Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Deo14]

I've enjoyed FF15 and I'm not afraid to say it. Was it best game I've ever played? No. Was it clearly unfinished? Yes, what the hell was that power plant chapter. Combat was bland, story was not the best, and game overall was too easy. But I really liked open world and that neutral ending, where it's up to you to decide whether it was good or bad. Game had pretty high peaks (and unfortunately low lows). Overall, it was definitely one of the better games released. It even ran buttery smooth on my mid PC.

As for FF16, I've heard in some interview something about DMC5-like combat. But in demo, it looks like DMC5 combat for toddlers to be honest. I was expecting something more similar to this eye candy. Even official combat trailer which includes combat later in game does seem pretty simple, but with more flashy effects and spells. Setting doesn't seem something super crazy or innovative and it's not even open world. It just looks like a good game, nothing seems extraordinary. Eikon fights don't look like something new either, FF15 had similar god-like mode for Leviathan and final fight. If you watch that Leviathan video, it has spoilers from both sides, but there are no spoilers from the timestamp I linked all the way to the 13:34. Anyways, I sure am not going to buy PS5 just for FF16, so I'll have more than enough time to see how good it really is.

[Renalt]

Glad you came back Sassy!

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

I liked XV.....AFTER all of the fixes.
I got the game a lil bit after Episode Ignis in Bundle on PSN for $15.

Then a while after I beat it they made and Released Royal Edition, which I got at a Upgrade Discount, which I mostly got because they add to the final chapter...which was pretty great.

AFTER the fixes and patches qnd DLCs.....I think XV is a very solid game.
Before that...unfinished trash

[Vyrerus]

Honestly if FFXV had been a lot more Aranea like combat, then I woulda been all over it. Those vertical Warp/Jump oriented fights were stellar.

[Theodric]

Honestly if FFXV had been a lot more Aranea like combat, then I woulda been all over it. Those vertical Warp/Jump oriented fights were stellar.

I didn't hate FFXV though I suppose it's telling that I barely remember anything about the combat...

[Vyrerus]

I didn't hate FFXV though I suppose it's telling that I barely remember anything about the combat...

Mostly it was clunky running around, and then when you take a hit, you drink a red bull that Noctis has ensorcelled to be a healing potion. Magic is bottled in vials that you kinda throw out like grenades and can friendly fire(super bad if you made an insanely strong spell). Each of the boys have their own battle style and advantages you can capitalize on, but it's still super clunky and you have to know exactly what you're doing to make the most of it.

As far as being Noctis goes, you warp out of combat to recover and hang off warp points a lot, it's a lot of zipping in and out in general fights. But in the vertical ones, like when fighting Aranea or when Aranea is a guest party member, you fight things that fly essentially, warping up and down repeatedly, giving the game an awesome sense of scale and speed.

There's also summoning, and it comes up as a button prompt once you've fulfilled the condition to do it... which is as far as I remember, being in critical danger or being in certain spots. The summons are huge and showy, and they do a ton of damage. There's just little controlling them, or using them to prevent a bad situation etc.

But the game starts railroading you eventually anyway, giving you what I'd call, "Cutscene Combat" where you are given entirely different abilities and have to approach the game entirely differently. The Ring of Lucavi or whatever it was actually called was cool as hell, letting you basically X-Zone/Blackhole enemies, but that was only for that one segment. And kinda felt bad.

[Cincierta]

So since Father's day is around the corner, I had to make some holiday cookies for our holiday table. Unfortunately some of them were broken, so I decided to ice the top of them with green buttercream to save them. I ended up decorating them each with a pair of golf balls.

I ended up writing on them 'I've Got the Balls'. Apparently my bakery manager didn't like that very much and told me to fix them. I asked as to what was wrong with them. Apparently he didn't like the allusion to balls on a cookie, which makes me wonder if he's genuinely lacking a sense of humor.

Guess my Easter ones were noticed and they just don't want me to have fun.

[Renalt]

So since Father's day is around the corner, I had to make some holiday cookies for our holiday table. Unfortunately some of them were broken, so I decided to ice the top of them with green buttercream to save them. I ended up decorating them each with a pair of golf balls.

I ended up writing on them 'I've Got the Balls'. Apparently my bakery manager didn't like that very much and told me to fix them. I asked as to what was wrong with them. Apparently he didn't like the allusion to balls on a cookie, which makes me wonder if he's genuinely lacking a sense of humor.

Guess my Easter ones were noticed and they just don't want me to have fun.

I'm sure they do but know that most customers would love them...but all it takes is one just ready to be angry to cause trouble for everyone.

[Cincierta]

I'm sure they do but know that most customers would love them...but all it takes is one just ready to be angry to cause trouble for everyone.

I made those cookies after finding out that one of our mostly lazy bakery clerks was bedding our bakery manager, and I remember her one day kind of speaking off about how little our manager was. I honestly had no idea what she was alluding to until I found out the whole thing after she got transferred, and apparently she had been doing it for longer than when she got transferred from the grocery department to our bakery department.

All the golf ball ones I had decorated sold minutes after going to the sales floor. What's funnier is that for the Easter ones I did, I piped a little yellow chick and wrote 'Draw me like one of your French chicks'. Those were sold just as fast.

I'm still pushing the limits as to what puns I can get away with though.

[Rannie]

So uhh anyone got any idea on what I can do to get my puppy to use the puppy pads like she used to or should I just keep thinking she's pissed at me cause the last few nights I haven't been playing with her as much? She was doing sooo good too.