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Kain_Highwind posted...

who?

A middle school student from Scientific Railgun. Despite the sexualization she is very much underage.

Nirvanas_Nox posted...

I've seen a lot. Love the mainstream stuff but wanted some other stuff. I'm not a huge fan of anime with fan service though. Mostly cuz it's usually straight haha

That's how it goes. In any case basically no fan service exists in anything I listed (at least not the type that you are referring to) and there is a pretty wide range of dank in terms of genre. The list is also mostly by date of release (a couple are off because of reasons) so don't view it as necessarily a "I recommended it first because it's the best" sort of thing.

Nirvanas_Nox posted...

Haha thank you! Out of that list I've seen Vinland Saga and Saiki. I appreciate the recommendations!

Np. I figured you would probably have seen at least a couple even with the series' being a bit more unknown but that's how it goes.

Nirvanas_Nox posted...

In general please lol.

Ignoring stuff you probably have already seen: Katanagatari, Level E, Kaiji, Chihayafuru, You Are Umasou, Rainbow, Space Brothers, Kingdom, Inferno Cop, Death Parade, Saiki, Yakitate Japan, Hibike Euphonium, Little Witch Academia, Carole & Tuesday, Vinland Saga, Dorohedoro, Vivy, 86, Odd Taxi, and Ranking of Kings.

There you go, at least a couple of shows to watch.

Nirvanas_Nox posted...

Is it OK to ask for some recommendations? Need more to watch. Shonen, magical girl, fantasy, comedy. Preferably nothing with fan service.

From this season or in general?

Calwings posted...

https://i.imgur.com/3WPexcw.gif

Why is this girl Fortnite dancing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LbExEydMKg

Calwings posted...

The lengths Pop Team Epic will go for a bit are astounding.

The thing is most of what they are doing is actually dramatically cheaper to make than the rest of what is being made now. It just requires actual soul to be put into the show and that isn't something you get at all from the dime-a-dozen majority of the rest of the field.

Looks like Rose of Versailles but it has been so long since I saw that that I'm not super confident on that.

The_Popo posted...

Your Turn to Die looks like it doesnt have a console release?

It does not. It is an indie PC game (freeware) that hasn't ever officially left Japan and has a fan translation.

Sounds good.

And I don't really remember exact rationale, if some was even given. It was a poll topic with 30+ people consistently voting, so many characters were voted out without really being given a reason. There was also a fuzziness to the whole thing with the way the voting happened but that more mattered in the lower placements rather than the higher ones.

JKwaffle posted...

I do hope they make a 4th game at some point tbh. It's such a fun concept, and for the most part it's executed so well.

I'm already missing playing through them lol.

Lol, this is why I was saying to play Your Turn to Die. The Zero Escape games are great, but there is something to be said about having a whole murder game -> trial format. Your Turn to Die is just Danganronpa with indie jank so it hits almost that exact same itch.

JKwaffle posted...

Aw man. That sounds like it would've been a lot of fun.

I think I leaned towards the characters that made things more crazy, so a lot of the antagonistic characters like Nagito, Korekiyo, and Kokichi ended up being higher than I would guess a lot of others would rank them.

I could see Angie getting eliminated early, but I liked the cult stuff with her, added a unique variable to everything.

It actually goes a bit harder than you would really realize as someone just getting into the whole thing. A good example of this is how Gundham is your #2 when on the listing he was something like #17 (I don't remember the exact number, just more in the "was just above mid-tier category" is what I recall).

Kind've wish that the Danganronpa character elimination game was still around as it would be pretty silly for you to see some of the differences between your list and the "board consensus." While I don't remember the whole thing there are quite a few that I can definitely pick out not having lasted nearly as long as they did on your ranking.

JKwaffle posted...

This aspect might be hard tho given that I'm uh...

Usually partaking of the Devil's lettuce when I play these kinds of games. >_>

Imma get real lost if some parts are super complicated lmao

That... could potentially be an issue. Danganronpa doesn't really have a whole lot of puzzles, as in it has none, while all three of the Nonary games have pretty heavy amounts of puzzles. Like, the first puzzle in 999 is a bit like Mario's level 1-1 with how many times it has shown up in other media through references and it's still harder than anything in Danganronpa (and it's definitely not that hard).

JKwaffle posted...

Also would ya'll be interested in following along if I made a topic for Zero Escape like I did with Danganronpa?

I had a lot of fun having this topic to write down my thoughts as I went and interacting with ya'll throughout.

Probably. I wasn't really keeping up with this topic very hard and I wouldn't for Zero Escape, but they are still interesting to see people's experiences with.

Kircheis posted...

