I meant fast travel as teleport. But yes, there is still that but i don’t use it because it’s too dangerous and I don’t like leaving things to chance especially since you can’t save whenever you want. Which is another thing that you may not like.
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Finished Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles and, playing the final string of battles, I’m fairly certain that despite how many times I’ve played it over the years, this is somehow the first time I’ve actually beaten it. (I’m sure being super-overleveled because I “had” to learn every skill on one character for a trophy helped. 
)
The game’s still brilliant, a top three JRPG for me, with FF’s best story and the best iteration of the job system. The quality of life features do a lot to streamline combat and character management and the excellent voice acting really elevates the narrative, adding a surprising amount of depth and emotion. (Algus/Argath is an even more detestable piece of elitist shit when voiced.)
A few minor quibbles aside (fast forward really needs to be a toggle, not a hold), it’s exactly what I hoped it would be.
Also started that third playthrough of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which I am still enthralled with. I’m playing in French this time, because why not? Esquie is even more delightful in French and I think Verso might have just a touch more gravitas. I do miss the tingle-inducing way that English Sciel says “Reeady” at the beginning of her turn, though.
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I got 2 episodes left in Dispatch, I’m going ride-or-die with Blonde Blazer, but yeah I hope she’s not part of a classic Telltale plot twist.
Catching up on some of the game’s discourse has been fun (and avoiding spoilers phew)
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Game good.
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You’d consider me wholesome, right? 
Because why then am I so fascinated and interested in the Outlast Trials?
A game by all rights, has too much gore, jumpscares, heavy atmosphere, and disturbing themes, that I should have dropped it after my first session?
But no, here I am, mostly enjoying the game and how best to avoid and run away from the spooky scary stuff. (Also, the scare factor probably diminishes after the first shock to your system)
I’ve roped in @Silvereyes somehow, and also want to sound the alarm that it’s free on PS Plus this month, yay!
And I’m even considering making fan-art, often with my silly chicken OC, hahahahaha 
Maybe I’m part of the, weird horror-ish-fan demographic of this. Like, people on the subreddit often post about how they love the unhinged, sadistic, abusive antagonists of the Trials, painting them as silly little guys who do murder for fun 
. Weird, right?
And like, look at this? Someone compiling positive voicelines of the main antagonist of the game? The guy brainwashing you? Okay.
(Side-note, when his voice isn’t being crunched and blared out of old 60’s speakers that make him sound creepy, Easterman actually sounds fairly soft and nice… good job on the voice actor!)
Even this review I found recently. Silly mouse persona talks about really scary game, the disonnance is weird! But cool?
Anyway expect me to post about this game again in a bit, they have a new Season of content coming out I’m kind of excited (and surprised) by… 
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The next Netflix serial killer drama: The Chicken.
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I’m Kentucky Fried Crazy is what I am! 
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I’m currently playing Blood and Mario & Luigi Brothership, quite the difference in tone lol
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Oh I see they’re continuing to do a game with 1 extra character besides the bros
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Dispatch. Great fun, glad to see the 2010s Telltale lads smash it. Hopefully there will be a sequel with the mental sales numbers that they’ve pulled.
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Oh my goooood it’s out its out its out
Also yay there’s an Act 6, gosh. I finished Act 5 recently and while there’s a nice “wrap up” level for the chapter – which also felt like a culmination of the other chapters and characters, it felt kind of abrupt of an ending. Yay there’s MORE AAAA 
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okay okay okay Outlast Trials update today, pretty cool, but the coolest thing of all, in the gameplay trailer there’s a chicken outfit in the game!!! Hallelujah!! Best update ever wow.
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Resident Evil 2 remake. My PS Plus ran out yesterday and I’ve have no real interest in renewing it immediately so I’ve decided to replay the resi series leading into the newest game next year.
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While y’all are still waiting for the Bond game where you can do some real espionage other than running and gunning, I’ve just finished it. The movie tropes, cheesy dialogues, the casino - it’s all there.
James Bond 007 (1989) for Game Boy.
I mean, it’s kind of a more clunky Link’s Awakening, but still pretty cool little game.
Marathoning 007 movies and games before First Light. So far watched all the movies up to Tomorrow Never Dies, but the games started from GoldenEye for N64, because the '80s ones are mostly licensed mediocrity anyway. Next up - Tomorrow Never Dies the PS1 game.
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Tomorrow Never Dies is a good one 
don’t remember ever finishing it though!
World Is Not Enough had an annoying split-second rappel sequence that always annoyed me 
GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Everything Or Nothing. They really went all in with Pierce Brosnan in the era when the Bond games were truly born, plus Nightfire and Agent Under Fire. His face (or an homage to it) is Bond in video games
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Good to know, 'cause I’ve heard a lot of criticism towards it. Guess it just wasn’t as groundbreaking as GoldenEye at the time.
Speaking of which, the way enemies were animated in GoldenEye is absolute cinema. Their movement with jumps, rolls and charges, their bullet stuns and deaths - smooth as hell and just enough over the top to feel like Bond. I also liked that you have to read mission objectives and figure out on your own, without handholding and highlighting everything. The game was hard as shit, especially Train, Control and Aztec on 00, but 100% worth it.
Also played Blood Stone many years ago, which is a Craig era game. Don’t remember much of it, but really enjoyed it back then.
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Blood Stone was my favorite! that and Everything Or Nothing are (I believe) the only ones based on original storylines, instead of just being based on a Bond movie. Nightfire and Agent Under Fire are original too, but don’t have the actual Bond actor in them
007 Legends is worth a look too. Gameplay is a bit repetitive but it’s still fun and nostalgic
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Finally 100%-ed Disco Elysium tonight, 5 years after I started. Feels good. (@EvilGeniusRo @Accidental_Kills98)
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Sweet. Speaking of 100% I am working my way through San Andreas again
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I saw people dislike this one, but I’m curious, because the idea sounds really cool. Gonna try to beat all of them anyway.
Nice, how’s your progress? Took me like 90 hours last year, even though I’ve beaten the story several times before. But I’m also kind of a slowpoke, so maybe it’s that.
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