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Apparently gotta fight Garcia first. Calamity Claw flicker flicker flicker flicker flicker flicker flicker come on

Can't wait to see what horrific abomination Guenter turns into!

oh that explains that I guess


Okay this guy is just Proto-Duarte from the Expanse. And looks like Demon Rean. I guess Rean may be part of it too maybe??

Inevitable Struggle and not a unique Phase 1 theme, dang

...did... did he just vanish half the stage with zero warning? I think this is the first time I've lost to a Kiseki final boss, and I'm not happy that that's how it happened (technically Josh survived but then got immediately ganked to his S-Craft). I guess there were subtle clues when you killed his friends and parts fell off, but they died so quickly I didn't even notice. Getting past that, he's really easy wow. Didn't even take long either; he fucking jobs to Last Disaster

I should've trusted myself more. HERE is Renne's dramatic entrance!

Hey, an S-Craft compilation just like in FC! I already very deliberately killed his second phase with a +50% STR, Crit, 200CP Phoenix Wave though, so this is a little less climatic

The scene with Renne was pretty funny when keeping in mind the SSS is standing just out of shot awkwardly while Estelle and Renne have their moment. Pater-Mater putting Renne down was cheesy but I still cheered for him

Exceptional


And Estelle and Joshua got real intimate at the awards ceremony


Zero no Kiseki beated. Pretty strong ending--I was surprised that everything was wrapped up cleanly with still room for a sequel. FC and SC1 had Falcom cliffhangers, CS2 was just despair, and SC and 3rd had pretty final finals. This was ended like a normal story in a series! Credits were oddly not great. Not even a slideshow, just a poorly panning city and then fire.

Conclusion in next post

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objectivism is obscure?

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The Mana Sword posted...

very few people realize that obama actually nominated gorsuch

very few people realize the largest integer is 6.5 either

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Thanks for the assist, Chest


The way Tio pronounced "metamorphosis"... my god

Guess I'm at the end


I've long since learned my lesson about trying to beat these games late at night, so this shall be finished tomorrow

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I can't wait for Renne to fly down with Pater Mater at some climatic confrontation, stopping everybody in their tracks with jaws agape while she giggles at the fun

I got the cheevo for doing all of the quests, but I only have 343 DP. Apparently, 1st Rank Detective is 376 and max is 380. I don't think I messed up so badly to be missing that much, so I guess you'll get the rest at the end... and the reward for it as well?? At least I still have this


Christ, I'm short hundreds of quartz to even finish Tio's setup. I have no water quartz, and 4000 of the higher elements. This'll be nice for my wallet, but jeez. Guess I get to farm in the Geofront for a while

oh I guess I'm right about Joachim. Nice

Yin, sick. She kind of swings her sword like Loewe. This hospital theme was the same as that little bit at the very beginning of the game, right?

WAIT HOLY SHIT YIN NARUTO RUNS! Dammit

oh my goodness... they let me into a linen closet... this is everything i ever could've wanted in these games...

!!!


I guess Ernest decided to fully emulate his hero Gilbert and got some enhancement. Seems like he swallowed a gemstone containing Yelig-nar, the Blightwind amirite

Oh, Paradise was a lodge? I considered that Renne was part of this but thought it would be too convenient and didn't really fit with what we already knew about her. Which in retrospect doesn't make much sense, since it explains everything pretty well, from her genius to Ouroboros raiding it. Wait is that Kevin?? Nope, that's just a generic look apparently. And there's Renne's Pater-Mater exit.

I really had enough stamina for about another fifteen of those fights guys, you really didn't need to worry

Finally, Roaring Over the Barrier and cutscenes appear! And Light Illuminating the Depths (though I knew that was at the end)

I gotta hand it to the game for making each guest party member more exciting than the last. Noel was obviously gonna be one, Dudley was expected but still cool. Yin was awesome, and this is pure hype


Although I DON'T SEEM TO REMEMBER THEM BEING THERE at the beginning of the game

I was upset for a second because Estelle lost Wheel of Time but then I realized PHOENIX WAVE IS CASSIUS'S S-CRAFT!!!!

Fear my power


Joshua only slashes once in battle and I don't know if I can handle it

Last Disaster fucks everything up and I don't know if they can handle it


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Enteon clearly

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TheRock1525 posted...

how big can my anime tiddies be

you have options
https://i.imgur.com/h0BE1oG.png

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Roll Me In? More like ROWNED Me In!
Another Winter? More like Another OWNAGE!

