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ah alchemy theres a skill ive never used. i guess i should look at it more than not at all!

man disc 2 has been destroying me. my previous strat of get eternal sphere and mash through everything doesnt cut it with all the nerfs :( . things are killing me in a few hits and i dont have enough ores to make better armor. should probably look into better weapons for not claude while im at it. been doing some level grinding which i can manage at least. almost 200k exp a chain!

catesdb posted...

you really couldn't do IC in batches of 10 in the original?

nope lol. and you couldnt skip the animation either

i would not recommend playing so3 after this

or at all really

https://www.gematsu.com/2023/10/granblue-fantasy-versus-rising-cross-play-open-beta-test-set-for-november-9-to-12-for-ps5-ps4-and-pc

and rollback of course. never played the first one so im gonna check this one out

two swords AND two dragons!

i wonder if we will get a game based on the movie

passing for now as im not a fan of the roster

and yeah unless multiversus comes out just immaculate its time is probably over unfortunately

it couldve just been a badly worded way to say born from a wish

and the wrong information was that it was included in the game when its part of the season pass

Ashethan posted...

What's the best party combos if you want to experience all characters in just two playthroughs?

claude and rena are both mandatory
leon only joins on claudes route, dias only on rena

ashton and opera are mutually exclusive
ernest can only join if you get opera

bowman and precis are mutually exclusive
of note, precis can only learn a move if you have ashton so if you care about that pair them up
and if you do care about that, welch has a move that can only be learned if you have precis

then pick 2 of celine, noel, and chisato

so what i do is
claude/rena/celine/opera/ernest/bowman/leon/noel
rena/claude/celine/ashton/precis/welch/dias/chisato

but if you dont care about those moves then feel free to mix and match however

small optimization notes
celine and leon have overlap in battle so you can drop celine on claudes route if youd like
ernest has some good armor you can steal (twice) so hes more advantageous on hard difficulty but not strictly necessary
celine is the first member you can recruit so getting her on hard is better as thats faster access to super specialty skills

https://www.ign.com/articles/konami-says-best-buy-had-incorrect-info-regarding-pyramid-head-origin-story-in-silent-hill-2-remake

oh phew

first time through claude is probably better. the story from his pov feels more complete i guess id say? theres story scenes where the two are separated and doing their own thing and his give more story. if youre planning on playing both routes its not too big a deal though and you can go with whoever

eternal sphere my beloved

same. i havent looked into it though so there may be another spot somewhere

yeah writing is really good. actually most skills are really good in some way. except familiar which seems to have been indirectly nerfed to mostly useless :( . as long as you maxed determination first youre good though

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Ah yes, a prime fishing spot. An 8" deep fountain in the middle of town.

ive seen it suggested that the fish there arent found elsewhere so uh maybe get the big fish there

ok precis' voice is a lot better

granted her old one was maybe the worst

man fuck those giant bird enemies. forgot about them :/

thats not real right

right

right???

WazzupGenius00 posted...

if you think Werewolf: The Last Warrior is a good name, in Japan it was called WARWOLF

incredible. although the game itself seemed kinda uh not. unless that was just a bad showing from jeff
man i wasn expecting sqoon to be a shmup but i probably shouldve honestly
and i think ive seen solar j man the solar jet man before. is it in the rare replay collection? if so probably there

and oh boy caveman games next week. i played that once but the only thing that comes to mind about it is 'not good'. perhaps i was wrong though gotta wait for the Science

you can change what they do in the tactics settings. the ai isnt especially great anyway though

5 > 4 > 3 p easy

and teddies great what is this nonsense

speaking of this weeks show its already out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-2bfl94IGg

