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| Topic | Classic-style JRPGs should just be called Turn Based Adventures |
| philsov 03/07/24 5:07:01 PM #9 | really early RPGs like Ultima, Wizardry, and Might and Magic were a lot of dungeon crawling with blank slate PCs much like many tabletop games at the time. As the genre morphed into dragon warrior and final fantasy and the like, the namesake stuck around. But, you're mostly right.
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Worst button masher of all time |
| philsov 03/07/24 3:46:45 PM #6 | ai123 posted...
Those ancient sports arcade games. Track and Field II, yeah. Charging up power for your hammer throw? that's a metric asston of button mashing. Thankfully I had the NES Advantage "controller" and ran that shit on Turbo. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Good cheap RPGs for Switch I can download right now? |
| philsov 03/07/24 11:34:30 AM #4 | Live a Live, any of the FF ports or pixel remasters, SMT 3, P4G, etc.
Tons of indie ones like Cross Code, Sea of Stars, Chained Echoes, Cassette Beasts, Monster Sanctuary, etc --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | JRPG. Turn based, active time battle, or real time combat? |
| philsov 03/07/24 11:29:24 AM #5 | Turn based. I don't want to be penalized for interfacing with menus. I set my preferences to "wait" when ATB is an option (a la FF6).
that said, imo, FFX is ATB as stuff like Lancet and Quick hit account for dynamic turn order, which is awesome. FF1, Persona, and Dragon Quest games are fully turn based, imo. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | How many different girls have you kissed/made out with in your life? |
| philsov 03/07/24 9:56:40 AM #19 | 35+, easily, if the question is more "how many people, that are in a group you find sexually attractive, have you kissed"
We're not all straight dudes, TC. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Why are there mouse feces in EVERY restaurant? |
| philsov 03/07/24 9:52:06 AM #11 | lilORANG posted...
Reading the health inspector reports every week and without fail we have mouse feces in this forsaken town You've probably got evidence of rat feces in your own pantry. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | decide what I play during recovery from surgery |
| philsov 03/06/24 1:48:50 PM #18 | katamari reroll. (Assuming you're on some painkillers, sometimes RPGs are just WALLS OF TEXT and you're a lil loopy.)
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Is your water sufficiently ANTI-WOKE??? |
| philsov 03/06/24 11:56:43 AM #15 | Surely this advertised water has a teensy bit of lead in it
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Vanillaware / Unicorn Overlord |
| philsov 03/06/24 10:08:44 AM #9 | Rika_Furude posted...
How are the other Vanillaware games? Odin Sphere is a very solid game. It's mostly a platformy-fighter but it has some RPG elements to it. Dragon Crown is a side scrolly beat em up, with a bit of Diablo on the side. Lots of fun with couch co-op, solo it's average to above average. I'm salivating over Unicorn Overlord, but it's not released yet. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | There's a reason we celebrate Birthdays and not "Fertilized Egg" Days |
| philsov 03/05/24 4:53:49 PM #10 | HylianFox posted...
Or rather "That Time Your Parents Got Really Horny" Days I'm pretty sure I was conceived on Valentine's day. Scorpio, baby~ I garner a good portion of kids are the results of holiday sex or "birthday" sex or some other conception which already has a day associated with it (anniversary, snowed in during a blizzard, etc). The 9ish month lag helps offset these events, which in turn trigger other special days! --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Alabama Supreme Court Says Embryos Are People - LegalEagle |
| philsov 03/05/24 4:16:52 PM #3 | this mostly stemmed from a corporate lobby / business interest where someone broke into an IVF clinic and "accidentally" caused a lot of embryos to die. Wanting both revenge and justice, recent legislation allowed embryos to be deemed as humans so the assailant could get charged with multiple counts of manslaughter, with little to no foresight on how this sort of ruling might affect IVF clients (or pregnant women in general)
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Diablo IV is coming to gamepass on March 28th. |
| philsov 03/05/24 10:10:53 AM #16 | I like D4 more than D1 and D2. The addition of a dash button alone is a big improvement. D2 was basically "get two abilities for single target and AoE, and left or right click accordingly until everything dies"
Got it about a month ago and blasting through the season; made it up to Tier 4 world already and enjoying it. I'm not yet at endgame, but another season is dropping mid April so I might just make a new character and level with them and get them towards endgame, if endgame itself is pretty lame. the story is decent and it's a fine solo experience. It runs into the open world issue of "everything is always available and here's a lot of shiny side quests which lead to more of the map which lead to more side quests" so sometimes you need to actively knock out campaign stuffs. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | A Chrono Trigger remake should be like Trials of Mana |
| philsov 03/05/24 9:03:55 AM #9 | I think it'd be great. Adding movement as part of your turn would make a lot of the techs (and dual techs) really shine, like the Chrono+Robo whirl attack.
