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Beat The Great Ace Attorney 1

overall ok, but felt like it had a lot of problems due to (for whatever reason) not wanting to break up investigations/trial segments over multiple days like last game. So there's entire investigation segments without any investigation just big lumps of dialog, or having people that can help push the story forward just sort of coincidentally be on the jury (instead of having a break for the day so the prosecution could find another witness to put on the stand) which got to the point where it actually pointed it out in the dialog like a damn rpg maker game.

Also I really disliked the second case, to the point where I can't help but think it's the worst in the series just because of how unsatisfying it was even though I don't really rank cases like a lot of people on b8 do. and even though I don't necessarily automatically dislike children characters, Wilson also kind of irritated me since they went a bit too far with her character being a genius/prodigy at everything, despite being sort of a stand in for Pearl like Susato is sort of a more nadesico ish Maya.

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Nominate The Great Ace Attorney 2

(I'm surprised no one's nominated or supported it yet.)

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I finished the last part of case 1 as well as case 2 over the weekend.

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ok I got it in the mail today. Haven't finished the first case yet though.

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I'm so fucked up.

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I am one of the tomatoes!

...wait. wrong series. >_>

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Still waiting on my copy of AA because it hasn't been shipped yet. >_>

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The attempt at giving the characters names/backstories in the 3 remake is actually pretty inconsequencial after the early parts of the game.

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Nominate: Fire n Ice

(since it's on the NSO app on the switch)

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Origins is more authentic to the original experience, later versions are easier/more casual (most notably, the Dawn of Souls version of FF1 changed from having a spells per day system to a MP system) but have more bonus content with the PSP adding another bonus dungeon to each game compared to the GBA version.

I personally don't feel like there's some super huge difference between NES 3 and the 3d remake - actually I think that's kind of the actual problem people have with remake, it doesn't really change as much as it could have. It gives the onion kids unique characters and tries to give them a little more backstory, but that really doesn't matter after the first few hours. Generally speaking the remake has fewer enemies at once, but they have slightly higher stats. They also changed it so that when you change jobs there's a cooldown of X battles before they start gaining job experience again (instead of having a rather toothless system in the nes version where you just have to pay a certain number of points to change jobs, which replenish after fighting a few battles). Some of the jobs are a little more viable in the remake, but it's still pretty lopsided and getting new jobs is still paced pretty badly.

For 4, the US SNES mode is the EASY MODO (which also cuts a lot of the unique commands characteres have). The PSX version is the most authentic to the original release and so is significantly harder. The GBA version is somewhere in between in difficulty, and has some more qol stuff and bonus content (like you can change party members for the final dungeon). However the US version is glitched. PSP version is based on the GBA version, and also includes all of The After Years plus a short interlude episode. The 3d remake I haven't played, but generally get the impression that it was pretty solid for 4 and the difficulty is between the original relase and the GBA/PSP versions (though with some changes, and you lose out on some of the changes like being able to choose the final party). The 3d remake of TAY is bad though, since it cuts out a ton of gameplay content. So the PSP version is probably the best overall (especially if you intend on playing TAY), though the remake for 4 is perfectly serviceable if you don't have access to it.

For 5 and 6, the GBA versions added some new bonus content. The mobile/steam versions also have this content, but it has modernized smoothed out filtered graphics which basically everyone hates.

I haven't really followed the pixel remasters closely, but I get the general impression that they are probably going to stick more closely to the originals and aren't going to have any of the bonus content of later editions. (though, tbh you probably aren't really missing much unless you absolutely have to have more)

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Get ready.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Cu-FLqWKQ


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If you want to read the manga, you would probably need to start over from the beginning. The first episode only covered a small portion of the first plot arc before the flashback, and it generally cut a lot of the supernatural/magic related stuff to put more focus on the political aspects of the series.

Also the author died a few months back so the series will go unfinished. (At the very least, there's some degree of resolution on one of the major plot threads/goals so it's not a total loss.)

