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Had to look this one up. WTF?

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

8/10

Not gonna lie, I loved it. Were the cases and supporting cast top-tier? No. But I liked the dynamic between Edge and Kay, and the game held my interest while I was suffering from a wicked stomach bug back in 2013.

Loses points for being forgettable.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

5.5/10

Average, earns an extra 0.5 for some cool locations (Lavender Town!) and concepts.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

6.5/10

It's got humor and charm, but nothing that wowed me.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Haven't played.

Nominate Shin Megami Tensei IV

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

5/10

Completely average.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

8.5/10

Too many characters, and the plot feels flabby at times, but overall it's great and has the best villain in the series.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Watched Episode 2 last night.

Watchable, but the teenager parts are horrendous. And Angela forcing the whole "Hey, your son should hang out with my daughter and other kids their age" parts were absurd. Angela is a cop who just found out Dexter has a son, and she wants this kid to hang out with her daughter? WTF.

There are actually some decent ideas for this series, but the execution has been awful. Could've been a good small-town horror show but instead it has become unintentional comedy.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

5/10

Pretty basic, with nothing memorable to me other than the castle intro and the Dark World.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Oh, and Super Monkey Ball 2. Classic.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Literally every game in the poll is great, and it doesn't include F-Zero GX, Skies of Arcadia: Legends, Twilight Princess, Prime 2, REmake, RE4, Twin Snakes, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, and Baten Kaitos--all of which I loved.

What a great console.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Even though Ultimate has rendered Melee irrelevant, there is no denying the amazing times I had playing Melee with my friends back in the early 2000s. Without a doubt the definitive GameCube experience.

Tales of Symphonia and Metroid Prime would be my runners up.

Honorable mention goes to F-Zero GX.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Bought this game last year, still have to play it

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Outer Wilds is on sale on PSN for $15 now. Guess I'll grab it so I can own another member of the 9+ club.

Thanks for doing these topics, Lightning. I'm currently playing Fata Morgana and loving it.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

I think Deathloop wins, but go Metroid

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Ink Long Dry
Fisherman's Horizon
The Feywood
Full Speed Ahead

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

3/10

Story never clicked with me. Always felt like it was trying to hard to be cool, even when I played it back in high school.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

A buddy of mine swears that FF2 has a solid story (he played the iPhone version), but I only played about an hour of the FF Origins version, so I can't fairly rate this one.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

I just heard about Snatcher for the first time today in the one Doki Doki topic.

Interested in seeing how this plays out.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Bonus Discussion Topics:

Q1. What Visual Novel game would you most recommend to someone?

Zero Escape 1 & 2

Q2. What did you enjoy about this game?

The uneasy suspense and the later payoffs

Q3. What did you least enjoy?

Getting stuck for nearly an hour with Monika before realizing there had to be some out-of-the-box solution to completing the game.

Q4. Where does this game rank in your list of Visual Novel games?

Near the top. Favorites would be Zero Escape 1 & 2, Phoenix Wright 1, and The House in Fata Morgana (which I'm in the middle of)

Q5. Were you in the Literature Club when you were in High School? (If not, what?)

Nope, but I was the president of my Lit Club in college.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Best: Yuri
Worst: Sayori

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Nominate Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

8.5/10

Great dialogue. Fun, charming story. The story RAWWWWKKKSSSS.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Wow, I don't even know where to begin with this one.

Super cheesy. Horrendous dialogue. Obnoxious yet colorfully defined characters. Shadow has a decent character arc.

3.5/10

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Got it for $5 over the summer. Gotta play it one of these days

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Axl_Rose_85 posted...

Both RE4 and OoT have the most run of the mill story imaginable for their respective genres but RE4 has its memorable dialogue and moments. OoT has nothing other than its averageness and the Sheik twist.

OoT has some brilliant subtext, as this video essay explains:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyUcwsjyd8Q&t

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

8.5/10

Supporting cast and setting are amazing.

Overall plot is kinda dull and predictable, aside from when Nanako is in danger, which is the most gripping segment of the game.

Yu is a bland avatar and lacks the stylishness of Joker.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Good to know. Thanks guys!

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Going to start Devil Survivor Overclocked (3DS) soon.

What difficulty should I play? Normal or Easy?

I don't play many SRPGs, but for what it's worth, I beat Fire Emblem Awakening and Conquest on Hard.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

6.8/10

Held my interest, had some great cheesy moments, and RE4 Leon is my favorite RE character.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

LeonhartFour posted...

I think we're about due for another Persona game since we've only done one so far

Yeah let's do Persona 4

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Appetite, and this isn't even close

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Witcher 3.

I'm usually strict about playing a series in order

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Snake5555555555 posted...

and the worst offender of all is Joker, casting aside any story nuance to have a big dumb brute fright instead and end things nice and tidy.

You hit it on the head, sir. Arkham City did a much better job with the ending.


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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

9/10

Nails it in terms of atmosphere, character, and plot. It's almost like MGS1 and Silent Hill had a comic-book-inspired baby.

Finale is too goofy for me to give this game a 10 though.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Day 1: 3465
Day 2: 3030

Today was shaping up to be a bad writing day, but I fought through it and found a cool new path to take my novel in its 2nd half.

I'll say this: sequels are a bitch to write. I feel pressured to match/exceed the quality of the 1st book, but I'm limited because I already used most of my best material in Book 1.

Mobilezoid posted...