00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:27 - Gradius
00:39:48 - Urban Champion
01:08:05 - GI Joe: A Real American Hero
01:33:29 - Yo! Noid
01:47:50 - Bubble Bobble
01:57:02 - Werewolf: The Last Warrior
02:18:16 - Sqoon
02:32:03 - Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship

ive played some forms of gradius not sure if any of them were the nes one. havent heard of those last three but boy are those some good names for video games

finished krosse cave. skipped the boss fight because those things are a fuck on hard. just getting all the ic skills and having the guilds be for quests is a good improvement. being able to create in stacks of 10 is a good improvement. the ic skills telling you what talents/skills/etc you need is a good improvement

the different battle formations being unlockble is fine considering the new bonus gauge thing. fishing is what it is. the spell animation: skip is one of the best options although im not sure if thats enough to make mages good

leveling up pickpocketing on rena for the sprite bracelet and customizing on claude for the eternal sphere which i think is still available early. theres a way to make some early money via fishing im gonna do to afford the bandit glove and maybe do some grinding in the mountains

started with rena on hard. gonna do most things here and do a claude run on normal to finish the achievements

played through the first bit only on my way to krosse. got nimble fingers first try aw yeah. gonna go for the sprite bracelet. cant remember if that requires the glove (or maybe pickpocketing in general requires it)

also got bodied! first red enemy in the forest when renas by herself. it got a back attack on me while i was trying to avoid it and while i was stunned one of the enemies just one shot me lmoa

but yeah so far so good. claudes voice is just awful though. running with original music for now. maybe ill use the arranged in my claude run after i get my nostalgia fix

not bad. not great either but better than azucena at least

trophy list is out too #spoilers
https://psnprofiles.com/trophies/24445-star-ocean-the-second-story-r

nothing of note and nothing much unexpected. bunch of story stuff, a playthrough for each character, recruit all characters (psp character is in if this wasnt known), catch all/most fish, 100 challenges, 15 endings, the super bosses, voice collection which probably works like the psp version, max all skills, and a bunch of miscellaneous other things thatll be done as you play

theres also townfall i guess. we dont know anything about it so maybe itll be good! somehow!

oh i guess its over. it was doing some survival scene with qtes so i tabbed away

yeah this wasnt good. the base idea maybe mightve couldve worked if done well but this wasnt it. id say the two stories had a little bit of intrigue but i have no faith that theyll amount to anything

so yeah silent hill shouldve stayed dead

so far this is shitty in a boring way :/

almost time!!

whomse ready to fish

https://www.polygon.com/23935116/silent-hill-ascension-how-to-watch-cost-season-pass
http://ascension.com/

20$ season pass lmoa

hopefully this will be the laughable kinda shitty and not just the regular kind

aw yeah

RikkuAlmighty posted...

are miguel and lydia in or no

neither of them are in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5RvYVx0onk

even if victor and reiko are great the roster is still kinda meh tbh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_7O-ZiR34k

not bad but not as halloweeny as i would like. most in the graveyard still the best imo
only costume i knew this time was homestar

oh hey i somehow missed this topic for like 2 weeks there. kinda surprised that was my lowest rated pick but hey it just has to be that way sometimess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1-o0Q2X7D4

yay ollie!!

new support is kaela

added Archives which is replay saving/watching. also has replay takeover
some improvements to the online lobby system and the ai behavior for arcade etc modes
more features for training mode
and a handful of other general fixes/improvements

good stuff tbh. replay takeover is great and is hopefully on its way to being a standard features. glad ollie is in

Week 12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_PW9Xnkl-k

00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:04 - Super Mario Bros.
00:46:10 - Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos
01:11:58 - Tiny Toon Adventures
01:29:30 - Anticipation
01:50:09 - Zombie Nation
02:08:40 - Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular!
02:24:45 - Dick Tracy
02:39:25 - Tecmo World Wrestling

spoilers super mario bros places high on the list
got some meories of tiny toons. the oldest video game related memory i have is of it (assuming memories that old can be trusted). was never able to beat it though. made it to wacky land a few times but never had enough lives to get through it. i should play it again sometime and see if i can finally finish it
jeffs first time seeing zombie nation and its as youd expect. granted i only know if it because of its steam release from like last year or whenever

