Poll of the Day > Anime, Manga, VN, JRPG, Related Things Discussion Topic LXXXVI

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I started on that Mom isekai a while back. There's not many chapters yet though.

I really hate it when a series gets an inconclusive/rushed ending. I've been reading High Rise Invasion and it's really good, but the ending leaves a lot to be be desired. It just drops off directly after the climax and gives no closure at all.
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Started playing Shining Resonance Refrain.

It's... okay.

It's your typical anime/waifu dating sim/jrpg, but it's been a while since I played one of those, so I actually find myself enjoying it. The combat is pretty good, and seeing as I'm still on the first chapter I can see the potential for it becoming deeper.

It's feels pretty low-budget with most of the story scenes so far consisting of VN style two characters on screen talking and emoting. The english VA is surprisingly decent though. The mook/npc/grunt voices are pretty phoned in, but the main cast is pretty good. Environments look nice, and the music is okay.

Definitely not worth $40 considering Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition costs the same and is a way better game overall. Luckily I got the game on clearance so I only paid like 18 bucks for it. :)
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On s2 of Stargate sg-1. Seems I don't have to start watching Atlantis until I get to s8 of sg-1. I should knock out Endro though, since I'm already halfway through it.
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Oddly enough, the only dating sim-like games I've played are Persona 4, and True Love '95 (good stuff).

An anime music trivia panel at the convention a couple weeks ago got me in the mood to watch Kare Kano again, so I'm on that. Hopefully I'll finish it this time. Also started Croise in a Foreign Labyrinth and DBS season 4.
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why hadn't you played persona 5

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Started World of Final Fantasy and loving it so far!
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Bulbasaur posted...

why hadn't you played persona 5

Not sure if I want to play that or P3P first.
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I have Three Houses hooked to my veins, I swear. I will be surprised if this does not end up being my favorite game in the series (... next to Blazing Blade) when all is said and done. On vacation from work this week so I can play it all the way through at least once. (Doing the Blue Lions route first, BTW.)

Shining Resonance Refrain has, unfortunately, been on my shelf since launch. The special edition case is lovely, but other games have been taking priority.

keyblader1985 posted...

Not sure if I want to play that or P3P first.

Play P3P first, IMO, since it is basically P3 updated for P4 mechanics. If you play P5 first, all of the quality-of-life improvements will make going back to the older games a little difficult.
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I'm thinking about getting three houses. It does look fun and like it has a lot more replay value than the average fire emblem. It also doesn't have the children mechanic from what I can tell which I hated because I felt I had to make the best children and that was tedious to figure out.
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Soooo... somebody directed me to a little Switch game called

Moero Chronicle H

...

It's only $20.
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The original game is on Vita. I haven't gotten into it yet, but I I love its predecessor Monster Monpiece.
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welp, practically spent an entire day playing Danganronpa 2, and finishing it.
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eating4fun posted...

welp, practically spent an entire day playing Danganronpa 2, and finishing it.

Love getting sucked into a video game. I've been working on my second Stardew file lately. Making honey the focus in this one. Think I've made 127/336 bee houses so far. Maple syrup is slowing me down.
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Finally got sucked into watching Kengan Ashura. iirc, I had seen it pop up in my NFI feed to some extent quite a few times (unless I'm thinking of another bloody fighting anime?) but it didn't sound interesting. This time it was on my tv so it did a preview or something.

The animation is absolute shit, but some of the fighting looks badass. The story and dialogue (other than that wrestling guy, he was fucking awesome) is kinda whatever. The kinda intriguing thing is the opening sequence which shows the old guy fighting (kinda overlaid with the hero Ohma). It'd be kinda baller if the salaryman becomes a fighter but I doubt that's going to happen. His personal life is revealed to be a mess early on (older son is a NEET with that... anxiety syndrome or whatever the protagonist from Welcome to the NHK had, his younger son is a dropout/delinquent, and his wife left him) so I expect all of that shit to play into the story eventually.

The one thing I did notice that they had an after-the-credits scene, something I imagine I would have flat-out missed if just watching on my computer. I sometimes wonder how many anime and other shows also do that annoying thing.
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...ugh, just realized Kenshin Ashura is only 12 episodes long and only covers a tiny portion of the story. On the 12th episode now. The whole thing has been a lot more fun than I expected and the animation kinda works for the fight scenes.

Apparently it can't be the fighting anime I was thinking of either because the wiki lists it as having been released on July 31st.
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Maybe you were thinking of baki?
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

Maybe you were thinking of baki?

