Board 8 > Rabi Ribi is a pretty good game (surprise rose game topic)

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Applekidrose 07/01/17 8:56:20 AM #1:	Just finished the main game today with 20/24 townspeople collected. I had a good time with it! By the end of the game I had the hang of maneuvering and dodging attacks, and was doing much better on the bosses, even as they got more difficult. I got my first MAX RANK boss clear toward the end. I hadn't installed the free Halloween DLC, so maybe I'll go back and play that. There's also post-game content that opened up, plus NewGame+ and Boss Rushes. Lots of content here! This is a good game for me to play while I let a Podcast or something play, because the story is almost non-existent and it's all about exploring these different areas and seeing if you can find new secrets with whatever powers you've found since the last time you were here. And an INCREDIBLE amount of the game is totally optional. I never even found air-dashing. So yeah, I also have a few other games installed and I'm not sure what order I'll play them in. I started up Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi earlier today, and lemme tell you when you actually live in a small town in Japan this game is a TRIP AND A HALF. Keiichi's description of Hinamizawa could very easily fit my town too (except it's not 1983, so even small towns have vending machines now - see Your Name!) The inciting incident for finally getting this VN was actually a conversation last week with another teacher who it turns out is a massive nerd. I'll translate from Japanese: Me "We can't find the 20th coin from the treasure hunt game. We only have 19." Fuku-sensei "Oh. Maybe it was spirited away?" (onikakushi) Me "Ah! Yeah, it was probably Oyashiro-sama." Fuku-sensei "Please be careful of Hinamizawa Syndrome." We both laughed so hard. It's nice to find a fellow nerd in a small town! I have Trails in the Sky 3rd installed, but I'm not sure I'm feeling a big JRPG so soon after Berseria. I think I'll hold off on it awhile longer. Stardew Valley, Hyperdimension Neptunia ReBirth 1, Final Fantasy XXX-2, and Crypt of the Necrodancer are also installed. Oh and I've been downloading Final Fantasy X/X-2 for literally 5 days now. My internet is so hilariously slow. And I suppose if this is a Rose Games topic I should mention I just played through Fire Emblem Fates. Birthright -> Conquest - Revelation. I have a lot of thoughts about how ambitious this game's scope was, and how some of the fundamental design decisions actually sincerely hurt the game, but I won't get into it if nobody's interested. My big takeaway here is Soleil is the greatest Fire Emblem character ever. --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882141235] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>Just finished the main game today with 20/24 townspeople collected. I had a good time with it! By the end of the game I had the hang of maneuvering and dodging attacks, and was doing much better on the bosses, even as they got more difficult. I got my first MAX RANK boss clear toward the end. I hadn't installed the free Halloween DLC, so maybe I'll go back and play that. There's also post-game content that opened up, plus NewGame+ and Boss Rushes. Lots of content here! This is a good game for me to play while I let a Podcast or something play, because the story is almost non-existent and it's all about exploring these different areas and seeing if you can find new secrets with whatever powers you've found since the last time you were here. And an INCREDIBLE amount of the game is totally optional. I never even found air-dashing. So yeah, I also have a few other games installed and I'm not sure what order I'll play them in. I started up Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Onikakushi earlier today, and lemme tell you when you actually live in a small town in Japan this game is a TRIP AND A HALF. Keiichi's description of Hinamizawa could very easily fit my town too (except it's not 1983, so even small towns have vending machines now - see Your Name!) The inciting incident for finally getting this VN was actually a conversation last week with another teacher who it turns out is a massive nerd. I'll translate from Japanese: Me "We can't find the 20th coin from the treasure hunt game. We only have 19." Fuku-sensei "Oh. Maybe it was spirited away?" (onikakushi) Me "Ah! Yeah, it was probably Oyashiro-sama." Fuku-sensei "Please be careful of Hinamizawa Syndrome." We both laughed so hard. It's nice to find a fellow nerd in a small town! I have Trails in the Sky 3rd installed, but I'm not sure I'm feeling a big JRPG so soon after Berseria. I think I'll hold off on it awhile longer. Stardew Valley, Hyperdimension Neptunia ReBirth 1, Final Fantasy XXX-2, and Crypt of the Necrodancer are also installed. Oh and I've been downloading Final Fantasy X/X-2 for literally 5 days now. My internet is so hilariously slow. And I suppose if this is a Rose Games topic I should mention I just played through Fire Emblem Fates. Birthright -> Conquest - Revelation. I have a lot of thoughts about how ambitious this game's scope was, and how some of the fundamental design decisions actually sincerely hurt the game, but I won't get into it if nobody's interested. My big takeaway here is Soleil is the greatest Fire Emblem character ever.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/01/17 8:57:24 AM #2:	Oh yeah, I was thinking about that Game Challenge thing from last year where you beat different games and slot them into different categories. Are we doing that again? What do I search for? Also note: I'll probably make notes to self about SGDQ in this topic, since I pretty much have to rely on VODs to see anything! --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882141254] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>Oh yeah, I was thinking about that Game Challenge thing from last year where you beat different games and slot them into different categories. Are we doing that again? What do I search for? Also note: I'll probably make notes to self about SGDQ in this topic, since I pretty much have to rely on VODs to see anything!