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Honestly, I want to, but I'm not really sure exactly how to start. I have bad back spasms, though, and I hear that yoga can do wonders there.
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It seems like more and more ads have been stuffed in, to the point where there are usually two ads before a video, potentially several during the video, and two more after the video.

There are also ads for super fishy apps on the main screen, like for seedy mobile games or "phone cleaners" that claim that you totally have a virus, usually with a ton of grammar errors in the ad.

I also got a recommendation for a video with a question asking if it was a good recommendation for me (before I watched the video), and it wouldn't let me go to the video until I answered the question.

I dunno, it's super first-world-problems-y, but it feels like YT is going out of its way to destroy its own app, largely by bloating it with obnoxious amounts of ads.
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dave_is_slick posted...

dotsdfe posted...

Granted, I never played Beyond, so I dunno what was wrong with it, but I've heard very negative things about it.

dotsdfe posted...

or tries to do too much and just leaves out plot details entirely that leave things going nowhere.

Well there you go. "Lets show a vision of the future and how bad it is, and then never actually get to that point!"

Ah, okay.

Yeah, that's definitely a Cage issue as a whole. IIRC Heavy Rain had some supernatural elements implied, but the foreshadowing went nowhere at all. Detroit had ra9 teased throughout the story, but evidently there's no real explanation for it at all.

I'd call them red herrings, but it seems more like he sets up plots and then changes his mind a bit and does something else entirely.
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Toonami is almost done with the anime (finale airs in a few days) and I'll really miss it. The Chimera Ant arc in particular was phenomenal.

wait dis past saturdays episode wasn't da finale? sure as fuck felt like it lol

There's one more, I believe. I haven't seen the show before, so I wouldn't be sure, but the ODT on the Toonami board says one episode left.
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DarkRoast posted...

If someone asked me if David Cage games are good, I'd cautiously say yes but do it with quotation marks.

I think that he comes up with solid plot ideas but either bogs them down with twists, or tries to do too much and just leaves out plot details entirely that leave things going nowhere. Detroit was the least bad about it, at least.

Granted, I never played Beyond, so I dunno what was wrong with it, but I've heard very negative things about it.

Kastrada posted...

I thought this was about the underrated Kathryn Bigelow movie but instead I got Detroit: Become Human spoilers. Yay!

>_>

Luckily I wasn't going to play the game anyway.

Sorry about that. I thought about including the subtitle, but I thought people would know already. My bad.

cuttin_in_farm posted...

I still very much liked how my first play through went.

People saying Karas was pointless only highlights how unfortunate their play through must have went.

Everyone always makes Connor defect just because it feels correct. But its cool how different your game goes depending on how you perceive stuff.

My Markus was legit pissed on how he got trashed, so I actually agreed with North and thought Josh was a naive dumbass.

But Karas story is important to show how civilian androids are affected. This is emphasized if your Kara DOESNT escape Jericho like mine did. My Markus was literally fighting a full scale battle leading to a boss fight with Connor to save Kara and Alice.

I cant imagine the game ending differently tbh.

Yeah, I like how differently the story can play out. It's definitely something that David Cage does very well there.

And yeah, I agree about Kara. I get the complaint of her not tying to the main plot, but I really liked her story anyway. It had the most human component to it, and it was nice to have some personal stakes, even if I was kind of eh on Alice as a whole.

Darmik posted...

I got the one where we tried to smuggle through the border by boat, we got intercepted and shot at and barely survived the cold water.

I got the bus station ending, which was still really tense. I almost panicked and asked for a sacrifice, but I went for no sacrifice, which apparently worked since I was going purely pacifist. It was all just really sweet, and I was really happy to see her succeed.
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Toonami is almost done with the anime (finale airs in a few days) and I'll really miss it. The Chimera Ant arc in particular was phenomenal.
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cuttin_in_farm posted...

The game is infinitely more interesting when your characters dont all think the same. Get into character.

Agreed, though I did feel kinda forced into making Connor defect late in the story. I wanted to have him stick to the mission, but I was trying to keep everyone alive except for North, so I went for Connor defecting just because I could easily see one of Connor/Markus dying there if I didn't.

SSJKirby posted...

