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[imYuna!]

I played Dragon Quest I on an emulator, but I had no idea where to go, and it felt pretty on-rails, so I ended up dropping it. Which entries in Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy actually let you experiment more with strategy?

Have you played Fire Emblem or the Mother / EarthBound series? Fire Emblem is a bit too turn-based for me, but I’ve heard you can switch classes, with two or three options per promotion, so the build possibilities get pretty wild.

Final Fantasy X has a wide skill tree system that lets you branch out (even if few of the enemies are really tough enough to require/reward you for strategising too much) and my fave is FFXIII (which is extremely on-rails for the first ~25-30 hours so if thats a deal breaker than probs wont win you over :3) which is imo the hardest mainline FF game and really lets you branch out your characters and get pretty in-depth

Dragon Quest feels like it stuck to the base 80s/90s JRPG formula in comparison and none of the ones I've played get too crazy with the gameplay, altho I do love DQ3 and DQ9 alot for their worlds

I havent played much Fire Emblem (I do need to tho :3) but I love Earthbound! Haven't played Mother 1/3 tho and it's been a while since I played Earthbound, defi need to give it another go <3 (one of my faves for sure)

On the topic of strategy-JRPGs I also loved playing Disgaea 1/2 even if they get a bit over the top with their grindiness :3

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Oh I also talk about it too much but the combat in Persona 5 Royal is one of the most perfected turn-based combat systems, and even tho the game is very easy it feels constantly really satisfying :3 (but is a glorified VN for the most part)

 

[toninio]

Recently, Clair Obscur Exp33 was mind blowing ! It was since FFXIII that I haven't had this much fun !

 

[imYuna!]

Recently, Clair Obscur Exp33 was mind blowing ! It was since FFXIII that I haven't had this much fun !

Only played the first ~5 hours but Exp33 was really fun :3 (Also love to see love for FFXIII <3)

 

[toninio]

My favorite sill is IX.
For I play from the first FF, it really was the next-gen animations for the old ones. It was so wonderful that I do not think that any FF could beat that someday.

 

[imYuna!]

My favorite sill is IX.
For I play from the first FF, it really was the next-gen animations for the old ones. It was so wonderful that I do not think that any FF could beat that someday.

I still need to play IX <3

First I played was XIII when I was young and I fell in love with the characters/world :3

 

[toninio]

I still need to play IX <3

First I played was XIII when I was young and I fell in love with the characters/world :3

For a lot of people, their pref is FFVII for the exact same reason : it was their first FF.
The first FF in next gen gaming console (PS1), and it was a revolution.
My favorite RPG was Wild Arms in these times but not with cinematics or 3D.
FFVII and FFVIII were very excellent and i've definitely loved them but the IX was about taking my fantasy childhood and making it alive. So blissful !

 

[highlrecommend]

(So Much to Love [ALDOR])
SMTL0.2.5 alpha is out, is there a page for it here yet where we can get the updates??

 

[boaboa93]

Recently, Clair Obscur Exp33 was mind blowing ! It was since FFXIII that I haven't had this much fun !

Such a masterpiece! The music, the cinematic, exploration, combat! EVERYTHING!!
It's so refreshing to see that a small team can produce such an amazing game, it gives back hope in the gaming industry, fuck AAA.
I almost felt that like a thief when I bought the game, because it definitely worth way much more than 40€.

 

[Underlord]

(So Much to Love [ALDOR])
SMTL0.2.5 alpha is out, is there a page for it here yet where we can get the updates??

So Much Sharp Pain haha

 

[Lensk]

biggest news i have received all week is from this thread and its..... that crusader kings 3 has NSFW mods..... and they are supposedly good that sounds like a good idea for a thread, is there a "nsfw mods for sfw games" thread? for anyone less lazy than my self, there is your brand new thread idea

i see we have gone into full nerd-territory and have discussed many games and comics with a dash of pornography added in...... as it should always be

i recall the sims 4 having a very good nsfw mod....... wicked whims i think was the name if my five-second accurate memory is correct. the game with all the downloadable content will cost you as much as a stick of RAM these days though, so might be best to take this route instead:

video games, the last video game i paid for was DII w/ the Xpack way back in 1999
every other has been a bootleg (not that I'm a gaming fanatic)

i have also witnessed a not safe for work mod for star dew valley of all games floating around also!

