[ SECRET POST #3991 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3991 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Fall]


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[Louisa May Alcott, Little Men]


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[Winona Ryder, Jennifer Connelly]


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[Marvel Comics]


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[Shetland]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 10 secrets from Secret Submission Post #571.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - this is not really the place for blind items ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Are there any video games that you always come back to?

[syncing_feeling]

I really liked what I played of The World Ends With You, but I had so much trouble with the combat. I felt like how my dad probably feels whenever I get him to play modern games. I just found it so frantic and fast-paced and I couldn't keep up. :(

Edit: and that's not to say I don't like fast-paced combat. I love DMC and Bayonetta and stuff like that, but TWEWY made me feel so slow.

Re: Are there any video games that you always come back to?

[kamino_neko]

It actually gets easier as the game goes on, IME. Not just because you get used to it, but because the pins last longer as they level up, so there's less frantically swapping between psyches, and because the larger variety of them as the game goes on means you can tailor your pin deck to your skills (I usually have primarily slash, press, and passive by the midgame). (The Threads that increase the slop in the light puck/hit counter/cross combo also help a lot - they don't make it easier to hit the enemies, but they make it easier to get bonuses and fill the Fusion pin.)

If you'd like some advice - if you're playing on DS, set your partner on active and just concentrate on what Neku's doing - it's still frantic, but it's a lot easier than trying to manage both. (Once you've got a handle on Neku/set up his pin deck to your preferences, then you can ease back into two-screening it.) If iOS or Droid, try to have one of your major pins activate the same way as the partner pin - it makes cross combos a lot easier, especially in week 3.

Re: Are there any video games that you always come back to?

[syncing_feeling]

Thank you for the advice! I got it on DS right when it came out. Will have to dig it out and give it another shot. I guessed it had the usual RPG thing of 'it gets easier' but I was young and got easily discouraged, lol. It was a weird thing because I actually liked the combat system even though it kicked my arse. I thought it was really unique and a great way of utilizing the dual screens.

Re: Are there any video games that you always come back to?

[kamino_neko]

Yeah, the interface is really cool, and utilizes just about every DS feature. (You'll know when to sleep it when* you get there.)

The iOS/Android version did a pretty good job of adapting it to a single screen, too, though it sits a bit less easily with the story.

* Well...if. It's an optional encounter.

Re: Are there any video games that you always come back to?

[syncing_feeling]

That sounds awesome. I love games that take full advantage of the technology like that. I remember playing The Phantom Hourglass and finally figuring out I had to blow into the microphone to blow out torches and my teenage self was just so impressed. Very awkward to do on bus journeys though.

Re: Are there any video games that you always come back to?

[kamino_neko]

That was also the one you had to sleep it to copy a map, right?

Yeah, I really liked the DS games that used the various functions well. TWEWY, Hotel Dusk (used the closing function), etc. (The ones that botched them were extra-disappointing, though. I'm looking at you, Ace Attorney's use of the mic. But you made up for it with the touch screen...)