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/01/17 9:10:44 AM #3:	Applekidrose posted... Oh yeah, I was thinking about that Game Challenge thing from last year where you beat different games and slot them into different categories. Are we doing that again? What do I search for? nevermind, I found it and joined. I'm at 10/50! --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882141614] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote><cite>Applekidrose posted...</cite> <quote>Oh yeah, I was thinking about that Game Challenge thing from last year where you beat different games and slot them into different categories. Are we doing that again? What do I search for? </quote> nevermind, I found it and joined. I'm at 10/50!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/01/17 9:14:53 AM #4:	Weird thing about Higurashi is Hinamizawa apparently only has 30 school age kids. They don't say the actual population of the town, but the background pictures make it look WAY bigger than Kitadaito. But we have twice as many kids! Part of that is probably just Okinawan families are big, I guess. --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882141720] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>Weird thing about Higurashi is Hinamizawa apparently only has 30 school age kids. They don't say the actual population of the town, but the background pictures make it look WAY bigger than Kitadaito. But we have twice as many kids! Part of that is probably just Okinawan families are big, I guess.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/01/17 9:18:07 AM #5:	oh in other gaming news, Libra of the Vampire Princess finally launched. I kickstarted it a million years ago so I got my copy, but I haven't started playing. Anybody else have this on their radar? --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882141818] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>oh in other gaming news, Libra of the Vampire Princess finally launched. I kickstarted it a million years ago so I got my copy, but I haven't started playing. Anybody else have this on their radar?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/01/17 10:06:05 AM #6:	God, Higurashi is REALLY ANIME. Like compared to Umineko that grounded itself in reality as an important part of its setting, Higurashi has Rena constantly poofing smoke from her head and spouting blood from her nose. Bizarre. --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882143307] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>God, Higurashi is REALLY ANIME. Like compared to Umineko that grounded itself in reality as an important part of its setting, Higurashi has Rena constantly poofing smoke from her head and spouting blood from her nose. Bizarre.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/01/17 11:35:14 AM #7:	Gone are the days when I play through an entire episode of Umineko in a single night. I'm going to call it here at the end of chapter 3 of Higurashi. It's entertaining, but I can't help but feel like the medium (or budget, I guess) is holding it back a little. For example, Keiichi is alone in the dump reading a tabloid about the creepy murder/dismemberment that happened a few years ago. Just as he's remarking how normal villagers could do something so horrific with tools and an axe, Rena shows up and surprises him with an axe in her hand. He's understandably freaked out for a second, but because there's no CG or alternate sprite or real audio cue or anything, the impact is notably lessened for the reader. All we get is a silly sound effect. I'm going to hope there's some new sprites for when shit gets real later, and maybe they just wanted to keep that a secret for now? --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882146517] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>Gone are the days when I play through an entire episode of Umineko in a single night. I'm going to call it here at the end of chapter 3 of Higurashi. It's entertaining, but I can't help but feel like the medium (or budget, I guess) is holding it back a little. For example, Keiichi is alone in the dump reading a tabloid about the creepy murder/dismemberment that happened a few years ago. Just as he's remarking how normal villagers could do something so horrific with tools and an axe, Rena shows up and surprises him with an axe in her hand. He's understandably freaked out for a second, but because there's no CG or alternate sprite or real audio cue or anything, the impact is notably lessened for the reader. All we get is a silly sound effect. I'm going to hope there's some new sprites for when shit gets real later, and maybe they just wanted to keep that a secret for now?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Phase 07/01/17 1:34:13 PM #8:	Rabi-Ribi is the highest rated metroidvania on Steam and one of the highest rated games on steam by Wilson score (lower bound of the 95% confidence interval of the estimator or "that metric steamdb uses"). The end of the main game of Rabi-Ribi isn't really the end of the game though. There's a lot of "post game" story content. And there is a post-post-game. There's a strong argument that getting all town members is the "real" end of the game and the "end" of the main game is there mainly to put a reasonable cap on the game length for speedrunning. 