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Axe of the Blood God: We Pick the Fall 2017 RPGs We're Looking Forward to Most
South Park! Divinity: Original Sin! Xenoblade Chronicles 2! Kat and Nadia pick the RPGs they're looking forward to most this fall.
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Kat Bailey,
08/25/2017.
Axe of the Blood God is our weekly RPG podcast hosted by Kat Bailey and Nadia Oxford. You can find the previous episodes here.
In this week's episode of Axe of the Blood God (download link here), we dive into the RPGs that are coming out this fall. Xenoblade Chronicles 2! Pokemon! South Park! We've got them all covered.
Alas, we did not get a chance to chat about the news of the Secret of Mana remake, which dropped after we finished our recording. But if you want a preview, here's Nadia's take on it. Otherwise, we mostly focus on RPGs that are just around the corner, including Divinity Original Sin 2 and South Park: The Fractured But Whole. Nadia and I countdown the most intriguing RPGs of the fall and pick our favorites!
Also in this episode: More RPG parties! Thanks for all the great comments from those of who listened to the episode. It was a fun exercise, and hopefully we can do it against sometime!
Now here's a poll for our intrepid listeners: What should our next report be? Should we dive into Witcher 3? Wait for Divinity: Original Sin 2? We want your thoughts!
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Kat and Nadia talk about the weirdness of Assassins' Creed x Final Fantasy (which is indeed a real thing), then count down the biggest RPGs of Fall 2017! (22:00) Pokemon! Xenoblade Chronicles 2! South Park! We discuss them all and pick the ones we're most excited to play. Plus: We read your perfect RPG parties! (01:06:10)
Music from Axe of the Blood God is courtesy of Lena Chappelle, who has also contributed the themes to Active Time Babble and Roleplayers' Realm. I also use music from the RPG Music Pack over at rpgmaker.net. Check it out!
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Kaneko...whither art thou?!?!?!
Witcher 3 is phenomenally long, you'd be best served waiting. Perhaps a quicker RPG that's fallen thru the cracks?
I played through the game as a Jew but I rarely used his special abilities, finding great pleasure in using the Master Control Top. I never realized the main thrust of the job class was that his suffering only makes him stronger, which means low HP and/or status ailments. Anyway, finding the bow & arrow while combining them with the badges is pretty cool, as you can literally watch your opponents bleed to death on the battlefield while they hock up the plague and such. I actually found the last battle pretty tough as I didn't know how to utilize the Jew to his fullest potential, but it turns out it didn't matter as the game just ends, no post game content! If you do get the game, I highly recommend saving up money for Tom's Rhinoplasty.
Huh, DLC is only $3, maybe I will play it again soon.
I got Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga this year through a Gamestop Flash sale as the online store kept marking down the prices games one would find on eBay for three times as much. I just realized how terrible I am at Mario games when I can barely get the timing right on some of these battles, especially when I am currently stuck escorting Princess Peach through the Fossil Ruins. Hopefully it'll be less frustrating in the remake, though I doubt it as the main complaint with the series now is that there is SOOO much padding.
Pokemon Ultra sounds intriguing but I don't feel that it will be as cool as the Black and White series. I have not finished the Elite Four in my copy of Sun, and I may not anytime soon considering I have too many Pokemon to create a substantial team. I like the leisurely pace of the game with many things to do, but the main story is more lacking this time, serving as a means of forcing me to hurry up. I really want this revision to include more dungeons.
Xenoblade 2 reminds me of an early PS2 rpg, what with the seemingly clunky interface, the chunky and simplistic characters models, and a battle system that appears sluggish and boring. If nothing else, I'm sure if you enjoyed the first and second Xenoblade game you will enjoy this one.
Respectfully disagree with Nadia's assessment of Xenoblade Chronicles 3D. While the graphics were not comparable to the Wii version, I found them to be very impressive for a handheld console. Moreover, having the ability to play that game on the go far outweighed any graphical downgrade.
I was able to listen to the MP3 player on a chocobo today twice, without doing anything special, so I don't think a mod will be necessary for that.
I'm not going to rebuy/replay the game on PC, but one mod that would be nice is one that advances time, so that I don't have to sit around and do nothing (other than getting a drink or a snack) to enter a dungeon that only opens at night. Advancing to the morning is pretty easy by resting, but advancing to the evening is not (unless you pick up a hunt for an enemy that only spawns at night).
Oh, and to use the sound fonts, you actually had to find them on the disk, and load them before starting the game by going into the Sound Blaster Live Software. Or at least that is what I remember. It's been 18 or 19 years.Edited August 2017 by Stevegasm
With Xenoblade, the way every Driver has their own companion weapon person thingy reminds me a lot of what I've read of Tales of Destiny, where a bunch of main characters have their own (elemental) Swordian companions. Haven't played either of the games myself, but it sounds like there's some overlap in the ideas and mechanics.
Also, you can totally change your appearance in the original Sun & Moon. The new thing is taking photos doing poses with your Pokémon. Sorry about the corrections, but I couldn't help myself, haha.