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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 15h

Yes, yes he was. #TowardDawn #jrpg #indiegames

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 16h

Fine adventurer's cuisine. (Of Quease-ine, perhaps...) #TowardDawn #jrpg #indiegames

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 17h

Doki Doki... #TowardDawn #jrpg #indiegames

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 17h

This early boss wasn't too hard, but served as a good test for whether you're getting the combat system, which is a bit complex. It's driven by skill synergies and exploiting statuses. #TowardDawn #jrpg #indiegames

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

OmniMeagan@CW: One Piece @omnimeagan.bsky.social · 1d

I started FGO and I'm in a a huge facility called Chaldea that is for preserving humanity. I met with a squirrel-like creature (?) named Fou and his owner Mash. Lev Lainur told me about the Director and the Orientation and how she's kind of a jerk. Lev thinks that me and Mash would get along fine.

a man in a hoodie is standing in front of a group of people .

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

ALT: a man in a hoodie is standing in front of a group of people .

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

The premise of #TowardDawn is that a priestess fleeing enemies is saved by a wolfman and he takes it upon himself to protect her. It's still early days, but we're seeing the priestess gets nervous around men. And since the game is advertised as being about cycles of abuse, well... #jrpg #indiegames

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

My next adventure is #TowardDawn, a #jrpg billed as a werewolf romance drawn from Welsh mythology. Released back in May by solo dev @deviserene.bsky.social , it seems to have flown under the radar. Let's crack it open and see what's what! #indiegames

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FAKKU @fakku.net · 1d

mood

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

You're as old as you feel, and it's not surprising that middle-aged republicans feel like whiny junior high edgelords.

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2d

Nostalgia.

Disney Prime Video + @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · Dec 16

Decemberween (1978)

a muppet playing drums with the words play ! play ! play ! behind him

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2d

The drummer:

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2d

Those lightsaber boss battles were awful. The rest of the game was fun enough, though dated today. The crashing starship level is the only one that is still memorable, or at least the only one memorable for the right reasons.

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2d

Reposting for the image.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

The new AP-NORC poll, conducted as the shutdown stretched into its third week, comes as leaders warn it could soon become the longest in history. https://to.pbs.org/4nVeoIM

Who's winning the blame game over the shutdown? Here's what a new AP-NORC poll shows

The AP-NORC poll also finds there’s plenty of blame being cast on President Donald Trump as well as Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Leaders warn the shutdown could become one of the longest eve...

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ZONE @z0ne.bsky.social · 2d

Time to turn on the juice and see what shakes loose.
twitch.tv/zonesama

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2d

All of which I will get to, in good time. For now, I'm looking for some fresh indies for my next adventure. If you have any recs, leave them below. Later!

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2d

It's a great shame, and a sour note for this trilogy to end on. Luckily, #SaGa wasn't finished, continuing on as Romancing SaGa for the SNES, and then SaGa Frontier for the Playstation.

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2d

...that enemies were never an issue aside from a few unfair boss fights. And since the plot is so unremarkable- I would occasionally skip through long-winded dialogues and consult a walkthrough to see where to go next- the game winds up being a trudge.

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2d

...looking around for shops and upgrading your gear and spells. Despite charts in the manual to make it less obtuse, The Monster/Robot systems were complicated enough that I put them off until I needed them, which turned out to be never. The standard human/mutant party is so powerful on their own...

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2d

It doesn't help that the game is absurdly easy. Enemies drop ridiculous amounts of money, and a steep encounter rate means that cash and EXP is always flowing in, so your party gets OP early, and never stops outclassing enemies thereafter. The rare difficuly spike is invariably handled by...

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2d

It's like, the first game was about innovating on the mechanical tropes of the #jrpg, and the second was about making those innovations work. But the third is about how they DON'T work, and that makes me a little sad.

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2d

On the one hand, this makes for a much more streamlined and less fiddly game. But on the other hand, for all their jank, the unique mechanics were the main appeal of the previous two games, and their absence make FFL3 feel generic.

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2d

Robots and Monsters are still here (along with intermediate Beast and Cyborg races), but handled differently. Instead any humn/mutant can transform to Beast and then on to Monster by eating meat, and reverse the process by installing parts dropped the same way. Vice-versa for robots/cyborgs.