Yes, that looks like the one. I noticed it while looking through my recommendations later the same night. It doesn't look that bad but, since the preview was subbed, I'm assuming it's sub-only and I feel more like sticking to dubs at the moment.

After finding that on the list, I started watching a non-anme (Glitch) which, rather annoyingly, apparently only has 12 episodes out right and is still an ongoing show. Basically I'm in the same boat as I am with Kengan Ashura... or technically worse because Kengan Ashura's manga is available (and I totally spoiled something major about the ending; I just wanted to know what happened with the old man so I read the last chapter and it took me a little while to figure out that (massive spoilers) Ohma died following the final match of the tournament (which apparently he also lost?). That's something of a downer.)
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This season of Danmachi is moving fast. Which pisses off the light novel fans. Which amuses me. *cackles* I swear, the "light novels are better" snobbery in places like the Crunchyroll forums is almost as bad as the "you're only a real Fate fan if you've played the VN" snobbery.

Also: If you're playing the Memoria Freese mobile game, the new summer event is up until the end of the month, and it's pleasantly full of cheesecake, almost all of it for unexpected characters (Demeter, Naza, Riveria, etc.). Kind of a rare sight in today's fandom environment. :-P
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yo what the hell did they do to the fighting system in berseria

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Bulbasaur posted...

yo what the hell did they do to the fighting system in berseria

They made it more skill based. Well really graces f did. Also since you can't die while empowered as velvet you can just chain combos together off being knocked out of it so you are perma invincible against most enemies. I did find it pretty fun after a decent way into the game. Still wish sidestepping went back to graces f levels cause that was fun.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

They made it more skill based.

no

they made it fucking garbage

no normal attacks, everything is an art, lets make every button attack like we're some stupid fuckin street fighter game

this is ass.

i lost literally all interest in arise because now i know it's system is going to be the same as this piece of shit one

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Well to each their own. I much prefer that style. Going back to play vesperia is hard for me cause of how little control you actually have even on manual.
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Hmm, I'm wondering what I should play once I'm done with World of Final Fantasy. I don't think I'm too close to being done with it, but I should try to think ahead a bit.
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i honestly don't know what anything is in this game

half the time im pressing buttons and shit i don't even have gets used.

ive switched to just auto battle.

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I liked the battle system in Berseria. Was able to keep chains going fairly consistently.
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Bought 3 new Switch games today!

Super Mario Odyssey
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (with Season Pass)

I wasn't really feeling Shining Resonance Refrain, so that's on hold for now. As for Hyrule Warriors, it's my new Monster Hunter, where I just pop in for like an hour and chip away at the adventure maps little by little.

I'm gonna move on to Mario Odyssey as my main game next.
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The Play Store alerted me to the existence of a new Nintendo mobile game called Pokmon Masters, releasing August 29. Judging from the roster, it almost looks like the Fire Emblem Heroes of the Pokverse (i.e. involving Trainers, Gym Leaders, etc. from several different games). Might have to give it a try ... if my phone will be able to run it.

T0ffee posted...

Super Mario Odyssey
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (with Season Pass)

The Ys series is one of the great stalwarts of action-RPGs. Enjoy it ... and hope that NISA patched up the translation. I miss the days of XSEED handling localization for that series. NISA occasionally does good work, but they are not up to the high standards XSEED set.

Also: Look at those trailers for Ys IX if you get a chance. I want. Very much.

XC2 is one of those I have not played yet, since I am still relatively new to the Switch (and the games generally do not drop in price), but it seems to be a magnet for controversy.
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I_Abibde posted...

The Ys series is one of the great stalwarts of action-RPGs. Enjoy it ... and hope that NISA patched up the translation.

I got worried when you mentioned that and did some digging.

Looks like NISA really is just a low-budget localization company after all the stuff I've read.

Luckily it seems like the Switch got some patches to fix it, but I'm still gonna be on the lookout for some potential missteps.
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Xenoblade 2 is easily the most "anime" xenoblade game for better or worse. The battle system is great but takes a bit too long to open up. Just realize if you are level 10-15 and thinking "god, this is slow and boring" it actually gets faster and more interesting. It's also IMO most interesting and useful to play as the tank (dodge tank being the most fun). Xenoblade 2 holds up the xenoblade tradition of having the most interesting locations visual design even though the latter half of the game doesn't impress as much as the first half.

The story is pretty solid if somewhat standard jrpg/anime plot but it fails a bit in the last 3rd of the game IMO. I see this happen a lot where they bring down the main character after a story event so they can redeem themselves but they just didn't execute it well here.

