Endurance Run: Chrono Trigger - Part 28

@Blannir said:

I can't believe Patrick said summons didn't occur until FFVII.

Meh. Brad has the Final Fantasy chops in the office. No big deal.

Patrick was correct that everyone can have every spell in FF8. Of course you can do it in FF6 too. And FF7 if you count materia swapping as "learning" (which you shouldn't). I haven't played the others in so long I can't remember. God damn I'm looking forward to the FFX HD release!

I think they meant that the long ass cutscene summons didn't happen till 7.

There was way too much progress in this episode! Where are the colorblind-related deaths?

I'm sorta surprised at myself for being genuinely proud and happy when they finally figured it out, by experimenting like a BOSS! This was a really fun episode, it's back on now!

P.S: You guys missed a chest, you totally suck :P J/K

this is probably one of the most boring and uninteresting games i've ever seen, but patrick and ryan are rad!

"Summons didn't happen 'til 7." Yeah... no.

At least they're reading the text now. Next step is learning that Lightning 2 is the same as Lightning, but hits all.

"Chrono Trigger does not appear to be an especially difficult game."
 - Patrick Klepek, Giant Bomb

@Paul_Is_Drunk said:

"Summons didn't happen 'til 7." Yeah... no.

Yeah... Rydia from FF4's major character trait was being a summoner. C'mon, Patrick.

Awesome things happen after this upcoming boss. Hopefully they make it there next video.

They're actually competent in this episode, yay!

I'm glad to see that the Giant Bomb community has decided to carry their time honored tradition of always having something to complain or be angry about into the new year. Always be bitching, duders!

@RageKage14 said:

@Hailinel said:

@lund218 said:

Stopped watching half way through the last episode. Glad to see they made practically no progress.

EDIT: Wow! It took them that long to read the screen. Seriously, just wow.

Oh, shut up. It's comments like these that make ER comment threads about as mindnumbingly idiotic as Youtube comment threads.

No, it devolves to that level whenever someone in the comments calls them "Byan" or "Batrick".

That's strange, I didn't know comment threats were suppose to be anything in particular. I still, for the life of me, can't understand how some people read other's comments when they don't have to and then complain (yes, that is exactly what I'm doing now, but it's to highlight that very point) about how idiotic they are. And by comparing the comment threads of different websites you are effectively portraying yourself as the restaurant critic equivalent of Internet comment threads: "I don't recommend Youtube: they're comments are mind-numbing, 2 stars." Kinda seems pointless.

It "devolves" to a certain level? You make it sound like you're actually in place with other people, like a bunch of text can have a physical presence that can actually affect your life to the point where you need to tell people to "shut up". Why do you guys even read comments in the first place; go talk to real people who will enlighten you so you can evolve to a higher "level".

(By the way, I call him Bryan not Byan.)

Not everyone has played this game, I for one am really enjoying just sitting back, seeing the action and enjoying the chat.

If they were playing it and you were with them, in person, having played the game already yourself, would you be telling them exactly how to play it, exactly what stratagys to use and spoiling all the suprises? No, because that would be dick-ish.

Games are about discovery, taking what you've learnt from other games, and bettering yourself as a player. If they did something you wouldn't have done, don't go hating on them just because they've had a different games experience throughout their lives.

I really hope they start experimenting with different character combinations. Brono, Byla, Barle is what's up. Gotta get that Charm on for those rare items!

There learning to read! reading is knowledge!

@monkeynuts8 said:

Not everyone has played this game, I for one am really enjoying just sitting back, seeing the action and enjoying the chat.

If they were playing it and you were with them, in person, having played the game already yourself, would you be telling them exactly how to play it, exactly what stratagys to use and spoiling all the suprises? No, because that would be dick-ish.

Games are about discovery, taking what you've learnt from other games, and bettering yourself as a player. If they did something you wouldn't have done, don't go hating on them just because they've had a different games experience throughout their lives.

So much this.

@ThePilgrums said:

@Paul_Is_Drunk said:

"Summons didn't happen 'til 7." Yeah... no.

Yeah... Rydia from FF4's major character trait was being a summoner. C'mon, Patrick.

Also I know FF3 was never released in the US until recently. But there was a summoner class there as well. Also Patrick has mentioned FF6 before that whole game's story is based around summons.