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Probably broader than the tc intended, but Fromsoft games.

Also the general concept of roguelikes.

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TV series -> End of Evangelion.

that's it.

Death and rebirth is a recap movie. Rebuild is a reboot.

(also the netflix dub is bad, apparently.)

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Finished Chapter 2 in Bug Fables. Saved before the factory to take a break since I would need to restock my inventory anyway.

I'm definitely making things a lot harder than they need to be, since I'm staying in hard mode all the time. >_>

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Ended up buying Bug Fables. Dunno if I'll finish it in time but eh we'll see.

Cleared the first chapter, got the achievement for beating the boss on hard mode too.

I assume this is going to be somewhere in the 15-20 hour range?

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Nominate: SaGa Frontier

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A few things.

No, this game doesn't have any relation to the old Chocobo Dungeon games. I think it's supposed to tie into Chocobo Tales for the DS (and uses the card game from it), but I haven't played that one.

Also to be super technical, this game isn't really a Mystery Dungeon game (even though Every Buddy uses the term in the title) since it wasn't made by Chunsoft. But it's not really all that different in the end, so it's not all that inaccurate or inappropriate to use the term (it's just splitting hairs).

There's some changes to the Every Buddy version that should be pointed out too. There's a couple more jobs, and some more dungeons like you would expect. But they also added a partner system (hence the name). Also while the plot is the same, they redid a lot of the dialog/voice acting. The card game is gone though. I can't really comment on it from my own experience since I haven't put more than a few minutes in it personally.

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I'm not really familiar with Super Robot Wars 4 since it hasn't been translated yet, but from what I understand it was remade for the Saturn/PSX as Super Robot Wars F/F Final about 2 years after the Super Famicom release (...and one year after 4 was already ported to Saturn/PSX as Super Robot Wars S >_>). Though I couldn't really comment on the content or how much of a remake it was.

Also in the SRW series, you have Original Generation 2 for GBA (2005) as part of Original Generations for the PS2 (2007). There was more of a gap between OG1 and OGs though.

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I think there was an extra transformation when you played it on the gba.

I guess I should try to go back and beat it eventually.

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Nominate: SaGa Frontier and OFF

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Main thing I can think of is to not worry too much about being a completionist and some of the minigames or missables, since some of them are pretty awful/stressful and don't really have any sort of meaningful reward attached to them. Mainly thinking about the jump rope and the race minigame here. well, I think there's a trophy for the jump rope in versions with achievements, and I don't think there was a reward for the race minigame but it was ages since I played so someone could correct me if I'm wrong. Also there's an item in the final dungeon that is completely infeasible to get on your first playthrough because you have to speedrun the game to get it. (Do look up what it was when you do get to that point though)

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Beat FF6

it's nice to have a refresher (and to beat it properly without cheesing vanish/doom), since there were parts of the game I forgot about. Mostly I just remember grinding Intangirs/in the dinosaur forest, and the final battle. >_>

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ok starting the final dungeon now.

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I have Clayfighter 63 1/3 Sculptor's Cut, and Bomberman 64: The Second Attack (with box and manual).

>_>;

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I should finish up the sidequests (besides the GBA version ones) tonight, and then just have to catch up some of the other party members so they're a little more usable in the final dungeon. So I still should be able to beat it tomorrow.

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Got a little less done last night than I wanted to, but I got everyone except Locke and Gogo and killed 4 of the dragons. Will try to do as much sidequesting done as I can tonight and start trying the final dungeon by friday at the latest.

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Picked up the Falcon last night. Definitely behind schedule, since that's about where I wanted to be saturday night or sunday morning, but ended up just grinding this weekend. Will try to at least pick everyone else up tonight and see where things go from there.

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Change Tomba 2 to OFF
Nominate Parasite Eve and SaGa Frontier

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Well you could probably get through the back half of the game pretty quickly with no encounters + cheesing bosses if you don't care about doing sidequests.

