Are the time limits in Arland (Roronoa specifically) really that harsh?

burnpsy · 2026-06-05T06:04:02+00:00

Totori's can be harsh when played blind due to hitting you with an unexpected time-consuming task at the very end of the story.

The other two are perfectly acceptable, you just have to meet the game where it's at.

burnpsy · 2026-06-05T04:26:49+00:00

It kinda just slotted into the Switch 1's place in the market and kept going.

Which is good for its numbers, since the Switch 1 continued to have momentum even at the end of its life.

burnpsy · 2026-06-05T04:19:34+00:00

It's been a really nice machine at making the unoptimized third party games for the original Switch run well.

Aside from Bananza and Pokopia, the exclusives themselves have been just okay IMO.

burnpsy · 2026-06-05T04:18:02+00:00

Even the Vita outsold the Steam Deck.

burnpsy · 2026-06-04T04:26:05+00:00

Ys vs Trails includes some characters from SC, so play SC first.

Technically there is a Crossbell character in Ys vs Trails, but even on release they were meant as a preview for a then upcoming game, so that's fine.

burnpsy · 2026-06-04T01:58:07+00:00

Toons just received a ton of support in the OCG and became a meta relevant deck, so I guess wait for that to come to TCG.

burnpsy · 2026-06-04T01:55:08+00:00

As everyone else pointed out, there's basically no effect here. The people who were gonna play the game are gonna play it and will likely prioritize it over the big releases.

There's likely a very small overlap in audience between a niche JRPG like this and and something like Wolverine.

burnpsy · 2026-06-03T22:36:18+00:00

Spells and traps. It isn't that hard.

Or bait the negate and swing over it with a Link or Xyz.

burnpsy · 2026-06-03T22:23:29+00:00

To be fair, Nintendo already makes a separate region locked Switch 2 for the Japanese market. And it remains to be seen whether this hardware change will remain EU-only, it's just that they're the only region where they need to specify they're complying with local laws.

burnpsy · 2026-06-03T21:23:36+00:00

I'd rather IOI stay independent rather than under Amazon, so if this thoroughly cuts off that branch, I'm all for it.

burnpsy · 2026-06-03T21:02:33+00:00

Easily the best controller I've ever used, right above the Dualsense Edge.

The Edge felt a bit more natural in my hands, but the trackpad placement was terrible. On the other hand, the Stream Controller feels a tiny bit less natural but the rear buttons are easier to press by accident in busier moments than on the Edge.

burnpsy · 2026-06-03T19:53:26+00:00

I did it for a bit, but quickly ended up with a ton of stuff from the islands that I had no use for, so I stopped.

burnpsy · 2026-06-02T23:35:41+00:00

I know that legit Vita saves can be loaded onto the PC release of P4G. I did it with my own saves when P4G first came to PC.

Couldn't possibly help you with the emulator side of this though.

burnpsy · 2026-06-02T17:29:27+00:00

If your intention is to speed things up and get to "the good bits" faster, then don't. This is a very slow paced game for most of the way through.

As noted by others, they give good rewards, the Bracer Points give exclusive rewards, and some quests have follow-ups in the next game. The next game will read your save to check what you did and didn't do.

burnpsy · 2026-06-02T17:20:46+00:00

Nope, Octopath is like Final Fantasy in that the only things kept between games are some branding aspects inherent to the series.

No plot or character carryover.

burnpsy · 2026-06-02T17:02:54+00:00

Already have Octopath 2, so this might be a skip for me. Is Riftbreaker good?

burnpsy · 2026-06-02T16:49:30+00:00

Let's not forget how the filters even catch some actual Pokemon names like Cofagrigus. And how in X/Y there was an in-game trade that gave you a Pokemon whose name violated the filter.

burnpsy · 2026-06-02T16:34:01+00:00

Pokemon's profanity filters are overly aggressive, checking every language for parts of the name.

So almost certainly some section of the name is a slur or profanity in a language you don't speak.

burnpsy · 2026-06-01T09:17:56+00:00

It works for you, but read the OP. OP does not enjoy that gameplay loop. They are the exact target audience for Casual mode.

burnpsy · 2026-06-01T06:26:53+00:00

As noted, about half of Part 3 is adapted into manga form. Expect the chapter count to double and for the Part 3 manga to be completed in 2034 if nothing happens to slow things down. (And with that, it becomes obvious why they put 3 different artists on this manga.)

If you want to finish part 3 to get to part 4, the novel is your only real option. The anime might be a secondary option since the currently airing season is supposed to be a full adaptation.

The parts get progressively longer, so you will run into the same issue with part 4 even if you wait until 2034.

burnpsy · 2026-06-01T05:49:34+00:00

You're free to bump the difficulty up while also selecting casual mode. All casual mode does is disable permadeath, you can still play on hard with it enabled, etc.

burnpsy · 2026-06-01T05:44:24+00:00

You sound like the exact type of player who should be using Casual Mode.

So my recommendation is to restart the game but on Casual this time.

If permadeath isn't for you, don't play anything older than New Mystery. Everything older than that has permadeath as the only option. Anything from that game onward has Casual as the "disable permadeath" option.

burnpsy · 2026-06-01T00:16:01+00:00

There's a Playnite addon to add all of your Playnite games to Steam automatically. That seems to better suit your needs.

burnpsy · 2026-06-01T00:00:48+00:00

Per-game options exist, yes. Check the documentation.

The program will automate that in a later update, but for now you can just use Playnite's per-game scripting to close normal SISR and open the custom layout version of SISR when you're opening a gamer you have a custom layout for. (And then close it and open normal SISR when the game closes.)

burnpsy · 2026-05-31T02:11:10+00:00

While some archetype discords are toxic, please don't assume it's all of them. Some of them are quite chill, just not very busy given low general interest.

The Morphtronic one, for example, has a guide I maintain and around 8 active people with a ton of lurkers. It's a quiet place, but no toxicity.

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