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wow today is good

+3 Zeal Continent

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I have no idea who the puppetmaster could be. It'll be a sprited character who has indicated at points that they know what's going on or has been involved with at least one storyline case. Won't be anybody in the Mafia or Heiyue. Very much it'd be a bracer, unless they feel really bold. Won't be any of the SSS. Doubt it'll be a cop or a member of the CGF either. I'm sure it isn't the mayor, or Lechter or Kilika. Ilya is too closely tied with the surprise of Rixia to be the demon, even if I had any reason to suspect her. Cecilia may be it if Falcom is ballsy and wants to completely surprise us.

My best guess is Doctor Joachim. He's got a similar profile to Alba, and this game hasn't shied away from repeating archetypes. He's conveniently an expert in both Pharmacology and Neurology, which are relevant to the cult's pursuits, he's very decidedly carefree and innocuous, which obviously makes him more suspicious, and he's a character that's been around enough that nobody's going to have forgotten him.

Anyway, onto the Final Chapter

edit: oh yeah the Crois exist. maybe it could be them, although i thought that as soon as I met him and felt it was too obvious

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So I wandered into Imelda's or whatever to buy an accessory and apparently she has a quest for me now, even though I talked to her earlier and nobody had dialogue changes (besides the Guild)?? wack. At least maybe I can see one of the Thirteen Factories?.. How the hell did he grab these monsters from Phantasmagoria?

They're explicitly dolls, so maybe Renne told them about them and he got inspired? Shoutouts to the enemy description which fails to mention the physical reflect the Tildawns have. At least confuse is surprisingly easy to deal with when you see it coming in this game. Just have Recuria ready to cast right after the enemies' turn, and if you must have other people casting too so they won't hit themselves.

Seriously, did they just not playtest some parts of the game? The level 25 monster chest had two apes, with 10k health each that were immune to all debuffs. The level 30 monster chest had two Master Cryons, with 6k health each and only resisted status and only used arts. Extremely easy to slow, delay and art reflect. I could've taken this chest five levels ago, and that old chest would be obnoxious to take now.

whoa this spooky song is cool. almost sounds like an arrangement of something from Battle Network, somehow

hmm... if KeA had her memory wiped because she was involved with the cult and had to take the drugs, I have a feeling at some point she'll start to regain her memories and be overcome with pain. The Power of Friendship and some cheesy speeches by Lloyd will probably be used to fix that

I'm happy to report that our work is still cut out for us.

Wow, speaking of unbalanced fights, I decided to try the level 40 monster chest on the lark. The enemies were beefy, but with no more health than those damned dirty apes and had a severe weakness to time. They couldn't one-shot any of my guys (although they did cause Faint), and, most importantly, had low accuracy. An Aqua Mirage was enough to get them to miss 2/3 of the time, and Elie was literally untouchable. Jeez. Too bad the reward was... mediocre.

They really should've put a shortcut to the bottom of the tower.

Again. The Tower's extermination had a fairly tanky enemy with Arts cancel that did a fair amount of damage. Not too terrible, but not very easy to deal with. The Moon Temple had an enemy that used Galion Tower, which is pretty annoying to deal with--a fight of impede spams. The Ancient Battlefield had an enemy with deathblow... that also dies in like three art attacks. The game warns you about this status too. This fight was literally nine turns long and required zero effort, and would take less if I felt like S-Craft spam (which, incidentally, is easy to do since you have Invigorate and can grind CP off of the stationary monster). I don't expect exterminations to necessarily be difficult, but I did think this batch would have around the same strength, rather than two endurance fights then a joke.

Oh cool, Dudles finally joins the party. And he brought me an EP 3 as a gift, how sweet!

We're nearing the final chapter and they send Flying Felines after us

Oh, the samurai weeb robot. There was one of these in CS2, wasn't there?

Dudley's S-Craft is hysterical

YOOOOO TIO IS THE NEW KEVIN HELL YEAH

They probably shouldn't say that all of my support requests will expire if I continue when they won't (I looked up requirements for the peculiar dish quest to make sure I was ready to turn it in).

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LinkMarioSamus posted...

I swear the only reason Trump puts so much value on the economy is because it being so strong pre-pandemic was the main reason for Trump's high ratings.

