Giantbomb's Endurance Run: The Third: Chrono Trigger
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Hot Coldman
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OK then, it was about the usual.
The Dutch Slayer
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Zombie James
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They figured out the Scouts, then they stopped playing before anything interesting happened.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Bah lame.
Ah well, the next episode should be very funny to watch. I can already see them getting frustrated and rage quitting at this next boss.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Augh, I missed it. Daaaaamn yooouuuuu, real life!
Will watch when it's up in the archives, though. At least from what people are saying they finally learned how to read.
Yeah, to be fair it doesn't really make sense that an enemy who only uses water magic is itself weak to water magic.
I think (and hope) that the majority of players would give up on lightning vs. water when they see that green health pop-up. Then think, then try water/ice. Cause I figured that out when I was 13.
I think most players figure it out when the game literally tells you that only water magic works. Which is pretty much right away. Eventually Ryan and Patrick also bothered to read this text, but it sure took them forever.
The only thing is I think you can encounter a red/blue combo right away (go to the right IIRC). So if you launch ice2 you get success/fail then the text. So it can be a combination read. It would register before the game calls you out.
Captain Fish
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Ignoring the text that says what to do, I think the 'fighting fire with fire' mechanic of the scouts would be a bit confusing as a one-off, but that is also exactly how Magus works.
Yea, I was trying to say even if you ignore the game text it still is an easy read. And even if you ignore how the Magus fight worked it is still an easy read. Green means bad and do the opposite in CT. It's like there were multiple layers of logic here that just were completely absent when they were playing.
This was the only boss in this game I ever lost to.
They're both trolling.
divisionbyzorro
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Part 29 just showed up on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hm-SedDjpg
It'll probably show up on the site any second now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hm-SedDjpg
It'll probably show up on the site any second now.
Unless Ryan has been trolling the entire time he's been at Giant Bomb, he just doesn't pay attention to things.
D
Deleted member 30609
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Watch Ryan play Saints Row 3 in the GOTY Day 1 recap. I don't know if it's just stage fright, but holy shit, the way he plays games blow ps my mind.
Ryan proved me wrong. Not a bad showing against one of the hardest fights in the entire game..!
The Dutch Slayer
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They got VERY lucky with that fight.
If you do not figure out that they copy and you need to switch up you are dead in 3 moves.
If they acted as stupid as with the scouts they could have been stuck their all week.
But great job to the team its well done, now lets hope they figure out how to proceed.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Well, to be fair, his general strategy of "spam group magic attacks" turned out to be the right move, and Patrick seemed very keen on actually reading the text prompts after the debacle of the last two episodes.
Keyser Soze
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People are now happy in this thread?
...I don't understand - are you all okay?
...I don't understand - are you all okay?
Haunted
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Basically.
Let's hope they take to the lesson that actually reading the text is a winning strategy this time.
We're a fair bunch! We're content when they play the game regularly, we bitch when they ignore common sense, forego reading and generally fuck up.
26 of 28 episodes were spent bitching.
Captain Fish
Member
Love how Ryan waits forever to get the enemies close enough to use aoe tech, rather than switching to a more centrally located target. The man is a genius!
Max Cyclone is always centered around Robo.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
They used a normal cyclone and they do not know that you can switch between enemies.
Captain Fish
Member
I knew this would happen. That's what I get for not paying full attention.
I just started catching back up. Oh man. I am loving when the game beats the hell out of them. The whole red/yellow/blue scout thing has been the most amazing thing thus far in the game, and the part when I've been cheering for the game the most.
Holy shit. HOLY THIS. I get it. "Endurance Run." Mind Blown. It's not GB that's enduring this one, it's people that pay attention to RPG text. Wonderful!
Time to watch the Golem Twins episode! It saddens me to hear they get lucky during that one and win. But hey, so far the MVP is the Red, Blue, and Yellow Scout.
Edit 1: YES! GolemTwins 1, GB 0.
Edit2: Holy fuck they stumbled on the
stun. They are the luckiest freaking people ever. Ahaha, and they are accidentally keeping them in
. How awesome!
Holy shit. HOLY THIS. I get it. "Endurance Run." Mind Blown. It's not GB that's enduring this one, it's people that pay attention to RPG text. Wonderful!
Time to watch the Golem Twins episode! It saddens me to hear they get lucky during that one and win. But hey, so far the MVP is the Red, Blue, and Yellow Scout.
