Topic: Games you've recently beat

@Yousef- @LtSarge That’s not true about sticking to one job! You have to level several jobs as some skills carry over and all of your passive stat boosts stack. When I went for the platinum to beat the secret dungeon, I had 3 jobs at max level along with others at a high enough level to get the skills. Then you just change to your highest levelled job that you want all the skills in before fighting a boss. So I had Ichi as a Hero and Saeko as an Idol etc. But they were levelled in other jobs so that they had a diverse moveset. In fact, I would say that sticking to one job makes the game unnecessarily hard! If you struggle with grinding towards the end, just go into the Kamurocho underground and find the homeless guys that act like Metal Slimes from Dragon Quest.

@nessisonett I have the platinum for 7 too, and you’re right, but this wasn’t what I alluded to earlier (although I apologize for the confusion regardless).

When I was getting the plat, I wasn’t aware of how jobs until I begun doing postgame. Not unlike Sarge here, I always thought to myself if I had to do 7 all over again I would’ve stuck with one job most likely. Because of my presumption of how hard it is to get job exp and keep a consistent job rank, since your stats are determined by your job rank, not your a level. A higher job rank is more important than a higher level.

Now, despite my playthrough being similar to Sarge, I struggled very little. However, I could’ve been lucky, which is also what I was alluding to. I didn’t understand how stats are distributed until finishing the game. Because the main game was really easy for me and rarely challenged, but the True Final Millennium Tower was such a tough dungeon, it forced me to understand the system.

This cognitive dissonance has led me to mentally separate mid-to-endgame from postgame and treat them differently. Which is why when new players engage with the job system, I advice them not to switch too frequently and to try to use jobs that get double exp items (and try to beat the hobo with multi hit attacks, like Joon’s guns).

However, I’ve made the error to neglect that some passive skills do carry over. I didn’t feel it was important, due to the context of Sarge not doing postgame. I related that experience to things I didn’t engage with and learn about until I’ve done postgame where I truly learned how the game work.

As a final note, you also don’t need to get every job to rank 99 to beat amon. Just one is enough. In fact one of my jobs was rank 77 and I still beat him.

I hope this clears it up.

@Yousef- I’d still say that the stat increases that you get from every single job are important though, the player level is there to make you not have to start from scratch when changing job, meaning you can grind with enemies where you are in the story due to it being a straight power curve as every single XP point you get is put into your player level. Diversifying your job count to aim for the skills that carry over will still give you enough permanent stat increases to see an improvement in your main job. I honestly think that if you had 3 jobs at level 50 then you’d outperform a single level 70 job. Plus Nanba basically requires the skills from Chef, Host and Fortuneteller to be viable even in the story. Fire, lightning and ice damage on one character is too much to pass up.

@nessisonett what you’re saying is indebatably (why won’t my phone recognize that word…?) the truth. I just felt they didn’t affect me much when I did the plat. I got all jobs to rank 20 to unlock all passive skills, but (and this might be faulty memory) I didn’t notice a substantial growth in stats. I felt only one job was needed to get to rank 99, and that I lost a lot of time grinding jobs I didn’t need to.

The TFMT also only took a few attempts, which adds to my belief. However, you are in your liberty to argue I may have gotten lucky. I did feel there were a lot of close calls. >.>

As for “main story”, sorry, but I’ll call it quits. I don’t believe my perspective is reliable on this one anymore, due to how I engaged with the game and how long ago it was (and my ignorance). I think a replay might be necessary.
(However, you make a valid point about three jobs at rank 50, that one I didn’t try. I should look into it. Maybe on an NG+ run)
Best of wishes.

@HallowMoonshadow Good to see you’re taking advantage of your PS+ Premium account! 😄
Have you played any actual PS5 games yet?

