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Some things will not go according to plan or just be flat out wrong. Be prepared to be calm in the face of it and have at least one person by your side who is willing to be a point of contact for vendors on the wedding day to look into any potential issues should something arise. Ideally have it be somebody who is adept at cutting straight to the point of things so that you don't need to be pulled in.
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Is there an inventory limit, either in the item bag or on the characters?
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I fully expect Doom Eternal to be Giant Bomb's 2019 GotY.
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I've started this game for the first time via the demo and I'm thoroughly impressed so far. I don't care at all about 2D mode, but reading the QoL changes makes me really glad I waited until it came to Switch. The only other Dragon Quest I've played is VIII and I might've only gotten halfway, though I wish I hadn't given up on it and tried to restart for a dumb reason. I think I'll be able to finish this even in the face of the loaded holiday release schedule, assuming the story is as good as I'm lead to believe.
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Port - Persona 3 Portable to either Switch or PS4 since I only played the FES console version and never got to experience the features that Portable introduced.

Enhanced - Shadow Hearts series so that I wouldn't have to pull out my PS2 to play it.

Remake - Deathrow was a futuristic sports game on Xbox that was a ton of fun when I was younger and I'd love to see how it did in today's esports world.
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LeonhartFour posted...

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OST: P3 > P5 > P4

hot take

P3's OST isn't that great

especially without the context of the game

I'll concede that my opinion is very much clouded by my undying love for Memories of the City and Living With Determination. The rest of the OST is just good enough that I feel comfortable with having this hot take.
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OST: P3 > P5 > P4
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New music, though the one song I heard pales in comparison to most of the base game stuff. Hopefully it's an outlier.
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The train graveyard is what forced me to switch from PS3 original port to PS4 steam port. Holy hell that was annoying and then became really easy.

But yeah thinking about it, all the dungeon areas were really small. I was taken aback that the sewers were only two screens, but also relieved. There's gotta be some sort of mini game they can shoehorn in there as well. Make the pinball machine playable perhaps, or add something to Wall Market like a casino or competitions in the gym.
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Update:

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I just got to the point where you leave Midgar for the first time. My play time clocked in at just under 7 hours and there is certainly idle time in there.

The speculation is that the first part of the remake will end at this point. I watched the trailer again and understood all of the scenes, so I believe the speculation. How does the speculation suppose they'll extend the play time in the remake?
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I've bought a lot of games that I ended up never playing or played very little of, so I regret all of those. I bought Shadow Hearts and Shadow Hearts: Covenant and never got very far in the first one. Knowing they will probably never be remade brings me the most shame since I don't know if I'll ever pull out my PS2 again, so I guess I regret bringing that shame upon myself. I'm sure I'd greatly enjoy both.
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I'm worried when I see people always saying Golden Deer > all the other stories. I liked Golden Deer fine enough, but was disappointed by the end of it on a pure story basis. I've only managed to get halfway through my second playthrough (Black Eagles) and have pretty much dropped the game at this point. I'll probably come back to it, but it'll be awhile.
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I named her Aerith in my playthrough just to be used to calling her that.
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I just started original FFVII on PS3 last night. I'll let you guys know if I like it.
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Well that's disappointing to hear. I'll have to look into the modding and see if it's a simple install. I don't feel like searching for an alternative way to play it, though I guess given knowledge of the internet finding an alternative way to play it on PC can't be TOO hard. Thanks for the info, gang!
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There's a Final Fantasy sale happening on Steam and I feel poised to play an RPG I've never played before. All of the Final Fantasy's prior to the PS1 era fall in that category. However most of the reviews on Steam seem to be bordering on mixed. At the same time, I don't really trust Steam reviews. I trust most of you, though. Thank you for your help in advance.

I'm most interested in FFVI because it seems to get the most praise.
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This trailer makes me want to play the original FF7 for the first time so I can experience the differences between the two games.
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I'm very excited for this because

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LeonhartFour posted...

now I'll finally get to play it

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The one time I played this game, I think I got to the point shortly after you get Irvine before dropping it. How far along did I get?
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In a factory downtown
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That is a good list of games. I need to finish Fire Emblem so that I may purchase one of them (probably any or all of Catherine, FFXIII, Borderlands 3, Dragon Quest).
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I've played all the house routes (though I haven't finished GD), here's my initial tier list of battle power.