Maybe even remaster the soundtrack too! (Blasphemy, I know, but there are a ton of bangers I'd like to see redone for the potential of being even better) --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | What is the best way to invest money? |
| philsov 03/04/24 3:19:35 PM #13 | yeah, an index fund. Basically you just invest "in the stock market" rather than any singular company. It's a very safe way to gain money over time and very low effort. Vanguard is my recommended company to get an account with.
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | What's is the most 80's music video? |
| philsov 03/04/24 3:16:23 PM #8 | Probably Love is a Battlefield? Fashionable dance battle? Yes please.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZOLV9SPo Maybe Michael Jackson's "Beat It" which is similar vibes but male centric. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Started playing Borderlands (the first one). Anything I should know? |
| philsov 03/04/24 2:58:07 PM #11 | emblem-man posted...
Anything i should make sure I do? Stick with a single weapon type. Seek out weapons which regenerate ammo and then are distinct from each other. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | lol my dad: "we're worried sick about you. we know you have AIDS" |
| philsov 03/04/24 1:25:14 PM #5 | Do you? PrEP, along with some other meds, can also treat AIDS. Or is this so you can be a healthy-sexual? Either way, good on you for having the prescription, tbh.
Sucks that your given family sucks. Hope you can lean on a chosen family as well <3 --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images |
| philsov 03/04/24 1:22:34 PM #45 | Guns_of_Verdun posted...
Can't they just get him to pose with some black dudes? Yeah, it's like.... <$250 and <4 hours of work for such a basic ass photo --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Can someone explain that meme to me? |
| philsov 03/01/24 3:50:21 PM #6 | https://xkcd.com/774/
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Do people still do these emojis? |
| philsov 03/01/24 3:12:05 PM #4 | I still use :p, :3, and :D in my texts
^_^ is dead, and I'm okay with this --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | The single greatest jump in quality from a game and the next sequel |
| philsov 03/01/24 3:09:25 PM #17 | Fallout 2 -> Fallout 3
Persona 2 -> Persona 3 Heroes of Might and Magic 1 -> 2 (#3 was also an absolute gem, but 1 to 2 was an even bigger jump) Super Mario Kart -> 64 Final Fantasy 3 -> 4 --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | You just finished FF7 on your shiny new Playstation. What JRPG do you play next? |
| philsov 03/01/24 2:02:42 PM #19 | Grandia
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | No fragment remains of the original Ship of Theseus Wikipedia page. |
| philsov 02/29/24 4:14:04 PM #6 | Back when youtube had thumbs up and down, it was a welcome effort by The Internet for this to often have equal thumbs ups and downs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussCHoQttyQ --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Florida Homeowners Are Desperately Trying to Move Out. |
| philsov 02/29/24 3:17:05 PM #14 | Aqua Man doesn't have enough liquid assets :3
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Who is your favorite forgotten video game mascot? |
| philsov 02/29/24 2:41:05 PM #8 | Cool Spot as he's both a video game mascot and a corporate mascot at the same time
also 4p reversi is a pretty fun game --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | What if Chi-Chi never stopped fighting? |
| philsov 02/29/24 2:23:37 PM #7 | She trains Gohan, instead of Piccolo, after Raditz and Goku die.
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Rate Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES) |
| philsov 02/28/24 12:33:12 PM #33 | Great for its time . Killer soundtrack and I sunk tons of gametime into the Ancient cave.
Only average nowadays, imo. The story is pretty generic, the difficulty is rather easy (especially if you ancient cave ASAP). I think the addition of capsule monsters was a good concept to tweak/customize the party a bit, but only 2 were worth a damn between their usefulness and frequency of fleeing. The handful of very bugged maps are a sad reminder of rushed production. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Are the Guides and Walkthroughs part of this site dying? |
| philsov 02/27/24 9:29:01 AM #8 | 1) With the rise of Steam and mobile games, there are now waaaaay more games than in previous generations and the hobbyist FAQ writer population is about the same as it's always been.
