Serenes Forest's Teehee Thread

[Punished Dayni]

18 hours ago, Ghost_06_ said:

 That right there is some implying.

Everybody else rushing to bonk, meanwhile this is clearly the beginning.

 

16 hours ago, Ghost_06_ said:

And yes, I lied.

14 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Graphically, the game is a little weird. There is something retro to it, akin to the sprites of SNES FF but in 3D, but it's also like Bravely failed to realize it was not longer a portable franchise.

I mean, the Switch can be handheld (It primarily is for me), so technically.....

13 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Contrariwise, there is the game I heard of called World End's Club. Wherein reviewers said "play the demo, and then don't buy the full game". Because the segment of the game covered by the demo, is precisely all of the game worth anyone's time. It is all downhill afterwards, despite having two independently solid writers collaborate on the story.

Spoiler

Dayum, people really didn't like after the death game huh?

Me, I was just not convinced after playing that opening.

12 hours ago, Ghost_06_ said:

play Dragon Age: Origins!

Seeing as I have the PS3 version, I'll ask a different question: Have you played the third one and if so what are your thoughts on it?

11 hours ago, Ghost_06_ said:

Crossing my fingers we get shower seggs next chapter

 I mean, you tell us this is from non-pornographic material, yet you keep putting up images for implying more serious things will occur.

Curious.

This is enough for me to demand you cease your attack. With force.

10 hours ago, Ghost_06_ said:

It's about a teenage love triangle. A boy likes a girl, but the girl likes his friend. The girl declares herself to her friend, and the friend says he's going to kiss her to test something. The MC sees them kissing by chance and doesn't talk to his friend and can't talk to the girl anymore. The friend moves and leaves the school. Years pass, now in high school, the MC decides to approach the girl again and declare himself to her, only a new girl comes along who claims to know them and, well, I don't want to spoil the surprise. Like all of Shuzo Oshimi's previous works, it deals with the author's own complicated relationship with gender, masculinity, femininity, love, and lust.

Reading the summary I can suppose what happens and I have to say I I wonder what parts particularly occurred in the author' life to inspire this.

10 hours ago, twilitfalchion said:

Love can blossom in the bedroom behind closed doors, thanks very much

and love is a government construct anyway

No, sexual acts may stay so, don't tell people they can't hold hands in public anymore!

Also, love is a government construct? I hope it's a joke.

10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO ONE ASKED?!??!

I wasn't watching anime at that age. Mostly because I was in second level and thus couldn't watch any of the wave of dubbed stuff that was being shown at that stage because I'd be too late getting back.

And no, they really didn't ask. Was it so traumatic that seeing it brought it right up?

9 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

The women's finals ended intensely between two young and promising athletes; the men's between the two best players in the world, and it ended lopsidedly miserably.

From what I've seen of it it was intense, but it was still convincingly won by Emma Raducanu (whose surname I did have to look up). The men's was that bad though?

7 hours ago, Ghost_06_ said:

  The absolute incest on this.

Jeez.

3 hours ago, Acacia Sgt said:

Various legends sprout as a result, the most famous being how one of them wrapped himself with the Mexican flag and jumped off the Castle, which is located atop a forestry hill, in an effort to prevent it from being taken by the invading forces.

A for effort?

  Part of me wonders if some of those cadets had actually left and just disappeared from history afterwards.

On 9/11/2021 at 9:15 AM, Saint Rubenio said:

I'll be waiting.

I might have to concede defeat. I kinda had an idea that morning, but I lost that drive on it after the event that was Saturday and I am stuck on the first hurdle when coming back to it now. My apologies.

[Armagon]

So far, the worst part about Tales of Arise is the villains. Which isn't a surprise honestly, some cosmic force in the universe prevents this series from having actually good villains.

Also the boss fights kinda suck honestly. It's like less bad Ys 7 bosses.

[Shrimpica]

7 minutes ago, Armagon said:

Which isn't a surprise honestly, some cosmic force in the universe prevents this series from having actually good villains

Arthur was good. Although him being a Villain is debatable. That's more Velvet's thing

15 minutes ago, Armagon said:

Also the boss fights kinda suck honestly.

