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[Enkidu]

It was really annoying that they missed the message when they used lightning. I was so happy when Brono ran out of mp and they had to use lightning and stop spamming that crappy ice sword but then they missed the message Oh well, let's hope they realize that they have to use lightning for the boss at least.

 

[Oxx]

One sidequest left!

I'm going to be sooo overlevelled for the end boss.

 

[tsigo]

Hey guys, did you know Patrick is a fan of Jurassic Park? Also Lost.

 

[gunbo13]

Now I'm re-curious. I've forgotten what the Nu is all about.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=28956259&postcount=259

I recommend going back a page in the above link to where Stump started talking about the story though. We pick up from there.

EDIT:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=435606&page=5
#238

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

this ql has succeeded in getting the chrono trigger battle theme stuck in my head again

 

[Dark Schala]

Have the last two episodes been good (ie: do they seem to have learned anything? At all?)? I skipped last night's ep for Vinny and Dave's adventures through Phantasmagoria. And I don't think I can make time to watch this one tonight. :/

If I'm right, they should be getting the Dreamstone by now...

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Spoiler

Bucca learns magic

YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

 

[Haunted]

Move over ER, it's time for the Endurance Test!

http://www.tested.com/app-of-the-day-chrono-trigger/47-649/

God that font and layout. It's funny that someone looked at this shit and said "yep, looks great!"


That said, it's even funnier that these two people who rarely have anything to do with videogames (from what I understand) and which seem to be not that well versed in videogames in general and RPGs in particular... progressed faster throught the first half hour of the game than Ryan and Patrick did.

 

[Goldmund]

I have no issue with them looking stuff up on the internet if it makes them play the game like it's actually supposed to be played.

It's completely discombobulating how unfocused they are when playing this, they don't seem to be enjoying the game at all.

I don't think the person you quoted was suggesting that Patrick is secretly reading FAQs. He just remembers the mechanics, the plot, the progression etc. to a degree many of us would, no matter how much time has passed since we played it last. He thinks it'd be bad entertainment, if he knew everything already. That's why he fakes not knowing, from time to time. Apropos, time mends the heart more often than it corrupts our memory. That's what you can take away from this Endurance Run.

 

[Broder Salsa]

God that font and layout. It's funny that someone looked at this shit and said "yep, looks great!"


That said, it's even funnier that these two people who rarely have anything to do with videogames (from what I understand) and which seem to be not that well versed in videogames in general and RPGs in particular... progressed faster throught the first half hour of the game than Ryan and Patrick did.

I'm not sure if Norm is a long time gamer but I'm pretty sure Will Smith is a pretty big gamer. Anyway I actually enjoyed that a lot more than the giantbomb one, not trying to be a negative dick here but just not finding it very good, stopped watching it.

 

[PataHikari]

That said, it's even funnier that these two people who rarely have anything to do with videogames (from what I understand) and which seem to be not that well versed in videogames in general and RPGs in particular... progressed faster throught the first half hour of the game than Ryan and Patrick did.

There is no limit to how terrible the Giant Bomb people are at video games.

 

[Dark Schala]

God that font and layout. It's funny that someone looked at this shit and said "yep, looks great!"

The font and UI are hideous...

Lacks a professional, finished look. SE should have enough resources to make a good font, so I don't see why they stuck with this one. Hence why I was surprised when I saw that this was actually in the final product...

 

[Home]

God that font and layout. It's funny that someone looked at this shit and said "yep, looks great!"


That said, it's even funnier that these two people who rarely have anything to do with videogames (from what I understand) and which seem to be not that well versed in videogames in general and RPGs in particular... progressed faster throught the first half hour of the game than Ryan and Patrick did.

Well norm worked for PC gamer for a long time so that's not really true, but yeah I'm not sure why Ryan and Patrick seem to have to hard time reading messages and remembering where to go and whatnot. Maybe it's because they're getting old (lol).

 

[Special J]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Spoiler

Bucca learns magic

for patrick to just randomly request that to ryan, me thinks Patrick was reading comments.

 

[Special J]

double post plx delete

 

[Goldmund]

There is no limit to how terrible the Giant Bomb people are at video games.

They generally write about mainstream video games for a mainstream audience (as much as the word "mainstream" makes sense speaking about our hobby). Their skills should match those of the average reader for the reviews to suitably guide her in her buying decisions.

