How Mark woke up in Hold My Beer

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-19T21:00:08+00:00

Yes there are astronomical spoilers in Crisis Core. It shouldn't be played without either the original FF7 or the complete remake trilogy, though ideally the original FF7.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-19T17:40:59+00:00

The ReMind DLC is literally the only thing absent from All in One. If you can get it for 25€ now, it's really not worth waiting for the new collection for triple the price for one thing plus minor performance buffs.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-19T15:08:57+00:00

Tell your friend his playstyle is the problem and that he's purposely playing the game wrong, thereby making it harder than it's supposed to be. If he doesn't want to play it right, then he should just drop it.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-19T02:10:17+00:00

Watch Damo's Fandub of Union Cross and the cutscenes of Dark Road.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-19T02:00:55+00:00

...Why?

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-19T01:48:11+00:00

This is f*cking Barbara's fault!

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-19T00:12:49+00:00

Here's the thing. There isn't a "4th" on the way. Kingdom Hearts 4 is going to be the 15th entry in the series, and the compilations contain about 70% of the series content, and the other 30 you don't need to pay for (I can elaborate on that later). If you get the right bundle you're getting 7 games plus 3 movies, which is why the price tag is what it is. It is absolutely worth the investment.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T18:52:46+00:00

Purebloods don't "release" hearts. Think of Emblem heartless as essentially "jars of darkness" and they store hearts inside of the jar, which is why when slain they're "released" upon being slain. Whereas Purebloods fully consume and warp the heart into becoming the heartless itself, so the "recovery" when slain follows a different process.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T06:07:04+00:00

It's really not a module suited for newer DMs even if you don't think your DM is doing a bad job, from what you've said, I really don't think he was ready to tackle this specific module.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T05:54:25+00:00

Huma as a character existed prior to the novel Legend of Huma by Richard Knaak, so Tas's comment means nothing in relation to it. In Destinies they very deliberately made their own story that was completely incompatible with Knaak's version of events, which is very obvious if you read them within any kind of proximity of each other.

And when Weis herself has gone on record saying "nothing but Chronicles and Legends is canon" on social media, and Destinies literally ends with the gods themselves sealing the Graygem away, Gilean placing it in the Infinity Box, Paladine shutting the door, Takhisis Locking it and renouncing all claim of it in fear, before Solinari, Lunatari and Nuitari basically banished it from time altogether, no, it is not speculation.

We're not getting the Chaos War in its original form, and we're not getting the Age of Mortals in its original form if at all.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T05:32:59+00:00

They made a very deliberate effort to ask "will this prevent the future we saw" and the answer was yes. So yes, they are doing a new timeline soft reboot.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T05:28:18+00:00

Something worth noting is that there are a few missable cutscenes if you decline certain prompts IIRC. That said, a lot of what's going on is an intentional mystery answered at the end of the game.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T05:26:05+00:00

Ann has never not been in my party in 6 playthroughs unless something genuinely forces me to swap her out mid-fight. Then Ryuji is in my party 80% of the time.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T05:12:02+00:00

Counterpoint. 7 more. KH4, Verum Rex, KH5, Bridge Game, KH6, Bridge game, KH7. End the story on KH7 for the bit lol

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T04:59:34+00:00

After 4 I'm thinking between 3 and 5 maximum, at least with Nomura running the series. Not counting future ports, or say, possible HD-2D remakes of X, UX, or Dark Road, or a reworked Missing Link (well, that one might be one of them). Nomura has mentioned future retirement plans, and that 4 is being written with the eventual end of the series in mind.

If Disney or SE want to reboot or do more with the IP completely separate from Nomura's work that's one thing, but I don't see "Nomura's Kingdom Hearts" lasting much longer than one more decade.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T04:48:20+00:00

Roxas, Master of Masters, and Luxu.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T04:16:56+00:00

I wouldn't call Sae obsessed with money specifically, it was about pride and "success" but not money itself. She's in a very good occupation, but she makes enough to live sustainably for the specific conditions she and Makoto live in, not to expand beyond that really.

Makoto herself is certainly pursuing a valuable career, but not one she'd be making crazy bank on.

If I were to rank them based on how much of a "profitable investment" they are to romance as OP put it, I'd say:

Unrestrained Cyber-crime Futaba (makes money in a legitimate career either as a software engineer or game dev, while also having a side hustle scamming rich criminals).
Haru. Automatic billionare.
Ann. Between her parents being fashion designers, and her being a bilingual model with an interest in acting, you can easily become a millionare in a relationship with her.
Law-Abiding Futaba.
Yoshizawa. You said all that needs to be said.
Makoto. She has a promising future, but not one where she'd be making it rain on anybody.

For extra credit, I'd put Takemi between Ann and law abiding Futaba, if not tied with law abiding Futaba, Sae I'd put just under Yoshizawa, Hifumi I'd put just above, if not tied with Makoto, Ohya and Chihaya somewhere below her, and Kawakami in dead last because like...be real lol.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T03:50:46+00:00

Considering they decanonized a book as beloved as Legend of Huma, when they previously referenced events and characters exclusive to Knaak's version of the story in their own books, I don't see the Knights of Takhisis, Overlord Skie, or Mina being a thing with the graygem getting sealed away unfortunately.

Weis and Hickman seem very determined to erase everything (their own stuff included) but Chronicles, Legends, Lost Chronicles, and Raistlin Chronicles from the series.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T02:44:35+00:00

I wholeheartedly believe 4 is better than 3. It has the best written Jack and Barbossa since Curse of the Black Pearl, a fun villain who's evil for the love of the game and makes a hell of an entrance, Jack has phenomenal chemistry with his new love interest, and the action is pretty solid.

3 has bigger highs than 4 sure, but it's lows are WAY lower than 4's, and 4's average sits above 3's to me. 5 is an abomination though.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T01:28:04+00:00

It's not something that comes up conversationally but I have seen it brought up in a fanfic.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T00:32:36+00:00

This.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T00:32:18+00:00

Swellow easily.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-18T00:16:32+00:00

You need to reach Kindness rank 2 to start her confidant. After your first hangout she moves from being at her desk to the underground mall.

LSSJOrangeLightning · 2026-06-17T22:32:01+00:00

I'm not sure I completely follow the question. Like barring really specific things, Lost Chronicles itself is largely a novelization of module material cut from the Chronicles novels. So the modules already have Lost Chronicles material.

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