Conner is the only one to have a good story, Marcus' is bad, Kara's is pointless

Connor was definitely the best by far. Kara's was ultimately pointless, but I still liked it, and I smiled when Kara/Luther/Alice crossed the border in the end and finally made it. Markus...I liked his story early on, with the father/son relationship with the painter, but I felt like the Jericho stuff went way downhill. Like I said, robot Jesus was very forced, and the Jericho cast was really weak (Simon/Josh were bland, and North was horrible). It was still okay, just kind of forced.
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Guy_Fieri posted...

The Alice twist was dumb because by that time everyone and player knew or had a strong feeling that's what it was. The only who completely oblivious about it was that Kara chick.

I wasn't 100% certain, but yeah, I was pretty positive. It was dumb that everyone around her immediately knew and even tried to tell her at certain points, but it still takes her until the very end to get it. You'd think she would have pieced something together at some point.

SauI_Goodman posted...

didn't read the topic but this is detroit: become human yes?

Yeah.

Darmik posted...

Yeah I really liked it. That whole narrative flowchart is a really neat idea.

Agreed, that aspect was cool. I also liked being able to see what others did on the flowchart, too. I was kind of interested in some of my choices being in the minority by far, like sparing the Tracis at the club.
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I was cautious about boarding David Cage's Wild Ride again, but I gave it a shot and really liked it.

It wasn't perfect, and Markus's plotline was kind of bad, with it feeling very very forced in terms of him basically becoming Robot Jesus, and having no subtlety whatsoever (the back of the bus part was...insanely blatant).

I was kind of ehh on the Alice twist, too. It felt like a classic David Cage twist-for-the-sake-of-being-a-twist and raises some questions (which are apparently explained on other routes to be fair).

But overall, I enjoyed the story, the characters were generally good (but fuck North, I got her killed on purpose when the game let me. I also hated Amanda but she was kind of just an AI designed to hate your choices if you weren't a totally obedient robot, so it's not as bad), and it was very immersive. I cared about what happened to almost everyone. Also, Hank stole the show. The Connor chapters were the best for their dynamic in particular, and Hank was my favorite character by a huge margin.

So yeah, nice to see a David Cage game work out. I saw a stream of Fahrenheit and it was so bad that it was hilarious, Heavy Rain was solid but flawed, and I hear that Beyond is beyond awful. I was kind of cautious about trying Detroit, but I honestly really liked it.
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Antifar posted...

Baba is You and Into the Breach were already on my radar. How's the difficulty in Dead Cells compared with something like Ori or Celeste?

I haven't played either Ori or Celeste, but DC can be obnoxiously difficult, honestly. Granted, I suck at it really hard, but I've found some of the difficulty to be more on the "Bullshit" side at times. There are a few levels that just lob shit at you (like the swamp-y village and the castle) which can pretty much 100-0 you in a second. I've gotten kind of annoyed at it due to losing 30+ minute runs to one very minor mistake.

Granted, I have no experience with Roguelikes outside of this, so it might just be a genre staple.
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Cuphead
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MC_BatCommander posted...

I've found my last two jobs on that site.

If you haven't had any luck I would recommend maybe souping up your resume a bit. It could be you're just not standing out enough. I would typically have a few different versions of my resume catered to different types of jobs, and would alter it depending on where I'm applying.

It's a huge pain in the ass but I found I had much more success with the catered resumes.

I'm not honestly sure how to. I've had the same job for a while, and I only have some freelance work before that. I dunno what I can really do to it.

BlazinBlue88 posted...

Are you actually creating an account and uploading your resume so recruiters can call you or are you just applying to random jobs? If the second one then you're doing it wrong.

Both. I uploaded my resume a while back and have heard literally nothing on that end. I've applied to a number of jobs and have had one phone interview and gotten a bit into the process before being notified that they went with another candidate. That's the only one I've heard anything back from at all.

CommonStar posted...

Indeed is a numbers game, you odds are slim. You are better off using their listings but going directly to the company's site to apply. You can also research local business and connect with their recruiters through linkedin and tell them about yourself and what positions you are looking for.

If you're looking for entry level jobs, the recruiters that contact you through indeed won't prioritize you because those job have low salary and they don't make much compensation from it.

