Twin Tails
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So you only listen to things that have direct interest in? Not sure why you listen to the Bombcast then, they talk about nonsense 99% of the time
nckillthegrimace
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People who are bad at srpgs like me. I've been trying to finish Awakening by Friday, and I've been steamrolling the game until I got to chapter 19, in which the game suddenly becomes very difficult. Apparently the best way to beat the mission is to turtle up, and, boy, that sounds boring.
intelligent systems should just make fire emblem into a normal jrpg so i can explore and stuff and not have a million units i don't use
also make a real paper mario
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Oh he's been there since that mailbag video got released.
This is the most horrifying post I've read in a while.
We need more SRPGs, not fewer and more JRPGs.
nckillthegrimace
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at least fire emblem doesn't have the meta layer of "you lose forever" like xcom
because starting a 20 hour game over from the beginning is the height of fun
Nah, I'm just being facetious. Not a big fan of the fighting games, and I tend to zone out.
SRPGs are about tension. Being able to lose at a metagame is the height of tension. I'm perfectly fine with both styles as long as they commit.
For XCOM in particular, I love it when it feels like you can actually lose at the metagame. For Enemy Unknown, once I figured out how to play the game I felt there was zero way I could lose the metagame.
if you ain't got no skin in the game...
Twin Tails
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Jeff's reaction to the Dark Shower. Ha.
Live TRUCKING tomorrow.
Live TRUCKING tomorrow.
Incandenza
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Awakening was the first Fire Emblem I spent any significant amount of time with, and I really really liked it. My only real issue was that you spend so much time trying to plan out your children, and then by the time I was actually ready to go recruit them I had the final mission open so why even bother.
I will admit I haven't played the GC/WII/NES/SNES ones, but Fire Emblem 6 and 7 are probably 2 of my favorite games of all time. 8 is very good, and does the Awakening map thing way better, but the world map still makes it a lesser game.
I know Path of Radiance is considered great, but I just don't like SRPGs on console. I have it sitting in my Dolphin library, so I'll get to it someday.
I know Path of Radiance is considered great, but I just don't like SRPGs on console. I have it sitting in my Dolphin library, so I'll get to it someday.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Dude.
Dark mage.
I didn't even bothered with anyone else because I steamrolled everything with my dark mages and just walked everyone else to the end.
I wasn't even trying to min max.
LurkerPrime
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FE: Path of Radiance is a classic. It's got a solid, satisfying progression and a wide cast of characters. Really replayable; the hard difficulty is sublime. A top-to-bottom masterpiece of a game.
PoR's direct sequel, FE: Radiant Dawn on the Wii, isn't as good but is still a worthy successor. It's much harder while also being much easier due to how the campaign is structured. Critically, it makes the badass Sniper from the first game--Shinon--into a viable character to use and overhauls some of the weirder choices from PoR (like a Laguz in human form is now able to attack, rather than stand there pathetically).
PoR's direct sequel, FE: Radiant Dawn on the Wii, isn't as good but is still a worthy successor. It's much harder while also being much easier due to how the campaign is structured. Critically, it makes the badass Sniper from the first game--Shinon--into a viable character to use and overhauls some of the weirder choices from PoR (like a Laguz in human form is now able to attack, rather than stand there pathetically).
skLaFarebear
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4 is really good, but it's much harder than the GBA/GC/Wii ones until you reach a certain point in the game where the game either gets stupid hard or real easy for story/gameplay reasons. 5 I'm scared to try since I hear it's insanely hard.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Also at least you guys will get it in a week. I haven't even got a release date yet. 
I seriously hate nintendo sometimes.
I seriously hate nintendo sometimes.
Also at least you guys will get it in a week. I haven't even got a release date yet.
I seriously hate nintendo sometimes.
wait, PAL has no release date yet?!?!?! fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
FE has always been super anime. Previous games just hid it behind sprite art and rarely showed the full anime.
