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masterpug53 posted...

Garioshi posted...

masterpug53 posted...

You should be able to recruit Fargo before fighting the Six Dragons - it's incredibly worthwhile to successfully steal from all six of them.

EDIT dug up my old player's guide to remind me, and that's still a few events away, so you should be fine for now.

bruh spoilers

I didn't think something so general would spoil anything, but I do apologize if it did.

I just really don't want to be spoiled on this game at all.
Ricemills posted...

well, 95% of the people with picture in their text box are recruitable, so it's almost obvious.

Well, yeah.
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masterpug53 posted...

Garai is a beast, best go in prepared.

Let me just reroll my shit RNG.
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masterpug53 posted...

You should be able to recruit Fargo before fighting the Six Dragons - it's incredibly worthwhile to successfully steal from all six of them.

EDIT dug up my old player's guide to remind me, and that's still a few events away, so you should be fine for now.

bruh spoilers
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Let's just kill the only person who could possibly grant us access to the Dead Sea, why not?
i didn't save shitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshit
that was legitimately terrifying
and we finally have us nikki
now where's miki, i really want to recruit her
That platform seems incredibly inefficient, not gonna lie.
Damn, is the game actually dropping frames?
Yep, the framerate of the text actually dropped. Clever of them to disguise it in a scene where absolutely nobody moves.
Switching Radius and Norris out for Irines and Janice.
Opened up the Dead Sea after not being able to convince Fargo or find Nikki. Let's-a-go.
oh please tell me i get to literally knock on death's door
Since when is the Masamune an evil sword?
Einlanzer sounds familiar for some reason, but I can't put my finger on why.
Huts... Ooh, the Hermit's Hut?
Nailed it.
Jesus, I think I know why Radius kept losing to Garai.
Yo, Razzly!
And she doesn't want to join my party, of course.
Now, the Isle of the Damned!
God, WillO'Wisps look so damn familiar It's on the tip of my tongue, does anyone know what I'm talking about? I want to say it's a Kirby enemy, but that feels wrong.
Oh, I totally didn't notice Janice was a rabbit girl beforehand. And she's also stupidly powerful.
No way, is Radius going to turn on us?
Well that could have been drawn out slightly longer...
Oh, let's fight a dead man instead.
This is still really damn cool, though.
We have a mermaid down, I repeat, mermaid down.
And a bunny girl down.
I'm not down yet, but Lynx will not stop missing.
And now I'm down.
RNG really fucking hated me that battle.
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Ricemills posted...

Garioshi posted...

Ricemills posted...

it seems you didnt have a thief in your main party, we gotta fix that.

I don't have any thief characters recruited so

Kid, Mel, and Fargo.

None of which are available to me at the moment. I figured you could recruit Fargo at some point, but I don't have him and I'm pretty sure I haven't had an opportunity to recruit him yet.
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Ricemills posted...

it seems you didnt have a thief in your main party, we gotta fix that.

I don't have any thief characters recruited so
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...it wasn't required for story progress at all.
Excuse me, I need to scream very loudly.
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After TWO GODDAMN HOURS, I finally beat it. Fuck this. Why would they require something so RNG-based for story progress?
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l DID IT TWICE IN A ROW AAAAAAAAAAA
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Who could have ever guessed that Nikki is actually Fargo's son?
ngl this is actually pretty cool
Picked Total Chaos, Lagoonate, and Crossbones.
I hit the Beeba with Just4Kicks. It got knocked down, walked to its original position, and then died.
...and there's the kicker. Should have seen that coming.
Yep, I'm fucked. That's a bit unfair, in my opinion.
Barely survived the second battle, accidentally hit circle and went into the final one with my 3 weakest monsters. God fucking dammit.
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Sir Norris? I didn't know Chuck was in this game.
Oh, he's a medieval Leon Kennedy. Even has a gun.
Gonna swap Harle out, she's inferior in every way that I care about to Norris.
I just found out that you can manage members not currently in your party. I'm stupid.
Ooh, a tour cruise ship! Are we recruiting someone, now?
Miki? Can I finally recruit you?
No, no I can't.
Oh, this is the ghost ship in Another World! Nice.
And Fargo isn't a fucking pirate this time.
Off to Marbule now.
...and now I have to go back to the cruise ship. Ugh.
Before that, though, I'm going to check out the El Nido triangle.
"Go in" u wot m8
okay we can all breathe underwater why the fuck not
I'm fighting schools of fish. And pufferfish that do almost half my health in one hit. Getting the FUCK out of dodge.
Oh, Fargo's a fish fucker. I don't judge. And only fish with German accents, apparently. They can also walk on their tails, for some reason?
Let me guess: The old man is the sage of Marbule.
Confirmed not even 10 seconds later.
And now we're going to gamble our ability to leave the ship in what is obviously a rigged system to maybe have the chance to talk to an old man.
As per usual, everything that has the appearance of being better in Home World is actually worse.
Oh, who would have guessed? We lost a rigged game?
Is this really happening? Is being turned into a cat actually going to be a plot point?
ngl this is hilarious
Who would have guessed that a compass could be rigged by a magnet?
Pfft, that's an adorable climbing animation.
To beat the character limit, they put "Ag47" instead of "silver". Pfft.
This foreshadowing is about as subtle as an 18-wheeler plowing into you at 100 miles per hour.
I imagine Sneff talking like the police officer who gets out of the car to take a piss at the beginning of Resident Evil 4.
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BipBapBam posted...