Yeah, I'm thinking it's just a massive fucking waste of time honestly. I'm not really in it for playing the lottery.

REMercsChamp posted...

The same jobs are usually posted on all the big job boards (indeed, linked etc).

I've gotten both of my professional jobs off indeed since I graduated.

It's not indeed but rather the companies you are applying to are not responding. 6 months without an interview is an abysmal rate and there's likely something wrong with your application or the way you're going about applying to jobs.

Like I said, Indeed will occasionally send status emails that show me how many other people are applying for the same job. The lowest I've seen is 300. It's kind of a waste of time if everyone is doing this. There's very little shot of standing out from the field with this.

I dunno. I'm prolly just gonna kill myself or whatever. My current job sucks incredibly hard and I've hated it for a long time. I don't want to keep doing it, but the impression that I'm getting is that I have to luck out to get out, and it's probably not going to happen any time soon. I'm over it.
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Congrats on coming to terms with it. It's not easy. I had a lot of trouble accepting my sexuality when I realized that I'm gay, and that culminated in a suicide attempt. It can genuinely be an awful thing to come to terms with, especially when you start feeling different or lesser because of it. It's nice when you can come out on the other side and be happier for it.
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I've been job hunting on there for like six months with no luck. I get emails from time to time updating me on the status of jobs that I've applied for, and I can see that hundreds if not a thousand or more people are also applying for these jobs. It literally just feels like I'm playing the lottery and hoping to get lucky more than anything.

From what I've seen, others have similar experiences there, too. Is there a better site or something? I've been sick of my current job for a long while, but I'm having absolutely no luck with Indeed and I'm getting really burnt out on trying.
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Reading quotes from the featured speakers in another article (with pretty intense language that I'd rather not quote), those preachers are super super super fucked up. Jeez.
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If you don't own it on something else, Cuphead.
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Fuck that piece of shit.
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I'd recommend Cuphead. I beat it recently and absolutely loved it.
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Hot dog!

Thanks for the info. Is HK on 3DS or just Switch?

Just 3DS.

Still, might have to grab the AA trilogy for $12 and do a price comparison for Smash Bros and DQ8.

I think the HK sale is just on Switch. It's listed under the Switch games on the Nintendo site at least.

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Better link:

https://e3.nintendo.com/sale/

Thanks, that's handy.
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https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1138492737336905728

Highlights for me:
Ace Attorney Trilogy on sale for both Switch and 3DS
Hollow Knight for $7.50
Cuphead for $17
Stardew Valley for $12
Crypt of the Necrodancer for $4

There are a lot of good deals there, though.

I've played AA and Cuphead, but I may snag Hollow Knight at that price, always heard good things about it.
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I wanna see Cait Sith.
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/eb7kcsse5jf73ax/5%2013.docx?dl=0

If anyone is bored and wants to read something short that I wrote, I came up with this idea yesterday and wrote this out before bed last night. It's less of a story and more of a small exercise in existential horror. I'm not sure if it's any good, but I thought it was an interesting idea to explore, so I gave it a shot last night.

Edit: Oh, and just so I don't sell myself super short, I used a fairly different style for this story. I typically write with much more detail, but I used a very simple style for this particular story, partially due to the nature of it. It probably comes across as more basic than I had intended. I'm not an expert writer at all, but it occurred to me that someone might read think I can only write on like a 5th grade level or something. I tried to keep it in a simple style strictly for effect, but that may not be super clear. If there's any feedback that anyone can offer, though, I'd really appreciate it.
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Miguel from Tekken is ridiculously hot. I play him a lot and remove most of his clothes in character creation just because he's smoking hot. Probably the hottest VG character I've ever seen, and one of the few that I'm genuinely attracted to, since I'm usually pretty whatever on those.
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TeaMilk posted...

Ask for constructive criticism from readers. Figure out specifically which areas you need to improve in and focus on that

Sadly, I don't really have any readers. I've asked my friends to read it, and most of them decline, and the few who accept end up dropping the stories a bit into them. It usually just ends up making me feel worse about it all.

Wetterdew posted...

