Lurker > Mr Crispy

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

Use guns, swords, and other means to destroy them into oblivion!

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

In again this year.

https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198042067903/#sort=order

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

this will probably turn out like the big Live A Live announcement.

watch it turn out to be a concert event or something and nothing else.

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

Well, it's pretty light hearted and whimsical, going on and on about how amazing it is to go on an adventure. The feeling of discovery and going to new unexplored lands is fun at first, but it does get a bit of a drag eventually since it's a long game (~60 hours) and it's like oh there's still yet another region to go.

The battle system is similar to FF ATB, but with an element of movement/positioning and some attacks can delay enemy turns. Though since it's about the same difficulty as FF, it's not really all that more strategic about it.

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

FF7 item duplication glitch

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

well, with scarlet grace the basics of the battle system is that you have so many action points to spend each turn and it's pooled between the entire party. So you have to weigh out using high cost attacks vs. using other defensive or support skills. Spells also take at least two turns to cast, so you have to plan ahead and anticipate when you might need healing.

The timeline/attack is also displayed at the bottom of the screen, including what attacks the enemy is going to use as well as how whatever attack you're going to use affects the turn order. When you knock out an enemy or have a character knocked out, it pushes everything else together and if your party/a group of enemies gets pushed together it gives them an additional combo attack and reduces their action cost for the next turn. So you need to pay attention to what you're targeting.

These rules also apply to enemies as well, so it's often helpful to try to stun or put a status effect on an enemy that's casting something before its spell goes off, or is using all the enemy party's action points on a high cost attack.

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

I was mainly thinking about how people didn't understand that it was a reference and that there was supposed to be a medal that fit into the fountain.

anyway, the official FF9 strategy guide

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

Generally speaking, SaGa is fairly nonlinear, and has a heavier element of uncertainty with sparking skills and random stat growth instead of levels (with higher chances of sparking/raising stats when you're fighting stronger monsters). Less emphasis on cutscenes, and more on lore/implied stuff. Most of the games are rough around the edges/lower budget, but you play them for unconventional gameplay/systems that you wouldn't otherwise get in mainstream Square games.

Romancing SaGa 2 is good, but it's pretty brutal (a good contender for the most difficult rpg on the snes). Also I'm going to assume that you'd probably hate it since you've said that you don't like roguelikes in the past, since the concept is kind of similar (you have a party of generics, who pass down their skills and stats somewhat to the next generation when they die, or you complete a major quest).

Romancing SaGa 3 is a little less good, but is easier to get into and complete than 2 (probably the easiest of the games here, other than fighting the true final boss at full power). Kind of unfinished, although in a way that's not as noticeable until you start digging into it. Not much point in playing through multiple times with different characters since it's a medium length game and there's very little unique content/differences between them.

SaGa Frontier is probably the most jankiest/thrown together in some ways since it had a lot of unfinished stuff and a kitchen sink style setting., but a lot of people find it charming because of it. Probably benefited from the remastering the most, adding back in some deleted content and some qol updates. It's the SaGa game that's most worth replaying with different characters, since each playthrough's like 5-10 hours once you know what you're doing, most characters have some degree of unique content, and you can try out different characters and strategies since each race has different growths/abilities. A bit harder than RS3 since there's a few weird tricky/sticking points, but still pretty accessible (particularly with the qol stuff introduced in the remaster).

Scarlet Grace is also one of the more difficult games in the series. You will probably have to fight defensively, use status effects/cancel turns, and choose targets strategically even in easy ranked fights to minimize damage. It's also pretty easy to break quest or character recruitment flags, and fail them. Though it also has a bit more transparency/tutorials than other SaGa games, due to being a more recently made game. However since it may be an issue for some people I should also point out that it's basically 99.99999999999999999999999% combat - there's basically no towns or dungeons.


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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

the fountain that looks like it has an indentation for a medal (FF9)

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

yes, I would also consider finishing one character story as beating SaGa Frontier.

on that note, I Finished SaGa Frontier with RIki on friday.

I had a lot of trouble with his final boss this time, what with a lot of attempts ending when someone got charmed or getting hit by Oscillation. I guess it probably would have went better if I had spent more time preparing for the fight or maybe not split up my efforts rotating the party as much as I did (trying to build up Emelia and Annie for NG+ reasons).

I'll try to find time to try to finish up one or two more characters this month.

Nominate: Murasaki, OFF, and Fire 'n Ice
Support: Spyro

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

The recent Boogiepop and Others is a more direct adaptation of the novels, while Boogiepop Phantom was an original sequel to the Manticore plot arc in the first novel.

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

Gungeon is probably the closest, although I never really played it much.

for turn based games, well a lot of the major, "real"/"proper" roguelikes have modes where you can turn off permadeath. But those are probably still pretty hard/complicated, so I think it might be better to go with a Mystery Dungeon series game (I guess Shiren 5, aka the Tower of fortune one might be the best overall option but there's a lot of different flavors of mystery dungeon to go into if you're interested) or maybe a game that's inspired more by Mystery Dungeon like I guess Tangledeep (although I haven't really played it enough to comment on). Or if you want something super pared down and to the point, One Way Heroics.

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

It's not too difficult, but the balance is kind of wonky and some bosses have gimmicks to them. If you've played other smt/atlus games you'd probably have a decent idea of what to expect.

main issue I can think of is building your stats, since if you mess up badly enough it's kind of hard to fix it in a short amount of time since repeatable battles are more for learning skills than getting exp and leveling up. I'd probably suggest a more magic oriented build overall so you can divide up the elements among multiple characters to cover all your bases in attacking enemy weaknesses, while there isn't really enough useful physical attacks to split between the mc and other characters. But you would still want to try to have high enough stats in other areas so if you run into problems you can swap out your skills for something else.

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

Dragon View.

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18

I haven't gotten that far yet, but from what I understand the thing about Fuse's story is that he has 7 "case files", and each time you pick him you get a case file at random out of whatever characters you've finished (basically, a harder version of that character's final boss so it's oriented towards NG+ and carrying over data). So I think you would have to finish all 7 other characters and all 7 case files to "properly" finish Fuse's scenario.

Anyway I started up Riki's scenario (I was originally planning on starting with Asellus since she has the most new content in the remaster, but I decided I wanted to get a certain battle out of the way asap). Got the merchant, thief, warrior, and healer rings.

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The only certain death in the universe is Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons.
Not changing this line until I beat Seven Heroes (2/24/07) - Fulfilled 2/20/18