Edelgard Tier
Edelgard

Very High Tier
Dorothea, Petra, Dimitri, Felix, Lysithea

High Tier
Linhardt, Hubert, Mercedes, Ashe, Ingrid, Claude, Hilda, Seteth, Flayn

Mid Tier
Bernadetta, Sylvain, Annette, Lorenz, Marianne, Catherine, Shamir

Low Tier
Caspar, Ferdinand, Ignatz, Manuela, Hanneman

Very Low Tier
Dedue, Raphael, Cyril, Alois, Gilbert

My favorite part of this is the total exclusion of Leonie. It's probably because Jeralt isn't a rankable character.
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These are good ideas that I'm taking into consideration. I have no experience with daily fantasy stuff, so I have trouble envisioning how that would work.

I know there are two types of Premier League fantasy in selecting your team for the season vs. drafting your team against others for the season, and I was leaning towards just letting people select their team since it's less demanding and also seems to be the preferred way to play by those who are into it.

Premier League and MLB are both very hard to work around since they are almost directly opposed to each other (August - May vs. March - September). I imagine the marathon would have to start at one of those two season's beginnings. You're looking at a 13 or 14 month cycle depending on where you begin.

This is probably where pick 'ems and daily fantasy come into play.
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I've decided to throw my allegiance behind the Tampa Bay Vipers for now until eternity.
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Hey this is a pretty neat announcement. I've only played 0 but I loved it. I own Kiwami 1 because PS+. I'm pretty booked in gaming for the foreseeable future, though. But these will be excellent dry spell games.
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I just finished Golden Deer.

I was a little underwhelmed. Spent the whole second chapter rebelling against the Black Eagles and then it felt like they just tacked on two more battles at the end against the true evil and the true true evil after the true evil was taken care of. Probably doesn't help that I didn't really like the church and yet I was forced to be on their side.

Lysithea > Raphael > Claude > Hilda > Marianne > Ignatz > Lorenz > Leonie

I intend to begin another playthrough sometime this week. I'm torn between BE and BL, but I'm leaning towards Black Eagles because it feels like a good transition from GD.
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I think I'm going to table this for now. I'd still like to do it someday, but I'd like to have more time to figure out a format and setup that would make things flow smoothly. I'm not fully confident in my ability to run something like this at this time considering it was just a whim I had on Thursday.

Thanks to those who showed interest!
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I'm wholly unfamiliar with what these versions of the game provide, so any info to me is new info! I just got around to reading what they showed a month ago and it sounded promising.
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I was slightly on the fence, but the more information they are releasing makes me inch closer to day one purchase.
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Sunday bump
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I plan on using it as a chance to learn more about the sports I don't follow closely. Hockey, mainly, but I don't know too much about basketball or soccer either.
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We have 7 people (including me) who have definitively said they would enter.

Zazi
Nick
Tom
Emerald
MZero
gravy
Corrik

LOLIAmAnAlt made a suggestion but did not indicate either way their interest.

If I can get 8 people who say confidently say they would enter, I'll start trying to concretely format things and work on setup. I'm willing to go as high as people enter, but anything beyond 12 starts getting really dicey for most leagues.
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bumpo
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I'll bump this throughout the weekend and if the interest isn't there, I'll let it go.
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Now that I'm home and in front of a keyboard, I'll try and add more thoughts on how this could be formatted.

--8-10 is probably the ideal number of participants. 6 or 12 is probably doable. Anything more or less is probably not worth it.

--For leagues, I'd probably start with whatever the default scoring system is and open the floor to a vote on adding or removing certain statistics.

--To diversify overall scoring and make winning something more valuable, I'd probably add extra points to first place. For leagues, I'm thinking extra points for the regular season winner and also extra points for the playoff winner. For multiple week pick 'ems, I'm thinking extra points for winning a week (nothing too crazy, though) as well as extra points for winning the entire competition.

