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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: December 09, 2023, 12:35:25 pm »

While not a full game, I did finish the new DLC in Final Fantasy XVI.

More of the same. If not for my trophy OCD, I would have skipped this.

Hell, the "campaign" could have been included in the main game but SE is going to SE. Surprisingly, it didn't take me long to get back the muscle memory. But, getting back said muscle memory is emblematic of the game's biggest problem: repetition. Every boss fight takes too long to finish since every boss' HP is through the roof. At least Clive had the help of Jill and Joshua since they're so helpful in combat...oh wait.

There's not much else to say about this. The Buster Sword is a downgrade from the Ultima Weapon. The Bits appeared helpful but it's hard to gauge how effective they actually are since, again, bosses in this game have to be the biggest HP sponges I've ever seen.

That leaves the banger boss theme from the fight against Omega Weapon. Woo hoo.

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: December 08, 2023, 10:18:23 pm »

Well, that was a blast and a half. I'm glad my original plans got cancelled because I got hang with all of you.

Thanks again to my Santa for the amazing gifts!! Well, other than the Tootsie Rolls. How very dare you include such mediocrity in an otherwise perfect collection of goods.

For those that didn't watch, I was given:

Ikaia for the PlayStation 5
The strategy guide for Dawn of Mana
The entire .hack//G.U. series for the PlayStation 2

Expectations surpassed. Thanks again, Santa!!

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: December 07, 2023, 08:39:07 pm »

Earlier plans changed. So, as Telly mentioned, I'll be there!

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: December 05, 2023, 05:38:18 pm »

That works, too!

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: December 05, 2023, 03:24:07 pm »

Be sure to film the livestream, y'all! I'll want to watch later.

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: December 04, 2023, 05:58:53 pm »

*sigh* It looks like Wednesday wouldn't work for me, either. Plans keep developing.

Y'all can plan this sans me. If it's this week, then I'll try to tune in and/or join at the eleventh hour.

Unrelated, but Cartagia: I see you have Moonscars. Did you have a chance to try it yet?

Not yet, but I think it's going with me when I travel for the holidays later this month.

Nice. I need a game like this play during my travels, too.

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: December 04, 2023, 11:07:57 am »

Unrelated, but Cartagia: I see you have Moonscars. Did you have a chance to try it yet?

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: December 04, 2023, 09:43:59 am »

Tomorrow (12/5) and Thursday (12/7) are now booked in the evening time.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: December 03, 2023, 09:50:30 am »

I was at a game night over the weekend where I got to partake in some of the new Jackbox games.

59. Dodo Re Mi

Jackbox has finally gone the way of Guitar Hero/Rock Band. Your phone is your instrument. Notes come down and you'll tap them in time to play the song with your friends. I liked this, although it wasn't as responsive as I would have hoped. Plus, you had to unlock songs. Neat animations, though. The plant is very Little Shop of Horrors.

60. Hypnotorious

Probably my favorite of the new games we played. You are given a secret role and need to sus out everyone else's. You're given prompts that you need to answer in character. There's always an outlier. I ended up winning so that was a plus. The brain avatars are adorable.

61. Tee K.O. 2

Ugh. I was not looking forward to playing this one since I never liked the first. But, played it we did. It's more of the same. You can alter someone else's doodle if you want. Yay?

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: December 02, 2023, 04:58:54 pm »

I like how everyone is so willing to be flexible. But, I think it's time to settle on a finalized date and time.

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: December 01, 2023, 02:50:58 pm »

12/9 in the afternoon in the states would work. But I think that would mean koemo couldn't join.

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: December 01, 2023, 09:50:47 am »

Great! Looking forward to seeing everyone whether it's in real-time or later.

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: November 30, 2023, 02:52:05 pm »

The week of the 8th is fine, but the actual evening wouldn't work for me. But, always happy to watch the fun later.

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General / Re: 52 Games Challenge 2023!!!

« on: November 28, 2023, 08:08:33 pm »

58. Shadow of Destiny - D Ending

Shadow of Destiny had me intrigued since about 2002. There was an advertisement for it on the back of Ephemeral Fantasia's instruction manual. I played the PlayStation 2 version about five or so years later. Honestly, I can't remember much about it other than the phoned in voice acting and the trial and error gameplay. I need to go back and read my review for it. Anyways, being a PSP fan I've always wanted to play this version. Not much was changed other than some names, new endings (which I'll end up watching on YouTube) and a more solid cast of voice actors. The script remained unchanged, which is fine, but the new voices behind the characters were effective. Otherwise, it was more trial and error gameplay trying to figure out how to stop Eike from getting killed over and over. As a result of my choices, I ended up with an ending that left me feeling rather meh. But, since the game on the whole is pretty meh, I doubt I'll replay it. Oh well. It was a nice way to take a break from story heavy RPGs. And when the game's big reveal did happen, I was surprised by all of the reveals.

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General / Re: VGCollect 2023 Secret Santa!

« on: November 27, 2023, 08:19:41 am »

Dang. That's a bummer. I'm not sure if it would do much, but maybe send a PM to dhaabi to get some more information?