10 town members is the "No Major Glitches" category and takes about 40-50 minutes on normal. All town members is about twice that. (Any% glitches Alius 1 and doesn't work on speedrun mode IIRC, takes about 10-15 minutes) I heard Libra of the Vampire Princess is pretty eh. Translation is undoubtedly pretty jank. And none of that fake "Persona 5's translation is super jank" stuff. From what I've seen it's not IMHHW bad, but definitely could use a couple more editing passes at the current level of translation. --- assert(!hotterThan(foo, "Hot Nymphomaniacal Lesbian Mind-Controlling Dominatrix Fairy Doctors with glasses")) <cite>Phase posted [p:882151796] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>Rabi-Ribi is the highest rated metroidvania on Steam and one of the highest rated games on steam by Wilson score (lower bound of the 95% confidence interval of the estimator or "that metric steamdb uses"). The end of the main game of Rabi-Ribi isn't really the end of the game though. There's a lot of "post game" story content. And there is a post-post-game. There's a strong argument that getting all town members is the "real" end of the game and the "end" of the main game is there mainly to put a reasonable cap on the game length for speedrunning. 10 town members is the "No Major Glitches" category and takes about 40-50 minutes on normal. All town members is about twice that. (Any% glitches Alius 1 and doesn't work on speedrun mode IIRC, takes about 10-15 minutes) I heard Libra of the Vampire Princess is pretty eh. Translation is undoubtedly pretty jank. And none of that fake "Persona 5's translation is super jank" stuff. From what I've seen it's not IMHHW bad, but definitely could use a couple more editing passes at the current level of translation.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zyxyz0 07/01/17 4:34:47 PM #9:	Applekidrose posted... He's understandably freaked out for a second, but because there's no CG or alternate sprite or real audio cue or anything, the impact is notably lessened for the reader. All we get is a silly sound effect. I'm going to hope there's some new sprites for when shit gets real later, and maybe they just wanted to keep that a secret for now? Are you playing with the PS3 patch? That does add in CGs among other things, though I forget if there's one for that particular scene or not. --- Archive of my AA playthrough topic and some others' playthrough/ranking topics: http://zyxyzarchive.x10host.com/ <cite>Zyxyz0 posted [p:882160013] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote><cite>Applekidrose posted...</cite> <quote> He's understandably freaked out for a second, but because there's no CG or alternate sprite or real audio cue or anything, the impact is notably lessened for the reader. All we get is a silly sound effect. I'm going to hope there's some new sprites for when shit gets real later, and maybe they just wanted to keep that a secret for now?</quote> Are you playing with the PS3 patch? That does add in CGs among other things, though I forget if there's one for that particular scene or not.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/01/17 10:12:41 PM #10:	Phase posted... Rabi-Ribi is the highest rated metroidvania on Steam and one of the highest rated games on steam by Wilson score (lower bound of the 95% confidence interval of the estimator or "that metric steamdb uses"). The end of the main game of Rabi-Ribi isn't really the end of the game though. There's a lot of "post game" story content. And there is a post-post-game. There's a strong argument that getting all town members is the "real" end of the game and the "end" of the main game is there mainly to put a reasonable cap on the game length for speedrunning. 10 town members is the "No Major Glitches" category and takes about 40-50 minutes on normal. All town members is about twice that. (Any% glitches Alius 1 and doesn't work on speedrun mode IIRC, takes about 10-15 minutes) I heard Libra of the Vampire Princess is pretty eh. Translation is undoubtedly pretty jank. And none of that fake "Persona 5's translation is super jank" stuff. From what I've seen it's not IMHHW bad, but definitely could use a couple more editing passes at the current level of translation. wow had no idea it was so critically acclaimed! I guess I'll go back to the game, though I"m not really sure where to go from here. I went guideless so far, but I may need help now. I do wanna check out a speedrun too, that seems interesting! i figured out the hidden technique backwards walljump pretty late in the game, but I assume it can lead to some neat sequence breaking early --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882176512] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote><cite>Phase posted...</cite> <quote>Rabi-Ribi is the highest rated metroidvania on Steam and one of the highest rated games on steam by Wilson score (lower bound of the 95% confidence interval of the estimator or "that metric steamdb uses"). The end of the main game of Rabi-Ribi isn't really the end of the game though. There's a lot of "post game" story content. And there is a post-post-game. There's a strong argument that getting all town members is the "real" end of the game and the "end" of the main game is there mainly to put a reasonable cap on the game length for speedrunning. 10 town members is the "No Major Glitches" category and takes about 40-50 minutes on normal. All town members is about twice that. (Any% glitches Alius 1 and doesn't work on speedrun mode IIRC, takes about 10-15 minutes) I heard Libra of the Vampire Princess is pretty eh. Translation is undoubtedly pretty jank. And none of that fake "Persona 5's translation is super jank" stuff. From what I've seen it's not IMHHW bad, but definitely could use a couple more editing passes at the current level of translation.