sym

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And here is the text for anyone interested: https://suttacentral.net/sn56.11/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin

Note that it starts with the following 3 times:
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā sambudhassa.
Homage to the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened one.

[–] sym@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago

Now this is real science!

[–] sym@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I did all of the moon and star doors, but on the sun doors I just passed the first level of each minigame. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens with Olivier in Erebonia. And poor Renne and her star door! Her discussion with Estelle and Joshua at the end was so bittersweet, think I teared up there.

[–] sym@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

In July I finished:

  • Trails in the Sky the 3rd . This was very good for the most part, but I prefered the story structure of 1 and 2. So much backstory for Kevin, by the end of the game your understanding of him has changed completely. Looking forward to starting a new arc with Trails from Zero next.
  • Nier Replicant . I returned to this about 8 months after reaching ending A to get the other endings. I like the world and story but the gameplay to get all of the endings was very repetitive.
  • Nier Automata . The gameplay of this one was much more enjoyable and varied than Nier Replicant, but I think the story was less interesting, though there were some nice twists. I was hoping for the characters from Replicant to play a more important role, but it was cool to see the same locations in the future.

I'm currently playing:

  • Atelier Meruru . I started this so long ago and it's been a struggle to get through it. Something about it makes it so I don't feel like playing it very often, but I enjoy it when I do. I'm focussing on it now to hopefully finish it in the next few days.

After that I'm not fully sure but I'm considering:

  • SaGa Frontier . I've only done one character's story so far (Red) so am curious to go back and try another character.
  • Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song . Never played this.
  • Tales of Symphonia . I started this ages ago and lost interest about 12 hours in when I had to go to another ranch. I didn't really like the combat system, but the world and characters were nice. I might go back and give it another chance.
  • Octopath Traveler . Another game which I lost interest in. I'm at about 10 hours and I think I've done the first story part for about 6 of the characters. The stories and characters are just a bit basic, and it annoys me how fights seem to take such a long time, even using the weaknesses against normal mobs, and then boss fights go on for like 15 minutes or something.
  • Disgaea . Never played any of this series.
  • Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age . The last mainline (non-MMO) Final Fantasy game I haven't played, excluding 16 since it's so recent.
  • Grandia . Played this as a kid and have nostalgia for it. I think I got stuck on a boss fight back then and didn't come anywhere close to finishing it. I used to run from every mob so I was always underleveled.