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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    Whippy wrote: »
    Gonna be honest

    I'd rather not Google "where can I kill the pope"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murdered_popes
    John VIII (872–882): Allegedly poisoned and then clubbed to death[14]

    look

    being clubbed to death is not natural causes

    that is not an alleged murder

  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    I grabbed FF13 and 13-2 on the last Steam Sale. I couldn't make more then maybe half way through FF13. I like how it looks, I like how it plays even, though I wish it was more engaging, but man the characters and story are so awful. I just can't do it.

  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    Whippy wrote: »
    Gonna be honest

    I'd rather not Google "where can I kill the pope"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murdered_popes
    John VIII (872–882): Allegedly poisoned and then clubbed to death[14]

    look

    being clubbed to death is not natural causes

    that is not an alleged murder

    No no, he was clubbing so hard he died. Like twirling glow sticks, shots of snake juice, and just dub stepping as hard as a pope can.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited August 2015
    "allegedly" doesn't imply natural causes, not sure what you mean, Pip

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  • YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    FF14 Heavensward ending spoilers.
    You kill the Elf Pope after he becomes a God-King.

  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    "allegedly" doesn't imply natural causes, not sure what you mean, Pip

    I mean

    like

    how is being clubbed to death not fucking murder

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Bucketman wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    Whippy wrote: »
    Gonna be honest

    I'd rather not Google "where can I kill the pope"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murdered_popes
    John VIII (872–882): Allegedly poisoned and then clubbed to death[14]

    look

    being clubbed to death is not natural causes

    that is not an alleged murder

    No no, he was clubbing so hard he died. Like twirling glow sticks, shots of snake juice, and just dub stepping as hard as a pope can.

    https://youtu.be/pFS4zYWxzNA

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    Well I ain't got the manual now do I!

    Unless that's included in the Steam version

    Is it?

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited August 2015
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    "allegedly" doesn't imply natural causes, not sure what you mean, Pip

    I mean

    like

    how is being clubbed to death not fucking murder

    You're misunderstanding what alleged means, I think. It being alleged doesn't mean anything with regards to being or not being murder. It just means the source of the description of what happened is some person or people claiming that was what went down, without actually proving it.
    al·leged
    əˈlejd/
    adjective

    (of an incident or a person) said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality.
    "the alleged conspirators"
    synonyms: supposed, so-called, claimed, professed, purported, ostensible, putative, unproven
    "did Mr. Ramirez tell you what time this alleged crime took place?"

    It doesn't imply that the story is false either, though. Just that it is unproven.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    I actually booted it up on Steam to check. I don't see an option for the manual, no. I believe the PS3/PSP collection has the manuals, but I might be wrong.

    But if you'd bought the actual game back in the day it came with the manual, obviously. And now you have that option if you want to be faithful to the experience, or just looking it up on a wiki or FAQ.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User, Moderator mod
    apparently it's chrono trigger's 20th birthday today

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    Celebrate by spending hours on a quest for Beef Jerky

  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    Aha, they do come with the manuals! Just not in game or through steam.

    Steam > steamapps > common > sega classics > manuals

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    apparently it's chrono trigger's 20th birthday today

    The idea that Chrono Trigger came out a few days after the Mortal Kombat movie is odd to me

  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    apparently it's chrono trigger's 20th birthday today

    The idea that Chrono Trigger came out a few days after the Mortal Kombat movie is odd to me

    my brain cannot accept this

  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
  • YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    Okay, I picked up the FFX HD remake. Should I go with the original or the International version?

  • WybornWyborn GET EQUIPPED Registered User regular
    Reynolds wrote: »
    Aha, they do come with the manuals! Just not in game or through steam.

    Steam > steamapps > common > sega classics > manuals

    Just for the record

    Most SNES RPGs I've played communicate their systems clearly enough without need for the manual, so I'm still going to grumble about this

    But thanks, I'll read through it later

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  • YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    Wait, how the hell does this work?

  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    Yukira wrote: »
    Okay, I picked up the FFX HD remake. Should I go with the original or the International version?

    You get all the content of the international version regardless, you only have to choose between Sphere Grids

    The International Sphere Grid is tougher

  • YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    Will either let me rock a team of Lulu, Yuna and Riku?

