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| Topic | Please post epic boss themes |
| pyresword 05/17/24 6:34:07 PM #12 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QQXkO6gTaY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otT5xlbjpjo --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | [VGMC] Day 7! feat. Colors, Lights, Forces, Speeds, and Time Itself |
| pyresword 05/17/24 12:01:08 AM #17 | -
- Redeem the Future Other 2 tomorrow hopefully if I have time. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Ranking 100 Trails - Kiseki Characters Before Daybreak |
| pyresword 05/16/24 10:26:56 PM #129 | Really like Elie, worst of the Crossbell team except for maybe Noel.
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| Topic | Ranking 100 Trails - Kiseki Characters Before Daybreak |
| pyresword 05/16/24 9:14:55 PM #125 | In order to hold something against Elliot, I'd first have to remember something about Elliot. A tough ask.
Kloe is great imo. Love especially her scenes with Estelle in the beginning of SC, though most scenes with her are good. I also love her character design. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | [VGMC] Day 6! feat. Dragons, Dungeons, Darkness, and Moos |
| pyresword 05/16/24 8:36:29 PM #55 | -
Love Psalm LIGHTNING BUG/MOO --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Luce, Fluttershy, and Raetsel rank 361+ songs [Rankings] |
| pyresword 05/16/24 7:16:06 PM #135 | Spark_Garou posted...
(First Reaction: An emotional instrumental piece that doesn't resonate with me enough to inspire any actual emotion... for the first three and a half minutes. THEN the song decides to transition to "sweeping adventure" music and things finally start to pick up! Sounds of marching, feelings of trepidation, hope, the song really goes through a lot in a short period of time once you reach that point. Sadly, the opening part just failed to connect with me on any level, which is holding this back somewhat... when you have to wait for over half of a song's runtime for it to get good, it can be a bit hard to say that you actually liked the song as a whole.) A lot of this makes somewhat more sense in the context of the show itself because basically the climax is timed to a specific event which is preceded by a lot of brooding and angst. Not that any of that necessarily changes the experience of listening to the song as its own thing. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 298: Anime is Saved |
| pyresword 05/16/24 1:58:56 PM #453 | I like something about the old visual style better actually, but yeah it largely doesn't matter
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| Topic | [VGMC] Day 5! feat. Recollection, Remembrance, Recalling, and RAM |
| pyresword 05/15/24 9:03:29 PM #58 | Declaration! Imperial Floral Assault Group
Somnia Memorias Softbank Oh Somnia Memorias is very cool. Love the vocals in this one. Memories of Memories is a great ambient track that I'd have voted in plenty of other matches. I have no idea what this instrument is supposed to be in Softbank but I like it a lot. (I mean I assume it's a synth of some sort but it sounds like a xylophone or something? idk) Very cool composition--exactly the right mix of melody and hectic-ness. Tower of Memories has some cool ideas, but parts of it just sound off to me in a way I don't really like. Like the dynamic balance is weird or something and causes your ear to focus on the wrong part of the song. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | [VGMC] Day 4! feat. Prisons, Power Plants, Casinos, Air, Space, and Burger King |
| pyresword 05/14/24 9:50:18 PM #69 | FM04: Twin Moon
Burger King Futo Lettuce (Futo's Theme) Spring Wind Skylark --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 10: Well I'll be Forked |
| pyresword 05/14/24 9:23:54 PM #52 | I guess it also depends what DPS we're talking about. If it's like an S-tier CRIT DPS then you're still getting huge damage boosts out of your CRIT stats anyways and it's probably best from an efficiency standpoint to just build that way. (I'm not sure what would be optimal in this case assuming infinite resources to build as many relic sets as you want)
If we're talking about like Himeko or something though whose damage output is modest to begin with, then sure go crazy with the Break Effect. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 10: Well I'll be Forked |
| pyresword 05/14/24 9:19:40 PM #51 | Break Effect might be better to build now, but you don't need it on your DPS to make Harmony MC usable. You still get modest damage boost out of your DPS either way, and I'd argue the main value to begin with is the larger damage boosts you get out of your other non-DPS characters.
