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The scenes with the Scions the night before we board the ark are legit great. Drinking with Yshtola and Thancred, Alphinaud and Estinien having a bro moment (theyve come so far from HW ;-;)

Looking at some of what you are saying - I personally dont want to dog FF14s gameplay too hard. Its not like traditional jrpgs were ever the pinnacle of interactivity. And I generally stand by 14s combat (even if it doesnt click for me personally a lot of the time), because when you get 8 people going hard and working together on a tough boss, its awesome

And i think the story is great all around, but it was that 8 hour stretch of nonstop running from npc to npc just to watch cut scenes that killed me. So I looked it up, and EW only has like 8 dungeons in the entire game? Thats insanely low compared to some of the others. And that was my main problem here - not enough of a gameplay to story ratio. Especially considering this is a multiplayer game, the excessive storytelling just felt jarring. And about halfway through Elpis everything just started to feel like a tedious slog.

Luckily it seems like its picking back up now though so well see

Yeah I guess this is on me man, because I don't even remember The Binding Coil. All the Allagan stuff in ARR patch just kinda came and went for me - I'm usually one & done on all content - I never went back and replayed any of the dungeons or raids or anything, so I've just kinda forgotten most of it.

It's kinda crazy to me, like is the average joe mmo gamer really keeping track of all this? Because I'm a crazy person who obsesses over lore and takes notes, and I can barely keep track lol

So much of the Ascian/Elpis stuff feels convoluted, BUT like I said earlier every FF game gets convoluted in the third act, and at least 14 has the lore and buildup to have it all check out. And at least they found a way to eventually make the Ascians interesting, considering how bland they were in the first couple expansions

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Isquen posted...
Endwalker is great, but there is a lot. A LOT. Of fluff. Like holy shit a lot of fluff. Also, the second visit to Labyrinthos, apart from the reunion with Moenbryda's parents, is boring as hell and no amount of ill-fitting music

lmao yes exactly. I cant believe how much everything came to a screeching halt with this. Just two hours of a never ending slog of fetch quests, finding scientists, hyping them up, when it's like man we're in the third act what even is this. And the entire time its got hype music, even though what I'm doing isnt hype in the least

And also like... I've been taking notes through my journey on the lore and stuff, but like... why was Amon made to be such a big deal here? This random ARR patch background villain that I encountered 3 years ago that I wouldve forgotten about if not for my notes. I get that he's one of the people Fandaniel possessed, but man after you beat him, theres a 20 minute cutscene and he has this giant speech talking about his motivations and it's like... wtf who even are you lmao

In fact lets talk about Fandaniel... so my brain kinda checked out, but from what I can make of it, Ascians got shattered into shards, but only a few Ascians, and Fandaniel is just a title, so his real name is Hermes, and one of his shards went to this random Allagan scientist named Amon, and another went to some random dude in our time, who just randomly decided to possess Asahi's body, and now he's just a little shit who wants to end everything because Hermes was sad his dinosaur died one time, but nobody remembers that because Hermes just happened to have a memory-altering device ready to go just in case? Its all so exhausting

Like I mostly enjoyed Elpis, it's a beautiful location (Endwalker is 4 for 4 with the locations so far holy shit), and I enjoyed Emet Selch and Hythlodaeus, but everything else about it was a giant slog imo

The very first time I got the warning "multiple cutscenes are about to play; please set aside time" was in ARR patch before the red wedding. So whenever I got that warning from then on, I was like "aw shit it's go time". But in Endwalker, EVERY cutscene is multiple cutscenes lol. I'm just tired

Alright boys, tell me if im trippin:

Theres way too many cut scenes in this game

I clocked 8 hours straight of nonstop cut scenes at one point

Theres literally an 8 hour gap between the vanaspati dungeon and ktisis hyperboreia, with only one duty fight against venat in between them

By the time i got to the big showdown with Hermes, my brain checked out. And like now i just beat Hydaelyn and i kinda feel nothing at this point

Its kinda crazy that ive gotten through this msq so fast too im already 90% done in 2 weeks. Meanwhile all the other expansions took at least a month each. Its weird because on one hand endwalkers msq is faster paced than the others, but actually feels slower because theres not as much gameplay. At this point im basically binge watching a tv show

