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  1. crispy4000
    Did you unlock game keys, or were charged? You can still cancel right now if not.
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    I'm conflicted. I really enjoyed Teslagrad 1 for being a breezy, fun, Metroidvania-lite with ingenious gravity mechanics. And all that is still here, as strong as ever, with new powerups and abilities. So if you enjoyed the first game, it's more of everything that made that good, with even better art. Teslagrad 2 does further awesome things with movement. It plays like a cross between Yoku and Sonic once you get a certain powerup. Mix that in with the gravity mechanics, and wow, it's cool. The bosses can be frustrating however, and feel like they don't always gel with the floaty controls. The first game's weren't amazing either, but it feels like they're a disproportionate part of the game in 2. Secrets are very well hidden, but there's a total of 5 abilities that are of absolutely no help to completing the game's through line. Especially when its is so short, what's the point? It's bad design. The story is also poorly presented and harder to get into than Teslagrad 1's. It's still worth playing, but probably not as good as the original, in spite of the areas it surpasses it. 7.5/10 2024 Games Final Fantasy XVI - 8.5/10 Tinykin - 8/10 Evan's Remains - 7.5/10 Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII: Reunion - 7/10 Castle of Illusion Remake - 7.5/10 FF7R Episode Intermission - 8.5/10 Telsagrad 2 - 7.5/10
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    So I'm thinking of downloading Yuzu for the first time now, just in case some shit goes down. Thanks Nintendo.
  4. crispy4000
    More like fumble it in the way we should expect by now, lol. But I think they make their point clear enough about the DLC tying directly in. Even if they're wrong about it being all that "important," a youtube summary would probably be good idea to watch at the least. Just in case. There's nothing wrong with a series leaning into this stuff. I loved every second of XB3's Future Redeemed DLC for example, even though it requires 200+ hours of RPG backdrop to set itself up. And I'd strongly recommend someone who hadn't beaten the three games to hold back, because the lore is entirely responsible for its biggest impact moment. Where I honestly get frustrated here is that so much of the secondary FF7 material is middling. I'm not going to tell anyone to play Dirge of Cerberus for context for example. Or even Crisis Core. But the Intermission DLC, as a game, shouldn't be skipped. It's great fun, and as a bonus, should partially prepare us for the extent they could deviate from og. Or that it likely will, if the direct tie in comments are believed.
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    I don't think I can spell it out more directly than Giant Bomb said it. Timestamp is given: "Yes, episode Intermission plays into this directly." "Important stuff in the story... I guess that explains why Yuffie surprised you so much." "There's some stuff she references specifically that is very important." Grain of salt and all that. They've played it, we haven't.
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    Also, there's a $8 coupon for this now if you check your account page. I'm much more tempted now.
  7. crispy4000
    Fanatical got me on some more obscure stuff this past week. Spent $16 on a few different 3 game bundles.
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    They would rather sell their budget games for slightly less up front than sell anything retail under $30. Most AAA games dip below that mark by two years after release. Even the ones that hold value relatively well.
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    It took them 6+ years of the Switch to cut any full price game they published by 50% in an official capacity. That’s entirely unprecedented. People are right to be put off by it.
  12. crispy4000
    It could be. It could also be messy and taken as prior knowledge, as the end of Remake was for someone who didn’t know og FF7. They’re not above doing it, I don’t trust them to properly contextualize to catch people up.
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    It’s literally impossible to know right now unless you have full game spoilers. They could lean into characters in Crisis Core. They could lean into the characters in the DLC. They could do both. Both would be a departure from og FF7 and Remake lore, not counting the DLC. Crisis Core also elaborates some of the beats you should already know from the PS1 days, but perhaps not in such consequential ways. At least not on the surface of things, IMO.
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    The things left unexplained in the DLC may be explained later. But I could see it being a situation where you see these characters have some history but lack context. Giant Bomb hinted that Yuffie becomes a more major character than the original by the end. That alone is enough reason to familiarize yourself with the events of Intergrade. It may not be window dressing, we don’t know, other than they will be dipping from the well in places Remake didn’t.
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    Or you know, who that guy is you fight right at the end. Or the other one. Or the fact that they’re there has implications about who else they’ll bring in. Its easy to see this stuff factoring into at least one of the timelines. Yuffie’s plot isn’t really done in that regard, and really, it could end up being the larger party’s issue as well.
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    You didn't need to play the original FF7 to play Remake. But clearly you'd get a lot more out of it if you do. The problem is that no one who hasn't beat it knows what is essential backstory in regard to Rebirth. There's too much shit out there they've opened the door to, and they keep opening more than they shut. They could follow up on some of it, they could follow up on none of it. They say Crisis Core will matter. They say a short novel will matter. Who knows how much that should be taken at face value, or said just to sell us on things. (Though it was mentioned on Giant Bomb that the book actually does enrich the game a lot ... ugh) Since the Yuffie DLC is part of the Remake project, I'd think it has closest proximity to where they'll take Rebirth (or the last game), especially with its dangling threads. I don't think it should be skipped it for that reason. Maybe you trust Square to give it to people in flashbacks, but as the end of Remake illustrates, that can be problematic of its own accord. All said, @best3444 is going in more or less blind to the original. So really, to him, it might just mean one, two, or three more characters where it might take further explanation than the game gives. Or not. Who knows.
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    I get it. I seldom ever jump into series sequels back to back... though you kind of are already. Holding off on Intergrade until now was a great choice for me, since it got me re-acclimated to the combat system after years away.
  18. crispy4000
    Pre-order FF7 Rebirth under the "Twin Pack" label on PS5 and its free. Same with the rest of FF7 Remake.
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    I listened to some of GiantBomb's spoiler-free discussion. They did say that Yuffie DLC does play into Rebirth in some way, and that Yuffie becomes a major character in Rebirth at some point. The mini-game introduced in it also makes its way into Rebirth. So maybe go revisit the DLC if you tire of the open world stuff at some point and want a linear romp.
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    Cool, you still have time for the Intermission DLC now
  21. crispy4000
    There's PC games that support the Dual Sense's unique features on PC too. Awesome and unexpected in many ways.
  22. crispy4000
    Needing to use FSR2 is still a downer, but otherwise not bad from AMD here.
  23. crispy4000
    Tried some Teslagrad 2. It's quite fun so far, I'm happy that it's a breezy Metroidvania-lite like the first game. But uh, this guy... Sure is cool looking, but fuck everything else about this fight. I read a review that compared it to the difficulty spike in Wo Long. Out of nowhere.
  24. crispy4000
    So I broke, decided to play the first half of the demo. Won’t go further since they say the 2nd is a truncated version of the main game, but I will replay what I did already if there’s a fix to performance mode (…again).
  25. crispy4000
    Do it. Once the combat system sings, it’s glorious.
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