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Maniac64 posted...

Booo

Now that I've unlocked battle items, chests will sometimes give those too. And resources. Also I got the arcane knowledge level up reward that makes common chests free to open, so that's cool too.

I wish that the chests would have a proper pop-up that you have to dismiss, though. They disappear too quickly to always see what exactly you got.

I didn't realize I'd be spending so much time solving mysteries around the Abbey with a ghost.

I opened my first chest and was rewarded with... the option to buy a customization. That is not how chests are supposed to work!

I did both the quest chains, but wasn't particularly impressed by either. Just felt like they were filling an obligation rather than adding anything special. I never actually bought the XC2 DLC, so I don't know how they compare to the DLC Blades and their quests.

I did one run at the roguelike thing. It does seem like they put some effort into that mode with lots of variables to pick from, but I was just already moved on from the game.

HanOfTheNekos posted...

The only thing I didn't do in base game was kill all UM's (and finish Triton's class and make all level 10 gems). Aside from that, I did all quests and got affinities all up to full and fought the superbosses.

More than I did in XBC2 (and about the same as I did in XBC1, though I actually didn't finish that game).

So yeah, that's the person I am. How much is there if I want to explore everywhere and do side quests?

I finished everything except the level 60+ UMs and fully upgrading gems/weapons with a time of 32 hours, but that also includes probably 2-3+ hours from just meandering through the world every time a new exploration mechanic unlocked.

But to be fair you'll probably want to at least come close to 100%ing it, because this is some of the best and most rewarding exploration and side questing the series has had.

I managed to find all of them by the time I 100%ed all the map stuff (sans lv 60+ UMs) and side quests. I thought I missed one after getting everything in the Black Mountains, but then I realized I forgot to finish the graffiti quest, which had it as a reward.

I'm not sure if the standalone items appear as ?s after building the ether masts, but the scanner will definitely ping when you're in the vicinity of them.

Okay finally got around to buying it. Found the Legendary Edition for $41. Time to go be BFFs with Wolverine and Deadpool.

There's some interesting elements to Tetra Master, but they do not deliver on the concept. The fact you can train your cards to make them stronger should've been a fun way to make the game more interesting, but everything is just way too vague for the average player to grasp what they're doing.

Shattered posted...

I don't understand the hate on She-Hulk, I genuinely enjoyed that show.

It's the most predictable thing that a subset of people would be upset at the show that makes fun of that subset of people.

Emeraldegg posted...

For me, the kicker is how young shulk looks during the first confrontation wtih Alpha. Rex you can tell is older by at least a decade but shulk just looks the same. And then in the game they look way older, especially shulk. So was there a several decades gap between the prologue and the main game? Or did they just age super hard

I believe they said it was 15 years since their first confrontation with Alpha.

neonreaper posted...

Well akshually, they didn't really give their life force, I think. They became part of Origin/trinity and used their powers to wipe off the lifespan tattoos, which is why A calls it "cheating".

I agree it is incredibly bleak to see your kids die in a cycle over and over. Rex and Shulk seem ageless from the time they would have arrived on Aionios. Linka says in a vague but meaningful way that some of the folks were "chosen" by Origin. It makes sense that if Origin was capable of allowing people to spawn Zed and the moebius, that it would also allow a counter measure (for any wrinkles that come up) to spawn. We could probably go into a big "free will of the people" discussion here but I think of Origin as the original trinity processor on steroids + 2 planets of people turned into core crystals, with Nopon mechanics putting it together >_>

Yeah I've since come to understand that Aionios is basically like the Matrix, and Origin or the collective consciousness can just kinda make things happen inside it. This is probably also the explanation for how Noah and Mio were put back into the cycle despite N and M becoming Moebius. It's not a real world, and thus the after credits scene just shows it as that indisctinct swirly distortion in space.

TeamRocketElite posted...

Ending spoilers

Noah had already been through the cycle enough times to end up turning into N. So Rex and Shulk should know what's going on. Glimmer and Nikol should have also already been through the cycle a bunch at that point. No idea how Rex and Shulk could still be around after so long.