ive summaried the london fanfest

new trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ISoqghadkE

new job is Viper
melee dps, dual wields blades that can combine into a single two handed weapon , uses scouting gear, starts in ul'dah, lvl80
other new job will be revealed at the tokyo fanfest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=295BgKlNcqM

new allied tribe Moblins, basically goblins but different. goblins are good at building/crafting things moblins are good at gathering/finding things

max level is now 100
new alliance raid Echoes of Vana'diel yesss
updates for blue mage, gold saucer, hildibrand quests, pvp, deep dungeons
new limited job coming in the latter parts of 7.x

open beta for xbox will be from mid jan to feb
fall guys gold saucer content launches 10/31 with 6.51
crossover questline with ff16

nothing on the female hroth

ok i think i did play super off road. or maybe something like it at least. dont really remember anything about it though

never heard of rockin kats but dang it looks neat

i think theyve had a secondary submission period before but didnt have reserved spots in the schedule

https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule/46

its in person again yay. i think its permanently back to that barring anymore uh events

runs of note imo
Donkey Kong 64 no levels early. game is a mess and worth seeing if you havent already. the NLE category is a compromise between any% which is too short to showcase much and 101% which is too fuckin long
Cassette Beasts. incredible game with an alright run. this was run at flame fatales but i dont think many here watched it so im mentioning it again
Final Fantasy 15 any%. mostly mentioning this because im a fan of the runner. the run itself isnt bad but im not a fan this particular kind of run
Starcraft Broodwar any% Zerg. SC hasnt been at gdq much so hey
Tape to Tape. game came out this year and its sounds neat so worth checking a look at imo
Majora's Mask NMG 100%. nice longer run to chill with
Grand Poo World 2

and the usual awful block and whatever s/nes games make it in

and we back!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvS28XD9VTU

00:00:00 - Intro
00:07:10 - Skate or Die
00:28:18 - Super Off-Road
00:51:00 - Super Dodge Ball
01:27:00 - Ghostbusters
01:43:30 - Ice Climber
01:59:20 - Master Chu & The Drunkard Hu
02:23:30 - Super Spy Hunter
02:46:40 - Rockin' Kats

heard of some and played none. will watch video later

Snake5555555555 posted...

Beyond that, it's still terribly confusing how they're going to be handling choices and how that changes things going forward.

i highly doubt theyre gonna be actual choices that actually affect things. probably just have them set up so all choices lead to whatever they want to happen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZzk-Fk07ug

this is the one where people get to vote on what happens next which is a thing that will work out well im sure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzXGCS8trBw

looks meh tbh

BlackMageJawa posted...

My usual stupid question about fighting games- does Tekken 7 have any sort of decent single-player content? As in, a story to follow (rather than just endings that all contradict each other and may or may not turn out to be canon), a helpful tutorial, all that stuff.

t7 is very much not good for single player. it has a story mode. its laughably bad and id say the worst story in any fighting game (that ive played at least). theres character stories which are a few fights and an ending but i didnt pay attention to any of em so i cant say how good they are. theres a character customizing mode if youre into that but its more limited than previous tekkens and unlocking the stuff is either painfully dull or an afk grindfest if you have a turbo controller. and thats basically it. tekken bowl is in one of the season passes but i heartell its also worse than previous iterations

https://www.humblebundle.com/games/bandai-namco-fights-frights-and-fantasy

this seems really good imo. base t7 unfortunately and code vein doesnt come with season pass but ToV is 10$ by itself on sale so hey. im not sure if i want to deal this much damage to my backlog though :/

the original leak for this did say a super continuation would happen after this is over so theres some hope there

but yeah this is certainly something. 'maybe' itll have that original db feel to it and be kinda good but im not expecting much

Week 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i22nCcC3Uc

00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:20 - Gun.Smoke
00:27:44 - Krusty's Fun House
00:53:42 - Marble Madness
01:11:22 - Journey to SIlius
01:32:03 - Contra
02:05:09 - Xexyz
02:33:16 - Castlequest

aw yeah contra