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transience
09/27/20 10:31:02 PM
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just stopping in for a few minutes. anyone got anything interesting going on?

I don't have much. games-wise, I got a new 2ds so I've been replaying some ace attorney on that, and then dying every which way in Spelunky 2. been watching the next gen wars with mostly apathy, though I think I'm more on team xbox than ps5 this time around just because of game pass. I don't think I really want either one right now though.

in other media, I just watched Boston job to the Heat again in the closing minutes, and I just finished a nice long Lost rewatch with the wife a few days ago. that was really fun to revisit, especially given the quarantine world these days.

other than that, just hanging out doing virtual school with my kids and trying to balance work in there somewhere too. how are you all?

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Leonhart4
09/27/20 10:42:20 PM
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I'm married now

And in more important news, playing Xenoblade

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transience
09/27/20 10:49:56 PM
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congrats! how far and how are you liking it?

I played like 6 hours of the Switch version and dropped it. I think Xenoblade 2 just made me retroactively like 1 less.

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Leonhart4
09/27/20 10:58:19 PM
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I am at the Machina Village. I've been loving it so far. It's super addictive.

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transience
09/27/20 11:00:21 PM
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oh yeah you're a ways in. glad you're enjoying it! it's super easy to like.

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Team Rocket Elite
09/27/20 11:03:50 PM
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transience posted...
congrats! how far and how are you liking it?

I played like 6 hours of the Switch version and dropped it. I think Xenoblade 2 just made me retroactively like 1 less.


Oh, that's not a good sign for its ranking on the next list.
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transience
09/27/20 11:09:03 PM
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I'll go back and evaluate it for real before the next list! (probably in 2022 so I've got time!)

Xenoblade Switch added all these QOL improvements for quests, and that means that I spent way more time doing quests.. which is the worst part of that game. I have all these obnoxious icons all over my screen that distract me from doing the good stuff. I'm still at the bionis leg, having been there for like 5 hours doing stupid stuff like collecting 4 pelts or whatever other MMO trappings that game has.

also I got to level 50 in Tephra Cave which may have impacted my enjoyment somewhat. at least I took those levels away to make it a fair fight!

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Team Rocket Elite
09/27/20 11:14:07 PM
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Don't quote me on this since I didn't try it out personally but I think the game lets you turn off a lot of the indicators if you don't want them.

Xenoblade DE was the first time I seriously tried to do all the quests and the new features helped out a lot with that. But, I'm not sure I would be up to do it again since it really does take a long time.
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transience
09/27/20 11:16:40 PM
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yeah, that's what I'm going to do if I go back - just turn all that nonsense off. I thought, well, I've beaten this a couple of times so I'll try to get as much of the quests done as I can to mix things up and man was that a mistake. Xenoblade is at its best when you're wandering around Satorl Marsh and just enjoying what might pop up in front of you. when you're racing to the next icon, it feels more like a checklist and that's not fun.


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Leonhart4
09/27/20 11:19:01 PM
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I've enjoyed the breeziness of having all the helpful icons! But I also wasn't at level 50 until I got to Sword Valley!

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transience
09/27/20 11:20:55 PM
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glitches are fun. fortunately there's that expert mode where you can lower your level.

https://twitter.com/necta_rines/status/1268954571843330049
https://twitter.com/necta_rines/status/1268914378834710528


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Team Rocket Elite
09/27/20 11:59:10 PM
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The Version 1.1.2 patch that came out in July actually patched that out. So you can't do it anymore.
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