Vocab Sheet , the frequency data is very inaccurate due to being incomplete.
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The moment between Joshua and Estelle after the farm fight was sweet, but I also liked how the line between them was further developed. The responsible/irresponsible dynamic is clear from the beginning, and now we see that Joshua can be responsible to a point that can lead to casual cruelty. Also that he’s aware of it and grappling with it.
Then again, I picked the「悪さはしない」option… but is the outcome much different for the other? Do our heroes actually exterminate the cute lil’ cat-rabbits?
I love the little monster blurbs you get with the 情報 quartz equipped! More things to read
I always liked reading the flavour text for monsters when playing this series. It’s something I very much enjoy with pokedex entries in pokemon as well - entirely optional text that is often of a rather different level and style to the dialogue in the rest of the game. Which means it’s often ripe for learning new words! Unfortunately in the latest 2 games they don’t have these blurbs, much to my language-learning disappointment.
The most important thing this week is that you can talk to the animals.
If I’m not mistaken, the plan as of now is to explicitly add side quests into the weekly assignments, right? I accepted the available ones but assumed I should wait til told to do them. Well, actually I started the stone one because it sounded quick and easy, but left it alone when I reached the stage where it wanted me to go elsewhere.
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Pretty much the level of small scale job I expected to see them handle, but it’s more nice cozy atmosphere with the local farmers, and exactly as @Sasabonsam said, I like that they are this focused on character development in these lower stakes moments.
I picked the same option. There’s a nagging part of me saying this is the least farmer-like behavior I’ve ever seen to want to spare the pests, but for the sake of good vibes I’m down with it. They mentioned strengthening the fence which makes sense, but I’m not sure these animals are going to learn their lesson unless the monsters are operating on a bit of a higher level intelligence than I expect, haha.
One of the random enemies, a big bug looking thing, hit Joshua and instantly turned him to stone I think? Some status effect like that where he could no longer move. I was worried this might be one of those games where having both characters under such an effect is an instant game over and was bracing to maybe get a first taste of the harshness of the world, but then it exclusively focused on hurting Joshua more so we were fine.
It’s the reward for reaching bracer rank 8. I finished and reported the 2 quests on the bulletin board before heading to the farm, which got me enough BP for a rank up.
Ahh ok, maybe I misunderstood the conversation about wrapping side quests into the pacing. If that’s the case, I’ll go back and do those before the week is up.
Ha, the interesting chest is actually the reason I went out of my way to get the quest rewards… I needed the Mira for equipment upgrades! Trying to do it with starter gear was too painful
I did! And while it’s got major situational potential in battle, it isn’t essential. No need to use up all your items for it on first encounter, like I did.
Speaking of, I’ve been wondering, if you die is this a reload your save type game? I dunno how the difficulty will play out, been chill for me personally so far on normal, but it’d be good to know how diligent I need to be about regular saves.
Maybe I wasn’t clear enough about it. I’m going to assume people do their side quests asap, bearing in mind that sometime a few can’t be completed until the plot progresses. I can think of one specific quest in the second game where you lose BP if you complete it too quick, but nothing like that for this game. I’ll a drop down for side quests just to be completely clear.
No one expects the spanish inquisition self destructing monsters
gasp Blasphemy!
My gameplay tips are 1. eat food and 2. free healing in your bed / the sewer.
The dialogue in the farm motivated me to finally look up the nuance between 分かる and 判る:
My understanding is that 分かる is the most generic, 解る is more about reaching a conclusion/decision or making a discovery and 判る is about evaluating/judging the situation.
It’s… subtle. When in doubt you can’t go wrong with 分かる.
whoa, thanks for this! I had wanted to look that up myself after playing, but it totally slipped my mind.
Also, good grief that PSP text at the same time, I’m jealous that all the UI is in japanese! I’m going to have to look into fixing that on my version, eventually.
at the same time, I’m jealous that all the UI is in japanese! I’m going to have to look into fixing that on my version, eventually.