There's a bundle with all three? Thought it was just the first two. Is it a digital bundle? What with Zero Time Dilemma still being delisted last I checked. Unless I misread this post, which I probably did.

Huh, didn't realize that it wasn't all three. I got a bundle on Steam ages ago with all three and didn't realize that technically wasn't all one thing normally. >.>

JKwaffle posted...

Oh wait, Zero Escape includes that 999 game?

I've heard about 999 for years, always wanted to play it. Shit. Maybe that will be my next series I tackle.

Correct. They are collectively known as the Nonary Games (it's an in-universe thing).

And they're pretty good, so definitely look into getting the bundle of the three of them.

JKwaffle posted...

Zero Escape sounds interesting; are they on PS5?

Definitely curious to explore more games of this style, I liked Danganronpa a lot.

I also need to get back to Ace Attorney at some point. I've only played the first game, but I liked it quite a lot.

There is a PS4 version (The Nonary Games) so it is effectively is on PS5.

The_Popo posted...

Appreciate both of your inputs.

If I recall, I became annoyed with how (spoilers for the general gameplay of Shibuya 428, but nothing plot-wise) part of the gameplay of trying to discover how to get to the end of a branch would be a lot of trial & error, which would result in me needing to go through the exact same dialogue over and over, as I would be sent back to repeated sections way too often for my liking.

Ye, that was a bit of a nuisance. If you want to see that done in a "good" way look into WILL: A Wonderful World or, if you want to stretch it a bit further, Disgaea Infinite. With WILL it's basically just an easier/more intuitive version of the system while the Disgaea it's a lot more tricky but it's done in a somewhat different way that makes the fact that you are repeating stuff a lot more fun.

The_Popo posted...

Anyone every play Shibuya 428? I tried it a number of years ago and just couldnt get into it, but I feel like I need to give it another chance.

I did, yes. And it was just okay. The overall narrative was interesting but overall it didn't go anywhere fast and didn't really do anything for its ending. There are better games for visual novels with branching narrative structures and even amongst the "just okay" ones it doesn't stand out.

Zero Escape is good but Your Turn to Die is the direct continuation from Danganronpa.

Crimsoness posted...

Are the dlcs actually any good?

The free ones are largely unsubstantial, but being free means that it's somewhat acceptable. Nothing they add is super worth it but it's additional stuff for free so whatever.

The Commander's Pack is worth it if you want the OST/Art Book but otherwise not. It's not bad value but nothing in-game is compelling.

Inevitable Excess is neat but not really all that good. If you really like the system then there is enough content but overall the story/writing is just meh. If you plan on playing the game multiples of times you can get your money's worth with it but it's a harder sell if you are going to only play the game once.

Through the Ashes is more of the same but the writing is more polished. Probably a better pick up if you don't plan on getting the Season Pass but only really if you are a fan of the game.

Through the Midnight Isles is a "love it or hate it" kind of thing in that it is basically a rogue-like version of the game that you can import your normal party into. Owlcat jank means that it's not flawless but overall if you are into randomized dungeon crawls in the Pathfinder system it's great. Just keep in mind that the difficulty can be rather brutal and if you don't really understand the system you will get bodied hard.

And the Season Pass comes with it all so if you want more than one it is the way to go.

Overall I can't actually recommend them as they are all incredibly combat/game focused while the main reason these games work is the dialog/writing. The games drag after a while and the DLC's don't alleviate that at all. If you are really into the combat then there is fun to be had but you really have to be into the combat for them to be worth it; the rest of the draw of these games not really applying.

DrizztLink posted...

Necromancy is one of her opposition schools.

Plus my Licheror is better at Weirding people out.

The whole point of playing as Lich is that you don't give a crap about your party members. Hence why you chuck them all away for mute characters that just stand around while you do all the talking.

teep_ posted...

I didn't realise Cyberpunk was that rough

Cyberpunk is a Trigger version of a 90's anime. It is a very different vibe versus modern stuffs.

CyricZ posted...

No wait! Get her clothes and stick those three Nopon stacked up together in there.

Don't be silly. Nopon are neutral.

Minus, like, the entire game having them be anything but neutral.

CyricZ posted...

But Ethel's deeead you guys how could I possibly max out Flash Fencer lol.

Prop her corpse up like a scarecrow and wave it around at Mobius.

CyricZ posted...

Dang 10 is a long charge on Unlimited Sword. Probably won't be using that outside of long drawn out battles.

