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Got my first shot of Moderna a couple days ago. Mostly feels like I have a cold (runny nose + sore throat) on top of being fatigued, which is weird since those first two aren't supposed to be side effects.

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BK_Sheikah00 posted...

CS4 Finale - I just finished the sweep of the Courageous and Sutherland. Only missing a sidequest at Hamel entrance because I probably need to do something with Renne in Crossbell first. So Crossbell sweep will be next. Got the Zemurian shard from Rutger in 3-2 so and now Arianrhod's. Oh, and I can't challenge Victor to VM. Hmm. I hope it's just that there's some opponent somewhere in this chapter I haven't beat yet and not that I missed something. Also Musse was pretty fucking hard in Pom Pom Party and still one more left.

Challenging Victor only requires having every VM card, and every past opponent is still available except Cassius (but you can buy his card instead). It's a bit annoying to track down some opponents but you haven't permanently missed that.

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Mario

He come to town

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DK over Bowser is a travesty

also man they really did not understand SFF when they set this up

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LeonhartFour posted...

Whew, after a few days off, let's get back to Cold Steel IV Act 3!

When we get to the Thaumaturgical Sector in Orchis Tower, it's glowing in psychedelic colors. Dungeon music here is strong.

ya go my Mystic Core

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Now that would 100% be better flipped

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swordz9 posted...

Gonna be Ragnarok? I feel like at this point I could see any of the 6 being a #1 for somebody

I hope not, because that -would- have been my #1

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Boobs

I'll go back to horny jail willingly

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2B

Probably not but it'd be neat

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Thinking about it, I can't believe I'm surprised a furry movie is doing well on this board

Oh well at least GotG1 would probably be in my top 3

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Persona 5 Royal - I Believe

mostly because if I didn't stop I figured I'd never hear the whole song in game

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Oh wow, if I'd done a ranking I might have given Homecoming its lowest spot. Really disliked the teen drama aspect.

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Paratroopa1 posted...

Dead Kennedys - Police Truck

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Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Metallica - Ride the Lightning

(execution was a good thought thanks)

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Just switch Rivers and Zenith and that ranking's fine

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Dragonforce - Valley of the Damned

Still a top 5 song of theirs probably

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I want to say it was Sonic.

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Iron Maiden - The Prisoner

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Half-Life 3

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BK_Sheikah00 posted...

Question about Cold Steel 4 - Act 2 First trip on the Merkabah. Talking to Emma and we get a flashback of Rean complimenting her without her glasses. I don't remember when that was? Her bonding event in CS3 was at the forest iirc, and don't remember her ever taking her glasses off.

and is the one that runs in the bathroom with Rean the one I romanced in 3? Because that was Alisa for me.

That Emma scene is her final bonding scene from CS3 I think. Also I think it's just Alisa always - I only romanced Laura in CS3 and still got her.

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DS

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Blink-182 - What's My Age Again?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly5NiKQqJvc

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Symbol - Forever Young

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Kanji > Yukiko > Rise > Yu > Yosuke > Teddie > Naoto > Chie

They're all at least decent, though, and Kanji's my favorite character in the series.

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MZero posted...

Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way

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The real villain of GotG2 isn't Ego though, it's whoever wrote Drax's dialogue

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bruh I had like 20

My favorite was an otter though.

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Lacuna Coil - Our Truth

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Kamelot - Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy)
Symphony X - Sea of Lies

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For generic boss I alternate between Force Your Way and whatever FF7's is called nowadays (Still More Fighting? Those Who Fight Further? Fight On? augh translations)

For special boss it's probably Seymour Battle, although there are a lot of great choices.

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Maybe it's just nostalgia (IM2 was the first MCU movie I watched in full), but I would have taken IM2 > IM3 pretty easily.

Next pretty much has to be Thor, based on that hint

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Yu-Gi-Oh

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SC > CS3 > CS4 > CS1 = CS2 > 3rd > FC

Which I guess translates to Cold Steel by a bit.

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Tag

Didn't end up doing one of these so hopefully y'all don't mess up

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I like Winry but I can also respect having BARRY THE CHOPPER above her

Think my top 3 would be Mustang > Hawkeye > Ed, though Bradley's definitely up there.

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Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster

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I forget the details, but the homunculi were created differently. IIRC they were all based on dead people and couldn't be killed through sheer brute force alone - you needed part of their remains or something nearby. Also Sloth was based on Ed and Al's mother instead of being that big dude.

Also the tone was considerably darker and I want to say the entire main cast is just far less likeable.

