Board 8 > SaveEstelle & LeonhartFour in New Houses: Trails From Jeff Zero Edition

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The Mana Sword posted...

thats a shame

Oh right I forgot about the accusations against him

I don't even know what became of that

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he was dropped from the major localization companies, attempted to sue funimation for defamation and got laughed out of court after hiring the the sleaziest of discount lawyers to represent him

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'whoops'

I vaguely remember a B8 topic about him suing Funimation but I don't think it had gotten far in the process yet

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I remember some leaks about other funi people being bad that got some people to defend him but I'm not really sure what happened with that either.


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well there were a couple of other Funimation people (Monica Rial in particular, I believe) who went hard after Mignogna

I'm reading the details on his Wiki page now and it looks like his legal team botched it pretty badly

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The Office Season 2 Episode 17 complete!

I'm kinda surprised Dwight didn't cap off that speech with the Nazi salute

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The Office Season 2 Episode 18 complete!

Okay, the "Bring your daughter to work" day episode might have been my favorite one so far.

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Wow these Spidey Sense sidequests in Xenoblade are great

But now I'm conflicted about what to do with this Monica/Erik/Andreas love triangle one!

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I finished chapter 3 in Xenoblade. Now battles are even more complicated now that predicting the future is a battle mechanic! Still, the giant spider boss was pretty cool. Also, I've been using Shulk this entire time. Should I be switching between him and others, or is he viable enough on his own?

And of course there's a True Monado! I wonder if the person Shulk saw in his vision is his father. He kinda looked like Shulk from afar. I've also enjoyed having a few sidequests where multiple outcomes are possible, like the aforementioned love triangle.

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You might want to at least fiddle with controlling the other party members a bit just to see if you like how they play. I pretty much always stick with Shulk though.

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this feels like a Tales situation where I might play around with the others every now and then but primarily roll with just one dude

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I played Shulk the whole way through. It kinda helps that Shulk is one of two characters the AI is worst at playing unless the DE vastly improved its handling of him.

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It's perfectly fine to just stick to Shulk if you want to. When I played I used Shulk until a certain other character joined then stuck to that other character afterwards.
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For some reason this reminds me that I didnt switch Tidus out of my party for a long portion of the game because I assumed you couldn't.

Maybe I'll make that a challenge run. No mid game switching and Tidus always has to be in when he can. PS1 rules

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Some of the other characters are pretty fun. I liked Dunban and one of the characters you haven't gotten yet a lot.

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Playing Shulk and not-Shulk was the difference between me being unable to finish the game and finishing with it turning out as one of my favorite RPG's, so I highly recommend being willing to switch. (To be fair, the attempts were years apart and there was probably other unconscious differences in how I approached the game, but yeah.)

All that said, the characters that I actually did like using you don't have access to yet. Reyn and the one you will get next I liked using even less than Shulk, but I would at least recommend trying out all the characters.
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I do like the ability to quick jump between landmarks and the ability to change the time of day as you see fit. Definitely makes these sidequests more manageable!

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Leonhart4 posted...

The credits are rolling on Final Fantasy VII Remake

I'm not entirely sure what I just witnessed.

Want to share some more thoughts?

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I definitely used Shulk a lot because he had some useful arts (Enchant being the big one), but as far as actual fun went he was more middle of the pack. Once I got Dunban they pretty quickly became my character of choice when viable.

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ctesjbuvf posted...

Want to share some more thoughts?

Maybe later today when I get home from work

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okay here are some thoughts on Final Fantasy VII Remake, specifically the stuff from the last couple chapters

keep in mind that these are my own thoughts because I haven't read anything anyone else has said so I might be way off base in some of my speculation in case some of this stuff has actually been confirmed or whatever

So the whole Whisper thing feels largely unnecessary for most of the game. Their only purpose is to completely bog the game down, and the fights against them are not fun. When they just interfered in cutscenes later in the game, I was more willing to tolerate them because it didn't slow the game down. However, I don't necessarily want FFVIIR to become a game about destiny. Leave that theme for the Final Fantasy VIII Remake where it belongs. FFVII's theme has always been about life, and it should stay that way.

That being said, I have to admit that I'm a little curious about what they're trying to do. If they can weave both of the themes together, I suppose I'd be all right with that, but I'm trying to figure out if the Whispers are trying to preserve the original FFVII timeline or trying to change it. My guess is they're trying to preserve it based on the "flash forward" to FFVII's post-credit scene with Red XIII at one point. Even so, I'm not 100% convinced because the timeline has seemingly changed because Zack is apparently now alive (for the record, his VA is way worse than the original. Most of the VAs sound pretty similar to their originals, but his is way off and not for the better). Of course, that begs the question of where he is now and how both he and Cloud can seemingly have the Buster Sword (unless he gave it to Cloud at some point other than when he did originally). It would also make less sense for Cloud to completely forget about him, but I suppose that's meant to be a deliberate tease to lure you in to part 2!