I mean I wouldn't stick them in a double CRIT-DPS team for this reason, but yeah. Worth mentioning you get lots of passive boosts to break effect for your whole team anyways when you run Harmony MC. (30% from technique, 33% from ult, 30% from Watchmaker relic set, and 15% of TB's Break Effect for everybody else via their E4) --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 10: Well I'll be Forked |
| pyresword 05/14/24 6:21:32 PM #44 | Is Break Effect Welt a thing? I don't actually own him, but I'm approaching 300 pulls on the standard banner and am intrigued by the prospect of pairing him with Harmony MC and Ruan Mei.
--- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | SaveEstelle & LeonhartFour in New Houses: Rebirth Edition [SELF] |
| pyresword 05/14/24 2:09:22 PM #359 | To be fair, I'd have immediately done exactly the same thing upon discovering the game now lets me into that area even if I weren't struggling to find the path for the actual story.
I still have half a mind to teleport back there and keep trying to blitz through this one cave without dying somehow --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | SaveEstelle & LeonhartFour in New Houses: Rebirth Edition [SELF] |
| pyresword 05/14/24 2:01:51 PM #356 | In Xenoblade 3 I got like 5 levels of bonus experience dodging level 50's and discovering every landmark on the way to Colony Iota just trying to find a way to this stupid supply drop. Turns out I was just supposed to simply walk towards the marker and go through a tunnel in the wall that looked exactly like every other spot on the wall.
--- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 10: Well I'll be Forked |
| pyresword 05/14/24 11:44:39 AM #36 | BK_Sheikah00 posted...
Are there tanky dinos in this moc 12? Those are the biggest time wasters. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 10: Well I'll be Forked |
| pyresword 05/13/24 10:09:37 PM #30 | pyresword posted...
I'm not sure it's optimal for my account, but Harmony MC at least seems usable in MoC which is pretty cool. Also seems to be giving me motivation to invest more in my Xueyi who was always a character I wanted to use more than the meta dictated. Ha, ok forget just "usable". Ended up using Harmony MC/Aventurine/Ruan Mei/Dr Ratio for side 2 of MoC 12 when I was really struggling with a lot of other comps. It did take 6 cycles (side 1 was 3-cycles with an Acheron team), but that's still better than I was able to manage with anything else. I was a bit unsure about the comp since I didn't know if I'd be able to keep enough debuffs up for Ratio, but it seemed to work well enough. I hadn't tried mono-quantum Qingque yet admittedly which might have worked, but that surely would have been sketchy because Silver Wolf's weakness implant gets a bit overloaded with no actual quantum-weak enemies plus 2 elites per wave, and it would also make my Acheron team worse to have to steal Silver Wolf and Sparkle. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | [VGMC] Day 3! feat. Reptiles, Ragers, Racers, Fivers, Circles, and... ... ...? |
| pyresword 05/13/24 7:23:25 PM #57 | Rage
Moiety Theme About That... I really dislike the vocals in Mutants over Broadway. They have this weird quality that feels like the singer is lurching or stumbling or something, and it just doesn't sound good. The rest of the sound is pretty good, but the song's already a lost cause. Rage is a JRPG-sounding power ballade that falls pretty firmly into the "good but not great" camp and is the clear vote here. Moiety theme is a solid ambient song with some cool percussion, but doesn't really have a chance at finding its way into my favorites. Wild Woods has some individually cool sounds but the overall thing is a bit too goofy for me. The solo flute part at about the halfway point is very good though. I don't like About That as much as some of the other Paradise Killer songs, but the combination of booming synth, sax, and 80's sounding vocals is still very good. Round has a very cool effect where it's constantly adding new parts and building on it's self. Great sense of progression but I don't know if it quite has the payoff that I would like. Still a very cool song and would have voted it in any of the other matches. About That > Round > Rage > Moiety Theme > Wild Woods > Mutants Over Broadway --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Ranking 100 Trails - Kiseki Characters Before Daybreak |
| pyresword 05/13/24 7:14:42 PM #95 | Modern Trails is afraid to be dark I think (to its great detriment), but Sky and Crossbell really weren't.
--- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 10: Well I'll be Forked |
| pyresword 05/13/24 9:46:19 AM #18 | I'm not sure it's optimal for my account, but Harmony MC at least seems usable in MoC which is pretty cool. Also seems to be giving me motivation to invest more in my Xueyi who was always a character I wanted to use more than the meta dictated.
