prepare her before sending her out, and at several points it honestly felt like they were fully expecting her to fail. Hell, Renall gave the order to shoot her a few chapters ago! Sending her out there was a huge risk of a unique asset with no tangible reward that I can see. I hope they explain some of that.

Anyway, I'm not too worried about memory Ion. Nero said she was apart from the world's cycle of life and death so I imagine Ion will be immortal. However, I am extremely worried about the timeline. It was a neat moment when the screen was overtaken by static, I just hope they handle it well. I love time travel since it's a plot device that can really enhance stories... but if it's handled the wrong way it can also easily destroy them. And this wasn't a small change. Sarly and Zill founded that organization together so we're talking about changes going back years, long before the story began. If this isn't reverted or addressed, how can I know if any of the previous events happened? In a world where Zill and Sarly were cooperating, why would Shirotaka ever go to Four Seasons, for example?

I wrote a lot more about this than I thought I would, so I guess the short version is that I'm cautiously optimistic. If the story manages to stick the landing it'll be the best thing ever but if it fumbles this plot device it has the potential to irreversably ruin everything that already happened. Ugh, I want to watch more to find out but there are other things I need to do!

xp1337 posted...

***Post-Chapter 7 videos-but-not-Chapter-8-yet Spoilers***

Ion getting so depressed and broken at the end of the chapter that she refuses to talk with the player or even visit the Dream World is also a pretty amazing way to reinforce the framing device of the game as you interacting with a "real" other world and person who is experience and suffering their own issues. Also really hard to watch too.

Yeah, this was a good use of the framing device! As I said, I'm not too worried about memory Ion, but the feelings of non-memory Ion still struck me deep. Plus Renall is almost certainly dead and unless timeline shenanigans saved her Kanon's fate also isn't looking good... I'm worried about everyone except memory Ion, basically >_>
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I can give my thoughts on why I like The Sending. For me, that was the moment where it really sunk in how the people on Spira need to live. We have natural disasters in the real world, sure, but not with quite the same unpredictable regularity as Sin. These people just lost everything, including homes and loved ones. They're naturally saddened, but Yuna is there to send the souls of the dead in a beautiful scene and offer some comfort.

Then, immediately after, everyone seems to brush themselves off because it's time for blitzball! There's no time to truly mourn in this world because if they started they'd never stop. All they have is that one comforting ritual for the dead, and people like Yuna who are strong enough to perform it for them.

I dunno, seeing it like that got to me.
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I plan to play Shadow of Mordor sometime this year, so I'm happy to hear that it's good. Assassin's Creed II... well, you saw my ranking topic! I think that might be a game that just didn't age all that well. SMB2 is a game I have hazy memories of playing as a kid but the only specific thing I remember is dying to Birdo. I should play through it for real someday, I guess
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Don't spend my two dollars all in one place

I'll leave a nice review as soon as I get around to playing it!
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After watching a lot yesterday, today I didn't watch anything. I'll definitely do all of Chapter Seven tomorrow though to get myself back on track!
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28. Beat a game with the supernatural as a central theme
Magical Diary: Horse Hall

It was about a magical school so I'd count that as supernatural!

18/50
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Magical Diary: Horse Hall (PC)

This was a stat/choice-based visual novel about guiding a girl through a magical school, kind of like Harry Potter! It was by the same people as Long Live the Queen so I was wary but this was approximately a million times better, I got really immersed in navigating my girl through classes, exams, and romance!

Special thanks to HeeCawRoo for recommending this to me in my 2016 ranking topic, I liked it a lot
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The Sending was when I first started getting into the world of FFX and started loving Yuna as a character. So good

Also you could've ranked this 17th so easily but I guess I'll take my three points and be happy
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Not as much to say today, only played one. I've played Rogue Legacy for *checks Steam* 26 minutes before deciding it's the type of roguelike I don't enjoy. To be fair, though, that easily describes 95% of roguelikes!
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I loved the Ion/Kanon moments in 5 and I've always had a soft spot for openings so 1 is also hard to beat. There also still hasn't been an individual moment quite like that first song blooming the flowers. When I saw that I thought the whole game would be Ion going on adventures solving problems, so 2 was kind of a let-down when it ended on a downer rather than another miraculous save. I've gotten over it since but still, the end of Chapter 1 was pretty joyful!
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Video progress: 105/252

Chapter Six completed! It was really good, too. I still don't fully understand Nay but the hints of her past are starting to take shape so I imagine that's coming soon. The real highlight was Sarly, though! It'll be hard for anyone to beat the two princesses but Sarly has come closest so far with her personality and situation. I really liked how she interacted with everyone, too. Her friendships with Cas and Shirotaka were well-written

One interesting thing was that it felt like Ion was a background character in this chapter compared to Nay/Sarly. Ion even had a random sore throat and couldn't be the hero at the end. I'm super curious about this revelation that she's from another world, too. I mean, what does that even mean?!?