I actually like them so far. Proper patterns, unique actions, etc.

Although not a fan of the DPS check every major boss seems to have.

And while i like the CP system, with sucky Ai it doesn't really work tbh. Like the Ai just drop like flies and when i need healing all 300+ cp are gone

[Armagon]

7 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

Arthur was good

Had like no screentime.

7 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

Although not a fan of the DPS check every major boss seems to have.

That's the main reason why I don't like them. Everything else would be fine if they didn't have like a gazillion HP while you deal scratch damage to them, even with good up-to-date equipment.

The other issue I have with bosses is that they all have super armor and even when you manage to down them, they amount of time they stay down is so short that it's not worth the effort it took to get there.

9 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

i need healing all 300+ cp are gone

CP not being renewable in fights (outside of items) is probably my least favorite mechanic of the game. At least let me earn some of it back with every successful Boost.

[Lightcosmo]

15 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

Although not a fan of the DPS check every major boss seems to have.

This is always kinda a Tales of thing i think? At least Vesperia and after are, that's for sure.

[Saint Rubenio]

The luck I've had in 3-main in this run was amazing. Well, and my plays didn't help, as usual. I spent way too long trying to capture Fermat. Stupid RNG, the first time I managed to cripple him, Sylvis missed a 75% and then Orbell died to a 25%. Fsss.

On the other hand, I captured Agvan with little trouble, and Ruby somehow managed to kill Garos and get a nearly perfect level from it. So I guess that evens things out.

[Interdimensional Observer]

6 hours ago, Acacia Sgt said:

the place was still full of cadets, all aged 12 to 19 years old. Despite most of them being evacuated prior to the battle, quite a few number opted to stay and fight, in addition to some of the graduates, most also not even having turned 20 yet.

I didn't read the rest of this, but I take it they valiantly overcame impossible odds against an evil empire, and eventually deposed its emperor after he suffused himself with godly power?

-If anime logic were real.

 

2 hours ago, Dayni said:

The men's was that bad though?

It was the 1st and 2nd best players in the world. The 2nd best player won every set, exactly 4-6/4-6/4-6. The sad thing is the 1st place guy (not going to try spelling his name) had won the 3 prior Opens (Australian, French, English) this year, so he would've completed a sweep of the Grand Slam, at what must be nearing the end of his tennis career. But, he had been losing the first set consistently over the course of this particular tournament, and then a lousy call made this notorious hothead so angry as to smash a racket. Inability to withstand the pressure and cool his mind seems to have gotten to him. It was hard to watch after the second set was one.

I was told by another watcher in the same room as me, that tennis oddly does not allow consultation with coaches during breaks in a match. Most other sports do, perhaps having perspective and the support of another could've made an impact, to what extent is always unknown.

 

1 hour ago, lightcosmo said:

This is always kinda a Tales of thing i think? At least Vesperia and after are, that's for sure.

Abyss on Unknown difficulty I think. I never played on that, but I remember reading how Unknown's inflation of enemy defense values is massive to the point of having to grind to deal more than 1 damage per hit to the fairly early boss of Arietta.

 

1 hour ago, Armagon said:

Which isn't a surprise honestly, some cosmic force in the universe prevents this series from having actually good villains.

Xillia ends up with a better villain, relatively for the franchise. And Symphonia... I have feelings that aren't hate, dislike, or boredom towards the villain, feelings that make me possibly like them, but it's hard to say without giving away the entire plot.

 

1 hour ago, Armagon said:

CP not being renewable in fights (outside of items) is probably my least favorite mechanic of the game. At least let me earn some of it back with every successful Boost.

Using the use of "C" here makes me see the phrase "Chain Capacity". And yet what you and Shrimpy explain here is nothing like the Graces concept.

I know traditional Tales combat jives with you like pancakes coated in french toast batter slathered with maple syrup in my stomach, but I'm tossing out a quick vid b/c it better shows Chain Capacity as a mechanic than me wasting words explaining how it works.:

Chain Capacity was an attempt to abolish TP, which I very much appreciate. Since Artes make fighting in Tales fun, having to hold back because TP is finite and rely on boring normal hits isn't. Since you have to wait a moment for CC to regenerate, it limits one's ability to keep the enemy trapped in an endless combo, which is balancing, but you're free to use all the Artes you want.