 

[Basileus777]

They generally write about mainstream video games for a mainstream audience (as much as the word "mainstream" makes sense speaking about our hobby). Their skills should match those of the average reader for the reviews to suitably guide her in her buying decisions.

There is absolutely nothing mainstream about Giantbomb's audience.

 

[Brashnir]

God that font and layout. It's funny that someone looked at this shit and said "yep, looks great!"


That said, it's even funnier that these two people who rarely have anything to do with videogames (from what I understand) and which seem to be not that well versed in videogames in general and RPGs in particular... progressed faster throught the first half hour of the game than Ryan and Patrick did.

Given that they went through the whole, "Brono" conversation, I think it's safe to say that just watched the sequence played fairly recently on the ER. It's not surprising that they'd get through it quickly, when you consider that they had just seen what to do.

 

[Goldmund]

There is absolutely nothing mainstream about Giantbomb's audience.

I'm not talking about the people it actually comprises (do you know their traffic and its sources?), but Jeff was always pretty adamant about reviews being written for as broad an audience as the site can hope to reach.

 

[Basileus777]

I'm not talking about the people it actually comprises (do you know their traffic and its sources?), but Jeff was always pretty adamant about reviews being written for as broad an audience as the site can hope to reach.

What exactly are you qualifying as mainstream here? Pretty much everything Giantbomb does (including reviews) is targeted at people who play video games regularly and are very familiar with the hobby. It's a niche site based around people willing to pay $50 a year for a subscription, they aren't exactly pandering to the masses.

 

[Haunted]

Their skills should match those of the average reader for the reviews to suitably guide her in her buying decisions.

So you're saying they're trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator by being shitty at videogames on purpose? That's the best explanation for their ineptitude I've heard yet. Would also explain the SotC QL!

Spoiler

c'mon, don't be ridiculous

Given that they went through the whole, "Brono" conversation, I think it's safe to say that just watched the sequence played fairly recently on the ER. It's not surprising that they'd get through it quickly, when you consider that they had just seen what to do.

To be fair, they were pretty damn slow as well. In the land of the blind...

 

[Goldmund]

What exactly are you qualifying as mainstream here? Pretty much everything Giantbomb does (including reviews) is targeted at people who play video games regularly and are very familiar with the hobby. It's a niche site based around people willing to pay $50 a year for a subscription, they aren't exactly pandering to the masses.

That's why I put a qualification in parentheses. The "mainstream" (maybe "mainstream hobbyists") would be people who play games (other than social games and apps) semi-regularly, don't follow every game's marketing as closely and read a couple of reviews (or look at a bunch of scores) before buying a game.

I also never said they were pandering. Trying to keep the core content widely accessible isn't pandering. Quick Looks of Japanese bullet hell shooters is pretty niche. A review of Modern Warfare 3 targets more people. They have both and that's great. Looking at the style their reviews are often written in (there are exceptions), they seem much more inclusive than those of big sites you'd more readily consider mainstream (IGN, for example), despite being so personality driven and having no editorial voice.

So you're saying they're trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator by being shitty at videogames on purpose? That's the best explanation for their ineptitude I've heard yet. Would also explain the SotC QL!

Spoiler

c'mon, don't be ridiculous

Not exactly. It was a mixture of snark and gut feeling.

 

[Triple Da G.O.D!]

Part 15

http://www.giantbomb.com/endurance-run-chrono-trigger-part-15/17-5413/

 

[DaBuddaDa]

Part 15

http://www.giantbomb.com/endurance-run-chrono-trigger-part-15/17-5413/

I wonder what wacky hijinks Patrick and Ryan get into this time..!!!!

 

[Home]

yay they figured out what lightning does.

 

[jgminto]

@ 16:41
...come again?

 

[TelemachusD]

yay they figured out what lightning does.

Had to be pounded into them. They ignored the "Def pwr decreases when shocked" message every time.

 

[Enkidu]

for patrick to just randomly request that to ryan, me thinks Patrick was reading comments.

It wasn't random though, he has been wondering about whether they had to go and get magic for every character several times before.

 

[czk]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=28956259&postcount=259

I recommend going back a page in the above link to where Stump started talking about the story though. We pick up from there.

EDIT:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=435606&page=5
#238

Thanks, but I knew this already.
I'm looking for an explanation what the Nu was doing in the 600 in Cursed Woods.

