Would love to throw hands with the person who decided to make his boss fight like that in Royal

I'm in the same boat rn; need a year where no games drop so I can somewhat catch up

@Thread_Critic_PhD bro I am getting my ass beat by Avlora on Ch7 in Triangle Strategy

Has anyone here beaten Emil on Automata?

Yeah, from what I remember that was prob as/more challenging than Okumura if you’re not lvl 99

yeah my strategies fell apart against her too

had to sacrifice one of the houses to get her in the end

Okumura can suck a massive cock 😤 im nice at automata tho

I just beat him in the lil room where he catches you stealing but I've seen one where you can fight him in the desert but idk how you get that?

Got my revenge

My friend was telling me "yeah this is where it gets hard". He was not lying I did a decent bit of farming too, so was surprised to see I had that much trouble with that fight.

Did you get the golden route ending? I'll probably speedrun it on NG+ to get that. Not sure what ending I'll get now since I'm just kinda winging out, so I'm curious to see what'll happen lol.

nah i didnt get the golden route you have to beat her w/o burning any houses plus some other stuff

but honestly, for me, the hardest fights were that one and the final battle or at least i was able to better strategize in the subsequent battles

I have, don't think it was difficult at all but that being said I was also max level

25+ hrs in and just started ch.3, One Piece Odyssey has been hitting since i handicapped myself a lil esp during the Crocodile fight.

With no equipment on, he had multiple attacks that could halve my health and inflict bleed plus he was eating/dodging a lot of my own attacks. i had to really think about my next actions so I could keep my damage output going and not die wonderful feeling

As far as Jrpgs, I’m finishing up Triangle Strategy atm. Either gonna play FFVII Remake next, or finish up Ni No Kuni

yep tales of arise will see you 2024

Do you know how to activate the 2nd fight with him in the desert? I did the one in the cave when you steal his mask but idk how to activate the 2nd one?

How is that game? Been debating on copping or not, I'm not the biggest one piece fan but the game looks hard

Did you upgrade all the weapons to max level? I think that was a requirement

i'm having fun but i'm also an OP fan lol

the story is centered around looking back at past arcs, albeit with some story beats changed here and there, but i dont think you need to know anything to enjoy the ride (the writing/banter is pretty on point for the series too). the game looks gorgeous at all times the models, animations and effects: all great

now the game's difficulty might be lacking, its turn-based system is still pretty fun esp once you can jump between the mini skirmishes at will. if you find it too easy, you can go accessory-free and/or not level up your skills for a little more challenge

Atelier Ryza 3 delayed to March 24

Im completing the other routes in Ys Origin rn but going to be starting Atelier Sophie after I finish, gonna be my first Atelier game

I bought that one but only beat Ryza 1 and 2. might need to go back

Same day as RE4 Remake

I gotta get to Ryza 1 again, but would wanna get it on Steam since it runs better than PS4/PS5 on there. Dunno how it's still like $30 on sale. Figured it'd be dirt cheap, but guess not lol.

guess they figured there's less overlap between Ryza and RE4 fans lol

is it steam deck verified?

Doesn't look like it's "verified" since there's a launcher on boot up (which disqualifies it from the verified status?), but as far as I can tell, it's fully playable. Seems like Ryza 2 needs a fix to be installed, which shouldn't be much of an issue.

protondb.com/search?q=ryza

Fortunately haven't had any issues running anything on my Steam Deck. Even when I was playing Hajimari no Kiseki and Kuro no Kiseki with fan translation patches, they worked (mostly) flawlessly. S*** is actually too nice man

i know i said i was going to get one eventually but i got cold feet lol ended up picking up a hobby that'll cost me enough money over time lol

well when/if you do end up getting one at some point, you definitely won't be disappointed.