VidulaSaix
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I'm not but I put it on for my uncles and grandma to watch in the other room. I don't watch rustling anymore but I still read it up on it and watch some youtube stuff on recent stuff occasionally.
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Super Best Friends Thread 12: 12 Threads in and It's Still the tutorial
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I'm not but I put it on for my uncles and grandma to watch in the other room. I don't watch rustling anymore but I still read it up on it and watch some youtube stuff on recent stuff occasionally.
DoktorEvil
Banned
TechnicaUS
Member
Who's in charge on that? Is it nomura?
OT 10 and 9 had some really good RealGAF moments.
No idea. I don't really care for JRPG's anymore but the DMC looking combat mixed with open world lovely graphics is enough for me to want to give it a chance
VidulaSaix
Member
I actually do. Having played Crisis Core quite a while ago and 7 not too long after (at least about 60% into the game) Cloud is just a nothing when he stops thinking he's Zack.
I don't like Squall either, but at least Squall has a personality. A shit one mind you, but he's at least his own person.
TechnicaUS
Member
Bad translation doesn't excuse the fact that he's still an emotionally vapid killjoy.
I'm genuinely interested in FF9 since I've always heard really good things and saw nothing that contracted that, both Beloved and I are curious about it, we'll probably check it out at some point.
misses bull
Banned
CthulhuSushi
Banned
Yeah it is, in all fairness Lightning is hot, but she has zero personality and that kills the character for me. Sazh, incredibly racist character, but really likeable. Hope was okay too.
It turned me into the cloud of hatred and fart gas that I am today!
They really did, didn't they Bud?
Banana Aeon
Member
Nomura (former) joint, so the gameplay should be good.
I will definitely give you my in depth analysis.
So far I've enjoyed it immensely despite the fact it has also frustrated me repeatedly at times.
TechnicaUS
Member
I'm really hesitant still. After seeing what sqeenix has done of late, I'm gonna keep my distance. For a while at least.No idea. I don't really care for JRPG's anymore but the DMC looking combat mixed with open world lovely graphics and is enough for me to want to give it a chance
OT 10 was new years and that shit got sad
Nah, everything is happy go lucky here! Nothing sad ever happens!
skLaFarebear
Member
BORK
I guess that makes sense. Vaan was kinda shoehorned halfway trough the game, so he's not really the MC. Guess it really depends on the story and screen time.
Glad you still remember that story. Never telling it again.
Ignorance doesn't excuse being wrong.
VidulaSaix
Member
As for 9, I'll play it when it comes out on Steam.
CthulhuSushi
Banned
I have that thread subed and I think I still remember the page, I shall cherish it always <3
misses bull
Banned
I have no clue how you guys remember so much shit that goes on in this thread. I can only remember a few things and thats all for black mail reasons.
DoktorEvil
Banned
Thing is that the flashbacks and limp romance interrupt what should be this great narrative of small disjointed group of people vs big scary gov't body.
I love the game's opening sequence, but it began on way too high of a note.
I can't give a fair opinion on her personality yet until I play 13 myself. Her character design is great though.
I always kind of expected her personality to remind me of Saber from the Fate series. Which in F/Z is kind of boring, but in F/SN is much more interesting, in my opinion at least.
You know what, I could definitely imagine that being the case, now I'm more curious.
DoktorEvil
Banned
Squall you mean?
Hes a child soldier being manipulated into fighting a war that he himself doesn't not believe in. His emotions are all over the place.
misses bull
Banned
RecursiveFault
Banned
I'm reading everything in here all the time. I'm losing details now, but I think I remember mostly everything.
GlassEmpires
Member
Matt's dropping all kinds of fore-shadowing/spoilers for people who haven't played No More Heroes in the latest video.
He's still an "unstoppable machine" if that's what you mean. He only comes out to win matches
TechnicaUS
Member
Are you saying he's fine as a character? I don't see how anyone could think that, but okay.
Banana Aeon
Member
So he's walking deus ex machina?
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
Title match was really fun. I wanted Rollins to win but obviously he wasn't going to.
VidulaSaix
Member
Who?
misses bull
Banned
I'm talking shit like this
I can't read all this madness. You guys are too crazy
CthulhuSushi
Banned
I really need to watch F/Z, maybe I'll start it Tuesday <.< Once I Feb 4th rolls around I won't have time for any animay.
TechnicaUS
Member
Yeah boo hoo. I'd care if he had an emotion other than apathy. The game tries to paint the picture that his life is just so awful, but no matter what happens, his response is generally the same. Why should I care when something happens to make him miserable when he's already miserable. Nothing ever changes.
GlassEmpires
Member
We should all start retro Square(soft) titles at some point while the Best Friends are playing some of them. I'm playing Legend of Dragoon myself
Banana Aeon
Member
Nigga bounced like a basketball.
DoktorEvil
Banned
He's a better written character in Japanese. The translation lost a lot of context clues that provide his characterization.
Squall's emotions are understandable and his inner thoughts are all over the place just like any real person's are, especially in high stress situations.
People are constantly asking for more and more from him, pushing him to make extremely difficult decisions (decisions that realistically, a teenager shouldnt have to make) and yet despite his desire to say "Fuck it, I don't want to do this", he does it anyway, because he knows it's the right thing to do, and as cynical as he may be, he wants people to be able to rely on him.
He definitely starts off as too much of an asshole but he gets development and really tries to work on himself, even though he has that inner part of himself saying "You can only trust yourself" and things like that.
Frankly so far I feel like his character has been judged too harshly. I'm halfway through the 2nd disc so we'll see if I stick to that opinion once I'm done.
People are constantly asking for more and more from him, pushing him to make extremely difficult decisions (decisions that realistically, a teenager shouldnt have to make) and yet despite his desire to say "Fuck it, I don't want to do this", he does it anyway, because he knows it's the right thing to do, and as cynical as he may be, he wants people to be able to rely on him.
He definitely starts off as too much of an asshole but he gets development and really tries to work on himself, even though he has that inner part of himself saying "You can only trust yourself" and things like that.
Frankly so far I feel like his character has been judged too harshly. I'm halfway through the 2nd disc so we'll see if I stick to that opinion once I'm done.
RecursiveFault
Banned
I'm like 8 episodes in, I recommend it, it's really good. It's even on Netflix dubbed.
No
I'm talking shit like this
I can't read all this madness. You guys are too crazy
Yes
ArclightBorealis
Member
Eh, it's nothing that really spoils or ruins the very late game cutscenes, ESPECIALLY the true ending. Besides, they already did a NMH2 LP so it's already kind of going on the assumption that people watched that or were already familiar with it.
Also I am now going to continue listening to this song again for the rest of the evening while lamenting the fact it's not in Heroes' Paradise.
TechnicaUS
Member
Accidentally quoted you for some reason. My bad.
Such a good tune.
Banana Aeon
Member
I'll start up Chrono Trigger, sooner or later.
Then TWEWY. But I gotta get into a JRPG mood that isn't called Pokemon.
misses bull
Banned
What a failure
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
Squall is a shit character in a shit game.