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Hbthebattle posted...

That might just be because of the guests this time around. No offense to them obviously, but I hadn't heard of any of them before this video while in most of the previous episodes I at least recognized one person. Having a popular name like ProJared or something is probably what drives a large chunk of the views.

Oh really? Damn you gotta watch some of Trav's and Maj's stuff on Youtube. I especially love Maj's review of the Tales of Symphonia sequel. Busted a gut laughing at this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_RsT0ulsfI

Thanks everyone for playing, I always get such positive incredible feedback on each episode.

Which is why it's so jarring that this is by far the lowest performing and viewed episode since the show started. I don't know how to promote or get this thing out there, feeling a wee bit demoralized. It might be harder than I thought to complete 3 full seasons of this!

Chrono Trigger and Yakuza are the only answers.

Isquen posted...

Round 1 - 14 points
Mega Man X6, Tears of the Kingdom, 1 point for Super Mario All-Stars (whoops), No guess, Final Fantasy XVI, HELLO THERE, Donkey Kong 64, Metal Gear Solid 4, Harvest Moon 64, (-1 - guessed League of Legends)

Round 2 - 40 points
8 points: (no guess - Sonic Adventure's a weakness), Super Mario Bros 3, (no guess, Skies of Arcadia's a weakness) Connection: all airships | 11 points: Rockman and Forte/Megaman and Bass, Wind Waker, Donkey Kong Country (wrong DKC picked) Connection: PIRATES | 9 points: Splatoon 2 (lucky guess which), NieR, -1 for guessing Vib Ribbon like a goober. Connection: Conlang (and yes, Splatoon is postapocalyptic) | 12 points: Pokemon Red/Blue, F-Zero GX (no hint needed), Sonic 2 - Connection: Casinos

Bonus round 1 - 8 points
Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins, You have to burn the Rope, (Guessed Mario Kart 8, Xenoblade 3, Demon's Crest, No More Heroes 3 for the others)

Round 3 - 54 points
Gruntilda's Lair, Tristram, Torvus Bog (heh, I just ran this in a guessing game myself last week), Forest Temple, Traverse Town, (0 points arghhhh guessed Sylvarant, so right game), Fountain of Dreams, Junes (needed the hint), Cascade Kingdom (but needed the hint to remind myself which kingdom,) Honeybee Inn.

Round 5 (I got confused until afterwards): 47 points
Mario Kart DS - Choco Mountain, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - Dracula's Tears (Alchemy Lab), Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days - Lazy Afternoons, 7 points - guessed Metroid Prime Hunters - Brinstar (even though I PLAYED that game), The World Ends With You - Calling (hey that's in VGMC right now!)

Round 4: 70 points
Sonic - Spin Dash, Yoshi - Egg Throw, Liu Kang - Bicycle Kick, Captain Falcon - Falcon Dive, Hanzo - Dragonstrike, Sora - Blizzard, (-2, guessed Mega Man X Zero Saber), Samus - Power Bomb, Terran Ghost - Nuclear Strike, Crono - Luminaire (lucky guess, was thinking it was Ultima from ff6 too)

Bonus round 2: 14 points
I'm going to dock you points for Fortnite, and then apply them to the next one for using Maximillian's chapter. Then hate myself for not knowing NightS.
14 - Doom Eternal Darkness

I rather enjoy these, and I know I tend to "score high" but I also have the boon of getting to pause and think about it for a moment. I imagine doing it live I'd suck a bit more.

Yooo! Almost a full clear on Round 3 and 4, very impressive. I'm always second guessing whether I make these too hard or too easy, but I get a constant feed of people saying both, so I'd say that's the ideal outcome.

The buzzer decides a lot of the easier ones too, If you buzz too slow someone else will likely snipe in. Maj was giving Trav a run for his money before Round 4 kicked in.

Uppies

MZero posted...

Noticed within 10 minutes of upload!

round 1 (6)
SMW, Bioshock (hint), FF16

round 2 (8)
SMB3 , Kirby Forgotten Land, Pokemon RBY, Sonic 2

bonus round
nada

round 3 (6)
Junes

round 4 (32)
Sonic - Spin Dash, Yoshi - Egg Throw, Captain Falcon - Falcon Dive, Ghost - Nuclear Strike

round 5 (3)
Castlevania (1), TWEWY (only because of the hint)

round 6 (14)
Symphony of the Nights Into Dreams (knew Fortnite but not the first part)

rough start but turned it around a bit at the end

Was I correct in that nobody getting Junes had you screaming internally?

Yeah you do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeeUNgyDoVg

Let's see them scores.

ZaziGuado posted...

Eikons should've been dresspheres.

Speaking of that, I did a side quest where I was able to choose an outfit for Jill...but either it never came to fruition or I just completely missed it. Did that have any effect?