[null]

3 hours ago, Dayni said:

No, sexual acts may stay so, don't tell people they can't hold hands in public anymore!

Also, love is a government construct? I hope it's a joke.

eh, most of the time I'm just joking when I say stuff like that

though perhaps 06 could keep his totally not hentai:tm: to himself

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Eh, I quite like the bosses so far in Arise. The combat is fun enough that I don't mind if they take a while to defeat.

[Benice]

'Morning!

[Saint Rubenio]

I thought this Berwick challenge wasn't going to really do much of anytihng until later, but I just beat chapter 3 and already I had my forces spread thin in order to be able to deploy everyone at least once. Only units I was able to re-deploy were Ruby and Elbert in the horse map. Mostly because I want Ruby recruited and promoted ASAP so Clifford doesn't ruin my finances. Speaking of finances, hiring every mercenary every map is going to be so fucking painful.

[null]

I have yet to play as Rinwell, but it'll be nice have more party members to switch through. Alphen's kit is fun, but variety is also nice.

[DodgeDusk]

So, done Chapter 15. More updates:

1. Hinata is a level 18 Oni with capped Speed (18) and 24 Defence.
2. I don't know if I prefer Reina or Gunter; one the one hand, Gunter's bulk is great and his personal skill makes Corrin a lot better in late-game, but Reina has 8 movement on a flier with effectively 25 Speed on initiation at base. Woman's insane. She'll probably be a huge boon for Chapter 24 too. Shame she came with E rank in bows, though... and a Steel Yumi...
3. Reclassed Hayato to an Oni for the memes.
4. Takumi wtih Point Blank at base is fucking busted, what the fuck.
5, Kaden died as a green unit, rip.
6. Hana needs to gain more Speed. Like, wow, she's strong, but I may have to use the Practice Katana. 18 Speed at level 17 seems below average.

Edited September 13, 2021 by DodgeDusk

[Sidereal Wraith]

I think that maybe Ghost_06 needs an exorcism.

[DodgeDusk]

https://ibb.co/album/ypqkjh

Unt album, if anyone cares.

[Lightcosmo]

1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Abyss on Unknown difficulty I think. I never played on that, but I remember reading how Unknown's inflation of enemy defense values is massive to the point of having to grind to deal more than 1 damage per hit to the fairly early boss of Arietta

Thats fair, although thats usually NG+ only, so thats different.

[Acacia Sgt]

4 hours ago, Dayni said:

A for effort?

  Part of me wonders if some of those cadets had actually left and just disappeared from history afterwards.

At least half of them are confirmed dead, thanks to records from the American soldiers who participated in the battle. And at least six appropriately sized remains were found when the pits were dug up precisely to find their remains.

All things considered, they were among the ones who refused to leave in the initial evacuation of the cadets before the battle, I highly doubt they went AWOL in the aftermath. Considering 40 cadets were recorded to have survived the battle, and most records have it that 47 stayed.

1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

I didn't read the rest of this, but I take it they valiantly overcame impossible odds against an evil empire, and eventually deposed its emperor after he suffused himself with godly power?

-If anime logic were real.

Ha! As if.

This only happens in video games:

Well, not that often, as it's not like the M-A War is the focus of many ahistorical stuff. Unless it's to ramp up the American victory on steroids. This is why I rarely read AH's anymore. Most are Ameriwank fetishes.

Edited September 13, 2021 by Acacia Sgt

[Interdimensional Observer]

11 minutes ago, DodgeDusk said:

Reclassed Hayato to an Oni for the memes.

Shouldn't be too bad actually, 30% Str growth, 40% Def, 45% Spd, and 50% HP all sound workable. And judging from his stats, it is viable, barring that horrendous single-digit Skl.

 

4 minutes ago, lightcosmo said:

Thats fair, although thats usually NG+ only, so thats different.

I might also apply to Hard as well. I forget, I didn't play on Hard in Abyss.

 

53 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Speaking of finances, hiring every mercenary every map is going to be so fucking painful.