I really hope they don't fight Magus. Even rooting against them, I want him on their team. But you know they will never level him up enough to get his more awesome spells. And his lack of Double Techs is going to put them off too 
Edit 1: YES! GolemTwins 1, GB 0.
Edit2: Holy fuck they stumbled on the
"rotate magic"
water mode, where they do the least damage
You can save hours time using proper limited AoE especially early on with cyclone/flame whirl. Not to mention more efficiency and less MP used. And that relies on enemy switching. Also enemy prioritization taking out true threats, healers, etc... So, uh...
My highlights are using ice/fire swords grabbing 4+ enemies. Quite rare and I believe mostly happens with NG+.
BobTheFork
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Yesterday's ep was painful and funny. 'Wait, it says fights all magic but water' I feel like I should of had a drink every time they saw that message but didn't read it. Some of the optional bosses (if they do them) are going to work them over.
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
They actually did better than me in that fight lol.
Ah well, congrats to both of them for actually making it through.
Edit: I really wish they had picked Byla for this section they're in. It's much easier when you have her.
They never even mentioned it, and have never stopped to look at it, and continue to use spincut. /facepalm. I can understand thinking it's a status debuff or something without reading it, but they've never even done that. We may need to hope for an accidental volt bite cast.
The first two times I played chrono trigger I never even read the description. Not only is confuse a misleading name, its a name that feels totally obvious. Why would I bother to read the description of something that's just going to say, 'Confuses an enemy?' I mean confuse even is a legit status effect in chrono trigger.
It might as well be a spell called ice that does lightning damage for how dumb it is.
I can't see them ever using it except accidentally.
mongomondo
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Judging from his comments he seems to think Brono got sucked into the pendant
Triple Da G.O.D!
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Part 30
http://www.giantbomb.com/endurance-run-chrono-trigger-part-30/17-5488/
http://www.giantbomb.com/endurance-run-chrono-trigger-part-30/17-5488/
This one is 66 minutes long. Figured I warn you.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Awww.
Missed out on some serious XP.
EDIT: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
They didn't kill GolemBoss.
EDIT: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
They recruited Bagus.
Zomba13
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I can't remmeber but isn't the place in the future where they got 2poch by the Bangor dome? Why did they pop their heads out there and decide it was the wrong place then go to the Proto Dome and run all the way to where they think it might be? Why didn't the explore there?
EDIT: nvm they got to the place. It was through the sewers. I was the one confused. I guess I would have explored that area a little before running back through the time gate.
EDIT: nvm they got to the place. It was through the sewers. I was the one confused. I guess I would have explored that area a little before running back through the time gate.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Meh. Nevermind.
And holy shit. They were so excited about that time ship. And they forget that it's a timeship? Bwa ha ha.
And holy shit. They were so excited about that time ship. And they forget that it's a timeship? Bwa ha ha.
The Dutch Slayer
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@ MISSING ALL THOSE TECH POINTS with the robots outside AND XP WITH THE BOSS OMG !!!! :O:O
Hahahahah! Yes! The game wins again!
Within 5 minutes of getting it back, they completely forgot that they 1) Have a Time Machine and 2) It can now fly. Then, they suffer for said mistake by having to run through every city in the future and fight battle after battle. This is amazing. I wonder how long it will take them to realize what the 2poch can do. Lets hope it's right after they get the Chrono Clone, otherwise the future is going to be unbearable again.
I guess to their credit, the game should somehow have locked you out from traveling through time without using the Epoch (2poch) just for that first time after getting it back. Perhaps they could have just locked out the time portal in the Dark Ages by hinting at Schala still being alive, therefore her seal on the gate was still active.
Within 5 minutes of getting it back, they completely forgot that they 1) Have a Time Machine and 2) It can now fly. Then, they suffer for said mistake by having to run through every city in the future and fight battle after battle. This is amazing. I wonder how long it will take them to realize what the 2poch can do. Lets hope it's right after they get the Chrono Clone, otherwise the future is going to be unbearable again.
I guess to their credit, the game should somehow have locked you out from traveling through time without using the Epoch (2poch) just for that first time after getting it back. Perhaps they could have just locked out the time portal in the Dark Ages by hinting at Schala still being alive, therefore her seal on the gate was still active.
Zomba13
Member
I did wonder why they didn't time travel with 2poch but I assumed they tried and it didn't work (The furthest I got in Chrono Trigger was the end of the first visit to the future).
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