It's a bit unfortunate that good Break Effect units seem to be all over the map element-wise now though, which makes it seem a bit niche. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 298: Anime is Saved |
| pyresword 05/13/24 9:34:42 AM #393 | I've still only watched the first 12 episodes of Demon Slayer. They started introducing characters other than Tanjiro and I was immediately out.
edit: I lied my MAL says 13 episodes --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 18 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!! |
| pyresword 05/12/24 10:45:00 PM #42 | At least 14.3 Billion Years didn't get blown out. Sakura Wars tying is also nice in that it's better than a loss, which is what looked like was going to happen when I checked a bit before the end.
--- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | [VGMC] Day 2! feat. Flowers, Cards, and Math using 10, 11, and 14.3 |
| pyresword 05/12/24 10:56:19 AM #44 | 14.3 Billion Years
Declaration! Imperial Floral Assault Group Duel VS Fortress Leader 14.3 Billion Years is definitely a favorite of mine. Love the use of motif and the cello harmony is just immaculate. Context certainly doesn't hurt, but I don't really agree with the notion the song relies on context. At least personally I loved the song before having played the game at all, and the motifs are all pretty all established pretty well even within just this song. Aria Math also one of my favorites in bracket A, but it had the wrong matchup here. Tuned percussion has always been a pet thing of mine though, and Aria Math delivers in spades there. Not in a writeup mood for the remaining matches but honestly all the songs are great. Very strong day. 14.3 Billion Years > Aria Math > Declaration! Imperial Floral Assault Group > Duel vs Fortress Leader > T11 > b10 --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | [VGMC] Day 2! feat. Flowers, Cards, and Math using 10, 11, and 14.3 |
| pyresword 05/11/24 10:06:01 PM #2 | The URL for RINNE - b10 somehow got messed up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbQexPZNjxk --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 10: Well I'll be Forked |
| pyresword 05/11/24 8:33:02 PM #6 | swordz9 posted...
She already feels so strong I dont even feel like I need anybody to really help her. This has basically been me with Acheron lately, who is my only 5-star I have any eidolons for. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 10: Well I'll be Forked |
| pyresword 05/11/24 7:58:44 PM #1 | https://www.prydwen.gg/star-rail/
https://hsr.yatta.top/en https://starrail.mobilemeta.gg/app Muddle fudger where did the topic go. I'm not pulling for Boothill but good luck to everyone who is. Firefly owns all of my stellar jades. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Animal Well is quite good |
| pyresword 05/11/24 4:05:55 PM #4 | My gaming plate is full for the moment but this seemed cool and I will probably play it eventually.
--- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 18 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!! |
| pyresword 05/11/24 1:43:36 PM #25 | The first match was posted today at the link in post #19. You have until 10 PM eastern to vote, which is about 8 hours from now.
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| Topic | [VGMC] Day 1!!! feat. New, New New, Main, Main, First, and Waking Up in a Suite |
| pyresword 05/11/24 10:30:23 AM #42 | New Battle!!!
Awakening ~ Nrburgring Suite New Bodhum ~ New Bodhum -Aggressive Mix- New Battle is reasonably good. I've never been a huge fan of this style of Xenoblade song where it usually just fails to get the blood pumping and offers little else. The piano is nice here though. Don't care much for the CRYMACHINA song. I don't like the vocals at all and the song would be much better without them, but even without them it's struggling to break "fine". And actually when the vocals go away I don't really like the part that replaces it either. Donk main title is surprisingly fun although possibly a bit repetitive by the end. I don't think the vocalist is great unfortunately, but the actual composition I like a lot and the song is very catchy overall, especially the backing synth. I've always liked the Suite, but am not really sure how to explain why. Just a nice pleasant listen though that never feels like a chore to me despite its runtime. The climax at the end is nice, but overall this is more of a vibes song for me. I'm not sure what to say about Live and Learn. It's not like there's anything wrong with it, but there's other styles of music I like more, and even as far as 2000's alt rock goes it doesn't feel particularly noteworthy. The guitar solo is probably my favorite part. New Bodhum is cool--lots of neat synth and percussion sounds. Not the biggest fan of the vocals, but it's a small component and there's a lot else cool going on. Nurburgring Suite > New Battle > New Bodhum > Main Title > Live and Learn > FightFirst... --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Aurora Borealis?! |
| pyresword 05/11/24 8:41:33 AM #9 | jcgamer107 posted...