Im sad to say my opinion on endwalker is souring a bit. But again - maybe im just trippin - after all this is the highest rated expansion by both critics and fans

Alright i'll preach

Like, man. When the mom and baby jumped in the water to escape the blasphemy, and the next shot was my character diving in headfirst after them with zero hesitation

And then the game is like "here you go now play" and youre swimming underwater. That was ingenious. I was panicking like OH FUCK WHERE ARE THEY

Then you find the mom and shes dead and the baby is missing like OH FUCK

Frantically searching, and baby is at the bottom of the lake - but isnt moving

Then we're like "matsya take this baby while we hold off the enemy"

Matsya like "IDK MAN I HAVE ANXIETY"

Matsya running with the baby, and the baby starts to turn dark HOLY FUCK. Then matsya turns dark NOOOOOO. Then matsya starts crying.

Like god damn - i damn near became a blasphemy in real life

Like the world is ending, and the heroes are trying so hard to at least have ONE win today

And they really nailed the futility and dread of it all. Like how is anyone NOT gonna become a blasphemy at this point

But then OUT OF LEFT FIELD YA BOY ESTINIEN, he comes down out the air like ">:] dont worry the scions are here", like fuck yeah

Isquen posted...

Still super shitty that he was getting doxxed by people upset over his Girls animation.

what?

Matsya saving the baby is my favorite scene in all of ff14.

Yup pro zenos and anti fandaniel here

I love all the ff14 villains but fandaniel is the first miss for me. BUT im still seeing his backstory so well see

Yeah i was not expecting to fight zodiark that soon

On the moon now, and fuck yeah namingway

Also every FF story goes off the rails in the third act and ends up in space somehow, but ff14 is the one where all the lore checks out and it actually makes sense this time lol

The rabbit guys are incredibly silly, but the concept of evacuating the planet on the moon is such a cool concept i aint even mad at it

At first i was like holy shit is this what dawntrail is gonna be? The new planet we discover? But then when they said reflection 1 would die, i was like nah the scions will find a way

The sharlyans are probably the contacts that the rabbits are talking about

Thats why theyre hoarding knowledge and creating a biome. Like holy shitttt

And ya know, they actually prime the player for the space rabbits by giving you a space dog as soon as you get to the moon. Like as soon as i saw the space dog and space cactuars i was like alright whatever happens im immediately on board

The legatus shot himself and the blood got all over the flag. Thats so fuckin metal

And then YO THE ZENOS DINNER SCENE

They chopped up the emperor into tiny pieces and used the country's worship of him to turn him into a primal abomination, AND ITS FUCKING ANIMA SON. ITS SO METAL

Fight was fucking awesome too. And i like how the second phase goes down to Anima's dick face, just like FFX

Wow this whole garlemald segment is so badass. Random survivor camps in the snow, a derailed train, an abandoned oil rig with survivors who are hoarding the resources. A shitty distorted version of the imperial theme on the radio

I love how theres people living in the subway. They really nailed this shit

Like this is not how i expected the invasion of the empire to go at all. This is how you subvert expectations right here

And of course the imperials still believe in the propaganda

I hit their leader with a haurchefant quote and it flashed back to us sharing hot chocolate

Yeah i noticed that! My monk and samurai lalafells

oops i accidentally pulled an all nighter playing this

-The entire grand company of eorzea is hype

-SADU IS BACK

-again i like how theres a ton of little moments with the characters like everyone orders takeout and brings it home and eats cheeseburgers

-Playing people at cards this morning, and you know what i realized. With ff16, people complained there werent enough minigames, so they put them in rebirth, and then people complained there were too many. Lmao this series cant win

-also Ive hit the 400 hour mark. 400 hours in and were finally taking on the empire. What a crazy feeling

Sadu: i aint subduing nobody im fighting everyone to the death
Cirina runs to stop her
Magnai assumes cirina is coming to give him a hug and gets excited, but she runs past him and now he sad

These guyz

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b410d832.jpg

The magus sisters tho! Also i hate Fandaniel, but i love the elephant guys + their city

