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I didn't even finish FFXV DLC yet lawl

(just episode ardyn)

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I didn't even finish FFXV DLC yet lawl

(just episode ardyn)

I never got around to playing that one

Once they announced they were canceling all the other planned DLC, I just lost all motivation

Been replaying FF7 for the first time since Remake/Rebirth. I forgot how quickly all the Midgar stuff goes. Game is still great though.

Yeah, Midgar is like 5 hours, and that's if you take your time!

i felt like midgar was longer than that. it's by far the most memorable long segment of the game to me

Yeah I just hit the train graveyard and Im just slightly over 2 hours.

It does feel longer than that, but it moves at a pretty fast pace. They cram in a lot of stuff into a small window of time.

yeah, when i think about it midgar was probably less than even half of disc 1

Oh man, we have a 2 year old now

Damn you traded your 1 year old in?

It feels like it sometimes! He's growing and changing so quickly these days.

Gotta get the newest model every year after all

Been a while since I watched anime on Netflix and yet again I was diverted from Violet Evergarden (it will happen eventually) - this time by Mob Psycho 100 S2. Watched roughly the first half of it so far (Episode 7, I think)

So far, really good. Glad to see some more focus on Mob and Reigen's relationship.

I still need to watch season 3!

Netflix only has the first two seasons so I'll be in the same boat!

I never got around to watching S3 either

Cosmo Canyon is exactly as it should be

Gotta say, backstory of the Gi feels like a "nobody asked for this" moment in Rebirth, but we'll see how it goes!

Its actually pretty good tbh

Okay, I am basically done with Rebirth Chapter 10, aside from cleaning up World Intel stuff.

As I mentioned before, this depiction of Cosmo Canyon was practically perfect. It looked super good and had the right atmosphere, in addition to the banger remix of the town theme.

I liked how they portrayed Bugenhagen here. He's still mostly the wise old sage, but the mask drops a couple of times, and you can see his frustration and hopelessness at the Planet's situation. I thought it was interesting that he basically said it was impossible that we saw Weapons, but he never really elaborates on why he thinks that.

The Cave of the Gi was pretty good. It would've been nice if you could've chosen Red XIII's partner instead of it having to be Barret, but he was a pretty good choice if it had to just be one party member. I loved him putting on his sunglasses to cover up his tears when he sees Red XIII's interaction with Seto.

Then we got two big detours back to back. As Gi Nattak is ferrying us over to the Gi Village, we get another Zack scene, and it's the wildest one yet. Zack and Biggs both say that right before their deaths, they saw a wind and next thing they knew, they were somewhere completely different and alive. On top of that, their memories don't match because (I assume) they were saved at different points in time. Biggs has memories of Mercenary Cloud, but Zack is still taking care of comatose Cloud, who hasn't awoken to that persona yet. Zack believes Aerith was the one who saved them, but I agree with Biggs when he asks, "Why me?" It's an interesting choice to save him out of all the members of Avalanche.

Back to the Gi Village, they explain that they're cursed to be wandering spirits who can never return to the Lifestream because they weren't created by it. So where did they come from then? Are they offshoots of Jenova or something? Regardless, they wanted to find a way to end their existence, and that's how the Black Materia came into existence. However, Gi Nattak claimed the Cetra stole it from them before they could use it, and he asks us to get it back for him. Well, I guess if Meteor destroyed the Planet, that would do the trick and get rid of the Gi, too.

Cait Sith thinks he might know where the Black Materia is when Gi Nattak said it was located at a place of Cetra worship. I guess Shinra already found it, so if he can find access to a Shinra terminal, he could verify it for sure. Unfortunately, Bugenhagen repurposed Cosmo Canyon's into a windmill! When a black robed guy shows up at the front gate muttering about Nibelheim, Cait Sith is sure there's a terminal there. Nobody knows how to bring up that Nibelheim shouldn't exist anymore, but we're headed there anyway!

The Gi are just aliens from another planet. Probably not the same planet as Jenova.

Trying to get to places in the Cosmo Region is annoying sometimes because of all the hills and valleys. The map is often unhelpful in finding stuff here!

