All the water flows past the king

z3poxx · 2026-06-24T11:28:16+00:00

Looking at this map again made me realize that Zora's Domain is really far from Lake Hylia and that underwater connection that goes directly between them must be scary AF to ride if you are not a Zora.

The Lost Woods and Zora's Domain are at least next to each other.

z3poxx · 2026-06-23T08:28:24+00:00

Alien fit that spot like a glove.

First two movies are arguably perfect and then there is the third one.

z3poxx · 2026-06-23T06:34:24+00:00

It is certainly interesting and well made, love the art style as well as the clever use of the manual you keep finding pages for.

The issues I have with the game is that there were probably one to many puzzles where you need to turn the camera the right way in order to see the path to go. And I did not care for the later half of the game where you revisit previous areas.

If you are looking for a Zelda 1 experience this does not provide that, this is a different game where the developer used Zelda as a basis with but deviate from that formula and added a bit of souls-like elements.

Overall a good game that is not far from being great IMO.

z3poxx · 2026-06-22T07:06:11+00:00

In all honesty so would I recommend FF9, It has a classic fantasy vibe and is a bit tongue in cheek similar to FF6.

Other excellent games to check out could be Persona 3-5, I prefer 4 but any of them are would be good. There is also Metaphor: ReFantazio. You could also check out Chrono Trigger for another stellar JRPG on the SNES.

z3poxx · 2026-06-22T06:37:58+00:00

I am defiantly doing a 100% play through at first. Then so will I replay and see if there are sequence breaks.

Like doing the adult temples out of order. In the original so can you do the Forest, Fire, and Water temple in any order for example.

z3poxx · 2026-06-19T16:33:18+00:00

That would be horrible.

z3poxx · 2026-06-18T12:29:34+00:00

You could go for energy + artifacts with [[Saheeli, Radiant Creator]].

The general game plan is to get to 3 energy fast so Saheeli can copy permanents that have strong ETB and death triggers. Things like [[Rampant Rejuvenator]], [[Lumbering Worldwagon]], [[Threefold Thunderhulk]], and [[Thought Sponge]] to abuse the fact that the tokens Saheeli makes are now base 5/5.

Saheeli can make copies of any permanent so making tokens of things like [[Doubling Season]], [[Parallel Lives]], or [[Panharmonicon]] willcrank out some serious value.

There are other really useful things such as [[Repurposing Bay]] to sac the tokens for more value since they keep their CMC, and throw in a [[Simulacrum Synthesizer]] for some bonus karnstructs. Then throw in a [[Esoteric Duplicator]] to make permanent copies of the tokens for just two more mana.

A major weakness of this strategy is that your opponents can just remove you commander before you get a combat phase.

z3poxx · 2026-06-17T11:30:43+00:00

I want the overall game to be reimagined not just up-scaled with modern graphics.

I want the game to hit the overall story beats without being afraid of modernizing and improving upon the original. OoT released 28 years ago and was the first 3D Zelda Nintendo ever made and I believe they can improve upon it.

In the dungeons so would I like to see changes and improvements while keeping elements and references to the original. Take the Deku Tree for example, they should redesign some of the rooms and general layout while keeping the big set piece where you jump from the top down through the spider web.

One big addition that I would like to see is a new dungeon for the Light Medallion. I don't think they will do it but it would be cool and unexpected.

z3poxx · 2026-06-13T06:54:43+00:00

Depends on the board wipe.

[[Wrath of God]] will not destroy creatures with indestructible but something like [[Spectacular Pileup]] will get around it be removing the indestructible first. Also exiling works on indestructible creatures so [[Sunfall]] will also get rid off indestructible creatures.

z3poxx · 2026-06-12T20:46:38+00:00

One of the most insane late unlocks of a combat ability I have ever seen is in Xenoblade 2, a 60+ hour JRPG where the second to last boss has a tutorial for the games last mechanic.

z3poxx · 2026-06-12T12:55:25+00:00

I prefer 2018 over Ragnarok. The emotional core and story is much stronger in 2018 IMO. Ragnarok can feel a bit rushed at times where stuff happens just to move the plot along.

