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@dialancea.bsky.social You won't be disappointed when you watch it. Season 2 has been very good and wholesome as always!
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Rakuno 🐀
@rakuno@gamepad.club
mastodon 4.7.3Regular human by day. Hero in fantasy lands by night. Delusional all the time!
Diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Social Anxiety
Interests: #videogames #TTRPG #anime #visualnovel #JRPG #books
P.S.: Please don't folow me if all you want is a follow-back. That is now how I do things.
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Experimenting with Bazzite
If anyone is looking for a cozy and wholesome game I highly recommend Cat Mail Co.
So far it has been pretty relaxing and I don't think it is a very long game either.
There is a demo on Steam for anyone who wants to give it a try too.
I am almost done with the grinding in Bravely Default.
The only one left is for the petals. I am terrible at the rhythm minigame so getting them will be a pain. Specially because I'd like to get those silver weapons to complete the encyclopedia.
Everything else wasn't nearly as bad as I feared thanks to having a fully restored Norende and the accessories that they sell.
Somehow I only found out now that there is an actual official Trails TTRPG.
No clue if it is any good but I like the idea of it existing at least.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/567543/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-of-destiny
It took me a while but I just finished Chapter 5 of Bravely Default.
The increased difficulty took me by surprise but after I managed to adjust it wasn't so bad.
I also took the time to do some money grind, hunting monsters for the encyclopedia and get some more genes.
The plot is starting to get really interesting. It is also nice to see that the protagonists aren't complete fools and are starting to question things.
I decided to break the Earth Crystal before the end of chapter 7 to see what happened...
... Well, I didn't expect Airy to turn into that ugly of a monster. I mean, I was in denial but part of me knew she would turn into a monster. Just not that ugly of a monster.
I still felt bad though when Airy begged to stop.
Now to see what kind of mess I got myself into...
There are times while playing House Flipper Remastered that a job makes me go "What the heck?!?" and amuse me at the same time. This was one of those times.
Related to my last toot, there are some people out there who think nostalgia is a terrible thing.
But I think it is worth replaying older games from time to time, specially heavy story ones. It is not only a great way to refresh your memory about the story but as you grow older your way of thinking about the world changes and what you take from those stories also changes.
It is like re-reading a good book from time to time. You can always find something new on the story as you get older.
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Now I think I will go back to the games I was playing before and at a much slower pace. Playing games this intensely is not something I can do for very long, nor do I wish to.
Eventually I'd like to play Bravely Second. I already have the game and the trailer for it is what got me into this series to begin with.
I heard it wasn't very well received but I want to see it for myself. Plus the game has Nekomancers!
I was going to wait until I finished a few more games on my backlog before starting on Bravely Default but @aceattveg@gamepad.club posts about it gave me the itch to play it. 
I missed these four dorks and hopefully this time I will actually finish the game!
I just beat the dragons for the key stones in Bravely Default. Those were some really annoying fights even using a cheesy strategy like making everybody use the Ninja job.
Oh, well, at least now I can go to a certain castle to acquire another asterisk...
Now we'll see who is the real Dark Knight!
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I must be getting into the "let's test the players understanding of the mechanics and character builds" part of the game because Qada was another annoying fight.
I barely beat him on the second try!
Not sure how interesting the Salve-Maker Job will be either. But that might be because I generally dislike any type of character whose usefulness is based on their ability of using consumable items. Will have to test it out eventually.
#BravelyDefault #JRPG
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Mwahahahaha! The cheesy strategy worked!
I now have the Conjurer asterisk! Time to continue on with the story!
#BravelyDefault #JRPG #VideoGames
Usually I don't play with mods like this but I do appreciate the insanity and effort put into it.
Well, actually I don't play with mods in Stellaris because I am already bad enough with the vanilla game. But Bethesda games? Modded so much that they are almost a different game!
Anyway, hope someone else might find it amusing it too.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stellaris/comments/1ue3uq2/spent_an_entire_day_making_an_umazing_empire/
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Bravely Default - Story thoughts - Spoilers until the end of chapter 3
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On a better note I love that we can automatically get guests to help rebuild Norende just by getting online.
Streetpass was a neat idea but I never would have gone out of the house with my 3DS. Even if I did I doubt I would get many hits with it.
So back when I played in the 3DS rebuilding Norende back then was very time consuming... Not to mention the level 99 monsters I kept getting from other players somehow!
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@hellcatbanshee.bsky.social Will do!
Since I will be starting over it might be easier for me to give some early game tips. Although I will be going melee with this character since I went with guns with my first one.
Although maybe I could see if I can specialize in a different type of gun... Hmm...
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@hellcatbanshee.bsky.social Just take your time. Sticking with the main questline for a bit might help to get your bearings and get comfortable with the controls. Once you feel like you got the basics down feel free to explore and do side quests.
Agreed about the 3rd person. But I guess they had a lot of reasons to do it 1st person only.
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@hellcatbanshee.bsky.social Now I am getting an itch to play it too... 😆
I guess I will start over with my second playthrough (since I lost the saves) and see if I can finish the expansion this time.
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@hellcatbanshee.bsky.social Oh, first time playing Cyberpunk 2077?