Flash Fencer has a passive that lets you start with full charge when you've maxed out the class (that is also one of the passives that can be moved around). It also has an auto-kill mechanic when used on any Attacker class. This is why I mentioned not doing any of the Attacker classes on Noah as it becomes insanely trivial to blast through any non-boss encounter even at level 1 and thus maxing out Attacker stuffs is super free.

Crimsoness posted...

Yeah but I don't think it makes it possible to just autowin crusader battles

I mean, it kind of does. You can give yourself such an overwhelming advantage that you can't possibly lose + win in a matter of seconds in any fight. >.>

Crimsoness posted...

Combat relief mod not working anymore makes me sad.

Does Toy Box no longer work?

DrizztLink posted...

I usually use them to scout right at the beginning.

Want to make sure I go directly to deal with the red dragon, gotta nip that annoying shit right off.

Ayy...

And I feel you. I mostly just cleared off the map so fast that I don't know if I get to call it "going directly to" anything. For some reason they didn't have the entire thing balanced around the concept of someone who has been playing HoMM since people knew of it as a spin-off of King's Bounty and it was a bit of a slaughter

DrizztLink posted...

That only matters if his armies live long enough to cast it.

Whenever you cast Overwhelming Presence it merely covers you in an illusion of Setsuna Shy.

And yes, they can discover locations. It tends to not matter as the relevant ones are hidden, and thus not findable, but it is something that they can do.

Ye, that's true. I was interested in what was going to happen to OwlCat back when it was first relevant so I knew that they moved to Cyprus, but I guess it's definitely possible for someone to have missed that. I completely skipped over that in my mind.

Should still get it through Humble Bundle if buying it right now is a thing.

Kakapo posted...

Is this still available on steam, or are sanctions in place?

What are you talking about? Unless you're in some place like China or Russia where they have some level of blockage as a whole you aren't making any sense.

That said, get it from the current Humble Bundle if you're going for the Steam version as it's a part of the current Baldur's Gate & Beyond bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/games?hmb_source=navbar

apolloooo posted...

I just acquired heighten spell so now i am level 10 and can cast level 4 grease, which has a lot more DC. Next time i get feat is probably gonna get favorable metamagic so it doesn't affect my friends

This is where you cheat... I mean install totally not cheat mods that let you add all of the Mystic Favored Metamagics (normally it's really hard to budget them all in, and definitely not worth doing outside of the memes) to your character that let you use Metamagic with a lowered increase in caster level. Nothing quite says "get your slimy butt on the floor" like an Extended, Heightened, Persistent, Quickened, Selective Grease.

Yeah, there is no way they could ever put the entirety of Pathfinder into video game nor should it be expected. There are just too many things that act as bizarre corner cases that would absolutely take far too long for how little they would add. For instance, you can have your entire party polymorph into dragons, have them alter their size through spells, and then do what is equitably the most cursed form of "mount totem" as a way to do combat (bonus points if the player on top isn't polymorphed and is instead just a kobold that you've reduced the size of).

And yeah, Grease is just overpowered in general with Pathfinder. It's less powerful in tabletop not because of any particular mechanic, but because the DM can get around it if they so choose. With a video game they have to program in how enemies can get around stuff and for something like Grease it just wouldn't be worth it in the long run.

DrizztLink posted...

You can get an Amulet from one of the Crusade projects that turns Grease into a 5d6 acid fireball.

True, though I don't know if I would say that it would really end up making it not fall off in the way that I was talking about. And that's ignoring that unless you use a guide you really can't bank on Crusade Project items due to them not saying what you are getting until you pull the trigger. Part of what makes Grease so good if you toss in *everything* (ie. even Mythic levels) is that you can make the DC so absurd that even in the late game enemies that don't have immunity of some kind (usually flight) will still end up having a real chance of slipping forever. However, for obvious reasons this isn't super optimal as you would have to toss basically everything into making it work and while it would end up making all of your Conjuration stuffs have extreme DCs in the same line you can do a lot better with other things + the vast majority of Conjuration spells don't have relevant DCs and thus you wouldn't end up actually benefitting much. Certainly metamagic can get you places but it's more a bandage to you trying to end up with a goofy DC on Grease rather than something that actually helps.

CyricZ posted...

Oh yeah. Soulhacker's a funky class. I saw that on the list that it was all B's and I'm like "oh this is a gimmicky one".

Shame that you HAVE to be using Soulhacker at the time to get the art out of them. You can't even get the Art/Skill while just toting Triton around, so yeah, he seems pretty useless all told.

Still the weapon on the class is super cool. Anchors for fists!

You unlock a skill that you can learn the skills even without anyone in the class. While it obviously isn't optimal against something like the superbosses, it's pretty trivial to just shove it on one person and go through everything like that.

