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pegusus123456 posted...

Guess.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ee9a1307.jpg

Thing is, that's just them frozen in their reaction pose to "oh no, a villain's spraying me with gas!" They could be having a perfectly chill time as trees after the initial shock; Alfred and his friend certainly didn't seem the worse for wear after it was over.

I lucked into encountering one of the little pigs in the swamp mission before Goug. God bless the QoL update that let me restart + reassemble my party to bring in my Mediator without rerolling the enemy list.

I didn't even realize before that the Poacher's Den doesn't open until Chapter 3 because I never had anything worth poaching prior to that.

DarthEnvoy posted...

Gen 1 in general just has a ton of garbage.

Pidgeot's only level up flying move is Wing Attack at lv 31 which only has 35 power in gen 1. Gust is a goddamn Normal type move because reasons. Ponyta doesn't ever learn a better fire move than Ember. The only Ghost type moves in the game are Lick at 20 power and Night Shade which does fixed damage depending on your level. Dragon also only has 1 move in Dragon Rage which always does 40 damage no matter what.

Idk wtf they were cooking back in the day.

Gen 1 always struck me as still being stuck in a more traditional RPG mindset where the vast majority of critters were just meant to be enemies / obstacles on your road to beating the game; and if you wanted to battle your friends it would probably just boil down to who had the stronger Mewtwo. After the game and PvP really took off they started putting more thought / balance into the metagame accordingly.

HighSeraph posted...

I finished chapter 1 and just got to the point where Ovelia joins as a guest, was glad to see the old unequip Gaffgarion before he betrays you trick still works. Errands basically feel like free JP since there's no risk of random encounters now.

I'm using Errands to get my two mages up on their Arithmatic skills. I'm not in a hurry to have them, and that was always my least favorite grind in the old versions of the game.

VeggetaX posted...

I'm really stuck on trying to steal everything. Better get good at it for when I gotta steal them Genji items.

Haste + Ramza spamming Tailwind on your Thief will help immensely. Also try to position your units where you can wall in the enemy you're trying to steal from on all sides so you don't have to keep chasing them down; this will also give your Thief more turns by removing the need to keep moving (make sure and turn off Counter or any damage-causing reaction abilities). Status ailments like Sleep and Toad help immensely, if the target is vulnerable to them (honestly can't remember if bosses like Elmdor have the typical FF immunity to debuffs).

And always steal the weapon first so that the target deals less damage. I was lucky and stole the Blood Sword first try during the fight at the Gallows with Gaffgarion, which all but trivialized the battle by taking away his sword tech.

mystic_belmont posted...

So I'm at the battle where Tietra is killed by Argath, and I'm finding it incredibly difficult. I only have 4 units, and the enemy has at least twice that many.

I usually put my mage / healer in the same group as Ramza, hang back for a couple turns and buff (Haste and / or Shell if available, Focus otherwise) while one or both of my fighters in group 2 move around the back of the fort to join Ramza (sometimes I'll leave someone who's quick and can cover a lot of ground to move around the other side). Try not to cluster the main force too much. Everyone should have Battle Boots and Move+1.

Let Delita go and get himself KO'ed (hopefully dealing a little damage in the process), then when the enemy starts closing in, rush in and take out the Black Mages. The battle should be much more manageable after that.

TMOG posted...

I liked how Fallout 4 tried to remedy this by having a huge list of names that at least one character would recognize and say

For Final Fantasy 10 my headcanon is that nobody knew what Tidus' name was and it eventually became too awkward to ask him

There's actually an instance where one of the Aurochs calls Tidus by name (text-only) if you talk to him while they're on Kilika. Not sure if that's the only instance in the game, and it might have been an oversight.

bluezero posted...

I guess no breakups is bad for her music

Kinda like that ep of Metalocalypse where they kick Toki and Murderface out of the band and quickly realize their music sucks now because they're actually happy for once.

I'm out of the loop, is this a fresh rerelease or some update to that All-Stars version that came out a year or two back?

I'd love to have SMG 1 and 2 on the Switch. Also, is there a physical version?

EDIT nevermind, just googled it.

Ivynn posted...

day bump

Fighter of the night bump

Yes, very much so. I fall pretty squarely in the 'it's one movie' camp, but gun to my head had to pick a favorite, outside of the House of Blue Leaves, Vol. 2 stuck with me a lot stronger overall than 1 did.

Kain_Highwind posted...

Did anyone ever care about Fallon at all

I watched an hour-long 'best of' special a year or two ago and it was pretty funny. Though to be fair, you probably do need a minimum ten years worth of material to scrape together a full hour of Fallon being funny.