  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    Yukira wrote: »
    Will either let me rock a team of Lulu, Yuna and Riku?

    ...Yes?

    Wait, first time playing FFX? You can switch out party members at any time

  • YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    It's been a while and I was kinda sure that was a thing. I'll go with standard.

  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    Enemies have types suited to individual characters, so it'll be quite a few hours (endgame, probably) before a team of just those three is viable

    The only character that doesn't have a matching enemy type is Kimahri because he's worthless and blue mages are worthless

  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    I'm the kind of person that always reads the manual before even turning the game on, and for our current manual-less games I always check online or ask first for anything I should know going in.

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  • silence1186silence1186 Character shields down! As a wingmanRegistered User regular
    Reynolds wrote: »
    I'm the kind of person that always reads the manual before even turning the game on, and for our current manual-less games I always check online or ask first for anything I should know going in.

    I'm the exact opposite. I dive right in, hope there's a tutorial, and hope the tutorial's not awful. Otherwise, figure it out as you go along!

  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    Although in Shin Megami Tensei 2 you get to kill god specifically

    http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/YHVH

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu2op9bM-bo

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    edited August 2015
    Yukira wrote: »
    It's been a while and I was kinda sure that was a thing. I'll go with standard.

    Standard is a little easier, I think, because I noticed some character (particularly Tidus) get more HP spheres earlier on.

    In my short-lived expert grid playthrough, Tidus was made of goddamn paper. Even Rikku was thougher.

    As for what everyone is best at, I give a rundown of it in my OP for the FFX HD thread I made when it was released

    The basics, though:
    Tidus is good at hitting fast, ground creatures (like the dog-lookin' creatures) and has multiple skills that mess with the turn order
    Wakka is super-accurate, so he's best at hitting flying creatures
    Yuna is your healer and can summon Aeons if you just wanna nuke a fucker into oblivion
    Lulu is the black mage and is great for killing flans and anything that has an elemental weakness
    Rikku is the fastest character in the game; she doesn't do much damage, but she can Steal/Mug (which kills most machina instantly) and use a WAY larger variety of items to do any role you might need (also, her Mix Overdrive is the most powerful in the game)
    Kimahri is...a blue mage and starts in the middle of the sphere grid, so you can make him into any type of character you want. Except it'll take him a long time until he's ever on par with the other characters, so you can just ignore him if you want and it won't matter.

    Also, keep in mind that Wakka, Tidus and Rikku are the only ones that can fight underwater, so you'll want to keep those three levelled up

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  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    Auron was good at hitting armored enemies, right?

  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    Moth 13 wrote: »
    Auron was good at hitting armored enemies, right?

    Fuck, yeah, I knew I was forgetting a party member

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    Moth 13 wrote: »
    Auron was good at hitting armored enemies, right?

    Right

    Example of how dumb Kimahri is:

    I just found him in the desert, and he repeatedly tries walking up a steep sand dune, sliding back down it, and repeating the process, finally shaking his head wondering "Why isn't this working?"

  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    there are underwater fights?

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User, Moderator mod
    yeah there's a few brief underwater segments

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    i can't wait for them to say "there's a new class coming to ff14" and everyone goes "yaaaay" and they say "it's blue mage" and everyone goes "......oh."

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  • StiltsStilts Registered User regular
    i can't wait for them to say "there's a new class coming to ff14" and everyone goes "yaaaay" and they say "it's blue mage" and everyone goes "......oh."

    I'd really like a Chemist for a non-caster healer

    Or a Red Mage or Geomancer for a caster tank

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  • chocoboliciouschocobolicious Registered User regular
    Blue mage is still one of the most consistently popular classes in final fantasy.

    I can see nothing but enthusiasm when they finally add it. Which I figure they eventually will.

    It was pretty great in XI.

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  • YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    The character role breakdown helps. I vaguely remembered Yuna's, Lulu's and Rikku's roles.

  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    Blue mage was so awesome in FFXI

    Itd be hard to do in such a different mmo but I bet they could make something pretty dang cool.

  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Blue Mage is fine. Kimahri sucked because he was Kimahri.

  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    Usually if there's some kind of ridiculously game breaking strategy or setup, it's being of the blue Mage functionality. I don't like blue mages

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