--I think I'd want to make certain competitions more valuable than others, maybe some sort of tier system. My logic is tier-based. For example, winning a fantasy football league generally requires more thought and attention than pick 'em league, at least when you are playing relatively casually like we are. I'd tier it as Leagues, Pick 'Ems, and Side Competitions (those would be the one-offs).

--In the event this became a multi-year affair, the marathon would begin at the start of Fantasy Premier League (since Fantasy Football is the most popular fantasy sport but Fantasy Premier League starts about a month before it) and end with the conclusion of Fantasy Baseball, at which point the winner of the marathon would be declared. Once the overlap with baseball and Premier league hit, we'd just have two different marathons happening until Fantasy Baseball ended. Maybe I'd try and find a softer spot in the fantasy sports schedule if need be.

Any other thoughts? If everybody who has posted in here so far is interested, that gives us 5 for the moment. I know I said committed people are best, but as long as you just don't forget about your teams and remember to check in on this once a week, you are probably fine.
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I floated this idea in the Board 8 sports discord, but wanted to open it to a wider audience. Years ago, somebody (Dr Football maybe?) operated a competition that had users involve themselves in a variety of fantasy sports leagues, tournies, and pick 'ems. The results of those competitions were tabulated into a master standings table. It was an interesting premise but very difficult because nobody involved is well-versed in every sport. I think eventually it feel off because participation by the entrants began to fall off, understandably so because this is a year-long commitment.

I am considering trying to bring it back before Fantasy Football kicks off for the season. I like the idea and feel equipped to try my hand at learning new sports via trying to run a successful fantasy team. However, to maintain momentum, there would need to be a committed group of participants willing to be active in every league regardless of their knowledge of the sport or event. That's why this topic is merely gauging interest as opposed to launching the project.

Here are the competitions I'd make eligible (so far):

Fantasy Football
Fantasy Premier League Soccer (this has already kicked off but leagues can still be made)
Fantasy Basketball
Fantasy Hockey
Fantasy Baseball
NCAAM Basketball Tournament
NCAAW Basketball Tournament
NCAAF Bowl Pick 'Em
MMA Pick 'Em (we'd pick the numbered UFC main cards for a year)

I'd be willing, and hopeful, to add more but that is when you start getting into the more obscure and harder to play sports. I've also toyed with one-off pick 'em events like Triple Crown horse races and the Royal Rumble as sort of side competitions to earn additional points.

Of course, all of this planning is moot should nobody be interested. If you think you could commit to playing and being active in various fantasy sports leagues regardless of your knowledge in the sport itself, say so here. If you have ideas to make this more appealing, please present them. If the interest isn't there, well, c'est la vie I suppose.
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Without truly knowing the details because I don't truly know the people involved, I would think going to Portugal seems like a decently "safe" option.

It sounds like she has a very supportive family, which benefits the move greatly. I would guess they would be willing to help with all the goes along with the transition like language barrier, living arrangements, employment, etc. If you are unsure if this is true, I'd check with her/them before reaching a decision either way.

She'd be happy, and you'd probably be able to adapt since humans can adapt to almost anything given time. You guys are 25 and probably have 2/3 of your life remaining. This could very well not be permanent.
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While I've never been, I've always wanted to go sightseeing in Oregon. Everybody I know who has been there says the landscapes are picturesque.
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Ice Climbers (Orange/Lavender)
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What is Ys?
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Does anybody else find the tea party a total crapshoot? I've had one perfect session and the rest have all been pretty terrible. Is just a matter of knowing somebody's personality or is there something more to it one been missing?
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You should be able to jump in. Characters and events appear and are referenced from the books and first two games, the second one especially, but there's a character tab in the menu screen that fills in most of the blanks. From what I can tell, there are many references throughout the game, but most of it is of the Easter egg variety and off-hand comments.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Not sure what designers actually means in this context. The article made it sound like they were talking about art/character design?

I'm not sure how large Koei is or how much crossover between titles there is, but I did get strong Dynasty Warriors vibes from quite a few characters, so I could believe this. Playing Golden Deer, Lorenz and Raphael both seem on the surface-level to have that DW one-note flair.
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Impressions so far:

I'm in Chapter 6 I believe and I'm having a lot of fun, though the game is far from perfect. First the negatives.