I hope you enjoy it! It is very, very good.
It is also one of the few CRPGs that I feel gets close to the feel of actual TTRPGs.
So, the numbers as patterns on Airy's wings is a pretty clever hint. To what? I don't know yet.
I even checked previous scenes in the event viewer and the patterns do change!
I still want to believe that Airy isn't evil and there are more complicated circumstances going on but maybe I am just coping.
This is also making me curious enough to break one of the crystals... But there are stuff I want to get done before that.
Castle explored and new asterisk acquired!
That was a pain and given how hard the fights are becoming I am wondering if I should focus more on a few jobs or try to level more jobs to get their abilities.
Probably a bit of both!
Anyway, now I am off to get some tasty genomes!
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@aceattveg@gamepad.club Oh, yeah. I remember that episode. It is that one where they did the thing... and there was an alien... and they had to make a hard choice.... You know that episode? 😏
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@aceattveg@gamepad.club I am using a guide so I am sure that helps a lot.
Also, having played the 3DS version I do have some vague memories of what each job does or about certain parts of the game. So I am sure that helps too.
But soon enough I think I will do some grinding to level some jobs so I have more flexibility in my character builds and strategies.
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@aceattveg@gamepad.club Now if you say that summoning a friend or a guest that can do over 30k damage to beat a boss isn't legit...Then yeah, I am inclined to agree.
But since it is a single player game I also don't mind how people beat a boss. As long as they are having fun it is all fine in my opinion. 🙂
But since it is a single player game I also don't mind how people beat a boss. As long as they are having fun it is all fine in my opinion. 🙂Replying to
@SitaDulip@gamepad.club @aceattveg@gamepad.club Oh, yeah, I forgot about the fairy! (Just started the game)
So I should have said 5 dorks. But your description sounds better!
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@deinol@dice.camp I always heard Dwarf Fortress could lead to some interesting stories but I never expected the end of dwarven civilization as one of those.
Hope you and the other players can somehow turn this around!
I decided to watch Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood for the first time and the story certainly hits different now than when I was reading the manga as a teenager.
When I was a kid it was like: this equal trade thing is an interesting idea.
Now it is like: So much war crime/horrible things being done by order of/with the consent of the government!
The way the story is trying to convey its messages also feels a bit heavy handed.
Age sure changes one's perspectives on things!
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@maxalmonte14@indiehackers.social Depends on how much of a completionist you want to be.
If you don't mind skipping some of the substories (which are mostly repeating fights with some different cutscenes), not completing the entire encyclopedia, etc. not that long.
I did try to go for all the achievements though, which meant also doing quite a bit of grinding. So my time is about 153 hours. I am also not the fastest reader.
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@aceattveg@gamepad.club Thanks! I still wish it didn't come to that but I guess there wasn't any other way for the plot to work.
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@aceattveg@gamepad.club Same. I was still pretty much in denial until I got the normal ending.
That is when I couldn't turn my eyes away from reality anymore. Oh, well, it was a very good plot twist.
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@harrk@gamenook.net Yeah, it is hard at the beginning. But once you figure out what the monsters are doing and how to counter it then it doesn't become too bad.
Buying some gear from the Norende reconstruction effort also helps a lot.
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@aceattveg@gamepad.club Probably a good idea. I decided to do it now because otherwise I will have to wait until later to get some genomes.
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@matt@oliphaunt.social To me the size wasn't so much the problem as I was just scared that someone would steal it.
Specially because it was a special edition that had a cover from Fire Emblem Fates (the game that made me buy the 3DS too!)
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@aceattveg@gamepad.club And that is a complete valid option too.
The grind to me isn't too bad right now and I like figuring strategies to beat bosses.
I just need to try to not make the same mistake I did with the original and try to not grind *every* job to maximum level.
That is kind of the mistake I did with the remastered version of Final Fantasy Tactics and made me take a break from it...
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@aceattveg@gamepad.club Yeah, that and the dragon just wrecked me. I had to retry the dragon once and the first crystal boss twice.
I did have to use specials to beat both of them but to me it is a legit strategy since it is part of the game mechanics, they have a lot of HP and it isn't like it is an instant kill.
One thing I noticed with the first crystal boss though is once I had a couple of characters with shell it didn't seem to be using its magic attacks.
Dunno if it is because of the buff or smt
I moved to another town today. Right now everything is still a mess and in boxes. But over the next few weeks I will try to sort things out and turn this new place into my new home.
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@hellcatbanshee.bsky.social Once you have a better idea on how the gameplay works and what you want to do you can diversify more.
I *think* there is a way to reset the talent tree too but I don't remember for sure.
Later on there will also be some good cybernetics you can buy that you will open more options for how to tackle problems too.
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@dialancea.bsky.social *starts to have flashbacks* 
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@hellcatbanshee.bsky.social Yeah, it is a lot to take in at first.
I haven't played in a long time and don't have a save I can easily check now so I am not sure about the right terms either. But my suggestion would be to start off with some combat-related talents.
Just choose what kind of combat you want to focus early on, like if you want to shoot guns or go melee then pick the related ones. There will be a lot of combat early on and this will help you survive.