Then promise you'll pay them, but then make up excuses to delay actually giving them the money. It worked IRL, for like 3-6 months. Eventually they'll go on strike and demand back pay, but you should have time to use them for more pressing matters before that happens.

 

2 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

Well, not that often, as it's not like the M-A War is the focus of many ahistorical stuff. Unless it's to ramp up the American victory on steroids. This is why I rarely read AH's anymore. Most are Ameriwank fetishes.

Nobody cares about the little guys. (Though that recent Humankind game does throw Mexico into the Industrial era as a culture pick.) And what idiots would seize more of Mexico? Racists, who would respond to the drastic increase in American diversity and related social tensions in society that further conquests would've inevitably brought, by simply oppressing/killing the Mexicans? -Probably, I would imagine. 

[Acacia Sgt]

1 minute ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Nobody cares about the little guys. (Though that recent Humankind game does throw Mexico into the Industrial era as a culture pick.) And what idiots would seize more of Mexico? Racists, who would respond to the drastic increase in American diversity and related social tensions in society that further conquests would've inevitably brought, by simply oppressing/killing the Mexicans? -Probably, I would imagine. 

Actually, it was the racists back then who were against taking more of Mexico than what they did historically. There was an "All Mexico" movement to just outright annex the entire country, or push the boundary of the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty as far south as Tampico, but it didn't pan out. Because racists didn't wanted more non-WASPs in the country. It's not like they could just enslave us like the African-Americans, and we were still a step above the Natives Americans whom they didn't mind to exterminate and put the survivors in reservations.

It was mostly the Slavers who wanted more land to expand slavery into. The racists wanted less Mexican-filled land. This is why they only took the north, since it was the most unpopulated parts of the country. By Mexicans at least.

[Interdimensional Observer]

1 minute ago, Acacia Sgt said:

Actually, it was the racists back then who were against taking more of Mexico than what they did historically. There was an "All Mexico" movement to just outright annex the entire country, or push the boundary of the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty as far south as Tampico, but it didn't pan out. Because racists didn't wanted more non-WASPs in the country. It's not like they could just enslave us like the African-Americans, and we were still a step above the Natives Americans whom they didn't mind to exterminate and put the survivors in reservations.

It was mostly the Slavers who wanted more land to expand slavery into. The racists wanted less Mexican-filled land. This is why they only took the north, since it was the most unpopulated parts of the country. By Mexicans at least.

Ah, so the expansionist wing was split. My mistake for tossing all supremacists in the same basket.

I'm aware the state of New Mexico had its borders specifically designed to capture as many of the non-Californian Mexicans within the confines of a single state, and remain within the guidelines of the US Southwest having neatly geometrical states of similar sizes.

[Shrimpica]

Ya know, now that i finished the 3rd real, the best way i can describe so far is

''Standard''

Is in it's a standard classic JRPG you don't see much these days. Except modernized unlike Dragon Quest

[Venger_06]

16 hours ago, Armagon said:

I never watched it myself but I later found out that the anime's ending is actually the bad ending of the visual novel it's based on.

Why they chose to adapt the bad ending, I have no idea but it made for some memes.

5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

The anime is largely considered to be dumb and bad and filled with nothing but unlikeable characters that are impossible to root for. Even those who enjoy the original VN don't like it, as 06 proved in his response to me yesterday. Nobody would've watched it and it would've sunk into obscurity in no time at all... If it wasn't for the ending. To this day, people still remember the ending. People watched the anime solely because of the ending. The ending is what saved the anime from being buried underneath the waves of bland romance animes that are all the same boring thing.

If anything, I have to give my regards to the anime's creators. They made something that is widely viewed as bad and ugly and yet it still managed to latch on to some recognition by virtue of having the weirdest, most out-of-left-field ending imaginable. Not too shabby!

Long story short, the School Days VN is a deconstruction of the harem genre works that were prevalent before it. The choices the player make tailor the game, and Makoto's only an asshole if you choose to be. There's 30 endings, and only 3 are bad. The anime, however, poorly adapted an amalgamation of routes and then created a new ending based on one of three.

