tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69047138396967693132024-03-13T10:27:07.793-07:00Cross-UpVoltechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038586008627390463noreply@blogger.comBlogger1005125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post-34089254355652546002020-05-21T00:00:00.000-07:002020-05-21T00:00:01.961-07:00RE: Final Fantasy VII Remake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">So it’s been about
two weeks since I finished <i>Final Fantasy VII Remake.</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guess I’d better commit my thoughts to
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Here’s the burning
question, asked (metaphorically) to someone with a <i>reputation </i>for slamming
modern <i>Final Fantasy </i>games: what do I think of it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it good?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Actually, let me
rephrase that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been playing <i>Final
Fantasy VII Remake,</i> so much so that (I assume) the next time I sit down
with it, I’m going to clear the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
total play time is something around 41 hours so far, having put in some legwork
to wrap up as many sidequests as possible -- both for the sake of not missing
any extra/story content, and in the (likely) event that this is the first and
last time I’ll ever do a full run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think
I’ve made enough of an effort and spent enough time with the remake to be
moderately credible when it comes to saying anything of substance about
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know the ins and outs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know the score.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Given that -- and
given my reputation -- what do I think of <i>FF7R</i>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think…that I’m not going to say a word
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">That’s getting harder
and harder to do by the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have some
<i>things </i>to say about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until
then, though?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are other
miscellaneous thoughts I can go over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">*buries face in
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">All right, let’s hit
it again, I guess.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have to use this blog to talk about what might as well be a plague, but…I’m
going to use this blog to talk about what might as well be a plague.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tangentially, if possible, because there’s other
stuff worth bringing up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Except I know
it’s not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s where we are right now,
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">*sigh* <a href="https://i.imgur.com/1opDtdi.png?fb">Good job, Mr. President.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">I mean, granted, I
didn’t try very hard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But there was an
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<a href="http://cross-up.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-smash-ultimate-salt-mines-feat.html#more">Read more »</a>Voltechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038586008627390463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post-81540886321174138862020-01-23T00:00:00.000-08:002020-01-23T00:00:02.490-08:00Her Name is Rio…Wait, No it Isn’t<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwsIOboR2aWeQzYkQq1ybtCkedv5GoWSxCHmaTXAtmol8MGcO8wX2emif5qyLIu-u8aEFTjN1qZlR5kDDPABJ3cYTfJKCFqQGENUSSGQhkP6R0i9lCqVnCpHDXU96gzv-FaL0WNxJjb4f/s1600/Coachella_2011_duran_duran_wikipedia_music_com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="571" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwsIOboR2aWeQzYkQq1ybtCkedv5GoWSxCHmaTXAtmol8MGcO8wX2emif5qyLIu-u8aEFTjN1qZlR5kDDPABJ3cYTfJKCFqQGENUSSGQhkP6R0i9lCqVnCpHDXU96gzv-FaL0WNxJjb4f/s320/Coachella_2011_duran_duran_wikipedia_music_com.jpg" width="320"></a><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Well, it’s been a
while since I’ve done any ranting and rambling about my writing stuff.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I mean, given how many times I’ve griped
about the works of others, it’s only natural that I invite scorn upon my
meager, feeble soul by pulling the curtain back on what I’ve been working on.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">The central premise, on some level, </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">has </i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">always
been “test myself by testing others”, but doing the reverse is more than
valuable.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Ideally, this blog
wouldn’t be the platform to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s
the thing, though: there were, at one point, plans to hop on TV Tropes’ forums
(for the first time in a while) and try and court feedback there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a character-focused writer angling for
praise from a character-focused society, it would’ve served me well to have
others weigh in on the leading lady I’ve been cooking up for the past ten
months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thing is, there was a problem: I
didn’t know her name.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">I’ve failed you,
Duran Duran…the Funko Pops of which are seeing a surge in popularity, for some
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<a href="http://cross-up.blogspot.com/2020/01/her-name-is-riowait-no-it-isnt.html#more">Read more »</a>Voltechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038586008627390463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post-3606546253471142632020-01-16T00:00:00.000-08:002020-01-16T00:00:01.602-08:00RE: Teppen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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to hand it to <i>Kingdom Hearts III</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Not only is it a game I still actively despise nearly a year after its release
(to the letter, no less), but it’s also the one game in my time blogging that’s
actually managed the impossible: it made me throw out a post I was working on
because it wasn’t up to snuff -- and bringing it to par would have tacked on at
least three thousand more words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Also?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It feels pointless to talk
about it until the DLC comes out, so I can finally close the book on my most
disappointing game of 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2019?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Devil May Cry V </i>is my 2019 Game