TomNook posted...

Every definition of social media would include GameFAQs message boards as also being social media. It's better to just say you don't like alot of websites.

Gamefaqs isn't curating what I see through an algorithm.

WarThaNemesis2 posted...

More like x hausting

This. This is why I come here.

I hate that as a content creator I feel like I need to be on it, lest I be "invisible."

Time to star maining B8 like its 2004. Let's talk about trains or some shit.

What's your current relationship with social media in general? Has it changed over the years? How and why?

Solioxrz362 posted...

I'm gonna back up - playing the game through on NG+ is showing me another section I did not like

After killing Hugo, you have to go through main story fetch quests for Mid, then you have to go through a daft main story side plot with the kids in Boklad. It's terrible mission design.
>Run here
>Talk
>Run here
>Talk
>Run here
>Talk
>Run here
>aggghhhhhhhhhh

And largely while it's in a city so you can't sprint to make it go by faster. FFXVI is lucky that I like the main throughline of the story and the combat so much bc there are definitely biiiiiiig flaws with it that can be seen throughout. That's kind of how I felt about FFXV too, but I like FFXVI more.

Yeah FF mode really, REALLY highlights the lack of variety if you're skipping every cut scene and all dialogue.

Weed absolutely destroys your memory, though it has other benefits so pick your poison.

I'm at a point in my life where I just write everything down that's even 1% important. I just wrote down to shave later, cause if I didn't I would forget. Same with any groceries, chores, or basic stuff like "message this person back."

Adding to this, skipping every single dialogue and cutscene and doing every side quest AGAIN really highlights just how nothing they truly are. It's always just talk to someone, kill something, or collect something. No variety whatsoever.

I only did them all again since one of the trophies is maxing out your Ability tree and needed the rewards. But man this 2nd run really solidified a lot of the opinions I had and did little to change them.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/2/8/AADVe6AAErFE.jpg

Done. Can honestly say Final Fantasy+ mode really does not add anything interesting whatsoever. Game is equally difficult on run 2, mainly cause the dodge is just busted as hell even without any of the OP accessories on.

Really well made game though, no one can deny that. But I'm okay with this one resting on my shelf for now. Will definitely come back if any DLC or additions come down the pipe though.

I think I encountered my first real glitch. During the Behemoth fight I could not for the life of me reduce it's HP. The eclipse Meteor happened, got to the second phase, and then his HP would not drop no matter how many times I staggered it or dance around waiting for him to trigger some event. Recorded some it after about 10 minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zzylvbpXho

Apologies if the preview shows up, not sure how to remove that.

wg64Z posted...

So I'm playing through FF mode right now, and I just beat the hunt for Atlas

The reward was 2,000,000 exp. I leveled from 67 to 69.

The average sidequest gives between 20,000exp to 100,000exp and takes 4 times longer to complete then any single hunt.

TL:DR: Hunts awesome. Side Quests mega lame.

So update to this, beat Svarog and got 11,500,000 exp. Why are these so disproportionate to the side quests?!

UshiromiyaEva posted...

There has never been a good Final Fantasy mini game. Not even in XIV.

Will not be gaslit by Triple Triad fans.

Mahjong doesn't count.

This is twisted propaganda. I loved Blitzball (Not in X-2 though, gross), I loved FF1's stupid slide puzzle, and I absolutely ADORED what they did to Fort Condor in FF7R Intergrade. That was fun as hell, with an incredibly difficult and rewarding final boss.

So I'm playing through FF mode right now, and I just beat the hunt for Atlas

The reward was 2,000,000 exp. I leveled from 67 to 69.

The average sidequest gives between 20,000exp to 100,000exp and takes 4 times longer to complete then any single hunt.

TL:DR: Hunts awesome. Side Quests mega lame.

I GOT MORE TO SAY

You can think the sidequests are pointless. You can think the sidequests are boring. You can hate anything you want about the sidequests. But a simple "i want the game to have less content" i dont understand.

I dont like this notion, because you have no idea what a side quest will entail UNTIL you go through all of it. I can't knowingly go "Oh this one is not going to appeal to me, better skip this one" in a brand new game. Not only that, but it could unlock a chain where the last quest is incredible.

Best option: Have great/fun/lore based side quests that ALSO have good rewards. Is that really so hard?

Thematically appropriate =/= Fun, Catchy, Memorable, Re-listenable, or Good

I just beat the game. I loved parts, but have a lot of criticisms. I need to compile my thoughts but burst fire from the hip opinions. Will try to keep them spoiler free:

Cons:

• Side Quests are 95% uninteresting trash padding with no decent rewards whatsoever. I do not need more stacks of Magicked Ashe.