The mechanics are a lot of fun, poppi QT is OP as are all the DLC units like fiora and elma. I found the end game challenges to be fairly lacking but the DLC battle arena thing is VERY challenging. The game is also quite long. I'd give it a 9/10. Could have been 10/10 if they had one more cool area and the last 3rd of the story was rewritten to not be dumb.

Also in case it's confusing, golden torna is basically a prequel with it's own save files and mechanics and everything.

I'm hoping to snag FE: 3 houses once I get through this round of medical tests. I'm hoping the time management part doesn't put me off too much. I really hate not being able to do everything and get everything.
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DeltaBladeX posted...

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I only do that for Koikatsu, why would I do that for Mononoki?
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The remaster of Saya no Uta is coming to Steam in five days. This is a weird time to be alive, sometimes.

YoukaiSlayer posted...

I'm hoping to snag FE: 3 houses once I get through this round of medical tests. I'm hoping the time management part doesn't put me off too much. I really hate not being able to do everything and get everything.

Compared to Persona 5, the time management is relatively basic and easy to handle, so long as you pay attention to your calendar.
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I have been TEARING through Mario Odyssey lately. The game is just so much fun to control and move around in. Plus, the constant feeling of progress of getting moon after moon after moon after moon, is just so addicting that I'm already halfway through the game. (I think, I just unlocked the luncheon kingdom)

SO to pace myself and savor the game more (and actually play something that's relevant to the topic), I've started Ys VIII.

First impressions: it immediately hooked me in better than Shining Resonance Refrain. Although I gotta say, the framerate in cutscenes get noticeably choppy. Also, I already noticed two grammatical errors in just the prologue alone. That doesn't bode well.

Still, the combat is fast-paced and snappy, and the framerate is relatively stable in combat even when there's a lot going on. I can tell I'm gonna like this one way more than Shining Resonance.
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About to start previewing this season. Already started magical sempai (which I like a lot even though it's dumb) and arifuretta which is enjoyable if you go in expecting isekai trash. The character change between sniveling wimp and badass is very jarring and abrupt for the main guy but thats my only major complaint yet. Gonna check out Dr. Stone soon and the fire force anime as well. I have high hopes for both.

I_Abibde posted...

Compared to Persona 5, the time management is relatively basic and easy to handle, so long as you pay attention to your calendar.

Thats good to hear. Hopefully I get a chance to pick it up soon.
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T0ffee posted...

Also, I already noticed two grammatical errors in just the prologue alone. That doesn't bode well.

Compare this to XSEED and their policy of continually making tweaks to the (massive) script of the Trails in the Sky games. ... Though, with the losses their staff has sustained, they may no longer be doing that.
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Alright caught up on arifureta and it's ok I guess. The CGI for larger monsters is fucking abysmal, like actually scene ruining. The story is predictable but still enjoyable and the characters are pretty generic but they work ok. Definitely not as good as shield hero which is fairly similar. In this, a lot more random OP bullshit is given to the main character. He just gets more stacked every episode. I'll keep watching it for now and I do still want to see where things go but it's overall pretty mediocre. Will probably watch Dr. Stone next.
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I_Abibde posted...

T0ffee posted...

Also, I already noticed two grammatical errors in just the prologue alone. That doesn't bode well.

Compare this to XSEED and their policy of continually making tweaks to the (massive) script of the Trails in the Sky games. ... Though, with the losses their staff has sustained, they may no longer be doing that.

i wouldn't worry too much.

hell, mass effect 1, 2, and 3 had tons of typos in it
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Bulbasaur posted...

I_Abibde posted...

T0ffee posted...

Also, I already noticed two grammatical errors in just the prologue alone. That doesn't bode well.

Compare this to XSEED and their policy of continually making tweaks to the (massive) script of the Trails in the Sky games. ... Though, with the losses their staff has sustained, they may no longer be doing that.

i wouldn't worry too much.

hell, mass effect 1, 2, and 3 had tons of typos in it

Yeah, I'm halfway through chapter 2 and I've found only one other typo, and it's just a missing "to" in a sentence.

So far the localization has been great. No weird sentence structures, no confusing phrases, and no obvious direct-to-english translation of japanese idioms.