of the Year, and I <i>almost </i>wrote about that instead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But given how…<a href="https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2020/jan/14/internet-believes-sakurais-super-smash-bros-ultimate-livestream-promotional-image-hinting-identity-next-dlc-character/">certain
upcoming events (as of writing)</a> may or may not play out, I think I’ll hold
off before I instantly date myself with the opening ramble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So as a substitution?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s another game that’s in my Top 5 of
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">It’s <i>Teppen </i>time,
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to say that </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">Omega Labyrinth Life </i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">is the best game of 2019 -- far from it
-- but in some ways, it is among one of the most </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">interesting </i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I’ve played
this year.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">The sort of thing I can’t
help but want to put under the microscope, you know?</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Which I did.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">And, despite its nature…and history…and premise…and </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">everything</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">…I’m
actually, genuinely kind of glad I took the plunge.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">That said, this
plunge cements the fact that I’m bound for the deepest, hottest circle of
Hell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, yeah, I’ve been given one more
reason to not die anytime soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">I can’t think of a
lot of games that I’ve fallen for so quickly, but wouldn’t you know it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Teppen </i>is one of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And to think it’d not only be the very first
mobile game I’ve talked about on this blog, but the very first mobile game I’ve
ever owned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, besides some <i>Tetris/Pac-Man
</i>hybrid built into this one phone I had a geologic age ago.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">So let’s talk about
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">All right,
look.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I implied <a href="http://cross-up.blogspot.com/2019/11/re-pokemon-sword-and-shield.html">last
time</a> that I would use this slot to gripe about <i>Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise</i>,
but then I played through some more <i>Pokémon Sword</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How much more?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Enough to clear the main story, and get within inches of clearing the “postgame”
…and probably would have if the game hadn’t experienced a fatal error and
crashed to the home screen, prompting a rage quit/decision to wash
dishes/continue watching <i>Parks and Recreation</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Speaking of, I’m <i>super </i>into <i>Parks
and Rec </i>now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I regret not watching
it when it was on-air, but blame my TV and its utter inability to properly tune
to NBC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Certainly not me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">I’m at risk of
losing the plot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So let’s talk about <i>Pokémon
Sword</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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into </span><i style="font-size: 16pt;">Pokémon Sword</i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">, and creeping up on the seventh.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I probably shouldn’t be, but here I am.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">To think there was a time when I said I was
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">The reasoning was
sound.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The eighth-generation game --
both for the franchise, and in terms of consoles -- has been mired in
controversies for months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The graphics
are awful.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“They’re cutting out Pokémon.”
“Features are getting dropped.” “They’re not even trying.” “Game Freak lied.” And
so on, and so forth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All things
considered? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t <i>need</i> another
franchise installment in my life. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fell
off at the endgame of <i>Moon</i>, and was willing to sit it out until Gen 9’s
inevitable drop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe then, Game Freak
would straighten things out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Earn fans’
trust with a title that knocked it into space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I bought into the fans’ outcry (despite previous indifference to it) and
decided, yeah, supporting the game meant supporting a slide into mediocrity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I didn’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Then my brother
bought the game regardless. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect he
would have even if he knew about the controversies -- which meant I’d have to
give the game an honest shot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Pfft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who needs integrity, anyway?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Death Stranding </span></i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">is the kind of game that’ll make you question what a
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">The problem is that,
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Oh, look at what I
found.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a ticket for a trip to the
salt mines once again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, it’s no
problem at all, Sakurai and crew. Let me just get my helmet and gloves -- oh,
and a decent pair of pants, too -- and I’ll just crawl right in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not worried about my lungs at all. Not
like there’s coal or anything for me to breathe in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And what do I even need my lungs for, huh?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2019/nov/06/here-are-super-smash-bros-ultimates-version-600-update-patch-notes/"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">The update</span></a><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">