I'm wanting to play through "properly" since this time I haven't ever before on past playthroughs.

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no it doesn't roll over, but there's only been one time in the history of the topic that no one beat a game iirc.

Still plugging away at FF6, although I got distracted by starting a ng+ in Scarlet Grace.

just about to go back to vector for the banquet

(eh not like really need tags at this point *shrug*

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Jeanne d'arc isn't really "historical". It's fantasy, where she gets a bracelet that turns her into a magical knight.

I liked Persona 1, but it definitely sticks closely to the style of older SMT games (despite some changes to the graphics and music to appeal more to nu Persona fans) so people who like the gameplay in SMT from Nocturne on up or nu Persona wouldn't necessarily like it (while Persona 2's kind of in between I guess? I still need to finish up IS and start EP).

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Alundra isn't really any more difficult than a zelda game in terms of puzzles, outside of one puzzle that's hard enough to gain a degree of notoriety. Though it does have more focus on timing based obstacles and platforming than a zelda game would have.

I guess I should mention that you forgot Shadow Tower and Vanguard Bandits. Although I guess the former's mostly only interesting if you're interested in the history of From's games, and the latter is another srpg that was localized by Working Designs although I haven't played it.

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Silver Star Harmony is generally considered better than the GBA version, but not as good as the Sega CD or PSX version.

Felghana is good, but on the pc as well so as far as Falcom games go I personally think it's better to consider Brandish: The Dark Revenant since it's digital only in the west and hasn't been rereleased on the PC like most of Falcom's other psp games. However, I will say that it probably isn't what you are looking for since it's a dungeon crawler and a bit of an acquired taste. Since despite the overhead perspective it's not like zelda or ys, but it's trying to be more like dungeon master or eye of the beholder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsaE-nF7Np0

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lKuugZCD6A

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I probably shouldn't replay FF6 (particularly since I still haven't finished my replay of 5) but I started anyway >_>

At the end of the scenarios now.

Instead of nominating a bunch of rpg maker games, maybe I should go ahead and nominate some ps1 games since they might not be available much longer.

Nominate Tomba 2: The Evil Swine Return and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile for right now.

will try to decide on some more later for my other two nominations.

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Touhou 99.

99 people playing as Cirno, trying to hit each other with Icicle Fall - Easy

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I was searching on the (US) Vita store just now and I don't see Chrono Cross or Suikoden 2 come up, even when I searched for them. That may not necessarily mean that they are gone from the PS3, or other region stores yet. But you probably shouldn't wait too much longer on buying things if you intend to.

Fiop posted...

If anyone has PS2 recommendations, those would be appreciated too.

Well, you probably don't have as many options compared to ps1 games since a lot of the major ones opted to go the HD remake route I guess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PlayStation_2_Classics_for_PlayStation_3

I guess the main ones would be the SMT games.

There's God Hand, and Contra Shattered Soldier I guess. (Haven't played much of either though). If you like survival horror I guess there's the Fatal Frame games and Siren (though I haven't played the latter; note that there's a PS3 remake of it too). If you like shmup games there's Gradius 5 and Castle Shikigami 2 (the latter of which is almost worth it just for the legendarily bad translation/voice acting)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVOZai8cFRI

After that you're kind of getting more into more unpopular or possibly even disliked games. Like there's Suikoden 3 and 4 (ok, 4's the one that's widely disliked. 3 probably has its own fans so it's more mixed). There's La Pucelle, which got overshadowed by the latter Disgaea series (and maybe it will get ported to another platform eventually, since Soul Nomad is soon). There's Grim Grimoire which is Vanillaware but probably their weakest effort and generally I've seem people just say play it for story. There's Grandia 3, which is generally considered worse than 1 and 2. There's Growlanser 5, which is pretty hated and probably not the game that you should play if you want to play the series (particularly since it's just part 1 of a duology). And there's Stella Deus, which I haven't played (actually the only ones of these I've played are La Pucelle, Grim Grimoire and Growlanser 5).


