null Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, Armagon said: Oops Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benice Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, Sooks said: As someone who didn’t know of it before the launch controversy, where did the main hype for the game even stem from? You get to be a Punk who is cyber! Or...Something. I also had barely heard of it, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Nine hecking years of development. That's where a lot of it came from, from what I understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpica Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, Sooks said: As someone who didn’t know of it before the launch controversy, where did the main hype for the game even stem from? same developer as Witcher 3 + long hype period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interdimensional Observer Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, twilitfalchion said: Zelda as a series is overrated, tbh. That doesn't mean I dislike it. It's just that I think it doesn't deserve as much praise as it gets as a series. BotW is one of my favorite games I've played, but it doesn't deserve a perfect score by any means if you ask me. My long-asserted dogma concerning the Zelda franchise is that it is mild. Want puzzles? There are games with more complex ones. Want action? Zelda is far from a Bayonetta May Souls. Want exploration? Breath of the Wild and Wind Waker deserve mention here, but for the rest, you could find better. But, Zelda, for many, is pleasantly mild. I'm bad at action games, I don't want the intense stuff, I want more substance than pure peaceful exploration, and whilst I like puzzles, I'm not sure if I'd be any good with the old Professor Layton franchise. Narratively, they could step it up. Though not everyone wants JRPG turgidness, light and simple is readily digestible, and that ain't bad. American beer tastes changed from British ale to German lager not solely because the German immigrants were numerous, lager is significantly lighter in flavor than ale -so I've read in passing. 1 hour ago, Armagon said: I'd say it's a bit less praised than it seems. It's often regarded as part of Nintendo's big three but it does feel like there is a big gap between Mario/Pokemon and Zelda. Zelda doesn't sell that well in Japan either I think, I know it's a market of like 140 million compared to the United States alone having 310+ million in the West, but that doesn't count for everything. Maybe Japan considers Zelda the Big Fourth and Kirby is the Big Third. As a recent factoid on this, Age of Calamity has been outsold every week in Japan since its release by this.: Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! A railroad-themed (dentetsu means "railroad", densetsu, which almost the same in English, is ironically the Japanese for "legend" in "Legend of Zelda") Monopoly-like game developed by Konami, yes, the modern pachinko company. It has gone so far as to cross 1 million sales, sales that are 100% All-Nippon. 1 hour ago, Armagon said: I'd say though, I think Zelda is probably the purest fantasy adventure video game franchise out there. You could argue the same about Dragon Quest, I suppose, but it's not the same imo. JRPGs are more of a niche genre because they're longer, not so much pick-and-play, and have very wordy stories. Maybe the Japanese are more accepting of the genre, they certainly are of the DQ franchise, but for Western mass audiences, JRPGs can't compare. Japan might be more tolerant of older RPGs than Western gamers I heard once. So it was said in conversation wherein someone stated Japan actually prefers Earthbound Zero that Famicom/NES game to the GBA's Mother 3, that doyen of forbidden fruits for a cult of Western gamers. 52 minutes ago, twilitfalchion said: Kid Icarus Uprising is an underrated gem. If you haven't played it, do yourself a favor and play it. The dialogue alone is spectacular. True is a good light and breezy story, and perhaps it offers an idea of what a Zelda with better plot would be for you. Although, Zelda does try to be not so self-parodying as KIU. Bottomless Disney resources can't account for all of Pixar's 3D animation movie dominance, theres something to the general formula that works I would think, and KIU I suppose learned from it. Edited December 25, 2020 by Interdimensional Observer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Agreed on Zelda being simple in alot of ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Yeah, I would definitely agree with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lightchao42 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 It's that time of year again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooks Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 @Benice That one also didn't work. Maybe it has to be the same emulator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, Lightchao42 said: It's that time of year again! That whole sequence was equally awesome and hilarious... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punished Dayni Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Also, Linking this from the thread because it's so stupid it needs to be spread. (Spoilers for Rubenio's Berwick LP) Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) Some festive official Falcom art. 