that brought Terry Bogard into <i>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate </i>is the same
one that buffed Jigglypuff, my least favorite character to fight in the entire
game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was looking for a reason to throw my Switch
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">On the other hand,
Buster Wolf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So it evens out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Barely</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://cross-up.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-smash-ultimate-salt-mines-feat-terry.html#more">Read more »</a>Voltechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038586008627390463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post-52041639968369479382019-10-31T00:00:00.000-07:002019-10-31T00:00:00.211-07:00Re: RE: Indivisible<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeTo32NSa3SL-cDOGawHiQaZfxKEko1NpJOcRAKb8-LS0fbeyT_BLyiIXJf5i3bLLlkDJ54qPlw2Qu3g_OzBCGJAojOlNl2Ah3ccGrUNc21U_yxzyFBeQAaX1yHq54lxwpCdvw0Z5TzmG/s1600/tjkcs9a0uvo21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1377" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeTo32NSa3SL-cDOGawHiQaZfxKEko1NpJOcRAKb8-LS0fbeyT_BLyiIXJf5i3bLLlkDJ54qPlw2Qu3g_OzBCGJAojOlNl2Ah3ccGrUNc21U_yxzyFBeQAaX1yHq54lxwpCdvw0Z5TzmG/s320/tjkcs9a0uvo21.jpg" width="275"></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I think I’ve found the
perfect way to describe my feelings on </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">Indivisible</i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> as of…huh. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Right around Halloween time.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fancy that.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It’s like
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know those trust exercises
they have you do with someone else?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
one where you fall backward, and count on your partner to catch you or
whatever?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If <i>Indivisible </i>were
that partner, then you’d fall flat on your back -- but instead of hitting
concrete or dirt or tile or carpet or whatever, you’d just take a little spill
onto a cushy mattress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yeah, you were
let down by someone you trusted, but it’s fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You’re still in a good enough place regardless.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I can’t bring
myself to hate <i>Indivisible</i>, or even dislike it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m glad it exists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m glad it got crowdfunded
successfully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m glad it’s pushing against
<a href="https://science.howstuffworks.com/gray-goo.htm">the grey goo
apocalypse</a> that is the modern AAA game industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem is that, simply put, <i>it has
problems</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not one for game
development, but I’m not confident that the issues are solvable with patches
and updates down the line; it seems like the sort of stuff that’d take a
complete overhaul, if not a sequel to start fresh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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story <a href="http://cross-up.blogspot.com/2019/10/re-indivisible.html">last
time.</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now for the gameplay this
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And let me say this to start: <b><i>it
was a mistake</i></b> to play <i>Tekken 7 </i>in the same timeframe as this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Hmmmm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>Hmmmm</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b><i>Hmmmm</i>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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really know how I feel about this game right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that I need to put more time into it
(and I do), but I get the feeling that it’ll only help so much -- and maybe
even hurt in the long run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having gone
all in with an impulse buy on release day, I owe it to the game, myself, and my
wallet to go as far as I can with it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That said, I also owe it to all of those (and the devs on top of that)
to give an honest report on my findings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If someone asks me “Is <i>Indivisible</i> any good?” then I want to give
them a straight answer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">That’s…pretty hard
right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a weird game -- a
weird game that’s fun, frustrating, charming, plain, deep, and shallow at the
same time. But we’ve got to start somewhere, and it might as well be with an
anime intro.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://cross-up.blogspot.com/2019/10/re-indivisible.html#more">Read more »</a>Voltechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038586008627390463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post-32056234502091745542019-10-17T00:00:00.000-07:002019-10-17T00:00:01.033-07:00How it Feels to Play Tekken 7 (Again)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWNxwNw5O5AwCaRbqXIh8zSQ_El1ReW1VY_6iyg95qP8CZNjRhuZrsyVzu1t5UxJowx3GwxqWmBRB_iZN7k5dL0i2xvu8XIJpIG-ZCSUjJYVFGz2hyphenhyphenLa5QZcaRfjedk6lL4Nk2mYzpJfw/s1600/Tekken_7_Xbox_One_Promo_Art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWNxwNw5O5AwCaRbqXIh8zSQ_El1ReW1VY_6iyg95qP8CZNjRhuZrsyVzu1t5UxJowx3GwxqWmBRB_iZN7k5dL0i2xvu8XIJpIG-ZCSUjJYVFGz2hyphenhyphenLa5QZcaRfjedk6lL4Nk2mYzpJfw/s320/Tekken_7_Xbox_One_Promo_Art.jpg" width="213"></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I know I should be
using this space to talk about </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">Indivisible </i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">some more, especially since I
more or less implied that that was next on the docket.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But I’m shoving the docket aside for now, and
not just because it means I can live up to the blog’s title by talking about
fighting games some more.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It’s been a long
time coming, but I’m finally back at it again with <i>Tekken 7</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How has the experience been?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Refreshing, to put it simply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having dealt with the grind of <i>Smash
Ultimate </i>for months on end, and having braved the general inanities of <i>Street
Fighter V </i>semi-recently, I’ve been long overdue for a change of pace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’re still months away from <i>Guilty Gear