Also, wow, I can't seem to put this game down. I'm having a great time just wandering around and fighting baddies and gathering mats.
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Dr. Stone is pretty damn fun so far. I've only watched the first 2 episodes but I'm about to watch the rest. Honestly I think I'd enjoy it even without conflict but it's a pretty solid set up for a villain. I really wondered how they planned on adding fights in.
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Yeah I am really enjoying Dr. Stone as well. Too my crunchy just expired XD

Whelp I'm out of Dr. Stone but I NEED MORE. This shit is fun as hell. Maybe I'll catch up on vinland saga next. This season is actually turning out to be great.
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YoukaiSlayer posted...

Whelp I'm out of Dr. Stone but I NEED MORE. This shit is fun as hell. Maybe I'll catch up on vinland saga next. This season is actually turning out to be great.

Those two are my most hyped of the season, but won't get to watch 'em until December. Do have Fairy Tail final season finishing with this season though, so that's nice.
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Yeah I'm honestly really conflicted on whether or not to wait for Dr. Stone to finish. It's got standard shonen pacing so not a ton happens each episode but it feels good to watch a bunch a once. On the other hand I don't wanna wait to find out what happens. After episode 6 ends IS a good place to take a break though so idk. I'm actually really tempted to go read the manga and I hate doing that unless it's in full color. I think the only anime I've done that for so far is made is abyss.

If I wasn't awaiting health test results and scans and super anxious all the time I'd probably wait but I kinda need all the distraction I can get right now.
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Caught up on vinland saga and it's another one where I'm tempted to read the source material. Nice to have 2 shows at least that I'm super hyped for. Perhaps fire force will join it. I'm probably watching that next.
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Well... fuck.

Who knew those wired Switch controllers were so damn fragile?

I dropped it from like 10 inches off the ground and now the left stick's drifting already.

I just bought the damn thing this Monday. Aren't these things supposed to undergo crash and fall resistance tests?

Bah.

At least I can still get it replaced at the store.
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Nintendo joysticks for the switch are just bad

there's like a lawsuit for them now
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Bulbasaur posted...

Nintendo joysticks for the switch are just bad

there's like a lawsuit for them now

Yeah, I've heard about the joycon drift issues, but these were wired controllers from an officially licensed third-party company.

I didn't think nintendo's screwups reached that far.
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Probably going to start watching Tokyo Ravens. Saw it in my Hulu feed and it looked kinda interesting.

Also tempted to read the Kengan Ashura manga after spoiling most of the series (to some extent) via wikiwalking.

I_Abibde posted...

The Play Store alerted me to the existence of a new Nintendo mobile game called Pokmon Masters, releasing August 29. Judging from the roster, it almost looks like the Fire Emblem Heroes of the Pokverse (i.e. involving Trainers, Gym Leaders, etc. from several different games). Might have to give it a try ... if my phone will be able to run it.

I've seen ads for it, but the concept doesn't interest me. T0ffee posted...

I have been TEARING through Mario Odyssey lately. The game is just so much fun to control and move around in. Plus, the constant feeling of progress of getting moon after moon after moon after moon, is just so addicting that I'm already halfway through the game. (I think, I just unlocked the luncheon kingdom)

SO to pace myself and savor the game more (and actually play something that's relevant to the topic), I've started Ys VIII.

First impressions: it immediately hooked me in better than Shining Resonance Refrain. Although I gotta say, the framerate in cutscenes get noticeably choppy. Also, I already noticed two grammatical errors in just the prologue alone. That doesn't bode well.

Still, the combat is fast-paced and snappy, and the framerate is relatively stable in combat even when there's a lot going on. I can tell I'm gonna like this one way more than Shining Resonance.

Mario Odyssey looks interesting, but I can't justify paying full retail for it (and a number of other Switch titles). Plus at some point I need to hook up the Wii again since I still have SMG2 in my queue >_>

T0ffee posted...

Well... fuck.

Who knew those wired Switch controllers were so damn fragile?

I dropped it from like 10 inches off the ground and now the left stick's drifting already.

I just bought the damn thing this Monday. Aren't these things supposed to undergo crash and fall resistance tests?

Bah.

At least I can still get it replaced at the store.

I still need to buy a conventional controller because the joycons are kinda painful for fighting games.
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T0ffee posted...

Bulbasaur posted...

Nintendo joysticks for the switch are just bad

there's like a lawsuit for them now

Yeah, I've heard about the joycon drift issues, but these were wired controllers from an officially licensed third-party company.

I didn't think nintendo's screwups reached that far.

oh.

third party stuff is typically always bad
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Bulbasaur posted...

oh.

third party stuff is typically always bad

Yeah, I can see why it only cost $20.

But I already blew my gaming budget on the games so there's no way I can afford the Pro Controller.
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