"May I see it?" --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 298: Anime is Saved |
| pyresword 05/10/24 6:12:39 PM #336 | Shame because Pastel Palettes are probably the best band.
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| Topic | SaveEstelle & LeonhartFour in New Houses: Rebirth Edition [SELF] |
| pyresword 05/10/24 5:43:03 PM #336 | Well Xenoblade 3 is at least starting much stronger than 2 did, in large part because Noah blows Rex out of the water.
If Noah and Mio aren't an item by the end of this game there's going to be hell to pay. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Ranking 100 Trails - Kiseki Characters Before Daybreak |
| pyresword 05/10/24 10:24:40 AM #57 | I don't care much for Machias overall, but I give him extra points because for whatever reason is role in CS3 feels like the most natural extension of his character. Like when they're reintroducing you to Elliot or Laura or whatever I feel like they're just forcing an old cameo in your face out of obligation, but Machias never felt that way for some reason.
Jusis is actually great imo. One of the strongest character arcs in the first 2 Cold Steel games and continued to be enjoyable even in his later appearances. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 9: Oni May Cry |
| pyresword 05/09/24 10:07:54 PM #494 | 2.2 story finished. Don't think I liked this one as much as the last two patches, but it was still solid. Acheron and Sunday are still great, even if
In a lot of ways this patch felt like it hinged on the player being on the same page as the writer without actually doing enough legwork to ensure that happens. The story involves the mechanics of the dream world a lot which were never explained well to begin with, and this patch also seemed to turn the heavy-handed metaphorical storytelling up to eleven. There are a few loose ends ( I really hope Acheron at least is going to be a recurring character. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Ranking 100 Trails - Kiseki Characters Before Daybreak |
| pyresword 05/08/24 6:35:21 PM #34 | Garcia was all right, but this feels about right for him probably? Maybe there's a lot more nothing characters than I'm remembering though.
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| Topic | Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 298: Anime is Saved |
| pyresword 05/08/24 5:46:02 PM #291 | I think all that's been confirmed is 25 episodes, which would be the same length as the original anime. It seems like they intend to continue further if they have the opportunity though, at least.
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| Topic | Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 298: Anime is Saved |
| pyresword 05/08/24 4:32:58 PM #289 | Caught up on the Spice and Wolf remake and they are through the first major arc now. Honestly not sure which is stronger between this or the original--I definitely don't think there's a huge difference in quality between them.
In general I think the remake has been more on-point with the dramatic scenes, but the overall vibe of the show was a bit stronger in the original, though I'm not sure exactly what combination of factors leads to that. The two things I will say are that I've found voice acting better and more well-rounded in the remake, but I liked the visuals of the original show more. Basically yeah though this is a totally good remake so far--I think you could pretty much watch either version and be okay. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Honkai Star Rail Topic 9: Oni May Cry |
| pyresword 05/08/24 2:37:53 PM #452 | I've been thinking about pulling for Topaz just because I have very little else to do with my jades for quite a while I think. She would be good for my account, at least, to enable the strong follow-up teams. Will have to think.
--- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Ranking 100 Trails - Kiseki Characters Before Daybreak |
| pyresword 05/07/24 10:03:14 PM #25 | Shirley was good in Azure I swear
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| Topic | SaveEstelle & LeonhartFour in New Houses: Rebirth Edition [SELF] |
| pyresword 05/07/24 8:51:21 PM #319 | TheManaSword posted...
Triple Triads simplicity is what really wins it over I think. I can't compare it to the game in FF7R, but I definitely agree in general that this was a lot of what made Triple Triad great for me. Was very easy to pick up and play it never really felt intrusive. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | SaveEstelle & LeonhartFour in New Houses: Rebirth Edition [SELF] |
| pyresword 05/07/24 8:12:45 PM #312 | pyresword posted...