I found Gongaga quite a bit more difficult to navigate, but yeah, the map's not the greatest for CC. I used a guide to finish a couple quests in the end.

Gongaga could be annoying because of needing to use mushrooms to reach certain areas, but it felt a little easier to figure out how to get where I needed to go than it does here.

Shogun watched/beated: Really great mini-series. Better politicking than Game of Thrones, IMO. Definitely recommend a watch for anyone interested in it.

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Mob Psycho 100 S2 also beated:

Also a really excellent season. Loved watching the increased focus on Mob's development and growth. I think Mogami was the most compelling (and dangerous) villain what with the trapping Mob in a dream world and nearly succeeded in breaking him had Dimple not gotten there in time. Plus needed ??? mode to win. But Touichirou was a pretty good final boss, particularly when it basically when Mob's "power ups" was him running through ways to redeem him before finally going "Nope. I just can't find a way to do it, I've failed. And so now we'll both lose." and wrecking him. Otherwise I wasn't too into the whole Claw stuff (In S1 Reigen basically carried it with his antics lol)

Hope S3 hits Netflix soon, really looking forward to watching it.

Claw stuff is great cause it's parody until it's not.

Although I do remember not liking how the anime ended one of the s1 episodes with the fire. Way too dark of an implication for mob. I even checked the manga, which didn't end the chapter at that point and let you know they were fine before it ended.

That was a S2 episode I think - unless it happened in S1 too and I totally forgot lol.

I thought that was before the first Claw fight, but I could be misremembering

Honestly my memory on the specifics of the show are pretty fuzzy at this point

I just remember enjoying seeing Mob curbstomp people

Finished up the Protorelic quest in Cosmo Canyon. Gears and Gambits wasn't too bad, felt like playing FFXII again! Definitely wasn't as frustrating as Fort Condor.

I didn't expect to get to fight Gilgamesh this time, but I wonder if this quest ends with us giving him the Genji back or not. Also, it was nice to get to reminisce about the other members of Avalanche for a little bit.

I'm barely into the Nibel Region and it already might be my favorite one. Don't know what it is, but it just feels open and easy to move around in, so it seems free roaming compared to Gongaga and Cosmo Canyon!

Also the ocean chocobo is top tier

All right, I am basically done with Chapter 11 in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth!

So Nibelheim was repurposed into a "mako poisoning treatment center," huh. It's interesting that they don't just try to pretend they're residents who've lived there for years like the original game. Also, they're really trying to get me to invest in this Wutai storyline with Glen Lodbrok, and I just ain't there yet. I suppose it might hit differently if you actually played Ever Crisis.

Anyway, exploring Shinra Manor was pretty good. Controlling Cait Sith felt a little clunky at times, but it was a nice change of pace, at least. I like making Yin and Yang into a mini-boss fight, and I'm glad they kept Lost Number (or whatever they called it in this game. Forgotten Experiment or something boring) in as a boss fight, too.

I wonder how Vincent responds if you tell him your foe is Shinra or Wutai. I figured the "right" answer was Sephiroth, but I'd be curious to know how the dialogue changes with the other two. I like how they made Vincent's first Limit Break into a boss fight. That was pretty fun. He didn't leave with us though, so I wonder what brings us back around to have him "join" the party (although I already know he's not playable). I guess they did this to have him join really late to justify him not being playable, like with Red XIII in Remake.

Cid finally has some storyline significance here by telling us that he knew Ifalna, and he met Aerith when she was really young. I guess Aerith must look a lot like her mom if Cid could recognize her! He offers to fly us to Gold Saucer for free so we can find the Keystone in order to enter the Temple of the Ancients. Oh right, I did like the pained expression on Reeve's face during the Shinra meeting when they show the Cait Sith camera. Nice touch.

Glenn is the worst. Wasn't a huge fan of the Cait Sith section either, but it was okay. Ocean Chocobo was the best.

I think Cloud/Barret/Yuffie is my "need to win this fight" party at this point

Spell Blade is so good (Cloud/Yuffie synergy skill when controlling Cloud).