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Sceptilesolar posted...

Sure, I'll tag. I'm about 99% through this game at the moment but I'll at least read through your thoughts.

I'm pretty sure this describes how far I am in the game as well. But still tag.

LapisLazuli posted...

Uh...uh, wait.

All of these people have character portraits and social link stuff?

Others have touched on this, but to clarify a bit.

The "Social Link" type stuff is limited to a handful of characters. They show up with portraits on the quick travel map and has its own system that the game will point out when it starts and is beyond obvious.

I think what you mention here is the Friend tab thing. That basically ends up as a list of nearly all named NPCs and they have like 2-5 entries that fill throughout the game. I'm pretty sure you can't 100% it on a fresh NG, and the timing on a lot of the entries can be pretty strict. However, it's mostly for fun. If you fill it up a certain amount you can get an item later in the game, but IIRC, it's nothing you won't be able to get via other methods.

LapisLazuli posted...

Are...they gonna show the OP at the beginning of every chapter?

yes

It grew on me a lot as the game went on. I liked it even though my initial reaction to the idea was along the lines of "that's kinda weird."

LapisLazuli posted...

Gameplay could be a little smoother, but there's at least some variety here.

Gameplay takes a bit to really take off the training wheels. Once you get 3 party members I think it takes most of them off, at which point it's a lot more fun IMO.
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xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?

=( at ruling, but oh well. I always understood the reasoning, but =(
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pyresword posted...

Training with Anelace probably my pick for worst part of the entire series though.

*makes Estelle's "what" face*

SC Prologue great chapter. Better than SC Chapters 1, 2, 4, and most of 8.
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azuarc posted...

Well, now would be the time to talk about that. I tried to take a stance on that last year and it proved to be a headache.

that was me ~starting the conversation~ but also seeing where you were on it first so we know where the rule is now.