The main problem with Awakening, besides balance, isn't the waifus or anime. The real problem is the writing is garbage. Sounds like Fates isn't better in that regard, but at least the core game seems significantly improved.
I'll get to PoR eventually. I just have a harder time getting myself to play SRPGs not on a handheld.
I would've bought Radiant Dawn, but at the time I found something off putting about the character art. I have zero clue why. I guess I was just an idiot back then. Really wish I had in retrospect. Well, hindsight is 20/20.
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santeesioux
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Which new FE campaign should you play first if you have the Special Edition preordered and have only played Awakening but didn't think that was overly difficult?
My ordering is Birthright->Conquest->Revelation.
Playing Birthright first let's you get the more boring campaign out of the way first. Playing Conquest first would likely make Birthright more boring for you just because of the lack of variety. Revelation will spoil aspects of both, so even though it's easier than Conquest, it is best saved for last.
santeesioux
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I'm coming around to that order too. I wanted to play Conquest first, but it's apparently downhill from there, and Birthright is supposed to be more like Awakening, so that might be better for me on a first playthrough.
skLaFarebear
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I'm hearing from people that you should do Birthright on hard (since normal is stupidly easy), then Conquest and then Revelation both on normal.
I might end up doing multiple playthroughs so ill probably end up cranking the difficulty after my first run.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
The important question really is whose face will you touch first.
skLaFarebear
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nckillthegrimace
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I hate feeling like I wasted my time, but I guess tension can be fun. I just did a map where I had to defend a thousand year old dragon, and it was tense as hell.
you're a skeleton?
I only have one and I've never used him. I have a few sages, though, and they clean house.
Also at least you guys will get it in a week. I haven't even got a release date yet.
I seriously hate nintendo sometimes.
Hey, you guys get Bravely Second earlier, and I'd rather have that.
To me, a loss isn't a waste of time. The previous campaign ended in failure, but I likely learned a ton from it. Loss of progress doesn't equal wasted time.
skLaFarebear
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The difficulty balance of Digimon Cyber Sleuth is awful. It's sad that an otherwise good game has fallen to this.
I still really like it, but the solution to difficulty balance shouldn't be 'turn it down'. I have access to the most powerful monsters in the game, correctly built and I know how to play them, and some of the fights purely come down to luck. I play mainline SMT and Etrian Odyssey games. I know how to play a JRPG. It isn't a case of me being bad.
I still really like it, but the solution to difficulty balance shouldn't be 'turn it down'. I have access to the most powerful monsters in the game, correctly built and I know how to play them, and some of the fights purely come down to luck. I play mainline SMT and Etrian Odyssey games. I know how to play a JRPG. It isn't a case of me being bad.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Eh, still need to see with that. Bravely first had a strong start and not much else.
funkystudent
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I wish there was a Giant Bomb flag in rocket league.
Hey look. Another 'censorship' thread. Now comes the cycle of me going in thinking it's gong to be hilarious and then me hating humanity once again. We haven't gotten to part 2 yet, let's see how long the thread goes before getting there.
Bravely Default has a really cool and innovative gameplay system and some fantastic quality of life stuff I would love to see in every other JRPG. It's sad that the game isn't great on pretty much every other level.
Bravely Default has a really cool and innovative gameplay system and some fantastic quality of life stuff I would love to see in every other JRPG. It's sad that the game isn't great on pretty much every other level.
BreezyLimbo
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NumberThree
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mika buttslap
Unfortunately, the beautiful gift that is crazy FE threads hasn't visited us again.
This time, SFV Mika's Butt Slap has struck back. Apparently modders have put it back in. The comments from said modders are glorious.
Twin Tails
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Jeffrey mentioned on podcast, which was recorded today.
Tuesday's tomorrow.
Lets do this.
LurkerPrime
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Whiplash!
Hype. Hopefully it's at a time I can watch.
NumberThree
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Yeah!Jeffrey mentioned on podcast, which was recorded today.
Tuesday's tomorrow.
Lets do this.
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