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TheRock1525
03/03/22 10:01:26 PM
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https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/triangle-strategy

83% on 41 reviews. Picking up my copy tomorrow.

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masterplum
03/03/22 10:02:47 PM
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Still elden ringing

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colliding
03/03/22 10:09:08 PM
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should be getting in the mail saturday

I think it'll be fine. lots of complaints about "too much story" and bad voice acting, but I'm expecting a good time

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TheRock1525
03/03/22 10:59:45 PM
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masterplum posted...
Still elden ringing

Triangles > Circles

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ninkendo
03/04/22 12:05:49 AM
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Thank you for topic

I have only a passing interest in triangle strategy so I didn't go rushing to make a review zone topic

I think that's a game I'll get when it's $20

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PrinceOfKoopas
03/04/22 12:06:30 AM
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ninkendo posted...
Thank you for topic

I have only a passing interest in triangle strategy so I didn't go rushing to make a review zone topic

I think that's a game I'll get when it's $20
Since it's published by Nintendo... that might not ever happen.

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banananor
03/04/22 2:15:25 AM
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The immovable object vs the other immovable object

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TheRock1525
03/04/22 2:19:50 AM
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PrinceOfKoopas posted...
Since it's published by Nintendo... that might not ever happen.

Has Octopath ever hit $20?

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andylt
03/04/22 8:04:48 AM
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Octopath goes on sale a lot but that's not published by Nintendo.

TriStrat hype! I've been really looking forward to this while still being wary of the writing. Most of the reviews have good things to say about the plot (if not necessarily the characters) so that's a good sign.

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PrinceOfKoopas
03/04/22 8:11:51 AM
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andylt posted...
Octopath goes on sale a lot but that's not published by Nintendo.

TriStrat hype! I've been really looking forward to this while still being wary of the writing. Most of the reviews have good things to say about the plot (if not necessarily the characters) so that's a good sign.
Octopath is also published by Nintendo!

The lowest it's ever been is $30, but it tends to fall to as low as $42.
https://www.dekudeals.com/items/octopath-traveler

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andylt
03/04/22 8:18:23 AM
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PrinceOfKoopas posted...
Octopath is also published by Nintendo!
Whoops, my bad! I guess this one will probs make its way to other platforms too, then.

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swordz9
03/04/22 8:27:29 AM
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Octopath was $10 once upon a time at Walmart along with Xenoblade DE, but otherwise I dont think either has been below $30 before?
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andylt
03/04/22 6:45:26 PM
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Anyone playing this yet?

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greengravy294
03/04/22 8:31:49 PM
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I'm playing the demo

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Aecioo
03/04/22 8:52:46 PM
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Imagine not playing elden ring LOL

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TheRock1525
03/04/22 10:47:20 PM
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Souls games are too hard for me.

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TheRock1525
03/06/22 2:03:47 AM
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This voice acting is... something.

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colliding
03/06/22 7:36:10 PM
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TheRock1525 posted...
This voice acting is... something.

probably my #1 recommended change from the early demo and they did nothing. really REALLY should've made an option to replace voice with text sound effects.

maybe their defense is that this was done remotely during covid, but even so it truly is indefensibly bad. I'll keep them on for a while because I like the battle voices, but might turn the voice volume to zero.

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BetrayedTangy
03/06/22 8:20:16 PM
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Octopath is on Xbox Game Pass last I checked, so it's possible it could get Triangle at some point too

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RikkuAlmighty
03/06/22 8:36:53 PM
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I bought this with my expiring Best Buy credit.

Looking forward to it, though the character names are really painful and the sampling of VO has been unfortunate at best.

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Mac Arrowny
03/06/22 9:36:01 PM
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colliding posted...
probably my #1 recommended change from the early demo and they did nothing. really REALLY should've made an option to replace voice with text sound effects.

maybe their defense is that this was done remotely during covid, but even so it truly is indefensibly bad. I'll keep them on for a while because I like the battle voices, but might turn the voice volume to zero.
Use Japanese voices?

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StealThisSheen
03/06/22 11:44:33 PM
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Mac Arrowny posted...
Use Japanese voices?

Apparently the Japanese VA is also very bad. It doesn't appear to be a problem with the actual actors, moreso the direction, and it appears to apply to all of the voice acting in general.

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ffmasterjose
03/07/22 12:22:14 AM
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Played the first battle of the Prologue Demo and got BIG Final Fantasy Tactics vibes so I picked it up at Walmart immediately for 50 bucks.


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TheRock1525
03/07/22 12:47:15 AM
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So now that I'm playing... this game is pretty tough. But in a good way. I restarted the tournament battle twice because Wolfhart died both times.

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TheRock1525
03/07/22 12:59:26 AM
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I zone out every cutscene so I have no idea what's going on.

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ffmasterjose
03/07/22 1:34:31 AM
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Calling it now *speculation spoilers ahead* Benedict is gonna betray me at some point.

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colliding
03/07/22 2:18:36 PM
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Mac Arrowny posted...
Use Japanese voices?

For some reason I dislike japanese voice acting in video games, even though I'm a subs-anime guy

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RySenkari
03/07/22 3:23:31 PM
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Is Square Enix still skimping on voiceover pay? I remember Trials of Mana, when they couldn't even be arsed to hire Los Angeles anime voice actors, they went completely with unknowns and we got "Twials Of Mana".