It also begs the question of what Sephiroth's role in the grand scheme of things will be. He offers for Cloud to join him in defying destiny, but I wouldn't exactly take his words at face value (especially since the original timeline is actually beneficial for him for the most part). I just don't want him to be replaced by something else as the main antagonist of the game. That would be dumb, especially if it's just some nebulous representation of "Destiny" or something silly like that. Don't lessen Sephiroth's importance or diminish his luster as one of the classic JRPG villains. It doesn't feel like they are since Aerith still plainly says he's the biggest threat to the Planet, but yeah.

Also, it's 100% rock solid certainty that the Whispers will have an impact on Aerith's death scene. I'm also starting to feel like there's a chance she might not die in the end (and maybe someone else will instead? Who knows) if Zack can still be alive. Part of me wonders if this is supposed to be an alternate reality or something rather than just a straight remake of the original. Regardless, Square has my attention for at least trying something novel with the franchise (I'm sure a lot of people wish they wouldn't, but whatever). There's a chance they botch it in the end, but the people working on the game clearly have a lot of love and respect for the original game (in my opinion, at least), so I don't expect them to completely rewrite the story.

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I think you missed the implication that the Whispers are destroyed now. That's what the final battle was all about.

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BK_Sheikah00 posted...

I think you missed the implication that the Whispers are destroyed now. That's what the final battle was all about.

it was pretty hard to tell what was happening at the end there!

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I just got a flash forward moment in Xenoblade for a collectible item I found that it's suggesting I'll need for a future sidequest

but it was also the last item I needed to complete the Collectapedia for Tephra Cave so TOO BAD

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The nice thing is that I think with DE it marks your collectibles in the item menu if theyre needed for quests. I dont remember if it does it for future ones, but it does for current, so you dont actually sell them off.

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Yeah, I noticed that earlier. I've just been avoiding selling stuff in general because I don't know what to keep, and I can use some of it to make trades anyway.

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Sharla just joined the party and now we have to save Juju from his own stupidity

why can't more kid characters in games be like Nanako

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I was really hoping this wasn't gonna happen, but it looks like I'm going to get to experience the I'm sure super fun combination of heavy wildfire smoke during covid

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The Office Season 2 Episode 19 complete!

It was nice to see Kevin get some extra screen time, even if it was a more serious situation.

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The Office Season 2 Episode 20 complete!

That might have been the best Dwight episode yet.

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aw yeah finally got that elusive win in Fall Guys

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second time in two weeks where work didn't accurately communicate to me where I was supposed to be

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Oregairu S3 Ep7 beaten

I think that was the first yahello of the season?

Hikigaya talking with Tamanawa did not go even remotely like I expected it to.
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The Office Season 2 Episode 21 complete!

Pretty sure Jim is my favorite character at this point.

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Well, he is the best Office character!

Speaking of which, I'm putting in my official request for character rankings after you finish the season!

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Well, he is the best Office character!

Speaking of which, I'm putting in my official request for character rankings after you finish the season!

I can do that!

I need to do Downton Abbey character rankings once we watch the movie, too.

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The Office Season 2 complete!

Okay, didn't expect Jim to just go for it there!

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That's basically the climax of the British show


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Office character rankings so far:

Jim > Pam > Kevin > Stanley > Dwight > Michael > Darryl > Oscar > Angela > Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration > Creed > Ryan > Phyllis > Roy > Meredith > Kelly > Toby > Jan > Packer

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Wow that's low for Creed.

Maybe he didn't do much in the first couple seasons?
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Yeah, he hasn't done much yet. He was great in the casino night episode though. Definitely his best appearance so far.

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Also The Office Season 3 Episode 1 complete!

Well, that was abrupt. Pam broke it off with Roy between seasons, huh.

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The Office Season 3 Episode 2 complete!

Poor Toby, you tried. Also, Pam has bad luck picking guys.

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MIchael is easily at the top but I can see it taking a few seasons to come to that conclusion.

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pjbasis posted...

MIchael is easily at the top but I can see it taking a few seasons to come to that conclusion.

He has some high highs but also some low lows. Jim is just consistently great.

Speaking of which, The Office Season 3 Episode 3 complete!

Michael's complete ownage of Dwight was something to behold.

Also, "There's this World War II game called Call of Duty" as they have a LAN party really dates this show!

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I wouldn't have Michael at the top even having finished the show. He does basically make the show, but he has too many unlikable parts.
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I'm actually not sure if I ever finished the last season of The Office, come to think of it. I know I didn't for Parks and Rec.

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The Office Season 3 Episode 4 complete!

A funeral for a bird huh

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The Office Season 3 Episode 5 complete!

Pretzel Day is the one thing that gets Michael and Stanley on the same page

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You know you're married when you marathon the office.

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