• Even some of Main Quest tasks feel like these Side Quests. Talk to A to talk to B to talk to C to talk to D to slay 5 monsters to talk to E. The MMO DNA is thick. The pacing is brutally bad, after learning mind shattering god level information you're forced to deal with political negotiations about grain or some shit. Like cmon now, does CLIVE really need to deal with this low level stuff? There's kind of bigger things happening.

• This definitely lacks the color and pop of previous entries, but that was expected after I watched the first trailer (The ONLY thing I consumed before playing it too, I went in basically blind). But man, I was getting real bored of seeing the next town or area be more brown and grey. Dark Brown and grey. Black and brown. Black and Grey. Yes, it makes the magic and combat pop more in contrast, but for as beautifully designed the areas are they really started to bore me with their drab color palette.

• Motion blur was obnoxious, glad that got patched out.

• Game is piss easy. I only died a few times when fighting Hunts WAY above my level. And even then I still beat them after learning their easily telegraphed patterns. Will get into FF mode to see if that helps, but if it's just a "Enemies do more damage and have more health" I don't think that will improve things, it will just make battles longer and not more difficult.

• Music is forgettable save for a few tracks. "Our Terms" though rivals Besaid Island for me for chillest FF track of all time. I could listen to that forever. Boss theme is also a bop, glad it played for every Hunt. The rest is "Dark Fantasy orchestrated filler"

• The characters are quite wooden and uninteresting, which unfortunately includes Clive. There were a handful of characters who brought some life to the screen like Gav, Cid, Byron, and a few of the villains like Bennie and Kupka. The rest you could almost swap their personalities and you'd never know the difference. Clive, Josh, Dion, Otto, etc. Torgal best boy though.

• The customization/loot is really dull. Whenever I got a new sword with bigger numbers, I never felt it at all. That and you're completely dumped on with crafting materials non stop that barely matter whatsoever. It got to a point where if I saw a shiny thing on the ground, I wouldn't even bother swerving to pick it up. The only equipment I felt made any difference is accessories which reduce your CDs.

• Party members might as well have not have existed, I almost never felt their presence in any battle, including Torgal. I saw their spells and saw them doing some stuff, but they don't have any HP and can't die so I never felt the need to give a crap.

• Stop taking my control away during boss fights to do needless QTEs. Who actually likes these?! If you want to show something cool happen, just show it. Don't freeze the game until I press Square.

• The game teased and didn't deliver on a lot of FF staples. Won't say them here, but man...The FF fan in me was disapointed more than once. Seriously KYLE and WADE? You know what you did.

Pros:

• Voice acting is incredibly well done. Like damn, no more anime sounds between sentences makes everything feel much more natural. Lip syncing seemed to be pretty good as well.

• Graphics are unbelievably good. I could not BELIEVE some of the stuff I was seeing being pulled off, mouth was agape for much of the run.

• 0 Loading times, how in the hell?! Much appreciated especially when trudging through a lot of the uninteresting quests.

• Combat feels really good. Despite it looking like there's 1000 things happening on screen, I always feel completely in control and know exactly what I need to do/how to do it. I also feel this is where Clive really comes to life and drops the dull whispery voice in favor of some brutal grunts and trash talk. The trail challenges were also very fun to master.

• Story had me hooked from start to finish. Even despite the brutal pacing, I always wanted to know what the hell was going on. A lot of my predictions did come true, but many did not and that impressed me.

• Boss fights are the incredible escalation of the game systems put to the test as they should be. Still wish they were a little tougher, but I was always dumb founded at what I was seeing play out. I felt the weight of the situation in a big way.

• Eikons. Man. The scale of their power was sold SO well. More plz.

• Really important side quests were marked with a + rather than a ! which was a nice touch.

• Active Time Lore was definitely needed and I hope it appears in every story based game ever from here on out.

• The game does not feel incomplete, glitchy, or otherwise needing polish. This AAA game came out finished, and it's sad that I need to praise this nowadays but I do.

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I'm probably missing some stuff, but thats my immediate regurgitation of things I felt. Solid 6.5/10 "For me" game, but as a video game in general ignoring my tastes I'd probably say it's a 9/10.

Seanchan posted...

That was an informative video!

I've only played the main games from 6 onward, so I didn't know the original had limited use magic. It also explains why there's that pirate dude in the videos I've seen from Strangers of Paradise.

I unironicly love Stranger of Paradise and kind of want to dive into the DLC some time soon.

Lol Glad you enjoyed that. I do wonder how my son will react once he grows up and finds the channel.

I personally like the numbering going strong. At this point it makes them uniquely stubborn.

Hey that guy made another video, damn he's good.

https://youtu.be/1q8uO4pWH0s

https://twitter.com/Doctor_Cupcakes/status/1661018556803457026

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/9/8/AAZUkRAADeBW.jpg

I need more friends to play with...