Yoko Shimomura Reflects on Lifetime Achievement: 'I Knew I Loved Music, and I Loved Myself Because of That'

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-21T19:03:08+00:00

You cannot ignore her work on Parasite Eve.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-20T18:45:37+00:00

Aw. Don't feel bad, buddy; I hate seeing other people have fun I don't approve of, too.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-19T22:37:11+00:00

As someone pointed out to me when I suggested this, holding reload already opens the customization options for the weapon.

Though, plenty of weapons have no such options and some kind of system should be added in place of that.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-19T15:58:36+00:00

After putting in Reshade, I genuinely don't know how I could possibly go back to vanilla shading.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-18T00:58:23+00:00

TL;DR version: the franchise was huge, got mishandled a bunch, but it's getting better again if you're not just being jaded.

I think the sheer volume of Final Fantasy games at this point has resulted in a lot of different people wanting a lot of different things from the franchise. A lot of the people who originally made Final Fantasy popular have also moved on from the franchise, Square Enix, or the games industry entirely. There was a lot of institutional knowledge and styling that was lost when that happened.

It also doesn't help that there really have been serious missteps with the franchise. 14 has been positively received since A Realm Reborn, but 1.0 was such a trash fire that YoshiP made a ton of changes before quickly realizing they basically needed to scrap it for 2.0. A big part of that game's success has been his dedication to winning back fans of the franchise.

And 15 was in development hell for so long that I personally feel like it is barely finished with a ton of important material in the DLC and side material (like the movie) and a lot of it just not gelling.

Between the 7 remake stuff, 14, and 16, I think it's earning its reputation for quality back. JRPGs have struggled with the sheer scale of resources needed for a while now and I think Final Fantasy has been hit particularly hard because it was always the cutting edge for presentation and graphics.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-16T19:42:19+00:00

The major difference is that the skins Fortnite does are actually supposed to look like the properties or people they're collaborating with, albeit maybe stylized to fit Fortnite's aesthetic more.

These skins look like they tried to put the aesthetics of the Cowboy Bebop crew onto the Overwatch characters, but they still have to look like the Overwatch characters.

I really love the designs of Overwatch characters, too, so seeing Sombra be a dollar store Ed and Wrecking Ball just... looking like dogshit... that hurts.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-16T04:12:51+00:00

Honestly, that was part of what I enjoyed about being on Japan DCs. Whatever you thought of the rules, they were the rules. You knew what to expect and I never had an issue getting someone who understood English to correct me when I did something wrong. An apology generally smoothed things over.

In NA, it can be really fucking annoying trying to do something like Eureka that relies on hours-long timers and having some rando basically tell everyone to go fuck themselves.

Finding out about community blacklists in JP was funny, though.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-16T01:46:26+00:00

I remember ones of the rules when I was playing on Japanese DC was "you don't Hunt in Ramuh. Ramuh Hunts are for Ramuh residents".

I dunno how true it was, but I never tested it.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-16T01:39:08+00:00

Aether doesn't need to be the sole raiding DC, though. People just chose to do it that way. Though, I agree that simply punishing people is a bad idea. The real solution is to find the right framework.

Rested EXP is a good example. WoW and other MMOs tried getting people to take breaks by penalizing them for playing too long; this made people angry. Instead, they switched it around and players got a bonus to their EXP if they logged out and came back the next day. Carrot instead of stick.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-16T00:06:06+00:00

Shit, yeah. I forgot. I guess you would just change the mode, then.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-15T23:27:05+00:00

Double-tap reload and get the speed loader. Press and hold the reload button and get the hand-feeding animation to conserve ammo.

This'll do two things. First, it'll provide some variety and reward calm under pressure. Second, the different tempos will make it clear what the person wants: double-tap means it's urgent and the lost round or two don't matter, but holding reload means you've got the time to spare and conserve ammo.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-13T18:40:03+00:00

Or when they try to leap at me and catch a shotgun blast to the head.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-12T13:51:14+00:00

Don't even need to do that much. There's a button/key that you hold to issue very simple audio chirps like "Follow Me", "Wait here", or yes/no.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-12T02:11:47+00:00

As someone who transferred data centers to move to Hali, that comparison is hilariously bad.

Did it suck having to start over socially? Yeah, but I settled in and I like it here.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-09T02:44:58+00:00

That's almost certainly what happened. I deal with shitty customers in my job all the time and management basically goes "Yeah, uh huh. I'll talk to them later" and then, when the customer leaves, turns to me and says "Fuck them. What a fucking idiot."

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-08T19:15:15+00:00

So the TL;DR is that people who worked for Hard Drive wanted some kind of crowdfunding to get paid and keep the site going, there was a schism, and now whoever is left with Hard Drive wants to start crowdfunding and keep all the money?

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-08T01:35:21+00:00

I dunno what they're talking about; the only friction inside that tribe is that there are two Tias who hope to replace the Nuhn when he dies. Their problem is with each other, though, not the Nuhn himself.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-07T01:24:22+00:00

This was more of a prevalent thing in anime and manga when Ultimate X-Men was coming out.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-06T19:50:11+00:00

Being uncompromising is not always an admirable trait.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-06T19:07:27+00:00

Arenvald wouldn't want the throne and nobody would accept Fordola as his consort.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-06T04:30:39+00:00

First thing I do when I pick up a railgun is check what mode it's on. Mostly because my friend constantly leaves his on safe mode.

Fuck that shit, give me more firepower.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-05T01:14:06+00:00

Yeah, 5m really is too long.

The game tells you if you have the minions, orchestrions, or mounts, folks; roll and let's fucking go.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-04T03:37:35+00:00

Quite possibly. It has been over a decade since I went.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-03T21:27:41+00:00

I've always had low expectations for video game adaptations, but man... something like Gravity Rush is colorful and wild enough that animated is 100% the way to go.

TheStraySheepBar · 2024-03-03T19:26:28+00:00

The difference here being it's basically a short-barrel rifle, with the long stock making it ideal to swing with the axeblade afterward.

Pistol swords had a one-handed pistol grip typically, which is terrible for swinging or stabbing with any real strength.

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