And the class itself is amazing so play around with it when you get some arts to work with. While it isn't a good tank/healer until you get a couple of skills unlocked it basically always is a solid enough DPS (and goes to "this is OP" status later). It's just generally a blast to play once you have options to choose between and it has way too much customization to not sink hours into just theorycrafting jank builds.

CyricZ posted...

We have PIRATE MOEBIUS OVER HERE.

Edit: I LOVE THIS GUY

He is the best of the heroes. Sadly he is also the worst one.

Why must they make an awesome pirate companion and then make his class gimmick not actually apply to himself? He is basically uniquely the worst hero to bring along. :X

apolloooo posted...

Lol i killed (ch.2 side boss)zacharias by greasing the floor. He has low reflex save bonus, and literal slippery floor killed a lich once he's on the floor and cannot cast spell it's only a matter of dispelling his buffs then whacking him out of his dry bones

Grease is overpowered. Like, no joke, it is one of the strongest spells in the game. While it will eventually fall off (unless you toss in Mythic Feats into it...) it will absolutely wreck shop for far longer than most other spells.

frozenstar posted...

wait what?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/02/lgbtq-threats-hospitals-libs-of-tiktok/

I'm always weirded out when people go full edgy nowadays. Especially when they are adults.

BakonBitz posted...

I love that one too. Eunie's just so enthusiastic when asking that.

I'd post a pretty funny edit of the scene but it's surrounded by spoilers so RIP there.

BakonBitz posted...

One of the most iconic lines in the series' history made itself apparent there.

"Alright, who wants to know how babies are made?"

What about babies? You got any babies?

Pray that the writer isn't a complete hack.

Zergrush80 posted...

The random rule added a bit of a challenge to me, like seeing if you can win against a high level opponent while getting dealt geezard or bite bug cards. With the same and plus rule in effect too, it was very possible. Not saying I won all the time but was a fun thing to do.

Random wasn't bad because of difficulty, but that it made having a larger collection worse and could end up making it so you quite literally could not win. The AI in the game + their card quality was pretty low so most of the time you could pull out a win with bad cards, but if you played the game a lot (of which I did) there was a possibility to just end up in a mathematically impossible match. I had multiples of times where I quite literally only had single option moves that only ended up in my loss. This is somewhat why they made Tetra Master the way that they did, for the worse I might add, but the Random rule was a big problem. In addition I constantly played with sub-par options (like, I essentially refused to use any of the unique cards most of the time because they made things too easy) and Random meant I constantly had them showing up. In that line I remember Random far more for making things boringly easy than I do hard, when strictly talking about difficulty.

ziggawatts posted...

Most of the rules were fine. I only really disliked Direct, the one where the cards go to whoever was in control of them at the end. Made it more of a pain to get unique cards since you had to flip them instead of just winning, while also risking losing good cards.

Lol, just never use the character cards then. Can't lose good cards if you don't use them. :V

Zergrush80 posted...

Idk about everyone else but I liked playing with some of the rules like the plus rule or the same rule. Hell, I didn't even mind the random rule at times. The only rule I really hated was the one where u couldn't see the opponent's cards although in a real card game, I guess that makes sense.

Surprised you didn't dislike the Random Cards rule. Flat out the only actually bad rule (the others you like/dislike based on how much you like card games/difficulty therein).

Zergrush80 posted...

Never did get how that card game worked so I avoided it most of the time. The times I did win I think was just seer dumb luck.

It's actually super simple to get into, it's just grindy/random. You play cards with arrows and if those arrows are pointing to a blank side you take the card and if you are pointing to an arrow the two cards will roll random numbers based on their stats and the winner will take the other card (plus every card that that card is pointing at). Every time you win (or possibly just play, I don't remember) you have a chance of a card leveling up and increasing one of its stats.

garan posted...

That's fair. FF9's card game was shit.

I've always been weirded out when people say that Tetra Master is better than Triple Triad. Like, say that FFIX is better than FFVIII and you'll get no complaint from me, but TM better than TT? What kind of crack are you on? Easily the best minigame in a game and easily the best card game implementation in a game that isn't based on being a card game.

Card Bombs in the Fire Caverns, then go beat the guy in the bottom right screen on the bench, and finally beat the people already mentioned + the person on the far side of the table in the cafeteria.

Chunky posted...

Am I right on the mark on that one?

No. You are about as far as could be possible.

Go back to HoI.

CedarPointcp posted...

TLM?

The Little Mermaid. There was a racist topic made yesterday that got locked today (or at least I saw it today).

Done to me? Mate, I'm a white guy. In general? The TLM topic isn't that old.

Ball joint separator.