Of course the reality TV star sees the presidency as a big ratings competition. D'oh. What did people think?

no fucking shit

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you mean Red Dead Rev? It's pretty obsolete as far as I know...

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Alright, I'll elaborate: and other bits in the middle of the game and having to with contextualizing Joel and Abby's actions

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Sorozone posted...

People are upset with the handling of Joel, based on the first 3 hours of the game, with no additional context of a 25-30 hour game? Outside of some bits that have to do with the ending.

Who knows maybe she is a psychopath who just wants blood. Maybe there is no additional context to her character or Joel's death in the...I dunno other 80 percent of the game.

Leonhart4 posted...

but we've discussed ending spoilers as well at various points.

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pezzicle posted...

I'm literally pointing out how an argument is flawed and in getting flack because it doesn't go with the narrative

i have zero stake in this game at all. I'm only here because I'm finding people's reaction interesting. You're acting like a child

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pezzicle posted...

lol all i needed to know

peace board 8

don't break your promises

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Getting almost all of the equipment there is pretty good

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Zeal Continent? More like Zeal COWNEDtinent!
Mechalullaby? More like MechalOWNEDaby!
Flying Clouds, Drifting Haze? More like Flying OWNED, Drifting OWNED!

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Shinjugamori
Pressure Cooker

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It's RBY, but because my mind is twisted after reading the title I immediately thought Smash Ultimate?

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I wonder if Central Square's Bell is gonna start doing silly stuff as a plot point sometime

The cops were chasing a piggy in this kids' book? Sounds like they got things mixed up a little hee horf

oh shit


Hell yeah Estelle!


Oh of course it's Lechter that's beating Gantz. I should've known

nooooo I missed Chapter 12 somehow my life is over

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entropy

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Questions like this should've been asked by Rian Johnson while making the Last Jedi. Maybe if they had it'd be a good movie

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what is up with people who don't like a movie not liking it?

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you have 1000 save slots available and you should take advantage of them

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dum pink ball

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After a fight where my party takes a cumulative total of 148 HP damage: "*huff huff* I still have all of my limbs... I think"
After a fight where my party has 100 HP each and almost wipes six times:

Did they even playtest these fights!? (this was against those giant flowers which are the Abyss Worms of this game)

Dude could the pro gambler be, somehow, Gantz, the miner?

Onto the Moon Temple. This is the last unexplored ruins so I guess this is the penultimate chapter. Obviously the final dungeon will be Mishyland

Yo they're using the *same* Deadman models as 3rd. They have crossbow bolts in them. We're fighting Kevin's victims. This is definitely canon

I hate that this game doesn't have Haze. The enemies are just strong enough that they won't run away from me consistently, but are weak enough that I don't get good experience from them and they aren't a threat, so fighting is a waste of time

It's so silly how some people say you don't need to play 3rd. Forget about Hajimari, how could one truly appreciate this area without it! Oh, the area boss is an Arch Devil? Hopefully it'll drop a Cat Suit +3 ehehehehe. New music too nice. That thing was easier as a miniboss overworld encounter in 3rd than as a boss here

yep it's gantz

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Joltik 8.5
Galvantula 7.5
Snom - 10
Frosmoth - 5

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Zeal
Dark Matter
Invitation Flower Autumn

deo dies
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deo attempts to get revenge, fails, and dies again

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changmas posted...

what in the world is a grinder

a sub/hoagie/hero

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Corrik7 posted...

Awesome. What's the point of a political discussion topic if you are going to "make fun" of people asking about something going on?

To be precise, I was less making fun of you than metalslug for asking the exact same thing

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dude KeA has a penguin book I'm beyond jealous

They have book #11 in the store? I only have up to 10, did I miss one?.. no, apparently the only way to get this one is to buy it. Huh

I just noticed Rixia's last name is Mao. There's no way she's related to Mrs. Mao... right?

xp would argue there's a reason for this:


I think Falcom has trouble with ages. Sunita, the girl with the kitten, is said to be the same age as Colin, but she seems to be a couple of years older than him, even accounting for normal differences in maturity. And KeA is supposed to be nine, but she seems more like she's a seven year old to me, albeit a precocious one. Maybe the amnesia is throwing off my guess

The casino is talking about some bigshot gambler, and he has a room in the hotel checked out. Guess we're gonna meet him. In my heart of hearts I hope it's Phelio from Ruan, but I bet it'll either be Jack or somebody we haven't met. Did it bother anybody else about the employees at the casino complaining about losing to him? I can see why the card player would be upset, since they have some agency in poker, at least. How can the roulette girl be upset at herself? She does literally nothing but throw the ball in the machine! Unless she cheats, of course. It's real goofy of her to be proud of her claim that "A gamble is a matter of luck". Like, no shit. That's the definition!

