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Oh man, I bought this on PC and while I loved it there, I always thought to myself that this game would surely thrive on mobile and Switch. I'll definitely be double dipping at some point, and while I've never really played my Switch in handheld mode after BotW, I'm liable to put in serious time that way when I eventually buy it again.

@sethmode: I respect it, I just don't see why it's a fake question so to speak. He wasn't asking to be convinced otherwise, just wanted to know other people's thoughts. With that being said, that's my last words on the topic. I've already kind of overstepped by interjecting myself in a conversation that I was not asked to be a part of after all. No disrespect meant to you at all duder.

To get back on topic, yeah the way Ashley behaves paints her in a bad light, but I only now realized after watching Mass Alex, that I never really thought enough about the start of the Quarian-Geth conflict. The Geth were created by the Quarians, and just when they were starting to obtain real intelligence and consciousness, they were deemed too dangerous (without any chance to prove themselves, and before they took any sort of violent actions against their creators or any other living organism) and were set to be exterminated. And all this when it was already illegal to create real AI, of which the Quarians defend themselves by stating that the Geth were not created as true AIs. Man, that's seriously dark shit right there...

Yeah, it sucks what happened to the Quarians afterwards, and being born centuries later you can hardly place the blame of this conflict on Tali, but the way she just blindly believes all Geth to be the worse because they almost wiped out the Quarians and took over the Quarian homeworld despite the fact that you were the ones that started all that shit and you might not even be in this situation if you were rational and reasonable kind of rubs me the wrong way now. I mean sure, the Geth are pretty much shown to the player to be bad at the start of the game, but even all that may have been avoidable if the Quarians hadn't tried to destroy them all, which I'm sure led to the Geth deciding to paint in broad strokes and label all organics as bad/hostile to their kind.

Why is it silly to ask a question in that context? He never stated anywhere something like "Come convince me otherwise!" or shit that some people will pull.

I always took the thread to be asking others their opinion on Ashley and having one location for everyone else to chime in, and he likewise states as such in his opening sentence. You can have an opinion about something, and ask others what they think even if it won't change your mind. It happens and the time, and while I might have my mind set on something, I will at times welcome different perspectives. It might open my eyes to something that I hadn't considered before and alter my thoughts on a subject, even if ultimately I still arrive at the same conclusion.

I was going to say "Lex Effect" since Mass is one syllable, whereas Alex is two.

Oh sweet, always wanted this game ever since I've seen it on GB streams. $1.99 on Canadian PSN store, for all my fellow Canucks out there.

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Vita Lemon Tea in a box, it's the king of sugary drinks. Oh wait, this is a Coke vs. Pepsi thing.

Coke products are generally more available where I am, so by default that's what I usually get, but I don't really care that much. I'll have either if it comes down to it. With that being said, don't offer me Diet versions, or anything like Coke Zero. Aspartame tastes like a dog who eats shit just shit in my mouth (just heard that recently and wanted to use it, haha), but seriously I can't get behind aspartame and while I've tried before, I never was able to drink more than 1/3rd of a Coke Zero before I just tossed it out.

But for reals, that melon Fanta they serve in Japan is delicious and I'd take that over Coke or Pepsi most any day.

Again, the combat feels like a simulation more often than not. It takes FOREVER to fill the stagger meter and get where you want to be in the combat. Also, not having control over your supporting characters sucks. The A.I. does not know how to take advantage of the supporting character classes, and it is moronic at best when given a "Medic." I cannot begin to list the times when an A.I. controlled Medic would use five spells of Cure on a poisoned character instead of using an Esuna. These sorts of frustrations never disappear.

@zombiepie: Well, I suppose I'll agree to disagree to a certain degree. I won't necessarily argue that it can feel like a simulation, but I think you're just controlling a battle from a different viewpoint. I'd want to say you're having to look at battle at a macro level and making decisions ahead of time.

The stagger meter isn't that bad to fill if you're actively switching between a 1 Commando + 2 Ravagers and 3 Ravager set-up. You get the Commando to get a hit in to slow how quickly the stagger meter empties, then switch to 3 Ravagers to really lay into them and fill that sucker up in the blink of an eye. It's also why I said it's unfortunate you don't get a full party earlier, as you really can't get deeper into the combat before then. You should also almost always be shifting because (it's been a long time since I've played XIII so I forget the exact specifics) every other shift or something like that, it skips the shifting animation and your entire party has their ATB full immediately after the shift.

I remember them using the debuff class fairly well, but you may be right about when they're a healer. It's one of the things where you'll probably want to be the healer if you're going with a one healer set-up, but often times it's better to have something like tank + 2 healers so you can top up faster and have better control of eliminating status ailments. It's not meant as an excuse for the poor decision making of the AI.

I just really remember loving the combat; it just felt so fast and fluid when I got to the point where everything clicked and constantly shifting between different paradigms to juggle debuffing, buffing, healing, staggering and bringing the pain was such an intricate dance that it never got old to me. It also helped that I really liked 'Blinded by Light", which is up there in probably my top 5 (possibly top 3?) battle themes of all time, alongside "Reach Out To The Truth" and FFX's battle theme.

Yeah, the whole codex thing is dumb and they really needed to dole out the combat stuff faster, as well as giving you a full party of 3. However, I REALLY enjoyed the combat after it opens up and I think that's where a lot of my fondness for XIII comes from. I honestly still feel like it's an okay game that's not as bad as a lot of people make it out to be, but it doesn't try hard enough to make people like it...

I liked District 9 enough, though I got sick watching it due to all the shaky cam stuff, but haven’t seen any of his other works.

I watched the first RoboCop reboot, so I’ll probably end up watching this one too. Jury’s our on the quality though.