I swore I'd try not to edit too much while writing, but it's important for my overall theme to introduce my main character correctly. And it's proving surprisingly difficult! Hopefully I can fix this tonight and then start catching up to the pace Nanowrimo demands.

How you write is up to you, but full rewrites often lead to better books than the edit-as-you-go method.

CasanovaZelos posted...

Also need to do one last edit of the first novel now that I've had half a year away from it and can look at it with relatively fresh eyes again and also finalize the query letter, but starting a new draft of a new story feels more accessible at the current moment (and I feel like November-February is a bad time for submissions anyway).

(and I'm writing these two novels to be standalone in case I can't sell the first)

Query tip that saved my life... Find a a book with a similar plot to yours, and use its summary as a template for your own.

And avoid querying around Christmas. Or on any weekend. Wednesday is the best day to query because the slush readers are swamped on Monday/Tues with the submissions from over the weekend.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Whiskey_Nick posted...

so...

Friends
ER
Hey Arnold
Babylon 5
Spider-Man: TAS
My So-Called Life
Gargoyles
The Tick
The Critic
The Magic School Bus
Duckman
ReBoot
Street Sharks
Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego
Mega Man

Who knew 1994 in TV was so stacked

Hey Arnold was in 1994? Really? Could've sworn 96 or 97

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Started House in Fata Morgana a few days ago.

Finished Chapter 2 last night. The storytelling and OST are top-notch so far. Love that it's an interconnected group of stories (novellas, really) told within a frame tale. I started Chapter 3 and can't wait to see how this next tragedy unfolds.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Bump

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

No, they'll win 2 games.


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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

2/10

Totally forgettable aside from WHAT AM I FIGHTING FOOOOORRRRRR!

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

6.5/10

Tough to rate this one because the storyline is probably the biggest letdown for me outside of MGS4.

That said, as a video game story (rather than as a Zero Escape story), ZTD is decent and has its moments.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Anagram posted...

* I used Yosuke, Chie, and Yukiko the entire time. Everyone else was literally never in the party.

Though I swapped Chie for Naoto toward the end, I agree with this.

* I remember being annoyed at Yosuke's and Teddie's antics the first time I played this game, but in 2021, their perversions really do not fly.

Teddie's a sicko, yes. But not Yosuke--he's a teenager, and he acts like one.

* The game went on waaaaaay too long. I was ready for it to be over at Adachi, and then it just kept going onnnnnnnn. I groaned at the Marie dungeon. I think I'm burned out on JRPGs for a while.

Plot-wise the game peaked with Nanako's disappearance, and everything after it felt flat.


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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

I'm another guy who played P5 before P4, and I echo those complaints about P4 feeling underwhelming. Everything (other than the supporting cast) feels like a major downgrade.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Nominate Tales of Graces f

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

BlueCrystalTear posted...

Nor do I. I may try it some other year when I'm not feeling in the dumps. I can't just flip a switch and have a positive attitude when bad shit keeps happening to me. It's just one of those low points in my life.

Hang in there. Once things clear up, you're going to have a lot of material to work with. Try writing 100 words a day. Get into the habit, see if you can build some momentum.

Mobilezoid posted...

I'm glad I won't be the only one potentially breaking the spirit of Nanowrimo by having stuff already written. One of the three ideas I've narrowed down to is continuing the book I've been writing, just getting past the point I'm stuck on with some junk and going from there. I have this idea planned backwards and forwards, it would be the least likely to have a bad skeleton, as BCT puts it. If I choose that one, I suppose my goal would be 60k total counting the 10k I already have.

This idea brings literal years of baggage, though, so I'm still debating if it would be better to start fresh. Hopefully this indecision doesn't last until Monday!

Write the story you want to write. One of the biggest mistakes I've made through the years is writing stories that I thought I was supposed to write.

Snake5555555555 posted...

This would be a cool thing to attempt but we'll see.

Your breakdowns in the Rate the VG Story topics are routinely top-notch, so you definitely have a solid understanding of how stories work and what makes them good. Do it. Would love to see what you come up with.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Mobilezoid posted...

I'm tired of being a perfectionist who never actually gets anywhere. I'm finally going to spend the month and see what happens if I keep pushing forward. At least I'll have a bunch of junk to puzzle over once I'm done.

Setting a daily word count is the best antidote to this. Aim to hit a daily minimum and you'll stop overthinking things.

Btw in order to complete NaNoWriMo, you'll need 1,667 a day.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

I write every day, so count me in. I'm about 1/3 through a sequel to my debut novel, so I'll make it a goal to finish this new one by the end of November.

BlueCrystalTear posted...

I'm in too much of a funk to be able to pound out a halfway coherent book. The point of NaNoWriMo is to build the skeleton of your novel so you don't have to throw half of it out in revisions, and anything I write is gonna probably be thrown out.

Keep an open mind and give it a shot. I don't know anybody who ever wrote a book with a negative attitude like that.

Some days I'm really feeling it. Others, I'm in no mood. But most days I at least get something worth salvaging. You don't need a full skeleton, just a few bones to help build the next draft.

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

KamikazePotato posted...

Yes, actually. I ask people to leave a review and include a link at the end of the Kindle version that takes them directly to the book's Amazon page. Self-shilling is always important.

I do the same. Can't remember if I have a direct link, though. Might need to fire up Vellum and redo that section of my ebooks. Thanks!

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~

Never played.

Nominate Metroid Dread

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~