 

[Narpas Sword0]

lol @ ryan leaving the accessory on that is dependent on a weapon he just determined he didn't have on

 

[gunbo13]

Thanks, but I knew this already.
I'm looking for an explanation what the Nu was doing in the 600 in Cursed Woods.

It's explained in the link why the Nu's are where they are. If you want a specific reason, you'd have to ask the Nu.

 

[czk]

It's explained in the link why the Nu's are where they are. If you want a specific reason, you'd have to ask the Nu.

Ok. I'm interested in this because this particular Nu is on the screen just for a few seconds and never comes back. But maybe it's purpose was to start a build up of the Nu subject in the entire game.

 

[OMG Aero]

Regardless of how ineffective they are at healing, I hope Ryan keeps the Brono, Brog, Bobo team.
That's a real bro party.

 

[Dany]

Ryan has become self aware

 

[chickdigger802]

The sad thing is that Ryan isn't 'alone'...

Otherwise why would most modern games have huge arrows pointing to the next objective or a big 'follow' sign on a npc?

I forgive him for not noticing the 'elec lowers def' message. Having those messages on the same line as other stuff isn't the easiest to notice.

And this also shows how well this game is balanced. For pretty much any other jrpg, I'd be really surprised if these guys could progress at all

 

[Ourobolus]

I forgive him for not noticing the 'elec lowers def' message. Having those messages on the same line as other stuff isn't the easiest to notice.

And this also shows how well this game is balanced. For pretty much any other jrpg, I'd be really surprised if these guys could progress at all

The Magus fight is going to be interesting. I wonder how long it takes for them to realize that he

Spoiler

changes his weakness

.

 

[gunbo13]

Ok. I'm interested in this because this particular Nu is on the screen just for a few seconds and never comes back. But maybe it's purpose was to start a build up of the Nu subject in the entire game.

Nu are there to cause mind-fucks.

 

[Zomba13]

@ 16:41
...come again?

I think it needs a minute before it can do that.

 

[meadowrag]

Watching them derp through this game makes me realize just how easy Chrono Trigger truly is.
It's still fun to watch though, although I wish they uploaded more than just 25 minutes or so a day.

 

[TheYanger]

Yeah I liked it better at ~45 minutes, the shorter episodes barely get a single thing done in any given episode, I expect MAgus' castle to consist of longer ones though since there's just so much freaking combat in there.

 

[Htown]

stopped about 3/4 of the way through episode 14 because i was getting frustrated.

i think i need to stop watching this.

 

[Zhaanie]

Did Ryan say floppycock :lol

 

[suzu]

Ryan really does have awful memory. Lol. They been through these time warps so many times already,

 

[chickdigger802]

The Magus fight is going to be interesting. I wonder how long it takes for them to realize that he

Spoiler

changes his weakness

.

at least 1 death.

And there are other decent fights up ahead. I remember using aura whirl abundantly during my playthroughs, I do wonder how far can ya progress single healing away. It will be a fair bit more difficult I bet.

 

[Oxx]

All side quests done!

Well, apart from

Spoiler

Magus... Oops

I don't know how anyone could have worked out some of them without a FAQ.

 

[Basileus777]

All side quests done!

Well, apart from

Spoiler

Magus... Oops

I don't know how anyone could have worked out dome of them without a FAQ.

Gaspar gives you hints on where to go.

 

[Oxx]

It was pretty easy to work out where to start, but some of the later steps in Bucca's quest I would never have seen.

 

[electroshockwave]

All side quests done!

Well, apart from

Spoiler

Magus... Oops

I don't know how anyone could have worked out some of them without a FAQ.

Actually, one of the things I really love about Chrono Trigger is that the sidequests felt really organic and I naturally stumbled into them without using a guide.

 

[Oxx]

I just finished the game. Three years after I started it. I can't believe it took me so long to get back to it.

31:32 on the clock, but I was glad that I took the time to go and do some of the side-quests before I finished. They really helped me to reacquaint myself with some of the best aspects of the game.

And I didn't realise until the ending that

Spoiler

Kino was a dude

.

 

[Basileus777]

And I didn't realise until the ending that

Spoiler

Kino was a dude

.

Why did you think he was all jealous/possessive with Ayla then?

 

[Oxx]

I pretty much played up until the penultimate chapter in 2008/2009, so I had forgotten most of the incidental story stuff.

And I guess I have been as lazy as Ryan and Patrick when it comes to reading the text during the Endurance Run.