Such a masterpiece! The music, the cinematic, exploration, combat! EVERYTHING!!
It's so refreshing to see that a small team can produce such an amazing game, it gives back hope in the gaming industry, fuck AAA.
I almost felt that like a thief when I bought the game, because it definitely worth way much more than 40€.

an astonishing many good games have come out of small teams..... and single developers. the developers that are single in both senses of the word tend to make great porn games too it is easy to think video gaming is in a bad state until you see what all these small developers are doing with their time i would feel bad about not creating something so brilliant myself if i wasnt distracted playing all their games

 

[Golemus]

AAA is struggling hard now, because they made by "effective managers" with money and profit in the first place. And when I see projects like Exp 33, Megabonk, Skillsong, BluePrince have so much success I belive that gaming industry have future. hope is still alive.

 

[mime]

i should participate, i have been looking at the themes but i always catch them late, the last one i saw was star trek....... something i know next to nothing about so i opted to skip that i will be keeping an eye on the thread just in case i get a blast of inspiration

Reacting to the content you like in the thread(s) for the shared daily themes is also a way of participating and winning bonus coins.

 

[Lensk]

Reacting to the content you like in the thread(s) for the shared daily themes is also a way of participating and winning bonus coins.

wow........ my mind has officially been blown. more big news in the thread for me i will be checking in there more often then and hopefully also posting for one of the daily themes. thank you

 

[Underlord]

AAA is struggling hard now, because they made by "effective managers" with money and profit in the first place. And when I see projects like Exp 33, Megabonk, Skillsong, BluePrince have so much success I belive that gaming industry have future. hope is still alive.

Future is Mobile and cloud....you going to need subscriptions to get the latest GPUs, CPU and drive space once they make it impossible to buy..

 

[imYuna!]

Future is Mobile and cloud....you going to need subscriptions to get the latest GPUs, CPU and drive space once they make it impossible to buy..

On the bright side there are so many amazing games to emulate :3 I mostly play emulated games nowadays

 

[BrodyPresto]

On the bright side there are so many amazing games to emulate :3 I mostly play emulated games nowadays

One of us, one of us!

 

[NoThanksMan]

Future is Mobile and cloud....you going to need subscriptions to get the latest GPUs, CPU and drive space once they make it impossible to buy..

This is the way things seem to be going and my goodness is it extremely disheartening.

 

[Bakono]

biggest news i have received all week is from this thread and its..... that crusader kings 3 has NSFW mods..... and they are supposedly good that sounds like a good idea for a thread, is there a "nsfw mods for sfw games" thread? for anyone less lazy than my self, there is your brand new thread idea

ck3 if you ok only just the nude mod then it's easy to install. but for the NSFW animation then it will need extra work because the animation will likely break everytime the game update. the animation have to mess with the game model and stuff so it break a lot.

i recall the sims 4 having a very good nsfw mod....... wicked whims i think was the name if my five-second accurate memory is correct. the game with all the downloadable content will cost you as much as a stick of RAM these days though, so might be best to take this route instead:

Here a secret. you don't have to buy the dlc to get all the dlc. I'm sure there's a crack for that just don't turn on the online feature and you will be fine.
I'm doing it before and not getting ban yet. It's call anadius updater or something. but if you have the fund then go for the real thing.

 

[Cunny Lord]

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[YajiKobito]

biggest news i have received all week is from this thread and its..... that crusader kings 3 has NSFW mods..... and they are supposedly good

CK3 nsfw mods are pretty easy to find online, and if you have "note" you can go in and change any settings to whatever you prefer with just a little bit of effort. They don't lock the mods. The game is just a big playground for every kink you can think of, and once you have the mods modified to your preferences, its pretty easy to get distracted for quite awhile.