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Topic~*Save My Persona Character*~ Round 2 *NEW RULES*
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:31:11 PM
#40
TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:25:21 PM
#108
Mac Arrowny posted...
What does this even mean though? Couldn't you say it's a waste of time to play FFIX at all? What's the reason to do so, besides having fun?


...I don't think I've been unclear in what I've said but apparently I have

the game gives you zero reason to play Tetra Master (as in, absurdly great rewards like Triple Triad does) and most of the characters still carry the same crappy low level cards late into the game so there's not much reason to play it regularly even just as a collect-a-thon to get all the cards

like I rarely play mini-games just to play them; the game needs to give me a reason to want to play this instead of advancing the story

I'll even put up with something I don't necessarily enjoy if the payoff is worth it

once I realized Tetra Master wasn't worth my time I dropped it totally
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:21:54 PM
#105
the one thing I will say in Covenant's favor is that the young girl in your party is actually good (although I think I'm in the minority on that)

which is extremely rare for a JRPG
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Topic~*Save My Persona Character*~ Round 2 *NEW RULES*
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:18:18 PM
#37
TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:18:03 PM
#102
Yeah, the characters being mostly miss is what kinda scared me off.

I mean Covenant's cast is kinda hit or miss too but it's more hit than miss, at least
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:15:36 PM
#99
The Mana Sword posted...
I dunno, pretty much nobody ever matters in any shadow hearts game aside from Yuri, and to a lesser extent Alice.

covenant isnt too much better, its still the Yuri show


Well yeah, Yuri is still the main dude, but the party at least participates and they have unique, discernible personalities. They also have their own sidequests. SH1 almost feels like an SNES RPG (or Chrono Cross without accents) where you might as well have stock responses regardless of who's in your party.
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:14:05 PM
#98
The Mana Sword posted...
shadow hearts hot and cold

I actually think the first game is kinda garbage, but covenant and ftnw are some of my favorite rpgs


I've still never played From The New World. Didn't seem as good and it looked like they went a little too far off the deep end.
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:12:09 PM
#96
Yeah, you might like Covenant better. The playable cast is like twice as large, and there's a lot more party interaction.

and holy crap the gameplay is worlds better

The atmosphere is a step back from SH1, but otherwise it's a much better game, at least to me.
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:09:39 PM
#93
I said it's a waste of time if you want to try to play it regularly, like I did one time. I stopped because I realized there was no reason for me to do so.
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:08:20 PM
#91
Shadow Hearts was a very hot and cold experience for Jeff Zero

he really liked it at first but at some point (not exactly sure when) he stopped enjoying it as much

I'm not sure if he'd like Covenant more. It would depend on what exactly he doesn't like about SH1.
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:06:24 PM
#87
The Mana Sword posted...
wow Jeff zero never legitimately beat shadow hearts huh


he's literally right before the last boss

the game is still sitting in the PS3 waiting for him when he gets back
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:04:49 PM
#83
Chocobo Hot and Cold more like Chocobo Lukewarm

but at least there's a reason to play that so I usually do
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:04:17 PM
#79
I think you had me do something in Shadow Hearts for you, but I forget what. I think it was a Judgment Ring where you had to push the buttons really fast to get them all since the window was so tight, maybe.
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:02:24 PM
#76
I'm pretty solid at button mashing, but I don't like the Hippaul racing thing at all, so I never bothered with it after I realized it was dumb and I didn't want to do it.

what button-mashing thing did you have me do for you that one time? I forget
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 10:01:12 PM
#73
yeah I can imagine FFIX is a nightmare if you're a completionist

thankfully I am not
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 9:58:31 PM
#69
Those are all in my top 20.

Not sure where Odyssey will rank exactly, but it's definitely a top 50.
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 9:57:04 PM
#67
yeah that's one of the things that is a total waste of time

Tetra Master is the biggest waste of time though if you actually try to play it. I decided I would try to play it regularly like I do for Triple Triad on one of my playthroughs, where I challenge each person who plays to one game each.