Xenozoa425 posted...

DocileOrangeCup posted...

Pepys Monster posted...

Mine is a hand.

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Ricemills posted...

Garioshi posted...

Ricemills posted...

Garioshi posted...

I hate the spelling "daemon", and it only seems to come up in JRPGs. Any reason for this?

daemon means guardian spirit/ deity in ancient greek. the word "demon" is a corruption of the word, along with the meaning (indicating that the old gods was actually demons).

Huh. Any reason why the spelling only pops up in JRPGs, then?

because they think it's cool? just like evangelion picks kabbalism as the central theme, they just thought that it was cool without even understanding what it means.

Makes sense, I guess.
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Ricemills posted...

Garioshi posted...

I hate the spelling "daemon", and it only seems to come up in JRPGs. Any reason for this?

daemon means guardian spirit/ deity in ancient greek. the word "demon" is a corruption of the word, along with the meaning (indicating that the old gods was actually demons).

Huh. Any reason why the spelling only pops up in JRPGs, then?
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and the best cover of it ever

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masterpug53 posted...

You're making me want to give the game another spin. Like most of the cherished RPGs I played in my childhood, it's been probably a decade since my last playthrough.

Definitely enjoying myself. I'm nowhere close to beating it, so keep that in mind, but I definitely recommend replaying it.
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This game is so damn good at subverting expectations. Here I thought Termina would be better than in Another World based on everything I've seen so far, but nope, it's under martial law.
That was implemented by me.
Whoops.
Porre's "state-of-the-art weaponry" that will prevent popular uprisings is a giant cannon inside of the city. Brilliant.
Recruited Van. Very nice scene, though I can't say I'm a fan of his stats. What use does he have in combat?
Strolling on over to the forest, gotta find a dad who ran away in pursuit of shrooms. I wish I could do that in real life.
Saved him from the ingame equivalent of tissue paper.
Harle can't hit anything, even with the same rates. Wonder why...
Let's return to Lisa's, shall we?
Aaaaaand nothing.

Think that'll be where I end it for the night, I've got to sleep.
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All right, I'm back in the game.
Let's go back to Arni Village to see what's changed...
This game is actually genius. It shows you how trivial it seems to be when you're not on the receiving end and then makes you experience it from the other side. It shows how people you think you know can change attitudes so quickly based solely on appearances. I fucking love this game.
Nice callback to Chrono Trigger with the Heckran Soup.
Wait, what happened to Radius? Are the two realities merging?
Listen, lady, you've been standing at that Record of Fate for at least a week straight at this point. If anyone doesn't have a right to use it, it's you.
They're even calling back on the tutorial fight! This fucking game.
Oh man, Radius is in my party? Fuck yeah.
"I'll take care of the Record of Fate while you're gone"
I mean, since nobody can access it with your standing in the way of it, I guess that technically counts as taking care of it.
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Is Serge high right now? Everything looks like a child's drawing.
new phone who dis
...That waterfall is flowing backwards.
Harlequin? I mean, I guess that makes some amount of sense...
I get it, everything is about perspective, game.
Oh man, am I going to play through an M.C. Escher painting? I think this is the first time a game has ever made me say, "This is so cool" over and over again out loud while grinning like an idiot.
Not sure what the battle music on the overworld's about. It's good, though, so it gets a pass.
And we're back in the Hydra Swamp. Home World, if I'm not mistaken.
I am not mistaken. Gonna save real quick and take a break.
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...when did those stairs appear below the teleporter? Wasn't there a chest there before?
Either way, big event time.
Yes, Serge murdered Kid, what else is new?
Oh, it's in this room. That's new.
Really regretting not saving before this, I expect this to be a tough boss fight.
Hmm, he's doing multiple attacks in quick succession, something no other enemy has done up to this point. Given that we're in the Chrono universe, could it be an older version of Serge who traveled back in time? That would give a lot of the comparisons between Viper and Serge by NPCs some weight to them.
Also, when did Kid move to the back slot of the party?
ngl the flip-flop is pretty dope
oof that's a good chunk of damage right there
GIVE HIM THE CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL GRECO
that actually finished him off lmao
Ooh, a dragoon gauntlet. That's pretty dope.
Omae wa mou shindeiru
Oh wow, we're just going in dry.
What's a GlideHo-JESUS FUCK THAT'S A LOT OF DAMAGE
This dude's doing 3/4 of my health from a regular attack wtf
shitshitshitshitshithealhealhealhealheal
I vaguely feel like Lynx could be Magus, but that's just because he has a scythe.
Damn, the field effect can change the damage dealt by over 100 points.
Let's finish him off with Luminaire, just to be fancy.
ngl these CG cutscenes are making the story really damn enjoyable
WHAT
WHAT
just gonna calm down for a minute and appreciate the fact that i have the same elements
anyway
WHAT
LUCCA WHAT
god damn that new portrait is scary
ngl this story actually has me on edge, which is pretty rare in RPGs
uh how do i reach that save point
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KrystalSNES posted...