There seems to be a lot more msq cut scenes this time around whew. Finally was able to do one (1) dungeon

On the one hand I really enjoy the little moments. Trying to get through customs and they ask Estinien whats your occupation sir? And he just stands there for ten seconds like:

or at the market and Estinien like how much for a hair tie 19,800 gil ok

Actually estinien as a scion in general is just

On the other it slows the pacing a bit. Not sure how i feel about the tradeoff so far, but i am definitely enjoying overall

i think its silly to have 300 characters and leave out major villains man. i dont even know 90% of these characters on here but ill be damned if they should be here over apoc and nova

no cassandra nova either?

how was apocalypse not in the original list lol

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i be rockin them js boi

these shits hard

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3da018b9.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/70b69867.jpg

Damn son, the final element to restore The Empty was love ;-;

What a good story

Now a triple triad match has opened up with a dude who has two mystery cards I can win which I assume is Ryne and Gaia, so yes please i will take them

Btw which one of you was Tory Marbelle? Was that you Dels? So far I know:

Danta - Zoey
Isquen - Bellisorei
tcaz - Lewena

I appreciate the help guyz

Not only is Eden an Ascian, but Gaia is an Ascian too aw shit

We have to get Gaia away from her toxic boyfriend and back to her girlfriend

Yup, Crystal / Malboro, Big Chalupa. Add me as a friend and I appreciate it. Next fight is Eden 10 normal

This has been the longest year of our lives lmao

also

https://youtu.be/pI0pWXi4rC8?feature=shared

hell yeah

Anyone wanna help me finish up the eden raids? Im trying to make a party for eden 9 normal but theres nobody joining lol

Wedge_Antilles posted...

I believe they're 16 years old. Due for that growth spurt.

Lmao so what, alphinaud was 12 in ARR? A 12 year old standing around barking orders at world leaders like SCREW YOU GUYS IM GONNA START MY OWN ARMY

Also never forget the first one to jump at emet was a 16 year old girl

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/37c345c4.jpg

Im a lalafell so im used to being way shorter than alphinaud and alisae, so they dont really seem short to me, but damn their parents are way taller than them. How old are these guys? Did they just never have growth spurts? Are they like 15?

Anyway new Ali costume looks great

Thavnair is very cool

Matsya the best character in all of ff14

OH SHIT HE JOINED MY PARTY (npcs actually following you now is a nice touch)

I jumped into the water to see if he can swim

HE CAN SWIM

ENDWALKER CONFIRMED TOP TIER FF

https://youtu.be/QGMJ0G58UNE?feature=shared

damn this is good. feels like ffx

Labynthos is a cool concept

Glad they used the ff11 mandragora

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/04199194.jpg

Where my ff14 bros at

Thorn posted...

Rogue Squadron II
KOTOR
Battlefront II (I'm thinking of the original if that matters)
Jedi: Fallen Order

this sounds right

Nice. Whats your diet look like?

Thank you i truly feel accomplished and my training to become a furry is nearly complete

I might even give Assault a second chance too

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3ef25995.png

i made a topic about this a little while back, saying i hated this when i was 13, but im willing to give it a second chance 20+ years later

so like, man the graphics in that game are amazing. especially for the time. areas come to life with random weather effects, day & night cycles, and all around the atmosphere is top notch. all the major areas are linked, and theres no loading screens between them, so it really feels like youre exploring a strange alien world

combat is pretty braindead tho. dodge button only works half the time, theres a shield move thats completely useless, and every encounter plays out the same. and theres only like 3 bosses in the entire game lol wtf?

back then, i hated that this wasnt a traditional star fox game, but now that im older i wish more series would switch it up like this. i get that this was gonna be "dinosaur planet", but i actually liked getting out the ship and exploring an alien world, zelda style. it was a cool, fun way to expand the star fox universe

tricky is annoying as fuck tho. it wouldnt be so bad if he didnt constantly talk for no reason. trying to figure out puzzles and hes just sitting there like "WHERE ARE WE GOING???" "AW, COME ON FOX" "YAWNNNN"

and having to collect mushrooms to feed him just felt like overdesign. a lot of the collectathon crap does in this. three different ways to cause explosions, three different ways to generate fire, and they all have their own unique items and abilities and puzzle solutions. its just so much.

