are we recording we are yeah and i can see that um all bars are behaving appropriately okay good but you were talking about tesino sagas zeno blad zeno something i know there's a chronicle zeno blade chronicles two two yeah two the sequel yeah and so i was talking about it on the uh syr la web and it was real it's very very interesting like it's the scenario i like best where it's like there's no consensus it's definitely a weird game yeah it's it's weird in a lot of the same ways that the other one 10 is the only other one i played yeah it's weird as shit yeah but that last one was weird but it was bewitching the the um their
sphere grid right whatever you want to call that menu, their ability to improve your characters, all that shit, has an option for stepping in or stepping out of the ring.
RBs step in and LBs step out.
That's in their menu to advance a character's traits.
You step between these rings.
It's crazy. What? Yeah.
You're talking about...
I'm telling you that it's crazy.
It sounds like it. It took me about five hours before I think I had a real fight.
Really? Yeah, where I had the first actual fight.
Because it's one of those things where it's like they're teaching you and they're teaching you and you can see that there would be a way to make these super long combos but none of the enemies you fight are tough enough until you get to this first boss.
And then it's like, oh, now I can start stringing shit together.
I see. In order to actually, like, well, basically before then then everybody's just getting cut in half.
Yeah. Right? Yeah. And it's like, oh, okay, here's somebody who is, you know, on the docket.
Because it does this thing where if you start with a, like, let's say you use your fire super.
Yeah. Up in the top right, you'll see this crazy fucking chart.
A chart? A chart. And it has fire where you, what you just did.
Nice. And then it has all these branching paths that are like, Like, if you go to earth...
The rest of the combo?
Yeah, earth, water, right?
And they all go different ways.
To use another super after that one, it has to be a higher level than the one that started the combo.
Oh, it's like drop mix.
Yeah, it is. Wild. No, does it also have to be a different element?
Yeah, it does. Okay.
So, but you have to decide where you want to go in that chain because each chain...
Ends in a certain type of attack?
Ends in a certain type of attack and ends with the monster becoming...
resistant to that damage type.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. It's like a biological immunity thing?
Right, so if you end...
So you can't, you actually can't just have one go -to, like, they made a system where you can't actually just have your go -to.
You can't be like, I'm the fire guy.
Like, if you just go, you know, end with fire, well now he's super resistant to fire, right?
So you need to chart another course.
Yeah. It's just, I mean, it's like flying a plane there's a hundred different things that you're trying to watch all the time dude that is cool as hell and there's rhythm like timing elements and bonkers that brings me joy yeah well i know about that i used to like the rhythm stuff yeah like what made it what made it work for me was that like underneath all the rest of these systems there's just this little thing that i'm really good at the timing shit yeah yeah it's like that's the part i can do yeah if they had a way to play it so that one person did everything except the timing gaming yeah
that would be my game do you remember what was that rpg i've been thinking about it a lot lately that had the wheel and shadow hearts shadow hearts yeah yeah i think about shadow hearts at least every day we have remember you had that wheel but remember the wheel was a character yeah the wheel was a character but then like the pie chart little things you had to stop the the dial inside were varying sizes customizable oh my god but remember the wheel was like at one one point the wheel was like talking about his family yeah god that was a weird game an attack wheel yeah oh that was good and the protagonist
was so weird yeah then like like they never even tried to redeem him he was just an asshole you were collecting fireman trading cards for that gay puppeteer well yeah yeah yeah and then some characters had like bio rhythms yeah remember it's like we would look at shit on the character sheet and be like i don't know what the bio rhythm the miz yeah i don't know how this connects to these other things the xenoblade is like that where i think that you know i've figured out a good 60 or 70 percent of combat but there's still shit i don't understand yeah well yeah that's good the only comic i sort
of idea i thought of i was playing it was the idea of this these cores so if a driver touches a core i mean already already we're in comic territory because there's new words for every god damn drivers and blades and the driver is like uh a fighter and the blade is their weapon but in addition to being a weapon it's like personified on the field yeah as an actual character in the game like right they become a living character um when they when they wake up are they ai's it's not really explained to me yet but there's some kind of entity in there that is conscious yeah and they come out i got uh
um these wind blades last night and when i activated the core it's this crazy fucking robot and then there's another one that's like a really smart like talking lion man like you don't know what it's gonna become that's really weird but the idea that like i activate you know one person activates their core and they get this you know stunning anime and then you know i activate the core and get this disgusting like what like what you end up with might be kind of funny jeez let's see because now you're best friends with this thing and you have to like manage their affinity and like be there okay
that's funny whatever it is even if it's like a dog man right i'm gonna activate this i'm gonna activate this blade and then okay personality is gonna come out right and and we're gonna be best friends we'll be best friends forever but yeah it's but But it's also like, you know, it's almost like a speed dating thing where it's like, so what do you like?