I think I quit playing cards in Dali because that's a bad mini-game and there's zero incentive to play it.
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 9:52:11 PM
#65
SaveEstelle posted...
Tonight on Things ResetERA People Say:

No, but you tried to call out FF9 for wasting the player's time with a false claim. You do not need to Steal to strengthen your core stats. 9999 Thievery is the most tryhard, GameFaqs era goalpost out there. It's completely unnecessary. I completely ignored Stealing in my first playthrough and got through the game fine, because Zidane's base kit is good and FF9 isn't difficult enough to justify it.


I mean he's not totally wrong

FFIX does give you plenty of things that are a total waste of time, but most of them aren't necessary.

now while I can understand the temptation to never steal in FFIX because of how bad the steal rate is I've never gone THAT far
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 9:50:26 PM
#64
Also, I keep forgetting to re-post my Friend Code in case anyone in here wants to add me.

SW-0952-2280-9619
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 9:49:30 PM
#63
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I'm all done with Mario Odyssey. Not going to bother with the jump rope or volleyball tedium, so I technically didn't get all the Power Moons, but close enough. I did get all the purple coins though! So yeah, great game. Let's do a quick SMB ranking!

Galaxy 2 > Galaxy 1 > SMB3 > SMW > Odyssey > Yoshi's Island > Mario 64 > SMB1 > 3D Land > SMB2 > Sunshine > NSMB

Something like that, maybe. There are still a few I haven't played.
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TopicSuppose I wanted to finally get into the Shin Megami Tensei/Persona series
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 9:29:40 PM
#8
TopicSuppose I wanted to finally get into the Shin Megami Tensei/Persona series
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 9:28:02 PM
#6
beats me

I just know you can hop right into Persona 3 and be perfectly fine
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TopicSuppose I wanted to finally get into the Shin Megami Tensei/Persona series
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 9:23:46 PM
#4
They originally stuck the Shin Megami Tensei title on Persona for the English releases just to attach it to an already established series in hopes it would help it sell

now that Persona is way more popular than SMT for English audiences they don't do that anymore

I don't know much of anything about SMT so I can't help you there, but I think they share a lot of the same lore in terms of the types of demons and other spirit beings that are in each series
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TopicSuppose I wanted to finally get into the Shin Megami Tensei/Persona series
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 9:19:21 PM
#2
Persona and SMT aren't related in terms of plot/canon, so you don't necessarily have to play both.
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Topic~*Save My Persona Character*~ Round 2 *NEW RULES*
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 9:17:44 PM
#30
TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 8:24:10 PM
#60
TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 8:15:25 PM
#57
eh I don't mean that kind of fanservice

I'm talking about the type of stuff Hollow Ataraxia appears to be

Kingdom Hearts is another great instance (of many) of fanservice

like the inherent meaning of fanservice should be positive imhotbqh

serve me for I am a fan
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Topic~*Save My Persona Character*~ Round 2 *NEW RULES*
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 8:07:21 PM
#22
TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 8:06:42 PM
#54
most fanservice is the good type so I don't know that I agree with using "but" there
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 7:59:17 PM
#51
I mean Jeff Zero hasn't played Trails the 3rd either so that comparison doesn't mean anything
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 7:54:52 PM
#49
man you're getting into some deep meta stuff there, reminds me of Umineko

but Archer is enough of a jerk that it definitely sounds like something he would do
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 7:52:00 PM
#47
SaveEstelle posted...
Mac Arrowny posted...
For Archer's backstory, it isn't actually revealed in any of the games, but in some side materials that were released later IIRC. The Shirou that becomes Archer didn't have anyone. Saber, Ilya, Sakura, and Rin all died during his Holy Grail War. A big part of the reason that Shirou isn't going to end up like Archer again is that he has Rin with him. Since he's not alone, he won't go down the wrong path.

Also there's a ton of Fate Universe stuff! Hollow Ataraxia is a direct sequel to F/SN. The original game is huge. It got Zero as a prequel. Grand Order doesn't really follow up on the F/SN story, but it's a neat plotline with lots of story in its own. And then there's Extra and Apocrypha as AUs.


So wait, if their deaths were such catalysts, why didn't Archer just try his darnedest to help protect them for Shiro's sake?