and man do they reuse the same puzzles over and over. and the only truly functional reward are the energy cells to power your ship, and i found so many secrets and did side quests just for them... but come to find out they were for sale in the shop for 10 scarabs each the entire time V____v why

...but then you get to ride a triceratops and fight a t-rex so nvm fuck it this game is great 8.3 maybe even 8.4/10 for the time

Seeing this game at a blockbuster kiosk for the first time was absolutely mind blowing

no

some of us literally played suikoden iv so we dgaf

MZero posted...

I'm in the server already but I very rarely check in. Would probably get slightly more active but not a lot more

this

Phantom dust

PeaceFrog posted...

I should replay sekiro one day... i never was able to beat it. Can't grind, just gotta get good.

Same Elden Ring DLC is about to take priority and suck my life away, but maybe I can get to Sekiro towards the end of the year or beginning of next year

Also after thinking about it a bit more, I think DSII tries too hard to be hard lol. But at the same time, its funny how the worst game in a series can still be significantly better than most other games. Dont tell zelda fans!

>i actually only have 1 giant soul because i used them all for soul memory and had no idea they were important

>okay ill use a bonfire ascetic and respawn the giants in the gulch and farm giants soul

>that only works in the original release. They removed it for scholar. Now the only way to farm them is to ascetic NG+ ancient dragon over and over, which isnt even a real boss, but more a cinematic test of patience

>try to fight vendrick anyway, weapon keeps breaking, only doing 1 damage



>>just go to nashandra, summon an npc, he tanks her, and i just bitterly and anticlimactically cheese her with magic without getting hit once or doing anything

Fuck it. I had fun playing this despite everything, but i gotta move on with my life lmao

heres my review!

By 2014s standards:

Dark Souls: 10/10
Dark Souls II?
-0.2 soul memory
-0.2 torch
-0.2 crossbow chests
-0.2 too many regular armored knight bosses
-0.2 that one door that led to a pitfall
-0.2 black gulch

8.8/10 for the base game

but hey the DLC was hot! +0.2

9/10

but wait theres more
-0.1 for frigid outskirts
-0.1 for giant souls

8.8/10 still

Or more simply:
Dark Souls 1 - S tier
Dark Souls 3 - A tier
Dark Souls 2 - B tier

Fromsouls i beated so far
Demons Souls
Dark Souls
Dark Souls II
Bloodborne
Dark Souls III
Sekiro
Elden Ring

Ive only got one left! Im looking forward to making that topic one day :)

Thanks everyone for helping me out with this dum gaem lol. Your advice and general fellowship helped motivate me more than youll ever know

LinkMarioSamus posted...

About the movie itself, not so much. I wasn't a fan but it felt like just another Star Wars movie to me. Rogue One wasn't really any different.

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I took a break from the frigid outskirts run, and chased down the dark chasm sidequests. I discovered this old man in the basement of Drangleic but I never knew wtf he was supposed to do until now. All three dark chasms are now done, and I just beat Darklurker after several attempts this morning.

I ran big dum strength build for Sir Alonne, but respecced back to Str/Int so I could use magic on Darklurker. Very fun fight - constantly had to spin the camera to keep an eye on both their attacks and pew pew with my soul arrows whenever i could. The only thing that sucked was using effigies to be able to enter dungeon v_V why dark souls ii, just why

So yeah according to a guide I only have 4 bosses left:

1. Lud and Zellen
2. Vendrick
3. Nashandra
4. Aldia, Scholar of the First Sin

I don't wanna google too much, but I'm guessing Nashandra isn't the true final boss or something? Do I have to trigger something to fight Aldia?

Vendrick I guess I need Giant Souls to decrease his defense. I only have 3 because I used my others like an idiot (but really i just blame the game because i needed them for soul memory), so I'm hoping I can resurrect the two below the Gulch with an Ascetic.

KamikazePotato posted...

+ not everyone satisfied with Remake

you dont say