Video 105 was great too. I can relate maybe too much about getting used to being alone so Ion finding a way to connect with the terminal was touching. This is also the first time I'm truly sad I'm viewing this purely as a story, disconnected from myself, and not actively playing, I imagine it would've meant a lot more if I were in control! Like, I don't remotely consider the terminal to be 'me'. Ah well this watchthrough has been great anyway

5 > 1 > 6 > 4 > 3 > 2

Ion > Kanon > Sarly > Cas > Renall > Nay > Greicoff > Telefunken > Shirotaka > Tabou > Pram > Neptool > Zill
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Cavedweller2000 posted...

Roba, try Hotel Dusk and it's sequel Last Window

I have tried Hotel Dusk, I just count it with Phoenix Wright as having too much gameplay to be a true VN. I also just looked up Last Window and given the prices I'm seeing on Amazon I may have missed my chance at ever playing it, I hadn't even realized Hotel Dusk had a sequel until now so that's kind of depressing. Thanks for letting me know about them, though!
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Tag! Glad to see this is finally happening. I'll try to make sure to comment on any game I've played or intend to play (or have random pointless comments for). There may not be many because I haven't owned a PS3 or PS4, but I have something to say about all four today at least

-I really need to try the RSE remakes now that I have a 3DS. I wasn't the hugest fan of Pokemon Sun but a more standard Pokemon game would still be welcome!
-WoFF is too low imho. Ah well, I suppose it's good it made the list at all. I didn't mention this in my own ranking topic but I'm pretty sure it was you offering tips/advice from the strategy guide in the WoFF discussion topic we had when the game came out. Being told a good early grinding spot allowed me to level up a bunch right away, so thank you for that! It probably made me enjoy the rest of the game a lot more
-I'm trying to work my way towards Far Cry 4 but Far Cry and Far Cry 2 bumped the series way down on my priority list. I plan to do Far Cry 3 this year but FC4 probably won't be until 2018. Glad to see it's likely better than the first two games, though!
-I never played Saints Row 3 but Saints Row IV is in my top 100 so I can understand the series being good!
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trdl23 posted...

-- It saddens me how few people know about Risk of Rain, let alone have played it. I need to pick it up again.

I played RoR with my brother a little bit years ago but all I remember is dying a bunch. I honestly didn't even remember there being a semblance of a story. Maybe I should try it out again! I give up (marginally) less easily these days than I did back then.
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Video progress: 91/252

I only watched two videos because there was a game I was super hyped to play and I started it early because I didn't know how long it would take me. Still, I'll catch up on Ciel during the weekend since I have Monday off!

Chapter Six started on a high note, though. Sarly is already challenging Cas' position in my ranking! I didn't mention it before but I had this dumb theory that Noel was Sarly (both dying from some disease, Noel masking his voice for some reason) but oddly enough, now that I've seen Sarly on the same colony Noel lives on, I'm less sure about it. Noel is probably just some dude who works for her and the disease being common is just a byproduct of the world being crummy and in need of saving.

Now that I've said that the next video is going to confirm Noel = Sarly, isn't it?
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30. Beat a game with a female lead
Highway Blossoms

It was a visual novel with no choices but whatever, I'm counting it as a game. Also this VN was amazing

17/50
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Highway Blossoms (PC)

Yes, visual novels with no choices count as games, shut up.

I'll admit that I'm still fairly new to visual novels. The only games I've played that I consider true visual novels (Phoenix Wright doesn't really count) have been Lucy: The Eternity She Wished for and planeterian. They were both fine but I didn't fall in love with them. They proved to me that the medium had promise but they didn't live up to that promise, if that makes any sense. Highway Blossoms, though? This VN was amazing. I know I'm only saying that because I'm a sucker for the things that it did but it did those thing so well and I loved it.

It's about two girls looking for buried treasure and it was great. Anyone with any interest in VNs whatsoever should look it up and see if this seems like one they'd be interested in
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**R.O.B.A.Z.O.I.D**