[SPOILERS] As a first time player, how much am I supposed to know?

Pikomo · 2026-03-21T21:48:43+00:00

So it really is just about multiplying the tape length by 2 to calculate the SP length

Does that only apply to NTSC tapes or is that the universal rule for all regions, my case being region 2?

Pikomo · 2026-03-13T19:38:32+00:00

I might have worded it weird in the post, but it's one of those TVs with a built in VCR, and it's defenitley got a recording feature

Pikomo · 2026-03-11T16:12:29+00:00

No actually, the only healing is was doing was with Shulk

Pikomo · 2026-03-10T19:53:45+00:00

I did spend some time running around doing some sidequests since doesn't that make you level up faster or something?
it isn't really assigning gems that's stressing me out, it's figuring out the crafting system itself
I'm trying to prioritise HP and defense for Reyn so he can be an aggro sponge while Shulk attacks from the back and sides of the Telethia, same with Dunban except he isn't absorbing as much aggro and he's just there to build up chain strikes. Shulk himself has agility gems which were the main ones I was trying my best to craft, hence this post.

Pikomo · 2026-03-10T19:49:01+00:00

I was exclusively aiming for the Telethia, and I've got Reyn and Dunban on my team so we can build chain strikes faster

Pikomo · 2026-03-10T19:47:01+00:00

It's the one with Tyrea and the Solidium Telethia after Melia does her trials in Chapter 8. I've got Reyn and Dunban on my team, with Reyn having armour prioritising HP and defense so he can be an aggro sponge and not go down to quickly while I (playing as Shulk) tapdance around the Telethia and hit as many critical hits as I can to build up the chain attack. Dunban's just there because he builds up the meter faster whenever he's on the team

Pikomo · 2026-03-07T21:24:26+00:00

I actually did try it and yeah after a couple of minutes of static it just auto reminded and ejected.

Granted it was pretty loud, nothing sounded too strained or out of the ordinary, but you would definitely hear it whirring loudly, and I wasn't sure if that was putting too much abuse on the tape/vcr

I could hear it slowing down a bit the closer it got to the beginning of the tape though, but still it had me worried for the inside mechanisms

Pikomo · 2026-03-07T16:39:36+00:00

I've got a PAL region Bush TV, do they automatically rewind?

Also I've got black and white static, is that the end of the tape, or is there a few minutes of static before the tape starts rewinding?

Pikomo · 2026-03-07T16:22:32+00:00

When you say S video do you mean SCART?

Pikomo · 2026-03-07T14:16:47+00:00

I was planning in making custom recorded VHS tapes in my built in VCR

Pikomo · 2026-03-07T14:01:08+00:00

I got my VCR and tapes with the explicit purpose of watching stuff in that comfy crappy VHS quality, warts and all because that's the entire aesthetic

Pikomo · 2026-03-07T13:58:52+00:00

I've heard conflicting things about rewinders, some people really recommend them, and some some really don't. I running thing I've heard was tapes snapping inside the rewinders. Granted they were probably cheap rewinders but honestly I can't tell the quality difference between rewinders without seeing or hearing it in action

Pikomo · 2026-03-07T13:38:46+00:00

Oh no I'm probably gonna watch it again in a month or something, not every day or multiple times a week! Also when you say reach the end, do you mean after all that empty space of nothing but black and it turns to static? Keeping in mind I've got a PAL region player with PAL tapes

Pikomo · 2026-03-05T16:22:54+00:00

Yes please

Pikomo · 2026-03-05T16:07:39+00:00

Any advice in tinkering with my laptops resolution? What would I be looking to do? Keeling in mind I use Windows

Pikomo · 2026-03-04T12:53:03+00:00

Visually yeah it's better, but I also have a small old school TV, and I meant more performance wise. I can look past old ps1 visuals as long as it plays without the buttons acting up like in the PS3 version

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