There is a phase you reach where you're good enough at your skill to be able to RECOGNIZE good/bad design but not good enough to be able to PRODUCE good design. And it's really frustrating. But you just have to push through that phase until you are able to make good design. It's just something everybody goes through.

I think that this is where I'm at now, and yeah, it's very frustrating.

masticatingman posted...

Not to sound harsh but a lot of creative types just dont have that it factor in what they put out. Failing as an artist is extraordinarily common. Just because you have creative yearnings doesnt really mean all that much. However, that doesnt mean you cant practice and get better. Outside of something like music - where people make or break very young, relatively - you got countless examples of artists finding recognition only later in life. If not after theyve died (especially with painters). But yeah, read up on renowned authors. Plenty had years if not decades of being considered a failure before they struck a chord with the reading public.

I know. It's honestly cruel. I'm passionate about writing and I love to do it. I think that creative writing (whether it be as a novelist or writing for shows or games or something) is probably the only field where I'd ever be truly happy, but it's also hard to break into it, and I have very little talent. Being passionate about something but hitting a wall like that is really heartbreaking.

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masticatingman posted...

Outside of something like music - where people make or break very young, relatively - you got countless examples of artists finding recognition only later in life.

speaking as a professional musician, I would like to correct your statement. there are lots of people who started later in life, and lots of people who didn't get recognition until later in life.

@ TC: remember that creative work is a process, not a static state of being. it's not about being good; it's about improving a little bit every day.

here's a little relevant bit from David Byrne's book:

That's probably what I need to do, I guess. It's just disheartening after a while when I've been at it for a long time (I've been writing stories in some capacity since like middle school and I'm 28 now) and I feel like I'm not really progressing much at all.
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I think it'll either be two announcements, or one with an "Available now!" thing.

Or maybe I'm just being optimistic.

But yeah, they really seem to be lagging behind that schedule they set up.
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I couldn't find it.

I figured the remasters wouldn't be super super rare, but they seem to be, unless I just had bad luck today.

https://smile.amazon.com/Legend-Heroes-Trails-Steel-Relentless-PlayStation/dp/B07JVCK516
right there, still in stock

I guess.

I've been kinda avoiding ordering online a ton because I'm in a weird spot where I order things from Amazon like 3-4 times a year in total, and can't justify getting Prime, but the shipping costs are kinda awful. The last time I planned to order something, it was $8 shipping on a $12 item, and at that point I just decided to go in stores instead. That's kind of been my experience lately.
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It was literally the only thing I wanted from that conference, but not even an extended trailer or a short one with a release window.

Super disappointed there. I'm kind of thinking it got delayed at this point.
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Definitely looking like no Cuphead news. Dammit.
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This segment is really really boring.
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I'm getting worried about Cuphead. I was expecting the DLC to show up here, but nothing thus far.
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Bump.

Maybe it's dumb, but I've been pretty down about this lately honestly.
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LightningAce11 posted...

What's your end goal. Do you want to live off this? Because that is very hard to do unless you have good contacts that can market it for you.

In a perfect world, I'd love to.

I'm sure it'll never happen, though.

I'm not sure about the precise end goal, I guess.
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LightningAce11 posted...

First of all, don't do it for validation or for a checklist to please people.

Creative work first and foremost should be for yourself if you're not being contracted. Tell the kind of story you want to read. Be selfish, amaze yourself, disgust yourself.

Because in the end, if you don't like it, what does it matter?

I think that this mentality has kept me going up until now, but at some point my lack of skill has really started to erode my will to continue. I try really hard, but I just look back and criticize myself and think about all of the things that I did wrong.
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I love to write. I've written two novels and a number of short stories. I genuinely enjoy doing it, and I already have four story ideas in mind to work on next.

The thing is...I suck. Pretty much any time I send anything to anyone, they start it but don't finish. At best, I get a halfhearted "It's okay" or "It's not bad" or something that just seems like politeness more than anything.

I want to keep doing it, but I'm also a pretty neurotic person with a lot of issues with both anxiety and depression. I'm having a lot of trouble simply handling coming to terms with my lack of ability despite continuing to try my best.

Are there any creative types out there who have experienced something similar? It's really hard to stay motivated after a while when I'm painfully aware that I'm not very good and likely never will be.
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It's a tough call between the Chrises. I voted Evans, but Hemsworth and Pratt are still really hot. Not really sure who takes first there.