-The game feels quite unpolished in a lot of places. It's hard to pinpoint where as it's just a feeling I get from time to time while playing and I probably feel it during many of the following negatives.
--Support cutscenes have minimal performances outside of two characters standing next to each other despite them being engaged in an activity together.
--Graphically everything when exploring is just okay.
--The monastery design is also just okay or maybe even a little disappointing.
--I also wish it felt like more of a hub to launch into activities rather than an additional activity itself that you select from a hub menu.
--Most annoyingly is that Byleth is an awful silent protagonist. I'm not the biggest fan of silent MCs to begin with, but most of the time I have no issues dealing with it. However, Byleth shows absolutely zero emotion and carries a constant stone face. His (I'm playing male) responses in conversations are largely uninteresting and I can never tell if they are sarcastic or not or have any kind of assumed inflection, but given how emotionless he's been I should just assume he's incapable of sarcasm and feelings as a whole. The writing and presence of Byleth has been my least favorite part so far and it's not close.

But there are a lot of positive that outweigh the negatives:
++Combat has been a joy. The amount of information it supplies is a breath of fresh air compared to what I remember from the Lyn/Eliwood/Hector FE I played. I'm sure many of these advances had been made in games prior to this, but that's my last experience to go on. I haven't been fucked by any RNG yet either.
++In a similar vein, Divine Pulse is awesome as well. I like how you can go as far back as you want/need.
++Casual mode is a very welcome addition for someone like me. If/when I do a second playthrough, I'll probably switch to classic but having the option for my first Fire Emblem in a long time takes a lot of pressure off.
++Battallions go a far way in making things feel more like a battle rather than a skirmish and I'm sure that will be more noticeable as the scale of battle becomes larger. Plus the gameplay mechanic of it has been fun to apply to characters.
++The story has intrigued me. I really like how they give the player the idea that not everything is what it seems at the monastery from the very beginning. I don't know who to trust and who to be wary of. Hopefully the students adopt this feeling sooner rather than later.
++Having a tangible influence over my units' growth is great. I really wanted to become invested in my party and this goes a long way into making that happen.
++No restricting weapon triangle was a great idea.
++Just having the ability to wander and talk to people in and having stories unfold off a grid battlefield and outside of static cutscenes is deeply satisfying.

Three Houses has me dreaming of a game that takes these elements a step further and really fleshing out the explore and unit development portion of the game. While I wouldn't expect Fire Emblem to step too far into that direction as they wouldn't to alienate what is probably a large portion of their fanbase that want just the battle and class started, perhaps this will inspire a new IP or direction for a different game.

I'm sure I missed and points but I'm writing this on my phone in the bathroom at work during the slow part of the morning. Now I'm going to ignore most posts in this topic to avoid soft spoilers that get offered up as people get deeper into the game because I'm annoyingly hyper sensitive to spoilers. Thank you for taking the time to read the thoughts of someone not deeply invested in Fire Emblem who has little previous experience with the series.
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I think about this commercial randomly quite often. A+ commercial design.
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I guess I'll finally contribute to the "what's been eliminated from my list" fun.

+20
+19 Stardew Valley
+18
+17 Katamari Damacy
+16 Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3
+15 Spyro: Year of the Dragon
+14 Paper Mario
+13 Kirby Super Star
+12 Final Fantasy IX
+11
+10
+9
+8
+7 Spyro the Dragon
+6 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
+5
+4 The Last of Us
+3 Borderlands 2
+2 Plants vs. Zombies
+1 The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

Pleased with the performance of Spyro 3. Definitely the best of the Spyro trilogy (3>2>1).

Was hoping that Katamari would place higher. So much joy. The Katamari Theme, Lonely Rolling Star, and Que Sera Sera are etched into my brain.

Was really hoping that Persona 3 would get Top 25 billing. A lot of people hate the AI-controlled party, understandably so, but I thought it had a certain charm. I'm expecting a console Persona 3 remaster to happen someday that remedies the issue for people, though.
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When I play the theme song back in my head, it combines the two. I always remember the Spunky yell as well as the B52 guy saying Rocko's Modern Life. But I'd say I prefer the first opening.
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What's your opinion on Tim Allen?
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