I had to rewatch the cutscene with the radio because I was too focused on the broadcast. >_>

Yeah I was waiting on an answer for how Shulk and Rex were still alive. My only guess is they were blessed with long life spans by the trinity processors or something after their endgame battles. Or maybe it was just built into Origin's coding that them and Melia/Nia would be immortal until it had served its purpose? That doesn't explain Linka or Panacea, though. \_()_/

Also really funny trying to listen to Na'el's conversation with Matthew while being more interested in the news broadcast in the background.

Beat it last night. Got a little teary eyed when Shulk and Rex gave their life force to free their kids from the cycle. Xenoblade 3's setting in general is super dark and depressing, but there was something about knowing Shulk and Rex seeing that their kids were gonna be stuck in the neverending Keves/Agnian war, presumably doomed to be reborn and die into it over and over again, that just seemed extra dark to me. It was never really addressed from their point of view, but I was still really happy that they got the chance to free them from that fate. Though I suppose I'm still not too clear on the timeline of things, if this was possibly Glimmer/Nikol's first time through, or if Rex/Shulk even knew about the soldiers being reborn again and again.

Wordle 687 3/6

GRIND
GHOST
GHOUL

Wordle 686 4/6

TOUGH
GRAND
ANGRY
ANGER

Wordle 685 4/6

GNASH
CRIME
LEFTY
BELOW

Wordle 684 3/6

CLEAR
GHOST
GUPPY

The area right after unlocking ether lifts is pretty neat. Took a surprising amount of platforming to find all the treasures among the ruins there.

Wordle 683 4/6

TULIP
CHORE
HORSE
HORDE

Wordle 682 4/6

WRITE
CLOAK
BULKY
SULKY

Wordle 681 4/6

MEDIC
SPARE
BARGE
RANGE

It just won't be in the way you expect.

I thought Pentelas did a good job with the Uraya tunnel, but I would've liked them to have included more ruins of Fonsa Myma to explore in there.

Wordle 680 4/6

SYRUP
POINT
PEACH
PLAZA

Legendary Edition is currently $44 on GMG... Very tempting to just grab it now.

Shulk reminiscing about "to me" ahhhhhhhh.

This is just so fun to play. Still in Chapter 3, but having a blast. I don't want it to end.

Wordle 679 4/6

WRITE
REALM
DEBAR
CEDAR

Wordle 678 4/6

QUEST
GROAN
HARDY
CIRCA

Oh lol, did Dordle after this and that was funny.

Wordle 677 6/6

SWORD
TOXIC
COMIC
IONIC
FOLIC
LOGIC

I can't believe that took me all six tries after that second word. I also can't believe I didn't think of the answer before a couple of those other guesses.

Yeah, I've experienced that once so far. Was this close to restarting the game, but luckily I waited in desperation just long enough.

Think I'll make some chili...

Wordle 676 5/6

BLADE
FIEND
SERUM
METER
METRO

3 hours!

Wordle 675 6/6

YOUNG
MOIST
POLAR
COWER
HOVER
JOKER

Oh phew. There were still 2-3 more it could've been, and I almost went with DOZER instead.

neonreaper posted...

So 9pm eastern tomorrow?

Seems to be the case. I was bummed because I thought the 25th was going to translate to 6pm (pst) on the 24th, but nope. :(

Hades

Wordle 674 5/6

BASIC
IMPLY
WRING
VIDEO
DITTO

Wordle 673 3/6

MINUS
UNFIT
UNZIP

Persona 5

Wordle 672 3/6

MONTH
BLOKE
BROKE

Wow, again.

Wordle 671 4/6

TIGER
CLASH
PANKO
KAYAK


Xuxon posted...

This one could have taken a while if I didn't have experience with it in the other -ordle games.

lol yeah.

I had the theme song to the Wonder Years pop into my head last night. Moments like this just prove there is no rhyme nor reason to the universe.

Ann and Beth for sure.

Meanwhile I think this is the first time I've failed Dordle two days in a row.

Wordle 670 2/6

COMET
PLATE

I guess that makes up for yesterday.

No

Fire Emblem
Theatrhythm

I did a playthrough of VIII specifically for Triple Triad once. I followed a guide from here about how to get all the unique cards as they became available and how to eliminate all the bad rules from the whole game.