Honorable mention to Paul Rudd, too.
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dotsdfe posted...

I might grab CS2 today.

CS1 was a slooooooooooooow burn and a bumpy road, but the story ramped up a ton at the end and left off on a pretty great cliffhanger. I'm interested to see where it goes in 2.

I've waited for a bit, too. I beat 1 after getting it on a PSN sale on PS3 last September or so, but the PS4 remasters were announced in the meantime, so I decided to wait for the PS4 version of 2.

I couldn't find it.

I figured the remasters wouldn't be super super rare, but they seem to be, unless I just had bad luck today.
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It's awkward cause I am gay, but I'm closeted, so this old trick kinda works in reverse against me.
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Sexuality is rarely black and white. I'd say bi but more towards straight on the spectrum.
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I might grab CS2 today.

CS1 was a slooooooooooooow burn and a bumpy road, but the story ramped up a ton at the end and left off on a pretty great cliffhanger. I'm interested to see where it goes in 2.

I've waited for a bit, too. I beat 1 after getting it on a PSN sale on PS3 last September or so, but the PS4 remasters were announced in the meantime, so I decided to wait for the PS4 version of 2.
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Wetterdew posted...

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By the literal definition in terms of being afraid of gay people?

The literal definition of homophobia: "dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people."

There's just always that smartass who's like "I'm not homophobic because I'm not scared of gay people!", so I figured I'd chuck that in too.
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It's tough to answer really.

By the literal definition in terms of being afraid of gay people? Like .1% or something. I'm sure there are people out there, but it's not common.

Actively homophobic, as in, vocally opposes homosexuality, would avoid interacting with gay people, etc? I'd say somewhere between 15% and 25%. It's more common than you think, especially in the south. My grandma has fairly liberal views, but she's a radical homophobe and has talked about beating Ellen Degeneres to death on a few occasions. There are still quite a few people, notably older people, who are very opposed to it.

At least mildly homophobic, as in, might not be vocal about it, but isn't comfortable with homosexuality and quietly opposes the idea? I'd say around 40%. It's definitely dropping overall, but it's not uncommon at all.
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I occasionally get YT recommendations of old videos of a friend who committed suicide. It legitimately stresses me out, but I also don't really want to unsub. It kind of feels wrong to do so.
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Didn't he have a known alias that he used to give interviews about how amazing Donald Trump is? I've heard it a number of times. I want to say that he actually used Barron as his alias, which is kind of comical in a way, too.

But yeah, this doesn't surprise me at all. It's not really new behavior for him to make up stories like that.
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FE9 is very very good, you're in for a treat.
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I've been up in the Arch a few times. It's really cool, though you have to ride in this super cramped elevator that's like the inside of a washing machine to get there.
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Grant is a great VA who has done some fantastic work.

Kind of a bad choice as a replacement Troy, though, as they sound nothing alike.

It actually works okayish for Yuri. At worst you might notice a difference in the quality of the recording equipment.

That's kind of surprising, but good to hear. I haven't grabbed ToV DE (yet, I plan to, but my backlog is huge and there's a lot coming out soon that I need to get too), but Grant seemed like a really weird choice, since he has a really distinct voice that isn't terribly similar to Troy's. After Danganronpa V3 (where he was Shuichi), I can generally recognize Grant very quickly, since his voice is so unique. I figured it would be noticeable in ToV, too.
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Turbam posted...

Looks like they got some dude named Grant George.
It's really weird too, because they didn't have him redub over Baker's old lines. So, sometimes in the same cutscene, Yuri will have different voices throughout the game.

Grant is a great VA who has done some fantastic work.

Kind of a bad choice as a replacement Troy, though, as they sound nothing alike.
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Bad_Mojo posted...

Who here has played Genealogy Of The Holy War? God damn, I love that game

What were your thoughts? Please don't spoil it for others

Great game, though the long maps can wear on you.

Also, Sleep staves are fucking busted in that game. There are mobs with just lines of sleep holders who will spam undodgeable sleeps at you. The last few chapters were a nightmare at times with those.

Love the game overall. It probably has the best story in the entire series, too.
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