Yeah. Yes, there was that.
There's one other thing that I thought was funny.
I mean, I think it's one of those ones where if we play it together.
Oh, yeah. Comics are going to emerge.
Yeah. It definitely is one of those open world type environments where you can get fucked by a level 32 rabbit right out the gate.
But like it looks cute.
Yeah, but level 30, you know, full 20 levels higher than you or whatever.
You have to navigate through crazy high -level shit all the time.
I haven't played Xenoblade at all.
So your weapons are people?
Your weapons are people?
They become people.
Well, they become people.
I love that we're at the point now in this thing where you are trying to explain RPG shit to me.
Yeah. So good. Well, they become people.
Or not people. They become entities.
Somebody. They become something.
Somebody. And in order to get good with that weapon, you have to be best friends with them.
They become people or something like a person.
Something like a person.
To get good with them You have to befriend I think become their best friend Yeah yeah Does it track that kind of stuff?
Oh yeah your blade affinity Oh no so how do you gain affinity By doing stuff or by giving them presents You never know Yeah both Really?
They have presents?
This like anime girl that is the main one Pyra Yeah she's in all the key art right?
Yeah she's red But that's the weird thing.
So, I mean, she seems, like, as a part of the key art and as a story, like, I would think that that meant that that was your weapon.
But you're saying that you can equip other shit all the time?
So she is not only a blade, she is, like, the blade.
She's called the Aegis.
Oh, okay, so she can be out all the time.
I just learned that, because when I found her, she had been, like, sealed away.
Oh, okay. And I think that the reason that there is no land anymore is because she broke it.
She did it? Yeah. Someone called her, like, the one that sundered the planet.
Oh, so they locked her away for a reason.
And so now she's back, and you bonded with her, like, basically on accident.
Oh, no. And now there's all these people who are, like, want the Aegis.
Oh, yeah, sure. But you are not limited to one blade.
A driver can have, like, up to three blades.
She is just one of my blades.
okay but is she on the field at all times if I switch to another blade she goes away like when I pull out these wind like shuriken things I get this fucking like it looks like the mass effect robot lady like she comes out and now she's behind me weird so but are each of them elementally attuned each of them is elementally attuned and each one can be customized with passive abilities so like as I'm fighting with pyra she's improving my accuracy right but then she's also the she's also my weapon so when i go to do a super with that weapon we combine and do cool shit like she's another player on the field
and each and i'm in a party with two other drivers that each have their own blade no yeah no yeah stop it You said to get good with a weapon You have to become To get good with a weapon You have to become best friends with them This is a new weapon I got right here You never know what could be in there Like a cool lady, a lion man Could be a A roboid Could be a rad robot lady Some kind of lion dude What comes out I think could be funny But whatever it is I'm gonna love it forever whatever I just got a new one actually yeah I'm gonna bond with it see what it is I'm gonna bond with it and see what it
is it might be a lion man super cool robot lady you never know yeah you never know so so what the fuck is it yeah exactly like is it some kind of awful like almost like a promotional material like like a like a hamburger yeah like that yeah something worthless or something just gross oh yeah exactly just a bunch of eyes yeah like a bug like a sack of something just goo with is this are you i mean are you disappointed no it's just hello master it's me it's me I can feel our affinity bonds growing Oh no that's not No it's no No Ugh Ugh What's wrong nothing What's wrong don't you love me No no no But it's
like there's no It's what's wrong In all caps And no punctuation What's wrong Don't you love me.
Don't you love me. Just hair and teeth and...
Oh, yeah, just mouths.
Mouths. No, yeah, I mean...
Blef. Blef. Don't you love me?
No, just I love... You seem like a great sword. No, you seem great.
You seem great. Your hair is really wet.
you're just so wet no just you're just like a lot like a lot wetter than i was like a lot no you're just a lot wetter than i was expecting like a lot so moist you're just so hairy and wet that's pretty gross no it's just that it's just you're no no no no i it's just that you're so hairy and wet got it is that good oh yeah okay when i cast the pot it's like i cast the rod keeping it hot like a motherfucker gas we're by a real cod today's fresh catch i mean a podcast something about nets yes it gets better when it's winter i'm fettered by my fish gear catch and release get in that crease when my fish near talk about a plant best laid off that stray and yes
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