2020</i>, after all (though I’m down to party with <i>Granblue Fantasy VS </i>when
it drops).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What other options did I have
<i>but </i>to get back into <i>Tekken 7</i>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I mean, besides
like half a dozen other fighting games I could play at this very second.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I’m in a <i>Tekken </i>mood -- and it’s
getting some decisive feelings out of me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://cross-up.blogspot.com/2019/10/how-it-feels-to-play-tekken-7-again.html#more">Read more »</a>Voltechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038586008627390463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post-19350161279031269002019-10-09T00:00:00.000-07:002019-10-09T19:27:38.246-07:00BRB Playing Indivisible<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I’m not going to
spend a bunch of time or write a lot of words about <i>Indivisible </i>right
now, partially because I’ve barely had it for 24 hours as of writing and haven’t
even played it for a fraction of that time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Maybe like, six hours at most?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
had a toilet to take care of, after all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Anyway, as a sub-reason, it’s partially because I feel like I’m not
equipped to talk about the game in-depth until I learn exactly why it’s called <i>Indivisible</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I mean, I could
hazard a guess, but I’m pretty sure I’d be well off the mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wouldn’t be the first time, really.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">So instead of
scrambling to write a “review” or give (abbreviated) early impressions, let’s
talk a bit about impulse buys. Because this is mine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://cross-up.blogspot.com/2019/10/brb-playing-indivisible.html#more">Read more »</a>Voltechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038586008627390463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post-49752154060183095892019-10-03T00:00:00.000-07:002019-10-03T00:00:02.727-07:00RE: Code Vein<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvwyvIe5HvMY7roa4-vBvwtcyIJ6cc5RGOko18StlQoOWkjzu8wil6eEaAk5inVjTly5eQ3D3hppyzZL_AJXcK1823tNUXsPkUBYTXF3BMx-fnfiSzrqL-RZaAEy7wuMDJ2g0lkuszK1u/s1600/code-vein-box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1191" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvwyvIe5HvMY7roa4-vBvwtcyIJ6cc5RGOko18StlQoOWkjzu8wil6eEaAk5inVjTly5eQ3D3hppyzZL_AJXcK1823tNUXsPkUBYTXF3BMx-fnfiSzrqL-RZaAEy7wuMDJ2g0lkuszK1u/s320/code-vein-box.jpg" width="254"></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hey, here’s a quick,
early impressions post on </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">Code Vein</i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">!</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Because nothing says “Happy Halloween” like a “birthday” “present” “gifted”
to you by a brother who tossed it your way upon discovering that he forgot to
cancel his pre-order of a game he’d long since lost interest in, but frankly it
works out because hey it’s a new game and there’s an open slot on the blog
docket to fill up, and if nothing else it’ll spare you from the pain of having
to confront the awe-inspiring dread of </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">Kingdom Hearts III </i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">for another
week at least!</span><br>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Huh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was an oddly-specific scenario.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Like, really specific. The kind of thing that you shouldn't really think about for any longer than you have to. So just close your heart to it or whatever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">…Hey, here’s a
quick, early impressions post on <i>Code Vein</i>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Given that this blog
is titled “Cross-Up”, you would think that I would have long ago reached a
point where I would ask myself “Am I talking too much about fighting games
lately?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Granted, the answer to that
would have been “no” precisely <i>because</i> of the title, but whatever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beats griping about terrible <i>Final Fantasy
</i>games.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Now, griping about <i>fighting
</i>games?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s something I don’t do
very often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being salty about losing,
sure, but that’s an inherent part of the package -- an unspoken, understood
rule for the fighting game community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Regardless, sometimes you have to gripe about something because you
care. You want it to be the very best it can be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And given my experiences over the past couple
of weeks, I’ve got a notion to lay into a game that’s bugging me more than the
one featuring my arch nemesis, Jigglypuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I mean Pikachu.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean Pokémon
Trainer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean Greninja.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean -- gosh, a lot of the mons in that
game are cancerous to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">All right, enough
babble.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s talk about <i>Street
Fighter V</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://cross-up.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-street-fighter-v-experience.html#more">Read more »</a>Voltechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038586008627390463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post-61679624417326262392019-09-19T00:00:00.000-07:002019-09-19T00:00:03.236-07:00The Smash Ultimate Salt Mines (feat. Banjo & Kazooie)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">So I tried playing
some <i>Street Fighter V </i>to break in Poison, AKA the only character I could
grab with the pittance of Fight Money I had on hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus it had been the first time I touched it
in about five months, so I thought it’d be fun to test out a new fighter <i>and
</i>level up my game.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
wasn’t fun.</span></b><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">And
that’s all I’m going to say about that for now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Let’s wash that
horrible, horrible taste out of my mouth with the latest <i>Super Smash Bros.