2) Big, expansive games (Baldur's Gate 3, e.g.) are too much of an undertaking for any single writer to fiddle with (much less a lot of branching if/then aspects) 3) The presence of wikis or highly scoped articles fills roughly the same niche as FAQs, and can easily be done by a relatively large squad of people. Yeah, FAQs are dying. A lot of it is technology driven. They're basically the equivalent of landline telephones imo. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | I just got done messing with Texas. |
| philsov 02/26/24 4:34:52 PM #6 | summon the ghost of Iron Eyes Cody to give you sleep-depriving nightmares
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | As someone technically LGBT+, I still feel like I don't exactly belong. |
| philsov 02/26/24 4:02:00 PM #14 | When talking about LGBT+ things, I sometimes I feel like it's not my place to talk about them at all. You're a closeted dude who's confused about their own gender expression. You absolutely have a meaningful, personal, and relevant experience that has commonality with tons of other LGBT+ people. If you don't wanna share it because you feel it's not your place, that's bullshit. If you don't wanna share it because you're worried about outing yourself, that's frustratingly normal. Pick your battles :p. If the legbutt things you're referring are things like gossiping about gay culture, like the latest episode of Ru Pauls Drag Race, know that culture is not some monolithic thing. I don't watch the NFL (any football, really), but that doesn't mean I don't participate in "straight culture", lmao. If you don't like female pop stars or drag, that's... perfectly fine. If the legbutt things you're referring are things like conversations with idiots who think trans people both aren't real but also are a physical threat to children, it's possible to come across as an "ally" (aka, a straight person with empathy) and positively contribute to the conversation. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Should I do a natural magic only run for FF6? |
| philsov 02/26/24 3:34:57 PM #6 | Crimsoness posted...
can I still equip espers for stat gains? It's a one player game, do whatever you want. If you want to equip espers for the passives and just never cast magic, you do you. Personally I think FF6 is easy enough that allowing for optimal stat espering breaks the game even further. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Why is sleeping with women in relationships more satisfying? |
| philsov 02/26/24 2:43:07 PM #2 | My degree in armchair psychology leads me to think you're a horn dog with commitment issues who's afraid to be vulnerable.
Women in relationships are "safe" because of the odds of the relationship evolving into anything more than sex is an order of magnitude smaller than if you slept with a single girl. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | I'm just waiting for the day they'll insist Trump was never really Christian |
| philsov 02/26/24 2:39:20 PM #28 | HylianFox posted...
Probably not until after he dies, or maybe if his 2nd term goes very badly. For a given value of "they": Skip to 1:10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Entr0TJEHZc Can't name a verse, a book, or even a preference between testaments. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | What is the most iconic aircraft ever produced? |
| philsov 02/26/24 2:08:39 PM #6 | My top 3:
-Concorde (that nose) - B52 Bomber - F14 (thanks Top Gun) I think B52 is top dog only because it's recognizable from a top down silhouette, which is pretty "iconic" --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Video of a girl crying listening to Taylor Swift outside the venue goes viral |
| philsov 02/26/24 1:36:03 PM #9 | Reacting emotionally to a song which has special significance to you is a good thing, and wanting to be in the company of other swifties and Taytay herself is also a mostly good thing.
Filming yourself while being performatively emotional (aka, hamming it up only because the camera is rolling), and then deciding to upload it, makes me a salty old man She's got great friends. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | $50,000 in random coins fills up your bedroom.. |
| philsov 02/23/24 4:44:06 PM #16 | Frantically grab nearby people and start a bucket brigade to the coinstar located within the Walmart then go to town.
If I had a day's heads up to gather workers, set up multiple scoopy jugs, and have multiple transport vehicles, it might be possible. By myself without warning? I doubt I'd even make it to Walmart. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Serious question for those who have broken up after a long relationship... |
| philsov 02/23/24 11:19:32 AM #28 | Yeah, I had a similar scenario (5 year relationship, engaged, cohabitated). In the short term it's gonna suck. But eventually and slowly, you'll be ready to open up with someone like you did with your ex.
Yes, a lot of haunts y'all went to together are going to be oddly reminscient for a while. And music that was somewhat shared hits different. There was a night like 4 months after the breakup, hanging out with some friends at a bar, where the dude doing karaoke did one of "our" songs and I just started balling and left the bar and cried on the curb for a little bit. There was a fair amount of introspection, too. Like, things I should've picked up on prior to the break up, or things I should've done or said differently. I blamed myself for a lot of it. But, through either honest logic or wishful thinking, I eventually came to the realization that even if I did all the things perfectly on my end, they still did X, Y, and Z. They had their flaws, too, and the overwhelming likelihood is we would've broken up regardless. I chalked it up as a series of "lessons learned" and applied them to my future (and better) relationships. Also for me there were some wild vacillations regarding sex. The validation was nice but there was a month where I had like 20 partners. And then there was a month where it was 0. I felt I was ready to legit date again a little after 6 months, but that's an above average timeline. You'll be ready when you're ready, lol. And even then, I might've used these dates to still get further over the ex. Which wasn't fair to the people I was one date(s) with, but to be fair those people also used me to a small extent. People are weird. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Youre not getting Mother 3 |
| philsov 02/21/24 12:19:19 PM #5 | PraxagoraKassan posted...
