Hey man, you're all good. Don't worry.
I should've clarified more.
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Hey man, you're all good. Don't worry.
I should've clarified more.
Have you clarified yet how you came to the conclusion in your tweet without a review copy of the game? Was worded as a definitive statement, and not something backed up by any other person yet.
No pitchforks—I'd like it to be true, and there's some suggestive connections in the prologues—but your source would be nice.
So if there is no story stuff beyond the 4 chapters for each character, I hope there's at least a superboss/post-game dungeon that unlocks after you complete all 8 stories. It doesn't need to involve the plot at all, I just want the game to give you SOMETHING as a reward for beating all of the stories.
I mean, with 100 hours of content, the prologues' optional superbosses, the amount of 10* villagers who drop powerful equipment, and Bravely's history, I think it's extremely safe to see there's significant and challenging optional endgame content.
I'm not talking about how good the game will or won't be.
Can't.
On a technicality, it's breaking embargo.
It's for a site that's not listed in my bio though, I can tell you that much.
I believe in you ShadowForks. We need that ninth story haha.
Posted his own tweet on here. People has been wondering if this is true or not considering conflicting information from various sources. He said to read the tea leaves because the embargo isn't up yet.
Thats because there is an an optional area that requires level 60.
Wait the classic freelancer "make hype with vague tweet" was posted by the same person ? Self promoting ya Twitter is that against the forum rules?
Anyway, trying to resist speed running the demo so I can make a little bit more progress ahead of tomorrow.
Anyway, trying to resist speed running the demo so I can make a little bit more progress ahead of tomorrow.
That if taken too seriously, Reset can suck the fun out of a hobby that we all enjoy by overthinking, analyzing, arguing, over the smallest of things.
Hmm, well, it'll be interesting for sure to see how it plays out. Someone will talk about the Story structure in detail when the embargo lifts, so we'll see on Thursday. A grand pay-off sounds nice, but I'll enjoy the game no matter what the story turns out to be.
That unless you hit the ending credits you cant say shit about the game
Actually you have to hit the ending credits eight times. jschreier only hit the credits four times and he was shamed out of the thread
Not sure if anyone argued that. People did say that you can't judge the story in full if you haven't finished it.
8 individual stories vs one main one is a huge letdown for you?
It's certainly a different approach form what we are all used to, that's for sure.
But as long as the writing holds up and it remains interesting this could be something very special and unique.
The leaves tell me this thread and the next will be a tempest.
That thy willeth loosen thine shite upon theren of no convergence of tales
Octopath Traveler is an RPG being released on the Switch Friday, July 13th
LMAO wow this thread has been a trip. So many crazy ups and downs to come back online to.
Gotta say though, after all this I think I'm on team idontbelieveyou.gif over that shadowforks tweet thing. Yeah I would super like there to be something more after each character wraps up, but I really don't think there will be.
Gotta say though, after all this I think I'm on team idontbelieveyou.gif over that shadowforks tweet thing. Yeah I would super like there to be something more after each character wraps up, but I really don't think there will be.
So I just finished the demo (got through H'aanit, Alfyn, and Therion) and this might be a weird opinion but... I kind of think the lack of a "WORLD IS ENDING" over-arching story is refreshing?
I'm super invested into the three stories (and also played the Primrose demo and loved that one), and am down with the idea of seeing 8 different stories play out, each standing on their own while fleshing out the world of the games.
But maybe that's just me. I know there's been a lot of discussion in this thread about some sort of endgame for all 8 characters but, so far, I don't think I'll need one.
I'm super invested into the three stories (and also played the Primrose demo and loved that one), and am down with the idea of seeing 8 different stories play out, each standing on their own while fleshing out the world of the games.
But maybe that's just me. I know there's been a lot of discussion in this thread about some sort of endgame for all 8 characters but, so far, I don't think I'll need one.
much ado about nothing (also my proposal for the OT, lol)
Anyone else planning on starting that 3 hour demo Thursday and just pretending the game came out a day early?
I really really can't decide if I want to keep my Demo file going or not. I started with Tessa but I didn't know at the time that I don't get to change my MC once you start. Maybe I should just lean into it lol.
Kind of wish I did. Luckily, I only started playing the demo about 3 days ago and only finished the 3 hours yesterday so it's at least not long of a wait.
Yep. I've been playing like SUPER slowly the past week and a half... 10 mins here... 10 mins there. Hope to be right at 3 hours on Friday :) So a little different but similar.
Will erasing the prologue demo also erase the demo's save files? I'm assuming it won't, but don't want to keep it around if it's not needed.
Just archive it to be safe, that'll effectively delete it and keep saves.
I was going to do this, but since it said that some side quests might not be available in the demo, I'm just going to to start playing when I get the full game. I already know I'll love it from Primrose's old demo, now just gotta decide who I'll start with in the full game.
Has there been any previews that talked about the game's difficulty? That would be the only complaint about the demo, that it was a bit too easy. But can't really expect any different for the first couple hours of any video game really. And at the very least, I bet if using all 8 members in your party on a rotation and not purposely grinding will give the game a good difficulty.
That was the plan... until I accidentally started Hollow Knight. Now I'm just going to have to see it through.
Recent pictures of Alfyn are awakening things within me. Primrose being the most Kyra choice i have to stick by my decision. What im saying is.. we need a fanart thread.
Only thing related I've read about it was Jason saying the combat opens up later on becoming (even) more engaging, IIRC, however the game seems to change a lot after you get companions. I also got the impression that it was too easy but now I got Olberic to join me while playing as Tressa and his chapter 1 boss was relatively challenging... I mean it /hard/ but it was clear that if I had made a couple wrong moves I'd have probably lost, which is a good sign (my Tressa was lv8 and Olberic only 3, so they seem to scale with your strongest character, at least early game).
Also on that note, they changed the break mechanic a bit after the first demo so now the enemy doesn't lose a turn recovering from it anymore. In the first demo you could basically stun lock enemies due to how that worked, it was ridiculous.
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No, there is not a world of difference. Expecting a game that starts off as a series of vignettes but soon turns into a grand overlapping story is far, far different than expecting a game that mostly consists of eight different stories and then has some bonus uniting stuff at the end. Shadowforks' tweet is false and should probably be deleted before it misinforms more people.
Im gonna start with the huntress, had a good time capturing beasts to use them pokemon-style. Looked like one of the most unique characters battle wise?
Speaking of side quests... Since they haven't really come up lately here, I do want to ask- it is true that you can approach them in multiple ways through your path actions, right? That sounds kinda rad if true.
I do think that could also end up frustrating for me - it might be annoying to unknowingly miss out on a much better conclusion because the solution I chose backfired, and so on - but at a glance, that's really cool.
I do think that could also end up frustrating for me - it might be annoying to unknowingly miss out on a much better conclusion because the solution I chose backfired, and so on - but at a glance, that's really cool.