Thebazilly

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[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There are maybe one or two quests that are actually urgently time sensitive. Don't be afraid to rest, the game will warn you if you're going to mess up a quest before it happens. Resting is also how you get a lot of important camp scenes with the companions.

Also, short rests will never mess up a quest. Do one after nearly every fight.

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 5 points 2 years ago

I need to swap Gale out on my evil run but I just can't give up that sweet, sweet fireball.

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Subnautica legitimately made me stop and stare at my screen with mouth agape at the wonder and terror of a glowing undersea behemoth. I've never had a game provoke pure awe like it does.

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 1 points 2 years ago

755 hours in Total War: Warhammer 2.

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 4 points 2 years ago

I will miss this spell being more OP than it had any right to be.

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I just want to be friends with all the companions but every single one of them keeps expecting me to kiss them. ):

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 62 points 2 years ago (9 children)

"Watch the Irishman Suffer" is practically it's own genre of Star Trek episode. Chief O'Brien needs a break, he's just a regular dude who has witnessed his own death too many times.

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Act 2 has some awesome chances to bypass boss fights entirely... if you can pass multiple conversation checks in a row. My rogue almost won the bar conversation, but when you need to succeed 6 times in a row, luck is just not on your side.

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've savescummed a couple checks... like the point where you meet Lae'zel. If you're a Paladin, you get a special Deception check to make the tieflings leave. Except, if you fail this check, there's no option to rescue Lae'zel without killing the tieflings, which causes you to break your oath.

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yoko Shimomura is my favorite Square Enix composer, hands down.

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, there are important plot reasons that the tadpoles in this game don't function quite how the lore implies they should.

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While I was playing Act 2 I kept having to take breaks every hour or so because the crippling decision paralysis was making me too stressed to continue.

 

I am desperate to discuss this game, it's possibly one of my top 3 Final Fantasy games.

The combat feels pretty great, I don't mind it being a Devil May Cry action system. It's really satisfying to chain together evades and teleports and blow up the screen with particle effects. The game really opens up as you get more abilities but it does take a while to get into the full scope of combat.

The sense of spectacle is amazing, I am a huge fan of kaiju movies, so I am all on board for 50 foot monster battles.

And the story and characters are so good! It's so refreshing to get a story where the protagonists want to make the world a better place by throwing down oppressive authority and are actually allowed to do so. Clive has a strong sense of honor and a very endearing dorky streak wrapped up behind all his emotional trauma and he's a great sympathetic protagonist. Cid is possibly one of the best Cids of all time (where did they find the absolute mutant that voices him?). Jill is a perfect complement to Clive, they are possibly the only two people who can fully understand each other.

Additional marks for letting everyone say "Fuck."

Please mark spoilers!

 

This spider got into my house this morning and I had to put it back out before the cat got it. It's about a half inch long and very fuzzy and cute.

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