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Leonhart4
03/07/22 3:35:54 PM
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RySenkari posted...
Is Square Enix still skimping on voiceover pay? I remember Trials of Mana, when they couldn't even be arsed to hire Los Angeles anime voice actors, they went completely with unknowns and we got "Twials Of Mana".

Oh man the glorious age of Chaos Wars and Mega Man 8 have returned

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colliding
03/07/22 4:00:42 PM
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It's not that bad. It definitely feels as though these voice actors were handed scripts with extremely basic directions and they didn't do many re-takes. Like Serenoa's voice actor probably got a bunch of lines with *impassioned* or *sympathetic* next to it and that's it.

the thing is, a lot of modern videogames get away with slightly sub-average voice acting because the voices are accompanied with a cg or in-game cutscene. you can get away with a bad line reading thanks to the drama of the scene or the facial expression. you don't get that with retro 16/32 bit homage games. additionally, in a story heavy game like this, it's useless anyway because you really just want to read the text and not have to wait for someone to speak it.

i can see how it's "too much story" if you're waiting for all of these lines to be spoken and not just reading at your own pace. otherwise I think the amount of story between battles is fine.

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Alanna82
03/07/22 10:07:10 PM
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"Twials of mana" is because a character speaks with a lisp. It was intentional. And my husband and I love Charlotte's voice.

I don't think the voice acting is that bad. I love how so over it Erika and Thalas sound. Drunk Dragan is the best though. Erador isn't bad either.

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TheRock1525
03/14/22 5:13:56 PM
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Now that the game is opening up a bit, the gameplay is pretty fun.

Will I be able to change individual unit's classes or will I only be able to promote them.

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Waluigi1
03/14/22 6:21:22 PM
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colliding posted...
For some reason I dislike japanese voice acting in video games, even though I'm a subs-anime guy
Wut

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banananor
03/15/22 2:12:38 AM
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Ain't got time to look at the subtitles when you're gaming hard!

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colliding
03/20/22 9:16:47 PM
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post-Elden ring update

this game is actually... kind of hard! I'm a veteran of turn-based strategy and I'm stuck on a map now that seems pretty unfair in terms of how much damage these grunts are doing. I haven't been grinding or anything though, which might be it.

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transcience
03/20/22 10:38:57 PM
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which chapter? I didnt get any game overs til the second half when I accidentally ended up on the true ending path.

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hombad46
03/20/22 10:47:31 PM
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True ending path? I wasn't aware this game had a "true ending". I just finished my first path and freed the Roselle

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Leonhart4
03/20/22 10:57:46 PM
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The game has a true ending path that's determined by a bunch of different decisions you make in the story.

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TheRock1525
03/20/22 10:57:48 PM
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hombad46 posted...
True ending path? I wasn't aware this game had a "true ending". I just finished my first path and freed the Roselle

There's four endings.

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colliding
03/20/22 11:45:38 PM
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the battle that gave me difficulty was chapter 8 in telliore, where your party is split up

I beat it after a few tries when I gave up my self-imposed rule of re-starting if you lose a unit. apparently you can get an in-game achievement for this or something. mostly it's just me trying to impose some challenge on the game that apparently doesn't need it.

pretty good game so far!

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hombad46
03/21/22 12:01:32 AM
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Yeah that battle was tough for me too

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transience
03/21/22 12:04:01 AM
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I thought that fight was easy peasy, and I thought it made sense since the boss is such a pansy. compared to chapter 7, it was cake.

but, I also decided not to use the traps in chapter 7, so that made it way harder than it should have been.

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TheRock1525
03/21/22 4:03:53 AM
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transience posted...
but, I also decided not to use the traps in chapter 7, so that made it way harder than it should have been.

Apparently you need to do this to get the true ending.

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TheRock1525
03/22/22 3:21:21 AM
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I'm amazed I was able to do the Chapter 7 battle without using the Hawk Statues. I was down to Anna using stealth mode and taking out 3 different units, including Avlora.

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colliding
03/22/22 11:39:20 PM
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next map is even harder.

gotta change my mindset and stop going for a deathless run, I think

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TheRock1525
03/23/22 12:21:24 AM
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colliding posted...
next map is even harder.

gotta change my mindset and stop going for a deathless run, I think

Yeah, same. This game does seem to be designed that units will be incapacitated.

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transience
03/23/22 12:31:51 AM
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don't expect to go deathless if you go for the true ending on your first go. I'd actually recommend not to do that based on my experience.

edit: going for the true ending on your first playthrough, that is.

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TheRock1525
03/24/22 6:46:20 AM
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I just spent 3 hours doing mock battles to raise my Utility up enough to persuade Anna so I could stay on the true ending path in Chapter 9.

Would not recommend.

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transcience
03/24/22 6:59:39 AM
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dont do it

for the true ending, you get into a split party situation where youre expected to have gone through other routes in new game plus. you end up in a situation where you only have 6 or 7 units for a battle that expects 10 and its real rough. it was the one downside of a great game.

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TheRock1525
03/24/22 12:34:04 PM
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I just find it doubtful I'm going to run through this game multiple times. I'll just remember to grind and select the correct choices to have my convictions at the right level next time.

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