The hard sci-fi aspects Ok this classification made a bit more sense in my head and probably reads as if it should apply to some aspects of the story I'm not intending, but I don't really know how to come up with a better description quickly --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | SaveEstelle & LeonhartFour in New Houses: Rebirth Edition [SELF] |
| pyresword 05/07/24 8:10:04 PM #311 | Yeah all I was asking is if I'd be confused.
The hard sci-fi aspects of Xenoblade have universally been a complete flop for me, so I'm sort of assuming that anything depending on the remaining Xenoblade 2 content* would not land well for me even with proper context. I also already have a vague understanding of what the Xenoblade 2 ending is about and what the general plot of 3 is. *This does not necessarily apply to Torna, but my impression before asking was that Torna only really mattered within Xenoblade 2. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | SaveEstelle & LeonhartFour in New Houses: Rebirth Edition [SELF] |
| pyresword 05/07/24 7:59:00 PM #308 | So hypothetically if I was thinking about playing Xenoblade 3, would it matter if I'd finished Xenoblade 2 or played the Torna DLC?
I fully expect to be disappointed by the story (at least by the end) either way, but am also in a gaming mode where I don't know if that will matter. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 298: Anime is Saved |
| pyresword 05/07/24 6:24:03 PM #263 | Yeah she's probably in the top 5 menaces for Bang Dream characters >.>
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| Topic | Ranking 100 Trails - Kiseki Characters Before Daybreak |
| pyresword 05/07/24 9:58:29 AM #12 | Assuming this is Elise, who I forgot about until coming into the topic this morning. There was a time when I actually liked her character to back in Cold Steel 1.
I like Dieter a lot actually, though yes he is definitely an idiot. To be fair, he didn't just get independence--he got independence AND giant magical super-robots. So really who can blame him? --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Anime & Manga Discussion Topic 298: Anime is Saved |
| pyresword 05/06/24 10:08:09 PM #231 | I never watched MyGO but I liked the story content in the Bang Dream mobile game much more than the anime.
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| Topic | Ranking 100 Trails - Kiseki Characters Before Daybreak |
| pyresword 05/06/24 8:54:37 PM #3 | Tag
What on earth is Major Michael doing so high I actually kind of like Karl. He's good at what he's there for I think. Nowhere near the high spots on my ranking of course though/ --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 18 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!! |
| pyresword 05/06/24 8:32:49 PM #14 | Ok scuffed favorites brackets completed. Brackets A and C are definitely the strong ones for me here.
My personal retirees Bracket A: Kaine/Salvation < Redeem the Future > 14.3 Billion Years > Aurora's Theme Bracket B: Death by Glamour < Nuedori > Spiral of Erebos > Across Dimming Asterisms Bracket C: The Merciless Savior < EXEC_FLIP_ARPHAGE/. > Release the Seal > Convergence Bracket D: Unfathomed Force < Origami Castle > Tower Fierce > Colgera Battle Surprisingly I think a few of these might have a chance. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | What four visual novels belong on the Visual Novels Mount Rushmore? +TIEBREAKER |
| pyresword 05/06/24 7:53:06 PM #11 | Haven't really participated in this topic series but why not
Fate/Stay Night Steins;Gate Umineko Muv-Luv Alternative I assume the intent of this contest is not to just vote for our favorites, right? Otherwise mine would look different. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | [VGMC] Video Game Music Contest 18 - Bracket Discussion and Results Thread!! |
| pyresword 05/06/24 12:51:12 PM #10 | Oh wow cool a bracket I'm so excited to look through it!
> 4th match is 14.3 Billion Years vs Aria Math VGMC is suffering --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
| Topic | Top 10 Switch/PS4 JRPGs |
| pyresword 05/04/24 5:24:40 PM #26 | Mask of Truth is incredible and one of the best VN's ever imo. Mask of Deception is I thought solid overall with an incredibly slow start (and probably grating, depending on your tastes) and a very good ending. The payoff of MoT does depend a lot on the setup in MoD though so I wouldn't recommend just skipping straight to Truth. I only watched the anime for the original game, but that was quite good and I imagine at least the Prelude to the Fallen remake is similar.
Utawarerumono is pretty similar to Fire Emblem in terms of what the games involve. The story/gameplay ratio is way more skewed towards story though which is why I don't know if it really belongs in a JRPG discussion or not. --- I didn't do guru this year but azuarc can be in my sig anyways. |
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