We would be welled served to start valuing 'uncommon sense' and 'rare sense' over 'common sense.'

Tyranthraxus posted...

No. They just go "fuck this I'm out" and teleport out.

I think that's a Tactics Ogre thing. Delita, Argath and similar guests will just lie there KO'ed indefinitely without a death counter.

And yeah, I never waste time keeping those suicidal idiots healed, especially when they pull dumbass shit like having a clear KO option on a wounded enemy and choose to Dash for non-fatal damage.

I was inspired yesterday to do my own personal version of Inktober (as in simply do a drawing every day for a month). I've been meaning for years to get back into posting artwork online and hopefully this'll get me jump-started. But in their current state their definitely not ToS-friendly.

If I have some extra time / motivation over the weekend I'll tone one or two of them down and roll the dice posting them here.

darkknight109 posted...

I feel like a lot of the people lionizing Burr haven't seen a lot of his material. A lot of his stuff comes down to "Every man for himself."

I recall him doing an interview on Conan where he jokingly (kind of) stood up for Lance Armstrong, more or less saying, "Everyone in those sports does doping, so is it really that bad? Roided up Lance beat roided up everyone else, big deal."

Pretty much. Burr may be left-leaning overall, but he's never been shy about throwing out a regressive / downright ignorant take when the mood strikes him. He hasn't personally offended me enough yet for me to write him off completely, but I don't blame people who've already turned their back on him.

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Dozens of people spontaneously combust every year. It's just not widely reported.

If you walk into a crowded room with intent to do actual Nazi shit and leave that room with all of your bones unbroken, you've already received more mercy than you deserved.

Gotta go with 10. Pulls off elaborate and colorful without losing his intimidation factor, is literally a young boy's fantasy of what a cool dragon avatar would look like, and barely flinches from his stance even when enemies have a high propensity for hitting him square in the junk.

JoCrazy posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/20b7fc8f.jpg

I'm sure it's a woefully low number, but there's a nonzero amount of generally apolitical people who read this and interpret it as "wow, Republicans must suck ass at their jobs if they control the government but are helpless to stop the radical left from wrecking it."

bluezero posted...

Mine is the shopkeeper commenting on every button press. I wish I could mute him.

I'm convinced that's the same VA that did Delvin Mallory in Skyrim. So I'm already numb to hearing that guy on repeat after years of savescumming Thieve's Guild radiant quests until I get one in the city I want.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance: Assassin class.

Best overall stat growth in the game + OHKO moves that actually work on the vast majority of enemies + access to ranged weapons, Concentrate, and Ultima = broken as shit.

Look in the mirror and still see nothing but the flaws.

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Killmonger posted...

Grim Reapers Sprint in Fallout 3

I was trying to think of a weapon in FO3 that qualified and totally forgot about this. VATs is already pretty OP in FO3, but GRS completely trivializes whatever semblance of challenge remained in the game.

Symphony of the Night - Crissaegrim (obligatory)

Aria of Sorrow - Red Minotaur soul

Morrowind - Chrysamere

Fallout 4 - Minigun with Explosive prefix

Oh fuck these devs, seriously; as if Chocobos weren't already the most nerve-grating enemy class in the game, now they emit a heartbreaking baby bird death cry upon KO.

Apart from that, the overly-complicated character menu overhaul is my only nitpick thus far (and even then it's not nearly as bad in this regard as Oblivion Remastered was).

Visuals are lovely; really digging the smooth battlefield rotation and what appears to be a filter to give the graphics a canvas / painting-like texture. Gameplay seems fine as ever, still a long way off from most of the character-based QoL upgrades I'm interested in.

Just wrapped up Dorter last night, still have trouble seeing why so many people struggle with this one. Maybe people just hate random encs in this game? I never go into Dorter without at least a Black Mage, White Mage, and Knight / Archer.

Incidentally, this is probably the only playthrough I've done where the starting generics have good enough faith / bravery and interesting enough names that I'll actually keep them.

Do you know why vampires never live in Detroit? It sucks too much already.

Yeah. Last time I watched it I was too young to properly articulate why I liked it, but in hindsight I appreciated all the ways it took the piss out of the genre without feeling like a straight-up parody.

And like Jurassic Park it was one of those smash hits that really didn't need to be a franchise but was invariably destined to become one.

Tbf it takes a lot of brainpower to come up with new situations in which our 'regular' heroes get their shit ruined until Saitama sleepwalks onto the scene in the last few minutes and OHKO's the threat.

