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oh Bane was misattributed to saving Beastars so that would need to be removed too

updated missed my save at post 4 and duck's at post 32

Tokyo Pig

@hylianknight3 please get Haruhi for our trade instead

sorry about that Inviso, don't know why I had a brainfart there

hylianknight3 posted...

Tokyo Pig

trading for it auto

For LotGH

LotGH

Kotetsu534 posted...

I found Yuffie teasing Cloud about cloning Tifa during it quite funny too.

top 5 moment in the game for me, for sure. I laughed, loaded up my last save to re-experience it, laughed again.

Johnny quest was also so great, loved the J-Squad.

MAI was a welcome addition in that she was bubbly and energetic and was a great presence, more perfect voice actor casting, also playing off hilariously against Chadley at times, but yeah... sometimes not so great during the enemy intels.

BK_Sheikah00 posted...

I always have controller speakers off so I didn't even know Mai did that.

yeah, anytime Cloud whips out the device for Chadley to speak he'd do it too. I never minded the controller audio, felt like it worked pretty well, but yeah some of those enemy intels. not so much.

yeah my test turned up empty. with the playfile with Red XIII as my closest companion, who I'd gone on the date with (and since it was chapter selection, I even checked the "date" settings and it was still set to Closest Companion), selected chapter 14 easy mode, and the teams were

Red - Barret for start of Jenova fight
Yuffie - Cait for final Jenova phase

Red - Tifa - Cait for Bahamut
Tifa - Yuffie - Barret for the wings

so I did get Tifa with both fights and what I'm struggling to remember is.... did I actually get Tifa in both Sephiroth fights in my original playthrough. I really don't think I did (which contributed to me being so pissed off at the time), which if that were true would mean that, either by chance or by something else happening in Chapter 14 she got the plum "both Seph fights" spot. My earlier post in the topic had streamers with Barret and Red XIII in that spot (and they had the Barret and Aerith dates, respectively), but the date partner must not matter since I had the Red date/top compatibility with this file too.

....just very strange, would be nice if someone could crack this code at some point, I don't think Remake's rationale for final battle partners ever went beyond "characters who stagger during the whisper fights" but at least that was something. I did have Tifa use a limit during the "2-on-1" Jenova section, but so did Red XIII.

^ seriously?

I'm looking at the post on the log site ("gonna drop kayfabe for a second here" probably didn't help, lol) and there's no PII in there. Even the linked tweets didn't have PII. It's like, since they haven't gotten around to updating the user content rules they're just clutching for whatever could fit. Interesting.

Would have more respect if they actually did mod the post for "Off Topic", lol.

don't forget your Jenova party members also change between the first and third phases (where 2nd phase = sequence of 2-on-1- fights). In hard mode I had everyone at 100% compatibility so I can't provide any insight on this but my previous theory on whichever party member isn't in the main Jenova rounds will be in both Bahamut & Wings fights was proven true and, just like I wanted, it was Tifa. I had also gone back and replayed chapter 12 with Tifa as my date partner just in case that made a difference, might have had an impact but might've just been random.

but yeah I think I had posted earlier, and I had continued tracking the final battle teams of any streamers I was coming across, but I deleted all my tracking once I got my platinum which was dumb of me but too late now. I do know people with the same chapter 12 date didn't always have the same final battle formations, just couldn't find a recurring theme.... Yuffie being a constant for the wings fight might have been a thing too, I think

Might spin up my first game clear save file tonight just to check, since I had the.... ugh... Red XIII date in that one, so top compatibility at game's end. Will see how my compatibility stats for the final battles there match up w/ the character ratings.

Sazh
Emet

that did feel like a fluffy hype press release, but "Square Enix beat Nintendo in boxed game revenue for March and ended Nintendos 8 month #1 revenue streak" feels a little more substantive.

.........on further reflection, the 8 months being July through February, so FFXVI in June I guess? nothing else to break the Nintendo stranglehold in that time? I guess BG3 was mostly online and/or not as popular in Japan?

Also wondering if the "top game for March" includes pre-orders and February 29 sales or not.

I caught somewhere in my stream-skimming, where they noted that Helios was name-dropped a few times in the original game, don't remember when in the stream, maybe shortly after the Selene intro? They didn't say he'd be in but that's the impression I got.

We've already seen 5 of the 9 Olympus gods from original game based on that video (unless I missed more). Makes sense to cycle some out for some new faces though still hoping Dionysus makes the cut in the end, lol.

Ashamed to admit I forgot both MAI and Chadley in my mental recapping though I was on the verge of going to sleep at the time, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!

I could see colliding sharing our viewpoint that MAI > Chadley but she gets deducted points & ranking spots due to her being annoying as hell in some (most?) of the battles. I know that's a functionality you can turn off in the settings but that doesn't make it any better!!