I would guess Archer would have no way of knowing that was the solution. The surefire guaranteed way to make sure it doesn't happen is just to kill Shiro.
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 7:39:53 PM
#42
Oh hey, a new FFVII Found in Translation video was released today (this is part 8). It covers the Gold Saucer/Corel Prison part of the game, which I'm pretty sure was as far as I played on the FFVII PS4 port when Jeff Zero was here. We'll have to pick up where we left off when he comes back because FFVII is rad. This video is also rad.


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Topic10 highly-rated 2017 video games enter the ring.
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 7:18:44 PM
#10
Yeah, I definitely had some doubts going into it, but it managed to allay most of them.
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Topic10 highly-rated 2017 video games enter the ring.
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 7:17:35 PM
#8
xp1337 posted...
wow someone sure isn't doing a good job of saving estelle by leaving trails the 3rd out of the poll


this isn't a save my man it's just a poll
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Topic10 highly-rated 2017 video games enter the ring.
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 7:16:39 PM
#6
SaveEstelle posted...
LeonhartFour posted...
Odyssey > Persona 5 > Breath of the Wild


Wow, Odyssey over even P5 for you?


Odyssey's that good, yeah.

I think I've cooled on P5 just a bit though. You'll probably wind up liking it more than I did. It's still really good though.
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Topic10 highly-rated 2017 video games enter the ring.
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 7:08:02 PM
#2
TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 7:04:03 PM
#39
xp1337 posted...
saber ranked way too high


I knew from the beginning that Saber would be one of his favorites.

I totally anticipated his top three being his top three because they're all the kinds of characters he tends to like.
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Topic~*Save My Persona Character*~ Round 2 *NEW RULES*
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 7:02:41 PM
#14
Topic~*Save My Persona Character*~ Round 2 *NEW RULES*
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 7:02:27 PM
#13
TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 6:57:10 PM
#38
Sakura has loads of potential, even if UBW didn't meet fulfill it. She does have a bigger role in F/SN than in UBW, so I guess I'm just gradually building up to the ultimate payoff!

I guess I'll rank all the characters between both continuities once I finish F/SN.
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TopicQuinton Ranks 100 Nominated Battle Themes + 100 Nominated Overworld Themes
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 6:50:22 PM
#265
3-D Mario games are odd situations because they're usually pretty big areas (and Odyssey's are bigger than normal) where there's a lot to do and it's the same music throughout for the most part

However, they usually have a hub (Odyssey doesn't though), so I don't know if you'd rather count the hub instead.
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TopicSHINE and Arti rank their 22 Platinum Trophies in 2017
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 6:47:47 PM
#91
TopicThemes of Battle the 103: Ratings and Rankings presented by NFUN
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 6:46:53 PM
#138
xp1337 posted...
time to bail on this topic tbqhhhh


such a familiar feeling
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TopicNFL Discussion Topic - Week 17
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 6:45:51 PM
#136
to be fair this season might have been Marvin Lewis's best coaching job

how in the heck did that team win 7 games
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Magic Fate/Ball Edition [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 1:21:28 AM
#481
as in "Llama Llama Mad at Mama?"

(I only know those books because of two girls here that you and I both know that nobody else here knows as far as I know so I won't use their names)

Jennifer Connelly never did much for me though
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Magic Fate/Ball Edition [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 1:12:39 AM
#479
my teenage self used to have a big crush on Jennifer Garner actually

although my original childhood celebrity crushes were probably Alicia Silverstone and Bridgette Wilson, two actresses who also no longer do anything as far as I'm aware

actually I guess my teenage self had a thing for Jennifers because Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jennifer Aniston were two more celebrity crushes

somehow Jennifer Aniston is the only one who has survived to continue to do things
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 1:03:54 AM
#28
I'd have to do a good bit of thinking (and you probably more than I) so I figured I'd throw it out early on so we can go ahead and be considering our lists

I keep wondering when scarlet is going to come in and thank us for using his suggestion
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TopicQuinton and Leonhart in Different Houses: Happy New Ymir! [JZLF]
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 12:59:03 AM
#26
maybe next topic we could do our top ten anime fights ever
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TopicQuinton Ranks 100 Nominated Battle Themes + 100 Nominated Overworld Themes
LeonhartFour
01/02/18 12:32:09 AM
#256
and if they aren't bumped then they're no threads of mine
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