@HallowMoonshadow I played Size Matters a couple months ago and absolutely hated my time with it! I’d platinumed the Ratchet series pretty close to that so it was like being exposed to a version of a familiar game that was worse in every way 😂

@HallowMoonshadow >.> spots a familiar friendly face
Hi sis good to see you hope you been doing all well on this fine month !! :0
And awesome Yoruichi avatar!! I see you have great taste.
>.> spots a familiar game……..
Waoh, true to your word, you did get AE1, I hope you replay was fun. :0!!
Oh, and don’t worry there. The AE games are fairly known for gradually improving, likewise you’ll find 3 a step up over 2 (>.> although weirdly enough, 3 removed the mario64 dash jump, although most people don’t know it exists at all so maybe, plus yumi/sayaka is awesome so I can forgive it : DD)
>.> spots a familiar game, that’s familiarly not the best showcase of its franchise…
>.>As a gigantic RC fan, yeah don’t expect too much from Size Matters, it’s one of the rare games that peaks quite literally before it starts, with that subtitle and all.
Don’t let it persuade you from [re]giving the entire quadrilogy a chance, once they arrive on ps4/ps5…. >.> someday.
I truly believe it’s one of the extremely rare instances in gaming of a genuinely perfect quadrilogy. The PS2 was really knocking it out on all fronts.
Irregardless, I look forward to your sassy replies, I’ve been trying to catch sleep lately so not much been going on my end online, tbh. >.>
cherry cheers.

@HallowMoonshadow The shotgun really is truly bad! That’s the main issue I think, the weapons all felt incredibly weak apart from the rocket launcher. Some of the later bosses it was like tickling them to death. Having to replay the combine harvester section before that boss over and over was plain evil too.

Beat Pikmin 2 the other day on my Switch, after having beaten Pikmin 4 a while ago. Still great, even with its somewhat dated controls, so glad Nintendo had moved it forward to the current gen.

On to Dark Souls 2 and Medievil which I’m about to beat both on for the umpteenth time.

@HallowMoonshadow I’m excited for what you have to say, it’s been so long :000
Glad you like RC, what a great franchise. It’s a shame I missed out on the ps3 quadrilogy, I hope I’ll play those some day. >.>
Their Physical copies sold out quite fast in kuwait and it was really difficult to get a hold of it.
Ah, I forgot about British holidays, I’m not in touch with holidays in other regions, we usually only have two holidays here, three if you choose to count ramadan, but I’m happy you enjoyed your time, I myself need a little PTO as well, a gal needs some time away from the stress every now and then, especially when the world has so much to offer, so much to do, so little time, such as life v.v
Oh, I legitimately forgot my comment in regards to emulation but I’m happy for you anyways. One legitimate plus in the ps4/ps5’s emulators, both of them, is making you feel like you’re playing the game straight out of the original console itself. Something which pcsx2 hasn’t quite perfected yet >.>
Ohhhh don’t worry don’t worry their sis, it’s probably the artstyle :0000 it’s Misaka Misaka, from Tauro no Index, shes so cool, and got sass

Well after 5 months and 4 Galactic Campaigns, Super Earth finally won one… Helldivers is finally beat! 🍾

@colonelkilgore
then probably is about time for nice cup of liber-tea.
Congrats

@Jimmer-jammer cheers buddy… and yeah I’ll definitely send you a message prior to taking on Helldivers 2. It won’t be for a while as I’m… well I’m glad to see the back of Super Earth rn tbh 😅. They say time is a great healer though… whomever they are 🫡

@sorteddan lol, you won’t believe this but I’m literally just making one now 🤣

@Jimmer-jammer I feel that I should know that reference… but I don’t sorry 😔

@Jimmer-jammer lol… that did help to be fair 🤣

@Jimmer-jammer 🤣 I had never seen that clip before either.

@Jimmer-jammer Lol I had initially thought it was like a joke about you trying to tempt him into playing Helldivers 2, like offering a drink was an a metaphor for offering him to lose himself in another Helldivers game.

Then I thought maybe it was a play of the “liber-tea” pun, like he was being offered tea in that cup.

There are many layers to that joke!

@Jimmer-jammer I got the big bug layer… didnt connect they to them though tbh. Can’t win ‘em all 😅

@Jimmer-jammer
I was thinking, isn't that the film with Joan Collins....and after googling, no she starred in a poor received 70s Ant film.
I could have sworn she was in the good one.

Started the Darksiders franchise again and I intend to beat it before the new game with Strife arrives!

Darksiders 1 done, Darksiders 2 started