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I do kinda remember thinking Ed saving Al by giving up his ability to do alchemy was a bit of a cop-out and I don't think it was hinted at beforehand, but I guess if Mustang can lose his sight after opening the portal then the thing sacrificed doesn't have to be anything physical.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc8Yi9frSVE

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alright I somehow just slept all day after that but hadn't been sleeping well for a while so I'll take it

anyway some P5R new content thoughts (this feels like it'll be a large black wall so sorry in advance)

I said last time that Maruki seemed too obviously like a villain, and... that was sort of right? Honestly his motivation felt kind of basic but I guess he's only human. I do like how the cast acknowledged that he was helping people (and even themselves - more on this later), and honestly as a player it's hard to fault him completely knowing what normally happens after the God of Control fight. The Palace itself was fine, although it felt like a missed opportunity in the Exam Room when "Steal people's hearts to reform society" was a correct answer and the Phantom Thieves didn't seem to acknowledge that Maruki actually supported that. A bit disappointed we never heard what was on his calling card but eh. Fight itself was... interesting. First phase felt like an extended Baton Pass tutorial, second phase might have been intense if I wasn't level 99 (which was waaaaaaay too easy to get just running stuff over in Mementos looking for stamps), and then the third was basically just a cutscene? lmao the fistfight and LMAO Morgana turning into a helicopter just by the power of believe. also Persona once again absolutely nailed a final boss theme in terms of context - don't know exactly how much I'd like it as a standalone but Throw Away Your Mask was great. Really liked Life Will Change 2 too, shame it barely played.

Of course the main draw of Third Semester was the two new additions to the team. Akechi just being in full heel mode was incredible - I love how he didn't even try to be friends with anyone, and oh my GOD his battle dialogue was so delightfully crazy. could tell his VA had a lot of fun with it. Probably peaked at "do your goddamn JOB" in the final boss cutscene. the tease of him actually surviving at the end was nice if kind of expected.

I had thought it was odd how frequently Kasumi was referred to by just her last name, and... I guess that's because she wasn't Kasumi! Sumire's story was pretty sad, and it made sense that she wouldn't be for changing Maruki's world at first, but of course it was great to see her move on and reclaim her own identity. Really liked the second half of her confidant, and her struggles in the first part of the game definitely made more sense too. Feel like the game wanted to assert that Joker x Sumire was "sort of" canon which I could probably get behind even if it felt kinda forced at first. Did she not get a goodbye conversation the day before you leave though? That was lame.

For the other new content... a lot of January was just messing around since Confidants were so easy to max, but I mean that's better than the opposite. I did like the added message chains throughout Royal with pictures, since they tried to show that the Phantom Thieves were actually friends, and generally liked the new events. Was definitely a little bittersweet seeing Futaba with her mother and Haru with her father (and Makoto talking about hers), though I felt like they could have done more with that. The Rank 11 confidants were kind of repetitive but they made more sense than the ones in P4G at least, and Yusuke's was kinda funny. Laughed way too hard at Morgana "disappearing" and then waltzing in like it was nothing for the second time. The scene in March where everyone decides to split up and follow their dreams (though it sounded like half of them would still be in the city, just busy) was a bit sad, but at the same time Maruki's reality actually giving them incentive to really pursue their happiness made a lot of sense (especially for cases like Ryuji where no one had to come back to life). Though in some cases I guess that was just following their arc from Confidants. see Cold Steel II this was all you needed to add to the end. Think I liked the change to the actual ending too - felt like a weird half-goodbye for the gang to just give Joker a ride home in the original.

Surprise chocolate from Sae the day after standing up her sister, nice. Had never actually heard of White Day but getting a single redemptive shot after P5's subdued Valentine's event was nice. (Did Sumire for Valentine's and then Makoto for White.) Sojiro really solidifying his position as best bro, god damn

Overall I think I liked the added content more than Golden's, though it's sort of hard to compare since a lot of that was just more fun events with the Investigation Team (which in fairness fit P4 very well). Definitely feel a lot better about P5 - probably doesn't top P4G for me (that's still my favorite game of all time), but this did a good job of closing the gap, at least.

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Decided to pull an all-nighter and beat P5R.

More thoughts on the last arc when I'm not dead but man.

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So I've been playing through Persona 5 Royal recently, and just got a little past the final boss from the base game. Gotta say I like the changes I've seen. There's some stuff I don't remember too well, but Palaces felt like less of a slog, aside from the Okumura fight which was actually terrible. Having a lot fewer "let's just go to sleep" nights was great and I was able to max every Confidant before storming Shido's palace, so props for that. (Ironically, the biggest stretch of "go to sleep" nights was when Morgana went AWOL, but hey.) I was also really happy to see the revised Christmas (Eve) scenes. The new Akechi confidant was pretty cool and definitely made me appreciate him a bit more - kinda figured the plot would change to have him survive but didn't actually expect him to turn himself in instead of Joker. Kasumi is way too nice and Maruki is clearly a villain but I'm interested to see where they go in the new content.

Makoto is still the best but that was unlikely to change

edit: oh yeah I forgot to mention the outings with the Twins - they were pretty silly and didn't beat going on dates with Elizabeth, but I enjoyed them, especially the Leblanc one. to think the secret to Sojiro's curry was adding the pieces of a god

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Goku

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Favorite: Konami
Least Favorite: Also Konami

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LazyTown - We Are Number One
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

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Street Fighter II lost?!

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Benjamin Franklin

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The boss music there is actually an arrangement of The Decisive Collision, which admittedly is basically the Cold Steel equivalent of Silver Will anyway (it plays during some of the Crow fights in CS1/2).

Olivier not dying didn't bother me because of course he didn't, but I really wish -someone- had actually died on the Courageous - probably Victor since CS3 pointed out he was permanently nerfed following the McBurn fight anyway (and no one would've cared if Toval died tbqh). Relatedly, calling him "the greatest swordsman in the Empire" is blatant Aurelia disrespect and I don't stand for it

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