I'm on Team Full Versions Allowed but would not argue with you if you went the other way.

~~~

Re: Day 1 Noms.

Don't think there's really a good solution here. At the moment, I'd say the old way of "one-tier" can use all noms immediately is the best. My reasoning is that it's simplest and that I'd have some concern that adding conditions like nom limits based on the day could affect participation from people who aren't as invested in the contest as... well, generally the people posting in this topic.
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

what ARE they saying, then?

that when you look at it per capita the problem is significantly worse in the US
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I mean I don't really think there's a question that Congress/States has the ability/authority to enact regulations. As a case study, look at Republican efforts to restrict abortion. Given that SCOTUS has deemed that there is a right to abortion (and whether it is explicitly named in the Constitution or not should simply be an emotional distinction as far as the law is concerned due to that, I think.) Granted, much of what they've done has been ruled unconstitutional by courts, but not all of it.
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Launch discount is how long? A week? I should get on that, this kind of crept up on me.
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!!!

Are we still running with the "full versions of songs are out unless they play in-game" rule?

Arti posted...

I'd skip the side bracket entirely. It gets to be too many songs to listen to.

I'm with this, personally.

th3l3fty posted...

Mac Arrowny posted...

Tag

I think songs from 3rd have gotten in before...

Dreamy and Boisterous Holy Land made round 3 in VMGC9

I believe that's it

Probably. IIRC, I've been the primary nominator of Trails 3 stuff in the past and I remember getting Dreamy and Boisterous Holy Land in that one time. I've tried Phantasmagoria and I thought that got in but I guess not, too lazy to check.
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LeonhartFour posted...

hopefully you two will be more active than the people who supposedly want me to play Trails...!

i'm sorry

i should hopefully be more motivated to talk when you get to 3rd. whether my "not being here at all" issue is solved we'll see. >_>
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Arti posted...

Isn't this a sequel to another game made by the same company?

...Yes.

I was told that you can more or less play it stand-alone though. Chaos;Head (the game in question) has no official translation and probably won't, I think it's been in some kind of semi-development hell. I never really felt my enjoyment was impacted by not knowing things, at least. It seemed like any details you may have needed to know are brought up for you.
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pyresword posted...

How is the dialogue/writing in Tokyo Xanadu?

Not as strong as Trails, although, it may be a bit harder to tell because the translation (or the editing I suppose) is a huge step down from XSEED's work and that's all I can work from really apart from occasional moments where my very limited knowledge of Japanese allows me to pick up the differences between what's actually being said and what's being displayed.

But I'm easy to please, so I'd say it's still passable.
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Continuing on in Tokyo Xanadu ex+, I appear to be in the ~final chapter~ based on it being called the Final Chapter, but I assume that means of the base game because ex+ added an After Story IIRC.

I am really enjoying this game. I'm almost surprised by how much.
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is that a tease that saveestelle will return
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Arti posted...

2016 List - Revisited

3. Steins;Gate 0

unsolicited 2017 rec: Chaos;Child

Same company, really great VN IMO.
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Before Dream Drop Distance, I'd say KH probably didn't truly belong here.

after it though it is certainly a worthy contender
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LeonhartFour posted...

Oh man, I'm just now realizing that I probably have to win that fight against Loewe in order to get max BP in Trails FC, don't I?

...I'll wait and tackle that one tomorrow.

Yes, you do. (Also remember to not KO Dunan)

It's not that bad if you know going in though and prepare accordingly. You'll want protection from Confuse/Faint for everyone. Also try to keep Kaempfer up on him at all times. Personally, for that reason I like to give Kloe Grail Locket + Gladiator Belt so she can always cast it and not worry about CP dropping to zero (Also gives her protection from Mute which is the other status that can happen.) Ideally you traded the Carnelia books for Estelle's weapon for the added power but it's no big deal if you didn't. Either way, Estelle can land a ton of damage against a Kaempfer'd Lorence at 200 CP.

If you use Defense and Shield, that also really wipes out his offense. Stuff like Silver Thorn can hit for 0 damage. Action also a big priority. Clock Up EX is probably optional, but if you can cast it might as well.
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XC2 Chapter 10 + Ending Spoilers:

The Chapter 10 intro cutscene is essentially an extended look at an event described/seen at the end of XC1. At the very end of XC1, it's revealed that the world of XC1 was created when a science experiment destroyed the old world and created a new one. Klaus (Zanza) who conducted the experiment and Mayneth (the other scientist whose name I'm too lazy to look up) who was with him ended up in the new world but the true Monado/"God" of the world was Alvis, an AI involved in the experiment.

XC2 provides further context to all that. It shows the situation around the time of the experiment, with the First Orbit Low Station under attack, Aion, and the Conduit. It also reveals that the original world said to be destroyed by the experiment did still exist, if only barely. It recontextualizes Zanza as being the "evil" half of Klaus rather than merely just a terrible person in general. It also heavily implies that more than just an AI, Alvis was the third missing Aegis that Klaus said disappeared. And finally, the reason Klaus dies at the end is because the endgame of XC2 was happening concurrently with the endgame of XC1 and when Zanza is killed in XC1, it kills Klaus too. Klaus seems cognizant of the XC1 world, at least in part, and sees it coming and is why he says Rex's group needs to hurry because with his death, their chance to stop Malos will be lost.
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Probable Overreaction: That Foles performance was arguably legendary.

Really felt to me like a lot of Brady's yards/passes were going into poor coverage by the Eagles (not blaming Brady, I mean, if it's there it's there), but Foles was out there just throwing into crazy windows with no fear.
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evil has been sealed once more

for a time
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that play works against the jets special teams btw
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okay everyone, any excess energy you may still have should be sent to the eagles defense again just in case
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(i'm low key still concerned here that either a fg miss or just the 8 point lead will still have too much time)
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thank you everyone for sending your energy
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okay everyone

the time has come for us to all send our energy to the eagles defense
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Thanks refs for confirming I'm not crazy.
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FFDragon posted...

I was under the impression that once a runner, all you have to do is break the plane.

This is correct.

Commentators are operating under the assumption that he never becomes a runner.
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Am I crazy or are the commentators (again) overthinking this and he became a runner well before that so it doesn't matter.
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Meow1000 posted...

The thing is there isn't too much clock

There's 4 minutes left and they can still get 3 more first downs

This drive could run most or all of the remaining 9 minute clock

Well ok, that'll screw that up

You can't gameplan on maximizing that though! It always screws up! >_>
