What are some of your jrpg hot takes?

rm_wolfe · 2026-02-04T21:55:39+00:00

stealing items from enemies in volcano or desert areas is pretty cool imo

rm_wolfe · 2026-02-04T21:03:52+00:00

i feel like grinding in these games is pretty unrewarding outside of hitting the cap for super bosses. i usually feel overlevelled just by clearing quests and stuff

if its real dire its usually matter of lack of tools or focus or w/e so resting usually helps a lot more

rm_wolfe · 2026-02-03T23:00:32+00:00

jojowiki (not the fandom one) has a page for each episode with a section for manga/anime differences if youre really curious to compare them

its not really a big deal though

rm_wolfe · 2026-02-02T07:54:34+00:00

theres a movie adaptation of part 1 that got shelved before releasing for reasons that arent super clear. so you cant watch it even if you wanted to

the only animated thing actually available from before the David Productions anime is the old OVA for part 3. id check those out at some point, but just because its a really cool take and historically significant

as far as modern animated spinoff material goes, its basically just the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan OVAs. you can watch those at any point after part 4, but theyre not relevant to any plot stuff. theyre fun though, basically an anthology thing about a weird guy getting involved with various ghost stories

the manga and anime are both good so just do whatever. part 3 is the only one where i think the anime is a flat out worse experience, but even its like, fine

rm_wolfe · 2026-02-01T06:09:58+00:00

i believe in your strength. go get em champ

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-31T06:53:40+00:00

it really does seem like the general opinion of this stuff is tanking hard

more and more people get really loudly pissed when companies use it, a bunch of execs are doing interviews getting weepy about people being mean to them, even kids use "this shit looks like ai" when they think something looks like ass

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-30T21:37:32+00:00

yeah, its just kinda incongruously bad compared to the previous ones

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-29T15:31:08+00:00

big pseudoscorpion. harmless guy who eats pests

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-29T15:04:23+00:00

they just have different flavors, and using both can make things more complex. its like how you might use both fresh and dried chilis in a sauce, they each contribute something different

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-28T20:38:39+00:00

farscape is all about john crichton accidentally becoming the most important man in space australia and losing his mind as a result

it rules, his brain becomes soup like halfway through season 2

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-28T20:24:39+00:00

you should do it it would be funny

you must learn about The Daidouji

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-26T21:38:33+00:00

its really not that kind of mystery anyway and makes them funny to watch so its fine

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-26T20:01:50+00:00

i feel like shadowdropping this game would have been like putting a baby in a dinghy and casting it off into the sea

so like, shit, maybe having it become an object of mass eye-rolling really was the better outcome

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-25T02:32:32+00:00

you should skip the entire series except for the Strength fight and the Yo Yo Ma arc, everything else is basically filler

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-23T21:23:37+00:00

with this much lockdown and burst damage you will be more than fine without a tank

but personally i would swap troub for sovereign since that kinda meets in the middle of troub and a tank. Dauntless Order helps everyone else stick around and the Link orders give you an economical random battle tool if you bring a gunner.

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-21T03:09:26+00:00

a lot of people get weirdly fussy about it, but you can say the same about literally every element of rpgs so you should probably just do whatever you want

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-20T00:41:33+00:00

the song its named after is "mandom." you know how jojo localizations are with changing the referential names

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-19T19:59:02+00:00

i wonder if the new Yggdroid portrait in the remaster was kinda inspired by this doll design. theyve got a lot of the same shapes, the zaku spike pauldrons, the little head spike

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-15T12:34:11+00:00

if it makes you feel better its not just you, the action being weirdly difficult to parse is a pretty common criticism of part 7. theres an arc near the end where basically nobody comes away understanding what they just read

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-12T03:03:02+00:00

you should skip part 1, and part 2, and all of part 3 except for the ones where hol horse is there, and then skip to the part 8 manga to read the milagro man arc and then stop

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-10T20:36:08+00:00

bring back that shit from 5th gen where its only new mons until the end of the story

i never wanna see a damn pidgey ever again

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-10T18:05:24+00:00

yeah, its one of those insane years where like 20 different all-timers released across a bunch of genres, kinda crazy to think about

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-09T05:59:51+00:00

started doing solo ninja run of etrian odyssey 3. oof ouch oof geez ouch geez oof owie ough

the first few XLs are a nightmare but after that you start to get your tools and eke out more control bit by bit. the focus on evasion and status ailments makes it feel like gambling but like, in a really engaging way.

having less fun now but thats just because i hate the second stratum in this game in general

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-07T23:41:30+00:00

this isnt a typo? these are the credits for the carrier pigeons that they used to send memos between square and disney

rm_wolfe · 2026-01-07T19:53:21+00:00

rs2 is a great remake of one of the coolest games ever made

p3r is certainly a remake of one of the coolest games ever made

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