🎄 Edited December 25, 2020 by twilitfalchion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armagon Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said: Bottomless Disney resources can't account for all of Pixar's 3D animation movie dominance, theres something to the general formula that works I would think, and KIU I suppose learned from it. If we're looking at the Golden Age of Pixar, sure. But after Cars 2, Pixar's quality has been on a downward slope and never fully recovered. They still dominate, because Disney, but if a comparison is being made here, then we have to look at a specific age and not the whole of it. ...I'll admit, I don't really get your Pixar comparison here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said: Japan might be more tolerant of older RPGs than Western gamers I heard once. So it was said in conversation wherein someone stated Japan actually prefers Earthbound Zero that Famicom/NES game to the GBA's Mother 3, that doyen of forbidden fruits for a cult of Western gamers. If I recall correctly, most of Mother's notoriety in Japan has to do more with Shisegato Itoi himself than the games. As in, "Hey, look, Mr. Itoi made a video game, neat." kind of notoriety. Of course, outside Japan, specially in the US, you have that "Forbidden Fruit" angle due to lack of official releases for two thirds of the series (until the first game finally got one), and that the first two games were basically "Suburban Not-quite-America" for the setting, which would naturally appeal to Americans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armagon Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Path of Radiance doesn't feel like it's 30 chapters tbh. Probably because you can just breeze through it. Unless chapters 20-30 just ramp up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benice Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Sooks said: @Benice That one also didn't work. Maybe it has to be the same emulator? Hm. If you really care that much, I use mGBA, and it should work for that. (And I don't think I can transfer that save to your emulator system, sadly.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interdimensional Observer Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Armagon said: If we're looking at the Golden Age of Pixar, sure. But after Cars 2, Pixar's quality has been on a downward slope and never fully recovered. They still dominate, because Disney, but if a comparison is being made here, then we have to look at a specific age and not the whole of it. ...I'll admit, I don't really get your Pixar comparison here. Ignore it then. I dislike Disney actually, I'm not a fan of the stuff at all, haven't seen a film in decades from the company, and intentionally walk out of the room and tune my ears out if someone else is watching one and it isn't an impolite thing to do.😅 The attempted point was if that if there is a general vibe that good children's 3D animation has, and I do not know if there is, then from afar, it would seem like KIU has it. I shouldn't have said this in this first place, my mistake.😣 Edited December 25, 2020 by Interdimensional Observer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benice Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Is Flayn saying "Lettuce away"? 'Cause it really sounds like it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightcosmo Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 34 minutes ago, Armagon said: Path of Radiance doesn't feel like it's 30 chapters tbh. Probably because you can just breeze through it. Unless chapters 20-30 just ramp up. PoR, in my opinion, is probably one of the slowest, boring FE games out there. God, its terrible, but I'm glad you're enjoying it! To me, RD is the superior version, easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armagon Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said: I dislike Disney actually, I'm not a fan of the stuff at all, haven't seen a film in decades from the company, and intentionally walk out of the room and tune my ears out if someone else is watching one and it isn't an impolite thing to do.😅 Ah, I see. Although just to clarify, when you say you dislike Disney, are you specifically referring to Disney or do you include the properties they bought later down the line in that statement (Star Wars, Marvel, etc)? 39 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said: The attempted point was if that if there is a general vibe that good children's 3D animation has, and I do not know if there is, then from afar, it would seem like KIU has it. Ah, ok. 15 minutes ago, lightcosmo said: PoR, in my opinion, is probably one of the slowest, boring FE games out there. God, its terrible, but I'm glad you're enjoying it! Turning off animations and hitting fast forward does make it go faster but the latter can only be done on emulation. Honestly though, I gotta say, I'm 17 chapters in and PoR's gameplay is.......the most middle-of-the-road gameplay in the entire series. It's not amazing but it's not awful either. It's just right in the middle. Laguz meter sucks tho. Only reason it ain't super detrimental is because PoR is pretty easy but it's basically a worse version of FE1-3 Manaketes transformation. Edited December 25, 2020 by Armagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, Armagon said: Laguz meter sucks tho. Only reason it ain't super detrimental is because PoR is pretty easy but it's basically a worse version of FE1-3 Manaketes transformation. Are you using the Demi Band? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooks Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 I made a sporcle quiz. Huh. 1 hour ago, Benice said: Hm. If you really care that much, I use mGBA, and it should work for that. (And I don't think I can transfer that save to your emulator system, sadly.) I was just saying that might be the case. I could if I want to, but I’d rather iron man hard mode up to that point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Sporcle Quiz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrow Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Less then 30 minutes till Christmas day, I better get to bed.Merry Christmas Everyone! ❤️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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