5 hours ago, Dayni said:

Seeing as I have the PS3 version, I'll ask a different question: Have you played the third one and if so what are your thoughts on it?

I got all trophies in Inquisition. TL;DR: It's a good game (with its problems, of course), but the franchise has been moving away from what it was before.

Story: Dragon Age 2 > Origins > Inquisition

Gameplay: Origins > Inquisition > 2

5 hours ago, Dayni said:

That right there is some implying.

Everybody else rushing to bonk, meanwhile this is clearly the beginning.

5 hours ago, Dayni said:

I mean, you tell us this is from non-pornographic material, yet you keep putting up images for implying more serious things will occur.

Curious.

This is enough for me to demand you cease your attack. With force.

You can't defeat me.

2 hours ago, twilitfalchion said:

though perhaps 06 could keep his totally not hentai:tm: to himself

It. is. not. a. fucking. hentai.

5 hours ago, Dayni said:

Reading the summary I can suppose what happens and I have to say I I wonder what parts particularly occurred in the author' life to inspire this.

[Saint Rubenio]

1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Then promise you'll pay them, but then make up excuses to delay actually giving them the money. It worked IRL, for like 3-6 months. Eventually they'll go on strike and demand back pay, but you should have time to use them for more pressing matters before that happens.

I dunno, man. Then I have to pay other mercenaries to protect me from the angry mercenaries I duped in the first place. Sounds like an awfully inconvenient deal, if you ask me.

18 minutes ago, Ghost_06_ said:

Long story short, the School Days VN is a deconstruction of the harem genre works that were prevalent before it. The choices the player make tailor the game, and Makoto's only an asshole if you choose to be. There's 30 endings, and only 3 are bad. The anime, however, poorly adapted an amalgamation of routes and then created a new ending based on one of three.

From what I remember of watching the anime, Makoto was a selfish, cold-hearted piece of shit there. Guessing they adapted the worst possible route. Maybe they figured it'd make the anime more memorable. Which, to their credit, it did.

18 minutes ago, Ghost_06_ said:

It. is. not. a. fucking. hentai.

Hey, language, what happened to your complaints about this place being a swear fest?

Quote

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

I dunno, man. Sure, it looks innocent enough at first glance. However, if you rearrange the letters the right way... "Okaeri Alice" turns into "i lick ero aea." If we correct the typo (which no doubt originated from the creator having his dominant hand too full to write, and being forced to use his non-dominant hand to write the title), suddenly it becomes "i lick ero area," which is a clear innuendo of lewd intent that even a child could recognize as such.

In conclusion, you cannot fool me, 06. It's a hentai.

Edited September 13, 2021 by Saint Rubenio

[Lightcosmo]

1 hour ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

I might also apply to Hard as well. I forget, I didn't play on Hard in Abyss.

Ah okay, I played on Normal as well. 

I can say for Vesperia, as long as Yuri is around, ripping through boss HP isnt too bad. Rita helps alot as well. If you don't use either of them... Well, have fun. 

[Punished Dayni]

1 hour ago, DodgeDusk said:

4. Takumi wtih Point Blank at base is fucking busted, what the fuck.

This is unsurprising.

1 hour ago, DodgeDusk said:

3. Reclassed Hayato to an Oni for the memes.

I find it weird it still somewhat worked for me on Birthright Hard.

27 minutes ago, Ghost_06_ said:

I got all trophies in Inquisition. TL;DR: It's a good game (with its problems, of course), but the franchise has been moving away from what it was before.

Different isn't necessarily going to lead a game to a bad end, but I assume it changed a fair bit about the combat?

23 minutes ago, Ghost_06_ said:

Story: Dragon Age 2 > Origins > Inquisition

Oooh.

I'm curious to hear about this, because I know 2 gets trashed for quite a bit to the point that specifics are lost in the process, but what works in the story to your mind?

24 minutes ago, Ghost_06_ said:

I was expecting that he'd ended up in relationship with a trans woman. This is certainly a more introspective contextualising of his life and better for that.

24 minutes ago, Ghost_06_ said:

You can't defeat me.

I'd rather not start unleashing on you.

Stop resisting.

[Venger_06]

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