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oh I forgot to say about Arc the Lad 2. The character count bloats way up (particularly since one of the characters is a monster tamer, hence having a monster arena spinoff that you can transfer data to), but the character participation count is just 5 characters and characters not participating don't get any experience so you would have to go out of your way to grind if you want to use them. Also despite having a large number of possible options, only a few of them are really viable for the endgame because they're clearly stronger than the rest and the final boss is way harder than anything else in the game and you'd probably have to grind a bunch anyway so it's like why use all those other characters to begin with?

(also I looked at a faq, and I guess I was only about halfway through Arc 2 before quitting *shrug*)

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Alundra's one of the few zelda like games that can actually hold up to zelda pretty well. It's more plot oriented and darker themed though. Don't try to collect all the Gilded Falcons though, you'll probably enjoy it more.

Arc the Lad series is a strategy rpg, but you can walk around outside of battle and explore dungeons (at least in 2; never got to 3) like in Shining Force. Also you can transfer your save file with character levels/items forward between 1-2 and back and forth between 2 and Arc Arena (there's data transfer from 2 to 3 as well, but it's more of a minor bonus I think). The issue is the pacing in Arc 2. Arc 1 and 2 are basically one big 70-80+ hour game... with Arc 1 being the first 10 or so hours of that (and that's even counting preparing to transfer your save file over by doing the bonus dungeon and grinding to the level cap). The main story in Arc 2 is pretty long, and on top of that you've got some side quests like bounty side quest battles and stuff like having to repeat fights in dungeons when you leave and re-enter a room. I think I got sidetracked on playing 2 with probably about a third to go at least. Arc 3 isn't quite as connected though but I never got around to it.

Breath of Fire 4 has some pacing problems and the cast is a bit weak, but it has some really neat story moments as well as the concept of having short segments where you play as the villain to get his backstory.

The Wild Arms series' most notable feature is the tools you can use on the field map to solve puzzles, and they have many optional dungeons and superbosses.Though despite appearances it's not actually very western in plot/themes, it's more of a fantasy/scifi series where everyone just happened to decide to simultaneously dress up as cowboys. WA1 is on the PS Classic, and WA2 has a really bad translation though.

I'll continue this later. probably.

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it's kind of funny how salty people get over Kazuma x Megumin shipping in Konosuba though.

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Weird Al - Skipper Dan

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PS4 doesn't have any PS1 games.

PS4 has some PS2 classics, but there's actually very little overlap between the PS2 classics available on the PS3 and PS4.

The PS3 doesn't have Dark Cloud 1/2, Wild Arms 3, Ape Escape 2, Parappa 2, Rogue Galaxy, Mark of Kri/Rise of Kasai, etc..

The PS4 doesn't have SMT/Persona series, Suikoden 3/4, Grandia 3, God Hand, Contra Shattered Soldier, Gradius 5, Katamari Damacy, Psychonauts, Fatal Frame series, Grim Grimoire, Stella Deus, etc..

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik0BPKM9WQg

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Ok. Beat Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage.

Month complete.

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Finished Poochy and Yoshi's Wooly World and OMORI

Going to try to hurry up and finish up Spyro 2 tonight (I have like 66% completion and 30 orbs)

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Weird Al - Jurassic Park

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Just a quick update. Up to the end of the castle in Omori. 46% completion with 20 orbs in Spyro 2. Finished 5-4 last night in Yoshi. Will probably try to at least finish world 5 tonight.

Do you have to collect a lot of orbs to finish Spyro, or is it just a completionist thing? Because I would rather collect as few of them as possible.

Nominate: OFF and Hylics

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Alpha Protocol
Hybrid Heaven

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Watchmen was kind of tone deaf/missed the point, but it was still probably about as good an adaptation as could be done.

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