</quote> wow had no idea it was so critically acclaimed! I guess I'll go back to the game, though I"m not really sure where to go from here. I went guideless so far, but I may need help now. I do wanna check out a speedrun too, that seems interesting! i figured out the hidden technique backwards walljump pretty late in the game, but I assume it can lead to some neat sequence breaking early</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/01/17 10:12:55 PM #11:	Zyxyz0 posted... Applekidrose posted... He's understandably freaked out for a second, but because there's no CG or alternate sprite or real audio cue or anything, the impact is notably lessened for the reader. All we get is a silly sound effect. I'm going to hope there's some new sprites for when shit gets real later, and maybe they just wanted to keep that a secret for now? Are you playing with the PS3 patch? That does add in CGs among other things, though I forget if there's one for that particular scene or not. nah default Steam release --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882176524] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zyxyz0 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Applekidrose posted...</cite> <quote> He's understandably freaked out for a second, but because there's no CG or alternate sprite or real audio cue or anything, the impact is notably lessened for the reader. All we get is a silly sound effect. I'm going to hope there's some new sprites for when shit gets real later, and maybe they just wanted to keep that a secret for now?</quote> Are you playing with the PS3 patch? That does add in CGs among other things, though I forget if there's one for that particular scene or not.</quote> nah default Steam release</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/01/17 11:56:23 PM #12:	Watanagashi, the village festival? we also have a village festival oh gosh, it's a lot of fun! --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882181291] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>Watanagashi, the village festival? we also have a village festival oh gosh, it's a lot of fun!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/02/17 3:59:25 AM #13:	SGDQ starts at 1:30AM tonight sigh --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882189327] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>SGDQ starts at 1:30AM tonight sigh</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/02/17 6:42:10 AM #14:	god the postgame rabi ribi stuff is hard!! I finally beat Miriam and now i'm in BOSS RUSH territory I tried out the Halloween area too and got destroyed. --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882192502] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>god the postgame rabi ribi stuff is hard!! I finally beat Miriam and now i'm in BOSS RUSH territory I tried out the Halloween area too and got destroyed.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/02/17 7:45:58 AM #15:	Jesus the Miru fight was like Goku vs Frieza. SO MANY ATTACK PHASES --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882193647] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>Jesus the Miru fight was like Goku vs Frieza. SO MANY ATTACK PHASES</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/02/17 9:59:43 AM #16:	OKAY! I went around with a guide and grabbed all the Badges and the 2 items I had missed in my normal play. Now all that's left is the Library and Irisu, and a few badges you have to get in there and afterward. and the Halloween DLC. I'm sure I missed a ton of random stat ups and a LOT of easter eggs, but oh well --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882196869] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>OKAY! I went around with a guide and grabbed all the Badges and the 2 items I had missed in my normal play. Now all that's left is the Library and Irisu, and a few badges you have to get in there and afterward. and the Halloween DLC. I'm sure I missed a ton of random stat ups and a LOT of easter eggs, but oh well</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/02/17 8:58:34 PM #17:	Miriam and Miru were extremely long and challenging fights. I'm kinda scared of Irisu. --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882227491] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>Miriam and Miru were extremely long and challenging fights. I'm kinda scared of Irisu.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/02/17 10:27:02 PM #18:	Applekidrose posted... Miriam and Miru were extremely long and challenging fights. I'm kinda scared of Irisu. oh I meant Rumi not Miru dang similar sister names --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882231803] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote><cite>Applekidrose posted...</cite> <quote>Miriam and Miru were extremely long and challenging fights. I'm kinda scared of Irisu.</quote> oh I meant Rumi not Miru dang similar sister names</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/03/17 5:30:05 AM #19:	Rabi Ribi beated. Irisu fight was very challenging and fun. Cute ending. I got all the badges and items, I think I'm done! Very good game, would recommend to anybody that likes metroidvanias --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882245790] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>Rabi Ribi beated. Irisu fight was very challenging and fun. Cute ending. I got all the badges and items, I think I'm done! Very good game, would recommend to anybody that likes metroidvanias</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/03/17 6:09:23 PM #20:	I've started a playthrough of FFX-2. Getting some cheevos! Got to 13% story completion last night --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882276044] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>I've started a playthrough of FFX-2. Getting some cheevos! Got to 13% story completion last night</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Applekidrose 07/04/17 3:32:10 AM #21:	Okay, 21% and now I gotta go to work --- Give a good greeting. Try not to give up. Sleep well, eat well. If you're troubled, talk to someone! You're likely to succeed if you try. <cite>Applekidrose posted [p:882300463] in Rabi Ribi ... [t:75520178]...</cite> <quote>Okay, 21% and now I gotta go to work</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Board 8 > Rabi Ribi is a pretty good game (surprise rose game topic)