Is this the modern-day equivalent of our ancestors finding out the hard way which mushrooms were and were not edible?

One of my favorite games that's released in the past decade, and arguably a modern masterpiece. Which is ironic considering I'd never played a roguelike before under the assumption that I'd absolutely despise the genre; even more ironic is that this is somehow one of the least frustrating games I've ever played that was intent on kicking my ass at every turn (though I did put the game down for about a week after Theseus wrecked my shit on our first meeting, that one really got under my skin).

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DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC posted...

She does a much better job in X-2.

I do seem to remember her voice work improving in X-2. Or at least nothing stood out as particularly irksome.

I recently bought the PR along with a bunch of other classic FF games on the Switch, and was playing through 4 for the first time in probably 20 years.

I'd never even bothered attempting to go after the Pink Tail before, but I was passing by the room and thought 'what the hell, I'll get in a few fights and maybe get lucky and see some Flan Princesses." The Flans showed up probably no more than ten encounters later, and sure enough they dropped the tail on the first try.

Why the hell didn't I buy a lottery ticket today instead?

She's a good character. Only real mark I had against her was:

garan posted...

her voice actress was terrible.

I'll never forget this one particular line of hers right after Kimahri attacks Tidus towards the beginning of the game, where she laughs and says "sometimes we don't understand Kimahri either!" For one fleeting moment she actually sounds like a real person, and I like to believe that was the VA's actual personality shining through before the director stepped in and said "no no no!! meek and breathy," and she immediately reverts back to that for the following line.

Yes. Prior to Winter Soldier / GotG it was the only MCU movie I genuinely loved. "This is a very important week for you" is one of my favorite lines in the whole franchise.

Gonna need to update that Oregon Trail meme to "You Bought Meds from TrumpRX."

Not until Squeenix apologizes for FFTA2's plot / writing.

I did, despite my horrible time with the LUCT version on the PSP. I loved it, and it arguably topped FFT. Been meaning to replay it for awhile, but that'll probably get shelved now that FFT rerelease is here.

Honestly the only mark against TO:R is the fucking obtuse missables when it comes to recruiting certain characters.

Metal_Gear_Raxis posted...

Anyone else feel like Cid was a tad overrated as a party member? Yeah, he's great, but by the time he joins the game gets easier and easier to bust wide open.

Sounds like something Meliadoul would say.

Garioshi posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5c26c9d4.jpg

Doctor, I'm not some Republic serial villain. Do you honestly think I'd spill my guts to a quack psychiatrist if you had any chance of affecting my mental state?

I saw the statue thirty-five minutes ago.

I'm fixin' to swing by Walmart tomorrow and pick up a copy. The QoL changes I've seen thus far are a godsend, and I wanna do my part to incentivize them to make a direct sequel.

VeggetaX posted...

Teleport now costs 3K. Feel bad for Harry Pothead

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b82a6fbe.jpg

Lmao, that shit better work every time without fail in that case.

It honestly had a great core trio in Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Issac. Wasn't their fault that they got handed shit writing at nearly every turn; and unlike the PT, the director(s) thankfully weren't actively trying to nullify their natural charisma.

DodogamaRayBrst posted...

SECOND HEALTH BARS ARE NOT ALLOWED WHAT IS THIS HORSESHIT!?

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Yep, that was my reaction almost verbatim lol.

BlazinBlue88 posted...

It's always interesting hearing everyone's favorite weapons. Mine is the bow. Once you get that charge rhythm down and hit and run working then it's incredible.

At the end of the day I have to go with the gauntlets simply because they're so reliable; I could have shit luck with boons and still do very well with the gauntlets. I could make a case for loving all the other weapons and have fond memories of some great runs with each of them, but they also crash hard without decent boons.

So I guess all Sinclair accomplished with this was clueing a wider swath of Americans into the fact that a shadowy cabal controls their airwaves.

I too get an uncontrollable urge to run away when I see a jogger coming.

Somehow I had a feeling that comment would get actually'd heavily. *shrugs* I normally favor crit boosts in games, but Artemis' crit boons always left me cold every time I tried them out (I can't remember specifics but I feel like there were certain Chaos / Daedalus crit boons that paid off considerably better). I'm guessing you have to power Artemis' boons up significantly to see them really start paying off.

Yeah, Athena dash was a staple of successful runs for me. For attack / special it was typically Poseidon for melee and Ares for ranged, though any time I could build up a combo of both was very welcome.

Artemis was pretty much useless across the board; hers were the only boons I actively avoided whenever possible.