consensus seems to be octopath traveler for the old school style actionDQXI looks amazing and you know what you're going to get
note that i haven't played either
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 24 February 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link
i think i read a bit too much about octopath traveler before i got a switch and bought into the backlash. i should probably just get it b/c i like old grindy jrpgs
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 24 February 2019 20:41 (five years ago) link
do you want turn based or action jrpg?
― ciderpress, Sunday, 24 February 2019 21:32 (five years ago) link
DQXI is more old school than octopath gameplay wise, theres not really anything in it that couldn't have been in a 90s game other than the graphics. whereas octopath's combat system builds off of mechanics from more recent stuff like persona and bravely default, it feels a lot more modern to play even if the presentation is retro
― ciderpress, Sunday, 24 February 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
i think they're both good not great games but if you want a standard turn based jrpg they're the options
― ciderpress, Sunday, 24 February 2019 21:49 (five years ago) link
theres also the actual best jrpg on the system, xenoblade 2, if youre open to something much weirder
― ciderpress, Sunday, 24 February 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
i will eventually play octopath. unfortuanately i will never play xenoblade due to the battle sounds/speech. holy shit, not for me. it's too bad because i've enjoyed the small bits of the xeno series that i've played
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 24 February 2019 22:06 (five years ago) link
i prefer turn-based, but i'm open to weirder combat systems. a terrible aesthetic will ruin the game for me, though, which is why i'm hesitant to buy xenoblade 2. i suspect i will think DQXI is a great game. i love persona 5, played through a lot of it on a friend's ps4
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 24 February 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
dont think persona has much bearing on anything else here, its in a different school of jrpg
― ciderpress, Sunday, 24 February 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
Shin Megami Tensei 5 should be coming later this year, I think it is the only game from the initial Switch reveal that hasn't been released yet?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 25 February 2019 00:26 (five years ago) link
oh and Valkyria Chronicles is currently on sale for €9.99/£7.99 in EU eshops, well worth playing if you haven't already
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 25 February 2019 00:32 (five years ago) link
I don’t think there’s any particular reason to expect SMTV this year
― Norm’s Superego (silby), Monday, 25 February 2019 00:36 (five years ago) link
shh I'm being optimistic!
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 25 February 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
any atlus announcements will happen late march at sega's event thing
― ciderpress, Monday, 25 February 2019 01:22 (five years ago) link
Tune in on 2/27 at 6am PT for roughly 7 minutes of new information in a livestreamed #Pokemon Direct presentation!https://t.co/d1Xx3bDbhq pic.twitter.com/BEwvJi8BFi— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 26, 2019
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 15:28 (five years ago) link
My kids can officially kick my butt at SSBU all the time now. Need to practice more. Any tips? They are into the harsh tournament style 1:1 with no weapons or spirits.
― DJI, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 00:03 (five years ago) link
hop online!
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 00:20 (five years ago) link
Seems pretty laggy online, at least according to my kids...
― DJI, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 00:25 (five years ago) link
well I guess you should grind it out against your kids and git gud~
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 00:35 (five years ago) link
which chars do you like to play? all the anime sword dudes are pretty easy because their normal attacks have bigger hitboxes
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 00:44 (five years ago) link
more seriously I'd say make sure you know how to shield, grab, throw, use your normal (A button) attacks and aerial attacks. When my sister and I were small playing Smash on N64 I'm pretty sure we only believed in special (B button) attacks for a long time.
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 00:47 (five years ago) link
like not use them well necessarily just get the inputs down.
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 00:48 (five years ago) link
I’m getting there. Back in the day, we would play 4-player free-for-alls with weapons so it never felt that bad to lose. Much worse in a 1:1 battle. I’ve been using Ganandorf and I can beat L9 CPUs like 25% of the time. My kids play faster characters and have gotten really evilly good at spiking and edge-guarding. I think that’s my next frontier, but that shit feels particularly cruel.
― DJI, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 01:48 (five years ago) link
it's just part of the game, think of it like having someone stuck in the corner in a trad fighter
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 05:39 (five years ago) link
pokemon direct in a few mins
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 13:54 (five years ago) link
Pokemon sword & shield
game world looks based on England
looks pretty nice for a Pokemon game but not revolutionary
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
grookey > sobble >>> scorbunny
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
gotta say i disagree w/ you entirely
scorbunny > sobble >>> grookey
all three of them look like professor layton characters
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 16:36 (five years ago) link
sobble > scorbunny >>> grookey for me
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 16:39 (five years ago) link
high five on putting the green chimpanzee at the bottom too. what is this, pokemon or survey monkey dot com?
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
are you guys having strokes
xp
― PaulDananVEVO (||||||||), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:27 (five years ago) link
'scorbunny' sounds like a gross website or an english countryside depending on how you pronounce it. neither is acceptable.
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:30 (five years ago) link
also, fucking green chimpanzee would be called groopanzee and wouldn't have a tail. visit a goddamn zoo.
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
groozee is a cool name, actually
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
like saying 'thank you' incorrectly but also adorably
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
i said chimp because polygon reported "Grookey, the grass type, is described as a mischievous, curious chimp" so checkmate, mr primate pedant
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 18:32 (five years ago) link
"I said trump because facebook reported "hillary hid the bodies" so checkmate, america
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
"
now we see the true stakes
what
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 22:04 (five years ago) link
you should have checked snopes.com to see if grookey really is a chimp. you would have found a soundcloud of the bestie boys singing "grass monkey. that funky monkey." is my point.
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 22:27 (five years ago) link
thread got weird
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 28 February 2019 15:15 (five years ago) link
pokemon will do that
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 February 2019 15:38 (five years ago) link
i was trying to have a comically serious argument w/ will m about the best new pokemon. perhaps the cohen testimony leaked in too much.
― say it with sausages (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:19 (five years ago) link
yeah man once you got american about it i was like, my maple leaf ass cannot keep up anymore
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
also someone pointed out to me that the blue one is making the pikachu meme face, and now I AM MAKING THE PIKACHU MEME FACE
― they're not booing you, sir, they're shouting "Boo'd Up" (Will M.), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:21 (five years ago) link
it is still wild to me that this is now where we're at with handheld graphics
https://i.imgur.com/X70jLk4.jpg
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 06:21 (five years ago) link
Sure, but with a decent designer it can look as good as titles of old.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 5 March 2019 07:17 (five years ago) link
both games on my wishlist, Fe and Gris, are on sale
― na (NA), Friday, 8 March 2019 15:12 (five years ago) link
thanks for the heads up, been waiting for Gris.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 8 March 2019 15:16 (five years ago) link