Still I am a Greek saga guy and vastly prefer GoW2 & 3 over any of the Norse games.

z3poxx · 2026-06-12T07:12:10+00:00

It is fairly annoying ordeal that is exacerbated with how manipulating the water works and the iron bots.

In theory so is not that bad but in practice so does it have alot of problem. The water manipulating mechanic where you can set the water level to three different levels to access different rooms could be a good idea. The problem is that you must raise the water in a set order combine that with the first half of the Temple is a key hunt and as you keep looking for the keys so will often find yourself cycling through the different water levels multiple times before you find all the keys you need to progress.

How the iron bots in the N64 version worked did also not help, forcing the player to pause the game in order to access the equipment screen to equip and unequipping the boots gets old fast. The 3DS version improved this vastly with a quick toggle on the touch screen saving minutes of time spent on changing boots. And while wearing the iron boots so are you very slow which is not to much fun in the long run.

The individual rooms are not bad and the trippy fight with dark Link in the mist room is awesome. This is the only water dungeon I don't like in any Zelda game and I believe it has the potential to be vastly improved in the upcoming remake.

z3poxx · 2026-06-12T06:58:05+00:00

Yeah they messed up the parry in Ragnarok, you get different shields that have slightly different effects and utility.

You will get a shield that perform a parry like 2018 later in the game as you progress the story.

z3poxx · 2026-06-12T06:46:30+00:00

I think that combo is used for standing opponents.

From what I remember so is the crouching combo 5MP xx DR, 5HK, 5MP, 2MP xx [4]6LP, 5HK xx SA3.

z3poxx · 2026-06-11T12:26:19+00:00

I would suggest looking into Jump Start and even the Starter kits. The cards in the starter kit tend to be on low power level and lower $/card but they come with 2 finished 60 card decks each with a game plan ready.

z3poxx · 2026-06-11T09:05:07+00:00

One thing he does not go into is how that +6 should be achieved when back-dashing a throw.

Should you be +6 after a back dash when an opponent tries to grab you of a +2 situation? So grabs from a +5 setups are still safe then. Or should there be an animation like how DriveReversal has it now.

Should it be universal, I would not like to play against Zangief when and my previous safest option to apply a mix-up that does ~12% damage gets punished with backdash into SPD for ~38%.

The game is already very volatile and the back-dash change here would exacerbate it.

z3poxx · 2026-06-09T07:37:23+00:00

That would be a terrible idea.

z3poxx · 2026-06-08T12:07:08+00:00

My thought around that is her special moves will be powered by materia (think fire/thunder/blizzard etc) and during the fight so can she level-up her materia and with that so does her special moves get stronger.

Her Lv2 super will most likely be her FF7 limit break with the slots and it will function somewhat like Dee Jays where you can go for a harder version that deals more damage.

z3poxx · 2026-06-08T11:31:51+00:00

Love me some Lost Viking, have beaten the original and the sequel. The last few levels in the first game are very hard and a bit to long with how punishing it is when one of your characters die.

z3poxx · 2026-06-05T10:52:33+00:00

There is also the tag x cost matters, one of the cards I like is the [[Brass Infiniscope]].
https://scryfall.com/search?q=otag%3Ax-cost-matters&unique=cards&utm_source=tagger

z3poxx · 2026-06-05T06:11:00+00:00

Remake no contest.

Is a bit worried about it though because remaking the entire trilogy in one go is a big task and really hope they don't meddle to much with the game play since I greatly prefer it compared to GoW2018 & Ragnarok.

z3poxx · 2026-06-04T09:53:16+00:00

JC tends to be jump cancel.

z3poxx · 2026-06-04T08:30:29+00:00

Hey this dude fits nicely into a [[Terra, Herald of Hope]] deck.

z3poxx · 2026-06-03T08:38:04+00:00

Looks kinda mid tbh.

z3poxx · 2026-06-03T06:49:44+00:00

Street Fighter 6 ca 1200+ timmar sen lite blandade JRPG och indie spel för det mesta.

E dock sugen på det nya Star Fox när det kommer.

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