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this is a "Does he know?" moment Also, F for Engage. Banned because I re-reflect with Mirror Coat.

The countries which have likely been invaded the most are China and India.

Banned because what game melts your skin?

Oh, sorry to hear that... 'Morning!

OP is updated! ...Oh, the main title is more visible now. Definitely a good change, but... Welp.

Yup! I'm all OK with that. Sooner is better than later, of course, but I'm happy to wait.

Who are you and what have you done to my Dad?!

Slay. Excellent! I'm glad it sounds like you're doing well.

Hiya! What've I missed? Also, to those blessed by being able to play Engage, so far, do you think that it'd be a good game to ironman or no?

Likely enjoys hugs!

Sorry to keep stalking your playthrough, but do you have the Obatarian yet? Banned because I managed to sweep somebody in OU using Crabominable. I am too proud of this.

Banned for being a based Majima enjoyer.

Banned for being based. And also banned because I can see everybody's member titles again!

Thanks for all the work y'all are putting in! I really appreciate it. Nonetheless, I'm glad that there'll be nothing but Blue Skies from now on!

Wait hold on where is everyone seeing the member titles

My personal favorites are "For some reason, only females have been found. It creates a reverse harem of male Salandit that it lives with." "Salazzle lives deep in caves and forces the Salandit it has attracted with its pheromones to serve it." ...Gamefreak knew exactly what they were doing with this one.

Banned because the Commodore 64 is so precious, 64 KB of RAM is too cute for this world.

Welcome to the forest! We hope that you'll have a great day and that you'll enjoy your stay.

Banned because I don't quite understand how ranks work, since I seem to be getting them a bit at random, but I do like the fun colours. Prayge that Akiyama is in LAD8 Also prayge that he takes his pants off instead of his shirt.

Y'all are Engageposting faster than I can read

Banned for being correct.

Banned because if I had a million dollars,

It's wonderful! We hope that you'll have a great day and that you'll enjoy your stay.

How does it not disprove the rule? It proves that an effective and popular JRPG does not need a major story to become what it is. It also proves that style, music, and visuals all play a major role in defining games. Is it bad that I only know Fallout out of all of these, and I only know that from Country Roads Many famous JRPGs put lots of stock into story, as do many famous games. It isn't a distinct requirement either for being well-known or "good". I only know much about one game on this list too, so I can't actually speak to their qualities. I don't actually understand what your point here is, and I apologize; all I got from this is "J/RPGs normally have a lot of story". Which... Yeah, there's no point in arguing that, since it's true that many J/RPGs do put a lot in their stories. This doesn't mean anything for Engage, though. Engage not being a standard JRPG doesn't make it bad, since it has never at any point purported to be a standard JRPG: It's also an SRPG at the very same time, and it's leaning into the S a lot; we've known this for a long time. You're looking at a penguin and criticizing it for being a bad bird because it doesn't fly. Ah, phew. LMAO I'd also note that what most people love about is the music and style: It's not just a story that makes a game.

Not entirely- JRPGs like Pokemon generally are fairly light on the story, yet do extremely well on the basis of visual design, concept, and gameplay. Being part of a genre does not being everything that defines a genre- Some platformers opt for a more story-based approach, for example, some beat-em-ups like Revengeance, are more arcadey, while some, like Yakuza, go way off into the story side of things. Games as a medium are not singularly story, nor characters, nor gameplay, though they can become renowned for any of those things- Tetris has literally no story, yet it remains culturally iconic. Ace Attorney has almost no gameplay, yet it remains culturally iconic. The Souls series goes very light on storytelling and characters*, yet it is extremely culturally iconic. *It technically does have a story and stuff, but we only know about it because of a Youtube channel that talks about the lore. For me, many of my favorite games are my favorite games primarily for story- Yakuza 0, K2, and LAD in particular absolutely rocked me. Others, it is for the setting or gameplay- Skyward Sword's story is pretty generic (though I still love it), but the world's design, the puzzles, the music... They make up for it in my eyes. I love Berwick Saga for its gameplay and for its story and characters, I love Binding Blade for its gameplay, I love Radiant Dawn for its story at some parts and its gameplay at others. Having not played Engage, I have no horse in this race- But what you're doing right now is treating Engage, a game focused (I think) on gameplay and being a high-fantasy, campy and silly lil' adventure, as if it's supposed to be a game focused on narrative, when there's pretty much nothing that says it's supposed to be that and nothing that indicates that it wants to be that- And if you can tell me that a game with frickin' Hortensia as one of the antagonists is trying to take itself super seriously, then... Well, I'd be rather surprised, at least.