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orange_smaug ([personal profile] orange_smaug) wrote2009-01-31 11:41 pm
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ohio why were you so cold

And two-stop layovers suck. On the other hand, at least that gave me more time to play The World Ends With You 8D. A couple of points:

1) Another Day is the best thing.

2) The brave/equip system is the second best.

3) I will acquire the entire black planet set. Though I can already tell that the 96U battle will be very, very painful D:.

4) Speaking of which, I managed to meet a Fifenfrog in probably my 7th battle looking for it instead of the potentially hundreds it seems to take most people 8D. Ganked its Black Mercury pin of course :3.

5) Adjustable difficulty? Adjustable levels/drop rates? Nothing being 100% missable? Being able to replay any chapter any time aka New Game++++++++++? A plot that actually justifies a band of teenagers saving the world Shibuya and writing that pokes fun at the standard JRPG emo protagonist model? Just about the only major criticism I can level is at the item organization system or the lack thereof, and even that's not too painful to work around. Another Day absolves it of any minor sins anyway, as well as Shiki's 3rd level Fusion and Shooter's Tin Pin Slammer 'Diagram' and Def March's goofiness and Pi-face (SO ZETTA SLOW) and the Crayon Warriors (seriously, Another Day) and god I love this game ♥.

[identity profile] luciene.livejournal.com 2009-02-01 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish I knew what you were talking about. But, alas. :/

[identity profile] orange-smaug.livejournal.com 2009-02-01 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
This seems like the standard response to my gibbering about videogames XD.

The Brave system is pretty easy to explain though, it's a stat each equip and character has and it starts low for the male party members (who can only wear low Brave items like jeans, t-shirts, etc) and high for the female ones (who can wear most dresses, heels, etc from the start). But you can increase Brave through items, which allows you to eventually force bikinis and handbags on your male characters 8D.

[identity profile] razberrycreme.livejournal.com 2009-02-01 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
WTF I ALSO HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT T___T

OH is awesome OK. don't hate on the buckeye state! HOORAH! :D

[identity profile] razberrycreme.livejournal.com 2009-02-01 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I should probably say OH is awesome okay, so you don't think that I'm saying Ohio is the awesome version of Oklahoma. (Which it might be...)

[identity profile] orange-smaug.livejournal.com 2009-02-01 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
It was awesome :O! But cold, I was there when all the snow storms and such hit last week and I'm from California T_T.

[identity profile] razberrycreme.livejournal.com 2009-02-01 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahahaha, there was a lot of snow everywhere last week XD

[identity profile] tinybars.livejournal.com 2009-02-01 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I also admit to my ignorance about this subject XD Except Adjustable difficulty and Being able to replay any chapter any time sounds absolutely awesome for a person with limited gaming skills like me *__* I-it takes me a lot to get past level two of most games, ok. ;__;

...watch as you are talking about something else here and I missed the point completely skfjsldg.

warning tl;dr shouldn't have gotten me started!

[identity profile] orange-smaug.livejournal.com 2009-02-01 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
No, that's exactly what it means :D! Well, you can't replay any chapter any time until you've beaten the game once, and you technically start out with only Normal difficulty but you get Easy difficulty very early on. The controls have sort of a steep learning curve though, considering you're controlling two characters at once XD;, but there's an option to set the top screen character to Auto and let the AI take over if that's too much to concentrate on. And if you die they give you the option of trying again immediately instead of making you sit through start screens and dialogue again, and even starting over on Easy if you just want to move on with the story.

Basically you can make the experience as easy or as challenging* as you prefer, your skill sets are extremely customizable, Another Day (which is the bonus chapter you get after beating the game) is seriously one of the most hilarious things I've ever seen, and it's one of the best games on the DS (or any system really).

If nothing else, you could have a gamer friend play through it first to give you good gear and skills, then play through the chapters sequentially yourself afterward 8D.

*How challenging? I maxed my characters' stats and went to fight the ultimate, ultimate boss of the game. I barely won the fight and was down to half health in about 15 seconds. On Easy.

Re: warning tl;dr shouldn't have gotten me started!

[identity profile] tinybars.livejournal.com 2009-02-02 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
TWO AT ONCE? Ok, that is terrifying XD Slightly disappointed that you have to beat the whole game first but sdkfs I suppose it's only fair, if you can take it back up from anywhere afterwards. :O And ooh, I love it when they let you just restart after dying; it's not like you're going to pay much attention to all those dialogs a second time... unless you're a hardcore fan, I suppose?

Have someone play it first. That is totally what I would do, ok XD Gah, this makes me want to invest a few salaries in a game console :( I haven't properly played a game in one in ages. The last Amazing game I played til the end was Monkey Island 4. On the computer kldfsf. I always feel like neither of those things are very impressive to Proper Gamers. XD

Re: warning tl;dr shouldn't have gotten me started!

[identity profile] orange-smaug.livejournal.com 2009-02-02 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
a;lskdjf that's what the AI is for but yes, it can really test your hand-eye-coordination if you want it to >_>. And yeah, it's a great feature. You can also speed through dialogue when replaying it if you want to, the developers pretty much thought of everything :D.

Funny you should mention that, since the DS actually has quite a few point-and-click adventure games similar to Monkey Island :D! Though not Monkey Island itself, alas. And don't worry, Proper Gamers have been whining about how the genre died out and IN MY DAY WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE NEWFANGLED CONSOLES etc since forever XD.

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