the post hoc birth test the what? --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Do you believe in magic? |
| philsov 02/21/24 11:47:58 AM #3 | If you believe in magic, come along with me / We'll dance until morning 'til there's just you and me
And maybe if the music is right / I'll meet you tomorrow sorta late at night --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | SMTV is getting a multiplat Maniax edition |
| philsov 02/21/24 11:39:32 AM #50 | ProfessorKukui posted...
Someone teach Atlus how to add new content without nickle & diming people. Or we'll just sit back for 2 or 3 years whenever a new game is released for the now-inevitable refined and upgraded version, then just buy that... --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Did you consent to this existence? |
| philsov 02/20/24 9:57:53 AM #9 | retroactively (aka, I consent to it now)
--- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Cecil/ Rosa/ Edge/ Rydia/ Kain |
| philsov 02/19/24 5:12:16 PM #10 | Terra / Edgar / Sabin / Celes
Cloud / Red / Tifa Squall / Questis / Zell Zidane / Freya / Eiko / Dagger Tidus / Yuna / Kimarhi (aka, "Rikku with Lancet") Vaan / Panelo / Basch --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Which Nintendo era aged the worst? |
| philsov 02/19/24 10:42:15 AM #30 | VideoboysaysCube posted...
No saves What, you mean you can't write down and re-input the password WZRJZ QZZZD UJ51O UIQZZ NZRZE correctly?!? --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Playing through Trials of Mana for the first time (original version) |
| philsov 02/16/24 12:28:16 PM #7 | masterpug53 posted...
I scrolled through those items but wrote them off because I assumed they wouldn't be very effective Oh, they're awesome. And it plugs any holes you have from party composition. Like the only way you'll get AoE healing is taking Kevin on the light path, but in doing so you don't get "badass werewolf". Hawkeye, if he goes Light, can also get the debuffing items which would normally be the incentive to him going dark. I suggest trying to abstain from that market as much as possible, but the option's there. There's no moral consequence for going light or dark, you just get different stats and spells and color palette. Sometimes you'll get a Full Screen Tech (FST) and those tend to be awesome for when your weapon gauge is that high. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | 3.5 billion views for a music video? |
| philsov 02/16/24 12:08:12 PM #10 | Puglia77 posted...
Gotcha. So "fancy and delayed" f5 spam. A bot can do a loop of 5 videos :p --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | Playing through Trials of Mana for the first time (original version) |
| philsov 02/16/24 11:49:51 AM #2 | Menus were always that slow, yeah.
The 3D remake I highly recommend in general as they add in a few more quirks to combat (dodge, AoEs, a jump function, etc) and some passive skills you can customize with. It's a very fun game I've replayed tons of times thanks to the dark/light customization tree and how your chosen MC will provide you with a ~10% variation in storyline and one or two cool scenes and different bosses. Kevin and Hawkeye are both top tier imo. Double attack is just that strong, haha. If you want to break the game, there's the night market in Beiser. You can buy magic items which recreate spells (like AoE heal light, all sorts of elemental attacks, and stat up/stat down ones). Edit: I think it's rather funny how the absolute worst party (which is still quite strong) is the "Secret of Mana" party of Duran, Angela, and Carlie. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | 3.5 billion views for a music video? |
| philsov 02/16/24 11:23:40 AM #5 | Revisited posted...
There aren't even that many people with youtube in the world. views is a total number of hits, not unique viewers. bots probably helped regardless, basically spamming f5 every few minutes --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
| Topic | booting up baldur's gate 3, starting fresh, balanced difficulty. what do i do? |
| philsov 02/16/24 9:18:52 AM #31 | Vokrent posted...
i'm gonna need a lock picker. if i run karlach, shadowheart, and wyll. You can respec your companions. I made my Wyll a Bard who eventually also took 2 levels in Warlock, and bards can get expertise in sleight of hand. You're good. --- Remember that I won't rest, 'til we share the same tense Just know, to me, you're better late than never again. |
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