Ultimate </i>DLC character -- the oft-gone but not forgotten bear and bird duo,
Banjo & Kazooie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or…is it
Banjo-Kazooie?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, whatever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New character, so let’s get salty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As if I wasn’t already.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://cross-up.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-smash-ultimate-salt-mines-feat.html#more">Read more »</a>Voltechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038586008627390463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post-42167241627055145872019-09-05T00:00:00.000-07:002019-09-05T00:00:03.154-07:00BRB Banjo is in Smash<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jeez Louise, Sakurai and crew are just NOT letting up with these big Smash Bros. Ultimate drops, are they? Feels like I've only just gotten started with Hero, and no I've got to put him on the back burner for the bear and bird.<br>
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You can't really blame me though, can you?<br>
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<a href="http://cross-up.blogspot.com/2019/09/brb-banjo-is-in-smash.html#more">Read more »</a>Voltechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038586008627390463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6904713839696769313.post-60432985137258835492019-08-29T00:00:00.000-07:002019-08-29T00:00:05.900-07:00RE: Fire Emblem: Three Houses<br>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Having beaten the
Blue Lions’ campaign in <i>Fire Emblem: Three Houses,</i> I can now confirm
that I’m 33% qualified to talk about the game with some semblance of
ethos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, 33.3333333333% qualified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can’t round up to 34% here, but all of those
extra threes have got to count for something.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I mean, I was
ultimately successful in achieving my end goal: making Dedue (the best
character) into my husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">[sweetvictory.mp3
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Now that that’s out
of the way, though, I have questions about this game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this franchise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Important…ish questions. Questions that will be asked and (potentially) answered here in this very post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chief among them: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>What’s next for <i>Fire
Emblem?<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">You know, I was
planning on doing another post on <i>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate </i>since Hero
from <i>Dragon Quest </i>dropped not too long ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I wasn’t planning on? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact that the guy’s still relevant days
and weeks after his release -- <a href="https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2019/aug/18/dragon-quests-hero-dividing-smash-community-topic-banning-character-major-events/">for
all</a> <a href="https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/08/16/australian-smash-bros-tournament-bans-hero-from-competitive-play">the
wrong reasons.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Is Hero
overpowered?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does Hero need to be
banned?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answers are…not going to be
on this blog, because it’s a coin flip on whether I’ll either have a 7-match win
streak, or lose 2 million GSP in a single day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But I’ve been grinding it out in <i>Ultimate</i>, so I might as well gab
a bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come along for the ride.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Must…resist…urge to post
about <i>Fire Emblem: Three Houses</i>…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Must…resist…urge to
post about Hero in <i>Smash Ultimate</i>…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Must…write…post…on
the story of <i>Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night</i>…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Dedue, though!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s the best, man!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s just <i>the best</i>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">GAAAAAAAAAAAAH.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Okay, I’m good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s do this for
real.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt;">What
is a SPOILER? A miserable little pile of SPOILERS!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt;">But
enough talk!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have at SPOILERS!</span></b><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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