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TLDR: The game is great and fumbles the last chapter, as I predicted weeks before it came out, based on the first one doing the same thing.

They remastering Thousand Year Door? Did they ever remaster the first Paper Mario? Maybe I can finally play those. Huge Mario RPG fan but didn't play the "sequels" because they looked so different.

Yarp, always used the default one. That would probably be a good workaround. What's the default command for that, Ctrl B? I'll give it a shot tomorrow.

Yeah the touch screen bullshit was definitely hurting more than it helped. I switched that computer out for an ASUS with identical specs (most importantly, it also has an OLED screen), no touch screen, and an RTX 3050. This one runs EQ with no issue whatsoever, good framerate, crowds of people...

Game works, but I gotta say the performance is pretty bad. Kinda choppy framerate, stalls for a second fairly regularly when loading crowds of people...

Thanks, the last post in that thread worked, it's starting without issue now.

Potentially dumb question. Never had any trouble getting EQ to work on a new computer before. Moved the directory over to a new computer (didn't do an install) and was missing d3dx9_43.dll. No problem, got that and put it in the EQ directory. Now getting this message: What am I doing wrong...

The fact that they never show you the Viceroy's face is interesting and tells me that he's gonna be someone we know. Otherwise why not show him? So I got to running down the list of recognizable characters who are unaccounted for in the FF7 mythos as of the end of this game, and the list pretty...

Jesus, all these people have the same expression and dead eyes (yet oddly sparkly). It's like the fucking Pod People in here.

I wouldn't worry about it too much because in NG+ / chapter select you can just straight-up choose who you want to go on the date with during that chapter. It isn't just that they didn't want to kill Genesis. They brought him back at the end of Dirge of Cerberus as this huge reveal, like he...

Looks to me like the Super Bowl was supposed to be 49ers vs Ravens when the logo was created months ago. Who replaced the Ravens at the end of the season? The Chiefs, who were swimming in fan speculation that games were being rigged to boost them to the SB. If anything, this makes the Chiefs...

Part 3 has the FF7 Disc 2 stuff to go through, plus this Shinra/Wutai war (weird how we never see The Viceroy's face in this one). That war will be a convenient way to explain not letting you fly to Wutai until it's time ("we can't violate their airspace!") Would be cool if Genesis shows up...

I'd say someone needs to get on the red phone and page @Dima at the Kremlin to really spice things up. Not happening though unless something wildly changed in the past year or so.

I already know what my ideal static group makeup is gonna be, just need to find the right players now.

Beat the game. Very good game, probably the new best game in the entire FF series. Not even joking.

I have a major peeve: Why does the game constantly slow things down during dramatic moments? So many dramatic moments get gutted because it switches control to the player and you have to walk Extremely Slowly towards a distant target. Happens at the beginning in Nibelheim, and a bunch of times...

That reminds me, I was telling someone the other day that I bet a ton of people call into work sick (or use vacation time) for the DLC launch day, which is a Friday. I bet it's enough to be noticeable, like a Dragon Quest in Japan.

This is probably the game of the decade so far, and worth playing. Not just playing, getting into and doing everything. However it's pretty hard at first. There are plenty of tools to help you as you get further along and most of it isn't bad at all outside of a few major hiccup bosses (most of...

Shhh I want less competition. Past a certain point Paladin is also crucial to have at least one of so you can get Brells on everyone who isn't a meleer and doesn't need Ranger buffs. That adds a ton of collective HP to a raid. Noticing more and more that hardly anybody wants to run Paladin...

I also get more female attention when I grow hair out, can add to that chorus. However I have a (small) bald spot in the back that fucks everything up and I end up just combing hair back to cover that. Also missing a tooth right now so I can't smile at anybody. Hooray! What got me the most...

Tore a muscle (or have a pinched nerve), had to hit the ER when it wasn't getting any better after a day or so of awful pain. Even with "10/10" pain and barely able to even raise one arm, they gave me some ibuprofen. Are hospitals that terrified of prescribing anything strong anymore because of...

Oh man, I forgot about Battle Leap. Such a fun ability in the lategame. I knew quite a few Warriors who could dish out tons of DPS and post surprising parse numbers.

Someone was saying earlier that Enc + Nec is better than adding a second Enc in this era. What about for a third of the same pair? Enc/Nec/Nec or Enc/Nec/Enc?

Yeah, I meant Necros are gonna be part of the meta "too" in terms of along with Enchanter, not that Warrior is the meta. Warrior is still gonna be a PITA to level, but at least there's a light at the end of the tunnel unlike classic. Disciplines from the get-go changes the game a bit for...

I just hit 45 hours. On Chapter 13 (of 14 maybe? IDK) and very close to the end of Disc 1. All six overworld areas are between 30-50% completed, decided I'd do a full 100% run on the second time around at some later date. So I'd say 40 hours to beat the game is very doable if someone only plays...

Yeah, Warrior gets to actually be good right from the get-go here. Necros are gonna be part of the meta too.

@Rude You can stop marooning everybody, this game is much closer to the OG FF7 than Remake was. Almost no Whisper Crap in comparison, very little Seph except where he actually appeared, and for the most part it follows the story fairly closely. Should give it a whirl.

Been wondering why there are two Mohgs myself. From sometimes likes to repeat a big boss twice. Corrupted Monk, Guardian Ape, Isshin Ashina if you count him.

I do that because it's way less trouble than moving the pictures off the PS5 onto a USB drive and onto the computer. Just take a picture on phone, post picture from phone, since I usually post from phone during the day anyway. Alla that said, I just found out today that the Playstation app...

This is as far as I can get in the Ever Crisis phone game. Really wanted to check it out. Go past the title screen, start game, sits there loading indefinitely. On a modern top of the line Samsung with 5G. TF.

Video Game Donkey makes a great point about how FF7R-1 had SO MUCH GODDAMN SEPHIROTH. Also the guys pointing guns at Sephiroth and then standing around while he slowly killed one of them at a time... the fuck was that?

Took a look. The helm/cloak's aight, but I think the greaves pair a lot better with the Crimson Hood. All in all it's pretty nice, and good to have something hot in the game besides the Deathbed Dress.

Tormax and Teek, huh. The latter has to be the worst name since Mangler, but a Kunark start sounds great. Gonna be a hell of a static grind.

Never even heard of Bigelow. Well, besides BAM BAM BIGELOW

I think they jumped the gun a bit with having Weapons in this one. Especially the twin giant fish that aren't in the OG and aren't gem-themed and... what even are they Gongaga has great music but it was a chore to get around in, everything I needed to get to was on an elevated cliff. Is there a...

True, but I knew and raided with him for years and I'm fairly sure the guy in question wasn't using MQ. ISBoxer and macros sure. Just to reiterate though, he was playing six characters at once and playing them better than most people play one character at once. Even with ISBoxer, that's a feat...

Pretty sure if you went, your wife would definitely stab you.

This is very much what I wanted the first one to be more like. I feel like the only weak point of this game is the dungeons and how they go on and on and on. I'm actually dreading the Gi Cave and Mt Nibel at this point, and I imagine TOTA being a sprawling 6 hour dungeon like Shinra Tower in part 1.

Oh my GOOOOOOOD

I got Aerith for the date... but no gondola ride? Is there a second date later where that happens? I don't remember the OG well enough. We had most of the date, then the Dyne stuff happened.