Cissnei was pretty great. Her CC Reunion appearance really bothered me because the voice actress/delivery just couldn't compare to the original for me, and something about her remaster look was also off-putting. Like her face and hair just looked so...fake and plastic, at times? But anyways, I guess her voice has grown on me and her appearance doesn't have those CC Reunion issues here. Though I definitely miss the suit...

Dio was ridiculous as expected, lol. Of course the plot armor needed to fail as an excuse for Cloud and company to face off against Corneo! Otherwise he solos everyone, naturally.

Steiner posted...

really weird how they give you a spiel about protecting the president in one of the battles when there's no such president appearance!

yeah that was pretty annoying... I was even expecting/hoping for the President Shinra appearance, I mean he's only been dead for like, a week in that universe? prime opportunity for a cameo appearance.

power-up, she's at 2:09:30 in the video

Anagram posted...

I see they redrew all of the gods, and added a few new ones. Not in love with Hepheastus, and Hestia is using a placeholder, but I do like Aphrodite's and Poseidon's new looks.

I missed those so I went back and checked - is it just me or is the Artemis voice actress different? Her new look is nice but she was my favourite in original game so the voice is burned into my memory (well, like all the other gods I guess, lol). Maybe not as memorialized as I thought if she is still the same.

technical test playthrough streamed by Supergiant

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

I skimmed through it mostly, maybe watched like 30 minutes in total but yeah, looking pretty good, certainly have high expectations and I'm liking what I'm seeing so far!

Grand_Kirby posted...

Things I really liked:
* Petting the frog
* The spell the boss uses that turns you into a sheep
* Schelemeus!

Agree on everything there especially the last spoilered point, I marked out, lol

Got the platinum last night. Just shy of 237 hours on the save file, PS5 says 244 hours on the game. Definitely did a lot more dicking around than others based on their reported platinum times but enjoyed every minute of it, even the shitty retry grinding on certain simulator challenges and a few hard mode bosses (i.e. DPS check on Red Dragon, lol).

Does the PS5 have a calendar that can show you much you were playing a game each specific day because I'd love to see those stats, that first week after Rebirth came out was the hardest I ever went on a videogame.

Funny thing is playing Rebirth had made me really want to replay the original game, which come to think of it, I am overdue on, pretty sure last time was early 2023. And those experiences in the early chapters and getting 100% region intel feel like a lifetime ago, already feeling the urge to start a new run to get the dopamine hits, lol. Maybe later this year.

Waluigi1 posted...

I think you may care about the official release soundtrack more than anyone else in the world lol. Like for real though. And not hating, just making a statement.

haha yeah, well.... I basically don't listen to music outside of video game music nowadays, so the hype for the game coming out pretty well transferred to the hype for the OST coming out. And especially since I really dug Remake's soundtrack. It's still disappointing the number of tracks they're holding back for the Plus album and some of the decisions they made on included tracks like I posted about, but it is what it is, ideally Plus is out earlier than year's end.

and I acquired the bonus Disc 8 and at that point remembered Remake had the "international" (English) versions of songs in addition to the original Japanese whereas this soundtrack doesn't. So still stuck with Youtube for the Salmon, Kyrie, and (where I left off on listening) "Straight Outta Corneoland" battle tracks in English, dang. More songs for the Plus soundtrack, ideally.

(also forgot to comment on this earlier but I love how they got Grasslands and Nibel regions using the starting and ending portions of the Main Theme as their motifs, respectively, stylistically very cool and relevant)

htaeD posted...

spoilers
Morph is fucking useless

I think I tried it once or twice just to see what it was like and yeah, that was it. Especially with the ease of getting items via the transmuter, just renders it useless. Probably would've had more value in Remake than Rebirth, though that also made me think how I literally never used Steal in either game other than when I needed to, lol.

Part of my lengthy platinum time is I had a challenge for myself to master all the materia in my possession, and in hard mode picked up even more materia to master so there'd be no chance of being short a materia in any setup I had. Like I was so excited to be able to purchase Luck Up in this game (whereas Remake limited you to what, 2? Darts and one of the gym challenges?) that I had bought 14 Luck materia in case I wanted to outfit 2 on every team member. I think by the hard mode final battle sequence I only had Luck materia on Tifa, what a shame...

The Dangers in my Heart

mmmm I was holding on for the miracle Stan appearance (and to save Xenosaga one last time) but he already got his win so tough break if there aren't any other S;Gers out there

i'll get Dangers if you get Xenosaga

Congrats! When I saw the test openings I considered it but I dont even know what my graphics settings are, don't play any games on PC. Also dont have a Steam account so that probably doesnt help, lol. Loved Hades on switch and if Hades II isn't a day one multiplatform release it'll be Steam registration time for me, for sure.

