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Started by cdtm215 pages

Originally posted by Adam Grimes
Only it is how Final Fantasy has been played the last 15 years or so.

And no, you are not forced to get the next one. Lol

Mods.

New stories, boss rush's, lot of ways to spice things up.

Originally posted by cdtm
Where would you rank trying to do that, compared to the other big mountains to climb?
Like say, the Trial of the Fool or the Path of Pain.

It's hard to say, since I've completed neither of those. I never put a concerted effort into them like I did for the pantheons. If nothing else, the pantheons shouldn't greatly eclipse those in difficulty, since I wasn't able to beat them easily or anything. They might even be easier.

Basically, the pantheons are boss rushes containing 10 bosses each. 9 from the main game, including dream bosses, dream warriors, DLC bosses, etc., and a final boss unique to that pantheon. Each one has a harder group of bosses than the last, and between the four, every boss in the game is included, except for The Radiance. You get one free heal after the 5th boss of each pantheon. So the trick is to master each of the game's bosses well enough that you can beat them successively in a gauntlet, and still have enough HP/soul leftover to beat the new boss at the end. That's why there's the statue gallery in the basement, so you can practice if any one boss is giving you trouble.

Originally posted by NewGuy01
It's hard to say, since I've completed neither of those. I never put a concerted effort into them like I did for the pantheons. If nothing else, the pantheons shouldn't greatly eclipse those in difficulty, since I wasn't able to beat them easily or anything. They might even be easier.

Basically, the pantheons are boss rushes containing 10 bosses each. 9 from the main game, including dream bosses, dream warriors, DLC bosses, etc., and a final boss unique to that pantheon. Each one has a harder group of bosses than the last, and between the four, every boss in the game is included, except for The Radiance. You get one free heal after the 5th boss of each pantheon. So the trick is to master each of the game's bosses well enough that you can beat them successively in a gauntlet, and still have enough HP/soul leftover to beat the new boss at the end. That's why there's the statue gallery in the basement, so you can practice if any one boss is giving you trouble.

What about the handicap thing? Do I need to do all of those, or a few, or any at all?

If your goal is just to complete the pantheons and unlock the new bosses, then no bindings are necessary.

So there's unlocks?

May as well use the bindings then, get then in one go instead of running through then twice

You're going to be running through them more than twice anyways, lel.

Speaking of which, in addition to the new bosses, there's also the Pantheon of Hallownest which is unlocked once you complete the other four. It's a boss rush of 40 bosses rather than 10, with 3 free heal spots.

There's no new bosses per se, but the PoH has several alternate versions of the old bosses. Absolute Radiance (replacing The Radiance), for example, or Sisters of Battle (replacing Mantis Lords). In particular, Sisters of Battle is a contender for my favorite boss in the entire game, so it's worth giving PoH a shot just for that.

Originally posted by Stoic
FF7 remake is far from over. .

No shit sherlock, That's why i said what i said to you. Sounded like what you got with the FF7 remake was a done deal.

Originally posted by cdtm
This is why I'm sticking with the original FF7. Obvious cash grab, and looks and plays nothing like Final Fantasy.

If a fan made this, it would be rightly dismissed as all eye candy with no soul.

That is not true. At all.

Video game equivilent of Advent Children imo.

Originally posted by cdtm
So there's unlocks?

May as well use the bindings then, get then in one go instead of running through then twice

I don't remember the exact requirements but completing previous pantheons with bindings makes it so blue bugs appear in the PoH's heal rooms.

Interesting..

I don't see Nightmare King Grimm in the practice room?

Um, any tips on charm setups?

Originally posted by StyleTime
I haven't played a KH game before.

I hoped it would show up on a digital subscription service like PSNow, as I'm not sure I want to buy it outright. Out of the blue, the series showed up on Epic Games instead.

Sony might be buying Square Enix soon though, so maybe there's hope. KH III is on Xbox Game Pass too, randomly.

If Sony buys Square Enix, then Nintendo is ****ed.

Originally posted by cdtm
Interesting..

I don't see Nightmare King Grimm in the practice room?


You have to use your dream nail on the statues to access their dream versions. NKG is counted as the dream version of Troupe Master Grimm.

Originally posted by NewGuy01
You have to use your dream nail on the statues to access their dream versions. NKG is counted as the dream version of Troupe Master Grimm.

Thanks. 👆

Originally posted by Adam Grimes
Goes on sale quite cheap in psn somewhat regularly. I got almost the entire saga for 20 bucks or so last year.

I gotcha. Might check it out when I catch up more on my back catalogue of games.

Originally posted by cdtm
Interesting..

I don't see Nightmare King Grimm in the practice room?

Um, any tips on charm setups?

Mmh I use the not-that-long-but-longer Nail charm, unbreakable strength and the one that enhances spells.

Been playing The Evil Within 2. I'm enjoying the changes from the first. It brings in sandbox elements, which I normally dislike. It works here though. I'm maxing my stealth skill tree out first. Just feels more appropriate for the setting, and it's kinda cool just going ninja on these monster people or whatever they are.

And the ghost lady has been pretty terrifying so far. Just shows up while running a mission and all you can do is hide until she leaves. There's a surprising lack of ghosts in most horror titles. You forget how scary they can be, since they obey a completely different set of rules from you.

It's something Fatal Frame did really well at its peak. Hard to feel safe when your enemies can go through walls.

I loved Evil Within 2. I recently replayed it and I still love it.

I would definitely put some stuff into damage and health.

Originally posted by Adam Grimes
Mmh I use the not-that-long-but-longer Nail charm, unbreakable strength and the one that enhances spells.

Long Nail and Spell Twister.

So all in on dps. I usually swap out range for Quickslash spamming, but some enemies you simply can't get away with it (The Radiance for example) Do you bother with focus healing at all?