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After a giant play session, I have arrived. This game not having a day/night cycle like most modern games is actually a really good thing, it allows them to change the time based on the narrative. Like this night raid. And even things like the weather can be what the devs want for a specific...

Yeah I assumed it was probably Bakhmut if it wasn't Titan. Dumb question: Edit: Nevermind, I was confusing Dion with Barnabas' henchman. The next scene settled it. In other news, just defeated Titan: This absolute photo finish (with about one HP left) would have meant a bit more if not...

Well, about to go see it myself.

It's my belief that the dinosaurs were indeed killed by asteroids and that there's a good chance this is linked to the (now-gone) 5th planet in the solar system. When the 5th planet blew up, it no doubt scattered asteroids in all directions before the gravitational alignment settled them down...

Now that's a good map. I think Antarctica might be grossly under-sized though. Everything else actually looks accurate. Stark difference between Greenland here and Greenland on the widely-used world map, innit? Russia and North America look like an FF title screen Amano drawing. Two Eikons...

FF9 had some memorable locations. I liked Ipsen's Castle. Memoria wasn't bad as a final dungeon, it was intended to basically be an homage to Final Fantasy 1. I also perma-associate FFIX's soundtrack with Velious in EQ since I played them more or less side-by-side. This track in particular...

That massive Australia / New Zealand, lol The most commonly-used world map rustles me because it has the northern hemisphere as twice as large as the southern, and vastly over-represents the size of things like Greenland and Sweden. Northern Canada and Russia are also massively outsized. So...

Similar feelings here. Lots of lulls in an otherwise good story. Took me a while to realize that the Eikon specials are all on separate cooldowns. So I thought my Ifrit specials locked out Ramuh specials, etc, and basically just stayed in Ifrit stance all the time except to switch to Garuda for...

Whoaaaaa duuuude Got a second Malenia sword and also just realized you can buy all her equipment. Playable Malenia

Fuck Lebron James and fuck this graffiti PS5.

I get the same feeling. I'm at 57% and 20 hours now. Got some real time to play this weekend so I'm going to try to make some significant progress in one sitting finally. Chapter I'm on is "Fire and Ice". Volcano area looks unbelievable on an LG OLED. I feel like a lot of the mid-game areas...

This map doesn't make any sense. It isn't the "antarctica is a ring" UN map that flat earthers go by, it's a totally different thing. It kinda looks like there are two Africas. That or they've got the Lost Continent of Mu on there for some reason. WTF?

We grew up hoping to see Star Trek and space travel in our lifetimes. Instead we'll get Skynet. Fuck.

If you use one of the gold "summon me" items, it lays a summon sign right where you are (good if you want to do a specific area, or help a specific person). The other summon item sends a summon sign to a nearby summoning pool (those stone things I think I might have missed a lot of). When you do...

Had a couple of better summoning experiences last night. Threw the game on while I was doing other stuff, threw out the bait, and let it sit there. Had a few good boss fights where the person I was helping played somewhat efficiently, didn't waste a bunch of everyone's time, and had good fights...

A lot of this stuff sounds reasonably accurate and if it's a LARP it's incredibly well thought-out. A few things caught my attention: 17. Instead of waste, they secrete ammonia-like gas. This lines up with the Brazil alien where people kept finding it hiding around town and they all reported...

Why do I keep seeing Blink 182 mentioned everywhere nowadays? Feels like I missed some huge meme. Also this video was great. Reminded me of Bill and Ted. Also learned a new word, "croosh"

Oh yeah, Typhon is the guy I know as Chupon, forgot about that. So... the boss I most recently fought in FF16... was Chupon? My God. Didn't look much like Chupon, didn't sneeze either. Chupon was one of FF6's big mysteries. Who was he? WHAT was he? I mean look at him, he's an orange blob. I...

2000's goodness depends a lot on how much someone likes RPGs. Cause 2000 was a HUGE year for those: -Baldur's Gate 2 -Icewind Dale -Chrono Cross -Final Fantasy IX -Suikoden 2 -Legend of Dragoon -Wild Arms 2 -Vagrant Story -Grandia Likely forgetting a few as well.

I still to this day don't know the lyrics to "You could be mine". End credits music from T2. Heard it as a kid, had no idea what they were saying, intentionally never fixed that because kid me made his own version of it. "You could be my-eyennnn, but you're way, out of pie-ie! When your lips...