Looking forward to hearing any thoughts/experiences you want to share, assuming testing doesnt come with an NDA or something...

Oh just realized there wasnt a rule change today, lol. Woops.

LiquidOshawott posted...

I tried typing it like five times and it would autocorrect to macao

what even is that

Cacao would've been hilarious, I mean the intro does have a chocolate bar...

Phew, thanks for confirming. Yeah rest of quests were breezy even on hard mode and I knocked them out before doing my proper hard mode run so mp wasnt a concern (before learning the stop cushions restore mp too, but anyways...). Still, really shitty to hide a manuscript behind UPA.

Steiner posted...

...... just sitting here writing the post i realize i did the mini games again for no reason

lol, damn

But now here's my question: was there an option to redo individual already-completed quests or do you have to start from scratch via chapter select?

I was under the impression it was the latter which for UPA means redoing all 35 or whatever quests in hard mode, including non-manuscript quests... though I beelined for the Colosseum once I got there, lol. But really shitty of them to bury a manuscript behind a quest that depends on all other quests.

Monogatari

voltch posted...

Monogatari

Trading for it auto

for LotGH

Haruhi

damn, only 19 NPCs left eh

....just quickly ran through my half-asleep mind and could only come up with 11 locks + 1 likely + 1 "if Sonon was ranked then this guy probably should be ranked too except top 20 feels way too high...?", I guess the rest are from sidequests or ones I forgot. Looking forward to remaining surprises!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/17db12fd.png

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e8a64e55.jpg

lol I was thinking the same nitpick, and even a step beyond that: why call herself the Goblin Queen? iirc the original Inferno storyline had her making a pact with demons, so I assumed the name originated from that? so that also came across especially goofy in the cartoon

Xenosaga

Steins;Gate

MysteriousStan posted...

Auto for Steins;Gate

for Kaiji

Monogatari

Just saw an episode 6 preview clip on youtube

Featuring Vulcan a character I first learned about when I drafted him in the X-Men fantasy draft thing from a while back.... oh god was that pre-pandemic.... but yeah, just a constant reminder that they have like ~30 years of new comic stories to work with incorporating into this season.

(like I was trying to theorize how Onslaught could be the season's big bad somehow but I'm just not seeing a way to force that to happen unfortunately, lol...)

@th3l3fty unknown_duck will need a redirect

voltch posted...

Monogatari

trading for it auto

for Xenosaga

Haruhi

BlueCrystalTear posted...

Wot is WOT?

"War on Terrorism", it was a social board back in the days of, well, the war on terrorism. I remember being a regular on that board (probably still a regular lurker though) back in its heyday in 2003-2004, and I never unsubscribed or whatever the term is, so it's been sitting in my board list ever since. It was rebranded to WOT at some point, and also hidden, it's literally categorized under "Hidden Boards". Makes me wonder how many other hidden boards there are, tbh.

It's pretty dead, though I remember they were speculating on their fate after 261 was shut down but yeah, the idea was they could fly under the radar because nobody would know about it, lol. That post kind of blew up their spot...

LeonhartFour posted...

in other words, we'll get all the worst hornyposters from CE

can't wait

hornyposters will surely support Tifa in SMFFFC

Just according to keikaku.

Xenosaga

Madoka's safe, think you missed your own save...

Mobilezoid posted...

Not to get too political, but the Alliance should become a dictatorship and put Yang in charge because no one else over there knows what theyre doing.

looooooool 4 episodes in and already at this point eh

Much love for the show and its not sugar-coating the constant flaws in democratic systems!

GranzonEx posted...

Damn guess we can't even talk about LotGH because space opera = politics now

I don't think I've been modded in like, 12 years, I'm ready to take the karma hits.

Kaiji

colliding posted...

Now if only Tankceratops had made an appearance

if we don't get it in Part 3 we riot. They've basically covered everything else!!

i mean I need to replay the original but the only post-Midgar disc 1 random enemy I can think of that wasn't included other than Tankceratops, is Ghirofelgo - guy in Shinra Mansion who's like, balancing on a swinging blade thing. and Tankceratops is way easier to include as an autonomous Shinra weapon.

duck has an open auto at post 35 you can take

Hey_Mister posted...

So like the policy only bans political topics but not posts about politics. Is there some reason we can't just make some kind of general miscellaneous topic about nothing in particular that just so happens to be filled with a large proportion of posts about politics?

Conversely, is "hornyposting" only banning horny posts and not topics of a "horny" nature? Is "Babe Brawl" hornyposting?

...Vlado might need to bring back Babar Brawl and have Babar vs. Babe vs. Babe matchups each round, lol

MyGO