if you don't react to the big moment ahead you will not finish the game

It better be good.
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"Alphabat"
Got me to wince irl, localization team earned their keep on that one.
Oh yay, another Meteor Shower to add on to my other 6.
Is it just me or are these charm accessories not worth the equipment slot at all?
Okay, done with that. Let's actually collect the 6th crystal now. Time to ride the teleporter that isn't actually a teleporter.
I just now realized that those 6 bosses were based off of the color of the crystal they were guarding. I'm a fucking moron.
Gonna break off this post here just because I know something big is happening as soon as I ride the teleporter.
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Going down leads to something I can't do right now. Let's try up.
Oh, we've come full circle. Still don't have Miki, though, which is disappointing.
Probably gonna switch out Greco for Razzly after this, Greco's doing fuck-all for damage.
...never mind, he just solo'd an enemy with his regular attacks.
I hate the spelling "daemon", and it only seems to come up in JRPGs. Any reason for this?
Oh, another recolor for the 6th crystal. Getting a bit lazy, aren't we? Can't blame them, though, with the sheer amount of bosses i this game.
...I stand corrected, what the fuck? Am I not remembering the opening of this game correctly?
Either way, boss down. Gonna go snatch up any collectibles I missed before I grab the crystal, though.
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For the record, my current party is Serge, Kid, and Greco.

Crystal number 5-oh
The sun from the Teletubbies caught tetanus, apparently.
Kissy-wissy? What's tha-BAD TOUCH BAD TOUCH NO NO NO NO NO KILL IT WITH FIRE
That death animation was really fucking disturbing.
I think that's the first boss in an RPG to straight-up creep me out.
All right then, crystal number 5 down.
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here's a video with an ad over twice as long baked into it
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tbh i don't want to be too hard on him, he went through a lot of abuse as a child and is currently spending a lot of his willpower on his diet as he continues to lose weight
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Sphyx posted...

darkjedilink posted...

this millennium

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Why that term specifically?

Columbine.
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this guy was a key figure in funding actual fucking terrorists and has the gall to call the survivors of a school shooting "criminal civil terrorists"

imagine actually fucking defending the nra at this point holy shit
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NeonOctopus posted...

Look at all this rich context!

i can't even get through a 2-minute segment from the daily show without 5 minutes of buffering, and that's assuming it doesn't crash
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nt
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They'd better have every goddamn statistic there is.
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not currently in college but i'm going for a master's in physics
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https://imgur.com/5ifo2en
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this happened
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ThatMuttGuy posted...

"I have never liked money itself as a concept." -BlingBling22947

@Bullet_Wing
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@Veggeta_X
@HypnoCoosh
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Veggeta X posted...

We still support embedding from imgtc.com, giphy.com, and gfycat.com

Are these easier to use? Imma have to try these.

imgtc is for image and video hosting with absolutely no fluff or unnecessary distractions. Great when it works, which is less often than I'd like it to be. Don't Google it, though. The first result you get from imgtc.com is NSFL.
giphy is almost exclusively gif hosting, though I'm not familiar with it.
gfycat is for video uploads of up to 1 minute. It can trim videos you have saved and upload just that trimmed portion and has some great tools for viewing as well.
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because the old one purged.

Doing a blind marathon of the following Square PS1 games in order:

Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy Tactics

I made a bit of progress since the last topic purged; I got the Frost Breath (or whatever it is), made my way through Mt. Pyre, entered Fort Dragonia, and activated the four gemstones there. Taurusoid is probably my favorite boss in any Square RPG.
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I would use imgtc for everything if it didn't stop working every other week
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do i have to pay for the mcdonald's i'm required to eat
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it's almost like they graduated into a recession or something
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Smallville posted...

It says so in the bible? Not like that really is important at all

Yes, it does. Therefore, all "true" Christians should be against interracial marriage.
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Smallville posted...

who said god was against it?

Deuteronomy 7:2-4
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god
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darkjedilink posted...

ledbowman posted...

darkjedilink posted...

Giant_Aspirin posted...

darkjedilink posted...

Squall28 posted...

Liberals: *tries to find solution for gun violence*

Conservatives: STOP pushing politics when we have gun violence!

If liberals had a solution to gun violence, liberal cities wouldn't be the most violent in America.

liberals have solutions but conservatives refuse to comply.

i can play the bullshit partisan blame game, too, but it gets us nowhere

What solutions have liberals offered that are effective, legal, not already law, and not a preface to gun confiscation?

Close the gun show loophole.

How many shootings are done by people buying a gun from a gun show that they couldn't legally get otherwise?

Not many, so it isn't effective. Try again.

nice evidence
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I have bought objectively worse versions of games I already own, so yes, provided I like the game in question enough.
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Veggeta X posted...

No the results did not shock me. Should have just posted Jinjo.

Made me laugh harder than I should have.
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Irony posted...

Red9 and TMP

Damn you.
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