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