I'm missing seven recipes, and I want to give this kid every peculiar dish for the quest. I was kind of ok with missing some in regards to the Jizo, since a lot of supreme dishes you can buy or find, but for peculiar I'm gonna need to cook it myself.

Some old guy told me you can hear a bell at the Moon Temple ruins during the full moon. That seems fami--HOLY SAINT, HOLY SPIRIT, TELL US THE PLACE WHERE YOU EMERGE HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT TO BEAR

down six recipes

<3 Anton

five

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excellent detection of me making fun of you

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Lotad 8
Lombre 4
Ludicolo 7.5

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Is there any kind of situation currently happening in Seattle?

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Dark Man Stage? More like OWNED Man Stage!
We Are Burning Rangers (English Version)? More like We Are Burning OWNED (OWNED Version)!

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Haste_2 posted...

Whoever voted for the bottom three should be required to listen to all three at the same time

Once, in Mercs, abilities were active that made both It Has to Be This Way and Bubble Bobble play at the same time. I listened once out of curiosity. I didn't think anything could be worse than that


I have been proven wrong

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+3 Sora wo Miagete
+3 Toccatina

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Star Control 2

1. Yehat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOE-vVuBXKE
2. Supox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHg4JWnlAXw
3. Thraddash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb-gUVIqChk
4. Arilou Lalee'lay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiBJlqGQqfM
5. Commander Hayes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXeMgY4gpQQ

(WC) Spathi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTzNT8cWivo

wow I never noticed that these uploads don't have great quality until now. I can throw you their files if you want.

btw, you can add an entire playlist somebody else made to yours

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LordoftheMorons posted...

This was actually the logic of the guy who was interviewed by John Oliver in my favorite Daily Show field piece (who sued over the LHC) to conclude that there was a 50% chance that it would create a black hole that would destroy the earth...!

I think I remember that one.

This is the third time in two days I've gotten annoyed at people not understanding that a black hole the mass of a proton, or that's 15 TeV, or 30 TeV, would evaporate almost instantly (like 1E-87 seconds), which is like a quadrillion quadrillionth of a Planck second

in conclusion fuck </Scorpion>

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Reg posted...

And my die has a 50% chance of rolling a 6. Either it comes up 6 or it doesn't.

Yes

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LeonhartFour posted...

A Big Mac is a specific kind of cheeseburger. Not all cheeseburgers are Big Macs. If you go to McDonald's and order a cheeseburger, they aren't giving you a Big Mac.

just like a McGriddle is a specific kind of bacon egg and cheese (and not all McGriddles are bacon egg and cheese anyway)

I guess you could make Big Macs if you chose cheeseburger as your sandwich, but I would guess this person is specifying they just wanted to be able to choose the McGriddle bread more than anything else

That's the whole thing. A Big Mac is a cheeseburger. Your perfect cheeseburger can be a Big Mac, but won't be if more perfect cheeseburgers than Big Macs are possible. A perfect Big Mac has to be a Big Mac. I never implied that a cheeseburger and a Big Mac, or a BE&C and a McGriddle, are equivalent, or that the OP did either. The set of all possible instances of the latter is a subset of the former, which was my whole original logic. And I'd think somebody would be just as insane for saying that they wanted a daily perfect Big Mac specifically instead of a daily perfect cheeseburger

If he meant a sausage McGriddle, the same logic applies; he'd have specified wanting a sausage egg and cheese sandwich if it were available

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Reg posted...

Reminder for certain morons who don't know what probability is.

A "five in six chance" is basically saying "roll a normal six-sided die. If the result is 6, you lose."

this is stupid. biden has a 50% chance at winning. he either wins or he loses

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LeonhartFour posted...

there's a distinction between a Big Mac and a cheeseburger

which is?

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Leonhart4 posted...

Or he doesn't think they're the same thing

how is this different from specifying a big mac instead of a cheeseburger?

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MysticBrohan posted...

perfect mcgriddle is sausage
checkmate

sausage is just bacon's echo fighter

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Force

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Masha and the Bear

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