Just did the Typhon fight yesterday and I liked the music, felt like it sort of fit as a "battle in an otherworldly void" type of theme. The part where Ifrit fights Typhon, I mean. Don't remember the music before that. I don't know WTF Typhon was supposed to be (missed something I guess) but...

That's a pretty good lineup. So 1998 vs 2000 vs 2023, who wins objectively? It's probably more like 30 games a year so you're off by 270, but whatever. I don't know why I'm getting Stormveil requests. I'm at endgame / NG+ level, haven't leveled much since I first beat the game. I think it's...

Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid, Xenogears. What else? I fired up Elden Ring this evening to put on a summon sign and help a few people with boss fights. Were people always this inept at the game? I keep getting summoned to Stormveil Castle to help different people who tend to run around...

Interesting, so that droning sound is the normal field theme maybe? Reminds me of Secret of Evermore on the SNES, which would often have menacing droning ambiance in dangerous locations instead of music. At least FF16 has music at all. I seem to remember FF15 having a lot of areas with no music...

Personal rankings of the best video game soundtracks (that I've heard) #1 - Chrono Cross #2 - Xenogears #3 - Chrono Trigger #4 - Vagrant Story #5 - Secret of Mana #6 - Tobal No. 1 #7 - Mega Man 2 #8 - Secret of Evermore #9 - Final Fantasy Tactics #10 - Super Metroid Fun fact: The top 3 were...

This has happened to me many times. EQ camp going on too long, post complaining, there it is. Or other games, can't beat a boss? Complain to people in the heat of the moment about how much I hate this game now, win on the next try, then have to retract my previous opinion.

Very well said. Dennis Miller is another one who comes to mind. I forgot how many comedians lean right because the last few years it's been such a rite of passage that they have to all be outwardly left to fit in with the "comedian community" and still get roles in all of the stupid ensemble...

I also got the low ominous drone in Moore, thought it was kind of weird music for the game. Even considered for a second that the game was glitching or something. Then decided the low ominous drone actually wasn't bad on the ears and just left the sound on. It was different. I did both the...

I think historically they leaned left a bit, but were also based and sensible. At least that's the vibe I get from Sandler. Nowayears they might all be leaning right, I don't know. Chris Rock - Left-ish but also frequently thinks they're full of crap Rob Schneider - Fully switched teams to red...

I like Da Bomb. Not even sure what it tastes like because all I get is heat. If I want a good heat punch I'll put a couple of drops of that on some food. I probably do this 2x a year and it serves its purpose. Last Dab (Scorpion version) is significantly less hot, and tastes better. Has a lot...

I also get that feeling from different EQ zones/memories, but not from going back to them on TLP unfortunately. All of this was from Live in the 2000's: -Sunderrock Springs in TSS. Ambience, music, the scenery and Southwest US Navajo vibe to all of it. Remember sitting there listening to that...

Did the two Moore side quests. Man, this Branded stuff is kind of nightmarish.

Birthday is celebrating a birth, not a conception. We don't have a conception day. I think pretty much everyone had to play FF Tactics twice because Velius kicked their ass. The fact that the game lets you save right before the fight (so you can't leave) almost felt malicious by design. They...

Ask her if she wants to dress up as that character next time you do it. Like offer to get her the blue dress and everything. Back in 2016 or so I remember being a bit enamored by Margot Robbie Harley Quinn (the first movie she was in, before it got played out) and her hot little outfit, and next...

I thought that was Anna Jay for a second, sure looks like her, but I'm pretty sure she didn't do track. So your guess is as good as mine

2000, my previous winner for total good game releases, also had a lot of sequels. Suikoden 2, Wild Arms 2, Chrono Cross (more or less Trigger 2), Final Fantasy 9, and so on. When so much of the new stuff is so bad, breathing new life into the old stuff that actually meant something to us is...

Balthier was a great protagonist who should have been main. He reminded me of Spike from Buffy. Lulu's personalities were great, I'd love to motorboat those personalities. FF6's characters really were great. Most Japanese game protagonists drive me nuts, especially where "love interests" are...

I've got another one: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. This game is a horse's ass. FFT on PS1 is one of my favorite games, so I was super stoked to get ahold of FFTA. Took me years to get around to it but when I finally did I couldn't have been more excited. Then within an hour of starting it up I...

I've done the NYC to Boston (and vice versa) drive about a dozen times and it's crazy how much people suck at driving along that entire route. On I-95 people drive like they're trying really hard to die. For instance, going 110!