Firstly, I feel offended you reduced the giant mecha vs a dragon cinematic to robot vs a doll army :P

Ff9 did the “all powerful god” but it is really a wtf out of no where momement that can feel jarring with the themes of the game - a ludonarrative narrative dissonance, unless I missed some obscure reference to it somewhere

I would argue that ff6 wrote a less jarring “kill a god” fight:

That is a shame, I would have thought that she would have some measure of control after the events of the first game

Especially, since the burden she was carrying was lifted.

FF 8 Spoiler Response

FF8 spoiler response

I do agree on it being a great game, and she fights gods on her way to her final goal but

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It is a goofy game but that is what gives it its charm.

Environmental interaction( especially with spells) is great

Tip with the rogue, stealth will be very useful at one point

Haven’t finished 1,2,3 but spoilers below:

I would say anyone interested in the game a general rule of thumb would be trash mobs and easy fights = real time and bosses and difficult fights turn based.

One can luckily change that on the fly.

I mean if one is confident in their micro, then one can do most of the game in real time, but the game does have enemy encounters that just feel unfair when fighting real time while feeling better tuned in turn based.

Good game though as one journeys through one of initially 2 “ascension” paths that can eventually branch out into one of 10 different paths as one takes the fight against, technically, gods - but not in the heavenly sense.

Autumn year 3, Things coming together well, Character is married(to Emily), 1st kid is roaming around the house, cellar is doing its thing, warehousing is almost complete but will only fully commit to putting everything in one once I have stockpiled enough iridiums, batteries and starfruit for sprinklers and

Otherwise days are spent being the transporter of raw goods to the various production warehouse buildings and change it up with something like a movie or a vacation for a few days roaming around

Taken long ago, but still something I cherish for the memory

On the days Pam takes off, there is a sign in front of the bus, around the middle of it. Those days you can just pay for the bus ticket and your character rides the bus

Haven’t really tested it further as I spend too much time doing farm stuff, but if I was able to catch a bus at 09:00 then I can assume that as long as the sign is there you can take the bus anytime.

That is a good idea to make the best use of those tents I have stuffed in a chest somewhere.

Bonus points for placing a mini-shipping bin and a large chest or two for some items to always have on hand nearby (bonus, bonus points imagining Lewis having to drive all the way to desert to pick your stuff)

It is easier to exchange at the merchant, I agree, but there are also a lot of other stuff I am interested in spending my omni-geodes on (and iridium bars) especially since I decided to try skills I don’t usually use (went for more ores and coal, so less omni’s to go around)

I don’t go to the desert so much as I’m busy at the moment spending most of the time playing and working on my farm’s aesthethic and the income I make is sort of while I am busy type of thing.

It is more a spur of the moment when I go if it is a lucky day.

Taking it slow and eventually will buy the wizard desert totem and have the return sceptre to not have to worry about consumable totems.

Otherwise I am trying to avoid playing optimally and putting in effort to enjoy a chill save of experimentation.

Totems are the way,yes, especially once I get the return scepter, but I am still in a “cheapstake” phase where I am still being frugal with my resources and 100k is still considered a lot of money (playing pretty chilled still and taking it relatively slow)

Seems I missed that, I was just impatient and didn’t want to wait for Pam, so I paid for a ticket on the dot at 09:00 and was taken aback by my character driving the bus himself

The farm is coming along great, have a consistent income stream going and working on modernising the farm with production and storage going into sheds.

Robin earned big bank in fall of year 2 as it was non-stop construction on the farm.

So far I have 2 coops with 10 chickens, 4 ducks, 4 rabbits, 3 barns with 5 goats, 4 cows, 6 sheep and 4 pigs.

Looking towards have 12 chickens, 4 ducks, 4 rabbits, 4 dinosaurs, 6 goats, 6 cows, 12 sheep 6 pigs and 6 ostriches eventually.

In Winter year 2 now and working on getting my silo setup complete - thinking about 8 for a comfortable winter storage with wiggle room

Have my fruit trees grown and using the greenhouse for my tea and ancient fruit for now.

In regards to skills

Being a shepard is pretty cool as I have access to daily wool when they are high hearts.

Like the crabs pots without having to refill them and probably prefer it a bit more than fishing

Mining is alright, the convenience of extra ores are great but I feel that the other specialisation gels with my playstyle more

Foraging for extra timber feels better than I thought as hard wood is no longer an issue when maxed, although I do miss the organisational convenience that the foraging tree provides

Scout surprisingly feels better than I gave it credit, feels good to hit enemies for 200+ with the lava sword, although it is a toss up between better crits or shorter cooldowns

Clearly this is a Tzeentch follower posing as a Khorne cultist, supplying imperial citizens - Slaaneshi content, so that they can wollow in Nurgle filth, to eventually come to the conclusion to reach out to Tzeentch for forbidden knowldge📚

Middle of Autumn, got the first home upgrade and still sitting with the starting coop on the meadow.

Placed down and waiting for my trees to grow for a sap farm and once that gets going I should be able to start expanding the farm with a barn, a money shed, a couple of silos and work on tidying up with path ways.

Also decided to level into paths that I do not usually go into to - forester, scout, rancher, miner, trapper

Overall, money has been tight, but that has been on me as I am surviving off my mayo, some jarred goods and fished up extras as income and keeping the crops for requests and community center.

I can only guess being dark and broody or “Bad Boys are cool heroes” was the trend at the time

A time where trying to be “edgy” was hitting a desired target market - a time Ubisoft put effort in their games trying to push boundaries.

Now that I think about it was also a time where games had to try new things because the target market hadn’t exploded in volume yet as well