@monkeynuts8 said:

Not everyone has played this game, I for one am really enjoying just sitting back, seeing the action and enjoying the chat.

If they were playing it and you were with them, in person, having played the game already yourself, would you be telling them exactly how to play it, exactly what stratagys to use and spoiling all the suprises? No, because that would be dick-ish.

Games are about discovery, taking what you've learnt from other games, and bettering yourself as a player. If they did something you wouldn't have done, don't go hating on them just because they've had a different games experience throughout their lives.

Well said, duder.

Summons happened way earlier than FF7 Patrick.

Remember that original multi physical skill you started with?

Hella shelters is my favourite ride at the amusement park.

@monkeynuts8 said:

Not everyone has played this game, I for one am really enjoying just sitting back, seeing the action and enjoying the chat.

If they were playing it and you were with them, in person, having played the game already yourself, would you be telling them exactly how to play it, exactly what stratagys to use and spoiling all the suprises? No, because that would be dick-ish.

Games are about discovery, taking what you've learnt from other games, and bettering yourself as a player. If they did something you wouldn't have done, don't go hating on them just because they've had a different games experience throughout their lives.

Exacterly.

YAY! I'm so proud of them, they finally figured it out! GO PHONICS!!! I kid, I kid.

They're lucky they killed those scouts on the elevator quickly, or else they would've gotten a Delta Attack.

@monkeynuts8 said:

Not everyone has played this game, I for one am really enjoying just sitting back, seeing the action and enjoying the chat.

If they were playing it and you were with them, in person, having played the game already yourself, would you be telling them exactly how to play it, exactly what stratagys to use and spoiling all the suprises? No, because that would be dick-ish.

Games are about discovery, taking what you've learnt from other games, and bettering yourself as a player. If they did something you wouldn't have done, don't go hating on them just because they've had a different games experience throughout their lives.

Quoted for the truth!

Patricks comment about summons in FF7 may be more related to the long, cinematic cutscenes that take forever and cant be skipped? The older ons had them, but they were more just like regular spells?

Anyone pick up on Patrick's Anchorman reference? Very nice.

Haha, nice episode tagline from Vinny.

@SlackerMonkey said:

Anyone pick up on Patrick's Anchorman reference? Very nice.

Yep, pretty subtle though..

Woo! Wtg on that elevator. I was a bit nervous after last episode, but they got their shit together right quick.

And then after, them laughing at themselves, that's how you know someone's cool.

@Brackynews said:

@Blannir said:

I can't believe Patrick said summons didn't occur until FFVII.

Meh. Brad has the Final Fantasy chops in the office. No big deal.

Patrick was correct that everyone can have every spell in FF8. Of course you can do it in FF6 too. And FF7 if you count materia swapping as "learning" (which you shouldn't). I haven't played the others in so long I can't remember. God damn I'm looking forward to the FFX HD release!

Wait... was there a confirmed HD release in the works? Because if so, holyshitholyshitholyshit.

I felt like clapping after they finally figured out how to deal with the scouts.

haha wonderfull video description. the last episode was just mind boggling

I know I am late but holy shit what a glorious day!

Broggy Bubbles!

Episode 29.

I just never saw the point of Silver and Gold Earring in Chrono Trigger. It gives you a bit of an HP buffer, but if it's a long boss fight, eventually you're still going to need a fair amount of turns healing the party members that don't have Gold Earring. So maybe it buys you like 1-2 turns where you can pass on healing that character, but it's really a pretty middling effect overall. Plus if you do all the side stuff before finishing the game, your level is usually high enough that most of your HPs for the melee characters is 800 or 900, so the extra 50% is pointless because you're only getting like 100 extra HP (999 is the max).

The Silver and Gold Studs are both pretty great. I actually used Rage Band quite a bit, because there's a 1/3 chance that whoever has it gets attacked (unless there is more to the targeting AI than I thought).

Also, it's really unfortunate that Ryan didn't realize Max Cyclone could change targets, because it's usually really easy to find a central target. Whatever the speed item is (Speed Belt?), I'm pretty sure I had it on Robo the whole game, because he's so damn slow.

Started watching this and for some reason on Youtube it had an age restriction, first one in this series. So coming here for this ep.

This is great, actually playing along