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too much clock

unless the eagles go to the crazy strats like "lose 30 yards but get a first down on a 5-yard holding on the next play" to artificially extend the drive the clock situation will be so bad even with a score
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welp

hope is dead
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I'm really uncomfortable with how this half is going. I would definitely expect the Eagles to falter first if this becomes a shootout.
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Metal_DK posted...

It didn't look like a wobble or bobbled catch but him taking an unorthodox position and getting it more snugly into his arm

Right, that was my take on it and why I said I disagreed with the characterization pushed by the commentators. I will admit that I feel like that's usually called incomplete, but incorrectly, in my view.

also eagles defense please come back
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Meow1000 posted...

That should've been overturned

I mean, the way catches have been called the last few years I expected it to... but I honestly feel like that one seemed different.

Not anti-Patriot bias either, I'd admit to that if it was a factor!
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Well, glad to be wrong there. Think it was the right call, disagree with the commentator characterization of that.
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Expecting an overturn, but I honestly feel like it should stand. Feels less like lack of control and more he was securing his grip or whatnot.

That's not really a technical rules judgment, just a "that feels like it should be a catch" thing.
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theawesomestevr posted...

I also think they should definitely at least have reviewed the Torrey Smith catch they called incomplete. He caught the ball, got two feet in, then had it knocked out of his hands by the defender before he ever went to the ground. Seemed like they just wanted to avoid any controversy by not looking at another "is this a catch or not?" play.

Don't you also need to make an "act common to the game" in addition to that if you want argue it was a catch then fumble? Incomplete was the right call, IMO.
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Foles looking to stay a starter on the Eagles after Wentz comes back

at wr
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please understand
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LeonhartFour posted...

I mean nobody listens to what I say regardless of what I do anyway

i have been shaken to my core by the betrayal of saveestelle's vgm ranking topic and can no longer bring myself to speak

Really I just haven't been around much lately. I usually chime in with something when I do pop up, like now, but I always feel a bit weird because I usually don't have much to say about your stuff because I haven't played/watch and the stuff I'm doing (Tokyo Xanadu) is stuff I think I'm alone on.
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XC2 Ending Spoilers:

Yeah, XC1 and XC2 were taking place concurrently. Klaus's experiment mentioned in XC1 is shown with more detail and context. It caused most things to get thrown into different dimensions (I believe it's implied there are others out there, not just the worlds of XC1 and XC2 but this shouldn't be important to the story of either.) The world of XC2 - specifically the Land of Morytha - along with half of Klaus were all that was left in the original world, so he went about re-creating life. And yeah, the Zanza half being killed by Shulk killed Klaus too, during the final XC2 battle you hear Shulk's voice from the XC1 battle. And yeah, the female scientist with Klaus was Mayneth. Same name, IIRC.

Re: Monados/Aegis/Alvis. I don't think this 100% confirmed, but the working understanding I took from all of this that ends up tying these all together is this: The 3 Trinity Processor Cores (the Aegis) are Monados, and yeah, the missing one was Alvis who either got sent to XC1 with the experiment or maybe somehow just bailed and went independently somehow. Alvis being a Monado is yeah. Malos has those attack names. Pneuma isn't as super obvious, but I always took Mythra's Foresight to be taken as the equivalent of Monado Visions. She just doesn't have the attack names to keep it from being obvious. Or maybe Pneuma's Specials are them, they're never named are they?

Pyra and Mythra coming back split could be Zohar/Klaus hax but it could also be that light that hit it contained her memory data or whatever and it "evolved" in the way Core Crystals are meant to based on that. Not totally sure. Also not totally sure what was up with Gramps crossing the rift. I'd probably need to watch the cutscene again because I remember being confused by that. I think they basically have to still be in the XC2 world though. I believe one of Klaus's final actions was ordering the Titans to become the megacontinent.

I'm not 100% sure but I think the details of the Zohar aren't 100% the same across Gears and Saga. But I think it was described - in Saga at least, since my memory there is stronger - as a "gate/conduit" that connects to a "higher dimension." The Wave Existence is an entity that lives in/perhaps simply "is" that higher dimension.
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Well, that's made clear by the blog. Just somehow I felt like the change happened years ago and therefore happened because of SC.

turns out the last 10 months apparently felt like ~4 years to me
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...Oh. I could have sworn that blog was way earlier. Like years earlier. I didn't check anything more recent than 2015 because I thought it was a pre-SC change.

how was that less than a year ago
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pretty sure the reason zin was changed back to zin was because that's how falcom translated it and xseed concluded it changed it to zane for no good reason in the first place

More specifically, though I'm not 100% sure this is the cause of this particular case, IIRC FC lost its primary translator about 75% of the way through the process or something so things got a bit weird in places. Once the Steam ports became a thing, Hatsuu was basically running the Kiseki show (she wasn't there for FC I think, or not on the project yet at least) and was able to clean things up.

...dammit they wrote a blog specifically about the name change but it must have been before the current one they use and i'm too lazy to find it
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The Mana Sword posted...

Im shocked

who else is shocked

a tiny bit actually

i shouldn't be but straight up refusing to enforce a law passed by Congress (and signed!) felt like a little much

i thought they'd just try to find the weakest possible way to enforce it
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Decided to skip out on Xenoblade 2 postgame for now. I have the season pass so I'll probably check in once the story DLC comes out or something.

Started Tokyo Xanadu ex+. This really is Trails meets Persona meets Ys huh. I'm cool with that though. Though I was getting wrecked in the combat at first because apparently I'm just really bad at learning action games. Should get better once I get used to the timing and that I can't just cancel into everything like Automata.
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Chapter 3 was a hard chapter to follow, I agree.
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SaveEstelle posted...

I've never really been a dog person

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xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?

Right, I know.

it's just we're still talking about my (probably? maybe? argh trails 3 complicates this) favorite game of all time so i feel a bit compelled to speak up in its defense if only a little
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xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?

Think we're talking past each other.

Since you're not elaborating why you hate it beyond saying you do, I can't really address anything. (You can if you want, we'll see how coherent and timely my responses are, I've had a migraine for hours and I'm losing the fight to it.) So I'm just offering my opinion instead. I know it doesn't mesh with yours and I'm not trying to say it does either.
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And I'm saying I disagree!
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